The
Washington
Merry-Go-Rounc!
By Drew Pearson and
Robert S. Allen
WASHINGTON—Dies Commit
tee agents have secretly warned
government authorities to be on
guard against an outbreak of sa-1
botage in defense plants on the
West Coast.
According to the Dies-men, big
gest U. S. dang r spot is Los An
geles, where Nazi and fifth col
umnists have been unusually ac
tive of late. The Los Angeles
area contains one of the largest1
concentrations of defense work
in the country.
One reason for the D-men’s
fear was their discovery of a
secret mailing list of 2.500 names
in a raid on the Los Angeles|
headquarters of the" Gorman-Am |
erican Bund. Herman Schwinn,'
West Coasrt Bund fuehrer admit
ted under questioning that the
list consisted of Nazi svmpathiz
ers who regularly attended Bund
meetings.
A check-up of nam s revealed
the startling fact that 800 of
them are employed in airplane
plants, shipyards, oil refineries,
auto factories and other key de
fense industries.
One of the thickest dossiers in
the Dies Committee files con
cerns Schwinn and his activities,
dating back to 1924, when he en
tered the country as a German
immigrant. Among the items in
his long record is an account of
an extraordinary speech Schwinn
made recently to Bundists in Hin
denburg Park, Los Angeles.
Shrieking defiance against a
Federal Court order revoking his
citizenship, Schwinn is recorded
as saying, “As long as I have a
voice and a mike, I will damn
\v 11 say what I please. The per
secutions I have gone through in
this country have made be a bet
ter German than I was before.
They cannot stop us thinking,
and feeling here is becoming
stronger for Germany every day.
“There will be a new world or
der guaranteed by Germany, It
aly and Japan, and the new or
der will come whether Churchill
and Roosevelt like it or not."
EXIT JOE KENNEDY
Intimates of Ambassador -Joe
Kennedy are offering bets that
he will not return to the Court
of St. James.
They are not taking much
chanc: of losing money lor while
publicly Joe has expressed his
wi lingness to go back, the inside)
fact is that Kennedy tried to re
sign at his last conference with
the President. Roosevelt firmly
mr~--,v.::
r fused to consider it.
“Who could I send over in your
place, Joe?” he protested.
Kennedy contended that he
was not needed in London. “Jud
ging by the amount of work I
turned in the last two months
over th re,” he argued "I’d say
almost anyone could qualify for
the job. You gnow I like to keep
busy, but all I d d over there
was to sit around and watch the
war.”
But Roosevelt rejected this ar
gument and insisted that Ken
nedy think it over “for a couple
of weeks.” From his private Te
rn a rVs since then, Kennedy still
seems determined to quit.
Several very tempting busi
ness offers have been made to
him; one from a large newspaper
chain which he helped refinance
several years ago. He has made
no final decision, but returning
to London definitely seems the
last thing he intends to do.
SPANISH BRIBE
The career clique of fascist
minded appeasers inside the
State Department has dwindled
in size and strength since Eu
rope’s tragic history proved the
fallacy of their course in Spain.
However, they are still strong
nough to urge a loan (or gift)
of S100.000.030 from the Export
Import Bank to General Franco,
dictator of Spain.
Furthermore, it may be that
the career clique will get away
with it.
They urge that the hundred
millions be advanced to Spain in
order to ke p France from com
ing to war against England. They
c aim that if Spain has enough
food, the country will remain
neutral. And it is the British,
whose fumbling in Spain was ev
en more responsible than ours
for the present danger to Gib
raltar, who now want the United
States to bail them out with a
hundred million dollars.
Confidential military reports
from Spain, however, indicate 3
things: 1st, the Spanish people
are so fed up with three years
of bloody civil war that they
won’t fight in any foreign war
not of their choosing; 2nd, Spain
is so badly defended that her
harbors would be easy targets
for the British fleet; 3rd, the
Spanish people actually are near
i -volt, which is (he Secret mason
why Franco wants the hundred
million. Without food, the old
Loyalist government might come
hack again.
In other words it look as if
the career clique inside the State
Departm nt is still trying to
keep in power the man they sec
ret y backed during the Spanish
civil war.
NOTE—-It is unlikely that Hit
ler wants Spain to come into the
war—yet. Spain has been too val
""bin as a nru'ral through which
supplis, foreign agents ancl even
food could be smugg’ed. Much of
Spain’s food shortage comes from
Franc :s using wheat to pay for
arms he received from Germany.
Probability is that if the Brit
sh put arms in the hands of
Franc ,'s growing political opposi
tion, they would have an army
,in Spain which would complete
ly neutralize the Axis th re. The
L yalists are still ready to fight,
but ..gainst Franco, no for him.
I)R. TOWNSEND APPEASES
Senator Downey of California
and Dr. Francis Townsend are
pals once mere. They split dur
ing the campaign.
The gaunt tycoon of the old
age pension movement, aft r wan
gling a letter from Senator Mc
Nary which promised nothing,
but which Townsend claimed
was an endorsement of pensions,
plumped for Wendell Willkie.
Wher.upon, Doney who is No. 1
Townsendite on Capitol Hill, and
who had been cool to the third
term, jumped vigorously into the
fray on the President’s side.
And the Californian cut a lot
of ice. He not only offset the
“old Doc” among his followers,
but was an antidot: to Senator
Hiram Johnson when ho came
out for Willkie. Downey also put
in some telling licks for Senator
Bob LaFollete in his very uncer
tain battle for re-election.
Townsend, who tries to run
his movem nt with an iron fist,
was very peeved at Downey’s in
dependence and hen the Senator
:ried to see the “old Doc” in Chic
ago during the campaign, Town
send gav him the cold shoulder.
But the election returns changed
Townsend's mind.
This was the second president
ial fight in which he took a lick
ing. In 1936 he had teamed up
with Father Coughlin behind Wil
liam Lemke, who wound up with
a f w hundred thousand votes.
Also the big Deinocratci Congres
sional victory as no solace to
Townsend. So he hotfooted it to
Washington and hat in hand,
went to Downey’s office and
made his peace.
However, he still has to pla
cate a number of Democratic
m> mbers of the pension bloc in
the House. During the campaign
some of them talked of replacing
Townsend with someone more
politically adept.
M I CARRY
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NOTICE OF HEARING AND
SETTLEMENT OF FINAL
ACCOUNT
No. 610
In the Probate Court For The
Cape Nome Precinct, T rritory
of Alaska, Second Division.
In ihe mallei of the estate of
GEORGE S. MAYNARD. Deceas
ed.
Notice is -hereby given to
whom it may concern; that the
undersign.d administratrix of
the estate of George S. Maynard,
deceased, has fiied in the ab ive
entitled Court her final account
and that the 31st day of March,
1941. at the hour of 11 o’clock
a.m. of said date in the court
room of paid Court at Nam.. Al
aska. has been fixed by the order
of said Court dated the 2nd day
of December, 1940, as the time
and place for the hearing of
same and objections thereto and
the settlement thereof and that
at said time and place the Court
will adjudicate and determine
who are the heirs and distribut
ees of said deceased.
Dated this, the 2nd day of Dec
emb r, 1940.
Mary Maynard.
Administratrix < f the Estate
of George S. Maynard, de
ceased.
Publish Dec. 4 II 18 25. 194 )
NOTICE TO ( KMDITORS
No. 026
In tiie Probat-.- C ui" In and For
The Cape Nome Precinct, Teiri
t ■: .’ of A ska.
In th mutter of the estate of
FELIX BRUNER, Deceased.
•Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Probate Court in
and for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Territory of Alaska, the under
signed has be n appointed Exec
utor of the estate of Felix Brun
er. deceased. All persons having
claims against said estate shall
present them with proper vouch
ers attached, within six months
from th. date of this notice to
the undersigned at Nome, Alas
ka.
Dated at Nome. Alaska, Dec
ember 4. 1940.
M. J. Walsh, Executor
Pub ish D c. 4 11 18 25. 1940
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Greeting them is Elmer Van Wagner (right) town oervisor.