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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1940 By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN WASHINGTON.—When Secretary Hull issued his statement that he had been working toward peace through neutral nations, it caused lifted eyebrows among neutral dip lomats in Washington. Gathering at a cocktail party that afternoon, a Swiss diplomat asked a Dutch diplomat: “Were you the neutral nation Sec retary Hull conferred with?” “No. Were you?” And this question, asked among the Belgians, Norwegians, Swedes, and other neutrals finally revealed that no neutral representative at the gathering had been approached by Secretary Hull. Simultaheously word leaked from some of Mr. Hull’s boys that he had not been consulted regarding the European peace pilgrimage of his Undersecretary Sumner Welles, and that he was most irate about it. This story, widely published, gave such an impression that Welles was taking a mere pleasure trip, that Mr. Hull finally issued another state ment covering the Welles situation. Real fact is that there was some truth in all of the above, but not the whole truth. And the parts un published are the most significant. Real Welles Story. It was true that Hull was taken aback by word that his undersec retary was going to Europe to dis cuss peace, although this idea had been discussed in a very general way some time before. Anyway, when Roosevelt an nounced at his press conference on February 9 that he had decided to send Welles to Europe, Hull hurried ly threw together a statement which in effect made it clear that, as the boss of the state department, he was not being left out in the cold. The statement, issued the same day as the President’s Welles announce ment, was whipped into shape in about 15 minutes. It emphasized the American policy of discussing peace through the neutrals. All this tended to befog the basic issue of peace, but on that basic is sue, Mr. Hull was quite correct. Some extremely important conver sations had taken place with the neutrals. Only the neutral diplo mats didn’t know about them, and also they were not held through the medium of the United States. They were held through the pope, acting in closest co-operation with Washington. And this is the founda tion for the Welles trip. For some weeks, Luigi Maglione, papal secretary of state, has been in touch with the neutral nations. And more recently he has also been in touch with the belligerents. * • • Jimmy in Hollywood. Jimmy Roosevelt, now 31 years old, is making $37,500 a year, whicli is just half of the salary paid to his father, the President. Jimmy has posed on the Goldwyn lot for pictures showing him peer ing into the intimate parts of a movie camera or supervising the editing of film. But this is just win dow dressing. Actually his job is what he might do in any business office, whether producing films or furniture. He turns on the warmth of the Roose velt personality, soothes the irate, and placates the implacable. Jim my is popular around the movie lots. They tell a story in Hollywood of how Jimmy got 1,500 head of cattle to act in a picture for Mr. NO BULL . . . Jimmy really produced ’em. Goldwyn. Boss Sam Goldwyn had balked at paying more than $10 a head for the four-legged Thespians, and the Arizona cattlemen, who said their steers would lose $10 worth of weight in transit, wanted more. Equal to any emergency, Jimmy picked up the telephone, talked with an influential friend in Arizona, and before the flick of another tail, had the cattle under contract. This was merely chicken feed—or cattle fodder—compared to what Jimmy did for Mr. Goldwyn by tak ing a print of “Wuthering Heights” to France and England. Jimmy in troduced the picture into such high places, including Buckingham palace, that Goldwyn’s income from its sales was increased by $200,000. At this rate, Jimmy really earns his $37,500 salary. • • • Merry-Go-Round. Idaho’s new Sen. John Thomas, New Mexico’s Sen. Carl Hatch and Colorado’s massive Sen. Ed John son were all born in the sixth Kan sas congressional district—one of the most arid parts of the state. A folder being distributed to boost the presidential aspirations of Han ford MacNider, ex-Legion command er, declares, “the candidate must have courage, honesty and experi ence”; then it cites the various war medals MacNider got. First Australian to hold a full diplomatic status in the capital of a foreign country is Maj. Richard Gardiner Casey, inset, whose appointment to the post of minister to the United States was announced recently. Mrs. Casey is .pictured spinning the propeller of the Casey family plane in Sydney, Australia. She, like her husband, is a licensed pilot. The children are Jane, 11, and Don, 8. With them is a young friend. Reconnaissance Flights Probe Enemy Territory Aerial reconnaissance flights over enemy territory are one of the most common of today’s war maneuvers. Pictured here is the headquarters of a British royal air force unit in France. Left: Airmen who made the reconnaissance flight return with scores of aerial photographs of German positions, ammunition dumps and other strategic points. Right: At headquarters the developed pictures are placed in appropriate positions on a map of the Reich, and are examined under microscopes to find hidden details such as plane hangars, gun positions, etc. Rescue! Feline Survivors Reach Safety Rescued from electrocution were a mother cat and two of four kittens who lost themselves in the control room of the perisphere at the 1940 Worlds fair in New York city. After a search of several days the feline family was rescued from among the high tension wires. Two kittens were dead. The mother cat promptly was named “Purrisphere.” G. O. P. Leaders Discuss Convention Plans Making big medicine for the Republican party’s 1940 convention in Philadelphia are John D. M. Hamilton, center, chairman of the Republi can national committee; Harold W. Mason of Vermont, left, secretary, and Henry Fletcher of Rhode Island, general counsel. The trio met in Washington, D. C., to discuss plans for the June convention. Saposs Testifies Admitting one-time membership in the Socialist party, David J. Sap oss, chief economist for the National Labor Relations board, testifies in Washington, D. C., before the house committee investigating the labor relations board. War-Time Gibe From Germany comes this car toon gibe at England. Chamberlain says “God is our witness that we did not want this war.” Winston Church ill glumly replies, as he views sink ing ships: “It’s sure we did not want it like this.” LOVE AND BUSES. An Institute of Family Relations has completed a study of romance and discovered that more proposals of marriage are made in automo biles than in the home. But the ones made at home are still the j better bet. • • • Lack of privacy in the home is given as the rea son for the tri umph of the fliv ver over the front parlor, but the In stitute misses the big point. When a couple do their courting in an au to they are the bosses of their own lighting ar rangements. • • • How the internal combustion engine has speeded up romance! • • • In the old days it took at least an hour being nice to pop and mom. You had to listen to pop’s views on the plans for the new bandstand in Cropsey’s Park, satisfy mother’s ex plorations into your background and stall around talking about the inter national situation. • • • You even had to look over the family photographs! • • • You and Arabella got along after what seemed years. Every few minutes you had to say in a loud voice, “Yes, the exhibi tion at the art gallery this year is wonderful,” or cough and shout, “Isn’t it terrible about the Philip pines?” • • • And then there was the time limit hanging over you, and the signal system, with mother call ing, “Arabella, is that you down there?” one of the silliest ques tions of all time. • • • A wooer was always in doubt whether he was carrying on a court ship with the girl he loved or at tending a mass meeting in the House of a Thousand Squeaks. • • • A romance took years. Then came the horseless carriage, putting love on tires, equipping af fection with a magneto and stream lining sentimental impulses through out. Today you call, blow the horn, grab the girl and are through the second red traffic light before pop and mom, stand ing in the door way, have been able to determine whether you are the young man who works at the button shop or that boy from the gas works. • • • You leave the old folks at 45 miles an hour, pass the old-fash ioned conventions at 55 and are do ing a good 60 before you reach the point or remarking: “Well, honey, I thought I’d run over and see you. Did you expect me?” • • • In 15 minutes you have proposed, in a half-hour you have set the date and in 45 minutes you have reached the matter of house furniture. • • • It is a war between the haves and the have-nots, says Herr Hitler. Which explains why it was neces sary to crush Poland and Czecho slovakia, which had everything. • • • District Attorney Dewey says that what is needed at Wash ington is a new broom. This will cost him the snpport of the vac uum-cleaner industry at the out set. • • • Bob Taft is the first presidential candidate to have his picture taken fishing. All the boys are away be hind in the matter of climbing into Indian headgear so far. • • • The British censor released a few days ago pictures of the sinking of the plane carrier Courageous on Sep tember 18, last year. The censors must have come to the conclusion they were official. • • • Simile from M. R. De Sena: As smug as the man who appraises your old auto for the trade-in value. THE DAY’S YELLOW PERIL Beat it! Leave me! Go awayl Me no care what Confucius say. Li Hung Giles. • • • Of all great words of mouth or pen The toughest are “I knew you when.” Fred Woodworth. • • • Congress has decided that “to- may-to” and not “to-mah-to” is the right pronunciation. It will now take up the question of finnan haddie. ^Isk Me Another A General Quiz The Questions 1. Were the blood vessels in a human body placed in one line, how far would they reach? 2. Was the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor brought here as a finished statue? 3. What is meant by a runner getting his second wind? 4. When was the Mississippi river formed? 5. What kind of fruit is a monas tery? 6. How many primary human emotion* are there? 7. What portion of the Great Lakes belongs to the United States? The Answers 1. Over 2,000 miles. 2. No. After being exhibited in Paris, it was taken down and shipped in cases. 3. An adjustment of the heart rate to the intake and outgo of air in the lungs. 4. During the latter part of the Ice age, about 20,000 years ago. 5. A rare fruit from Puerto Rico with a taste similar to the pine apple and banana. 6. Three: anger, fear, and love. 7. Of the Great Lakes, 60,770 square miles lie on the United States side, and 33,940 square niles on the Canadian side. hello, America! hope you're ENJOYING SLOW-BURNING CAMELS AS MUCH AS WE ARE HERE IN ANTARCTICA. CAMELS SURE GIVE THE 'EXTRAS' IN CIGARETTE pleasure! VERNON BOYD of the V.S. Antarctic Expedition T AKE a tip from the men of die U. S. Antarctic expedition com manded by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd: When it came to cigarettes, the expedition took Camels. Camels burn slower—gi ve you more pleasure per puff and more puffs per pack. FOR EXTRA MILONESS / EXTRA COOLNESS, EXTRA FLAVOR— CAMEL