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i Washington, D. C. HITLER AND U. S. From diplomatic information it is possible to get a general idea of what the immediate future will bring forth in Europe if Hitler takes Eng land, as he seems sure to do in the next month. FIRST, he will want to buy U. S. cotton and grain in large quantities —in fact, he will be willing to take most of our surplus—but he will want a huge loan from the United States government to do it. This will be called reconstruction financ ing, and it will be tempting bait to farming and business groups. SECOND, it is more than likely that Hitler will offer to freeze the armaments of Europe and the Unit ed States on the basis of their pres ent armed strength. This also will be tempting to a tax-ridden American public. The United States always has favored disarmament, and several times has proposed freezing armaments. How ever, this was when France and England had an army and navy, and when this country was protected by them in South America. Today, Hitler’s reported plan would leave the United States with less than 250,000 men, Germany with about 3,000,000. In other words, Lat in America would be open to at tack at any time, and the United States would be powerless to pre vent it. Nevertheless, Hitler’s plans would have strong appeal in the United States, especially if accompanied by the usual Nazi propaganda stating that Hitler had only the kindliest ideas about the United States and cherished absolutely no designs for any part of her soil. Note—This was the propaganda Germany dropped from airplanes on France before the tanks came. It told how France and Germany had no basic quarrel, could live in peace indefinitely. * * * HITLER’S SECRET GAS All the evidence gathered by mili tary agents abroad now points to the probability that Hitler’s secret plan for conquering Britain is poison gas. It is significant that so far, Hitler has not used gas. Even more sig nificant is the fact that he has been storing it up in huge reserves. French and British intelligence offi cers have sent back reports that alarming quantities are now manu factured and ready for use. Wheth er any new and more deadly form of gas has been perfected, they do not know. One reason Hitler did not use gas in attacking France and Belgium was that his army was moving too fast. His tanks and armored cars were penetrating into the enemy lines so rapidly that they would have caught up with their own gas. It would have hampered Nazi opera tions rather than aided them. But in England it will be different. For the English channel lies be tween Germany and her victim. There will be no danger of the gas seeping back to Nazi invaders un til they actually land troops. And so far all evidence indicates that before attempting to land troops, Hitler will subject England to a rain of bombs such as the world never has seen before. Only after Hitler has gassed and bombed England to the verge of surrender will the Nazi attack by sea begin. • » • U. S. WAR PRODUCTION One very real worry among some of Roosevelt’s friends is that after all the hullabaloo over national de- fnse, October may come around with not many more airplanes or tanks constructed. This, they know, would be disas trous to the country, but also from a purely political viewpoint it would mean the defeat of President Roose velt or any other Democratic candi date at the polls in November. This possibility has caused shak ing of heads even among several cabinet members who have seen how slowly other projects moved in the past. They know that with the na tion voting the biggest national de fense budget in peacetime history, and with the President himself em phasizing its urgency, the country is going to expect results and ex pect them fast. • • • CAPITAL CHAFF Summer heat has come to Wash ington, but not the new fiscal year. Result: No electric fans for the state department. The building has just had its wiring changed from di rect to alternating current, but the money for new fans is not available until the new fiscal year. White House press conferences are drawing between 150 and 200 newsmen these days. U. S. Ambassador Steinhart looks in vain for a day of rest in Moscow. The Soviets have outlawed Sunday; they take one day of rest every six days. But it usually coincides with a week-day in Washington when the state department is at work—and its cables keep Steinhart at work. SEC Commissioner Leon Hender son went back to his class reunion at Swarthmore college, where 20 years ago they called him “Dub.” The class parade was headed by a sign reading, “Wall Street—Don’t Be Afraid of Henderson—We Knew Him When He Was ‘Dub’.” GENERAL HUGH S. JOHNSON Washington, D. C. ‘DANGEROUS GESTURE’ The selection of the Republi cans, Mr. Knox and Mr. Stimson as secretaries of navy and war re spectively, has a poisonous signifi cance. They are both ardent tom tom beaters for war. Mr. Stimson has been raising his voice for us to repeat the follies of 1917 and 1918 in a steadily increas ing clamor until his most recent blasts insisted on our convoying contraband of war to Britain and opening our naval bases to the Brit ish fleet—both irretrievable acts of war. Mr. Knox has been preaching armed intervention for months. This choice leaves no doubt whatever about the President’s own inten tions. If he is not stopped he is going to take this country into bloody war as soon as possible whether it wants to go or not—and with about 85 per cent majority, it doesn’t want to go. • • • Both men are leading citizens with honorable and distinguished rec ords. Mr. Stimson was at one time secretary of war and at another, secretary of state. In neither posi tion did he leave any record that would recommend him as a great cabinet minister. As secretary of state he was ready to use force to oppose Japan in Manchukuo, a course which, however high-minded, would have been fatal to the Amer ican strategical position in the Far East. Both these gentlemen have served as volunteer temporary army of ficers in time of war—Mr. Knox in two wars. There can be nothing but praise for that patriotic and high-minded performance. But a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Such temporary service in relatively subordinate commands sometimes—fortunately not fre quently—leaves the “veteran” with the conviction that Providence real ly intended him as a latter-day Napoleon—or at least a master of strategy, logistics and tactics. That is true in both these cases. In both, this conviction has per suaded these gents that we should commence firing tomorrow—before we get guns to fire. That strategic folly is another danger of this blitz krieg move. • • • Surely the President doesn’t feel the need of any such expert ama teur military and naval advice. He shares a similar conviction about his own powers in these fields. It was obviously not with 'any idea to improve technical preparedness that this move was made. It will have a reverse effect. It is too clearly a pure political gesture in an elec tion year—the “coalition-cabinet” slickness that the White House has denied intending. It is a dangerous gesture because it is designed to destroy the third term tradition and erect a war dictatorship by impair ing our two-party system, which is of the very essence of American democracy—and that is menacing and sinister in the extreme. Mr. Stimson won’t do the war de partment any good. It will take months to educate him in the com pletely changed condition since he left—and his is the sort of inflexible mind which does not filter fast. This is a cruel blow to the fine work that has been done—especially recently—by Louis Johnson in the of fice of assistant secretary of war. Under a statutory mandate Mr. Johnson’s organization has done much of the preparatory work nec essary to rapid supply and industrial mobilization. In its recent historical floundering to make up for its crim inal neglect of preparedness, this administration has simply ignored the valuable product of work and planning—by-passed it and paral leled it. Now it has taken the tucker out of Mr. Johnson’s dynamic lead ership and energy by kicking him aside and giving him a new boss whom it will take weeks to educate. • • • DEFENSE BOOM We haven’t even scratched the surface of consideration of defense of our cities from sudden air raids. That requires tens of thousands of guns with some kind of semi-mili tary home guard and expert crews —and we haven’t even begun to think about it or to provide one- tenth of one per cent of the material the whole program will require. Shall we, like England, dally along with a bunch of Chamberlains un til it is too late for any Churchill to do his stuff? Our effort to build our defenses, if vigorously and intelligently han dled, should create much employ ment and even some kind of an in dustrial boom. Appropriations asked for seem tremendous but, if they are really to prove sufficient and effective, we ain’t seen nothin’ yet. We haven’t even made a good start. It has been estimated by the best informed authority that if the World war had extended through 1919, our expendi tures for that year would have been $35,000,000,000. War, whether offensive or defen sive, is now largely a matter of in dustrial production of arms—spar tan discipline and sacrifice to the single purpose of military efficiency. THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C„ FRIDAY, JULY 5, 1940 Doctor Bids ‘Babies’ to Huge Party Dr. A. O. Belmore of Bridgewater, Mass., ton platform, right) speaks to some of the 2,002 babies he has brought into the world, in unusual party staged at his home, in celebration of his thirty-fifth anniversary as a practicing physician. Close to 1,000 of his “babies’* attended the party. Refugees to Canada From British Isles Gracie Fields, famed British comedienne who has been entertaining Tommies at the front, shown among some of the British refugee children brought to Canada. Right: Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands holding one of her children on train at Halifax, while F. E. H. Groenman, Netherlands minister to Canada, holds her eldest child. The royal party will reside temporarily at a vacation resort in Canada. Royal Inspection of Canadian Fighters Against Reds Queen Elizabeth is interested in a Toronto Scottish machine gun crew in training, while her husband, King George VI, chats with Major General A. G. L. McNaughton, during a visit to a southern England en campment. They are inspecting regiments of the Canadian active serv ice force. Gene Tunney lambasts the Reds, and especially what he terms their control of the National Youth con gress. He is speaking at a press conference at Hotel Roosevelt, New York city. ‘Armistice Car’ in Old Role—In Reverse German Consul The most fantastic retake of history was staged in this historic vehicle recently, at Compiegne forest, France—an armistice meeting in which the French and German roles of 1918 were reversed. The Germans, as the conquerors, handed to envoys of the defeated French, peace terms which “must be accepted as a whole.” Baron Edgar von Spiegel, German consul general at New Orleans, al leged to have made remarks to the effect that Germany will not forget U. S. aid to the allies. AS THEY SWING THROUGH JUNE ASEBALL form still is somewhat muddled as the major league teams swing along. In the National league, the Reds and the Dodgers are holding up, but the Cardinals, heavy pennant choice in some sec tors when the spring predictions were under way, lag so badly that if they are not already out of the race they are teetering on the verge. In the American league the Yan kees have come on but not rapidly enough to fit in with the pre-season schedule that called for them to be away out in front by this time. Otherwise, the race in that league is in accord ance with the dope, with the Red Sox, Indians and Tigers up ahead and the second division held by the White Sox, Senators, Athletics and Browns. The Browns, it seems, have had their splurge and from now on not much is likely to be heard from them. One of the main surprises has been offered by the Giants who, aft er a bad start, have moved up into the running. At the outset, the Giants didn’t look any better than they did at the finish of the 1939 campaign. But the return of Joe Moore, the fine pitching of Carl Hub- bell and the batting of Harry Dan- ning pulled them out of that early season slough. They still don’t look as if they might sneak through and grab the pennant. But they do loom as a threat to the Reds and Dodgers, be tween whom the pennant seems to lie. They can make a lot of trouble for those teams. Unable—or so it appears—to win themselves, they can have something to say about who does win. The Reds and the Dodgers The Reds naturally are favored. They moved back briskly from their collapse against the Yankees last fall, lost little time tak ing over the lead and have played at a steady gait most of the way. Again this year two of the most important fac tors in their play have been the pitch ing of Bucky Wal ters and the all- around work of Bill Werber. Walters seems headed for a season as brilliant as that which he had in 1939. Take Werber out of the Red infield and it would sag so badly the weight of it would drag the team down. The Dodgers have exceeded the expectations of Larry MacPhail and almost met those of the Brooklyn fans. Larry said in the early spring he didn’t think the Dodgers would be as good as they were last year, while the fans claimed the pennant. And, of course, they remain the most exciting team in baseball. A Quick Comeback The robustness of the Dodgers’ spirit was emphasized by the man ner in which they threw off the ef fects of the loss of those two games to the Giants on Memorial day. That, it must be remembered, was more than just the loss of a double- header. It was a bitter, humiliat ing and total defeat suffered on the home grounds at the hands of a hat ed enemy and with all the fans who possibly could be packed into Eb- bets field looking on. It was enough to have thrown them off their stride for a couple of weeks at least, but they bounced right back from it as only a thoroughly game outfit could. Once more Leo Durocher is dem onstrating his skill as manager as he guides the Dodgers past bumps such as that defeat by the Giants and the loss of Pee Wee Reese. The Brooklyn players—and this is one of their main sources of strength— think he is the greatest manager the game ever knew. I can’t go quite that far with them but I will say there is no manager in base ball now who is doing a better job. Yankees on the Way The Yankees, though they have lagged, may be on their way at last —not yet with the smoothness that is characteristic of them—but in a fashion that makes them still look like a fair bet to smash precedence and win a fifth pennant in a row. They have got over their bewilder ment, brought on by early season setbacks, and are hitting again. In Marvin Breucr—they have the best first-year pitcher in either league. They have had days recently such as they usually have at their peak. The Red Sox, holding first place, aren’t going to be overhauled eas ily. Even the Yankees know that. Cleveland, with Bob Feller swinging along and a fine second-base com bination in Mack and Boudreau, and Detroit, with a lot of power, are dangerous, too. The White Sox are going to be troublesome from time to time—as they were last week, when they took two games out of three from the Yankees—but they scarcely are contenders and the rest of the clubs do not matter, either. That’s the way it looks as the teams roll through these weeks. Bucky Walters Grantland Rice Embroidered Picture Of Freedom’s Lady /.//// Transfer No. Z9191 'T'OWERING majestically over New York harbor, “Miss Lib erty” is an ever-impressive re minder of our heritage as Ameri cans. Holding aloft the glowing torch of freedom, she represents democratic America. So we pause to pay her tribute in an embroi dered picture that should stir ev ery American heart. As transfer Z9191, 15 cents, this stamps to about 17 by 21-inch size. Send or der to: AUNT MARTHA Box IM-W Kansas City, Mo. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern desired. 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