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THE SUN, NEWBERRY, S. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1940
GENERAL President Promotes Pan-American Friendship
Washington, D. C.
THE LINDBERGHS DISAGREE
There have been two backstage
developments regarding the radio
broadcasts of Colonel Lindbergh.
One is the fact that the men who
originally encouraged him to go on
the radio, now are backing vigorous
ly away. The other is the still un
solved mystery of those now behind
him.
The two men who originally got
the flying colonel on the air are
Fulton Lewis, enterprising radio
newscaster, and William R. Castle
Jr., undersecretary of state during
the Hoover administration. Castle
now denies emphatically that he is |
having anything to do with recent
broadcasts, while Lewis intimates
that the farther he keeps away from
Lindbergh’s microphone the better.
The man who now seems to be
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THE UNPREDICTABLE
NEW YORK.—General Pershing
said that no matter what else we
do to mix up in the European war,
we shall never send an expedition
ary force to Europe. On all the
military probabilities he is right, as
he usually is on such questions. But
the unerringly certain quality about
strategic planning is its unerring un
certainty—its utter unpredictability.
Who would have dreamed in 1913,
for example, that before Novem
ber, 1918, we would have more than
2,000,000 American soldiers in
France—a larger combat force than
Great Britain ever had there? I’ll
tell you some who didn’t dream it—
the President of the United States
and the general staffs of Germany,
France, England, Austria, Italy,
Belgium and the U. S. A.
When the first selective draft
close to the flying colonel is Col.
Robert McCormick, publisher of the started I wrote a memorandum, in
Chicago Tribune, who is violently July, 1917, suggesting that it be for
anti-British and pro-appeasement. 1,000,000 men—not to take them be-
Whether or not McCormick inspired tore they were ready, but to classify
Lindbergh’s latest speech is not and warn those who would have to
known, but Lindbergh was McCor- go. It came back ink-spattered by
mick’s house guest while in Chi- an angry pen-point that had punc-
cago, and also it is interesting to tured the paper and spurted indig-
note that the broadcast originated nation. It was initialed “W. W.”
over WGN, which is McCormick’s and said, in effect, that the Ameri-
radio station. ! can people would never stand for a
Mysterious Colonel Smith. draft of a million men, that our con-
Another man who has been close tribution was to be largely in money
to Lindbergh is Col. Truman Smith, : and supplies, that it was absurd to
of U. S. army intelligence, and the ; think of an offensive in any such
■ terms—just as General Pershing
army’s chief specialist on Germany.
Colonel Smith was stationed at
Fort Benning before the advent of
Hitler, when some German officers
came there for training. He became
a great friend of the officers, and as
military attache in Berlin several
years later, renewed that friendship.
In fact he was giving amazingly ac
curate information regarding the
German army.
For instance, when Germany
moved into Poland last year, Colonel
Smith was able to tell the war de
partment the points which the Ger
man army would take, and almost
the exact hour it would take them.
At first, the war department would
not believe his information, eventu
ally had to admit its soundness.
Colonel Smith got to know Lind
bergh in 1938 when the latter spent
much of his time in Berlin, so when
Lindbergh now comes to Washing
ton, sometimes for broadcasting, he
frequently stays at Smith’s house.
The colonel was reported to have
had a hand in writing some of the
broqgcasts. This he later denied.
Opinion in the war department is
unanimous that Colonel Smith is an
extremely able officer, but it is
mixed as to whether his admiration
of Germany is purely from the
military viewpoint or also includes a
political viewpoint.
Opposite Lindberghs.
says today.
That was perfectly understand
able. The Allies were then saying
that all they advised was a “token”
American force of a few divisions
to “show the flag” and boost French
and British morale, that they need
ed our factories, our supplies, our
money and the available shipping to
keep business as usual much more
than they would ever need our un
trained levies. The enemy general
staffs agreed. They did not count
on Americans in mass until we ac
tually began to send them, after the
! British debacle of March, 1918.
We in the selective draft organi
zation never agreed. As the system
started, it was not geared to get
100,000 men a month. In Decem
ber, 1917, I revised the entire ma
chine to examine and classify the
whole 10,000,000 pool of man-power.
A result was that when the pres
sure came in 1918 and the Allies
began to scream for “men in their
undershirts,” it was enabled to step
up the monthly taking from some
30,000 or 40,000 to 400,000 men a
month—without a ripple. I shall al
ways believe that this change did
much to win the war.
Anyway, li burned in on my mind
the fact that no mem is smart enough
to foresee the course of war once
the fateful decision is made to en-
Pan-American unity, given impetus at the recent Havana conference, received further promotion when
members of the South American delegations were entertained by President and Mrs. Roosevelt on the fam
ily estate at Hyde Park, N. Y. The President shouts over the heads of cameramen for his car so that he can
take the wives of the delegates for a ride around the estate. Delegations from Argentine, Chile, Paraguay
and Uruguay were among the South Americans entertained. Present at a luncheon in honor of the delegates
was Capt. Joseph M. Patterson, New York publisher.
Irish Coast Guard Sows Death in Dublin Bay
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Members of Eire’s coast guard are shown in three stages of mine-laying operations as they speeded de
fense measures for the protection of the Irish coast against the possibility of attack by invading naval
forces. The mines are of a remote control type which can be set off from shore stations by throwing an elec
tric switch. Premier Eamon de Valera has rallied his countrymen in a program to protect Eire’s neutrality
and be ready to defend the Emerald Isle in case of attack.
Baby Robins Sing for Their Breakfast Proudest Widow
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, widowed , gage in it. We do a lot of talking
mother-in-law of Colonel Lindbergh,
isn’t the only member of his family
who disagrees with him on his anti-
British, pro-appeasement views. The
flier’s wife, author of the moving
“North to the Orient” and “Listen,
the Wind,” also sees differently
from him.
The mother of two small boys and
fearful of the limelight, Mrs. Lind
bergh has shrunk from a public ex
pression of her strong anti-Nazi be
liefs. But personally she feels just
as forcefully about them as her gan
gling husband does about his oppo
site convictions. Since he has taken
to the public arena as the leading
appeasement champion, Mrs. Lind
bergh has become even jnore se
cluded than before.
One ironic angle to Lindbergh’s
stand is that it is bringing him ef
fusive encomiums from a unique
about "defensive” war and “defend
ing” the Western hemisphere. No
country at war can completely de
cide its own policy any more than
Joe Louis could decide what he had
to do against Max Schmeling in their
first fight. The enemy has some
thing to say about that. If we get
into this shindy we may have to
send men in the army to Europe,
Africa or eastern Asia. We almost
certainly will have to send men in
the navy and marines to all those
places. As has frequently been re
marked in this space, in a knock
out fight you can’t afford to “hit
soft,” and you can’t enter any fight
with one hand tied behind your back
or one foot hobbled to a post.
Germany is fighting this war as
England always fought her wars—
to win. If we get into it, that is
the way we must fight—with every-
quarter. When he sneered at Rus- , thing we have and anywhere on the
eiei’c c+pon ef+Vi in 1Q3ft i
sia’s air strength in 1938, Commu
nists couldn’t find language acid
enough to blast him. Now, he is
their great hero.
• • •
NAZI BLACKJACK
With U. S. naval strategists more
and more worried about what is go
ing to happen to the British fleet,
it is interesting to examine some of
the details regarding the forced sur
render of the French fleet.
President Roosevelt had definite
assurances from the French ambas
sador that the French fleet would
co-operate with the British if
France was forced to surrender.
However, Nazi agents had got
the names of every crew member on
French ships, and his relatives back
home in France. So when Marshal
Petain finally sued for an armistice,
the Nazis told relatives they would
be interned unless the French fleet
surrendered.
Chief moral to be gained from this
incident is the difficulty facing any
British fleet loan to the United
States. The Germans undoubtedly
have a list of the relatives of British
crews.
• • •
MERRY-GO-ROUND
When National Youth officials here
ask girl applicants what they hope
to be doing for a living 10 years
hence, 10 per cent say, “wife and
mother”; 90 per cent say, “govern
ment clerk.”
Hearing that Japanese Ambassa
dor Horinouchi was to leave Wash
ington, another diplomat remarked,
“He didn’t have enough hair on his
teeth,” meaning he was not tough
enough to suit the new regime is
Tokyo.
surface of the globe where a power
ful blow may bring victory. Let’s
, make no mistake about that or be
j fooled into any action on the error
{ that any war is a picnic or that
' either combatant can call his shots
i without regard to what the enemy
may do.
• • •
PATRIOTIC UNDERSTANDING
I can’t see much the matter with
the President’s avoidance of a di
rect endorsement of the Burke-
Wadsworth conscription bill in its
present form. He has at least twice
indicated his belief in the'principles
of selective service.
The cost of registration is utterly
negligible. You simply use the
existing local machinery for regis
tration for elections. The service is
voluntary and uncompensated. The
only expense is for forms, station
ery, postal and telegraph bills. That
will have to be borne whatever the
age limits, and the additional cost
for registering men up to 64 would
hardly equal that of governmental
mimeographed political handouts
for one day.
How can you “register only those
you need”? Registration isn’t selec
tion for service. You can’t tell what
you need—or rather what you ought
to take—until you see what you’ve
got.
The Burke-Wadsworth bill is con
fusing and out of that confusion is
growing a distinct, heart-sickening
political approach to this subject.
This column is not in the least in
favor of any “coalition” departure
from the two-party system.
But this selective service business
is absolutely necessary for defense—
which our people do want.
It’s mighty convenient when a picture flies right into the hands of
a cameraman. That was the experience of a photographer in Baltimore
who took the above views of a Robin family. The birds built their nest
in his yard and he was able to snap the parent bird, left, looking anx
iously to see if the other parent is on the job digging up worms. At right,
papa has just returned, his beak full of worms for Hie babies who are
mighty hungry. He’ll dole them out evenly.
20th Anniversary of Women Suffrage
Twentieth anniversary of women suffrage in the United States will be
celebrated with observances at the headquarters of the National League
of Women Voters in Chicago on August 26. Above, left, is Margaret M.
Wells, president of the league, and Carrie Chapman Catt, who led the
suffrage movement 20 years ago.
Proudest widow in England it
Mrs. Harry Nicholls who learns that
her husband who died in action had
been awarded the Victoria Cross,
highest award for gallantry. She
shows her baby daughter one of hei
father’s trophies.
Notable Birthdays
Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
(above left), who will celebrate hei
birthday as a refugee in Londor
on August 31. She was driven from
her throne by Hitler’s army. Oliva
Dionne, father of the famous Quints,
will mark his thirty-seventh birth
day at Collander, Ontario, on Au
gust 27.
MR. FARLEY MAKES A SHIFT
Jim Farley has retired as National
Democratic chairman to head the
New York Yankees. Eight years of
football have been enough.
• • •
Jim will find it a relief to be in a
field where the pitcher doesn’t want
to bat, field and coach at one and
the same time.
• • •
For nearly a decade he has been
head over heels in national politics,
where use of the “bean ball” is
strictly ethical, and that’s been long
enough to convince him that life is
more satisfactory in a business
where its use is at least officially
discouraged.
• • •
Jim is an old baseball man him
self. He was a first baseman on
the Haver-
straw nine
back home.
But he had
to get into
politics to
discover
that a man
could mean
well and still
get spiked in
both.
• * •
After what
he has been
through in
the last few
years, it is
understood
that Big Jim has a terrific yen
for a business where team play will
be welcomed, where not more than
one pitcher is used in the box at the
same time and where the use of
amateur coaches is barred.
• • •
James M. Cox, chief backer of
Mr. Farley in the baseball deal, is
Miami’s Number One Citizen, and
it may be that he has decided this
is the only way to get the Yanks
to train in Miami as an added win
ter attraction. Miami has every
thing else.
• • •
Governor Cox’s chief sporting in
terest is in golf. But it may be
that, like most golfers, he would like
to get his mind off it and thinks it
worth a couple of million to do it.
• • •
Big Jim Farley has been the most
underpaid man in politics. That
wouldn’t be
so bad ex
cept that of
late he
hasn’t even
been a 1 - 1
lowed to ar
gue with the
umpire.
And it has
probab ly
been a ter
rific strain
for an old
baseball
player to be
in a position
where he
can’t find out whether his star pitch
er intends to keep pitching or to
take a job as coach at third.
• • •
There is a rumor that one of his
last acts as postmaster-general will
be to design a DiMaggio postage
stamp and a Babe Ruth memorial
post card.
* • •
We wish Jim lots of luck in the
baseball world. And we hope he
doesn’t find the change so confusing
that he will signal for a caucus in
stead of the hit and run play.
• • •
Add similes: As forgotten as a
platform a week after its adop
tion.
• • •
BRITAIN IN ANY WAR
ROUND 1—John (“Kid”) Bull
rushes in, chin out, and is floored
five times.
ROUND 2—He is groggy and de
fenseless, but manages to weather
the round.
ROUND 3—He is knocked all over
the ring. He takes a count of nine.
The bell saves him.
ROUND 4 — He waddles around
without landing a single punch. The
bell finds him cut and bleeding.
ROUND 5—He is floored five
times. There are cries of "Stop it!’
ROUND 6—He is struck by every
thing except the water bucket, and
finishes the round on his hands and
knees.
ROUND 7—He manages to get one
hand op and stagger through the
round, with both eyes closed.
LAST ROUND (FLASH) — John
Bull wins by knockout!
• • •
LIFELINES
Action speaks louder than words,
and so do tanks.
Keep your powder dry, but be
sure to have the powder.
Procrastination is the thief of na
tions.
Not many want to see the ace if
you really have it. As it is with
men so it is with nations.
• • •
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his laundryman puts it “No Willkie,
no shirtie.”
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