The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-16
Washington
Merry-Go-
Round
OCT. 1e, 1885
BY DREW PEARSON and
ROBERT 5. ALLEN

NIASHINGTON. oct. i6.-Ac-
w cording to inside word re-
ceived by the Navy Department.
Mussolini has given strict instruc-
tons to Italian naval commanders
to avoid a clash with British ship
ping at any cost. This is considered
significant.
Obviously, the last thing Musso-
lini wants is war with Britain, and
he knows that nothing is more liable
to fan British opinion to white heat
than tampering with vessel flying
the Union Jack.
Probably, therefore, British YES
sells carrying munitions to Ethiopia
under the lifted League embargo,
will be able to land their cargoes at
the terminus of the Djibouti-Ad
Ababa railway without hindrance.
What Mussolini is counting on is
catching the munitions after they
leave Djibouti and begin their haz-
ardous three-day trip on a narrow
gauge line across the Ethiopian
plateau.
THE State Department is saying
nothing about it, but the Ger
man Foreign Office has made some
sub-rosa complaints about the
political activity of Martha Dodd,
daughter of the American Am
basSador in Berlin.
Cause of complaint was some
articles contributed by Miss Dodd
under her own name to the Com
muniSt paper, New Masses. Any
thing Savoring of this ism is anathe-
ma to the Nazi government.
On one occasion Propaganda
Minister Goebbels made a public
reference to the fact that Miss Dcdd
publicly exhibited sympathy for
prosecuted Jews.
A MEXICAN embassy dispatches
L N from Berlin indicate that the
Germans are rubbing their hands
IN great glee over the League quar-
rel with Italy. 1t all plays into Hit
ler'S hands.
Meanwhile the American military
attache in Berlin reports more Mill
tary training in the Reich than ever
was seen in the days of the kaiser.
One military development in Ger
many has been the establishment of
large numbers Of underground air
dromes-safe from bombardment by
! enemy planes in wartime.
CENATOR ARTHUR CAPPER re-
~ Gently wrote his longtime
friend Senator William Borah urg-
ing the desirability of starting i'm
mediate work on an agricultural
plank for next years c.. o. p. plat
form.
1t should be as specific and ap-
peallng to the farmers as that of
the Administration" the veteran
Kansas Republican leader prompted.
The answer Of his Idaho colleague
follows:
Dear Arthur-You are absolutely
right. We should lose no time in
beginning work on a farm program.
l think you are Just the man to do
1t and when you have it finished
please send me copy.
"BORAH."
A T last the Roosevelt Admins
L n tration is beginning to get con-
sumer-conscious. That is the chief
inside reason behind the extreme
lack of enthusiasm upon the part of
Henry Wallace and his AAA CO.
horts to put across potato crop
control.
Thirty million housewives are
more than Horny Handed Henry
cares to face.
There was a day, not long ago,
when not merely Henry Wallace,
but General Johnson and other Re-
covery administrators trod rough
shod over the rights Of consumers,
spurned the Consumers Councils
theoretically established to protect
them.
But now the Administration is
worried. The possibility of house
Wife-consumer revolt is no idle
threat.
Wallace and his lieutenants re-
member only too wildly the recent
food-strikes in various cities and the
delegation Of angry Detroit wom-
en- who stormed Washington.
Also, from Labor Department fig
ures the AAA knows that the con-
sumers no longer are an unorganized
mass. A recent survey by the de-
partment disclosed that there are
close to 1000 consumer co-operativeS
in the United States with their
number and membership increas-
ing weekly by leaps and bounds.
Copyright. 1885. by United Feature
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