Imperial Valley press., 1936-03-06
News Behind the News
World Watches Tokyo Family RoU .
Another Great Var What Tked
The Rebels? =.

WASHINGTON-That little family Squab-
BILE in Toxic is being watched intently here-and
presumably in all other world capitals-for its
possible bearing on the great standing question:
When will the next big break out-and
where?
Two years ago the dopesters of international
politics anticipated an early war between Japan
and Russia which would spread at least far
west as Germany. More recently they have be-
lieved the first outbreak would come in Europe,
Now worldwide attention shifts back to the Far
East.
If the extremist militarists who killed the
ruling japanese statesmen turn out to have made
some headway by their uprising there will be
an increasing disposition to believe that the next
international slaughter will begin with Russo
japanese clash. which almost inevitably would
involve Germany France and most OF Europe.
Comment has been made on the recent cocki-
ness of Russians following SkirmlsheS with Jap
anese in Mongolia. Diplomats here know, as
few others do that some of those skirmishes
were Cf substantial proportions.
DetachmentS of japanese troops made sever
al raids and were wiped out. Russian warplanes
are said to have figured in these battles which
ragged around the spot where Mongolia, Man
chukuo. and Siberia meet. Nest of the news was
suppressed
Japanese miltarists have been rather wild
about it and Russians have acted as if they had
no fear of war with the island empire Whether
all this was what primarily irked the young
japanese asSassinS isn't yet apparent from the
cables.
If nothing happens in the Far East most
international politicians believe, the next world
war is likely to be delayed couple OF years
until Hitler gets ready
But meanwhile the Nazis are likely to take
over Memel Probably with nothing more than
vocal objection by the French who have refrain
ed from preventive" warfare chiefly because
of unwillingness of the French people to en-
gage in aggressive war.
jim Farley had better start praying that
there will be no major steamship disasters be-
tween and election time.
Recent prediction in this column that Com
mander H. Mccoy Jones and Frederick L. Adams
second and third ranking officers of the Bureau
of Navigation and Steamship Inspection, would
MT lcSe their jobs turns out to have been wrong.
These men, proponents of safety at and
protection of passengers from horrors such as the
MorrC Castle and Mohawk disasters were chag
ed with giving publicity to the resolution of the
bueaus Board of Supervising inspectors, which
said in effect that broad members could no longer
be responsible for safety and lives OF passengers
and crews American vessels.
Their friends charge their superiorS have
been loath to insist safety reforms because
shipping interests don't want to pay the costs
The Mccormack amendment subsequently
received endorsement of the administration and
of Chairman Marvin Jones Of the House Agri-
culture Committee 1t passed. House and Senate
conferees en- the bill subsequently agreed to re-
tain it.
The principle established by the amendment
is no new one but until now it has appeared
that the leaders of farm organizationS-incud
ing some who might be perfectly willing to create
artificial and unprecedented scarcties to boost
prizes high-would be able to block attempts to
enact it into legislation.
DR.. Calvin B Hoover, as consumers counsel
for AAA first espoused the principle and the
fight for it continued by the successor, Don-
aid E. Montgomery.
Secretary Wallace himself came out for it
last year and attempt was made to get it into
last sessions AAA amendments-unSuccessfu
thanks tC farm leaders.
President Ed ONeal of the American Farm
Bureau Federation attacked the Wagner amend
ment on the eve of the Senate vote and farm
state senator's supported him almost unanimous
ly.
Thanks to AAA and the drouth retail food
prices have advanced 25 per cent since 1888 and
although farmers better off, many city con-
sumers have felt the pinch and reacted bitterly
The Mccormack amendments also contains
a provision reminiscent of the old AAA parity
price goal which was inserted to square things
with the farmers
This directs the secretary, as rapidly he
deems practicable and in the public interest, tC
reestablish at the 1904 level the ratio between
the purchasing power OF the average income per
person on farms to the purchasing power Of the
average income per person in the non-farm
population
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