The daily independent., 1937-07-20
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Now Made Clearer; Many Fear
Being Sucekd Into War; Fresh
men Minton, Schwellenbach
Emerge From Turmoil AS
Strong Men.
Washington-The State De-
partment is not shouting it from
the housetops, but a new era of
diplomatic cooperation with the
British Empire has begun.
The initiative in this came from
the British, and was inspired by
Britain's new Prime Minister,
Neville Chamberlain. At a meet
ing Of Dominion Prime Ministers
at the recent Imperial Conference
Chamberlain spoke almost with
emotion in his voice of relations
with the U. S. A.
He said that any alignment be-
tween the DominionS and the
mother country was inconceivable
without the United States. They
were discussing the prospects of
war in Europe and Asia.
The meeting was confidential,
but friendly Dominion representa-
tivcs arriving in the United States
later relayed the information to
Secretary Hull.
Aside from this. the State De-
partment has concrete evidence
that Chamberlain theories have
been put into practice. During
Baldwin'S regime, U. S. officials
never knew exactly what British
policy was. The Foreign Office
seemed always in fog.
Now they say British policy
seems more definite, while the
Foreign Office never has been
more cooperative. weVcr,
Chamberlain has been careful
not to let his Foreign Minister,
Captain Anthony Eden, a very
nice but nebulOuS young man,
handle U. S. relations. The Prime
Minister handles them himself.
Note: Some State Department
officials feel that the British have
launched a campaign to win over
the United States, now that war
threatens in Europe, and that
Hull and Roosevelt will have to
be Super-careful not to get suck
ed in by British diplomacy.
Illness
Eighty-tWo-year ar-old Andrew w.
Mellon. who was Secretary of the
Treasury longer than any other
man in history, has been serious
ly i'll for some weeks with a car
diac condition.
He has been confined to his
Washington apartment, where he
is attended by a day and night
nurse. His illness has remained a
very carefully guarded secret.
Aiming S. Prall, chairman Of
the Federal Communications
Commission, probably will not be
able to return to his work, due to
severe illness which has result
ed in partial paralysis.
Two Young Leaders
Out of the confusion that
struck the Capital with the sud-
den death of Senator Joe Robin
son, two figures emerged as
strong men. A great deal is going
to be heard of them in the future.
They are Senator Sherman
Minton of Indiana and Senator
Lewis Schwellenbach Of Wash
ington.
Both are young first-termers
and ardent New Deal supporters,
also hard hitters and enthusiastic
scrappers. When other admins
trationiteS, struck with conster-
nation by RobinsonS death, ad-
viSed shelving the Court bill,
Minton and Schwellenbach clam
ored for fight to the finish.
Their unyielding attitude made
tremendous impression on the
President, and in his councils of
war he brushed aside older party
chieftains and turned to the two
freshmen.
Born in Wisconsin, 43 years ago,
SchWellenbach, tall and bespec-
tacled, is now displaying the same
mettle as on a previous occasion.
This was during the rampaging
Of the late Huey Long, when the
ebullicnt KingfiSh had the vet
Gran Senate leaders completely
coWed by his threats to 60 into
their States and defeat them.
Irked by some White House
slight, Huey Waged a ono-man
filibustcr against an AdminiStra-
ton bill. Th. Senate was COM
pletely tied up and the leaders
were talking of coming to terms
with Huey when SchWellenbach
took command. Fcrcing Long to
continue on his feet some II
hours he broke the filibuster and
drove him from the floor.
Minton, tall, dark and good
looking, Is At years old. He serv-
eel as Captain of infantry over
seas and is one of the best speak
ers and rough-and-tumb,c deba-
ters in the Senate. He was the
Administrations choice to reply
to Senator Burt Whceler's speech
assalhng the court measure.