The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-21

more worried about this ths facing him - including the The two chief factors which cause worry are:
 l. Fear that war between
 Japan and China will spread to
 the rest of the world. Should
 Russia come into the fray
 against her traditional enemy,
 Japan, then Japat's ally Ger many would immediately follow, and the fat would be in the
 fire.
 P. More immediate is neces-
 Sity of the. United States de- clafing an arms embargo against both Japan and China under the
 Neutrality Act, This would
 mean a tremendous handicap
 to China. and none at all to
 Japan, for Japan -hs ample
 armament and var supplies
 while China has almost none. Among the Presidents advisers it is felt that this advantage should not be thrown to Japan if there is any way to get around it. They consider China a traditional friend of the United States, while Japan's imperialistic ambitions and her plans for the division of China-to put 1t mildly-are not ideals which the United States wants to further.
 That is why every telegram from American envoys in the Orient is sent to the White House imme- diately, and why Roosevelt gets q personal report from State De- partment experts at least twice day.
 SOl'S Constitution
 Tammany Congressman Sol Bloom, jocular. diamond-sporting ex-theatrical magnate, has been known in the past as the Man Who Made George Washington Famous. But now it looks as if he would become the Man Who Fre- served the Constitution.
 Sol is a shrewd operator. A few years ago he grabbed sev- eral hundred juicy pluns through the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. There were other members on the com mission, but Sol ran the show and. dished out the jobs. The commission lasted several years and cost taxpayers more than $500,O0o. including the cost of 5000 plaster cast of the Fatler of His Country at s4.5O each. whi:h Sol distributed.
 Sol never forgot those lush days and last year revived them with a new iGea. the U. s. Con- stitution Scsquicentennial Com. mission.
 200 Grand
 As chairman of the commission Sol lobbied through congress $200,000 grant to finance prep arations for celebrating in Sep- tember, 1a37, the 150th anniver- sary of the signing of the conSti- tuition. With this cozy nest egg he swung into action and in a short time had rented ten offices. assembled a staff of 45 employees. all selected by himself. He even published under his pslsonal copy right 250,000 copies of a booklet entitled "The Story of the Con- stitution."
 To critics, So lreplied that tha reason the pamphlet bore his name was to distinguish 1t from other books dealing with the constitu- tion and to prevent business firms from using 1t for advertising pur- poses.
 Two hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money, but when Sol comes to the aid of the constitu- tion he spares no expense.
 More Easy Money
 Recently he informed Congress that the lc3s appropriation was about exhausted and that another $150,000 would be necessary 10 complete arrangements for the CCACbtdtAOil. var lTOIU DcttlS daunted by this request, the House went him one better.
 On . motion by Representa- tive Charles Kramer, ardent Los Angeles patrioteer. it added $l25,000 to the $150,0OO in order to supply etvery senator and congressman with $500 free copies of Sei's pamphlet.
 The senate, embroiled in the battle over the Supreme Court bill, hasn't acted on the matter yet, but Sol has high hopes of success. ~y,
 "It can't refuse to commemor- ate the signing of our sacred Constitution" he says, land unless we. get this additional ap- propriation we can't proceed"
 NOTE-Sol'S plans contemplate two years of celebrating the rati. fication of the Constitution after the September commemoration IS over. On the basis of his past record 1t is good bet he will be back next year for another grant to complete the work" of the commission.