Evening star., 1938-05-11

on May 6, when she laid the wage-and-
hour discharge document on Speaker
Bankhead's table, with the magical 2l8
John Hancocks attached, the potent
lady from III Duce" Hagues bailiwick
was unmistakably tinted. Another note
on the distaff side of the House is the
temperance of the famous ODay fan,
which. after annual Information, comes
out with the dawn of hot weather, to be
vigorously welded by the Representa-
tive-at-large from New York, Mrs.
Caroline ODay. Democrat, even when
the chamber is breezy with the wind of
debate.
From demonstrating constituent of
this department comes a reminder that
1t was in error in recently describing
Maine and Vermont as the only States
with solid Republican delegations in
Congress. He deposes and says that
North Dakota, too, claims that distinc-
tion, though with Representative Lemke.
who ran for President in 1936-without
getting very far-as the nominee of the
Union party; Representative Burdick,
describing himself in the Congressional
directory as always independent in poll
tics, being a member of the Nonpartisan
League" and both Senators Frazier and
Nye admitting membership in the league
one might perhaps be pardoned for fall
ing to include North Dakota's foursome
on the Hill among the emaciated G.. o.
P. ranks there. Officially, the delega-
ton rates as Republican.
Agents of China report that Americas S
so-called merchants of DEATH the Du
Points and other great munition Makers
are scared stiff, despite the terror
striking epithet applied to them, about
selling war equipment to the Chinese
1t appears that Japan, on the other
hand, can get almost anything she wants
IN this country. With a great munition
industry OF their own, the Japanese need
to import only American raw materials,
such as scrap iron, cotton, copper and
the like, which they're buying as steadily
as required and without any objection
on the part of either the Government
or our exporters. The Chinese, having
no manufacturing plant, can use only
nnlshed war products such as rifles, am
munltlon, guns, planes, etc. Although
Chlang kal-shek's people are prepared
TO pay cash on the nail for anything
they purchase here, they find our war
INDUSTRY, as whole, unwilling to do
business OF any magnitude, lest the COM
blned forces OF paciflsm, neutrality and
Short-slghted idealism raise the devil
ana hold up to national abloquy any,
oody who dares to engage in such traffic,
legitimate thought it be, and directly
helpful to Japan as long as it is stopped.
Apropos DR.. Hugo Eckner's arrival in
Washington on a helium mission-his
objective being to persuade the powers
that be that the Nazis never, never,
never, would dream Of using the gas for
war purposes-it's recalled that Zep-
pelins rendered the Germany army and
navy deadly service during the World
War with their periodical raids over
the sleeping city of London and towns
and cities on the east coast of the British
Isles. The huge gasbags ceased par
ticipating in bombing raids soon after
British anti-aircraft forces got their
range and put a couple of them out of
action, killing everybody aboard. Thence
forth Schrecklichkeit was left to heavier
than-air outfits.
Two of John Bulls business tycoons
have been in Washington, evidently for
the purpose of bolstering the morale of
the British reciprocal trade agreement
delegation which is still locking horns
with the State Department in an effort
to reach a mutually palatable pact of
Hull pattern. They are Sir Percy Bates.
chairman Of the Cunard-White Star