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Use of Subject of Religion
Causes Some Comment

From the standpoint of political
considerations, there were numer-
Gus published comments, after the
message was delivered, in which
members of the house and senate
openly chided Mr.. Roosevelt for at
tempting to capitalize politically
upon sentiment among the church
people. l relate that because it il
Illustrates how no political leader can
be quite sure when he makes
statement whether it will be re-
ceived favorably or not. 1t is so
easy, and every politician knows it,
to make a perfectly sincere state
ment, only to learn two days later
that it was being held up to ridi-
cule as bunk or being torn to pieces
as being unsound, fundamentally.
Those who have been razzing Mr..
Roosevelt's use of the subject Of
religion recognize, of course, that
destruction of free religion has
been one of the keystones of dicta-
torship. They recognize further that
the actions of Hitler and Stain and
Mussolini in this regard have been
responsible, as much as any other
one thing, in creating bitter resent
ment in the United States. Obvious
ly, then, they look upon the Roose-
Welt appeal in this regard as being
good politics, but they are unwilling
to let him get away with it.
In summary, then, it seems prop
er to catalogue Mr.. Roosevelt's 1899
message to congress as one of his
best state papers, but it must be
added that it stands to create
greater difficulties for him than any
other annual message he has deliv-
cred. Whether one agrees with all,
or only a part, or none of its pro-
posals, it is a great improvement
over the Incorporate character of
some of his earlier efforts.
G Western Newspaper Union.
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Bruckarts Washington Digest
President Outlines His Policies
In Annual Message to Congress
Gives No Assurance of Prospect of Balanced Budget;
Necessity for Armed Preparedness Stressed; Con-
tinued Spending Makes Some Democrats See Red.
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service National Press Bldg, Washington D. c.

WASHINGTON.-It is always ex-
pected that the annual message to
congress from the President of the
United States will outline his poll
cieS. The message is presumed to
reflect, in a broad general formula,
what the Chief Executive regards as
the major problems and what should
be done about them. Moreover, the
annual message on the state of the
Union is a document that usually
embraces some political considera-
tions and, frequently, therefore, con-
stitutes the basis for a test of its
authors leadership either from
what is proposed or because Of
things which were omitted.
President Roosevelt's recent mes
sage meets each of the phases just
described. He outlined the general
policies: l. the necessity for armed
preparedness in protection of our
religion, our liberty and our form
Of government-democracy; 2. he
disclosed that he has no intention
of retreating from his New Deal
social policies and that to buttress
them and accomplish national pro-
lection against dictatorship, he pre-
poses to keep on with his policies Of
spending. He likewise omitted to
give one bit of assurance that there
is any prospect Of balanced budget
or any means by which the bust
ness of the country, small as well
as large, can look forward to less
governmental messing.
Thus, there seems little reason to
doubt that what Mr. Roosevelt pro-
posed, as we'll as what he omitted
saying, places his current annual
message in position to provide a
test of his leadership. There are
those among the legislators who do
not want larger armed forces; there
are those who think an armed
America will invite trouble; there
are those wanting business recov-
cry here much more than wholesale
reform of our national business
practices and social relations, and
there are those who think there will
be no reduction of unemployment
until the government itself quits its
wild orgy of spending and borrow
ing-they want a balanced budget.
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Continued Spending Makes
Some Democrats See Red

There are prospects of opposition
to his arms program confronting
the President, therefore, among the
Borah-Johnson school of thought, as
well as among those representative
and senators from inland areas
where there never has been much
fear from attacks by other nations.
There will be ridicule of his arms
program, too, on the basis of his
indication that it will provide work.
That ridicule will be justified. Work
can not start on ships for a year
and half or two years after they
are authorized, and supplies for the
army, even an expanded army, will
not call so many men back to fac
tories.
Proposals for continued spending,
as outlined by the President, made
a number of strong Democrats see
red again. Men of the type of Sen
ator Byrd of Virginia and Bailey of
North Carolina, and others in the
senate and house. They can not be
reconciled to such a program and
they will have the Republican mi
nority backing them up wherever
and whenever they attack continued
spending of government funds.
The proposal to continue spend
ing, of course, is linked like tan
gle of yarn with the whole question
of relief administration, and there
is no telling what may come of that
row. Senator King, Utah Democrat
and anti-New Dealer, already has
bill in the hopper to eliminate the
entire federal relief setup. He
would turn it back to the states,
providing only for grants of federal
money when the states can't meet
their obligations.
On top and alongside of the Dem
ocrats who, for one reason or an
other, will differ with Mr. Roose-
velt's program will be found almost
a solid Republican phalanX. There
are 1863 of them in the house, now,
and 26 in the senate. This is far
from enough to control, but when
that number is coupled with any de-
fections from the Democratic ranks,
the answer spells out into the words
trouble for Mr.. Roosevelt"
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Relief

"NoU that Mr.. Hopkins has been
made secretary Of commerce you tOOn't
need all of this 1915 100000 tOiH yOu?"
The questioner: New York's Rep.
John Taber. His audience: Works
Progress Administrator F. c. Har-
rington. The implication: That
President Roosevelt's request for an
1915, 1000, 900 deficiency appropriation
to carry WPA until the next fiscal
year starts July l, is too high, since
Former WPA Administrator Harry
Hopkins can now dispense patronage
instead of relief funds.
If Administrator Harrington
thought this reasoning was silly, he
knew better than to say so. So did
any other Roosevelt appointee who
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People Wondering When
Dividends Can Be Expected

1t is pretty difficult for one to &C.
cept these piling deficits and in
creasing totals of the national debt
as being anything except an ex-
tremely dangerous condition. When
Mr.. Roosevelt's argument about the
investment is followed by budg-
ct message that fixes next years
deficit in excess of So, 800, 900, 900 and
a probable national debt of $44, $780,
600, 900 in 1940-well, a good many
people are wondering when divi-
dends can be expected. Three years
ago, Mr.. Roosevelt defended the
growth of the national debt, saying
there was no need to fear it. He
held that it could 60 to $4,000, 000,-
900 before it became a real burden
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Weekly News Analysis
Beck Visit, Czech Border Tiff
Point Probable Nazi Course
BY Joseph w. La Bine-

basis for negotiation by which the
ntergovernmental refugee commit
tee could deal both with Germany
and Italy. Since Italy's Jewish per-
secution is far less severe than Ger
many's, President Roosevelt con-
tacted Premier Mussolini shortly
after January /, asking him to urge
more leniency on Chancellor Hitler.
Also suggested was the settling Of
Italian Jews (who must leave by
February y in Ethiopia.
A week later, as Prime Minister
Chamberlain left on his "appease-
ment" journey to Rome, it looked
like President Roosevelt had mad
vertently given the Rome-Berlin
axis another weapon to hold over
Democracy head. Smart Musso-
lini. probably on advice from the
even smarter Hitler, was willing to
discuss the Roosevelt program with
Mr.. Chamberlain. Observers
thought he would agree, but only if
A'AA 4dSlCtlS lCll(ll
capitulation to Italian territorial
claims. Meanwhile George Rublee.
American director of the refugee
committee, left for Berlin to ne
gotiate with Hitler, apparently will
ing to consider modification of the
Reich's program to blackmail de-
mocracies into accepting unwanted
Jews.
Interesting as a sidelight was the
announcement of an Italian repatri-
alton commission, whose duty is to
make 100000 racial Italians re-
turn from foreign countries, partly
replacing the Jews now being GUST
ed. But the drives real purpose is
to give Italy an uncomfortable sur
plus population, thereby backing her
territorial claims in Africa.
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Germany

Two events on one bleak January
day, one at tiny Munkacs. Hungary,
the other at lofty Berchtesgaden,
Germany, gave puzzled European
observers the key to future plans Of
the Rome-Berlin axis. The events:
Berchtesgaden. To Adolf Hitler's
Bavarian eyrie came another Wis
itor, Poland's Foreign Minister JOS
eph Beck. Colonel Beck was fright
ened because: ID Germany has
shown outright hostility by foment-
ing revolt in Polish sections of the
vast Ukraine; has been busy Nazi-
flying Lithuania's Baltic seaport Of
Memel; has Nazified the free city
of Danzig and made other threats
at closing Poland's precious "corri-
dor" to the Baltic; (2) because
one Of Poland's allies, France, re-
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might be called upon to testify be-
For there was revolution brewing
under the capitol dome, and most Of
it was concerned with spending and
taxing. First the White House had
requested moderate" tax rises to
Offset farm parity payments and
finance the first half of a proposed
defense expansion program. The
added cost: S422, 900, 000 Next had
come the S975, OOO,0 900 to operate
WPA until July l. which was Sl25,-
900, 900 greater than WPA deficiency
estimates included in the previ-
Gus days budget message.
Mr.. Harrington knew that his
WPA would have harder time JUS
tifying its expenditures than would
the agricultural department or the
army Placed into the house COM
mittee's record was table showing
that WPA expenses increased stead
lily through September. October and
December, when the federal reserve
board index showed business was
booming. His defense: That relief
rolls dropped from 3,l12,000 on De-
cember "a to BOTS, 900 on December
81. His claim: That slash of the
deficiency appropriation to $500, 0O0,-
900 would bring starvation to many
unfortunates. Nevertheless it looked
like Mr.. Harrington would be lucky
indeed to get 100000, 900.
Such incidents demonstrate that
the Seventy-sixth congress is indie
pendent. If it grants Mr.. Roose-
velt's full budgetary requests for
the next fiscal year-which is doubt
ful-the U. s. public debt will rise
precariously near $4,000, 900, 600,
which is the legal peak on treasury
department borrowing. Anticipat-
ed daily is a White House request
that the limit be raised.
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NERVOUS?

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POLAND'S COLONEL BECK
He sought and found security.
fuses to help her in wartime; 90
because another ally, Russia, is far
away and would be of questionable
assistance.
Colonel Beck left Berchtesgaden
after discovering he had much in
common with the master of Europe.
Though unannounced, the confer
ence results are quite discernible.
Having been granted security at
Germany's mercy, Poland will play
an important role in the Reich's
campaign to create Ukrainian re-
public, also serving as rear guard
while Berlin turns it's attentions to
helping Friend Mussolini win Medi-
terranean territorial concessions
from France. Poland will lead in
forming a band of armed, neutral
states from the Baltic to the Bal
kans. protecting Germany from
Russia. Poland will permit a Ger
man railroad and highway from
East Prussia to Germany proper,
across the Polish corridor Most
important, Poland will probably
lead in Pan-Ukrainian agitation,
serving as a front nation for the
Reich.
Munkacs. Bad blood has stood be-
tween Czechoslovakia and Hungary
since last November 2, when Ger
manhattan commission remarked
the southern boundary of Carpatho-
Ukraine (RutheniO and gave added
territory to Hungary. Unpopular
with Germans and Czechs alike was
one Italian demand, that strategic
Munkacs be ceded to Hungary.
Munkacs is key city in Germany's
plan for vast atho-Ukrainian
Notifications, slyly planned as a
threat to keep Russia inundated
while the Reich turns its attentions
to winning concessions from France
and Great Britain, both for itself
and Mussolini.
When zech-Hungarian hostilities
broke out at Munkacs, the inspira-
ton was obvious. This time using
Czechoslovakia for a front" Hit
Ter was stirring up trouble which
Czech-Hungarian frontier. bringing
strategic Munkacs back into his
power. This done, the Reich has
only to placate little Hungary. Then
the chain of pro-German states will
extend from Baltic to Balkans.
These things happened just as
British Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain left for Rome, where
observers expected him to make
deal with Mussolini. The probable
deal: France would give Italy
Suez canal rights and joint use of
the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railroad.
In return Italy would guarantee Sc
curity for British shipping in the
Mediterranean, also helping settle
Britain's Palestine headache. But
with Hitler once more turning his
eyes westward, this could be inter-
preted as only the beginning After
helping Mussolini win his demands,
the Reich will probably demand gil
gantic economic and financial con-
cessions from the democracies, even
going so far as to demand return of
World war Preparations. Mulling
over these prospects, European de-
mocracies have good reason to fear
1939s eleven remaining months.
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People

At San Pedro's Terminal island
correctional prison, where he was
transferred from Alcatraz, AL Ca
pone was said by a guard to be
''screwy as a bedbug."
o In Vienna, Jewish, prosecuted
DR.. Solomon Frankfurter, 80, re-
joiced that the U. S. had elevated
his nephew, Harvard's Felix Frank
furter, to the Supreme court.
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Spain

Just before Prime Minister Cham
berlain left London for Rome (See
GERMANY, Premier Mussolini sent
orders to Spain's Rebel Generals
simo Francisco Franco. The or
ders: Start an immediate major Of
fensive, aimed to show Mr.. Cham
berlain that Loyalist Spain is COL
lapsing and should therefore be sold
out.
Aided by Italian troops, also by
Italian and German planes and
guns, General Franco started driv-
ing into northeastern Catalonia two
days before Christmas. A fortnight
later his offensive was sprawled
over 100-mile front, creeping slow
ly and painstakingly toward the
coastal city of Tarragona. Though
he boosted 300 1000 troops, though
his attack resembled the World
wars Verdun, the showing was still
too unimpressive to make Mr..
SldlilDSI lam JUMP iii OuSH uOOp.
What made matters worse was
news from south central Estrema-
dura, where Loyalist Gen. Jose Mi
alas Loyalist army had made a
spearhead advance of so miles in
five days. capturing rich mining
lands on which General Franco de-
pended for buying war materials
abroad, Thoroughly angry, Franco
ordered removal of his famous ''ra-
dio general" Gonzalo Queipo de
Llano, famous for his lusty broad
casts from Seville. Then he took
steps to protect the Loyalist objec-
tive, the Seville-Salamanca railroad
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-01-19
QUIZ

If you read News Analysis, you
can answer these questions:
. Did the U. S. death rate rise or
fall in 1887, compared with 1886?
Of what famous prisoner did a
guard say, Hes screwy as a bed
bug?"
. Japan's new premier strengthens
the hope fo> ChineSe-J Japanese peace.
True or false?
o What nation will serve as Germany's
front in the Ukrainian conquest?
0 The legal limit of u. S. public debt
is $50. 600. 900, 900. True or false?
. Why is Spanish Rebel Gen. Quiepo
de Llano known as the radio general?
. Identify: Munkacs Beck. Miaja,
Rublee, Hiranuma.
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Indignant Denial

'Listen carefully, Willy" said
teacher. "' 1T was you what
ate the pie Is there anything
wrong with that sentence?"
"Yus," was the indignant re-
ply, 81 amt never seen no pie!"
Stray Stories.
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which connects northern and south
ern Spain. The only Franco re-
course seemed to be withdrawal of
thoroughly tired troops from the
Catalonia front, which undoubtedly
meant a loss of the bloody gains
Rebel Spain has made in that sector
since Christmas.
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The Real Want

81 wish I'd enough money to-
buy an elephant.
What d'you want an elephant
for?"
II don't. / want the money"
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Autoist crushing back to assist
man he has Standardization!
Well! Well! Well! This is a pleas
ant surprise!
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Races

Germany originally planned to
finance deportation of Jews by max
ing foreign powers buy her goods.
The plan: Jewish emigrees would
trade their money for-or be
financed in the purchase of-Ger-
man export products. This plan won
little sympathy from either Britain
or the U. S.. but it at least offered a
The Coolidge examiner. [volume] (Coolidge, Ariz.) 1930-current, 1939-01-19
Her Habit

Hostess-But why do you put
the lump sugar in your pocket?
Guest-Oh, excuse me, my dear,
l thought I was in a restaurant.
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How About a Horn?

Friend-I suppose when the earl
visited you he brought his coronet
along?
Mrs. Woodbee Swelle-No, no,
my dear-the earl plays the violin.
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goal the pene-
DR.. Goddard tration of the
Has Both Feet higher atmos-
OnTb;s WorJJ phere, the posi-
BILE catapulting
Of messages across the ocean, and
sundry scientific inquiries to which
he has thought his unique gunnery
might supply the answer. Although
much Jules Vernish stuff has been
written about his rockets to the
moon" and about shooting people
across the Atlantic in a few min
utes, he has been an aloof and pa
tient scientist, intent on seeing only
what he sees and not making any
handsome promises.
So far as this courier knows,
the suggestion by Maj. James
r. Randolph that rockets may
replace heavy artillery, for long
range bOmbardment of cities, is
the first official recognition OF
their possible use in warfare.
He specifically cites the work Of
Doctor Goddard, at time when
Doctor Goddard Is piling up
new patents and getting some of
his biggest SiZZlerS under con-
troll. 1t is also the time when
the tiny, mOtored plane, evOlv-
ing from the toy, and controlled
by radio, is absorbing the inter-
est of the army experimenters
as possible bOmb-drOpper.
AT Roswell, N. M, financed by the
Daniel Guggenheim foundation,
Doctor Goddard has unique desert
laboratory with plenty of elbow
room and sky room. He now has a
gyro steering mechanism on his
rockets, by which they may be ac-
curately aimed. He has gained 30
per cent in range over his best shots
of two years ago, and is now forcing
his rockets to a speed Of 700 miles
per hour.
His most valuable contribution
to rocketeering, noted by Major
Randolph, is his continuous flow
of power, instead of the single
initial explosion. Gasoline and
oxygen, mixing and exploding
as they issue from tail nozzle,
give steady propulsion.
Doctor Goddard, an amiable, I'M
assuming, baldish man, began his
rocket experiments at Clark univer-
sity in 1914. He is a physicist, alb
sorbed in pure science, admitting
that we might hit the moon with a
rocket if we wanted to spend that
much power, but so far he keeps
down to earth on immediate and
specific problems-and makes prog
ress.
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asia

Under the premiership Of Prince
Fumimaro Konoye, japan came
close to overthrowing China's Gen.
eralissimo Chang Kai-shek when
Wang Ching-wei, one-time leader Of
the Kuomintang (NationalisD party,
agreed to make peace and head a
puppet Chinese government. This
three-man poker game first began
collapsing January when Kai-shek
ousted Wang from the Kuomintang
and sent him scurrying to cover in
French Indo-China. The second
player to withdraw was Prince Ko-
noye, whose forced resignation from
the premiership places Chang in an
even f1rmer position.
Prince Konoye has been succeed
ed by Kiichiro Hiranuma, a pro-
Fascist and extreme nationalist,
who would hardly sympathize with
Wang's plans for an Independent
China. Premier Hiranuma's only
offer to Wang could be leadership
of an outright puppet regime like
Manchukuo, and this he could not
accept. Another fly in the ointment
is Japan's military machine, now
strengthened by the Fascist govern
mental tendency.
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Church and
Test Tubes Are
leaning Up

mouth, because so many of them
were arguing against hereafter
But Sir Richard Gregory, with his
1T is just as permissible to assume
that another world awaits habita-
ton of an exalted type Of humanity
as it is to believe in the eternal ex-
istence of individuality" is only the
latest of many to hit the sawdust
trail
Emeritus professor of aStron-
omy, Queens college, London, is
one of his present distinctions,
and he is also a former editor
of the magazine, Nature. The
stars have been his chief guide
for most of the years since he
was born in 1864. How much
their lessons helped him to his
knighthOod, 1919, and his baron
etcy, 1881, is a question. But
certainly, along with his &C
knowledged interest in heaven,
they must take responsibility for
his chief books, 1.-THE Vault of
Heaven" and Discovery, or the
Spirit of Service of Science"
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"When he tried to kiss that pref
ty sealnstress against her will
what did she do?"
PINNED him down, basted him
and then cut him out!"