The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-07-27

reaQefS OF the CoIIlIC SupplS
The queer owns one Of Wash
ington's most fashionable apart
ments, where diplomats, states
men. government officials and
newspaper men dwell. The
monthly rents. let us say. total
$4,000 this is purely a specu-
lative figure). while the oper-
ating expenses amount TO $1,000,
also a bit OF guesswork. Now,
Morgenthau has no objection TO
the collection of the rentals or
the payment of bills since these
are purely domestic transactions.
But if the good queen wants to
use her $4,000 net profit Tor any
part Of it, for pin money, she
must get a license to export the
financial residue from the U. s.
II she asks for $1,000 a month,
and Henry thinks she should
struggle along on $3.50, then he
hicks her for the balance. He
holds it in trust.
Incidentally, and TO their daily
joshing. some of the COMPRESSION
al Observation-Disclosures contribut-
ing to the queens upkeep as
residents of the Westchester are
Senator John A. Danaher OF Con-
necticut. Senator William II.
King of Utah, Representative Bob
Crosser of Ohio. and Represen-
tative James c.. Scrugham OF
Nevada. Their monthly rent
check fairly screams God save
the QUEEN
President Roosevelt bases his
withholding of funds of conquer
ed countries from Hitler on sew
eral legal technicalities-the 1917
trading-with-the-enemy act and
amendments thereto-but this is
a legal subterfuge. The real rea-
son derives from the Stimson-
Hoover policy of not recognizing
any conquest Of territory achiev-
ed by force Of arms.
But there also is deeper and
more justifiable explanation, ae-
cording to Morgenthau. For al
most two years Europeans--in-
dividuals and corporations-have
been exporting their wealth to
the u. S. for safe-keeping. This
country has become a vast safety
deposit box for distressed for
eigners. 1t is private, not public
money, which has been deposited
here.
Just as an American bank
would not hand over safety box
valuables to any stranger, so the
u. S. will not deliver these tokens
of wealth to Herr Hitler or his
agents. Whoever asks for these
holdings must prove that he is
the rightful owner. He must
also prove-and here is where
diplomacy enters-that the funds
withdrawn will not be used to
benefit der fuehrer's campaign
of conquest.
Herr Hitler tried to negotiate
Withdrawals after his victory
over Czechoslovakia. He per-
suaded, or forced, certain Czechs
to ask for their money back from
the United States. But an in
vestigation by our diplomatic
agents revealed that the request
was made under duress. So the
treasury refused to honor these
demands. Since that episode no
further attempt has been made
by Hitler to snitch these deposits.
The state department has i'm
posed an unintentional hardship
on Canada with its ruling that
Canadian aliens may enter the
u. S. only under special cir
cumstances. It has created the
impression that our northern
and friendly neighbor is out OF
bounds for the millions Of Amer
leans who visit that country
every summer.
As a result of general mis-
understanding Of the meaning
of this order. American tourist
trade in Canada has fallen off,
whereas it should have increased
because OF the restrictions on
travel abroad, or even TO South
America. The American vaca-
ZIONIST apparently figures that
he will not be able TO return to
this country because Of the
state departments pronounce
y,nept