Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-15
Capital SideIiehts
By Will P. Kennedy.

A previously unwritten bit of United
States political history was put into the
official record of Congress during the
past week by Representative Louis Lud-
low of Indiana, a "Hoosier farm boy, "
who represented some IA newspapers
from coast to coast in the press gallery
for many years. including the World
War period-apropos of the Sweeney
Vincent polemlcs. Ludlow tells the world
they were both right Sweeney declared
Wilson was reelected in 1916 on the
slogan, He kept us out of war" and
the following April led us into war;
Vlnson resented the implicit ton that
Wilson deceived the people by pitching
his campaign on this slogan when it was
his intention and forethought TO lead
the country into war after the election
Ludlow proclaims that the slogan. He
kept US out of war" which determined
the nature of the Democratic presi-
Dental campaign in 1916. was invented
not by the Platform Committee nor by
the President. but by Senator Ollie
James of Kentucky. Wilson's most init
mate friend and spokesman on Capitol
Hill" who was keynoter of the St. Louis
convention-and lover the positive oppo-
stion of the President but in the best
of faith and with a very practical idea
of the value of the slogan he was Gre
ating" Ludlow speaks with first-hand
information because Senator James read
the speech to him in advance and COM
plpned that Wilson doesn't want the
campaign pitched on that issue, and is
emphatic about it-nevertheless and not
withstanding. I'm going to make this
speech The convention went wild over
the James speech, but it was not re-
fiected in the party platform because
Wilson controlled the platform makers
whereas he could not control Senator
James"
Newfoundland Western Hemisphere
defense strategists in Congress are great
ly concerned over supplies of two vital
war materials-tin and rubber-because
of the political developments in the Far
East and military developments in Eu-
rope Most of the worlds output of tin
is controlled by Great Britain. Up to
July l the United States War Depart
ment had purchased for its stock pile
less than months normal supply.
Diplomatic negotiations have been in
wifi 1x-,ic 81,
ply about 60 per cent of this countrys
tin requirements, looking toward eS-
tablishment of tin SmelterS in the United
States. instead of the tin ore being
shipped for refinement to Liverpool. The
United States imports about so per cent
of the world output of crude rubber
and on August l had about a four-month
supply. Arrangements have been made
to buy rubber heavily from the British
cartel during the coming year. If the
supply of crude rubber from the Far
East Is cut off, the United States must
depend largely upon reclaimed rubber
and synthetic rubber. 1t is claimed
that a sufficient supply of synthetic
rubber to meet all requirements could
be produced on an investment of up to
5000, 900 900, but about three years would
re required for plant construction
tfS
As result of a half Gentry of persist
ent effort there are now on the statute
books of the 48 States some 600 uniform
acts designed to reduce conflicts in
legislation. An outstanding illustration
is the Uniform Negotiable Instruments
Act, now in force in all the States and
also adopted by some of the South Amer
lean countries. 1t has served as Q model
for European legislation. 1t governs
commercial relationships with respect to
promissory notes and checks. The act
which makes warehouse receipts gen.
orally acceptable in business transac-
lions has been adopted in As States. The
Sales Act, which concerns the transfer
of title to personal property, has been
accepted by 80 States; the Narcotics Act,
regulating the legitimate use of drugs,
in 38 States; the veterans guardianship
law. in 80 States; and number of States
have adopted uniform laws pertaining to
desertion and non-Support, illegitimacy,
marriage evasion and the execution of
wills. Fifty-three model acts are being
recommended to the Legislatures of 43
States which will be in session during
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