The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1940-08-23
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Washington, ID. G.
BRITISH WILL TRADE ISLAND

SOIne OF the most important con-
versations ever to take place with
Great Britain in $50 years have been
Transporting behind the scenes re-
Gently.
AS this column has pointed out on
several occasions, the support most
desperately needed by Great Britain
as Of this moment is destroyers.
To this end, conversations be-
tween representatives of the two
governments have taken this course:
II the United States will supply
Britain with destroyers and small
motor-torpedo boats, then the Brit
ish will transfer to the United States
any island possessions II desires any
place In the Western hemisphere,
and will also permit the United
States the use Of land, air and naval
bases on any territory which II
controls.
In addition to this, the British have
told American plenipotentiaries that
the United States can write it's own
ticket. In other words, if this coun-
try wants other concessions from
Britain in return for naval support,
It can have them.
These terms, transmitted to men,
bers Of the Roosevelt cabinet and to
high Roosevelt advisers, have been
received most favorably. This in
cludes the Republican members of
the cabinet, Secretary of War Slim
son and Secretary of the Navy Knox.
In fact, the opinion inside the ad-
ministration has been unanimous.
However, the President himself
has been loathe to move.
POLLS UNRELIABLE THIS YEAR
Psychological Corporation, one Of
the leading public poll organizations
OF the United States, is warning eli
ents privately about the reliability
OF public opinion polls under present
unsettled conditions.
Psychological Corporation is head
ed by DR.. Henry c. Link, who is
the originator of the "P. O." or
Personality Quotient, and other psy-
Geological tests. He is also connect
ed with number of national bust
ness concerns, including u. S. Rub
Der, Lord & Taylor, and Gimbels
department store. Psychological
Corporation set up the original For
tune poll and has conducted numer-
Gus polls in its own name.
Despite its long experience, how
ever, P. c. will not conduct polls
OF general public opinion this year.
Reason for this is that the war and
public reaction to it have set up
such rapid cross currents of opinion
as to make established polling meth
DDS unreliable.
P. c. will continue to make any
poll for which it's services are en-
ployed, handling each job according
to the individual requirements. But
on polls where the war enters as a
factor, or in regard to political opin.
ion, P. c. will undertake them only
on condition that definite predictions
will not be made because of meal.
culable rapid shifts of opinion.
On polls not involving these fac.
tors, which it will conduct as it has
similar ones in the past, P. c. makes
no reservations. But it definitely is
hedging on political polls and is
frankly telling clients so.
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GERMAN PARTNERS
Despite the Intervention of Arthur
v. Davis, chairman of the Alumni.
mum Corporation of America, the
justice department is going ahead
with its grand jury proceedings
against that company and the giant
German chemical cartel, 1. c.. Far
benindustrie, for alleged violation OF
the Sherman antitrust law in the
production of magnesium.
Magnesium is an alloy even light
er than aluminium and is used in
the manufacture of airplanes. II
was in such demand by Germany
for Hitler's airplane program, that
Germany paid cash for American
magnesium, even when she was des-
perately hard up for exchange.
Mr.. Davis came into the Justice
department and offered all sorts OF
cooperation to the government.
But the departments antitrust ex-
perts figure that it is too late. They
have taken the position that when
an American company co-operates
with Germany to restrict produc-
ton of an important metal, it ham
pers national defense by discourage
ing American industry in peacetime.
The magnesium industry, they fig
ure, should have been developed suf-
ficiently during peacetime so that it
could be expanded very rapidly now
in an emergency.
1t is also their contention that the
restriction of magnesium production
in normal peacetimes discourages
airplane manufacturers from exper-
imenting with this very important
alloy and learning to make full use
of it.
So the grand jury investigation,
now in progress in New York, will
continue.
ON CAPITOL HILL
That 4l-page symposium of news
articles and editorials on Jim Far
ley that Sen. Carter Glass, aged
economy-minded Virginian, inserted
in the Congressional Record cost the
taxpayers 81 ,845. The insertion was
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