The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-03-14
ADJOURNMENT by
JULY FIRST

Administration leaders are making
q determined effort to streamline
the congressional program so that
Congress may adjourn sometime
between the two national conven-
tions. Their strategy Is to hold
Congress in session until after the
Republication convention so that
suitable speeches can be made and
sent out under frank concerning
the Republican nominee and plat
form. Final adjournment will pro-
badly come before the Democratic
convention so that the Republicans
may not have the same opportu-
nifty. 1t is a great game.
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Under Secretary Welles in Europe
Under Secretary of State Sum-
ner Welles, who was recently sent
to Europe by the President to Sc
cure first-hand information on the
prospects for bringing the war to
an early conclusion, has visited
Rome and talked with Mussolini.
AS this is being written Mr.. Welles
is in Berlin and is scheduled to
see Hitler today Saturday. Later
he will visit Paris and London,
returning to Rome.
The entire world is vitality inter-
ested in the success of Mr.. Welles'
mission. An early peace, based on
reason and justice, would material
ly soften the blow to present eco
nomic and political setups that
will inevitably follow the war. The
longer the war is prolonged the
more intense will the spirit Of hat
red become, with a corresponding
increase in the difficulty Of negot-
iating peace, not to mention the
economic repercusions that will
follow the armistice.
Today, every country in Europe,
belligerent and neutral, is bleeding
itself white-the belligerents in the
prosecution of war and the neu-
trails in precautionary measures
deemed necessary to the preserva-
ton of their neutrality.
It does not take a prophet to
foresee the chaos that will follow
a prolonged war. 1t must result in
general bankruptcy and the de-
struction of Democratic govern
ment. Like an epidemic it will
spread over the entire world, and
the American people can no more
escape it's devastating effects than
they did the economic storm that
followed the World war. AS mat
ter of fact, we yet have with us
the depression that the World war
brought on. 1t is not beyond the
realm of possibility that the Amer
icas may be compelled to pool
their resources to extinguish the
fire that is consuming Europe. I
mention this to show the tremen-
dous stake that we have in Mr..
Welles' mission.
Hoover Visits Washington
In surprise appearance before
the House Foreign Affairs Com
mittee, last week, former Presi-
dent Hoover urged Congress to APP
propriate up to twenty million dol
lars at once to meet an acute"
food shortage facing seven million
pei oOhS
Said he, 1.-THE whole of Europe
will be a spot of starvation when
the war is over" He declared that
a rough estimate" places the cost
of providing just enough food to
keep the Polish alive until harvest
at between forty and fifty million
dollars but stated that from ten to
twenty million dollars would be a
fair contribution" from the Unit
ed States. He estimates that it
will require zone bushel Of wheat
and three pounds Of fats to keep
each human being alive at whole
sale cost of $1.50 per month"
While it is true that we have an
acute situation here at home, no
one is actually starving. We have
large SURPRISES Of wheat, corn, cot
ton and dairy products. Such sums
as are appropriated for Polish re-
lief will be spent right here at home
in the purchase of farm surpluses.
Strange to say, most Of the OPP
position to extending relief to the
starving peoples of Europe comes
from the very element that were
so loud in their demand for relief
to Loyalist Spain year or so ago.
This element Is strong for helping
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