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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

WASHINGTON, Oct. 80. The
U. S. navy is rushing the job OF
setting up an "air Gibraltar" on
Puerto Rico. and expects to have
it's vast air base there ready for
use next June, whole year ahead
of schedule.
The job is big one, involving
the filling-in of hundreds OF acres
of swamp at Isla Grande, near
San Juan, and the dredging OF
an adjacent bay. Engineers had
originally figured they could fill
in the swamp with what they took
out of the bottom of the bay, but
when they got down to it they dis
covered that they couldn't-Wrong
kind of dirt, or something. So now
they have had to cut down small
mountain, whack it up into bits,
and use that as foundation.
In spite of all this, the job is
way ahead of time. Right now
the navy can keep only about a
dozen planes at Isla Grande. Next
year at this time it'll have more
than 200 there.
SHIPBUILDING
PUSHED
The navy also has the throttle
wide open on its shipbuilding pro-
gram, although the results aren't
so noticeable. Number of workers
employed on this program in gov
ernment and private Shipyards
was 72,O00 at the enc of last June.
1t had jumped to $4,000 by the end
of August, and rose 1000 more dur
ing September.
Eight of the II battleships which
have been ordered are actually
under construction, and two of the
eight have been launched. Only
one of the II airplane carriers con-
tracted for is on the ways, and
only six of the AZ cruisers. Twenty
seven of the cruiser contracts we're
signed in September, incidentally
Work is ahead of schedule on eight
of the IL submarines under con-
struction. Orders have been placed
for 166 destroyers, and work is any
where from two weeks to three
months ahead of schedule.
Lastly, navy recruiting is BOOM
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30
Thoughts for the Day

Then Job answered the Lord, and said l know that
thou canst do everything and that no thought can
be wthholden from tlee-Job AL 9
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

The British people have every
reason for grim resolution but
none for dependency.
Lord Croft. British undersecre-
tary for war.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Protective isolation is but a hol-
low term today.
Gov. Herbert Lehman of New
York.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30
So They Say

BY feeding starving people this
winter, the United States will attain
moral leadership of the world,
defense armor we cannot put off
now.
Samuel r. Guard, editor the
Breeders Gazette.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30
barbs

Winston Churchill says the
British seek only to beat the life
and soul out of Hitler. Soul?
Thieves stole a safe from Bu-
ffalo store. A pedigreed watch dog
kept real quiet and wasn't taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Some South American snails lay
eggs which are larger than those
laid by robins.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Neither armies nor navies are
able to resist propaganda attacks
by ether waves, subsidized inter-
national news services and docu-
mented foreign films.
Nelson A. Rockefeller, co-ordina-
tor of commercial ana cultural
relations between the American
Republics.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Easter Island is a tiny, desolatt
bit of land some 1000 miles west
of South America.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Briar pipes are made from the
roots of the tree-heath.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

We have the economic resources,
the industrial plants, the sciences
and technology, the human skirs.
the creative intelligence, and the
democratic responsibility to
make total defense a defense of
and a step toward the total abun-
dance of freedom and democracy of
all the people. who are what the
defense is all about
Frank Graham, president, Uni
Yersity of North Carolina.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30
Famous Sayings

What are afraid to do before men, We should be
afraid to think before God.-Bp. Porteus.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Children yearn for substantial
world in the midst of a world OF
change, and religion properly taught
can supply that yearing.
Rev. VIVIAN I romeToy, Milton.
Mass,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Only 100 of the 1000 known kinds
of bacteria and germs are harmful
to mankind; the other 1900 are
necessary to life.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

MEMBER
American Newspaper Pub
fishers Association. National
Editorial Association. Call
fornia Newspaper Publish
ers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Whales have the largest brains
of all mammals: the largest on
record weighed 1000 grams.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

Yellow is the color of mourning
in China, and for that reason no
yellow automobiles are sent there.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

In the Middle Ages, a person
born under the sign of Jupiter, or
"Jove," was supposed to be merry
and gay, hence our word jovial.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

SiXty-Seven thousand tons OF
water 60 over Niagara Falls every
minute.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

A six-inch pine log, cut by Free
man Wilson, of Denver, Colo, con-
tanned two pine cones grown in
the center of the trunk.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-30

In one district of London coal
is delivered from white-painted
cart by man in white overalls.
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tries to apply Ogpu or Gestapo
methods But there is not the slight
est foundation for such reports. The
most persuasive reason for saying
SO is that J. Edgar Hoover is the
type OF public official whose charac-
ter and integrity would prevent
misuse of the F. B. I. He has had
the respect of every Attorney Cen
eral under whom he has worked
and he is known to have the conf
dence of President Roosevelt. But
this seemingly does not prevent some
of the left wingers" hereabouts
from seeking to undermine the F.
B. l. and its able chief, and it is
quite possible that Mr.. Roosevelt
does not know what is often being
said and done in his behalf by the
little group of liberals" who seek
to carry out their own purposes In
government.
If the left wing" should get
control of the F. B. I. and use it
for its own purposes, there would be
justification for a decided change
in the confidence which the public
now has in the F. B. I. If politics or
political chicanery is permitted to
enter the one bureau which here
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tofore has been kept abso-
lutely free from such can
GERS, the public would lose j.
Edgar Hoover. for he is not the
type of official to remain a mo-
ment in the service if either a
Gestapo or an Ogpu is simulated
by those who seek nowadays to
control governmental bureaus for
allegedly sociological reasons. The
carefully directed attack on the
F. B. I. warrants watching and if
there is to be an investigation by
Congress, it would be interesting
to have the inquiry broad enough
to include the recent activities of
all the enemies the F. B. I. has made
by its vigilant enforcement of Fed
eral statutes or by Investigations
ordered specifically by the men who
have served as Attorney General.
1t may be, of course, that it is
a mere coincidence that some of the
influences with a grudge against the
F.. B. I. are engaging in a smear
campaign against the bureau and its
chief, but Congress might find 1t
interesting to go into it anyway
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Lately. for instance, there has been
hue and cry about wire-tapping
and Attorney General Jackson has
just issued an order that there
must not be any eavesdropping on
the telephone lines.
But actually the amount of wire
tapping practiced by Gmen was
relatively Insignificant and was con-
fined to kidnapping and certain types
of criminal action wholly discon-
nected from any political or social
questions.
Digging into the facts of such a
tangled piece of intrigue, one finds
several forces in America anxious
to break down the highly efficient
staff of the F. B. I. One is the under
world, which would be happy, indeed,
to see J. Edgar Hoover out of the
picture. Another is the group of
of agents of foreign governments
who are engaged in espionage right
now because of the large amount of
war contracts placed here by the
allies
Effective Inquiry Into Communism.
The attack on j. Edgar Hoover,
who has for many years been
career man in the Government
service without any political affilia-
tions. comes at time when Com
munistic activity is being investi-
gated little more effectively than
ever before. Thus the arrest of
certain persons in Detroit for secur-
ing enlistments for the Spanish
loyalists has been made the occasion
Of a general barage from left wing
quarters in America. The facts
show that whatever was done in
Detroit was at the instance of Frank
Murphy, when he was attorney
general and that alleged raiding
at an early hour in the morning
and other incidents complained of
were done by the local United States
attorney and United States marshal,
who have accepted full responsibility
But the effort to besmirch the
r. B. I. has not been confined to
alien forces Some of it has arisen
IN the Senate itself where, though
confessing that he had no facts, a
denunciation of the F. B. l. was
made by Senator Norris of Nebraska
For several years there has been
feud between the various detective
agencies of the Government. Some
times it has been good-natured
rivalry and sometimes it is inter-
departmental jealousy and some
times there has been bad feeling
due to the prominence of one bureau
as against another. But apart from
this sort of skirmishing between the
detective agencies, which most every
body who is familiar with Washing
ton affairs has noted off and on
during both Republican and Demo-
cratic administrations, there has
been much discussion about the
r. B. I. from the standpoint of its
Use for political purposes.
Use Of Secret Service Charged.
Back in the administration of
President Theodore Roosevelt, the
Secret Service was allegedly used by
the President to watch members of
Congress, and the law specifically
was amended to limit the activities
Of the agents of the Treasury De-
partnent.
Many persons outside of Wash
Mgton claim their wires have been
tapped and that the administration
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Sumner Welles completes his report
to President Roosevelt.
1t is already known that the Ital-
ians and Germans believe that q
lasting peace can be obtained only
by accepting the status quo in Eu-
rope and by a complete reshufne OF
the territories which contain raw
materials and which are now under
British and French fiags.
Contradiction Laid to Allies.
The allies, on the other hand,
are reported to be lukewarm to a
peace, following the present stale
mate, which is not advantageous to
them. 1t would look very much like
totalitarian victory. They seem
determined in any case not to dis
cuss peace with Herr Hitler. Lack
ing a military victory, they feel duty
bound to stand by the principle
which keeps the men in the
trenches: Down with Hitler
Here is where the rub comes.
The Germans and the Italians say
such policy is fragrant CONTRA
diction of the allied peace principle
that no nation shall interfere with
other nations forms of government.
They say it is a violation of the right
of the German people to decide who
should be at the head of their gov
ernment. And in any case. say the
Germans, there might be q lot Of
trouble in Germany if the Fuehrer,
who has led Germany to diplo-
matte and military victories, were TO
relinquish the helm under outside
pressure.
These conditions make the success
of peace offensive somewhat
doubtful. What will happen If that
offensive fails?
Mussolini knew what the Ger.
man peace terms were and did not
have to 60 to Brennero to hear
them again from Hitler.
Cooperation Indicated Topic.
The implication is that the two
men discussed active cooperation
between Italy and Germany in the
event the peace dove fails to anght
on the allied capitals. While Hitler
would use his submarines and air
planes to strike terror in the hearts
of the British and French popula-
tions, Mussolini would cooperate
with him in the process Of cinch-
ing the Balkan nations by promises
and threats.
For the time being in certain
Balkan capitals there is a belief
mostly hopeful wishing-that Italy
in the end will abandon her Berlin
ally in order to establish her own
predominant position as far as the
Black Sea. And there is also a be-
lief that the allies might assist her
in doing so.
1t seems probable that the meet
ing between the two dictators will
result in dispelling that fog. Mus
solini is likely to reassert his loyalty
to the axis regardless Of world con-
ditions.
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The second Is q. Gould Lincoln.
that the situation in Europe is so
critical that the President should
hold himself available for renomina-
ton and reelection.
If there is anything in history
recent history-and precedent
created by another Roosevelt, there
is absolutely nothing In the first
excuse just given.
Renounced Third Term in 1904.
Theodore Roosevelt, when elected
President in 1904, announced i'm
mediately he would not be a candi-
date to succeed himself. He said he
considered the term of office he had
inherited as Vice President from
President William Mckinley, who
was assassinated within four months
after his second election, a first
term and that he would stick by
the third-term tradition for
Presidents.
Did Theodore Roosevelt lose his
grip on his party, on his country
or on the Congress because of his
announcement he would not be a
candidate for a third consecutive
term? He did not.
So firmly did his grip continue
that he picked and named his sue
cessor in the White House. He
brought about his nomination by
the Republican National Convention
Of 1908, and then pitched in and
helped elect him. William Howard
Taft became President. Had Theo-
dore Roosevelt's choice fallen on
Charles Evans Hughes, then Gov
ernor of New York, there Is not the
slightest doubt that Mr.. Hughes
would have been the party nominee
He probably could have brought
about the nomination of any other
prominent Republican, who had the
qualifications, If he had seen At
to do so.
Did Not Keep Silent.
The apologists for President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's silence-who
insist he would lose his influence
If he took himself out of the race
now-are not paying the President
much of compliment. Particularly
when the career of the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt is remembered
Theodore Roosevelt was fully aware
of the fact that he could have a
denomination If he cared to ignore
the statement he had made on the
night of his election in 1904. He
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The Political Mill
Theodore Roosevelt Disproved Theory Thot
President Not in Race Loses Influence

knew that If he did not call q halt,
the Republican National Conven-
ton Of 1908 would in all probability
have stampeded for him, and the
nomination would be offered him If
he just kept silent. He chose, how
ever, not to keep silent.
AS early as January, 1908, Theo-
dore Roosevelt picked Mr.. Taft, who
was then his Secretary Of War, for
the Republican nomination and
began working for him. He had
offered Mr.. Taft, on several occa-
sions, appointment to the Supreme
Court, but Mr.. Taft had preferred
to stay in active political life.
Mark Sullivan, in his "Our Times"
recounts graphically and interest,"
ingly the story of Theodore Roose-
velts activities in 1908 to keep him.
self out of the picture and to nomi-
nate the man of his choice for
President. It was William Loeb,
President Roosevelt's secretary, who
told the President in January of
that year he must act" Other
wise, he said to the President, the
convention might very well renomi-
nate him. According to Mr.. Sulli-
van, Loeb told the President one
morning: you should have a can
didate. You are under pledge not
to run again. I propose you make
people understand you intend to
keep it. Some people believe that a
deadlocked convention might force
you to disregard it. Others believe
you are manipulating things so as
to force a deadlock. The air is full
of such talk. The way to settle it
is to have a candidate" The Presi-
dent agreed.
Does Not Hold Water.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
is under no pledge not to run again
AS was Theodore Roosevelt. But
that Is not the point. 1t is rather
the excuse advanced that he would
necessarily lose his influence with
his party and the country II he de-
clared himself out of the race and
picked a candidate satisfactory to
himself that does not hold water-not
II Franklin D. Roosevelt's influence
is as powerful as was that Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Why shouldn't 1t
be as powerful? In 1908 the power
concentrated in the hands of the
President of the United States was
far less than 1t is today.
Not only was Theodore Roosevelt
able to name his successor at the
national convention Of his party.
but he was able by his influence
during the four years of his elective
term to get great deal out of
Congress. 1t is true. he had some
historic rows with that body-but
no more serious rows than President
Franklin D. Roosevelt has had with
Congress. although the latter has
not announced he would not run
again.
This does not mean that many
influential members of the Repub-
lican party were not strongly op-
posed to Theodore Roosevelt Many
of them were. 1t does mean, how
ever. that so great was the influence
Of the then President that he was
able to ride roughshod over these
opponents in his own party. And
when William Howard Taft was
nominated. he was pledged to carry
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Theodore Roosevelt early in 1908.
True, reports have come of his
speaking we'll of Secretary of State
Cordell Hull for the job. But 50 far
as is known he has not definitely
committed himself to Mr.. Hull
and he has not told any State
leaders they must not be for him
but for Mr.. Hull. Does any one
doubt he could bring about the
nomination of Mr.. Hull, if he now
came out publicly for him?
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. u r I a c e When
quite another set
of influences Is
at work under
cover of an at
tack.
Such a situa-
Gon envelops the
recurring b O NJ
bardment that is
being visited on
the Federal Bu-
reau of Investi-
cation, common
ly known as the
F.. B. I. and
h e a d e d by J.
FdparsH INV or
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The Capital Parade
Mo Gen. ArnoIds Evosive Answers Contributed
To Allied Wor-Buyine Ruckus, Is View
BY JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT K1NTNE


Secretary of War Harry Woodngs irritation
from allied war buying the real breeding ground
British
the atmosphere OF the Woodrng
inevitable Yet the immediate circumstances the
interesting.
Its point origin testimony Maj Gen.
Arnold chief of the Air
Committee In the last the Army
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pOrCant pOlnC OF natlOnaI interest IN
the foreign field is defeat Of the
relationships in their ambition of
world dominance. AS Morgenthau
once remarked to Woodring, Il have
no great love for the English and
French. But in the revolution the
English had to hire Hessians to fight
us, while now we can get the Eng
lish and French to fight Hitler and
make them pay for their weapons,
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1t
and Navy To further insist that
mental development of American aircraft would the
allies,
b he News Aniance Inc1
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ned 6renner0
area.
In best - In.
formed diplo-
matte quarters
1t is believed
that the inter.
view is the pre-.
cursor Of q for
midable peac e
offensive, based
on a Just and
p e r m a n e n t
peace" and will
be timed to be
launched soon
after UnderSec.
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excuses are given
for the Presi-
d e n t's silence
which keeps him
in the presi-
Dental race.
The hrst of
these excuses Is
that should the
P e S l dent an
nounce he will
not run, he would
Immediately lose
his influe n ce
" ith Congress
and the people
generally
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We, the People
Supporters Of Wagner Act Changes Disturbed
BY N. l. R. B.'s CoImness Under Fire
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

An-labor Consesmen who have supported
CATION OF the National Labor Relations Board and
amendments to emauae by two
Developments The first the
minister the law written In the the
Tne second Senator Wagners bland
psal 10 enlarge the present board
The hrthe persistence congressional experience
Supreme Co tends IN
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100000 increase in agricultural
employment since 1929, whereas the
oficial figures of the Department
of Agriculture show that there has
been a 100000 decrease of agricul-
tural employment in the last 10
years This is little error Of about
2,700, ,0O0 Another error is the Lin
coln-Krock theory that there has
been an increase of only 100000
"employables" in the 1855 age
group, whereas the increase has
amounted to about G. 500 600 since /
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appropriation by about $50, ,000, 900.
The committee asked Gen. Arnold
to explain. The true reason was
that, after getting the appropria-
ton the War Departments guiding
minds decided they must have fast
er, more powerful, and therefore
more expensive, planes. But, in
stead of making a clean breast Of
it, Gen. Arnold answered so vaguely
that isolationist committee members
were later able to attribute the ouer.
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Miss Dorothy Thompson rushing where
made this bunde added further
the fact that 100000 unemployed December 1929 Both
10000
setting their unemployment figures total of 100000
p A.
BY
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THE opinions the rsters this page o,o not
necssary Ths star, Such opinion. presented n The
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
thenselDes and directly opposed to The Stars.
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temper its decisions in the face Of po-
iitical pressure and there had been
every reason to believe that the
Laboar Board would attempt to
lean over backward to placate
recalcitrant employers while Itself
under fire. 1t took moral courage
Of a type rare in American public
life for the Labor Board to stand
by its guns-and by the law-vnile
the Smith Committee was trying
the case In the headlines under the
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Aside from the reason advanced
by ardent third termers that Presi-
dent Roosevelt is the best qualified
man for Chief Executive today-two
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on the policies of the previous Roose-

welt administration.
When members Of his cabinet
apparently were letting their subor-
dinates work up sentiment for his
denomination, Theodore Roosevelt
wrote letters to the Secretaries of
the Treasury and Interior and to
the Postmaster General saying, 1T
must not be-"
If President Franklin D. Roose-
welt has picked a successor, he has
not yet made 1t known-as did
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Left Vino
Attack Seen
On F. B. |.
Observer Defends
Bureaus Record
Under Hoover
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Every now and then smoke
screen is drawn across the face of
q controversy hereabouts which
makes 1t seem one thing on the
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This
Changing
World
HitIer-Duee PorIey
Held Precursor to
Peace Offensive
A.-o
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN,

by CONSIANTINE BROWN,
Within few days the world will
know all the implications of the
Hitler -Mussolini interview
under the guns Of the newly forti-
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Intelligence Military

WOodf1ng Department..
Intelligence Military
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