Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-03-19
Navy to Send
More Ships
To Far East
Move TO Bolster Morale
Of New Zealanders
by PAUL MALL0N

A AShlN0l O4N, NldICn u
w No one is expected to be-
lieve the official excuse that the
American naval detachment was
sent to New Zealand for rec
reation.
Frankly, the trip is an official
gesture OF support TO the Eng
lish speaking people of the Far
East, and not the last one. Fur
Their deachments of the fleet will
soon seek recreation in other
Far Eastern. English-speaking
resorts.
New Zealand is not as remote
from Far Eastern trouble spots
as the mileage from Singapore
might lead you TO believe. For
eign submarines and commerce
raiders have been active in those
waters,
THE White House discovered
L a new associate master at
handling Congress in the lease
lend fracas. He is State Secre-
tary Hull. who developed an ex-
treme proficiency in talking
freely without telling anything
until congressman ultimately
dropped their arguments from
sheer exhaustion of listening.
A member of the House de-
ficiency committee staggered
from an executive session with
Mr.. Hull one day to say:
~ asked him four simple
questions. He took 10 minutes
to answer each one and he never
came close to the point of any
of them"
The lone. unnamed senator
mentioned in all dispatches as
raising the single opposition
voice to Mr.. Roosevelts 81 ,0O0,-
100000 British aid course at the
White House conference was
Senator Alva Adams of Colo
RADIO.
This does not mean that
others among the few congress
sional leaders present did not
share his apprehensions about
the astronomical figures in
volved in domestic defense (now
about S32 1000, 000,000) and Brit
iSh aid.
DRITAIN is angling with the
- surplus marketing admin
istration of the agriculture de-
partment on a half dozen or
more specific food deals.
They will need eggs, processed,
|. powdered or dried tgood news
for the egg dealers who suffered
such a decline in price the past
few weeks that the government
is now buying to hold up the
market; hams tSupposedly the
largest food source for vitamin
B1 except brewers yeast; evap-
GRATED milk. cottonseed and veg
etable oils and lard. navy dried
beans, fruit juices and dried
fruit.
Amount of purchases this year
will run nearer $500, 100000 to
S700,000,000 than to $1,000, 900,
900 as advertised.
Agriculture Secretary Wick
ard is interesting himself per-
sonally in the mechanics OF ar
ranging purchases.
THERE may be two vacancies
L on the Securities Exchange
Commission. Senator Barkleys
son-in-law. Max Truitt. has left
the government for private prac-
tice and cleared the way for
SEC Commissioner Eicher to get
the Eighth Circuit judgeShlp
which both long have sought.
The judgeship nomination OF
SEC Chairman Jerome Frank Is
in no danger in the Senate. 1t
was held up by opponents who
wanted to dust him off bit.
Agriculture Secretary Wick
ward took a Raging from the
boss for failing to answer ques-
tons about cabbage and farm
products in the information
please" broadcast. The President
Smilngly murmured something
about an agriculture secretary
who did not know agriculture.
81 specialize in hogs" re-
sponded Wickard.
THE Senate banking commit
Il tee has a shiny new diamond
shaped table, the personal gift
of Commerce Secretary Jesse
Jones. although he denies it be-
cause there seems TO be a law
or regulation against such
hearty financial cooperation be-
tween different government
agencies.
Jones just got tired of sitting
in the witness chair at the far
end of a long table from the
chairman. At the new one the
chairman sits pin the middle.
tGueSsed cost. S750)
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