The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-28


ancs TIE three-corn<red pres
Genital affair involving Ncssrl
wilson Taft and Roosevelt In 1e1s
In numerous notable struggle
TIE majority group leaders hop
70 put ever their candidates witt
tn ballots Of Republicans. Jame
A Farley's chief chance Of elect
tng John J. Bennett, jr. owe
Thomas =. Dewey - governor o
Nsw York and Of becoming tn
top man IN the national organ
intion lies In the support o
G. o. P.-ers. Many Of them lin
an1 trust mig Jim" and relish
TIE opportunity Of rebuking IN,
chief executive. In Kentucky
Andrew jackson May CD, chair
man Of the house military affair
committee and m Roosevelt
legislator. also depends on nor
maIly hostile circles to return him
- oongroa Conversely. Senator
Msury cAbot Lodge (R). Of Mass
ao1zusetts. believes he win win
ovur Rep. Joseph Edward Casey
. White HOUSE entry. through the
aid of baIlot-box renessdes.
Al = prsvisw Of the 1o<l presi.
dsntial struggle. the November
oontrovsrey commands unique In
terogt among politicos In ths cap
it'll It may detsrmine who con.
szo1s TIE Democratic party-Ne~
o. Old Dealcrs--and whether. a.
IN 1870. ths Republicans have .
chance 70 come hack on . wave
Ct war wearinesa
Henry Norgenthau's present
flnancing program irritates thu
msn whom President Roosevelt
described - money changers" In
his first Inaugural address. They
undorstand now why r. ID. r.
refsrs afssctionately 70 his treas
ury CHEZ - Henry the Norgus."
Fer mouths the SECRETARY has
bssa buying currency on . day.
by-6ay hasia Taking keen ad-
vantAgs Il attractive rates. he has
in1algsd IN what the smart boys
can ',uharpshooting." He has OBJ
tainsd short-tsrm fund.- ct the
amazingly Low rate cf ons-half Of
sns pr cent and long-tsrm stuff
It two and ons-half Per cent The
bankA bond dealers and insurance
companies protestsd bitterly
against thsss observation-disclosures"
opportunistie sortiss and dsmand-
"a hat ~ frams . permanent
and far-rsaching schsduls.
Henry dids He announced an
of government securities
yislding only two per cent and
with N indstsrminAte maturity.
He guarantees payment of the
two Per cent but he does not
promiss whsn he win pick up these
obllgations. Now Wall strsstsrs
ars groaning about what they
can ~waanington's regimentsd
In only . few months Alien
Property Custodian Leo T. Crow
Icy has taken over foreign assets
three times ~ valuable ~ all
enemy possessions which the
United States seised during the
First World war. He now con-
trolls more than three billion dol
lars' worth Of Axis patents and
physical holdings-
A study Of his files reveals .
curious contrast between tia Ger
man and Japanese strategy Of
economic infiltration. Nazis
bought into and managed indus
trial. chemical and potential war
plants. In the New York-New
Jerscy-P ennsyivania ARA alone.
Mr.. Crowley has commandeered
1t least Is factories once owned
and run By Hitlerites. The Japs.
on thu CONTRARY. invested in
smaller enterprises hotels. thea
tsrs and florist shops on the West
coast. hog ranches and cotton
processing firms in the South,
corner grocery stores. etc. But
Lso's agents have noted that these
seemingly innocent and innocuous
places furnished excellent spying
apots-
A recently revealed In this col
umn IA October al. the alien
property custodian has many
Dundisfs and pro-cermans In HIS
employ. especially In chemical
laboratories- They perform bril-
lianf1y, particularly in research
fiolds- Under constant UnrveLIlance
thy have no chance to sabotage
o. gum the patriotic works. II
they did. their next lodgment
would be in . federal penitentiary.
%. ironically. we are outgaming
Hitler with his own gamssters-
The stepped up activity Of our
hawks over Germany raises the
question whether or not thu Rsich
can BE- bombed out a the var.
Ihe New York insurance frater-
nifty has just obtained new sta
kinfics Of the destruction inflicted
~ the Luftwaffe On England and
Wn1es where nearly one of every
four dwellings was scarred BY
exploniyes or fragments.
The figures divulge that five
hundred md ninety-three thou
and damage claims were filed.
A1mosk i've hundred thousand
hnvs hen settled Excluded from
H nst are properties repaired
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