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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

HOL FRANZ Won PAPEN, a retired
~ officer of the German army. is the
ambassador of Germany to the Turkish
republic. In this capacity, undoubtedly he
has labored ndefatigably to win Turkey to
the Axis side, or when it seemed a military
possibility, TO prepare Turkey for a German
invasion of Asia Minor, and now finally. as
the war has swung decisivey against Ger
many, to keep Turkey neutral.
Reports published in the press which
are unconhrmed but may have considerable
reliability. indicate that Won Papen has been
summoned back to Berlin to take the place
of the foreign minister Won Ribbentrop, and
that he shows no disposition to go.
Reports also state that he has brought
the members Of his family to Turkey, and
that that country is a more favored spot for
himself and for them, than Berlin might be,
in the political struggle that may occur in
Germany at any time In that struggle it is
further suggested that Won Papen might be
the man put forward to occupy the chief place
in the negotiation of peace between Ger
many and its foes. "
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

curbing the President in dealings with foreign
nations.
IT IS entirely likely that the President sur
Il rounded by admirlng assistants and appolnteoS,
was unaware of the fact that the country had
been flooded with rumorS and reports of waste
and fantastic arrangements under lend-lease.
1t is also unlikely. that, because of his per-
sona fondnesS for Harry Hopkins, he had any
idea of the distrust with which tens of millions
of Americans viewed the activities in foreign
affairs of a man who tathered boondoggllng 10
the tune of billions of dollars in domestic affairs.
The suggestion that these rumorS and reports
were started by fifth coumniSts or persons with
improper motives IS Just dishonest Most OF The
reports were brought back to the United States
by fighting men in the armed services VINO nave
demonstrated their love of country quite as July
as has any politician.
Moreover the American people have listened
10 and read speeches by the President. the vice
president and other authorized spokesman the
implications OF which have been fantastic as
10 make the citZenry wonder whether their
property belonged TO them or simply held
pending the time when public officials OF the
United States might see fit 10 beStow 1t on
somebody else
TIVE plain, unvarnshed truth is a tremendous
Il portion OF the American people, including
its fighting men have felt for long time
past that they were being used As suckers"
The senators merely put into very mild language
a feeling that has been spreading with deadly
rapdty
No matter what the waste has been. and no
matter how setShly other nations have pursued
thcr respective courses mp TO the present Tune
tho best remedy for the whole situation Is TO let
The truth come out.
Every one in America except some politicians
has been aware of the fact that Winston Church
DO was calou>ly guarding every interest OF the
British Empire. that Stain of Russia was inter
CSicd In Russia that the Dutch were waiting Tor
thc United States 10 hand them back their labu-
lousy rich Pacific empire that the French viii
demand lndo-Chlna and an their overseas hold
iugs that the Portuguese except Macarthur TO
rctakc theu Iimor and other possessions.
ONLY Tho United States with iis army navy
- and air cofps scattered all over the habit.\
able globe makes no claim 90 subject people
or 20 Tho gold OIL rubber, Tin or other resources
belonging 10 such people
Certainly. under these circuTS tanccs b viii
be- d SalutarN course 20 find out what has hap-N
pcncd up 10 now and formulate some kind OF
sane and realistic pouci tor The future
The Joint attempt of Mr. Churchill and Mr.
Roosevelt 90 smother review of the situation
was certainly il-Con>dcIrd
Let The scnatorA continue 90 iutn on the hight
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

THE United States Navy is observing Navy
l Day today as the 16Sth anniversary OF
its founding on Oct p, 1875, and, as Secre-
tary Knox said in his official statement re-
garding the occasion, ION every ocean of the
world"
This has already been the greatest naval
war in history and will be a much greater
naval war before II Is over.
II has already been so severe, In fact, that
Of the six great navies that existed in the
world before the war three have VIRTUALLY
ceased to exist.
The aRYies of France and Italy have beei
largely destroyed. and the elements OF thel
that remain are either immobillzed or at
sorbed by other powers.
THE navy of Germany is still potent espc-
1 cially in submersibles, but is incapable of
successful challenge to its superior enemies.
Only the great navies of the United States,
Great Britain and Japan retain full strik
ing power. And. of these three only the first
two will survive the present war.
Thus, the situation with relation to naval
power, after this war will be vastly different
than il was after the first world war
1t will be recalled that at the conclusion
Of the last war there were five great naves,
and all had been allied in the war II was
only after some years that Germany created
a new navy, smaller than the others but
formidable.
1T WILL also be recalled that, after the last
i war. from which the United States emerged
as the dominant naval and maritime power,
the device of naval disarmament was utilized
TO impair and all but destroy the position Of
the United States.
1t was fraudulent device, because only
the United States dismantled existing ships
and stopped construction of new ships, while
the other naval particularly Great
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Quick Questions

oddly enough the First In
iantry, u. s. Army is not
the oldest regiment. Which
is?
What two European Ncbun-
tries have kings who are
brothers?
3-The word American was
first used in oct, IVA, in a
speech, Oppression has ef-
faced the boundaries of the
several colonies. the diStinc-l
ton betw cen VlrginianS.
PCnnSylvanianS and New
Englanders IS no more.
am not q Nirginian but an
Americans Who made IL?
/ It's Navy Day because its
the birthdatc of President
Theodore Roosevelt, In
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

THESE reports have at least considerable
i probability. Won Papen is, or was, an
army man, and the only force left in Germany
which might overthrow Hitler in advance of
German defeat, is the German army. Won
Papen was not National Socialist and /
think cannot be considered one now. He is
an adroit and highly accomplished diplomat,
as witnesses his success in 1882 in securing
at a conference held in Switzerland, the
complete remission of German war indemnities
Furthermore Won Papen is widely
travelled and experienced man with an UNI
usual knowledge of the world
was in Berlin in the critical summer of
1882. On bright June day, | was seated
in a famous WEINSTUBE on Inter Den
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Turn OH More Lend-LeaSe Light

N ISMAL as the truth may be- why not let
u us face the fact that, in a world wherein
virulent nationaism is rampant and imperial
ism looks forward to full restoration of its
dominion over alien people and their lands
and resources, the United States is writing
glorious record in battle and frittering away
the results in secret international conferences
and agreements.
To continue to close our eyes TO the exist
ing situation would not be a demonstration Of
judicious restraint but an exhibition of that
type of optimism which has been described as
"the madness Of maintaining that everything
is right when it is wrong"
The teamwork Of the foreign and Ameri-
can politicians who have combined to assault
and silence FIVE United States senators three
Democrats and two Republicans too obvi-
Gus and is not worthy of statesmen of real
stature.
IT Is unthinkable that Prime Minister
i Churchill, master of debate. would have
resorted to the obvious parliamentary trick Of
avoiding the issue and smearing a critic if he
had good defense
Additionally 1t is unthinkable that he
would have mad9 a sneering statement re-
garding nonpaitsan committee of United
States senators without advance discussion
over the transoceanic phone.
II was ungracious Of the President to say
the least 10 admit the accuracy of some of
the principal criticisms and simultaneously
question the motives Of the senator's three Of
whom are of has own political party
But probably most important of all he
developments was the Presidents expressed
feeling that senators were damned NUS
ance" in relation 90 some Of these matters.
The President seemed to be unmindful Of
the fact Mat the senators were doing, Their
sworn duty under The Constitution Of The
United States.
He seemed TO forget that the founders Of
the, republic with deep understanding of
the Weaknesses Of human nature and Of the
dangers Of unrestrained power deliberately
and designed.y MPO SED UPON THE
UfITED STATES SENATE the duty Of
80 UR-NedSe.d.y Oe4obar II leA3
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

Linden with two German friends-one, an
active man with wide acquaintance in the best
German society, who graduated from Har-
ward University; the other, the very able Dr.
Dernberg, who was appointed by the kaiser
some years before the World War, TO iron out
the difficulties of their colonial administration
He is generally recognized to have done a
remarkable job.
As WE sat there, newsboys brought in the
"A papers with headlines blazing the news
that the Reiohpresdent Marshal Won linden
burg had accepted the resignation of the
chancellor, DR.. Bruning, and had appointed
Won Papen to succeed him. | shall not for
get the surprise even the dumb CONSERVATION,
in the faces of my friends. Both Of these
men desired German friendship with America;
both appreciated the fact that Col. Won Papen
had been military attache at the German
embassy in Washington, before we entered the
war; and that for unneutral behavior our
government had demanded his recall.
The National Socialist Party had become,
not a majority party In the Relchstag but
the largest party in that body, and in the
nation Perhaps the president could no longer
disregard this fact, and so appointed Hitler
REICHKANZLER. Won Papen is supposed to
have been the bridge in this arrangement
between Hindenburg and Hitler.
IN 1933-34, while in Germany again, came
/ to know Won Papen quite well. l had
some informing conversations with him.
This is Col. Won Papen as | know him
somewhat undoubtedly a compromised an
opportunst, a man who moves cleverly amidst
the politician intrigues Of Germany, but none
the less, a presentable man, in the dastardly
company in which he now belongs, and quite
possibly man who may come forward
prominently again in whatever future the
German nation may have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
knowledge Test
~ DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

I'm what part of The body will
YOU find: ta) the cerebrum:
tbl the pupil; (ct the
palate?
Pm what book Will YOU find
her: ta) Lady TcaZle. (b)
Jenny Wren? (c) Porta?
3-Flll the blank: ca AnbroSia
or the food of the ......:
tb) the rod carried by
Mercury or $500; tc) Bill
lngSgate or coarse .......
Give another word for: Cal
styptic: (b) palsy; Co
Celibate2
5-How old is: (a) Sextaeena-
rian; tbl an octogenarian.
tc) Septuagenarian?
b-Answer yes or no: ca was
there ever an Edward * OF
England; (b) was there ever
a Louis XVIII of France
tc) was there ever a Presi.
dent Tyler of United States ?
Fiji IN with a girls name
ta) $50. Oak ley; %
49,. In Our Alley; &c
.,.. Ross.
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

what three posts that T. +.
held, did r. ID. r. follow p
Right or wrong: (a) no mar
born IN a foreign country j.
eligible 10 be president of the
United States; tb) the earths
rotation on its axis causes
the seasons--winter, spring.
etc"
The army, operates a great
deal Of railway trackage in
wartime; but what two inn
portant railroads are always
operated by the government?
1t was seven years ago to-
day that the former Wallis
Warfeld obtained the divorce
that freed her 10 we'd the
former British king. What
s was the name of the hus-
band she divorced?
ANSWERS on Opposite Psge)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
How LABOR WAS CHEATED
Willie Bioff Tells Of Badgering Film Chiefs
For Idle Workers Bread, Pocketing Cash

EDITORS NOTE - This is
the second in series Of ar
icies shouting hoW some
coWdrdIy and consciencelesS
employers bride corrupt labor
leaders into selling dopn the
riUer the union members they
Uere elected to protect. IL rs
based on testimony at the
Hollywood shakedoWn trial by
Willie BioH. convicted eS ezar
of the international Alliance
of Theatrical Stage Employees.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
Navy bay

Britain and Japan kept all the serViceabe
ships they had and built new ships to the
limit Of their resources.
That was great mistake on the part Of the
United States and it must not be repeated
There Is a greater danger than most OF Us
now think that it WILL be repeated.
A F'TER this war there viii be high clamor
y for naval disarmament by the United
States by our own bemused pacitstS.
II will be- SAID that since the only remaining
-rcat navieS are those of the British and our
elves and We are friends. why should we main
ain these great establishments at such great
oSt?
Whcreupon if We are deluded as we wore
hcforc we viii dismantle the fine ships with
which We won the war and lat TO build new
And very soon Britain would regain her
dominance of the seas.
And very certainly Russia would construct
completely modern navy which Is her dream.
And very probably the memories of men and
nations being what they are France and llaly
and even Germany and Japan would accomplish
as soon as possible and as secretly as necessary
the restoration Of their naval establishments
HISTORY teaches us, and We should have the
RI wit TO understand If, that our failure to
maintain American navy adequate Tor
our defense nuitied our victory in the last war;
and made the present war inevitable
We thought we were saving money, Wlleh III
fact il was not only false economy but was the
iorcrunner OF profligatc expenditure OF money
and lives.
We thought We were contributing TO perma-
ncnt world peace when in fact we were making
future war possible and certain.
II is wonderful thing for the American
people TO say now as Secretary Knox so well
says, that:
Those at home proudly join with those who
are away i'm a silent battle pledge that the most
ruthless and cruel enemies of all time shall be
driven from the seas"
But il would be more wonderful if the Amcrl-
can people should make their sacred pledge on
this Navy Day. and for all time, that they will
never again he swindled out of an adequate navy
either by international schemers or our own
pacifists.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

Stripping brooms of "frills
will save 1850 tons of steel wire
annually, $4,000 pounds of cot
ton Irvine and between 10000 and
$4,000 gallons OF lacquer and other
paint materials
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

DIOFF related how in 1922 he
- was arrested in Chicago for
pandering. He said he was con-
victed, but while at liberty
pending an appeal he jumped
bail and fled. returning TO that
city when the case cooled off.
His next venture was an at
tempt to organize kosher butch
erS into an association WHICH
would prevent price cutting.
That was in 1881 and part of
1882. Chief defense attorney
James ID. c. Murray asked the
witness:
Wasn't that a bad time 10
keep prices high. right in the
depression when so many people
were unemployed and hungry?
A-No, too much meat isn't
good for poor people.
Q-Don't you eat meat?
A-Oh, that's different. al
ways ate big thick steaks and
drank champagne, love thick
steaks"
Willie said he got out of that
racket in 1882. after Thomas J.
Courtney became states attor-
ney Of Cook County, H.. and
started TO look around for some
thing else TO do. He continued:
ut was about that time that
I became acquainted with
George Browne, who in 1884
was elected IATSE president
and was convicted with me two
years ago. We became close
friends"
" n @siH was 0"'' ''''
Ale was trying 10 organize
a poultry dealers association in
Chlcago'S Fulton ST. market.
Odd he have any other oc-
cupation?
A--Oh. sure. he was business
agent of Chicago Stagehands
Local No. 2 and got a salary of
$3.50 a week.
Q-What else?
Ale had some sort Of con-
nection with the Star & Garter
Burlesque Theater which paid
him another $3.50 a week.
Q-What sort of connection
A-Well. Jack Barger, the
owner, was afraid some movie
house in his neighborhood might
want to put in girl shows.
Q-And =.
A--So he paid Browne each
week 10 make sure the union
agent wouldn't give them stage
hands II they tried to put in
burlesque.
Bioff testified that Browne
finally gave up attempts TO or
game the poultry dealers and
turned his eyes toward the
Century OF Progress Worlds
Fair grounds, where the eX-
position was due 10 open in a
few months
George asked me 10 join him
n partner. He Sid there
would he plenty OF work for
stagehands at the worlds fair
and that we both could prob
ably make some money. He
agreed TO give me half OF his
$500 n week until I got going"
THUS was launched the I'M
Il holy partnership whic h
eventually sold out 10000 MEM
bers of the IATSE. including
cameramen. electricians. prop
men. makeup artists and carpen-
tcrs in the Hollywood studios
movie proiectioniStS and stage
hands in theaterS from coast TO
coast
Under direct examination by
Boris koStelanetZ, special as
sistant TO Atty. Gen. Biddle, the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

witness reviewed the lean
months after he joined Browne,
when half of Chicago's 400
StagehandS were unemployed
and two-thirdS Of the elty's
legitimate theaters were dark.
Odd you and Browne de
eide TO do anything 10 alleviate
the economic condition of stage
hands in 1888?
Yes. We decided TO open
a soup kitchen 10 feew unen-
ployed members and their faml-
lies
Q-How was it financed?
Although connections !
had in Fulton Market
through my connections with
the Packinghouse Transfers
Union / was able TO get
vegetables. canned goods, meat.
Q--Were there any negotia-
tions pending about that time
between the stagehandS local
and the theater owners IN Chr
cago?
A-YeS.
Q-With whom were they
pending?
A-Wilh the Balaban & Katz
circuit, a subsidiary of Para
mount.
Odd YOU have an occasion
10 meet any one from the b. q
X. Circuit?
Al met Barney Balaban.
Q-Under what circu
stances?
A-During our first wage
scale meeting Browne took sick
and was taken TO University
Hospital. IL was while I was
there visiting George that Bala-
ban came TO see him.
Q-What was the substance
of the conversation p?
A-During the lean years
our members conseQted To p
per cent pay cut. Now that
conditions were improving We
demanded restoration of their
previous scale.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

CPECIFIC recommend tionS
~ are difficult TO fin d and
should come only from analysis
by military leaders. But 1t just
does not make sense for us 10
continue week after week and
month after month TO chase the
Nazi machine gunnerS out OF
every brush at every curve OF
the road in Italy and shoot Japs
out of ealm trees in remote and
inconsequential New Gui ne
when a nation has the military
might that we now have.
The m a lin German army is
still north of the Pisa to Ancona
line in Italy. Perhaps amphibi-
Gus thanking movements could
isolate the six or seven German
divisions in southern Italy and
bring US swiftly TO the main
battle line up north.
Certainly our inconteStable
air superiority should be used
daily in full force against the
NaZiS 10 cut their roads of sup
plies and dive-bomb them out of
their trenches.
Perhaps the best answer may
be an invasion in Norway, or
the LowlandS, or the Balkans.
An invasion Of southern France
or the Fiume sector at the head
of the A driatic also surely
would break the German stub
bornness on the Italian front.
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strictly prohibited.
To thine own self he true,
And it must follow, as the night
the day.
Thou canSt not then be false 10
any man.
Shakespeare.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
FAIR
ENOUGH
BY Westbrook
Pegler

HAVING sc e n how quickly
- Communists and fellow
travellers filter into every new
agency of the New Deal govern
ment, for example the Labor
Relations Board and the Office
of War Information, we may
anticipate that the same thing
would happen in any new crea-
ton intended to nationalize the
public schools.
Like the stalwart German
tourists who invaded Norway in
multi just before the betrayal.
they always place themselves in
position to tai Ike over, in the
guise of liberals, and ways
with the obvious conniVance of
the administration.
1t cannot be unintentional on
the part Of the governing party,
for 1t has happened too often to
be regarded as accidental.
TIUS il must be concluded
Il and the fact must be faced
that this party does lean toward
communism, not only as po-
litical and economic system but
also as a habit of thought and a
moral code. which latter is the
worst expression of communism
as we have learned from the
testimony of such backslide
boloS as j. b. Matthews. the
Dies committee most effective
informant. and Benjamin Git
low. who at one time occupied
in American communism a posi-
tlon equal TO that of Earl
Browder.
NSTHE young Communists"
Gitlow wrote. "dr avn
into a life of their own, fell
easy prey 10 all the vices in the
party. which Ia THIN were not
vices hut expressions OF rebel
lion against bourgeois society
and the hypocrisy of bourgeois
morals.
They broke with their fam
lilies because the family WAS
hnstrnnnts trxs A. 4 a,
stood I'm the way OF their Com
munist activities. Many com
pIetely divorced themselves
from their parents.
VERY often mothers would
come to the office, complaining
that their young daughters had
failed To come home and they
had lost all influence over
them. We knew the situation
very well. hut the complaints
and pleadings fell on deaf ears"
OF COURSE 1t will be con-
~ tended that this IS Red
batting, and that there Is no
ground for suspicion that the
national government would Try
10 influence the school children.
but past performances are not
reaSSuring.
Plainly this chance 10 i'm
press the Communist ideology
and morality on a whole gem
Grafton OF children is too tempt
ing 10 be passed up.
The proposal Is bolstered. OF
course. with the usual type of
humanitarian appeal intended
10 convict Of heartlesSness all
who oppose 1t.
But the alternative would be
communiStlc teachings as sure
as the labor board became an
agency for the strengthening OF
Communists in the unions Of
the Go. and Communists soon
bobbed up In the Owl and other
bureaus.
All this is aside from the fact
that the public schools are local
and not national institutions in
which the individual parents
still retain Some influence.
which they would lose under
rattnnuf .1,..,.,e.....
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27

(Another article in this series,
revealing hoW BioH and BroWne
stepped into the "big time" and
collected huge sums from noUie
and theoter uaRndteS on both
coasts. DW appear in this space
tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-27
The WORLDN REVIEW
Col. Franz Won Papen
By MAJ. GEN. DAVID PRESCOTT BARROws

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