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Normal World Trade
Aim of Reciprocal
Pacts, Says Hull
* Goal Same as That
Voiced by Chamberlain,
Secretary Tells Press
By GARNETT D. HORNER.
Secretary of State Hull said today
that a statement by Prime Minister
Chamberlain that one of Great Brit
ain’s foremost war aims was to re
store normal trade among nations
expressed a primary purpose of
American economic policy as em
bodied in the reciprocal trade pro
gram.
This purpose, the secretary ex
plained at his press conference, is to
strive to keep the nations of the
world from gravitating toward au
tarch and economic totalitarianism
and, at the same time, aid in point
ing the world toward economic re
covery.
More and more nations are becom
ing aware of the importance of this
policy of facilitating international
trade, Mr Huy added.
He said he confidently believed
that soon there will not only be uni
versal acceptance of this policy, but
also increasing vocal support of it
by other nations.
Comments on Tobin Stand.
The Secretary’s comment was in
response to a request for his reac
tion to the speech by Mr. Chamber
lain, in which the British Prime
Minister said England was anxious
to avoid friction and disturbance of
trade with the United States and
nntinnr nnH o i m oH
to restore full normal trade.
Mr. Hull also was asked for com
ment on an editorial by Daniel J.
Tobin, president of the Interna
tional Union of Teamsters, urging
that Congress renew the administra
tion's authority to negotiate recip
rocal trade agreements, which is
due to expire June 12.
Mr. Hull said he was impressed by
the fact that as various groups in
labor, industry and agriculture as
certain more fully the beneficial ef
fects of the reciprocal trade pro
gram. they were more and more dis
posed to give it active support.
Lumber Group Backs Pacts.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for lum
ber manufacturers called today for
continuation of the administration’s
trade agreements program, but pro
posed four major restrictions.
Wilson Compton, secretary of the
National Lumber Manufacturers'
Association, told the House Ways
and Means Committee that "the
program should be carried on, not
abandoned in midocean,” according
to the Associated Press.
"We think, however,” he added,
“that it should be restricted by
statute to a more clearly defined
range, and not with such wide- ;
open administrative discretions as ,
heretofore.
Would Restrict Concessions.
He proposed:
1. That the authority to make
concessions should be restricted to
reductions in tariff rate« and to im
port quota determinations.
2. That the authority not include
the power to “bind” or “freeze” a
commodity on the free list.
3. That whatever tariff rates are |
fixed in a trade agreement continue '
to be subject to the so-called "flex- :
ible” provisions of the Tariff Act
of 1930.
4 That nuhliration of all nronospd
concessions be made for a period of
perhaps 60 days before they be
come binding.
“The exercise of a power of gov
ernment,” Mr. Compton told the
committee, "whether legislative or
administrative, on a gigantic scale
to build up one section at the ex
pense of another, or to take away
from one industry and give to an
other—even though in the confi
, dent hope and expectation that ul
timately all will gain—should not
be concluded in secret.”
Agreements Praised.
In his editorial appearing in the
union's official magazine Mr. Tobin
Raid:
“It is our opinion that the trade
agreements are a help to our coun
try, our Government and especially
to our organization.” He mentioned ■
particularly increased trucking for
his union members as a result of
increased foreign trade.
The Tobin statement emphasizes
conflicts of opinion among organized
labor leaders on value of the trade
program.
A recent statement by the Wage
Earners Protective Conference of
the American Federation of Labor,
opposing continuance of the act and
calling for abrogation of existing
trade agreements, brought a denial
from President William Green that
the A. F. of L. had taken any offi
cial action opposing the program. ;
Mr. Tobin, a leading figure in the
A. F. of L. official family, said in
his editorial that “We cannot help j
thinking that there is some political |
prejudice and personal feeling pred- !
icating the opposition to the trade !
agreements.”
He denied statements “by some
labor men” that the agreements are
throwing down tariff walls and tend
ing to break down the wage scales of
American workers. “I am informed
that the trade agreements In nearly
every instance give the United States
the better part of the bargain,” he
6aid.
Finns
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until" the Russians run out of bul
lets, at the same time keeping up
punishing thrusts against the Rus
sian positions.
He said the Soviet offensive
northeast of the lake had been
technically broken for some time,
but that the Finns, because of
numerically inferior forces, must
bide their time before taking full
advantage of the victory.
The same informant said evi
dence had been found by the Finns
that Rusian dead were being dis
posed of through holes in the ice
so as to conceal the extent of
casualties.
Official sources said Soviet aerial
activity Tuesday was considerably
less than on Monday and was aimed
chiefly at Northern Finland, “where
a few peaceful rural communities
were bombed with slight material
damage and three persons were re
ported wounded.”
Fresh Troops in North.
Meanwhile, fresh troops from
Russia were reported pouring into
the Salla front, above the Arctic
Circle, in an effort to turn the. tide
against the Finns in the north.
With the Red Army’s positions
virtually unchanged after 10 days i
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BACKS FLEET EXPANSION PROGRAM—Appearing before the House Naval Affairs Committee
yesterday, Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison warned that the United States needs the entire
$1,300,000,000 fleet expansion program originally demanded by his department in order to achieve
a “fair degree” of national security.
Left to right: Representative W. Sterling Cole, New York; Secretary Edison and Representa
tive Melvin J. Maas of Minnesota. —Wide World Photo.
of fighting, the Finnish Arctic Army
faced what military sources believed
was its hardest test on a forested
ridge above Markajarvi.
The Finns said they believed the
reinforcements, possibly totaling a
full division, indicated the Russians
still expected to cut Finland in two
this winter.
While enemy air raids eased yes
terday after Monday’s devastat
ing attack, a new display of Fin
land's own aerial power was seen
in official reports that a Russian
harbor had been bombed and enemy
ships struck.
Informed quarters believed the
harbor was Kronstadt, in the Gulf
of Finland near Leningrad.
(Estonian authorities were in
vestigating the nationality of
eight planes which were reported
to hpve dropped 34 bombs on
Estonian soil near the Russian
air base on Dagoe Island. Win
dows in some buildings were
shattered, but no serious dam
age resulted, it was reported.)
400 Civilians Killed.
In a survey of bombing since the
war began, November 30, Lt. Gen.
Saivo, chief of the Finnish civil
air defenses, said that 300 Russian
planes had been shot down and at
least 800 Soviet airmen killed.
Gen. Saivo reported the Russians
had killed 400 civilians and wounded
930 in 642 raids in which 20.340
bombs were dropped on 207 locali
ties outside war zones. The officer
said in 24 instances hospitals and
churches were bombed.
(Indications that the Finnish
air force soon would be further
strengthened were seen in an an
nouncement by the Moore-Mc
Cormack Steamship Line in New
York that 11 American pursuit
planes had arrived at Bergen,
Norway, en route to Finland.
(Comdr. Robert C. Lee, vice
president of the steamship line,
said the freighter Normactide
had arrived with a cargo of
planes, ammunition and guns.
He said other military equipment
was en route.)
Americans Get Uniforms.
At barracks in the snow-swept
Northwest, Finnish-Americans were
outfitted in native uniforms of
black-gray wool for training before
going to the front as volunteers.
The only markings are cloth in
signia of red and blue on either side
of the collar. White bars may be
imposed on these to complete the
American color scheme.
A short dark overcoat, knee-length
ski boots, a light gray cap and belt
for weapons and a white snow cape
complete the outfit.
All day yesterday the Legionnaires’;
own tailors fitted the uniforms to
the obviously pleased soldiers.
The Americans are mostly of Finn
ish descent and anxious to leave
for the firing line. Training, how
ever, may keep them in barracks for
weeks. Small groups of new arrivals
come in constantly. Several Amer
ican women also are here to join
nursing troops.
Mechanics, aviators and artillery
experts received commissions in the
Finnish Army almost immediately
upon arrival. One aviator from New
York, with 2.000 hours to his credit,
already is reported to have shot
down two Soviet planes.
Citizens' Group Opposes
Advisory City Council
Opposition to an advisory city
council, either elected or appointed,
was voiced last night at a meeting
of the Southeast citizens' Associa
tion at Friendship House, 619 D
street S.E.
Orrin J. Davy, president of the
Southeast Council of Citizens’ As
sociations, argued that an advisory
council would be ineffective and
that what the city needed is an
elected agency with municipal
powers.
Mr. Davy’s motion urging early
completion of the west end ap
proach to the new John Phillip
Sousa Bridge was adopted.
FALSE TEETH REPAIRED
WHILE YOU WAIT
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Chamberlain
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were reported today to have
drowned within a quarter-mile of
land when their lifeboat capsized.
The bodies were washed ashore on
one of the Orkney Islands.
Two lifeboats of the 1,487-ton
British steamer Eston were washed
ashore near a northeast port. The
Eston and her crew of 18 were be
lieved lost.
Other ships reported attacked in
cluded the 2,881-ton freighter Stan
burn, which was sunk; the 8,501
ton tanker British Triumph, which
later reached port; the 4,443-ton
collier Coryton, and the trawler
Algoma, concerning whose fate no
further word has been received.
Twenty-six of the Stanburn's crew
of 28 were lost. The Stanburn had
weathered bombing while at
Valencia in the Spanish war, but
sank under a German bombard
ment.
A statement issued in London said
“no less than 20" German bombers
took part in yesterday's attacks.
U. S. Seeking Modification
Of British Tobacco Ban
Secretary Hull said today “every
effort will be made to obtain a
modification of the British policies”
prohibiting imports of American
tobacco.
The Secretary of State gave his
i assurance to Representative Burch,
Democrat of Virginia, in a letter
replying to resolutions of the Dan
ville. Va„ Chamber of Commerce
protesting the British embargo.
“Import control in the United
Kingdom over the importation of
American leaf tobacco," Mr. Hull
wrote, "has been exercised since
September 11, 1939, by means of
control over foreign exchange trans
actions. On that date the British
treasury discontinued the authori
zation of foreign exchange for fur
ther purchases of United States
tobacco.
"The British authorities state that
this action Is part of their general
policy of regulating the allocation
of exchange in accordance with their
wartime needs. At that time about
one third of the British require
ments from the 1939 American flue
curea tobacco crop had already been
purchased, leaving about 175,000.000
pounds (farm weight) with a value
of possibly $50,000,000 unpurchased.
Stocks of American tobacco in the
United Kingdom amounted to rough
ly two years’ supply.”
Office Stays in Family
VENUS. Pa., Jan. 31 (A*).—One of
the Nation's oldest postal employes
in point of service, 85-year-old John
George Betz, has retired after 58
years as postmaster here, but his
family will continue to run the of
fice. A son. William M. Betz, was
named acting postmaster.
RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.
Col. Knox Sees President,
Favors Arms Aid to Finns
Unqualified in his personal sup
port for unrestricted American aid
to Finland, Col. Frank Knox, Chi
cago publisher and Republican vice
presidential candidate in 1936, dis
cussed the problem with President
Roosevelt at the White House to
day.
Col. Knox declined to tell reporters
the exact nature of his conversa
tion with the Chief Executive, but
made it clear he is personally in
favor of loans for military.purposes
to the beleaguered Baltic nation
and that he conveyed this opinion
to the President.
Disclosing that he had lunched
yesterday with Hjalmar Procope,
Finnish Minister to the United
States, the Chicagoan told White
House reporters that several plans
are under consideration.
“I would like to do something
really helpful for the Finns,” he said,
“and some plans are in the making.
What they need, of course, is mili
tary supplies.”
Mrs. Roosevelt
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garding the Receiving Home was
authorized by Mrs. Roosevelt:
“I should say the people at the
Receiving Home are trying to do a
good job under very adverse cir
cumstances.
“There is no space for segregation
and it is all wrong to have 18-year
old boys and little boys of 6 in the
same place. There also is no planned
recreation or occupation and the
length of time they are kept there
is a very unfortunate factor in the
situation.
“Moreover, the percentage of re
peaters—49 per cent for the last
two years—shows that there is some
thing wrong with our whole system
of care for children and our efforts
at rehabilitation, because for a great
many of those young people it is
simply a graduation from the Re
ceiving Home eventually to prison.
“The most pitiful feature of the
home seems to me to be the small
“lodgers’ who are brought in simply
because their families are destitute
or in some emergency. They, of
course, should be separated from
Juvenile offenders. *
“It did seem to me the home is
making an effort to give the children
as good food as possible.”
Play Facilities Limited.
Mrs. Roosevelt observed as she
went through the place a 8-year-old
child playing with “greasy” cards
with older children. She noted
there were tables and benches
available,.but a lack of real recrea
tional facilities. There were' two
children playing pingpong in one
recreational room—and these were
locked in behind a screened parti
tion to keep other children out, so
that a game could be possible. The
“playground,” it was noted, was
blanketed with the heavy snow. A
lack of clothing which would be
adequate if the children were en
abled to play out of doors in such
weather also was observed.
At the time of the visit there were
38 boys and 14 girls housed at the
home. Mrs. Roosevelt and her com
panions looked over the schedule of
those confined at the home and
found that one had been sent there
18 times* and another 10 times, and
that practically none of the group
was there for the first time; that
some of the wards are kept at the
home as long as four weeks while
their cases were investigated and
adjudicated by Juvenile Court.
In her concluding remarks on the
Receiving Home, Mrs. Roosevelt
said:
“I should think the assembly hall
might be used as a recreation room,
in order to separate the children.
I also think there should be a reg
ular program of recreation and edu
cation. Even though some of the
children are there only for a few
days, this should be beneficial.”
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Tn her comments on the Industrial
Home School Mrs. Roosevelt said:
“I feel that while an institution
of this kind should, if possible, be
outside the city limits and of the
cottage type, the staff seems to be
doing the best they can to make a
good home for the boys and girls
there, and giving them as good
training as can be had under the
circumstances.
.“I believe the personnel should be
classified and perhaps increased to
some extent and that perhaps the
dietary should be improved at least
a little.”
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1940.
4 Five Moves to Raise the Spirit
* , of American Business.
Whatever inay be done this year
outside Congress to encourage business
In efforts to help itself, the prime
mover will be the program Congress
should enact. The new year is nearly
a month old, Congress has been in
session for most of that month and
* people are watching its activities for
signs of its determination to take posi- :
«l tive steps that will raise the hope of
^ business for a good year. On such
steps depend the future of millions of
• families now living on public charity
or on artificial stimulants of govern
| ment which are costing the people an
appalling sum. In its Voice of Busi
_ ness issue on January 6 The Sun said:
“Congress can remove oppressive and
unjust restraints, block further tax
raids, meet new threats to ‘venture’
capital, and reduce the sources of fric- ^
tion in labor and of fear in business.”
Here are some of the specific actions
, that Congress can take in compliance
Iwnn sucn uesiraoie uujcvuvw.
1. Oppressive restraints should bo
removed from the financing of new
enterprises and the expansion of ex
isting business. The Securities Ex
change Act and the securities act
of 1933 should be revised to that
' end, perhaps by raising the limit
of securities exempt from registration;
by simplifying the prbspectus required
in the distribution of new issues, and
by eliminating the waiting period after
the filing of registration statements.
The discretionary powers of the SEC
' t should be reduced. Other basic
changes in the securities acts have
been proposed, and deserve study in
. this session of Congress. The flow of
capital into commerce, industry and
transportation should be increased.
2. Congress can reduce friction in
labor relations by adopting amend
ments to the Wagner Labor Act which
would accomplish substantially the re
sult that Senator Burke had in mind
when he introduced his amendments in
April, 1938. The Burke amendments
deserve immediate consideration.
3. Congress could encourage business
by adopting an intelligent scheme to de
centralize unemployment relief. Though
work relief under WPA was made less
attractive by the act which Congress
passed last June, the WPA itself
should be eliminated and State and
municipal relief promoted.
4. Congress could stimulate residen
tial building throughout the country
by rejecting all proposals to pour more
money into tax-exempt, subsidized
housing through the USHA. Faced
with unfair rivalry by State and Fed
eral government, private capital is
I J fimir) /loonitA tho rtobH fftr Hu/pllincr
construction.
5. Congress can reduce the chances
of foreign entanglement by insisting
that the Senate ratify all foreign trade
pacts, and by preventing the renewal
of existing pacts, for they threaten . 1
farmers and industrialists with intense
foreign competition.
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