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Billings Gazette (Newspaper) - March 31, 1940, Billings, Montana Montana weather partly Cloudy sunday and Mon Day colder East of Divide sunday. Wyoming weather mostly Cloudy sunday and Mon Day with occasional rain or Snow West portion sunday colder Mon Day and North portion sunday night. Final morning edition vol. . 149. Associated press Billings Montana sunday March 31, 1940. United press Price five cents Churchill issues new warning to world on War intensification the Washington scene by David Lawrence Washington March 30.although officially the United states govern ment must take the position for the time being that undersecretary Welles has found scant Hope As the president phrases it for immediate peace on a stable basis this does not mean that efforts to make peace must cease or that they must be announced to the press in their formative stages. Unquestionably Sumner Welles has performed a valuable service. It was a difficult and delicate mis Sion. Not Only was it part of his task to find out How the British and French Felt about peace but it was important for him to gain some first hand impressions of what was happening in Germany. One direct consequence of or. Welles visit May be the sending of an american ambassador and a full staff to Berlin. A continuous flow of information from Oei Many to the United states is essential to any future peace moves. It is a Safe Assumption that the president and Secretary Hull Are better. Informed today about what British show deficit of about 3 billion during fiscal year London March 30. A Pugna Cious Winston Churchill Britain first lord of the admiralty couple a new warning of intensification o the War saturday night with the significant hint that Britain scarcely could be expected in the future to taks As a matter of course interpretations of neutrality which Gav All advantages to the the belligerent speech recalled the first lord s declaration of january 20 in which he called anxious neutrals to join the Allie in United action to bring the a against Germany to a speedy end. It followed closely Soo upon continuing demands from various quarters in great Britain for a More vigorous prosecution of the War Anc the disclosure that the Allied Navle Are determined to tighten thei stranglehold on Germany by Way laying scandinavian Ore ships and by greater activity in the Pacific against shipments of raw material from Mexico to Vladivostok Frorer where they can find their Way to Germany. Some quarters saw a distinct re lation Between Churchill s assertion that time has been on our Side but it is a changeable ally with showing a deficit of �767,685,000 about $3,071,720,000 for the firs fiscal year of the War. Is happening inside Germany than Britain s expenditures for the Fis Cal year ending saturday nigh they were before or. Welles went there. It is a Safe Assumption too that the government of the United states has a better understanding of what May be done some Day in the area of peace making than it had before or. Welles left Washington. Naturally the president Felt it essential to announce something to the press immediately on or Welles return and it was desirable to eliminate at once any belief the a peace offer had been tendered or received. But the object of the Welles Mission was to gather in formation on which a future peace move might be made and what to do with this information is now up to the president and the Secretary of state to decide upon the advice of or. Welles. The net results of the Mission May not be known for weeks or months. Certainly an improvement in the diplomatic relations of the United states and Germany May be looked for. Likewise a studied policy of less comment on the issues involved in the War May be Forth coming As one Means of preventing the recurrence of irritation Between Germany and the United states at Berlin and Washington. If the United states government is to prepare itself for the task of mediation some Day it will want to earn the Confidence of both sides in the War. Clearly the american people have their sympathies but governments Are faced with the necessity of dealing with All other governments throughout the world on a formal business basis. Or. Welles Back at his desk in the department of state will be a much More valuable undersecretary than he was be fore he embarked on his Mission. He will retain impressions obtained in his talk. He will become an invaluable adviser to the president and the Secretary of state and it would not be at All Surpris ing if during the summer months continued on Page 2, column 2. The weather local data for 24 hours ending at 5 30 p. M. Yesterday furnished by United states weather Bureau station at municipal air port temperature at 5 30 a. M. 45 temperature at 5 30 p. M. 58 maximum 61 minimum 41 mean temperature 51 relative humidity at 5 30 a. M. 60 per cent relative humidity at 5 30 p. M. 34 per cent precipitation none barometric pressure at Elevation of 3570.49 feet at 5 30 a. M. 26.06 inches at 5 30 p. M. 26.03 inches character of Day cloth cry St Rise today at 5 56m. Sunset at 6 41 p. M. Moonrise today at 2 10 a a. Moonset at 12 07 . General Helena March 30.if, maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation in the following cities for the last 24 hours Endine at 6 o clock saturday night re. Ported Here Max. Min. Prec. Havre go 35 Helena 56 41 Kalispell 55 38 Miles i y 62 35 Cheyenne �5 41 Denver 70 41 Boise 60 49 .06 Boston 60 40 Calgary 36 23 Cal Capo 69 38 Galveston 77 58 Jacksonville 70 64 Minneapolis 51 29 new Tork 57 43 Oklahoma City 81 46 Omaha 76 45 Portland 62 48 Salt Lake City 65 47 san Francisco 56 56 1.49seattle 62 48 Spokane 56 45 Williston -57 25 vital statistics birth girl mrs. Gerald Wade Worden. Deaths mrs. Margaret Ann Storr 74, Canyon Creek. Oscar m. Jenkins 51, 620 third Al ref. John Fud und 84, 804 North Broadt Rar. Marriage licenses Anton j. Morel 24, and Mas Tlene Birken Heler. It both of Billings. Owen Robert Holm 22. And Edith m. Snyder 18. Both of Cody Wyo. Alfred i. Hamilton. 24. And Henrietta . 24, both of Eugene Lott 22. Bozeman and Lois Maxine Dawson 20, Billings. Totalled �1,816,873,000 about $7,207, 392,000 against revenues of �1,049, 188,000 about $4,192,852,000 despite a 35 per cent income tax and other heavy levies. The 1940-1941 War budget to be announced april 23 is expected to run around �1,250,000,000 about $5, 000,000,000. New and higher taxes Are anticipated. Churchill s assertion that there is no need for Russia to be drawn into the struggle unless she wishes it so and that we have no quarrel with the italian or the japanese Peoples reiterated the British wish to con continued on Page 2, column 4. See new regime for Kansas City Kansas City March 30. A this scandal rocked City which within a year has seen its Long time political Boss sent to prison its $20,000,000 a year gambling shops closed and it$12,000,000-a-year narcotic ring smashed will elect a new Council and mayor tuesday. No matter which Side wins a big turnover is inevitable at the 30 Story City Hall on which Boss Tom Pendergast s democratic machine clamped a Headlock in 1926. The Pendergast Council including his wheelhorse Charley Clark who has held one office or another at the City Hall nearly a Quarter of a Century was voted out in february at a special election. Citizens forced that election on the machine after Pendergast his police director and his gambling lug collector were ent to Federal prison for failure to list their full profits on income tax planks. Tuesday those same citizens num Bering More than 200,000 in the registration books will choose Between ticket labelled democratic and another labelled ill eight Council seats the mayor s of fice and two municipal judgeship Are at stake. The democrats headed for mayor y Flavel Robertson attorney and Active worker in the Rev. Burris Jenkins Community Church claim heir ticket is uncontrolled and in the of unionists led by an attorney John b. Gage also a demo crat for Mas or reply that the Robertson slate really is a machine ticket because the committee which selected it was appointed by John Gladden. Democratic county exec Ive chairman and personal attorney or Pendergast. Where nazi air raid killed first civilian ,j this wrecked Orkney Island cottage was hit by a German bomb during a Nail air raid on Scapa flow March 16, according to the British censored caption killing James Isbister first civilian air raid casualty of the War in the British Isles. Nineteen bombs fell on the Village injuring seven other persons the caption states. Census to open tally tuesday u. S. Enumerators total 120,000 Washington March 30. Flan army of 120,000 census takers rested its Arches saturday ready to trudge to each Doorstep in America for the biggest question Campaign of the decade. The Zero hour will be 12 01 a. M. Local time monday though count won t actually begin until tuesday. Everyone alive at that moment will 36 c o u n t e disregarding either births or deaths a few minutes later. Four other censuses will go on at the same time. The censuses of manufacturers and other business such As wholesalers and retailers started january 2 and Are still operating. A tally of housing and agriculture will Start next week. Population enumerators will Start their rounds on tuesday because of technicality. Ten years ago con Gress ordered censuses to begin on april 2 each decade because april 1, 1930, was a sunday. Things to be tabulated include not Only the age sex and location of every person but such other items As individual income from wages up to $5,000, location five years ago education citizenship employment status marital status and occupy on. Population figures for the nation and each state must by Law be re sorted to the president by Decem or 1, and May be available several weeks earlier than that. In 1930, the count was 122,775,046. Now it is estimated at roughly 132,000,000. This Large scale nose counting business started under presiden Washington in 1790 and has been repeated every 10 years. The Constitution ordered it to give each Tate its proper share in the Nous of representatives. Next to the population total the figure most sought in the Cense will be the count of the unemployed the first such tabulation in his Ory. This figure May be the Basi or far reaching legislation in the future. Another first timer will be a Tabu action of How people have Movic around in the last five years such s the migration of midwestern armers out of the dust bowl. Mouthful of electricity nearly fatal of youth Pueblo colo., March 30. A four year old Jack Bible sampled a Mouthful of electricity and nearly lost his life. Jack son of an electrician plugged an old Light Cord into a floor socket and pushed the other end in his Mouth. The boy was burned badly and suffered severe Shock. His Condl lion is serious. Psf Ruckor wins Catholic award Spokane Wash., March 30. The Desmet medal awarded an rally for outstanding service As a Pathol la and a citizen goes this ear to or. Herbert Ellsworth Cory Ead of the department of libera its at the University of washing on. The Rev. Leo j. Robinson presi ent of Gonzaga announced the Ward saturday and said presenta Ion would be made at the May commencement. Representative o Connor seeks renomination Washington March 30.James o Connor of Livingston now Erving his second term As representative in Congress from the second Montana District saturday night announced his candidacy Lor renomination in the Montana democratic primary of july 16. In a statement he visualized As Paramount problems before the next Congress the keeping of the United states out of any foreign wars and setting our Domestic affairs in order because the stronger m Are internally As a nation the easier it will be for us to keep put of he said he favored Economy in government but not at the expense of our groups of population who might be accurately called defense less. Let s Don t take it out of the hides of our unfortunates and let s Don t economize in favor of the Rich industrialized cities of the East at the expense of our Small business men our Farmers and our ranchers and our working people of Montana and other Western or. O Connor said the american Farmer deserves the american mar Ket. Our sugar beet armers in Montana should not be restricted in what they can grow and sell As Long As we Don t produced Iri this James f. O Connor country As much sugar As we con sume. I see no valid reason for giving away any of our Farmers markets to outside producing Wyoming Solon backs , Bourbon says Dewey is rabble rouser Washington March 30.m1 sen Ator Schwartz Democrat Wyoming declared saturday he favored i third term for president Roosevelt. Schwartz previously silent on the third term Issue told reporters tha in View of conditions throughout the world i think it highly Adels Able that the president remain a the the Wyoming senator made Plain his belief however that there Wen other candidates fitted for the presidency who could be called on if or Roosevelt refused to run again. In Boston meanwhile f o r m e i governor James m. Curley one o or. Roosevelt s earliest supporter in Massachusetts declared his sup port for the presidential candidacy of James a. Farley. Curley asserted that Farley nit re than any other individual enjoyed the Confidence of democrats. The round of political speech Mak ing this week end included a Decla ration by senator Lucas Democrat Illinois that Thomas e. Dewey has become the no. 1 rabble rouser o the speaking before a Philadelphia Young Democrat meeting Lucas recalled Dewey s charge that the administration had demonstrated a fundamental Lack of integrity Anc a cynical disregard for principles of common honesty. The s e n a t o r added these utterances constitute the most Brazen piece of effrontery am Campaign buffoonery that Ever fell from the lips of a Man who is being considered seriously As a candidate for senator Taft Republican Ohio told a Newport news va., audience that it is perfectly obvious that the president does not desire to reduce if the deficit for next year is As big As the deficit for this he added it is because the president desires that representative Martin Republican Massachusetts the House minority Leader declared at Hartford conn., that the republicans can win the 1940 Martin declared it was just Asim portent for republicans to elect a majority in Congress As to elect a president. Is reported Esbjerg March 30. air attle was reported saturday night have been fought off Blaa Vands Lak on the West coast of Jutland ust before Nightfall. Residents along the coast said hey were Able to see the planes involved but there no imme late official confirmation of the Lattle. A danish coastal boat put out for he scene to determine if possible whether any planes had been forced own on the water and to pick up Iny casualties. The boat had not returned at Midnight. Democrats said floundering Bourbon Solon hits Roosevelt s silence Washington March 30. A sen Ator Johnson Democrat Colorado declared saturday night that pres Dent Roosevelt while keeping Slier on the third term Issue had Hai pooled and torpedoed other Poter tial presidential candidates lint the democratic party was Floun Dering in the coloradans who is supp Orlin senator Wheeler Democrat Mon Tana for the democratic Norinh ton added in a statement. If the president intends to g through with it and accept the nomination no one can Well complain because smart politics Are played i that cold blooded Way but if at the eleventh hour he should Abando the scuttled democratic ship h must accept the responsibility of the disaster which is so obvious and relentlessly bearing Down Upo Johnson said that the pres Den is certain to be nominated for third term unless he positively re fuses to accept the the practical hard boiled politicians he added want the president to re for the simple reason that he Ca a year ago the democratic part had a dozen attractive Prospect la candidates j o h n s o n cont nut had political developments Bee permitted to take their course Man of these Able men would have growl in Public esteem with the months. However the president perhaps with the noblest of intentions a stymied democracy s most Rcpt nil sounding Board the primaries am no has a spooned and torpedo dec other candidates for the Prosl Derry until now on the very eve of the election the majority party is Mark ing time floundering in confusion and trailing in Public Frontier changes create impasse Washington March 30. To con quests and changing Frontier abroad Are calling sharply to Thi attention of United states official in impasse created by the Amerl doctrine of o territory acquired through Force. The doctrine enunciated by for Mer Secretary of state Henry l Stimson is placing the United states n the position of refusing to recognize an Ever expanding portion 01 he world s area. At this Momon the populations of countries or rather former countries embrace within the doctrine total around 160.000,000 persons. The imposing list is As follow Manchukuo 34,200,023 p e o p l e Ethiopia 7,000,000 Albania 1,003, 24 Poland 32,347,300 Czecho so Akla 14,000,000 China under a Nan 50,000,000. Six countries 149, 51,347. Austria Falls into a somewhat afferent category for two reasons he absorption by Germany was noted in a plebiscite this govern ment informed formally of the Colon by the austrian government and diplomatic associations ended Hereupon Stimson Secretary of state under Herbert Hoover stated his policy in 1932 a Hon Japan seized Manchuria and set it up As a so ailed Independent state named Manchukuo. He expressed it in Dent local notes to Japan and China Ayling it the United states docs not tend to recognize any situation Reaty or agreement which May be Rought about by Means contrary to covenants and obligations of pact of Paris the Kellogg Antl a pact Confer in Paris Paris March 30. Premier Paul Reynaud conferred saturday ight with general Max me Wey and commander in chief of the hied forces in the near East. The a rival Here of Weygand from Syria and not been announced. The con Orenco occurred after Reynaud had met with the War committee of his a Lect. Relieved of stomach Tacoma Wash March 30. I Billy Shadle Iii. Born with two stomachs relieved of one of them at the Pierce county Hospital. The second stomach had become ulcerated. The operation was per formed by or. 8. F. Herrmann who reported the tiny stomach had the same lining and glands As the regu Lar on but never functioned. Or. A a. Johnson reported the patient was in Good condition. Reich promises sensational exposes soon officials believe nobody need try to prove Alibi Berlin March 30.wigerma officialdom 24 hours after unleash ing n diplomatic Blitzkrieg of 1 documents about alleged unite states pre War diplomacy Leano Back saturday night in Gleeful con temptation and promised even mor explosive sensations nobody need try to prove Alibi to the effect he was misunderstood or that he was misquoted b polish envoys said one official speaking of Ihu documents to come spokesmen would not comm themselves As to precisely w h a statesmen would be named in the forthcoming release although on hinted that the German government is in Possession of direct comment cations by the United states ambassador to Palis William c. Bui Lett the White Book made up of h documents said to have been Takei As spoils of Conquest from the vaults of the Warsaw foreign of fice purported to quote Bullott and United Stales ambassador to Lon Don Joseph p. Kennedy it length the quotes being attributed to diplomatic reports of polish diplomats in Washington. Paris and London made in late 1938 and the first 1ml of 1833. They ascribed to Bullott the conviction that America would finish the War on the Side of the allies to Kennedy a Promise to put pres sure on the British to lend Monc. To Poland. President Roosevelt by indirection was declared to have fostered an american War psychosis in order to help the allies in the coming conflict and Nave charged bullitt to Stop any Furt Lici British attempts at appeasement these reports were wholly denied by official Washington nevertheless Gen nun officials expressed themselves saturday completely satisfied with the effects of their Surprise move and le1 everyone know that compared to the Vintage material that is in the offing the White Book was Cheal they also let German newspapers Piave a Complete digest of editorial continued on Page 2, column 2. California opens Garner Campaign Fresno cnl., March 30. Up California s Garner f o r president forces officially launched their Campaign saturday while another democratic party faction headed by the state s lieutenant governor declared to hell with he ought to be Over with the to publicans a Decd lieutenant gov nor Ellis e. Patterson whose for Ion also bolted from the Roosevelt Harmony slate. The Barner backers who hoped o win the state s delegation to the democratic National convention at he presidential primary May 7, a arc to ,1 unit president Roosevelt docs not want to be and will a Otic 11 candidate for a third term i governor Culbert l. Olson Heads he Roosevelt slate. The opinion on president Roose velt s third term attitude was cd arcs cd by w. R. Wallace jr., co Ihal Man of the Campaign. To said t was based on confidential information he had obtained from to it Cal lenders in Washington and lev Vork. Wallace told the Garner meeting hat the Only other democratic candidates seriously in the race Ware attorney general Robert Jackson ind Justice William Douglas of the supreme court. Neither he add a can be built up enough to carry he party to state senator Peter my Anci of a Erncr chairman of the meeting Aid Garner if elected would sur Ruml himself with tile sound minds if Turkey Grants allies Black sea rights to choke nazi red Trade Southeastern Europe s foreign diplomats believe effective blockade in area will spell Victory for Britain France Bucharest March 30. If Turkey was represented in usually Well informed Balkan diplomatic quarters saturday night As having agreed to permit passage of British and French warships through the Dardanelles to choke off Germany s Supply line from Russia in the Black -i.sea. Aspirants face Wisconsin test tuesday Dewey Vandenberg Garner Roosevelt clash is highlight Milwaukee March 30. If the third term question and a Choice Between Thomas e. Dewey and sen Ator Arthur h. Vandenberg confront Wisconsin citizens in tuesday s balloting on delegates to Tho major party nominating conventions. For those voting i the demo cratic primary the third term is sue is Clear Cut and May be met in two ways by recording a preference for president Roosevelt or vice president Garner and by voting for Delegate candidates pledged to one or the other. The presidential preference vote merely is advisory to the state s 24 delegates. The Garner campaigners stress the Point that a vote for their Dele Gate ticket would be in Antl third Turin declaration. Literature expounding this theory was distributed so widely that re publican leaders recently took note of it by urging their followers to avoid the democratic fight and vote in their own primary. Factional strife resulting i presentation of rival slates of Roose velt pledged candidates complicates matters for Tho president s a Lac cuts. One group the Oili Olally undo so Roosevelt Farley delegates is 1 by National commit Occman c. Broughton. The other la known the democratic party Organ Zatlo of Wisconsin ticket. In the Vandyn Borg and Dewey r publican Camps Tho rivalry la Kelli in keen but not so bitter. The Dewey workers strategy is 1 raise the cry that activity of the opponents is directed a t. Stopping the new York District attorney. Dewey toured the populous area of the state delivering a Majo speech in Milwaukee. Unsuccessful in inducing Denberg to make a personal appear acc the Michigan senator s Cam dial Gnirs make much of his Refugio leave Washington while Cong res s in session. The progressives arc playing a important behind the scenes Rol they have no party candidate of president so their vote is a valuable swept out of Power in the Stal election of 1038 by a Republican democratic coalition the Progress Lac now find themselves wooed h ill sides but the party spoke sea Bald none would receive official in Lor scent. A Large vote is in Prospect parti because of mull clip elections the wine . In Milwaukee where the ret Cran socialist mayor Daniel w loan asks reelection registration Otal 271,811, a City election record. Of Over Gotham new York m a r c h 30 u,r1a London fog settled Over new York 31ty late saturday and grounded 11 air planes. In upstate new York Here the worst snowstorm of Thi inter struck this week official cared that floods might follow i re singly rising temperatures. House group says Wagner and change imperative Wash Nulon March 30.upja major Ltd of the Smith committee on its investigation of the Abor Board told the House Satur a that amendment of the Wagner it at this Congress session was my creative to Correct wrongs that re being perpetrated Dally upon in usury labor and the genial pub chairman Smith Democrat Vir Ina and representatives Halleck a publican Indiana and Routzohn a publican Ohio filed a 60,000 Ord report recommending n re Slons and accusing the present o a r d of overzealous Ness and predatory encroachment on Basic Ghat. The majority previously had sub fitted in the form of a Bill the Opo cd amendments which in used substitution of a new Board the present three Man Agency Parathion of the Board s pros Cut g and judicial functions and other Langys in Board procedure. The report filed saturday sum Arl cd the testimony received at Nythy hearings and explained the majority s reasons for recommence g the amendments. The other two embers of the investigating com it acc representatives h e a 1 c Democrat Massachusetts and Murck Democrat Utah opposed the commendations contending that by would seriously impair the act. At the outset of its report How or the majority said in suggesting these amendments the committee reaffirms its Iselie in the right of employees to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own Choos ing and in the obligation of the government to protect that it asked Congress to study the proposals carefully and asserted such impartial study will reveal beyond question that this commit tee has proposed no amendment to the act which in any Wise directly indirectly or remotely adversely affects its fundamental purposes. The committee has however. Recommended amendments which if adopted will make the act More effective in achieving the Funda mental purposes for which it was the majority said it had not at tempted to Brand the Board with any such scathing denunciations As had been used by William Green a. F. L. President and John l. Lew is c. I. O. President. Noting that one amendment would forbid the Board to order reinstate ment of an employee who had engaged in wilful violence against his employer s property the majority said this would simply write nto the Law the supreme court s decision outlawing sit Down strikes. The newspaper be moment regarded As close to the French embassy Here reported moreover that Turkey had agreed to place her naval bases at Trebizond Samsun and sin Ope at the allies do postal for use As contraband control bases. Official circles in London pro fessed no knowledge of the agree ment with Turkey. It was said however that if it is True it will be a Strong boost to the Allied Diplo Matic offensive in the Balkans and an important Aid to tightening the Allied blockade of Germany informants Here reported the turkish decision was reached at a1 British French turkish military conference a few Days ago at Allevo although such action is contrary to the Monteux convention of 1936 to which Turkey was a party. That convention stipulated that the Dardanelles would be closed to warships of belligerent nations except when they were serving under the league of nations mandate of helping a victim of aggression under a Mutual assistance pact concluded within the framework of the league to which Turkey was a party. A Way for Turkey to get around this however was explained by Dep Uty Petko Stainoff of the foreign affairs committee of the bulgarian chamber of deputies who told the Sofia newspaper Slovon that Turkey would let herself be forced to fall to prevent British warships from Crossi ing the strategic Dardenelle As a Black sea nation Bulgaria is vitally interested in this possibility. Turkey might satisfy formalities other persons indicated by voicing a protest against passage of the Al lied warships and having this pro test duly filed in the archives of the league of nations.". Be moment stated flatly that Turkey would give the Green Light to the Allied warships so that these ships can control the traffic of War supplies from russian ports to if Tho Black sea blockade becomes reality diplomats hero predicted Russia s non German Trade will be scrupulously respected. For months the allies tried vainly and at tremendous Cost in men to Force Tho Dardanelles to get at Iho enemy during the world War when Turkey was fighting on the Side of Germany. Now Turkey is a no belligerency was regarded in Powers to whom she is linked by a Mutual assistance pact pledging help to one another in the event of aggression leading to War in the Mediterranean this pact however has nothing to do with the league of nations soviet Premier foreign minister Zolotoff s reiteration of Russia s non belligerency was regarded in some quarters Here As a promising sign for any Allied blockade in the Black sea. In the event Russia remains out of the european War which Molo Toff emphasized she will do the allies will be free from the danger of attack from the Black sea coasts unless Germany herself pushes continued on Page 2, column 3. Fish seeks probe of nazi charges threatens to impeach envoy Washington March 30. Prep fish Republican new York said saturday night that he would demand a Complete investigation of the German White Book and would seek impeachment of ambassador William c. Bullitt if he facts / fish said that president Boose Elt and Bullott owed the american eople a categorical and detailed answer to every charge made in lie Book. It no answer he said to raise lie Hue and cry of propaganda or o Sprinkle a few grains of Salt on is the paper made Public by Ger Nany purported to be documents Elzeda in the polish foreign office and were described by German off gals As showing the United states Art in bringing on the War. Asked about them at his press on frence president Roosevelt Sug ested that All propaganda from Europe be taken with several grains f Salt. Bullott the ambassador to Ranee also used Tho Salt phrase in Enyong conversations attributed to a. Fish said that Congress probably Ould wait for publication of the Ull text of the alleged correspond nce in order to properly examine and determine its senator Holt Democrat West in Glenla said in a statement that in remarks attributed to bullitt of closely resembled other remarks Ade elsewhere by him and others have the incident brushed aside propaganda " he declared that they dovetail it into Tho Public speech of an her one of those poor boy Diplo ats Jimmy Cromwell and that or country will to far better off in ambassadors and ministers Are i pointed for their ability not Lor Clr Campaign

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