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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1939
Page
11
An analysis of public mood notes a return of confidence amid peace talk and a four power conference possibility while warning against war hysteria. It also covers William O Douglas's Supreme Court nomination, and debates over extending the national debt limit with Byrd criticizing wartime spending and WPA relief.
London diplomatic sources say Britain proposes a common anti aggression declaration with France and Soviet Russia to deter Germany. Moscow proposed a democratic nations conference, possibly including the United States, to discuss resisting German expansion. Chamberlain signals broad defense revisions and potential arms export bans as part of a new European strategy.
Berlin reports indicate Lithuania plans to exempt Memel residents from military service while German envoys are recalled from Paris and Paris aides are ordered home. Officials say Memel near certainty to join Greater Germany as troop movements loom and a Memedict meeting is planned for March 25.
The text notes relief expenditures reaching 2.741 trillion with a second-largest sum of 2.527 billion in 1937. It argues that attention to the 150 million WPA denial by Congress obscures the fact that relief spending is higher than ever.
Moscow reports that Soviet Russia joins Britain France and the United States in refusing to recognize Germanys seizure of Czechoslovakia. Foreign Commissar Litvinov read the protest condemning the German claim that the Czech state threatened European peace.
Britain offers commercial aid to Roumania as Russia seeks to convene a conference to stem totalitarian tide. Hitler consults with army navy and air heads as ambassadorship to Paris is recalled. Roumania tempers with Germany and readies concessions while vowing no political surrender. Dalaier government seeks war footing in Paris with central European pressures and Italy's demands. Soviet democracies refuse to recognize German annexation of Czechoslovakia. Nazis push Aryanization amid Prague personal crisis.
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Key Pittman introduces a bill to amend the neutrality act allowing munitions sales on a wash and carry basis to nations in or near declared or informal warfare. The measure comes as the United States closes Prague legation and dispatches a note to Germany over Czech seizures.
Kipling urges the reader to keep company with great minds in books to shape character and life. A Scottish case shows moral collapse from hidden vice, while Burne Jones cites inspiration from art. A great life awakens potential and sustains effort to think and act best.
CHICAGO AP Miss Helen Oleczewski 18 died after being struck while crossing a street Sunday night. With a 15 month old infant in her arms she threw the child over her shoulder and then was killed. the baby survived unharmed.
Former Czech president Eduard Benes through his representative denied rumors that a provisional Czech government was being formed in the United States with him as head. He called the reports baseless and said he would remain in Chicago while colleagues spread out or travel.
President Roosevelt told Congress the administration does not seek to raise the public debt limit from 45 to 50 billion dollars at this time. He urged eliminating the 30 billion bond restriction to give the treasury needed flexibility for financing next fiscal year.
The Alliance of Czech American Organizations in Cedar Rapids forwards a telegram thanking Sumner Welles for his firm statement condemning Hitler’s seizure of Czechoslovakia. The message praises his response as universal moral guidance amid international outrage.
Iowa legislators clash over a graduated chain store tax bill as independent merchants press for action. Senators Breen and Shaw move to bring the bill from committee while Donahue urges delaying action until Thursday amid two factions in the debate.
DES MOINES AP The Town house Monday approved a section of the beer bill making possession of federal retail liquor dealer stamps grounds for mandatory revocation of class B beer permits Rep C F Shimanek Monticello led the failed effort to strike the provision his amendment was defeated 83 to 17.
Two Iowa Mutual representatives interrupted the city council's bid for employment compensation coverage by protesting the city buying policy without inviting bids from home firms. They urged the council to consider their offer if more economical than Travelers. Burgus said the city is not bound by prior negotiations and Iowa Mutual may be accepted. The council had approved a program of private-employer insurance after debate over self-insurance.
Willan O. Douglas, 40, chairman of the Securities Exchange Commission, nominated by President Roosevelt to be associate justice of the Supreme Court. If confirmed, he would succeed Louis D. Brandeis who retired Feb 13. Douglas, a Yale law professor and Minnesota-born, Connecticut-based figure, is a noted New Deal supporter and critic of stock exchange rule changes. He would become one of the court’s younger justices and would join a liberal bloc favored by the president.
An essay attributed to Arthur Bugs Balk critiques political insiders who hoard information. It argues Washington insiders know when a war starts who seeks third terms and political flaws, while outsiders misguess. The piece laments that informed men stay silent and questions the reliability of public knowledge.
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