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TUmhingtohWGO-ROUND/VfJ -£R(W^ERTAU$HNx- » ... ;•■■’ ..ri. .tarrrnWashington, D. C.PROHIBITION LOBBY ACTIVEProhibition, after being in the limbo for eight years, again has a potent lobby on Capitol HilL The Women's Christian Temperance Union and other Dry organizations have launched their most intensive campaign since the one that put over the Eighteenth amendment during the last war.And they are using the same tac- j tics. Congress is being barraged with appeals to protect soldiers j and sailors by prohibiting the sale ^ of alcoholic beverages near mili- ; tary reservations. Simultaneously. |' the heat is being put on state legis- , ] latures to enact “local option j statutes.The only thing new in the drive is its slogan. This time it's Defend 11 the Defenders.The Dry campaign is well organ- j lzed. In the last few weeks thousands of letters have poured in on j congress. Some are written on [ W.C.T.U. stationery, but most are form letters signed by individuals obviously connected with Dry organizations.FOREIGN PROPAGANDAPostmaster General Frank Walker said nothing in his report to con- 1 gress. but he has quietly taken steps | to plug up the inflow of foreign I propaganda via first-class maiLPostal officials were able to seize | and burn 15 tons of Illegal litera-ture under the authority that per- | mils inspection of second and third-class matter without a search warrant. First-class mail, however, is Immune from direct Investigation, can be examined only on a search warrant.Ordinarily this is a laborious proceeding. But thanks to the mass of matter that was seized. Walker found a way to simplify the job. From the seized material were obtained the names of hundreds of persons in all parts of the country who apparently are on Nazi. Fascist and Japanese propaganda lists.Henceforth, under an order quiet- !ly issued by Walker, all foreign mail •addressed to these Individuals will j • be subject to a search warrant exam- 1lnatloo. and If found illegal will be 1destroyed.Note—Walker wants congress to require that both the senders and receivers of foreign propaganda register their names. A considerable portion of the literature seized advocated violent overthrow of the government.Vice President Henry Wallace has j engaged • Spanish-speaking secretary to help him practice his Span- | ish. Wallace wanted someone who would be available at any moment— in the office, in the restaurant, in the handball court. So he turned I down a handsome feminine applicant from the Mexican embassy, took a man instead.ORATOR VANDENBERGGenial Sen. Arthur Vandenbcrg is 1 one of the roost effective orators in the senate. His mind is alert, and ' he has a command of phrases that makes the galleries lean forward to hear him.When he had delivered his major effort against the lease-lend bill, he retired to the cloak room, lit a cigar, and leaned back In an upholstered choir. One ol h:s colleagues con-gratulated him on the speech.With a mischievous twinkle. Van-denberg replied: “I could have delivered just as strong a speech on the other side.Senatorial loungers looked up. and | Vandenbcrg added: 1 could recite ' 50 unanswerable reasons why the bill should be passed.TENANT FARMERSThe President is not losing sight | . of domestic problems in the welter i -of foreign affairs—and recently kept 1 -his very precise undersecretary of ) stale. Sumocr- Welles, waiting an | hour while he threshed out a farm | j relief problem.Representatives John Tolan of | California and John Sparkman of j Alabama had called to protest j against a S25.000.000 cut in farm rehabilitation loans, a cut made by J the budget bureau In the agricul- | tUre department appropriation.The conference was supposed to last 15 minutes, but Roosevelt tor- j got all about the time, became com- j plrtely engrossed In the economic j shock to be felt by tenant farmers and migrants after defense spend- j lug has tapered off. Meanwhile , Welles cooled his heels In an outer 1 office.Finally the two congressmen j emerged. They were beaming about the President's promise to have the farm relief cut restoredMERRY-GO-ROUNDAble young Rep. Charley Hallcck of Indiana, who nominated Wendell Willkle at Philadelphia, broke with him on the lend-lease bill, voting against It.Minnesota's husky Gov. Harold Stasncn is finding no support among friends of District Attorney Tom Dewey tor his presidential smbi tlons They claim Stassun had committed himself to Dewey before the Philadelphia convent Ion. and nurse a grudge because of his flop to Wlllkie
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Milford News
Milford, Utah, US
Thu, Mar 13, 1941
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