WINDSOR, FOLLOW KTf^n z^ >jp r jT-pp^ y ' 0 While King George^was plowing through North tte c^_ t^^wQci, Aclantic fog«^ the attention of the world focused on his eldtUr brother, i The news that the Duke of Windsor would maKe a short wave broadcast from Verdun spread excitement over two continents.^) Perhaps the excitement wouldn^ have been so keen if it ha&n*t been revealed that the Duke*s broadcast was highly disapproved in London. First of all, the the semi-official British Broadcasting Company, refused to have anything to do Hr yy^w-e^-enL with^flw^RP^^hs^cs^ national Broadcasting Company of America welcomed the opportunity, in fact invited the ex-King to broadcast. Of course nothing is known concerning the opinion of King George himself. In his absence, spokesmen close to the court shook their heads gravely and hoped that the Duke would be persuaded to cancel his engagement to speak over the air* Instead of cancelling, the Duke^and his American Duchess^passed the day writing and rewriting his message. • ^ the announcement from London, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation declared in Ottowa:- "We_are following the example of the British Broadcasting Corporation." That made me.S.aR.Eau.OW Krar. a MO onmM - 2 the ducal speech exclusive to the National Broadcasting Company. Naturally, the news of all that head-shaking made everybody in America - and probably elsewhere too - all the more eager to hear what the Duke of Windsor had to say. So it's a fair estimate that everybody who could spare eight minutes from his occupation galloped off to the neighborhood of a radio set at five o*clock this afternoon and listened. As the ex-King spoke, it became clear that he was in excellent voice. His words were well chosen, ggfcjgg sentences short and lucid. And one couldn*! help observing that his voice was not shaken with the natural emotion which made his speech so poignant on his last broadcast two and a half years ego, the broadcast in which he explained to the world his reasons for abdicating^ He explained that his impulse to broadcast came upon him as a result of his visit to the battlefield of Verdun, saying:- "I am deeply conscious of the presence of the great company of the dead and I am convinced that could they make their voices heard they would be with me in what I am about to say .11 WINDSOR FOLLOW KING AMD QUEEN - 3 Then he proceeded:- "For two and a half years I have deliberately kept out of public affairs and I still propose to do so. I speak for no one but myself, without the previous knowledge of any government." As he continued, one couldn!t help wondering *vny all the fuss about his broadcasting today, since he said nothing to which any government could object. self-imposed silence now only because of the manifest danger that we may all be drawing nearer to a repetition of the grim events which happened a quarter of a century ago. The world has not yet recovered from the effects of the last carnage in which each and every country was dis-samififcrted in my generation." A A The gist of the Duke1s entire speech was a plea to the rulers of all countries to strive methodically for a better understanding,)on which he said:— "It is not for me to put forward understanding does not always rise up spontaneously of itself. There are times when it has to be deliberately sought and initiated. Hi s Royal Highness "I break my concrete proposals." A "International Political tension is apt to weaken that spirit of mutual concession WINDSOR FOLLOW KING AND _ 4 in which conflicting claims can best be adjusted.11 MAmong the measures I feel might well be adopted to this is the discouragement of all that harmful A propaganda which, from whatever source it comes, tends to poison the minds of the people of the world. I personally deplore, for example, the use of such terms as 1 encirclement1 and ♦ aggression.» They can only arouse just those dangerous passions it should be the aim of us all to subdue.” of the world, not only as good Frenchmen, Italians, Germans, Americans and Britons, benefit to their own nations must be sought through benefit of a wider community of wiiich we are all members.11 "Statesmen who set themselves to restore this country. "tW ^ The British Institute of Public Opinion has been taking a poll on the question of conscription. The results were published today. They show that fifty-eight per cent of the people who were polled had approved Chamberlain* s decision; thirty-eight were in favor of voluntary enlistment, four per cent had no 11 1 o p in i on • DANZIG The latest on the Danzig question is,the Chamberlain government offers to mediate between Hitler and Poland. This was announced in the House of Commons in answer to a question. The Foreign Under-Secretary said:- nThe status of Danzig is regulated I by treaty and the question of any change in that status is a matter for negotiation between the parties most directly interested." And he mm added:- "His Majesty’s government is at all times ready to lend its good offices at the request of either of the interested parties." Another announcement came frdm Chamberlain himself, who told the House:- "The Polish government is aware that His Majesty’s government will welcome am amicable settlement of the Danzig question." ALLIANCE | TLe only astonisriin^ lihing about thj^ alliance between j Hitler and Mussolini is the fuss that*a being made over it. Everybody has been taking it for granted all these years that the Rome-fieri in Axle meant in effect an offensive and defensive miiitaSo the news now sounds rather like announcing a marriage after the second baby has been born. Th« reason for it is equally obvious. It's intended to squelch the reports that the Italians at large are not sfe keen about being allies of the Germans, though they follow their Duce. In fact this is implied in the editorial by Bdltog Virginio Gayda, who plays *Charlie McCarthy* to Mussolini’s "Edgar Bergen." "The near military axis," says Charlie McCarthy Gayda, "constitutes a direct ^ answer of Italy and Germany to the Franco-firitish policy of encirclement." And he added that Foreign Minister Count Ciano will go to Berlin in June to sigh this so-called new treaty." JAPAN FOLLOW ALL I AN GF, r As for Japan, the third member of that Axis, they still keeping up the old pretense about the anti-Communist pact^) Of course it has been long since suspected and publicly stated that it*s a military alliance with Hitler. Today the Japanese War Minister, General Itagaki, said:- nIf Germany and Italy desire, it is not impossible that Japan will conclude a military agreement with the Axis powers." ■HPPi POLAND Later in the day there was a fresh move in the European chess game. For a year and a half there has been an official coolness between Poland and Stalin. There has been no Soviet Ambassador in Warsaw, and for all that time the Embassy was run by a Charge d*Affaires, who hasn’t had a single interview with Polish Foreign Minister Beck. Tonight it’s announced that a new Soviet Ambassador to Warsaw has been appointed. Also,Potemkin, Stalin’s Vice-Commissar of Foreign Affairs, is on his way to Warsaw to talk to Beck. CANAL There was an unusual visitor in the Chamber of the United States Senate today. President Somoza of Nicaragua gave the Senators a littj.e talk* Tae purpose of it was to urge us to build a canal across his country. In order to hear Nicaragua’s President, the Senate had to declare a technical recess, as the rules are against any such 2^ -SWE5-T was that a Nicaraguan Canal is indispensible to any complete plan for the security and defense of this continent. And he added that his country is not only willing but anxious to enter into a treaty with us to permit Uncle Sa^ to build that canal. gppnpwi METHODISTS The Methodist ^onTerence at Kansas City has been considering the question of conscientious objectors in wartime. The committee on membership, after a long discussion, recommends that conscientious objectors should be exempted. By a vote of eighty-four to six, they reported, "We ask and claim exemption from tax. all forms of military preparations or service for all conscientious objectors who may be members of the Methodist Church." That resolution still has to pass the conference as a whole. but the the committee indicates it will be adopted. A VArCU? “fcfcje-j LUDLOW When the present Congress convened, most of the legislators ervi wcw hoped to go home^J-one Fifteenth. But it has been apparent for some time that this would be impossible. Wow there*s a movement on foot to make the session last all year. Representative Louis Ludlow of Indiana is going to introduce a resolution to keep both the Senate and the Houston the job until January Second, and-ttiafctai when the next session will begin v an idea that some people xgra . Sfcatsmieaanr Ei will gree^with groans^^ Ludlow a permanent Congress, explained that it was because of the state of affairs throughout *he world that he wanted Congress to stay on the job, and he saids- "There have been so many intemperate, ill-advised, truculent and war"promoting speeches by cabinet ministers, near—cabinet ministers and others that the country has become genuinely alarmed and is looking to Congress to do its part in maintaining the international equilibrium and in keeping America out of threatened foreign entanglements.n RELIEF The investigation of W.P.A. took a new turn before a committee of the House of Representatives today. On the standees a witness^ Mayor LaGuardia of New York. He mayor but as chairman of the United States Conference of Mayors, ftxtf He told the Congressmen that to discontinue W.P.A. would be nothing short of tragic. And he said: ^Providing work for the unemployed is the American way of treating this problem." Later on he caustically remarked that the Representatives and Senators of states which contribute the least toward relief are the ones who are shouting the loudest. Another speaker was Mayor Kelly of Chicago, who said: "W.P.A. is not perfect, but it is far superior to a work program under local administration. Chicago," he added, "is at the Wailing Wall." Th© latest in the coal strike is a letter made pudiie this afternoon by John L* Lewis, President of the United Mine ) Workers. /It’s a letter wrote to Dr, Steelman, Chief A Conciliator of the Department of Labor • ^ Lewis throws the blame of the coal deadlock flatly upon the government. ^ He said the miners weeks ago made an offer to stay on the job and keep the mines going while the negotiations were And, Lewis continues:- "The Roosevelt administration failed to approve or sustain that offer, therefore it is resonsible for the situation in which the need of coal becomes really frightening." nereis taftr explanation:- K 1 workers proposed to extend the old agreement for two years, the agreement wrhieh expired when the strike began. But, two sentences were to be added to it. They were to read, "It is agreed that the United Mine Workers is recognized herein as the exclusive bargaining agency for the workers,"; and also, "It Is agreed that all employees shall be members of the United Mine Workers of America except in t c-t-r-fions as provided in this contract." those exempted classifica Then Lewis m continued:- "By inclading those two sentences no changes in the rules or practices of the coal industries would be made. The Mine Workers contemplate no intrusion upon the rights of management.” So intfch for the arguments on that side cf the fence. Meanwhile, no coal is being mined,.the shortage grows wf-oourTi K A every hour. There was a discussion at the White House about it between President Koosevelt and the leaders of Congress. Nothxng was made public as to ftsp results or decisions. Lewis'^ ~Jlxrftor was made ■ publicy there arrived upen-the- ayclvair- York the Oeere^ary of~I^ibui Uersul-f. -S*re^ je-ined the coTif#pgteee-=—— BQQMb couple of presidential booms got under way today, both on the Republican side of the fence. One of them in Concord, Sew Hampshire-"favorite son tewiBg, of course| United States Senator JtefSta*, Bridges.^) The Senator himself was in Washington while this was going on and was notified by telegraph. Said the Secretsjy of the New Hampshire^Bridges-for ^President Club: "I think this will be pretty much of a surprise to the senator.n And he said that Bridges- clubs will be formed throughout the nation. The other boom started is one that has been repeatedly talked of several months, a movement to nominate District 6 Attorney Tom Dewey o^New iork.^ It started in Trenton, New Jersej man-it- is Betrola. floffmaa Pour dpffmn palrs^aoer otsruy ef" StgWF^thdt’ be en feho balled as-tiolegotee at larg-e for-^ho frepublie«n next-yeat» favoring MURDER SYNDICATF. That murder syndicate story £gom Phlladolphj.^ i-ei*. week- the* ittve s tigat ion~by At^rf^ -and^^e^M -p&L&is*- and-Jtist i«tcredlblOiseries tfct .thi-s— fflupd-er-^yndieft^ e- covered1 f iTg ■one cwm^aad women under arr e sty- Diotnct AtsWujnioy1 says snsTWnteeii of them have^ cotifesscdtlieir— ie list of victims syndicate"frows apace. The„t;6tal is no hundred, that J^a hundred in^Pennsylvania^ New Jersey,^wew Y o ^ e ^ Gonneetiout and Dc^awaper* ^^ftd^iiere * g nc a possibility that the ^e^vy —— murder merchants were doing a mail order business in the west. A ^ A The Philadelphia cap® say they have one woman who confessed to having poisoned her husband one thousand dollars^ one instancmp^and theye-arg-ertroyt of o»hcr3» .4 0ne part of the racket was a matrimonial agency th^ bbas*>murder magnates organized. The purpose.w« to line up men to marry the widows of husbands who had died by poison. jn ^he IffffigjSMBEI fl IIIIWII Will IHIIlllllilP mil lil ilill'W -^0-CL4L. MURDER SYNDICATE - 2 racket are undertakers, a faith healer, A- ,—he—e4»Xig£ti3iiiggg&£--a> psychiatrist. Bo -4-t—eeeafi to qv&m the weirdest tfcd3xgF4w=sE£a?. the history of crime. A A- A FQRESI. FIEES -t£Jr Fl&mes wer©^sweeping today across ^ district fifty miles square in the northwestern part of the lower peninsula of Michigan. The sensational feature of the conflagration is that n&Wl ar^ I believed ^believed to have been started by firebugs in six different c?V^r) places. ££ •itssm already destroyed rich timber && a hundred thousand /.A A acres. l^The fire-fighters had a particularly tough job yesterday when high winds^swe^ the flames along. Today itso windy. Late this afternoon the Michigan fire wardens reported that the flames were under control^iyut nofc-bftfore liiiey hail infliafecd 4 --------- <f~ ^ • i“2””“55