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M7 qarrl swt pr~wrilywith ?1na' s statement offacts, t toL with te opinions he states and the d u hen des It i the old stut at stating a false hypthesis end then provig the eaue. The errorinJohn's statmets Is not iLat estate in the wat offacts, but naw*at he omits. His these si that poets oit tebig Nhv proramhave deceived the Aercn Laeito believing that apan aothe contres have set oittsuh a o- tramrLMn ryavaleanion that m st dothe s ameo fall hopeluesl hida the raee. Ne states tbat, Nth. twrhi th revere. Th U te( tates has been the leaderLInsaval conation,"' The answer to this c g s foroovosto a bQd really coveant with the naval situation. We,tfall mm " r, 402r

nations V", took t 1922 val trestles sort"is and for a M Wade t reatUr were Prast "ssUy out of it e. Is oo*trast tO this attitude of the meted S taa, the other nations su ers to the try Japan espot ally, started rlgkt hell bit told up their navies to try stro th. wmsotpenoo over the last Or" or four roar* sense it booose o oas to even the blind. that we are lid In a var-a ad. world, it has been a eaaeary for to to step up s t eaee e proms , areas Japan , ha" done her naval s pUW early, shows up with a lI ter tom ooa.truet on.

Vie aver "a oable length of tin we have l the world. we are not lma It *0W. are airM asUng as telligent Wort to "mast the logo ft e to tartans fast, m d one Imah V17" saref ly s l.aes as is that e"a It and after we have built all Sh* ships thm far mA (and they re a hell of a long be1mg built yet) still will net he up to our treaty o ta.

Flynn states, * the by little, with lees danger frm other

nations, with quarrels with other nations, 'L t Ahm1k.t A% e re ao ,war as armament raos.

To say that the ftlt.d Stages, with all its wealth with all Its suite, to *at.t tt any reasons for went, is about as sound as to am* there are needs for a ed gmards is the nary, t Mist, or the rtr"*lt.i tart s of Art

Faithfully ,

F. S. re aeons, iJ . , MU sorvi", ins.,

Now wit, N. I. mBt x U S. Navy Leads All 0111er In Scope o Building Adfivity

Flynn Scouts Clamor for Bigger Program To Keep Up wit Fleets of Other Nations

The proponents of the big,-navy programs have created an impression. widespread among Atmericans that this coin- try has only just suddenly awakened-awakened because of the mad shipbuilding race of other eountries;that because Japan land other countries have et of on such extraor- dinary naval expansion we must do-the saine or fall hope- lessly behind in the race. Whatever the merits or defects of the naval program, this impression is absolutely false. The truth is the Ad etsn reverse. The fUnited States has been the leader in naval construction. Figures Tell Story. This is not a point upon which .Food Chains Obtain there need be any doubt. The fig- ures are available. The following Consumer Interst figures were supplied to me by the- Navy. Department itself. By Study Groups At the- beginning of last year, be- By WILLIAM BRENNAN fore all this frantic activity got un- as the first move of the der way, here is the way matters Described to get stood in , the matter of warship food and grocery industries the building. The following table gives their products before consumers, the the number of ships -and their ag- organization groups throughout and gregate .tonnage being built by the country for close examination leading countries of the world:- study is the sampling plan sponsored Nume by National Consumer News, which UntdStates 87 26,65 changes its name to the American

Grany - 2 2286Consumer beginning with the June Frane30 1860 issue. hiJese htapan29 8,9 Acceptance of the planl by a num-' grocery manufac- the bottom of the list and we were her of food and at the top. turers is interpreted by some ob- Exceeded Great Britain. servers as the first reply to the in- We were not only building more creasing attacks on. nationally ad- ships that Japan-three times as vertised brands. many--but we were building more A list of 121. nationally known ships than Great Britain. grocery items is being made avail- We were building 276,000 tons; able for sampling to consumer study Japan was building 87,194. Thus we groups in all parts of the country. surpassed Japan in tonnage by 300*** per cent. Ads Reported Success. We were building more ships than A gratifying response to their Italy and put together spring advertising campaign is an- and as many as Great Britain and nounced today by American Viscose Italy put together. Corp. The company cites- one in- Yet everything has been done to sertion featuring a Peck & Peck make the American people believe Crown Tested Rayon dress in a that we, the great, peaceful United fashion magazine as an example of States, was being driven into a the pulling power of the promotion. naval race by these war-mongering The magazine had appeared for a countries of the old world.- We have few days only when more than 60 been setting the pace and leading per cent of . the dresses of a siz- the world, able order had been so1ld, according Program Calls for More. to the company. Inc.,yNew York is In addition to the building pro- J. M ahe s gram-ships actually u n der con- thydetisihe acy exec doivE. struction-twe had appropriations for Hd steacuteeuie an additional 74,00 tons; Japan for 3,000 tons. We had appropriations *aada *ive for more additional tonnage than France, Germany, Italy and JapanCo ta all combined. Little by little, with tS nd less danger from other nations, with

o Qan ofe resn fo ra pecial to the World-Telegram., ment which beset other 'nations, we WASHINGTON, May 2. - The haeactually been lea ithe world month to month silver purchasing in the naval armament race. program of the Treasury with the When these figures., ere made up Bank ofCanada continues intoMay, we led Japan this much, in spite ofit was learned here today, the fact tat we had a navy 33 Secretary Morgenthau misreported per entlarerhanJapn's Weto have promised that notice' woudd ha~ fifteen rempitarlships to het niis e served if3 itere deiedt tr amugwhere his fighter, Stv olsi Kyril oag' noggin atnes, Duda srved a a final.tn-ptth. riva $Wao enn Max,, sal s " o f his te bou suggest various pro- Louis at theTankee Stadium oni for bahl players une 2- seem t esigh t fact that McCarney, who has a wide ac- the very lack of armorial ap- quaintance among boxing people in purtenances is the athletes' finest Germany because of his earlier con- safety aid. tacts with Schmeling as partn r of If, for example, we put helmets Joe Jacobs, is of the opinion that on the batters we would discover Max's ambition will be satisfied for an epidesie of 'hit-by-pitcher" lltime if he should beat both Louis accidents.. Our more venturesome and Baer. With such triumphs over lads would stick their heads into a Negro and a reputed non-Aryan, situations which now counsel hit- Schmeling would be considered ready ting the dirt. foi' an invitation to a high post. * * * Need of money never can prompt Some of the Little-Known Schmeling to continue fighting be- D yond that point, McCarney says, al- though he admits the German has Armor and helmets perhaps are a highly developed sense of acqui- not as important as plain, ordinary sitiveness. Schmeling's personal for- blinkers, such as you see on horses tune amounts to approximately $2,- -when you do see horses. Very 000,000 and his movie actress wife, often a batter's attention Is dis- Anny Ondra, has almost as much. tracted by a particularly good look- Max doesn't miss a financial angle. Ing female. Years ago the wise McCarney declares he made a profit, pitchers were quick to note these of $150,000 on the European rights little details and made excellent use to the pictures of his knockout of of the quick delivery, which since Louis in 1936, which he hadboght has been barred by both leagues. outright. Max is likely to real e Another source of trouble for the $50000 clear on the movies of the batter is the cross-eyed gal. As Du boutclas n anybody who has been around ball *a playerss knows, to glimpse a dame Max Always Did' with this impairment is absolutely Look Aleads Dfatal to a batting average. It was Look hea& charged against John J. McGraw Schmeling's foresight is best illus- that occasionally, in an linportat trated by an anecdote told by Mc- series, he paid a particularly cros- Carney. "After Max won the title eyed girl to sit over the dugout of in 1930 a newspaper published an the visiting club. 'These particulars excellent drawing of Field Marshall of managing finesse have become a Von Hindenburg, then President of lost art. Germany. I suggested he get the Those adventurous souls who ris: original and write on it:-'To the sliding home have gained new pro. champion of good government from tection in the last two years with the champion of the world.' Max the home plate with bevelled edges, hesitated a minute and then said:- invented by the late John O. Seys 'Maybe some day Von Hindenburg of the Cubs, will not be so big. No, I'll keep the Some of the more sensitive ball picture for anyself." players hold that the rass of the McCarney, who arrived the other crowd is far more dangerous tha a day on the liner New York with wild pitch or a collision. Years aig Dudas and 'Trainer Fred Fierro, talks Ivy Olson, then playing in the enthusiastically about the impression. Brooklyn infield, invented the Steve made on the German fans. scheme of stuffing his ears with "Dudas knows only one way of cotton. If, by chance, he did come fighting-tearing in-and after Ben up with a great play he quickly Foord's twelve rounds of phenag- unburdened his eardrums and basked ling with Max they were delighted to in the rare roar of acclaim. But see a fighter who wasn't- afraid to only seldom did Ivy have to 4- mix it. He waded right in. Just cotton his ears. before he was dropped in the third * * * he caught Schmeling with a left In the last few weeks there has hook to the jaw that was one of been considerable talk about the the stiffest punches I ever saw." yellow ball. Scientific opinion Walter Gratenau, general manager holds that yellow is kinder than of the Hanseatic Halle, already has white to the sight, and a yellow promised Dudas a match in October. ball can be hit better. And since McCarney rejected a match in yellow can be seen better, it is with Andre Lenglet and a bout argued that the saffron ball would with Walter Neusel in died protect the noggin of the hitter. aborning. What the scientists seem to for- Schmeling's new " pa r a ly z i n g get though is that yellow blends punch," of which McCarney told re- with the green of the grass, and porters, is a reality, Billy insists. is not seen so well against the "It's a short, straight right to the background of highly colored fence solar plexus delivered inside a left advertising, hook. It's no accident. He hit Steve In other words, it would seem three times that way and knocked best to keep playing with a white him down each time. I know ball, minus helmets, armor and Schmeling'S style and that punch chest protectors, and keep count- was brand new." ing on a kindly Providence. Pimlico Entries First Race 8:3 P. 3. New York Time. 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May 12, 1938

In view of our conversation last evening I think you

will be interested in this. You might want to show to Phil.

GBP