The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-02

motor companies.
 With General Motors, the two first were indicted by a federal grand jury in South Bend, Ind, last spring on charges of violat- ing the antitrust laws through illegal relations with auto finance corporations. Shortly thereafter Donald R. Richberg, former MIRA head representing Ford, and Wil- liam Stanely, ex-assiStant attor- ney general and counsel for Chry- sler, opened negotiations with the JuStice~ Department for an amicable settlement.
 An agreement has been reached, and it will be made public as a consent decree" this week. Ford and Chrysler agree to sever all connections with finance firms, in exchange for the government abandoning it's prosecution.
 The case against General Mo- tors will go to trial, as it has re- fused to make any concessions. Stickler
 Frederic A. Delano, uncle of President Roosevelt and chair man of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is very particular about his name.
 A young reporter, new to Wash ington, addressed him as 'Mr. De-lane-o". Quick as flash Uncle Fred, as the President calls him, broke in.
 Young man." he said sternly, "the name is DeI-ano".
 War Power
 There is much more to the na- tional defense plan for power ex- pansion than was made public by Assistant War Secretary Louis Johnson. His canny announce ment did not reveal two secret and sensational details:
 First, that the nations power facilities today are far below se- curity needs. Second, that the power plan is designed to do for American industry what the armament and training programs will do for the Army and Navy place it in a state of prepared ness to meet any emergency.
 Lack of power sufficient to operate at a maximum was one of this country's little known but greatest weaknesses during the World War. As a member of the Wilson cabinet, Roosevelt had first hand experience with it. He is determined that the the U. s. shall not again be faced with his fatal pitfaIl i'm the event of another conflict.
 Even more than in 1918, war to- day requires industry geared to utmost capacity. With existing power facilities, war would de- mand drastic, demoralizing cur- tailment of the use of electricity in homes and business establish mentS, and the utilization of an- tiquated and widely dispersed plans an excessive cost, to produce vital military materials.
 The object of the power plan is to eliminate this menacing weakness. At the same time a very important result of the large scale expansion will be a power full shot in the arm to heavy industry, long a laggard, that will be felt in every line of business.
 Power Brain Trust
 Chief authors of the plan are Assistant Secretary Johnson, SEC Chairman William Douglas, brain truster Ben Cohen, and Floyd L. Carlisle, head of the Consolidated Edison company of New York. The unrevealed details of the plan are as follows:
 1. The additional power
 needed for estimated war needs
 is 4,887,000 kilowatts. enerating
 facilities to produce 1,146,00O kilowatts will be added next year
 ana the balance Dy lS4l.
 2. The estimated $2,250, ,000,-
 900 cost of this program will be
 financed party by the utilities
 and the rest by the government,
 through REC purchase of utility
 stocks.
 3. The governemnt will bear
 the cost and pay for the main
 tenance of some of the new
 equipment not actually needed
 now by the utilities.
 4. The government eventually
 will sell it's utility securities to
 the public under conditions to
 be established by a special com-
 1nittee of government and util- ity experts.
 Inspired Blast
 Tho DracsJnpf,c .nwase oox,fa~