The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-08

1lCldl 1dIIllly SIOdll A11Wd1Ol by the Crown Prince of the
 It was kept as quiet as possible but such a boner came last week when Lieutenant Colonel James Roosevelt paid a special call upon Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic. Jimmy not only called on Trujillo, but spent the night at the Presiden- tial Palace and enjoyed sumpt- uous repast
 This was a diplomatic
 blunder which reverberated throughout South America. For it happens that Trujillo has given Jimmy's father a more severe diplomatic face-slapping than any other foreigner on either continent.
 It was directed at the Presi- dent personally when he extended his good offices in an attempt to arbitrate the Dominican massa- ere of Haitians. There was no trace of good-neighborliness in TruJillo's blunt rejection.
 Previous to this, Trujillo had rebuffed Roosevelt's State De- partment in various matters, although yielding to Mussolini when he started an Italian destroyer to secure the release of an Italian imprisoned by TruiillO.
 Roosevelt's Latin American broadcasts against dictators had been partially aimed at Trujillo, who is the bloodiest dictator in the Western Hemisphere. But now son Jimmy has caused the Dominican people to think that Roosevelt has reversed himself. For Jilnmy's picture, standing be- side Trujillo, has been distributed throughout Latin America and is interpreted as giving the Roosevelt stamp of approval to the Dictator.
 EOTE-Jimmy's call upon Tru- jillc was engineered by Joseph Fegan, Marine Corps Colonel for merly attached to Trujillo. Prior to the visit, there were indica- tions of Dominican revolt against Trujlllo, but since the Roosevelt blessing was bestowed upon him there will be none. Latin Amer jeans suspect that Colonel Fegan arranged the visit for the express purpose of strengthening Tru- jillo's hand.
 McNutt's Liquor
 At the famous Governor Mo- Mutt reception, most people missed the fact that deputy mar shals were stationed at the door of the specially arranged bar to prevent photographers from snapping the prodigious supply of liquid refreshments in evidence.
 The deputy marshals usually applied a surfeit of cocktails rather than force in order to dis suade photographers. But ap- parently their efforts were in vain, for the folks back in h. diana have been awfully sour at their ex-Governor because of the liquor that flowed at his recep- ton. It will take him a long time to live it down.
 New Antitrust Drive
 It is still an official secret, but Kansas City, Mo-, has been picked by the Justice Department as the stage for its second move against the Big Three" motor manufacturers - Ford, Chrysler and General Motors-for alleged violation of the Sherman anti trust act in financing motor pur- chaSeS.
 Russell Hardy, Special Assis- tant Attorney General, who tried to indict the companies in Mill waukee, will be in charge of the new attack.
 His Milwaukee prosecution blew up when Federal Judge Ferdinand Geiger dismissed the grand jury just as it was pre- pairing to vote indictments. He based his extraordinary action on the ground that the Justice Department had been secretly attempting to negotiate an out-Of court consent decree with the motor companies.
 The attack on the motor makers is based on numerous complaints from independent dealers that they were being compelled to do all their fi- nancing with the finance con- cerns controlled by the manufac- turers. The Government charged that this was in restraint of trade and a violation of the anti-mon- opoly laws.
 Arab Sultan
 Cordell Hull was asked in press conference whether the Sultan of Muscat, whom he had welcomed to Washington, spoke English.
 Perfect English" replied the 0EE THE QErADn