The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-07

Tapp was president of the Fed eral Surplus Commodities Cofpor- ation, had e conservative view of marketing. He believed in cau- ton, whereas Wallace and Albert c, Black, director of Marketing, wanted to advance Into new ground,
 Both Wallace and Black were eager to dispose of surpluses to the needy on Q far wider scale than the present operations Of Federal Surplus Commodities, Tapp and his assistant, r. R. wilcox, dealt daily with the big business of marketing surplus wheat and other products, and they had the business mans view point. They were afraid that any experiments would throw the normal marketing system out Of gear.
 Wallace, who has the farmers distrust of the middleman, was impatient with this view. He was less concerned about the middle. man, more concerned about cute ting the prices spread between producer and consumer.
 This conflict became 50 sharp
 that Tapp felt Wallace no longer trusted him. He conn plained, and Wallace selsed the opportunity to remove him from
 Surplus Commodities, offering another post In the Department to avoid an open break.
 But Tapp insisted on making on issue of 1t, declined the trans fer and, together with Wilcox, resigned.
 DIPLOMACY or LUCK
 After the Pan-American confef- ence at Lima, there was much con- troversy as to whether the U. s. delegation got what they wanteds Final appraisal is that the only delegation which really got what it wanted was that of Haiti.
 Early in the conference they bought c ticket on Peru'S annual Christmas lottery. When the drawing took place, December 24, tho winning ticket went to the visiting Haitian diplomats, In tho amount of 100000 Soles, or s40,000, JEWISH REFUGEES
 Washington's modern Achilles is also a brave man. His first name is Theodore, he has an of- flee in tho State Department, and e headache from struggling with the refugee problem.
 Theodore Q. Achilles k doing hls best to open the doors of tho New World to the refugees from Germany. fIe has communion tions from every country, but promises from few.
 Of oil tho countries of the Western Hemisphere. only little Bolivia, lately drained by war, is interested in restocking tho popu- lation. Jews arc being admitted there at the rate of 200 monthly.
 Other countries have opened tho door only far enough to say q polite word and then close it again. The Dominican Republic has accepted--in prlnciple-but the immigrants are not getting in.
 Columbia has taken c few Tefu. gees, but wants no more. Ar- gentina ropeis advances by state Ing that she already has 3b0,000 Jews and would-be immigrants.
 Paraguay, iike Bolivia, b short on population, but revoked tho permits of c boatload Of Jews who came to tho River Plate ex- pecting to make Paraguay their home. Basic reason for Achilles trouble ig that South America wants Jews if they are farmers but most Of them aren't.
 YOUNG CONGRESSMAN
 James Beccombe, former mayor of Canton, Ohio, had discoi- certing induction as c rookie cons gressinaii.
 Only five feet tall and difiniteiy youthful. he was stopped by . dcorkeeper ct tho floor of tho House and informed that "0niy members" could enter. eeccombo insisted he was c member, but tho doorkeeper only grinned.
 "Thavs an old ene," he said. "Yeu'Ii have to try something new Buddy, Co set by me-"
 ecccombc finally was identified, but his troubles weren't over. Ife was satintering down one of tho aja)as in the House when c Demo-