The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-06

England, France and Germ the Soviet. The conversations were held last fall after Munich. At that time, the British were con- fident that they had worked out a real pact with Hitler, and made discreet suggestions to him re- garding his future moves in Eu- rope.
 These suggestions were very logical and based upon popula- ton studies. The British pointed out that at the rate Germany's population was increasing, it would be foolish to expand in the more crowded areas of southern or western Europe. The only area which presented real opportunity, they suggested, was the Soviet Ukraine.
 The conversations were carried on chiefly by Sir Neville Hender- son, British ambassador to Berlin and known Nazi sympathizer. WHY STALIN BALKS
 Why Hitler did not accept the suggestion is known only to him. self. But what is known, is that just as the British changed their tactics from attempted cooperation with Hitler to building up a wall around him, and just as they were beseeching Stalin to join this wall, Hitler dumped the Ukrainian cor respondence in Stalin's lap.
 It made the Russians think twice before joining with allies who only six months before had tried to wreck them.
 NOTE-Another reason for Rus sian hesitancy regarding the Franco British pact is the diffi- culty of making the Russian sol- dier fight away from his own soil. He will always fight to protect Russia, but getting him to wage war to protect England is like persuading a Des MoineS eX- doughboy that he should cross the Atlantic again to save France. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Hard-hitting Frank Boykin, Mo- bile's bass-drum congressman, is continuing his crusade to form a national organization of eco alumni. eco camp officials dis approve the idea, but Boykin has toured 30 states talking to eco camps. Motto of his Alumni is "Comradeship, Conservation, Co., operation" New Dealers are giving Missouri's Governor Stark credit for recovering $8,- 100000 of the sum refunded to the insurance companies in the Boss Pendergast deal. Stark claimed it was owed to the policy holders. Prime Minister Chamber lain's holding in Imperial Chemi- cal Industries, Ltd, the giant British chemical firm, consist of 11,747 shares. I. c. I. has small stock holdings in two of the big German armament firms.
 WAGE-HOUR CENSURE
 Inside story regarding the recent censure of the Wage-Hour Act by the Southeast Governors is that Elmer Andrews. Wage-Hour ad- ministrator, had an advance tip that the criticism was coming and immediately telephoned Chip Robert, secretary of the Southeast Governors Conference.
 Chip was in Atlanta and denied vigorously that any action was to be taken against the Wage-Hour Administrator.
 "AII that | ask," Administra- tor Andrews told him, "is that if any action is to be taken, I have the privilege of hearing ing.
 Robert assured him that this would be the case. Imagine the wrath of the Wage-Hour board, therefore, when they discovered that the governors had met in Memphis and passed a stinging rebuke of the Wage-Hour Admin istration..
 Five governors were present: Rivers of Georgia, Bailey of Arr
 kansas, White of Mississippi, Dixon of Alabama and Phillips of Oklahoma. However, Gov- ernor Rivers said that the
 bukc represented the view of aIi the eleven governors, even
 though six were absent.
 The wage-Holr people immedi- ately began checking the absent governors. and found that they Wero by no means ilnanilnous. Governor Maybank of South Car- olina expressed himself in dIe-