The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-23

ruling Norway and NOrV
bitter row which has existed be-
tween the Roosevelt New Deal and
American big business.
Norwegian business men, while
not exactly pro-Nazi, toyed with
the hope that Germany might
rescue them from Labor govern
ment, which they had been Unable
to overthrow at the ballot box.
1t is doubtful whether the great
mass of Norwegian business men
would have favored an outright
occupation by Germany, out &C
cording to official reports cabled
here, they seemed to have the
idea that after turning out the
Labor government Hitler would
restore Norway to conservative
rule. .s
There was also a powerful clique
within the Norwegian army which
was even more strongly pro-Nazi.
Norway's army is not large, con-
sisting chiefly of a militia officer
ed in part by business and pro-
fessional men not in sympathy
with Labor.
They argued that since Labor
had spent so much money on
social welfare and neglected ma
tional defense, the Labor Govern
ment could take the consequences.
These were the officers whom the
Nazis induced to keep their men
out of the way when German
troops first landed.
NOTE - Unlike Norway, Swe-
den enjoys a social-democrat or
pro-labor government in which
there is a very genuine and whole
hearted cooperation between labor
and business.
DUTCH PREDICAMENT
For some time the political sit
uation in the Netherlands has
been somewhat similar to that in
Norway.
Holland is in the hands of q
coalition government with So
called New Deal leanings, al
though not as liberal as the
Roosevelt Administration. Big
business in Holland and the
Queen herself are not particu-
larry in sympathy with the gov
eminent, and there was a time
when conservative business Opin-
ion was strongly for yielding to
the Germans in case of an in
vasiOn, rather than staging a
fight which would ruin most Of
Holland. Even the Queen was
known to subscribe to this pol
icy.
But with the occupation of Dem
mark and Norway, sentiment in
Holland is changing. There still
exists some argument among big
business men that it would take
decades to pay for the damage of
war, and that it would be far bet
ter to yield and do business under
Germany.
Furthermore, the Queen still is
surrounded by Germans and pro-
NaZis who hold up Hitlerism as
the acme of government. However,
the Queen has veered somewhat
toward the views of her New Deal
government, and it may pe that
Holland will put up considerable
resistance if and when Hitler at
tacks.
DEWEY hackers TABOO
It was only by a hair's-breadth
that Roosevelt missed lending sup
port to the Dewey candidacy by
naming one, of Dewey's principal
hackers to an important govern
ment commission.
The appointment was to the
Inter-American Commission to
promote new trade projects be-
tween North and South America.
Sumner Welles sent the White
House two names for the two U.
S. places on the joint commission.
One was Warren Lee Person,
president of the U. S. Export
Import Bank, and the other SAM
uel Sloan Colt, president Of the
Bankers Trust Company, director
of Pan American Anyways, Royal
Exch a nge Assurance, Provident
Insurance, American Bank Note,
and even of Ambassador Joe DAY.
les and wife's General Foods
Corporation.
Possibly even more important
Colt Is a former schoolmate OF
Sumner Welles at Groton, which
the President also attended. So
the appointments were about to &c
through, when suddenly a presi-
Dental adviser pointed out that