The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-22

orders may run as nigh as
To facilitate transportation, the
Maritime Commission last week
granted sub-charters to Amtorg
1.-THE Soviet trading agency for
three U. S. freighters, the Garlic
ton, Export and motor ship Excel
sior, which will load the cotton at
Houston and Galveston.
The last time Russia bought q.
8. cotton was in the early 1905.
Since then her own steadily
mounting yield has been ample
for her processing capacity. Soviet
economic statistics are secret, but
U. S. experts estimate this years
Russian cotton crop at around
1000 900 bales. OF this Russia has
been selling an estimated 100000
bales a year, a considerable pro-
portion to Germany IN barter
deals.
Official Russian explanation
for the U. S. purchases Is that
under the latest five-year plan,
her spinning equipment is so
rapidIy expanding that she
needs more cotton than she pro-
duces. According to the Soviet
buyers their spindle capacity will
reach point in 1912 which will
require q 40 per cent increase
in cotton supply.
While delighted to have Russia
buying cotton again, U. s. officials
were curious about the possibility
of the cotton reaching Germany
and Italy. And so were the Bril-
fish.
The British "navicert" system,
whereby shippers obtain advance
permission to transport merchan-
disc through the British blockade,
does not yet extend to the Paci-
fic. Also, cotton is one Of the items
not subject to embargo or State
Department license control.
The matter of possible Russian
re-export Of the U. s. cotton to
Germany was one of the subjects
discussed by Under Secretary Of
State Sumner WelleS and Soviet
Ambassador Oumansky, who gave
positive assurances that the cot
ton was strictly for Russian use.
DRAFT EvADERS
The Army is depending upon a
novel type of enforcement agency
to catch the draft dodgers. Most
members of this unofficial agency
are women.
Instead of sending sleuths
around town to root out young
men who have evaded registration,
the Army is counting on the
mothers Of conscripts to see that
other mothers sons do their pat.
.riotic duty. !. -. -. -. -. $50.
If any man of conscript age has
failed to register, the Department
expects his neighbors to tell the
local draft board. Mrs. Jones may,
be proud that her son IS serving
the country, but she is going to
make sure that Mrs. Smiths son
does the same.
Actually, there has been more,
rather than less, registration
than expected. The crop of reg
istrants last week exceeded ex-
pectatiOns by at least 100000.
One reason, officials believe, is
that many men below 81 or above
IS registered. falsifying their ages;
they wanted to serve the country,
or they wanted a job.
Other reason Is that the regis
tration caught from five to seven
million migrants not covered by
the census. Every known hobo
jungle in the country had been
circulated In advance. and all the
transients turned out to sign up
with Uncle Sam.
WAGE-HOUR VIOLATIONS
Chief reasons why John L.
Lewis has been lettering back and
forth regarding support for F. d.
r. are his complaints against the
lax enforcement of the Wage
Hour Act and failure to deny de-
tense contracts to companies vio-
lating the National Labor Rela-
tions Act.
A lot of CIO chieftains who lean
more to the right than Lewis, do
not agree with their bushy- brow
ed boss about Roosevelt. But they
are discouraged at what they
contend to be a complete break
down Of the Wage-Hour Act In
many industries, plus the Defense
Commissions trampling upon the
National Labor Relations Act.
Real fact Is that charming
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