The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-02


 At that meeting Ribbentrop claimed that Germany went into Norway because secret Allied plans to penetrate Scandinavia first had been discovered. But the real truth, as reported to official sources here, was very different, What actually happened was that six or seven days. before the invasion of Norway, French and British intelligence services got wind of n German plan to launch . WhlrlWnd war about mid-May. This lightning war was to in- clude the invasion of Norway; the invasion of Holland; the occupa- ton of Greece by Mussolini; and an attack on the Maginot Line. Apparently the strategy was matched at the famous Hitler Mussolini conference at the Bren- ner Pass, and was calculated to sweep the Allies off their feet.
 Naturally when Allied intel ligence agents learned of this, the first thing the British did was check into the situation in Norway. There, thanks to Bri- tish prOdding, the Norwegian government (which k a labor gOvernment) uncovered certain high. placed officers who were sympathetic to the Nazis, in some cases ready t0 go over to them.
 So Norway started to clean house. Naturally when the pro- Nazi Norwegians were fired, 1t tipped off the Germans to the fact that the Allies were in on their plot. So they started into Nor way almost immediately.
 There is no question that be- fore the Norwegian government had time to oust many of the in- slde plotters, the British had pre- pared maps of Norway and had figured on the possibility of mili- tary operations there. Some Of the more forceful in the Cham berlain cabinet even wanted to do what Ribbentrop accused them of planning-going into Norway first. But Chamberlain and a majority of the cabinet were against 1t.
 This was about all the truth there was to the Ribbentrop white paper.
 TRUST-BUSTING
 Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold was telling dy- mamie John Hamilton about his trust busting activities and his enforcement of the sherman anti trust act.
 q have no complaint to make against you Republicans Ar mold told the Chairman of the Republican National Committee. 'Tn fact, it's just the opposite. When I was having a tough time getting my appropriation through Congress, it was Sena- tor Taft who came tO my rescue and put the appropriation through.
 And when I went after the milk trust and the labor rackets out in Chicago, the best CO., operation I got was from Colonel Knox,"
 "Of cOurse!" shot back John Hamilton. we Republicans put that antitrust legislation on the statute books and we want to see it enforced" ROOSEVELT DELEGATES
 Several weeks before fast-Work- ing Governor Ed Rivers of Geor- gia had officially lined up Geor- gia's delegates for a third term, he made a trip to Washington and reported to Roosevelt that un- officially he had the Georgia Democrats in line.
 five followed your instruc- tions, Mir. President" reported Rivers, "and I've got all the Georgia delegates bagged for your man at the convention. But you know how cats are when you get 'em in a bag. They're a-scratchin' and a. cIawin', and I don't know when they're going to get out"
 "That's fine. Ed," replied the President. "just keep hold of that bag"
 However, the governor of Geor- gia was not as enthusiastic as the President. Doubtless, also. he was interested in pinning him down on the third term. He said:
 "WeII. I can hold 'em all right, Mir. President, if I'm holding aa.a.sa fac man VsaA ff ulssa tsafd-