The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-19
STOCK MARKET JITTERs


 Almost every day recently the stock market has dipped one dol lar, two dollars lower. Meanwhile industrial production is enjoying the biggest boom since 1917.
 Insiders give two reasons for this:
 I. The large number of
 British stocks which the trad
 CTS know must be liquidated. As long as they hang over the
 market prices are bound to
 be low.
 ?. The imminence of the con-
 certed Hitler attack and doubt
 as to what is ahead for the
 British empire.
 The experts have no doubt and this view is widely held in Wall Street-that if the British Empire falls, all Europe and Africa will be in the hands of Hitler; with all Asia and pos sibly Australia in the hands of Japan.
 SENATOR GEORGE OF OF GEORGIA
 Administration leaders are handing orchids to Senator George of Georgia for the fair and eff cient manner in which he piloted the .Lease-Lend Bill through the Senate Foreign Relations Commit tee. A skilled lawyer, George let the opposition put on their best witness nindbergh) first, and saved his best witness (Willkie) until last. It was largely due to his efforts that the committee vote was IS to instead of 13 to 10, as expected.
 Most surprising vote in the committee, was that of ebullient Senator Bob Reynolds of North Carolina. All during the commit tee hearings Reynolds cross questioning of witnesses followed an anti-Britisn vein.
 But when Senator George called the roll, Reynolds responded:
 For the bill-with reserva- tiOnS."
 Are you voting yes or no?" asked Chairman George.
 "Yes-with reservations" re- piled Reynolds.
 'YeS or no?" insisted the sen- ator from Georgia.
 "YeS," replied the senator from North Carolina
 DEFENSE GRAPES OF WRATH
 California no longer has a copyright on the Grapes o Wrath. Its drama is being re- enacted the country over as a great foot-loose army of migrant workers moves on defense centers in quest of jobs.
 It is one of the most serious problems faced by Defense ex- ecutives. Yet they have done relatively little about it. Over B. OO,0OO destitutes, mainly from rural sections, have hit the road in the last six months looking for defense jobs. Seven cities alone Charlestown, Ind; Corpus Christi and Orange, Tex; Radford, Va, Detroit; Boston and the Norfolk Newport News, Va, area-have attracted more than 25O,OO0.
 Only a fraction find steady em- ployment. The rest eke out a half starved, hand-to-mouth exist ence, depending largely on odd jobs and private charity. Many states have settlement laws which bar migrants from relief until they have lived a certain 7 length of time in the state.
 An example of what foot loose j0b-hunters are up against Is the L0ckheed aircraft plant at Burbank. Callf., where the average weekly number of job applicants Is 2,05O. of which l. $50 are turned down for lack of training. LOckheed officials es- tlmate 7S per cent Of those re- jected are from outside the state.
 The unemployment crisis is SC acute In some Texas towns, where cantonment construction is under way, that migrants assemble each day In "bull pens'' (yacant l0tB) to be hired. A "buii pen" in Brownwood, Texas, Mtc 0f q Nae ilonal Guard camp, averages from be0 Co 1000 joblcas c day.
 Living conditions oe tie tents town wayfafeFs arc iinbelifvably bod and. duo 70 housing shortages, arc not much better sof those