The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-13

(Continued from Preceding Page) had not been for the personal in- tervention of President Roosevelt, would have got away with 1t.
 What Argentines can't under stand is how one congressman, representing . state with . smaller population than the 100000 necessary for admission to the Union, can undo ell of the Good Neigbor policy.
 Even Senator McCarran, who represents e lot Of Nevada cattle. men, had decided to go along with the Roosevelt policy of per- initting ct least some Argentine canned beef to be sold to the Army and Navy during the war emergency. P. E. Mollin, head of the American Livestock Associa- ton, and Senator OMahoney of wyoming, 0 great protector of the cattlemen, had decided nke- wise.
 But the one lone congressman from Nevada, MT. Scrugham, came near beating them all. And scruSham is one of the problems Senor duinazu will have to reck. on with as Foreign Minister Of Argentina.
 POWER SHORTAGE
 Last years miscalculations by defense chiefs on aluminium re- auirements, which led to the cur- rent grave shortage, apparently have been repeated in the equal ly vital field of electric power.
 Despite all the New Deal power protects at Bonneville, IVA, and Grand Coulee, a confidential re- port just received by the OPM Production Planning Board pre- diets an 800,- ,-000-kilowatt power shortage by 1042. Such 6 defi- ciency could seriously retard de- fense output. The report, compiled by several prominent OPM experts, estii1l- ates that when defense produce ton reaches c peak next year. the nations power needs will increase by at least 100000 kilowatts. This will be partially met by 000,- GOO kilowatts which can be pro- duced by excisting power plant reserves. But that still leaves c shortage of e00000 kilowatts.
 According to the secret report, here is how the niiScalculatlon came about:
 The utilities informed the Federal Power Commission that the country's power capacity would reach 24,230,059 kilowatts by the end Of 104O, increase to 3o,7S7,437 this year. and to 3S,- 2OS,203 in 1O42. These figures nre correct. But defense needs were grossly underestimated.
 FOR EXAMPLE: in December l04O, power consumption exceeded by 22 per cent the estimate for the month that the utilities had given the FpC in September. Their figure was 25,i43,702 kiio- watts; actual consumption was 27,752,e56.
 ALREADY SHORT
 Already there is a serious pow- CT shortage in the key defense area of Buffalo, according to the report.
 Another shortage will be in tennessee, where requirements by the end of this year are put at 180OO0 kilowatts above what is now available. Others are pre- dicted in Georgia, Alabama, the crucial Pittsburgh area, Arkansas, Louisiana, northern Colorado and oregon. Adding to these diffi- entities Is the serious drought, which Is pairing hydroelectric re- sources.
 The problem obviously calls for drastic action. One inme- dlate measure under c0nsidera- tion Is to put the entire cOun- try on daylight saving time. To conserve electric power, both the British and Germans have niOv- cd up the clock two hours, but large sections of the U. S. A. still are on normal time.
 NOTE-A powerful utility and railroad lobby is exerting trem- endous pressure on Capitol Hill to Kill the Presidents plan for c giant power project on the st. Lawrence River.
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