The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

left to see Churchill, the Presi- dent asked several White House advisers to formulate a working agreement" to end the controversy
 Their report now awaits his de- cision. It consists of a device dear to the Roosevelt heart-a new commission. Herbert Hoov- CT created many commissions in his day, but Roosevelt long ago surpassed him.
 The confidential plan is a seven man board consisting of Secretaries Knox, Stimson, and Morgenthau, plus OPM's Knudsen and Hillman, plus OPAS'S Hem derson. Chairman will be Henry Wallace, which makes the sec ond big job given him - quite a change from the days when a Vice Presidents sole duty was go- ing out to dinner or striking blows for liberty around Sen- ate refrigerator.
 PAN-AMERICAN-PRIORITY
 Wallace was selected as "im- partial chairman" because he is a. great rooter for Pan-American friendship, and Nelson Rockefel- Ter has been complaining that the $1-a-Year Men completely ignore the demands of our Good Neigh bors for steel, copper and other raw materials.
 For instance, the son-in-law of the President of Brazil was in the United States recently, pleading for 30 tons of ferro-manganese to finish building for President Vargas. But although Brazil sends us hundreds of thousands of tons of manganese ore, the OPM would not send back to Brazil a mere 30 tons of the pro- cessed metal.
 So Wallace will protect Pam Americanism.
 Duties of the seven-man board will be to make policy on all pri- critics. It will decide what is to be done and who is to do it. But how well 1t will solve the ad- ministrative dispute remains to be seen.
 NOTE n The recent magazine publicity on Judge Sam Hosen- man, former Roosevelt Brain Trllster, recognizing the national defense setup, was the result of confusion with this prioritieS ques- tion. Roosevelt has not yet got around to the defense reorganiza- tion. Details of the delay will follow in this column shortly. CAPITAL CHAFF
 Under Secretary of War Pater- son is impatient with the failure of the Army brasshats to disperse defense orders through sub-con- tracting, is quietly readying plans to compel it. One move will be a compulsory requirement. in all big contracts for a fixed propor- tion of b-contracting. Patter- son will also appoint Maury May erick, scrappy ex-mayor of San Antonio, as an assistant to see that the brasshats give small business men a break.
 w. Averell Hartman, hard-hit- ting railroad executive who winged his way to Washington after the floating Anglo British conference gave OPM officials glowing &C., count of British war production.
 Hartman has been handling the London end of the lend-lease pro- gram, and is familiar with every airplane engine and barrel of poe tatoes needed by Britain. He re- ported that British production, de- spite bombing raids, had continued to increase and that it might even surpass the stupendous goal set by the United States.
 Hartman sat hard on rumors that the British had been using some of the planes turned over to them from U. s. commercial airlines to establish new British commercial airIines.
 T have flown in British transport planes Co the Middle East and ! know what I'm talk. Ing about" Hartman reported. 'sNet enc American plane has been used for anything except strict war needs. Of course, they gro used on commercial lines, became any WaFplane landing ln Liabon WauId De anlne0. Only commercial shlps oAn had 1a neutNaI loNgfloEse