The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-26

ported that five days after the publication of the blacklist the German Tourist Bureau shut down completely, and German con- mercial establishment with 40 branches sold out. Also report ed were the efforts of a wealthy German to cache $64,000 worth of bonds of the Bank of Honduras. be seized under a freezing order, he turned them over to the Ger man legation Tor safe keeping.
 From another republic a re- port told of a German agent trying to deposit $500,OO0 in American currency in the gov- ernment bank, subject to de- maI1d withdrawal. The money was refused.
 Another cable reported that numerous Axis out Of business.
 being forced out of business. The combination of having their funds shut off, being blacklisted, plus an embargo on American newsprint is cutting the ground from under them.
 NOTE = Only sourt note in the confidential reports is that Jap- anese agents are popping up in the Central American capitals and taking over the German tourist agency business. Whether this is being done in secret collision or the Japanese are moving into a field vacated by the Germans is not yet known.
 GOING INTO TRADE
 One result of the anti-Axis drive which gives Commerce De- partrnent chiefs much satisfaction is that 1t has started a move- ment among old Spanish fam- flies to Ego into trade.
 In the past these bluestockings, hacienda and mine owners, summed commerce. They spent their winters on the Riviera, spring in Paris, and only few months of the year on their estates. But with Europe untenable they have been forced to remain at home, and with the Germans and the Italians being driven out of busi- ness, scions of the old families are showing an interest in tfits field. In Bolivia two mine-own- ing families already have become active.
 This is a development strongly favored by U. S. authorities, as it makes for an indigenous trad- ing class and ensures the per- manent elimination of Axis oper- ators.
 SWORD OF SOLOMON
 When Supreme Court Justice James Byrnes took the oath of office his hand rested on the 82nd Psalm, which reads in part: Defend the poor and the father |. less; do justice to the afflicted and the needy
 And the President, concluding a glowing tribute to Byrnes' long and brilliant career in Congress, said:
 "Since appointing Jimmy to the Supreme Court I have fre- quently thought how delighted I would be to have the sword of Solomon, so ! could divide Jimmy in twain, giving one half of him to the Senate and one half to the Court"
 Next to the new Justice, warm est handshake FDR received at the ceremony was from. 8S-year-. old Senator Carter Glass of Vir- ginia. once one of Roosevelt's most outspoken foes, now an equally outspoken champion of his foreign policy.
 NO RAILROAD STRIKE
 Defense chiefs aren't losing any sleep over fear of q general rail- road strikethis fall, though union leaders probably will go through the motions Of setting a date for a walkout if wage demands, now being negotiated in Chicago. aren't met.
 Over i.lbe,000 organized em- ployes are affected by tks de- man6s, which would up pay- rolls an estimated e5se,ooo''
 The five brotheFheods arc ak. lng % per cent pay boosts for 3BO0O0 firafnan, engineers con- ductofa. eWiiehmon and tfainmen, and ~ unions oi enenseB4fallng'' Nofkef1 aFe demanding se lo ~ 1oNlf eH heNI f1|fas <e eI1If1.