The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

This is what the United States will ay for about 29 square miles of Trinidad soil.
 NOTE On this will be built an army base costing S51 ,0OO, 900. NEWFOUNDLAND
 Negotiations with Bermuda were difficult because the island is small and property values high. Here the United States is build- ing a land plane base, sea plane base, naval base, garrison area, storage areas for explosives on small islands, and certain iln- provements to Castle Harbor.
 Newfoundland also reused the ire of U. s. naval negotiators by tipping prices, forgetting that ten years ago its treasury was empty and had to be taken over by the British government. Here the War Department will spend $23,O0O.0OO on buildings and equipment, while the Navy will spend $9,425,000 on a naval air station.
 At one time during the Nays negotiations over island bases, Ad- miral Stark got so eXasperated that he said in effect: Do you want our munitions or don't you. If so, cut out the haggling."
 Most island questions are now threshed out, but Army-Navy of ficers have given interesting em- munition to the congressional committee about to investigate the West Indian deals.
 1942 AUTO MODELS??
 It's supposed to be trade se- cret, but according to OPM Di- rector William S. Knudsen, the motoring public won't be greatly inconvenienced by national de- fense prioritieS.
 A newsman was quizzing the former General Motors president about the effect of defense con- tracts on the output of pleasure cars in future years.
 will auto manufacturers have to repeat 1941 models in 1942?" asked the newsman.
 Maybe" grinned Knudsen. "Just between us, they've done it before, but nobody knew the diff ference"
 KING MAKER
 No secret to insiders is the fact that the Supreme Court Justice" referred to by Senator Wheeler as running the war Department and the London embassy was Felix Frankfurter.
 More of a secret is the fact that Henry L. Stimson was appointed Secretary of War at the urging of Justice Frankfurter. A lifelong friend. Stimson has taken Frank furter's advice on many appoint ments, including that of Judge Robert Patterson, assistant sec- retary of war.
 Frankfurser also tipped the bal ance in favor of John Winant as American ambassador to London, eometimes dubbed by diplomats "Frankfurter's ambassador to Er- nest Bevin."
 Winant got acquainted with British labor leaders while serv- ing as head of the Internationa' Labor Office in Geneva, and Er- nest Bevin. one-time dock-work- CT, is considered the future hope of the British Labor party. So in the back of New Deal minds is the theory that the next gov- ernment in England will be Labor and Bevin will head 1t.
 HILLMAN's OPEN SHOP
 Associate OPM Director Sidney Hillman was telling the House Judiciary Committee about gov- ernment efforts to settle the Allis- Chalmers strike at Milwaukee, which tied up e4S,000 600 worth of crucial defense orders. The question arose as to the exact meaning of "0pen shop.
 "Now. my understanding Of an open thop." declared Hep. Clarence q. Hancock Of New York, "ls place where union and nen.unien men w0Fk Co. gether Is that tFue7"
 "0h, ne, Congressman" eOF' Fected labor leader IIliinaan, "lhey jusl w0rk in Che same place. They dent weFk tOs Eelheg."
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