The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-21

Oil problems of the Defense Council were handled by Robert E. wilson, 6 One Dollar Man, who is president of pan-Amerioan Pc. troleum and Transport company, also of the American oil com. pany and many subsidiaries. Dur- Ing half the week, Mfr. Wilson worked for the government in Washington and drew Sl a year. Tthe other half, he worked for his oil companies in New York and drew down SS0,00o 6 year.
 Regardless of whom he worked for. the fact was that he did nothing about the Iokea warn. ing. And when one independent oil company proposed that if giv. on RWU backing, it would con- struet 8 refinery on the Atlantic Coast and lower the oost of gaso. line to the Army and Navy by 2S per cent. National Defense Moguls weren't interested.
 So 6 year after the 1okes warn- ing the eastern United States woke up to the fact that at faced gasless Sundays, while the oil inoguls woke up tot he faett hat one of the oad-school members of the New Deal team had been taken off the liberal bench and superseded them.
 OIL TO JAPANs
 The Ickes appointment also b a tell.tale sign of two other dc. velopments inside the administra. ton.
 ONE Is the gradual realization that although trained industrial. istS may Do able to get production, they are powerless If they don't have aluminium, steel and other raw materials with which to pro. duee. And the one Dollar Men either were not far.sighted enough, or else not willing enough to disturb their own businesses to ensure supplies of raw materials.
 TWO Is the fight which has ragged inside the Administration over the question Of extending economic warfare to tho interna. tional front - cutting off Japans oil, freezing Axis funds, dlsrupting all trades with the Dletators.
 The ckes.Morgenthau. .jaskson group hes strongly favored such a policy. But cordell Hull and Jesse Jones have hung back. And there is 6 vigorous tugsofswGr be. tween these two groups as to which shall direct the new Bu- reau Of Economic Warfare.
 However, with Ickes as the new oil administrator, things may be. gin to pop regarding future oil shipments to Japan.
 CAPITAL CyEAFF
 Fiery MAury Maverick, defeated by . few hundred votes for res esection as mayer Of San Antonio will be offered 6 top job Ia tht new Civil Defense organization by his clos0 buddy, Mayer Laduas. de. Townsend leaders predict that 10000 delegates will attend tho old.age pension groups an. nuai convention in Buffalo this month Attendance ct sena. tor Burt Whseier's Indianapolis meeting was . big disappointment to his America First packers. The Cadle Tabernacle, seating 1000 was only about half filled. Prom- inent ln attendance were local Republican leaders and many COP state employees .. c. transport planes played . big role in the British victory In fraq. Only a few months ago tho same planes were carrying passengers on .. 6. airiines. They had been purchased from the air. lines under the Lend-Lease Act and rushed to tho hardspressed British.
 ARAEY-NAvY SALUTE
 The war has wrought revolus tlonary changes in tho Army, but the salute remains the same.
 1t haan't changed since shoTts ly after the spanish. American war, when the flambuoyaTt i-2- 3.4 count salute, ending with & smart slap Of the right hand on the thigh, was sCrapped for tho more and practical style in vogue today,
 Wlth one important exception, Army end Navy saiuEea arc thn MMM1s. #afN aKA eMAout&A hN HMlsn