The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-08


 about this treasure horde. But now Henry Waliace's Economic Defense Board is finally moving in.
 A small haul was made earlier this year in Hoboken. Y. J., Of aluminium and other materials, but the coming seizures arc on Q far greater scale. Of one corls modify alone, tin plate, there will be 100000 eases, or l0,000 tons, taken from three areas, New York, Philadelphia and Baitl- more.
 The total haul of ell come m0dities will be between 20 and 2B thousand carloads, which, at an average of 50 tons to Che car, means over . million tons.
 Tine Economic Defense Board will use only S200,000 to finance the requisitionlng Of all this mas teFiai, the value Of which runs into many milllons. Most Of it will be seized and sold again on the same day, 50 the S200,000 will be merely q revolving fund.
 Recipients of the goods will be companies which have been gnaShing their teeth for prlorltieS and licenses.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 -nine-year- -oid Sen. John Bankhead Of Alabama, hunting for q furnished apartment, ins sisted on c soft bed. Accompanied by q real estate agent, he tested each bed by lying down and prac- tlcally taking c nap. Most Senators keep the doors Of their private ofices closed. Excep- tions are Herring Of Iowa, Burton ton of Ohio, and Truman Of Mis- souri. General Seth Williams of the Marine Corps shares the houseWife'g worry over rising food costs, lie finds the daily ration per man in the U. s. M. 0. costs b3c today, against soc last year. .. After presenting to the White House . handsome new table for cabinet meetings, Jesse Jones has presented a handsome new table to the Senate Committee on Banking and Currency. Jesse's biggest asset is his ability to get what he wants out Of CongreS" slonal Banking Committees. :. Everyone is getting increased wages, except the poor postman. The cost of living has gone Up but he can't strike against the government.
 FRENCH GUIANA
 Ere nch Guiana Is next on the list for precautionary occupation by U. s. forces. Tine move may be made in few days, and again not for months, depending on de- velopments. But 1t is in the cards.
 If the U. s. acts, 1t is expected that Governor ChOt will re- nOunce Vichy and swing to the Free French who have many supporters in this possession. The DeGaulle elements long have urged . U. s. prOtectOrate and would jubilantly welcome the Stars and Stripes.
 If Chot does renounce Vichy and Admiral Robert, who is High Commissioner Of the French An- titles, the event may have dra- Tnatic consequences. Devils Is- land prisoners will seek release on promise to join the Free French Foreign Legion in Africa. INTERNED ITALIANS
 One of the Italian ship officers in detention at Ft. Missoula, Mon- tana, wrote his wife in Italy a letter which U. S. ofKlciais are sure will never reach her.
 The letter will get to Italy all right. Mail Is still being ex- changed regularly between the two countries. But authorities are certain. that the cfAcar'B Iet~ ter will not get by n Dnceis cen. sOrS, for, In hungry, battered, wAr-weaxy Italy this poignant message would not be "ge0A propaganda"
 This is the reason:
 we left Philadelphia for Che city of Aaisgoula," wrote the hmnband. sIhe journey hm@4eA three days and three nlghss en a train and wes . real pleasure.
 We ala net lack a thing besmuse we sEavoIed ln m Pullman. Ae nasal times we tuRnea v anta