The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-18

By this act the government would lease lands, materials, and fuyulc seedlings from the Inter- national Rubber company for $2,- 0O0,00 and at the end Of 10 years would turn them back to the pri- vate company with all the im- provemcnts; and since it takes several years for rubber plants to develop, the government prcSum- ably would turn the rubber plan tations back to the private com pany just about the time they be- come a thriving and profitable business.
 Even the contracts for synthetic rubber factories, being built through Jesse Jones loans, con- tain safeguards for the govern ments' future property interests.
 Most interesting thing about this Guayule Act is that the bill as originally passed by the Senate went quite far in safe guarding the public interests. It provided that the government might purchase" the land from the International Rubber com pany and thus not be under obligation tO return it after ten years of improvement.
 The Senate bill also provided that the government might ac- quire the property by condemna- ton instead of having a maximum figure of S2,000,0O0 fixed. The Senate bill also provided that lands might be acquired in any part of the Western Hemisphere, thus letting Mexico Tn on the deal under the Good NeiGhbor Policy--a country where guayule already grows. However, when certain Southwest Congressman got through with the bill in the House, it was purged of all these protective provisions and confined to the Secretary of Agriculture to leasing the land and rclinquish- ing 1t after 10 years of improve mcnt.
 NOTE During the final Sen- ate debate, Senator DoWney Of California stated that the emascu- lated House bill had been okayed by Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Long other State Department officials, it is known, did not agree with Long.
 WHITE HOUSE BARRIERS
 The street which separates the White House from the Treasury (East Executive Avenue) is now blocked off on account of the war. Passing this barrier, a taXicab passenger remarked to cnc driver: "Whafs the matter? Don't they trust you cab drivcrs?"
 "Oh yes, sir" replied the driy- CT. But they don't trust our passengers"
 This particular passenger was William Vosmcr, executive of Re- public Steel corporation, now with the War Production Board.
 TOM DEWEY AND USO
 Main reason for the resignation of Tom Dewey as national chair man of the United Ser .2 Or ganization was that he wanted to throw his full energies into cam paigning for the New York gov- ernorship. However, this isn't the whole story.
 Inside fart is that Dewey has been fed up with the USO job for some time, tells friends that 1t might prove more a liability than help in the gubernatorial campaign.
 The New York racket-buster plans to make the governorship (if he wins) a sprlngboard to the COP presidential nomination in 1944, and the USO craftsmanship seemed like an excellent publi- city sideline when he first took over. However, 1t hasn't worked out that way.
 The USO has failed somehow to catch the public fancy, though Dewey himself has done a re- markable job raising funds. To friends, Dewey has made no se- cret of his dissatisfaction.
 Last fall Dewey furiously served notice on the Federal Works Ad- ministration that he would de- mand an investigation if the EVA