The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-08

unlimited support Of the war, ls- SUd by i02 members of the Amer !ean hierarchy, 1t was one of the most sweeping endorsements of Roosevelt'S war policies 50 far given by the Catholic Church. Ambassador Taylor's visit to the Vatican is generally linked with the Bishops Letter,
 The result of Taylor'S discus siOns has never been dlvulged. But in diplomatic circles 1t is reported that he brought back t0 the President the vatican's concern for the protection of the Church in Spain in case Spain should bc battle-ground
 between the American and German armies; also the hope that the Catholic monarchS of Europe might not be barred if the people of Europe wanted 10 reinstate them after the war.
 NOTE, Prince Otto is scion of or,e of the foremost Catholic royal families. Don Jaime, crown prince of Spain, is now eXiled in Switzerland. The Count of Paris, pretender to the throne Of France, is in Algeria. The grand son of the Kaiser. formerly cm- ployed m the Ford Motor Com pany in Detroit, and reported to have many friends in the United States, is now in Germany.
 THE RED CROSS
 COMES THROUGH
 The letter will not be mace public, but Civil Defense Director James Landis has just written a polite but pointed note to Amer ican Red Cross Director Norman Davis regarding the hullabaloo which the Red Cross staged in sending blood plasma to the Cocoanut Grove night club vic timS in Boston.
 Real truth about the picture of Red Cross workers rushing blood plasma by plane to Bos- ton, with the inscription "The Red Gross Comes Through" was that 1t was just another piece of Red Cross ballyhOO.
 There was blood plasma already in Boston-plenty of it-collected and kept in reserve by the Office of Civil Defense. Actually the OCD had a total of 2,708 units of plasma on hand in Boston. AS result of the fire only 1903 units were used. Thus more than 1000 units still are on hand there.
 Despite this, the Red Cross sent a driblet of only two or three hundred units to Boston. When a Red Cross official was asked why more plasma was sent. when 1t must have known there was plenty on hand, he replied:
 "Oh, we thought 1t was a good chance to get a little extra publicity"
 U. S. LIQUOR BILL
 The American people ale now drinking liquor at a rate never surpassed in the history of the country. The previous high was during the last war, when 1917 consumption hit l67 million gall Ions. But during the first eight months of this year, consumption was ii5 million gallons, which will mean a total of I'll million gallons for 1922.
 Twice in the last year, new federal taxes have been slapped on distilled spirits. Each time consumption has faltered a little under the burden, then spurted ahead faster than before. In September l94l, just before the $4 a gallon federal tax was im- posed, there was a consumption of IT million gallons. The Oc- tober figure dropped to 10, but by December, 1t was up to l7. again.
 The same thing is now hap pening after the additional g tax imposed November l.
 Liquor consumption has in- creased steadily since repeal of prohibition In 1883. From the 1884 figure of 58 million, it has shot up to 1858 In l94l.
 By far the greater part of this is domestic rye and bour-
 bon. Imported Scotch whiskey