The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-25


they have sat around talking about
the good old days whan they
were young,
Most significant Il the fact
that MussOllnl let's his mind
wander back especially TO days
when he had no money, no
pomp, no Salutlng legiOns.
Maybe this IL insanity. May
be II Ii just getting abck TO
sanity after twenty long years
Of deluslOns Of grandeur.
SHIPPING EHAKEUP
The executive order requIsitlon-
Ing oil U. 8. merchant ships was
preceded by q discussion In the
Presidents private office which
was no treat 70 Rear Admiral
Emory 8. Land, despite the fact
that the order greatly enlarged
his authority as War Shipping
administrator.
In the presence OF Capt. Ed
ward Macauley, member Of the
Maritime Commission, and Mrs.
Anna Rosenberg, White House adj
wiser who In recent weeks has be-
come, In effect. dc facto Secre-
tary OF Labor. the President gave
Land q quiet dressing down for the
muddled' state OF the vital ship
ping situation. For shipping Is
now the sourcSt spot IN the war
picture.
I've decided not 10 turn over
the merchant marine 10 the
Navy, for the time being" the
President said, in effect I'm
reauisitiOnlng all vessels and
putting them IN your hands. But
expect o lot OF improvement.
The present situation IL far
from satisfactory and II must be
bettered at once"
Further, the President directed
Land to turn over to Capt. Macau.
ley the handling Of all shipping
labor problems.
This was an even sharper re-
buke than the first spanking. Be-
hind the scenes. Land an Macau-
ley have been at loggerheads over
labor issues. Although a former
ship operator, Macauley. has made
an outstanding record on the
Maritime Commission In eliinin-
ating labor difficulties. He did
away with strikes, greatly i'm
proved training facilities to ate
tract men TO the merchant marine,
and introduced many new safety
measures for their protection AT
sea.
Despite this record, however,
when Land was made Shipping
Administrator plus chairman OF
the Maritime Commission, ne ap-
pointed ag his labor lieutenant
Dan Ring, henchman Of Joe Ryan.
Ryan Is AFL boss OF the East
Coast waterfrOnts under inVegti-
CATION by the FBT.
RING-AROUND .THE-ROgY
Ryan Is vchemently opposed 10
the naming Of an East Coast
shipping car, as was done on the
Pacific coast, where the situation
has been tremendously improved
thereby, Fearing his BtFangle-
hold on the Atlantic Coast water
fronts would be broken by an inn
partial government arbitcr, Ryan
has fought this tooth and nail.
80 Lands appointment OF Ring ~
his labor assistant played partly
into boss Ryan's rieaty hands.
Land has followed the Ryan
Ring advice despite the fact that
weeks ago the President told him
70 select q competent man 10 clean
tip the very smelly East Coast
chipping situation.
MacauIcy has long urged that
this be done. Whether u Will,
now that Land has been directed
TO sheIyc Ring, remains 70 be seen,
In fact, 1t remains 70 be seen
just what Land does about the or
deTS regarding Ring
II nothing h done, IN en-
pI0s1en In the Maritime Gem
mission n likely Besides being
sn ED personal fFienA " the
President, 1gaesaley 6eeg not
shove aRemnA easily
Observation-Disclosures friends
Of Joe Kennedy, ex-aniba1eadCr
W Great Britain, ere high-prcs-