The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-26


 lie to believe? Who created the confusion in that case? And who was it who finally brought the Undersecretary of War and MT. Jeffers up here and knocked their heads together? The Tru- man Committee.
 And what kind of confusion results" continued Brewster, when Chester Davis, who is sup posed to know all there is to be known about food, comes out and says that his way is the way to handle food while PrentiSs Brown and the White House say he's wrong? Did the Truman Com mittee or the Administration cause that confusion?"
 Before Justice Byrnes could really reply, Senator Wallgren of Washington, a Democrat, took up the argument.
 And what about the millions the Army is spending on cam Ouflaging these (censOred) war plants, painting them all up with the most intricate and ex- pensive camOuflage, and then putting barrage balloons over them so the enemy will know right where they are. Did we create that cOnfusiOn?"
 Also what about our investi- gation of the Wright AerOnau- tical engine plant at Cincin- nati?" interposed Senator Kill gore of West Virginia, another Democrat. "The Truman Com mittee caused no confusion there. We investigated the thing very quietly. said abso- lutely nothing to the public, and even issued a reassuring state ment to the public at the re- quest of the War Department when the story leaked to the press"
 The debate continued all dur ing the lunch hour. Jimmy Byrnes smiled and took it. But at the end there was no doubt about whether Congress would continue with it's investigations. CAPITAL CHAFF
 The Japanese Embassy and grounds are being carefully cared for by the neutral Spanish em- bassy Youngest diplomatic chief in Washington is the new Ambassador of Colombia, Albert Lleras, 36. He was Speaker of the House of Colombia at 23 Twelve-year old Mary Alice Mcclellan, daughter of Senator John L. Mcclellan of Arkansas, rises at 5:3O for two hours of pi- ano practice before school |. :. Manpower shortage has caused substitution of women for men at the telephone switchboard of the FBI.
 HUMANE BOMBING
 Strange as it may seem, the United Staes Air Forces are plan ming the humane bombing Of Ger many. They want to avoid kill ing people and destroying non military buildings. They want to bring the war to a merciful end ing.
 High ranking officers of the Air Forces are urging that we con; duct our bombing operations in such a way that unnecessary de- struction of enemy life and prop erty shall be held to minimum. This is part of their thesis in favor of precision, or "pinpoint" bombing, as contrasted with the "area" bombing of the RAF. The precision bombing, carried on in daylight, is able to pick out the precise military target, and de- stroy that without laying waste to an entire city, or killing help less civilians.
 These Air Forces officers speax of the postwar attitude of na~ tions toward each other, empha- sizing that careless bombing would intensity the hatreds of war, and make it more difficult to build 2 peaceful world.
 Somebody will have to re- build the broken cities of Flu rope. World ties are now so close that no great areas Of destruction can be allowed to re- main; rebuilding will have to be dcne, and only the victors will have the power to do the work.
 Therefore, say these opponents of precision bombing, let us have no indiscriminate bombing. but only a precision job, which spares the life and property of the en- emy as much as possible.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Mrs. Richard P. Gale, wife oi the Minnesota Congressman made a bet that there is only one Minneapolis, in the country. She lost - and discovered Minneapo-