The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-25

hated him, fought him. He was their mortal enemy. Then came the war, and they moved back like homing pigeons. They had the big Hobbies in Washington al- ready organized. They had the big hotel suites, gave the big par ties to Army, Navy and defense commission people. They had the equipment, the know-how and the experts.
 Furthermore, they sent their dollar-a-year men down here, who brought in their friends. So pret- ty soon the war orders all began to flow in one groove.
 And pretty soon the country woke up to find that during the first defense period, One-third of all the orders went to exact- Iy six cOmpanies-General Mo tors, Du Pont, Bethlehem Steel, Curtiss- Wright, New York Ship building and Newport News Ship. Those six companies got contracts for around ten billions during the first flush of war preparation, and have been get ting more ever since.
 Pretty soon also we woke up to the fact that with 100000 firms available for war jobs, at first 90 per cent of these jobs went to only 600 firms. Six hundred out of 100000 is cutting the melon among @ very few; and the ratio has continued about that way ever since. BORED SUPREME COURT
 That's why the country needs you around here, throwing your fists around and shouting in Bob PatterSon's face. The people don't want you up on a bench looking dignified and bored like Frank Murphy and Bill Douglas or Hugo Black.
 I know these gentlemen have been advising you to become a judge. But that's just their in- feriority complex over being re- legated to Obscurity on the Su- preme Court. They don't want to admit how bored they are. They want company in their boredom.
 I also know that you've been thwarted a lot lately. I know that Undersecretary of War Patterson and his generals have jumped down your throat every time you indicted General Electric or Standard Oil or the Aluminium Company for fixing prices against the government. know the Navy tried to block you when you pro- secuted Bausch and Lomb for ex- changing secrets with Germany before the war. I know that a crusty judge (such as you want to to bel fell all over himself to slap you down on the Aluminium suit.
 And know the final straw came when ODT Boss Joe East man reached out to shield the railroads from your probe of their tremendous profits on wartime rates. Joe, grown gray protecting the railroads. even persuaded the Army and Navy to certify that your investigation of railroad rates would hurt the war-which they didn't really believe was the case. GERMANY's NEXT WAR
 However, discouraging as all this is. Thurman, did you ever consider this? The big battle Is going to come after this war Is over-the battle to get the couTl- try back. where 1t was. and eSpe- cially the battle to keep the peace.
 I have just read that new book Of Joe B0rkin's, "0ermany's Mas. ter Plan" I hope every good American reads it. for t tells what we have got to- do after this war tO prevent Germany from strlks ing again.
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