The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-27

He is turbulent, tWo-fi OPA, who was fired when he re- fused to increase the price of oil and when Speaker Sam Rayburn plus Texas oil men made things too hot for the White House.
 Today Leon, though out of the government, is probably New Jer- sey's No. l Citizen as far as the American public is concerned. A vacancy has just occurred in the Senate as result of the death of New Jerseys Senator Barbour, and friends are urging Governor Charles Edison to appoint Hen derson to the interim vacancy.
 Born and reared in Millville, N. J., Henderson has always main- tained his residence in New Jer- Sey, and returned there on fre- quent advisers and trouble-Shoot- CTS.
 Henderson first became prom inent in Washington as aide to General ''IrOn Pants" Johnson when Johnson headed the MIRA. Later, he was appointed to the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion, then to the National Defense Council, then became OPA Ad- ministrator.
 DIAPER LEND-LEASE
 Senator Styles Bridges, New Hampshire Republican, is conduct ing a one-man investigation of the most novel type of lend-lease said so far to come to light diapers for Arab babies.
 Bridges wants to find out why, at time when American moth CTS are having some difficulty getting diapers to the Free French in north Africa for distraction among the Arabs.
 The textile division of the Lend-Lease Administration sent one shipment of 450,000 yards of diaper cloth-equal to about 600,- 900 diapers - and another ship ment of 90,000 ready-made "didies" to North Africa early this year.
 Lend-Lease officials contend that we will be compensated in full for this and other materials sent to the Free French. Also, that the "didy'' shipments were approved by the War Production Board and General Eisenhower on the ground that this contributed to the economic rehabilitation" of the North African area.
 However, Senator Bridges plans to ask some blunt questions the next time Leno-Lease spokesmen appear before the Appropriations Committee. There is a suspicion that the American diapers weren't used on Arab infants, but were al- located to Arabic tribesmen for head wear.
 CIO-RUBBER FIGHT
 Members of United Rubber Workers (CIO) are worried over construction of a new tire manu- featuring plant in Waco, Texas. This is an innovation which may end tight labor control of wages and working conditions in Akron, Ohio.
 Practically every big tire com pany asked WIPE approval for new plant construction to meet the de- mand for production of synthetic tires. But Rubber Workers &C., cused the industry of trying to break the wage levels by mov- ing to cheap-labor areas. EX-Rub- Der Director Bill Jeffers supported them, told the companies to go home and revise their fantastic plans for expansion.
 Today, Bill Jeffers is gone and the tide is turning. General tire and Rubber has been granted permission to build a new $3,000,- 900 plant at Waco, Texas. And the industry generally is spending big money in an advertising cam paign to sell the idea of expan- sion.
 Most of them want to move
 south, partly for cheaper labor,
 partly to be near raw materials.
 Synthetic rubber is being pro-
 duced almost entirely below
 the MasOn-Dixon line, in plants
 at Institute, w. Va, Baton
 Rouge, La., Forth Neches,
 Texas, and Los Angeles.
 The companies are under ter- rife pressure to increase produc- ton of tires, and in turn they are putting pressure on the union and on the Rubber Directors of- flee to speed up production of the individual worker and let more workers come into the industry.
 Though this fight has not brok- en into headlines, 1t is one of the bitterest struggles in the labor management field tody.
 REPRESENTATION SAILORS
 Now that Japanese-Amer are being released from relocation centers, War Shipping Administra- ton has discovered that a sizable number of these men are experi-