The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-06

ASA OAAS &~ | SASSVASAA S1AAAN --------------------- South America, he asked Mrs. Laurence Duggan, wife of the State Departments Latin Ameri- can expert who was accompany ing him:
 Mrs. Duggan, is there any thing you want me t. do for your husband?"
 'Mr. Vice President" replied Mrs. Duggan tactfully, my hus- band is a man who needs lot of sleep"
 On the trip which followed, however, neither Duggan nor Wallace got much sleep They were on the go night and day receptions, speeches, plane hops, more receptions, more speeches. However, when they arrived home both looked extremely well. Bronzed as an Inca Indian, Wal lace had lost 10 pounds, never was in better health.
 Since then he has been getting up around 5:30 every morning to transplant vegetables In his sis- ter's garden. She and her huS- band, the Swiss Minister, live not far from Wallaces hotel, and he goes by there every morning for an hours work before breakfast,
 A farmer all his life, Henry misses the feel of the earth on his fingers.
 SURPLUS SAILORS
 War Shipping Administration has been nursing an internal dis pute over the vexatious problem of providing seamen for the new Liberty ships. Two or three of- ficials are resigning, others are writing memos in q high state of emotion.
 According to their heated charges, VISA is training thou sands of apprentices for non- existent jobs, is holding these young draft-age men idle, and is copspiring to drive the maritime unions from the sea.
 According to one confidential memo, written by prO-labOr Of- ficials inside the War Ship ping Administration, the Train ing Division has been over staffed in frantic effort to build 8 backlog of 10000 men for maritime training, before the Army, Navy or draft boards get their hands on them, large ly to head off the unions.
 The charge is that if the ships are manned with new men, they will be more tractable, and will follow the service line" rather than the labor line".
 In broad outlines, the ruction is an expression of the mutual distrust existing between maritime unions and the Navy. The VISA training program is bringing thou sands of new seamen into the industry who threaten to upset union domination.
 In fact so many trajraes have been brought in that thousands of them are cooling their heels, waiting for berths which cannot be provided, because sixty per- cent of all crews must be ex- perienced men.
 Meantime, pro-Union VISA of- iicials claim that many trained and experienced seamen in other jobs are not being called to mari time service. They are union members.
 "It is fairly clear" says one memo, that the Training Di- vision opposes the infusion into the Merchant Marine of any thing but new blood of its own peculiar type. count and color, The question is, why?"
 This indignant official an swers the question as follows: If 1t is because the indepen- dent character of the experi- enced American mere,& nt sea man Is subversive to the best interests of the American Mer- chant Marine, then the majority of the men who sail the ships
 today are right In suspecting that the government Is build ing . reserve of more tractable men to drive them from the sea"
 NOTE: When officer candidates finish training at the Maritime time schools at Tt. Trumbull. Conn, or Alameda, Cal, there is such a backlog of waiting of- iicers that they are permitted, If not encouraged to travel home at government expense for vacation. FARMER CHENNAULT
 Freshman Rep. Charles E. Me- Kenzic of LoulsIana expected to get first hand report on the war in the Far East when he shook