The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-24


could be made.
The newsprint representative
inside the OPA is Hugh Phil
lips, formerly with the Interna-
tional Paper Co., one of the lead
ing members of the Canadian
neWsprint group.
Phillips says that he has sew
cred all connection with Inter-
national Paper and received no
remuneration from them. He &C
knoWledged, however, that:
II am frankly partial to the
industry viewpoint, and of
course, 1 have many old familiar
friends throughout the indus
try"
He also points out that the in
dustry had bad shedding after its
founding in the Twenties because
of the depression and was not
able to wipe out early construc-
ton costs. He emphasizes that
Scandinavian neWsprirt was
very harmful to the Canadian in
dustry, which had made no money
in the past.
Part of Phillips job is to advise
on whether OPA shoulyd per-
NIT an increase in newsprint.
Twice during the year, news
print has gone up, $I4 each
time. simultaneously, President
Roosevelt has been declaring for
a rOllback in prices.
NOTE International Paper
while paying no dividends on COM
mon stock since 1880, pays its six
top officials $412,25O annually, plus
additional benefits of s112,500.
1.-THE JESSE
JONES APARTMENT"
If you are very desperately
hard up for a place to stay in
Washington and are flush with
cash, just go to the Statler no.
tel and ask for the Jesse Jones
Apartment"
1t will cost you S85 for one
night, but some bushes mOgLls
are paying it when they can't
find any place else to lay
their heads.
The apartment is a penthouse
originally designed for Secretary
of Commerce Jones, and when it
comes to de luxe suites it is really
something. 1t has grass lawn
all its own, high above the streets
of Washington, where you can sit
out and have a mint julep on
a midsummer evening. 1t also
has little promenade walk, and
rooms decorated in exquisite taste.
1t happened that when tie
Statler was originally planned,
Jesse Jones said he would like
to have a permanent apartment
in the hotel, so they designed
this suit especially for him.
Then rule was adopted that
there could be no permanent
guests, all had to be tranSients.
AS a result the apartment is fire.
quently empty, except when some
desperate and flush business
baron come to town. Otherwise
it is occupied intermittently by
Mrs. Statler or members of the
Statler Board of Directors.
FURY IN THE AIR
u. S. air operations out of Eng
land are now by far the most
extensive and toughest operations
of the U. S. Air Forcs. Flyers
who have seen action in four
theaters China, the Pacific
North Africa and Europe say
the first three are child's play
compared with the current flax
and-fighter opposition of Ger
mans.
The first flight a year ago
was made without the loss of
a single U. S. plane. The Ger
mans were caught off guard by
the daylight raid. But such
things don't happen my more.
1t is no secret that u. s. losses
on each raid over the continent
are high enough to stop the
operations.
War correspondents in Britain
declare that U. S. airmen who
fly these missions are the great
est heroes of the war. They
have to face more fighting fury
and face it with more skill, thar
any other men in this war
whether fighting on land, sea. Of
in the air.
The mental strain is so great
that when men get themselves
keyed for a raid, and then the
raid is called off, they react hy
dropping into a mood of irri-
tation and despond.