The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-20

While President Roosevelt is in Quebec, he might say word to Prime Minister Mackenzie King about the question, for Canada is getting most of the bananas that would normally come to the United States from Mexico and Guatema:a.
 This is because U. s. price ceilings have made this market less attractive.
 U. s. fruit merchants, done out of good product, appealed to the Office of Defense Transpor- tation which appealed to the In- terstate Commerce Commission, which issued a ban on use of U. s. cars to carry freight from one foreign country to another.
 This was aimed at banana cars sent from Mexico across the U. s. A. to Canada. It stopped the shipments, but not for long.
 Promptly, the Mexican En- bassy in Washington protested to the State Department, asking re- lief from the ban, and MT. Hull protested to ODT.
 Solution probably will be an agreement to limit banana ship ments to Canada, cutting off the big shipments, and making more bananas available to the U. s. A. JIMMY BYRNES' "WHISKERS'' Ex-Justice Jimmy Byrnes went out to dinner the other night at the home of his old friend Wal ter Brown, taking with him the Byrnes' family pet, "Whiskers", a scottie which recently has been featured pictorially in Washing ton newspapers.
 "Whiskers" was tied in the rear garden of the Brown home while the guests went In to dinner: But he protested loudly and vociferously.
 T guess we'll have to do something about 'Whiskers'," Justice Byrnes finally remarked. He's been taking himself seri- ousIy lately. N all comes from getting his picture in the news papers,"
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 People who have talked to the duPonts lately find that they are very much opposed to Wendell Willkie, consider him too progress sive, but are very strong for Gov. Dewey ,. Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, who has not been so keen about Willkie lately took a trip through New England this summer and was amazed at Willkie's popularity. In that part of the country, according to Bridges, there is no question whom the Republicans want as their 1914 nominee The AFL and CIO got together in Illinois re- gently and decided that Demo- cratic Senator Scott Lucas labor record was too reactionary fo them. On the other hand his probable isepubncan opponent for reelection, Richard Lyons, was even worse. So labor groups are now looking for an independent candidate to run for Senator in Illinois Gen. Allen Bullion, efficient Provost Marshal, gets credit for the smooth operation or German-Italian prison camps in the U. s. A.
 WELL-BEHAVED SOLDIERS
 Capt. George Vournas has giv- en friends in the White House one of the finest tributes which could be paid the American army. Writ ing from North Africa, he says:
 "I walked home with a colonel at late hour in a city in North Africa in control of our troops. On our way we met many un- escorted women. We were par ticularly impressed because when the famous 8th Army was in the same city last year no woman dared walk alone after sunset.
 "Our boys behave here as if they were on Connecticut Ave nue in Washington. am sure this exemplary behavior will constitute a great national asset with these people in the future" MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Harry Hopkins brother-in-la law, Erank Annie is vioorn,c1v anti- . New Deal. He has war job in Washington One of Nelson Rockefellers best radio programs to Latin America Is a new com mentary by Argentine newsman Fernando Ortiz Echague. who broadcasts from New York But when he criticized the Argentine government. Argentina stopped its