The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-24

d11 1GOOoCHclG 1dCGlO11S - II criticized another publicly. But last week, sparks flew again when liberal Attorney General Francis Riddle called in even more liberal Assistant Attorney General Norman Littell and asked for his resignation. The session eliminated bitter long-smoul- dering personal feud between them.
 You realize" said Riddle, ''that you and cannot part as friends"
 We certainly can never part as friends" snapped back Lit tell.
 Real fact is that Littell has been the Justice Departments most hard-hitting crusader for New Deal policies, has crusaded so hard hat he was frequently far ahead of his more cautious Cabinet chief. It was Littell who threw an unceremoniouS monkey wrench into the Navy's plan to lease its precious Elk Hills oil reserve to Standard oil of Cali fornia. He stopped the deal.
 It was Littell who tangled with the Army over its plan to turn Palm Beach's swank Breakers ho- tel back to the Florida East Coast Railway at great cost to the taxpayers after spending millions fn O hncnifn1
 It was LittelI who fought the title companies in order to get the titles to Government -pur- chased land cleared more quick ly, thus speed up payments to thousands of farmers forced to give up their land to Army camps.
 Littell was in the thick of al- most every Justice Department fight involving liberal causes, and each fight got him more in the Attorney Generals thinning hair. What especially nettled Riddle was the way in which some senators and congressman got hold of Lit- tells interdepartmental reports, used them to fire back at Riddle. This week Littell's senatorial friends plan to light more bon- fires under Riddle regarding the resignation of his tempestuous, hard hitting, liberal assistant. AIR-PARLEY INCIDENT
 On the day the international air conference opened in Chicago's Stevens Hotel, the room clerk found himself confronted by two Russians who wanted rooms for the duration of the conference.
 Your reservations have been cancelled" replied the clerk.
 "WhO cancelled them?" asked one Russian.
 "The State Department"
 "That's outrageous" responded the Russian. ''They can't do this to us. We'll protest to our Gov ernment."
 "Okay-prOtest," replied the clerk. I've have our orders"
 The Russians then called their consul in Chicago, learned for the first time what had been head line neWs-that the Soviet Union had pulled out of the air con- conference. GOVERNMENT VERSUS PRIVATE POWER
 Most Congressional committee meetings just before Thanksgiv- ing were sparsely attended. With the lame-duck Congress abuot to bow out, the Senate has been meeting haphazardly. Many seats have been vacant, many Senators have been resting from the re- cent campaign.
 But when the Senate Commerce Committee met this week, an un- usually large number of senators showed up. Those on the in side knew the reason. Those not on the inside soon discovered the reason.
 North CarOlina's pOnderOus Senator Josiah Bailey began talking. Long supported by the Duke power and tobacco inter- ests, Bailey with no apologies brazenly plunged into a eulogy of the Duke POweh company and talked of the danger of power competition from the Government.
 Then he introduced an amend-