The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-07

Other Frederick boys stationed
at nearby Camp Richie but now
reported transferred include: Clin-
ton RhoadeS, grandson of a for
mer mayor of Frederick; Hugh
Gittinger, son of Frederick's pres
ent mayor; Stanley Sanner; Char
lie Mckenzie; Austin Whitehill,
who caused comment by driving
his car to the races in Charles
Town, w. Va, despite the ban on
non-essential driving.
At one time conditions got so
bad that local citizen challenged
Colonel Charles Banfil, comman-
der of the camp, to go out in the
street and see If nine out of ten
people didn't admit that Camp
Richie was referred TO as "a
country club for slackers". Col.
Banfil accepted the challenge. Six
out of ten acknowledged to hav-
ing heard Camp Richie so de-
Scribed.
Richie Il . nOn-cO1nbatant
camp and q lot Of men from all
over the country would like to
be there. Military Intelligence
long has been accused Of harbOr-
ing a certain number Of social
bIueblOOds who were given COM
missions at the start Of the
war chiefly because Of their
family or college connections.
For that reason General Strong
is still keeping a watchful eye on
Richie.
CAPITAL CHAFF
Though Jim Lands, U. S. Co.
ordinator, had been in Cairo for
months, his baggage had not all
arrived. so he had to borrow an
overcoat for his trip back to
Washington State Depart
ment's Russian expert. Charles
"Chip" Bohlen, got unfavoralbe
publicity as a member of Secre-
tary Hull's mission to Moscow
because OF his family's century old
German background. He is dis
family related to the Krupp fam
lily. Yet the man who remained
to do the trusted job of interpret
ing the private conversations be-
tween Roosevelt and Stain was
this same "Chip" BOhlen. He
really knows his Russian
Jesse Jones is compiling a mas
Sive record of all the Latin Ameri-
can activities of his subsidiary
agencies, expecting a congress
sional investigation Though
the Albanian government ceased
to exist years ago. the albanian
Legation" is still listed in Wash
ington's phone book. 1t Is oper-
ated by Peter Kolonia, for King
Zog.
LEO CROWLEY
AFTER SIX MONTHS
Last summer President RooSe-
welt amalgamated Ill the econmoic
warfare agencies of the govern
ment - Board of Economic War
fare, Lend-Lease, together with
the State Departments and Jesse
Jones economic warfare agencies
and put them all under one
head. That head was Leo Crow
ley, also Alien Property Custodian
and Federal Deposit Insurance
Administrator.
No recent move toward gov
eminent reorganization was bet
ter - at least on paper. And
the President described Leo
Crowley as one Of the ablest adj
ministratOrs In the government.
Approximately six months have
passed since then, however, and
it Is the consensus OF Govern
ment experts that 10Th Crowley
and his organization have been a
dismal flop. Morale Is shot to
pieces. designations are taking
place wholesale. Instead of a
fortnight. go-getting organization
which an economic warfare
agency must be, the Federal Econ
omic Administration Is simply
marking time.
Crowley has tried to run all
Of the many agencies under
him and ut th, same time has
put himself In the highly un-
tenable position Of remaining Is
head Of one Of the biggest util-
ity corporations I'm the country
STANDARD Gas and Electric
which has paid him salary Of
around eeo, 1000.
To do this, he brought In as
his chief administrator Henry w
Riley, who helped him run the
Federal Deposit Insurance Cor
poration. Riley Is q former
book-keeper, and excellent rou-
tine man, and did q good Job ir
insuring bank deposits. where the
banks themselves really handled
things. But In q dynamic econ
omic warfare job he has been q
fish out Of water.
Crowley also brought IN as
guper-chlef OF economic warfare,
Lauchlin Currie, economic adviser