The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-20

This has been under stuoy in- side the ICC for many weeks and a decision favorable to the south is due any minute.
 Simultaneously, President Roose- welt will not reappoint one h. terState Commerce commissioner who has consistently favored freight rate differentials against the South. He is Charles D. Mahaffie whose term expires on January 1. Another commissioner, J. Haden Alldredge, also reaches the end of his term on that date but he hails from Alabama and will be reappointed
 The White House is also look ing around for another fair-mind- ed ICC commissioner for appoint ment around the first of the year. STASSEN BOOM STARTS
 The "Stassen in AS" boom is slated to get started shortly af- ter the first of the year. It will be launched by an unusual group and by surprise tactics.
 Dan Tobin's Teamsters Union, very powerful in Minnesota, will start the Stassen drive by urging "StasSen for Senator in '46". The Teamsters Union always has had good relations with Stas- sen, is also anxious to knock off Minnesota's senior Republican Senator Henrik Shipstead. The teamsterS also figure it is smart strategy to put Stassen in the senate, thus give him a sound talking point for the presidential nomination over Tom Dewey even if Dewey should get himself re- elected governor in 1946.
 This does not mean that Dan TObin is deserting his old friend FDR, for he, personally, won't be connected with hte Minne- sOta move of his union. Many labor leaders, however, figure that 3 Democrat will be almost impossible to elect in 1948 and it
 is smart strategy to begin building up liberal Republican. JAP-ANIERICAN HERO
 The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post General William Starke Rosecrans" at Gardina, California, has banned the names of Jap aneSe-A American soldiers from its service plaque. This means that a soldier receiving the second highest military medal in the USA will be barred from recog- milton by the VFW at Gardina.
 He is KiyOshi Muranaga of
 Gardinia, killed in action fight ing with the American army in Italy Muranaga was pOsthlm- ously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. for herOism. Sim
 gle-handed, Private Muranaga manned a mortar in front of his own lines. and ruled with the German 8S field piece which was imperiIing the American forces.
 So heroically did Private Mur- anaga fight with his one mortar against the big German gun that the enemy was forced to retreat. Private Mranaga stuck by his gun until he was killed. Now the Veterans of Foreign Wars in his home town will not include his name on their list of local heroes. CHURCHILL DEMANDS PROBE
 Prime Minister Churchill has been raising cain with the White House and the State Department over publication int his column of his order to General Ronald Scobie to clean out the ELIAS Greeks and treat Athens as conquered city" .. . :. .... .,
 Churchill demanded that future leaks in the State Department or around the White House be plugged and that his orders not be published in Washington col- ums, or else he would give no more information to U. s. diplo- mats abroad.
 As a result the State Depart ment has been conducting third degree investigation of its employees. Secretary Stettinius has unleashed his house de- tectives and told them to go the limit. Ke says he is determined to find the leak.
 However, certain high officials inside the administration who don't like to see American Lend- lease tanks turned against our Greek Allies point ou that Chur- chill is in no position to withhold future information from U. s. NN- L kN1