The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07

Z TO smut OH gaSOlI1le ana OF
posed. He proposes higher milk
prices instead.
Bowles and vlnsOn are buck
ing this for two reasons. In the
First place, it would insert an
other hole in the initiation wall
and give labor a better excuse to
demand higher wages to offset
the cost Of living. Also, they
point out that an increase in
milk prices would give more
money to the big distributors,
two Of which, National Dairy
and BOrden's, already have a
profitable corner on the East
tern milk industry.
The BowleS-Vinson proposal OF
a subsidy, on the other hand, would
give all the monetary reward d.
rect to the farmer. The milk dis
tributor would get none. The tug
of-war is complicated by the Con-
gressional battle over subsidies and
may not be settled until Congress
acts one way or the other.
RICKENBACKER
AND CHERRY
Many people have wondered why
President Roosevelt has never in
vited Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
World War I ace who came out Of
the Pacific after being given up
for dead, to the White House.
: Though Rickenbacker has been
wined and dined by various BUSH
ness leaders, the President had
not joined in the tributes.
Those close to the President
attribute this partly to the row
which occurred between Ricken-
hacker and Captain William
Cherry, pilot Of the plane which
crashed In the Pacific. The story
Of this row has been hushed
up for months, neither side
wanting to talk. However. friends
say that this is what occurred:
As frequently happens when men
face death on the high seas,
there was a clash of authority
between Captain Cherry, who was
in command of the plane, and
Rickenbacker, a civilian who out
ranked him because he was on q
special mission for the Secretary
Of War.
Among other things, Cherry
urged from the beginning that the
two RATS take separate ways,
whereas Rickenbacker wanted to
keep them together. Finally, af-
ter many days, they did drift apart
and 1t was then that they were
found and rescued.
Also, there was a difference
when they first abandoned the
plane. Rickenbacker rowed away
Immediately. expecting the plane
to sink in Is seconds, as is usually
the case. This might have sucked
the RATS down if nearby. How
ever, Cherry had made such a
perfect landing, not damaging the
wings, that the plane stayed afloat.
SO he went back to the plane
and threw out some oranges. This
was the only food they had dur
ing their days at sea.
Also. when rain finally came,
Cherry and one other man COL
lected water in their Life jackets,
while the others were so busy
drinking the raindrops that they
got nothing. Next day, Cherry
and his friend were called upon to
share the water they had collected.
This caused more hard feeling. At
the end of the ordeal, the two
groups were scarcely speaking to
each other.
STORY OF WAR CONTAINERS
When genial Representative Jed
Johnson Of Oklahoma hears peo-
pie complaining about war Gin.
conveniences," he shuts them up
with this story:
During q recent tour Of his dis
trtct, johnson visited small cabin
in tourist camp near Chickasha.
Oklahoma, where q widowed
mother and her five children lived.
The eldest son, clifford Trotter,
10. was a disabled war vet whose
egs had been amputated below the
knees after q narrowing experience
with a Naval convoy in the Arctic
Ocean, November, 1912.
The young seaman received q
discharge from the Navy last O.
tober, at which time he applied
for veterans compensation. How
ever, when Rep. johnson visited
the family recently, the compen-
sation claim had not been ap-
proved and the family was desti-
tute. The widowed mother was
taking In washing, and the rent
for the one-room cabin had mol