The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-21


 Already, even before the war Is over and long before we have be- gun to rival the Dutch by getting any appreciable quinine production in South America, 1t looks as If the big quinine monopoly Is ma neuvering to build up Its strangle- hold again after the war.
 One question which may ee asked of Taylor Is his connection with Leonardo van Zwart, repre- sentative of the Dutch Kina Bu- reau in Latin America. Censored mall reveals that Taylor Is in constant touch with van zwart, and that van zwart Is trying to lay his hands on all the quinine he can find in Latin America,
 The Kina Bureaus Mexican agent recently located some quin. inc in Mexico City and immedi- ately notified van Zwart in Buenos Aires. Van Zwart also has q rep- resentative in Guatemala who is keeping an eye on the new Cin- chona plantations established there by the U. s. Government. It is reported that both van Zwart and Taylor are paid by the Meth. erlands Purchasing Commission.
 With American troops desperate ly in need of quinine, never per- mitted to be produced to any ex- tent In Latin America before Pearl Harbor, U. s. officials are deter mined that the Dutch monopoly should not be allowed to flourish again after the war.
 TAX.DADDY DOUGnTON
 Early one morning shortly be- fore the deadline for filing income tax returns, q tall. stoop-shoul- dered, bald-headed man was seen walking down a corridor on the first floor of the old House office building. Ills hands were filled with papers and he wore Q perplexed look. Several times he stopped, raised his glasses, peered at numbers on the doors of offices he passed, then shook his head and continued his search.
 Finally, he came to an office bearing q sign, "Income Tax Re- turns Filled Out Here" He hesi- tated for 6 moment, then barged In and deposited his papers on the desk of Treasury expert who had been detailed to Capitol Hill to assist Congressmen and their secretaries ip making out their re- turns.
 Gan you give me Q little help with this blamed thlng?" he asked.
 "Why, certainly, MT. Dough- ton," said the expert, somewhat nOnplused It was Chairman Bob DoughtOn of the House Ways and Means Committee, the "Daddy" of all tax legislation. ALUMINIUM FROM CANADA
 Cabinet members nave been kid ding Jesse Jones about having a bear @s thet all which he can't let go. The bears name is "Ships- shaw" and 1t Is not 0 tame bear.
 They are referring to the ship shaw aluminium project in Canada, for which Jesse advanced to the Aluminium Company of Canada $68,600,000 of the taxpayers money without interest or security, but Aluminium company would repay the loan by shipping aluminium to the U. s. A.
 However, U. s. aluminium pro. duction is now 50 booming that some plants will have to be cur- tailed-in fact some already have been. If we stop taking aluminium from the shipshaw plant, Uncle Sam loses the balance of Uncle Jesse's investment. Yet If we keep on being supplied from Shipshaw, then aluminium projects here at home will be thrown out of buSi- ness.
 For example, the Reynolds Metals company, which has to pay interest on . loan from REC, whereas the Aluminium Company at ShipShaw does not, could be finished aS an aIumi- mum producer # we buy In Can. ada at the expense of U. s. pro. ductlOn.
 Uncle Jesse justifies things by contending that he has reduced the price of shlpShaw aluminium from 17 to IS cents pound. But