The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-10

rrenens1ve than earlier reports in- dicate. Secretary Stinson will steI down and President Truman's pres. ent choice to succeed him is Sher- man Minton. Under-Secretary Pat terson is also slated to go ;. There ts more behind these prospective changes than merely substituting Truman men for Roosevelt men The Administration contemplates new policies with broad economic consequences Roosevelt was the fsther of the widespread military Installations theory, moving large bodies of men far from their homes for training, with the purpose of establishing industrial and popula- ton centers in politically strategic areas. He also planned a large standing Army after the war.
 Truman does not approve of the use of training locations for any, thing but training. In the last war, troops were prepared at camps nearest their homes. Truman is at heart a National Guard man, be- lieves the militia should be the nucleus of our peace-time forces His views will be reflected in recon version and relocation matters, sales to the highest bidders without con- sideration of planned industrial spread j. All these objectives are contrary to the Roosevelt -Stimson- Patterson methods.
 Gypsy Rose Lee has signed to do her autobiography for Simon & Schuster. Her sister June (Havoc) and her mother are in for rough ride. Mama has been the victim of some biting acid from the pen of her ex-stripper daughter in maga- zines, Back of this is an old feud over royalties for "The G-String Murder" The mother, Mrs. Hav- 1ek, grass-widow of a Los Angeles reporter, who is the father of both girls (and of several other gentle men, including a corn doctor) vail ed loudly to her friends that she, and not Gyp, wrote the book. She says she never got more than chick enfeed from the generous s & S checks. She also later claimed that, when she was helpless after an automobile accident, she was not properly financed and had to live in boarding house room and couldn't engage a trained nurse. Gypsy has stated publicly that her mother exploited her and her sis ter when they were extremely young touring them in crossroads one night performances for money which she practically gouged from fraternal bodies, on claims that her corn-doctor husband had been a member; that she put on conspicu- ldusly the insignia of each other, according to the one which was most populous in the village where she chose to stage a benefit" :" Cypsy's style is not subtle and she writes in the raw. Suggested title -'Take It oil"
 Only . handful of men ever knew that Senator Hiram Johnson was offered will Hays job as motion picture czar before Hays was even mentioned for it, and turned 1t down, though his sole source of in- come was his $10,000-a-year salary. A famous male singer, native of France, ducked out of the U. s. just in time to dodge the draft. Now he could make fortune, but the immigration authorities won't let him back in :. Mayor LaGuardia has an offer from huge new real estate syndicate to head housing projects in large cities The black market in platinum will go bust soon, when shipments of the precious metal arrive from Russia.
 Maurice Chevalier expects to spend Christmas in New York.
 Reports from London say that sThe Voice of the Turtle" has not been passed by the censors there and may never play England, unless it Is heavily revised. which is un- likely Ben Blumenthal, who owns Tecla and a dozen other gold mines, had 30 theaters in Germany, Austria and Hungary. He finally got permission to fly over and see whether they are still standing and how he stands with them. His wife iS cousin of Winston Churchill.
 Noel Coward plans to write play about Brooklyn to atone for his sin -. Billy Rose and his stager, Hassard Short, battling over dough. It will be arbitrated :. Nick the Greek, Americas most sensational gambler, inherited two million bucks-and they say he lost it at Las Vegas, Nev.
 David o. SeIxnick has bought up 50e5 of the contract of Bob Mitchum, who turned in such a sparkling job in "G.I. Joe" Three years ago, Mitchum was Selznick extra i. Fanny Brice may retire. she's in the same hospital in Holly wood where Jimmy Walker is rest ing. Her big heart is way out of order Ex-N. Y. Police Commis- sioner James S. Bolan, who heads the Bolan Academy. training in vestigators. says men and women released from the services are amaZ- ingly eager to take up such work. with view of employment by big plants, particularly.
 A sad Hollywood sight Is a former ace international lawyer. incoher- ently cockeyed, tolerated by many who knew and admired him in his more acceptable days Holly wood, despite many distorted char acterizations (including Hollywood's movies) is the soberest big town I have ever seen. Boozing just isn't considered smart there-and Rule
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