The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-29

This was the fact that certain American business groups have been angling with German com- panies to ocooperate with them again-even despite the bitter ex- periences of the recent war.
 What some U. S. companies don't seem to realize is that with the war still on, all cables and letters are subject to censorship. Therefore, U. s. officials know almost every move they have made to get together with German agents.
 For instance, certain U. s.
 wood-pulp interests have been
 under the impression that they
 have been extremely clever in
 staging meetings with the Ger
 mans. But their movements
 are known. Also certain U. s.
 rayon and steel groups have
 been sending agents to meet
 with the Germans in Spain and
 Argentina.
 The other day representative of the German Schering Corpor- ation, biggest drug company in Germany, braZenly walked into the American Embassy in Madrid with a proposition that the Spanish subsidiary of Schering merge with the American Schering Corpora ton of Bloomfield, N. J. In this case the proposition was turned down.
 The minutes of the DuPont company's executive committee for Feb. g, 1940, (after the war had broken out in Germany, con- tained this notation:
 "The DuPont company in- formed I. G. q. G. Farbenin- dustrie, the great German car tell that they intended to use their good offices after the war to have the I. G. participation restored"
 There is no indication that Du- Pont has taken any step to carry out this goal since the war with Germany ended. But the above illustrates point of view which prevailed among several business groups before the war and appar- ently has still not been abandoned by all of them.
 KING LEOPOLD WANTS LIFT
 Allied diplomats aren't talking about it, but King Leopold of the BelgianS has been angling deSper- ately for British and American help in returning from Salzburg, Austria, to Brussels. He has es- pecially asked that one of the AL lies furnish him an airplane.
 This put the British in hot position. Once before they did not hesitate about interfering in Belgian politics, even sur rounded the Belgian Parliament with tanks in order to influenoe an important vote. But this time, faced with the threat of a general strike if Leopold re- turned, the British passed the buck.
 They told the King of the Bel Sid1lo GlloC all dA PldlACo o4C der SHAEF Supreme Headquar- ters, Allied Expeditionary FOrce) which of course is commanded by General Eisenhower. However, the British and American con- manders under Eisenhower (he has been in the U. S. Al then got together backstage and worked out a joint plan-namely to give Leopold transportation only to the Belgian border.
 From the Belgian border to Brussels, he will have to take a Belgian plane, train or thumb his way.
 NOTE-Maj. Gen. George w. E. J. Erskine, British commander in Brussels, has informed Bel gian officials that SHAEF would not take sides in any demonstra- tions, street battles or brawls pre- cipitated by Leopold's return, but would confine itself to protecting Allied installations.
 BOOST IN COFFEE PRICESc
 A debate has been raging in- side the Government over the the world admires the man who can carry his piety into the simple