The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-03

Hartford fire, after which its vice president, its manager, its canvas man, its seatman, and several others will surrender in Hartford to go to jail.
 These top executives looked visibly different this year. Jim Haley, vice-president and direc- tor, is a long, slab-sided chap from Alabama, who is called "Slim" and is thin anyway. But now he has lost 30 pounds and is literally wasting away.
 Twenty years ago he came down to Sarasota, Florida, from the Alabama sandhills without a nickel in his pocket, educated himself, and Slaved his way Up until he was appointed general manager of the Ringing estate. It was his careful handling which reduced the estates debt to the Government from $4,000,000 to around $850,00O. He even took the Red Cross chairmanship. pulled the chapter out of debt, and made it one of the first coun- ties in the United States tot riple is quoa for three straight years.
 Slim Haley went into the circus as financial manager at the request of the several fac- tions of the RingIand family, whose descendants have been fighting each other. He never pretended to be 8 circus man. He was a fiscal agent. But he was in Hartford on the day of the fatal fire, was arrested, and sentenced to a maximum of five years in jail.
 The seatman on the fatal day had set up the seats exactly as he had before, day-m-and-day- out, for years. Also the canvas man. Then came the fire, the tragic stampede, and scores Of children crushed.
 Jim Haley and the other circus men go round the lot with q haunted look, remembering that day. They look as If they them selves were now dying by inches. And after they get the circus launched for the SeaSon-they hope to pay several millions in damages-they are going up to Hartford-and jail.
 U. S. GOVERNOR FOR NAZIS
 The President has discussed with advisers 8 plan to send live wire Assistant Secretary of War McCloy to be the top man in the American Occupied Germany set- up.
 McCloy would outrank Maj. Gen. Lucius Clay, recently ap- pointed on Eisenhower's staff to run the military etnd of Ger many after the war. However,
 following the tough and cri- tical report which Leon Tender son gave FDR the manner in which the brass-hats have fumbled plans for governing Germany, he favOrs civilian at the head, not an Army Of- ficer.
 Henderson recommended four- power civilian commission-U. $. A., Britain, Russia, France-gov- erning all Germany, with military men operating in four different sections under them.
 McCloy, who has won repu- tatoin for fair-minded forthright- ness as Assistant to Secretary Stimson, would be U. s. repre- sentative on this commission. CAPITAL CHAFF
 If FDR can't make the Jack son Day dinner, he intends to pay tribute to Ellis Arnall of Geor- gia, leading Governor of the South, by asking him to take his place as main speaker Joseph E. Davies, ex-Ambassa- dor to Russia, is leaving on an- other Mission to Moscow" . Wayne Chatfield Taylor, Jesse Jones Under Secretary of Com- merce but better known for his seizure of the Montgomery Ward plant the first time, is transfer ring to the State Department .. Assistant Secretary of State Ar- chic MacLeish has brought some good men intot he State Depart ment, among them Chester Wiz Hams and Adlai Stevenson. grand son of the Vice President of that name in the Cleveland admins. tration Sentiment is in- creasing among war veterans for ( new veterans Committee in Con-