The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-05

President Osmena feels so strongly about anyone who CO., operated with the enemy that he has even thrown two of his sons NicaSio and Sergio, Jr., in BlIi- bid jail to await trial as collabor- ationists.
 Long before the Leyte landings last October, President Osmena had received reports from guer- rilla leaders that his two boys were collaborating with the en- emy in Luzon.
 When General MacArthur's
 forces landed on Luzon, Nicasio
 identified himself as the Presi-
 dents son. Nicasio was lavish
 in his praise for the returning
 U. s. Forces, violently denounc-
 ingt he Japanese.
 Three days later President Cs. mena arrived in Manila. He or dered, among other suspects that two of his sons, Nicasio and Ser gio, Jr., be jailed. Nacasio feisncd illness and military authorities re- moved him to a private home un- der protective custody. His special privileges didn't last long. As soon as the report reached the Presi- dent, Nicasio went back to pilson. He and his brother will b. tried by jury with the rest of oht ac- cused collaborationists and pun ished accordingly.
 Two other sons of the Presi- dent, however, had distinguished themselves. Dr. Emilio Osmena was surgeon of the guerrilla forces in Cebu during enemy occupa- tion. Captured by the Japane3e, he was shot when he refused to diVulge information on tie strength and location of his guer- rilla colleagues. Another son, Jose, was also murdered by tie Japanese for aiding the guerrillas. DIAPERS VS.
 WORLD SECURITY
 The San Francisco debates over Poland, Argentina and the frame work for preventing futule wal are all-important. But while these talks are progressing, bick- ering continues backstage ovel the very tangible problems effect ing diapers, shirts and cotton dresses. In the end, these may tinge international friendships all most as much as debates over Po- land.
 At present a controversy is
 raging over cotton shipments to
 France. The TOW is with French.
 textile manufacturers who won't
 produce cotton duck for U. s.
 Army tents and other military
 purposes, even though we send
 them the raw cotton vic Lend
 Lease. We are trying to pro-
 duce more military duck in
 France in order to use textile
 mills in this country for wo-
 mems dresses, diapers, childrens clothes and Overalls.
 And under the Lend-LeaSe agreement, France is supposed to use all the raw cotton We send her exclusively for military pur- poses.
 However, Col. Robert Stevens of the U. s. QuartermaSter Corps. former president of the large New York textile firm of J. P. Stevens, has just come back from France with a report that not one yard of badly needed duck has been woven by French manufacturer. As 8 result. the Army wants to cut off further Lend-Lease coJr ton shipments to France.
 French textile mill operators claim they have five years of lost production to make up, and are determined to concentrate on turning out fine goods for civ ilian use. They claim also they are weaving quantities of other textiles for military use, but these quantities are small.
 The Allied Armies are actual ly getting more military cloth from the much smaller Belgian and Dutch textile plants, than from France. In Washington, 1T is reported by British sources that the French mill owners were also reluctant to make cloth fol the Ide of the genius group, be es- ecially thankful, for you stand in