The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-14

was willing to release man over 38 if he had war job; whereas today, with only a one-front war, the Army has upped the age limit to 70.
 ANOTHER THING the Army can't adequately explain is why they've established so few Separ- ation Centers to handle discharg- es, and why one of them, Camp Dix, N. J., is so poorly run that it was recently subjected to complete investigation by the In- spector Generals Office.
 One group especially restless are the limited service men-men with physical infirmities, who were drafted for non-conlbat service and hence can never go abroad to roll up discharge points. They are at the bottom of the discharge barrel and prob-. ably can't get out until the end Of the war.
 Obviously, these are complex
 problems and extremely diffi-
 cult for the Army to solve.
 Actually, though they aren't
 announcing it, Army personnel
 experts are working on a new
 system, but it's not likely to
 hatch until the end of the sum-
 mer or fall. Meanwhile the
 discharge snafu continues.
 NOTE-One thing that eSpec- ially gripes enlisted men is that, while they aren't supposed to write to their Congressmen, the brass hats troop up to Capitol Hill in droves and even maintain a special lobbying agency in Con- gress to convince the legislators of their own efficiency.
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 One off-the-record factor which brought the showdown on Nor genthau's resignation was the re- port that Judge Fred Vinson was going with Truman to Berlin. Hearing this, Morgenthau decided it was time for him to move in and find out where he stood Actually, Truman wasn't ready for Morgenthautu's resignation, had wanted him to stay on till V-J Day, though always wanted Vinson to be his eventual Secre- tary of the Treasury .. M0rgen- thau has just about completed a sizzling book on cur postwar policy toward Germany. A lot of ears will burn if he finally de- cides to release it Painstak- ing Brig. Gen. George A. Horkan, commander at Camp Lee, Va, has a mania for neatness. He keeps the post spic-and-span, has been known to stop and pick up 8 cigarette butt. The other day, however, about 100 men were food-polsoned at the mess Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace, now 56 years old, has just qualified for 8 private pilots license. Dissatisfied, he has be- gun studying radio in order to qualify for radio operators license-necessary before he can fly 8 larger plane. That is his next ambition .. Correction: In paying tribute to the com- manding officers of the U. s. S. Pittsburgh, which helped rescue the wounded airplane carrier Franklin, this column recently listed the Executive Officer of the Pittsburgh as Commander Rivers instead of Rivero. Com mander Rivero is one of the few Puerto Rican naval officers in. the U. s. Navy. An Annapolis graduate, he is extremely modest, retiring, and a brilliant officer. AS previously reported. he re- mained 37 hours on the fantail of the Pittsburgh, watching the towline which brought the Frank lin out of range of Jap planes. UNDER THE DOME
 Release of a group of interned Nazis in Cuba last month has been followed by a flood of anti Semitic propaganda, particularly in Havana. Falangist clements in Cuba are cooperating Be- cause of an old verbal agreement that the British were to have first call on eggs exported from Argentina, the Dairy and Poul- try Branch of the War Food Administration says U. s. impor- ters should keep hands of Argen- tine eggs .. Representative Eu- gene .Goober" Cox of Camilla, Ga. was on the spot last week