The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-05

The two greatest contributions to the burning Of Japan are the B-29 and a new, still somewhat mysterious fire-pomb known as "Goop Bomb. Just how the Coop Bomb got its name isn't known. However, it's the most terrible fire spreader in the world. Part of it's secret is an oily mush developed by petroleum chemists. This makes the contents of the bombs stick in gluelike gobs to anything it hits, making it almost impossible for Japanese freight CTS to scrape it loose.
 However, what really made the bomb the most terrible in the world was experiments carried out by some of Henry Ka!ser's West Coast scientists. They found Kaiser had a surplus of fast burn ing, whito-hOt magnesium produc- ton on his hands, and they also knew one of the greatest diffi- culties in making magnesium is it's high explosive content. So they eXperimented with mixing magnesium dust in the oil of the bomb.
 This magnesium dust lights up in soaring blaze as soon as it comes in contact with air. Re suit is the hottest fire ever known.
 Most important effect of the "Goop Bomb" is that no known fire-fighting equipment can douse the flames. Water only adds to the blaze: as do any of the other specialized fire fighting chemicals. All the JapS do now against the Coop Bomb" is to try to con- fine the area in which it burns, not put it out.
 This is one reason for increas- ing optimism about an early end of the Jap war.
 NO SUEZ LEND-LEASE
 British insistence that the United States pay tolls on troops and war supplies shipped through the Suez Canal continues to fank4e III Il9Q cITcIeS.
 London's explanation is that Suez is not British Government owned, but controlled by an in ternaticnal company. (The Bri- tish own about A per cent of the stock, the French 52 per cent and the Dutch the balanceD However, U. s. officials don't accept the idea that the British stock is privately controlled. Actually, Britains share is tightly controlled by the British government, and one of the famous events in the reign of Queen Victoria was Disraeli's bold stroke in borrowing 4000,- GOO pounds sterling in the name of the British Cabinet to secure a large block of Canal stock for the government.
 However, in order to get around the British excuse regarding in- ternational ownership of Suez, Washington proposed to London that we be given reverse lend lease on Suez tolls equivalent to the ownership of British stock. In other words, if the British own A per cent of Suez stock, they would reduce Canal tolls to ships by A per cent.
 We also made the same pro posal to the French, namely that
 Suez tolls be gwen us on re-
 verse lend-lease equal to owner
 ship of French stock, or about
 B per cent.
 Both refused.
 NOTE: Now that we are ship ping troops and supplies from Europe through the Suez to the Pacific war, Canal tolls run into millions. British war supplies go- ing through the Panama Canal get free tolls under lend-lease. AMERICAS NO. HEEL
 Former OPA Administrator Leon Henderson is a sad man these days. Every time he picks up the newspapers, he reads story after story telling how Washington has given some manufacturer per- mission to produce again. nal revolution which the Puritan