The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-14

erated by the following group: Standard of New Jersey, Shell, Atlantic, Gulf, Pan-American, Texas, Consolidated, SOc0ny and Tidewater. Naturally the oil companies would like to get their hands on this great trans-con- tinental artery.
 And here is the joker. Although Congress thought it was putting all surplus property in the hands of its specially organized Surplus War Property Beard, actually the White House can get rid of the pipelines at any time without consulting Congress or the Sur plus Property Board.
 This proviso was neatly tucked into the law which created tEe pipelines by Jesse Jones RFt boys, notorious for currying favor with the big oil companies. With the President away most of the time, the REC has tremendous power in these things.
 And here is another joker. Even today, the contracts be- tween the REC and the oil conn., panies operating the Govern ment pipelines are kept abSO- lutely secret. If you ask to see them, you will be told it's war secret. Meanwhile all other Government contracts are open for any taxpayers inspection. Obviously no military security is involved. If the Nazis were going to blow up the pipelines, they would have done it long ago for their location is plain ly marked and is no secret.
 Only the contract between the operating oil companies and the REC is secret. Meanwhile, the backstage jockeying for postwar control continues.
 WHY RUSSIA CRACKS SWISS
 There is great deal more than meets the naked eye in Russia's recent blasts against little Switz- eralnd."
 Actually, Switzerland has been 8 perfect refuge for Nazi loot, has also been very careful to do noth- ing to offend the Germans until the last few weeks, when an AL lied victory has become apparent even to a blind man. One back stage reason behind the barring of neutrals from the San Fran cisco Conference is that Russia will not sit in any diplomatic conferences with that nation un- til Dr. Won Steiger, president of the Swiss Confederation, is busted from office. The Russians feel Won Steiger is pro-Nazi. Here is their evidence:
 Several years ago, the Rus sians established 8 secret intel ligence organization in Switzer- land to watch Nazi operations there. The organization was headed by a Russian general
 who hid out in Geneva and
 broadcast to Moscow over carefully hidden shOrtwave ra- diO.
 But when the Nazis occupied southern France, they managed to chart the location of the Soviet sending set, informed the Swiss police of its existence, and or- dered the Swiss to crack down on the Russians. President Vor Steiger, then head of the Justice and Police Ministries, was so anxious to lawn before the Nazis that he ordered the Swiss police to seize the set and try to use it to send false information to Moscow. However, the Russian general escaped to the Balkans and managed to inform Moscow of what was tip before any tur- ther damage was done. Now, it is the Russians turn
 to get even. And they won't play ball with Switzerland un-
 til the Swiss house clean their President.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Indiana's ex-Governor Clifford Townsend is being pushed by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard (aIsO of Indiana) for Rural Elec- trification Administrator, the joh denied to Aubrey Williams by the ] Senate. In the old days, HoosieE