The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-29

nal parts of the story was o1 price of coffee. which this time may be boosted.
 Chief problem is that Brazil, our biggest coffee shipper and our best friend in Latin America, is finoIng 1t so uneconomical to grow coffee that she is turning to cotton. In that case she would be our chief competitor instead of our chief customer
 Labor costs in Brazil have ris-
 en to such an extent that Bra
 zilian coffee growers can't pro-
 duce at the OPA ceiling price
 which averages around 13 cents
 a pound. They would increase
 the cost of a cup of coffee
 one-eighth of cent.
 The State Department favors such a price rise. The OPA anxious to hold the line, is op- posed.
 RADIO PROBLEMS AT FRISCO
 Painstaking, grey hatred Mi chael McDermott has handled score of [" important diplomatic conferences. But the San Fran cisco barley probably has given him more grey hairs than any other.
 One contributor was mild hammered Judge Roy Hofheinz,
 former municipal court judge of Houston, Texas, the first man to buck Jesse Jonese' radio mOn- opoly in Houston. At San Fran cisco, Hofheinz carried a small
 wire recorder, an instrument about the size of a portable
 typewriter which records con- versations.
 Much tot he annoyance of the efficient McDcrmott, Hofheinz brought his recorder to press con- ferences and made record of everything diplomats had to say. Because of off-the-record state ments made by U. S. diplomats, McDermott was afraid Hofheinz might broadcast some of his re- cordings, thus revealing secrets to the public.
 So every time McDermott spot ted Hofheinz at press confer ence, he made a beeline for the ex-judge of Houston. Finally, it was agreed that Hofheinz could record any press conference if the individual being interviewed agreed. McDermott did not ex- pect any such permission to be given.
 So in the middle of one mo- mentOus press conference staged by Soviet Foreign Commisar M0lotov, McDermott suddenly saw Judge Hofheinz operating
 his recorder. Every word the Soviet Commissar said was be- ing taken down on wire for the people of Houston to hear. Alarmed, McDermOtt ordered the Texan to leave the room. H0f- heinz, however, meekly conduct 1t McDermott to one of Molo- toys aids, who verified the fact that the Soviet C0mmisa5r had given his permission for the press conference to be re- corded.
 Furthermore, Molotov was so intrigued with the recorder that he ordered one for himself.
 NOTE: Before Hofheinz depart ed from San Francisco, several hundred of the machines had been ordered by foreign governments. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Senator Carl Hatch of New Mexico has been sitting on the Anti-Poll Tax Bill until the San Francisco United Nations Charter is out of the way. He does not want a poll-tax filibuster to up- set ratification of the Charter Fortnight Fred Vinson, the War Mobilizer, is going to be put on the spot soon by the Surplus War Property Board. It is about to hatch ruling whereby $11,- O00, 100000 of Government owned war plants and machinery would be sold merely on the basis of price, not on the basis of where they could stimulate business and competition If the Surplus Board has its way, war plants, machinery, etc., will go to the DuPonts, General Motors, Ford. and others with the most cash to buy them Despite Roosevelt's policy of aiding small buisiness, war orders were concentrated in fowar o0unAniAs than aver haf0ra.