The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-17

OPA regional Director in Pittsburgh recommended against
 the price increase. But in Washington, Jeffery Baker, head of the OPA food section, and former official with Gen eral Foods, recommended that the regional office be Overruled.
 However, OPA top men may be overruled in turn. Economic Stabilizer Vinson has been asked to investigate the whole thing. What Hard d-fuels Administrator Ickes will be up against in March is the certain demand of John l.. Lewis for higher coal wages. Last year Ickes had a survey made of fodo prices in the cossl regions and found that they had in creased. This was one reason why he doesn't want any addi- uonal price hikes to be registered this year.
 CAPITOL CHAFF
 Corrections: Tn recently report ing that the last Senator Atlee Pomerene of Ohio succeeded Charles G. Dawes as Chairman" of the REC, this column should have listed Dawes as president" of the REC. Eugene Meyer, Jr., then Governor of the Federal Re- serve Board, was also ex-Officio Chairman of the REC, retiring voluntarily early in 1882. Follow ing his retirement as chairman and Dawes resignation as presi- dent, the two jobs were rolled into one, and Atlee Pomerene became chairman. Jesse Jones succeeded Pomerene =. Some time ago this columnist reported that Colonel David K. Bruce, husband of Ailsa Mellon, had sent cables home from London through the OSS, ordering certain securities sold in the stock mar ket. We have now learned that Colonel Bruce is the trustee Of several charities, and that any cables he hent were purely to serve the public interest of these charities, rather than his own. Sincere apologies to the Colonel ,. Orchids to General Jim Ulio and his associates in the Adjutant Generals Office for the lighting speed with which they are bring ing soldiers mail back from the Philippines. o lot of 1t is getting back in less than a week Among the llve-wire new Con- greSsmen are two gentlemen from Kentucky - Earle Clements and Frank Chef . The man whom the women should thank for de- manding reasonable-priced chil- dren's clothes, underwear and cotton goods-and more of them is Judge Fred VinSon. He has been plugging this with the tex tile industry for weeks and now has about succeeded.
 CHANDLER VS. DEWEY IN AS
 While Governor Dewey lunched with Republican Senators on Capitol Hill, newsmen were sur prised to see Democratic Senator Happy" Chandler of Kentucky lingering on the outskirts of the party.
 ''What are you doing here,
 Senator? they asked.
 "WelI you see," replied the
 irrepressible Happy five
 never met MT. Dewey and
 wanted to meet the man who
 will run against me in 1948.
 NOTE-Actually Chandler is thinking of running for Cover nor of Kentucky in 1946, a job which he held once before, and whichhe considers more power full than that of U. s. Senator. It is possible that Louisville's up- and-coming young Mayor Wilson Wyatt may run against him.
 UNDER THE DOME
 Since appearing before the Sen ate Military Affairs Committee to explain about the "A" priority for Elliott Roosevelts dog, Major General Harold George, head of the Army Transport Service. has a new excuse whenever he is late for an engagement. He says: T had to see a man about dog" The Chicago Sun, one of the strongest supporters of Henry Wallace. has not been happy to learn that when Jesse Jones ap- peared recently at the National Press Club he was eulogized for about ten minutes by Bascom Timmong. head of the Sun Bu- Teau in Washington. Timmons