The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-09

sistance on the German northern flank would then completely col lapse, and the way would be open through Belgium into Holland
 Changed orders-Colonel Whit ney emphasized that this plan was cancelled at the last minte on orders from the highest authority (meaning President Roosevelt), and the focal point was shifted to the right flank so as to encircle Paris from the south. In his opinion, this was a complete mis- take because a delay of at least ten days was unavoidable.
 Political reasons-He has the pression, which was shared by many high American officers, that, quite Intentionally and for poli- tical reasons, offensive operations were stopped. In the course of later discussion, Whitney mentioned the name of General Patton who, if he liked to admit it, knows very well why the thrust at Vernon was not carried out" LINCOLN-ROOSEVELT
 BIRTHDAYS
 The question of making F7ebru- ary 12, Lincoln's birthday, na- tional holiday has now been put up to the Senate by North Da- kotas Senator Langer in a man. her difficult to dodge. Hitherto, Southern legislators have opposed any national holidays for the Civil War president, but when Senator DoWney of California in- troduced a bill to make Jan. 30, Roosevelt's birthday, a national holiday, Langer immediately intro duced the Lincoln birthday bill and insisted that the Judiciary Committee could not report one out without the other. Both bills will probably die in committee .. Two years ago Secretary of State Hull asked Atty. Gen. Riddle to act aS chairman of the Allied War Crimes Commission, explain ing that the British wanted an American chairman Any thing the British want us to pre- side over means they don't want to do much about it themselves" replied Riddle, and he tucked the job. Some diplomats, watching the diletante way Justice Bob Jackson has gone about trying Nazi war criminals, wish that Riddle had taken the job instead. PAINTING RANKIN
 War veterans haven't forgotten the way Mississippi's ranting Con- gressman John Rankin tried to hush up probing of the Veter- ans Administration. Resentment is increasing against him even in Mississippi :. When Albert Maisel's revealing article in Cos mopolitan on the Veterans Ad- miniStration was referred to by other Congressmen, Rankin sneered that the author was Jew ish . It was fitting tribute that Roosevelt memorial services aboard the USS Pittsburgh in mid-Pacific were conducted by FDR's old secretary, Lieut.. Com. Eugene Casey .. Those back from the Pacific say that on the day Roosevelt died, life seemed to drop out of things for the boys at the front. They couldn't do any real fighting for a couple of days . Fortnight Senator Joe O'Mahoney of Wyoming and working Rep. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee are doing their best to plug holes in the Antitrust Act. Legislation introduced by them would ban directors of corporation from taking over the assets of a competing company, thus forming monopoly {. The present Clayton Antitrust Act bans directors from acquiring the stock of competing company but doesn't ban acquisition of assets. WHISPERING CAMPAIGN
 Down at Odessa, Texas, Lieut.. Dick McCauley of Midland Air Field made a speech before the Junior Chamber of Commerce, telling them a hush-hush story of Jap balloons floating over the western United States. He said newspapers and radio could not publish the information, but lis- tcners could spread it by word of mouth :. The ensuing Whis- pering campaign had just got un-