The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-07

Grew from fortnight Senator Langer of North Dakota which so far has not been answered.
 Langer has asked Grew about the circumstances under which Patrick J. Hurley, U. s. Ambas- SadOr to China, received S75,OO0 from the Sinclair Oil company during 1945, and $10S, 900 from Sinclair in 1942, while in U. s. Army uniform.
 Senator Langer also asked how many times Ambassador Hurley has visited the oil-rich countries of the Near East on his way to China, an area in which U. s. oil companies have big stake.
 The Senator also asked wheth- CT Hurley, while in the employ of the U. s. Government, pro- posed system whereby the Unit ed States would send economic and political advisers to help govern the oil areas of the Near East-a move which undoubtedly would aid U. S. oil companies, including Sinclair.
 It Is decidely unusual for U. S. ambassador to receive money from 8 private oil com pany while engaged in diplO- matic duties, and Senator Lan- ger has asked to- have all the facts.
 CHICKEN RACKET INCREASES
 Just before Congressman Clin- ton Anderson became Secretary of Agriculture, two FBI investi- gators brought his Food Con- mittee a startling report on the black market in chickens. It chowed that New York hospitals are able to get only a driblet of poultry, while tons of it go to the black market. Investigators also reported that the local War Food Administration seemed to play into the hands of the black mar keteers in the Delaware Mary land-Virginia area.
 "All the persons involved in the chicken business, from grower to dealer, in that area are cbiselers," the investigators quoted Clifford Shedd, WFA representative at Dover, Del, as saying.
 "As our investigation pro- gressed," the FBI continued, Eve learned that this statement apparently is true. The black market business is so lucrative" investigators reported to An derson, "that payment of fines in some cases has come to be considered by the black mar keteers as merely a license to further violate the law"
 Most important in abolishing the black market, the FBI report ed, is the need for severe jail sentences. Black market corlvic- tions usually carry only suspen- sionS or small fines, which do not worry the operator. Furthermore, OPA enforcement efforts are in effective because of the small OPA staff and the failure of the public to go to OPA about viola tions.
 The investigators especially concentrated on the Delmarva Delaware Maryland Virginia) peninsula, one of the chief poultry growing areas of the U. s. A. Here the Army has or- dered poultry dealers to set aside certain amount of chickens for military c0nsump- ti0n.
 But the War Food Administra- tion office in Dover, Del, accord ing to the report submitted to Anderson, follows the amazing procedure of permitting black market operators to release poul- try. Following this, War Food turns around and calls upon other dealers in the same area to pro- vide chickens for the Army's needs.
 The two Justice Department in- vestigators discovered @ very irl- teresting fact. When dealers tele- phoned Clifford Shedd, WFA representative in Dover, to get permission to release poultry for the civilian market, they were told:
 "Call Dover 3412."
 It so happens that Dover 34l2 is the telephone number of Norman Pratt. Ands according to the investigators report, Pratt is tze iezdex of q gEolzp Qg ncliltEV-