The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

velop the Galapagos Island of Albermarle.
 Roosevelt personally had devised the strategy of forming an Amer ican trading company to put 8 base on Albcrmarlc. He had gone fishing there in 1888 purposely to inspect it. His great uncle, Capt. Amasa Delano, put in at the island on his voyages to China. F'DR's mother, as a young girl, also stopped there on trip to China.
 So the President. well before Pearl HarbOr, and knowing war with Japan was unacceptable, had
 the Pacific Development com pany organized as Delaware Corporation, and instructed Jesse Jones to give it a S3O,- 900 credit. WhereupOn, Jesse naively told his press confer ence ali about the credit.
 Immediately, Ecuadoreon news papers hit the ceiling The deal was called off.
 Later, when Japan attacked Ecuador jumped in with 100 per cent cooperation. She not only gave us a base in the Galapagos, but another on the mainland.
 Brazil, Paraguay and nearly all Latin American countries did like wise when they saw the need for common defense. This illustrates their frame of mind. Though they dread the spectre of U. S. troops on their soil, they have cooperated completely when there is real danger and when they can work together on a mutual pro- position.
 Beneath the surface they are now increasingly reSentful at
 ROOSevelts one sided directive demanding U. $. bases on their soil, after the war.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Inside reason Why Boss Ed Flynn of the Bronx went to Yalta with the President was flor the ride. He didn't go to smooth out relations between the Vatican and the Kremlin The Russians say that when this is to be done they will talk direct, not use Tammany politicians, even though Flynn is a close friend of Arch bishop Spellman Ever since last summer, and the Father Orlemanski episode, the Russians are bit leery of dealing with second-hhand representatives of the Vatican Secretary of the Interior Ickes is still waiting for Jesse Jones to write him a let ter--as he did to other cabinet colleagues asking for a note of commendation regarding his work as Federal Loan Adminis- trator. Ickes was publicly criti- cal of Jones loans, so probably he'll wait in vain to hear from Jesse . Fortnight James c. Rogers, deputy OPA administrator has real sense of humor. He tells this story on himself: "SOme. how or other the OPA got out a regulation in which we included a price for live chickens without feathers" Tn 48 hours. Ken tucky's senator Happy" Chandler saw one n-law, It. Col. John P. Gregg, return from series of daring B-29 flights over Japan, and his other Son-in-law, Major John Cabell, depart from q new air assignment over Europe.
 California's ardent Senator Sheridan Downey has been stag ing @ stubborn uphill fight be- fore the Senate Foreign Relations Committee against the proposed Mexican American water treaty In the course of the battle. Dow ney has had plenty of arguments with Senate colleagues, most ol whom favor Cordell Hull'S last treaty. However, Downey loses no opportunity to flatter sena' tor whose vote he might swing against the treaty.
 The other day Downey told the committee that a New Mexico court decision favored California position against giving water tt Mexico. AS he made the state. ment, Downey nodded admirlngly at Senator Hatch Of New Mex ico, whose vote he is trying tC Woo.
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