The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-06
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last 10 days that even the top men in oPA don't know what viii be decontsolled next prlos ohlef Paul Porter hopes to work out an orderly schedule this week but that depends on whether Reconverson Director John steelman will play ball with him. .. ratest aioean among Supreme Court justices s "Cear ft with Kelly" Paul Kelly k Chief Justice vinsons old secretary and political adviser. .. Though Sem ator wayne Morse Liberal Oregon Republican, public ly suppbrted reactionary Republican Senate cand- dates n Idaho and Washington, he offered Co 90 to Oklahoma City to help Democratic Representative Mike Monroney Monroney said he didn't need him. Gerald t, K smith head of the America First Party, has now thrown his full weight behind American Action Inc the blue-chip America First organization under another name which raised Q T00OOO slush fund to defeat Liberal candidates for Congress.
 
 Secretary Byrnes and Assistant Secretary Win Clayton are differing over loans to countries in the Soviet orbit. Clayton maintains that If we cut off trade and credits to pro-ussian nations this dollar diplomacy will drive those nations further into the Soviet orbit, clayton also wants Russia to sit in at the world Trade Conference in London as means of insurine the peace , The American Army sions already active in the Chinese civil war This Is Q total of 22 armies-70700O mef-phis 1000 Chinese air cadets. This IS four times as many men as the army equipped while China was fighting Japan. The State Department has turned thumbs down on the proposed Argentine purchase of our surplus cor- vettes and landing craft They might be used for ag- gressive warfare in Latin America. Ambassador to Russian Bede Smith has been trying to work out blueprint of economic cooperation with Russia during his current conferences with top officials at the State Department. Smith is trying to pin down the administration to final decision on Russian loan, President Truman will try to heal the breach between the U. g. and Czechoslovalda by lunchng with Jan Masaryk, the foreign minister of Czechoslovakia
 It has all been kept very hush-hush, but D. s. Ambassador to Chile Claude Bowers was opposed to sending Admiral William Leahy to Chile on battle- ship.
 Bowers wrote several confidential letters to the President on the subject, but Truman went ahead anyway.
 When left-wng Chilean presidential candidate Gabriel Gonzalez videla, generally regarded as the first Communistelected president in Latin America. swept into office, Bowers sent personal note to the President warning of possible dangers ahead To avoid them he urged Truman to send Henry Wallace, then Secretary of Commerce as the Presidents per- sonal representative to Gonzalez Videla's naugura- ton.
 Bowers made the point that Wallace was especial ly equipped to convince the Chilean adminisrra- tion as we'll as the Chilean people, of the peaceful and friendly feelings of the United States Wallace, he said could effectively convince the Chileans of the dangers inherent in excessive leftism.
 Truman said nothing to Wallace, but sent Admiral Leahy aboard U. S. battleShip, accompanied by task force In Latin America this is interpreted part of Americas new "get tough" policy, though actually Leahy sent because he was personal friend of President Gonzalez Videla when both served as ambassadors to Vichy France.