The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-06
By DresO Pearson

,n.ends 70 use II against the British loan and IN
secret meeting Of the Bducation and Labor commie-
tee, senator Allen Ellcnder Of Louisiana promised
that there viii be "a great deal Of discussion" when
the bin setting the minimum wage at % cents an
hour comes 10 the floor Of the senate Bob
HAnnegan held q meeting Thursday with all heads
OF government agencies and told them 70 get BUSY
raising money for the Democratic partys millions
dollar ie4e war chest Higher salared federal ems
ployes would have to help prime the political pump
this time, Hannesan urged.
seen around che Presidents birthday Ball: g.
year-old starlet Margaret oBrien having date
with Admiral Nimitz. Last time she dated orass
hat was when General Marshall returned from
Teheran via Chungking and Hollywood. MARGARET
asked him II he spoke Chinese. Absentmindedy he
said he knew few words, whereup0n she began
rafting OFF Chinese to the astonished head OF tne
U. g. Army General Marshall Of course. lacked the
benefit Of a Chinese nurse. The steel barons
may lose some of their biggest customers u Henry
Kasers ideas go through Engineers at kaaSefs
Fleetwood body plant have been experimenting Ior
weeks with aluminium to replace the steel In auto
mobile bodies To be sure Of getting all the aluminium
he needs, Kaiser has entered his bid With the RFC
10 buy the government aluminium plant and aluml-
mum rolling mill at Spokane, Wash. Reynolds Metal
also has bid on the rolling mill, and the American
Smelling Company Is dickering to take over the
aluminium plant at Troutdale, Ore.
After months Of negotiation, the state DEPART
ment finally arranged get several thousand fugi-
tive Nazis out OF Franco spain last week. However,
when the department finished scheduling the air.
ports from which the Nass would depart SO the
u s. Army could fly in and pick them up, the War
Department boredy announced 1t was not interested,
that the war over and the State Department
could deport the Nazs in its own way. The Brit
ish aren't helping the Palestine situation by sending
Naz prisoners of war to the Holy Land as work
This Is regarded direct slap at the memory
Of millions Of Jews murdered by the NazE IN the
last IL years. Able Randolph Pau Is about TO
begin negotiating with Swiss bankers TO recover bill
lions In NaH assets concealed in Switzerland. His
Job will be harder becsuse the Britsh-despite our
loan to them-refused TO accept the American sug-
geStion that both countries use economic sanctions
against the Swiss and other socalled neuras If they
refuse to cooperate.
This week the most elite prison camp in Germany
is scheduled to go out Of existence Whether 1t final
y does so or not another matter. Actually, it isn't
a prison camp, but a virtual resort center where
several hundred hgh-ranking Nazs and former SIS
men are paid by the U. S. government entertained
with movies fed good rations permitted to see their
families and treated to boar hunting.
Reason behind the establishment OF this extra
ordinary prison camp was an attempt to secure
Nazi documents The plan began prior to We Day.
when SEAEF organized a top-secret project known
as Operation Gold Cup. The 508th Parachute In
fantry Regiment coached to parachute into Ber-
lin, take the highest offices OF Hiters govern
ment seize important documents and arrest key Of
ficias.
In the end, Operation Gold Cup" went
through due to the fact that Russian artillery pound
the Russians given the initial job Of occupying
Berlin.
After the Berlin occupations however. Military
Intelligence set up a ritzy prison camp near Kassel
collected various Nazi records. and put top IS men
and officials in the camp TO interpret them. The
plush rations and entertainment given the prisoners
in the nature Of bride TO get them TO give away
Nazi secrets.
Recently, Military Government officials decided
that Nazi coddling had gone far enough, and di-
rective was issued discontnuing the kassel camp by
February l. Recently however, the center was full,
and with few signs Of approaching liquidation
that many in Germany figured 1t would be contin-
ned beyond this weeks deadline