The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-12
By DrssO Pearson

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 Noee-fEow much TTumana rght-hand adviser saa snS S sl0s so pssSn wS crsSsns tho price of steel white House secret George Allen b director o4 Renuhllc Steel and an intimate friend ot iapore batting Tom olrder wnoss % cSpeSn sa p rIss sssost n c ganise his mills oirdler has telepnone aCVeS s George Allen day or night FEequenty. Allen hnes ue on the liberal side of White House arsumenA, eas v Is sgnifIcant that for the first time in recent history a director of Q powerful steel company sat at keN post inside the White House.
 
 Decision tO give fat hike to steel was com. l. municated to the Cabinet at White House luncneo4 next day. The announcement was to be made at D. m that day.
 One hour after lunch this fact leaked to Phi Murrays steel workers union Also 1t leaked out tnAs fumhling John snyder planned to announce the pEco hike without first getting @ commitment rom tne steel companies as to how much wage increase they could give labor. In other words ne planneu 0 throw away his chief bargaining power again.
 Frantcally, Phil Murray's office called Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach
 "The Secretary of Labor is very busy today" re- piled the young lady who guards .s, nis oilce' a1e
 '~rell him that mere handful of 7OOOOO steer workers who are going out on strike Monoay havo some ideas they want to get to nlm, snot DECK oIS of Murrays aides Finally he got through to scnwel"
 It was just in time. Newsmen had gathered to receive the p. m release which naive Jonn Snyoer planned to issue announcing the new price ot steel without getting an agreement on wages. ScnWenen- bach stopped the release. He got Snyder to go pack and talk to Big Steel again-ths time regaruing wages. ...
 In New York, meanwhile, the Stock Market boomed to new heights News of the steel increase had leaked out. In press conference, Harry Truman told newsmen that Emil Schram, head Of the New York Stock Exchange had informed him there was no imitation in the market.
 Old-timers recalled the days when CalVln Coolidge stood up in press conferences, ntcneu a! his trousers and gave out statements which sent the Coolidge bull market soaring to new levels.
 Remarked inflaton-wse Leon Henderson, e@ OPA Administrators:
 "Tts the first shot in the arm Next spring, with elections around the corner, they'll be craving the next shot"
 Obviously, U s. troops can't be withdrawn from a lot of strategic areas abroad. But on the otner hand lot of troops abroad are merely marking time in potential trouble spots One of the worst IS india U S. troops in Calcutta fired on & native crowd the other day and before the melee was over four CHS were killed and 30 wounded. It wasn't the CHS fault. They shouldn't be put m the middle of a dynamite-laden political situation where they have to uphold imperialism ot either the British or the Russians. Most statesman- like portrayal of our problems with Russia and now to meet them was given Jan. by Editor Hernert Elliston of the Washington Post. If our diplomats followed his advice we could save ourselves lot or trouble Another illustration of how the military encroach on the State Department: When Gen. Marshall went to China he insisted on putting his own man in the State Departmental. Col. James Davis-to handle all his messages and contacts with other governments