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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-28

Descending In the elevator from the
conference room, Leary speaking so
all could hear him very distinctly,
declared:
II want no lawyers, I want mo-
thing. I am going back"
In this manner did the principal
igure Of the day sum up the OUT
come OF the conference and his de-
termination to waive any rights to
contest extradition.
Before starting for the court ses-
sion Leary was taken to a room in
the building where some $4,000 In
cash was returned to him.
Il am satisfied with everything"
Leary said. And that's the premise
we are working on" directing his
remarks to Commissioner Hickey.
No one offered an explanation OF the
the premise
Palmer 20 Claim Reward
Arraigned before Judge Ward and
Commissioner John r. Pendergast
at brief sessions Leary signed the
necessary legal papers recording his
willingness to return to Connecti-
cut without a court order. Incident
ally formal extradition papers sign
ed by Gov. Raymond Z. Baldwin Of
Connecticut weer presented at the
hearing. Commissioner Hickey had
come to Chicago prepared for any
emergency, but evidently most con-
fident that he and Mr.. Leary would
reach an agreement.
AS q matter of official fact Mr..
Hickey had made reservations for
his party and his special guest to
leave Chicago by train at 1850 p. m.
today q p. m, EST) He forgot,
however, to make reservations for
Waterbury newspapermen covering
the hearing.
ing that q. Ray Palmer who will
eventually calm the 5000 reward
for Leary's capture had seen the
former aWterbury offlcial on the
streets Of Chicago about a week ago.
When Ell observed him the second
time he followed him and put the
finger on him" by calling q police
man.
Apparently anticipating some
home town" speculation, Commits
sioner Hickey remarked that Pal
mer made no effort to contact Leary
personally or to negotiate with him
In any way. This Is the equivalent
OF Intimating that there was no at
tempt at any shake down." II that
suspicion should happen to rise in
anyone's mind.
v. ,v,,, h-tnF ,t.ok. ,,,sat. ,ooisno oF-
fieials around central headquarters
here today / found that Leary as
Mr.. Donovan" enjoyed a reputation
for being a very quiet, pleasant
gentleman, who just seemed devot-
ed business. He was regarded as
a very successful business man.
No Longer Interested
Il have met Palmer and talked
with him. He Is ready TO discuss
Leary and his arrest here in Chi
cago. but when / mentioned a few
words about the Grand Jury back
in Waterbury and his part in the
Grand Jury hearing, he quickly re-
minded me that he didn't want to
hear anything about Connecticut or
grand juries. That is all over now
and / am no longer interested"
Palmer looked just as he talked
very unhappy about the whole af-
fair.
81 expect to see Jack Tierney for
a few minutes before I start for the
railroad station and home. II 1 am
lucky viii ride with Commissioner
Hickey and his party. not, just
tell the boys am on the way home.
that's all. BY the way the plane
trip out, tell the gang, was some
thing to write about / hope to get
around to that little task later"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-28
$4,000 Collision
Suit Withdrew

Withdrawal papers have been
filed In Superior Court in the s25,-
600 collision suit brought by Albert
GinsbIrg Of Waterbury against Len
der J Parent, also OF this city. The
litigation was based ON injuries SUE
tanned June ~. 1871 II an accident
on Prospect road Settlement terms
were not disclosed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-28

Municipal elections recently held
In Chungking. China, were the first
ip 1000 years.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-28

This morning at IL o'clock Leary slated to appear
before Judge Harold G. Ward OF the Chicago Criminal Court
Not 20 Contest ExtradltlOn
AT 10 o'clock he held conference with his lawyers but
from information he had divuged In conversations with
Commissioner Hickey earlier In the day It was evident that
he had decided not to contest exadon and to return to
Connecticut.
At the legal conference Leary conferred with Emmett F.
Bynes former assistant states attorney of County Cook
and prosecutor IN the famous Leopold trial years ago.
Attorney Cappee H Damrel who has represented him
previous occasions and Robert Shapiro who identified him
self counsel for the Religious Mart formerly owned ana
operated with mr. Donovan" as one Of the partners.
As the group dispersed and started for the court cham
bers for a formal hearing met Leary face to face.
"Why, Ray Fitzpatrick" he exclaimed, How you :
It's years since last you It's good to
meet someone from the old home town."
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Demurrer
OverruIed

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Spoin Sends
Forces North

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Corps Costs
Are Answered

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BonkerAsks
US. to Keep

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Vundenberg
EnIistS Aid
OF SoLons

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Kovocs Lose
Trial Appeal

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Extradition Right
Waived by Leary
tcOntlnued from Page u
Not 20 Contest ExtradltiOn

This morning at IL o'clock Leary was slated to appea
before Judge Harold G. Ward OF the Chicago Criminal Court
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-28

Edward ]. DoolQv, who had accom-
panied Hickey % the Windy City,
Conscience Bothered Him
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Two attorneys are now In con-
tact with Leary should he seek
further legal representation. They
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
MT. Reuther's Victory

The apprehension felt by many toward the Communist influence in American labor unions is no ordinary keo scare Communists control the policies of several unions if they do not actually head them Their group organized labor relatively small but is composed of whose formidable energy has brought them to positions of consld erabe prominence.
 Their stock took sharp drop, however when Walter F. Reuther managed squeak through to the presidency of the United Automobile Workers. Mr. Reuther is de- scribed as rght-wing Socialist Personally he to stand considerably to the left of his opponent in the election R. J. Thomas But, though he has lived and worked Tn Russia-or perhaps because he hasMr Reuther bitter foe of the JAW Communists.
 In his bid for reelection Mr. Thomas supported by the LAWS right wing well by the Communists. He seems to have appreciated the Communists support without embracing their vews while they apparently appreciated his acquiescenee. The dubious unity resulting from ths association vsiby dsntegratng for some time peIore the JAW convention.
 countrys largest and most powerful unions They have suffered defeat by supporters of dynamic young vet eran of the industrial who did not fear to carry the fight to them frankly and openly.
 Mr. Reuther has promised truly unified union and an end to the factonal strife which tore the JAW from top bottom That may not be promise to keep But
 Mr. Reuther succeeds in keeping it he will have dealt the Communists in his organization hard blow For unity IS to their liking unless is unity that they themselves can impose with iron hand Nor do they thrive in at mosphere of caness of anything resembling acceptance of the status quo.
 Mr. Reuther's expected housekeeping of Communists within the JAW will be watched with interest outside as we'll inside the field of organized labor. So too will his strategy of labor relations that he is top in the CLOS biggest union.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
Daylight Time

Time beginning April 28 All the New England States, with the exception of Maine will adopt the time that gives the farmers the pleasure drivers and many other concerned all extra hour of daylight.
 During the war years went from month to montn and year to year with change in time was War Time a home and abroad When the ended this country went back to Standard Time Now will have the pleasure or dspleasure of nkerng with the clocks and acquantng our selves with what cities and states adopting the generally accepted time
 Many major cities will adopt Daylight Time, and just as many will not And though Daylight Time is adopted by certain states as whole and then again just certain cities and towns in sate there will be special routine matters of legal intent that will have to consider the Standard Time element . somewhat confusing but have lived through mixture of varied time the past stands the future results when the schedules adopted will not be o too serious portent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04

insurance under antitrust laws in 1o4s, with ex- empton meanwhile to give states an opportunity to strengthen their laws.
 A similar attempt to fOrestall Supreme Court decision is being made in the famous Tidelands oil matter which became involved in the Edwin w. Pauey nomination as Undersecretary of Navy. After the Federal Government brought suit to recover title to submerged coastal oil lands, bill was started through Congress to fix rights to these lands in the states As in the insurance case the bill passed the House It still is pending in the Senate
 The third is the bill sponsored by Repre- sentative Buwinkle O., N.C) which would exempt railroads from antitrust laws in important particu- lars. The bill was pushed through the House after Governor Arnall of Georgia brought a case in the Supreme Court charging the railroads with conspira- cy to violate the antitrust laws through rate agree ments.
 It was refreshing to see the young Georgia Gov ernor who has made such progressive record in his state appear before the Senate Interstate Com merce Committee and call the hand of the railroads most effectively boldly and courageously, for the railroads are potent political influence.
 He claimed that the railroads virtually have set themselves above the law and the interstate com- merce commission by rate agreements through the American Association of Railroads and that the Bu- winkle bl by placing the stamp of approval such agreements, perpetuates vicious system,
 This bill" he declared, would establish pat leIn of monopoly control that would hit Congress day after, day" pointing out that if Congress ex Duses trucks and arlines. He raised the question whether communication facilities, including radio, would not, come in next.
 He expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would uphold his charge of railroad conspiracy and appealed for the committee tO wait for the decision before acting The Supreme Court accepted the case and named Lloyd Garrison, well-knovn lawyer, as master to take evidence, which now is being done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
Views of the Press

for instance, might have been ex- haustively examined on road law; instructed fully and carefully in safety practices; and generally im- pressed with the fact that as they are they are liabilities. Frequent periodic examinations would have served to make them realize the im- portance of their failings as drivers, acting maybe like a moral switch.
 But the state can be proud of its program as a whole. To those who quail at the new flfty-mile-a -hour speed law, we suggest that they bring themselves up to date, ac- cept the premise that legal driving speeds are bound to increase with improvements in motorcar design and highway construction, and go on from there. The next step, of course, is to make fast driving as safe as possible, which is one thing the program attempts to do. To say we hope the new laws work is an underStatement,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04

 are more alert and busier than ever. During the last two years while public attention was focused first war and more recently problems of peace. there has been a series of developments in Congress affecting three of the nations large indus tries, insurance, oil and railroads They begin to fit into pattern contrary to the public interest They represent frontal attack by big business and ndustry-in the name Of state rights in two of the cases-to break down antitrust laws and federal supervision of vast resources in which the public is vitaly interested
 There was first ths attempt of insurance to ex- empt itself from the antitrust lawssignficant be- 1t is so powerful through ramfcations into so many other fields The device to get bill through Congress limiting control to state laws be- fore the Supreme Court could pass on case invov- ing the issue. The same device was used in all three cases
 The House passed bill confining regulations to the states but 1t held up in the Senate through alertness of Senator OMahoney O., Wyo) a cham pion of anti-trust laws. Meanwhile the Supreme Court ruled that insurance subject to federal antitrust laws This intensified the fight by nsur- companies, their expensive lobby here and their friends in Congress. But Senator OMahoney, after a hard fight finally got compromise that brings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04

negan said at the start, that President Truman has personally approved the participation of each and every one of you fellows in this undertaking We mean business and we're going ahead We've got to get this legislative program through"
 Hannegan then referred to the fact that at least cabinet member Secretary of the Treasury vinson, had drowned on the idea of any Treasury aides working on Hannegan's Committee.
 Don't you worry about what anyone tells you" said the Postmaster General I'll take of any, one who gets in trouble. I'm not worried about mak- ing anybody in Washington angry with except the President. And I've got his full backing"
 Some of those present complained about the lack of effective liaison between the White House and Congress. Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson was especially vigorous on this point
 T talk to Senator" explained Gibson and tell him what I believe is the Administrations view on the minimum-wage bill get my instructions from Secretary Schwellenbach, whom the President has placed in charge of labor matters. Then Senator Elender calls up John Snyder and Snyder tells him something entirely different. Then Claude Pepper calls up John Steelman at the White House and Steelman says something entirely different again. The poor Senators don't know where they are"
 Hannegan explained that he was working on the problem of White House liaison with Congress, but agreed that there were still too many crosscurrents
 He also urged the importance of concentrating on passage of the Minimum Wage Bill.
 Creekmore Fath of John Snyder's office then called attention to the hundreds of lobbyists who torpedoing the Truman legislative program, and the fact that they had unlimited money to spend Congressmen.
 Il know all apout that money, repAed danne- gan. During the war they to Washington on legitimate business and were able to deduct what they spent from their taxes as legitimate expense The lobbying they do now is entirely different"
 It then revealed that Internal Revenue Commissioner Joe Nunan would investigate the lush expense of lobbyists.
 It hasn't got much publicity but prohibition is reported gaining in leaps and bounds in local option elections throughout the country
 Four counties, including two in Arkansas a tIa 1nKa ana fpA1 ktRa fI the dry column in the last two months, while prohi bition crusaders have launched big drives in Indiana and other states to make them bone dry
 "YeS, we're going to dry Indiana up again." boasted L. F. York, Superintendent of the Indiana Anti-Saloon League, in radio broadcast.
 In some areas prohibition leaders placing signs children near polling places to urge voters to cast dry ballot.
 Meanwhile few people realize that of the 3,07O counties in the United States, 952-or more than one-fourth-are now dry.
 However, despite the strides that have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
Washington Spy Crazy
By Peter EdSOn

record. The committees membership has not been announced, so to protect it from influence The job of rechecking is only threefourths done with the abov6-mentioned result that N wartime ern- ployes have been shown the door.
 It is not to be inferred that all or any of the 243 necessarily Commies, spies, or worse. They were just found unsuitable for government service During the war many of these people were employed because they had special knowledge of some foreign language or country Tn the rush of the war, the Civil Service Commission was not able to check every record That is what the recheck was for
 In few cases, character references were not good enough False statements applications ruled out dismissals And of course, questionable loyalty got others,
 No breakdown on the 243 cases is being announced, but roughly 30 percent were aliens, 30 percent had not been naturalized for l5 years. so were ineligible for foreign service and 70 percent had derogatory reports in their records This last might include anything from having crninai past to being a Red.
 The point is that anyone who works for the government must be 100 percent above suspicion. Let 1t Le known that 8 government employe ever did anything unusual, like fan dancing or holding cult mektngs in his home and out he must go'
 It h this mania for dead-leyel normalcy that is responsible for much of the spy hysteTia in Wash- ington loday.
 It dplalns why the House Judiciary commt- tee has been authorized to reopen the case against several State Department people who were accused Inst year of possessing secret documents without authorization. even though federal grand lnsy as- niAsed the charges against them,
 It explains why Chief Counsel hne Adanson of the House un~AmeFiean Committee m uak Ridge Tenn, investigating me records es aaenlia sclenlss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
Just Keep the Harness On

White-hared and fair-haired Bernard Baruch the confidence of his countrymen in World War That is the reason why he called eder statesman and trusted by we the people, He is 75 years od and he has been drafted by President to help harness atomic energy for peace.
 Despite the fact that controversy exists in Washington the issue of civilian military control of atomic gy there is real to fear the atomic bomb There is question but what the United States Government dis trusts Soviet Russia.
 Under ordinary circumstances the way to handle the atomic energy question would be to Flock u and keep the secrekey The logic of this conclusion found in the fact that there is probability, possibility that the United States will eyer foreign The possession of the atomic secret by the U S. A. should remain weapon of de fense-nothing else
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04

of mid-Mareh, recheck the personnel records of 5000 employees recently transferred to the State De- partment from war agencies demonstrated 24S "un- suitable for continued employment in the State De- partment."
 This statement probably needs little ampl- flying if 1t is not to cause a lot of hysteria.
 At the end of the war, what was left of several war agencies dumped in the State Department lap for absorption or liquidation, From the Office Of War Information, the Office of Inter-American Affairs the Foreign Economic Administration, the Army and Navy Intelligence services, and the Office of Liquidation for surplus property came iiOO0 war time employees. About half were overseas and half in the United States This number has already been cut to about 4400 and it will De further reduced. S) that the entire State Department payroll next year will number around $500 employes.
 
 The 7.0o0 CT more who resigned or who were let out in this curtament were given the eaulva- lent of honorable discharges Their waf iobs had folded, and the government had no further need Of iheiF services There m nothing against their records
 The to0o oF more who were retained were then anbiecled lo a double cheek security screening committee was appointed io review every employees
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
 THE STATES NEW SAFETY PROGRAM
(New York Herald-Tribunel

(New York Herald-Tribune)
 We were very pleased to learn that the program of safety bills ad- vanoed by Governor Dewey as re- suit of the conference he"had called several weeks ago met with almost universal acceptance in the Legisla- ture. But one exception distressed us, bill calling for new license tests for drivers who are too fre- quently involved in accidents or vi- olations of traffic law. It had seemed to us that this measure touched real danger source.
 It may have been that the legls- lators thought re-examination was useless because most of these driv- CTS, when called upon to do so. as in a test, probably would drive as well as any one. Nor could licenses have been denied if an examinee performed satisfactorily. To us, the beauty of the measure lay in it's possibilities. These applicants,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
WHITE HOUSE HoRsEsHoEs
(New York Herald-Tribune)

NNeW YOrk 1eralQ" 1rlDuIle)
 The news from Washington that President Truman is planning to have horseshoe court built on the south grounds of the White House will, we believe, arouse much inter- est in an America where horseshoe pitchers are mighty numerous and wherethe game has been popular ever since the Revolution. This Washington move by a hard-work- ing Missouri President who doubt less knows the game of horseshoes as well as an Independence mule knows the front end of blow may well have political epercllssionS For the horseshoe vote, 1t can be said, could earliy become a con- siderable bloc for a Republican Ma tional Chairman to reckon with in l948.
 President Truman is said to be introducing horSeshoes to the White House because he is "hankering for a little exercise" This statement proves that MT. Truman knows the game well. For there is, indeed, plenty of exercise to be gained in throwing to a distance of forty feet horseshoe weighing two pounds and half.
 AS Theodore Roosevelt once had his tennis cabinet" one can now predict a horseshoe cabinet" with Secretary of Commerce Wallace, trained in throwing the Australian boomerang, performing prodigiously If not always accurately. We felicitate the President on picking so American form of exercise and we foresee that the possible poli- tical acumen he has displayed in his choice may spur Congressional horseshoe practice before the next election,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-04
You Can't Eat Idealism

Now the not surprising word from the New York Herald Trbunes Buenos Aires bureau that Britain refused join the United States in denouncng the Peron regime acant supply of from Argentina Foreign Secretary Bevn is said to have told Secretary Byrnes that Britain
 would join in issuing the White Paper f in exchange Amer lea would guarantee Britains meat supply.
 That is stripping the confusion of politics and economics down to the bare and ancient framework which still exists for all our hopes and efforts to bring decency and deasm to world governments It still that ones freedom from want important than ones neighbours freedom from tyranny People don't bite the hand that feeds them, however unclean that hand may be.