The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
By Dresv Pe0ssOn

os Smaller War Plants Corporation, gave President Truman Q very disturbing report on conditions m the Orient iass week.
 Maverick told Truman hs vas particularly dls- sresed about tho morale of American forces n China where theg are increasingly emblttered at Chlnns Kal-shck. The CHS, Maverick reported, ere boiling mad over the way ChiAng has Insisted Un retaining 10000 armed Japanese to help put down rival oninese factions
 When Maverick landed at the peipng airport, he told Truman that he found 1000 Marines on one side of the field and 500 armed Japanese on the other Tho American boys, many of whose nuoaie3 aled fighting the Japs were outraged over the feet that they had to cooperate with their enenlesah Tor the sake of Chlang Kaa lek Maverick went 90 fer as to warn that there might be instances of Chinese killing American troops because of our now being on the same side as the Japs.
 Maverick also reported to Truman that American businessmen were suffering economic sethacks In China despite our help to the Chinese government. He said that while the chinese kept American busi- nessmen ct arms length the British and Russians were already on their way to resuming arge-scale trade.
 The Russians have already signed secret trade agreement with the Chinese which gives them far greater trade opportunities than American business
 At the end of Mavericks gloomy report, the President explained that he was not favorng the Chiang Kai-shek government but that he did very much favor peace in China. He said he was aware of the dangers in China, but didn't see what could De done about 1t until peace was finally worked out
 NOTE-slnce then 1t looks as if General Marshall finally had worked out the long desired goal of Chinese peace. State Department experts are very much hoping the peace will be more than tsm- porary lull.
 
 Tn newly appointed. cardinals will fly to the Vatican in two special planes supplied by VIVA. Cardinals designate Spellman of New York; 0lennon of St. Louis and Mac0uigan of Canada together with the two South American cardinals-designate, will fly from New York, while Cardinas-desgnate Mooney of Detroit and Stritch of Chicago will fly in another plane from Chicago. It may be necessary to take third plane for the press. Ex-Congressman Casey Of Massachusetts is arranging the pilgrimage. Pope Plus is anxious to get the advice of the D. g. Cardinals especially Cardinal Spelman for another staten1ent on world peace COP. Senator Brewster of Maine has been trying for two months to get hold of approximately i500 messages exchanged between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill during the year before Pearl Harbor These were the messages for which U. Embassy Code Clerk Tyler Kent was jailed when ke revealed their contents to outsiders The British alleged the outsiders" in- cluded a White Russian in the pay of the Nazas who immediately communicated the messages to the German Legation in Dublin. The State Department SO far has been sitting tight on the cables. The Officers Club at the National Airport has nice new set of slot machines Here's how they got them: An Army plane flew from Washington to Biloxi Mis- picked up five slot machines, and flew them back to Washington. For some time they sat in plane on the field, where officers and men had c good time playing the machines.