The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-14
by DrssO Ps0rSOn

,snore Inc fact that the more yea rebuild OafmAns Vhe meFe you Alenase FFance'
 roaay sAey are worried sick over tns pe.sellley that france may 60 Communist Anss nss.,",ss Rs el@ fled But they are not heipms the s'sNe''s W W lng Germany
 A,.o shey should have begun their wo.xying nsek la ,ss davS when Inc state Depaftments bon tuzpny was hoWnR and scraplng to Vchyites wnale enemg ss Ing his nose as 2sess Ssus c sS1 SaSs when coFe inIi sneered M deuaullee struggling toEves " ehe "so-oalled Free FFench
 woaav ,he anne state Department advlsera who made these tragic errors are sti glvng Ms ssNe sscrmanv instead of helping France repseteu an l c"sr age,n-wn oniy hasten the day when FTance n completely Communist
 10 has lust leaked out that last June wnLs sne butcher shops were nearly empty and nousewSes ~ ". were berRlne for meat, the Navy buried over s3"vV pounds of meat and Fish, ..
 This slsahle amount of food had been ,s aa.oweG @ sn, so Navy budogers were ordered to ulg trenenes near Camden, Ark. and the food was puElea. noS farneFs doe.food manufacturers and circus suppners all of whc could have used the food were gwen no chance to bid.
 The Navy,s explanation is that the uclden Com mlssary Corporation of Washington, D v. unaeE contract to feed 2S0o0 men constructing Oamp snu. maker at Camden, Ark, was left with larse amount of food on hand Comdr. o. N. Speman, m onsxge of construction turned over the food to Capt Q. E Lewis commander of the ammunition depot. Fart Q it was stored for year, and part turned pack o Condr spellman Finally in June, lv46 the food was Insnectad by medical authorities and as result of this buck passing pronounced unfit for human con- suuntlon, The Navy also states that this tood was only six.tenths of percent of the food hanoleu ~ Camp Shumaker.
 The food which was allowed to go to waste. now. ever would make any housewifes mouth water " included TAG pounds of bacon l22l pounds ol saaml' 273s pounds of bologna-none of which spoh easlv'
 There was also 2,S77 pounds of roast beet, 2ySS pounds of chopped beef 1909 pounds of beef liver, 220i pounds of lamb Sseb pounds of veal, 20,lv4 pounds of boiling beef and S,2OO pounds ot frank furters.
 It also seems peculiar that the medical officer should have condemned certain canned goods when do not spoil readily and such things as paper napkins which do not spoil at all. However, included m the consignment which was buried were Two cartons of paper napkins four gallons of India relish two gallons of dill pickles 2 of lunch meat twenty pounds of cheese hoops s2 cases of spinach ana sev eral cases of beets
 The Department Of Justice Is trying Co decide whether to Bring antitrust proceedings against the American Telephone and Telegraph Company Tor freezing out small competitors. Independent would be manufacturers of telephone equipment have little chance to break into the market because Of the A. T. dk T. policy not only of owning all It's own equipment but buying it from its Western Electric Company, 0o percent A. T. & T. subsidiary. With the Government already in court trying to force movie producers to rid themselves of all their theaters Senator Langer of North Dakota is planning legisa. tion next month with the same objective