The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-15
By DresO Pearson

war goods, .,... ,..... ...,..s ,,, on the War Assets Corporation via Congress, and direct appeals from veterans themselves, Emile brs- sette chief of the agencye Vehicle Branch, throws un hls hands and declares that he can't sell what he doesn't have--wlthout inviting prosecution by
 Take trucks for instance Since october Si. ip45, the Army has declared iO7eS truck to pc surpv, I non trucks will be available for civilian purchase between now and June 30, lV4v
 Thl. Ia enough to accommodate about one in 20 ex-Qf,s who are anxious to buy surplus Army trucks for commercial uses Also, most ot the trucks are geared for military use, With four ana S sM-wheel
 The Army bought 4l,50T passenger 'staIll cars seating from two to seven persons from 1889 until August le45 Last October there were 22 22S oi ese cars in the United States The remainder hau peeh sent overseas or scrapped Yet the War Assets Cor poration has S40OO CT applications on file for the purchase of passenger cars .. received from ex-servcemen for vehicles of all types Less than one in ten of these applications VIII result in an actual sale. One reason for this IS that Army and Navy vehicles sent overseas will stay there.
 A confidential report drafted by the War Assets Corporation for Army service forces states in part Practically none of the overseas vehicles VII, pc brought back to the United States. But will be turned over to the Chinese and other Allied armies for post-war development"
 Under an Act of Congress quietly sneaked through by big business lobbes, the Army and Navy are not permitted to return surplus property to this country from overseas if it is to be sold in the uS.A. It can only be returned if sold back to the companies which originally manufactured it,
 NOTE-At recent sale of surplus war vehicles in Baltimore, CTS bought approximately 300 out of available $40 vehicles in sale lasting four hours There were three cIs on hand for every one buyer At another sale in Mississippi of 348 vehicles. G1s purchased 282, federal agencies bought 4, and state governments 26. The remaining 36 vehicles, which were damaged, were sold to private dealers.
 One reason for the current international food shortage is that Leo Crowley, when TEA boss re- fused to heed the warning of Secretary of Agriculture Anderson last summer, when Anderson argued that PEA should help increase pantings of winter wheat cereals and proteins in South America. The South American crop was hit by drought, but it would have been considerably larger had Andersons advice been needed Senator Tommy Hart, the only admiral the Senate Military Affairs Committee. recently asked Committee members if there were dictaphone in the walls. He complained that the Washington Merry -Go-Round had quoted him all to accurately when at a secret session. he defended the War De- partment regarding demobilization Chairman Elbert Thomas gave Hart the satisfaction of checking Com mittee employees, each of whom able to deny that he had talked with this columnist. Representa- tive Glare Hoffman of Michigan. who considers him. self expert at anti-labor legislation miffed because he not consulted in the writing of the harsh Case Bill passed by the House last week