The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-30
v Dre1e, Pearson

O'Hurley, and kept that name all through life. His son found that being Irish political asset in Oklahoma, and dropped the "O"J
 He wouIG like very much to forget it, but Ayerell Hartman, well-meanng new Secretary of Commerce. has found troublesome problem child on his door step. Though head of Union Pacific Railroad ana oa rector of the Illinois Central Harrman as secretary of Commerce now has to help pass on the ticKnsn question of raising railroad rates
 The problem child was found on Harrimans door-step when he first took office The man who put it there was Acting Secretary Al schindler who had to give the Interstate Commerce Commission the Commerce Departments views on railroad rates. ..
 High railroad officials, conferrng with schindler in secret meeting told him they had been promised rate increase by the White House Accordingly they asked a 25 percent raise
 Commerce Department transportation experts, on the other hand advised Schndler that: The ral WIFI handle 54O 900 900 fewer tonmieS in 1947 than m 1922 and 100000 fewer passenger-miles Despite this they will employ 107,00O more people.
 schindlers net reaction: If anyone came to me with proposal that they hire more people to handle less business I'd fire them right away.
 Whereupon he signed statement putting the Commerce Department on record against the 2 per-e cent increase.
 This was tlte Commerce Departments official position when railroad magnate Hartman took over his job, and far he has not officially changed it.
 Even though Hartman can't go to bat for the rails however they have staiwart ally in the Cab net-John Snyder. When Snyder was reconverslon director railroad men say he promised that. if they would give labor wage boost they in turn would get rate boost This was never publicly admitted, but it why railroad executives informed Schndler they had private commitment from the White House.
 Though they are both from Missouri Snyder forgot to pass this word to Schindler, and now it's going to be difficult for Secretary of Com merce Rail Czar" Hartman to reverse him.
 
 
 of the Sherman antitrust act, 1t will be interesting to see what his budget bureau does to the Justice Departments antitrust division which helped the Truman Committee start of it's biggest exposes. Congressman Charles LaFollette of Indiana, though Republican, went down to West Virginia to campaign for Democratic Senator Kfgore. Ed- ward J. Smythe, indicted for sedition has been staging below belt campaign against Congress Jerry Voorlis of California, of the top-level members of Congress. Smythes attacks are so foul that they have driven many Republicans into Voor- his corner. . . Former White House Secretary Jona- than Daniels wrote nice blurb for Governor Ellis Arnalrs forthcoming book, 'The Shore Dimly Seen" After which Daniels wrote to Arnall asking an en- dorsement for his own book, Frontier On the Po- tomac." Said Daniels to Arnan, T scratched your back, now you scratch mine" Cap" Krug the Secretary of the Interior thinks highly of the Navy in which he served that he won't fight it anything, not the vital question of civilian rule of Pacific Islands On this Krug's predecessor Harold Ickes fought the brass hats tooth and nail