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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
By Peter EdSOn

that his real job that of general counsel to the National Retail Dry Goods Association
 All through the war, N,R.DGA has been one of OPA's most bitter opponents. The Bankhead in- Vestigation now began to add up. Mir. Fshback was just another philosophical patriotic citizen serving pay except for the normal retaners he might receive when planted where he could do the most good in promoting his clients ideas on government reform,
 The program which Mr. Fishback has mapped out for the Bankhead Committee is aimed at amend ing the Price Control Act in two respects when lt comes before the Senate for renewal. t
 First otf, Mr. Fishback thinks there should be prohibition ID the act so that opA could noH come along with another threat to slapa pTiee-eelllng op raw cotton this summer while the congressmen were at home trying to get reelected,
 Secondly, he would further amend the Bankheaa- Brown amendment to the Price Control Act so that OPA would be forced to raise ceiling prices on cotton products, AS now written, the BankheaG-HFoEn pre- vision merely forces oPA to set no price ceilings o cotton products which will prevent the mills from paying less than parity prices on raw cotton
 This was considered all right during the war, when raw cotton sold below parity prices. But now cotton is above parity and oPA doesn't feel the neees' sty for giving the cotton mills further BankheaaT Brown amendment price increases, MT. Rshbaek says thls ls administering the act in very arbitrary and unfair manner.
 It would De faIr. apparently, if oPA were pre- hiblted from putting any ceilings on raw eoten, the Bankhead investigation seems 70 he shooting At
 As fer as the charge that too much cotton gooas is heng exported for uNRRA relief and the eooa- neghb0r policy, Civilian Production Administration, which allocates these things, says that for the nhi quarter of 1866 fofelgD requirements were fef tpi million square yards though only 14a million nqanse yards were aioeatea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

this is time when your country needs you"
 Hoover finally consented to come tt5
 It was Secretary Anderson who also sold Presi- dent Truman on the Idea of having Hoover go to Europe and study the food problems of the needest countries Hoover had been asked for advice last fall by the Belgian and Dutch governments and had told them; Nf ',Estimate your grain needs now and buy Canadi- an wheat for the entire year. But insist on mmedi- ate delivery"
 The Dutch and Belgian governments followed his advice, now are relatively. well stocked.
 NOTE-Many other European governments, of course, did not have the money to buy or, If they had there wouldn't have been enough grain for all of them.
 There was some unique maneuVering behind the plan to put Supreme Court Justice William O Doug las in Harold 1okes place as Secretary of the Interior It began ct cocktail party given by Congressman Lyndon Johnson of Texas In honor of his Texas friend Alvin Wirtz
 Toward the end of the party Speaker sam Ray burn, also of Texas got together with Justice Doug las Secretary of the Treasury Vinson, Tom CoHcoran Johnson and WirtE, They proceeded to put the bee on Douglas to take Ickes' place.
 Douglas was not enthusiastic His friend, however, urged that Truman needed somebody of real stature to step into Ickes shoes They also pointed out that big Job was to be done in the Interior Department, that could take the far.flung Jap islands of the Pacific that Alaska was awaiting development that polar airplane routes needed to be established that the Nations Missouri River and other giant power projects needed Go be pushed
 Finally at 9:S0 D, m,, Douglas consented to keep an open mind and 1t decided that Speaker Ray burn would put the idea up to President Truman which he did the next day Immediately Truman in- vited Douglas to lunch.
 However, although the President seemed anxious to have Douglas In his Cabinet, he did little selling He did not talk about the big opportunities which lay ahead in Alaska the polar caps the Pacific islands. He merely seemed to view the Interior De- partment as routine job.
 Perhaps the factor which finally dssuaded Doug las from taking the job however, was delightful, wisecracking George Allen George had just been confirmed by the Senate as Director of the REC. And he and the President jubated so much over this event that hard-working ideastic Justice Doug las wondered how he would be able to stand that kind of company for three years.
 Tn the end he declined the job.
 NOTE-Another factor was Chief Justice Stone who raised cain about the fact that the Supreme Court was being raided Stone has never got the manner in which Justice Jackson deserted the Court to become War Crimes Prosecutor in Germany, be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Simple Solution

The Jones Laughln Steel Corp and the United Steel Workers have signed legal agreement The company will
 not attempt to production admit any production workers during the present strike The union will not at- tempt to hinder nonunOn employees of the company from entering or leaving company plants Simple, isn't it? Yet how many pickets have been beaten by squads how many eyes have been backed by pets how many hot words passed and how much feeling has been aroused before such logical solution seoud be reached?
 We don't know But do know that the only import ant too many We hope that the Jones aughn- USW arrangement may succeed and be copied with the &nt that industrial disputes may have fewer Characteristics of civil war;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Veterans Get a Break

Those veterans who have been thinking and even say ing that the United States declared indefinite moratorium it's G obligations when Japan surrendered received partial March with the institution of lberaized regulations governing loans to ex-servicemen.
 The governments home-loan guarantee has been n- creased to $OO0 from the previous $000 and such loans be contracted late 10 years after discharge The time limit for repayment has been extended too-o 25 real estate and to 40 years farm property And only one single-sheet application need be signed
 The loans incidentally remain loans Overenhusiastic official promotion of the program to have confused few of the ads be said here and that Uncle Sam is not giving anyone $4000 any part thereof.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Views of the Press

can hosiery manufacturers find themselves with 70 per cent of their machinery more than IS years old and much of it obsolete, Replace ments are difficult, particularly so because we have now undertaken to supply much of the world instead of Germany, And that is one big req son why women's hosiery is hard to get today and win be for @ year to come,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
THE STOCKING STORY
BOSTON POST)

The Russian habit of seizing ma-
 chinery in conquered territory sometimes has implications in our everyday life that we would not dream of when we read these far
 away items. For instance, the Reds have moved the German hosiery machine industry lock, stock and barrel into their home country. This was the industry which. in prewar years supplied up with 50 to 60 per cent of our full-fashioned stocking machines. a source which is now cut off forever. AS result, Ameri-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
New Yanks

To help newly arriving immigrants prepare themselves Tor United States citizenship possible the mm
 grafton and Naturalization Service has established proce
 ure for sending the and addresses of immigrants to
 public schools shortly after they enter the country in order that they may be promptly informed of the educational Facilities available to them according statement from ho Department of Justice in Washington It is expected that large number of the immigrants who will immediate y benefit from the plan war brides now striving n this country. Nearly 100000 of them expected to the United States within the next five six months
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05


 before, and you can't see Ft Lauderdale that way That highroad, happily, misses the city part and doesn't even give a hint as to what's at the beach.
 Of them all, and by now I've seen everything this is the one I've been looking for. This is my place from here on. It's got more of everything want than any other place I've ever seen, thinking of course, in terms of glamorous break in the winter routine.
 It's close to Miami, and yet free of that herd scene. Boca Raton, Palm Beach and other lordly addresses are all within an easy drive the other way. Okeechohee and the inland places are not too far Here, there's all the life a man can use, and I'm one who likes to see people There fine hotels swank shops, delightful places to dine. It's hard to see how any place could have beautiful beach There are new and luxurious hotels here, cabana houses to ordly estates practically all of them new clubs, attractive homes running the scale from doll all done in the Spanish pattern with modernistic improvements.
 There's golf. Now there's baseball. There's every sort of fishing, from shrimp drowning on a hand line through bait casting and surf casting to Gulf stream trolling for the slugging sail fish and the battling barracuda There are beautiful yachts in the basin and docked all through more and better canals than Venice ever saw! The climate is perfection the flow CTS. the palms. even the people, nowhere prettier There's good newspaper. You can get the Miami radio This sounds if I'd hired out pro tenn to the local Chamber of Commerce. Maybe but don't even
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

The probe set out to Inquire into reports that large quantities of cotton cloth are being diverted into export trade and relief while U. s. cotton clothing manufactur- CTS can't get enough textiles to keep shirts on the American peo- ple's backs. The investigation has been broadened to cover the whole cotton clothing situation. how- ever, so anything may come out.
 On the opening day Of the Bankhead committee hearings it became evident the senators might
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

We can't have it both ways. Either we obtain full confidence and cooperation among the large na- tions or we shall find ourselves playing the old game of power politics.
 Joseph E. Davies. former Ann
 baSsador to Moscow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

body, have made arrangements to use this place as a spring train ing site for three years. After con- graduating the club and the com- munity on this pleasant fusion, this visitor proceeds to state that he is sincerely sorry 1t ever hap pened.
 The reasons are entirely self ish. Except to hightail through this miniature metropolis with the top down and heavy foot on the accelerator heading for Miami, I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

President ct Key West, Fla, where he was fishing,
 "I've promised my family for seven years to take them fishing" Hoover told the Secretary of Agri- culture, land now at last here l am"
 Anderson, however, empha. sized the urgency of the food crisis.
 We need your experience and advice, Mir. Hoover" he said, You can go back to your flsh- l..a lna.,na n.aln AnAsa n nRAn...n.a "A Ia,,A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Publicize Sunshine

FIT LAUDERDALE, Fla, March 5-The Boston Braves, who are now rich ball team with the finest manager in the National League and a bank roll that seems ready 10 telk business with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

Only one doughnut was left. ano that one rather on the battered side, when a North Main Street baker, carrying a tray of freshly made doughnutS. tripped on an icy spot and deposited the tray and it load in a sewer hole.
 Clarence Atella. East LibeTy Street, left the city to start a res taurant business in New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
. nobody has complained O

nobody has complained of a plague of lilaes, Prom an editorial In the Boston Herald,
 THE CLINCHER A plague of lilacS no one cries, Nor does aSbitter pen suggest That in the lllac's enterprise The spring designs to spring e pest, The fragrance is without 0 taint That blows upon the warming
 breeze; The blossomS-there Is no complaint Concerning paragons like these, What tender beauty does adorn The yard that's drosS as winter goes, The grass unkempt, the hedge for.
 lorn, When 1t is gay with lilac rows, A plagueP No plague, the lilacs light A spring that moves across the lawn Before her yawns have vanished
 quite, Before she has her makeup on, o, Lilacs, wear your dress in health, When lovely May is on the make, Down. payment from the summers
 wealth.! Besides, there's not 8 thing to
 rake,)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Clothing Shortage

WASHINGTON, March 5-Alabama Sen. John H. Bankhead's investigation of the cotton clothing shortage is off to an uncertain start before special Senate subcommittee on agriculture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
Round

WASHINGTON, March B-secretary of Agrioul- ture clinton Anderson had hard tme at first persuading Herbert Hoover to come to Washington for the food conference, Anderson caught the ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
16 Years Ago

Munehing on a ham sandwich, Eleanor Darling lost a front tooth, swallowed 1t. regurgitated. struck her mouth against the restaurant counter and knocked out two more.
 Two hours were required to quiet the shaken nerves of 65-year old Norma E1nmling after she saw her lhree.year old grandson aeeidently swallow a lizard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

Peron is ahead in the vote count in Argentina. Uncle Sam,s face is going to be red if he finds out that the Argentines really like the guy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05
s Years Ago

Silas Bronson Library reported the list of persons waiting to reao Gone With the Wind" was "one oi the greatest such lists in the history of the institution"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

Two widow panes were shattered bloc away from where q trailei truck rammed a pole on the Water bury Cheshire Roed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

There's a strike on in the State Prison in Charleston. Mass. The situation is little complicated by the fact that many of the strikers never were able to differentiate be- tween hours and theirs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

"The Democrats will become more liberal and the Republicans more conservative" says James Roosevelt. Ever since the start of the New Deal, it has been notable that when the Democrats become more liberal all of us have to supply the stuff with which they become more liberal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

During the war, the Army was ex' perimeMtlng with 8 million tor aircraft carrier built of ice. They say 1t was a top war secret, but shucks, anyone could have seer through 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

A farmer out in Littleton, Cobra do, one Charles N, Hackaday. has converted his Silo into a dwelling When Junior is a bad boy, his mother tells him to go stand in the curve,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-05

Secretary of War Patterson sol- emnly warns the people that while the war is over, peace is not yet here. In fact, the atmosphere every where is so cold that even equipping the dove with de-icers has done no good.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Bride-EIect
Honor Guest

Miss Lois Hsi-Fang Ing, daughter
of the Chinese Minister to Nicara-
qua and Mrs. Ing, whose wedding
to Mr.. K. K. Tsien Tai will take
place February 9, was the honor
guest at a luncheon given yesterday
by Mrs. Bang-Jensen, wife of the
Danish Counselor.
1t will be recalled that Miss Ing's
father was Counselor of the Chinese
Embassy in 1887. He now is Min
lister to Nicaragua. The bridegroom
is the son of the Chinese Ambassa-
dor to France and Nine. Isien Tai.
Among Mrs. Bang-Jensen's guests
were Mrs. Yu, Mrs. Yorkson c. T.
Shen, Mrs. Victor Koong, Miss
Augusta Chang, Mrs. Chen Yik, Mrs.
y. G. Yang. Mrs. Helen Chin, Mrs,
Shelley Swigart, Miss Josephine de
Roman, Mrs. Fred Young, Mrs.
Maria Pau, Mrs. Arthur w. Stuart,
Mrs. Joseph S. Ransmeir, Miss
Hilda Anstern, Miss Ruth Pardee
and Miss Margaret Hensley.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
VenezueIans
Are Married
1t St. Anne's

The wedding of Senorita Maria
Carmela Aguerrevere, daughter of
the Financial Counselor of the
Venezuelan Embassy and Sonora de
Aguerrevere, to Senor Huga Brillen-
bourg took place yesterday after
noon at o'clock in st. Anne's
Church. The Rev. Father Phelan
officiated before an altar banked
with lilies of the valley and other
white flowers.
Escorted to the altar by her
father, the bride wore lovely gown
of ivory white satin made with long
sleeves and train. Her short tulle
veil was held in place by fresh,
white roses, and she carried an old
fashioned bouquet of roses and lilies
of the valley
The bridesmaids were Senorita
Ines Aguerrevere, sister of the bride,
and Miss Marlyn Conway. Their
dresses of pink and blue taffeta
were designed on old-fashioneo
lines. They wore white flowers in
their hair, white mitts and small
wrist bouquets of tiny white bios
SONS.
Senor Jose Antonio Ron Velutini
came from Venezuela to be the best
man, and the ushers were MI.
Charles Hughes and Senor Pedro
Aguerrevere, brother of the bride.
A reception followed at the home
of the brides parents for the guests
at the wedding, who were repre-
sentative of all circles of society.
The wedding cake formed the CEN
ter of the table and was topped as
we'll as surrounded by white flowers.
After the reception the couple left
for Hot Springs. They will later
make a longer trip and plan to
return to Washington before leav-
ing for Venezuela, where they will
reside. The bridegroom is the sor
of Senor and Sonora Joaquin Bril-
llenbourg, who were unable to come
on for the wedding, because another
wedding in the family is to take
place soon. Their daughter, Sem
orita Lila Brillenbourg, is to marry
Senor Guillermo Dewic
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Congressional Club
Miss Truman,
Club Member.
VIII Be Feted

Miss Margaret Truman has been
made an honorary associate mem
Der of the Congressional Club. AL
though her mother long has been
an active member, Margaret never
4ound much time to join the associ-
ate group. Comprised of daughters
Of members of Congress, of course,
she was eligible when her father
was in the Senate.
The club plays an important role
in the social life of hostesses of the
congressional set. Especially does
1t help newcomers In the ranks. For
In the pleasant and attractively
furnished rooms of the clubhouse
at 2001 New Hampshire avenue
friendship readily blossoms. Many
helpful suggestions are given by old
timers on the scene-perhaps on
where to shop for a certain article
and where to get the best hair-do.
Then, too, that -bewildering
problem of social precedence that
naturally confronts strangers in the
Capital often Is made clear by So
SoAASo FCtCA CLIO 41l IllC cOC16l WILT.
Founded in 1908 the club first metin
a red brick building at Fifteenth and
K streets. It was here that the now
famed congressional Cook Book"
was born. Through the financial
success of this guide to fine cookery
the club was able to build its pres
ent headquarters. The land for the
building was gift of the late Mrs.
John B. Henderson, widow of the
late Senator from Missouri. It was
she who also assisted in financing
the clubhouse which was erected
in 1912. Throughout the years the
cook book has taken care of the
needs Of the house, and In 1888 an
addition was added also with cook
book funds. The latest edition of
famous recipes collected from all
parts Of the universe has for It's
cover one of Clifford K. Berryman's
cartoons.
To 60 back to the associate mem
bership of the organization. The
clubhouse also furnishes a, charm
ing setting for the parties of the
SON1i6SA SoA1S2 CoolOlld1 SCt, oQI1ilS
wartime many dances were given
there honoring junior officers of the
services. The Marine Band orches-
ira plays for all the dances and
of course the club has It's own
kitchens and capable staff to
assure the smooth running of all
functions there.
The Presidents daughter will at
tend her first party as an associate
member when she is the honor guest
at dinner dance February 9. Mrs.
Clyde w. Smith, new chairman of
the group, is deep in plans to make
the affair the most brilliant of all
parties of the younger element of
the club.
Last evening there was a gay
dinner dance at the club for asso-
ciate members. Guests seated at
(See MISS TRUMAN, Page B-l5J
Evening star., 1946-01-27

II D Z <2Idt W II IL W
Mrs. Claude Pepper, Uite OF
the Florida Senator, and the
Ambassador of Colombia and
Sonora de Santan1aria, oblioe
the ctmerumdn By posing on
the handsome stairway of the
Legation. Mrs. Pepper is just
back from the South, and the
Luxembourg party Wds the
first social affair she attended
since her return.
Evening star., 1946-01-27
Diplomatic Change
~ eW EnU0v;
|HaIfaxes Be
Missed IN Cnv
By Margaret Hart,
Society Editor.

There will be new interest In en-
tertaining for Washington hostesses
come this May when Sir Archibald
Clark Kerr arrives in here to take
over the key British post in this
country. For the second time in
more years than most people can
count, his Britannia Majesty's Am
bassador to the United States will
be bachelor. The most recent en-
voy plenipotentiary to belong to that
so-called single state of blessedness
was the very popular Lord Lothian.
the Earl of Halifax's predecessor,
who was continually in demand at
smart Washington dinners.
Sir Archibald, a Scotsman from
Lanarkshire, recently received
Barony from the King for his work
as British Ambassador to Moscow
during the years when it looked as
though Germany HAD Russia's back
to the wall. He is considered to be
one OF the most outstanding men in
the British Foreign Office. Early in
Il his diplomatic career, which began
in 1906, he served in Washington and
he visited the Capital again In
January 1914.
While word of the appointment
of Sir Archibald is being favorably
received the very thought of the
popular Ambassador and the Count
ess Of Halifax leaving the Capital
indeed is sad one. Since their ar
rival here five years ago this month
they have made many friends for
their country and as well for them
selves.
Because of wartime, little enter
tainment on formal and large
scale has appeared on the program
at the Embassy. However, perhaps
more persons have visited and en-
joyed the Embassy than ever in
peacetime. The envoy and his lady
have never hesitated to lend the
Embassy grounds for needy cause.
Thousands have been afforded the
opportunity of viewing the beau
tifully handicapped gardens, the
gorgeous roses and other lovely
flowers. They have seen the at
tractive swimming pool that was a
gift of school children when the
Embassy first was erected. On some
occasions even the Embassy build
ing was opened to the public. Lord
and Lady Halifax are happily
known in all walks of life in WASH
| ington. Their associations have not
been confined just to the social side
of the picture.
The Countess of Halifax Is not
one to make headline news. A
quiet, unassuming person, she has
always done all that has been ex-
pected of her. Checking on a few
clippings about her activities, and
only few are on hand, you will
find that she has opened many
worthy benefits and exhibits. that
she has done more than her share
of Red Gross work and has been
prominent in the British War Relief
activities.
A cause very dear to her heart d
her work for the Merchant Seaman,
On appointed days each week you
would find her at Dorchester House
making up packages to be sent to
these unsung heroes of the seas. Her
hobby is gardening. She used to
play golf frequently before she came
to this country but hasn't been on
| (See HART, Page B-l5)