The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-11
By DreuO Pearson

sometimes hard for this case-hnrdened observer or the Washington Meuy-0o-Round to believe ell that goes on.
 The man whom George Allen is pusl,inR for Democratic National Jhairman to replace Bob Han negan is Paul Fitzpatrick of New YorlE-a good man, but not as good as Hannegan Sam Rosen- man, who plays cozy with Brother George, is push- ing the deal New York politicoes are holding important hEddle today at cocktail party given by Boss-of-the- Bronx Ed Flynn. Mayor oDwyer, Senator Mead, Wayne Johnson and the five county leaders are putting their heads together as to who will run against Tom Dewey. Mead can have the United Auto official and caudats Sor R.1or 1oref f Detroit applied for Ford leadership the other day but was turned down. Friends are kidding At torney General Tom Clark of Texas about paying allegiance to two flags despite the fact that he took an oath to defend only one. He has the Lone Star flag of Texas flying beside his desk. . Capt John Delano, cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President of the American Pilots Association Carne not air, is experimenting drive for funds for the Merchant Marine Veterans Foundation. to begin May q.
 One of the most watcHlfuI guardians of small business and the public just before the war was the Justice Departments hard-hitting Antitrust Divi- son Time after time 1t exposed cooperation between U. S. big business and cartels in Germany or Japan which were delaying the American arms program
 It was the Antitrust Division which revealed that Standard oil of New Jersey was in cahoots with Hitlers G. Farben to keep synthetic rubber patents away from the U. s. rubber industry, thus delaying our synthetic rubber program.
 It was the Antitrust Division which showed up Andy Mellon's Aluminium Corporation of America and it's deal with T. G. Farben to limit magnesium product essential to airplane manufacture.
 It was the Anti-Trust Division which exposed combine of American electric companies and their cooperation with foreign cartels
 With the end of the war, President Truman and Attorney General Tom Clark were determined that the Antitrust Division be more alert than ever , For the period after the last when big busi- ness, waving the banner of Back to Normalcy" trenched itself firmer than ever
 However, they reckoned without pudgy, psalm singing Congressman Louis Rabaut of Detroit chair man of the subcommittee Justice Department appropriations Louis and his committee whitters got out their penknives and proceeded to whtle the Antitrust Division down to point lower than dur ing the war
 If the appropriation stands s the Antitrust probers, instead of taking new men, will have to scuttle part of their staff.
 Meanwhile ex-Governor Harold Stassen says, we require not only a much stronger Anti Trust Divi- sion, but legislation providing tax penalties profits taken through monopoly.
 NOTE Chief whittier of Antitrust appropria- tions during secret committee debates was Republi- can Representative Dean Gillespie of Denver. Chief defender of Antitrust Republican Karl Stefan of Nebraska. Other members of the subcommittee were: Hare, s. O.. and Kerr, N. C., Democrats; and Jones, Ohio, Republican.