The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-05
by DreSC Pearson

Byrnes doesn't act h regard to Messsrsmith nFaden viii resign. This Of course, would be stu. pendons victory for Dictator Peron, who made iit quite clear ln his letter to Andrew Jacks0h Hlsens the New orleans boat builder, that he was conApFins to set BFaden removed,
 Paovls who know Che real inside regarding Andy iIlsrlns are wondering how come he b commissioned to Irot around south America as sort of unofficial ambassador.
 Eysbrows are especially Archsd among those who know how Andy Higgins got behind In paying about a million dollars In income taxes during the le44 election campaign
 40 that time Higgins was chairman of the uslnessen For Roosevelt Committee, and was slated to make an important speech tn Philadelphia intro. ducng PDR. to . big campaign crowd Night before the speech, however, Higgins got word that Henry Morgenthaus tax collectors had been going through his New orleans plant and found him behnd' In taxes to the tune Of around 100000 Furthermore, the tax collectors were getting quite ugly about pay- menL
 fin Roosevelt friends he told them that next day in. stead of introducing Roosevelt, he would come out publicly for Dewey.
 Finally Henry Morgenthau was persuaded to call off h Treasury dogs for the time being and Higgins made his Philadelphia speech. Later he retained the law firm Of Hugh Fulton former counsel @ M to ,e.I sns Ir n
 
 b understood the taxes are being paid up on the inc staiment plan.
 NoTH-lIush Fulton, once one of the closest men to Harry Truman accompanied Higgins on his un. official smbassadorai tour of Argentina
 Hernard Baruch is urging President Truman to appoint his brothef Herman Bartch, as Amnassa- dor to England. Herman s nov U. B. Envoy to Portu- gal spanish Dictator Franco sent an emissary to Portugal last week to ask Don Juan Of spain to come back and take over the spanish throne-where- upon Franco would step down The plan fell through however, when Don Juan refused even to see the emissary. . Secretary of State Byrnes has decided to hold tip once more the 40OOOOOO loan to Poland until the Polish Government gives some guarantee of free elections in January. .. Top U g. decisions on handling of the dangerous Greek situation which this columnst predicted on March 3l i046 are being made exclusively on the basis of information furnished the State Department by British Intelligence. {. The Greek Government has secretly jailed or exiled ail the top leaders of the left-w1ng FAM movement This Is the very group that fought hardest for the Allies during the war Many of these jailed were hon- ored and decorated by top American and British commanders in the Mediterranean. President Truman has authorized Secretary Byrnes to ask the Republican Congress to appropriate 900 million dol. lars for relief work in Austria Greece and Italy dur ing 1o47. There will be no American money available for relief work of Soviet dominated countries. The Foreign Ministers Conference and the current session of the United Nations General Assembly are now scheduled to end about December 15 The first announcement will be made shortly of an Anglo American agreement to combine the United States and British occupied zones of Germany into general unit This is important step in the Byrnes policy of unnying Germany.