The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-13
By Drs1O Pearson

Ensidos ay that Switzerland, the little nation which posed as the benign and friendly neutral is now displaying the same tactics as the Capone gang in hanging on to Naz loot.
 The secret negotiations now going on in wash- ington to recover Nazi gold from Switzerland have been carefully guarded, but it has leaked out that Switzerands policy Is to keep all the gold which the Germans stole from France. Denmark, Belgium and other occupied countries and sent to Swtzeriand for safe-keeping.
 Like the Capone gang, the Swiss won't return this footed gold to France, Denmark Belgium and other countries from which 1t was stolen.
 The showdown came to head the other day over two points:
 First. the Allied delegations told the Swiss they must give the Allies all the NaM gold ($130OOOOOO): and second, the Swiss must hand over one-thdrd of the NaH stocks and bonds deposited there during the war.
 To each of these, Dr. Walter stucki, head of the Swiss Delegation said: 'Nol"
 We do not recognize any obligation to return the gold" he said He added however that switzer- tate Europe.
 'aThat is an insultl" remarked French Delerate Paul Chargueraud, adding that more than @l3OOO0- Switzerland
 At that point, stucki, in huff, walked out.
 That same morning. Randolph Paul. top D. 6. negotiator sent letter to pr. StucH saying that unless the Allies heard to the contrary promptly they would have to report to their governments the col lapse of the negotiations Stuc1y hastily replied that he had merely walked out in order to get new in- StructionS from Switzerland
 Despite all this some Treasury officials urge lenient policy toward the Swiss. It happens that they have $1 5O0000O0O of assets frozen in this country including $5o00Oo0OO in gold, and the French preparing to clap lien on these assets. Some Treasury officials, however, are opposed
 Not so, however, sage Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vinson, who remembers all the Swiss collabora tion with the NaZiS during the war
 Down in my State," drawled the Kentuckian, "when you bet the wrong horse, you pay off. The Swiss bet on the wrong horse"
 
 Representative Hugh Peterson of Georgia, a strong supporter of the poll tax, also believes in barring the people of Hawaii from the vote. He is sitting action to bring the proposal for Ha- waiian statehood before the House. . Illinois Dem IA of the 16 Congressional districts in downstate Illinois all now represented by Republicans -14 former GIs will run for Congress this fall Democrat Mel Price represents one of the districts and will run to succeed himself Price is a former corporal In another district Olive Remington Goldman, wife of CT now in Japan, will oppose Republican Rep resentative Rola McNdillan. Unnoticed by the press last week this virtual declaration of kin ship with the Republican Party by a leader of the insurgent Dixie Democrats Said Representative Gene Cox of Camilla, Georgia: 'They (his Republican colleagues on the House Rules Committee) know and it is generally known-that work harmoniously in complete agreement" Cox grinned like good sport during of the recent Democratic harmony dinners, however, when 8 special song was sung for him. For Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas, the song 'Eyes of Texas. For Repre- sentative George Outland of California, California Here Come. Outland, doing the honors for Cox sang Marching Through Georgia"