The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-12
By DrgsO RgdrsOm,

what did you do, HenryP You went out and signed up with the union, leaving the rest of us to fight selves with the steel workers, what did you do? You raced down to washington and signed up for 18A cents, leaving us holding the bag"
 sGirdler then told Kaiser he could go jump in the lake as far as buying steel was concerned.
 Inside fact is that Eastern big business has been r,,nninQ for Kaiser for sonic time and for various reasong First they don't like his idea of compst- tive industry on the West Coast It takes busiress away from the East. Second, they writhed in aseny when Henry sat down before Congressional Con- rnittee beamed his best smile and announced that the OPA was good for the country and must be re- tained Finally they don't like his eagerness 10 sgn
 so now the biz boys in the back room feel they have Henry where they want him. They think they can slit his throat without so much as an audible btlrp from the victim. Scene of the crime will be Willow Run ts
 Not only does Henry need steel, but he can't make automobiles without parts In fact 1t takes l6,0OO parts to produce a car and Kaiser will have to buy about 159OO of those parts from the industry.
 So the big boys have the power to wreck Kaiser's production
 There is just one thing however, which they may not have figured onthe ant-trust laws Justice Department officials say that the sherman Anti Trust Act was written for the express purpose ot safeguarding free competition And if the big steel and auto boys aren't stifling free competition in Kaisers case, then the Justice Department doesnt know what free competition is.
 COrrection--Jim Farley was invited to go to Ronie by Cardinal Spellman himself when Jim dropped m to congratulate him. This column IS conVlnCeu coll- trary to previous report, that Jim took no nttia- tive in securing the invitation Apologies to Jim Farley ~ w. A. MOehIe, OkawvilIe, Ill: The Army admits mail service overseas is bad, claiming that demoblization has caused reduction in mall planes However the U S. Post Office has stepped in and is making contracts with commercial airlines to carry air mail and relieve delay. Plenty of shipping is available and any continued delay appears inex- ciisable Ann " Aurentz, Los Angeles: The Brit sh Government the right to charge customs duty on relief packages Of clothing sent to England. However the British Embassy states that the customs collector has the right to waive duty and this usually is done.
 Educators within and without the Government are disturbed over recent reports the attitude Of CTS in Europe toward the Germans. Extensive and expensive Army orentation courses appear to have been failures, one reason perhaps being that re- actionary members of the House Military Atfars Committee whose counsel, H. Ralph Burton, former attorney for Father Coughlin, objected to- teacnng the troops the facts of fascism Assistant Secre- tary of State William B. Benton's difficulties in at tempting to set up an international information service for the State Department are growing py leaps and bounds. The House Rules Committee now refuses to extend his service beyond June SO ALSO the Budget Bureau has knocked out among other things all funds for 16-milimeter movies to be shown abroad. a=k2