| Show Jf Washington Round Round Swedish Help For Nazis Riles Capitol By Drew Pearson WASHINGTON It hasn't leaked out yet but Currie ha hard working hard d working deputy chief of the the foreign economic administration under Leo Crowley Crowley Crowley Crow- Crow ley has been urging that we do doa a little cracking down on neutral Sweden Reason for Curries Currie's urging is that the Swedes of late have stuck their necks out unnecessarily unnecessarily unnecessarily to help the nazis While it itis itis itis' itis is is- recognized that the Swedes are re in a tough spot nevertheless nevertheless nevertheless less no one can forgive them for sending bearing ball experts experts experts ex ex- to Schweinfurt to build up the bearing ball-bearing works there which U. U S. S bombers at a cost of 60 planes and men had knocked out The company of Sweden did not own the Schweinfurt plant Yas was under no obligation to the nazis and had no material materI 1 Interest in the factory Nevertheless Nevertheless Nevertheless Never Never- word has trickled back to Washington that the Swedes sent men to Germany to rebuild the plant Washington Indignation has centered on the bear ball ing company in the U. U S. S A A. Of course the in this country Is an American corporation therefore probably not subject to seizure or retaliation Nevertheless less as It is largely owned by bythe bythe the Swedes resentment here is strong Jesse Jones has been griping to to editors again about the ef efforts efforts efforts ef- ef forts of this reporter ter to keep the public informed about his various public activities Jones now calls not only me but the Truman committee a alar aliar aliar liar lar when it comes t to reporting his lending a lot of U. U S. S taxpayers taxpayers' taxpayers taxpayers' taxpayers taxpayers' tax tax- payers' payers money to the Aluminum company of Canada for construction construction construction con con- of the giant Shipshaw project now running full blast in n Canada while some U. U S. S aluminum plants plant are closing down However the Truman committee committee committee com com- is pretty good at keeping track of things and has a pretty good reputation for being fair yet tightening up war efficiency The army denied their expose about cracked Wright airplane engines and the navy raised hob over Truman's criticism of tank landing boats Yet each time the Truman boys turned out to be right Here Is the score card of Jones' Jones latest gripes Pearson Jesse advanced to Aluminum company of Canada of the taxpayers' taxpayers money without Interest or se security security security se- se but with the understanding understand understand- ing Aluminum of Can Canada da would repay the loan by shipping aluminum to the U U. S. S A. A Jones Interest was charged on all advances or specifically deducted from the price Truman committee Aluminum Aluminum Aluminum num company of Canada re received received received re- re without interest interest interest inter inter- est and as prepayment for aluminum um to be delivered later Pearson Jones j ju justifies u s t i f fie i e s things by contending that he has reduced the price of Shipshaw Shipshaw Shipshaw Ship Ship- shaw aluminum m from 17 to 15 cents a pound But there is a joker in this because the contract contract con con- tract secretly negotiated contains contains contains con con- two tw escalator clauses on labor and transportation Thus if labor costs go up Shipshaw can charge Jesse more Or if transportation rates go up Shipshaw Shipshaw Shipshaw Ship Ship- shaw can also boost the price Therefore the price has has' gone kiting Jesse wont won't say how much it really is It is estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated around 20 to 22 cents cents' a pound pound not not 15 cents Jones Jones' All contracts were approved by the president Truman In addition the Aluminum company of Canada r received a an excess payment under under under un un- un- un der the escalator clause for in increased increased increased in- in creased transportation and labor costs costs additional additional sums which during recent receipt months have amounted to cents per pound When these payments are added to the 1 15 cents per pound price the total price pf of aluminum num purchased from Aluminum company of Canada Is cents Maybe the Truman committee commit commit- tee is wrong but it has been right on on an awful lot of other otherS things in the past Anyway why I doesn't Jones battle it out with the Truman committee u h L congressman Henry jacKson of Washington has just been mustered out of the army to go goback goback goback back to congress One of his first acts after getting Into civilian clothes was to call on Lieutenant General McNair head of army anny ground forces and effect a major change in handling men about to go overseas He told Mc McNair air that one big gripe of the boys was that they often got no chance to visit I their homes before being shipped abroad All AU men en were given seven-day seven furloughs regardless of where they lived even lived even if their homes were on the west coast and they were were in camp on the east coast So the army anny has now now agreed to the following 1 No man will be sent overseas overseas overseas over over- seas without getting a day 10 fUrlou furlough h. h 2 2 This furlough provides that he will actually get et 10 days at home plus time to travel from his base and back Copyright 1944 United Feature Syndicate |
