Show Round Merry 1 Forrestal's Boys Grilled on I Political Colors f By Drew PC Pearson f WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Ever Ever since day Secretary of ot Defense Forrestal h hu haa f been frantically painting himself lf a n true tn tru c cand t tand and loyal Democrat Democrat- But here is i the record talk indicating the kind an of ot fi tZi to t- t tr r Forrestal puts in high position i The other day Donald Carpenter g F restal's restal s newly hand picked chairman of t th the I munitions board called in William Bourne Bourn of the state department and suggested that thai he take tale charge of oC the munitions board 1 press ress relations relations After some Inconsequential n conversation Carpenter looked quizzical at Bourne and asked 1 f Now what about your politics l' l Startled at the blatancy of a question o i which is prohibited being naked asked n ked of civil chit t service applicants Bourne replied Whit w do you mean I would like to know what your i political affiliations are r replied plied munitions chairman It seems to me mc you could tell teU from In ray fay accent what politics r my are replied Bourne I am a southern Democrat t t Well VeIl replied Carpenter we feel that it is necessary that we should know th w. w Mr Forrestal said we want to be sure not to get one of these new dealers in this Job l' l Big Business Comes Conies F First I Bourne St Bourne replied replied re re- plied that he didn't think his political affiliations would prevent him from doing j-j j 4 a good public relations job for the thc munitions board and Carpenter went on to other Y f thin things s. s y What do you think of oC business hi he tj A asked i j iI 1 I dont don't get what you mean replied rr r Bourne Im for business if that's what j you mean i iNo 1 No replied the munitions board chair chair- j man what I mean Is that In the munitions c i board its it's our job to prepare for war Ia In making war we have to depend on big Wg f I business Only big business can turn ou out f the materials we need in the volume wi ws need Mr Forrestal says we dont don't want ant to get set a new dealer in this job who 11 t f opposed to big business j jVe We Ve dont don't want to get somebody WhO'D be worried about labor relations small smal business and that sort of stuff continued Carpenter Weve Veve had too much of or th that that t in the past Its It's going to be a relief now now with the changes coming up up DuPonts Hel Help p Run Government It It isn't Isn't so hard to understand why Carpenter thinks think that way when you examine his background He is a member of the same DuPont Car t penter Car family which contributed a cool coal to the 1940 campaign to defeat l' l Roosevelt which organized the Li Liberty league in 1936 and which in the last election flea elec t t tion ion poured still uncounted thousands thousand into the battle against ag Truman But it is hard to understand why Forrestal For For- restal hires a member of the Du Pont tribe triE e to work w with an administration whose aitI work are diametrically and irrevocably the op op- polite However this may be one explanation tion Back in fn the Secretary Wall Vall Street firm loaned to Bo- Bo Bolivia Bolivia livia used to buy arms to wage war against Paraguay Part of the money was even enD used to hire the notorious Ernst Roehm close clos buddy of Hitler to act as military adviser ad td viler to the Bolivian government where he- he first developed the storm troopers Later Roehm did the same thing for Hitler HiUer It is significant that some time after Forrestal loaned this money to Bolivia BoIM the Remington Arms company of which Donald Carpenter is now vice president stepped is fA fAto to profit by it il Remington got a contract for and 9 9 mm mm cartridges Carpenter Car Car- penter had just joined the firm when thil thi sale was made So Forrestal and Carpenter ors onci operators in indirectly fomenting war in Latin America are now together in running American defense U. 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S Encourages Latin Dictators Dictator Practically all Latin America Is watching l the state department to see what t we do da about recognizing recognizing- the new army dictatorship dictatorship dictator dictator- ship in Venezuela Not only did the Venezuelan gene general throw out the first president ever elected but they threw out the mss mal who had traveled all the way to Bolivar u Mo with President Truman and who hi h hid d friend been hailed as a great democrat and of the USA Furthermore the state slate department I trigger-recognition trigger of Latin dictators hai hU brought forth a rash of military revolts the tt latest being the Nicaraguan Inspired march march against the peaceful government of at Costa Rica I Naturally if it the state department now recognizes the Venezuelan dictators it will vill lead to even more revolts rc nOlI i For For- Forrestal Forrestal Meanwhile Secretary of Defense restal still sUll favors his plan o of sending more mort II lend leno- arms to Latin America under a new lease agreement despite the fact that ne new arms awns to Latin American generals Is like Me j- j toy train to a small boy at Christmastime j They cant can't wait to use them them i 7 against their own president i r |