Show 0 W washington D 0 LITTLE BUSINESS CRUSADER donald nelsons belsons Nel sons get tough policy ol 01 gets increasingly un unfortunate fortunat reverberations part of this Is because donald nice as he Is and well liked as he is lust just seem heern to have a knack for feeling the public pulse for instance he should have known that the most popular man in washington as far as little business is concerned is guy holcomb hid head of the justice departments department small business bureau yet nelson reached into the justice department and demanded that the attorney general alre holcomb the reaction against nelson has been bad nelson had no jurisdiction over the justice department and it is i unusual for one executive to reach into the affairs of an outside office i however holcomb has been consistently critical of failure to aw award ard war contracts to little business his cracks got on nelsons belsons Nel sons nerves and he demanded that the attorney general fire him so to keep peace in the official family holcomb was permitted to resign actually holcomb was a hustling young business man from atlanta ga who knew nothing about red tape spurned bureaucracy and went around saying exactly what lie he thought of people who seemed to be lying down on the job result lie he made a lot of enemies but he got an awful lot done for little business for instance he discovered that only three companies in the entire united states got all the contracts tor for putting boilers in merchant ships hips ALASKAN ATTACKS the senate military affairs committee got some encouraging news when it met behind closed doors to hear biear the report of a subcommittee which has returned from anin an inspection spec tion tr tour of our alaskan fortifications for military reasons the greater part of the ahe report cannot be revealed however this much can be told the subcommittee composed of senators happy chandler of kentucky wn mon of washington and rufus hollian of oregon was unanimous in declaring that our aerial defenses in alaska were wera strong enough to repel any attempted lop jap invasion remarkable progress has been made since inc pearl harbor in lishing lashing new land and sea sia bases in the alaskan area the three senators also paid high tribute to the morale and skill of U S airmen who are forced to fly in the worst kinds of weather conditions though refusing to predict on how soon we can start an all out air offensive to drive the japs from their footholds in the Aleut lans the subcommittee reported that one ob I 1 stacle which has been h holding idin g b up p such an offensive has now been licked hitherto we have been unable to send protective convoys of fighting planes with bombers raiding jap positions in the tha aleutians Aleut lans ians because our fighters do not have the flying range for the 1000 mile round tri trip from the army base at is 1 land nearest outpost to the japsi however this problem has been solved by the installation of belly gas tanks on fighters they carry carrai several hundred gallons of fuel and can bo be dropped after they are arc emptied the subcommittee also reported that interference with army and navy nary radio communications in the tha 1 alaskan Al asican area caused by bad eath er and the aurora borealis Bore alls was being largely circumvented by corn com pass flying UNFOUNDED RUMOR department the rumor one of the Freu baut brothers in detroit who manufacture trailers gave his yacht to the navy but before doing so said he wanted to take it on a farewell cruise lie he had no sooner got a n few hours offshore however when he received a peremptory demand from the navy to return after which liar har ty ry hopkins and his new bride took over the yacht and sailed away on their honeymoon the truth harry hopkins like yachting gets seasick easily spent his vacation in connecticut harry freehauf Freu hauf interviewed by this columnist on the telephone said icily my boothr did turn his yacht over to the navy but the arrangements were entirely tim amiable lable and harry hopkins never was on it at any time or place we have heard all torts borts of rumors about this but there Is absolutely nothing to them POLITICAL ECONOMY ECONOMY hardworking hard working representative john H folger of north carolina will g go 0 the limit for or a constituent but a recent request from a job seeker in his district almost got him down 1 I have filed an application with the tha civil service commission for a position as an economist 1 I am a farmer of many years experience and believe I 1 bin am eminently qualified for the job im after 1 I have practiced all my lif 91 y |