$ Year Men Aid Oil Barons' Huge Monopoly Grab
Voorhis, Jerry
$ Year Men Aid Oil Barons' Huge Monopoly Grab Voorhis Exposes Tie-up or Standard Oil-War Agency By Jerry Voorhis Member of ComfTes* THE major oil companies of America, operating tnrougn and...
...In the spectacular contest fen- Supreme Court Justice in Manhattan and Bronx, a divided apposition enabled Thomas A. Aurelio, who ewes | his nomination to gangster support, to daft at Matthew M. Levy, ALP and independent, and George Fran ken t baler, independent GOP, Aurelio...
...And Mr Wiser...
...With one possible exception there is not a man an it who can by any stretch of the imagination be considered to represent any other interest than the major oil companies...
...And does not Directive No...
...Murray stated that the no-strike pledge was an agreement between labor, management and government—not a unilateral pledge from labor alone—to keep uninterrupted production provided the other parties to the agreement'held to their bargains...
...Year Men Aid Oil Barons' Huge Monopoly Grab Voorhis Exposes Tie-up or Standard Oil-War Agency By Jerry Voorhis Member of ComfTes* THE major oil companies of America, operating tnrougn and under the protec1 tion of a government agency, have just secured the greatest monopoly charter of power ever given a group of private citizens, in the single, most vital resource of tjte world...
...McLevy f* Tuesday's sssctiso taw Socialist J sapor McLevy win re-election handily-in Bridgeport, while J. Henry Stamp, fstaair mayor of Reading, Pa- cause hack to wsn sinUua this year...
...Standard Oil of New Jerj. A. Brown of SeceeyVsymam OB Col...
...16, 1933, and the lesson it taught many...
...Ickes, the only bona ide government official in the picture that I can discover, is also Secretary of the Interior and has many other extremely important duties which, by the way, he has dweharged with eSciency and faithfulness through the years...
...Hull to go to Moscow would be to insult the Russians and Insure complete futility for the conference before it convened...
...The dsrlsratiee that nations mast conduct themselves with adult responsibility and that tie people of a nation must bear the responsibility for what their leaders do in their name is still another...
...Desperately we must hope once again that the aWdgea of the pact of Moscow will be fulfilled—justice in the postwar settlements, the reconstruction of Europe on democratic principles, s federation of nations to maintain collective security...
...The British and American Governments cannot, of course, demand that the principles of democracy be applied also to Russia, any more than Russia can legitimately demand the independence of India...
...Union Oil Co...
...H D. Cohasr, Susdaro Oil of Cai.fomi* J. F. Drake...
...Already a corners two named "War gency Tankers Incorporated" has been formed which control* the operation of afl at the ef tankers available to our country so far a* know...
...Several are trying to rebuild their power and are even trying to wriggle their way into polities, according to Lord Rennell...
...Murray Leads Fight on Nat'l Wage Policies at CIO Conclave fy a Sfenf Cerrespeedwef PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—The Congress of industrial Organisation*, meeting in convention here, this week came out in flat repudiation of the "Little Steel" wage formula and the policies of the War Labor Board...
...Aa trass pit of the Utopian paeans that greeted the successful saaplotiea of the Moscow conference, is the reaction of the New fork Pest: "Hull, Eden, aad Molotov have changed the world...
...Here we have the greatest charter of power, in my opinion, ever given t« a group ef essentially private cititeas, directly connected with the" most powerful natural resource monopoly the world has ever known, over the most vital single resource that there is...
...explamed an office attache...
...It will he seen that the major oil companies completely dominate this committee...
...Probably as we go north we shall and more of them, but sn far we really have no problem ia using thorn bar ante we haven't any...
...Perhaps the later talks wiH be better...
...Bat as fa*** it goes, it can tains nothing that goes counter to Mr...
...Possession of oil reserves and oil resources—or the lack of them—may fundamentally influence the positions of nations in the future...
...it aeenu to me...
...the campaign mat ¦ ncious that on the eve of election Presieen Roosevelt issued a st, tement denouncing as i "tissue of lies" a brochure that assailed Bullitt' role when Ambassador to France...
...Bat let aa not take ringing words for accomplished facts...
...The results as made public this week, therefore, take on the nature of a personal triumph for Mr...
...Bitter disappointments have made us suspicious of glittering samisllliss Bright terms like "sovereign" and "equality" and "ssSMcratie, peace loving peoples," are susceptible of varying definitions...
...Louis Adsmie, Tito's spokesman m this country, gave his patron's name as Josip Brozovich...
...j Acting through the Petroleum Administration for War, with the antttniat laws suspended by the War Production Board, the major oil companies are now able to squeeze out the independent oil men and begin the complete cartelization of the oil industry—under governmental sanction...
...The "cheerful li'l earful" said little to the radio audience beyond "I love yea, went you be true...
...The theme of their remarks — and of Phil Murray's—was that labor unionism wa* virtually destroyed at the end of the last war, and they were going to make sure that the war isn't used to destroy labor's gains and membership...
...To be sure, so far as is known there is much left unsaid as yet...
...FrtxGerald was backed by the Ne§n and UAW vote, while Klan elements, withes Jefferies' endorsement, worked for his re else tion...
...A |nst and stable peace is far from realization...
...It is also empowered to determine jnst hew much oil this eventry is to import and through what companies we can import it...
...And it k important to observe 1 think that as a practical matter, the War Production Board official* are far too Ousy to call ha question requests on the part of the Petroleum Administration for suspension ef the anti-trust laws Nor, contrary to a widely held opinion in Congress, k the approval of the Department of Justice required...
...Stamp ran ahead ef the Socialist ticket to win by Sag votes...
...Anon* mous and scurrilous leaflets called Bullitt anjti Semitic and pro-Semitic, depending on th district...
...I said, "Murray replied slowly and deliberately, •I'd fight...
...It can arrange with the War Shipping Administration for vessel tonnage to carry out its schedule of the movement of petroleum...
...The debate in the CIO Board grew hot and heavy with Harry Bridges defending Robinson and Van Bittner of the Steel workers coming* out sharply against Bridges...
...Matthew Levy ran aha* of the party ticket, gaining 217,000 votes ft Manhattan and the Bronx...
...coalition warfare will be jointly waged (exoept against Japan...
...of California...
...In the very nature of the bhw, tMrnw, it k uhika* tkm what will **a*i»e*$Sy hapeea k that the asna* aad acsmtmhw ef the Foreign Oiwitim Ceav matt* will he approves by M> e«emij...
...Itfwei said by these, as Frank Kent summed op to well in the Washington Star last Wednesday, that "Mr...
...Molotov's penmanship, it is because of the precedent of Nov...
...Why in the second place k there not at least one representative of she folic without any other arduous duties on hk shoulders piaced on every one of these awmnillase in order that the people may at least bp informed of what is going on ? Why liiddad k not Congress asked to pass legislation specifically denning the powers of these groups oi major oil company representatives who are hek*n clothed so rapidly with «. i>c»-governmental ppwe.And finally, why if Congress k not eaepd If do this, does it not on its own motion ntokt trpon doing it...
...The American and British press hailed the pact of Moscow with nearly universal hosannas, most editors terming it a triumphant success...
...One wag remarked that Muster's union wan gaining members and that he most be growing independent...
...This danger is not allayed by the eloquent silence about plans for the Baltic States, Poland, Finland, the Balkans...
...The one bright spot in the campaign wan tb vote of the American Labor Party which, aegnjt a bitter primary fight, was able to poll anew than 325,000 votes...
...The real battle for democracy is still ahead...
...California...
...As a practical matter of coarse the Petroleum Administrator Mr...
...This committee is also empowered to allocate the foreign supply among the suppliers and importance in each country to be served...
...In the morning session of the board, devoted to the political action report, top CIO leaders indicated that they will not give the Democratic Party a "blank check" for 1944...
...For these reasons, the prudent-minded here sre going slow on hooplas until there is forthcoming some explanation or settlement of the apparent contradition between the fact that even at the moment that Molotov was signing the Moscow Pact, Stalin's other hand was dealing from a different pack of cards in Jugoslavia, Greece and Albania...
...But to write- that "this is a new world," is to create new lotions...
...Howard MarsheH, Mr, Marshall, ate Mr...
...Labor papers hopped to the story, but the daily press which, presumably, prints "all the news that's fit to print," stayed sway from it as though it were something obscene—which, ef course, it is...
...These interests have through tne years Larg«y -written weir own uctet so far as their relationship to the government and people of the United States has been concerned...
...Standard Oil sf New Jersey...
...This action, along with some criticism of President RooeeveH for his directives to the WLB, reverses the CIO policy of the last two years...
...1 "They patted untie as in Puglia saying that Allied currency would not be accepted...
...The Communist union leaders have been following a line of sacrificing labor standards and balking any fight on the War Labor Board and the government's restrictive labor policies...
...Except for Puglia province, which is the seat of the Badoglio Government, AMG is continuing to administer all of occupied Italy...
...The very fact titt journals so far apart as are the Daily Worker, the Timet, the San, PM, the Herald-Tribune, the Foot, can all join in a paen pf praise is itself cause for suspicion that clarification is necessary—as sail as a basis for hope that conflicts which jeopardise true intersstisnalism can be resolved without recource to force...
...Whether these fine pledges are translated into progressive action, or whether they wiR meet the fate of the equally fine promises of Wilson's Fourteen Points, depends on factors so numerous and complex that prophesy of success or failure m premature and dangerous...
...aad America...
...For at the Board meeting Phil Murray lashed eat sharply at the Administration's labor policies and when the Communists sought to defend them, attacked their position too...
...Instead they substitute a slogan for "incentive pay"—or piecework and speedup—to make up wage increases...
...Bed totalitarian dictatorship, etc., the basic fsct remains thst the American people are not concerned so much by what Stalin does beside bis borders ss what he does ssnaso ear herders...
...Strictly speaking, we hare none...
...M. F. Humphrey...
...In other places, he said, there have been instances of nepotism where in the change of town government a new mayor has installed members of his family in key positions...
...The greatest AU vote was in the Bronx, which is solidly beanm the state leaderahin of the ALP...
...Bull's oft-expressed principles and it contains a great many of the things he nas worked for so loag...
...the Allies pledge themselves not "to employ their military forces within the territories of other states except for the purposes envisaged in this declaration and after joint consultation," which, we hope, means no territorial grabs...
...The dreadful allegation was also made that Mr...
...Stalinists and Soviet apologists may save their hysterics over this bluntly-phrased elemental truth...
...Its military value alone justifies applause...
...They sxosd the mistrust aad fear . . . between England and the United States, and Russia...
...The 435,000 vote was a racer* for a Detroit off-year...
...Robert H. Ceiley Atlantic Refining Co...
...Now, it is obvious that the most sweeping powers have been granted to this committee...
...Everybody is interested in that OPA war profit story...
...Their plans and schedules will be approved either by Mr...
...9m sew ins aim try of international cooperation...
...The question I want i.0 ask is '.lis: Are we not witnessing here without any sub«lantial protest on our part, the complete cartelization of the oil industry of America under govemmertal sanction...
...So was Butinet* Week, a McGrawHill publication...
...H. V. Bsacksr...
...the mystery concerning the so-called Tito, Communist leader of the Jogoslayian Partisans, is begianiag to unfold...
...Murphy, the secretary treasurer of the state A. F. of L. had unit* labor support, but the machine vote was weak Rock-ribbed Republican Philadelphia gave in cum bent Mayor Bernard Samuel a 50,000 phir ality out of 600,000 votes in a race marked b] some of the vilest name-calling in America...
...Another paragraph from the Directive reads as follows: "The foreign Operations Committee and its committees shall maintain such staff and appoint such persons as may be necessary or requisite to discharge the responsibilities, duties and functions under this directive...
...anti-Negro and pro-Negro...
...In its October 30th issue...
...Fafteringly we move toward war aims thst mean more than mere survival and the defeat of fascist aggression...
...the four powers agree to maintain peace through collective security and to establish the machinery of international cooperation in which all nations, large and small, may join...
...urates* Week devoted better than a page to the story, agreeing with The New Leader's thesis that "the study of csnners' profits was suppressed ss psrt of OPA't general endeavor to make friends with business...
...October IS...
...Well . . . • * » Keveoling the Name of Tito Incidental...
...In New York, GOP nominee Joe R. Henley was able to overcome a 300.000 lead piled up in New York City by Democrat General William N. Haskell to win the Lieutenant-Governorahip...
...Actually tt is Moscow more than London or Washington that threatens the first violation of the principles of the Atlantic Charter and the premises of the joint declarations...
...Ultimately it will he for the Italians to chases the type of government they want...
...The rights of all nation* to decide for themselves the kind of government they shall have is one mora...
...But, before Adasaac took en the publicity jab, the name was ased as Bros, which .was has "party" nsase sad presumably lacked that "authentic" accent...
...Yon mean, said Murray turning scornfully on Robinson, "that yoa'd let yenr union die...
...Those hopes were blasted...
...They administer Puglia, w« handle the rest...
...The final verdict on the pact of Moscow, its historic significance, depends on whether or not America and Russia repudiate* their traditional isolationism, and all three powers abandon balance-ofpower politics and imperialist aggrandisement,' These evils cannot be purged by words alone...
...The whole Ainerican press and nearly aWshades of opinion joined in paying tribute to him...
...Today, under the cloak of the war, they are seeking to bind their power...
...w. Alton Jsasa, Cities Savvies Company P W. Parker, SUndard-Vsrusm Oil Co...
...One could hams wished that the fact went further than it dees...
...Even granting that thk extreme concentrekee of control over the oil' industry of the srssy & necessary a* a war measure, we are eattfjay justified in bringing up the question as to what agencies and persons shall be entrusted urlts bringing it about Why, for example, are not the independent oil companies given some real representation on these boards and oomlnissions...
...There are many things in the Pact which are •trikingly reminiscent of things Mr...
...On that date, Maxim Li tvinoff...
...He said...
...If that is so, Stalin flashy is on the right track to friendship with the other nations of the world...
...A world peace organization is one *f them...
...The big question mark for 1044 is still tb< soldiers' vote...
...23rd issue of The New Leader of suppression of the OPA War Profits Studies on the packing and canning industries by Administrator Chester Bowles...
...With 11 million wen in the armed forces and only a tiny fraction voting—political observers concede that this younger vote is largely Democratic — the Republicans were able to eke out victories in New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and several . other localities...
...It also clears away a few at least of the initial obstacles to post-war cooperation between nations...
...15 (Delayed).—AMG is not restraining democratic and progressive elements in Italy from helping to mold the future Italian government, General Lord Rennell, Allied Military Government chief, told me...
...W. G. N. Badgers...
...For instance, on its face the Moscow Pact signifies Russia's desire far a poet-war world in which it will live at peace and in friendship in the world community...
...Many liberals art under the illusion that Russian participation is a guarantee that the alliance and she projected federation will have a different character than all previous pacts and the ill-fated League of Nations...
...Gnlf Oil Corp...
...Ralph W. Gallagher...
...asked party-liner Abram Flaxer in an alarmed tone...
...second, that he was much too old to make the trip...
...Hull was not a 'true Ubsrar...
...If the caany-minded do not go overboard in emotional frenzy over Mr...
...But in the present situation we are fighting a war and oar first interest mast be in stability aad in those elements which are in the beat position to eeperste with us...
...The recognition of the sovereign •quality of small nations as well as large nations is another...
...If votirs is on that same small scale next year, thm President Roosevelt's re-election—it is a fare gone conclusion that he will ran again—may b jeopardized...
...Hull could not go to the Moscow conference because he was afraid to travel by air...
...Ickes, the Petroleum Administrator, or by his Deputy Administrator, who happens to be Mr...
...And the TMo name is a fabrication composed of the initial* of s Balksn terrorist organization called Tsjas Intemscionalns Teeroristieka Orgsoistcijo...
...at that time "People's Commissar' for Foreign Affairs" of the Soviet Union, signed a solemn undertaking addressed to the President of the United States by which, in return for diplomatic recognition, the Soviet Union declared it to be its "fixed policy" .• "To respect scrupulously the indisputable right of -the United States to order its own life within its own jurisdiction m its own way and to refrain from interfering in any manner in the internal affairs of the United States, its territories or possessions...
...There will be no necessity of coming to Congress for money to support the operatiena of this committee and hence no opportunity for review of its work whatsoever here sn Capitol Hill...
...In Sicily, for example, a number of Mafia leaders who were sentenced to long prison sentences under the Fascist regime are now coming out, having served their time...
...He doss net, however, have to approve it in order tor it to go into effect...
...Accepting the declarations at their face value, the threat of a separate peace is ruled out...
...We are not favoring reactionary elements and where democratic forces are available they will be awed," he said...
...Events, not diplomatic phrases, will determine whether or not the accord means a new triple alliance to dominate the globe, freeze the status quo ante bellum [with territorial acquisitions), a continuation of the old imperialist game of power under new forma .. It would have been unrealistic to expect more from the conference than was achieved...
...The Socialist Mays* had been defeated several years aga by j a Democratic-Republican coalition...
...If the conference accomplished nothing more than to shorten the war through joint action, it would be a success...
...Aurelio's largest vote was in Manhattan, w here Tammany Isader pulled out the vote for him, despite official re pudiation by the Democratic Party...
...Tim Chief Counsel of the Petroleum Aomirisbmm» for War, who also ha* to rive approval of sue* ptes* and schedules, k Mr...
...It now develops that Bros is not his real name, either...
...In New Jersey, former Republican Governo Walter Edge, aided by the internecine warfari in the Democratic Party between Governo Edison and Mayor Hague, swept ahead a Vincent Murphy, Democratic nominee to wti the Gubernatorial race...
...This committee can adjust among suppliers or importers differences between estimates and actual supplies of petroleum allocated and shipped...
...But always in the past, such expressed ideal t were negated by the hard fact that Stalin kept dealing with both hands from two different packs of cards...
...which means Secret International Terrorist Organzstion...
...Devke, has been for years an official of tile Standard Oil Company of California It will ha jams as ting to note hare tits name* of the men who compose this Foreign Operation* Committee, and I submit thorn herewith: OrviHe Harden...
...But behind the scenes there was another story, and it revolves areand the pre-eonvention meeting of the CIO Executive Board held on Friday...
...And other CIO leaders get up to lace it into Robinson, including Frank Rosenblum of the Amalgamated, Samuel Wolchak of the Wholesale and Retail Union, and others...
...There was no truth in rumors that cholera and typhus had broken out in Naples...
...Humanity's hopes were raised to new heights by the promise of • free democratic world outlined in Wilson's Fourteen Points, and later with the lsunching of the League of Nations, and again by the Russian revolution which overthrew Czarist tyranny, and the German revolution which established the Weimar Republic...
...Hull has consistently stood for and which he has said ""•ny times...
...This cenunittse can control the movement of oil all ever the world, make arrange mem* aad agreements with companies in other countries, and even apparently with their governments...
...r* ? s& - - .^^rrCautaBnijea Pare tiesae?JPV- * *? * " ¦ : _ . i SucMta* Wta ¦ I ¦ ill | llllHMiP Stamp...
...third, that he was too feeble and in too bad health...
...Their extravagance, however, is hardly justified by facts...
...the American people held Stalin strictly responsible for whatever the American Communists de snd ssy...
...Nor is it true thst we have, as yet, "walked oat of the fog into the light...
...Congress is effectively by passed in this whole preposition...
...but it is likewise unrealistic to bail it as a trifjgfrKffdemocratic intematis-nalism...
...Solon Meets AMG Chief in Italy fy 1. L SOLON War Correspondent for The New Leader and the London News-Chronicle NAPLES, Oct...
...Communist groups, paced b; Earl Browdcr and tory Republican element led by oil magnate Joseph Pew, united to ernes William C. Bullitt, Democratic nominee...
...Hull most feel pretty silljr every time they look at a newspaper these days...
...One step forward, yes...
...atttee is osspswsred U> determine bow moeh oil each country will get sad throat* exactly what companies it will receive It...
...In the debate on this policy...
...The contest was especially bitter wit] Negro and labor groups blaming the Mayer fa his handling of the Detroit riots last June Jefferies was backed by the three largest news papers of Detroit who raised the bogy of ai organized labor attempt to seize control of tlx city government...
...Even Morris Muster, of the Furniture workers, who on many occasions has followed the party-line, attacked Robinson for his failure to act in defense of the union...
...Russian interference in the internal affairs of the Balkan nation* continues to cry a warning to the rest of the world...
...What else could I do," replied the bewildered Robinson, who seems to be losing out in his own union...
...I asked him what were the rsUtssas between AMG and the Badoglio Government...
...The acid test will be she treatment ef the Central European states...
...Operation expenses of all such committees shall be made from a fund to which voluntary contribution, may be made by persons engaged in the petroleum industry and such funds may be solicited by the Foreign Operations Committee...
...For, whatever the American peeple may or stay net think of Communism, the Coramwusts...
...All that is required under ant language of Public Law 603 k that the Attorney General shall have seen the order for suspension, of the anti-trust laws before it k issued...
...running on the two major party liana, polled far leas than Levy and Franaeaihaler combined but finishing seventh in Use alu»JUman race to gain the last post...
...But on the wholly good side, Secretary Hull turned out to be among the more influential architects of a formula by which a successful »nd unified war strategy will lead to Germany's "unconditional surrender," and a basis for international peace organization that brings "¦l hope to a war-sickened world...
...Under the terms of this directive, the Foreign Operations Committee of the Petroleum Administration for War is givon the power to determine the petroleum requirements ef each foreign country to be supplied and to submit to the Director, allocation schedules for each such country...
...There is as yet no solid evidence that the peace will be any better than the peace of Versailles, or the new world federation any improvement over the pld impotent League of Nations, as a means of outlawing war and maintaining collective security...
...And there is no wsy provided at all whereby public knowledge can he had sf what it dees er why it doss it...
...The new world I yet to be created, and not by fiat of diplomats...
...ALP Holds Strength Election results throughout the country ran pretty much as expected...
...The Molotoff tjgnature denoted recognition of "the principle of sovereign equality" of all nations, largo and small, entering oho poet-war world organisation...
...The real monicker appears to be Camillo Horvath...
...the minimal basis is created for continued collaboration during and after the war...
...The joint statement on the restoration of democracy to Italy, the liquidation of fascism, is a splendid formula, that should be applied to all subjugated countries...
...The committee is directed to coordinate its activities with the British Overseas Supply Committee and such other committees or agencies as may be -established by the government of tin United States or any of its Alliee or friendly nation...
...Davies, the Vice-President of the Standard Oil Company of California...
...That is a fair description of what the conhrence didn't and couldn't do...
...said Lord Rennell...
...Then it was declared that he is practically wnile and, anyhow, has no conception of foreign policy and no knowledge of foreign affairs, also that he was bitterly anti-Russian and that Premier Stalin was bitterly anti-Hull and that, under the circumstances, for Mr...
...The Secretary of State left a deep personal im' print on the Moscow Pact...
...It can eoatrol all shipments into the United States...
...Why, if I were running the union," said Murray,\"I'd fight r" Do you mean strike...
...Bavin* ef the Stsmskud OB Cssaooay of California, m meet JWuMlM...
...A tripartite'alliance endorsed by China is better than an alliance between any two powers against the third...
...This was the organization with which Ante PaveHch, Croatian fascist and quisling, has been connected Hi his terrorist activities » * • Papers Pick Up OPA Frott Expose There is an interesting aftermath to the exposure in the Oct...
...political history...
...And he isn't ever, s Jugoslavian He's s Hungarian Commamat...
...The Kremlin won a diplomatic victory—whether it is a victory for humanity remains to be seen...
...And another bask fact is that, a* matter what anybody thinks a beet it...
...If a large number of the seMsari vote, then a Democratic victory is assured...
...Texas Corp...
...H M. Hcrren...
...70 lay a perfect groundwork for the extension of this process into the international field so that there is being developed a perfect framework for an international oil cartel more powerful than anything1 we have ever known before ? In war...
...But before joy cam be unrestrained, certain apparent contradictions want explanation and settlement...
...No nation in the past was willing to consider amity with the man who was so brazenly interfering in their internal affairs by the maintenance, support and encouragement of Communist parties primarily loyal to the Soviet Unioa and dedicated to its service...
...eoorrhnatior of our economic efforts is of course essential, but what safeguards are included in this directive or anywhere else against the perpetuity of the inevitable monopolistic control which it has created into the postwar period * What chance will there be that the American Government itself can cope with the colossus of industrial power that will be here represented, and more especially what chance will there be for the protection of the public interest by means of any effective competition from truly independent concern* whatsoever...
...acting bead of the War Production Board, k officially recorded hi the Federal Regktar at having agreed to linapsnsinn of the anti-trust laws in order to allow the operation of War Emergency Tankers Incorporated to proceed unimpeded by any such consideration...
...The ovich ending is supposed te give it an authentic Jugoslavian ring...
...Control of the petroleum industry within this nation constitutes southing cteee to supreme economic power...
...The New York Poet was s notable exception...
...The instrument is Petroleum Directive 7t ironed by the Petroleum Administrator for War pub. liehed in the Federal Register of Wednesday...
...Meat important sf all...
...Consolidated Q» 1 Cora, W. L. Stewart, Jr...
...It continues to undermine faith in that "brave new world" envisaged by the architects of the M oscow Pact...
...It is a defeat to the Axis equal to any battle their troops have lost...
...The Moscow Pact, therefore, seems te mean that Stalin has agreed to discard "that other pack of cards...
...Yet no natural resource has ever ^*een more effectively controlled by powex> ful monopolistic interests than the oil of our country...
...Voters Apathy Gives GOP Election Gains...
...The phrases of the joint declarations can be interpreted differently by diplomats with conflicting national interests...
...The committee is likewise empowered to prepare "adequate and detailed supply and import allocation schedules covering the importation of petroleum into the United States and shall submit such schedules to the Director...
...The first one was rssssnieeent of what is known in the advertising trade as "institutional advertising...
...Capital Comment By JONATHAN STOUT WASHINGTON, D. O—The disparagers of Mr...
...Well, the exchange remains the same aad notices have been posted m Pa (lis saying that Allied currency will be accepted...
...The world is still waiting to hear whether Russia will return the territory it seized from Poland at the time of the Nazi invasion, whether Stalin will •gree to restoration of the sovereignty of the Baltic states he invaded, whether he * ill give up his ideas of a Russian hegemony over the Balkans, and, most important, "aether he is ready to repudiate in word and in action all connection between Russia and the Communist parties in other nation...
...11% Bronx, bevy displayed amaxing sUangtfc running up a larger vote than Anrebe...
...The immediate point of departure was a statement by party-liner Reid Robinson of the Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers on the War Labor Board...
...Up to now AMG hat earns across "few Italian democrats who are quettsed as political leaden...
...The McGraw-Hill Washington Bureau reported "a run" on its supply of the October 30th issue of Bhsbwss Week...
...AO the stock of this corporation k held by the major oil companies . 4 As to the operation sf these tankers by the major oil uumpaiiam under thk interesting arrangement, there is provision also for suspen«on of the anti-trust laws...
...When we pat a stop to that they asked for a higher rate sf exchange than we hsd established in Sicily...
...Murray had recited many labor grievances arising from WLB and Robinson chimed in with a story of how 175 members of his union had lost their jobs in Nevada mines because of WLB decisions and that the local was crumbling...
...In other words...
...In any case, it is my firm conviction that the Congress should inquire into the activities not only of the Foreign Operations Committee, hot of this entire interlocking directorate of major oil company executives who now hold in their hands the key to the industrial and military future of our country petroleum...
...Cosssmu nists and Republicans accused him of being ai appeaser and Monichman...
...To what extent will an Italian people freely decide their own destiny, and to what degree sas their government, their economy, be restricted and influenced mj Sht usrhmsl interests, political policies and programs of Russia, Baglsad...
...J* ;' I' In Detroit, where the racial and labor -isms* had been sharply drawn, incumbent Mayer Sd ward L Jefferies beat Frank FitaGeraJd, a) though the Mayor had trailed in the nominating primaries...
...Hull...
...But until the high principles of democratic freedom are universally applied, the seeds of future war remain...
...provision has been made in this directive for the kvokkg of Section 12 of Public Law 6*3 of the 77th Congress, whereby with the approval sf the head of the War Prodaction Board all anti-trust laws can he sot aside with regard to any action taken by this committee...
...The health of the country on the whole is good, said Lord Rennell...
...To be sure, Russia several times before, has spoken, principally through the Litvinoff mooch piece, of such desires...
...Russia approves unconditional surrender as a war aim...
...In taking this action, the convention endorsed the wage demands of the miners and railroad workers, although John L. t Lewis himself was bitterly castigated in a report by Phil Murray on the eve of the convention . The resolutions were adopted unanimously and a serene harmony prevailed on the convention floor...
...j In general the cooperation of Italians is good, but there have been some serious developments...
...And on November 1st, Administrator Bowles, bringing his advertising agency experience to the fore, took to the airwaves ia what was announced as a series of radio talks...
...Tidewater Associated Oil Co...
...McLevy ran 10.008 votes ahead of Urn , combined votes of his Democratic aad Republican opponents to sweep into sfiVe | every Socialist alderman...
...The American Labor Party shewed great strength in tallying more than 525,000 votes, with several upstate districts still to report...
...The Moscow Declaration Preface to Peace •JTHE accord reached at Moscow by Hull, Eden, and Molotov will • speed the day of victory...
...In New York, it is estimated that only 40,000 soldiers returned ballots...
...And while an alliance between the four victors is far less than a world federation, that alliance is the only practicable nucleus at present for any sort of internationalism...
Vol. 26 • November 1943 • No. 45
