The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-28

as the present query of who puts the roses on the desk of Assist ant Secretary Caffrey, who Is to succeed Sumner Welles in Cuba
 The roses appear every morn. ing, without fail, fresh and crim- son. Mir Caffrcy says he does not know who puts them there. His secretaries plead equal ignOr- ance. They get to work at about nine. William Wilber Washing ton, the colOred messenger, gets there at seven-thiHty. He says the flowers are there ahead of him. He planes them on the chaFwomen.
 The mystery remains unsolv- ed.
 FORTHRIGHT FEMINISM
 Mrs Franklin Roosevelt's quiet {, but determined feminism was responsible for giving women a better deal under the civil works administration.
 The original CWA program worked out by crisp-spoken, hard-working Harry Hopkins did not contemplate many jobs for women. Nor did that envisaged by Mrs Roosevelt's huSband. Both men planned that first con- sideration should be given to heads of families.
 Hopkins, moreover, has some ideas about professional fcmin- .ism. During the recent confer ence of mayors and governors regarding civil works a woman delegate arose and asked:
 What are you going to do about unemployed women? They can't install sewers or build houses, you know"
 To which Hopkins shot back:
 'I see Madame that you are not a member of the women's party or you would never have asked that question"
 Under the subtle charm of Mrs Roosevelt, however, Hopkins mellowed in marked degree. He cooperated cordially at the con- ference Mrs Roosevelt inspired, admitted that the problem of unemployed women was acute and promised that in apportion- ing jobs under the civil works administration women would get Square deal"
 LITERARY GEMS
 Whatever may be the benefits of the New Deal to farmers, labor and industry, it's gifts to literature have been bounteous beyond belief. No other adminis- tration in history has made so generous contribution to he literary arts.
 Here, briefly, are the chief contributors:
 Mrs Roosevelt, erstwhile magazine editor, now contribu- tor to a newspaper syndicate.
 Jimmy Roosevelt, reporter during his fathers cruise to Nova Scotia, and contributor to syndicate.
 Elliott Roosevelt, aviation editor for a chain of news papers.
 Professor Raymond Moley, author of a weekly newspaper article and editor of the new magazine, Today.
 Professor Rex Tugwell, au- thor of series of weekly news paper articles.
 A. A. Berle, author of var ious magazine and newspaper articles.
 Celeste Jedell, secretary to Profesosr Moley, author of newspaper articles on the state department in which she spent four months.
 All of which caused one SOuth- ern editor to send the following telegram to 8 New York syndi- cato manager who was offering him Mrs Roosevelt's articles: "T will not pay fifteen cents on the hoof for any new adminis- tration writer you can offer me-" Barney Baruch, having achiev- ed the literary distinction of an article in the Saturday Evening Post, should at least be eligible to join the administration"
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Henry Morgenthau, Ja., acting secretary of the treasury, got off to a lot of bad starts. In addi- tion to censorship and militariz- ing negro guards, it leaked out that he resented the dinner giv- en by treasury officials to Dean ,Acheson, retiring under secre- tary. The capital has a lot of wf.ite elephants on its hands, but the worst is the town house of Ned Mclean, former owner of the Washington Post. For a while Charlie Curtis, one-time dry vice-president, was trying to get someone to lease 1t as a night club. Now negotia- tions are on to tear it down and use the space as a parking lot.
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