The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-30

Washington, Jan. 30--The Sec
rotary Of State, CordeH HUI,
has come back from south
America new man. When ne
left he was fidgety and alarmed.
Not long before he departed ne
even went to Roosevelt and
asked to be relieved of his job
as chief American delegate. Even
on the boat en- route to Monte
video he had the appearance Of
a man about to become a target
for Latin bomb-throwers.
Several things changed all
this.
One was his discovery that
the Latin Americans didn't OBJ
ject to his taking the initiative.
In fact they liked 1t. They cspe-
ciaIly liked 1t when he started
out by calling on them, instead
of vice versa.
Another was his sincerity. AL
so his homely mountaineer
philosophy. Hull's desire to coop
crate, his idea that the United
States was no better than the
others. became so obvious that
he disarmed his enemies. In
stead of throwing bombs they
threw bouquets.
SOME MISTAKES
Hull made O lot of little mis-
takes, He had an awful time
pronouncing some of the Latin
American names. The Chilean
foreign minister he sometimes
called "Mr Chicago"
"Senor Cruchaga," corrected
the punctilious Jimmy Dunn,
state department aide.
The Argentine foreign minis
ter he referred to as "Mr Sa-
vannah.'
you mean Senior Saavedra
Lamas," suggested Mr. Dunn.
"WeIl, the Argentine" Mr.
Hull concurred.
With this particular Argen-
tine, the secretary of state form.
ed a fast friendship, even
partnership. Saavedra Lamas had
been a thorn I'm the side Of the
United States for many months.
lie had written notes to the state
department that made Secretary
Stimson squirm. He was cOnsld.
cred the chief enemy Of the
Colossus of the North.
Cordell Hull singled him out
from the first. He knew Saave-
.dra Lamas had as his pet project
a non-aggression pact. He knew
also that Secretary Stimson on
March 3-last day of the Hoover
regime-had sent a note to Ar
gentina puncturing this pet
project. Finally Hull knew that
Argentina had never ratified the
kellogg pact and various other
Pan American Cancellation treat
les.
So he unfolded to Saavedra
Lamas a plan to have someone
propose that all of these treat
ies--a total of five--be accepted
by the Pan American conference.
And with his natural backwoods
astuteness, Hull said:
~ want to get the number one
man in the entire conference to
make this proposal. II I can't
get him, want to find the num-
Der two man."
The Argentine foreign minis
ter proposed the treaties.
So now, Mr. Hull is thinking of
proposing the name of Saavedra
Lamas for the Nobel Peace Prize.
HAM AND HEN
Ham Kean. walrus- moustached
senator from New Jersey, has
farm in Union county in that
state. Ham was born there, loves
the place. On 1t he raises stock
and poultry of which is is justly
proud.
Some time ago, Ham was
standing outside his house when
a passing mOtOrist swishcd by.
Ono of his hens was standing by
the roadside in a position sOmc-
what analogous to that of her
owner trying to make his mind
which way to vote on a senate
bill.
Just at the wrong time she
made up her mind-and was
killed.
"Hey, there!" yelled the sena-
tor from New Jersey.
No reply but dust.
Mr. Kean. however, is better
farmer than q senator. Jumping
into his own car, he pursued
the fowl murderer, caught him,
made him pay $2.65.
FRENCH FAsCIsM
Reports that state, war and
navy intelligence services send
back from France are almost as
disquieting as those from the
far east-perhaps more so.
The French general staff is
growing extremely FESTIVE. 1t
sees Germany with almost as
many airplanes as France. con