The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-06

of the strangest setups in long time. The plan is as follows:
 "PUDDLER JIM" DAVIS to resign his senate seat and run for governor.
 GOVERNOR CLIFFORD PIN. CHOT to run for Davis unfin- ished term, fhE5 clearing the way for
 SENATOR DAVE REED to have an unobstructed field fin the republican primary to sue. ceed himself.
 Tho big drawback to the iD- genious scheme is the attitude Of the "Puddler". Jim likes the idea of being governor well enough. Tn fact, his standing / complaint since the lottery trial is that his senatorial duties do not keep him busy enough.
 But the "Puddier" is no man to take chances particularly where his purse is involved. He refuses to give up a sure thing for an uncertainty, no matter how much he may want 1t. Jim has no objection to running for governor. But he balks at re- signing from the senate to do 50. And this is the only reason why the state republican bosses have considered him. They would much prefer to have some one besides the "Puddler" as their gubernatorial banner car- rier. They are willing to take him on solely to ease the pres- sure on the desperate Reed, who IS certain to have to fight Pin chot for the republican nomina- tion unless some means can be devised to remove Pinchot from this race. JOB HOLDER
 Little Jean Wallace, daughter of the secretary of agriculture is as self-effacing as her father. In Des Moines, Iowa, where she went to -hool before her father joined the New Deal cabinet, she told her teacher that she would have to leave the class soon, since she had to move to Washing ton.
 The teacher, apparently not one who followed the doings of her country's capital, asked: ITO Washington, IowaW
 No, to Washington, D. c. You see," added Jean Wallace, my father works there now"
 SECRET COVENANTS
 The much touted reorganized Milk Division of the AAA has taken a leaf out of the State Departments career diplomacy.
 Under the spur of Secretary Wallace, all marketing agree ments of the former Milk Admin istrator Clyde King were thrown now in the process of writing new ones.
 It's method of doing so savours strongly of the treaty making \ habits of traditional career dip lomacy.
 A pail of secrecy surrounds every move. Efforts to obtain inc formation are belligerently re. sisted. One difference between the King methods and those of the incumbents is that so far the distributors have not as yet been consulated. King always consulted them first.
 A recent preliminary confer ence on a proposed new agree ment for the Philadelphia milk. shed is an example of how the Division is operating. Repre- sentatives of two groups of dairy farmers in that section were sum- moned to Washintgon. The fact that the conference was being held was made public. But that was the last word obtainable.
 Not only was all information regarding the agreement denied, but B. E. Derrick, assistant milk administration, in charge of the proceedings, truculently refused to make public the names of those participating.
 MERRY.GO-ROUND
 Representative Wright Pat man, the soldier-bonus clamorer, may. be a great hero to the veterans, but not to his col- leagues in the House On the table of the speaker Is pending a petition which would recall Patman's bonus bill from committee, where 1t has been pigeon -holed, and force show down on 1t in the House .. But Patman's signature Is not on the petition. He seems to have cooled off the bonus, Is showing more interest in old age pensions =. President Roose- welt always refers to Budget Di- rector Lewis Douglas as Lew. (Copyright 1884, by United Fea-