The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-21

WaShlngton, Novembef achy of the Republican Nat Sions have been reached rel
 l. That is definitely e candi- date for the 1886 nomination.
 2. That he has Q secret ore ganigation, amply supplied with funds and energetically pushing his campaign.
 The COP moguls-privately hostile to the ex-president-- credit Ogden Mills, secretary of the treasury in the Hoover cabi- net, with being master -rnind and chief financial "angel" of Hoov- er's drive to stage Q comeback.
 According to Republican Na- tional Committee reports, Hoover is pursuing two lines of strategy in his push for the nomination.
 One is to encourage rival candidates, such as Colonel Frank Knox and Governor Alf LandOn, to believe that # Hoover cannot get the nomina- ton he will throw last minute support to them.
 Tn confirmation of this 1t is reported that several hours be- fore Landon made his recount Cleveland speech, he conferred over the long distance phone with Mills.
 Second, In states where Hoov- CT himself would not stand Q chance of getting delegates, "straw men" In the gulse of "favorite sons" are being put into the field.
 This strategy is behind the recently developed presidential bee of Walter Kohler, bathroom fixtures manufacturer and ex. Governor of Wisconsin.
 About year ago Kohler was on the front pages as 0 result of @ bloody strike in his plant. When Hoover was in the White House Kohler was one of his close friends.
 COP foes of the former presi- dent are now saying that Kohler has no hope of getting the ilominatoin and that once he gets control of the Badger State dele. gation, he can be swung to Hoover at the last moment.
 Tough Jim Farley
 Job-seekers still crowd into the waiting room q the Democratic National Committee in Washing ton. In on unbroken stream, from nine to five, they come, sit- ting patiently, staring ct 0 sign which reads
 "Please approach desk of re- ceptlonist one at time"
 Conspicuous in the crowd re. gently was on oldster with 0 ner. vous manner. Across his knees he held leather case. Protruding from the case was the butt Of q double. .barreled shotgun.
 The hopeful who sat next to him stared hard. After time he said:
 Pardon me-but will Q shot gun help me get job?"
 The armed gentleman 'whis- pered back:
 'T understand it takes more than thls!"
 Old Rivals
 Behind the election of Qrval W. Adams, violently anti-New Deal Salt Lake City banker, as second vice-president of the American Bankers Associatoin is an interesting story of Q long, standing feud.
 For years 8 hot rivalry has ex- isted between Adams and Mar. rlner $. ,Ecclcs, head of the Fed- eral Reserve Board. Both fought for leadership of Utah banking with Eccles always Q lap or two ahead of his older and more orthodox opponent
 Adams entered banking in III. ram, Utah, c suburb of Logan, Eccles' home town. Subsequently, Adams went to work for Eccles, but soon branched out on his own. Eventually he became head of the Utah Staee National Bank of Salt Lake City. This institu- ton is closely connected with the Mormon church and handles It's finances.
 Meanwhile Eccles was rapidly forging forward; als obecoming head of manufacturing and min- ing interests and of Utah's lead- ing banking system.
 Down But Not Out
 In 1882 political differences were adde dto the hot business rivalry between the two men. Ec- cles supported Roosevelt. Adams backed Hoover.
 Tn March, 1888, when the bank holiday broke, new fuel was added to the fire by c bitter dispute between EccIes and Adams over the rescue of Salt Lake City bank. 1Gccles took the bank un- der his wing, moved 1t right next to Adams, and their belligerency rose to new heights.
 When the President sum- mOned Eccles to Washington and made him head of the Fed- erAl Reserve Board, Adams went down for the count. But he was not out.
 He has just made himself the leading Utah critic of the demo- cratic administration. At the Bankers Association convention in New Orleans, 50 bellicose was his opposition that he ran as OFF THE RECORD