The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-02

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 Serious business did not occu- py. all the time of the republi- can executive committee at last weeks meeting.
 The c. o. F. chiefs did lot of reminiscing. One of the most humorous incidents recalled was the way in which the late Jim Burke, Pennsylvania leader, stopped George De B. Keim, of New Jersey, from reading a long, ,dreary document at the 1882 convention.
 |. As secretary of the national committee it was Weim's duty to read the formal Call converting the nominating convention. The Call is a lengthy paper listing the states, the number of del- egates and other official infor- nation. Usual procedure is to read only the first and ast par agraphs.
 But this was Keim's first performance, and with a na- tiOnal radio hOOkup he prO- posed making the most of his, opportunity.
 Wnile the sweltering delegates fidgeted and twisted in their seats he read on and on. Finally, 1t became too much for Burke. He leaped from his chair, rushed over to the band and had 1t strike up a lively tune. Then. before the startled Keim knew what was happening, Burke grabbed the Call from his hands, ran a pencil through all b t the last paragraph and handed it back to him.
 He said: "You've had your nicklc's worth, George. Sign
 f with those llncs."
 Coal Politics
 It was the hand of big Jim Farley, whose eyes are glued hard to the 1886 campaign, that really picked the five-man board to administer the Guffey Lit tie MIRA" soft-coal act.
 Roosevelt first asked Labor -cretary Perkins and Interior Secretary Ickes for suggestions. Eacn submitted lists made up chiefly of economists and ex-. perts.
 But when it came to a show down. these names were ignored. Big Jim's recomm endations car ried the day.
 One significant Farley nOm- NnatiOn was George K. Acret, 8 California attorney. The Pa. cific Coast state produces no coal, and Acret knows little about the industry. But he Is 8 lieutenant of Upton Sinclair, gencraIissimO of the EPIC faction, with whom Jim re. gently made peace.
 Politics also ruled in the se- lection of Walter H. Ma1oney, a rising member of Boss Tom Pen- dergast's all-powerful Kansas City machine. Pendergast was anti ti-Roosevelt in the 1882 con- vention. It is safe bet that the chunky little politico will be on the band-wagen in 1886. Farley Real Ruler
 Of the other three board members, c. E. Smith of Fair mount, w. Va. was picked by Senator Nicely; Charles F. Hos- ford of Pittsburgh by Senator Joe Guffey, and Percy TetIow of Cleveland by John l.. Lewis, head of the United /Mine Work CTS. Guffey and Nicely sponsored the act which Lewis hads adyo- cated since 1928.
 The scpappy miners chief almost missed out in getting a man of his choice on the board. When he received no request for recommendations he got res- tive, began to make inquiries. He was referred to Dr. Isador Lubin. chief of the bureau of labor statistics, whom Miss Per- kjns had delegated to get up her list. L.ubin welcomed Lewis cor dially and the two conferred on names.
 Later, Lewis got the tip that Farley was the real coal rul-
 2. Jim readily acknowledged Lewis claim, and gave him the choice of one member. Greatest Liability
 William Hard has just finished political survey, about to be published in Red Book Mag azine, which should warm the cookies of the Presidents heart as he sails for the South.
 A ONE-TIME WORSHIPER AT THE SHRINE OF HER. BERT HOOVER, HARD PRE- GO OVERWHELMINGLY FOR DICTS THE COUNTRY WILL ROOSEVELT, WITH THE EX- CHIFFON OF NEW ENGLAND AND KANSAS.
 Roosevelt's biggest liability. according to the Hard survey, is his family. Said a woman in Richmond, Va; ITO think I voted against Al Smith because of Mrs. Smith. At east Mrs. Smith would have been IN the White House."
 Other highlights of the sur vey:
 That Dr. Townsend is just
 as strong in Oregon and
 Washington as i'm California.
 That B0rah is the only
 man who has a chance of
 putting up a real fight
 against Roosevelt.
 That Governor Landon Of
 Kansas is going to keep
 tight-lipped silence regard Z. ing his candidacy until the
 hst moment. But he wants it..
 That the wages of the
 PassamoquOddy sin have
 made Maine more prosperous
 even than in 1928, and will
 throw the State to Roosevelt. The survey was conducted by three men, cooperating with Hard, who spent the summer covering the country.
 MERRY -GO-ROUND
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