The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-05


 are likely to espouse next year that the only honorable" thing for him to do is to declare as 8 Dem- ocrat.
 Points of honor are more impor- tant with Couzens than with most politicians. He isn't the most bril- liant man in the Senate, but there's none more honest. He has usu- ally voted with the administration and his criticisms of 1t have been negligible.
 On the other hand, he doesn't care at all for his colleague, Sena- tor Arthur Vanderberg, Michigan's candidate for the G. o. P. presi- dential nomination.
 Friends Boom Hague
 The yarn about Hague, one of the nations most famous or. his enemies would say, notorious" political bosses, is traceable to Senator Harry Moore of New Jer- Sey, 8 Hague protege.
 Immediate reaction of the more idealistic New Dealers is that such an appointment would give the ad- rainistration 8 black eye. Others argue that it's unlikely because Hague, though he has since come into camp, was such a bitter foe of Roosevelt at the 1892 Chicago convention.
 The Hague packers, however. are insisting that Hague is an "hon- est boss" who has never made & nickel out of politics, that Roose- welt is determined to keep Catho- lsc in the cabinet, that the politi- cal situation calls for appointment of a strong eastern political boss to fill the postoffice job, and that Hague obviously is the man who answers to the qualifications. Also, they say, Farley approves Hague as his successor.
 All any insider can say assured ly now is that Roosevelt has been considering" Hague. There's vio- lent disagreement as to whether he has the vaguest thought of ap- pointing him.
 Strong Michigan Team
 Part of the Couzens story is that Frank Murphy, former mayor of Detroit and now high commits sioner to the Philippines, will be coming back to I'll nfor governor of Michigan.
 X He's 6 Democrat, of course, and some of the boys are saying that he and Couzens would make @ fine team for the party ticket
 Cabinet Shifts Discounted :, Rumors of cabinet changes have been almost as thick as injunc- tion suits against New Deal laws. Your correspondent invites atten- tion to the suggestion that there may be no cabinet changes at all. Two things inspire that shot ill the air:
 First, Roosevelt has told certain 1ntimates that he would just as soon not reShuffle his top ap- pointees until after election. X Second, Farley, who at one time expected to resign the postmaster generalship no later than Septem- Der, has begun to show signs of icoyness. Chief reason for the Far ley resignation which Jim and ev- eryone else once expected was that Farley was under fire.
 Senator Huey Long, most effec- tive and vocal of the sharpshoot- CTS, is now dead. Senator George Norris of Nebraska, who once cou- .eistently attacked Fariey's double duty as postmaster-general and Democratic national chai irm a n, hasn't been heard from for months. Farley Likely to Stick As to the rumored successors to Farley, 1t may be said that Joe Kennedy wouldn't mind being n the cabinet, but has had no politi- cal experience-such as is common ly considered requisite for the job; that Frank Walker of NEG has had little political experience and would just love to go home and stay home if Roosevelt would let him; and that Secretary Dan Roper is a gent of whom prac- tically everyone here except Roper thinks the less said the better.
 And perhaps it will do no harm ko suggest that Roosevelt may de- eide that Farley had better stay Id the cabinet to save the admins