The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-04
1. BEHIND i THE SCENES WASHINGTON
mv RODNEY 0UTclsER-i Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
AIS Quiet HunnOr On The Potomac
 And Statesmen
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Washington, June 4-If this were England and the king said what President Roosevelt was overheard telling Jack Garner the other even- ing, there would be sartorial revo- lution overnight.
 The First Gent and First Lady were having their annual party for the newspaper folk in Wash- ington. The high spot of 1t was . Virginia Reel in which Mrs. Roosevelt OutrOmped her son Jimmy, her brother Hall Roose- welt, her daughter-in-law Betsy Secretary Morgenthau and sev- eral correspondents and their wives. The male reeIers wore beautiful colonial satin costumes featuring green, scarlet yellow and blue.
 How did you like those grand colors on the men, Jack?" the President asked. I'm telling you, in another year we'll all be wear ing colored dinner coats Better do your shopping early"
 They Should Know
 James and Betsy were the only Roosevelt children at the par ty. James, who functions as a Mason secretary lobbyist is a bet ter worO between the White House, government departments and Capi- tol Hill, is in his early thirties.
 A dancing partner remarked to his mother thatt he orchestra was i c fine one.
 "Yes," replied the First Lady, "thats what my kids tell me-" A Horse on JolsOn
 Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury Stephen B. Gibbons recently was in Hollywood.
 At one party of movie people he caused temporary cOnsterna- ton by remarlking to Al folsom:
 Every time I hear you sing, 1t reminds me of 8 hOrse."
 Hostilities were averted when Gibbons explained. Many years ago he had had a date with his wife-to-be at the Winter Garden in New York, where Jolson was ap- Z bearing. He made the mistake of $ going to the Hippodrome, where the chief attraction was a handsome white horse which dove into tank. Deep Welles
 The new undersecretary of state, Sumner Welles, stands stiff as 8 ranirod and without making any ap- parent effort has always managed to create the impression that he is a bit on the high-hat side. He is about the last man in the world from whom a stranger would think of trying to borrow 8 match.
 On the ship which carried the American delegation to Buen0s Aires Secretary of Staet and Mrs. Cordell Hull mixed daily with fel- low passengers, played games and shad no end of informal demo- : cratic fun.
 Mir. and Mrs. .Welles remained aloof. That was why someone gave them a nickname lifted from the title of an English moved which caused some fuss a few years ago. Nickname: The Welles of Loneli- neSs.."
 Influencing People
 Congressman Wright Patman of Texas, who favors anything just so it's inflationary, is out with boat trip invitation to "all members of the group sponsoring the bill for government ownership of the 12 federal reserve banks.
 The trip will be made down the Potomac river "on the Coast Guard Gutter Apache, generously fur nished by the Coast Guard" and (printed in big capital letters) FALL NECESSARY ARRANGE MENTS TO MAKE THE TRIP PLEASANT WILL BE MADE"
 The object is "a goodwill meet { ing of our group and to permit the members of our group to as- sociated with and become &C., quainted with distinguished and outstanding American citizens whdo believe as we believe on monetary problems"
 And then, just as If that were not enough bait, Patman proclaims:
 ''NIr. Dale Carnegie, author of the best book seller, How to Win Friends and Influence People, has already accepted and will be there without fail"
 How many votes MT. Carnegie will wangle for the bill is anybody s guess.
 Napoleon Cummings
 Lest there be any doubt as to the firmness of Attorney General Homer Cummings support of the Roosevelt Court plan Cummings re- lated what he described as an anec- Elote illustrating his position at a recent Value alumni dinner:
 I'm in the position of Napo- leon when he reveiwed his front line of attack and accidentally sat down on a hot cannon,. doing considerable damage to the fine uniform in a crucial spot.
 Napoleon exclaimed, T cannot retreat II have burned my brooches behind mel"
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