The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-01-25

his skin.
One Of his press conferences
last week was devoted entirely to
Throwing down" stories which
had revealed his plans to make
another try for senate ratification
Of the st. Lawrence waterway
treaty, and to confer with Walter
Runciman, British cabinet mem
Der. .
Nevertheless, Runciman was
White House guest last weekend
and the treaty win go to the sem
ate In the near future.
Reason for the presidents irri-
tation Is that the reporters are
upsetting his legislative strategy.
Roosevelt doesn't want congress
sional attention occupied with
too many things at once. He
wants to feed congress one course
at a time. ee s.. .ti.
Best Layed Plans /
-Four years Of experience have
convinced him that too many
irons in the fire on Capitol Hill
bring about log-rolling and ins,r-
gency. When only one or two is
sues are under consideration, the
floor leaders can maintain a
firmer hold on the unwieldy DEM
ocratic host and keep a closer
check on lobbyists. n
just now the president is phi
marily interested In rushing
through the deficiency relief
appropriation and in securing ex-
tension of various emergency
measures with maximum speed
and minimum opposition. 4
But with the correspondents
breaking stories on highly con-
troversial plans which he is Sec
reilly contemplating, his carefully
laid strategy is being knocked
into a cooked hat.
Inner Administration Gag
The rlewsmen, incidentally,
aren't the only ones to feel presi-
dental displeasure over leaks. He
has talked very plainly to his
cabinet on the subject. 'a@'
At q meeting of the official
family he ordered them very
emphatically to put the lid
down tight ON their subordin-
ates regarding the government
Reorganization proposal
Inner administration sniping
at White House policy is an old
Washington story. Every presi-
dent has to contend with 1t.
Roosevelt, apparently, is deter
mined not to tolerate 1t on the
reorganization issue against
which there Is extensive, though
secret, hostility throughout his
entire administration.
United Front
He told the cabinet he would
insist on a unit front on this
question, and required them to
see to It that there were no leaks
nor secret hostile lobbying. The
command was quickly put into ef-
feet.
Secretaries Wallace and Roper
informed their lieutenants that a
rigid gag" was in force on the
reorganization plan and that
the matter either an or IN the
record
Secretary Ickes issued an even
more severe WARNING Nc called
his assistants told them that a
sure and Quick way of committing
hara kiri would be to attempt
to knife the reorganization pro-
posal. NO talking ana no lobbying,
was his stern ukase.
Honorable HULL
The Honorahle corden Huu
secretarv of state is canabia ~
exnressinp himself either in the
dion;f3ad nosa s,,red nhra Ses - the
ststesman or In The honoe,v exs
nressive language ~ the Tsnnes.
see no,,ntsineer he Switches
from one to the other deliberately
and without regrets
The other cav HILL granted an
interview to q man who went
much further thar he should In
seeking a favor. The sscretarv
smoke forth in storm of verbal
abuse as colorful as n WAS nro-
fane
Later. the visitor suggested that