The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-12

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 His speech he'd been written In the State Department, sent to his train by airmail. He used 1t almost verbatim, changing only "a few passages.
 It was no accident that Henry l.. Stimson, former secretary of state, made public his statement prnising China and cOndemnlng
 Japan simultaneously with Hull's emphatic note to the league.
 Norman Davis, ambassador un- der both Hull and Stimson, had tipped him off that the Presi- dents quarantine" speech and the Hull note were In the works. Stimson did not know the exact day on which they were to eX- plode, but he knew approximately and threw his weight behind the Roosevelt-Hull protest.
 Republican. Democratic
 MT. stimson is 0 staunch Re- publican, served in the Teddy Roosevelt, Taft and Hoover Ad- ministrations, but he sees eye to-eye with Franklin Roosevelt when 1t comes to the Far East.
 In fact, Stimson tried to get Hoover to make the same spsech Roosevelt made last week in Chi-
 cago. But Hoover was too timid.
 After Roosevelt was elected, Stlmson went to sec him, em. phasised the importance of not recognizing Japan's conquest of Manchurla. Roosevelt agreed. A few months later, ViscOunt Ishii came to the United States for n conference with Roosevelt. t,
 stimson, worried that the new President might change his mind about Manchurian recognition, hurried to the White. House. He emerged later, very much elated. A friend, walking with him, asked what Roosevelt had said about Manchuria. ,.
 He said," replied Stlmson, "I won't even discuss lt,"
 NOTE-American policy toward Japan in the Far East has been reasonably consistent regardless of Democratic or Republican adnlin- istration. William Jennings Bryan, secretary of state In 1915, was the real author of the so-called Stim. son policy of not recognizing Jap- aneSo conquests of Chinege terri. tory,
 Miss Perkins
 A. Y. of l.. failure to invite Madame Secretary Perkins to its Denver convention hurt more than anyone suspected.
 Few know the lengtlls to which Mss Perkins went to Wangle an invitation after the guest list. minus her name, Was made pub- llc Actually, every official of tho Labor Department thought to have any Influence ih AFL circles waS asked to contact his friends and get Madame Secretary a belated bid. Every likely Federation of- ficial was approached, personally or long distance phone, to no avail,
 Where Miss Perkins slipped was in assuming that she would
 be invited automatically. Then when the list came out It was to late. ,,.'... ..'a
 ]. Warren Madden, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, was smarter. Repeated ate tackS by the A. r. of on him and on the Board for alleged CIo leanings, had convinced him that he didn't have e chance of receiving an irnpromptu invi- tation.. So he went to William Green in advance and asked for q chance to appear ct the conven- ton and defend NLRB policy. The Federation could hardly turn down this request 50 he appeared, while Perkins did not, ,,s.m.,
 Chief cause of the break with
 Miss Perkins Is the Federation belief that she ls biased In favor
 of the CIO, and has been in.
 fluenclng the administration In general and the Labor Relations
 Board In particular in that d. rectlOn. 'p
 A. ?, of L. leaders are bitter because Miss Perkins opposed amendment of the Wagner Labor Act in favor of tho craft union setup. Also they complain that they have difficulty iii getting in to sec her. Before tho New Deal. they could walk into the office any time and talk thinSS over with tho Secretary of Labo". Now, however. the Secretary usual- ly is too busy to sec them.
 Baptism of Fire
 If Washington newainen have their way, there will Do an iinport- ant switch in the White House staff. g. anG .tnst
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