The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-23
! !. BEHIND | THE SCENIESl WASf1INICT ON A0V RODNEY DUTcHER-b
 Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
Young Jimmy
 Roosevelt Will
 Be On The Spot


 made his oficial debut in Washing ton at the side of his father-on the occasion of the presidential mes- sage to congress and again at the ceremonies of inauguration. Jimmy will be. an assistant, Q secretary, and a companion. To a certain extent he will attempt tc fill the important place left vacant by the death of Louis Howe, long the beloved friend and most in- innate counselor of F. D. R., and to a certain extent he will at- tempt to replace the late Gus Gen. nerich, without performing the duties of bodyguard.
 The presidents lonesomeness since the death of Howe and Gen. nerich was a large factor behind his request that his son join him at the White House.
 It Is also true that Jimmy, who
 Is still under 30, has made pile
 of money and has political ambi- tions which can be n0urished in
 his new job. The president is
 sympathetic with those ambitions,
 although it's silly to listen to odd
 rumors referring to the young
 man as "crown prince" or Their
 apparent"
 Young Roosevelt thus far has had most of his training under Gov. Jim Curley of Massachusetts,, whom Bay State voters refused to send to the senate last November despite their concurrence in the Roosevelt land- slide.
 He will be on the spot in his position as his fathers confiden- tial handy man, target for jeal- ousies and resentments, eyed con- stantly by both conservatives and liberals who already are wonder ing as to the direction in which his influence will be felt.
 The friends and enemies Jimmy makes in Washington and the type of such statesmanlike qualities as he may exhibit will go a long way toward determining the extent to which he may be expected to travel in his political career. Ginger Scores With r. D. K.
 One of the more recent Roosevelt stories:
 Ginger Rogers, the dancer, in- vited to the White House for a performance, was presenting a rather sedate tango for the presi- dent and his guests
 Come on, Ginger" the presi- dent urged. give us a dance like the ones you do in the movies"
 The actress broke into some fast and fancy stepping, raising her skirts distinctly above the knees.
 Well, you asked for it," she cried, looking at the president.
 Well, I'm taking itl" replied F. D. R. with big grin. VI First Lady Writes Her Life"
 Mrs. Roosevelt is writing her au- tobigraphy. It will appear first seri- ally in national magazine and AoSCA III DONh AOiHb.
 MT. Smythe Effervesces
 Every newspaperman sooner or later encounters Mir. J. Henry Smythe, Jr., who likes to talk about his resemblance to the president might not strike you with terrific impact unless you were re- minded of it-and who is common ly known as Slogan Smythc."
 Or 1t might be more accurate to say that sooner or later MT. Smythe encounters every news 
 He walked into this office at a busy moment and introduced himself.
 You know" he elaborated, "the Roosevelt double. And this is my nephew John, who is 16 and wants to go to West Point"
 Mir. Smythe said he was going around promoting Benjamin Frank lin for place on the nickel or the penny and that he hopes to per- suade the government not to put up big memorial for Thomas Jef- ferson until 1t provides one for Franklin at least commensurate with the Lincoln Memorial or the Washington monument.
 Paying most of the expenses for this movement out of his own pocket, too. Asked where he got the money, MT. Smythe replied he earned his living as a coiner of slogans.
 A lifelong Philadelphia rcpub- llcan. Smythe in 1928 gave his party the slogan No con-Tam- manyation of the Nation and says itwas widely used. He says you must also remember his This will be Landon slide and Keep Coolidge-he keeps the faith"
 For Hoover in 1882 he contrib uted Hoover is a Trouble Re- mover" His Reputation is a Credit to the Nation" He Kept us out of Worse" and Vote right--be a Hooverite.
 Of course" MT. Smythe ad- mitted, slogans alone can't win a campaign"
 Your correspondent forebore asking whether slogans alone mightn't lost one. But whether MT. Smythe is the best or the worst sloganeer in the world. as he him. self remarked while showering old newspaper clippings about himself at your correspondent:
 T get lot of publicity" (COpyright, 1887, NEA Service. Incl