The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-28

another member of the NLRB whose term does not expire untii 194O. Members of Congress hos- tile to the board have been ap- preached on the plan. When they pointed out to Alters that there were no real grounds for impeach- ment, the latter replied that their { strategy was to involve the NLRB in hot water on all fronts. Tea Talk
 The President, who is never averse to a few rounds of poker, enjoyed a real evening at a pok- CT party given by him by Sec-.s retary Ickes last week Lat est answer o the query, ''What is the IVA yardstick?" Is, 'sIt is the triumph of mind over meter" Frank Murphy of Mich igan hates to settle down to a permanent job in the USA, says he would much rather go back to his beloved" Philippines where he was once governor general. Near est he will probably get is a trip to Hawaii with Doris Duke Crorn-, well, the tobacco heireSs, and hus- D band Loveliest lady lobby ist recently in Washington is Mrs. John Bitter Of Jacksonville, daughter of the late Nobel scien-. tist, Dr. Albert Nicholson, and niece of Charley Nicholson. Mrs. Bitter has been winning White House attention for her husband, who conducts a WPA orchestra in Jacksonville which may play for the President this season. Argentina Vs. USA
 Argentine opposition to Ameri- can defense plans. which nearly split wide open the Pan-Ameri- can Conference at Lima, disclosed for the first time a secret dip- lomatic argument carried on in Washington for six years.
 1t is the courtship of Arr
 genuine by the United States at the expense of her friendship |, with Brazil.
 This has been protested vigor- ously by Oswaldo Aranha. now Foreign Minister of Brazil, for- merly Brazilian ambassador in : Washington. Argentina, he said, never would be more than fair :. weather friend of the United States.
 Brazil has been faithful for ]. a century" Aranha once told
 Under Secretary of State Welles, {, land yet you take up . new
 and Tickle mistress"
 Five times Aranha protested State Department moves to woo Argentina. One was when the United States sent aviation ad- visers to train the Argentine air corps. Another was when U. s. naval advisers were sent to Arr gentina. Another was when Roosevelt suggested the Argen- tine capital. Buenos Ares, as the site of the Conference of 1936 rather than Rio de Janeiro.
 The last was when the State Department abandoned plan to lend old U. s. destroyers to Pan-American nations, largely be- cause of Argentine opposition. Brazil had originated the plan, was anxious to get the destroyers, but Argentina opposed. Now Brazil is buying them in part rom Eng land and Italy.
 Wheat Concession
 Greatest concession to Argentina recently was Cordell Hulls refusal of Brazilian deal to barter for American surplus wheat. Argen- tina vigorously opposed this, claimed it would cut in on her own Brazilian wheat market.
 So MT. Hull bowed. He sac- rificed the chance of help in getting rid of Henry Wallace's wheat, risked offending the American farmer - all for the sake of remaining on good terms with Argentina.
 Notwithstanding development following the Lima Conference. where Argentina so persistently opposed the United States, is to < see whether Hulrs Good Neighbor policy now warns up to Brazil, lets the aloof Argentines remain even further aloof.
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