The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-26

cause British capital Is invested
In Spanish mines.
Mrs. Ickes
Secretary Ickes and his bride
went TO a party the other day
and Mrs. Ickes was introduced TO
Miss Dorothy Deter, famed peace
worker and secretary Of the Wo-
mems International League for
Peace and Freedom. Miss Deter
was about to say how pleased she
was to meet Mrs. Ickes, when
that authenticated leady de-
clared:
"Oh, remember you, Miss
Deter, though you have prob
ably forgotten me. came to you
once looking for a job, and you
turned me down."
Real Diplomacy
When diplomats gathered In the
Pan-American Union the other
day TO celebrate the signing of the
Chaco peace agreement, camera
men asked for a picture OF the
Bolivian and Paraguan diplomts
shaking hands-With DR.. Leo 8.
Rowe, director OF the Pan -Ameri-
can Union, In the center.
Look at each other and SMILE"
directed cameraman.
The diplomats obcyed, but Or.
Rowe was In quandry. II he
looked toward the Paraguyan, he
might offend not only the Min
lister Of Bolivia but the entire ma
ton.
But which way am 20
Iook?" he said in perpIexity.
Just look straight ahead"
said the cameraman.
California Drama
There Is ironic drama behind
the scenes of one of CALIFORNIA;
numerous election battles.
Twenty years ago James Bren-
nan. young assistant district
attorney OF San Francisco, prose-
cuted and convicted Warren X.
Billings for murder in the famous
Preparedness Day bombing. Bren-
nan did not participate in the
prosecution Of Billings felloW-dc-
PENDANT, Tom Mooney, but he did
remain in the district attorneys
office throughout the Mooney trial.
Today, Brennan Is running for
state attorney general and Is des-
perately anxious to get the sup
port Of Californias powerful labor
forces-without which he has no
chance to win.
But California labor of both
camps Is 100 per cent for the lib
Grafton Of Mooney; and without
Moneys okay Is not placing It's
endorsement on any state official
whose office has anything TO do
with the case.
At the recent State A. F. of l..
convention, Brennan made desper-
ate undercOver efforts to get a
favorable declaration.
The Federation leaders said they
were willing to approve him-pro-
vided he would state publicly that
II elected attorney general he
would not oppose Moneys pend
Ing action before the u. s.. SUI
preme Court TO gain his liberty.
But Brennan would make no such
statement, so the convention en-
dorsed every other candidate on
the Republican ticket but him.
Afterwards he went TO MONEYS
friends and asked them TO persuade
d. n. tAtsic fn ~
In a good word for him.
why should II" demanded
Mooney. "Pve been rafting In
jail for 20 years and he has
never lifted his finger for me.
He has lot Of gall asking me TO
give him an 0kay."
NOTE-Whilc turning down
Brennan, the A. r. Of l.. endorsed
Earl Warren, district attorney of
Alameda county and a close
friend Of former President Hoover
Merry-Go-ROund
Supreme Court Justice James
Mc1eynolds Is spending part OF
his vacation In San Francisco
visiting with his brother, DIR. Rob-
crt T.. McRcynolds. Registering at
a. local hotel, the Justice merely
signed j. G. McReynolds, WASH
ington, d, c., :. The AFL-CIO
vendetta In California is so ven
omous that at Its recent state
convention the Federation en-
dorsed Parson M. Abbott for the
state senate, despite the fact that
he is an open anti-labor vigil
lante. because Robert w. Kenny
his opponent and prominent pre-
labor judge In Los Angelo. has
been friendly TO the CLIO. a. +.
l.. also refused 10 approve Ellis
Patterson, liberal candidate for
lieutenant governor, for the same
reason. Political observers rate
both Kenny and Patterson AS
practically certain winners despite
the AFL turn down.
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