The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22

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 Here some of the aristocracy of England visit over the week ends, and here every important Ameri- can is invited. Recently the Clivedon group has become the British exponent of Fascism, Lady Astor even praising Franco when given the courtesy of the U. s. Senate last winter.
 Latest American to be wooed by the Clivedon group is genial Joe Kennedy, new ambassador to Britain. Reports are that Joe has been taken in just a bit by the Clivedon charm, not on the Nazi-Fascist theories, but on the idea of cooperating with the Tories of Great Britain.
 Joe, who has a lot of Irish American common sense, will probably snap out of it. But the tragedy of the American diplo- matic service for years has been its unabashed obeisance before the throne of British foreign policy.
 Diplomatic God
 American career diplomats hold the British Foreign Office in rev. erence almost as if it were the Deity. American policy in Europe, they contend, should no nothing to offend the British. In fact, London is consulted on every move. This is the policy of Hugh Wilson, Hugh Gibson, Jimmy Dunn, and others near the top, so all the younger career men strive to emulate them. Thus the adoration is self-perpetuating.
 How close the career boys stick to the British has been indicated this week in regard to Spain.
 A growing group of Senators has been demanding the lifting of the arms embargo against the Spanish government. This includes some of the most pow erful members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. However, Prime Minister Cham berlain, having received Fascist assurances regarding the pro- lection of British investments in Spain, long ago decided that Francso should win, even en- couraged secret British loans to the Rebels.
 The British Foreign Office has now sold this idea to our career diplomats. And the career boys inform interested senators: Noth- ing must be done to disturb Bri- tish policy. The arms embargo cannot be lifted"
 NOTE-Secretary Hull is still on his vacation.
 Jesse for President
 When the Democratic conven- ton which nominated Al Smith for President was held in Hous- ton in 1928, a host of toy ballons broke loose from the roof of the auditorium by accident. Supposed to be released at the psychological moment, they bore the words: Jesse Jones for President"
 The premature release broke Jesse's boom before it ever got started, but this ponderous and scheming gentleman has nursed the ambition ever since. Today, with the astue backing of Jack Garner, Jesse once again is run ming for President.
 Furthermore, he has put him. self in powerful position to spend his way into office.
 Jesse long has had the tre- mendous funds of the Recon struction Finance Corporation at his disposal. Recently he was granted an additional $1,50O,- 100000 for loans to industry. And now the unsuitable Jesse has made another grab for power.
 Operating secretly and circuit ously, he is moving heaven and earth to corner the proposed new billion-dolla public works lending fund and keep it out of the militant hands of Harold Ickes, whom Democratic Old Guarders cannot control. In ad- dition to Jesse's own political am- bitions, there is a tWo-way mo- tive behind this:
 1. To keep the new public works loans in line with the anti Roosevelt no-spanding theories;
 9. To use whatever loans are granted as a means of building up a political following in the Gar ner drive to control the Democra- tic nomination in 1940-if not for Jesse, at least for some other conservative.
 Itching Palm
 How shrewd Jesse Jones is at monopolizing the government