The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-07

11CAG NONC4AlUCA.
 This was taken up in an inner council meeting last week and definitely decided.
 That meeting, however, took a long time and quite a little ma- neuvering before it came to pass. Reason was the Presidents loyalty to Jim Farley, his big, bald, go- down-the-line Postmaster General. Jim long has nursed private am- bitions to be governor of New York. As a boy he played base ball along the shores of the Hud- son, became political boss of his town, has wanted to round out his career by sitting in the governors mansion farther up the Hudson.
 Unfortunately, Jim has cer- tain political handicaps, one of them being his religion, the other being his former aSsocia- tion with Tammany-an or ganization which of late does not sit so we'll with New York voters.
 All of this deterred the Presi- dent from throwing his influence one way or the other in the New York situation.
 Kill That Tiger
 Meanwhile his New York friends, especially the La Guardiaites, were urging him to take a stand. They pointed out that Governor Lehman's banker brother -in-law had his eye on Albany, that Tam many was trying to rise up out of its ashes, and that if he acted quickly Roosevelt had a chance to build up a new, progressive Democratic organization in New York.
 But the President delayed, out of deference to Jim Farley. The governorship of New York is one of the most important springboards to the Presidency, and Roosevelt did not want to commit himself.
 The issue finally came to head last week with Bob Jack sons two fighting speeches and the publication of an editorial in The Washington Times urging the President to come out in the open regarding the governorship.
 At meeting of two or three Roosevelt advisers immediately afterward, this editorial was brought up. Turning to Farley, the President said: What do you think about it, Jim?"
 "Bob Jackson's our best can didate," was the immediate reply from the man who had wanted to be governor.
 NOTE-There was good reason behind the vehement kick-backs of Senator Copeland and Repre- sentative John O'Connor against the Bob Jackson speeches. Good Tammany Democrats, both knew that the nomination of Jackson, a ProgreSsive-Democrat, meant further blow to the already feeble Tiger-and to them.
 Virgin Governor
 Here is the latest story told on Secretary of the Interior Ickes.
 Lawrence Cramer, youthful. un- impressive-looking governor of the Virgin Islands, came to call on Ickes, gave his name to the doorman merely as "Cramer." sat down to wait. Thirty minutes passed. then forty-fiVe..
 The young governor concluded that he had not made his name and position clear. So he ap- preached the doorman and ex- rlained that he was the gover- nor of the Virgin Islands.
 Flustered. the doorman picked up the telephone. MT. Secre- tary," he said, "there virgin here from Governors Island. Morgan Breakdown
 Behind Senator Norris resolu- tion for an investigation of IVA and the utilities which have been fighting it is a Norris and Ad- ministration move to crack down on IVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan.
 The inner circle is irked at Morgan for his persistent feud- ing with the other two board members and particularly for his recent series of articles attack ing few features of New Deal power policy. Possible courses of action against him were discussed recently with the senator from Nebraska.
 At first Norris felt that an in- vestigation of IVA was unneces- sary. However, he too is so angry with Morgan that he finally agreed to this drastic action.
 Last summer Norris went so far as to advise the President to ask for Morgan's resignation. Nor gan had threatened to quit if Roosevelt reappointed Director David Lilienthal, but had backed