The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-11

and White HOUSEKEEPING
LaGuardia's New Deal was ju-
bilant when Lehman finally bowed
to their frantic pleas to run
against Dewey, but not the Little
Flower. For him that made the
race choice between the devil
and the deep blue sea.
PRIVATELY, LA GUARDIA
INTENSELY DrSLIKES BOTH
LEHMAN AND DEWEY.
He resented Lehman's surprise
attack on the Presidents court
plan, and fought repeatedly with
the governor last spring over re-
lief and other New York city
problems. LaGuardia was will
ing to swallow Lehman as a
candidate for U. s. senator, but
the prospect Of having him In AL
bany four more years Is giving
the mayor a sour taste IN the
mouth.
But Dewey Is no sweetener.
II anything, LaGuardia Is more
belIicOse toward him than toward
Lehman. The mayor dislikes
the governor but he distrusts
Dewey.
LaGuardia Is firmly convinced
that the cocky young district at
torney has fascist tendencies, that
II he got the governor he would
soon be trying to rule with a
mailed fist. Also, the Little
Flower" has his own ambitions for
1910 and deeply resents Dewey's
crowding him out Of the lime
light.
LaGuArdia vs.. Dewey
As early as last spring LaGuar-
dia was scheming to throw Dewey
for q loss. At q secret confer
ence In Washington, the Mayor
told O group Of Administration
strategists he was certain Dewey
would be the COP candidate for
New York governor and they had
better get busy building up O
strong rival.
personally" he said, "I'd like
10 see Ferd Pecora run against
Dewey. Ferd's Just the man 70
HEX him. Ferd Is widely known,
he helped elect Dewey district
attorney, he IL o swell CAM
paigner and labor would be 100
per cent for him. ! think he's
q natural.
Intimates OF LaGuardia pri-
vately predict that he will take no
active part In the campaign one
way or the other. But they admit
they are only guessing and that
before the fight Is over he may
be In II UP To his neck.
Strange Spots
The Rural liberalization ADJ
ministration has been accused OF
many things, but this Is a. new
one.
A West Virginia farmer entered
the local REA ONCE, called for the
manager and handed him o doc
tors bill.
IT think you ought TO pay that"
said the farmer.
"Whyp What have we got To do
with this7"
'Plenty," said the farmer. "T've
always eaten my wife's soup E
without any extra salt and pep
per In II. The first night we
had electric lights ! found that
the little black spots ] thought
were pepper really were black
ants.
SNOW I didn't mind those ants
when didn't know anything
about them, but after I saw EN-
I couldn't rest until I had gone TO
the doctor TO see II I was oil
right. This Is the bill for that
visit and I think you ought 10 pay
H."
New Monopoly Idea
Senator william King. member
OF the antitrust investigating
committee. who recently put his
staff secretly at work cooking up
arguments 10 prove that monopoly
does not exist In the u. s. A., has
hit on q new idea TO scuttle the
probe.
The wordy Utahan wants 10
switch II from investigation OF
business practices TO an investiga-
ton Of the various federal agencies
that guard against such opera
tons. Also ne wants to investigate
government competition with pri-
vate enterprise"
In other words, King pro-
poses TO. change the probe from an
investigation Of business TO an
investigation Of government.
That the senate resolution auth
oriSing the monopoly inquiry says
nothing about this does not bother
him an iota.
Republican Elephants +.
This may be only q coincidence
and reflect no important trend
In political sentiment, but New