The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-07-14

LCdlIl1IldtG, CdCLuS JdCk ' in the ring for the 1940 pres
 Even before ne visited the Lone Star state, Roosevelt suspected that Garner was secretly angling for delegates. For several months the President has been receiving tips from friends in various parts of the country, particularly the South, about Gamers undercover politicking.
 During the closing days of the recent session, friendly senators told Roosevelt that Garner was showing all the signs of having been deeply bitten by the presi- dential bug. They reported that he was glad-handing and back skipping only as one in the throes of severe presidentitis.
 But Roosevelt and most of his intimates were inclined to mini- mize these reports, believing that Garner was merely ma nuvering to get a bloc of dele gates in order to have 8 potent voice in the selection of the
 1940 standard bearer. Since the days of the Supreme Court fight they have had no illusions about his secret determination to fight
 the nomination of another New Dealer, but they were skeptical
 of the stories that he was real
 ly out to pin the rosebud on
 himself.
 For one thing, Garner is 69 now and will be Fl in 1940. For an- other, he is not in the best of health. He is not ailing, but has to take it easy. The White House was convinced that his real plan was to get behind someone like Senator Bennett Clark, Missouri's tepid liberal, and use him to stop Roosevelt choice.
 But, as a result of the numer- ous first-hand reports he re- ceived from Texans who have been in contact with Gamers unpub- licized activities in Uvalde, the President thinks differently now. Fishing for Delegates
 Garner, the President was in- formed, is very busy fishing-but not for trout. He is casting for bigger game-convention delegates to put Jack Garner in the White House.
 This includes much letter-writ- ing, receiving of visitors, and watching campaign developmnts in all sections of the country with an avidity the old gentleman has not displayed in years.
 Another telI-tale indication, the President was told, is the sudden cooling of the long time
 friendship between Garner and RFChairman Jess Jones. Jesse also has harbored secret presi- dential ambitions, and now that
 his fellow-Texan has set his cap for the prize, they are no long CT intimate buddies.
 Naturally, Roosevelt is giving no public hint of his new discovery. But undoubtedly he is doing a lot. One thing is certain-Jack Garner will capture the 1940 Democratic nomination only over the Presidents prostrate body.
 NOTE-One unexpected angle on the Garner boom that the President Heard was that his po- litical Man Friday, Jim Farley, and Garner are on exceedingly intimate terms, and that some of Gamers friends are limiting about Farley ticket. They say there is more than one way to kill cat, and that one of them may be by going to Alaska. SS-Men
 Illustrative of the extra pre- cautions taken by the Secret Ser vice to protect the President on this trip is the screen of SS-men thrown around him when he makes a speech.
 Whether he talks from the rear of his private car or a platform, a Secret Service man stands on either side a little to the rear with three others directly below him facing the crowd. Other guards are placed at the steps and in the crowd nearest the President. They are armed with .45 caliber service revolvers and are expert marksmen.
 When the President goes up the ramp to enter his private car he is always preceded by Tom Qualters, his dashing personal bodyguard, who walks up back ward facing the President.
 No Sentimentality
 Opening his senatorial cam- paign against Mrs. Hattie Cara way, Representative John Mo- Clellan told Pine Bluffs, Ark, nEE THE DECnDn