The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-30

ally were opposed. They were irked and disgruntled over the delegations which visited them from oil parts of the country, at the mai! which deluged them by the truekload.
 At that time. they said the Spanish war would be over in six weeks. That was nine months ago.
 Today the State Department, realizing It's tragic mistake, would like to have the embargo lifted, but 1t wants Congress to do the lifting. Today also it happens that tho President Is much less enthusiastic on the subject than his State Department.
 Strangely enough hls eabi.
 net, for the most part, disagrees
 with him. Private polls of the
 cabinet show seven efaphaticaliy
 in favor of lifting the embargo. They are fckes, Hopkins, Murs
 phy, Wallace, Perkins, Morgens
 shau and Hull, the latter being favorable, though rather timidiy
 so.
 This poll was not taken at cabinet session, but by some niein- bers Of the above group who checked ID on sentiment among themselves, The main eabineteer. however, Y. D. Roosevelt, thinks it is too late to do anything about the embargo, also appears sway cd by Catholic opinion.
 One Of Roosevelt's most inti- mate advisers recently eounseled a friend who was urging action on Spain. "Why don't you so down Co Florida and fix it with the Car- dinai7"
 He was ivferring to Cardinal Mundelein, close friend of Roose- welt, who has been recuperating from on Illness in Florida, FDR VACATION
 The President leaves Washing ton February i8 to observe the Navy inaneuvers now in progress in the Caribbean, remaining away until March !. Ho will make his sea trip on the i0,000-ton cruiser Houston, which he used for his vacation junket last year. Present plans take him to Miami by rail, where he will board the Houston. GARNER vs. FRANkFURTER
 Private boast of Justice Felix FTankfurter is that he once drank gusty Vice President Jack Oar. i,er "under the table,"
 Not many know it, but the two men are great friends. They were introduced In the early days of the New Deal by ex.braintruster Ray Moley and took an immediate fancy to each other. Garner calls Frankfurter "Cardinar and yrankfurter calls Garner "Ex- celieney."
 Once, while in Washington to attend . White House dinner. Frankfurter remarked to the Pres- ident that he was making an af- teFnoon call on Garner. Tho Pres ident jokingly warned him to be careful of the Vice Presidents hospitality or he wouldn't be able to attend the dinner.
 No slouch when t comes to holding his liquor, Frankfurter retorted, "fIl drink the Vice President pint for pint and HI bet he will be the first to cry quits"
 That is exactly what happened. Some hours later, Frankfurter re- turned to the White House a bit the worse for wear-but trium- phant. He had out-drunk Garner, much to the latter's mingled dis gust and admiration.
 Another White House guest re- marked that he seemed to have had pretty rough going.
 "Yes," ri n n d Frankfurter, 'but you ought to see the other felIow."
 OIL AND WATER
 Some of the Congressional mas- ter minds have hit on a new scheme to solve the Dies commit tee problem.
 Their plan is to combine 1t with the LaFollette committee as a new joint committee of House and Senate with specific instructions to ferret out Communist-N -Nazi operations, plus violations of civil liberties Senator LaFollette and Representative Dies would each retain the chairmanship of his respective committee, with La- Toilette heading the joint con- mittee through seniority.