The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-25

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 But what never leaked out was that the Aiken drama had behind it the unseen master mind of the Republican National Committee. Leo Casey, former publicity direc- tor of the committee, who more recently handled Tom Dewey's campaign, was rushed to Mont pelier and did the job for Cover nor Aiken.
 Casey, who is the best man the COP has employed in many a year, prepared Aiken's speeches and press releases, set the time of Aiken's speech to the legisla- ture, invited a number of metro political political writers to Ver- mont and promised them some fireworks. Because of his astute handling, the promised fireworks went off. YANKEE BUDGET
 But in all the excitement, plus the glamour of his national pulp licity, Aiken found himself in bad spot at home. The goevrnor was so busy staging his fight against federal flood control that he incorrectly informed his legis- lature vermont's balance at the end of the biennium, June 30, 1941, would be $635 ,000.
 This was just about million dollars off base. Instead, the state will have a deficit of around $500,OO0. So Aiken had to send another message to the legisla- ture together with a correction sheet" showing that he had made a mistake of over a million dollars in vermont's tiny 20-million bi- ennial budget.
 Newspapermen covering the State House said that the gOv- ern0r was working so hard with Leo Casey in his fight against Washington that he didn't even read over the budget before submitting 1t.
 NOTE-Democratic congressman were wrong when they said Aiken was the tool of the power trust. He has been 8 consistent op- ponent of the big utilities, was merely playing politics in this affair. Vermont Democrats call $67,000 voted by the legislature to fight the Federal Government on floor control '"The Aiken for Presi- dent Fund" [ FELIX FRANKFURTER
 Before a Senate Committee had passed or him unanimously for the Supreme Court, Felix Frank furter sent the following telegram to President Roosevelt:
 Marion (Mrs. Frankfurter) hopes that I'll be on the Senate :. griddle for two weeks so she can find out the real truth about me-"
 To this Roosevelt wired back: Maybe you're one of the miss ing Musica brothers"
 ROOSEVELT JOKES
 A favorite diversion of the Roosevelt family at the dinner table is telling stories on them selves. To several guests at a small White House dinner the other night. Elliott Roosevelt, who now lives in Texas, told this one on his fathers administration.
 A Texas Democrat was discuss ing politics with a Northern Re- publican who asked him If he had voted for Roosevelt.
 "Yes," was the reply, T voted the Democratic ticket in 1882 and again in 1936."
 Well, what are you going to do in 1940?"
 I'm going to vote the Dem- Ocratic ticket again In 1940, but if some of the Republicans up North don't quit cooperatin' with us, the country's going to be in powerful bad shape"
 The President laughed as much as anyone, and then told a story on himself previously published in this column. how Hitler, Musso- lini and Roosevelt were dividing up the world and Adolf and Benito got to arguing over cer- tain areas in Europe.
 God decreed that t be mine," argued Hitler.
 T did not" interposed Ro0se- welt. 8t. M
 NoTE-None of the. guests