The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-25

the next lew QayS.
 The outcome of those elections may have a lot to do with the vital question of who carries New York in 1940. If Roosevelt can control Tammany, the chances for New Deal candidate obviously are stronger. And now, for the first time in recent years, the Tammany tiger, its fur mauled by Tom Dewey, is ready to come completely into the New Deal camp.
 The row over who will head Tammany, however, is not going to be within Tammany. It is docile enough to accept almost anyone the Administration wants. The row is going to be within the Administration itself.
 Jim Farley, with his own eye glued on 1940, wants one of his own trusted ieutenants in this key place and has been secretly pushing Congressman Joe Gava- gan. Roosevelt, on the other hand, leans toward Jim Fay, one legged war veteran who unseated that famous New Deal-hater, John O'Connor, in the bitter purge of 1888.
 Popular and liberal, Fay would revolutionize Tammany's murky leadership. But he is first, last and always Roosevelt's man, not Jim Farley's. So differences over the two candidates may develop the first political row between the President and his chief political strategist. It might even force a showdown on Jim's political ambition.
 NOTE - Possible compromise candidates are Jack Kelly, once political lieutenant of Hines, and Eddie Loughlin, secretary to Judge Ferdinand Pecora, who bolt ed Tammany last year to manage Fay's campaign.
 REDSKINS
 Reminiscing about his six ex- citing years as assistant attorney general in charge of the Criminal Division, hard-hitting Brien Mo- Mahon chose the following as one of his most amusing experiences:
 He was prosecuting some New York football ticket scalpers on tax evasion charges when George cLong Live Linen') Marshall. Washington laundry magnate and owner of the Redskins football team, called on him to intercede for one of the culpritS.
 "He is good feIow," Marshall argued, "and he is willing to make good any taxes he owes."
 You realize, don't you, George" said McMahon, "that these scalpers were getting S6 for tickets your box office was selling for $4? You didn't get half of the rake-off, did you?"
 Hell, mo-" was the indignant reply. "So they were getting $6 for tickets we were selling for $4! Brien, put them in jail for life."
 LABOR BOARD ATTACK
 It never rains but it pours for the National Labor Relations Board.
 In addition to being under searching congressional investiga- ton and flayed almost daily by business spokesmen, the agency faces its toughest ordeal yet-a bare-knuckle going over by Chair man Martin Dies of the un-Amer- icanism Investigating committee.
 Object of the Texans proposed probe is to expose Red influ- ences in high Board places.
 His chief sources of inside in- formation are the American Feder- ation of Labor and three former NLRB employees, the most active of whom is Hugh 0. Mccarthy. 40-year old Montana lawyer who spent six months as an NLRB trial examiner. Mccarthy confers fre- quently with Senator Edward Burke, leading congressional enemy of the Board, and has published several charts purport- ing to prove that the NERB is controlled by radicals.
 Dies plan to put the Board on the griddle is a deep secret: in fact, several members of his com mittee knew nothing about 1t un- til tipped off by outsiders. How ever. Burke and John Frey. AFL Metal Trades head and bitter NLRB foe, have been in on the