The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-14


 The President rendered the prize post at their meeting last Thursday few hours after Me- Mutt returned to the Capital. This was McNutt's response:
 T am very srsteful to you, MT.
 President, but you know I have
 certain plans in mind regarding
 next June. Those plans are con-
 tingent, of course, on certain
 other factors but within those
 limits I wish to 90 ahead with
 my campaign"
 "I understand, Paul." Roose-
 welt replied, land that Is entirely
 okay with me. There Is no rea-
 son why you can't go ahead with your plans and at the same time
 do . good job running this
 agency"
 McNutt asked for Q few days to think 1t over and the President gave him until Tuesday to make his decision.
 OUT OF THE BLUE
 McNutt really didn't need the time because he had already made up his mind before he came to Washington. He made the decision after conferring with his political managers in Indiana on his way to the Capital.
 Press reports of Roosevelt's in- tention to name McNutt came as a thunderbolt to the inner circle.
 Not one of them knew thing about 1t. They knew that an offer had been made to Clarence Dyk- stra, president of Wisconsin Uun- versity, and that he had turned 1t down. Some of them were strongly urging various other candidates. But not one had the slightest ink ling that McNutt was being con- sidered.
 When the news broke they were dumbfounded and raging sore. Most of them dislike and distrust him. But the shooting was all over. They had no chance to pro- test. The president had pulled a fast one and there was nothing they could do to stop 1t.
 Only one person in Washington knew what was in the wind. He was Wayne Coy. young former WPA Regional Director and Me- Nuts secretary in the Philippines.
 Coy arrived in Washington . month ahead of his boss. Shortly after Dykstra declined, Coy was called to the White House and asked to inform McNutt, then
 enroute to Indianapolis for . homecoming rally, that SC could have the new Security post if he wanted 1t. Coy transmitted the information in . midnight long, distance telephone conversation.
 NOTE--Coy is slated to be Me- Nuts assistant in the Security Agency at So.000 a year.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Notice of committee meetings posted on the bulletin board of the House Press Gallery: "10:30 a. m. Rules Committee to con- slider the Hatch Bill and Pollu- tion". Strangest protests re- ceived on the federal theater proj- ects were a number of letters from Los Angeles WPA workers de- manding that the theaters be shut down in order to provide more jobs for "real workers" The let ters assailed the projects as "art- ist rackets" =. - Pudgy little Rep resentative Nat Patton of Texas has two presidential choices: Jack Garner on the Democratic ticket and Representative Jim Wads- worth, New York millionaire so- cialite, on the COP slate. Meeting Wadsworth in the House lobby, Patton said chummily. "Jim, Gar ner Is my man, but I'm for you for the Republican nomination. You'd make . mighty fine Pres- ident." Later, asked why he thought so, Patton replied, "Be- cause he is not only . great liber- al but he is also . great censerv- ative." .. Tall. handsome Fred Storm, veteran United Press White House reporter, will shortly relin- quish his prize press beat to be- come press assistant to Jimmy Roosevelt. blossoming Hollywood executive.
 DRESS REHEAReAL
 Jesse Jones, new head of the lending agency, and John Carm- ody, new chief of the Public Works WPA program. were invit- cd to the home of Henry Mof-