The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-11

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 Roosevelt sent Garner the same formal, one-sentence letter of of- ficial leave-taking that went to the House and Senate -. and that was all. There was no word of personal greeting or goodwill.
 Roosevelt went no further than protocol required. And on his part, Garner did the same. He acknowledged the letter tersely and impersonally.
 To insiders the incident was not surprising. It merely gave ex- pression to a situation that in the final weeks of the session had verged on an open breach between the White House and the Vice President. Mutual bitterness and dislike had reached such a pitch between them that only deliberate restraint prevented an explosion.
 But while both camps held themselves in check in public statements, privately they talked about each other with frank en- mity.
 Garner voiced his disgust and hostility toward Administration policies. and his determination to do everything in his power to block Roosevelt control of the 194O convention. Garner ex- pressed these views not only to Democratic cronies but to Re- publicans.
 The President was equally out spoken. To more than one caller he expressed the belief that Gar ner was the inspirer and leader of the anti-New Deal bloc that scuttled the Administrations spending program and put through the Hatch bill. Also, he made no secret of his fixed deter imitation to brook no Garner con- trol of the 1940 convention.
 That is one thing I will not stand for" he told one high congressional leader grimly. "This Administration and the Democratic party are not going to be undone that way"
 GARNER AND REPUBLICANS
 One episode that played an im- portant undercover role in stirring White House ire against Garner was related by several New Deal senators.
 According to their alleged eye witness report, Garner secretly ad- vised Representative Joe Martin. COP floor leader, and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, young Massa- chusetts Republican, how to de- feat the lending bill in the House. The story was told in inner Ad- ministration circles as follow:
 Martin and Lodge were confer ring in the Senate lobby outside of Gamers office when he came along and jocularly remarked, 'What are you two conspiring about?"
 "We are trying to figure out how to kill the lending bill and the wage-hour amend ments."
 (Both New Englanders, Mar tin and Lodge were against the South-inspired amendments to emasculate the law but did not fight them openlyo
 "T'H be back in a minute." Garner replied, land tell you just how that can be done without showing our hand"
 In a few moments he returned. sat down with the two COP lead- CTS and explained in detail how both measures could be strangled by burying them in the House Rules Committee.
 While this story lacks confirma- ton, its significance is the fact that bitterness against Garner is such that the inner circle im- plicitly believes 1t and has no doubt Garner was just as respon- sible for the death of the lending measure as he was for putting the Hatch bill through the House. STICKLER CARM0DY
 Federal Works Administrator John M. Carmody is a stickler for orderliness in personal ap- pearance as well as in work. Rid- ing an elevator to his office the other day, he noticed that the coat collar of a Negro messenger was turned up. Reaching over, he fIicked it Into place.
 "That's . little thing" Car. mody smiled, "but it's slovenly