The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-26

ASSS
 Hitler's tactics continue, as in the past, to be that of taking territory in areas which are awk- ward for the democracies to de- fend. Nobody wants to go to war for Danzig, one of the freak crea- tions of the Versailles Treaty, and Hitler knows it.
 It is not supposed to be known, but on his way home from sign- ing the defensive alliance with Great Britain, Colonel Josef Beck, Polish foreign minister, got 8 telephone call from Foreign Min ister Bonnet of France urging him to stop in Berlin to discuss Dan- zig. Bonnet's idea was to ar- range for return of the allegedly Free City to Germany before it caused real trouble.
 Simultaneously, the appeas- ment forces (now called the um- brella forces) are at work again in England, urging more con- sessions to Germany. They were behind the return of Bri- tish Ambassador Neville Hender- son to Berlin, despite the fact that he makes no secret of his pro-Naxi sympathy.
 DissenSion within the British cabinet is the biggest asset Hitler has, and the reason smaller coun- tries of Europe don't trust the British alliances.
 FARLEY AND McNUTT
 Big Jim Farley felt it like an uppercut to the chin when Paul V. McNutt,s campaign manager, Frank McHale, said in a comfort ing tone: "Jim, I want you to know that when my man gets in, we intend to keep you as chair man of the Democratic National Committee. No don't worry about the future"
 Farley squared off and re-
 piled: Frank, you and be-
 long to the same lodge and can
 understand each other. And
 I'm telling you that your man is
 not going to be President and
 he is not going to be vice presi-
 dent. So you don't need to be
 charitable about me-"
 RETIRED BRANDEIS
 The telephone rings less than ever at 2205 California street, and ex-Justice Louis D. Brandeis is happy. He never liked the tele- phone. The ringing distracted him, and Mrs. Brandeis always answered it.
 Now that he has retired from the Supreme Court, there are prob- ably more outgoing than incom- ing calls. There is a social secre- tary who comes twice a week, in the morning, to call up 25 persons and invite them to the Brandeis At Home" on Sunday afternoon.
 Other calls are made by Mrs. Brandeis, who does her marketing by telephone. The instrument rests on top of a stack of tables leaves in the pantry, and she stands beside it and says: "And I want quart of beans, and please be sure they are nice ones."
 The order is not extensive, for the justice and his wife both have sparrow appetites. There is no one else except Susie, the Negro maid.
 The Brandeises are together a great deal, even in the morning. At 10, Mrs. Brendeis goes to his library and reads to her husband until 11:30, when they go out for 8 drive.
 The life is frugal. Mrs. Brandeis makes a careful accounting of all expenses all, despite the fact that the Justice continues to draw the full salary of $20,000 a year. UNDER THE DOME
 Vice President Jack Garner was not amused when a newspaperman jestingly told him about a recent story that he was the "Republi- can candidate for the Democratic nomination" Although Sen. Jimmy Byrnes got Cotton Ed" Smith powerful support in his re- election last year, Smith is so jealous of his more popular col- league that he won't invite him to conferences of the cotton bloc@ When Smiths secretary included Byrnes' name in a list of con- ferees, Smith scratched 1t off .. J. O. Roberts, counsel of the House committee Investigating WPA. claims he Is the real author Of the famous Economy Act which slashed veteran benefits in the early days of the New Deal. Rob- erts Is . close friend of Lewis