The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-04

official of the company. Always gracious host, Garner welcomed them cordially and passed around drinks.
 One of the visitors congratu- lated Garner on the adoption by the 1940 nomination. Garner grinned broadly and then, waving his arms, launched into his speech.
 'It was awfully nice of the boys," he said, but don't get me
 wrong. I have no desire to be
 President. No, sir. Of course
 I can't do anything about it if
 my friends will boom me. And a lot of them are, right here in
 the Senate, too. Bennett Clark
 Himself an ardent aspirant),
 Bailey North Carolina), Burke
 (Nebraska), and a number of
 the other boys are for me aren't they, Clyde?"
 Herring nodded vigorous as- sent.
 "And," continued Garner with g significant glance at Knud- sen, T am also getting letters every day from business men all over the country urging me to run. Naturally, I can't help but be flatteEed. am not lock-
 ing for a thing but if the lightning should strike in my
 direction, I guess I'd have to accept. Wouldn't I, Clyde?"
 Herring again nodded emphati- cally as he emptied his glass. INSTRUCTOR
 During the committee hearings on the appointment of J. Haden Alldredge, prominent transporta- ton expert, to the Interstate Com merce Commission, he was inter- rogated at length by Senator Clyde Reed of Kansas, a one-time State Public Utility Commissioner. When he had finished, Reed turned to Senator Lister Hi1l of Alabama, chiefly responsible for Alldredge's selection, and remarked:
 Lister, you may not know it,
 but l have just been giving
 you course on freight rates."
 "Oh, is that what it was?"
 drily broke in Senator Harry
 Schwartz of Wyoming. From
 the way the discussion proceed
 ed, it seemed to me that MT.
 Ahdredge was giving you the in-
 struction."
 DIPLOMATIC CHAFF
 Discussing naval building for Latin American countries, Sena- tor Pepper of Florida suggested in the Foreign Relations Committee that new yards be built in the Gulf of Mexico. This was too much for Senator Vandenberg tradi- tional foe of the Florida canal. "I suppose, he said, you would have new yard at the end of the Florida Canal?" Joe Green, head of the Munitions Control, has detected many a gun- runner, but he can't detect what's wrong with his children's guinea pigs Departure of Dr. Hom- CT Viteri of Ecuador is tacit ad- mission that his country and Peru have failed to adjust century old boundary dispute. Both coun- tries sent delegations here in Sep- tember, 1886, to prepare for arb- tration by Roosevelt. All they did was give their children Ameri- can schooling. They never reached an agreement even on what to ar bitrate.
 FRANCO DRIVE
 Recognition of Franco took place after a secret drive waged by pro- -Fascists both within and out side the State Department. =. |.
 Chief opponent to Franco's recognition had been Claude Bow CTS, intensely democratic ambassa- dor to Madrid. However, some of the State Department boys have proposed a deal by which they hope to satisfy Bowers.
 To replace Bowers in Spain they would send Jefferson Caf- frey, ardent Catholic ambassa- dor to Brazil, who very mysteri- ously has been lingering In the United States for many months more than his allotted vacation.
 ,Caffery is 8 great friend of Rev. Joseph F. Thorning, of Mount St. Mary's college, Maryland, one of the most active pro-Franco clerics in the United States. Father Thoring toured South America in an effort to line Up those coufl- tries behind Franco: more recently gave a dinner in honor of Arnbas- sador Caffery attended by leading clerics and Franco-philes both in and out of Congress. WRONG AMBASSADOR
 While the State Department t l