The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-24

President are old friends, dating back to the time Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the Wilson cabinet.
 Roosevelt regards Yarnell's abilities SO highly that he gave him carte blanche to deal with the Japanese in China. Yarnell's diplomatic but firm handling of numerous crises not only won the , wholesome respect of the Japan csc but the acclaim of all the foreign missions in the Far East. Congress awarded him the Dis- tinguished Service Medal, whish the President will present person. ally when he returns to Washing ton.
 Yarnelrs extensive knowledge of the Far East and his high stand ing there may be decisive factor in his selection for the naval port folio.
 Sino-Japanese developments are of crucial concern to the U. s. and would become even more SO in the event of European conflict. As secretary of the navy. Yarnell would be able to exert a powerful influence on Far Eastern affairs particularly in coping with the Japanese warlords who know his mettle from first-hand contact. WISE WIFE
 Colonel Donald H. Sawyer, chief of the public buildings division of the Federal Works Agency, is very proud of his golf game. Last week. end reporter called Sawyer's home for information about a construction project and was told by Mrs. Sawyer that her husband was attending a golf tournament.
 "Is MT. Sawyer a good golfer?" asked the reporter politely.
 "He thinks he is," laughed
 Mrs.. Sawyer.
 CAPITOL CHAFF
 Friends of Wendell L. Willkie, grandstanding head of the Com. monwealth and Southern utilities, recently sounded out certain Re- publican leaders for their opinion of him as a presidential possibil- ity. Without exception the poli- ticos turned thumbs down. One re- marked tersely, He may be hero to you utility people, but he would be poison at the ballot box" Secretary Henry Wal lace has had two turn-downs so far in his search for a director of the Rural Identification Adminis- tration. Assistant Interior Secre- tary Oscar Chapman and Repre- sentative Lyndon Johnson, mili- tant young Texas liberal. declined the post Diplomatic and clerical circles are reading with keen interest a booklet entitled '"The Truth about Communism in China" written by Bishop Paul Yu-pin, Vicar Apostolic of Man. king, asserting that no Commun- istic movement exists in China and that the accusation is being spread by the Japanese to serve their own interests.
 SICK MAN
 The condition of Justice Pierce Butler is more serious than his physicians have revealed.
 The 73-year old jurist is suffer- ing from a painful bladder ail- ment, and while his doctors be- lieve he will recover sufficiently to return to the Supreme Court when it reconvenes in October, this is by no means a certainty. At his age and with his massive build, Buffers ailment is very seri- ous matter.
 Only immediate members of his family know that while Butler appeared to be in robust health last term and was one of the four Justices with a perfect attend ance record, actually he was a sick man in the closing weeks.
 He complained of abdominal
 twinges and his personal physi-
 clan, Dr. Fred Sanders0n, ad-
 yised him to take a rest. But
 with Chief Justice Hughes ab- sent with a severe flu attack
 and Justice McReynolds, the
 next ranking member, away on a pleasure junket to his birth place in Kentucky, Butler, the
 third senior, doggedly remained mas plant. garlanding the trees il