The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-06

COlIlplCGC4y III OAOWAA, AAAo Ae% and lowing. He had just spent an hour lunching amicably with the President and appeared tickled pink with everyone and every thing.
 After shaking hands warmly all around, the postmaster gen. eral, who has joined the Coca Cola company, sat down-to find on the table directly before him 8 shiny sign which read:
 The biggest and best PEPSI COLA
 5 cents
 NOTE-Jim still has White House generalissimoS on tenter- hooks over whether he will make any speeches for the Roosevelt Wallace slate in the campaign. So far efforts to schedule him have met with evasive replies. Jim hasn't said no, but neither has he said yes. Closest to promise was his word to Senator David I. Walsh that he will make a speech for him in Boston and to Senator Jim Mead to put in some campaign icks from him in New York.
 WILLKIE & COCA COLA
 Farley may not know it but his new bosses seriously considered offering Wendell Willkie a big Coca Cola job last spring.
 The COP standard bearers en- try into the presidential arena shelved the plan, but the Coca Cola rulers weighed the matter carefully.
 Their interest in Willkie was aroused by his dynamic aggres- siveness in battling the IVA, which made him, in their opinion, just the kind of scrapper Coca Cola needs. Coca Cola has been facing increasing competition from rivals using the word "cola", and even the Life Saver company headed by the recently resigned Undersecretary of Commerce Ed Noble, has adopted this name.
 To combat these competitors Coca Cola has started large scale legal war, and Willkie, the slam-bang anti-TVA fighter, ap- pealed strongly to Coke" execu- tives. The matter was dropped, however, when he tossed his hat into the presidential ring.
 NOTE = Farley is no lawyer, but he is a super salesman and has a far-flung personal acquain- tance with federal, state and local officials.
 RUSSIA WANTED NAVY STEEL
 One fact not generally known about the Charlestown, w. Va, naval ordnance plant which Presi- dent Roosevelt visited this week was that its machinery came near being sold to the Soviet government.
 Built during the last World War, the Charleston plant was erected to manufacture arm0r plate. This is a form of steel
 normally built by only two plants in the United States, and the Navy wanted to keep the
 Charleston plant for emer- gencies. For without sufficient armOr plate, it is impossible to rush the construction of naval vessels.
 HOWEVER, the Massachusetts Salvage company put in bid for the Charleston plant machinery, and a lot of pressure was put on the Roosevelt administration by various politicians to sell 1t. The plan was to transport the machin- cry to Russia where it would help to rebuild the Russian navy. Since American policy always has fav- ored a strong Russian navy as Q quieting influence on Japan, the Idea was given careful consider ation. Also various American steel manufacturers who did not like the idea of the government being in the steel business tried to push the sale.
 HOWEVER, Lewis Compton, far- sighted assistant secretary of the navy, was opposed. So also was President Roosevelt when the mat- ter was placed before him. So today the Charleston plant, oper- ated under lease to the Illinois Carnegie company. is turning out rush orders of arnior plate. while the National Youth Admlniatra- ton also is using the plant to train apprentice niaehinists. UvALDE CALLING
 Vice President Jack Gamer may