The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-02

full not to get out on a limb.
 However. this is definitely the very first time he has even men, toned the name of Q specific can- didate. One year ago, in fact, Roosevelt told friends that he con. sidered Secretary Hull too old Che Is 6o).
 Therefore the consideration he Is now giving Hull Is more than significant.
 What the president is doing is throwing out Hull's name to var ious close advisers and noting their reaction. He has also made some inquiries into Hull's back ground in Congress and finds that 1t was good.
 The tack which the president is taking Is that Hull Is the only man who could get the support of both the liberal Democrats and the conservatives, such as sena- tors Glass, Byrd, and George.
 No other candidate, according to Roosevelts present frame of mind, will be able to swing both the conservative Democrats and the liberal New Dealers.
 Vnether ss,a continues to hold tks opinion rels, ,ains to be seen. Gnne of Roosevelt'S advisers have a,id him that the trade treaties would be e tremendous handicap to Hull in the Midwest, and that his age also will be 0 factor.
 Also significant k the fact that the Inner Circle, while not yet counting Roosevelt out for
 third term, are by no means so
 sure of 1t as they once were. Now they are convinced that
 Roosevelt really does not want to be . candidate.
 NOTE-If Hull (of Tennessee) should head the ticket, c New York candidate for Vice President would be . natural, in which case Jim Farley has his eye definitely on the Job, and 1t would be tough for the president to refuse him. Inner reports, however, are that Roosevelt would prefer Bob Jack son,
 JUSTICE FIsANKFURTER
 Like other members of the su. preme Court, Justice Felix Frank. furter has an imposing private office furnished with the elegance and comfort befittlng an official of august rank. It has private shower, large marble fireplace, massive furniture upholstered in rich leather. deep rugs and c desk that Is Q wide expanse of polished mahogany.
 But unlike his colleagues, Frankfurter does not use his ornate sanctum. It's too fancy for him.
 One day he said to Edward P. Pritchard, Jr, his brilliant liar. ward law clerk, "Ed, how about swapping offices with me? You take mine and I'll take yours"
 'It's olgay with me-" grinned Prltohard, but why?"
 "Mine Is so ornamental it gives me the. creeps. Its sp0Oky. Further, It's SO elaborate that there isn't enough place for all my books"
 So pritchard is now ensconced in his boss flossy office and the Justice, with his books, is quar. tered In the modest, cozy office of his law clerk-ininus shower and fireplace.
 NOTE -- Justice Frankfurter, whose flair for scintiilating epi- grams recalls the colorful phrases of the late Justice Oliver Wendell HolnieS, has another habit in common with his predecessor. Like Holmes, Frankfirter likes to stand while reading, and has q iectern in his office for that pur- pose.
 JACKSON DAY DINNER
 Genial Big Jim Farley is pre-. dieting . selI.out at the 4lOO-a. plate Jackson Day dinner in Washington next week.
 'It can't miss,' he explains with Q broad smile, and this is why: "AIl the candidates will Do there in order to be mentioned as among these present, also to De oa hand in case the president says 6 certain something they are mighty interested in."
 AAnd ell the other boys will