The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-24

as many political speeches on the
air as time could be bought for,
but he wouldn't bulge from his
12-hour limit.
The pleas for a trip to Chi
cagO and indianapolis were al
most fearful. Mayor Kelly
promised q turnout Of q half
million people in Chicago, and
Governor Townsend pledged
100000 in Indianapolis any hour
of the day or night. The heat
is still ON for this trip, and
Roosevelt may yet decide to
make it.
Credit Senator Jimmy
Byrnes, smart little South Caro-
linian, with persuading Senator
Sheridan Downey, No. ! congress
sional Townsendite, to take the
air Immediately after Senator Hi
ram Johnson's pro-Willkie declar-
alton and endorse the third term.
It took several weeks of the hard
est kind Of pleading to bring
Downey round to crossing swords
with his fellow californian, with
whom he agrees on isolationiSm.
WIN WITH WILLKIE
Almost-but not quite-did Pres
ident Roosevelt's chauffeur wear
a Willkie button when he called
at the White House to drive the
President to the train.
The President was about to
leave for Hyde Park, and chauf-
feur Montey Snyder was warming
I'D the motor Of the big touring
car in the White House garage.
Then he put on his overcoat,
ready to go.
A flash of color caught his eye.
He looked down at the lapel Of
his coat. "Win With WILLKIE"!
He snatched the button off and
looked around for the culprit.
Sc spotted among the onlook-
ers the grinning face Of George
Klenk, chauffeur to Sumner
Welles. No doubt about it. Klenk
was the joker,
PROFESSOR MOLEY'S HAM
When Raymond Moley, erstwhile
New Dealer, appeared for Willkie
in Richmond, Va, the GROWING
touch Of the meeting was O ham
act.
To indicate that the farmers
were turning from Roosevelt,
managers of the meeting arranged
to have a Virginia farmer step up
to the platform and present Moley
with a token Of rural regard. But
there was a litter In the crowd
when the token proved to be a
ham.
Moley looked q little sheepish
when he took the Virginia ham
into his arms. The farmer had
described it as "the emblem Of our
party"
The litter was even stronger,
however, when Moley, in his adj
dress to the Democrats for Will
kie," attempted to say that great
force was sweeping out Of the
West to rid washington Of its
New Deal crackpotS. "A great
wind" he said, 'chas come out Of
the West"
LABOR PEACE
Defense Commissioner Sidney
Hillman soon will announce two
surprise appointments to his labor
advisory board.
They will be John p. Frey, head
of the AFL metal trades depart
ment, and John Green, president
of the CLOS shipbuilding workers
union. The two men will be Hill
mans special assistants in the
ship-building field.
To many people these appoint
mentS may seem q routine matter.
But to labor circles they are an
other coup Of Hillman's In brin-
ing warning AFL and CLIO leaders
together.
Frey and Green have long
been on opposite sides Of the
fence. Frey long has been one
of the most diehard opponents
of the CLIO in upper ALL ranks,
having helped bounce Hillman
and John L. Lewis from the
AL. Only q month ago he
vigorously assaiIed Hillman ut q
private meeting Of the AL ex-
ecutive council.
NOTE-To date, Hillman and his
labor advisory board have settled
peaceably 157 threatened strikes,
work stoppages and lockouts af-
fecting over 675, 900 workers. An
average Of 1000 letters . week
are received from rank-and- file
union members comemnding these
activities.
MERRY-GO-RoUND
Senator McNary has had 30
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