The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-08


 Dimock has done an excellent job as Second Assistant Secre- tary of Labor, out Miss Perkins will not be sorry to see him go. If anything, she has encouraged his departure.
 Reason is that Miss Perkins has some rather definite ideas about marriage and divorce. And Di- mock is now in the process of / getting a divorce from his wife, while simultaneously his former secretary IS getting divorce from her husband.
 Dimock's former secretary is Mrs. Warren Jay Vinton, whose husband is chief economist for the U. s. Housing Authority. She filed for a divorce in Reno on April 23, and 1t is now reported that Dimock and Mrs. Vinton will be married.
 So Miss Perkins has given her blessing to the exit of her assist ant secretary, who will now return to teaching at the University of Chicago.
 RUSSIA REFUSES
 One of the big questions which Mussolini and Hitler discussed at their famous meeting at the> >Bren- ner Pass was new deai by which the Soviet was to enter the Axis.
 Hitherto. Communist Russia and Catholic Italy has wasted no love. However, Nazi Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop reported to Mussolini on his trip to Rome that he would have no trouble bringing Russia into the fold All he had to do, Ribbentrop intim- ated, was more or less to snap his fingers and Stalin would obey.
 Since that time, Ribbentrop may have snapped his fingers, but he has had no luck with Stalln. So far, Russia has not come into the Axis, and there has been no pact whatsoever re- garding the Balkans.
 In fact, Italy and Russia are just as far apart as ever. 1t,is more probable that if Mussolini goes into the Balkans, Russia will move immediately 10 take Ru- mania and the coast of the Black Sea-.
 LEWIS AND GREEN
 Tn a city which thrlyes on fcuds, probably the bittercst enemies to- day remain labor leaders John l.. Lewis and William Green. How bitterly they hate was illustrated when Eugene Casey, head of the local Roosevelt Memorial h. brary Committee, called upon Green to ask for an AFL con- tribution toward building the H. brary.
 MT. Green immediately asked; "How much did John l.. Lewis and the CIO c0ntribute?"
 "Mr. Green" replied Casey a little sadly. MT. Lewis would not contribute . cent"
 Bill Green frightened percep- tibly, called his secretary and wrote 6 check for $500.
 "S0rry we can't do m0re." he said, handing a check to Casey. "Ifs a very worthy eause.' BREAD, NOT BOOKS
 Ranking very close to Bill Green in the bitter eyes of John l.. Lewis, however, is Franklin D. Roosevelt. This also was illus trated by the aforementioned Eu- gene Casey when he called earlier on Lewis, to ask him for funds to build the Hyde Park library.
 's,r. Lewis listened graciously, then growled: What this country needs is not libraries but BREAD.
 Casey retOrted: "Mr. Lewis, if 1t had not been for libraries, American labor would not have the fortnight. dynamic fearless leader who has done more for labor than anyone else.
 "Study your own back ground" Casey continued. You were just . poor miners boy. Where would you be { 0day # it had not been for free books, free education and free libraries.
 MT. Lewis softened somewhat. but still refused to contribute to the Roosevelt library at Hyde Park. ARMY FOOD
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