The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-30

about him.
 That most of the COP chiefs are hot under the collar because their erstwhile standard bearer is behind the Roosevelt measure is putting it mildly. They are so sore they could bite nails. He put the Republican Party on the spot on this highly charged issue the last thing the boys wanted to happen.
 The unannounced Omaha pow WOW is a sequel to a similar gath ering of Midwestern state chair men ill Chicago last month, which considered means of preventing Willkie from getting grip on the party organization when Ma tional Chairman Joe Martin steps out. Martin was set to quit at a National Committee meeting late this month. But following the urgent pleas of Tom Dewey, Senator Bob Taft and others, Joe agreed, for the sake of harmony, to remain until September.
 Participants in the Chicago meeting agreed to return home, sound out party sentiment re- garding Willkie, then meet in Omaha this week end to ex- change findings. But since the Chicago meeting, Willkie has de- clared for the lend-lease bill and turned the partly almost up- side down.
 How many leaders will attend the Omaha conference is still in doubt. Some of the big shots, wary about being tagged openly with move to axe Willkie, may attend in person but will send less conspicuous friends to act as unofficial observers.
 THE NEW BRAIN TRUSTER
 Tom Corcoran is famous for many things, one of them being his lack of punctuality. Always rushed with innumerable jobs, he got hours behind with his en- agreements, and his favorite time for catching up with correspon- dence was Sunday afternoon and night.
 Corcoran's flrst-born daughter arrived several days after the doc tors had predicted, and the dynamic braintruster took the delay very hard. But not his beauteous wife. Peggy.
 She was calm and certain every thing would be all right. After wards a friend asked her why she had been so confident.
 "Oh,' smiled Peggy, "whO , ever heard of COrcOran being
 on time for an appointment?" LORD HALIFAX POSES
 From the point of view of the press, Lord Halifax has got off to a good start. To be sure, he didn't pose for the cameras with a black cat on his shoulder, as did the late Lord Lothian. (The superstitious are now wondering about that black cat). But Hah- fax did give newsmen a chance to get at him, and he proved to be less frigid than expected.
 When Halifax came to the State Department, one day after his arr rival, the news writers, the news ree.ers and the stills" all had to go at him before he got on the safe side of Hull'S door. Later the photographers were allowed to walk right into Hull's office and take pictures of the two states men together, behind Hull's desk.
 After his talk with Hull, Hali- fax invited the press into the diplomatic reception room. where with his one good arm khis left hand is miesing) he 1t a cig- aret and answered questions with a deep voice and wan smile.
 OddlGy at this conference was the presence of the German newsman, Kurt Sell, c0rrespon. dent for the official Nazl news agency, D. W. B. Sell busily took notes while Halifax was
 saying. "When the history Of this war comes to be written, it
 will say that Hitler lost the war in June ef l0i0."
 NOTE -- Accompanying Halle fax from London was Charles peake, f0flntf eiitf of proha rec latlons of the British Foreign of- fec. wio told newsnen that ID to the laft minute before sale