The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-08

However, there was no trace of rancor when the two men shook hands.
 The outgoing vice president was in gay spirits as he related how 8 White House guard nearly failed to recognize him because he was wearing a snappy new gray fe- dora, instead of his usual wide br1mmed hat. ''He took me for 8 sissy" grinned Garner. "I guess that's what I get for being lame duck"
 The one serious interlude dur ing the visit was when Garner commended the President on his aid-to-Brit speech and assured him of wholehearted support.
 'Tf worse comes to worst, Chief" Garner added, T might do a little fighting myself. My shooting eye is as keen as ever. I bagged a mighty big deer on my last hunting trip"
 "Jack," chuckled the President, 'every time you come here your door story gets little taller"
 "On the level, Chief. I didn't weigh this boy, but he was the biggest critter ever bagged in Texas, if not in the whole coun- try. And I nailed him with the first shot,"
 "All right, all right" laughed Roosevelt. But I'll believe you when see picture of the ami mal."
 POOLING THE PRESS
 At this, the beginning of a year, The Washington Merry Co., Round herewith tabulates the most famous newspaper denials issued by the New Deal during 1940:
 June 6-Revelation that Roose- welt had been in private com munication with Benito Mussolini to try to dissuade him from en- tering the war on the side of Ger many was officially denied at the White House and derided as fan tastic by Under Secretary of OldUe summer Wel1cS.
 June 1O-Roosevelt, speaking at Charlottesville, Va, in his famous 'stab- b-in- the back" speech, told in detail how he had communicated with Mussolini.
 June 8-Disclosure that Dan Tobin, head of the teamsters union and James Forrestal, head of Dill lon, Read & O., would be named White House secretariat denied by White House.
 June 22-27-Tobin and Forrestal appointed to White House secre- tariat.
 Aug. 16.-Revelation that United States was negotiating with Great Britain to trade destroyers for island bases was officially denied by the White House.
 Sept. 3.-The trade of destroy CTS for island bases was announced officially.
 NOTE-Prize denial of recent years was in November 1886, when Sumner Welles denied categorically that Roosevelt would sail on good will mission to Buenos Aires. Next day the Argentine govern ment announced that the PreSi- ' dent was coming.
 TELLING THE BOYS
 Speaker Sam Rayburn and Majority Leader John Mccormack gave the boys some pointed pieces of advice in the secret Democra- tic caucus that preceded the opening of the new Congress.
 One was blunt admonition for closer cooperation with the Presi- dent. Another was that the mem- bers conduct themselves so as to insure their reelection in 1942.
 Rayburn revealed that he and Mccormack had entered into two-way agreement with Roose- welt. The President promised to confer with House leaders on all moves he planned to make during the session; and in return, Ray burn and Mccormack pledged more united backing from the Democrats.
 I'm depending on all of you to back us up on this," Ray burn said. "I don't expect 100 per cent support for everything the President proposes. But at the same time I don't want 50