The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-20


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 In the past the dinner usually has been held late in January, but this year, because of the inaug- ural and a reorganization within the National Committee, it has quietly been decided to hold it in March.
 National Chairman Ed Flynn and his lieutenants hope to make the affair bigger and more profit able than ever before.
 One plan is to stage dinners in a lot more cities. Another, sug- gested by Richard Reynolds, new National Treasurer, is to combine the victory celebration with a re- union of all factions; that is, the return to the fold of the various leaders who have broken with the party or the President in the past hectic eight years.
 Among those Reynolds has in
 mind are men like Al Smith
 and One- time Budget Director
 Lewis Douglas. They now see
 eye-tO-eye with Roosevelt on
 foreign policy, and Reynolds be-
 lieves this opens the way for a
 big party rapprochement by ex-
 banding the Jackson Day cele-
 bratiOn into a unity affair.
 Whether the bolters and dis senters can be won over to the idea remains to be seen. Blss whether they are or not, it has been decided definitely to call the celebration the Jackson Day Unity Dinner and open arms will be eX- tended to all the mavericks. NEXT GOVERNOR"
 Representative Colgate w. Dar- den, Jr., of Virginia was chatting with trim, gray-haired man i'll the lobby of the House Office Building when Prentiss Faulkner, youthful House clerk, Sauntered by with a cheery, "H'yah, Congress- man."
 Darden smilingly acknowledged the greeting, and a moment later shook hands with his companion and went his way. The gray-haired man followed Faulkner into an ele- vator. Do you know whom you hailed?" he asked pleasantly.
 Without turning to look at the uuestioner, Faulkner (who comes from Amherst, Va.) talked on: Sure, that's the next governor Of Virginia. He recently announced his candidacy and is a cinch to be elected. Whats more, he's go- ing to make one of the best gov- ernors Virginia ever had"
 'Hmmm,". unused the gray haired man. "And what's wrong with the present gOvernor?
 "Why, nothing, but ----" At this point young Faulkner turned to look at the inquisitive stranger. Then, his face the hue of a rain- bow, he hightailed out of the ele- vator as though stuck with a bay onet.
 "Let me off at the fourth flOOr," chuckled Governor James H. Price of Virginia to the elevator opera tor.
 UNDER THE DOME
 One of Vice President Jack Gar ner's last chores before leaving Washington was to ind job for Tom Hardy, his veteran chauffeur. Hardy drove the late Vice Presl- dent Charley Curtis and his one time rip snorting predecessor. Charles Dawes . (. Inside reason why the California Republicans in the House took the unusual step of bouncing Representative AL bert Carter as chairman of their delegation was the piling up of personal resentmentS over num- Der of years. When the numbering, socially ambitious Oaklander was awed, his California colleagues re- ceived many private congratula- lions from other members. As in the historic arms embargo bat tie of November, 1939, Senator Tom Connally, raZor-tongued Tex an, will be the Administrations chief sharpshooter in the floor fight for the aid-to-B Britain bill. Con- nally is without peer in the Sem ate as a debater, no holds barred. PEW YACHT
 The Senate campaign fund in- vestigating committee disclosed that the Pew family of Philadel- phia gave $9cOO0 to the election chest of Wendell Willkie. But they are oafkira0 most of this hack from