The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-17
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bases, and some Nasi planes al. ready are reported there.
 Despite the menace of Dakar, presidential advisers have been worried as to what we should do about 1t. To take Dakar from the French and to hold 1t against all corners would require more men than the 600000 in the .. 8. Mar inc Corps. It would require an expedit!onary force from the Reg ular Army.
 And while such troops are available, the bottoms to trats- port them are something else again. Once before, tre British urged us not to get mixed up in the South Atlantic because 1t would divert our Navy from the all-important North Atlantic.
 The sinking of the Robln- Moor, however, has played dir. ectly into the hands of those who have been urging the Pres. ident to adopt the strongest pol. icy in the South Atlantic and, if necessary, land troops on the bulge of Africa.
 So keep your eyes on French West Africa, 1 CAPITAL CHAFF
 If end when Mrs. Roosevelt consents to the departure of her friend Fanny Perkins as Secret- ary of Labor, keep an eye on ex. Senator Mat Nicely, now Governor of West Virginia, as her success gor .. Incidentally, when you figure that 1t took the President of the United States and federal troops to stop the North Aineri- can Aviation strike, Fanny's 1ail- ures don't look quite as bad q. Tn Hitler'g interview with Ainbas. sador Cudahy, given May 23 but not published until June 6, der Tuehrer remarked that he had never heard anyone in Germany say the Mississippi River was Q German frontier in the same spirit as the Allies referred to the Rhine as their frontier. On May 20, between these dates, Charles A. Lindbergh told an America First rally at Philadelphia: "If we say that our frontier lies on the Rhine, they can say that theirs lies on the Mississippi" |. Three German-Russian counties in South Dakota have peen quiet- ly investigated by the Justice De- pertinent with card indexes or just who Is who. It was in this area that . Lutheran minister eulogized Hitler from 31is pulpit. UNEXPECTED CHIEF JUSTICE
 Justice Harlan R. Stone owes his surprise elevation to Chief Justice to 6 little group of con-' servative Senate Democratic iead- CTS.
 A week before the appointment, the President was all set to 90 through with his original plan to name Attorney General Bob Jack son. But the Old Guard swung into action and the President changed his mind. Three argu- inents brought this about:
 (l) That Jackson, while an out- standing attorney, was iGleXpert- enced aS c jurist. (2) That the elevation of Stone would leave an opening for Jackson on the bench, at the same time ensure c liber- ai as Chief Justice. (3) That the appointment would be smart politics., since Stone Is c Repub- 1ican first put on the Court by Coolidge, and all of Roosevelt's other selections have been Demo. crats.
 Among themselves the Old QuaTdeys discussed 6 compromise deal by which Stone, 60 years old, would agree to step out in 6 year or two to make way for Jackson as Chief Justice. But this prcpos- itiOn never got beyond their pri- yate paiavers. When lt came to suggesting it to the President they very wisely got cold feet.
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