The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-31

official permissions, and at the time of :he White House an- nouncement those permissiOns had not been received.
 Willkie will also return by an interesting route which has not yet been announced and cannot be, for reasons of safety.
 You can't make yourself 8 clay pigeon, Wendell" the Presi- dent said to him when they dis cussed publication of the exact nature of his route.
 NOTE = Willkie specified in ad- vance that he would not go unless he could get back by October IS, to take part in the Congressional elections.
 VICE PRESIDENTS CAR
 Vice President Wallace felt bangs of conscience as he drove about town In his long sleek linn cuisine. He desired to get along with a more modest vehicle, so he instructed his secretary, Mary Huss, to find smaller car.
 Miss Huss had some difficult ties. But every time Wallace en- countered her, he asked, What about my little carr"
 Finally, she found one about half the size of the official vice presidential car, and made ar- engagements to buy 1t.
 Wallace IS happy, but chauffeur Thomas Harty hated to lose that sleek black job with the seal on the door. He comforts himself with the though that the new car gets twice as many miles to the gallon.
 "AS MAINE GOES"
 The Navy may or may not have known what it was doing, but 1t has just put its hands rather heavily into Maine politics by giv- ing several juicy munition con- tracts to the Democratic candi- date for governor.
 The candidate is George w. Lane, president of the National Fire Works companay and the juicy order which the Navy re- gently dumped into his lap totals about $38,799,125.
 Lane has received previous con- tracts for bombs, etc., from the Navy, but none as large as this, and none on dates which, through accident or otherwise, almost coin eide with his candidacy for gover- nor of Maine.
 It was around April 19 that Lane filed his notice of intention to run on the Democratic ticket for governor, and on exactly that date the Navy awarded him con- tract of $12,835,125 for loading and assembling ammunition" This was the biggest contract Lane had ever received from the Navy.
 Then on June 15 he won the Democratic nomination for gov ernOr. Two days late, June 17, Lanes close friends. Louis Brann and Fred H. Lancaster, were seen in Washington with him. Brann is former Demo- cratic governor of Maine and now a candidate for Congress from the first district; while Fred Lancaster Is chairman of the Democratic State committee.
 And on the same day these two friends turned up with him In Washington-two days after the primary-Lane was given three more big contracts by the Navy for about $S,OOO,O0O each tOtaling $25,964, ,0OO.
 The Navy states that 1t has made no move to renegotiate Lanes contracts, step which is customary when contracts are signed in a hurry and when costs may be readjusted in favor of the government.
 MORE CHILDREN WANTED
 New York city landlords are asking, this year, about the num- Der of children in the families of prospective tenants. Tn years past, they have been curious about the number of children for an entirely different reason--fear of disturb ing other tenants. But this year they are looking for tenants with