The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-06

Actually, the President did not see the press release which the Vice President prepared for the newspapers. But he did know all about 1t. Henry went to see him on Saturday, June 26, and told him in detail how he had labored patiently with Jones and how month after month, Jesse had held back and quibbled over de- tails.
 The Vice President also told his chief how Jesse had been up on Capitol Hill lobbying with Sen- ators to try to undercut the Pres ident's own order making the Board of Economic Warfare su- preme over Jesse Jones in order ing strategic materials abroad.
 He told how he had exercised
 all sorts of patience, but believ-
 ed the only thing to do was to
 blast Jesse publicly.
 The President listened, gave
 the Vice President the green
 light.
 Wallace also sent his statement to the Office of War Information before giving it to the press. He followed all the rules meticulous- ly. The Office of War Informa- tion even sent the statement on to the White House with its OK, before it was published, though 1t was sent merely for White House information. The President did not read it in advance.
 NOTE: Wallace has cooperated with the President in almost ev- cry move he has made since 1940. The two men work as a team. Wallace even consulted the Pres ident before issuing a statement blasting Martin Dies, and he didn't have to be mind-reader to have known how little FDR loved the Dies Committee.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 There was a time when you had to come from Harvard and live east of the Allegheny Mountains to get ahead in the State Depart ment. But now the State Depart ment has just appointed as Amer ican Minister to Iraq, efficient Loy Henderson, born in Arkan- sas. reared in Kansas and son of a midwest preacher. He knows what it is to know the U. s. A. as well as the Near East Rives Matthews, the Maryland editor who was indicted for crim- inal libel because he exposed state official for driving to Geor- gia for his sons wedding, has been deluged with so much congratula- tory mail he can't answer it all. He even got advertisements for paper ribbing Maryland politicos on their waste of gasoline in- side reports from Spain indicate that hatred and bitterness is seething against Dictator Franco, the man put into office by Hitler and Mussolini with the tacit bles- sing of our reactionary diplomatic clique.
 CHESTER DAVIS FOR
 VICE PRESIDENT
 It didn't figure in the main req sons for the White House firing of Food Czar Chester Davis, but the talk about Daviss vice-pres- idential ambitions didn't help him any.
 One trouble with Davis seems
 to be that he's smitten with
 virulent case of vice-presiden-
 tits. Friends say he is bitten bad, fancies himself as an inde- pendent, mid west, farmers can- didate for the presidency
 next year.
 Chester is definitely on the outs with the two other -presiden- tial possibilities. He and Vice President Wallace used to be close friends. For years Davis served under Henry when he was Sec retary of Agriculture. But after he became food czar, Davis did not set foot in Wallace'S office.
 Other potential possibility is
 Jimmy Byrnes, with whom Davis
 has rowed constantly.
 Although a Democrat, Davis served for Republican Adminis- uration in Montana when he was Commissioner of Agriculture and Marketing in 1921-25. Later he served under ardent Republican farm leader Earl Smith in Illi- nois.
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