The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-21

The explanation In the U-boat,
which the War Department re.
gretS 10 say caused the loss Of
several malllion pieces Of mail"
during the first three weeks Of
March alone.
But stlll the mothers wonder
why some Of her daily letters don't
get through. Even II q third Of
Of them were sunk her boy should
have received 20 letters In the
month.
Unfortunately, It doesn't work
that way. II she writes 80 LETT
terS q month all those letters may
have accumulated in the Port Of
New York or some other port
waiting for o convoy outward
bound. Conveys cannot leave
every day or two. So all 80 let
tiers might 60 into one ship and
II that ship Is sunk her son viii
have no mail for a month.
There Is no solution to this
problem except 10 keep on writ
ing.
CLARE LUCE AND
HENRY WALLACE
vice President Wallace doesn't
know It but his most vigorous
critic, CONGRESSIONAL Glare Luce.
and her husband now have their
personal attorney stationed on
WallaceS BEW staff.
He Is Alexander Hehmeyer, who
has handled the legal work for
Mr.. and Mrs. Luce for some time
and now sits In on the BEW post
war planning committee for air
routes. This Is the same prob
lem over which the vice-president
and the beautiful congresSwoman
from Connecticut tangled.
Behind ali this d interesting
background. Several months
ago Time Magazine, Of which
Henry Luce Is publisher, printed
q lineup Of future presidential
timber listing among others
Vice-President Wallace. The
accompanying writeup gave him
almost every conceivable bad
break, with the COED break GO
Ing 10 Supreme Court Justice
william o. Douglas.
And the photo OF Wallace fea-
tured by Time was one Of those
nightmarish effects caught by the
camera in an off moment. No
Photographic 'm0rgue" could have
turned up worse.
Stung, Wallace called In the
washington representative Of
Time, Life and Fortune. told h:r:
that as far as the vice-presidential
office was concerned, future news
pipelines were closed.
Shortly thereafter Congress-
woman Luce took the floor TO de-
nounce Wallace's pet ideas on
world Peace Planning as "glaba-
loney."
That Il why everyone Is mlysti.
fled over the fact that the Luce
personal attorney has now sud-
denly turned mp in WaIlace's
Bureau Of Economic Warfare
and Is sitting in on the post
war air planning committee. The
mystery may not be cleared up
until Wallace returns from
Latin America.
PHANTOM CONGRESSMAN
Congressional Clare Luce Is
known to newspaper readers for
her glamour, Speaker Sam Ray
burn for his sagacity, Senator
Tom Connally Of Texas for his
Orat0rical proves.
But, the most phenomenal men,
Der Of Congress Is Rep. Charles
A. Buckley Of New York, Tam
many Democrat, who never gets
his name In the papers. He Is
known TO his colleagues as the
phantom Congressman.
Though Buckley is serving his
fifth .srm In the House, there are
only q handful Of members who
know what he looks like.
Strangely eneEgii. Buckley ls
chairman Of . committee, the
Eleuse Pensions Committee. But
e hasn't held one official meet
ing since the 18th Congress
began, and seme o. itS members
Trashy admit they don't know
their chairman from Adams Oft
OK.
The New Yorker also Is third
ranking Democratic member Of
the important Public Buildings
and Grounds and tho Patents
Committees, but you get the same
story from members Of these com.
mltfees. eve wouldn't know Con-
gresham nuckley g he walked
efrough tlse door," they say.
Buckley's wralth-like qualities
are a matter Of great mystery to
employees on the fourth floor
og the House Office building,