The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-30

Alabama's ebullient Govern
nor Chauncey Sparks Is lying
plans, first, to elect pungently
anti-New Deal delegation to rep
resent his state in the Demo-
cratic Convention. Second, he
proposes to make a sueech on the
floor of the Convention on the
race issue, denouncing Mrs. Roose-
welt, and attempting to obtain
adoption of plank In the Demo-
cratic platform for white suprem-
acy.
His moves have met with the
vigorous opposition of certain Of
Alabama's liberal Democrat, led
by fortnight Col. Harry Ayres of
the Admission STAR. They feel
that any anti-Negro move such
as that proposed by Gov. Sparks
would do the country no good,
would ALLEVIATE millions of COL
ored voters In New York, Phila-
delphia and Chicago, and would
definitely swing the Negro vote
securely back to its traditional
position in Republican columns.
As a result, one of the hot
test pre-cOnvention battles Of
the South is already on in Ala
bama over sending an an anti
Roosevelt or Roosevelt dele
cation to the Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
NOTE: War Department execu-
tives are aghast at the Sparks
proposal, say it would play direct
ly intot he hands of Jap propa-
gandist, already doing a good Job
of harping on the color issue in
the Orient.
HULL'S AMBITIONS
When Secretary of State Hull
went to the White House to de-
mand the ousting of the man
who had served as his chief aide
for ten long years, the President
replied:
"Why don't you fire him,
you're the boss over there"
Mr.. Hull mumbled that he didn't
feel he was the man to do it,
SO later in the day, Roosevelt
called in Undersecretary Of State
Sumner Welles and broke the
news that he was to be relieved
of his post.
What the President probably
didn't know was that the major
break between Welles and Hull
had occurred in 1910 over the
question OF a Third Term.
Mr.. Hull had been led by Jim
Farley to believe that the Der
ocratic ticket in 100 s4hould be
Hull for President. Farley for
vice-president. Jim had SO con-
WINGED the elderly Secretary Of
State that q combination Of the
South and the northern Irish
vote could not help but win,
that Hull began to enlist the
aid of his friends to this end.
When he approached his IN
dersecretary of State, however,
Welles had to tell him that he
was for a Third Term for Roose-
welt. Mr.. Hull considered this
rank disloyalty. There had been
some other differences between
him and Welles but this widened
the breech beyond repair.
NOTE: All during the summer
Of 1910, Hull kept telling Welles
that Willkie was sure to be elect
ed even through the month OF
August. 1t was not until the
last day Of the campaign that
Hull made one good speech for
Roosevelt.
DIET FOR DOGS
Washington officials are de-
batting the weighty question Of
whether pet dogs and cats can be
persuaded to sacrifice their "red
points" for the war effort.
Already they have been called
upon to give up some OF their
proteins, but now Fido and Puss
may be called upon to give up
meat entirely, for the duration.
On July 1, Foor Distribution
Administration issued an order
restricting the protein content
Of dog food Tor cat food to "A
per cent. OF this, not more than
8 per cent may be protein de-
rived from animals.
The dog food industry-no small
industry in the United States
didn't like the order, and a Pet
Animbal Industry Committee was
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