The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-24

TnOmaS j, daItllICOtl, IOCIlle
In lodging this protest the
Spanish Ambassador stepped
SQuarely into the hole Of another
famous Fascist diplomat, Ambas-
sador de MARITIME Of italy, who
during the Hoover Administration
protested some remarks Of Gen.
Smedley Butler, U. s. Marine
Corps. Butler had quoted Cor
nelius Vanderbilt to the effect that
MuSSolinl ran over q child with
out stopping to pick 1t up.
Hoover, acting on the italian
Fascist request, ordered Gen. But
Ter court-martialed. Whereupon
such O Juror ensued from the
American public that MusSolini, de
Martino and Hoover himself
wished they had never started the
thing.
Buffers attorney, Major Harry
Leonard, of Marine Corps Boxer
Rebellion fame, insisted on Q pub
lie trial, during which, II became
evident, MusSolini and Hoover
would be more on trial than Smed-
ley Butler.
Finally Hoover, anxious to let
70 Of the bears tail, offered
Butler the gOvernorshlp Of
Guam. He declined. Finally
the affair was dropped by let
ting Butler dictate terms Of q
letter dismisslng his own court
martial.
Spanish Ambassador CardenaS
apparently did not remember this
case when he protested 1t. Ham
iltonS book. It Is quite true that
Hamilton has some harsh things
to say about Dictator Franco. 1t
Is probable also that these things
are true. Hamilton tells all
about the 500, O00,0 900 credit which
he says Secretary Hull offered to
Franco, and which Hull later de-
MED.
It Is also true that Hamilton Is
now In the Navy. However, the
State Department, though ex-
tremely unhappy, probably will
be wise enough not TO get an"
other bear by the tail. 1t knows
that the American people react
violently to these AmbasSadortal
protests against freedom OF the
press - especially where Fascist
dictators are concerned.
CAPITAL CHAFF
Harry Hopkins has been down
on Daryl Zanuck ever since the
famous Bernie Baruch party In
Mrs. Hopkins honor. Zanuck hap
pened to be stopping at the Carl
ton, was invited to the dinner at
the last moment, and rightly or
wrongly, is blamed for leaking the
story to the newspapers :. When
Gen. Mashall turned down the
rank Of ''FieId Marshal" he also
knocked over q carefully laid plan
whereby Admiral King would be-
come admiral Of the Fleet. ..
To date only three men have won
the title "A..msraI Of the Fleet
Dewey, Farragut and Porter -.
Tip-off on the proposal to make
King Admiral Of the Fleet was so
he could outrank Admiral Leahy
-. Tbs Super Cabinets careful
consideration Of how big our
armed forces should be was ac-
tualiy sham battle. FDR has
the "eld dutch up" over the size
Of the armed forces and wouldn't
take anybodys say-so on this
point, except the Army's own
plan, conceived way bac... In 1898.
-. The Army. IN 1898 had no idea
whether we would have the ships
In 1913 10 transport troops abroad,
but 1; sticking TO its original plan
Just the same. And PDR Is 100
per cent behind II The Super.
Cabinets consideration OF armed
strength was largely like the Ia.
Tuch's committees rubber report
to make the decision more pal.
atable to the public.
GREEKS BEARING GIFTS
When the 0reek.American Or
der Of Ahepa presented the Presi.
dent with Q huge stone bust Of
himself, Walter Russell, the sculp-
tor, inquired u the 4 esident had
any suggestions regarding the
position Of the bust In front Of the
Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park
where It Is TO be i':stalled.
That's out Of my hands," the
President grinned. "Yeu'il have
70 take u up with the librarian
or the trustees. The library "a
sast longer my properly. u be-
iengs 20 the American people"
However, the President had some
definite notions about when the