The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-24

and they don't seem to tt
First on the list is Herber
Hoover as Secretary of State. This
is the only post which interests
the ex-President and would be
the payroll for the job of mas
-minding which Hoover has
done behind the scenes to put
Dewey across.
Second is Winthrop Aldrich,
head of the Chase National Bank
and a member of the Rockefeller
family, as Secretary of the Treas
ury. Aldrich also has been one
of the potent backstage wire
pullers for Dewey and is credited
with raising a good share of the
money which flooded Wisconsin
during the last days of the pri-
mary campaign.
Third would be Governor Har-
old Stassen, now heut.-comman-
der in the Navy, as Secretary OF
the Navy.
The Hoover ana AIdrich APP
pointmentS are considered def
mite. The Stassen appointment
is understood to depend pretty
much on Stassen himself, since
he is now in the Pacific and is
still a candidate for President.
However, Dewey cohorts con-
slider him a natural if he would
take the job.
Another potential Cabinet men,
Der, though still in the nebulouS
stage, is General Macarthur as
Secretary of War. Obviously, since
Macarthur also is candidate for
President, 1t is difficult to ap-
preach him now regarding less
er post. Furthermore, Macarthur
and Hoover are not on good terms,
due to MacArthur's attempt to
saddle Hoover with the Bonus
Army fiasco.
However, if all goes as the
Dewey cohorts expect at Chi
cago, they hope that, sometime
during the subsequent campaign
Macarthur may be approached
to fill the post of Secretary of
War.
NOTE Dewey has recently
adopted the same technique which
was tried by Roosevelt so I'M
successfully and which FDR has
since aoandoned-prging party
enemies. Dewey has modified
New York State Republican forces
to GUST ROLAND Marvin, former
Mayorl of Syracuse, as member
of the Republican State Executive
Committee. Marvin has been a
strong Willkie booster and so Is
getting the Dewey axe. In con-
trast, TIDR Came to the rescue of
Jim Farley recently when New
York Democratic leaders wanted
to GUST him as State Chairman.
SICILIAN OCCUPATION
Some of the inside facts about,
the occupation of Sicily are be-
ginning to leak out.
A day before the embarkation
from Africa, some one remem-
bered that no proclamations had
been printed for American troops
to post in occupied Sicilian viii
lagos, announcing liberation from
Fascism. Taking extreme eau
ton to give the assignment only
to printers who could be relied
upon not to reveal our plans, the
Army finally had the job rushed
through just in the nick of time.
The proclamations were posted
in various Sicilian towns as we
went through, and U. S. troops
were puzzled by the solemn re-
spouse. They had expected
Joyous welcame, but somehow the
proclamations of liberation did
not cheer the local p easants. 1t
took nearly three days for some
one to explain the American Of
ficials that the Italian-language
proclamation declared curfew in
Sicily from sunrise to sunset"
JEWS AND ARABS
Roosevelt recently advised
close friend that he had had
lengthy discussion with Winston
Churchill presumably by trans
Atlantic phone) during which thu
whole Palestine question was
threshed out, with livery bene-
ficiaI results"
Biggest stumbling block to the
immediate opening Of Palestine
TO Jewish refugees, the Presi-
dent disclosed, was Nazi and Jap
propaganda among the Arabs.
This, FDR said, had been eff
fective.
Jap agents, he said, have been
almost as active as the Nazis in
spreading stories among the Arabs
that the Allied powers are plan
ming to turn Palestine completely
over to the Jews after the war anc
drive out Aren aaudpWners. Al