The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-01-03
Inside Washington

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have thought that John L. Lewis had 'seone
Soft had this illusion rudely dispelled recent.
ly.
A subcommittee of ALL leaders met with
Lewis to take final action on his petition for
readmission to the federation They were I'm.
der the impression that the burly mine chief
was ready to discuss jurisdictional problems
involved.
Much to their CONSERVATION, Lewis said
No For three hours the ALL executives
did most of the talking, trying to persuade
Lewis to resolve the juriSdictional problems
before his readmission.
John L. stuck to mis- guns, however, and the
meeting ended on a confused note
One OF the better stories now making the
rounds of the air bases is about young
gunner on a Flying Fortress who recently
was given a medal for virtually talking his
pilot and crew members into bringing a
crippled plane back to base
The plane long way from home when
engine trouble developed and was losing alti-
tude. The pilot told his crew 10 prepare to
bail out.
The young gunner began arguing that you
gotta get this plane back The pilot shook
his head as the plane dropped lower and low
er, but he kept nursing it along, with the gun
ner encouraging him.
Finally, the plane reached home base and
the young gunner was hailed IS hero. %
Morris L. Cooke, long New Deal trouble
shooter, is being mentioned as in line for the
post of director to the Smaller Wal Plants cor
poration. The job has been vacant since reSig-
nation of Brig Gen. Robert johnson in Octo-
Der. Stumbling block to the appointment, how
ever, is the lack of agreement between Sena-
tor James E. Murray CD. Montana, and
Representative Wright Patman CD, Texas
chairman of the senate and house small bust
ness committees, respectively.
Murray is said to favor Cooke, but Patnan
has baked.
One of the chairs in the upstairs room of
the White House is losing it's guimpe. It's a
chair that belongs to the former cabinet
meeting room and is used by Mrs. Roosevelt
at her press conferences. The chair is one of
those imported by Mrs. Maria Monroe who out
ragged congress in the early 1905 with her
extravagant foreign furniture shopping. The
portraits of Mrs. Monroe and her husband
James are on the wall of the press conference
room.
Mrs Roosevelt made three speeches in two
days last week in Hotel Willard assembly
rooms. One at lunch, at tea and one at
dinner. The Willard is thinking OF putting up
cot for the First Lady so she can take
little nap between talks.
The OPA believes that the two million
ton tokens which will become valid as change
for ration stamps and for general ration use
Feb q will last at least a year
The tokens are being manufactured now in
Cincinnati from special tough vuicanized fiber
and nobody is sure yet how much wear and
tear they will stand.
But the indications are that they will be
durable.
Furthermore they are expected to save the
government 81, 100000 which would be spent
for printing new No. ration books.
There is much more 20 recent anti-Roose
welt outburst in the senate than presently
meets the eye, according to sub-rosa talk on
Capitol Hill.
Back of the plan-accordins to those sup
posed to knows the fine hand of former
Postmaster General James A. Farley, the
man who put Franklin Delanc Roosevelt in
the White House.
Always an opponent Of anything more than
two terms Farley is said to be working
diligently to upset the fourth term apple cart
by creating a Democratic split which will
send southern delegates into the convention
unpledged.
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