The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-29

buddies could throw their weight around.
 However, Green got the sur prise of his life when he walked into the committe room and found Senator Albert Hawkes. of New Jersey, former vice president of the or-baiting National Asso- citation of Manufacturers, domin. ating the labor committee. Bill Hutcheson, president of the pow erful A. F. of L., carpenters union and perennial chairman of COP labor committees, tried to make things pleasant for Green, but the anti-union sentiments of the mem- bers got under Greens skin.
 Emerging from the meeting, perspiring and unhappy, Green told intimates: No matter what these fellows do or say, labOr'S going to be 80 per cent for R0Ose- welt in November. Imagine having an ex-Official of the National Association of Manufacturers sit. ting on the labor committed" LANDON'S DOMESTIC
 PROBLEM
 Wives of some of the most prom inent politicos from all over the U. s. A. pitched in at the con- vention to make beds and answer telephones because of the acute Chicago hotel labor shortage. However, Mrs. Ali Landon was less worried about the help short- age than her youngsters are at home.
 A few weeks ago, in Topeko, the children of the COP 1856 Presi- dential nominee said they wanted to see an exhibition of aerial bombing which the Army was put ting on to promote the sale of war bonds. .'
 If it's going to be dangerous
 to watch," the ex- Governor of Kansas said, then we shouldn't go. If it's not dangerous, 1t won't be worth seeing"
 II don't care if 1t is danger ous, I want to see it." chimed in Landcn's cute freckied-faced daughter, Nancy Joe.
 But Mrs. LandOn said that she was tired of all this war stuff. -.
 T want to live to see the day when we are finished with all this mess," she said.
 To which LandOn's young son Jackie replied: q want to live to see the day when we get 8 maid so I won't have to do the dishes"
 BYRD FOR V. P.
 Inside story on that brief Byrd for Vice President on the COP ticket" boomlet, which momentar- lily stumped the convention, is that 1t was planted in New York Democrat John J. O'Connor, who was purged by FDR and is now a bitter leader of the anti-fourth- term drive in the Democratic party. O'Connor met last week with Republican leaders in Chi cago to help the COP crack the Solid South.
 Harrison Spangler and Congress man Harold KnutSon of Minne- sota thought that a Byrd boom by the Republicans would help convince Southern Democrats that the COP is a lot closer to them spiritually than they realize. So O'Connor had some key Republi- cans tell the story to Joe Martin, minority leader of the House.
 Martin agreed to the scheme. A Washington correspondent was tipped off to ask Martin how he would go for Dewey-Byrd ticket, and Martin allowed as how he though it would be fine. This set the ball rolling and the wires hummed to Chicago with the story.
 However, Dewey advisers Ed Jaeckle and Russ Sprague turned emphatic thumbs down.
 eff the Republican party with twenty-six fine Republican gOv- ernors and . host of members of the Senate and House, has to go into the opposition camp for its Vice Presidential candidate, than we'd better throw in the sponge right now," Jaeclxle said.
 NOTE: O'Connor and Martin had little hope of swinging the deal but thought 1t would help Byrd to go before the Denocra- tic convention and point to his many friends in both parties. ~ CONVENTION CHAFF M
 When Dewey managers arrived