The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-13

General de Gaulle after his ties between them were pa
 De Gaulle warmed up consider ably toward the man who has kept him from being the official Presi- dent of France. FDR appeared to warm up but still has his fingers crossed, The President Is no always yielding man when he gets "the old Dutch up."
 One of the little known facts accounting for the frigid relation ship between then two had to do with certain smear stories about de Gaulle which he heard were coming from the White House. He blamed them largely on Ad- miral Leahy, Roosevelts personal chief of staff, who served as U. s. Ambassador to Vichy France. Stories about de Gaulle's arro- gance, about his refusal to aid in the invasion, and other yarns de- signed to hamper recognition were credited by de Gaulle to Admiral Leahy.
 He was also suspicious of ex- Ambassador Bill Bullitt; also of Assistant Secretary of State Adolfe Berle, reputed to be a member of the anti-de Gaulle cabal. Fin ally, de Gaulle heard that Con- gressional Librarian Archibald MacLeish had given Library of Congress jobs to Alexis Leger and other French exiles and that they were feeding unfavorable infor- nation through MacLeish to the White House.
 However, inside fact is that
 none of the above was nearly as
 responsible for the Presidents
 attitude as was de Gaulle him.
 self when he refused to let FDR serve as peacemaker between
 him and General Giraud at
 Casablanca. The President brides
 himself on his ability to win
 friends and influence people.
 But at Casablanca, de Gaulle flatly refused to be influenced.
 All of the famous R0oseveltian
 charm failed to budge him.
 NOTE: De Gaulle's friends say he believes rather than in people, that he stood for the principle of a new France while General Gi- raud stool for the old France. Now Giraud is out, de Gaulle is in. O'DANIEL'E NEWSPRINT
 The War Production Board nys- tery. over where Senator "Pappy" O'Daniel got the newsprint for his anti Roosevelt paper can be very easily solved.
 Most publishers are scratching round for paper to publish a few sheets a day, but suddenly the Texas Senatorial ex-flour sales man blossomed out with news paper of his own and apparently had plenty of paper for 1t.
 Secret is that he got the pa-
 per from J. M. West, Jr., Texas
 oil millionaire and former pub.
 fisher. Vests father owned the
 Dallas Dispatch and the Aus
 tin Tribune. But when his
 father died, young West sold
 the papers and recently turned
 over some leftover newsprint to
 his old friend and fellow RO0se.
 velt-hater. Senator O'Daniel. DE GAULLE-GO-ROUND
 Considered significant is that French delegate Henri Hopponot invited Admiral Leahy to dine with General de Gaulle, but the ex-Vichy Ambassador did not ac- cept. The two men thoroughly dislike each other No Wash- ington visitor has attracted such a crowd as de Gaulle since the Duke and Duchess of Windsor In New York, de Gaulle was the object of rivalry between two banking groups. Anne Morgan, sister of the late J. P. Morgan, is a staunch de Galluist. But the big banking house of Lazard Fre- res is just as much opposed.
 HULL LIKES DE GAULLE
 MOoC CniDuAA oScAAAS AtO sSAA" General de Gaulle's visit occurred during a dinner for him by Sec- retary of State Hull. De Gaulle got along better with Hull than he did with Roosevelt but, after the dinner, came an awkward pause when both wished they could see less of each other.
 De Gaulle had toasted the United States, then had made a brief speech in French. lnl- mediately, French aides-Gaston Palewski. Chief of the Civil Cabi- net. General Emile Bethouart. Chief of Staff, and Andre La- guerre, chief of the French in- formation service .. huddled to translate the speech.
 Meanwhile, Hull and de Gaulle retired to a cool corner of the room to chat. but their interpre- ers were busy translated de-