The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-04

He was sitting with Mayor Ed
Kelly, boss OF Chicago, and Mayor
III am the Law Hague, boss OF
Jersey City, wiicn cameraman
approached. Seeing him, the fu-
ture Vice President suddenly got
up and ducked out OF the picture.
He made no secret OF the fact that
he did not want TO be photo
graphcd with the two powerful
Democratic bosses.
Last January, Hague and Kelly
were In Washington at the jack
son day dinner and, afterward,
while reminiscing about old times,
recalled this incident. But they
did not know that the pendulum Of
fate would swing In their direction
very soon.
Just three weeks later, Vice.
President Wallace, returning from
a political speaking tour through
the West, stopped In Chicago and
deferentially called on Mayor
Kelly to pay his respects.
And this time, II was Mayor
Kelly who refused 10 have his
picture taken with the Vice.
President Of the United states.
THE AIR FRONT
Last week, U. S. fighter planes
set up O new record by penetrat-
ing u distance Of $50 miles into
Europe 100 miles round trip.
This has been published, but
what may not be realized Is that
fighters are working this run In
relays. Three different teams OF
fighters go out toward the target
ut different times, using the fol-
lowing pattern:
1. The first team goes out with
the bombers, and protects them
halfway to the target, meeting
and engaging the German fight
erS.
2. The second team, starting
later, catches UP with the bomb
ers Mt the halfway mark and
escorts them the rest OF the way
TO the target. Thus. they arrive
mt the halfway mark without hav-
Ing to combnt Germans all the
way, and 80 have fresh supplies
Of gas and ammunition, while the
first team, with exhausted sup
plies, turns back.
.. The third team starts still
later, and meets the bombers Mt
the target. Here they drop their
belly tanks, take over the hot
fighting above the target. With
fresh supplies, they relieve the gcc-
ond team, which turns home.
Generally, the first team con.
Slsts Of ThundnerbOltS, the SeC.
Ond team the faster Lightnlngs.
and the third team Of the still
faster Mustangs. Since all fight
ers are faster than bOmberS,
they can 10 out and catch up
with the bOmbers ut any agreed
point.
This technique has greatly ex-
tended the range OF fighters and
sreatly increased the protection
they afford for the bombers. 80.
COP BIGWIGS
MAY PICK DEWEY
Latest secret strategy OF con.
5crvative Republican bigwigs Is to
got together sometime In April,
decide who the COP candidate
should DO and organize u care
tul drive 10 nominate him OH thu
first ballot ut the National Con-
vention.
Those who would sit In on this
carefully conceived plan include
Herbert Hoover, Senator Bob TAFT
md Colonel "ISertie" Mccormick
Of the Chicago Tribune.
The idea behind 1t Is that, II
there Is deadlock at the con.
vention, 1t will give black eve
to the party and get the COP
Presidential campaign ofbf to
bad start. They want to capital
i2e OH the fact that Roose; eli IL
In continual hot water with his
own party and that the country
IL sick OF political pickering. The
Republicans want to present the
electorate with o picture OF bliss.
full COP harmony.
AH0 shSS SnIng tney want,
therefore, n the showdown which
now looks 10 OminOuaIy likely
between the progressive WlIlkIe
forces and the reactLOnary
Dewey wing Of the party.
The man the blgwigs are
most likely 10 pick at this Ses.
sion 10 Dewey.
One trouble In the past ns been
Colonel MCCormick's vigorous op.
position TO him because Of Dewey's
announcement favoring an aili-
ancc with Great Britain. How
ever, friends who recently talked
with the isolationist Colonel in
the Tribune Tower found him now
Open-fnInded regarding Dewey.
McCofTnick's sister-in -law, Mrs.
Ruth Hanna Mccormick Sims,