The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-15

Of course, this word has bt their fingers crossed.
 However, it is fact that Roose- welt is now faced with some situations he cannot escape, other situations which have made him sore. In the former category is Cordell Hull's health. In the latter category, is Jesse Jones. As a result, various names have been put in the Whiet House Cabinet hopper and are being examined carefully.
 Here are some of the names which may feature in the new cabinet.
 Secretary of CCmmerce-Marri- ner Eccles, now chairman of Fed eral Reserve Board; or Leon Hen- derson; or Chester Bowles, now OPA administrator; or Beard sley Ruml, author of the Ruml tax plan and considered a liberal big-busineSS man.
 Secretary of LabOr-Dan Tobin, head of the teamsters' union; or John Winant, now Ambassador to London. and former head of the International Labor Office. Win ant, however, would prefer to be Secretary of State. Tobin, if ap- pointed, is about the only AFL leader who would be acceptable to the CIO.
 Postmaster General - Robert Hannegan. Frank Walker, now postmaster general, believes that the Democratic national chair man should also be postmaster and being a retiring person any way, Walker is ready to step out.
 Secretary of Agriulture-Roose- welt is hoping to persuade Henry Wallace to take this job again. If not, Wallace will be offered the ambassadorship to Moscow, consid- cred vita1ly important, or chair manship of the international food organization. Roosevelt feels that it would be difficult politically to make Wallace Secretary of State because of opposition from Hull and Senate reactionaries.
 Secretary of the InteriOr-Har- old Ickes.
 Attorney General-Francis Bid- dle.
 Roosevelt will not accept either Riddles or Ickes' resignation. They were his top campaign Spe" tars.
 NOTE-After FDR defeated WnikIe Ill 1940, Miss Perkins sub mitted her resignation. Her let ter has been in the White House files since Jan. 15. 1941. The Presi- dent never acted on it.
 KAISER'S MERCHANT FLEET
 Demon ship-builder Henry Kaiser thinks he has found an answer to the burning question of how he can use some of the great fleet of merchant ships he has built, and still keep on build ing more after the war.
 Kaiser plans to enter compet1- tion with the West Coast shipping lines, set up his own shipping business, try to emphasize smart salesmanship, cheap freight rates, mass orders. He says his only hopse is a free and open market in the Orient, thinks he can do a more efficient job of shipping both to and from the Far East than a lot of old-line companies. KENNEDY AND ROOSEVELT
 One of the mysteries of the re- cent campaign was what went on inside the White House when ex- Ambassador Joseph Patrick Ken- nedy, who had been damning Roosevelt up and down for weeks, went to call on the man he criti- cized.
 It was known that Kennedy had reserved radio time to blast the President. It was realized that he had powerful influence with the Irish, especially in Bos- ton and Brooklyn, where Roose- welt strength was shaky. Kennedy had served as chairman of Roose- velt's Securities and Exchange Commission, as chairman of his Maritime Commission. had been sent by him as ambassador to London. Nevertheless, Joe was critical of FDR'S foreign policies,