The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-11

This reflects increased congress sional confidence in the new White House set.up. also the fact that many a legislator yearns for home the dollar-a-year men and brass hats who planned to check out after Germany's defeat haven't started their exodus. In- stead they've been joined by hun- dreds of business men who've moved in to get their recOnver- sion headaches unSnarled |. Thousands of returning officers and enlisted men from Europe have added to the housing and feeding problem. Parking spaces along the Potomac are crowded on hot nights with G. l Joes and G. I. James and government work CTS searching for a cool breeze. Washington is more peaceful, but still damned.
 Adding to the crush are the Truman boys who have descend ed on Washington They fall into three categories: Q) The Missouri boys, friends of Truman and Bob flanagan looking for jobs, patronage, and juicy politi- cal plums .. (2) The Pauley boys from Southern California-friendS of former Democratic Treasurer Ed Pauley who'ye rushed into town to climb on the gravy train. They're brash and crude for the most part, have little respect for the taxpayers money, and already have their eyes on the gilded dome of the capitol.
 Third group are the Battery K" men. These are the World War vets who saw service with Harry Truman in 1917-18. Most are satisfied with brief "hello" and a handshake from their hero. Others cling to the wrought iron gates of the White House, think that their comradeship with the new chief executive is a guar antee of a soft government job. TRUMAN HEYDAY
 Truman's own aids in the White House are still impressed by their new surroundings Some feel that Truman's rise gives them a blank check to use his power for their own ends |. One youthful aid has been brag- ging about having Truman's p0li- tical enemies shadowed, their wires tapped -. Truman. a sworn enemy of wire-tapping when in the Senate, will probably clip their wings soon Most pow erfrl man in the Truman entour- age is chubby, cigar-smoking Brig. Gen. Harry Vaughan, one of the Battery K" boys, who buzzes con- siderable advice into his chiefs ear, but now finds it being &C., pected with less frequency |. the hangers-on are still having field day around the White House. POWER PARTLY SHIFTED
 Center of administration power has partly shifted from the White House to the second floor of the MciJ44OWCI 14OOCA, WAlC41 oOD 11dAA- negan holds forth in Democratic headquarters {. Judge Well burn Mayock, the committees new general counsel, uses the office to lobby for California oil interests George Killiom, the new treasurer of the national committee, who has been using meat-ax to collect money for the committee from bushes men may find himself chopped down soon One ardent Democratic supporter of many years standing hearing about Kihiom's tactics said, Hell collect so much money we'll lose in AS. Everyone he taps for $5,000 will feel like contributing twice as much to the Republicans to boot the Pauley crowd out" :. Meanwhile little is happening to set the stage for Democratic vic- tories in the congressional elec- tionS next year Hannegan is already in hot water with Labor particularly the CIO, which he has been studiously ignoring. Labor leaders, who poured out millions to