The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-05-01

ne never believed Roosevelt was
ever prejudiced against the 1rlsE.
So Franklin Roosevelt, as always,
turned his first political crisis to
his first political crisis to his own
advantage"
WATCHING WASHINGTON
FROM THE WEST
The two key spots to keep your
eye on in the Truman aImlnlS-
tration are the Justice and III
terror Departments. They are
the two big potentialities for
plumber bund. One, Interior;
has charge of the public d main,
the big oil lands, the grazing
rights, the tremeEG Gus power leas-
es of Bonneville Dam, etc. The
Interior Department was where
Warren Harding came cropper,
and that is where the big mo-
guls of the West already are
angling to get their man adroit-
ly placed. Justice is even more
important-especially to the city
bosses VINO put Boss Tom Fender
CAST of Kansas City in Jail, which
has already convicted Gambling
Boss Johnson of Chicago, once
part of the Keuy-Nash machine.
INCOME TAXES-The decision
whether OF prosecute or not &C
prosecute means life or death to
the big city political machines,
and more than anything else
they would like to have a close
pal in the drivers seat as attor~
ney general Another key
spot in Justice is the anti-trust
division. scores Of big corpora
lions, some of them operating
closely with Germany before the
war, would like to have a nice
attorney general in control. The
antitrust division is a vital key
to the whole American business
layout after the war. Watch it
closely.
Before John Snyder OF st. Louis
was appointed Federal Loan Adj
ministrator, White House friends
went around 20 get Jesse Jones
reaction on various appoincees, i'll
Guiding Cliff Durr, Snyder and
Emil Schram. Jesse gave a sour
recommendation to Snyder who
previously worked under hum. Ac
cording to Jones he was not com
petent enough for the job. But
now that Snyder has the job,
Jesse has been telling friends that
he put him across Con-
gresham Pat brewery of Virginia
has finally dropped" Miss Ed
it'll Holloway as his secretary TO-
lowing her a rest in Tulsa, Okla,
for slurring President Roosevelt
after his death. Miss Holloway
caused an uproar in Tulsa drug
store the day after Roosevelt dice
by announcing that it was gooG
thing for the country, and tina.
she was on her way to see Lew
Wentz. Republican National Com
mitteeman for Oklahoma. Miss
Holloway, asked for comment, said
THE whole police force and city
administration of Tulsa should
have been cleaned up long ago"
What the secretary of Democra-
tic Congressman was doing en-
route to see one of the leadile
Midwest Republicans remains
mystery General MarShall's
crack against lone congressman
visiting the war front was inter.
preted on Capitol Hill as being
aimed at lovely Clare Luce, con-
gresswOman from Connecticut who
had been sojourning on the Italian
front since early March. Last VIM
ter also, la belle Luce visited the
Italian front for more than a
month. Mystery of how she got
airplane transportation now seems
to have been solved her friend
General Lucian Truscott, com
handing General of the Fifth
Army in Italy.
Latest front line wisecrack:
The people of liberated Europe
should declare war against the
United States. Then they could
all surrender and eat like our
German war prisoners.
The j. A. Jones Construction
company, building ships at Par
anna City, Fla. refused a work
pause of three minutes in tr4.
butte to Franklin Roosevelt ON
the day of his funeral in Wash
ington. A silent tribute had been
arranged but was cancelled BY top