The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-18

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 For about two years, Anna has been living at the White House where she has come to be not only hostess, but her fathers contl- dant, friend ana advisor. More and more personal appointments, more and more private reports deal- ing with important policy now pass through Anna'S hands. Some times during a conversation ill his executive office, the President will pick up the phone and call his daughter i'll the residence part of the White House to ask her the status of certain problem he Is discussing.
 Anna has 9 good head, a re- freshing point of view, and her mothers indefatigable energy. When she lived in Seattle, where her husband, John BOettiger, was publisher of the POst-In- telligencer, Anna edited the wO mems page, helped with the paper generally and was a real asset.
 Came the war. and John got a captains commission after att tending the school for military government, later going to Italy. Now, however, he is back and living In the White House, where he rates probably next to Anna and perhaps equal to Harry Hop kins in the Presidents confidence. WATCHES POLITICS
 Most people didn't know it, but Boettiger, despite his army uni form, sat in on the famous White House dinner just before the Chi cago convention in July, where Mayor Kelly of Chicago, Mayor Hague of Jersey City, Postmaster General Walker and Chairman Bob Hannegan persuaded FDR to shelve Henry Wallace and take Harry Truman for Vice-PreSident.
 Boettiger, still in the Army, keeps out of the lime.ight. isn't seen much around Washington. but is very much in the inner councils of his father-in- Jaw, especially when it comes to the Italian Government problems. Here his advice counts as much ore more than the State De- partment'S.
 For years, the President cherished the idea that one of his sons might work with him at the White House. For while, eldest son Jimmy did come down from Cambridge to act as Administrative Assist ant to the President without salary. But Jimmy had other interests, including a beautiful nurse he met at the Mayo Clinic, who later became Mrs. Jimmy. So he left for Hollywood.
 Later Franklin. Jr. while study ing jaw at the University of Vir- ginia, was around the White House frequently
 Now all four boys are in the armed services and the President has fallen back on his daughter, who perhaps even more than J!m- my. always has been the apple of his eye"
 GLAMOUR-GIRL LUCE
 Although no one was exactly pleased by the activities of Gla- m0ur-Girl Clare Booth Luce. dur ing the European trip of the House Military Affairs Commit tee, her Republican colleagues were far more annoyed than the Democrats.
 Most incensod of all, it appears, was Michigan's Paul Shater. IL was Shafer who was responsible for the burst of criticism which followed Mrs. Luce'S exclusive bomber trip on which no other Congressman accompanied her On their return. however. other members said they could have gone but didn't dare to. Of course, when one lone and very beauli- full woman goes to the battlefields with fourteen male legislators, there is bound to be some incon- venienccs and embarrassing mos ments.
 Mrs. Luce was sometimes late for airplane take-Ofis. But one member, who complained bit terIy that she was always late, was actually the cause of more late take-Ofis than anyone else,
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