The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-20

Pau,ey was a California inde- pendent oil producer who sold out to Standard Oil of California. got to know IckeS, and introduced Ralph Davies, head of that com- pany, to him. Through Pauley, Davies was made Ickes' Deputy Administrator for Petroleum, the most importanut oil job in the country. He has the power of life or death over oil companies Ickes and Pauley drifted apart, however, when the vivacious Ed tried to get Government help on building a high octane gasoline plant in Mexico. His pal Davies boosted the plan, but the State Department opposed, and Ickes finally sided against his old friend Pauley and with the State De- partment . The two have not been chummy since. Now the oil boys plus Democratic bigwigs are doing their best to have Tru- man put Pauley into Ickes' job. ~. If so, Pauley and Davies will have real oil monopoly. The Roosevelt Administration al- ready has undergone criticism be- cause Navy oil lands in Elk Hills were leased to Ralph Davies com pany, Standard of California.
 DIPLOMATIC POUCH
 Ever since the Yalta Conference the Russians have had their U. s. experts busy studying Truman. Apparently they realized at Yalta that Roosevelt was fading fast, so wanted to know all they could about the man who might be President The British also have been making careful check on Truman's past, past friends, past views on foreign affairs foreign governments always do this. They made the same care full check on Roosevelt in 1882, one Library of Congress article in Asia Magazine by Roosevelt on Japan being thumbed thin. The Jap embassy delivered the text verbatim to TOkyO) .. Diplomats believe that the Russian scrutiny of Truman helped influence their switch on Poland. Anyway, last Saturday the Russians suddenly agreed to welcome representative of four major parties plus the Communists into the Lublin gov ernment. 1ney also decided to send Foreign Minister Molotov to San Francisco, 8 move fer for which Roosevelt had pleaded. .. Here is one diplomatic line up being discussed if Jimmy Byrnes succeeds Ed Stettinius as Secretary of State: Stettinius to London as Ambassador; John Winant from London to Paris; Ambassador Caffery, who muffed things with De Gaulle, to be transferred to Cuba; Ambassador Braden from Cuba to Argentina. Under Secretary Joe Grew would resign.
 TRUMAN HIGHLIGHTS
 Democratic boss Bob Hannegen and Democratic Treasurer Ed Pauley moved right in on White House Press Secretary Jonathan Daniels on the funeral tra:n. They asked him whom he recom- mended to take his place, which was polite way of saying they wanted him out. They suggested able Charlie Ross, elder-statesm of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. (Hannegan is from St. Louis) Daniels replied that Ross was a little old. Presuming that Haline- gan and Truman wanted a Mis- souri boy in the job, Daniels then c0untered with Irving Brant. for. merly of the St. Louis Star Times and a close friend of FDR ... Daniels will stay on at the White House temporarily until things gel shaken down His father, Sec retary of the Navy under Wilson and one of the grand old men oi the nation. will celebrate his 83rd birthday next month. He is still going strong :. AS Vice-PreSi dent, Harry Truman asked Ad- miral Jacobs, in charge of Navy Personnel, to put as many Mis-. to make human life more fruitful.
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