The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-01
by DrezU Pearson

with his getting Ben Fields, of the Erie Basin profiteers out of the penitentiary Poor Senator Ebert Thomas of Utah! People are always getting him mixed up with Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma. In contrast Utahs Ebert is saint
 have been trying to get that solon from New England who handed you the big exclusive and then proceeded to give it out to the wire services want to tell him what think oi him. Bumped into Bob Wagner of New York. Wish there were more like him in the Senate He was one man in the secret OPA House-Senate conference who really went down the line for the public Wright Patman of Texas and William Barry of New York were two others
 Things are little slow at the State Department with both you and Byrnes away. However, l picked up the following items !. Tie U.SA. has decided to support Transjordanias bid for admission into the United Nations This is to appease the Arabs. Truman has invited the Belgian Prince Regent to come to Washington in October as government guest Even tiny Honduras joined in the inter American protests against the harsh peace terms imposed on Italy. The State Department has protested to Bulgaria against the Bulgarian secret police who have threatened American diplomatic in the Balkans Il
 Senator Ferguson of Michigan is strong for prob ing your friend, slick pants Willie May nephew of the elusive Congressman from Kentucky The latter, by the way lists himself in the Congressional Drec- tory having had active and successful business career" Congressman Henry Jackson Of Seattle is still battling to clean up scandals in the Maritime Commission-and doing good job Of it. Your admrer Senator McKelar, got so bitter against his -Tennesseean Albert Gore, in recent closed door committee meeting that Congressman Ben Jen- sen of Iowa, a Republican came to Cores defense. McKear wanted to build IVA dams simultaneously. Gore wanted to build one first and later the second, saving over million bucks Even after Speaker Sam Rayburn warned against inserting critical mate rial in the Congressional Record never-say-de Lyle Boren of Oklahoma inserted an editorial from the Yonkers, N Y, Herald-Statesman, proposing Jim Farley for Governor of New York, and balling out Senator Jim Mead You have probably now seen that Boren bit the dust in the Oklahoma primary.
 Oh, yes other-about good old Herschel Johnson. Now that he's US. Ambassador to the United Nations, Herschel is getting hoitytotty about diplomatic precedence A chart of the American dele gation to the LIN showed Bernard Baruch and ex Ambassador John Winant ranking above Johnson, whereupon Herschel hit the ceiling and ordered new fchart, with his name, like Abou Ben Adhem's leading all the rest HerSchel also got huffy when the boys threw farewell party for Ed Stet- tnils and invited Ralph Bunch, Negro, in charge of Dependent American Affairs, to attend. When Johnson objected, Sam Boykn, also of the American delegation bawed him out. I'm from Alabama" he said, but Ralph Bunch has much right anyone to be at the party. I'm going to invite him. He did
 The office force wants me to remind you that expect some real souvenirs of Paris Come back soon
 MARIAN,