The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-06
by DreU, Pearson

Secretary of the Treasury toasted "trlendshlp.
 "Is that why you're here, John?" jibed inapish Mrs. Palmer, doubtless referring to the way Truman rewards his friends.
 Senator Barkley toasted the many years he and Truman had spent together
 Later the conversation got around to Comptrol- Ter General Lindsay Warrens sensational charges that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation had not kept proper books.
 When is the Senate going to investigate you, John?" Senator Barkley asked the former Chief of the REC. T don't want to miss it.
 I'm going to testify right after Jesse Jones' shot back Snyder.
 The President said very little. He seemed wor- ried, grim, and unhappy His chief remark of the evening came when Barkley started to tell story
 I've heard that one before.' dryly remarked the President of the United States.
 It was midnight when the President went home. At A. M, 50-year-od John Snyder departed to catch few hours sleep before beginning the days work as Secretary of the Treasury.
 Official State Department broadcasts to Russia in the Russian language will begin just as soon as the necessary staffs have completed their training One of John SnyderS first acts as secretary ol the Treasury was agree to the release of gold to Argentina This gold seized by the U. s. Govern ment at the start of the Its release Is major
 
 has decided to abandon his plans for an Alaska vacation this Summer Instead he will make several political swings around the country speaking in be- half of Democratic candidates whose elections are in doubt. . Presidential court jester George Allen is ill with painful of neuritls. MontanaS liberal Senator Jim Murray is furious with W1seon- sins Senator Bob LaFollete, for the support he has given Senator Burt Wheeler for reelection in Mon One of Murrays greatest hopes to see Wheeler defeated Murray now thinks that LaFollettes lsola- tionist ties to Wheeler stronger than his liberal domestic ties to Murray and Murray may decide to mix into the Wisconsin picture to try to defeat LaFollette in the Republican primary next month. The American Theaters Association despite its pledge to help the Government in the postwar period, fused to sponsor the Army film Seeds of Destiny" The picture shows famine conditions and the need for saving food. "Too gruesome" for the American public, said the theater Maybe the trouble is like Betty Grable Postmaster General Bob Han negan has planned his junket to the Pacific so he will arrive at Nuremberg in time to hear the final verdict at the Nuremberg criminals trials the House of Representatives as The Snake Pit. In the Alabama Senatorial race House whip John Sparkman is odds-on faVorite to win the seat of the late John Bankhead The House Dem ocratic leadership will miss Sparkman. He has been extremely effective. Representative Herman Kopplemann of Hartford, Conn. tried last week in conference to amend the Treasury Appropriation Bill to permit the Treasury to sell industrial silver at 71.11 cents-the price. The Senate conferees led by Hegh-Ho Silver Pat MeCarran of Nevada, refused budge from their 90-eent price The short age of industrial silver is serious the Treasury has had to permit DuPont and other large users to melt down silver dollars