The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-18
Walter WincheII
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NOTES OF A NEWSPAPERMAN
 More than S1O0,OO0 in jewels (square cut diamonds, emeralds and rubies) are owned by former Ziegfeld Follies beauty. Her name is Georgia Frederick :. The widow of Capt. Frederick Clay USN . . The grandson of Henry Clay, who would Rather Be Right Than Presi- dent The gems Gncluding a six-karat canary diamond) were given to Clay in 1877 and handed down to the lovely widow who in- herited the Clay estate "I'll bet you are proud to own those gems" someone said No she replied. All that matters is the $250 J. J. Shubert promised to me as soon as I fix the second act of my new play. The title Is You, You and You"
 Incidentally, no direct descendant of Henry Clay was ever named af- ter him There is a General Lucius D. Clay and there are La Frederick's three sons, Donald, Ev- erett and Herbert So the for mer Follies dolly Ca Northerner) is insisting the next boy born be named Henry Clay or else .. Or else no dough .. Donald Clay, the oldest lad (now in Macon, Gal, and his wife expect an heir in Sept.
 We had completely forgotten about Senator Wheeler (honestD what with being soooo busy lately Forgotten him, we mean, un- til wire came from Montana stat ing Wheeler'S campaign speeches there included: "Winehell is behind these attacks on me! His cash con- tributions are aimed to defeat me" Well, the Helena you say .. :. I never had the pleasure of meet ing his opponent, Jeff Erickson The only thing I am financing, along with millions of other tax payers, is the U. s. Treasury, which pays Wheeler his salary.
 Broadwayites know the bigger the heart the easier the target. The same cynical philosophy seems to apply to the international jungle .. The British came hat-in-hand for a loan. And America gave Bri- tain the largest credit ever granted one nation So what happens? Some British gazettes are attacking the loan. and others accepted the moola grudgingly, saying the United States made a business deal instead of helping out a deserving friend Uncle Sam cant win. If he had refused to grant the loan, he would have been called a Scrooge. And after he gives the money, he is called Shyloek It recalls an old political maximc Every favor makes a dozen enemies and one ingrate.''
 Sudden Ihawt: We hope the Bri- tish loan included thirty pieces of silver for Bevin.
 Bernard Baruch, on his Central Park bench, evolved the plan for atomic power that he believes may make the entire world safe.
 Now if only MT. Barueh can evolve something to make Central Park safe.
 ". c. Bullitt's book contains an amazing statement. He writes: Let us reject with absolute finality the idea that we should attack the So- viet Union And then he adds: This does not mean that we should hesitate to use the atomic bomb to stop new crimes of Soviet imperial ism
 Imagine dropping an atomic bomb on the Russians just to remind them that We don't wish to attack them.
 The record proves Gerald L. K. Smiths support is a kiss of death. After a candidate for Congress in Wis. Lawrence H. Smith was zen dorsed" by Gerald, he informed re- porters: I'm in the position of the fellow who got smallpox. I didn't want 1t but I got it."
 The Sovvy propaganda falsifiers