The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-17
W Drezg Pearson

My dear sir" said Masaryk, T am a Czech not 8 Pole And the father of his country whom you were thinking about was pianist and not violin ist"
 Note-Apparently Connally had confused Masaryk with Paderewsd the late famous Polish pianist and President of Poland
 Probably only three four people know how the original Truman Committee happened to be estab~ lshed And since that committee was responsible for putting Harry Truman in the White House, the inside story of its founding has historic interest.
 Senator Truman of Missouri was attending the inauguration of Governor Nicely of West Virginia in l94O At the inauguration he met Senator Harley Kilgore of West Virginia, then freshman Senator. At the Governors mansion at Charleston they talked of Civil War history in which both always had been interested including the graft which followed the Civil War.
 "Its too bad Congress never got around to in- vestigating the Civil War Graft" Truman remarked
 "As matter of fact, it would be 8 good idea for Congress to investigate the graft in defense indus tries right now" suggested Kilgore
 After some further discussion Truman announced that he was going right back to Washington to intro duce Senate resolution calling for the creation of such an investigation committee. He did so and was immediately named chairman. .
 Senator Kgore at first not named as member of the committee since he was freshman Senator However due to the fact that he had helped inspire the idea, Truman wanted him to serve There fore he specifically asked the President of the Sen ate to enlarge the committee and name Kilgore
 Intriguing fact is that Kilgore, who originally in-
  is now it's chairman
 Relations between Senator Leverett Salt0nstan and Henry Cabot Lodge, former Senator seeking to come back to the Senate icy cold Both scions of Back Bay Boston families, Saltonstall is in the lib eral wing of the COP, Lodge in the conservative. This may help Democratic Senator Dave Walsh who badly needs it. Although overshadowed by the kick in the teeth given lame-duck Senator Burt Wheeler by Montana Democrats, Montana Repub- licans also kicked out what are known there as Wheeler Republicans" These include extreme isola- tionists such as lawyer Wellington Rankin, brother of ex-Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin. The COP split is worse than that in Democratic ranks which helps Democratic Senatorial candidate Jeff Erickson and Representative Mike Mansfield. John Holmes running in Montana's other Congressional District against Republican incumbent Wesley DEwart, has a tougher fight ahead but is gaining ground. :. Holmes copper calling cards but explains they don't come to him with the compliments of Anaconda copper.
 nya Ehrenburg, the Moscow newsman wto after ] trip to Hollywood, has been telling the Russians about "idiotic films. is the very gentleman who only few years ago wrote three Russian novels ampooning the Soviet. Only difference is that Ehren- burg now works for the Soviet He wrote the novels under pen name. . Fragrant bootleggng in the bone-dry state of Kansas has caused Republican swing to exSecretary of War Harry Woodring in his race for governor despite the fact that he is a Democrat. A lot of ant-Landon Republicans are veering toward Woodrng.