The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-30
DON'T QUOTE ME
fBy United Prcss)


 Washington, March 30.-(UP)- Rep F'iorello H. LaGuardia takes time out from his busy fight over the tax bill to call attention to a mis-statement in the recent sketch of him carried in this column. It was stated that his wife was his secretary, whereas she was his sec retary only until he married her in 1929.
 In fact. Rep LaGuardia has been one of the most outspoken op- ponents of nepotism-the putting of relatives on the government payroll.
 Yesterday, when his personal po- litical philosophy was criticized on the floor by Rep Charles L. Mar tin, dem, Ore. the stocky agile New York congressman was in- stantly on his feet with the retort that Martin, who is q retired army general, was drawing two salaries from the government.
 Rep LaGuardia, incidentally, splits his secretarial allowance three ways. He employs one wo- man and one man in his office here. He also maintains a con gressional secretary in his district in New York to handle official af- fairs arising there. Much of this business concerns veterans. Thts secretary is Nicholas Soldaveri, q war veteran. active in American legation affairs. ....
 There are few better showmen in congress than LaGuardia. Every speech he makes is show in It. self--with his gesticulating arms. his dark scowling, his biting. ironic humor, his knack of hurling sta tistics at his opponents.
 But he Is still explaining the unexpected results of one bit of showmanship. Last fall when the official congressional directory was | being prepared, LaGuardia was asked to turn in his official hi- ography He simply wrote La 1 Guardia" not even using his in- | itials. The committee member in 1 charge said he couldn't let that 20 i through, and that he was going to at least put in LaGuardias initials | and his address. So he put in the | initials and for the address wrote,
 Brooklyn, N. Y."
 But LaGuardia's district does not , touch Brooklyn-it is in upper Manhattan. Shortly he began to get critical letetrs asking if he was too proud to live in his own |, district and why he lived in Brook l lyn. There was danger of losing many votes.
 LaGuardia complained and fin committee on printing rose in the | ally Chairman Stevenson of the | house and officially apologized for , the error. But until all copies o1 | that issue of the congressional di- rectory pass into oblivion. LaGuar- dia will continue to be annoyed by references to a Brooklyn residence | which he never had.
 Incidentally LaGuardia is not a | wealthy man and cannot afford to maintain two homes. He and his wife have modest apartment here. During congressional re- cesses they live at 23 East 109th street. New York city. But he stores his furniture when he comes to Washington for the winter. Though he is one of the fighting. est members in the house. off the floor among friends and in his home he is quiet and unassuming His hobby is cooking. Spaghetti and salad dressing are his special- ties though he can cook full meal to satisfy the most exacting taste. His chief delight is to he turned loose in the kitchen to make a salad dressing which. apparently. he can make out of almost any thing except the kitchen stove.