Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1932-03-31
WASHINGTON
SNAPSHOTS

A0AAAN VI
the Supreme Court of the Unitec
States practically without cere-
mony and with only the simplest
of formalities. The new Associate
Justice, after the required oaths
had been administered, took his
place on the bench and sat with
the court thru the afternoon hear
ing arguments.
A large crowd of attorneys and
others packed the limited room OF
the court and a long line waited
outside unable to gain admittance.
Among those waiting in line was
Senator Marcus A. Coolidge, of
Massachusetts. Among those in the
courtroom we're Senator William
K. Borah, of Idaho, who was in
strumental in having Judge Car
dozo appointed, and Rabbi Wise, of
New York.
100000
Alfred f. Smith, in a letter re-
plying to questions asked by Mrs.
Jessie W. Sayre, daughter of
Woodrow Wilson, and made public,
stated that a Massachusetts slate.
of delegates pledged to him would
be entirely free to vote for any
candidate for the Presidential NOM
ination they chose at the national
convention when and if he should
be eliminated from consideration.
He said he was not prepared at this
time to say whom he would favor
at the convention if he should with
draw.
100000
Louisiana's new senator, Huey
Long, Democrat, learned some
thing about Senate rules recently.
Aroused at the Senate's action in
increasing appropriations for How
ard University, a Negro school, he
proposed'an amendment to the In
terror Department supply bill call
ing for 100000 for the State of
to be used in it's work of
Graduating illiteracy among the
colored people" He argued that
such an appropriation would be
more iustifiable than TO give money
% a private institution" Senator
Reed Smoot, Republican, of Utah,
lean of the Senate, promptly made
| point of order against the amend
nent on the ground that it had
never been estimated for by the
budget bureau nor reported by a
standing committee. Senator Rob-
.rt M. LaF GILLETTE, Republican, Of
Wisconsin, who was in the chair,
promptly sustained the point of or
Ter.
100000 :
eyes, this is the Kingfish speak
ng. If you don't do as | tell you, !,
I'll fire you tomorrow. Yes, the
This a lersion of n of :
Senator Huey Longs long-distance
telephone conversations between +,
Washington and Louisiana. When .
lie is in Washington he spends a
good deal of his time bossing
by long-distance tele-
'hone. But he isn't much in Wash !
ngton, for to keep things going in f.,
louisiana he has to spend much of !
lis time down there, or at least he /,
rs had to do so ever since he de- !,
.ided to give UP being Governor Of !
and come to Washington !
o take up the senatorship from j.,
louisiana to which he was elected :
n 1880. He came after the pres !
mt session had been going on for
everal weeks. SO Washington has :
lot had much chance to get ac- s
Iuainted with the "Kingfish," as
likes to call himself.
100000
Thru the aid of the Reconstruc- 3
Finance Corporation the town U
t Abbeville in Louisiana was able s
o report to President Hoover that c
wo banks there would reopen their :
oors. A telegram to the White
louise from the Bank of Abbeville .
Trust Company gave high Y
raise to General Charles G. Dawes Z
elief organization as it told of it's c
Ian to start business again after I
period of six weeks, during which o
ne doors of the local financial in 9,
,itutions were barred. Along with q
lie First National Bank of Able el
lie it will resume business in a a
immunity whose confidence has OF
zen revived. II
100000 II
To what extent will economy be \,
issue in the campaign this Fall?
far as the Federal Government t.
concerned, it is too early to tell. R,
9th sides are doing their best to G,
AXE capital out of it, President
DOVER calling for reorganization m n
d retrenchment, the Democrats in m
e House Boosting of the way in "a
hich they have used the axe on
ADMINISTRATION bills. SO far their ab
have been at the branches er.
Their than at the roots. Adjusted OF
mpensation and unemployment CO
lief still hang over Congress, s gs
th the threat of unlimited ex- as
nditure. In Tho cities +ha danoand re-