The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-14

His mission proved fruitless, for most of them were suspicious and wouldn't talk. The Navy kept close track of his move ments, and had a line on most of his conversations. His chief questions were regarding the treatment of enlisted men in the Navy.
 He was interested in morale. WHITE HOUSE RUM
 Now that bootlegging in the national capital is supposed to become a thing of the past, it might be recalled that bootleg- ging once took place in the White House itself. It was during the Rutherford B. Hayes administra- ton.
 Mrs Hayes was a determined dry. She insisted that no wine or liquor be served at the White House table But Sec- retary of State Evarts was a de- termined wet. Working behind Mrs Hayes back, he usually ar ranged with the chef to spike the punch. The chef also served oranges containing a concoction of St Croix rum.
 Secretary Evarts' chief diff culty, according to historians of that day, was in making sure that none of the spiked oranges was served to Mrs Hayes.
 UNAVAILdNG
 George Peek's recent flareup with the liberals of the AAA caused deep perturbation in the breast of his good friend, and one-time boss, Barney Baruch.
 When the first press stories broke telling of the rift, Barney began burning up the wires with messags to the president urging that Peek's views be upheld.
 As the under-cover struggle progressed to the climax, Bar ney's telegrams increased in num- Der and size. The president was much amused. Peek, and not the liberals, lost out.
 THE END OF THE NRA?
 One of the complaints of the MIRA Labor Advisory Board is that Labor has no conception of what the New Deal is about. ANAS<A aO OtAoCAo Q COkAl pAdtAt tAdI WhSA Labor is given a New Deal, it spells the whole effect by try ing to get too much out of the grab-bag, or else falling down altogether.
 The following case, reported from Bcl1cvtlle, HI, Is illustra- tive:
 The International headquar. tcrs of Brewery Workers, 1O- cated i'm Cincinnati, mailed out orders to local unions to take a vote as to whether to support the MIRA. Out of B members present in the Bellcvillc local when the vote was taken, 51 voted against the MIRA. Only one member favored 1t.
 After the result had been mailed back to Cincinnati, let ter from International headquar- ters brought word to disregard the vote order since there would be mo MIRA after January l." RED HEADS
 It was a case of one red head helping another that brought to Dr James M. Doran, former commissioner of industrial alco- hol, the choice plum of director of the Distilled Liquor Institute. To get the job there was hot, under-cover scramble. Scramb- lers were "Tanglefoot" Bob Lu- cas, former executive director of the republican national commit tee, John Philip Hill, former wet representative from Nary land. and Bob Jackson, secretary to the democratic national com mittee.
 Against such an array, Doran didn't seem to have much chance. But he had an ace trump up his sleeve. Joe Tumulty, fellow red head, secretary to Woodrow Wilson, and general counsel for the National Distillery corpora tion, was for him. Joe had kept Doran on as commissioner after March 4, and in the final show down Tumulty got Doran the dis tillers job.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 The "unsung heroes" off the turf, the hard-riding, hard-work.- ing exercise boys" want a new deal in their business. They are demanding an $1,S00 year minimum in the horse racing and breeding code pending before the AAA. At present their pay ranges from $50 to $50 mnoth and keep" The Fellow ship Forum. Ku Klux Klan week. ly which at the height of its power in 1928 had a circulation of over 300,000, is dying. It is now being published monthly, has circulation of only a few thousand The government union among MIRA employees set in motion several weeks ago with fanfare of publicity is a flop At the second meeting, only 60 out of a total of 1900 em- ployes, showed up Author of the model anti-lynching bill which will be introduced at the coming session of congress is a gentleman of distinguished south- ern lineage-Professor James H. Chadbourn, of the University of North Carolina. He worked three years in preparing the measure, had the assistance of a number of outstanding southern lawyers and law school deans. Ac- cording to Chadbourn, 3,753 per- sons have been lynched since 1889, and only 67 have been punished General Hugh Johnson is not the author of the expression "crack down" in con- nection with MIRA activities. . fCODyrighf- 10SS Inv TInitAd E,aaturn