The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-09

more trouble to Washington hotel walters than all the 14 years of prOhibiti0n. Despite the fact that the District Of Columbia was still dry, patrons kept up d barrage of inquiries for cocktails ... The strategy behind the qu0tas for importation of foreign liquor Is not merely the increase of AHnericgn sales abroad, but the increase of farm sales The agriculture department fix. ures that the howl of CAlifOFliia wine growers over the impOrfa- ton Of foreign wines can he spiked if farmers in other parts 0f the : country get reciprocal benefits benefits ..;. Therefore secretary Wallace plans to trade American rice and apples to Ar. gentina for Argentine wines, and American pork and butter to England for whislrey, aiey-and So on.
 LITERATURE AND ART
 Revelations of the senate bank investigation and reports that a fight will be made to amend the Truth in Securities act has revived interest in Justice Bran deis'. book,. "Other. Peoule,s. .Money". Despite the fact that 1t was first published over 20 years ago, demand for it became so great that 8 popular dollar edi- tion has been printed .fHenry Mencken and Joseph Hergeshei- mer have literary orders to fill. 7 hlff fhAv Vsn SnanAfnap e lA& their time sending each other scurrilous notes and telegrams .. The best of friends, the two writers live just around the corner from each other in Bal specially printed 1etterheads representing law firms existing only in his own imagination One of his pet pranks is to send g letter from Cabot, Goldstein, Greenbaum and Lowell" to one of his best friends,in which the to collect damages for aggravated assault, mayhem or petty dar- ceny.
 Huey Long is sending free copies of his autobiography to members of congress, but he is not being extravagant about it ..... The copies are a cheap Onc- dollar reprint Of his opus =. General Hugh Johnson writes all his speeches in lOnghand, has them transcribed on . typewriter with specially large type .... Senator Tydings of Maryland, who used to paint in 8 purple robe in his Georgetown studio, now is etching tropical sunsets and brOwn-skinned maidens in Puerto Rico "Glad. Tyd- fngs", as he is called in the sen-: ate. is chairman of the Insular Affairs Committee.
 ANTT-LONG
 .Huey Long will find a different atmosphere around the senate when congress reconvenes There will be no open move against him, just an uncomfort- able degreebof frigidity The Progressives, once extreme ly friendly, now fear having Huey associated with any of their projects. The stamp of his support Is no longer a help. .s. Since the start of the MIRA, the A. F. of L. has issued char ters to S25 new unions. For the entire boom years of 1929 only 75 charters were granted.
 Supporters of Soviet recogni- tion are making much of the fact that one of the few genuine gold bonds now being sold in Wall Street Is that of the Bolshevik government .. The bonds pay a 10 per cent annual interest computed on a gold ruble basis The last payment was due December l, and, like all Soviet obligations, was met on the dot ..'. The best American govern ment interest rate is A per cent on the still uncalled Fourth Libertys, paid on a non-gold currency basis Several mem- bers of the senate judiciary committee are secretly planning to demand public hearings on Roosevelt's appointment of Mar tin Conboy as federal district attorney for New York city .. Conboy's appearance as counsel for Albert H. Wiggin, during the senate bank investigation, Is causing trouble .s,. This brings no tears to the eyes of Jim Far ley, who favored Ferdinand Pe- cora for the place.
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