The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-12-16

Washington, Dec. 16-Barney Baruch, Wall street wizard and staunch democrat, contributed over $70,000 to Roosevelt's cam paign, but he does not believe in putting all his political eggs in one basket. On recent trip to San Francisco Barney disappear ed mysteriously for a weekend. None of the many friends wish ing to do him honor, could locate him. In fact his whereabouts is still something of a secret. Barney spent two days at Palo Alto visiting Herbert Hoover. The, Cornell Arts faculty has issued a statement repudiat- ing their colleague Professor George F. Warren and his gold buying plan. They resent the idea of the so-called Warren rubber dollar" being called "the Cornell dollar"
 WALL STREET BACKS UP
 Wall street has eased down its criticism of the new dollar no matter what it's name. Treasury officials are convinced that the leak to London of the daily gold price comes from a tapped telephone wire. London usually gets the news to 10 minutes ahead of the American public. Most people don't know it, but a mysterious third man helps Morgenthau and R. r. c. Chairman Jesse Jones set the price of gold. He is Profess sor Warren himself.
 Father Coughlin is threatened with legal proceedings by two promoters who published his ume never had Q large sale and later was taken over by a New York publishing house which has made money for the radio priest. The Baltimore firm has now demanded a share of the profits from Ralph Burton, Father Coughlin's Washington attorney.
 Army officers are waging a behind the scenes campaign against their assignment to eco camps. They claim that political influence upsets discipline, that Robert Fechner, eco director, has sometimes reinstated recall citrant tree-pruners, fired by army officers. Chief trouble has been. with city contingents, in which there are a, lot of small time racketeers or punk" gangs. Funny thing, but some army officers never seem to know when they are well off. It was the CCC camps which saved g. 900 of them from being dropped
 last spring. Senator Pat Harrison's pretty secretary was stopped by cop the other day for speeding. He was about to hand her a ticket. Said she in- dignantly: 'You can't give me a ticket! I'm on my way to play bridge with Senator Harrison of Mississippi
 PUBLIC MORALS @
 All is not going so well with some of Jim Farley's political playboys. The National Allied Democratic Advisory Council is under investigation by the de- partment of justice. Its vice. president, E. W. Martin, lobbyist for the colored branch of the army and navy union, was put on the grill regarding represen- tations he had made in promis- ing jobs, Dr Clarence True wilson, head of the Methodist board of temperance, prohibition and public morals, has this to say about prohibition: "The American people voted it out, and the American people have a right to do what. they will with their own country. =. 1T l were following Mable Walker Willebrandt and Dr James Doran over to the wet side, would say to my new liquor bosses: "Wach your step, gentlemen, shock the American people and they will wake up and get you'. SPEAKING OF COCKTAILS
 Good old Sam Blythe has won
 the cocktail recipe contest of the national association for ad- vancement of the fine arts Of drinking with a tempting con- coction called "The Washington Merry-Go-Round." We take off our hat to Sam on many things. He is the founder of the gro Hell With Europe Club" started at the Paris peace con- ference. He is a great judge Of libation, a better judge of men, and one of the really great po- litical writers of our time.
 But we think there is only one Washington Merry = Go . Round cocktail. It is indigenous to Washington, and is at it's best when prepared by one of the au-. thors of Washington Merry-GO- Round. The recipe-from prohibition days, when cock taiIing was really an art-foI- lows: two parts Maryland rye, aged in the wood in the Merry GO-ROund cellar at least 8 year; one part Italian Vermouth from almost any embassy; few drops