The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-20

The reason for this power is her long intimacy with the President and Mrs Roosevelt.
 Mrs Greenway was a brides maid at the Roosevelts' we'd ding. On their honeymoon, they visited the Scottish estate of Mrs Greenway's first hus- band. Mrs Roosevelt made special trip to the capitol to witness her friends induction into office. The two women are constant companions.
 As result, House members consider Mrs Greenway a mem- Der of the presidents family. So when she bolts, they feel free to do likewise.
 House leaders say privately that her vote to override the veterans bill veto was big fac tor in turning the tide against the president. It is cloakroom gossip that many members wait until after she has voted to de- eide how they will ballot.
 NEW DEAL ROOTER
 No4ninally> Mrs Greenway is a democrat. She never fails to pay lip service to the New Deal. But basically she is as stand-pattish as Budget Direc- tor Lewis Douglas, whose con- gressional seat she is filling.
 Publicly and privately she has taken caustic pot-shots at the Brain Trust. Right now she is a leader in the drive to amend the Securities Act, has written her workmen in Arizona that this is at the root of unem- ployment in the copper industry, has suggested they protest to Washington.
 If Mrs Grcenway is a novice at politics, she Is no tyrO when 1t comes to leadership. She has managed large business affairs TOT many years, personally di- fccts her Arizona ranch and copper mines.
 Unassuming, direct, masking her forcefulness behind an in- born charm, Mrs Greenway, in the few months of her incum- bency, has become one of the most popular and influential members of the Housei Her ap- pearance in one of the back rows is the signal for rush of members to her side.
 It Is a common occurrence for as many as twenty-five or ihtry representatives to confer with her in the course of the afternoon. These gatherings are referred to in the ,cloakrooms as Mrs Greenway's. Court"
 NOTE-Mrs Greenway's son, Robert M. Ferguson. has just rejected the title of his uncle, Lord Novar, as well as 22,O0O Scottish acres, because he elected to remain an American citizen.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Consider tho rare delicacy of the State Department in arrang- ing for the reception of Presi- dent Vincent of Haiti What could have been more appropri- ate than long double line of marines at the Union station, through which he. passed & For twenty years President Vim cents country has been occu- pied by U. s. marines .. ~ Letters sent to newspapers on MIRA stationery announce that Miss Frances M. Robinson, ad- ministrative assistant to Gener- al Johnson" is preparing series of articles for publication Colonel Fitzmaurice, famous Irish Transatlantic flyer, is entering plane for the Irish Sweepstakes in their air race from London to Melbourne .I But much to the pique of the British, he is coming to the LISA to buy his plane Oscar Chapman, efficient assistant secretary of the interior, is past master at the chief attribute of a successful politician. He never takes his finger off the public pulse at home Hardly a week passes that he does not ad- dress his party organization in Colorado over the long distance telephone.
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