The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-28


originri Of the Mothers Day
stamp, Oh whic.. he displayed
his talents, proves him to be So
FAMILY TROUBLE
Not all tho Blue Eagles crit.
les are by any means outside It's
organization. here Is much
muttering going on within the
family CIRCLE.
Particularly are the younger
executives dlsgruntled, Chief
among their grievances IL tho
complaint that tho MIRA Is load.
cd down with 40 much pottifog-
Ing red.tapo that they nre un.
able 10 get 10 General johnson
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animation OF this feeling
reached the explosive ex-cavalry.
man recently, and no moved 10
bring the matter into tho open.
JOHNSONlAN
lilo summoned a stan meeting
OF administrators, and other OK.
ocutlveJ In his Office. When
they assembled, he gave them n
typlca Johnsoniun stare and
barkod;
.i'm told that some of you are
beilyAcl,lng tlint you can't get IN
10 sce mc. Who couldn't get 10
me: speak ups"
Dead silence. Not word
from anyone.
There were plenty there who
had Bhuffled up and down tho
corridor In front OF his office
protecting their inability TO get
In. But Johnson's top-sorgcant
tactics awod them.
:'llo general snorted In dis.
gust.
Nov get this" no said, stub.
bling ut the crowded room with
his forohngor. I'm here to SEQ
anybod? on anything. Anytime
any of you have anything TO say
TO me, sound Off. I'm not asking
YOU to agree with me.
"Uell, speak Lp! " you he.
llcye You arc right, stand up and
hight for your idcns."
Again. complete silence.
But In tho corridors and wash.
rooms resentment against tho
father NJ the blue Eagle con.
tinuos.
QUICK ACTION
Roosevelt has learned his los.
son from tho "lawyer.lobbying"
activities OF his own democrats
friends, and now In taking no
chances regarding another scan.
dal on His front doorstep.
This time no In not waiting for
Congress or tho press to do tho
man exposing.
When IL leaked out that tho
office Of tho Collector of Inter-
nal Rovnnuc at Detroit had tried
70 shake down motor manufac.
turcrs for democratic campaign
contributions, there was u
prompt clicking Of wheels.
Iioratio J. Abbott, coiioctor.in.
charge In Michigan, was sum.
moned forthwith TO Washington.
For three hours Abbott and Sec.
rotary Norgenthnu were closotod
bch nd locked doors.
Morgenthau thon hurried over
10 tho White House. Twenty
minutes lator no emerged from
y talk with tho president, went
into his office, announced tho
"rosignation" Of Abbott.
But that did not end the mat.
ter.
A little later Guy n. Hclvcr.
thR, commissioner of Internal
revenue, was called "a the Treas.
ury. His instructions were spc.
cific.
Every internal revenue office
In no ,untry was 10 be quietly
checked UP for similar activities,
and prompt reports submitted.
The samo poromptory punish
mont melted out to Abbott In
ready Tor my other collector
who comes undcr suspicion.
MAIL BAG
y. H. Cleveland, OhiO---Sinco
1914 thu y. y. has been tho
worlds largest foreign investor.
IN tho 20 years since then, $i7,.
| v67,000,000 OF American capital
has been exported abroad. But
tho present actual value of this
staggering sum, more than half
OF our national debt, has now
dwindled to about 81 000, 900. /.
y. Gy Grccnvillc, \. C.--The
United states government owns
ana operates one railroad In
AlaBka. Tho government built
tho line because private interests
did not care to undertake the In.
vestmcnt. In tho last few years
tho road has operated at q loss
but 80 have all other rail lines
~. or. " Paul, MINI. Loss
rain fell In tho Dakotag, Mime.
sofa, and In Illinois during the
FIRST four months OF this year
than during the same period In
any other year since tho Weather
Bureau began to keep such rec.
ordS q. r.. Logan, Utah
The presidents cabinet Ii no,
created by the Constitution, MOI
by statute. The department III
which the cabinet members di.
rect are SGT UP by law, which
provide for an executive officer
to run them. The cabinet 1,
merely weekly, or semi-weok
~. gathering OF these executives
with the president for round
table discussion OF the affairs OF
the administration. Il. n.
Wheeling, w. Va.-The White
House IL equipped with moving
picture machine. wired FOR
Jound. The apparatus In locat ted
on the second floor OF the exec.
utive mansion. The president II
fond of moving pictures. espe.
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