The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-24

Washington, Feb 24.-More government scandals, not dis closed as yet, are brewing. The latest are in Henry Morgenthau's Treasury Department though not involving him. They con cern the New York Customs Bu- reau handling of goods duty free. Morgenthau is preparing for a house cleaning The other scandals grow out of the Treas ury's handling of building con- tracts. There have been delays, shuffling of specifications, ques- tionable handling of contracts Morgenthau, once he took the Treasury, moved promptly to shake this up He re- moved Chip" Robert, dapper assistant secretary from Atlanta, Georgia, from supervision of the treasury's public building pro- jects, but made no charges against him. Roberts official record is clear Secretary Ickes is taking a hand in the investigation.
 
 The man chiefly responsible for exposing the attempted graft in Army motor trucks was cherub- faced Ross Collins. The Mississippi congressman is chief watchdog of the army's budget When the cavalry wants more polo ponies, or aviators ask for spurs, Collins is the man who scratches out their requests. Through J. B. Woodside of Gen. eral Motors, Collins learned of changed specifications, attempt ed collision, took the charges direct to the White House.
 CAN'T KEEP AWAY
 Honest Harold Ickes and Silent Henry Wallace were ordered on vacation by Roosevelt. They drove two hours into Virginia to Luray. There Ickes dictated three speeches and Wallace wrote part of a book .. After two days, Ickes came back to Wash ington The president scold- ed laughingly: You're like a small boy told to say away from school who comes to class any, way" Senator Hiram John son and his wife are tremend- ously fond of q small Pekinese At the International Wheat Conference in Rome, April 5, the United States will favor q stab- ilized export price for wheat at 50 cents gold per bushel from all exporting countries Dr Grau San Martin, the small pup that bassador- Welles brought back from Cuba in his overcoat pocket, has now de- veloped a healthy bark and bite Ambassador Troyanovsky, new Soviet envoy, snaps his fin gers at diplomatic precedent. The Washington memorial services for the assassinated premier of Rumania were attended by all diplomats having diplomatic re- lations with Rumania This did not include Russia, whose army stands with fixed bayonets along the border of Bessarabia But despite this, and with out an invitation, Troyanovsky came to pay his respects to the uedu pTeIllAcI'
 WORM.EATEN SADDLES
 It has not leaked out of the grand jury room yet, but one disclosure in the army scandals was contract to sell army saddles to Bolivia <. The con- tract was justified on the ground that the saddles were worm-eat- en. General Macarthur, who blocked the deal, told the grand jury that they were of the finest quality, had cost $44 and would last for years .. After talk ing Q firm stand at the Monte- video conference for peace be- tween Bolivia and Paraguay, Secretary Hull declined to deny reports that he opposed the Wye investigation of munitions com panies selling war material to Bolivia, Paraguay and other war ring countries Hulls stand had an unfavorable reaction back in Montevideo where he was once a hero. =. The Whlte House has had so much mail protesting against the Vinson big navy bill, that it has sent them over to the state depart ment for acknowledgement State Department officials are peeyed about the extra work.