The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-28

the average code work schedule of 40 hours weekly to around SC. This, he says, is as much as industry can stand for at pres ent.
 DIPLOMATIC REPORTING
 The state department watched the riots in Vienna with genuine worry and concern. If Italian troops-massed in the Tyrol. crossed the border--war in Eu- rope was almost unavoidable.
 Secretary Hull scanned the headlines in the newspapers, awaited reports from A. w. kliefoth, his charge d'affaires in Vienna. It is the duty of every diplomatic officer, without await ing instructions, to report on unusual events in his country. But from Kliefoth no reports came.
 Finally the state department sent q gentle reminder. "Will be glad to have report on situation" its cable read.
 More time elapsed. Still no rec port from KlicfOth. Impatient, the state department finally. sent peremptOry demand:
 "Send report on rioting im- medlately," it cabled.
 Finally Kliefoth's report came. It minimized the disturbance, said only 260 people were killed, whereas every paper in the coun- try placed the deaths at a mini- mum of 1000.
 George Earle, American min ister to Austria, on leave in the U. s. A., was rushed back to his post.
 JONES VS JONES
 In banking circles good laugh is going the rounds on Jesse Jones, hulking, sOft-voiced chairman of the REC.
 Some weeks ago Jesse spoke very sharply to the banking community. He warned that if the bankers didn't open up and begin lending money to industry the government would. go into the business itself.
 It was all very solemn and serious until an ingenious banker recalled having seen the state ment of a certain bank. This re- port showed that while the bank had gained $3,OOO,000 in deposits from June 30 to December 31. 1893, only a little over $20O,000 of this money went into loans and discounts. The rest went into the banks vaults in the form of cash and government bonds.
 The bank is the National Bank of Commerce, of Houston, Texas. Founder, and chairman of it's board of directors is Jesse Jones, the same, hulking soft-voiced chairman of the REC.
 SELFISH AT
 Ever since the convening of congress, Senator Hiram John son has been besieged by Califor- nia delegations seeking public works funds. His long and close friendship with Secretary Ickes, the high regard in which the president holds him, has made him the object of every appro- priation seeker.
 From early morning until late at night they have crowded his office, dogged his footsteps. Last week he finally assembled them all at one time in room, had 7 each one list his project, tabu-- lated them on a. large sheet Of paper. When they had finished. the total of the funds they sought was $400,000,000.
 "Gentlemen," he asked them, II Int to come frOm?"
 "Why, intcrjected one of the crowd, "the president asked Tor $500, 100000 for additional pub lie works funds in his budget measure"
 "So he did," replied Johnson bitingly. And I suppose those damn hogs in the other A states will want the remaining $1OO,- OOO,0OO also"
 i, :MERRY-GO-ROUNR
 Mayor LaGuardia has uncov- cred scandal in the New York hospitals as bad as that recently unearthed on Governors Island. Tammany-appointed doctors ana nurses are accused of graft, criminal negligence, and of beat ing patients. A mass of evil dence has been taken in the hos pitals. The scandal may break any time. William s. Gull bertson, ex-ambasador to Chile, is Washington's latest legal lob byist. He Is representing Guggen- helm and J. P. Morgan with large interests in Chile, also var ious sugar companies with inter- ests in Cuba and Peru. :. The new bank for trade with Russia is going to extend substantial credits to Cuba as well. In fact, this was 'one reason the bank set up was rushed. old Father Time has made Bill Borah the dean of the senate. He was elected to. that body in 1907. Father Time elevates sena- tors toward the seniority top at rapid pace. Bob La Toilette, it's second youngest member, who entered only In 1925, is now eighteenth on the list out of the total SC. President Mendieta of Cuba has put into effect fascist labor code which outlaws general strikes and makes 1t almost im- possible to hold any other kind of strike. / He has swung far to the right of his predeces- sor. Grau San Martin.
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