The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

Washington, March 17- Roosevelt has a lot of reasons to be sore at the power companies, the most recent being discovery of the fact that Uncle Sam's post offices have been charged higher rate than other con sumers of the same class. In New York city, for instance, the A post offices pay a total of $250,000 more annually than if they got the same rate as hotels and other big power users. . A cursory examination of rates m other states shows the government also has been sock ed the jaw. Oswalda Aran- ha, soon to become Brazilian ambassador to the United States, is the man responsible for Sec retary Stimson's nickname, Wrong Horse Harry" Aranha staged for the last revolution, put President Vargas in power power just after Stimson de- clared for the old Brazilian gov ernment. -. To make room for him, Ambassador Lima Silva is tranferring to Belgium. Francis E. Sayre, assistant secretary of state and son-in-law of Woodrow Wilson, can't get over his classroom manner. Tor many years a professor at Har- yard, he addresses congressional committees as if still in the rari- fled atmosphere of Cam bridge.
 NEW DEAL BOOTLEGGERS
 The row between George Peek and Secretary Hull over foreign trade grows more serious. .. Peek wants to direct the work of negotiating new commercial agreements. Hull is polite but dogged in maintaining that it is the time -honored function of the state department to negotiate treaties. Repeal has caused some queer paradoxes in the one- . time center of prohibition en- forcement. Three week known bootleggers now hold government jobs in the New Deal. Simultaneously, at least two prohibition agents are under investigation for illicit peddling of New Jersey alcohol. The man who really start Ied the drive to collect back in- come taxes from Andy Mellon is Charley Russell, fighting ex- solicitor of the federal power commission. He brought private action against Mellon in the courts. The man responsl- ble for pushing the investigation is young Henry Morgenthau. For months the justice department did nothing. Finally Morgenthau decided to have showdown. He picked two democrats - Jimmy Walker and Thomas Sidlo-and two republicans Mellon and Thomas $. Lamont-for the opening round. There will z be others.
 FLOWERS Q
 The department of agriculture is worried about the reported exodus of tenant farmers from southern cotton plantations. Sew ,eral agents have gone south re- gently to investigate the problem. The gardening urge is stiri ring in the breasts of the New Dealers. Honest Harold Ickes pines for his spacious gardens at Winetka, III. Gladiolas are his specially. Sumner Wellcs, assistant secretary of state, is getting ready to move to his Maryland plantation. His tulips are the most magnificent in the capitol area. Mrs Roosevelt has planted new bed on the east side of the White House. Her speciality is wild flowers.
 n1o ic energetic gardener. In South Car olina she went in for semi tropical plants. x Among the old dealers, Mrs Doak is watch ing her bulbs sprout at Notre Mid (Our Nest). She prefers yellow flowers. The youth movement is getting organized to learn more about the New Deal. A series of broadcasts are being planned to the youth of America. Broadcasters will include leaders of both parties and sexes and probably in conclusion-Roose- welt. |. ARMED ECONOMY
 President Trujillo is pushing for an extension of the Domin- ican republic debt moratorium. During his last moratorium he scraped up money enough for four ships with which to form navy. Probably this time the bondholders will not be so len tent. =. Wrigley's chewing gum, sold round the wolrd from Cairo to Calcutta, is represented on the Manufacturers associa- tion committee which told the house ways and means commit tee tariff reduction would swamp our country with foreign goods. Henry IL. Stimson, ex-sec-