The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-19

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 CONGRESS
 Congress will be congress. |. The day the senate passed the Fletcher sRayburn bill Go put hobbies on stock exchange gam1ling, the chamber con. vened two hours ahead of its usual meeting time in order to get through by carly afternoon. The roag0n: A lot of the states. men were in Q hurry to got over Co nearby Pimlico to get on tho Proaknees. .,. aesnchusettg' buFiy Republican Rspreeentative Treadway was once publicly eul0gised by Jack Garner as having the biggest hood, the loudest horn, ands the least horse. power of any man I have lot of "extFa -cuffscuiar" activity going on in ueneral Hugh John sons office these spring days. The Blue Eagle boss is having his bust gculpted, and ell the stenos are excited about the Forthcoming marriage of Miss Marion Tight, able manager of the generals personal clerical staff. Miss Mary (Robby) Robinson is to be bridesmaid, and the general has promised to attend d. Representative George Fouikss, first term Mich igan democrat, who never misses an opportunity to stross the fact that no is q great friend of the farmer and owns only one suit Of clothes, sent out thousands of personal Christmas cards to hIs constituents undor government fran k. In discovering Foulkes slight "omission" the post office department sent him n bill for s900---whIch he lost no time in paying.
 SWEET STEPHENS
 Senator Hubert D. Stephens, d0ur Misslssippian Up for re. election this year, Is billing up a sweet record on which to run. .. In addition to obstructing confirmation of Dr Willard Thorp as director of the bureau of foreign and domestic com- merce, stephens went pfo- power industry with a bang. By suddenly changing his vote he killed the Hiram Johnson pros pogal authorizing the REC to make l0ng.term loans to pub- Iicty.owned electricity distribute ing systems. Had Stephens no reversed himself tho measure would have gone through by one vote. {. Tho house was in turbulent debate over tho bill 10 givo an additional s400, 900 fed. eral grantto the Chicago Worlds fair. suddenly Texas' bull.voiced Tom BInntoD, seif-stylod 'watch- dog Of the treasury" beloved, Let the people of Chicago stand on their own b0ttoms." Congressman Fred Britten of Chicago yelled: That's some. thing that just can't be done." IRISH ASPIRATIONS
 More people are angling for the job of being American min- ister to the Irish Free State than the ambassadorhsip to France. Among the foremost ohn- didates are Daisy Hartman, Dick Kiiroy, editorial writer for the Los Angeles Daily News, and Colonel Bob 0uggenhoim, mem. Der of the copper family. {. Inorfmed by an Irish friend that he would have to be baptized q Catholic f he got the Dublin post, Guggenhoim replied; oh, that's all right. l was baptized once when 1 mdrried my first wife" je is now living with his fourth. General Happy" GIassford, great friend of the bonus army when he was chief of Washington police, is now under attack in the im- perial valley of California. {. AS federal conciliat0r of labor in that area. Happy" is charged with suDpressing free, speech and showing open hostility to workers. .. In order to put the summers crop of geraniums on top of the White House wings, 1t Is necessary to build a
 scaffolding and runway from the ground to the roof. {. Boxed geraniums are then trundled up in whecl-barrows. Presidential grandson, "Buzzie" Dali would like to ride his tricycle. down the runway, but his mother won't let him.
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