The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-04-07

c and with his arrival in New York, they became convinced of 1t. Ex-Secretary Stimon, age 64. plays deck tennis reg ularly at his home. Recently he played against three state de- partment boys, in five minutes had them panting. He was as fresh as ever.
 BRAIN TRUST ATTACK
 The committee for the nation, instrumental in the attack on the brain trust, has as its secretary, Edward A. Rumely, former owner of the New York Mail and convicted during the war of disseminating German propa- ganda. Son of German blacksmith, he manufactured blows in Indiana, later went broke, despite that, bought the Mall, later served in a federal pen. [. Roosevelt's yen for fishing has ample precedent. Most of our recent presidents have been ardent fishermen. They include Cleveland, Teddy Roosevelt, Taft and Hoover. Coolidge at first scorned fishing, but got such a razzing about 1t that he bought himself a hook and line and came gen. timely to like the sport.
 FISHING RUMORS
 Roosevelt always will pay the penalty for having once been sick. No sooner was he out of sight of land on his present fish, ing trip than Wall street whis- pered, Serious illness!" He could not even invite his two oldest sons to catch a couple of fish with him without having the mor-mongers adopt the bed- side manner and begin ordering flowers for the funeral. Leo Sack, erudite American min- ister to Costa Rica, sends word to Harry Hawes and Roosevelt that the best deep-sea fishing ground in the world is in the Pacific just off Central Amer lea. Sumner Welles, assist ant secretary of state, recently made one of the most fortnight speeches ever emanating from the timid state department. At a time when Cuba was campaign ing against the Chase National bank, he placed the blame for Cuba's political and economic chaos on the big American bankers. {. !. Senator Homer T. Bone is in receipt of information from a friendly New York banking quarter that the foes of the securities and stock ex- change bills have compiled lists of 25,000,000 stockholders, to whom lobbying propaganda Is being mailed. The recipients are urged to write or telegraph their senators and congressman de- manding opposition to the two administration projects. Brad" Carroll, Jr., the first man to be sworn in as an employe of the MIRA, and who in turn gave General Johnson the oath of office, has been promoted from chief clerk to deputy ad- ministrator of finance. Federal secret service agents are known in the underworld as e men, the c standing for gov ernment.
 Being secretary of the treas- ury is not all 1t Is cracked up to be. Recently Secretary Morgenthau lamented to a friend I'm just Q government official with bonds to sell" Frank F. Walsh, noted liberal attor- ney and close friend of Presi- dent Roosevelt, Is working on q plan which if successful may bring for review before the United States supreme court for the first time, the long fought Mooney Billings case. Speaker Rainey's inept threat of ''blacklisting". democratic mem bers who oppose the administra- iton has added another strain on the already e-too-cordial relations between him and Dem ocratic Floor Leader Joe Byrns. -. :. The latter not only sharp 1y disapproves of Rainey's threat, but is privately telling angry democrats to pay no at- tention to the speaker. If and when Attorney General Homer Cummings departs from the cabinet, one of the top men on the presidents mental list as " Pecora. square Jawed chief counsel of the senate bank in- vestigating committee.
 SENATORIAL HANDICAP
 Misouri's outspokcn Senator Bennett Clark has particular peeve against brain trusters. Recently he sent q job seeked with a letter of endorse ment to IVA. The applicant was turned down because, ac- cording to Clark, some smart aleck college professor consider ed 1t practically a disqualifica- ton to present a letter from a United States senator" There is q high official in the government who was retired from the U. s. army on the ground of "social ineptitude." Representative Tom Rlanton, seif-styled watch dog of the treasury" told the house that when he Inquired as to what was meant by social ineptitude" hc was informed that the offi- cial "could not carry on a prop CT parlor conversation in high society.
 WEST FACES DROUGHT
 Department sof agriculture re- ports that. a severe drought in IS middle and northwest states im- pends unless heavy and frequent rains start soon. This may limit the wheat and corp crops with out any New Deal medicine. .. :. Edward c. Lowry, 31 year old general counsel of the federal alcohol administration, was q former foreign correspondent. and Is the son of an intimate friend of Herbert Hoover. The most "oninous' warning against tax boosting received on Capitol HiIl was that from John M. Kelly, representative of Ring ling Brothers Barnum and Ball. ey Combined Shows. He de- clared, If you don't stop taxing us we'll have to turn loose our 800. elephants. 5000 horses and 500 tigers and other wild anf- maIs.I At last the great mystery is solved! Poultry ' s Am