The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-27

House attaches privately list cab inet members in the following order in estimating how RoOse- welt rates them: Ickes, Wallace, Cummings, Morgenthau, Hull, Perkins, Roper, Farley, Swanson, Dern. This is based upon Roosevelts appraisal of their ability, not personal friendship. Cummings high rating, it is explained, is a recent develop ment. The president devel- oped a strong admiration for the attorney generals ability when Cummings vote q series of legal opinions upholding the validity of the new monetary policy.
 Harry Hopkins, youthful and dynamic head of the federal emergency relief administration, is rated as the presidents most highly regarded emergency ad- ministrator. According to White House quarters, he is slat- ed for higher honors and respon- abilities. A bronze statue of Colonel John Campbell Green- way, deceased husband of Mrs Isabelle Greenway, Arizona's new congresswoman, stands in the capitol's statuary hall. It was placed there several years ago by the state in honor of the late rough rider, rancher, and copper magnate.
 JUST VICE-PREsIDENT
 Vice President Gamers. recent attempt to set himself up as patronage czar of some fifty Texas counties has come a crop per. The Texas house dele gation let out a roar of enraged protest and as a result Jack has retired once more to the orna- mental innocuousness of the vice-presidency. Word has reached Washington that Ohio democrats are organizing strong movement to block the senatorial ambitions of Governor George White, who wants to run against the states ultra -republi- can Senator "Simian" ID. Fess. Ohio democrats want a stronger candidate than White. confident that If powerful fig ure is put into the race they can win. The federal bureau of education is making national survey to discover employment possibilities for deaf and hard of-hearlng young people under the civil works and public works administrations. Latest estl- mates reveal approximately 3OO,- 900 school children whose hear ing is seriously impaired.
 MISTER YOUNG
 owen D: Young; head of Gen eral Electric and author of two famous plans for reparation set dement's, was addressed by variety of titles when he appear ed before the senate banking committee this week. Sena- tor Ham Kean of New Jersey called him Professor Young; Senator Bulkley respectfully re- ferred to him as Doctor Young; Senator Glass, not to be out done. called him Governor Young" At which point, Senator Bankhead gave up and called him just plain Mister" Behind General Johnson's plan of an MIRA congress is the idea of letting all factions and critics of the Blue Eagle blow off steam and get it over with. He figures that after they do this, all will eb in a better frame of mind and he, personally, will know much more about the faults and strong points of his organization. .. One man whom Russian recogni- ton has not feazed is Boris Skvirsky. for twelve years unoffi-
 cial Soviet ambassador here. AL though required to don @ top hat often than before, he remains his same unassuming, accommo- dating self.
 MARTYRDOM
 Ambassador Bald Headed" Bill Bullitt has laid down some
 strict requirements for the car ger boys he will take with him 10 Moscow. First of all he says they must not buy bootleg roubles on the Warsaw exchange where Russian currency Is not worth a fraction of what it is in Moscow. This is pretty bad, but his next requirement is worse. He wants his dip-
 lomatic assistants to mix with Soviet officials and to shun the gay parties of the British em- bassy. Here are some signi- ficant figures on debts. Our in- come for 1892 was 49 billions. Compared with this, our private debts were 245 billions. The in- terest rate on these debts was