The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-01-02

movies and liquor. In the pocket of one yOungster receiving relief food during the holidays were ticket stubs from five Washing ton picture. houses.
 But in the CWA jobline 1t is different. There the men center around middle-age. Most of them are in the prime of their lives the war veteran age of thirty five to forty-fve. More white collar workers are sprinkled among them, more people whose savings have vanished, whose regular jobs evaporated from under them, and who are rely ing desperately upon the Civil Works Administration, despite it's petty inefficiencies and occa- sional politics, to provide the economic bridge by which they may come back.
 For most of these the New Deal is New Hope.
 IMPENDING CHANGE
 IN MIRA BOARD
 The labor advisory board Is one agency of the NRA which has experienced no change in its original personnel. Every other divison of the recovery organiza- ton has passed through up- heavals, some of them violent. But the LAB has continued its pristine purity.
 Now, however, m important change impends. DF Leo Vol man, economist, educator, labor counsellor, has rendered his resignation to General Hugh s. Johnson.
 Between Johnson and Wolman there is no dissension. Friends from World war days, they have worked together in closest har- mony. Johnson is exerting every effort to persuade Wolman to remain.
 But between Woman and cer- tain of the A. F. of l.. leaders on his board, a wide rift has gradu- ally developed. Wolman, like Johnson, favors organizing workers in industrial unions; that is, all the workers in an in- dustry, regardless of crafts, as-
 
 A. F. of l.. moguls--except Bill Green-draw fat salaries as heads of craft or trade unions and violently oppose such unifi- cation. For them 1t would mean the loss of good jobs.
 Therefore, with coding opera tions practically completed, and the administrative phase of MIRA in full swing, WOlman proposes to return to his previous work in New York city.
 MAIL BAG
 E. J. Emporia, Kans.-Mem- bers of congress and all congress sional employees have the same 15 per cent wage cut applied to them as all other government employees. A member of congress receives $10.000 a year, less Is per cent. K. L., Hammond, La.-Senator Huey Long does not come up for reelection until 1886. The senate has the power to unseat any member at any time and for any cause. The same Is true of the house. P. H., Des Moines, Ia.-There are two members of the senate who bear the nickname Ham: Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, dem- ocrat, of Illinois, and Senator Hamilton F. Kean, republican, of New Jersey. The latter is also known as "Sea-lion" because of his dropping, scraggy mustache. T. D., Portland, Me.-Sen- ator Freddy" Hale is veteran member of the' senate, but he wields little influence either in It's councils or that of the republi- can party. He is just another vote, a vote that has to get ad- vice from the die-hard tories on the republican side as to how it should be cast. K. R., Oconomowoc, Wis.-An effort will be made at the coming ses- sion of congress to obtain a na- Lion-wide milk investigation. El- wood Seal, special milk investi- gator for the senate District of Columbia committee, believes such an inquiry desirable, and certain to prove of great value in dealing with the milk prob lem. He has considerable com mittee support for such an in- vestigation.
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