The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-17

Reifler, erudite youn gchalrman Statistical board; Albert L.. Deanen president of the General Motors Holding corporation andn Horace NJ. Russell, chief coun- sel of the Home Owners Loan corporation.
 SUSPECT
 RiflSr Is the Brain Trust "sus. pect". He came direct from the ,AmhersL campus to government service, beginning as research expert for tho ederal Reserve Board. IIis contribution to the home repair plan is a scheme for long term first mortgages, backed by government guarantles. They are expected to start new crap of low.pricod American homes. with General Motors, was loaned to Roosevelt because of his ex. perlonce in credit finance. lie worked out tho plan of govern ment.backed short term loans for home refurniBhing,
 Deane'B idea is for govern mont to undorwrito small homo renovation In much tho same way that General Motors finances the purchase of ono of It's cars--Eo much down, and the rest by tho month.
 Horace Russell, n soft.spoken Atlanta lawyor, and veteran in Washington, hoipod create the Home Loan Corporation and did the legal work on tho homo re. pair program.
 It was . new "IIousIng Brnin Trust"
 MORNING AFTER
 Jim Reeds sudden announce. fnont of his decision to run for his old senate seat this year, and his equally sudden withdrawal tho next afternoon is revealing.
 Jim was visiting In Chicago when tho first announcement was made. it was inspired by q conference with old newspaper friends. After q couple of hours Jim got to telling tho reporters what he intended to do to tho New Deal. Ills exuberanco was contagious. Reporters, In turn, urged him to 70 fohth and wage battle.
 So he announced his candi. dacy.
 But tho noxt day, back homo in kangas City, Jim thought bot ter of his resolution, Issued word that ho had no intention of run. nlng thIs year. Which K very wiBo decision.
 Jlm's chances of capturing tho democratic nominatoln ns a foe of tho president against Ropro- sentative Tuck Miliigan, n strong pro. Roosevelt man, would Do next to nil,
 President Rooseyelt hns given secret orders to Jim Farley and tho other national dem ocratic DO. litical managers to do nothing to injuro tho reelection chances of Senator Bob LaFollotte The administration will not en- dorso him, but, on tho other had, neither will 1t do anything for tho democrat who takes tho fold against him The pro- gresaives, led by Norris and Borah, arc planning to take tho stump in Wisconsin for thoir youthful and highly esteemed colleague Tucked away In on inside eornor in tho ioft- wingish monthly publication, common senso", is tho follow. ing item; "The White House, Washington, D e. am afraid have novor soon your magazine before but l was quito interested in roading it. 1 shall certainly give 1t to tho president. Eleanor Roosevelt" The issue car- rylng this noto has as It's iead- ing article n severe attack on the MIRA by John T. Flynn. Tho papor is edited by formor Senator Hiram Binghnm's radi. eal.mindod son, Alfred Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, 3rd, newly appointed undersocrtary of tho treasury, is Q great-grcat- grandson of tho fourth president of tho U. s. His mother was n Randolph of Virginia, his grandfather q president of tho Sante Fe railroad, later Prcsi- dent McKinicy's ambassador to France Young Coolidge, playing loft end for Harvard in tho 1914 game that opened in the Yaye Bowl, scooped up n Yale tumble almost on liar. vard's goal line and ran 9s yards for a touchdown 4 hous- ing survey just completed by the PWA in 12 major cities disclosed that Of 105,748 dwellings exam. incd, 13,1t5 were built more than 70 years ago, and only 4,- 663 had been erected in tho past four years.
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