The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-28
Agricultural Nude.

Washington, April 2S.--White-
mopped Speaker Rainey and
cadaverous Floor Leader Joe
Byrns have been jollied along
by Roosevelt about their lead
ership in the House, but the fact
that remains that the prEsident
is not enthusiastic about the way
they are running things J.
His overwhelming democratic
majority has not been controlled
as Nick Longworth, Uncle Joe
Cannon and Champ Clark once
ruled similar majorities -. :.
Probably at the next session
there will be a change. Roose-
welt can't afford having more
vetoes overridden -. Shy
Henry Wallace is getting lot Of
joshing over the semi-nude hung
on the walls of his Agriculture
Department. 1t was purchased
in Paris through a special act
Of congress Some say 1t
represents PROSTATE Agricul-
ture" others accuse Gill
bert White, the artist, of Mural
Turpitude" At any rate
Henry has been reluctant to url-
veil the lady.
LINDY'S FIRST RIDE
The Senate airmail investigat-
ing committee may have taken
Colonel Charles Lindbergh for
his first political ride, but Wis
consin's veteran Representative
Frear claims the distinction of
giving the transatlantic flyer his
first aerial ride Frear re-
lates that when Indy was a boy
of 10 he caught him one day
stuffing paper down a House
Office building mail shute. Lind
bergh's father was then MEM
Der of congress Frear
grabbed the startled youngster
by the seat of his pants and
swung him aloft, warming him
that he could be sent to jail Tor
his mischievous. prank :,
Indy, he says, eagerly promised
to keep away from the shute.
SECURITIES BILL
Various people who have seen
Roosevelt about changes in the
Securities Act get different i'm
pressions. John Hancock, an old
friend of Roosevelt, and a part
ner in Lehman Brothers, New
York bankers, thinks there will
be material changes !. He has
been lobbying hard for them
On the other hand, Jim
Lands, rd-hitting member OF
the Federal Trade Commission,
thinks there will not. He was
chief author of the Securities
Act 1t looks as If the only
real change Roosevelt favors Is
to limit the responsibility OF
banks and bond houses only to
that part of a loan which they
issue. DR. Otto H. F. Vollbehr,
who sold the United States gov
eminent a Gutenberg Bible for
over half a million dollars, loves
to visit his one-time possession
in the Library of Congress
He can be seen standing in front
of it with the rapt expression
of a mother gazing at her first
born.
CONSTITUTIONAL TEST
Mrs Roosevelt never fails to
win an audience. Appearing be-
fore a convention of nurses this
week she talked on the Future
of Nursing" ito several thousand
women who had spent their
lives in this profession
Her charm, her spontaneous
manner, her frankness won them
completely "A supreme court
test of the constitutionality of
the AAA's right to limit wheat,
cotton and other crops Is being
postponed by the Attorney gem
eral suddenly withdrawing the
case Reason: word that one
supreme court justice--expected
to be favorable-is not.
Ted Mariner the career diplo-
mat who was reported in a
French newspaper as loving the
French more than Americans, has
denied the interview He
says he said he understood"
the French better - +. Despite
this, Secretary Hull is transfer
ring him from his Paris post, eff
fective in June.
AGELESS
Some people are wondering
how long young" Teddy Roose-
welt, ardent critic of Cousin
Franklin, can hang on to that
prefix to his name. young"
Teddy is now AZ years old. At
43 his father became president
of the United States and by SO
had retired from the White
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