The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-05-24

AZ tHuy tIHC VIII DC 0eCi0cO
the. three-cornere race for tho
senate between Hubert stephens,
the incumbent: OK Governor
Theodore A. Bilbo, and Repre-
sentative Ross Collins, one Of the
foremost members Of the house.
stephens probably will be
counted out carly, leaving the
chief race between Bllb0 and
Collins.
BIlb0 was for some time em.
plOycd on $1,000 q ycnP Job
clipping papers for the AAA.
Ross Collins, as chairman OF
tho house committee on war de.
partment appropriations, runs
the army more than any other
civilian, has forced the generals
to cast aside eabro and saddle
and adopt modern weapons or
war; His fight for the purchase
OF the Gutenberg Bible and the
. Cgar's library was used against
him ~ the MigslssIppi Bible belt,
but eliminated In an important
cultural contribution 10 tho L.
rary Of Congress.
BIRD LOVER
Secretary OF tho Treasury Nor.
gonthQu ID o. country, gentleman
and q nature lover. Io IN par.
ticuiarly fond OF birds.
But, . the two wood pockers
which took to drumming each
morning Just outside his window
strained even his patience with
feathered friends.
~ After putting Up with thcm for
q while young Henry finally ap.
peaIed TO tho agricultural do.
partnont. Would the depart.
ment please send around an OK.
pert to look into the problem
Of woodpocKers at . A. NJ?
Morgenthau emphasized that
no did not want tho birds shot.
But he would appreciate greatly
their removal 20 subsistence
homestead In some other part OF
the world.
A NEW jon
Tho agriculture department
was delighted. A special com.
mittee on trapping woodpeck crs
In tho yard Of the secretary OF
tho treasury was appointed. The
committee moved on the scene
Of action. But promptly II en-
countered dlfiicuitieg.
Tho limb on which tho wood.
peckers put on their drumming
act was not strong enough 70
sustain u man long enough 10
set q trap.
What 10 do? T'iicy could not
shoot the birds. And they could
not trap them. For sometime the
c0IAmittcc cOgItnted. No results.
Finally, II got 0 break.
Morgenthau was called out OF
town. Tho committee hositated
no longer.
Next morning the two aerial
machine gunncPs were shot.
When q fow days later Morgen.
THAI returned 10 the capital and
found that no was no longer
disturbed, ho wrote little note
Of appreciation OF the depart.
Ipont for Its success In solving
the problem OF how TO trap the
two birds.
Probably not until no reads
this, Will young Henry realize
that his woodpeckcrg are not
still drumming happily on n new
governmc nt.suppiied HON este0d.
DRUG RACKET
Tho state and treasury do.
partnicnts have received some
amazing reports Oh the growth
OF the opium trade In ManGhurIa
since Japanese occupation.
According to these reports, the
sale ana use OF narcotics has In.
creascd tremendously since tho
Japanese took over this part OF
China. No police restrictions arc
placed against tho drug, and
most Of the opium dens are run
by Japancso.
Ono OF the reasons for the
Japancsd conquest OF Johoi, ad-
jaccnt to Manehuria. was TO get
tho revenue from It's lucrative
opium trade.
MERRY.GO.ROUND
Consrcssiona mail bags ara
bringing In tho second largest
flood Of tho current session. This
time ID concerns ornaments.
Thousands OF persons are writ.
iEg their congressman and senu.
tors demanding support for pro-
poSais TO curb the international
trafic In arms and munitions.
-. The largest volume Of mail
was stirred up by the Wall
street lobby against the admin.
istratlon's stock exchange con.
troll bill. /. President Roose.
Welt In q real movie fan. Since
he has been In the White House
over 90 feature pictures, 70
short subjects" and more than
500 reels Of news have been
shown on the executive mansions
prive screen. This II many
times moro than all the pictures
displayed during the Hoover and
Coolidge incumbencies. +, In
dian Commissioner John Collier,
who IL waging q bitter fight to
put through bill that will re.
store TO the redman a largo
share Of economic freedom, was
once general secretary OF the ma
tlonal board OF review 70 motion
pictures. Collier gave up
high social welfare post in Cali
fornia to take up the fight for
indian rights and has been at It
since 1920. Milton Handler,
young, brilliant counsel of the
national labor board, plans to
return soon to his teaching Job
at Columbia Law School.
Handler has been bitterly dis
appointed over the failure of the
White House to get wholeheart-
edly behind the Wagner labor
disputes bill, on which he spent
many months of work.