The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-17

retary of state, is living quietly at his palatial home in Washington, occasionally pays a call on his old old department. With no inter national worries, he is looking better than ever. Captain Eugene Regnier, his controver- sial military aide, is now married to d stock brokeress, lives on the Texas border.
 DRIVE ON MIRA - The capital goods industry has opened a drive to eliminate the provisions in many MIRA codes preventing factory expansion. This was inserted to pre- vent ver-production. Now the iron and steel industry claims this is a penalty on it that new factories mean iron and steel or ders. Before the tiny prin- cipality of Monaco agreed to sue the state Iof Mississippi for col lection of pre-Civil war debt, several other European govern ments were approached. The bondholders knew that only a sovereign state could sue another state. So they approached Faik Konitza, genteel minister of AL bania, offered him half million dollars. Having received the cold shoulder, they suggested that the half million be used to endow Albanian schools instead of going to the minister. Konitza still con- sidered the proposition unethical. DRYS-DTSTTJT. FRS
 Chief Investigator Glavis of the interior department is conducting sweeping investigation of the oil industry, has enlisted a score of prohibition agents as aides. Among them is Captain Leighton H. ("Gyp") the Blood, writer of gangster and foreign le- zion stories. Dry lobbyists are much embarrassed over the ap- pointment of Dr James M. Doran, former prohibition chief, as head of the distillers' lobby. They had considered him their mana Says rabid dry ex-Senator BrooKhart: "The distillers are now paying off their debt to Doc Doran, but ] doubt if he can be of much use to them" The MIRA code for the power industry is a real victory for municipally-owned plants. The power lobby attempt ed to force them to charge as high rates as private plants, but the code omits all reference to rates. AS evidence that low electric rates make for increased profits. Federal Power Commis- sioner Basil Manly has compiled a report or the District of Co., lumbia which shows that in ten years the kilowatt hour charge has been cut from 10 cents to 3.9 cents and that each year the power company increased both business and earnings. , MORE FRANKS
 Ed Crump, known among his cronies as the Red Snapper and in Tennessee as the demo- cratic boss of Memphis, is through with congress. Two terms in the house have satiated him, and he will not stand for reelection. .l By naming his successor however, he will still keep hand in the pot. Official bulk mail now SOlIlS ouI Ol w udlly has increased 50 tons over that of year ago. The average daily outgo of this type of mail is around 175 tons, with official letters numbering between 350,- 900 and 100000. Opposing the proposed slash in railway wages, the Railroad Brother hoods have sent Roosevelt fig ures showing that net operating income for Class l carriers in creased 12O per cent in January of this year over the same month in 1883. .. Utah's Sen- ator William King is one of the most prolix members of the up- per chamber. He speaks at length on practically every meas ure that comes before it. Strongly opposed to the navy building bill, he talked against it for five days, but when voting began. forgot to offer his amendments. In the past twelve years. eleven bills relating to veterans have been vetoed by presidents. Of the eleven. three were bonus measures, of which two were passed over the VetoeS.
 ABOUT THE LIMIT
 Postal employees claim they have sustained wage cuts of 27 per cent in the last IS months. The federal emergency relief administration is housed in temporary building so over crowded tn at Administrator Hopkins has issued orders to his staff not to use the elevator when going less than three floors =. Judge Florence F. Allen. recently appointed as first wo- man on the federal bench, once was refused admittance to the law school of Western Reserve nniuersitv in Ohio because of