The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-04-27

pay for the rent of his consulate,
salaries, etc, and for years he
had been getting 1t cashed
promptly. This time, however,
the Federal Reserve refused.
1--WE are extremely sorry, NJ.
de Fontnouvelle,' the cashier
informed him." but the penal
ties under the johnson bill are SO
rigorous that we canont take any
chances. The etrms of the bill
are rather vague, and until they
are clearly defined we cannot
take checks on the Bank of
France"
FLABBERGASTED
NJ. de Fontnouvelle was flab-
bergasted.
1--WE will be glad to take your
own personal note" the bank Of
fetal informed him. 1T will be
a loan to you personally, and not
to France.
So the note was signed at six
per cent interest and the French
consul-general was able to pay
his staff.
Meanwhile French war yeter.
ans living i'm New York and re-
cciving checks ON the Bank OF
France ran into the same trouble.
The Chase National bank even
turned down the exchange OF
French bank notes.
The French government cabled
an immediate protest to the state
department. Unable to interpret
referred the question to the at
torney general. Upon his opinion
awaits millions of dollars of
monetary transactions in New
York. Probably there will be a
supreme court test before the
intricacies of the Johnson bill
finally are Strengthened out.
FOOLED AGAIN
Clarence barrow has fooled
them again.
The aged Chicago criminal
lawyer was made head of the
MIRA Code Review Board chief
ly because it was though. he and
his liberal reputation would
make good stage dressing. No
one thought the aged veteran of
the Mcnamara brothers prose-
cution, the Leopold-Loeb case,
and the Dayton monkey trial
would be able to stay awake
through the hearings on the
monopolistic effects Of MIRA
codes.
But they didn't know their
barrow. He not only stayed
awake, but he promptly became
a most dominating figure.
A report dressing down Cen
eral Hugh Johnson's codes has
been completed. The barrow
touch is upon it in a big way.
The language is so caustic that
some persons whisper it will
never see the light of day.
But they are mistaken. The
document was scheduled to be
laid before the president last
week. The pressure of other
affairs made it impossible for
E. d. r. to see Darrow. 1t is a
safe bet that the report will
reach the public. Darrow has
been in the game too long to
permit himself to be silenced.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Certain that some form of
stock exchange control legisla-
ton is to be enacted this ses-
sion, the Wall street opposition
fight has now shifted to trying
to make the measure as innocu-
Gus as possible Latest
that If a tough" bill is passed,
- ,,,;p I. &L,<~,,,,, Tut fI,o nar,,te,
in a protracted constitutionality
test The same dire warm
ing was muttered by the money
boys last year when the Securi-
ties act was under consideration,
but to date nothing has hap
pened According to Sena-
tor Harry Byrd, when his moth
err was asked what she thought
OF her South Pole exploring
sons latest stunt-burying him
self in a tiny cabin in the An
tarctic wastes to make meteor
logical observations-she replied:
1.-The only thing 1 worry about
is that he was always a poor
cook" Nebraska Repre-
sentative Edgar Howard, who
wears his hair down to his
shoulders summer and winter,
and is always attired in a
swallow-tailed coat, began his
political career 43 years ago as
secretary to William Jennings
Bryan Howard claims he
speaks four Indian dialects, but
nobody in the House is able to
test him out.
Copyright, 1884, by United Fea-
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