The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-17

tained in the resolution sponsore
investigation Of the crash that ca,
Cutting. Inside whisper Is that ag
mittee, which was entrusted with
some dynamite-loaded informa-
ton and that in the fall plenty
OF aviation dirty linen win be
washed in public. .. ~. DR..
Charles q. Clark, dean of the
Yale Law school, is being ur-
gently sought by the admins
tration as chairman of the Ma
tional Labor Board which has
been lolling in idleness for al
most two months due to lack of :
executive personnel The
new 24-foot stainless steel elec-
trio stove installed in the re-
modelled White House kitchen
cost $4,000. It was made to
order and is the only one of its
kind ,. The U. s. Board
Of Tax Appeals finding that
Charles E. Mitchell was guilty
Of tax lodging has done much to
appease congressional critics of
the agency. Last winter there
was talk on Capitol Hill of NOV
ing to abolish the Board on the
ground that majority of its
rulings were against the gov
eminent.
Politics
Huey Long is out to give the
president fight for the Florida
delegation to next years demo-
cratic convention. Word has
reached administration leaders
that the Kingfish is secretly
trying to organize a ''stop Roose-
welt" slate in that state. One
Long henchman Is reported to
have approached prospective
gubernatorial aspirant and Of
fered him general financial
backing II he would tie up with
Huey -. Friends of Walter
e. Edge are whispering that the
former New Jersey senator and
Hoover ambassador to France
plans to open an office in WASH
ington this fall, in order to
wage a vigorous drive to un-
seat Henry Fletcher, republican
national chairman. He wants
the post for himself demo-
cratic politics in Oklahoma is
shaping up for a test of the New
Deal within the family. Cover
nor e. w. Marland, enthusiastic
supporter of the president, has
thrown down the gauntlet to
Senator Thomas Gore, anti adj
ministration democrat who
comes up for reelection next
year. Gore has accepted the
def and hot battle Is in pros
pect Word in the Mis-
sissippi congressional delegation
is that Governor Mike Sennett
Conner plans to enter the lists
against Senator Pat Harrison. He
will have the undercover, IL not
public, support of Huey Long
and his "share-the wealth" fol-
lowing in Mississippi.
In Drydock
Secreted in the files of the
moribund MIRA are comprehen-
sive surveys of labor conditions,
profits and business practices of
IS important industries. among
them the Mellon controlled.
Aluminium Corporation Of Amer
lea. They were the work of
the Blue Eagle Research and
Planning Division, under the.
able direction Of DR.. Leon Hen
derson, its recently-resigned
chief, and cost the government
tens of thousands of dollars.
Notwithstanding the value and
Importance Of the reports as
public documents, DR.. Leon
Marshall, new head of the Dr.
vision, is keeping them under
lock and key G-men are
trained in the use Of firearms
and craftsmanship by marine
sharpshooters at Quantico, Va.
SO confident are House
liberals of defeating the Tyd-
ngs-McCormack army and
navy disaffection bill that New
York's Democratic Representa-
tive Fred j. Sisson, leader in
the fight against the legisla-
ton, offered to bet CALIFORNIA;
Charles Kramer, one of its
hackers, 500 that 1t would be
rejected by at least o 0vctes. The
bill would punish anyone incit-
ing soldiers or sailors to dis
obedience Huey Long is
free and easy in the language
he uses on the senate floor, but
when 1t comes to the printed
word he Is distinctly choosy.
The Kingfish edits carefully the
stenographic transcript OF his
remarks before he allows them
to be printed in the Congress
sional RECORD.
Marine Strife
Assistant Labor Secretary Ed
McGrady's three-day conference
between Pacific coast ship own
ers and marine workers pro-
duced no real results. The own
ers demanded assurances from
the A. F. of L. that II they re-
newed existing contracts the
labor chiefs would guarantee OBJ
servance. Since the marine.
unions are autonomous from
the A. F. of L. such pledge
was impossible. Privately,
government officials fear a re-
newal of labor strife in San
Francisco when the contracts
expire next month Out
standing among the exhibits of
the presidents stamp collection
now on display at the National
Museum is an exquisite hand
decorated leather album of
Russian stamps, the gift of
Commissar Maxim Litvinoff.
Head of the revived MIRA con-
sumers board, DIR. Walton Hale
Hamilton, Is professor Of law
at Yale but has no degree in
that subject and never practiced
law Nevada's paunchy
Senator Pat McCarran always
keeps his eye on the press gal
lery when making a speech. A
dull talker, few of the cores
pondents pay any attention to
his remarks.