The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-13

Washington, J une 10 - The
Wagner labor disputes bill, re-
garded as must" legislation by
the White House, has come in
for some skilful sabotaging by
Representative John ]. o'con-
nor.
Labor leaders are charging the
trigger tempered Tammanyite
with attempting TO pigeon-hOle
the bill i'm committee.
The bill was passed by the SEN
ate weeks ago by an overwhelm-s
ing vote. The house labor COM
mittee reported 1t favorably
shortly thereafter. But the rules
committee of which O'Connor lis
chairman. has been mysteriopsly
cold to the bill.
At q secret White House CON.
ference last week, at which were
present O'Connor, Representative
'COnncry, chairman Of the labor
committee, Senator Wagner, A.
II. of Il. President Bill Green,
and Secretary Perkins, the pres
ident told O'COnnor he wanted
the bill enacted.
But O'Connor displayed mark
ed hostility to the measure, made
it all too evident that he was
dead-set against 1t.
He first proposed that the
amendment offered by Senator
Tydings of Maryland, prohibiting
workers from .coercing" other
workers to Join unions, be writ
ten into the bill. When 1t was
pointed out that the senate had
rejected this provision by q vote
of so to 81, O'Connor shifted to
another tack.
He declared that a majority Of
the rules committee was opposed
to lthe legislation. Pressed for
names, he listed nine members.
, But when these men were cam
vassed privately by labor leaders
it was found that seven Of them
were for. the bill and wanted 1t
to come to a vote in the house.,
Critic NJ
Frank Knox. Chicago publish
err ( and potential republican
candidate against Franklin
Roosevelt, tells a story on visit
he paid at the White House.
Knox has been bitterly critical
of Roosevelt and his policies.
Therefore, he expected that the
president would be cold and dis
tant. But he was just the oppo-
site. #s
cit made me feel a little fool.
ish," Knox said afterward.
To illustrate one point he
wanted to make with Roosevelt,
Knox took out an editorial he
had published which was espe-
cially critical. He halfway held
his breath, expecting the presi-
dent to hit the ceiling.
Instead, ROOSEVELT smiled,
said:
"WclI, that's all right"
Knox went away not quite sure
whether Roosevelt had been a
swell sport or extremely clever.
Deadline
The approaching deadline Of
July ! is a date which admins
tration leaders are watching
with increasing uneasiness.
Reason for this apprehension
Is that unless congress speeds up
the legislative mills several inn
portant New Deal laws will ex-
pire automatically.
The laws facing death are:
Nuisance" taxes produce
ing $500, 100000 in federal
revenue. This measure has
not yet even been taken
under consideration by the
senate finance committee.
The laws facing death are:
Excise taxes on copper,
oil, lumber and coal also un-
touched by the senate.
The temporary federal
bank deposit insurance sys-
tenn under which a MAXI
mum fof 5000 In bank
deposits is guaranteed.
Provision to continue this de-
post insurance on permanent
basis IL contained In Title OF
the administration central bank
bill. This was approved by the
house weeks ago.
But because of his bitter hos
tIlity 90 the central bank fea-
lures OF the bili. Senator Carter
Glass has stalled Il IN c0mnit-
tee, hoplnK % force the president
10 nsFce 20 kifcirnck them.
This the president has refused
70 do. A result. only t9o