The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-08-10

irving recently at the BUCK dilk
Falls Inn at 2 q. M, found the
elevator not working. Charles
M. Thompson, the manager,
apologized. That's all right"
replied the First Lady, lit serves
me right for getting lost on the
road" She walked five flights
up to her room.
HELP WANTED
Help Wanted ~ Male-Good
Lawyer with Reputation, $10,-
600 q Year" A sign bearing
this message might well be
hanging in White House win
dow these days. For six weeks
the President has been seeking
a man to fit these requirements
who would accept the chair
manship Of the National Labor
Board, reorganized under the
Wagner Labor Disputes Act. The
job has been offered to NUM-
Der of desirable possibilities,
but all have Enthusiastically, 1t
is whispered, because Of doubt
regarding the future. Most law.
yers believe the supreme court
will hold the act unconstitution-
al. A favorite habit of
Rex Tugwell, upon leaving the
White House after q conference
with the President, is to buy a
bag of peanuts from the man
who runs the stand on the White
House corner at 18th and Penn
sylvania avenue. He munches
them on the way back to his Of.
flee. Calvin Coolidge also pa.
tronized this vendor When
senate pages heard that Repub- !.
lican Floor Leader Charles Me-
Nary and his wife had adopted q
baby girl they all Clipped in.
bought her silver spoon.
ONE MANS POISON
What Is one mans poison Is
another mans meat. Represen-
tative George Huddleston raised
q terrific hue and cry because
senate conferees demanded the
presence of Brain Truster Ben
Cohen as an expert in the delib-
erations on the holding company
bill. Yet, throughout the con-
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amendments not merely one, but
four government experts were In
in constant attendance. !.
A public building project just
approved by the Allotment
Board OF the work-relief fund
authorizes a new post office for
Royal Oak, Michigan, residence
of Father Coughlin. Incidentally
1t was recently boosted from
third to first class -. Massa-
chusetts's big, bald Representa-
tive Treadway has gone coll
legiate in a serious way. In
his House appearances he sports
white shoes, white flannel trou.
sers, blue coat and bright green
tie. Chief foes of the Cuff
fey coal bill, which would place
the industry under direct gov
eminent control are not coal
operators-althoug many oper-
ators are against the measure
but the railroads and New
England textile manufacturers.
They are waging a bitter fight
against the bill on the ground
that it will boost coal prices.
OPEN, SESAME
Able, publicity-shy Miss Mar
guerite LELAND, private secre-
tary to the President, is becom-
ing an important factor in his
contacts with Congress. Mem
bers seeking q hurry-up confer
ence with Roosevelt, and given
the run-around by Appointment
Secretary Marvin Mcintyre, have
discovered that IL they get in
touch with Miss LELAND they
get prompt action. This was
the case the other day when
Representative Maury Maverick
tried to get to the President
with an emergency message on
the iva bill and was stalled off
by Mcintyre. The Texan called
Miss LELAND and q few minutes
later was assured an appoint
ment Since his spec.
tacular break with the adminis-
tration, Names Representative
Ralph Brewster, previously q
strong anti-powerite, has voted
pro-power every time the issue
has come before the House :. 7.
The moribund MIRA has gone in
for book buying on a lavish scale.
It has purchased 5000 copies Of
q volume on code hours and
wages authored by MIRA board
member, Leon Marshall and
published by the Bookings In
stitution, with which he was
connected. James O'Neill, re.
Gently resigned Blue Eagle Ad-
ministrator, refused to approve
the purchase, but the board
gave It's okay. The books cost
the government close to $500,
and as far as is known are lying
in storage.
EARLY BIRD
Backers of the Patman green
back bonus bill propose losing
no time next session in forcing
an early vote on their proposal.
And they have figured out just
how they will turn the. trick.
For months there has been lying
unnoticed on the speakers desk
q petition sponsored by them to
discharge the House Ways and
Means Committee Of Jurisdiction
over the bill and placing 1t di-
rectly before the chamber for a
vote. The petition needs So
more names to make it effective.
The Patmanites plan to add
these So names just before the
present session adjourng, thus
making the petition the unfin-
ished business Of the House
when 1t reconvenes next Janu-
ary-a very willy maneuver, II 1t
works ADMINISTRATORS
are enjoying a hearty laugh on
Virginia's two anti-New Deal
senators, Carter Glass and Harry
Byrd. "A statewide poll con-
Quoted by the Richmond Times
Dispatch, staunch supporter of
Glass and Byrd, resulted in an
80 per cent pro-Roosevelt bal
lot Whatever may or may
not happen to the supreme
court, its new building was err
ected to last for a long time.
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