The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-31

AS an old hanu IN WaSnlng-
ton, Comptroller General McCarl
should have known better than
to have provoked the National
Woman's Party.
He did this by persuading the
house appropriations committee
to include $4,150,000 in the de-
ficiency bill for enlargement Of
his offices.
Later the senate appropria-
lions committee zoomed the
original "a, 10000 to SILL
100000 and provided for the
< construction of an entirely
new building.
Probably even this would have
slipped through without chal-
lenge-but for one grave error.
McCarl planned to locate his
new structure in the block near
the senate Office building where
stands the historic mansion oc-
cupied by the National Woman's
Party.
The building is one of the few
genuine Colonial landmarks left
In Washington. 1t was built by
member of the Lord Baltimore
family and in the early days of
the Capitol was the scene of
many brilliant gatherings.
NWP LADIES AROUSED
So when the ladies of the
NWP discovered their treasured
domicile in danger they stormed
into action.
Even under ordinary circurn-
stances they are among the
most effective congressional but
ton-holers in the country. On
this issue they were irresistible.
The result was decisive.
When McCarls item in the
bill was reached, practically the
whole senate rose in ire and de-
nounced it. Then, having sound
" castigated the proposal and
taken some swipes at McCarl
during the process, the senate
not only turned thumbs down
on the $11,50O,000 grant but
also threw out the houses orig
inal provision for a paltry S4-
10000.
FORGOTTEN LADY
The capital has been specu-
lating on the suddens silence of
Mrs, Roosevelt. Some whispers
are that the president suggested
she keep out of the limelight,
limiting that her activity did not
have too favorable a reaction
politically.
Close friends of Mrs. Roose-
welt smile at this-say that the
president is too, wise; has known
his wife too long to give her any
advice along these lines. Finally
they say that Mrs. Roosevelt al
ways likes to get out of the lime
light in the summer.
Whatever may be the truth of
this, it is fact that each sum-
mer the First Lady of the Land
has got away from Washington
and her effulgent press confer
ences. During this period she
does not talk for publication.
SHES away from the cameras
and wants to be the Forgotten
First Lady of the Land.
TRUE TO FORM
So far this summer she has
been moderately successful. She
drove to the Roosevelt summer
home in Campobello, New
Brunswick spent week, turned
around and drove back to WASH
ington.. Then she attended Rex
TugwelIs social conference at
Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania.
where she missed the dance as
she was mot invited"
Now she has left for another
motoring trip through New
York state, which will shortly
take her back to Campobello.
Little OF this has appeared
in the press.
FINS ROMANCE
The standing room only"
sign has been hung. on the door
of the famous Washington Audi
forum. But only one patron has
bought out the house for the
season.
That patron is Uncle Sam.
Price paid for control OF every
seat in the theater was $780,
900.
Instead of hearing the strains
of the Philharmonic Or Paul
Whiteman, one now hears the
tat-tat of typewriter keys and
the jangle of telephone bells.
SHADES OF HAMLET
The stage where John McCor-
mack stood in the spotlight is
covered with Office desks. The
boxes where dowagers sat whis-
peringy behind their fans now
give out the dull sound Of off,
cial dictation.
The dressing rooms, where
Galli-Curci applied the grease
paint, where Mary Garden
awaited the call of curtain"
are crowded with conferences
on projects and statistical sur
veys.
In short, the Auditorium
has ssuccumbed to the ever
extending tentacles OF the
New Deal - become mere
prosaic Office building.
Instead of tearing his hair.
Louis Fosse, its manager for
eleven years. rejoices. He says
that for entertainment pur-
poses the building was a mon
strosity. 1t was constructed by
firm accustomed to building
cowsheds in Leesburg.
Eventually the government
will tear the building down, to
erect new Office building on
the site.
MERRY-GO-ROuND
As a Parthian shot before
junklng tho Job OF AAA CONSUME
ers' counsel. DR.. Calvin B.
Hoover will unleash a report
bound TO make headlines. He a
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