The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-25
BY RODNEY BUTCHER Democrats Washington COrrc-
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 Washington, Feb - The Demo- cratic congressman who gets nice bright gold star for party regular fly on his report card at the end Of this session will be qualifying for the rara avis cage at the National Zoo.
 Nearly everyone, especially in the senate, belongs to some one of many groups opposed to the presi- dent on one issue or another.
 If the groups ever got together on single vote it would be just too bad for the administration. But they won't and probably can't. ex- cept on the bonus or perhaps par italy on a labor issue.
 Just the same, it's tough on r. D., who has had to do more per- sonal lobbying than at any time before.
 Strong personal economic con- victions, group pressure from out side, hope of holding the adminis- tration up for patronage, and plain soreness at what is sometimes called White House high h-handed- ness are chief factors motivating members of various blocs.
  Even House Gets Fever.
 MT Roosevelts well-knoWn pen. chant for zigzagging from right to left and vice versa has acquired the speed of a, fast game Of shuttle cock.
 That makes the senators dash In and out of the administration lines so often and rapidly that some or Al. f.ok rf o. tators, hRve gone dizzy.
 Even new house members, about 100 of them, have formed a club and whisper body that they're mot rubber stamps"
 It's important to remember however, that right" and left" groups can fuse with the center" easier than with each other. Pre- vaiIing wage" advocates in the work relief fight would rather vote for Roosevelts $50 month sub sistence wage than a smaller cash dole and the cash dolers prefer the Roosevelt plan to anything more liberal.
 ''Sl,Ir" On Capital.
 MIRA codes classify Washington as 8 southern city of less than 5O0,0O0 population and the local central labor union is sore on both counts. It demands classification of the capital as northern city of 650,000 population on account of the suburbs and the New Deal infux-which would mean higher code wages. Chief Justice Hugh es put on his top hat after a big days work and went to see "The Gondoliers," Gilbert and Sullivan. As he left the theater. a news- boy waved paper under his nose and hollered "All about the big gold easel" Hughes smiled and clamered into his car.
 A Shock For Michael.
 One of the social -lionesses gave a birthday party for Michael Mac White, minister of the Irish Free State, and told her chief to fix up a swell cake. He did. The cake reached the table with a green inscriptino on the white icing as follows: Happy Birthday ito the Minister of the Irish Sweepstakes" Our thanks to Postmaster General Jim Farley, who has substitute for the ex- pression "off the record" which correspondent hears in every other office in Washington. Farley says: "Dead in this room. :. The Can adian legation has been going in for "brain trusters" ever since Premier Bennett decided to bally- hoo a New Deal" for Canada. Herridge is a brother-in- law of Bennett's and he has been pumping Secretary Wallace, Un- Tugwen, Leon Hend- erson of NRA. and many others, to pass tips on to ottawa. Louis Plays Safe.
 Congressman Louis Ludlow of Indiana, who used to be in the press gallery, now writes glowing press releases about his activities. He also has a series of form let ters on what he thinks of the Townsend plan, which he distribut- es over the week so all his answers won't be alike. Roosevelt was-I n't sore about the mistake of a who sent out a memo to correspondents reprinting an article on the Virgin Islands mess which attacked Farley, Attorney General Cummings, and Senator Pat Harrison. He got a big laugh out of it.
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