The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-29

tern which she eventually bought
for 25 cents. Then she bought
material for the gown at about
four dollars and presumably
made 1t up herself.
The lady was Madam Troy.
anovsky, wife Of the Soviet am
bassador.
NOTE-The creed Of the So
Wet government is that a party
member can spend anything for
the government, nothing for
himself. The Soviet government
has decreed that its embassy, in
the capital OF a capitalist coun-
try, should out-entertain the,
capitalists.
Telephone Control
Apparently the American Tele-
phone & Telegraph company 10
not worried about the investiga-
ton of its activities now under
way in the Federal Communi-
cations Commission even
though. $750,000 is to be spent
ION the probe
4 The cOmpany's latest move is
to secure complete control OF
the Paramount, Pictures cOrpor.
alton. The plan rs to make j.
! e.. Otterson, an A. +. and Z.
Y official head of the movie com.
| pany.
II Otterson is vice-president of
Erpi Pictures, the A. T. and T.,
comp any which holds the, patents
+. on talking pictures. He is also
president OF Electrical Research
Products, another A. T. and T.
subsidiary. Ne
Already the "A. +. and T. has
sunk many millions in a. vast net
work of subsidiaries which
Communications Commission in
vestigators are probing. Now
\ If it sinks more money in Para
mount, which has been in bank
ruptcy, investigators estimate
that 1t will further lessen
chances Of rate reduction.
MIRA Flop
The much heralded march" OF
businessmen to demand a two
/, year extension OF the MIRA did
not click.e Editors Note-Since
then MIRA has been delivered its
final death thrust by the, u. s.
supreme courts ruling).
r The Demonstration was profit
4 able to Washington hotels, res
taurants, taxi-drivers and movies.
But as far as making any real
impression ON congress was con-
cerned--it didn't.
Administration officials-Ieary
of being. accused having
drummed up the affair--avoided
it like the plague. The boys
on Capitol Hill not only were
hostile but were too busy to be
7 bothered.
The OriginatOrs of the ..march"
were 80 inept as to stage 1t ON
the two days when congress had
before Il the presidents veto
of the Patman bonus bill. This
dramatic issue oyershadowed
everything In Washington--in-
cludipg the visiting moguls.
Another factor reducing eff
fectiveness of the sortie was the
lack of q wide representation,
geographically and industrially.
The overwhelming majority of
them were from the East, with
only a scattering from a few
Southern and Mid-western states.
Also, the overwhelming major
ity OF those present were from
! one industry-the needles trades.
r Merry-GO Round
OF the senators who must
stand for reelection in 1886,
thirteen dared opposition Of vet
Grams by voting to sustain the
Presidents bonus veto. The
majority Of them, however, NUM-
bering 10, voted to override 4.
A blast against the Rayburn-
wheeler public utility bills has
been issued by the president Of
the Standard Gas and Electric
company I'd security holders, In
forming them OF "the increased
danger threatening your invest
ment." Stock OF that company
IL now selling around 81 a share
Any further trade agree
ments with foreign countries
will have 10 DO put across with
fineese by the State Department.
A growing group Of congressman
Is aroused against "usuFpation"
of,treaty'makIng powers BY the
President.
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