The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-08-03

stand and when / don't UNDER
stand a measure I always play
safe and vote no" /. Business
Is picking up for the once
neglected Federal Trade Commits
sion. One hundred and seventy
industries have submitted appli-
cations for voluntary codes to
replace their Supreme Court
rifled Blue Eagle codes
Incidentally, the nine members
of the Supreme Court are scat
tered far and wide in their hot
; weather vacationing. Chief JUS
tice Hughes is seeing America"
via automobile. The three
(. nusketeers Of the Old Guard
bloc, Sutherland, McReynolds
Z and Van Devanter, are touring
Europe. Justice Stone was also
abroad, but is now back keeping
cool on the breezy shores of
Maine. Justice Brandeis is stay
ing at Chatham, Mass, as has
+ been his wont since his appoint
ment to the court, and Justice
Roberts is on his farm" near
Philadelphia. Justice Cardozo
had a sick spell early in the
summer but has recovered and is
at Rye, N. z, where he Is
handling emergency court. mat
tiers, such as appeals In 'crimin-
I al cases, that have come up dur
ing the recess.
THE REASON
Capitol Hill cloakrooms are
buzzing with a new explanation
for the presidents determined
insistence that all pending i'm.
portant legislation be disposed of
before adjournment. The presi-
dent is said to fear that by the
time Congress meets again next
January theh entire world out
look may be changed as a re-
suit Of the impending Italy.
Ethiopia war. Therefore he
wants to dispose of as many do
nestle problems as possible !.
The new 40-hour week schedule
for postal workers will add about
10000 Of the $4,000 postal SUBJ
stitutes to the permanent pay
roll, thereby boosting, the postal
budget by $21,000,000
Nebraska's veteran Senator
George Norris is one prophet lot
without honor in his home town.
After a ten-year fight in which
Norris took a leading part, his
home town Of McCook voted to
go into the power business in
direct competition with the pri-
vate plant Despite WASH
ington's whiting heat, a fire Is
CRATES in the House lobby. One
of the janitors uses this means to
dispose Of trash, and SO far none
of the perspiring members has
raised a voice in protest.
RUSSIAN OIL
The current Red scare seems
to have caused no fears among
executives of giant Standard Oil
Of New York. The corporation
has just concluded deal with
Moscow for tn purchase OF
100000 additional barrels of So
Wet oil and kerosene at an esti-
mated cost of about 100000.
Payment for the oil will be made
in dollars, but the oil will not
be sold in the U. s. A. -.
Phenomenon of current Ameri-
can. politics is the remarkable
burst of vocality on the part Of
Rhode Islands shy little Sena-
tor Jesse Metcalf. known for
years as a senate mute" Met
calf recently blossomed forth as
a red-hot haranguer. His lat.
est outpouring was radio
speech in which he hung the
label of socialism on the admin
istration because the president
favored amending the constitu-
ton -. Kennedy Mcintyre,
: blond. 21-year old son of White
House Secretary Marvin McIn-
tyre, is $500 year mimeo-
graph machine operator on the
MIRA staff. Young Mcintyre
started as a messenger at $840
a year; has risen to his present
status in less than two years.
Gee CHANGE
A definite change in the type
of men enrolled in CCC camps
Is expected as a result of re-
vised rules. Having been trans
ferred to Works Relief, the CCC
must enlist only from relief FAM
lilies. j Some of the best "en-,
rollees" in present camps came
from border-line cases, where
families were struggling to keep
off relief The 74th session
Of congress is all finished, as
far as Mississippi's half-pint
Senator Bilbo is concerned. He
has solved the problem of the
prolonged session by declaring
adjournment for himself and go
ing home. He will not return
until January The govern
ment is going In whole-hog for
air conditioning. Next move
is to install equipment in the en-
tire Capitol building, the two
House Office buildings, and the
Senate Office building. Total
cost will be $2.500.000.
When Super-sleuth j. Edgar
Hoover wants to know the nick
name OF any crook, he turns to
a complete alphabetical file, be.
| BlHHkH = Will 4nC AAaOdEItu 4Sk
ror," Ben Hur," and Cat Eye
Annie" Ruth Wallace. sis
ter Of Henry, spends her days
auditing pay vouchers as clerk
in the General Accounting Of
flee.
IDLE CENSUS OFF
The nationwide unemployment
census ballyhooing so much last
spring, when plans, for spending
the $4,000, 1000 work-relief
fund were under discussion, IL
off. With idle rolls showing no
sign of Improvement some of the
inner council politicians decided
1t was the better part Of dis
erection not to make a count OF
the worthless and the project has
been quietly shelved. I.
Senate colleagues of Carter Glass
have discovered that a sure-fire
way to flatter the trigger-tem-
| pered Virginian is to address him
as Doctor. Glass was the
recipient Of five honorary college
l dawrA0s IN Iuua The aau.