The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-07

AOcs6 OC 4Aay SCV VO6VUAAS Stormed against the Japane out of Ethiopia, now says he an extremely friendly interview to the Japanese press Under Secretary of State Phillips, who will juggle naval tonnages at the London Conference this month, also is an adept croquet player. He and his chief, Cordell Hull, frequently pit their strength against ex-Secretary of State Stimson on the latter's croquet courts. Another ex-Secre- tary of State, Frank B. Kellogg, has rented a spacious house in the capital and come back here to live. PWA officials are not worried over the fact that one pier in the unfinished Grand Coulee dam slipped eight inches. It was not sunk to bedrock. Steel girders now connect all the piers and chances of further slipping are considered slight.
 , Der Tag
 Senator William E. Borah has told friends who are urging his candidacy that he will give them his answer by the first of the year. Cause of Borah's hesitancy, according to these friends, is not doubt of his ability to win the nomination, but doubt whether it would be worth risking his sen- ate seat. ,Borah's term expires next year, and if he should run for the presidency and be de- ,feated he would have to retire to private life-an alternate which holds no appeal whatever. Colonel Frank Knox is lombard ing farm leaders and friends in Congress for suggestions for an agricultural program. So far, he has received little help. In Republican National Committee circles it is whispered that potent party chiefs in Illinois are far from cordial to Knox's candidacy. Among them are ex-Governor Len Small and ex-Senators Glenn Otis and Charles Deneen Herbert Hoover plans to make two more major speeches before the nominating convention. The dates and locale of the addresses are still undecided, although one is definitely scheduled for the Middle West.
 Townsend Bonus Deal
 Townsend plan leaders are re- ported to be dickering with bonus packers on a log-rolling deal. Tewnsendites would help the vet erans override a presidential veto while veterans would support the old age pension project ... Life at the Securities-Exchange Com mission last week was just one process server after another. Suits of holding companies refusing to register piled up at such a rate that Judge Robert E. Healy, SEC member in charge of Utility en- forcement, was served with court orders three times in one morn- ing. The acceptance of processes finally became such a routine that Healy;s secretary, recogniz- ing the deputy marshal, would usher him into her boss office with the words: "That man is here again." Healy would take the summons without interrupting his work or conversation |. The New Deal is soon to lose another of its professors. Frank Peck, ex- ecutive of the Farm Credit Ad- ministration since early in 1883, is leaving after the first of the year to return to his job of teaching agriculture in the Uni versity of Minnesota.
 Versatile Speaker
 Early this week orn-breeding Henry Wallace talked crops with group of farmers in Ottawa, III. To-day (Saturday) he talks before council of churches in New Haven, Conn, on Interpret ing Jesus in an Age of Change" ..... U. s. postal inspectors do not go out of their way to bar birth control literature from the mails. Though classed as "ob- scene matter" it is relatively safe from their sleuthing because the public takes no offenSe A former Washington taxicab driver has risen to be a member of the Investigation Division of Tugwell's Resettlement Adminis- tration Officials of the new Archives building are secretly re- Sentful of the vast space taken out of the heart of the building for the Shrine of the Constitu- tion. They would prefer to have this space for storage-especially when the Shrine remains vacant. The Constitution has not been moved from the Library of Con- gress The IVA newspaper. Norris News, predicts editorially that Roosevelt will be re-elect- ed by a larger popular vote than the one he received in 1882"
 Plenty of Hot Air
 The wise boys on Capitol Hill are wagering that despite White House pressure for a short ses- sion, Congress will not adjourn before the middle of May. Rea- OFF THE RECORD