The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-05-27

Washington, May 81 - TIL e
central bank bill, listed by
Roosevelt as nm 8 I legislation,
has now aroused so much ire
among members of the senate
banking committee that it has all
the potentiaiities of INT. 49,,
So far the fight has been
guerilla warfare waged behind
the scenes. But unless tcmpers
cool there will be an explosion
that will send fiery cpithets all
over CHpitol Hill.
The issue is Title 2 of the bill,
which is the heart of the whole
thing and provides for the, CEN
trail bank. The fight is chiefly
between two veteran democrats,
fiery Carter Glass of Virginia,
chairman of the subcommittee,
and doughty Duncan U. Fletcher
of Florida, chairman of the full
committee.
Fletcher is accusing Glass of
unduly dragging out the hear
ings, leading these hearings
with opposition, witnesses, max
ing it appear that the central
bank provision has no friends
among bankers and businessmen.
Fletcher even went so far as to
warn Glass that unless hearings
were concluded by today MAY
27),. he would ask the full COM
mittee forcibly to take the bill
out of GLASS; subcommittee. If
the virginian calls for show
down, the smouldering volcano
is sure to erupt.
But even If the explosive spark
is avoided, bitter alignment
looms on the controversial Title
2. A poll of the committee indi-.
Gates that it will decide for or
against this provision by a. one
or two-vate margin. 81
Dead
A friend asked Senator Bill
Borah what he thought about
the renewal of political activity
on the part of ex-President
Herbert Hoover.
II am reminded" said the
doughty Idahoan, with CLINT in
his eye, "of the story about the
Irishman who was taken to see
the tomb of Daniel Webster. On
the. tomb were these words: 7
still live
'Hmmny he remarked, 'you't
think he would have sense
enough to know he was dead"
international Push
Senator Tyding,s plea for an
international conference, by.
which the United States would
cancel war debts in return for
European disarmament, was not
a haphazard gesture.
1t had been carefully timed to
click ON the u me day Hitler
made his startling revelation
that, Germany was ready to dis
arm IL given q revision of the
treaty.
Tyding's views also had been
scanned carefully by the state
department in advance. And
while Secretary Hull and his
advisers could not get up nerve
to make the proposal themselves,
they were 100 per cent behind
Tydings.
In fact, they had been working
on something similar for some
time, but feared it wo uld get
nowhere with Europe.
Circus Fans
Among those who toasted
John Ringing and the Sind
anniversary Of Ringing Broth
ers in the capital last week were
circus fans Senator King of
Utah, and Texas's Maury Nav
ericlS.
Maverick had just come from
n four day convention at Gin.
clnnati OF the Circus Fans OF
America. He Is religious at
tendant.
At the washington celebration
q letter was read, written SO
years ago by John Ringing, then
a clown In the first circus he and
his four brothers started. He
wrote his sister: ''If we continue
the same amount Of business
next year we may be able to buy
"A horse"
Now stineling brothers have
sOnle 400 horses.
NOTE - Like lot or other
things these days, Ringing
Brothers Circus IN now owned
BY tho National City bank. Its
receiver. chosen from Conoy L.