The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-19

the United States by no means had deserted the Pact.
 Then, feeling that there still might become apprehension, it was arranged that a friendly newspaperman should ask ques- tions of MT. Hull in press con- ference. In reply, Mr. Hull issued his second staetment, praising the, Kellogg Past. How ever, he was careful not to men, tion either Ethiopia or Italy.
 Net effect of Hull's two state- ments was that the United States took a pious interest in the preservation of the Kellogg Pact but was prepared to do nothing about 1t.
 NAVAL INFORMATION
 Foreign naval attaches in Washington have become in- creasingly restive over the amount of information they re- ceive from the Navy Depart- ment. They complain that they get less from their American naval colleagues than from reading the newspapers.
 Especially has this complaint grown since the naval maneuv. CTS in the Pacific. It came to head at a meeting of naval ate taches called by Vice Admiral Paul Yurevich Oras, of the SO- viet embassy, Dean of the corps of naval. attaches.
 As 8 result of the meeting the naval attaches gave dinner to Admiral William H. Standley. chief of U. s. Naval Operations. The affair took place with con- siderable pomp and ceremony. It was held at Washington swankiest hotel. Three kinds of wine were served, with all the trimmings.
 At the end, up popped Ad- miral Oras and launched upon speech. Admiral Standley looked somewhat surprised but he listened.
 He listened while Admiral Oras paid tribute to him, to the American Navy and to the United States. He listened es- pecially to Admiral Grass con- clusion, whcih was:
 eve only wish, Admiral Stand- ley, that we could get a little more news about your excellent navy"
 Admiral standleys' reply was brief. He said:
 q thought we were just com ing here like sailors to dine and enjoy each other. I didn't know we were going to make speeches.
 Regarding more information about the American navy, our policy is to give information with a string attached to it. We hold on to the string-so we can get a little information back" BITTER DOSE
 The administrators smash- ing House victory on the IVA bill was a bitter dose for Comp troller General McCarl. It put large crimp in the presidential ambitions widely ascribed to him.
 The squat, Windsor tic-wear. ing Nebraskan is an ardent foe of the Tennessee Valley power development. His agents have been going over IVA files with q fine-tooth comb, looking for something to complain about.
 When the IVA bill was before the House Military Affairs Com mittee, McCarl recommended that its expenditures be put un- der his jurisdiction. At present it si one of the few government agencies exempt.
 McCARL GOES IN
 The Administration vehement ly opposed this demand. Roose- welt feared it wuold have made McCarl the real boss ofg the pro- ject. But combination of old Guard democrats and re- publicans. led by Andrew J. May, dem., Ky, Charles Faddis, dem., Pa., and Charles Plumley, rep, Vt, amended the bill to give McCarl this power.
 Enactment of the provision would have skyrocketed McCarTs presidential stock. It would have put him in the fore front as anti New Deal champion.
 But the House, uneasy over possible political repercussions as a result of it's rejection of the 'death sentence'' cluase in the Presidents Holding Company
 Bill, went pro-administration in a big way.
 By overwhelming majorities, it rebuffed both the Military Affairs Committee and McCarl. It restored the bill to practical ly the same form as put through the Senate by TWAS father. vet eran Senator George Norris. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 The great New York banking houses of J. F. Morgan and Kuhn, Loeb, once stellar per- formers before the senate bank ing investigation, are slated for another Washington appearance. Senator Burton K. Wheeler, chairman of the senate commit tee Investigating railroad fi- nances, expects to summon the two mgihty banking firms for public interrogation. Both are leading railroad fiscal agents. !. :. Reports are reaching republican circles in Washington that bitter undercover warfare has broken out between California's burly. bald Governor Frank Merriam and Hoover forces in the state. Merriam is said to be after the National Committeemanship now held by Mark l.. Requa, close