The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-20

provements. Adviser to him in this is Ralph Steinberg, leading radio specialist of New York. BIG SURPRISE
 Representative Vito Marcan- tonic, New York city's young progressive republican, has a surprise up his sleeve for House leaders when they bring out their tax bill. He will offer a substitute that would raise an additional income of $2,5O0,000,- 900 to pay off the bonus Farovite form of recreation of Justice Ferdinand Pecora, for- mer senate banking investigator whom the president tried to get to take charge of the A. T. & T. probe, is pinochle Phila- delphia's Rep. Michael J. Stack sends all books given him as a member of congress to a Catho- lie school in his city. His latest contribution Is "The Red Net work", which lists as among the .country's dangerous radicals Mrs. Roosevelt, Mayor LaGuar- dia, Professor Rex Tugwell, Sec- retary Harold Ickes, Governor Phil LaFollette Word has reached Washington from New Mexico that Albert Gallatin Simms, former republican con- gressman, plans to make a try for the seat of his late foe, Sen- ator Bronson Cutting. The place is now held under appointment by Senator Dennis Chavez, who must stand for reelection next year. Simms Is the husband for the former Mrs. Ruth Hanna Mccormick, once a representa- tive from Illinois, and an un- successful bidder for a senatorial toga.
 FURNITURE UPSWlNG
 A reported 30 per cent in- crease in sales over 1884 is caus- ing great excitement in the fur ntiure industry, one of the most severely hit by the depression. The upswing is the largest in six years, and thrilled orders indi- cate a still further betterment. Representative Nat Pat ton, Texas rookie, is showing old-timers a new trick in the art of glad-handing. When Nat writes a constituent, he begins his ,letetr, Dear Cousin" Oklahoma's flamboyant Percy L. Gassaway is having a hard time maintaining his cowboy at- tire eccentricity in Washington's torrid summer heat. Although he admits that wearing high boots, heavy suit and thick felt sombrero make existence "pret- ty hellish," he refuses o change to a moret comfortable attire. Hopping a steaming brow, he told a group of hooting col- leagues: Boys, Oklahoma was never like this" The sem
 ate has it's speedy moments. The other day Republican Floor Leader McNary protested vigor- ously to Vice President Jack Garner thath the legislative wheels were being whirled so rapidly he didn't havev time to turn the pages of the bills to keep upo with what was going on.
 STRIKE THREAT
 It begins to look as If then friends of General Hugh John- son were better prophets than they realized, when they warned the ex-NRA boss that he was begging grief by becoming New York City Works Relief Admin istrator. Insideword is that Manhattan building trades labor ites are threatening a citywide strike if an attempt is made to pay subsistence wage scales in- stead of prevailing union rates on Work Relief projects Johnson, incidentally, has been taking X-ray treatments at WalterReed hospital here for serious condition in one of his lungs, resulting from a protract- ed severe chest cold There is much private resentment in inner administration circles over the obdurate attitude of Speak CT Joe Byrns and Chairman John McSwain, of the House Military Affairs committee, In refusing to appoint friends of the IVA to the conference with the senate on the IVA amend ments. Although the House by overwhelming majorities re- jected the amendments designed to cripple and hamper the Ten- nessee power development, tn two leaders, while publicly pro- fessing to support the project, are standing pat that seniority rights must be observed. This means that a majority of House conferees will be IVA foes.
 IN THE COLD
 Ralph Brewster, ex-governor of Maine, now republican con- gressman, has won the name of the Man Without a Country" For years in the state of Maine, he campaigned against the pow CT interests. Then after sitting in with anti-power groups in Washington, he switched sud- denly against the Holding Cor poration bill. Now, neither side IS with him Super-sleth J. Edger Hoover has accomplish ed notable results in curbing bank robberies. Since the jus tice department was given the power to cope with this form of crime, bank robberies have dropped from IS per month last year to five per month this year. .. Blachberries are boiling these days in copper kettles which once prepared corn liquor. Federal agents in Louisiana have turned over to women on relief the copper kettles seized from moonshiners. The women are using them for canning [. To Harry Hopkins' office comes 6 poem by relief client in the Salt Lake City Transient Bureau. 4 parody on Joyce Kilmer's "Trees", it baeins;
 "T wish that 1 could one time
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 A poem lovely as c steak"