The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-06-08

and politicos attended, not one prominent New Dealer turned
 Dead Charges
 T cannot carry on a scontest against a dead friend," is what Senator Dennis Chavez, "The Mex" said in moving to drop the charges of fraudulent election against New Mexico's late Sena- tor Bronson Cutting. This was not suitable to Cutting $ lawyers, however, nor to Cuttings friends : in the senate, who wanted the charges dropped on their own motion which would clear Cut ting's name. Listening to- the committee debate between these divergent views sat two women dressed in black, Mrs. Olivia M. Cutting, and Mrs. Justine B. Ward, mother and sister of the deceased senator .-. When Senator Townsend of Delaware : staged his annual strawberry festival by presenting to. patrons of the Senate restaurant gener- out serving of the fruit from his own crop, the reaction of the restaurant managers was differ ent from that Of the patrons. They sold almost no desserts from the menu, and were obliged moreover, to- supply free cream for the free berries. The com bination left them in the red .f.l. Summer costumes are conspicu- ous in the senate Sthese} days, from the page boys, who have discarded their coats, to 74-year old Senator Norris, who is sport ing pair of two-tone shoes in {. black and white. ,,s
 No Rest for the Weary
 President Rooseyelt,s dictum that legislative mills must be kept grinding until the adminis- tration's must program has . been concluded played havoc with Congressional junkets and vacations s.s. j stamp ped dlers outside the new Post- Office building have become as numerous as ticket scalpers on Broadway whenever a new stamp !. issue is placed on sale. A num- Der of stamp dealers take up their stand before the door and do a brisk business selling first day covers to fans .,. .. What ever the fate of the MIRA, it's large army of lawyers is due for drastic pairing. The legal < division Of the agency has a staff of more than 200 attorneys, most of them youngsters a year or two out of law school but draw ing salaries from $4,S00 to $S,- } 900, The Library of Congress reports that as result of the MIRA decision and hte presidents challenge of the supreme courts power there has been a heavy demand for books on the history of the court. One of the most sought-after volumes is Chief Justice Hughes book, ''The Su- preme Court of the United otdtCHg lWN4teSn All AS6o WAASA he was a practicing attorney . Senator Bill Borah, asked by a colleague if he had been con- suited by the administration on the new MIRA plan, replied, ''No, they didn't want a lawyer"
 Merry-G Round
 Government experts are fore casting the biggest corn crop in years. Reason for this, they say, is that thousands of farmers in the southeast are using idle cotton areas for corn. Sem ate republicans are strongly op- posed to the administration's utility holding corporation bill. 2 but senat.or Dan Hastings couldn't get one of them to join with him in signing his bitter minority report against the mea- sure. Secretly. Hastings asked Senator Bili Dieterich, a demo- ! crat, also to put his signature to the hostile report. But the wary IilinoIan. although fighting the hill behind the closed doors of the interstate commerce con- mittee, would not openly 70 on record against is. The president had brought subtle pressure to bear on him. M
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