The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1935-07-18

After staggering, Week-kuSet
after his futile filibuster, Huey
headlines which he loves to adorl
There are several reasons for
this, some not so complimentary
to the alleged Kingfish.
One is that Huey has not been
as faithful a traveller on the
water-wagon as during the hey
day of his rampage last winter.
The water-wagon is one of the
best barometers of Huey's effec-
tiveness. When he is on 1t he
can talk and walk rings around
/. most of his senatorial colleagues.
When he is Off, his effectiveness
is nil.
Another reason is that Roose-
welt, with his high tax program,
stole Huey's best thunder.
Then there is the effect of GER
tain rookie senators who decided
to call the Kingfish's bluff. They
resorted to the simple expedient
of sitting in the last row of the
senate and emitting Bronx
cheers.
Even for q man with Huey's
hide, it was downright disheart-
ening.
So the Kingfish, who is as good
a strategist as they make 'em,
decided to fade out of the pic
ture. He has done this before.
His policy is that of any good
general: When the battle is too
hot, retreat, wait for the proper
moment, then come back.
A lot of people, of course,
claim Huey can't come back. But
to one who came back after the
Sands Point, L. l., Mushroom
episode, no "come-back" is i'm
possible.
GOLD OWNER
La Luz Mining company has
just been restrained from selling
its stock. In doing this the secur-
ities-exchange commission staged
an unusual demonstration.
The demonstration was to test
the accuracy of a gold-divining
instrument by which the COM
pany located its gold.
The La Luz company claimed
to have a vein of ore which
would mine $40 a ton-excep-
tionally high content. In sub
sanitation of this it cited the
word of Professor Philip Haas of
Los Angeles, described as a
Scientist and geologist with a
world wide reputation as inven-
tor of the mineral indicator"
But the SEC was skeptical. 1t
wanted to know how Professor
Haas and his mineral indicator
could locate gold. So it asked the
professor to come to Washing
ton. There members of the COM
mission arranged test.
ACID TEST
six large match boxes were ar
ranged on the floor. One box
contained a gold nugget worth
about 5000. Professor Haas was
asked to locate the match box
which held gold.
He applied himself with great
earnestness. The mineral indi-
Gator was held in the right hand.
It consisted chiefly of a weight
suspended from a brass cylinder.
II the weight swayed from side
to side it denoted the presence Of
gold.
over the fifth box he hesitated,
the instrument swayed almost
imperceptibly. Finally Haas said:
"This box also contains gold"
'aThen the second and fifth
boxes contain gold" summarized
Andrew Jackson, attorney for the
SEC.
Professor Haas hesitated, de-
cided to test the fifth box again.
He repeated the test, declared
that this box did not contain
gold.
Then the boxes were opened.
The second box contained piece
OF apple. The nth box contained
the golden nugget.
UNCLE SHYLOCK
The Home owners Loan Cor
poration is now face to face with
the question of whether the gov
eminent is going to play Uncle
Shylock or Santa Claus.
1t has quit making loans and
has settled down exclusively to
the job of getting its money back.
1t is merely collecting agency.
This involves most important
policy-one which goes TO the
rot of the New Deal. Millions OF
dollars have been lent by various
New Deal agencies, and the gen
eral assumption by many people
is that the government never VIII
try very hard to get its money