The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-11-30

bIIbJ O1ICI C4AOkJS OO CACluQC 4AAoAA sweepstake tickets from the United States are not proving successful. Although the inflow of tickets through the mails has been checked, they are pouring into the country through other channels in larger volume than before A spirit of whimsy seems to have descended on the press section of the Department of Agriculture. A recent re- lease telling about an Iowa manu- facturer, fined $200 for violation of the Food and Drug Act, bore the following caption: 'Peet's Protection Powder Didn't Protect Peet" Busiest office in the government at present is the so- ncitor generals division, which handles preparation for all the cases testing New Deal measures before the supreme court. So overwhelmed with work is Solicit tor General Stanley Reed and his assistants that lunch is served at their d0Gks The Securi- ties-Exchange Commission, now girding its Joins for the epochal battle over the Holding Company Act, is having trouble finding top-notch lawyers for its legal staff.
 Unperturbed
 President Bill Greens threat of expulsion from the A. F. of L. has had no effect on the mili- tancy of the industrial union group. At 8 secret meeing in Washington this week, leaders of the eight unions constituting the bloc-miners, printers, smelters, textile, millinery, gas field, and garment workers-raised an initial war chest of $50,000 to finance an aggressive drive to organize industrial unions in the auto, rub- Der and steel industries. They also decided to pool their staffs of or- ganizers, numbering around 1000 for the campaign Because of his fleetness of foot, College Boy Ali Landon was known as Fox" Asked what had be- come of the crime reports written by Professor Raymond Moley, At torney General Homer Cummings replied graphically: You know there is such thing as a statute of limitations" A study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics re- vealed that there are 175,000 units of government in the United States. These units, comprising federal, state, county and local governments, collected total of $12,O00, ,0O0, 900 in taxes last year, an increase of 174 per cent over 1913.
 Long to Townsend
 Latest bulletin from the De- pertinent of Agriculture is far cry from pigs and processing taxes. It advises mothers to dress their children in bright col- ors to prevent accidents on the highways Latest bulletin from the Department of Justice hangs three medals on the Middle Atlantic States. For the first nine months of the year, these states had lowest scores in burglary, larceny, and auto theft. Both New York and Philadelphia fall in this area Earle J. Christenberry, secretary to the late Huey Long, will be seen in the corridors of the Capitol again next session. Reports have it that he will serve old Age Town sen as head of the Washington office Bitter Nazi foe is Secretary Roper's son-in-law. Frank Bohn. Son of German par ents, Bohn is national chair man of the emergency commit tee to aid Nazi refugees.
 Negro Churches Recognized
 Negro leaders are elated that Washington's Federation of Churches at last has admitted Negro churches to membership. A prominent cotton expert from Argentina, returning to Washington from 8 tour through nine U. s. cotton states, privately expresses the opinion that ma chine picking of cotton is inevit- able. It will throw 3,000,000 Negroes out of work, but 1t will come inevitably" he says. He is Jose Castells, governor of the Argentine Chaco .. Secret Service says the practice of raising" bank notes has de- creased. In the fiscal year 1884, the number of cases was one-third of that in 1881 .. Senator Borah's Presidential prospects have not changed his proletarian habits. His homeward journey from the Senate Office building every evening is by bus.
 MIRA Congress
 Between two and three thou sand businessmen and labor rep resentatives will attend the NRA Congress" December g, according to invitations so far received. In- dustrial Coordinator George Ber- ", who is staging the confab, plans to throw discussion open to other subjects besides the MIRA. He wants a discussion of taxa tion, the budget and New Deal OEE TIFF RFCORD