The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-09-18

 when secretary of the treasury. had appointed Lsffingwen his assistant secretary. Since that time both have been close friends.
 Morgan interests staged . drive to keep this bond-seliing provision in the bill. But 1t was knocked out.
 So now the Morgan concern has split up. One firm will sell bonds, one will do banking. What tho SEC wants to know is whether the common stock of the new firm is not held, at least in part, by the partners of the old firm.
 Did You Know? ...?
 THAT the governments an- nual stamp output is the largest in the world. the paper stock being equivalent to 1000 trees, 50 Feet in height and 16 inches in diameter?
 THAT the treasury and White House are connected by a sub- terranean passage, never used by Secretary Morgenthau but used frequently by ogden Mills when he held secret conferences ith President Hoover?
 THAT the holding company act has . provision prohibiting utilities from contributing to political campaigns?
 THAT Francis Scott Key, author, of the Star Spangled Banner, was once district attor- ney for the District of Colum. bia?
 Boon Doggling
 Tn the HSde Park conference to iron out the PWA.WPA row between Harold Ickes and Harry Hopkins, one factor which counted heavily for Ickes was the number of boon-doggling projects OK'd by Hopkins.
 The WPA administrator had approved an array of projects for rat cxtcrminatlon, polo field lighting, bcdsprcad weny- ing, etc, at the same turning thumbs down on a lot of sub- stantjai public works projects on which the interested cOn1- munitics were willing to put ap 55% of the cash.
 Most of these never came to the attention of Hopkins him. self, but were slipped through by his assistants in the mad rush of allocating the major part of the four billions before Sept. 12. However, they make interest ing reading, and here Is an assortment of them:
 Ashland, o. - $744 granted by Hopkins for shuttle board and giant checker board. Eimul- taneously vetoed PWA school projects.
 San Francisco - $1,90S for salvsging music of Golden Gate Park Band. Wharf, airport and school building vetoed.
 CIeveland-$8,8G9 for rat ex- termination; S20,666 for con- structing . Lithuanian Gar dcn."
 ToIedo--$15,172 for baseball diamond and bicycle path; 17 school projects vetoed.
 Birmingham. Ala. - 65.9o2 for persons to make own toys and gifts.
 Brady, Texas--s1,0so to re- move obnoxious fish from stream.
 It. Lauderdale, Fla. s17,- aga to install golf course sprinklers.
 AicOA, Tenn.-~s1,5s5 to make candlewick bedspreads.
 Montgomery, Ala. - $b,4S4 for rat-trapping.
 New York City--$70,6e6 for sociological study of Italian population; $15.s52 for study of causes of depression; $11.- 050 for study of total Jewish child population by boroughs: $27,500 for survey of taxicab stands; $2se,210 for illustrated catalogue of Torominifira fos- sils; $33,660 to provide circus in every New York park; S64O,- 8S1 for equipment for social diseases in hospitals. Various school and hospital projects vetoed.
 Pittsburgh, Pa.--s77i9 flood lights for polo fields at South Park; 2 schools vetoed. Tree Army
 Close to Q thousand reserve army officers. doctors and chap lains are being quietly dismissed by the eco.
 Reason Is dearth of enroll. lnents in the tree army.
 On tho recommendation of the president last spring, congress doubled the size of the corps from 100000 to 100000. Elabo- rate preparations were made for q rush of enrollments.
 But the boys did not sign up.
 Chief reason was the loudly ballyhooed work -relief program Security Wages" under work relief at home looked more at' tractive than Q eco camp at 91-a-day - with two-thirds oi the monthly paycheck deducted for the folks back home.
 So the CCC started vig0r. ous cnrOlIment drive which finally ncttcd S0O,OOO men by August S1.
 But this was 1000 short oi the authorized goal. More thar the tree soldiers are returnine to civilian life at the rate oi more than 10000 6 month witt replacsfnents less than half tha' number. Though . triflS unified at sucf reaction to the presidents pe project. administrationites clain that the paucity of recruits fl conclusive evidence of returning prosperity.
 MERRY.G Y.GO-ROUND Works progress administration has ~ state administrators, cn' state administratrix. She | ueorgia's Miss Gay E. Shopper