The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-11

To prove his contention he will make public some secret corres- pondence he exchanged with Roosevelt .. Senators vanden- berg, Hale and Townsend are Capitol Hill's most devoted bowl ing fans. No matter how busy they are, they drop everything at 5 ?. m. to indulge in their favOrite recreation for an hour Com nnerce Secretary Dan Roper plans an early liquidation of the MIRA remnants recently placed under his jurisdiction by the Presidents executive order. Assistant Secre- tary Ernest Draper has been put in charge of this work and he in turn has picked Malcolm eKrlin, administrative assistant to Roper, to do the actual payroll prlln- ing. Of the 1,50O still on the MIRA payroll, one batch is slated to go February l, the second Q month later, and the final exodus is set for April 1. The Commerce Department plans to absorb ot1y 8 handful The latest Congress sional wise-crack: San Antonio's Democratic Representative Maury Maverick to Pennsylvania's Re- publican Robert F. Rich, who was ohjecting to unread speeches be- ing inserted into the Congress siona1 Record: T ask unanimous consent to extend my own re- marks, and being my own re- marks, they are very Rich" u. White House plans to reduce by one-third the 2,428 CCC camps now in operation, have brought Q flood of protests from the locali- ties in which the doomed camps are situated. Local businessmen are complaining that abondon- ment of the camps will hit them hard.
 Auto Curb
 Thousands of letters endorsing the plan of curbing automobile speed when the machines are manufactured have poured in on Representative Robert Ramspeck following announcement that he would introduce such bill. Many of the most enthusiastic support CTS are auto dealers. The Geor- gian is still undecided regarding the soundest legal approach: whether to impose a heavy tax on cars with Q speed over 60 miles an hour; or to prohibit the shipment of such vehicles across state lines ,,. Asked by @ col- league if his wife was in Wash- ington, Chairman Bob Doughton of the House Ways and Means Committee, g plain-talking North Carolina hillsman, replied: "No, she hasn't come yet. She is back home killing hogs and making sausage" President Roose- velt's inspiration for the conclud- ing quotation in his message to congress came from a Christmas card sent out by Morris L. Cooke, head of the Rural Electrification Administration. The late Profess sor Josiah Royce, author of the quotation, was one of the Presi- dents teachers at Harvard. When Roosevelt saw 1t on Cooke's Christmas greeting he was 50 inn pressed he decided to use it in his address.
 Supreme Publicity
 The Supreme Court is going to great pains to remove any aroma of press-agentry from it's newly appointed publicity man. Corres- pondents have been informed by the court that the official may give out information" regarding briefs and decisions but is not permitted to explain" them : Latest form of Townsendite propaganda reaching congress is picture postcards. One picture, captioned Then, shows two aged persons in rags in 8 poor- house. Another, titled Now" depicts the same couple, well- dressed and well-fed, sitting in their own home before an open fire listening to a radio program of "The Townsend Jubilee Sing ers' z. Although 1t borrows money at 3 per cent and less, the Treasury pays 6 per cent on tax refunds. Under Secretary Mor- genthau's sharp scrutinizing. of all income returns, last years refunds amounted to only $14,- 100000 compared with $40,0O0,000 compared with $40.000, 900 the year previous Among members of the Senate Munitions commit tee there is sharp resentment over the Presidents failure to include them in the White House confer ence on the administrators reu- trality bill. None were asked to attend, although they were re- sponsible for initiating the pres- ent law and the President knew the committee was working on new act.
 5O,OOO Rods"
 Opponents of IIuey Long have taken out 50,0O0 permits to carry pistols, according to 6 secret re- port made to the special House