The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-23

of the U. 5. Supreme court fer corners. A few weeks leaders of the A. F. of l.. were fight against iflsurgent indl
 Preparations had gone 60 for that secret steps already were under way to expei the revolting
 But all that now has been for- rotten.
 With the prospect almost cer. tain that the Supreme Court will junk tho Wagner labor disputes act and other labor measures, the A. Y. or L. inoguls are looking . for no family fights. The oFainous danger of losing the great legis- lative gains they have made in the last few years leaves them with no stomach for internal war. , ring. ,.l
 The old guard leaders realize Che vital necessity of . united front, are making secret peace overtures to the industrial un- lonlsts.
 President Bill Green has quietly opened negotiations with John l.. Lewis, mine chief and leader of the insurgents, locking to heal- ing of the rift that has threat. ened to split tho A. F. of l.. wide open. As a peace gesture, Green has proposed that the industrial unionistS have e free hand in cr- ganizing the auto, steel and rub. ber industries.
 NOTE: The craft leaders have tried for ten years to unionizo these fields, but got nowherc. Large Family
 Colleagues who accompanied Jack Garner to the far east are telling tho following story on the vice president of the United States: x
 Tn Shanghai the congresSions al party was invited to . banquet by tho leading Chinese business man, . British subject who had been knighted by King George. Before they sat down to dinner, the American guests met his ten children.
 The banquet was laid In on eiaborato sunkon garden. Thore were five tables. Presiding over each was Q charming Chinese Woman---one Of the wives of tho host and also c mother of ono or moro of his children.
 Most of the American visitors, including Mrs. Garner, had been told about their hosts marital arrangements. But Jack had not As ranking guests no and Mrs. Garner sat ct the table Of their host, who was accompanied by hig No. 1 wife. During the course Of the dinner Jack compiimentod his hostess on her beautiful home. yhon he added;
 II alsO want to congratulate you on your large family of flnc children. In America, ! nm sorry to say, we no longer have lArgc families. When ! was ' boy, however, I knew c number of mothers OR ten children"
 Mrs. Garner swallowed hard, !, hastily changed tho subject.
 Later sho told Jack that his habit of kissing babies from the rear platform Of c campaign train was not always adaptable to the for east.
 Patronage Raid
 An attempted patronage raid on the bituminous coal cennflliB- sion'g legal division has added c now fuel to tho hot strife raging behind the scenes within this or. ganization.
 Since tho agency has no funds of It's own--due to defeat of tho deficiency appropriation Dill by the iato Huey ?. Long--it b0rs rowed" lawyers from tho NRA.
 There was no complaint about tho work of these men. But c few days after tho presidents order di6banding the remains of Enc NRA, tho commission Issued Q secret order trahsforring most Of its "borrowed" legal staff back to the NRA.
 They were being returned to an agency that was being abol. ished. The move stirred Up c tors rife tempest. Some of the threat. ened lawyers complained to pow. erful political friends on Capitol ffili, The latter, tfl turn, cracked down emphatiealiy. Result: the commission hastily yeBcinded It's order.
 Final outcome of Che under. cover tug-ofswar is stilI in doubt.
 Tho official explanation glvcn by the commission for It's ats tempted h0use. .cleaning Of for.
 mer NRA lawyers was that it planned to replace them with statlsticlans Whose services were in greater need.
 But among the political boys, the view is general that the affair was an attempted patronage raid by certain of the commissions members. The lawyers thus un. loaded would have been replaced by favored proteges of the com. y1issioners. .I
 Overcoat Obsequies
 John s. Mc0roarty is Q member of Congress, Q Los Angeles news paper columnist, q poet and 2