The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-10

sensational.
 Fact is that the youngest mem Der of the senate was carefully hand picked and hand groomed by Senator Nicely and friends. They needed a good, rabble-rousing utility-hater; someone who could Hay the big gas, power and coal companies of West Virginia.
 Young Holt, to them, seemed the ideal man. Then only 28 years old, they were sure they could control him later.
 At first, after Holt was elected, there was nothing Senator Nicely would not do for his young friend. He almost got down on his knees to beg the Committee on Privi- leges and Elections to seat Holt despite his election before the con- stitutional age of thirty.
 "AIva," he told Sen. Adams of Colorado, you can have my vote on anything for Colorado you want, if you'll only help me to seat that boy"
 Woman Inn Case
 Nicely even helped to hush an alienation of affection suit which an irate husband threatened to bring against Holt, just at the crucial moment when his seating was before the senate. Holt claims that his one-time friends are now trying to smear him with this.
 The whole thing is gener- ated political attack" says the youngest member of the senate. There's nothing wrong with my relations with this woman, and I'd swear to that on a Bible."
 He explains that when he first met her, she was in the company of a lawyer whom she was con- Gulting for a divorce. That divorce subsequently, was granted. He adds that on a recent Sunday in Charleston he saw the lady Gin company with wjtness) and she told him she had been offered money to reopen the case.
 The lady, Opal Westfall, is em- ployed in the Labor Division of the West Virginia WPA, for which she was recommended by Holt.
 Tf Nicely drags up this Vest fall case," threatens Holt, "In spread out the record of his af- fairs back in 1911 and 1913."
 And 50 on, far into the night. It's one of those good old- fashioned West Virginia feuds, no weapons barred, and no true un- til one side or the other is wiped out.
 Too Green
 Ned Smith, former West vir- ginia editor, now member of the Guffey Coal Commission, com- pares Rush Holt in his early po- litical days to Eugene Fields fa- nous peach:
 "A little peach fin . garden
 grew,
 Kissed by the sun, warmed
 by the dew"
 He looked to be just what we wanted" continues Smith, "sO '. soft and nice, just waiting tC be picked.
 'But," Smith adds with . wry face, i've picked him too green" Budget Balancer
 On a recent field trip, Paul A. Porter, lanky Triple A cotton ex- pert, was called aside by a snall- town banker whom he knew.
 Paul" he said, I'm wor- rled about ell this government spending. [ think the President has got to balance the budget Why doesn't he do it?"
 Porter observed that c number of economy measures were under consideration, among them Q plan to cut in half all benefit pay ments to cotton farmers.
 "Oh, Roosevelt can't do that" eald the banker. "The farmers won't let him."
 Well, there are ether methods such as calling in all govern ment leans to banks, railroads and industry"
 The bankers hands shot up in alarm. why" he exclaimed in horror, "that would ruin the cosin- try"
 ''Then you really don't want the President tO balance ths budget after an, do y0u7"
 "Ail I've got Co cay" inslBts6