The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-03-12

Carolina, chairman of the mittee, was none too enth1 hostile, but he had his dout Then Doughton's committee be- gan considering possible alterna- tive taxes. It listened to Chester Davis, Triple-A Administrator who supplied a long list of substitutes for processing taxes.
 Prominent among these substi- tutes was an item calling for Q 8 1-3 per cent increase in the excise tax on tobacco.
 Political Suicide
 Tobacco happens to be Q major crop in North Carolina. Also, Doughton, not only happens to be candidate for reelection this year, but wants to run against Senator Bob Reynolds in 1888. A tobacco tax for him would be political suicide.
 DOught0n took one look at the tobacco item and stiffened. "YOu don't propose to increase the tax on tobacco?" he asked Chester Davis.
 Tt would be necessary if the Presidents program were re- jected," was the answer.
 Next day Doughton made a nationwide radio address. In 1t he voiced unequivocal approval of Roosevelt's corporation tax.
 "I am particularly impressed" he acclaimed, "by the wisdom and the timellness of the Presi- dents suggestion for . revision of our system of taxation of cor- p0ration profits, a system justly open to severe criticism"
 White House InfOrmality
 The complete informality of re- lations between the President and the White House staff continues to amaze strangers unaccustomed to 1t.
 Some time ago, Roosevelt was engaged in an important confer- ence on the reduction of farm acreage. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and other high officials of the AAA were present.
 Suddenly Marguerite LeIand, Roosevelt's personal secretary, burst into the room.
 "I just couldn't help telling y0u," she said to the President; Mrs. Sam R0senman just tele- phoned from New York to tell me about young Sam. He Is going Co school, and the other day they had . memory test. They all had to reclte their fathers telephone numbers.
 And when 1t came young Sam's turn, what do you think he said? He drew blmself up in very dignificd manner, and said: My father has . private telephone number and I am not permitted to diCclose iC."
 After that the presidential dis- cussion of crop acreage continued. NOTE-Judge Sam Rosenman, now Q justice of the New York State Supreme Court, once was head of Roosevelt's original Brain Trust in Albany. Roosevelt al- ways has been fond of him. Mississippi Bubble
 Theodore c. Bilbo, rabble-rous- ing senator from Mississippi, opened his dream house" at Pop larville some time ago, treating all who came to see him to 100 pounds of cheese, 800-flve cent cigars, 500 tins of sardines, five gallons of dill pickles, and ten cases of crackers.
 The ouse-Warming was rem- iniscent of the senator's one-time diet of sardines and crackers; and the dream house" was the ful- filment of his dream to erect Q mansion near the log cabin in which he was born.
 The dream house" contains 27 rooms, and five bathrooms tiled in brilliant colors.
 While the house was being built, Mrs. Bilb0 was suing the senator for n-support, claim ing that he had not supported her for more than two years.
 Because of political embar- rassment to her husband, Mrs. BilbO finally withdrew the suit, with the understanding that she receive an allowance. For time this allowance was paid -$il5 last July and $35 last August. Then the payments stopped.
 As the several hundred odd guests a paraded through the dream house" and stared at the senator's black and orchid dream bathroom, Mrs. Bilbo was not among them.
 State Pride
 The senate was considering Senator George Norris' Rural Electrification bill. By some mys- terious process of mental gym nastics, North Carolina's melli- fluous Bob Reynolds was inspired to launch into 8 glowing panegyric on the natural beauties of his state.
 "In my beloved and heaven ly section of western North Carolina" he rhapsodized, "there are presented for the na-