The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-06

cause one of the most imp
 The word in question is "may"s 1t Tlves the President discre. tionary powers to impose arms elnbargoes against belligerents. IT." is what the Administration Savors.
 Various Senators and Congress men oppose this. They want to change ''may' to "shall": make it mandatory on tho President to impose eTnbArgoes. Furthermore, they would have Congress define the eYnbargoes specifically end make them applicable against oil beliigerents.
 This, according Co arguments nut by Che President Co Con. grcsslonal leaders, would tle his hands, prevent U. S. cOepera. tlon for peace. xn case war spread Co Europe and Asia, Che United States would have Co ban shipments to Great Britain, despite the tacit U. S..BFltish agreement regarding the Far East.
 This is the big undercover rea- son whispered by State Depart- ment officials trying to win converts for discretionary neu- trallty powers for the President.
 NOTT-Leaders of the muni- hinna hloo onn0ged to diecretioyls ary powers are: Senators Nye, Clark, Bone: and Oongresstlen sisson tN.Y.) and Maverick (Texas).
 Drastic Bill
 Two Items in the "Genate mu. nitl0ns committee" neutrality bill indicate It's drastic nature.
 ONE is . penalty of $i0,000 or five years Imprisonment or both for travelling on Q belligereiat vessel.
 THE OTHER Is the establish- ment of export quotas for essen- tial war materials, by which Q beiligerent country could not buy from the United States any more than It's latest five-year average.
 Tn putting this into effect, how. ever, tho President would Do ale lowed discretionary power.
 Thing of Beauty
 one of the most warmly wei. comed members on the opening day of Congress was Senator James Ham" Lewis, for several weeks ct deaths door in Q Mos- COW hospital.
 The bearded Iilinoisian, who despite his ago is one of the snappiest dresserg on Capitol Hill, also Is c great fAvorite among his colleagues. Many stories are related about his or. nate attire. One of these inci- dents occurred when Lewis was c member of tho House many years ego.
 one day, shortly after the chamber had convened, he jumped to his feet, excitedly AouFishing . newspaper, and do- snanded tho floor.
 "The gentleman will state his reason," said Speaker Reed.
 "Mr. Speaker" replied Lewis. q rise to Q question 0s peFson- al privilege. I have in my hand 6 copy of . paper in which ! anl referred t0 as Q thing of beauty and toy for- ever'."
 Reed looked at Lewis c mo. fnent, then observed soiemnly:
 "The point Is well taken. The paper should have said, e thing of beauty and jaw sor- ever'."
 Budget Message
 To President Roosevelt his ail- nual budget message is no ordinary chore. He considers it among his most important state papers; devotes much time, gives great care to it's preparation.
 Actual work on this session's message began more than Q month ago ct Warm Springs, 0a., where between daily dips in the pool, tho President talked with Secretary Morgenthau, Budget Director Bell, Chairman Buchanan of the House Appro- priations Committee, and Under Secretary of Interior West. As he discussed the various phases of the proposed message he jot- ted down notes on ideas, phrases, figures.
 When he returned to the White House early in December, the serious work of writing the ines- sage began. From his sheaf of penciled memos the President dictated 6 first rough draft to his personal stcnographer, Miss Grace Pulley. Limited Edition
 Only three copies were made of this draft. The President hand- ed it personally to the advisers he wanted, for suggestions and to check errors. With their written comments before him he then tread copy" on the original docu- ment.
 As he read. he made marginal notes in pencil for eliIninations and insertions. These inserts the President tagged "A". "B", "C".