The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-27

important situation, which republican mill.
 Real fact is that the New Deal has set up the greatest espionage system ever seen il1 Washington. And what is both amusing and amazing Is that it is largely enc gagged in spying upon itself.
 A few telephone wires were tapped back iIl the Hoover days, but the Hoover boys at least could soy that they were Snooping on their enemies.
 But the New Dealers don't seem able Co trust theinseIveS. Chester Davis had wire-tappers used on his own AAA men, later. threw out several, including Jerome Frank, TOW adviser to REQ and PWA.
 Then the Postofice Department had Q couple of detectives trail . Commerce Department air ofdcial named Jay Mount, because of al. legged aviation irregularities. Press Shadow
 Both the Secret Service and Justice Department d-Mer1 have done Q little shadowing of each other from time to time. Both also have gone out to get the low. down on newSpapert1en and their news leaks.
 The greatest believer in cSar- iSt-eoyiet.O .O0PU espionage IS Louis 0alvig, recently eased out ag Chief of the Bureau of Tn. vegtigation of the Interior Depart- ment. At one time he had 1000 detectives working for him in the greatest espionage system since wat days.
 There was aImOst no one Lou. is dId not have. shadowed, ins CludIng the Presidents score. tery, Marvin Mcintyre, and |. 0. "ChIp" Robert, then Assist. ant Secretary of the Treasury. Glevls put dlCtaphones in their hotel room in Atlanta an0Bsent ln Q report which may not have been true, but made very juicy reading.
 dIavis didn't stop there. Bee lievey 1t or not, he even shadowed his own boss, Harold 1ckes.
 Detective House. Cleaning
 If the cost of all New Deal es. pionage were added up 1t would feed Q lot of starving families.
 Figure out the cost of wire. tapping alone. To tap Q tele. phone wire requires Q man to be present ell day, sometimes late ct night, to listen in with enr-phones. Minimum cost is around S2O Q day.
 One explanation for the pres. ent Czarist fad is the end Of pro- hibition. That left lot of bu. reaus high and dry with no more snooping to do. Also, 1t trained whole army of snoopers, who didn't know what else to do but gnoop.
 some of those around the President say that he iS much concerned about the way all his heIpmates are trying to set the goods on each other, and thIg iS why hc has been toying. with the Idea of one big secret service.
 NOTE-Republicans have gone in for 0 little New Deal inyesti. Rating lately, chief operator being "SteW" Goodwin, ex.publicity man for Harold Ickes, now dishing up information for William Hard'S g.o.p. broadcasts.
 Best Dressed Woman
 D, V, K., Akron, O.-Mrs. Roosevelt went through the last social season with seven evening gowns, but juuggled them around 50 adroitly that she got credit for having more. It is doubtful If she is the "best.dressed woman in public lifc."
 That is applesauce dished up by her group of gaping admirers, the newSpaperwomen of Washington, who, If Mrs. Roosevelt apcpars in 0 very simple tea frock, describe 1t as . "veFy becoming green and gold dress with redingote." or if she wears c very ordinary house dress, they call 1t Q "henaa hOmespun with sleeveless jacket"
 The seven gowns shO wore during tho, social season were: A blue satin, worn at the Navy Relief Ball; Q two.toned velvet of purple and red, worn to the Vice Prosldenvs dinner to the Rooseveitsj scarlet velvet which she wore to the Cabinet dinner; also Q deep blue chiffon trimmed with lame, which she were to . departmental Teceps ton. Her favorlte Is . prune. ColOred velvet with full skirt, train, bodice, cape, creamy chif- eon bertha and all the trim. mlngs. This she wore to the Diplomatic Reception, to the Judiciary Reception and on . number Os other occasions.
 In mid-season she bought Q cream brocade with train and fichu of rare white lace, which she wore to the Presidents Birth- day Ball.
 Sports clothes are more in Mrs. Roosevelt's line. She goes in for homespun ensembles-g and purchases from her Val-Kill face tory on the Hyde Park estate. Among her sports outfits are Q