The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-20

the realm or the 1nCernaClC and he wants to fill 1t.
 So far Saxon has encountered some difficulty in this.
 It was suggested to him by 6 well-meaning friend that Henry L. stimson, secretary of state in the Hoover cabinet, would make an excellent foreign affairs advis- CT. National committee noguls, however, vetoed the idea on the spot.
 Stlmson has indicated ape provaI of the RO0sevelt-Hull rec cIprocal trade pOllcy-which runs directly counter to the hlgh-tariEf theories of republic can bIg-wigS.
 Saxon then offered the job to 0 faculty colleague, Professor Edwin M. Borchard of the Yale Law school.
 Borchard is an ardent isolation ist, believes in the freedom of the seas" and the old fashioned maintenance of neutral rights" in the event of a foreign war. Tn pacifist circles Professor Borchard iS regarded as @ "jing0".
 The Yale academician, however, turned down Saxon's offer. He was willing to work on Q part time basis, but Saxon said he wanted an expert who could de- vote full time from July 1 to about September IS.
 BritiSh-ItaIian War
 This will probably be denied, but Sir Ronald Lindsay, British arn- bassador, in recent talks with the State Department, has indicated as strongly as diplomatic language permits that war between Great Britain end Italy is unacceptable.
 It may be postponed several months or for Q year or two, but the British appear to believe 1t only @ matter of time.
 Deep Study
 For individuals doing special re- search work, the Library of Con- gross provides reserved desk space, in some cases even private rooms. Applicants for such accommoda- tions are required to sign a regis- try.
 Recently the following notation appeared in this book:
 Name: Harold Atkiss
 Address: 1086 National Press
 Building.
 Position: Research assistant,
 American Liberty League.
 Subject of Research: American
 Constitutional history.
 Period for which research facili.
 ties desired: One week.
 NOTE-Americail constitutional history covers nearly 1850 years. Consistency
 Here are some interesting state. ments on the WPA $l,500, 0,000, ,000 relief bill made by President Roosevelt and by one of his in- portant leaders in the House, Representative Buchanon of Texas, chairman of the Appropriations committee.
 May 8-Mr. Buchanon: T can assure the House--I want the members to understand 1t, be. cause they must not be misled- that every bit of this money (1,- 500,000,000 for WPA) must be spent under the guidance and di- rection of the Works-Progressive Administrator"
 May 15-The President in press conference, explained that the $500, 100000 PWA fund would be used as o pool from which money would be allocated to 1ckes and Tugwell.
 May 8-Mr. Buchanon: 'Mr. Chairman If this bill passes In It's present form, the President will not have any authority or power to allot one cent of this money. The appropriatoin is made by con- gress to the Works Progress Ad. ministration and not one iota of authority is carried to the Presi- dent or anybody else to allot any of this money"
 May 15-The President told his press conference that he, himself would make the allotments. He said he did not care who signed the checks, but that the 1ckes and Tugwell agencies would get the necessary funds.
 Philippians in Rome
 During all the heat of the war between Italy and Ethiopia, the Ethiopian College has continued to function within the Vatican in Rome.
 It is the only foreign college lo- cated within the Vatican.
 Handling Lobbyists
 Congressman Jack Dempsey of New Mexico has Q way of his own in handling lobbyists. The other day A. M. Spencer. @ constituent in Santa Fe, sent Dempsey Q let- ter which he had received from William T. Reed. Jr., Washington lobbyist for the National Associa- ton of Insurance Agents.
 Reed was stirring up opposition against a provision in one of Dempsey's bills which would per- init the government to write It's own insurance against hurricanes in Puerto Rico.
 Reed wanted insurance agents