The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-10

reelected.
Chief question-mark is in the
mind Of Daniel Calhoun Roper,
secretary Of commerce. He has
indicated to subordinates that he
sees the handwriting on the wall;
will make a polite exit.
Naval Secretary Claude Swan
son, who has been in poor
health, also may retire. AT
TORNEY GENERAL CUM
MINCaS CAN STAY IF HE
WANTS TO-OR HE CAN GO
TO THE PHILIPPINES. The
President is fond Of him, but
would not be averse to a
younger crusader in the Justice
Department.
Hull, Morgenthau, Wallace,
Ickes are fixtures. Jim Farley
wants to come back, and the
Presidents wants him.
No one will be appointed until
after election to fill the War De-
partment vacancy left BY Dern.
Also there will be no ambassador
Immediately appointed to Russia.
The President needs bait with
which to entice contributions to
Jim FIarley's war chest.
AFTER ALL, THIS is A CAM
PAIGN YEAR.
Business Barometer
Here is a pretty accurate index
Of returning prosperity:
The Securities and Exchange
Commission, which registers rls'-T
stock and bond issues before they
can be sold to the public, is prob
ably the busiest agency in the
Capital. Lights burn in its offices
every night.
Up until a few months ago,
most of the issues going through
the SEC were refunding issues.
But now brand new issues are
being flOated-a sure sign that
business is healthy.
The SEC is trying to handle the
rush with its normal personnel,
which may be impossible if there
Is a sudden spuprt in registration
before quarterly dividend period.
D. G. Suffrage
Best joke on the Literary Digest
is a personal letter received by
Mike Flynn, editor of the Wash
ington Herald, asking, In the in
terest of absolute accuracy for the
Digest poll, for the exact vote for
Roosevelt and Hoover cast by the
District of Columbia in 1882.
Apparently the Literary Digest
does not know that the citizens
of the District of Columbia can
not vote, never have voted and
they are very sore about it.
Worries
What is really worrying Hull
and Roosevelt about the Spanish
Civil war is the effect upon Latin
America.
This is the one foreign field
where closer cooperation with the
United States is not political dy-
Mantle, and the President has
been counting heavily on the
forthcoming Pan American Con-
ference to cement his Good
Neighbor" policy.
But now war in Spain is q
serious obstacle.
If war had come In any other
country-Austria. Poland, Ger
many, France-it would have been
different. But 1t came in sleepy,
siesta loving Spain, the mother
country of most of Latin America.
South America Watchful
Latin Americans are following
the Spanish war avidly. And
which ever way 1t goes, political
repercussions will result III South
America. If the radical govern
ment wins out in Spain, there
may be attempted radical revolu-
tions in Chile, Peru and possibly
Argentina.
II the Fascists win In Spain,
there will be tendency toward
relationships in South America.
Some of these repercussions may
start popping about the time of
the Forthcoming Pan American
Conference.
NOTE-Here Is how confident
the President is of reelection. AL
though the Pan American Con-
ference does not convene until
Dec. 1, when ALI M. Landon may
be president-elect, three members
of the American delegation al
ready have been appointed.
They are Secretary Hull, As
sistant Secretary Wclles and Am
bassador Wedell IN Buenos Aires.
Quoddy Propaganda
While "Quoddy" Village has been
turned over to the Youth Admin
istration for school purposes, the
tide-harnessing project sleeps, but
there is a very lively bit of propa-
ganda going on in its favor.
When visitors come to Passama-
quoddy, they see not only the in
completed job where the tools
have been laid down, but also
they see a miniature Quoddy in
actual operation.
It Is an elaborate mechanical
toy, showing the locks, dams,
spillway and power houses, with
real water running through.
Visitors gather around and a
guide steps on a treadle. The
water begins to flow, locks are
automatically operated and the
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