The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-04

Government printing office erl- plOyes have free movies once Q week during lunch hour, with a band concert one other day each week Contrary to gene eral belief, the Jackson day cele- braticn staged each year on Janu- ary 6 by the democratic party is not in memory of the fiery war- ricr-president's birth. It as in honor of his victory over the British ct New Orleans. Jackson incidentally, was born after the death of his father. Another presi- dent with Q similar sirgulArity was Rutherford B. Hayes Texas's bullsvoiced Representative Tom Blanton, who brides himself on being the watchdog of the Treasury" is not the first to claim such honor. Old congressional records disclose that as far back as 1850 a Representative George Houston of Alabama made poli- tai capital by loudly protesting similar claims .. While . presi- dent cannot be arrested while in office, both Presidents Pierce and Grant were rnonentarily placed under arrest while White House itiuumbents; the former when he accidentally ran down 6 woman while riding horseback and the latter for racing his driving horses.
 Home Loan Extension
 A bill Is being drafted secretly on Capitol Hill to give Q six months period of grace to home owners who are delinquent in their payments on government loans. The Home Owners Loan Corporation recently reported that approximately 20 per cent of the total payments due 1t are ninety or more days overdue .. Re- publican strategy in attacking the Presidents reciprocal trade agreement with Canada will take the form of move to require senate ratification of such trarE- actions .. 2. Among denocra- tic congressman there is consid- erable private grousing over the assessment of $50 TOT ticket to next weeks Jackson day dinner. The boys are complaining that they can't afford the price. Also that if word gets back to their constituents that they attended e50-a-plate dinner 1t will do their reelection chances no good. A hot confirmation fight is in prospect against the recent ap- pointment by the President of Lamar Hardy as U. s. attorney for the Southern New York dis- trict. Hardy, @ henchman of Edward J. Flynn, Bronx political boss, is being opposed by the Manhattan Taminany leaders, who view his elevation to the powerful position as Q direct slap at them. The New York Bar as- sociation also opposes.
 Senator Gore
 The news of Senator Hchalrs injury almost caused an injury to the senate's other blind InejIi- Der, Gore of Oklahoma. When the radio announcement reached Cores ears, he was lying on his back in @ barber chair, under the knife. He started to jump up, but was restrained Friends of Senator Nye are telling him that although his neutrality ef- forts are making him a national figure, he will have to swing round to farm problems to win votes from North Dakota farm CTS The Supreme Courts Deputy Marshal. Thomas Wagga- man, says, i've been crying for twenty-one years" As Court Crier, he is the man who calls out, "Oyez, Oyeg," etc., when the justices are about to sit. Despite the twsnty-one years, he keeps before his eyes Q copy of his salutation, lest he forget his piece. He says, Friends tell me I'll go hay-wire one of these days"
 Consumers {
 Lacking the authority to conn., pei bakers to submit their pro- ductio1 costs, the AAA Consuril- CTS Counsel has sent question: naires to bread makers in twenty two cities, asking them to give such information voluntarily. So fer only Q few replies have been received More than a half million workers have been taught to read and write by CWA and PWA adult classes Tn order to prevent Asiatic insects from being brought into the U. g. by the trans-pacific mail planes, the ships and their cargos--when they arrive on the West coast--are subject to a microscopic inspection by Department of Agriculture in spectors.
 Crowded Out
 The Bituminous Coal Conamis- sion may be the first of the. New Deal agencies to establish main headquarters outside the capital. Four months of fruitless search