The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-05

 AAA, this amount was e almost entirely from the pock- cts of co1sumers--and went into the pockets of farmers fin the form of crop payments.
 This billion dollars is in an entirely different category from the $200, ,0O0, 900 recently ordered returned to processors by the su- prerne court.
 The $2OO, ,OO0,O0O had not been passed on to the growers. It was held in escrow pending the courts decision on the AAA suits. Its return will be . bad blow to the Presidents budget plans and will necessitate rais- ing new funds to make up the loss, but it is . tangible and concrete problem.
 The billion dollar dilemma, how- ever, is not. Tn preparing rate schedules for the new tax bill, ad- ministration master minds don't know what to do; whether to figure on means of paying the billion or to disregard the huge potential liability.
 Inner council Iegalists differ widely as to the governments accountability for the sum. Some believe, on the basis of the Su- preme Courts order that the S200, 100000 be returned, that the government must eventually re- fund the billion. Others dispute this. But on one thing all are agreed-that only the nine jus- tices can settle the question. Disastrous Delay
 Meanwhile the Administration cannot delay much longer ' in bringing out a tax plan. The new farm bill has been started on it's way through Congress and steps must be taken to finance 1t. Also, provision must be made to raise the $200, 900, ,000 still owing farm- CTS under the AAA.
 Inside word Is that the tax plan will slde-step the billion dollar riddle and call only for funds to pay for the new farm program, plus the unpaid S2OO.- 100000 debt. This will come t0 Q total of about $S0O,000,O00.
 While ducking the question of providing for Q possible refund of the billion dollars, the Adminis- tration will not let the issue go wholly untouched. The plan is to write into the new tax bill lan- guage that will undertake to vali- date the disputed sum.
 Whether such retroactive legis- lation will withstand Court scru- tiny no one knows. But, as one presidential adviser observed: "There is no harm in trying. The government can't lost all the time."
 King Cotton Johnston
 Oscar Johnston has just been put in the position of controlling more cotton than any other man in the worlds history.
 In the government cotton pool there are 1,500,000 bales. Under the control of the Community Credit Corporation there are A. 600,000 bales.
 For some time, Oscar John- ston has been manager of the cotton pool. More recently, due to illness of Commodity Credits President Lynn P. Talley, Johnv ston has become president of that corporation as well. Thus the total number of bales under his thumb is 6,000,00O.
 The other day an excited cot- ton broker, hearing that the gov- ernment was going to dispose of some of It's cotton, called John- ston on the phone.
 What I want to know" he said, lis this: Is there much danger that these two govern ment agencies, each trying to sell cotton, will interfere with one another?"
 The manager of both agencies assured him they would not. Sol Bloom
 Sol Bloom, New York's icono- elastic congressman, would like to rewrite the school books and throw out four cherished myths" of American history.
 1. That Paul Revere made his famous ride from Boston to Concord and Lexington. Sol says he didn't do it, and couldn't have done 1t, and nobody sup- posed he did 1t until Longfel- low, with poetic license, invent cd" the tale.
 2. That George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. Sol says Washington was born February il, 1732, ana that when the change was made from the Julian to the Gre gorian calendar in i752, Wash ington lost his rightful birth date.
 3. That Washington person. ally met Betsy Ross and asked her to make Q flag for the new Union. Sol says, No one can show me any proof that these two ever met"
 {. That Washington threw