The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-27

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 Patman comes from Texarkana, Texas, in which town MT. Mel- Ions Gulf Oil Company once op- erated the Gulf Cooperate. But after the Patman resolution, the plant - and its payroll - were moved to Port Arthur.
 Now Texas pOIiticOs report an- other Mellon move against Pat man. A Baptist minister, David M. Phillips, appears to be fl- nanced through Uncle Andy to defeat the man who wanted to impeach him.
 Phillips has resigned his pas- torate, paid all his debts, bought 8 new car, and seems to have ample finances for a vigorous po- ntical campaign for Congress.
 Friends of the ex-Secretary of the Treasury says that he never forgets.
 Early Caller
 Supreme Court Justice Me- Reynolds is noted for his irasci- ble disposition both on and off the bench. He refuses to lunch with his colleagues, he read a newspaper while Justice Cardozo was inducted into office, and he talks in loud, angry voice while delivering dissenting opinions.
 But the Tennessee bachelor has his mellow moments, and at a re- recent gathering of fraternity alumni he unbosomed to the ex- tent of relating the following story:
 A Scotchman CMcReynolds him. self is of Scotch descent), leaving a pub one night after consider able imbibing, was approached by a Salvation Army laSSie who ex- tended her tambourine and asked for aims.
 The man dropped a shilling into the tambourine and started to walk away. Then suddenly he turned and asked:
 What are you going to do with that money? Whats it fOr?"
 Tt is for God"
 "FOr God" replied the Scots man, "well, in that case give it back, because, my girl, I expect to see him before you do." Sabotage
 Blame for the latest labor erup- tion on the San Francisco water front is being placed, privately, on the shoulders of "Uncle Dan" Roper and Miss Frances Perkins.
 Labor leaders claim that had it not been for undercover sabotage by these two Cabinet members, formula might have been worked out to bring permanent peace to the entire maritime industry. Here is what happened:
 A group of New Dealers knew that another explosion was brewing on the San Francisco waterfront. And fearing the ad- verse political effect which con- tinued labor disturbances might have on West Coast political sentiment, they laid before the President plan for 8 perma- nent peace agency.
 They proposed that Congress create an Independent Marine La- bor Authority, with powers to ar- bitrate disputes in thsi industry just as the U. s. Mediation Board does in the railroad field. This Board has virtually abolished se- rious railway labor trouble. Jealous
 This was in March. The Pres- ident seemed favorable to the idea; also A. F. of L. leaders and ship operators. As a result, a tentative bill was drafted and leaders on Capitol Hill were asked to put it through Congress.
 In fact, everything appeared "Set" for speedy action-when suddenly Roper and Miss Perkins began yielding their hatchets be- hind the scenes.
 REASON: Under the proposed bill both the Commerce and La bor Departments would have been stripped of their powers to inter- vene in the Ship-labor field. All their authority would be trans ferred to the new Labor Author ity.
 Jealous of any curtaiIment of their powers, the two Cabinet members succeeded in pigeon holing the peace plan. It is now side-tracked somewhere in a maze of bureaucratic red-tape.
 Weeks have passed. Mean while, in San Francisco, the sit uation finally exploded into open strife.
 SEC Ghost
 Only real scandal the Securities Exchange Commission has experi- enced was a charge which J. Ed ward Jones, oil stock promoter, brought against Ray Bell, a dis charged member of the SEC who is alleged to have offered to FIX" things for Jones with the Com- mission in return for 8 consid- eration.
 The case attracted consider able publicity at the time, but eventually Bell was tried and acquitted.
 The other day when Frank