The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-18

HNNa to be Governor of Massach' to do with his mysterious ul the Tydings price maintenal But it is Q matter of record that son Jimmy did put in Q lusty oar for the measure, despite the fact that his father vigorously opposed it.
 The potent Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Association, which could be of great help In O guh. ernatorial campaign, at It's recent convention formally acclaimed hls friendly services, It adopted the following resolution:
 'Whereae, the Massachusetts State Pharmaceutical Assoola- ton In convention assembled has learned of the active cooperation Oa James Roosevelt, son of Che President of tho United States, on behalf of ex- pedltlng the passage of the much needed Tyding act ...
 ne it therefore resolved that the secretary convey t0 James Roosevelt the thanks of the convention for his cooperation In protecting the small mer- chants"
 Controversial Bill
 The President opposed enact- ment of the TydingS measure SO strenuously that he even sent . letter to Congress urging that 1t be pigeonholed. Under this pres- sure 1t was barricaded in com. mittee. But by . parliamentary coup, Senator Willard Tydings Of Maryland, It's current sponsor, attached it as c rider to the Dis. trict of Columbia tax bill And it whipped through Congress.
 Aimed at eut-rate stores, Che measure empowers ytaanufactur. CTS to require retailers to sell At specified prices. t has been
 knocking around Washington
 for years. Under the republicans
 it was known as the Capper bill.
 Several years ago Tydings took
 lt under his wing.
 His interest is attributed to the bigstake that Maryland distillers have in the legislation. There arc ct present some 4b0,0o0,000 gal. Ions of whiskcy nearing the ots ficial four-year aging requirement for "bottled in bond" labelling. The distillers fear that if such 6 flood of liquor come son the mar. ket ct one time, current price levels will collapes. So they have been very anxious to put through the price maintenance bill iii ore der to control the retail market.
 Consumers' organizations and ell interested government Rgen. cles have denounced tho legass lation. They warned the Prests
 dent that the law would lay
 the administration open t0 wide. spread attack for increases in
 the eost of llving. Tho Justice
 Department and Federal Trade
 Commission Informed him they
 to drop . number os pending
 anti.trust prosecutions.
 Defendants in these cases are some of the biggest distilleTs in the country, c large wholesale drug house and . razor.blado firm.
 Son Jimmy
 Son Jimmy went to bat for the bill after his father wrote Con. gress to ditch 1t.
 In . letter to his Massachu- sets druggist friends he informed them that on amendment had been devised by the Justice De- partment to meet the objections raised by the President. When Attorney General Cummings was asked about 1t he replied sharp. ly: T know nothing about this and have prepared no amendment. There is no change in my posi-. ton. ! am against the bill"
 Notwithstanding this categorical denial, Tydings, on the senate floor. repeated son Jimmy's ass sertion that the bill had been modified with Justice Department cooperation to satisfy "the Admin- istration."
 For Q second time, Cummings issued c disclaimer. But the legis. lative skids had been greaged and the measure slipped through tho House and Senate with practicals iy no debate or resistance.
 Merry.G0.R0und
 One of the best appointments made among New Deal diplomats was upon the recommendation Of ox.Brain Trust Professor Moley. He is Frank ?. Corrigan. recent ly named minister to Panama. .... The court-martial Of Capt. John T. c. gtapler for letting the U. 6. 6. Tennessee get stuck in San Francisco harbor brought no tears from neWsfnen covering the Navy Department. For many years etapler acted as a self. appointed censor of news stories affecting the navy ... The cap. ture by labor candidates running under the banner of Labor's Nons Partisan League of the Demo-