The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-04-15

memorate the tenth annivt Lindbergh's flight to Paris.
 Large money prizes were offered and a number of countries an- nounced their intention to enter their fastest planes and ace pilots.
 What now upsets the race are the plans of the big airlines to start regular transatlantic corn- mercial service this summer. They feared that accidents in the stunt race might have an adverse eff feet on their business.
 Assistant Commerce Secretary "Sailboat" Johnson went to bat strongly for, the airlines and put pressure on the French. The State Department and the French Foreign Office are now deliber- ating the form of public an- nouncement will take explaining abandonment, of the race.
 Key Man x.
 Justice owen J. Roberts holds the key to what the Supreme Court will do on the Social &c., curity Act.
 If the Pl1iladelphian lines up for the law, it will be upheld. If he goes against it, the law is out.
 There is no magic in this fore- cast. The alignment in the Court was clearly revealed last week during the three days of argu- ment on the issue. 4
 The questions put to Oppos- ing lawyers by Chief Justice Hughes and Justice Brandeis, Stone and Cardoza showed definitely that they favored the measure. Conversely, the queries propOunded by Justices Butler, McReyn0lds and Sutherland in- dicated pronounced .disapprOvaL
 Justice Van Devanter was ab- sent nursing a cold, however, he unfailingly votes with the conser- vative group, and is practically certain to do so on the social se- curity issue. This divides the Court four to four, with Rob- ,erts holding the deciding ballot.
 What he will do on the mo- mentous test is known only to himself. Of the eight justices who heard the arguments he was the only one who asked no questions and made no comments. Through outt he proceedings he main- tained an inSCrutable silence, Dole?
 Sample query from Justice Mo- Reynolds to attorney during So- cial Security Act argument:
 ''Where do you find any duty imposed on the federal govern ment to pay Old-age pensions?"
 That duty is on the states" replied the attorney of the pro- testing company.
 'Is there any duty at all?" persisted McReyn0lds. "We have been 150 years without it, haven't we?"
 And One StenOgrapher
 Senate scene: vermont's Sena- tor Warren Austin delivering 8 ponderouS speech asSailing the Presidents court bill.
 President in the chamber: two democrcats conversing with one another; three republicans, two of them reading newspapers; and the official shorthand reporter. War and Peace
 Ambassador de Los Rios of Spain receives most of the war news from his battle-scarred country in a room soothed with the atmosphere of peace.
 Sunlight streams through the glass roof, while the ambassador strolls about the terr cotta paths of the Embassy'S conservatory, stroking his beard and waiting for. cable dispatches from Spain.
 The garden is arranged in for- nal elegance, and the air is rich with the fragrance of gardeniaS in full bloom. Ferns hanging in pendant baskets drop their fronds to touch the ornamental frogs on the floor below.
 Two sounds vie with each other. One is the gentle sound of water falling from the threats of pottery ducks into g central pool The other is the stac- cato clacking of a machine in 8 corner of the conservatory . teletype news ticker which brings to the garden reports of floods, strikes, war.
 A bell clangs. The ambassador strides across to the machine. FLASH. 300 INSURGENTS KILLED WITH DYNAMITE IN CARABANCHEL,."
 Capitol Arrests
 Children and drunks are the chief concerns of the Capitol po- lice force around the House, Senate and Capitol Plaza.
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