The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-01-29


 vacancy that occurs on the
 limitations that Richberg's name heads the President's. list of su- preme court possibilities have been current for some time.s ~ ~
 But because of, his pronounced unpopularity with, senate liberals and labor, the reports at first were not taken seriously. With these two powerful groups aligned against him, it waSs consid un- likely that the President would risk a vitriolic. senate debate by naming him.
 In the last week, however, confirmation of the report has come from an inner White House source whose reliability is beyond question.
 Labor hostility toward Richberg goes back to his scuttling of Sec- ton "A, the famous collection bargaining provision of the NRA.. For this labor assailed him bits.t terly. On one occasion John L.5, Lewis, head of the militant com-s mittee for Industrial Organiza- tion, refused to have his picture taken with Richberg. as} It is entirley possible that dis-,. erect warning may be given Roosevelt that if he names Rich-' berg to a vacancy on the court, senate confirmation will be fought tooth and nail. s's
 Bookkeeping
 Out of the $790,000,000 de- ficiency relief appropriation now before congress, the Treasury will get $20,O00,0o0 merely for keeping books on the expendi- ture. Lost Picture ' Of the nine members of the supreme court, Justice James Clark McReynolds is chiefly noted for his churlish disposition.
 He refuses to lunch with his col- leagues, and when; Justice Car doza was sworn Into office, Mo- Reynolds ostentatiously read a newspaper. On another occasion, Justice Stone was so offended at a remark made by McReynoldS that he left the room. v
 McReynolds also entertains no great love for Chief Justice Hughes, and while playing golf the other day, companion re- marked to McReynolds that 1t was odd there had been no new pie ture of the supreme court for Sev- eral years. To this the justice smiled and replied: .zs
 Shortly after we moved into the new building, the chief jus tice thought we ought to have a group picture made of the entire court seated in the new quarters. You know, he loves to see his picture in the paper.
 However, | didn't say any, thing, and he went ahead and made the arrangements for the photograph. But when the day came for the picture taking, I just didn't show mp, SO they couldn't take it's ;Es '
 Presidential Aspirant
 No democrat on Capitol Hill is more dogged in his hostility to the New Deal than Senator Harry F. Byrd. g
 Because he is a poor speaker and shrinks from noisy antics, the opposition of the aristocratic Vir- ginian is far less publicized than that of his late colleague, Huey F. Long. But while less known 1t Is just as virulent.
 BEHIND THIS ATTITUDE IS A SECRET AMBITION. x
 Byrd burns with desire for the presidency. Forty-nine years old and the possessor of a famous name, he considers himself equipped with all the appurten- ances necessary for the den1ocra- tic nomination,
 Also. Byrd is convinced that by 1940 the current liberal trend will have petered out and there will be q strong denaand for q conservative.
 So in his quiet, tenacious way he is pounding lat the adminis- tration. building himself up in the public mind as . champion