The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10

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 On the other hand, the Agri- culture Department, which now controls Resettlement, says money must be spent in order to lift the level of farm wages and farm in-, come. Therefore it pays definitely higher wages at Shenandoah Homesteads than in the surround ing area.
 The President, however, did not go into all this. He listened to Byrd for a moment, then knowing that the senator from Virginia was one of the biggest apple growers in the entire east ern United States-he said:
 Harry, how much do you pay your apple pickers?"
 "I pay them the going wage" replied Byrd.
 "Yes, but how much is the going wager" insisted Roosevelt.
 Byrd hesitated. Finally he said: NINE CENTS AN HOUR"
 The President threw back his head, laughed heartily and said:
 There you are, Harry, that explains everything"
 Professor Saxon
 Professor Glenn Saxon of Yale, former chief of the famous Re- publican Brain Trust, is being used as window-dresSing for a com pany whose registration statement with the Securiteis and Exchange Commission has come in for a lot of criticism.
 The company is Listed Se- curities, Inc, of which Saxon is 8 director, and the SEC has been seriously considering issu- ing a stop order against it.
 At Yale, Professor Saxon always has been fantically opposed to any dabbling in outside activities by members of the faculty, and was among those who drowned upon the revelation that Profes- sor Irving Fisher of Yale was in- nocently involved in Automatic Signal" a company which proved to be no boon to investors. Diplomatic Snarl
 Several U. s. ambassadors are now undergoing the deep humilia- tion of being unable to take their new jobs because the men now holding them will not get out.
 This is the present predicament of Joe Davies, husband of the breakfast food heiress. Marjorie Post Hutton. Technically Joe is still ambassador to Russia. But he has been selected confidenti- ally as ambassador to Germany as soon as the incumbent, William E. Dodd, resigns.
 Ambassador DOdd, however, dees not seem inclined to leave Berlin. The State Department long has wanted him out, but he seems to take a contrary de- light in thwarting it.
 Meanwhile Joe Davies and his wife have to continue visiting abroad or else go back to Mos- COW.
 NOTE-Interesting fact is that Davies has done a good job as ambassador to Moscow. He has worked hard, studied the country, and the Russians are most en- tllusiastic about him. They hope he will stay.
 Ambassador GibScn
 Also in an embarrassing pre- dicament is Hugh Gibson, smbas- bassador to Brazil. He was select ed cenfidentially as U, s. ambas- sador to Belgium. But the pres ent ambassador to Belgium, Dave Hennen Morris, likes his job, doesn't intend to resign.
 So Gibson has been out on a limb, vacationing at the tax payers expense. Meanwhile Jef- ferson Caffery, ambassador to Cuba, has been appointed to Brazil, but can't take the post because Gibson will not ef- ficiaIly vacate.
 And at the same time Butler Wright, minister to Czechoslova- kia, has been appointed to take Caffery's post as ambassador 10 Cuba. But he cannot step in be- cause Caffery can't be appointed to Brazil.
 Meanwhile none of these men is working at his post: all are lon leave".
 Free Holidays
 Gibson's absence from Brazill illustrates the State Departments pleasant way of vacationing it's ambassadors at government ex- pense.
 Gibson left Rio de Janeiro around elections last year in or der to be on hand when the new ambasSadorial pie was being passed. He persuaded the State Department to bring him home "for consultation" thus had his expenses paid by the taxpayer.
 As soon as he got here, he turned around and went back to greet Roosevelt on his trip to BuenOs Aires. Again the tax