The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-07
! . BEHIND THE SCENES WASHINGTON M RopNGV pUTcHER-d
 Democrat Washington
 Correspondent
Hawaii May Yet Be 18th State New Appoint ments to SEC Will "Bal- ance" A. F. of L. and C. l. O. Fighting for Federal Membership.

Washington, Dec. 6-The possi- bility that there will be 18th state -Hawaii-approaches the stage of likelihood.
 A committee of l2 senators and l2 representatives, the Joint Com mittee on Hawaii, personally inves- tigated the question of statehood and other Hawaiian problems this fall. The members had Q delightful time and presumably learned o great deal about the islands in the course of comprehensive hearings. Some time before Jan. 15 the commission probably will report to Congress-:
 l. That the territory of Hawaii eventually should become a state. 9. That the people of Hawaii
 should vote in a plebiscite on the question of statehood. 3. That In the meantime the
 territory should be treated in
 national legislation in the same
 manner as Q state. (This is par tieularly important to Hawaii In
 connection with sugar quota leg
 islation.)
 It Is not expected that the com- mittee will set any date for achieve ment of statehood.
 FDR Seeks Balance" in SEC
 There are two vacancies on the Securities and Exchange Commis- sion and one of them will be filled by the Presidents appointment of Jerome Frank, one of the original, outstanding and incorrigible New Dealers. The Frank appointment probably will be balanced" by ap- pointing to the other vacancy Q Wall Street broker who Is Q meIIl- Der of the New York Stock Ex- changes so called "insurgent group
 Frank, us general counsel for AAA, was Q close associate Of pr. ReXford Guy Tugwell. Ousted be- cause of his uncompromising liberal ism, he subsequently, served with REC and then with PWA as special counsel In the municipal loan-grant power cases now before the Supreme Court.
 Federal Wages and Hours
 The rival A. P. of L. and 0. I. o. federal employe unions, wing for memberships among government employees, both now have definite platforms of objectives-neither of them very radical.
 The new United Federal Work CTS of America (C, I, O. came out with @ hve-point program, aS fol- lows:
 1. A Ave- day week in the government services.
 2. An actual minimum wage in the government service cap- able of sustaining 0 standard of
 living consistent with modern
 American requirements"
 3. An appeals system for fed-
 cral employees twho feel them.
 selves victims of discrimination,
 personal or otherwiseD.
 {. Mandatory transfer and rec
 employment agency by which all
 efficient federal employees engag-
 cd in useful work may be as-
 sured of tenure. (Meaning that If
 Q few hundred or few hundred
 thousand employees arc released
 from one government agency those employees would get first
 call on jobs being created by 0
 new or old agency which B add- ing to It's staff)
 s. A merit system applicable to
 all employees.
 | A. r. of l.. Has Platform, Too
 The older A. r. of L. union for federal workers, known as the American Federation of Government Employees and apparently not wish- ing to be outdone, has just come out with It's own program, which IS:
 1. A minimum wage of $500
 year for all full-tirne govern-
 ment employees, with statutory
 automatic increases. (This carries
 an especially strong appeal to
 charWomen and elevator opera !.
 tors, mostly colored, among
 whom tho UFWA also has car.
 ried on q strong campaign) 2. A five-day, thirty.five hour week. with no reduction in pay. 3. Establishment of U. g.
 Civil Service Board of Appeals, 50
 organized as to fully protect the rights Of employees.