The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-03

NA1A AOJAAAdo WQ0 AAAN4A VOVAJ ~ 61 persons within the past s It came about because the doc- tors used a new drug on Franklin called sulfanilamide. to cure & streptococcic condition in his throat. Everybody read about 1t, and the drug suddenly became in great demand.
 So a manufacturer in Bristol, Tcnn., conceived the idea of preparing the drug in liquid instead of powder form. He dis solved 1t in dlethylenc glycol-- 8 substance very much like antl-freeze for automobiles.
 ,Innocently enough, he shipped this new preparation of sul- fanilamide to druggists and phy- .sicians in several states. Almost immediately, he heard about it. and so did the Pure Food and Drugs Administration in Wash- ington.
 It was tearing the kidneys out of people who swallowed 1t. and killing most of them. Before - Food and Drug authOriieis could trace and seize shipments, deaths totaled 61.
 NOTE: It was only a techni. cality that allowed the authori- ties to seize the stuff. It was labeled an elixir, yet 1t was not alcoholic, as elixirs are by defini- ton supposed to be. So they seized 1t for l11is-branding. Their Administration has no power to confiscate drugs merely because they are poisonous. Rosy Picture
 Some of the business leaders who conferred with the Presi- dent during the past ten days are giving their associates 0 rosy pie ture of his frame of mind toward business.
 They report that In sharp con- trast to his previously hostile at. titude, Roosevelt Is now sympa- thetic to their complaints. Whether this unwonted freindli- ness will be translated into tan- gible action, the business men can't say. But on the basis Of clues they think they gathered from Roosevelt's remarks, they are telling intimates that the fol- lowing policies are not unlikely:
 l. A vigorous insistence that Congress provide revenue for every cent of expenditure it votes. In other words, no more piling up of the deficit. However, If economic conditions turn seri- ously sour, budget balancing again will be shelved and the faucets of government spending reopened.
 2. The undivided profit tax will be revised. How far these changes will go is still undecid- ed. But small business definite ly can look for relief.
 3. The capital gains tax may be loosened to the extent of en- couraging the housing industry. Roosevelt Is dead set against any concessions to "specula- tors, but he is willing to mod- crate the tax to further con- struction and Legitimate busi- ness expansion"
 {. The Securities & Exchange Commission will take steps to encourage Financing. particular. ly in the utility field. This docs not mean thnt the bars will be let down, but industry will be made to feel that the SEC is not lying in wait to bounce on 1t.
 5. The President is against any changes In the Wagner Labor Disputes Act, but he very much wants peace getween the A. F. of L. and the 0. I. Q. How this can be brought about he doesn't know. but he is watch ing developments and quietly
 exerting every possible influ- ence to bring the rival labor camps together.
 DlplOmatlc Hands Few people have ever seen Sum- ner Welles flustered. The Un- der Secretary of State once had the sangfroid to walk through machine gunning at Havana without batting an eyelash.
 But the other day in Washing ton, little woman held his hand in public, and the statuesque dip lomat blushed to the roots of his hair.
 The lady was Mrs. Burton w. Musser, heading a delegation of women about to take off on a goodwill flight to Latin America. Welles was giving them formal farewell.
 WelleS and Mrs. MusSer posed for the cameras, saying goodbye. but the demands of the camera men prolonged the goodbye inter-