The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-03

closed doors of the last joint meeting.
 This group, named specially to consider the measure, dawled around for more than three months doing nothing. Finally, under White House prodding, it met to decide on some course of action. An agreement was reached-to disagree.
 The House members insisted that the Presidents plan be chopped up into four separate bills and submitted to the cham bers in that form. They contend ed this would expedite considera- ton. The senators opposed this, demanding that the legislation be concentrated in one measure as proposed by the President.
 Splitting this up into four bills," remarked Senate Leader Joe Robinson, head of the sen- ate committee, twill only further delay action. Of course, it probably doesn't matter, for I doubt if any reorganization legislation will get through this session. And that won't be a public calamity" "
 With these spirited words spur ring them on, the two commit tees decided to part company and each go it's own way.
 Lion and Lamb
 Strange things are happening in the strife-ridden power indus try.
 In widely separated sections of the country, private and public power interests are peacefully get ting together in mutually accept able deals-a development almost as miraculous as the parable off the lion and the lamb. These are the transactions:
 In Nebraska, negotiations have been completed under which three federally financed state power projects will take over virtually ali the private utilities in the state, at a cost of between $75,000,0 900 and $10O,0o0,o00.
 In Ponce, Puerto Rico, second largest city on the island, the municipal plant has bought out the competing private company.
 And in Seattle, Wash, the muni- cipal power and light plant man. aged by SEC Commissioner J. D. Ross and one of the most success full of its kind, has acquired its private rival at a cost of $37,- 100000.
 These absorptions are history making, but even more astounding is the fact that the Nebraska and Seattle purchases are being fi- nanced by Wall Street. The cita- del of big business is lending the governments of Nebraska and Seattle the money to buy out pri- vate utility interests.
 Government power executives are not acclaiming these events as the millennium, but they do regard them as significant straws in the wind of future power develop ment.
 Uncle Joe Cannon
 Ex-Governor Robert P. Bass of New Hampshire is the cnly sur vivor of seven governors who, III 1912, wrote letter urging Theo- dore Roosevelt to run for the nomination against Taft.
 Visiting Washington the other day to survey his chances of run ming for the senate, Bass told this story on Uncle Joe Cannon, one of the most famous speakers in the history of congress.
 Bass, then a member of Con- gross, went to Speaker Cannon to get his support for conservation bill.
 'I'm sorry you asked me that"
 replied Uncle Joe, 'because you're a fine looking young fel- low and I hate to disappOint you.
 "But you see, we have a Rules Committee here and they won't let the bill out. That conn mittee has three members. Pm
 one and Bill over there is an- other."
 Uncle Joe spit tobacco juice and called across the room to his sleepy-eyed colleague: "Hey Bill. what do you think of this conservation bill? I'm agin it."
 Bill replied that he was "agin" 1t too, and Cannon turned to Bass.
 "fhere you are. That's a
 majority. I sure wish could help you, but you see how my
 hands are tied"
 Serious Loss
 The little noticed resignation of Vice Chairman Irwin Stewart of the Federal Communications Com mission is a serious loss to the Administration and the EGG. He was one of the few really able men on the body, Stewards public reason for