The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-25

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 Belief of the White House master minds that the court will partially uphold tho act is based on the political sensitiveneSs" of Chief Justice Hughes and Justice Roberts. Always alert to follow public opinion. they are expected to side with the liberals on the validity of the measure as it re. lates to interstate commerce.
 That is, they will vote with Justices Stone, Cardoza and BFnndeis that the law may cOns additionally be applied to in- dustries engaged In business that crosses state lines. But for pure. ly intrastate industries, such as . canning factory, they are ex- pected to line up with the But ler-Van Devanter. Sutherland McReynOlds group and declare the act unconstitutional
 To the administrator and It's labor packers such g decision would be g doublc- -barreled blow.
 FIRST, 1t would drasticaily re- strict tho scope of the law, or as they express 1t, "emasculate the statute" SECOND, and far more serious at present, the favorable part of the decision would give opponents of the Presidents ju- dietary plan potent arlSwer to the charge that the Court Is ai1 incorrigible foe of labor legisla- ton.
 So the inner circle is eying next Monday with Q wary nervousness, fearful of e "bad break" and lin- certain what to do to prepare for 1t.
 Chitlin. Eater
 While the Supreme Court and sit-down strikes chiefly engross the senate floor, the inner sanc- tum of the vice presidents office is concerned with chitterlings, pro. nounced "chitlias",
 The Chitlins debate started when Representative Lindsay Warren of North Carolina brought Jack Garner five pounds of then, not long ago.
 Garner, who has hoasted that he will eat anything once, now has become one of the champion chit lin eaters of the nation. He says i, no other dish can surpass 1t.
 Those who argue over tic pros and cons of chitlins with him are Senators George of Georgia, Bachman of Tennessee and Bulow of South Dakota.
 NO T E-Webster's dictionary definition of chitterlings is: "The smaller intestines of swine" Government Poets
 One of the plans, as yet uildis- closed, of the WPA Federal Writ- CTS Project Is to give the world the poems and short stories of un- employed writers.
 From the first, writers on relief have stormed WPA with pleas that their creative writing be published. But WPA of- flcials, reluctant to pass judg- ment on the delicate question of when Is . poem not . poem, in- vented literary tasks of another sort.
 They put relief writers to work on the more prosaic tasks of historical research and essay writ ing. The one project; absorbing the largest number of writers was the American Guide, with Q volume for each State in the Union.
 But nov relief writers arc priy- ileged to let their hair down in creative forms. A vast number of manuscripts principally poems and short stories have been looked over. and the best have been selected for a volume short ly to be published by Story Maga- zine.
 Worried
 Vice President Garner is wor- ried.
 He is telling cronies that he fears the dearth of republicans in the senate may hold up adjourn ment of Congress and thus de- lay return to his beloved Uyalde and the delights of fishing.
 Reason for the shaggy-browed Texans concern is simple. Toward the close of each session there is always Q mass of bills that have to be sent to conference to iron out differences between the House and Senate. These conference committees arc made up of demo- crats and republicans.
 With only IT republicans in the senate, Garner foresees the hkli- hood of there not being enough minority senators to man all the conference committees.
 That would require holding up action of the committees until the republicans could get around to sitting on them.
 And that will mean" com