The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-05-24

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 The National Industrial Con- ference Board Gan employers or- ganization) estimates the total number of U. s. workers at 54 million of which Il million are agricultural and 42 million indus trial workers. The U. s. Bureau of Statistics estimates the total number of industrial employees at 34 million. This figure, deducted from the NICB's estimate of 42 million industrial workers, leaves 8 million not account for in eith- CT set of figures. According to the government statistical wizards, this difference represents the total jobless in the country today.
 The federal experts are very serious about this estimate, con- tend it is not guess-work and in- sist that it is accurate within a few hundred thousand either way. Some of them add that one of the reasons the president turned thumbs down on joblesS census was his confidence in the reliabil- ity of their 100000 figure.
 Michigan Rhapsody
 New director oI the women's division of the democratic na- tional committee is Mrs. Thomas F. McAllister, wife of recently elected justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. The Democratic Digest, official organ of the wo- mems division, describes it's new boss in this rhapsodic manner:
 "Appealingly feminine, slim. alert, politically wise. A woman whose years, numbered in the late thirties, rest on her with the lightness of the twenties. A fash ing smile, the knack of wearing clothes, a pleasant voice and wit that reasons forthrightly and well. Intelligent, decorative, level- headed-an example of the new woman in politics"
 Army Expert
 Said Representative Edith Nourse Rogers to Representative R. Ewing Thomson, ranking member of the house military af- fairs committee and supposedly a military expert: Judge Thom- ason, I've been trying to find out how many men constitute a U. s. army regiment. I've asked num- Der of members, but none of them knew the answer. Perhaps you can tell ne?"
 "You have me there, Mrs. Rogers" said Representative Thomson: "I haven't the faint est ideal" qf - Nutmeg State
 When Congressman Anderson of Missouri met Congressman Phil lips of Connecticut in the old house office building the other day, he. said:
 "We caught a shyster from your state in our state not long ago. He was advertising 8 newly invented roach killer for
 dollar. Hundreds of people saw the ad and sent in 8 dollar.
 What they got for their dollar was two blOcks-just two little wooden blocks, and a set of directions. The directions said, 'In order to kill the roach, place the insect on top of block A, and bring block B firmly against the top of Block A until the roach is dead
 We got him, though - the rOach!"
 Franked Telegrams
 Members of congress are per- mitted to charge telegran1s to the government if they relate to off, cial business. The senate is very liberal Interpreting what consti- tutes official business" Almost anything goes. But in the house it is different.
 Chairman Lindsay Warren of the. accounts. committee is hard- boiled. He scrutinizes every franked telegrams and anything savoring of a personal nature is promptly charged to the inter- ested member. r.
 This was the case the other day with a congressman who wanted to notify ;his wife that he was coming home. but did not want to pay the telegraph toll. So he evolved this neat message:,
 TELL DELEGATION WISH ING TO SEE ME ON LEGIS- TON TO MEET AT MY OFFICE TEN O'CLOCK TUESDAY MORNING STOP ARRIVING HOME 11:45 MON- DAY NIGHT.
 Warren investigated, found that no delegation was scheduled to meet the member, and sent him q bill. The congressman paid.
 Merry Col Round
 Washington will be the scene of the next national Townsend convention. It will be announced soon for. some date in July. The convention will be held in tent large enough, to seat 10000 per- sons, with an conditioning sys- tenn to keep the delegates cool. OFF THE RECORD