The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-17

COMMISSION.
 The drive is as intensive and bitter as it is secret. It is aimed primarily against William O. Douglas, adamant foe of Wall street and the only man, in addi- tion to Commissioner Robert E. Healy, who has had the nerve to buck the brokers during these days of "dOn't-rock- the boat prosperity.
 Mathews, Wall Street knows, is safe. He has proved it many times. He favored the aduItera- tiOn of SEC registration forms. He sided with the New York Curb Exchange in it's fight against the small ex- changes. He always has been found on the reactoinary side during any split of the commits sion.
 Once he was indiscreet enough to remark to a reporter that he was opposed to the Holding Com pany Act, a pet bill of the Presi- dents. The remark obviously was important news and the newspa- per man was about to publish it.
 But memebrs of the SEC, learn ing of its impending publication, headed 1t off. Subsequently they gave the newspaperman a job in the publicity section of the SEC. Hubby Mathews
 Mathews comes from Wisconsin, is republican, red-faced, and wears a vide -brimmed, almost sombrero hat. His nickname, Hubby" derives from his girth. He has large, gnome-like head, a belt that looks like a spliced cable, is married, and is fond of golf.
 He has an excellent technical equipment, knows the securities business, but if left to his own in- clinations always is to be found on the side of big business. Secret Wire-Pulling
 If the President has been won- dering why Pennsylvania con- gressmen should write him urging the appointment of Senator Joe Robinson to the Supreme Court vacancy, he can find the answer right in his personal staff.
 White House Secretary Mar vim Mcintyre secretly inspired the letters. He sent word to the 27 Pennsylvania democrats asking them, as a personal favor to write to the President en- dOrsing Robinson.
 What was behind McIntyre's extraordinary action was not indicated. It is not known whether it means that Robinson is not the sure fire bet for the place that he thinks he is, and that Mcintyre is secretly trying to help him by putting pressure on the President.
 So far only seven of the Penn sylvanians have responded to McIntyre's appeal. Each received a letter from Secretary Steve Early saying that the President had read their communication and would give it earnest considera- tion."
 Hall of Fame
 Tourists who have the wind and leg muscles to climb the long, winding stair to the dome of the Capitol, 250 feet above the Plaza level, find there motely assort- ment of names scraWled on the rough walls.
 Conspicuous among them, in the large letters of a boyish scrawl, is the name James R00se- velt."
 And next to that name appears the legend: Vote for Landon." Hughes Partner
 Richard E. Dwight, prominent New York corporation lawyer and former partner of Chief Jus tice Hughes, is a principal in one of the cases brought before the congressional tax-evasion investi- gating committee by the treasury. His case was also one of those anonymously cited by the Presi- dent in his message to Congress demanding the probe.
 The present name of Dwights law firm is Hughes, Schurman & Dwight. When MT. Hughes left it to become chief justice, the name of the firm was Hughes, Rounds, Schurman & Dwight. The present Hughes in the partnership is the chief justices son, Charles Evans, Jr., who was solocitor general under H0over until his father ascended the bench.
 Dwight's case has been hanging fire in the Internal Revenue Bu- reau for several years. In re- cent months he has made a num- Der of trips to Washington in an effort to settle it. The basis of the governments case is these claims:
 That Dwight bought a large in- surance policy from foreign in- slrance corporation set up in the