The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-11

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 The issue has been pending since 1883, when, at the iTlstiga- ton of the White House, Rex T'lewellsW wrote g drastic measure. The fllrore that arose over the bill in business circles caused 1t to be SIlelved that year. 1 It was revived irf more mod derate form In the next session and has coil- tinued as 2 acrimonious issue ever since. S:,3Ss@ 4e2 SEaj
 This year It's proponents have reeorted tbFa new line of attack, coucentratihg their fire on state legislatures z As a result of their efforts, bills rdOdeled closely after the original TWgweil proposal have been offered and are being r1ilitantly pushed in q number Of states. Such measures are pend ing before legislatures, in New York, Washington, Montana, Cali fornia, Texas, North Dakota and Virginia. a' ~
 The inside angle of this new strategy Is the fact that 1t is . warmly backed by Mrs. R0Ose- welt, long an advocate of strin- gent food and drug legislation. It was Mrs. Roosevelt who in- spired the recent White House comment that the pending Cope land biIl is not satisfactory and will have to be strengthened be- fore 1t would be acceptable to the Administration.
 The attack in the states is wor- rying drug and food interests. They are particularly disturbed by a feature of the proposed. state measures calling for a heavy registration fee.
 The inside word Is that in order to smother these state bills and put 8, Quietus on agita- ton for Q drastic law, they are considering the advisability of swallowing the bitter pill of . moderate federal act. a Victory Reactions
 Overheard as the throng of el00.a.plate guests milled slowly out of the Victory Dinner ban- quet hall, after the Presidents slashing attack on the courts:
 VOICE: What did you think
 of it. Senator?"
 SEN. CLYDE HERRING,
 Iowa democrat and one of the
 "on-the fence" group: T don't
 see how I can vote against
 the President now"
 ANOTHER VOICE: Well,
 that's one speech that will ap-
 peal to the inob."
 THIRD VOICE: well, why
 not? The mobs ruling the
 country now, isn't it?"
 COpitOl Gambling
 The numbers racket has invaded Capitol Hill and Is flourishing among secretaries. clerks and small fry employees. 'Runners'' (bet takers), both white esand negro are doing Q very lucrative busi- ness among the boys and girls. !"
 One of them, with Q consider able clientele among House work CTS, estimated that the total daily "take" runs into the hundreds of dollars. <. This Is big money in view of the relatively small num- Der of employees involved. '' M Tn recent weeks Capitol police, In an effort to break up the gambling, have been on the look out for runners" but so far they have made no arrests. One reason is that most of the runners" are congressional employees whose detection Is very difficult unless someone peaches on them. ~. Crimps Play --,,. ,F,@;a
 However, early this winter a big criihpG was put into the racket without the aid of the cops. It happened this way: 3$5.sa,S < The fIguyes then used for the pay.Ofe were the last three ( numbers of the daily Treasury receipts, announced SlRte every afternoon. A senate secretary, who had roommate working In 4 the Treasury in 2. position to sec figures before they were made public, arranged with Iiis pay to < get them in advance. %
 With this information in his possession he placed a good sized bet. Naturally, he "hlt'--to the anguish of the operators. The first time he hit them for $500. They didn't have the money on hand and had to send Q rush-call ito Baltimore for the cash. n %
 The secretary, craftily played his game, did not use his inside pipeline again for several weeks. Then he again went to, town for a big wad. Later, he put over still 8 third big Init" for a. large sum. But that was the end Of his luck.
 The gamblers. out of pocket nearly $S,O0O, overnight changed to- new set of figures as the basis of the daily payOff.
 Merry O-ROund
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