The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-03-17

given the diloquent titl
 one of the speakers at the din- l1er was acid-tongued George Moses, ex-senator from New Hampshire.
 ''i aee," said Moses, in rising
 to speak, "that we have the field marshall with us.
 (Which reminds me" he con- tiflued, "of 8 captain in the U. 6. Marines who went. down to help train the Giiatefslala11 army. Down there he became q, brigadier general in the Guaternalan army and was very proud of his uni- form. | fS M..N .Ni
 "One day, while visiting up here, he was invited out to din- 1ler with various American army and navy oflcers. He consulted a colonel of the marines as to whether he should come in his uniform as a brigadier general or as captain of marines.
 Up here,' replied the cole Onel, 'a brigadier general of the
 Gtlatemalan army eats in the Kitchen
 Strange Absence
 The Caabao Dinner is one of the most important military func- tions of the Washington social season. The secretary of war al- ways attends, also the chief of stan.
 But this year there were three strange and mysterious absences.
 Secretary of War WOodring was invited, but did not come.
 General MaIin Craig, able chief of staff and an old Philippine veteran, was invited but did not come.
 Governor Paul McNutt, newly appointed high commissioner of the Philippines, was invited but did not come, even though Pres- ident Quezon was one of the honor guests.
 QuezOn and Mac Arthur were invited and did come.
 NOte-The Carsbao Club was formed by American Army off, cers in the Philippines after their comrades came back from the Boxer Rebellion sporting the Or- der of the Dragon given them by the Chinese government. The name, Carabao, is taken from water buffalo, considered lowly creature and the opposite of the imperial dragon.
 Embarrassing Praise
 IVA Chairman, Arthur Morgan has just had forcibly brought home to him the truth of the old adage, "One's friends often are ones worst enemies"
 Morgan has been under heavy fire in inner administration cir cleS for months because of the charge that he is unduly friendly with power interests. His dogged advocacy of the rpower pool scheme, in the face of pointed White House rebuffs, has given color to the left-wing attacks on him. sG
 Now, ln the midst of this ufdercover feud, from an oiii- ciaI power quarter comes public pron0uncemen effusive- ly lauding Morgan and urging his appointment as head of the presidents proposed National Power Policy board.
 The embarrassing declaration appeared in the current issue of the Public Utilities TortnightIy," official organ of the power indus try. The article asserts that Mor- gan agrees in the whole" with the position of the Common wealth 6 Southern Power Com- pany in its bitter and protracted fight with the IVA.
 To the New Dealers after Mor- gan's scalp this claim was like an admission of guilt. Jubilantly they called the article to Roose- velt's attention, are confident they have driven home the last nail in Morgan's official coffln.
 State Dept Intrigue
 Judge Walton Moore, aged as- sistant secretary of state, is pull- ing all sorts of secret wires to get promoted to be under-secretary. Ambassador Bill Bullitt has even gone all the way to Warm Springs to plead Moore's case with Roose- welt.
 The judge, however, is having a tough time getting around two things. One is his 78 years coup led with the presidents stand on the supreme court age-limit.
 The other is the Judges sudden and secret move in banning med- ical missions to Spain. American relief missions to war-stricken countries have been sent since the founding of this republic, and Moore's action-without consult ing his superiors-got him in Dutch. He seemed to think that the question of U. s. neutrality and Spain was his own special