The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-29

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 Two months ago most of tho Federation stfatogists favored making concessions and coming to terms with their rivals, This was tho atmosphere In which the parleylng began, But since then, the Industrial pace has slAckened Appreclably. Result has been 6 marked stlffenlng of tho TodOra- tionists' attitude,
 They figure that the strong. hold Of the c. !. O.--the mass production industries - is hit first and hardest by . slump.
 This reasoning iS well founded. Tens of thousands Of steel, auto, rubber, textile and glass workers have been laid of In tho last few weeks. This means BtoppAga Of dues payments, dlslnteRratlon of union ties. All of which is water for tho FederatlonS mill.raee.
 The greater tho c. !. 0.'s or. ganixatlOnal dlfIicultleA the less aggressive lt ls likely Co Dc ln the labor ileld and at the barley table.
 So tho earlier peace enthusiasm of A, r, of l.. leaders has cooled considerably, and they arc ASSuE1i- ing c notwithstanding policy In the hope that tho recession will crimp the Insurgents 90 badly that they win either fold up or sue for harmony.
 Toderationlsts admit that their ranks also arc being hit by the rising tido of unemployment, But they contend their limos arc not aS over-extended as the 0, l, o. and that the A. r. of L., flnan- cially and in morale, iS better equipped to weather an economic upset, q
 Anti.Thlrd Term
 PiAin-taiking Jack Garner Is against Q third torm for his "boss" and he makes no bones about it.
 Discussing the matter with . group of Senate eronieS In his office, the bushy-eyebrowOd vice president remarkedi
 "le Che president ruhs for Q third t0rm I'll stump the OOun. try against him and split the party wide open. And, what's mere, he knows that, tO0."
 Sioux Sue
 Pending unnetleod in tho .. s, Court of Claims is the biggcSt suit ever filed in tho history of this country. It hos been brought by tho Sioux Indians who seek to collect tho colossal sum of e082,s AbT3Ab.bi from tho government
 Tho suit ombodl0S claims of loSS growing out of alleged treaty vio- iationS Biggest item is valuable mineral rights in the Black Hills country Of South Dakota, richest U. s, gold producing section. An- other is Q S7i,700,000 claim for destruction of game by whltes," and c third for ei,000,000 for failure to furnish cows and oxen stipulated ln tho treaty"
 The Sioux arc the nations largest Suers. Of tho more than 19,000,000,000 in claims for dc. dress from the government pond- Ing before tho Claims Court, 9i,. 2O0,000000 are Sioux cases.
 tn fact, Indians as c Wholo are tho biggest "ollents" of tho Claims Court. Since they started suing the government they have flied c total of A2,i00 900, 900 In damage suits but their percentage Of ae- tual collections !s not largo.
 From July 1, iO30, t0 Novcm. bcr 1, i037, tho Claims Court disposed Of 2i Indian cases in. v0Iving . total of si54,i0b,bsb with the government lOsing only three amounting Co sO,73i,8e0. All the suits were opposed by Carl Mcfarland, able young head of the iand division Of the justice department.
 Practically oil Indian suits arc based on alleged violation Of treaties made in tho i870's ane 1908. Under tho Constitution tho Federal Government cannot be sued without It's consent, but in 1927 an act was passed allowing tho tribes to flo damage claims and they have been pouring in ever since,
 Loose Change
 Summoned by tho president for c conference the other day, eons aters Barkley and Pittman arrived ct tho White House in c taxieab. But they encountered fiscal trou. bles even before they crossed the threshold.
 DARKLEY produced 6 Ave dol. lar bill to pay the fare, but the driver couldn't change it.
 pITTMAN, the Nevada silver expert, produced . quarter. But tho fare was forty cents.
 So the Iajority leader and the president pro tenn of the Senate,