The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-02-17

compared to the senator's sons dickering with the Br
 MT. Stimson, secretary of state under Hoover, did his best to get British naval aid for the United States in blocking the Japanese in Manchuria. Stimson saw the Manchurian invasion as the first Japanese step toward the conquest of all China.
 At one time the Japanese fleet sailed for a secret destination in the Pacific, and Stirnson went through hectic period in which serious consideration was given to sending the U. S.,fleet to head off the Japanese before they could get to the Philippines.
 Stimson went much further with the British than have Hull and Roosevelt, but John Bull at that time was playing secret ball with the Japanese.
 Reverse English
 In 1884 the British finally were beginning to anticipate trouble with the Japanese, and when President Roosevelt brought the fleet to New York for review, the British naval attache in Washing ton approached Admiral Standley, then chief of Naval Operations, to suggest the expediency of leaving part of the American fleet in the Pacific.
 But where," asked Admiral Standley, twas the British fleet when we needed 1t during the Manchurian troubles two years ago"
 o. K. StaIin
 Young Bob" LaFollette recently took a sly dig at his Democratic colleagues who leave the Senate floor to call the White House for advice and instructions.
 Ellender of Louisiana was de- claiming that the farm bill should require beneficiaries to produce their own food crops before being eligible to receive benefit pay mentS.
 Senator George of Georgia got up and denounced the Ellender proposal. He said it would mean more regimentation, that it sound ed like one of Stalin'S proposals, direct from Moscow.
 At this point LaFollette strode out of the chamber. Returning in a few moments, he approached Senator Pope of Idaho and several others. "Tt's all right about the FL lender idea" he said, 'I just called up Stalin, and he said to forget about George and back EIlender. So I guess that settles it." Army VS. Navy
 Insiders close to the Army and Navy report that their rivalry for favorable publicity is prodigious. War Department officials especial ly are irked at the good breaks the Navy is getting, feel that the President is pro-Navy while Sec retary of War Wooding is anti press.
 The matter came up indirectly in a cabinet meeting last week, when Secretary of the Navy Swanson submitted a proposal to take newspapermen on the coming fleet maneuvers. Simul- taneously, Acting Secretary of War Johnson had submitted a proposal to take three newspa- permen on the six flying fort resses which will help celebrate the Argentine presidential in- augurati0n.
 Placing newspapermen aboard battleships during fleet maneuv- CTS was new for the navy. since during previous maneuvers beard ed Admiral Reeves enforced the strictest censorship, even ordered officers to send ashore their cam eras before departure.
 So when Secretary Swanson raised the question of putting newspapermen on battleships, the President promptly ruled it out. Then looking toward the Act ing Secertary of War, he winked, which was translated as meaning: That goes for your army bomb- CTS, toO."
 Federal Trade Thief
 The, Federal Trade Commission had been troubled by prowler who got into the building and committed petty theft. To detect him, guards were posted at all entrances, including basement entrance through the furnac room.
 In the basement they ap- prehended not one man but three. Each in turn protested, But I'm with the commission" to which the guards replied, "Yes, we've heard that story before"
 When they were brought before officials, they proved to be mem nEC THE DECnDN