The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-11

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 up Dear Alben as one who will take all the Presidential help he can get, but is lukewarm about giving any in return.
 NOTE-There is no question that Roosevelt help was solely re- sponsible for the Barkley victory. Four months ago, the Senator was as good as licked. It was not merely the Presidents Kentucky trip but various other wires the Administration pulled in the State that renominated Alben. It was clean n-cut test of the Presidents strength, perhaps one of the cleanest that has taken place go far.
 Slugger Smith
 Senator Cotton Ed" Smith of South Carolina is passing his claim for reelection on the fact that he walked out of the l936 Democratic convention in Philadelphia be- cause Negro minister delivered prayer one morning. He is also violently blasting the anti-lynch- ing bill.
 In making this attack he has not hesitated to boot senatorial courtesy out the window.
 "This so-calIed anti-lynching bill," he beloved at rally at Edgefield, s. C., "was sponsored by Senator Wagner, who was born abroad and I wished had stayed there, and Senator Van Nuys, whose name should be changed to Van Nasty"
 NOTE In most Sou thern States, when a candidate starts talking the race issue it is con- sidered sure sign that his cam- paign is in trouble.
 Unhappy Victim
 The sensational disclosures of the LaFollette Civil Liberties Committee on the use of violence and labor spies by Little Steel" to prevent unionization of their plants have had very dismaying effect on w. B. Gillies, florid vice president of the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Go.
 After a day of testimony, in which Gillies' claim that his firm had not used labor spies was proven false, he remarked bitter ly to 0. M. White, hard-boiled of- ficial of Republic Steel:
 q blame you fellows for all this, Charley. It may cost me my job Think of the years spent building up my company's reputation and now look at It. This is terrible, terrible"
 NOTE-Senacor LaFollette also revealed that Gillies' company was considering drafts of union contracts when Little Steel mem bers held secret meeting in New York and decided to oppose or- ganiZation of their workers.
 Merry.Go-ROun
 Backers of Professor Felix Frankfurter for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy are making much of the fact that in two Gallup polls during last years court battle, the famed Harvard liberal was the No. choice of the country's lawyers for eleva- ton to the Supreme Court. Frankfurter led John w. Davis, Senator Wagner and the late Newton D. Baker, under whom Frankfurter served as Assistant Secretary of War during the Will son regime .. A sight now at- tracting much tourist attention in the Capitol is the work of crew of charwomen securing by hand the hundreds of cut-glass crystals of the giant antique chandeliers in the House and Senate Hobbies. The crystals are taken down by man, who replaces them after they have been carefully washed and dried by the women :. Privately, some of the Presidents closest advisers are none too en- thusiastic about Will Mahoney, Oregon Democratic senatorial nominee. Henry Hess, the party's gubernatorial standard bearer, is rated in the inner White House circle as sincere liberal. but Ma honey is considered political op- portunist.
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