The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-19


 Just before the President de- livered his radio address con- memorating the third anniver- sary of the Social Security Act, Madame Perkins made it a point to go over to the White House and read the Presidents speech.
 She found in the speech a boost for Senator Wagner of New York and for Representative Davey Lewis of Maryland. the two auth ors of the bill. Both are cam- paigning this fall, Wagner for re- election and Lewis for the Sen- ate against Old Deal Senator Tydings. So the President planned to give Lewis, in particu- lar, a big hand.
 But this did not meet the approval of Miss Perkins. She promptly blue -penciled the chief references to Lewis and Wag- ner, merely leaving their names In the speech, then sat down and wrote a nice long tribute to herself.
 White House Secretary Steve Early. being in awe of the lady, accepted the corrections, and the President, being in a hurry, ac- cepted the speech. Later when he discovered that the Lewis tri- bute had been left out, he in- serted an extra line for Lewis, impromptu, over the radio.
 ''Monkey Trial" Prosecutor
 Few people outside of Tennes- see remember that Tom Stewart, who replaces George t"Marble'1 Berry in the Senate next year, was chief prosecutor in the fa- nous Scopes monkey triaP thir- teen years ago.
 With the late William Jen- nings Bryan helping him. Stew art convicted the young Dayton, Tenn. school teacher for defying the state law and teaching evo- lution. The late Clarence Dar- row was defense attorney.
 Forty-five years old, Stewart has long been active in state poli- tics. He was put into the sena- torial race by Senator Kenneth McKellar, with whom Stewart has been closely affiliated politically for many years. Stewart is mar ried and has five children. In his youth he was a crack baseball pitcher and is still an ardent de- votee of the game.
 Hull vs. Mexico
 The diplomatic exchanges be- tween Mexico and the State De- partment have been the cause of considerable apprehension among Cabinet members, other than Cordell Hull.
 They fear that the Presidents Good Neighbor policy so carefully nurtured for five years, may col lapse.
 Inside fact is that some diff ference of opinion exists regard ing the Mexican situation even within the State Department. Secretary Hull has been want ing to engage in vigorous note writing campaign against Mex leo, whcih some of his advisers have opposed. /
 The note to Mexico limiting the protest to seizure of American agricultural lands was a com- promise between the two groups
 Secretary Hull has become 50 irked at Mexico that it has be- come almost personal vendetta. The question has been discussed among other White House advis- CTS and with the President, but the only opinion they have reached is that Secretary Hull has made the issue personal one and nothing can budge him. Consumers Incomes
 Some startling findings are con- tained in the study of consumers incomes made by Miss Hildegard Kneeland, ace economist of the National Resources Committee. The survey is the most compre- hensive of its kind ever made in the U. S. A.
 According to Miss Kneeland there are five general income categories in the country as fol- lows:
 At the bottOm-a group of B. 100000 families continually fac ing starvation"
 Next-11, 100000 families who are fighting poverty.
 Above them-the comfortable middle class" numbering 8,000,000 families.
 FOurth-1, ,585 ,000 families who are "habitually able to afford luxuries."