The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-31

Tall, personable and in their thirties, the two men had won their seats by the double feat of trouncing veteran opponents and surviving the devastating Roose- welt landslide. They were the most promising figures appearing on the COP horizon in many years.
 Lodge and Bridges began their Senate careers on even terms. But the fifteen intervening and event. ful months have wrought great changes.
 Lodge still is as slim, straight and boyishly dapper as he was when he took his seat. Bridges only a few years his senior, has become fat and overfed, with pudgy jowls hanging over his col lar and a taste for big, expensive cigars which he likes to show off to callers.
 Lodge, although the grandson of famous Senator whose name he bears, is una.sSuming and un- affected. Bridges has developed a pomposity that has made him the laughing-stock of his col- leagues and the press gallery.
 Lodge has made few speeches; and when he has talked has ob- viously been carefully prepared. Bridges is always sounding off. Next to Utah's irrepressibly To- quacious Senator King, Bridges is the most prolix and tiresome speaker in the chamber. "A bag pipe tenor" was the way Re- publican colleague once charac- terized his droning monotone. Lodges Strategy
 Lodge never makes an import ant move without experienced ad- vice. This was illustrated in his handling of secret plan to chal- lenge the price-fixing schedules of the Bituminous Coal Commission. He considered demanding an in- vestigation of the commission, instead of bursting into print, he first asked the advice of older Senate heads.
 They warned that straight resolution for coal probe would get nowhere, since the Administration would pigeon hole it in committee. The wisest strategy, they advised, was to wait until the Coal Commis- sion's appropriation came before the Senate and then open fire. Ledge adopted this shrewd course.
 In striking contrast, Bridges stormed into the IVA contro- versy like berserk bull in china closet.
 He filled the air with bolster ous intimations of corruption and mismanagement, particularly mak- ing a terrific ado over an alleged jackass that the IVA had bought for $25OO. The IVA support CTS promptly threw Bridges for a loss by revealing that he had confused the jackass with hoist ing jack. The animal had cost $290, was sold for profit of $6O.
 The investigation of IVA is be- ing voted despite Bridges rather rather than because of him, and chief result of his publicity-seek- ing capers has been to exclude himself from any possibility of place on the Investigating com- mittee. For a man whose sole objective is to fanfare his own name, this indeed is bitter pill.
 For Bridges is deeply afflict- ed with pres.dentitis. His eyes have a far-off, glassy stare when the year 1940 is mentioned which doesn't help his stand ing with Senator Arthur Van denberg, who feels he has a vested claim in the 1940 Repub- lican nomination.
 Lodge also has presidential ambitions. But he is not shout ing them from the housetops. He is proceeding quietly and mOdestly, making friends and building up goodwill.
 Although still a rookie, Lodge is one of the most popular and respected men in the Senate. Bridges, on the other hand, is running neck and neck with West Virginia's buck -toothed Rush Holt for the title of most un- popular"
 ROOSevelt'S Breakfast Rolls
 When the President departed for Warm Springs last week, he left behind surplus supply of Danish twisted buns.
 This is the Presidents favorite