The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-27

III explanation or the SCarCll
 He justified his shift from his recent recovery, by saying that he had been referring to the prices of raw materials, such as copped However, it was steel, not copper, that prodded him into coming out for 1926 price levels, and be- hind this, in turn, was desire to do something for John L. Lewis.
 On February 8, the c. I. o. steel union opens negotiations with U. s. Steel on new contract. The union will seek a renewal of it's present wage scale with the ar- gunent that steel prices continue at a high peak. But should the price of steel break, the union would almost certainly have to take a wage cut.
 The logic of this situation was very vigorously impressed on Roosevelt by Lewis during their conference several weeks ago.
 "AN this talk about prices being too high,' the c. I. o. boss said, ''is threatening the coun- try's wage structure. If you reduce prices it is going to come out of the hide of labor. What the country needs is not price cuts but increased purchasing power.
 Sc, despite the opposition of some Brain TruSters. the Presi- dent went to bat fer his biggest vote deliverer.
 UEion Hours
 Justice George Sutherland was explaining to an old friend the reason for his retirement from the bench.
 Few people realize" he said, "how hard members of the Court work A ten-hour day is not un- usual. I found I couldn't keep that pace any longer, and rather than retard the work of the Court I decided to make way for a younger and stronger man"
 Well, George" said the friend. smiling. T think you missed a bet on the ten-hour day business. You should have talIed in the C. I. o. md or ganized the Court to obtain sSc.ter hrs e-j better work i,'g c::- ip~s."
 Biggest Radio Station
 l. looks as If Charley Nicholson. publicity Solon of the Democratic National Committee. will have a chance to earn the salary he has been drawing from Crosley Radio, operators of WLW. Cincinnati, biggest broadcasting station in the country.
 Through sheer freak of fate, the question of whether its 50o,- 000-watt license shall be renewed has been placed in the hands of WLW's chief enemy on the Fed eral Communications Commission, George Henry Payne. -
 About year ago, Commis- sicner F yne fired a barrage of embarrassing questions at POwel Cr0s.ey, president of the radio company, asking what profits WLW made and why i: should enjoy a more privileged status than other stations. Payne at that time was not on the broad casting division of the EGG, and CrOsiey never answered his questions.
 Now, however, the Commission is rotating it's different duties among the commissi oners. and last week it became Payne's sole duty to pass on whether WLW shall have six months extension of it's powerful license.
 Payne is scheduling hearings on the matter. which in itself is un- precedented. Usually the license has been renewed as a routine matter
 Nuts or Brains
 Adclfe Berle, member of the Presidents reviving Brain Trust, was scheduled to give radio broadcast some time ago and rushed to keep his appointment at 10:45 p. m. Arriving at the Ma llonal Broadcasting studio in New York, together with Brain Truster Rex Tugwell and Jerome Frank. now ECommisSioner, Berle told the man at the desk:
 "I am A. A. Berie and I'm go- ing to broadcast at 10:45."
 Sorry" said the reception clerk, looking over the radio pro- gram for the evening, but your name is not down here."
 Absurd" demonstrated BerIe, absolutely absurd. Almost as inefficient as your Agriculture Department, Rex"
 The program at 1O:45 is the Nut Trio" replied the reception clerk, looking st the thr""
 Trusters. "Is that who you are?"