The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-02

or them naQ the courage CI
 The plain talker was Maury Maverick, laIne-duck liberal lead- CT of the House, and the subject of his blunt lecture was Elliott Roosevelt, the Presidents sec ond son and budding Texas radio magnate. Last spring Elliott came under fire in Houston for attempt ing to stick his nose into local affairs and for airing distinctly anti-New Deal views.
 Maverick, in whose veins runs
 the blood of an Alamo defender, did not in so many words tell Roosevelt his son was med-
 dIing carpet -hagger, but he itn- piled 1t very strongly.
 He flatly accused Elliott of aid ing Mavericks successful anti-Ad- ministration opponent, Paul J. Kilday, by employing Kilday's campaign manager as an an- nouncer in one of his radio sta- tions. Maverick also said Elliott was responsible for the mysteri- ous appearance of the hostile campaign manager on the Pres dents special train when he crossed Texas last summer.
 Maverick had been invited to
 accompany Roosevelt that day
 as an elect:oneering boost. At
 one of the wayside stops, ROose-
 welt referred to him as my
 "goOd friend Maury".
 While this was going on at the rear end of the train, up in front, in the lounge car, sat the cam- paign manager of Mavericks op- ponent. Exactly what he had up his sleeve was never learned be- cause Maverick got wind of his presence and raised a shindy. Fin ally White House Secretary Mar win Mcintyre warned the rival politician not to pull anything or a formal statement would be issued that he had got on the train unasked.
 Apparently that silenced him,
 for nothing more was heard
 from him during the trip.
 Spare the Rod
 But it didn't silence Maverick. When he returned to Washington after the November election he bluntly advised the President to give Elliott a good bawling out for the way he is carrying On."
 Roosevelt tried to excuse his son on the ground that he was young and inexperienced"
 q don't think that justifies
 him." Maverick retOrted, "Pve
 got a 17-year old boy who has
 better sense than that. Your
 friends in Texas have enough to
 do waging your fight against re-
 actiOning enemies without hav-
 ing your son put in his oar to
 help them.
 "You would be doing Elliott
 and yourself both a big service
 if you would call him in and
 tell him a few facts of life.
 That young man seems to have
 forgotten who he is and who
 his father is, and you ought to
 remind him."
 Judicial Constitutional
 The thousands homeward bound by automobile and bus along Massachusetts avenue, at the end of days work, llnknowingly pass a supreme court justice taking his daily constitutional.
 Rain or shine, cold or hot, Jus tice Harlan F. Stone can be seen late every afternoon, walking stick in hand, striding briskly up the avenue above Waterside Drive. Stone lives on Wyoming avenue, near Rock Creek Park. He walks three blocks to Massachusetts, turns west, climbs up the long hill, past the British, Brazilian. and German embassies, and on to Observatory Circle.
 Then he turns and comes back again. He like this route be- cause there are few cross streets, and the hill provides a good weight-reducing exercise. The round "trip is about two miles. Congressional Newcomers
 In 40-year old John c. Kun kel (R., Pal, the House will have one of the act contract bridge players of the country. He ranks among the first 25 Clarence ]. Mcleod, (R., Mich.) returns to Congress after the lapse of one term, having previously served ten years. Under the seniority rule his committee standing will be the same as a newcomers :. Gerald w. Landis (R., Ind.l isNa cousin of Judge Kenesaw Moun- tain Landis, big league baseball czar (. Robert Winthrop Kean, (R., N. J.) is the son of former Senator Hamilton F. Kean w. Betn Gibbs O., Georgial, who replaces Rep. Braswell, was licked by Deen in 1884 by only 50 votes