The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-25

interesting turn.
 Latest move is toward the nomination of Senator Bob Wag- ner for the governorship and Judge Ferdinand Pecora for his place in the senate. This move has been talked about before, but met no response from Senator Wagner.
 Of late, however, he has been more sympathetic. Reason is that his son, Robert F., Jr., is a mem Der of the New York assembly and the senator, who is wrapped up in the boy, would like nothing better than being with him at Albany.
 From harmony viewpoint. the combination would be ad- mirable. Wagner has fathered more New Deal legislation than almost any other senator. But he is also acceptable to Tam many and Old Guard Demo- crats. Simultaneously the Ad- ministratiOn would gain a hard hitting New Deal senator in Fred PecOra, who put through the famous stock exchange in- vestigaiton for the senate.
 NOTE-Under ordinary circum- stances. Wagner's election as gov ernor of New York would have important presidential possibilities but it happens that he was born in Germany. Presidents must be natives of the United States. Hoover in Europe
 Confidential dispatches indicate that the visit of Herbert Hoover to Europe has been far more en- thusiastic than generally reported here.
 The ex-president has been re- celved as something of conquer ing hero, especially in Germany, Belgium, what was once Austria, and the other countries which he helped to feed during war days.
 Hoover has expressed no sym pathy for Nazism, but both Hitler and Mussolini make no effort to conceal their hatred of Roosevelt. Lewis Runs Mexico
 The State Department still does not know about it, but John L. Lewis and the CIO played an i'm portant part in the seizure of American oil companies in Mex ico
 What happened was this: Be- fore the Mexican oil workers moved in, they communicated with Lewis and asked his ad- vice. Specifically they wanted to know whether they should take over the American oil com panies and whether they would have the support of American labor if they did.
 The Supreme Court of Mexico had handed down a decision re- quirinS the oil companies to pay higher wage and retirement com pensatlon scale to the oil work CTS, and Lewis, in his reply, cited this. He said that no one had a right to disobey the ruling of the Supreme Court of any country and that it was up to the oil companies to comply with the de- gree.
 The Mexican oil workers union waited for Lewis advice and then moved in. With the Mexican gov- ernment, they are now attempt ing to operate the oil companies property.
 John L. Lewis has reason to speak feeline.y regarding the Supreme Court and other legal decisions. The Supreme Cour~s Schechter decision in- validated the MIRA and the wage setupS of the miners. After that he secured the passage of the Guffey Coal Act to permit wage and price agreements in the coal field. This was in validated by the Supreme Court. More recently, federal courts have prevented the Bituminous Coal Commission from fixing the price of coal.
 Lewis has adhered to all the Court decrees and sought through legislation to rectify the situa- Glons thus created.
 Irish Sweepstakes
 The Internal Revenue Bureau is swinging into action this week to see that the government gets it's share of the Irish-Sweepstakes winnings.
 The names of ticket holders are being carefully collected from the press, but the Bureau doesn't de- pend on newspaper lists alone. Through Treasury agents in Ire land, it also obtains an official record of all U. s. winners.
 However, prize winners do not have to pay their taxes immedi- ately. No distinction is drawn between Sweeps winnings and other forms of incorne-a fact nT@VN VH>EHY% nrC0nn