The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-10

cuSSed With his Cabinet Onl' None had seen it in advance
 It was also significant that Sec- retary Wallace, Uncle Dan" Ro- per, and Attorney General Cum- mings maintained an icy silence when finally 1t was discussed. But not Jack Garner.
 The vice president, who had had 8 tiff with Roosevelt over the new spending program only few weeks before, was exuberant about the anti-monopoly blast. A small town banker with the viewpoint of the little business man, Gar ner always has been militant foe of trusts, so the Presidents sizzling message was right down the VP's alley.
 That was 8 swell job, chief," he exclaimed, Init the nail right on the head. Yes sir, the only thing wrong with 1t was that it should have been said five years ago."
 The President shot an amused glance at Homer Cummings, in charge of trust-busting, but the attorney general was idly scrawl- ing marks on pad of paper.
 NOTE-Talking to two other members of the cabinet some months before this, the President remarked:
 "You know, the vice president doesn't have much social con- sciousness. He doesn't know that there Is 8 labor movement or the problem of the under privileged. But he certainly is right when it comes to mon- Opolies."
 New York Fair
 Latin Americans have com- plained to the State Department and the Pan-American Union about the treatment they are get ting from officials of the New York Worlds Fair, particularly Fair director, Grover Whalen.
 One of them, Senor Josephsohn Of the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, endeavored to present a letter to Whalen from Oswaldo Aranha, Foreign Minister of Brazil, but got nowhere. He was shunted from underling to under ling, until finally the Brazilian hit upon an idea.
 ''How would MT. Whalen like to be photographed for the Brazilian papers?" he asked Perley Boone, the Fairs pub licity director. "I would also like to cable an interview to Brazil"
 This brought immediate results. MT. Whalen posed patiently and pleasantly. He was in no hurry whatsoever.
 NOTE-Guatemala has 1ndi- cated that it probably will with draw from the Fair, while Sal- vador definitely has decided not to participate. Guatemalans claim they were unable to get replies from New York Fair officials to various letters and telegrams. Supreme Court Reversal
 Although it attracted little pub lie attention, the most far-reach- ing and important Supreme Court decision of the entire year was handed down two weeks ago.
 It was written by Justice Bran deis in the case of Erie Railroad vs Tompkins, and what made the case so important was the fact that hit smashed the corporation practice of using the federal courts as means of getting around state laws they didn't like.
 This precedent had been in effect 96 years, ever since Jus tice Story handed down the Swift vs Tyson decision in 1842. In this he held that federal courts were not bound by de- cisions in state courts. There upon began a merry game on the part of companies who could afford to pay hush legal fees, to dodge around among the courts until they could find federal court which would be favorable.
 As a result of this about half of this country's progressive or reform legislation by the states was doomed even before it got started.
 Black Dissent
 As late as last February IA, in New York Life vs. Gamer, the Su- preme Court reaffirmed Justice Story,s 96-year-old opinion. There was only one dissenter from this decision and he was the gentle man who was so bitterly attacked after his appointment-Hugo Black.
 More recently has been sub 5ocsed so a behind d-the-scenes attack. Word has been spread by these wAa0 dent like him that he is inefficient" and poorly grounded in law. Especially was nV<Hy rW>ElVS nT<Nnnn