The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-05

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 dertakes, the job always likes him."
 NOTE Despite this cream-puff- ing Miss Perkins took sly left handed slap at Kennedy by heap ing fullsome praise on the Ameri- can crews of the liners on which she travelled. As Maritime Com- mission Chairman, Kennedy sev- erely criticized American seamen as rude and when he visited the United States in June he sailed on foreign ships.
 Merry Go-Round
 Senator Pope of Idaho gave his son George $5 for every A grade he got at George Washington uni- versity last semester. George made $25 Pope's other son, Ross, did not go in for quite so many As, but was head of Student Gov eminent Little Miss Frances Robbie" Robinson, secretary to General "Ironpants" Johnson, has now built her own house at Beth any Beach, Delaware, from whence emerge the Generals daily out pourings . George Henry Payne will soon appear in print with a book about the comic and drama tic side of his job as Federal Com n1unications Commissioner More than one statistician in the Department of Commerce has hard time pronouncing the word statistics On the last day of a five-day period of rain, Sprinklers were turned on to wa ter the lawns of the State De- partment. The nearest that Russian drama has come to writ ing about G-Men is in Gogol's "In- spector General. It was this play which J. Edgar Hoover's G-Men elected to produce in their anna teur dramatic association
 Mail Bag
 B. R., Los Angeles-Harry Bridg- es is not relative of Secretary Frances Perkins H. K. s., Chelsea, Mass.-The name of Mex ico's president is pronounced with the accent on the first syllable Card -enas. The name of Uru- guay's capital is pronounced with the accent on the fourth sylla- ble-Montevi-day-o V. K. M., Dayton, Ohio-The salary of directors of the IVA is $10,000 .. R. B., Hampstead, L. I.-You are correct regarding the labor in- dorsements of Senator Barkley. He was approved by both sC1O and AFL V. R., Baltimore, Md.-Senator Tydings' vote on amendments designed to cripple the Securities Act was Aye" The amendments were vigorously fought by the Administration and finally defeated. In supporting the amendments, Tydings voted with Vandenberg, Metcalf, Hast ings, Dickinson, Barbour, Austin, and other Republicans.
 Duffy vs. Hammer
 Wisconsins jittery Senator Duffy may succeed in getting the President to do what he has never done before = go into the LaFol- lette domain to campaign for him. But he is having no luck in his secret wirepulling to oust State WPA Director Philip Hammer in order to replace him with Duffy henchman.
 WPA boss Harry Hopkins has flatly refused to displace Hammer.
 Hopkins hasn't said this pulp licly because he doesn't want to get into a row with DuffW, so the anti-Flanner pressure has has been very sub rosa. But quietly it has been made clear to Duffy that Hammer will continue in his job.
 A former lumberman, Hammer is not aligned with any political fac- tion. His appointment was accept able to the LaFollettes but he is not member of their party. Flanenr has done good job in his WPA post as evidenced by the fact that although business man both the CIO and the AFL in Wis consin have vigorously protested Duffy's attempts to axe him.
 J. J. Handley, secretary of the State Federation of Labor, wrote Hopkins that Planners custer would be resented by Wisconsin unionites.
 While organized labor never received any favors from Flan- ner," Handley declared, Tat least he has been fair and sincere in his work on behalf of the state WPA."
 Facing a tough reelection fight, Duffy would like to put one of his henchmen in Planners place. But Hopkins threw a monkey wrench in this neat little scheme by re- fusing to remove Hammer. Copyright, 1888, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
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