The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-10

SeSO ee~~Ee~~~0e - tinctly off the hot Senatori' The Roosevelt train is not stop- ping in the Palmetto state. as originally planned, to purge from political life Senator Cotton Ed Smith.
 Cotton Ed. as chairman of the Agriculture Committee, has caused the New Deal almost more heart- aches than George of Georgia or Tydings of Maryland, but luck has played into his hands.
 Luck has come in the form of an old personal animosity between Governor Olin Johnston and Ben Sawyer, head of the Highway De- partment. These two have been bitter enemies ever since John- ston called out the troops against Sawyer.
 Sawyer Is . loyal Rooseveltian, but his loyalty won't quite stomach friendship for Governor Johnston. In fact, he will do everything in his power to beat Johnston, even if in doing 90 he swings victory to Cotton Ed Smith.
 At present, however, he is ex. pected to swing his powerful support to a third candidate, Ed gar Brown, speaker of the State Legislature, New Dealer. Brown is a brilliant lawyer, a staunch de- fender of the Presidents Court plan, but not 50 well known as Governor Johnston, who also supported the court plan and b very friendly to Roosevelt.
 Into this complicated melee, the President does not intend to plunge. He does not want to antagonize either Johnston or Brown. The best he can do Is to keep out and hope for a rum off election. In this case, and if Cotton Ed Is opposed by only one New Dealer, the President will not hesitate to give him his blessing.
 Note - The Administration, strong for Burnett Maybank, mayor of Charleston, candidate for governor, also does not want to muddy the water for him by coming into the picture at pres- ent.
 Wine Cnnun;oao,.r
 Homer s. Cummings may not be a whirlwind as . New Deal Attorney General, but as a con- noisseur of wines - well, that's different.
 Slipping tomato juice at a cock tail party, Mrs. Cummings re- gretfully waived aside a stronger portion.
 "I'd love to-" she explained sadly to her ,ostess, ''but I just can't. My dotor says no. It's too bad, too, because I always did think I knew how to choose fine wines. We still serve them at home.
 "Homer is the real wine ex- pert, though. He can tell the name and vintage by the taste. I was telling the French Am. bassador about 1t and he pro- posed that we try Homer out.
 "And you know" concluded Mrs. Cummings proudly, Homer gave the right answer every time. It was just too wonder full"
 Harlan MiStrial
 Here is the inside story of the Harlan County, Ky. trial, which explains why that important test of the Wagner Labor Act ended in deadlock when the jury, up to few days before the end, were II to l for conviction.
 It is a story of how a pit of pantomime was used ot commun- icate message to the jurors when they were being held in communi. cado.
 About week before the end of the trial, the Jurors were lOafing on the grass in front of the jury house, killing time under the eyes of deputy marshals. It was here that the pantomime act oc- cured.
 Up to this time Il of the 12 had talked. as if favoring conviction. After this, the i've who finally did vote for conviction reported that the other six stopped talking and associating with them.
 What happened was that four men walked up the street of London. Ky, past the jury house. then crossed the street and lin- gered on the other side opposite the jurors. One of them was a former deputy sheriff Merle Mid- dleton, on trial. Another was A. D.. Hall, his uncle, Clay County lawyer well known for his shrewd. ness in taking care of juries. still