The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-11-03

The day is not far distant when
some of them probably will be
summoned to the White House
and blithely given the opportunity
Of resigning or being fired.
According to the latest decision
of the Supreme Court, the Presi-
dent cannot fire members of a.
quasi-judicial agency such as the
FEC. However, presidential inves-
tigators have dug up SO much dirt
on certain members of the COM
munications Commission that the
chances are they would prefer to-
resign rather than face public i11-3
vestigation.
If they do not, Roosevelt seri-
ousIy considers firing the whole
lot, citing the reasons why, and
letting them appeal to the SUI
preme Court. When the Court
was preponderantly anti-New
Deal, it held that Roosevelt had
illegally removed Federal Trade
Commissioner William Hum
phrey.
Previous to this decision, how
ever, it had given another rul-
ing just the opposite. So with
a couple of New Dealers now on
the Court, Roovevelt advisers be-
Leve that the Nine might reverse
themselves.
NOTE Seven men strong, the
FEC members have been fighting
together ever since their appoint
ment. Some are Hoover hold
overs, some Roosevelt men. The
radio industry long has been dis
gusted with the whole Commits
sion.
Next In Line
If the President finally decides
not to name Prof. Felix Frankfurt
ter to the Supreme Court, the
choice will live between these two
men,.
Thurman Arnold, assistant at
tOrney General in charge of the
Anti Trust Division. He comes
from Wyoming.
Senator Louis SchwelIenbach,
100 per cent New Dealer from
Washington.
NOTE-Justice Sutherland and
Van Devanter. who have resigned,
come from Utah and Wyoming,
respectively. Tradition gives the
next vacancy to a weSterner.
Wallace'S Dog
When Henry Wallace went west
on his recent speaking tour, he
had to change one of his speeches
on short notice, and eliminate a
dog story he meant to tell. Here
is the story:
A farmer took his dog with him
into where he wanted to dynamite
some rocks. He placed piece of
dynamite under the first rock,
then connected the fuse with an
other piece under the next rock,
and so en-, under a series of rocks
along the field.
When he lit the fuse, the dog
was standing near the first rock.
The explosion made him jump all
the way to the next rock. AS he
landed there, the second charge
went off, and he leaped again,
this time landing by the third rock.
The dog kept leaping down the
field, propelled by the repeated
blasts.
Wallace's moral: In the field
of finance, successive charges
went off in 1929, 1880, 1881 and
1892, and each time private capt.
toll got scared, like the farmers
dog, and ran until the next blast
scared it more.
CLOS Own Fault
For longshoreman Harry Bridges
and other CLIO chiefs, there is bit
ter irony in Representative Mar
tin Dies vendetta against them.
Had it not been for the presi-
dent of the CLIO Oil Workers
Union, Harvey Freming, Dies
might not have been as cocky as
he is today.
During last springs primaries,
CLIO leaders wanted to go after
Dies scalp. A large bloc of oil
and maritime Jnionists are in
Dies Texas district, and CLIO stra-
tegists figured that with the Adj
ministration sore at him, there
was good chance Of beating him.
But Freming baked the plan.
An old buddy Of Dies, he object
ed to the fight, assured CIO boss
es he could handle him.
When Dies, after months OF
unyieIding opposition to the
wage hour bill, abruptly reversed