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garded as more or less tentative.
President Roosevelt is not eX-
pected to make any public statement
regarding his own plans-whether
he will be candidate for a third
term or not-until after Congress
adJourns. He may not make any
statement then-but his advisers
nave urged him not to say anything
while the National Legislature re-
mains in Washington. They argue
that statement from the President
taking himself out of the picture as
potential candidate would imme-
| dlately lessen his influence and
make 1t extremely difficult to get
action from Congress favorable to
the New Deal or to prevent action
by Congress unfavorable to the New
Deal. On the other hand, a state
ment that he was a receptive candi-
date they hold would be entirely
premature and would start an i'm
mediate alignment of forces to pre-.
vent his denomination.
Would Like Statement.
The President, it is said. has in
private conversation frequently in
| dicated he would not be candidate
| again. Indeed, he has said he would
not be candidate. But the pro.
spective candidates for the Demo.
cratic nomination would feel much
freer to move ahead with their plans
If the President would make such a
statement publicly and to the Ma
ton. The President, like any one
else, has perfect right to change
his mind. if conditions warrant. If
for example, it becomes quite plain
that no Democrat holding his views
about the New Deal has a reaI
chance either for the nomination OF
for the election.
A year from now the Democrats
and the Republicans will already be
in the throes of choosing delegates
to their parties respective nationa,
conventions. which will meet ir
June, 1910, to nominate presidential
and vice presidential candidates
Supporters of Vice President Garner
for the Democratic presidential
nomination. of Paul V. McNutt OF
Indiana. of Senator Barkley of Ken
lucky are on the move right now
Headquarters for McNutt have beer
opened in Indianapolis, and Frank
McHale, the manager, is sounding
out Democratic National Committee
members all over the country. The
Garner people are forming commit
tees. All of these movements are vel
known to the administration.
Bakers Dozen on List.
When the list of Democratic pos
sibilities is set down, a bakers dozen
is found with ease. For, in addition
to Mr.. Roosevelt, there are Vice
President Garner of Texas, Post.
master General James A. Farley o1
New York, Senator Barkley of Ken.
lucky. Secretary of Commerce Harr,
l.. Hopkins of New York, Solicitor
General Robert H. Jackson of New
York, Secretary of State Hull o1
Tennessee. United States High Com.
missioner to the Philippines Paul V
McNutt of Indiana. Senator Ben.
nett Champ Clark of Missouri, Sec
retary of Agriculture Henry A. Wal
lace of Iowa, Senator Tydings OF
Maryland, Senator Pat Harrison OF
Mississippi and Senator Harry Flood
Byrd of Virginia.
In that list are 100 per cent New
Dealers. anti-NeW Dealers and mid
dle-of -the-ground Democrats. The
President, Senator Barkley, Secre.
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and the 450O Italians
Thus the Spanads will be working
There good deal of balyhoo
ana P me ~hful thinkers in the Daadier and Chamberlain
CABINETS world that
ruler OF Spain he will sell out to the British the
The French appointed Field Marshal
bassador to Bugos Pean is 50
he did not want to But they made
planned to him that had
known Franco some would help France.
Franco, all soldiers the
the aged marshal But he
represented the
him he would have treated
He made him wait several days before
NOW Franco the demoaces
OF the Spanish pie 1t is presumably German
Italian consumption.
there $4,000 Italian volunteers n Spain.
shortly.
The French foreign minister is clever
but ne has become unpopular with
French people He is the forge of the
has proven now to be complete flop
nation Of Bonnet will be the
In France and in Great
The French and the concerned
what is happen things 20 thev are
The relationships have shown be
cratic politicians have let their
a nf Cnfra and thaoo
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NAoi f1Ss
sistant, David Finley. When Mr..
Mellon was appointed Ambassador
to the Court of ST. James in 1882,
Mr.. Finley went along as honorary
counselor of embassy. Mr.. Finley
and his chief studied London's
beautiful National Gallery with its
1900 old masters.
Time was ticking away for Mr..
Mellon, but before he died in August,
1887, the peak of his collection was
completed, legislation passed by
| Congress for acceptance of the gift,
plans approved, Tennessee marble
selected, and ground broken to
house his collection, which Mr.,
Mellon modestly called the nucleus"
OF what he hoped would become a
great national collection. In letter
to President Roosevelt in 1886 Mr..
Mellon struck the key note of the
collection when he said 1T is Of
the greatest Importance that future
acquisitions of works of art, whether
by gift or purchase, shall be limited
TO objects of the highest standard
OF quality, so that the collections to
be housed in the proposed building
shall not be marred by the introduce
ton OF art that is not the best Of
its type"
In 1888 Mr. Finley was appointed
director of the gallery at the or
ganization meeting of the Board
OF Trustees of the National Gallery.
Mr.. Mellon gave funds to the A. w.
Mellon Educational and Charitable
Trust sufficient for the building, and
provided an endowment of $1,000 900.
Mr.. Finley is a South Carolinian.
He has spent most of his life in
Washington, as his father was in
Congress for many years. He is a
graduate of the University of South
Carolina, and George Washington
Law School. He is slight, slender,
thln-faced man, whose narrow
shoulders. deep set eyes, high fore
! head suggest an unmoustached. and
not so white-haired edition of his
! beloved chief, who has brought to-
gether beauty, that Mr.. Finley feels
will influence the lives of millions
| yet unborn.
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pned was that national
soent would take the suggestion
MARINER Eccles and
deposit insurance Corp They had taken
ton of the controller.
Delano denied that his Office seeking
an unusual letter to Brnes he said
any intervention on our behalf feel that the decision
as to the future status of this Office
OF Congress and the President United States"
The controllers acquiescence the reorganization
not typical other bureaus Their struggle
good example of how difficult simplify Government
senators were active agencies
Senator Joseph F. Guffey
Tor the Coal Commission
came from the vested interests the officials
loboed untlrngly themselves
companies which they regulate pleading
them.
An example that happened
Illustration The Civil Aeronautics Authority
therefore, the aviation companies actively
Inc general counsel OF large
Senator Bynes doorstep teephonng wayaying
once and inducing mutual friends to necede campaign
the bureaus became intense that
himself from his office and worked in hideaway.
More than 20 agencies finally exempted BILL
and before the President reorganizing
President has reorganization blue
1t quickly he may get somewhere hestas
ernment lobby will him
The reorganization bill is version of the
controversial
more likely by the fact that another
packing
how much easier it the
handled able Senator like with
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Petition to Enforce
judges RULING Denied

The United States Court of Ap-
peals has denied a petition for a
writ designed to compel Presiding
Judge George C. Aukam of Munic-
ipal Court to pass on a case which
he has had under advisement for
some time.
The jurist's attorney contended
before the appellate tribunal tha,
the writ of procedendo, an old Eng
lish common law writ, no longer
exists in this jurisdiction.
The case arose out of an attempt
of an administrator to collect back
pay from the District government,
for alleged overtime for a District
Jail guard.
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associated with some drastic devel-
opment of one-man power, the
enactment of the law this week is a
start in the right direction, and will
no doubt be followed by even strong
er pressure to abolish functions and
bureaus if the next administration
should happen to be opposite to the
present in political complexion. For
the surest way to dislocate existing
jobholders who have been covered
into civil service, for instance, by
the present administration may be
for the Republicans to rewrite the
laws governing existing personnel.
In a way, the reorganization law
may be the prelude to a political
shakeup such as we have not wit
messed in years-assuming, of course,
that the present administration
should have the misfortune of losing
at the polls in 1910.
Copyright, 1890
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noses its way up
ward on WASH
ington's mall.
It was Andrew
Mellon, who en-
visioned 1t 20
years ago, and
down the years
planned in terms
Of perpetuity.
M r. M e ! 10 n
when he was
Secretary of the
Treasury, shared
his hopes and
dreams with his
friend and Spe-
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Two Bills Introduced
Under Rule Suspension
B, . Stan CORRESPONDENT of The Star.

By stan Correspondent Of The Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 30
Gaining suspension of rules to side
step the ban against presentation of
new legislation within 10 days Of
adjournment, the Prince Georges
delegation introduced two new bills
in the House.
One would make it a crime for any
one to pluck samples of leaf tobacco
to remove bad leaves-a move in
tended to bring about a raise in the
price of Maryland tobacco by in
suring the buyer a true sample OF
the product he hopes to purchase
Fines for "plucking" samples would
be not less than $100.
The second bill would repeal the
county's law requiring inspection of
all electrical installations. The law
was enacted in 1897.
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Secretary of War Woodring, who
has been a target for a good deal
of sniping But Mr.. Woodring is
entirely unlikely to resign unless he
is asked by the President to step
out, and if he is asked to quit, Mr..
Woodring, it is said, will not hesi-
tate to say that he had been re-
quested to take such a step.
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prospective withdrawal from the
cabinet, it now appears that he
will be selling stamps at the old
stand for long time to come. He
WOULD like to 60 out into private
business, for financial reasons. but
there is no indication of such a
move right now.
There is another cabinet officer,
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opposed by equally able sategist
And interesting aftermath will
between Wheeler and the President
The President became Whees bitter
Court fight
dent volunteered the that would
duck Representative Jerry OConnel enemy
and 200 New Dealer
dent the reorganization fight when Whees restrictive
dent is spelling trouble, they should friendly
Inc
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y e m o c r a t S,
where several
organic a t ion S
favoring possible
candidates, are
already hard at
work. And yet it
is obvious that
until the dark
n o r S e in tn e
White H ou S e
makes S o m e
d e f i mite and
public commit
ment regarding
his own plans,
this n1oro,1Uor
ing must be re-
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al OF Central ana SOUTHEASTERN
Europe. Italy is now firmly es-
tablished in the control of the
Mediterranean. With Franco as
their puppet the German and
Italian governments have estab-
lished another important front in
the Pyrenees.
The pressure on the western
democracies becomes stronger
every day and people of these
countries begin to realize how
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anu CIIe eCUIlU1IIIC Reconstruction
OF the country requires that
every individual go back to work.
4 X X
But Mussolinis agents tell
Franco the country is conquered
and not pacified. There still are
hot heads in Catalonia and other
sections of Spain who have to
be kept in check. In order to
avoid any new trouble Franco
must have a good gendarmerie
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The Capital Parade
Borroee for Reorganization Exemptions
Expected to Shift From CopitoI to White House

During the debate the reorganization bill
James Bynes OF South Carolina White
to this effect THE President will
from lobbying for exemptions bill
beating Bert Wheers amendment
Government another fight"
group OF bankers had urged Byrnes exempt from the bill
the office controller
for days by Senator's Government private
pleading for exemptions for wide
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historic fig h t
against So-called
"usurpation" i S
over and the
outcrieS about
dictatorship are
no longer heard.
One reason is
that the new
law is a far diff
ferent proposal
than that which
caused such a
deluge of tele-.
grams and let
ters a year ago.
Another reason
fS that CoporacS
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This Changing World
-, Sponiords Will Be Under Supervision
u Of Italians in frances Police Work.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.


Gen. Franco now the ruler of Spain going
Madrid the historical capital under the
Spain with "~ "~
1t unlikely that the the main
stay of his fight against Republicans homeland
Franco will demobize have been
lighting for 81 months The civil
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Even though the steel ring getting tighter
Great Britain Mr.. Chamberlain
Commons to vote compulsory military conscrpton
The British Premier
talk
with him--only they their kind Of peace.
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HE opinions OF the Driters this
necsssa1y The Stars Such opinions presented IN The
Stars etort to g1De all sides OF questions of interest to It's
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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the group that usually opposes
the President. He received sup
port on his bill from Senators like
Pat Harrison of Mississippi, Gill
lette of Iowa. and Walsh of Mas
sachusetts, who often oppose the
President. Byrnes even per-
suaded Vice President John N.
Garner to line up with the White
House.
The fight was so close in the
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BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

With the coming of spring presi-
dental boomlets are on the wing.
Particularly is this true among the
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Merger Bill
Dictatorship
Cries Die
Law Long Sought
Held Move in
Right Direction
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

At long last President Roosevelt
has the power to "reorganize' the
executive agencies and departments
of the Federal Government. The
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An American
You Should
Know
David Finley Shared
MELONS Dreams
Of Art Gallery
BY DELLA PYNCHON,

1t was in the 1920 postwar period
when David Finley first heard and
dreamed about "the greatest art
gallery In the world" that now
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that the controllers Office had
asked the bankers to intercede
and he used this case as an ex-
ample to the President of the
odds against which he was fight
ing.
His protest was relayed by
the White House to Controller of
the Currency Preston A. Delano,
and Mr.. Delano answered that his
Office had taken no part in the
fight. Apparently what had ham
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Protected intersections are safer to
cross than moving traffic in the mid
die of the block.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
ST MARCARET'S HONORS ISSUED
Rev. Peter J. Daley Re-
 leases List to Press This Morning

Rev. Peter J. Daly has announc- ed the honor roll for St. Margaret's parochial school following the r1id- year examinations. The honor pu- pils follow:
 Grade 8EThomas Horrigan. Dor othy Mcverry, Joseph Smith. Nary Jean Gaffney, Anna Hoey, William Moran, George Steinmetz Alan Maynard and James Kellas.
 Grade 7-Loretta Conlon, Mary Bedore, Jane Maloney, William Welch, Villain Mullen, Ellen Kelly, Patricia White, Richard Hoey and Rosemary Brennan.
 Grade 6-Robert Goodman, Iran cis Kenney, Ann Jay, William Walsh, Mary Shanahan, James Neagle, Robert Johnson, Mary Bob- bin, Alice Biron, Mary Barrett. Thomas Curley and Rita Dressell. Grade 5-Erika Vollmer, Ruth Mueller, Hilda Monaghan, Patricia Crean, Mary Driscoll, Bernice Lad- den, Mary Breen, Ellen McGuire, Patricia Ford, George Bergin, Ed ward Pimentel, Elizabeth Slason, Jo- seph Phelan, Edward Mcleod and Marie Hajjar.
 Grade 4-James KeTney. Dick Clark, Nancy Mullen, Mary Nolan Kenneth Cass, Barbara Dressel ]! Elaine Slason, Eleanor Hoey Fvelyu Doherty and Louis Collins.
 Grade Sloan Lawlor, Donald Harrigan, Roger Connor, Philip DriscolI James Walsh, Barbara Scully, Francis Shanahan, Madeline Coyle and Anne Phelan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
LOCAL DRIVERS TO FACE COURT
Three Summoned for Mo- tor Vehicle Hearings
 Tuesday Morning

Motor vehicle hearings will be held at 1O:30 o'clock Tuesday morn- ing at city court with three Water bury residents scheduled to appear.
 The list, as released by Commis- sioner of Motor Vehicles Michael A. Connor. follows:
 Lyon and Lyons, Thomaston, complaint-illegal use of markers; Earl Scheithe, Porter avenue, Union City, operating under the influence; 6-16-38; Michael Gurski, Town Hill road, Terryville, reckless driving A. 5-38; Anthony Fibre, 35 Primrose street, Waterbury, fotal accident g. 3-38 and operating under suspen- sion 9-30-38; Warren A. French, State Police Barracks, Beacon Falls, fatal accident 12-9-38; Rosario Guilmette, 129 E. Liberty street, Waterbury, overlooking 1-4-39; Fsed A. Grasso, 298 Willow street, Water bury, consider elimination of finan- cial responsibility-speeding 3-14,38; John c. Zolla, RED No. ?, Thonl- aston, consider elimination of fi- nancial responsibility improper markers 2-16-38.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Special to The Democrat)

 Hartford, March 15-Illegal hand ling of state funds and violation of accounting principles and state statutes are cited in the Childs re- port which is the basis of planned reorganization of the states fiscal officers.
 Describing at length allegedly loose practices in the offices of the state controller and state treasurer, the report notes that:
 "Under present routine all checks issued are returned by the treasurer after being signed to the controller for mailing. This is a procedure which violates not only one of the fundamental principles of account ing control but also the long es- tablished pinciple of Connecticut statutes.
 "It places in the hands of single oficer-the controller-the power to issue warrants and the privilage of disbursing the acvtual moneys and thus eliminates any check which the treasurer might other wise have over the contraller. "To continue this practice is to render unnecessary the continued participation of the treasurer in preparation of the checks. The mail- ing of checks is synonymous with the disbursing of money and it is the statutory duty of the treasurer to pay out state moneys"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15

Speaking, at the age of fifteen, Miss Flynn attracted large crowds of workers with her knowledge of Socialism and her sharp, brilliant Irish humor. While a student at the Morris High School, she was ar- rested for organizational activities. Once, when arrested for speaking on Broadway, the judge said to her, Young lady, you're wasting your time talking Socialism on Broadway. Why don't you go to the poor dis trictS"
 During the days when the Indus trial Workers of the World was a powerful organization, Miss Flynn was one of its national organizers She was associated at that time with Big Bill'' Haywood. She was one of the leaders of the great tex tile strike of 1912 in Lawrence, New Bedford, and Lowell, Massachusetts Years later. she was active in the defense of Sacco and Vanzetti. After 10 years of inactivity be- cause of a serious heart ailment, she returned to the labor movement i'll 1886 as a member of the Communist Party.
 Miss Flynn will speak on Peace and Democracy for America" The meeting will be held at 103 Green street at p. m. There will be no admission charge. The public is in- vited to attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-15
Illegal Handling Of
 State Funds Alleged
ChiIds Report on Accounting Methods Finds Presen
 State Lews Being Violated in Many Respects

Evidence of careless handling ot state funds was. noted in the re- port in the instance of issuance ot a check for $14 495.36 late last fall The report says:
 "Six different cancellations and re- issuance notices were received by the treasurer from the controller or that original transaction-(over g period of ten weeks).
 Each notice requested the issuance of two checks, each in dierent amounts, but totaling the amount of the one returned for cancella- tion.
 "The larger of the two cheeks came back for cancellation each time, the final transaction being the issuance of one check for $566.0 and one for $297.69 for the last re- turned check of $853.78.
 "All checks bore the date of the original check even though this particular transaction stretched over a period of nearly three months. ...
 Other instances similar to the one cited have been found. A series of these transactions would have ar appreciable effect on the states casf banalce."
 General criticism is directed al the practice now in vogue in tht controllers office. Instead of en. larging the presumed duties of thu controller. the report recommend close, application to the statute anc that the state treasurer fulfill hi. duties providing for a check on tn, controllers transactions.
 Several Republican bills are pend ing in the General Assembly whicl would tend to elaborate and enlarg, the powers of the Waterbury con troller, in direct contrast to tn recommendations of the Childs re port on the state financial situation and, by the report, contrary principles of Connecticut statutes. The Waterbury controller recent has sought to control a propose audit of the records of the tax col lector in that city, but has bee warned by leading member of tn Waterbury finance board that th audit must be kept out of politics
 Comment in Waterbury is to tn effect that the controller, who's staff he described as unable to pro vide more that a "very limite audit" of the tax collectors record for last year, sought direction of a audit of the collectors records fo dual reasons; One, the use of in formation derived through the audi for political purpose this summe and fall; two, to protect his "lin tied staff", as he termed 1t, fror possible criticism in the event tn check supposed to be kept in hi office fails to bear out audit fig ures obtained from tht tax collec tors records.