The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-31

anti-New Deal Democrats hammer and tongs on the subject. At 8 recent closed-door session of the House Labor Committee on the Barden bill, which would deprive nearly 100000 of the lowest paid workers of protection from the Wage-Hour act, Welch bluntly charged Chamber of Commerce inspiration behind the Barden measure.
 Representative Graham A. Bar den, North Carolina sponsor of the bill, was solemnly featuring the committee on the disastrous" effect of increased wages and shorter hours on southern indus try when Welch interrupted.
 "I want to get one thing straight" he said. Several months ago the U. s. Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution calling for the repeal of the Wage-Hour law. This bill of yours would have the same effect as outright repeal. I'd like to know if the Chamber of Com merce had a hand in It."
 Bristling with indignation, Bar den shouted back. "The gentle man has no right to make such an irsinuation. No outside inter- ests had anything to do with my bill"
 Well, you needn't be so thin skinned about it," retorted Welch. "Thcre certainly Is no question that your bill would destroy the act just as the Chamber of Comics wants 1t destroyed. So I thought that perhaps they had ghost written 1t for you"
 NOTE-Barden also ran into a southern buzz-saw when he tried to get Representative Bob Ram speck of Georgia, another of the committee, to support him. "I'll have nothing to do with your bill," Ramspeck snapped. "It's re- actionary and destructive and I'll do everything in my power to de- feat it." MAN BITES DOG
 When the Republican party sings Rooseveltian praise it's almost like man biting dog. Yet the COP did this twice in the same breath recently and few noticed it.
 The "Young Republican off, cial publication of the Young Republican Clubs, enthusiastically acclaims the appointment of Arch iband MacLeish as new head of 'the Library of Congress and with almost equal fervor lauds the work of the Anti-Monopoly Com mittee. Both are special pets of the President.
 "Just to show that we, like Hamlet, are not so crazy that we cannot tell a hawk from a handsaw,' says the Young Re- publican, i've take this oppor- tunity to applaud President Roosevelt for the appointment of Marchibald MacLeish. We don't know MT. MacLeish's poll itics, and we strongly suspect that they are not Republican. But he is scholar, gentleman and q successful business man. We commend the President for his nice discrimination"
 Next to the last sentence is practically what Roosevelt said in announcing MacLeishs ap- pointment.
 Regarding the Anti-Monopoly Committee, Young Republican says: "We commend the TNEC to our readers and suggest respect full attention to It's findings. Head ed by Senator O,Mahoney, this committee has been doing some quiet and very fruitful work in examining the state of the na- tion."
 Senator lO'Mahoney is a Wyo- ming Democrat. Prime movers of the committee are New Deal brain-trusters.
 NOTE--Mr. MacLeish may be an excellent appointment but so far he is not taking his duties too seriously. While Congress. the { Cabinet, and Library workers sweat in the heat of Washing ton, the new head of the Con- grcssional Library takes life easy in New England.
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