The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-05

With some 1t becomese a regular avocation, such as:
 Representative Lex Green of Florida, famed for his invariable black Windsor tie, his one-time chairmanship of the Committee for the Disposition of Useless Ex- ecutive Papers, and a eulogy of the Washington Fire Department which consisted of TOO words di- vided into only three sentences. Here is the roll-call of Lex,s rela- tives on the government payroll: Ref Johns, brother Jaw. rural
 mail carrier ........ $2,3S0 George Johns, nephew, post
 master of Lake Butler, Fla.
 $l,IUU Yancey Harris, brother-in-law,
 clerk in the Public Buildings
 Division ............ $i,440 Charles Harris, brother-in-law,
 PWA clerk ......... $1,260
 Other politicos are most discreet and only nibble at the gravy bowl, such as:
 Senator Arthur vandenberg, the Michigan presidential white hope, whose son, Arthur, Jr., draws $500 as congressional secre- tary, and, incidentally, is a hard worker.
 Senator Bob Reynolds, North Carolina's ebullient alien-baiter, whose son, Robert, Jr., receives $3,200 as an attorney in the Anti Trust Division. Gle has the repu- tation of doing a good job.)
 Representative c. Casper Bell of Missouri, whose son Jack gets $2.460 as chief clerk of the House Folding Room.
 Representative Martin Dies, chairman of the un-Americanism committee, whose nephew, Harry Burns, receives $i,740 as a House doorkeeper.
 Representative Fred c. Gilchrist of Iowa, whose married daughter, Mrs. Mavis Allen, draws $2,500 as a congressional secretary.
 Representative William A. Ash. brook of Ohio, who has a l6-year- old son, William, Jr., on the pay roll at $l ,450 as a House page. AMBASSADORTAL BAPTISM
 When the new British Ambassa- dor, Lord Lothian, paid his first call at the State Department, he went through baptism of fire from news cameras. He and the French Ambassador, Count di Saint Quentin, happened to meet in the diplomatic waiting-room, and the cameramen scrambled madly.
 'sMove over this way, please" said . movie man.
 "Hey, wait . minute, give the stills chance!"
 Just put your hand up as if you were talking to him."
 Pete, keep your head down!"
 The flashlights popped, and the two obliging diplomats put on a pantomime of chatting. One cam eraman hopped up on the oak table for 8 better angle. A dozen others worker from the front, and at all levels
 V. A. L. Mallet. an Embassy official who attended Lothian, looked uncomfortable, as if these fellows" were overdoing 1t. But Lothian and Count de Saint Quentin were good sports. ."Now look at each .other.". . Get in close" twill you move. . in. please? There's not much. light" stand shoulder to shoul-. Finally "sunny" summeriin. chief of State Department Proto- col, stepped up to impresario Tony Muto of Fox Movietone, and said, That's enough, Tony"
 Ths crowd broke up. Left be- hind was debris in the form of 22 blown fashlight bulbs strewn over the blue plush carpet and the sofa-where the next diplomat would sit.
 DOUBLE DOUBLE-CROSS
 U. s. Army and Navy observers have persistent reports that part of the Soviet-NaN deal is the sending of 10000 Russian divisions against Poland to help Germany if necessary.
 How true this is cannot defi- nitely be ascertained in this day of secret dictator diplomacy. But how worried over Russia are the French and British is illustrated by a call which the retiring Brit ish Ambassador paid on the State Department to explain that his government. long at swords point with the Japanese, now was try ing frantically to negotiate . deal.
 London. he explained. was.