The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-19

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 Both could have the jobs if they wanted them, but no spark of en- thusiasm is apparent in the breast of either.
 Miss Perkins is suspicious that certain forces are anxious to euchre her out of the Cabinet. In this she is right. Labor leaders would like nothing better than see her in charge of social prob lens, thus permitting. potent Ed McGrady, once her assistant sec retary, to come back in full charge of the Labor Department.
 The situation in regard to Ickes is different. The President needs man with a reputation for forth- right honesty and no political machinations as the head of the new organization which will take over PWA, WPA, public roads, etc. But Ickes has his heart set on doing a real job on conservation and does not want to leave the Z Interior Department.
 So the most likely head of the new construction-spending agency is Colonel "Pinky" Harrington, who inherited WPA from Harry Hopkins. Jesse Jones is a sure bet as head of the new lending agency which will take over Fed eral Housing, Home Owners, Loan Corporation, etc., as well as the REC; while Arthur J. Altmeyer, now head of the Social Security Board, is slated to take over the new social security agency.
 ANOTHER BOAKE CARTER
 Elliott Roosevelt, turbulent sec- ond son of the President, was in- vited to speak before the Adver- tising Club of New York recently : flor five minutes. A group of other young business executives under 30 also were asked to speak on the opportunities in business for young men of today, tell how they started and where they were going, each being allowed two minutes.
 Among the guests in the audi ence were a number of pr0min- ent executives and newspaper writers, including Boake Carter.
 Elliott spoke for twenty minutes, thereby cutting several of the other speeches off the air. After burbling along about himself and what he had done, Elliott con- fessed that his real goal in life was to be 8 great newspaper columnist.
 My ambition" he said, nod ding toward the guests table, ''is to be another Boake Carter" SHADOW OF TOWNSENDISM
 For some unexplained reason the most important of the So- cial Security amendments offered by the House Ways and Means committee has completely escaped attention.
 It is a far-reaching liberaliza- ton of the annuity system, and illustrates the powerful influ- ence that the shadow of Townsendism exerts on the se- cret councils of the lawmakers. The amendment was framed for the express purpose of placating
 the clamor for more general 0ld-age benefits.
 The plan, in effect, would give every contributor to the annuity system government trust fund worth thousands of dollars. by paying benefits to his wife and minor children in the event of his death. This is the way it would work:
 A man with a wife and two chil- dren, one and two years of age, dies before reaching the age of 65. He has been making $50 8 month, on which he has paid $5S.50 in annuity taxes and his employer the same amount, a to- tai of $117. The two children iIn- mediately start receiving $47.O4 month, until they are 18 years of age if they remain in school, or until they are 16 if they do not. The purpose of this is to induce children to complete high school training. s..,
 The total trust fund thus left these two minors by their father amounts to $10,O00. And that isn't all. After the widow reaches the age of 65. she becomes eligible to an annuity of two-thirds of her husbands original pension as long as she lives. The minimum payment under the amendment is $lo . month.
 Social Security experts estimate