The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-17

this year, the Administratio,
 "Out in my part of the coun- try" King said, "the farmers are very much disgruntled with the way things are being run here. They don't hold anything against you personally MT. President, but they do feel that you are being very badly advised and misled by MT. Wallace. The great mass of farmers disapprove of his, theories and want you to step in and remedy them"
 Unless you do, g great many farmers are going to vote against !; the administration next year, not because they are for the op- positoin but as protest against : Wallace"
 What King did not tell the :, President was that before talking to him he had conferred with a number of New Deal leaders, in- cllding Hopkins and Ickes, and that without exception all had sympathized with~King's conten- ton that Wallace was getting the regime in Dutch with the crucial rulal vote.
 The inner circle hostility to Wallace is nothing new. The Presidents close advisers have been sour on Wallace's handling of the farm problem for some time and quietly have been, try ing to persuade Roosevelt to take hand in the situation.
 King. is leading advocate of the coSt-of-production farm relief plan which. came within a few votes of being approved by the Senate last session. Wallace is violently againstt he legislation and privately threatened to resign if t was passed by Congress, al- though years ago he advocated a similar measure in book.
 King recalled this book when he conferred with Wallace. Re- sponse to the reminder was the cryptic remark that King had a queer mental quirk". NO UMPIRE
 Assistant Attorney General Thurman Arnold is one of the outstanding legal minds in the government, but as baseball um- pire-weil, that's different.
 Impressed as umpire in a game between his Antitrust Division and the Federal Bureau of Inves- tigation, Arnold was the recipient of vituperative epithets before the first inning was over. "Robber! Burglar'!' was hurled at the fa- nous trust-buSter.
 After the Anti-Trusters had scored several runs, the FBI pitch CT threw his glove to the ground and strode to the home plate.
 ..Mister," he stormed at Arr mold, 'I don't know who you are,
 but you weren't cut out for this
 business. Now you either begin calling them straight or we'll run you out and get new um- pire."
 Conditions seemed to improve after this blunt admonition and the game proceeded more or less peacefully. After the game some one told the FBI tosser who Ar mold was, and the pitcher has, tened to apologize for his burst of temper.
 'But I still insist, Mir. Arnold" he added, "that you are lousy umpire"
 KUHN'S CITIZENSHIP
 Behind the State Departments move in holding up passports to Fritz Kuhn and other Nazi Bund leaders is a highly confidential investigation which if successful may result in putting serious crimp in Nazi activities in this country.
 Certain information is in the hands of super sleuth J., Edgar Hoover an the State Department which will probably result in the cancellation of Fritz Kuhn's sta- tus as a Unite States citizen.
 ONE Is a series of affidavits quoting Kuhn to the effectt hat he came to the United States for the express purpose of organizing the Bund, and that he obtained citizenship solely for this reason. There is also a report that Kuhn several years ago was convicted on c criminal charge in Germany and concealed this fact when he applied for admission to the United States and later took out fIa eItfxaf.afslfal llonnra