The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-23

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 Then as he passed, quiver of rage went through the peniten- tiary. Men pounded on their bars, spat into the aisle, howled and cursed. They did not know who Murphy was, but they always show their resentment against any visitor.
 What they also did not know was that their cells were unlocked. This happened by accident. It was the noon hour, at which time they file down to the dining room. The cells are unlocked simultaneously by an automatic time signal, and in this case the time signal had unlocked the cells but the bell, waiting for Murphy to finish his inspection, had not rung.
 Thus with the bell silent, the convicts did not know that they could have rushed into the corri- dor. There was nothing to restrain them.
 Murphy came out of Alcatraz with his soul stirred at the hard ened, hopeless attitude of the prisoners. That was why he startled Washington with hs state znent that the penitentiary should be abolished.
 Murphy's belief is that no man should have all hope re- moved. Once he reaches that stage he is like an animal. With out radios, reading material or communication with the outside world, Alcatraz prisoners, he feels, might as well be dead. HOOVER'S CHOICE
 Herbert Hoover, who has been getting about the country much more and holding more quiet meetings with key political people than most people think, has come to some definite conclusions about state governors.
 He has looked over most Re- publican governors, and the two who rate highest ill his opinion are Governor John w. Bricker of Ohio and Governor Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut.
 Of the two, he rates Bald win as the abler, in fact, as the ablest governor in the country. However, he doesn't think Bald win has a ghost of chance for 1940, while, of course, Bricker has. Hoover puts Bricker em- phaticalIy ahead of Taft.
 Hoover is inclined to think that Governor Bricker may be the best Republican bet for 1940, but he isn't advertising that fact from the house-tops yet.
 NOTE-Baldwin Is Connecti- cuts first Republican governor in eight years. After taking of flee, he immediately proposed the elimination of jobs which mo longer justify their cost" together with salary cuts and drastic reduction of relief costs. Baldwin was one of five Repub- lican governors who attended the New York banquet to hear Hoover's Lincoln Day address this year.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Greeting a group of visiting law students, Senator Henry F. Ash urst, erudite chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave them this bit of advice: "Never chew gum while arguing a case before jury. That's a trick and the jurymen are sure to be more interested in it than in what you are saying" Overlooked in the adjournment rush was the introduction of bill that may be one of the hottest issues of next years session. Introduced by Rep. Lee E. Geyer, militant California New Dealer, the measure would abolish all poll taxes. It is aimed chiefly at southern states, where the poll tax system predominateS. Gordon Dean, crack former press chief of the Justice Depart ment, recently transferred to the Antitrust Divison, is burning the midnight oil preparing the govern ment's appeal from the decision throwng out the indictments against the American Medical As sociation Pensions or Pen ury," small book written by Cali fornia's Senator Sheridan Downey has been made an official publi- cation b ythe Townsend move ment.
 RUNNERS-UP
 Representative Gene Cox of Georgia, who hates minimum wages but has q x56.30O take" for