The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-06


 P am doing everything in my power to help 1t get funds"
 NOTE-With Hoover on the train was Senator Burton K. Wheeler, Montana Democrat and once one of Hoover's severest critics. The two men had dined together, shied away from domes- tic affairs and confined their con- versation to the international field.
 MOVIE GEAR
 The large and rather 'conspicu- ous ears of Will Hays, the movie czar, should have burned the last few weeks, because the Justice Department has been seriously considering the possibility of su- ing him for violation of the Sher- man antitrust act.
 Grounds against Hays are that he has set himself up as a cen- sOr of the entire movie indus- try, which under the law no one has the right to do. Actually the separate states have their own boards of cens0rs, in addition to which the public is protected by federal statutes against the showing of obscene pictures.
 If Hays had successfully kept the movies on a high moral plane, probably the Justice Department would not be considering proceed ings against him today. But off, cialS who have been checking on Hays believe his operations have been chiefly political. Thus he was largely responsible for block ing the production of Sinclair Lewis play "It Can't Happen Here, an expose of dictatorship.
 Justice Department officials be- lieve they have a case against Hays for establishing, under the guise of higher morality, the headquarters for the present mon- opoly of the film industry. MRS. ROOSEVELTS LECTURES
 A check-up of Mrs. Roosevelt's lecture audiences shows that she has definitely made friends for her husband despite large fees charged by her agent.
 The most interesting part of Mrs. Roosevelt's program is her question -and-answer period after the lecture. During this, she sub- jects herself to a grueling fire of questions and has the answer for almost every one that is handed across the footlights.
 Questions are of every conceiv- able variety, including -"How do you scramble eggs?" When this was asked at Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Roosevelt replied:
 'I don't know exactly. I put the butter in and let 1t swish around the frying pan, and then I put in the milk and eggs" meanwhile making gestures with her hands of the frying pan, eggs, etc.
 One question asked of her in Akron was: "Do you think that your husbands illness has affected your husbands mentality"
 AS Mrs. Roosevelt read the question her jaw set slightly, and then she replied:
 T am glad that question was asked. The answer is Yes. Any one who has gone through great suffering Is bound to have . greater sympathy and under standing of the problems of mankind"
 THE AUDIENCE ROSE AND GAVE HER A TREMENDOUS OVATION.
 UNDER THE DOME
 Speaker Bankhead was awarded honorary Phi Beta Kappa by the University of Alabama, but they neglected to present him with the gold key. Bankhead is now in the market for a key, even if he has to pay for 1t A member of the Plumbing Board of the Dis- trict of Columbia is Sam Tapp A label name in reverse is that of the Chairman of the Maritime Commission, sea-going Admiral Land Incidentallyp Land pushes his own tray in the Commerce Department cafeteria Senator Guy Gillette, of Iowa, found the Capitol subway car crowded one day when he wanted to get to the Senate floor. Two newsmen offered to get of. Don't trouble yourselves, gentle- men," said Gillette, 'T'll walk" Senator Henry Ashurst of Arizona says he has an infallible way to pass an appropriation bill: Always add a cipher. In other