The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-21

dr., WGIlt CO MdISclllcS CO " Why he wanted to go there no one has ever explained, and lot of people on the Loyalist side are suspicious. Also suspicious was the commander of a British destroyer who at first refused to take him aboard. It required long distance phone call from Ambassador Bull lit in Paris finally to break down the suspicious.
 When young Joe arrived in Gan- dia, just south of Valencia, he was met by an American vice-con- sul who asked if he had any pa- pers. ...
 "Yes, :, replied the embryo dip- lomat, T have both LOyalist and Franco passports"
 Good night, let me have the Franco passport" replied the consul, for they were in Loyal ist territory.
 "MASTERFUL DIPLOMAT"
 Young Joe then went to Madrid, also in Loyalist territory, where he consorted entirely with Franco sympathizers and would have been arrested by. the Loyalists had he not been the son of an American ambassador. Loyalists have since accused Young Joe with arranging the Casada coup by which the downfall of Madrid was hastened.
 However, the most that he seems to have done was make life miser- able for the caretaker of the American embassy by complaining that he didn't get enough to eat.
 Young Joe sent several reports to his father in London, which, Joe, Senior, showed to Prime Min- ister Chamberlain, causing that gentleman to exclaim: "Masterful diplomatic reporting!"
 The climax of young kennedy's visit came after the victory of Franco, when he started for the border, acting as courier for the American diplomatic pouch. AS a Franco sympathizer, presumably he was travelling among friends.
 But when he got to the border, the diplomatic pouch was taken
 from him and Joe was arrested
 on the ground of having some
 drawings in his possession. It
 mattered not to the Franco
 authorities that these were very
 simple works of art. Young Joe
 was held for some time before
 the pouch finally was returned.
 And he was only released after his clothes were taken off and lemon juice was rubbed on his epi- dermis to see whether invisible ink messages were written thereon. ROOSEVELT HUMOR Before White House Secretary Early left for a Pan American Clipper flight to Europe, the Pres idcnt, called him in and said sol- emnly:
 "Steve, I want you to take out
 a $100,OOO insurance policy and
 be sure to have 1t made out to
 me. Also have Jimmy write the
 policy"
 WAGE HOUR DILEMMA
 Only a few insiders are aware of 1t, but one of the toughest problems facing the New Deal right now is saving its year-old Wage-Hour Act from the virtual junk pile.
 THE LABOR MEASURE IS UP AGAINST A TOUGH SITUA- TON.
 Prom one side 1t is being har- pooned by such die-hards as Rep- resentative Gene Cox of Georgia, bent upon gutting the law with emasculating amendments. From the other side, officials of the Wage-Hour Administration pri- vately have informed Roosevelt that enforcement has practically broken down and unless addition al funds are immediately furnish- CT. the act will be little more than c scrap of paper.
 They have told Roosevelt
 that violations are rampant all
 over the country and that in
 many sections the law Is even
 fiouted openly.
 Here are few examples they reported: 4 Mississippi Chamber of Commerce informed local em- ploycrs to disregard the act ''be- cause Che Wage.IIeur AdminIstra- tisH hasn't got enough inspector Co cheek ID ca you.' Alabama