The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-02

All the Justices cooperated courteously - except McReynolds, oldest and testiest member of the Court. Several years ago Mc- Reynolds prevented the Court from securing a group picture by not showing up at the studio. This time he was present, but stonily refused every request of the pho- tographer.
 Finally the cameraman said: ''Mr. Justice, you are too rigid. Will you please cross your feet"
 McReynolds made no move. Looking grimly ahead, he said nothing and did nothing.
 MT. Justice McReynolds," re- peated the photographer, "cross your feet, please"
 Again McReynolds gave no sign that he heard. So the photogra- pher walked over to him, stopped down and started to arrange Mc- Reynolds feet. This time there was prompt and decisive response.
 Kicking vigorously at the cam eraman and glaring, McReynolds snapped, "No! I will not!"
 NOTE-Fourteen different poses were taken at the sitting. The one released to the newspapers was picked by the Justices, and some of their friends joke that a 5-4 decision was required be- fore they could agree on the of- ficial picture.
 TO SEE THE KING
 When President Somoza of Nic- aragua came to town, government clerks turned out by the thou sands. The government granted a three-hour recess ito whose services can be spared.'
 Now another order is going the rounds. It grants four-hour re- cess, from 10 to 2 on June 8 so that clerks may see the King and Queen.
 In this case, however, there is no mention of "thoseSwhose ser vices can be spared The leave is granted to every government worker in the city.
 NEIGHBOUR FIRE
 That White House visit of Sid- ney Hillman, head of the aggres- sive Amalgamated Clothing Work CTS, was not the courtesy call which he intimated. The brainy CIO vice-president actually went to see Roosevelt to complain vig- orouSly about the administration of the Wage-Hour Act.
 Several weeks earlier, the an- nual convention of the U. s. Chamber of Commerce had adopt ed resolution urging complete repeal of the law on the ground that it was impractical" and Hillman came fresh from the con- vention of textile workers which also had voted against the Wage Hour Administratoin-from an en- tirely different angle.
 They caustically assailed Ad- miniStrator Elmer Andrews as a "procrastinator," charged him with yielding to the pressure of reactionary employers and failing to take active and vigorous steps to raise wages above the 25 cents an hour minimum
 At the bottom of this cross-fire attack are mounting complaints from both sides.
 Many employers are disgusted because, while they have con- sceinti0usly complied with the law, less scrupulous competitors have violated it with impunity. The workers, in turn, are up in arms because thousands of their complaints have gone unheeded; because committees to formulate wage and hour standards have been set up in only seven indus tries, with not one wage-h0ur scheduled issued; finally be- cause Andrews recommended q list of amendments to the Act without consulting the unions.
 The amendments set up a num- Der of new exemptions which la- bor vigorously opposes. It con- tends that the law as 1t stands already is too limited. Particularly are the unions incensed at Afl- drews' proposal to exclude Puerto Rico from the operation of the Act. They believe this will make the Territory q sweatshop strong hold.
 The Puerto Rico issue is a sore point with labor because of Aii- drews' dismissal Of Robert Clai- bourne, Puerto flican Wage-Hour