The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-27

Not only have the Louisiana and Kansas City clean-ups got old-time politicos worried, but al- so there is definite trouble break ing in Connecticut for a certain Democratic leader. The situation in Atlantic City also bears watch ing, although here the Republi- cans will be affected.
 LOUISIANA LOWDOWN
 Here is the inside story on how the federal government exposed the Bienville Hotel skullduggery In New Orleans which led to in : dictment of Huey Long pals Sey- mour Weiss, Monte Hart and oth- CTS for selling the hotel furnish- ings twice to Louisiana State University.
 The indicted go-between in the deal was Louis LeSage, dubbed "Walking- Stick Louie." He had received $8,50O as his cut of the $75,000 paid twice by the univer- sity for the hotel furnishings, and he had been very careful to put this profit in on his income tax return. He was not making the mistake Of Seymour Weiss and others who forgot to report all their income to the government prior to 1884.
 But "Walking- Stick Louie" did not 20 so far as to state in his income tax return where he got the $8,50O. He merely re- ported 1t as income"
 So in a routine check of his 1886 income tax return, the h. / ternal Revenue field agent ques- toned him about this item, and Louie got nervous and confused. When the heat was put on him he confessed. And that is how the federal government got the goods on the others implicated in the Bienville Hotel deal.
 194O PREvIEW
 Stormy behind -the-scenes rum-' blings indicate that the Young Democrats convention, opening in Pittsburgh August 10, will be a preview of the civil war sure to rock the Democratic presidential convention next year.
 According to insiders, a big row is brewing between Roosevelt and anti-Roosevelt Young Democrats over control of the Pittsburgh meeting.
 Word has leaked out that the Young Democratic bosses of New York and Texas, the first pro-Farley and the latter pro- Garner, have entered q secret alliance to block the election of a New Deal Young Democrat as president. These two states are said to have no candidate of their own but to be interested chiefly in keeping a Roosevelt ian from winning.
 The plan they are reported to have up their sleeves is to spend a lot of money at the last minute to boost their membership votes, thus giving them a maximum vot- , ing representation. This would mean 140 votes, a bloc practically certain to be enough to rule the convention.
 Representation at Young Dem- ocrats' conventions is based on membership. Each state has a minimum of five votes regardless of its paid-up members, but also is entitled to double the number of its congressional delegation on a basis of one delegate for each 1000 paid-up members. The YD membership fee is ten cents a head
 Illinois with Ss,00O paid-up members, is now the largest Young Dem. unit. and the State leaders, who are playing ball with Roosevelt, are seeing to 1t that it's 58 delegates will be on deck.
 New York with a maximum quota of % votes and Texas with 46, are now near the bot tom of the membership list. Their paid-up membership now entitled them to less than ten delegates. But q few thousand dollars would remedy that and give them their combined total of ll0 votes and powerful
 cudgei against a New Deal ticket.
 If the New York-Texas crowd goes through with it's plan. a head.on clash ls certain. For New