The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06

tice, as other members of
 One of these instances occurred last spring just before the Wash ington visit of the British King and Queen. Borah was in the Re- publican cloakroom chatting with several colleagues when one of them remarked that his wife had "nicked" him that morning for new dress to attend the British Embassy garden party.
 q wish I could buy my wife 8 new dress" remarked Borah dole fully. "I'd like to be able to do that, but just can't afford 1t and make ends meet"
 "Bill," asked one of the group, "why haven't you practiced law on the side? It's perfectly proper. Many members of Congress do 1t, and make good money too. I just heard the other day that Burt Wheeler got very handsome fee for defending California race horse owner"
 "Yes, I know that's done," re- piled Borah. T know of a former Senator who was paid $40,000 in a case that actually amounted to little more than the use of his name. I could have had big fees, but while it's perfectly proper. I've always felt 1t just wasn't the right thing to do. My constituents elect ed me to represent them. They hired me and I've always taken the attitude that it was @ fulltime job.
 Anyway, it's too late for me to begin practising law now. You can't teach an old dog new tricks, and Mrs. BOrah will have to do without new dress. There are other values in life besides money and dresses"
 NOTE-Borah's $2O7, ,OOO savings chiefly were from insurance poli- cies which had accumulated and which presumably were left for Mrs. Borah's protection. The Sen- ator never mentioned this to his wife and the neSt-egg came as a complete surprise to her.
 SMOOTHIE JOHN HANCOCK
 During the Monopoly Commit tee hearings on investment bank ing, Robert Lehman, brother of New York's Governor, got appen- dicitis and was unable to testify regarding the Lehman Brothers banking firm. So John Hancock, another Lehman partner, testified in his place.
 Hancock,s testimony was a mas terpiece of toning down the as- sertions and implications of SEC Commissioner Leon Henderson and committee counsel Nehemkis After the session was over. Hen derson shook hands and told Han- cock:
 "WelI, if Martin Dies calls me as a witness, I'll get appendici- tis and have you testify in my place."
 COTTON STORAGE
 When able little Representative Joe Martin of Massachusetts took the floor last summer during the debate on the barter-cotton claSsi- fication bill and urged approval of a provision to store 300,000 bales of Government-owned cotton in New England, the House rose as one man and cheered him.
 The amendment went through to the tune of one of the most cordial bipartisan ovations &C., corded member of Congress. It is doubtful, however, if the popu- lar Republican floor leader would have offered his proposal if he had known what was going to happen afterwards.
 Today those 300,O0O bales, three per cent of the total government holdings. are the center of the -bit- terest undercover brawl in the career of the Commodity Credit Corporation, custodian of the cot- ton.
 Y Cause of the melee is a deal which the Corporation claims was made between James Joseph ODOnnell, New York and Boston cotton broker, and q group of New England warehouses for 8 brokerage cOmmissOn on the lucrative storage fees. O'Donnell, who has powerful Washington influence and lobbied for the legislation, lined up a number Of warehouses and appeared on the high road to getting . 10 per cent commission, when the
 Credit Corporation stepped into the picture and upset his apple