The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-01

he didn't ire.
 Halfway in his prepared manu- script, immediately following the paragraph warning that the con- sequences of modern warfare are so far-reaching that the "ovcr-- throw of our form of govcrnmenp Is not improbable, was this startling statement:
 "Our financial structure, none too sound at present on account of the huge public debt, cannot stand such . strain"
 Taussig skipped this hot dig at the New Deal when he read his prepared paper, but newsmen didn't know 1t because no copies of the speech were distributed. A member of the committee, who later happened to glance through the manuscript, discovered the in- teresting omission scratched out in pencil by Taussig.
 Whether the Rear Admiral backed away on the advice of Navy superiors, or because of his own caution, is his secret. What ever the reason, he passed up the brickbat when he got before the committee.
 TOUGH MUG
 The ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Pan- American Union was a sWank gathering made up entirely of top- flight officials and diplomats. No one could get in without an en- graved invitation. Nevertheless the Secret Service was on hand in numbers, and while the Presi- dent spoke, they maintained & sharp-eyed watch on the auieince,
 Especially was this :rue of a rookie agent who was towering" Roosevelt for the first time. The zealous youngster spotted a bald ish, square. .jawed, athletic gentle man in the front row, and after eying' him suspiciously for a while inquired of an older agent, Say, who Is that tough-looking mug over thereP"
 "He isn't . mug" grinned his colleague. He's Justice stan ley Reed of the Supreme Court" BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS
 In Washington, Representative Graham A. Barden is getting plaudits from anti-Administfation crcnies for putting through his bill axing the Wage Hour law, but down in his North Carolina dis trict he is fighting for his poli- tical life.
 His opponent is challenging him squarely on the labor issue--and doing 1t to music.
 The enterprising rival is Charles L. Abernethy, Jr., small-town law yer who has twice given 3arden hot election battles. and whose father held Barden's seat for l2 years. Abernethy's campaign methods are a combination of those made famous by Texas grooming Governor ("Pass-the- biscuits -pappy'') o'Daniel and a movie "bank night.
 Abernethy doesn't sing himself but he has a quartet of crooners who do. They furnish the mu- sic for a "country store" stunt that is packing them into his meetings in droves.
 It consists of free raffle of sacks of flour which Aberiethy carts around from town to town. Everyone who attends his meetings is given a ticket with a number. After a program of songs and a speech by Abernethy. a large bak- ing powder can is placed on the platform and numbers picked from 1t by a blind-folded young ster. To each winner Abernethy presents a big sack of flour. ac- companied by this hot fab at Barden:
 "IIe is taking bread out of the
 mouths of working people by his blll which would put them hack on . ten-cents an hour wage basis. I'm putting the bread back in the mouths of these poor foIks."
 GROOMING GOVERNORS
 It looks as If Texas Is sure tO have another cro0ning governor in the executive mansion, no matter ls.ta - Ia