The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-05

Democratic and Republican
leaders have had private meet
ing of minds on both propositions
and agreed among themselves to
do nothing about either. With
hot national election in the off,
ing, the boys have no stomach for
soaking the taxpayer either di-
rectly or indirectly and they in
tend to play it safe by doing
nothing.
Their plan is to prune appro-
priations sufficiently to keep just
within the SIS, 000,000,O00 debt linn
it and then call it day.
What happens next year they
are going to leave for the new
Congress and Administration to
worry about. They are out to save
their own scalps in 1910.
SENATOR MICKEY
During his recent visit to the
nations capital in honor of the
Presidents birthday, youthful
screen star Mickey Rooney took
a side trip to Baltimore, travel
ing under police escort. With him
went Miss Bertha Joseph, viva
cious secretary of Senator George
Radcliffe of. Maryland.
In the course of their CONVEX
sation Miss Joseph remarked:
Mickey, why don't you run for
the Senator" Mickey said Moth
ing, appeared to be thinking the
matter over.
Finally he said: "Uh-huh,
maybe you got something there.
1 have been thinking about that
carefully and maybe I will. But
first I had better get secre-
tary, hadn't 1? How about yOu?"
And Miss Joseph, comparing the
19-year-old boy to her 62-year-
old mentor, said she was inter-
eSted.
MIR. BROWDER GOES
TO WASHINGTON"
Few people outside New York
City realize that Earl BroWder is
not in Jail, but is actually run
ming for Congress. Voters of New
York's sixteenth district will
choose tomorrow (Feb. g. among
three candidates to send to Wash
ington-Michael Edelstein, Louis
LetkoWitz, and Earl BroWder.
The contest is over the seat
made vacant by the death of Con-
gresham Sirovich.
Br0wder is under sentence of
four years and $1,000 for pass
port forgery, but he is out on
bail pending appeal. Meantime.
he is making it clear that he
would much prefer seat i'll
the House to cell in prison.
Chances are that Democrat Ed
elStein will win over both Repub-
lican Lefkowitz and Communist
BroWder, but if Browder should
be elected, he would have still an
other hurdle to jump-the con-
sent of the House of Represen-
tatives itself to let him sit. 1t is
doubtful if members would seat
a Communist if they had the valid
excuse that he was under GRIM
inal sentence.
But New York Communists are
pushing him nevertheless, using
as their rallying cry, "Mr. Brow
der goes to Washington"
NO LUCK
General Julius F. Howell, a.
year-old commander of the Uni
ted Confederate Veterans tried
his hand at drawing the Presi-
dent on the third-term issue but
with no better luck than the rest.
Accompanied by Representative
John w. Flanagan of Virginia,
the Dixie hero visited the Presi-
dent at the White House. After
telling Roosevelt he had voted for
him twice, Howell added, "And
nothing would make me happier
than to. make it three in a row
this year."
The President laughed jovially
and commended the General on
his party loyalty. But he said
nothing about running again.
Howell tried another tack.
you've got to run again, Mr..
President" he insisted. mo
other Democrat but you can
win. The people won't take No
for an answer"
But Roosevelt wasn't talking.
He beamed but ducked the ques-
ton by deity changing the SUBJ
ject.