The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-29
WASHINGTON
DAYBOOK
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, March 2S.-Note to several
bureau of fisheries says that by May, in near.
ly all states, what should be one of the best
of recent trout seasons will be under way.
But watch the opening dates. Every trout
state has one, except Maine, where the law
reads: The seasons open when the ice goes
out"
BabeBaiter: William O. Douglas is undoubt.
eddy the only man ever to move from right
field bleachers of Yankee stadium to the bench
of the United States supreme court. When
the associate justice was practicing law in New
York and living in Westchester, he used to
slip over to the stadium at every opportunity
and park in the bleachers, where he, with a
hundred others, daily kept up a running bar.
rage of rifle-wit repartee with Babe Ruth.
How we would shout" says the associate
justice, when the Babe would shake his fist
at us or raise his cap and grin"
Sartorial item: Presidential Candidate Paul
McNutt is the best-pressed man in the capital
never puts on a suit that hasn't been fresh.
ly pressed.
Man of title: Persons visiting the senate
halls or cloakrooms often are startled when
someone halls merrily: How do you do, Mr..
President'-"Hello, Mr.. President" They whir]
around to find themselves staring at John
Nance Garner. The hailers are not, Of course,
optimistic friends being premature about the
vice-president's presidential prospects. They
merely are paying him his due as president
of the senate.
Fashion note: Maybe I'm behind the times.
1t wasn't in Hollywood and it wasn't in New
York but in a Washington hotel lobby that l
noticed two handsomely dressed young women
in widows weeds, black wells covering their
faces, and on their long shapely fingernails,
black nail polish.
Politics.: My admiration for James ]. Sweeney
continues to mount. Mr.. Sweeney, you remem-
Der, is the man in the attorney generals Of
flee who upset the District of Columbia's tax
alton system because he was willing to do
legal battle for two years and spend a thousand
dollars or so getting back SO cents the District
had illegally assessed him.
1t wasn't Mr.. Sweeney's first fight, either.
Fifteen years ago, in hometown, Boston, Mr..
Sweeney figured he'd get into politics. With
only $13 in his pocket, he set out to smash
the democratic machine and get himself elected
apportionment commissioner. Mr.. Sweeney gave
the machine the scare of their lives. He only
missed by 300 votes. Maybe" he says reminis.
Gently, Il should have spent all of my $13."
international trade: Henry A. Wallace's de.
partment of agriculture is taking a poke at
Japan. They are cutting off it's So, 900, 0OO.a.year
Easter lily bulb business. After several years
of experimenting at Beltsville, Md, the bureau
of plant industry has finally developed domestic
bulbs of better quality for. forcing in green.
houses than any imported bulbs. That means
that the backyard lily bulb farmers of Louis
lana, the South Atlantic states and Washing
ton and Oregon are now going to get that
three million a year that has been going to
Japan.
Speaking Of Japan, 1 pointed out to a son
of Nippon the other day that the japanese
army maintains offices in New York
and asked him if that were for enlistments.
NO" he said. beaming disarmingly. That's
for buying and spying"