The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16

RECORDS CIley nave DCcl1 lily
It is no secret that Corson's
boss, Paul v. McNutt, presidential
minded head Of the Federal Sc
curly Agency, has been raising
the roof since the startling dis
covery last summer OF millions
of unidentifiable old-age pension
accounts Is Ssh files. Chairman
Arthur j. Altmeyer and Corson
were called on the carpet and told
to clean up the mess by Janu-
airy !.
Since then Corson has issued
several rosy bulletins to regional
directors on the progress being
made. His latest Is a confidential
report in which he proudly an.
nounces that the John Doe"
problem has been licked.
ut constituted only an histori-
cal obstacle which we .Overcame,
with unexpected success" Corson
proclaimS.
Unfortunately Corson had to
produce some figures, and these
tell much different story. They
show that John Doe" items still
on Ssh books number 1857 ,538
and represent $472, 270.4 SO in
taxes collected on wages Of per-
sons now unknown or. otherwise
ineligible for pensions-all because
of inaccurate records.
In other words, Corson has the
problem licked Che says even
though matter of z ,357,538 items
and almost half a billion in cold
cash still are unacc0unted for.
Upshot of it will be that numer-
GUS persons over IS won't share in
pensions this year.
'MR. JONES"
"A tall, distinguished, white
haired gentleman approached a
doorkeeper on the Democratic side
of the House Of Representatives.
'T'd like to see MIR. Rayburn,"
he said modestIy.
"Wh0 shall I say is .calling?"
''My names Jones'"
The doorman reflected briefly.
There are many Jo1leseS, and
majority leader Sam Rayburn OF
Texas is busy man. He dislikes
to be called from the floor except
on urgent business.
ssWhat's the first name,
please?" se
"Jesse Jones, administrator Of
the Federal Loan Agency"
AS MAINE GOES
It is now six months before the
Maine election and revival Of the
famous political slogan, "As Maine
goes so goes the nation" But
even this far in advance 1t can
be predicted that Maine will be
Overwhelmingly Republican IN
September. .'
part OF this will be through de-
fault. So far, the Democrats
have put no candidate in the race
for senator against Congressman
Ralph Brewster.
Furthermore, the Democratic
candidate for governor is Fulton
Redmond, the ernploye Of Port
land newspaper publisher Guy
Gannett, who has been a mem
Der of the Republican National
Committee, and whose wife has
been a Republican National Com
mitteewolnan.
So It looks as If the Republic
cans will have a walk-away in
September.
FREDDY HALE
Congressman Brewster, who
will be elected to the. senate al
most by default, viii inherit the
shoes of the famous Senator
"Fredy" Hale of Maine. Freddy
Is never heard around the senate,
and rarely seen. Yet his de-
parture from the Senate-he plaus
to retire this year-will make his
tory.
1t will end the longest sena-
torial reign of one family In the
annals Of Congress. HaIe's
father and grandfather also were
senators, their careers dating
back 72 years, almost continue
Ously since before the Civil
: war.
The dynasty began in 1857, when
zachariall Chandler, Hale's ma
terual grandfather and one Of
the founders Of the Republican
party, was elected senator from
Michigan. Chandler served until
1875. Six years later his son-in-
law, Eugene Hale. the present
senator's father. became senator
from Maine, serving until 1911
son Frederick has been on the
lob since 1917. The dynasty really
win end with him, for he = 9