The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-22

Congressman Of "trying TO force
Congress to break the Little Steel
wage-cOntrol formula"
"Non- agricultural citizens Of
this country are in q worse rela-
tive position, In terms Of Of
purchasing power, than before
the war" the Pennsylvania
cOntended. 1.-THE bill, II enact.
ed, would work an unbearable
hardship on them"
Wright and Ford tangled holly
with blonde, effuSdve Congress-
woman Jessie Sumner Of Illinois
and other farm blocers over
Miss Summers charges that the
Administration was attempting to
increase federal control Of agri-
culture" and make the farmer
subservlent" through the subsidy
program.
FORD OBJECTS
Ford hit back that proponents
Of the Steagall bill we're trying to
"raisc everyb0dy'S grocery bill,
while giving no thought 10 whether
people can afford t."
1.-THE trouble with these al
legged representatives Of the
farmer Is that they want TO
eat their cake and stlll have IT,"
Numbered the Californian. "The
government Is guaranteeing the
farmer 30 per cent Of parity for
his crops for two years after the
war. No other industry Is pro-
tected like that. Certainly the
wage earners have no such In
come guarantee. ! object 70
giving immunity TO one seq
ment Of the population, while
other people have TO take their
chances"
Miss Sumner kept chastising the
Democrats with barbed comments
about increasing the national debt.
At one point, apparently fearing
she might be accused Of PARTISAN
ship, the Lady from Illinois ale
most caused Mysteries among the
Democrats by declaring:
II don't know anything about
politics."
Congressman Patman, however,
was not impressed. After the
Steagall bill was approved, 10 to
10, he declared In q loud voice:
"This was q complete Republican
victory"
CAPITAL CHAFF
CLOS Phil Murray is being
wooed paSsionately by Democra-
tic National Chairman Frank
Walker. So far Murray, how
ever. has been coy. He has q
7-point program he wants the
Roosevelt Administration to adopt
before he makes any commitment
for 1874 Meanwhile Murray
has secured q terrific registration
Of labor votes all ready to cast
their ballots one way or the other
:. Walter Reuther, Of the United
Automobile Workers, says, "We're
not making blind date for 1914"
NEW u. S. AMBASSADORS
Plans are underway to appoint
q raft Of new u. s. Ambassadors
abroad. They will be accredited
to the exiled governments
Jugoslavia, Greece, Belgium, the
Netherlands, etc. - and will take
over part Of the work of tennis
champion Tony Biddle, who has
the job Of representing us with
all these governments in London.
Some of these governments have
intimated that they find 1t embar-
barrassing to talk with Biddle, be-
cause, thorugh no fault Of his, he
deals with SO many governments
that their claims and ambitions
conflict. Also two Of the exiled
governments - Greece and Jugo-
slavia - have moved to Cairo.
NOTE: Democratic Chairman
man Frank Walker Is licking his
chops at the thought Of new dip
lomatic patronage.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
While CordelI Hull Is In Rus
sia. plans are being made to per-
form more surgical operations on
the state Department. A new as
sistant secretary for Latin Ameri-
can affairs viii be created. the Job
probably going to Brain Truster
Adolf Berle or able Norman Ar
mour, q. 8. Ambassador TO Ar
gentina Il has escaped the
headlines, but Assistant Attorney
General Wendell Berge, In charge
Of trust-busting, has been giving
the Kilgore Committee some warn
ings re future eartels which rival
flre-eating Thurman AFnolds ful-
limitations NoWg-sleuth Cons
gresham HebeTt Of Louisiana u