The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-11

But old corporations JuRkled this around. so that when on oil company changed It's stills from coke to high pressure, it was tax exempt on the ground that this was new development. as a result. Louisiana was los. Ing millions in taxes.
 When this Tax Exemption Bill recently came up for renewal, the Senate passed 1t immediately. but Q group of women. incenSed over the fact that Louisiana schools didn't have enough tax money started @ campaign in the House Ordinarily, Governor Davis, elect. ed with the help of the big com. panies, could have been expected to push the bill through tho House. But he didn't. He let the democratic process operate, The Tax Exemption renewal was de- feated.
 In other words. because "You Are My Sunshine" Davis is nerV- ous and scared of making mis. takes. he Is turning out to be on unbrilllant but reasonably good governor. And when the rows between political factions get es" peclally hot, Sunshine Jimmy gets into his car and drives up to Shreveport, back to his music. where the politicians just can't find him.
 SENTIMENT MELONS
 TOWARD HUEY
 This columnist whose eXpos- ures of Louisiana graft had Some- thing to do with sending Q cons siderable number of the old Huey long gang to jail, was interested to see how sentiment toward the murdered Kingflsh has mellowed as the years have passed.
 Folks who were bitter against him don't criticize Huey any more. Some people even regard him al- most as martyr. The bridges, the highways, the Schoolbooks re- main as monuments to Huey's humanity. His ruthless wise-erack- ing and dictatorIal rule are for- gotten. Before long, the King fish will be regarded as a full. blown saint.
 Congressman Jimmy 'MInnOw' Morrison, who came to Washing ton planning to be another King. fish, is having the fight of his life for ronomination this year, Apparently Louisiana Is getting tired Of clowns and Junior King fisheS, for Morrison is the only Louisiana Congressman who faces q rtirl-off.
 Morrison also poses as the great hero and benefactOr of men In the service, tells how he brought them the CT Bill, mus. terlng out pay, the absentee sol. dlers' vote. Real truth, how ever, was that Morrison didn't even vote when these important CT bills were passed. lie didn't even bother to Do on the floOF of Congress.
 NOTE. William Baldwin Shear. CT, the big shipyard lobbyist who claims he broke Up the Coolidge Naval conference, is now in LouiBi. ana helping the Junior Kingflshs campaign. Morrison seems to have plenty Of money to spend. ALL THE NAMES
 George Shillito, investigator for the Senate Campaign Expenses Committee, was explaining the reason he had resigned from tho Dies Committee staff. T qultP he said, because I brought them the names of 100000 Communists In Detroit and they refused to tdtIch them."
 "Did you say 100000 ComInun. ists in Detroit alOne?" asked 6 friend. "That doesn't sound quite right"
 well, it was," investigator
 shllIitO insisted. T had the names of all the CI0 members In Detroit"
 SENATORIAL EXCHANGE
 After c score of years in the Senate, even Montana's Burt Wheeler still occasionally steps into trouble where he least ex- expects it North Dakota's gen- ator Larger recently arose to ct. tack the Administration on It's conduct of the mass sedition trial. Before he had spoken for more than c minute, Wheeler inter- rupted to compliment him "fOF having the courage Co stand up on the floor of the Senate and take up an unpopular issus of this klmd."
 Lahger thanked Wheeler, wilo prepared to resume hi9 eeat aftef