The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-15


 You better not disband your
 Army when this war is over be-
 cause you'll need it," shot back
 Senator BilbO who has been
 worried for fear Williams favors
 violent change of government.
 NOTE: Real fact is, of course, that behind the fight against Williams is the Power Trust and also the big southern planation owners. Williams has spent much of his life fighting both and they have never forgotten 1t.
 COLD SHOULDERED
 CONGRESSMAN
 Straight-laced Representative 'CurfeW Earl' Wilson, Indiana Republican, is best known to the public for having urged curfew for Government girls and com plaining because they take few minutes out for coffee or soft drink. To hls congressional Col- leagues however, he is best known as hogger of the handball courts in the House Gymnasium. They don't like him. Theo ther day Wilson was delivering long tirade against the Veterans Administra- ton. The House was almost empty.
 Only Rep. Jerry Voorhis of Cali fornia sat at the Parliament tarians desk correcting a speech he had delivered earlier. Sud- Genly Speaker Sam Rayburn sent page boy to Voorhis and asked him to step over to the Speak CTS diaS so he could have & word with him.
 Jerry suggested Rayburn, why don't you correct your re-
 marks out in the clOakrO0m?
 Then Wilson won't have anyone listening"
 Voorhis looked around and saw the House chamber completely empty. He walked out to the Cloakroom. Wilson ranted on for five or ten minutes, talking to no one. Then Majority Whip Robert Ranspeck of Georgia came in to move for adjournment. VIOLATING RENT CEILINGS
 The OPA has received increas- ing complaints from servicemen and war workers all over the country describing new dodges by which landlords and real estate brokers Se6s to evade OPA ceil- ings.
 One technique adopted by cer- tain brokers is to call together group of applicants for an apart ment and auction it off to the highest bidder. The winning ap- p,icant pays the amount he bid to the broker The brokQr then rents tine apartment or house at ceiling price, but the broker Lockets the Ibid price,. This is just so much gravy and some- times it runs into sizeable cash.
 In New York, Washington and other areas, OPA has found that rental agencies tell prospective tenants they have no rooms. La ter, they mysteriously produce them when a large enough cash bribe is passed across the coun- ter.
 JUDGE" JED JOHNSON?,
 Rep. Jed Johnson of Oklahoma has received letter from Atty Gen. Riddle notifying him that inc will oe considered for the post of Judge of Customs Court, in New York, if he is interested in the post. Johnson, who would like the judgeship, but doesn't want to appear to be run ming away from any Congress sional fights, wrote Riddle that he could not accept the judgeship before conferring with President Roosevelt. He added that he could not see the President yet. be- cause he was too busy with ap- propriations hearings.
 A reporter for an Oklahoma paper picked up the story. But unfortunately. htis editor cut out the last explanatory remark, and what appeared was simply that Johnson said he had been un. able to confer with the Presi- dent"
 One of Johnson'S proudeSt boasts Is his long and close friend ship with Franklin Roosevelt, so when he saw this story he hit the ceiling. Cornering the in- nocent reporter in the House lobby. Jed clustered: "I didn't like that story of yours. Frsnklyn. I didn't like It st all. Don't you know that can see Che