The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-14

ing the original drastic work Or-fight act.
 CAPITOL CIIAFF
 Most of the seditionists who were on trial here last year will go completely free, with new cases being brought only against some of the more important. ... Credit for re-eStablishing contact between the Baptist World Al liance and the small body of French Baptists goes to Represen- tative Brooks Hays of Arkansas, who undertook the assignment last year during his European trip .. Those who remembered the Coolidge era social battle be- tween Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long worth widow of the former speak CT of the House, and Mrs. Dolly Gam, half sister of Vice Presi- dent Curtis, were amused by the seating arrangements at the Lin- coin day dinner last week. Mrs. Gam was at the speakers table, while Mrs. LOngWOrth was on the floor with the common people But Mrs. LOngWOrth drew more attention as she made side remarks about the speakers while they were speaking, especially polk ing fun at House Minority Lead CT Joe Martins Irish brOgue The gathering showed the effects of the war-there was only one orchid at the speakers table Of 38 workers referred by the War ManpoWer Commission to the Kelly-Springfield tire plant, in Cumberland, Md, i'll one day recently, B were turned down for herniaS. Most of them are now working on railroad or other in- dustrial jobs.
 RULES COMMITTEE RUDENESt'
 Many members of Congress, long accustomed to hurly- debate, said that a new high for rudeness was reached when the rules com mittee heard the House banking and currency committees re- quest for consideration of the George bill which would strip Henry Wallace and the Commerce Department of the lending agen- cies.
 Ohio's fiery, Republican Con- gressman, Clarence Brown, teed off with a vitriolic cross -examin- tion of Democratic Congressman Brent Spence of Kentucky. chair man of the House banking and currency committee which had passed the George bill and wanted it reported to the floor for a vote.
 How much time did your
 committee give to this legisla- tiOn? asked Brown.
 "I don't think that has any real bearing on the isSue," re- piled Spence.
 "YeS it has," snapped Brown. II want to know how much con- sideratiOn your committee gave
 this bill. think a committee ought to spend more than half
 an hour on such important legislation"
 Spence replied that his com mittee had devoted many years to studying the REC and it's Struc- ture, knew the subject backwards and sideways.
 Illinois snow-haired Chairman Sabath of the rules committee in- terrupted Brown repeatedly, tired to aid Spence who is both elderly and nearly blind. However, Geor- gia's Gene Cox demanded that Sabath shut up and let Spense answer Browns questions.
 "I don't see any reason why shouldn't help him answer" said Sabath.
 "Well," replied Cox, "I don't want your answers. That's like going to a goats house for wool"
 Congressman John H. Folger of North Carolina, another of the banking and currency committee, got so burned Up at Cox and Brown that he rose to his feet and demanded that the line of questioning be changed.
 "Our committee" Spence said, endorsing FOlger's views, Knows as much about this sub ject as any witness that could be brought up here. You've no right to criticize us."
 However, Brown, Cox, Indiana Congressman Charlie Halleck, and Howard Smith of Virginia, all