The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-15
by DYezU Pearson

certificate to alleged needy person. who then took the certificate emitting him to $40 worth of grocer ies The grocer gave him perhaps S5 in groceries ana certified that had received $40 Then the cert1l- cate was sent to CWA headquarters in Louisville at net profit of s35, which usually split between the grocer and the person on relle1
 The situation was so scandalous that the Gov- ernment discovered g sacks of mail sent to Louis vile containing unhandled relief orders. In other words, they had merely been filled out and certl- fled by grocersincludng Mays cousin and brother in-law without bohering to put the cert1lcates in the hands of alleged relief recipients
 Since some of the alleged relief recipients were in the cemetery, this would have been difficult Oth- CTS mountain families who could not read and write and had to depend on the County Rehe1 com mttee to fill in the certificates
 Otter the F.BI got into the case the local relief crowd burned down the county courthouse to destroy the evidence not realizing that sufficient records re- mained in Louisville to convict them. In the end, the Government had to resort to mail fraud case, the bogus relief certificates were sent through the mails. Twenty-seven May henchmen and rela- tives indicted, with 16 finally going to all 1n- cluding the head of Mays machine Judge Stumpo.
 NOTE-Reason Secretary of War Patterson and Undersecretary Kenneth Royal were so obsequlous to May was that he was scratching ther oacK while they were scratching his Late in the war, Patterson moved heaven and earth to pass compulsory labor bill conscripting all labor May introduced this for him and pushed it through the House. It was Killed in the Senate
 Ot the atom and May has carried the ball for him on this He introduced the May Bill giving major atom control the military and, recently, has gee- fully acquiesced in the sabotage of the Senates Civilian Control Bill by the House Military Affairs Committee.
 
 It's Southerners who have the reputation for fil- bustering but three Northern Republicans are con- ducting fibuster secret and just as skillful as that of any Dixie Democrat. It's against the Atom Control Bnl-vital to the Nation.
 They Senate-dp- proved McMahon Bill for control of atomic energy if it to vote; so for two weeks three Repub- licans have kept the bill bottled Up in the Military Affairs Committee by stalling at every turn
 The three fbusterers Parnell Thomas of New Jersey Forrest Harness of Indiana and Charles Elston of Ohio
 Many committee members gave up their evening Friday for special session in order to complete the bill and give the United States policy to back up Barney Baruch in the United Nations. Half an hour after the time set for the meeting they lacked them proceed. Only member needed.
 Finally CongreSsWoman Glare Boothe Luce of Connecticut phined that she her way the Committee Room from her office five floors above. But while she in the elevator, Elson grabbed his hat and left there would still be quorum
 Thus dozen conscientious CongreSsmen forced to than hour, and Bernard Baruch left high and dry before the United Nations with law the statute books to back him up.