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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
CHARITY FOOTBALL
(springfield Republican,

(Springheld Republican)
 Football games to swell relief funds grow in number. The Army and Navy, which officially still have a feud over eligibility rules. are again glad of an excuse to forget it. The fact that 10000 turned out to see Georgia defeat Yale indi- cates the earning power of the Yale bowl in spite of the announce ment that thea dvance subscription for tickets for the Yale-Army game has, for the first time. failed com pletely to exhaust the bowls ca- pacity of approximately 76,000.
 Because of the bowls greater size the suggestion is pressed by the New Haven Journal-Courier that the Army and Navy be invited to use it instead of one of New York's baseball parks. Yale would doubtless be glad to play host and the New Haven road to carry as much of the extra traffic as it could get.
 Meantime. the Yale authorities are considering the question to which, on Mayor Curley's appeal, President Lowell of Harvard re- turned a prompt and decisive NO" Unmoved by President Lowelrs assertion that such a benefit game would commercialize college sport. the Yale undergraduates, as rep resented by their daily paper and their student council, are insistent- ly urging that Yale play an added game with Notre Dame. or some other we'll known team, for char ity. The Yale coaches have in- dorsed the idea and the players are said to agree.
 While New Haven has been waiting for decision. President Angell has announced that the Yale athletic association will this year give $15,000. apparently, in stead of $3,500 as before. to the New Haven community chest. He has also announced that the asso- citation will borrow and spend an extra $1O0,000 above the original ing and conditioning the large tract is available for other athletic ac- tiyities. These appropriations. il l is stated, have been voted irrespec- tive of the final decision as to charity game.
 It is a matter for conjecture whether the recent suggestion of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that | football receipts be taxed by the states has had an effect in making some of the colleges more willing to take part in charity games as a means of meeting criticisms or | forestalling added taxation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
Quotations

 The United States is invincible from foreign assault. - Ernest Lee Jahncke, assistant secretary of the navy
 I haven't been happier with plenty of money than l was when I didn't know where the next months rent was coming from.
 Theodore Drelser. Biographers have been little too anxious to prove that the great are also the good.
 -Rebecca West. The Russians seem to me to be an important cause of the economic troubles which exist all over the world.
 -Ex-King Alfonso of Spain. Eddington deduces religion from the fact that atoms do not obey the law of mathematics and Jeans deduces it from the fact that they do.
 Bertrand Russell (Earl RusseiD Criticism is bad road to travel toward friendship.
 Sir Harry Armstrong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
GANDHI DECLINES.

(New Haven Journal-Couriere :,
 Mahatma Gandhi has decided not to come to the United States: 1t is said the Indian seer feared riducle in this country. That Is a somewhat un-seer-like attitude; we have never known true philoso- pher who feared the jibes Of the witless. For they would be witlsss who jibed at the Mahatma, make no mistake about that. No in. dividual able to bring the greatest empire of modern times to terms in the way Gandhi has brought England to terms is exactly riui- culous. Gandhi may have eccen- tricities of dress. But there IS nothinfi whatever wrong with his head.
 It remains true, however. that for a man who fears peers, thc Mahatma is remarkably careless about mourning them. We have rs serred before to the ostentation of his humility. A truly humble man shrinking before the chaffinR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTEE

she was going to stay right on. We'll, what of it? The government is getting out leaflet describing six very spe- cial ways to make nice, comfort able rompers for kids-ample room for stopping and crawling, Instructions about fabrics that don't collect dirt, designed to sim plify the business of dressing. Page the Bureau of Home Economies.
 The prohibition bureau is em- phatically opposed to the practice adopted by certain gents in fa- vorite speakeasy of the recent American Legion convention at De- troit who discovered prohibition agent in their midst, stripped off his clothes and deposited him in the street completely unclothed. There used to be much agitation for putting agents, border patrol men and other enforcers in dis tinctive uniform when they were shooting at motorists who thought they were bandits, but the de- mand has passed now that prohi- bition killings are down to mini mum and officials say that trick was unca1led for.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

Dr. John Grier Hibben. retiring president of Princeton University. is being mentioned now as the successor to the late Dwight w. Morrow in the United States Senate We wonder if republicans of New Jersey are trying to create another Woodrow Wilson legend. It was from the presidents chair of Princeton that our war president rose to the heights of political power. His stepping stone was the governorship of New Jersey. however. It would not be totally different to put Dr. Hibben in the Senate and then the White House. Incidentally Dr Hbben can be claimed by the ranks of the anti-prohibi- tonists judging by his recent remarks anent the situation in this country. Paul Block, newspaper publisher, was the first to sug- gest Dr Hibben. Seriously speaking we doubt if there are any presidential aSpra- tions in the doctors bonnet. He is 70 years old now and if he served his senatorship until l936 his age would practically pre- clude him from any chance of securing the nomination. It looks though as if the Princeton head might be the solution of the problems that are vexing republican leaders of New Jersey. He may offer the way out of the wilderness into which Mir Morrow's death seemed to plunge the party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
TODAY IS THEA
 ANNIVERSARY s l8AZA
ATTACK ON DETROYER

On October 16, 1917. the U. s: s. Cassin, American destroyer. had narrow escape after being attacked in the war zone by German sub- marine.
 While the Cassin was on patrol duty, the submarine was sighted about five miles away. It was on the surface. The Cassin. under command of Commander Walter H. Vernon, proceeded at full speed toward the submarine.
 She searched the vicinity for 30 minutes, when Commander Vernon sighted a torpedo running at high speed near the surface about 400 yards away, headed to strike the Cassin amidship.
 He rang for emergency 1uli speed ahead on both engines. put the rudder hard over. and was just clear of the torpedo's course when it broached on the surface, turned sharply toward the vessed, and struck the stern of the Cassin.
 One of the Cassin's engines was disabled, but she was able to con tinue under way, circling in search of the submarine. An hour later she discovered the submarines coming tower and fired four shots. but the submarine had disap- peared.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

Washington.-Hun of failed banks develop ambitions to become federal post offices.
 Fifty or more have been leased, it is estimated at the post office de- partment, but most of them are unsuitable or too expensive. The heavy run of bank failures in the past few years has been fel- lowed by corresponding flood of offers to rent the properties to the government. Members of congress are often besought to put over such deals. Usually, however, the bank offered has a big vault in the cen ter of the floor space which can't be removed feasibly or it isn't fit for handling mail in bulk. Bank buildings are generally so well constructed and located that the rental is highland the post office department is looking for low bid ders.
 Few things cause such a buzz ing on Capitol Hill as an attack on the old familiar practice of nepotism-which means placing relatives on the government pay
 
 Members of congress are sensitive on this point, with considerable req son. Their secretaries and clerks, paid from a government allowance. are forever beefing about it. usually in confidential whispers. Many of them are doing the work for which a members wife, broth CT, son, cousin or nephew is being haf thnU time share the fate of those they have seen fired to make way for such a relative. Those who aren't any relation to the boss seethe with indignation at each new ex- ample of such favoritism. Lately they have been nursing copies of the current Atlantic Monthly
 which carries an extensive survey of nepotism here, naming scores o1
 names and proving that the system is widespread.
 The practice of placing a rela-
 tive on the government payroll
 who never does any work in order to capture the money indirectly IS ordinarily considered disgusting
 but there are all degrees of nepot-
 ism and the non-relative secre-
 taries usually condone them when
 the relative employe comes to the
 office regularly and works effi-
 ciently. No one, for instance, criti-
 cizes blind Senator Schall of Min
 nesota, whose wife is his secretary
 as we'll as his reader and constant
 companion. There are relatives or
 the payroll who couldn't get as
 good a job elsewhere, but some
 members place in their offices rela-
 lives who have always worked with
 them and whom they believe tc
 be as loyal and efficient as anyone
 they could get. Young Senator La
 Toilette married his secretary and
 Mrs LaFollette. who was both eff | ficient and fond of her job, said
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1881
Salmon For Congress

Frederick M. Salmon of Westport, who will conclude his fifth term as state comp troller next year will not be candidate to succeed himself, according to reports triek- line out from Fairfield county. Considered one of the best vote getters on the state ticket of recent years it is understood that WIT Salmon is anxious to climax his political career of thirty odd years with term or two at Washington, whether 1t be in the Senate or in the House. The chances are that Mir Salmon may be aiming to step into the shoes vacated by Merritt Schuyler Of Stamford when the latter was defeated in 1e3O by Representative William L. Her ney of Greenwich.
 The veteran legislator is definitely out ot politics for good and all. And there IS no definite proof that the democratic party can retain the hold that it took on Fairfield county last year. Therefore. why not enter the congressional race is a natural conclusion for such a popular official as MT Salmon must undoubtedly be, judging by the huge votes that he has boiled year after year when seeking the oomptrollership. He has never run behind his ticket. He has often run ahead of it. He undoubtedly would be strong opponent for any democrat, whether it is the present incumbent. Representative Tierney. or somebody else.
 As to the chances of his seeking Sena- torship much hinges on that. If Senator Hiram A. Bingham of New Haven intends to retire in 1893 when his term expires he IS not saying much about it these days. That stage of unpopularity through which he ran has spent itself. He is back in favor again. not merely with many of his constituents but with the general public. We believe his endorsement of the legalized beer bill thnt bears his name was trump card. It might mean his renomination in l932, if he is in the mood to accept And if he isn't that doesn't necessarily mean that Comp troller Salmon will be renominated In his place. Waterbury has candidate for that office in the person of Representative E. w. Goss now congressman from the fifth district.
 While there is nothing positive about this declaration 1t is pretty well taken for granted that Mir Goss has aspirations to- wards the Senate. Even if Senator Bingham should decide to seek renomination. he might find it hard to secure sufficient backing. All of which makes us wonder if what Comp troller Salmon is after isn't the position of congressman -at-large. which office will prob ably be created next year so that Connecti- cut can send the sixth representative to which it is now entitled to Washington. Here again there may be some opposition. It is whispered in republican circles that Mayor Patterson of Hartford is looking in this !di- rection. rather than risk fight to secure the first congressional district nomination and then risk another fight to unseat Congress man Lonergan who will, we presume, be renominated next year. It looks to us as if Mir Salmon and his friends might have number of arrows to fight to their bow. Let's hope they don't loose them too soon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
SOUND MOVIES ARE
 PLACED IN HOSUPITAL

Washington, D. C.--Installation of talking picture equipment at the United States Veterans Hos pital, American Lake, Washington. has been completed according to the report of representative of the American Legion who recently visited that institution. This hos- pital. which is of the so-called neuropsychiotric type, has 5l2 beds with 502 patients under treat ment at the time of the visit. Its management by Dr Harry Rubin. the medical officer in charge, has been so successful that the Wash ington department of the American Legion at its annual convention commented favorably on the fine organization and work of the staff md personnel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
Mediocre Officials

Attorney General Mitchell, speaking at the dedication of new law building at Yale, made some candid remarks about the administration of justice in the United States.
 We are told" he said. that the Eng fish system is superior to our own, yet the training, traditions and standards of their bench and bar have more to do with the results than have their rules Give the Brit ish bench and bar our own system, and they would do quite well with it. Bring theo- retical perfection to our own system, and with our present standards of personnel we should fall short of satisfactory results"
 There, in a few words, is a statement of what is wrong with many of our county and municipal governments. as we'll as our administration of justice. As long as SO many of the men who operate these systems of government and justice are mediocre, the results will be mediocre. As long as the public doesn't care particularly whom it puts in charge of such vital matters as gov ernment and justice, there will be mediocrity and often outright scandal and dishonesty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
To-day's Selected Poem
THE GENTLE

(By Bert Cooksley in The New York Times) How gently do the clouds move, Patches on blue sky, Like streams within a ferned groove Slipping softly by; Like water lilies drifting
 Where the sun pools lie, Or like the white deer lifting Their slow twilight cry. How gently does the dark come, Bedclothes for the lea, Like road dust on the green plum Settling silverly; Like day-blown petals falling From the roses tree. Or like lost gull calling
 Far away at sea. How gently does the heart still. Silence after rain. Like wind departs a tall hill To sleep in the grain; Like restless music dying
 In a slow refrain, Or like a traveller signing. Safely home again. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
Here, There And EOeryWhere

of his fellows would dress as much like them, rather as much unlike them, as possible. No, we can hard ly believe the Mahatma actually feared to travel to the United States. We think that Is a fable invented to snuggest the other wordiness which the Indian affects and doubtless in some degree pos sesses. If Gandhi is a saint he would not fear chiding; if he Is not he could very easily avoid it, We think that he is neither. or both, but Is a virtuoso of show manship. His disinclination to come here at this time, makes such A conclusion plausible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

If Senator Hiram A. Bingham does one thing when Congress reopens in December it is to bring the question of legalized beer right before the members of both the Sem ate and the House. He is definitely com mitted to his 4 per cent beer bill and wants action one way or the other. Commenting upon this recently he said, 'I think the time
 has come when Congress should express itself on modification of the Volstead law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

Little trace of that old manor house can now be found. However, all the splendid desola- ton and wild grandeur of the island is still preserved. It should fit into the general scheme of Identification that has been ap- parent in the District of Columbia in the last few years Our National Capitol in ten more years should be the most beautiful in the world. And that statement need not be qualified.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

through yes or no vote, am opposed to postponing the question until the next pres idential campaign. = However. Senator Hoover doubts very much whether ma iority of wet votes can be secured in either the House or Senate this winter. We aren't quite SO pessimistic about the outcome. We think even prohibitions staunchest defend- CTS will get surprise when it comes to an actual showdown on the issue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

A marvellous pageant will be unfolded to spectators when the George Washington bridge in New York is dedicated on Satur- day, October A. A squadron of battle ships will mass under the mammoth strue- ture across the Hudson. while thirty air. planes dip and whirl overhead. The struc- ture will be the greatest of its type in the world soswell may we pay homage to it. We might also drop word or two of praise for its designers and last but not least its builders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
BEAUTIFUL POST HOME

Monroe, La.---L. B. Fauik Post 13, of the American Legion. has one of the most beautiful Legion homes in the entire south. The building cost $45.O0O exclusive of furnishings. It was entirely paid for when it was dedicated two years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment. will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

Another bumper crop this year is glum talk. Can the surplus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:42 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

We might just as well lay off Russia What's the use of telling 'em how miserable they are when they won't believe it?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16

She got down on her knees. Now she uses a mop handle. And the mop is her hubs
 B. V. D.s. The leaves are falling, The forests turn red, Which means. Friendly Reader. Extra quilt on the bed. They're selling blue coal, Guess you know it. too. But coal. any color, Makes the poeketbook blue.
 o-O-o The difference between the old fashioned girl and her modern sister is merely a matter of irons, iron.
 
 Youth is wonderful. Old age blunderful.
 o-O-o Dizzy Dorothy, Waterbury's in- tellectual idiot, thinks tramp steamer is one on which hoboes cross the ocean.
 o-O-o
 DING, DING Her face is her fortune,
 (It's true folks of Kit,) And she spends a fortune,
 ON IT.
 o-O-o A Gotham wit says quite a few New York women to-day keeps a loose life diary.
 Japan resents the U. S. coming in on the Chinese trouble. The Japs will have a Chinaman's chance from now on.
 Europe, experts tell us, is on tho verge of another great war. It's al. ways on the verge of something.
 O-O-O
 Some folks can't make dent in life but have no diff ficulty putting one in an auto mobile fender. Women's styles are like war. A call to the colors.
 o-O--o Whats become of the oli fashioned gal who had to have hel clothing loosened when she faint ed?'
 o-O-o
 And who can remember when frankfurts were meal instead of a hot dog?
 o-O-o And the good old days when ap pendicitis was a disease instead o. social item.
 o-O-o
 OH DEAR ME On Broadway, on Broadway, The playbOys rant and fuss, For sins are broad on Broadway That's the dope they hand to us
 o-O-o Just as soon as a golfer become. d pIO iIC WaHIo Pi tohCis
 o-O-o
 The wage scale is like the piano scale. It goes up and down.
 Chinese Women Plan Battle News item. I suppose it will bt another tongue war.
 o-O--o
 One hundred men succeed for every one who fails. Which proves again that the first hundred are the hardest.
 o-O-o Foreclosures are certainly com ing to the fore.
 o-O-o
 The hand that rocks the cradle has been replaced by the foot that steps on the gas.
 o-O-o Years ago when boys called oi their gals, they always got tn, last car home. Now it's the las pint of gasoline.
 TT WAS EVER THUS Rings in cheap stores,
 Look like gold,
 But all that glitters,
 Is not sold.
 o-O--o The most popular make of ca to-day is the trolley car. o-O--o The man who sings in the bath tub generally cusses at the kitchen table. o-O-o Speakeasies talk so loud they'r generally discovered.
 o-O--o
 Rip Van Wrinkle went to sleep for 20 years and thus missed the depression.
 O-O---o The tailor-made man wouldn' recognize his tailor any place bu the shop.
 o--O--o This concludes our regular Fri day evening program. It wa broadcast by the Waterbury Even ing Democrat. pioneer in this typ of newspaper work. We are sign ing off at this time, to be bacl on the air again tomorrow q noon with a special Saturday pro gram.
 o---O--o Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-16
Good evening.
 o-O-o A FEW SMILES

Good evening.
 o-O-o
 A FEW SMILES Here's thought that puzzles. Oh. gosh, it does. let's see. If a catfish had young ones. Would you call 'em kitfish. gee! A pitcher of water. With glass at the side, Means long speech is coming. You're due for ride" Capone bet on the wrong horse, And lost most every time, Which proves a bootlegger lacks
 horse sense. So does the guy who wrote this
 rhyme.
 4 In the old days when woman
 scrubbed, She got down on her knees. Now she uses mop handle. And the mop is her hubs
 B. V. D.s. The leaves are falling, The forests turn red,
Evening star., 1931-12-18

short, ruddy man, Of Polish extraction,
who believes that citizens and cities
should pay their bills. He has been in
Office since 1912.
Control OF Check Book.
Controller and mayor. more than any
other individuals, control the city check
book. They are personal friends, but
their political differences are deep-seat-
ed and bitter. They are two watch
dogs with diverse interests. In Mil
waukee it is possible to create a mu-
nicipal scandal, accompanied by much
publicity, by misappropriation of s75.
Mr.. Kotecki assigns. four reasons for
the city's happy financial condition. He
lists them as Cd sane, industrious
citizenry, profitably employed in diver
sif1ed industries, accustomed to and de-
manding good government; (2) budget
system adhered to down to the last
nicked; 80 taxation readjustment
plan" by which all departments of gov
ernment are being placed on a cash
basis. and "a the debt amortization
fund, growing year by year, which al