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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
TUESDAY. JUNE g, 1is31
Not Much Salvage

N t In an effort to salvage some part of the feppblean party from the wreck of the l93l Legislature Representative Raymond A. John ton of Manchester claims that Governor Cross and the democrats fail to realize that as regards old age pensions they got just what the gov {rnor advocated in his inaugural address Per laps on the surface they did. but in reality Sae measure was killed. It was ultimately voted to {feate a commission to study similar systems instituted in other states and to report back 5t the lo33 session of the General Assembly 6n the advisability of Connecticut establishing old age pensions
 Judge Johnson Che is judge of Manchesters town court) failed to explain that in 1929 the Legislature (then safely republican, abso- tntely refused to authorize commission to study the subject of old age pensions. He night also have brought out the fact that when Howell Cheney brought in fine re- port on pensions for state employees it was given scant consideration by the lo3l Legis- l5ture. There can be no question in any ones mind but what the action of the Connecticut Manufacturers Association in roundly oppos- ing old age pensions had great deal to do in postponing. action until the next Legislature eonvenes.
 As Floor Leader Mir Johnson should know the progress of old age pension legislation as well as any man. He probably knows. too. that the republican party never showed to such disadvantage as it did this year by exhibiting the most selfish qualities that Connecticut Assembly ever has. It is rather late to save the party now. The damage is done Old age pensions together with miscellaneous other measures which should have been given more attention. will wait two more years for action Perhaps then they will be postponed again. That seems to us to be the intention of the re- publican party as regards pensions. It keeps postponing action so that the blame can't be fastened upon it.
 There are so many good arguments for tho democrats to employ in the state elections of 1o32 that even the frenzied efforts of such paftymen as Mir Johnson in his triple capacity of justice. legislator. and executive can't pre- vent the inevitable. Had the republican party shown any tendency to cooperate with the democrats throughout the legislative session afsat amount of work would have been ac- complished. As it was the endless building of political ramifieations to insure party solidity has rather siekened the general public of Rora- backism. We look for complete disruption of hitherto impregnable forces next year. It will be for the betterment of the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
A Wickersham Report

Another Wiekersham report IS revealed in the condemnation by the National Law Ob- servanee and Enforcement Commission of ap- pointment of federal prosecutors to pay polit- ieal debts Mir Wiekersham and his associates find that the long standing practice of Sena- tors rewarding faithful adherents by appoint ments to the office of district attorneys is menaeing the enforcement of the law. he claim of the Senate. read the report. not merely to exercise collective power of reject ing unfit nominations but to dictate appoint ments as the patronage of senator's of the state in which the district lies has often had bad effect upon the personnel and conduct of the office.
 Also in states where the senator's are in opposition to the administration it happens too often that political organizations insist on treating the office as political patronage and thus deprive the president of the information and support he should have in order to make suitable appointments The commission might not have limited it's criticism to ap- pointments of prosecutors but also to the judiciary. In this respect we are often eau tioned to tread lightly. But of late years it has become more and more evident that the courts are almost as open to the patronage seeker as any other department of the state.
 And while speaking of court patronage why didn't the commission emphasize the point that while politics isn't supposed to play any part in judicial appointments too often one party is sighted. We have had that sit uation right here in Connecticut for many years Governor Gross IS an advocate of bi- partisan courts His appointments were made with this in mind. However. our courts are preponderantly republican. since the demo- cratic appointments made in recent years have been few and far between. Take the courts from the state supreme court of errors down and you'll find the democratic members con- struetve thinking. and the chief mistake has been to mistake symptoms for the disease it. self. We have had endless prescription of poultices. plssters and stimulants. such as shorter working hours and fewer days a week. unemployment pensions. guaranteed employ ment etc. all of which may be good. but which do not get at the basic trouble.
 What the business mechanism needs is management. Labor-saving machinery is not evil. but good. Mass production is good Productive human work is good. We shall not save the eapitalistie system or the machine age by loafins and spending
 Business depression comes from bad man assment at the top. What we need is better management at the top. Our hope of eco. homie salvation is in management powerful and wise enough to sec the system as whole without prejudice and supefintend it's opsr. s,ioa.
 Hsn is the biggest job in ibs world. There may not bs any group of Americans today big snd unssllish enough to handle ii. if there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
No Gag An The Press

Imagine what might have happened had not the Minnesota ''press gal" law been declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in its final decision of the year. Every state could then have made it possible to suppress a pub lieation containing alleged malicious, sean- dalous and defamatory' matter. Any public official might have used such law to perse- cute newspaper engaged in exposing misde- meanor in office. The freedom of the pres" would have become plaything of ty- rannical government.
 The English press from the earliest days of printing fought bitterly and for long while vainly against oppressive statutes. When we broke away from the mother country, we care fully wrote into our constitution provision safeguarding complete liberty of the press. To prevent editors from abusing that freedom. we have libel laws that protect individuals from slander. In the era of personal journal ism when inveetive and epithet roared through editorial columns 1t was not unusual for the victim of such comment to wreak vengeance through physical combat. It might almost be said that the bruises on an editor body testl- fled to the strength of his convictions. The press remained uncowed by these tactics. and though the violence of the editorial page was later tempered by good taste and common sense. liberty of expression did not diminish.
 True, some papers have abused their free dom within an inch of libel. and sensational journalism barely keeps within the limits of truth. On the whole, however. editors have realized that such practices eventually prove to be boomerangs. The immeasurable good ae- complished by editorial freedom to expose corruption and to guide readers in foreeful thinking has thousand times offset the ma- practices of tiny percentage of American journalists
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

The island of Guam. hitherto our Pa cific Ocean fertilization on pinpont scale. will be given up by the Navy Department and may eventually become national park The Interior Department is expected to as- sume control of the island just as it has done in the case of the Virgin Islands. Naval operations will be cut S25 100000 by demil- itarizing the island, it is estimated. And since this goes hand in hand with the Hoover econ- omy program it is well thought of in Wash inqton circles Guam is beautiful spot and if made available might become a popular resort
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

Hikers or lovers of nature can find their paradise these days in the beauties and wilds ot the Long Trail of Vermont. Much has been written and said of this famous trail along the backbone of the Green Mountains. but it must be seen to be appreciated. This is the popu- lar season for hikers and many are thronging into Vermont to tramp through the noun tains. across the, valleys and over the icy streams that form the picturesque background for the trail There are at present about 70 shelters along the route at 8 to 10 mile inter yals. The largest of these is the already famous Long Trail Lodge, which is the off cial home of the Green Mountain club. It is at the exact center point on the trail and is open to all. The lodge was built from ma terials found right on the site and is quite primitive in all respects. A motor highway now reaches it. From it many side trails af- ford the hker vistas of Lake Champlain to the west and the Connecticut river valley to the cast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
Two Big Calamities

The World War bill this country has been paying for the last IA years is estimated at S55,OO0, 100000. With everything reek- oned, including veterans relief, bonuses and pensions, it will probably double that figure This is an old story, and most of us have other troubles to think of. Here is the point in mentioning it: newspaper writer, studying the present business depression, concludes that it is costing us as much as tn World War
 Such comparison sets one to thinking about the vast effort made, ever since the arm istce. to avoid repetition of the great war. There is no assurance yet of immunity against such eataclysm, but millions of earnest men and women and hundreds of statesmen in many lands have given their most earnest thought to cooperative peace movements. How much intelligent, organized effort is being made now to prevent such another economic disaster as this?
 More and more. captains of industry and finance, abetted by tradition bound eeono- mists. seem to accept hard time as an act of God or a mechanical and inevitable phase of the economic cycle" In other words. we take depression lying down. letting nature take her course, merely hoping that it won't be so bad next time.
 Both God and natural law help those who help themselves. Where are our big men3 Where is our genius for business organization?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
TODAY IS TEiEA ANNIVERSARY sgkA
kING RECElyES PERsHfNG.

KING RECEIVES PERsHlNG..
 On June 9, 1917, King George of England received General PershinS and his entire staff at Buckingham Palace.
 General Lord Brooke, commander of the Twelfth Canadian Brigade presented the American commander to the king, who said to him:
 Tt has been the dream of my lif' to see thestwo great ,English-s speak ing nations more closely united. My dreams have been realized. It Is with the umost pleasure that welcome you, at the head of the American contingent, to our shores. Later King George chatted for d few moments with each member of Pershing's staff. He conversed with the general for quarter of an hour, shaking hands enthusiastically as they parted. This ceremony Ut the palace was followed by a series of calls and entertainments.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

Washinston-The police of Wash- linSton collect doors. Lately they have accumulated a dozen of them. lIts a strange hobby but, just q, stamp collectors do not bother with the common two-ccnt ones and coin collectors do not go in for modern pennies and nickles, the
 police do not concern themselves with ordinary doors such as yours and mine. <
 The doors in the collection at headquarters are stout, thick affairs d nd. when they are not made entire- ly of steel you are likely to find that they really are two doors. clamped together, with a heavy sheet of steel in between. Each one usually has four of five large bIots and more often than not there IS little hole or barred grate5 through which it appears that someone might have wanted to be looking at you. Sometimes 1t takes four cop pers to carry one of these doors. 2 Get Doors From sSpcakcasies. X
 The police say they, set the doors from 1is -speakeasies and gambhnE joints, those being the only kind of doors in which they are interested | They also advance quaint theory that the barriers were constructed and installed in n6order to Keep the police from coming into, those places and, if anyone were to become so unmannerly, to resist attacks made with axes and crowbars. A three-fold purpose inspires tnis door collecting. After door IS removed there is no longer. any
 barricade against the police: Also the proprietor, even if he has es- caped arrest, is likely to be dls- couraged, flor even if he makes himself another special door he IS likely to lose that, too And. hnal- | ly. the reason the police treasure the doors at headquarters is that they can use them in court as evi- dence tending to show that there must have been something funny about a place that had asdoor like that.
 Patrons Inconvcnicnced. The .warrantless raids in which /, the doors are acquired have been drawing crowds in the heart o1 Washington and are seriously in- | conveniencing patrons Of the more pretentious drinking and mbiina places They followed a series ol ] shootings which seemed connected | with the capitals underworld" ano
 revealed the existence of a rathei
 surprising number of joints right IT
 the middle of the town. The cop
 pers, it appears, must buy liauor ol participate in gambling in order te get warrant for such a place
 Everyone knows who the coppers are, so that has been very diffcuit
 But three detective sergeants started out, visiting places and col. lecting doors. They found that Ii
 they stayed around long enough de. manding entrance they were usuaii, admitted. Even if they weren't they
 had the satisfaction of knowing thai they had frightened the operators
 into dumping their liquor down tho
 sink.
 Take 45 Minutes to Crash I'm.
 The proprietor of one club go'
 into the habit of making a speech
 like this to his guests:
 Gentlemen, it seems that the law li is without. I can assure you tha
 1t will require the law at least 4'
 minutes to burn through our new | iron door, even if 1t uses blow torch. Meanwhile, before we pro
 ceed to dump. all refreshments ar'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
GU0TATIQNS
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The siamsse adapt-we do not adopt. --King Prajadhspok.
 aN.. . The great majority of those do- ing useful work are morons.
 --Dr Hastings H. Hart I have no intention at present of becoming a (tennie) professional.
 Mrs Helen Wills Moody Unemployed money represents . greater problem than unemployed men. --Adclph oehs'
 
 An aspset of e,,r revolution which ls uniaue ls that we have made it without money. We have no Fgqrt' sasss.--rrssiasnt zsmera Of spa'n' An the world is leaning on the United gtatsss s-jaspes A Farrell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

New York. - The late David lBclasco left more legends and ance- ,dotes behind him than wealth.
 Half a dozen volumes could be de- voted to the colorful and amazing |tales scattered over lifetime that had included everything from melo- dramatic adventure in the early west to esthetic contemplation in his mu- |seum-likc offices. His attention to detail in production and stage direc- ton gave rise to hundred amusing tales. A
 There was, for instance, one con- |cerning a series of rehearsals where in he could not get from leading actress piercing shriek that seem- ed to fit the scene. She had shriek- cd in every key, but none seemed to suit the maestro. She was about | to give up, when Belasco went back Istage for a moment. He returned with needle, borrowed from the wardrobe He gave the actress a Iquick jab. Naturally she shrieked. "Ah. that's more like it! Now lyou know what I mean" softly |commented the wizard.
 F. Spinning yarns of his experiences out in the great open spaces" when Nevada was the scene of the historic rush, one of Belasco's favorites con- cerned dice game. He had been in one of the mining camp ltheaters. A fellow trouper was an lincurable gambler. and together they had left their pay at the roulette wheel.
 xyanda.i,.. touyard tha v,lavLousa ] on a cold, snowy night, without a lcent between them, Belasco, saw a l25-cent piece on the path. The l"crap game was the only one in which so small a sum of money could be wagered.
 Back they went to the gaming tables and, letting his money dou- ble with each pass of the dice. the lyoung actor enjoyed phenomenal luck. He ran the quarter into a small fortune of about a thousand dollars or more.
 Then they left. ate heartily and celebrated.
 The following morning it was gone--played back on the games oi chance and tossed away.
 After Lenore Uric. who had start. ed with Belasco, left her assured
 stardom to 90 with another pro. ducer, one of the drama critics who had known her for many years told
 her she had made . great mistake
 Miss Uric listened to the critic'i advise and signed back with Bclasce
 not long afterward.
 The critic met I3eiasco few day
 later and the governor" seemed particularly pleased.
 1T heard you got my star to coms
 back to me-" the producer said. "l lam grateful for this service and Tt
 like to pay you for it."
 Laughing As he spoke. Belases lreaehed in his pocket and handed
 the critic new and shining guar
 ter. '.r
 A friend he never forgot was Irl0wn who befriended him when h Twas lad trouping Co South Amer Ica. Young ileiasco feiI co and coull lhOt 90 0n with the show. The ni0wl
 steyed behind too and raised mofe flor the boy'e care,
 II YteFs later. deciding To take stage whiIs tFeuplas through th
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
WANTED: 10000 PRINCES

Christian Science Monitor)
 The Prince of Wales has been de- scribed as Great Britain's best com- mercial traveller. He has returned from South America rightly confi- dent that he has traveled enough, experienced enough, and observed enough to be entitled to speak frank ly to the British business man. He was not ashamed of hustling during this business trip among the south American republics. Most of his over- land journeys were made by ar plane. Wherever he went he made personal cantacts, and talked 10 cap tains of industry as man to man. He had learned the language and he studied sympathetically the ways or the people. Latin America. he has now returned to advertise better business methods to his fellow business men at home. In his speec to large business aud fence at Manchester the prince did not talk utilities; he did not say what governments should do to stim- ulate trade. He was content to talk about what industralists and com mercial men could do for themselves In effect, his plea was for more imagination in business, more study of human nature, more considera- tion of what appeols to customers and make them willing buyers.
 He assumed that there is just aS much thoroughness and skill in pro duction in British industry as there has ever been and that there is still the same capacity to produce tht highest quality of goods. But he re minded his audience that In thest days of competition cheaper good are wanted-goods that are deliber ately made to last a short time, st that they can be replaced by othel goods. He spoke of the modern de sire for variety, of the taste, espe' cially in Latin countries, for col0l and brightness. He urged on his aud fence the necessity of more personal contacts-heads of businesses talk ing to heads of businesses--of know ing the languages. of spreading the news. of advertising-adverti as Americans advertise on Broadway end wherever else they see a, chance of e market.
 The prince approaches the rather conservative British business men in the best advertising manner The Brit. ish trader may be rather slow in
 learning new lesson, but when no does learn one, he learns it thorough.
 jy. He is in the mood to remark today | that 10000 energetic men built in the pattern Of the Prince of Wales ought
 10 be sent out forthwith on British
 errands round the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTE

z . asNff s#E ]. :. 4 g. ' ft u -a. g' 'f lon the house. You may drink as
 rapidly as you like, gentlemen. and no holds barred. If the law finally invades us I trust that you will
 give your names as Bishop Cannon, Andrew Volstead, Clarence True Wilson and other similar names that
 may accur to. you"
 As a matter of fact, when the flaw finally entered and took away the door, the seven customers present all gave the name of ''Smith.''
 Sometimes it takes nearly an hour
 to chop or crowbar door from it's
 moorings.
 There is. question whether. the re-
 cent series of warrantless raids will result in many instances of convic- tions, for law violation, but life is becoming q bore for many of the gents who have been doing business behind. those doors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

is not. and none are developed soon. we may blunder into worse crises It is job that should be handled by private interests and in- dividuals working in the spirit of public servants. If something of the sort is not done. then sooner or later the government will tackle it from necessity. If this happens. we shall be precipitated into state socialism - which very few Americans want
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

One of the well known travel bureaus IS sending out the following offer: If we ad- vance you. say half the cost of the cruise. would that make it possible for you to go? You could pay this to us at your convenience. So now one can buy trip to Europe on the in- stallment plan. It is most attractive proposal which other travel agencies are likely to take up. If the competition keeps on they may be offering bonus to patrons and then it will be cheaper for all of us to travel than to stay at home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
SHAVING nY nLEcrRIcTy.

Leipzig tuP)--An ingeIous Amar. lean application Of electricity to the operation of tho Rafety rnzor ms attracted much attention ht m IseIpgig fair, The blade of tho raboI Ib moved hack and forth as in [
 rsapIng machine with areot fApldlfy. cutting e nWmii across the fhus smoothly and quickly without pu''' Ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D..

Gaened letters pertaining to personal
 health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis of
 treatment. will be answered by pr Brady. Ad' dress him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

New Britain democrats are peeved because Governor Cross has ignored the demands of party leaders to appoint a man from their city to the state barber commission. They plan to wait on the governor in body and demand some recognition. At this rate every city or town in the state that gave the democratic party last fall a plurality is entitled to do the same thing. There is one thing to be considered. Governor Cross when elected made no promises to distribute political favors 10 all the cities and towns. If he did he prob ably wouldn't have been elected. lt was his n' dependence of spirit that appealed to the people of Connecticut and which enabled him to defeat the dominant republican machine. Therefore when dspleasure is expressed with his plans or appointments by members of his own party pit is being dug in which sll will tumble some day. Waterbury democrats could do the same thing If they were impsllsd by sel' fish motives, There are only just 60 many post. lions that the governor can fili He s put tins shs best men available in them. lt isn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

Somehow it's hard to sympathize with the song writer who asks S35,000 from sign company because can of gasoline fell on his head and he is no longer able to write songs Still. if the money will keep him from trying, let him have 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

It looks as if most of the people who were gambling in common stocks two years ago and have anything left have now turned to lotteries and horse races.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-09

for us to criticize every one of them because they are not from our own town. In the long run recognition will be given those who de- serve 1t.