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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETT
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington Other countries
 have established national economic councils to advise on their increas- ingly serious problems of social and economic welfare and so, says Sena- tor Robert M. LaFollette of Wis consin, should the United States. Economic councils are groups which operate in close relationship with executive officials and legislat- ing bodies, serving as advisory ana investigative bodies in connection with proposed legislation, and they also help coordinate and make more efficient a nations economic activities.
 Something, and perhaps quite a lot, will be heard about the econom- ic council idea in congress because LaFollette does not introduce bills
 and then forget them.
 Lately it introduced the bill for
 such a council, to be composed of 15
 members appointed by the presi-
 dent and selected annually from
 lists submitted by groups of or ganizations representing the indus trial, financial, agriculture, transport
 tation and labor interests of the United States.
 Three members would be chosen from each of the five groups. Their terms would run for four years and they would be paid on a per diem
 basis. The council would have
 powers of subpoena, with penalties
 for anyone who refused to testify for 1t or to produce a document.
 Would Suggest New Laws The councils duties, LaFollette
 proposes, would be to keep advised
 on general economic and business conditions, consider problems afr fecting the economic situation af this country and it's citizens and formulate proposals looking to their solutins, make annual reports to the president and congress with recommendation for any necessary legislation and from time to time submit reports dealing with particu-
 lar economic questions.
 LaFollette's determination to push
 his bill was evidenced when he fol- lowed it's introduction with a reso- lution calling for an investigation of and hearings on the proposition by the senate commerce committee. France, Great Britain, Germany.
 Italy. Czechoslovakia, Spain and Japan are among nations which
 have created economic councils.
 providing representation at the re- spective seats of government for
  play the specialized knowledge of various groups and individuals through their advisory and consult tative powers.
 France organized her council in 1925 and it has functioned success fully, putting through a compre- hensive plan for co-ordinating and putting on an efficient basis all ele- | ments entering into the republics economic life. Organized labor de-
 manded this council until it was es- tablished by decree. Its members are appointed by the government on
 nomination of the interests repre-
 scented. giving it a great degree of
 freedom from government domina- | ton.
 Public Represented The council consists of AZ mem- bers - 30 from labor and industry, nine representing consumers and
 the general public and eight rep resenting capital. Its recommenda-
 tions are submitted to the premier.
 who acts on them, recommends them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
The Spirit of Jefferson

Alexander Legge will shortly close brief and exceedingly tumultuous career as chair man of the Federal Farm Board Before re- tiring. Mir Legge has contributed one more arresting idea to his record of novel inspira- tions in the field of economics It is this: since the flexible tariff provisions are too unweldy to aid agriculture. Congress should simplify matters by embargoing for year all importations of major farm products. Representative Burtness of North Dakota has introduced bill which would accomplish this end.
 In the same week that Mr Legge and others were appearing before the House Ways and Means Committee to swell grow ing elamor for embargoes, Cordell Hull of Tennessee sounded distinctive note in the tariff medley. Mir Hull called on the democratic party to reestablsh its old posi- ton as low-tariff party and to make eco- homie questions its major issue in 1932 High tariff walls. said Mir Hull, have con- sttuted the greatest single underlying cause of the present world economic collapse. Had international trade, unfettered by universal tariff barriers, been permitted to increase according to the pre-war ratio, the many millions of unemployed wage earners would today be employed at full time.
 Words like these heighten the anticipation of seeing Representative Hull in the senate where he will have much better opportunity to function as his party's prophet If the Tennessean can convince democracy that its 1928 protectionist stand that nailed new plank in the party platform also nailed the coffin lid on his party's most honored tradi- ton. he will have capped his distinguished careed in politics with truly Jeffersonian feat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

Cruel as 1t is, poverty has it's uses.-Evengeline Booth.
 My greatest ambition is to make my mother happy-Jeanne Juilla, Miss Europe"
 If machine does not get you, a stop watch will; if you dodge both. Is 8 merger waiting around the. cor ner.-Stuart Chase.
 It feels fine to be S4-Thomas A. Edison.
 Competitive experience teaches the victor to be modest and the loser to be generous.--Gene Tunney.
 It is unbelievable how many un- believeable things were believed by people during the war.--John Gales worthy.
 A great defect of modern life Is the desire to know about every thing and to place more importance on knowing about things than on do-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

If you can picture state park bigger than Connecticut you have rough idea of the Adirondack Park, New York states largest park It contains 4.604000 acres which is considerably more than in this state. Not only is the park the largest in New York. but it is actually the largest in the United States and perhaps the whole world. Two entire counties are included in it, Essex and Hamilton, not to mention part of Warren county. Lake George also lies within its boundaries. It was established in 1892 and just recently reached its present size by a donation or acquisition of l.550,OOO acres. What playground this will make.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

The death of Mir Cooper means more to congress shan the end of record d-breaking service to the government It means one less republican to assure republican control of congress when it convenes this December. As we understand the situation the republicans now have paper majority of one and if the farmer-labor member sides with the demo- crats it's en-Stephen. A short time ago a mortality statistics expert declared that the democrats would easily control the next Con- gress for there were bound to be more deaths among republican members than democratic He based this on recards for previous sessions and aslo upon the fact that most of the repub- lican legislators are older than their demo- cratic brethern. We never knew that death was partial to either political party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
Connecticut Local Judgeships "Town-Mindedness" and Partisanship Account for
 Defeat of District Court Bill
SPRINGFIELD REPUBLICAN

'Town mindedness'' and rank partisanship are badly displayed in the Connecticut Legislature in the defeat of the administration measure providing for the nomination of dis trict judges by the governor, sub ject to confirmation by the assem- bly,. The vote in the Senate was strictly on party line-2O republic ans against and 15 democrats for. In the House the defeating vote of 179 was made up of 174 republicans and five democrats. the favorable vote of "A democrats and one re- publican. The lone republican was woman member, who deserves to Helen B. kitchel of Greenwich.
 The legislative majority found support for it's action in the judg- ment of the attorney-general that the measure was unconstitutional and the consequent refusal of the senate judiciary committee to report it favorably. But the Legislature brushed aside the not less impres- sive report of the judicial council, of which George w. Wheeler, for mer chief justice of the supreme court of errors, is chairman, in fa- vor of the bill. It is in line with the recommendation of the late Gov Simeon B. Baldwin. an eminent jur- ist who was not likely to err in his interpretation of the constitution. Gov Baldwin. in his inaugural ad-. dress in 1913, noting that the prin- ciple of nomination by the governor and confirmation by the Assembly of judges of the supreme court of errors and the superior court had been flor years and with general acceptance" extended to the court of common pleas and the district court of Waterbury, recommended appli- cation of the same method lin the case of the judges of city, police, borough and town courts"
 The judicial councils report on the state system, or lack of stysem, of minor courts was an impressive showing-up of the haphazard way in which these courts are conducted without uniformity of practice. without traditions, standards or ideals and without responsibility to by the governor, 1t was urged would improve the standards of the district courts, for the change would take away from the Assembly and from the dominant political machine treasured opportunity to reward the faithful with political plums.
 But just now 1t would mean de- gree of political surrender to q governor of the wrong party. That nomination of local judges by Gov Cross would mean a catering to democratic spoilsmen and a lower ing of the standards" of judicial appointment 1t would be wholly un- reasonable to suppose. The legis- lature at least can scarcely be charged with honestly entertaining any such fear. Incidentally, the logic of the constitutional argument as applied to the status of the judges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

to parliament or returns them to the commission for further consider ation. It works in close cooperation with government departments and parliamentary committees. It began with a study of the housing prob- lem, developing some plans of wide scope, and then undertook to cover all phases of the national economy to map out action and determine methods essential to put the coun- try's national equipment into full est operation.
 The British government last year announced it would form an eco homie advisory council, as stand ing body reporting to the cabinet. the president of the Board of Trade and other persons appointed by the premier because of their special knowledge and experience in indus try and economics.
 The purpose is to bring politicians and economists together and make them realize both political difficult ties and economic necessities, &C., cording to the Manchester Guardian. The work and reports of the body are confidential.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

Henry Allen Cooper, the veteran WiScon- sin legislator, established an enviable record
 in the halls of congress, His eighteen terms of service are record that to the best of our knowledge have never been equalled. MT Cooper was also reelected to the 72nd con gress and would have started his nineteenth term this year. His terms were not success sive, since he failed of election to the Goth congress which was in the days of President Woodrow Wilson. When man devotes 36
 years of his life to legislative service he can certainly be ranked with the immortals of his nation. Henry Allen Cooper was only 80 at his death. It is not beyond the bounds of reason that he could have served several more terms had he continued to run for office. Gilbert N. Haugen of Iowa has record almost equalling Mir Cooper's. He has served in l6 consecutive sessions of congress and will also return from the 72nd congress. which will raise his record to seventeen consecutive
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
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FEAST OF DOLLS

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 On the third day of the third month, which in our calendar may correspond with the middle or last day of April, the festival of dolls is celebrated in Japan. The festival is specially dedicated to girls.
 As the sakura trees, which are somewhat similar to our peach trees, burst into bloom at this period. Eu- ropens have named this the festival peach flowers. M On this day Japanese girls and women dress themselves in holiday attire. The mothers adorn the cham Der of state with blossoming saku- ra boughs and arrange an exhibition of all the dolls which their daugh- ters have received. The children prepare a banquet for them which is eaten by the grown folks in the evening after the dolls are supposel to have had their fill.
 The dolls displayed at this festi- val are used only on formal occa- sions and are not regarded as toys. Japanese boys have their doll festi- val, too, but their dolls consist of toy images of warriors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
Act Immediately

nbess b only one course of action for povssnor Cross to take in the case of the New
 Haven judgeship. He should make his ap- pointments immediately regardless of what pction republican legislators may take. Under ths law the judges of New Havens police scurt are named directly by the governor and not by the legislature as is the case with other minor court judges. This happens to be the first year since the law was created that there
 has been any criticism of it. With demo- cratic governor ready to do the appointing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

Confiscation of what is claimed to be pre- war liquor in Philadelphia home should re- suit in some startling charges when the case comes to court. The owner, retired liquor merchant, claims that the liquor was his own private stock and was kept in special cellar built for the purpose when prohibition went into effect He demands return of every drop and has instituted court proceedings. The prohibition laws evidently don't guarantee the sanctity of the home any more. What state of affairs!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
A REPORT ON SUNSET ROCK.
(New Britain Herald)

(New Britain Herald)
 A few lines are devoted to Sunset. Rock in the report of Connecticut state parks and forests, just issued. These are as follows:
 Sunset Rock-All the work un- dertakea here has been simply to clean uo the grounds. The oll stone clubhouse is in very poor condition and it's location from a public park standpoint is not good. It should be taken down.
 There are places along the ton of the cliffs where it would be well to erect some kind of guardrail to keep children from falling off; even adults are in danger, as there is sheer drop of nearly 20 to 30 feet in some spots; fine viewpoint offers by way of this formation. together with the need to watch your step,.'
 It appears to us that 1t is the business .,f the State Park and FoI . est com .n,s ssjon to attend to the mat ters it refers to in it's report. The old clubhouse is of no value to the public as t now stands, whatever may pCSH Ato 0ubdhtdSCS WAWH new. It IS now so dilapidated thnt 1t is q mere hulk of stone. If i. is not soon taken down it will fall to pieces within year or so.
 But rather than have no shelter house at al. new one should be construcfed, and if the spot where the present one is does not suit the state commission, another spot should be selected.
 The nnatter of providing guard rails should be easy and not expen- sive to the state. Their need IS lf-evident to anyone who has had the pleasure of visiting the place. Parents of small children find little pleasure in such a visit today De- cause of the necessity to keep their tots cons-anly in tow
 When Sunset Rock was handed over to the state Improvements were expected. So far nothing has beep done by the state except to ''cleau up the grounds" Not even. guard rails have been erected.
 Meanwhile the state commission has been busily, engaged improving the state rarks. Perhaps the sparse funds of he commission do not per. init it to yield thorough-going atten, tion to all the state parks. but in the case If Sunset Rock there should be at least enough money available to put up the guard rails and make other inexpensive improvements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
Good evening.
 o-O-o EASTER DAY WEARS
(There are sermons in stones,
 gospels in flowers)
"A sMrLE's THE THING.

Flowers, like a baby's breath, Flowers with effulgenee rare. Flowers. new life after death, Incense of the Easter air, May we like the lily pure. Shed our altar on the way, Seeking things that are secure, Giving thanks. on Easter Day.
 o-O-o Being headstrong at the wheel of an auto will give you a headstone in the cemetery.
 O-O-o
 I suppose some people figure that marriage is soluble in the solution of divorce.
 o-O-O Wars produce great generals but the postoffice department leads them all with old General Delivery. He's never lost 8 battle, not even in the Christmas rush.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
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. Ad. dress him, care of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

terms. Edward W. Pou of North Carolina ranks next with fifteen consecutive terms. while John N. Garner of Texas is next with fourteen consecutive terms. Both have been reelected to the 72nd congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

The following advertisement ap- speared recently in q London paper: General Election. Selection com mittee of Metropolitan Liberal Association is seeking parliamentary candidate. Convenient and compact constituency. offering good prospeci for suitable candidate. Etrictestl confidence observed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

It strikes us that what Congress and the President need is some good astrologers. Why not federal Horoscope Commission, non- partisan in character, which would report lucky days for legislation?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

After all it may be good thing to have Congress in session in times like these to get our minds off private troubles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

of the court of common pleas has naturally aroused interest. Is the governors authority to nominate them to be taken away?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
ing them,-sir William Rothenstein,

Tn this age of biography 1t is get ting so that a good man Is afraid to die. William Lyon Phelps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 6.14 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-03
PARACHUTEs

The ring that means the difference
 Between the bright sunlight, And a caskct Six feet under ground, And pcrhaps-ctcrnal night, Deliberately he starts to count, As through the air he's rolled, And idly wonders if the silk Is strong enough to hold. He counts to twelve and pulls the
 The cord breaks meath the strain, The dreadful thought, "this is the end,'
 Goes flashing through his brain, Below the earth seems rising Lake . comet In the sky; And when they mcct-he knows the time Has come for him to die. No, more would wife and Junior, small, Receive his bOisterOus kiss, And a careless mechanic
 Had been the cause of this. Then suddenly he snapped upright,
 While blossOming OCT head A canopy of pure white silk
 Was glOriOusly spread. And like leaf from off q tree,
 He fluttcrs to the ground, And just beyond, the mighty plane
 Crashed with q thunderOuS sound, A sudden hush, an awful roar,
 A rush of smoke and flame, He is now a caterpillar,
 And on the road to fame.
 M. J. McDONOUGH.
 Watcrville. O-O-o Sunshine makes blood, moonshine destroys it. Act accordingly. o-O-o The man who is ruled by petticoat must certainly be old fashioned. The only time men hang up their sox is at Christmas. The rest of the year they're on the floor.
 o-O-o
 Years ago when women talked
 about machines they meant
 Singers or Wheeler & Wilson's.
 Now they mean Fords or Chev-
 rolets.
 Then there was the gambler who looked at the dice, instead of the gun, to see if it was loaded.
 o-O-o
 Many poor cook, says Papa
 Waterbury, is merely pain in the stomach to the rest of the house. o-O-o Where there's will there's gen. erally forty-five heirs or mebbe more. n SOME OF THOSE TALKIES
 Mary talked like a gOlliwOg,
 Her line was sure wow, Folks couldn't understand her
 So she's in the movies now. o-O-o People who go in for things on a large scale want to make sure the scale has been tested by Bill Dun leavy. o-O-o Ex-presidents are like X-rays, seemingly capable of seeing through all the troubles of the
 nation.
 Add similies and metaphors. As inseparable as a doctor and his stethoscope. O-O-O When a girl makes up her mind to get married she gener- ally makes up the mind of her Is boy friend at the same time. o-O-o Another thing in favor of the horse. You didn't have to put him in reverse when parking on a hill. O-O-o THE COVER CHARGE After all is said and done, By banker, clerk or baker, Life exacts its cover charge, Through the undertaken. o-O-O
 YOUNG WATERBURIAN-"Do you pet"
 GATHERINGS and double neck" O-O--o This completes our regular Tues- day evening program. It was broad cast by DBD and came to you through the courtesy of the Evening Democrat, pioneer in this type of newspaper work. We are signing off at this time, to be back on the air again tomorrow evening at the usual hour. o-O-o Good night.
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Here sWhat Makes Fridays Such Busy Days at G@


20 Knitted Sports Dresses. in
Fan colors; sizes IA 81 o.
20 20. Reduced 70. go -"
--2S Silk Blouses, broken sizes.
plain colors and prints. GOc
Reduced to ............ w
so SIip-on Sweaters. all wool.
made Of novelty knit fabrics de-
sirable for immediate 10
wear sizes 81 to g.. 80
Kann Second Floor.
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Leather Goods

Leather and Suede Bags, black
and brown. Shopworn. 90
81 90 value .............
Black and Brown Leather Bags.
$1.95 and $2.95 grades. silk Eve
ming Bags. shopworn. al On
$2.95 value ..........
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Stationery

- Wooden PLAQUES; three dif-
ferent designs, in COL CT IN
ors. 1895 value. CI.OO
rs Framed Pictures; as 90
sorted sizes. S1.00 value, OOC
-2S Practical School Bags, con-
tanning 80 other school 90
necessities .... O1C
is Prs. Wooden Book Ends,
n q painted. $lo0 en-
value . QUO
= Framed Pictures. Dreaming"
by Maxfleld Parrish, GO ~
lsx3o-tn. $3.50 value. PO'%O
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Kann's-Street Floor.
Umbrellas

II Purple Silk Mixture Um-
brelIa; l6 ribs. $7.95 GO OQ
value ...............
% Silk Umbrellas; blue and
brown; i6 ribs. $500 90 E0
value ...............
- Union Umbrellas; blue ana
b. brown S,,E IS ribs. $685. $l.08
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BOMcIe
TURBANS
$l.88

--Smartly becoming little
hats for street and sports
wear. Black, wn,
navy, green and Spanish
tile. Head sizes 81 TO %
inches.
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Hosiery

-1S Prs. Silk Mesh Hose, OSc
also Cotton Mesh Hose.
so FuII-Fashioned Silk Hose;
chiffon and service 2Sn
weights. MISSED; "as is. w
g Pairs, $1.0O)
As Children's Novelty
Sport Hose, 4 and e 7Qc
lengths .........
IA Chiffon Isle and S0c
Cotton Mesh Hose .... wv
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Il Gray Fox Scarf, Ga Or
S25 value. Now.
Il Pointed Fox Scarf,
two-skin style. Was $98. @S2
Now ...........,
II Blended Cross Fox; 0IS
$98 value. Now. .....
II White Lapin (rabbit)
Scn' Was $3.50 $500
3 Wolf Scarfs, in beige, gray
and and, TAM Were $780, $24
NOW -. '.....
Il Alaska Beige Fox GO
Scarf; $135 value. Now. ~'O
II Sealine dyed rabbit)
Coat, wolf collar and GO
cuffs W.
. Lapin (dyed rabbit) Coats,
full length. Were $50 &SQ
and 500. Now. ........ ~~O
Il CaracuI Coat, black; 600
size 40. Was $138. Now. %OO
Il Natural Pony Coat, 0GO
size ID. Was 500. Now. ~O~
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