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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
Urges Pay Cuts

Inasmueh as the Nye senatorial committee proposes a ratio scale for election expense accounts we suppose that the latest proposi- ton of Senator William E. Borah of Idaho might as we'll bear fruit. The fiery irrecon- eilable is of the belief that federal salaries should be reduced. It may be recalled that when Congress voted it's members an in- crease from S7,500 to Sl0,000 Senator Borah refused to accept the same on the ground that no legislator has the right to raise his own salary while in office Since being reelected Mr Borah has accepted the raise. The same principle applies to federal judges Their salaries can not be changed while they are holding office,
 As yet Senator Borah has no revised list of federal salaries. but he has plenty to say. much of which bears repeating. For in' stance, he remarks that We are not going to balance the budget by taxation alone. The most important thing before us is to balance the budget and we cannot do it un- less we make drastic cuts in Federal expendi' lures. It is all nonsense to say We can't make such drastic cuts. We can make them
 q favor beginning on Federal salaries and cutting all those above $2,000 or $2,500 by at least 10 per cent, l believe this can be done without injustice, inasmueh as the purchasing power of the dollar in recent months has increased more than 10 per cent - Incidentally $300,000,000 cut in the proposed budget of S3,942,754,000 budget for lo33 has already been proposed by Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi democratic member of the senate finance committee.
 In principle Senator Borah is right. How ever, it isn't always the best policy to slash salaries right and left. In the majority ot instances federal legislators could stand re- ductions without serious embarrassment It is rare today that we find a congressman dependent upon his annual salary for his sustenance. Most of them have some other means of livelihood. There are very few men, without independent means, who can afford to seek political office today. But in principle this is wrong What Senator Borah and his colleagues might do, though. is to eliminate the thousands of dollars that are paid out in patronage every year. There are countless positions created for some po- litieal favor that merely add to the tax rates. Eliminate all of them in one fell swoop. Then start through all the departments of the government. Clean them out thorough ly. It's man sized job. We don't pre- sume any administration could hope to be reelected following such wholesale proced- ure. but it would save many dollar in taxes. besides accounting for much of the rising cost of government. If Senator Borah would advise such tactics as these together with salary cuts we'd back him to the limit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

Hartford's method of caring for the un- employed and needy includes plan whereby the city reimburses landlords for rent due them by those who are SO unfortunate that they cannot pay their monthly rentals. We'd nesday a number of checks were to be dis tributed. However, city officials had been doing some conferring and as result one third of the 1000 or more checks drawn were endorsed over to the city. The reason was that many of the landlords were delin- quent taxpayers and the city took this means of securing it's taxes. Practically the same method was used in Waterbury this week. too. People having checks due them from the city found that they were being endorsed over to the city for unpaid taxes. We don't blame city officials for doing this. It is as it should be. Every town and municipality needs it's taxes in these days more than ever. The cost of government has mounted at tremendous rate. The high cost of living is as nothing compared to it. And if we are to continue supporting our cities We must pay taxes as they come due. If our officials are forced to what seems like unfair means to collect these taxes just put yourself in their place. You'd do the very same thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
Here, There And EUeryUhere

Hoover during the campaign, and, since Mir Hoover's election, on one or more occasions has been MT Hoover's camp guest on the Rapi- dan.
 Just what Mir Roraback was thinking about as he smoked his cigar and lot Q "half quizzical? ex- precision mark his countenance 1t would be interesting to know. Mir Roraback has had Q good deal to think about since, contrary to his custom, he was tempted to take the stump against Dean Cross of Yale, whom he referred to in the campaign of 1880 as Q "dear old gentleman" only to find that the dean had walked away with the votes and the governorship. But less enigmatic than that "half quizzicap expression was Mir Rora. backs statement after the com mittee meeting that he did not be- lieve that the republican national convention at Chicago could avoid taking some stand on the wet and dry question.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
NEW SEA LORD

On Dec. 2e, 1917, the British ad- miralty appointed Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss as first sea lord to succeed Admiral Sir John R. Jelli- COG, who was elevated to the peer age.
 Italian and British airmen won o thrilling air duel in Q hght near Treviso. These pilots brought to earth Ii Austro.G German planes which had been playing havoc with the Italian troops. The Italian army also scored on land when 1t re- gained Col del Rosso, lost to the Teutons on Dec. 26.
 Plans of the United states gov- ernment to take over railroads In the country were announced. Ray mond B. Stevens, shipping board member, testified that several months of delay in the ship build ing program was caused Dy re- peated strikes, reorganization Of the shipping board and the Emer- gentcy Fleet corporation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
At The National Capitol
\ Digest of Who's Who and What's What
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

per cent of the difference between the amount spent by states, coun- ties and communities for emer. gency relief in 1928 and the amount would be paid at once and the rest as needed. The board could also make provisions for n1i- gratory workers and buy wheat from the Federal Farm board which could be traded for or con- verted into flour. Hearings Tor au- thirozed agents of the applicant states would be compulsory and such states would have to present detailed plans showing the pur- poses for which 1t would use allo- cated funds and means and meth- ods by which the funds would be administered. Relief given would be based on standard family budget adopted by state authorl- ties and approved by the board. If necessary, 1t would be provided for single, unmarried persons In Q manner calculated to preserve their morale and self-respect."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
NEA Service Writer

Washington-Get familiar with | the LaFollette bill for federal un- employment relief if you want to
 follow what now seems likely to be the big progressive conservative
 fight of the 72d congress.
 This bill, authorizing $2b0,00O,- 900 for immediate relief, appears as the most important and care- fully planned relief measure ad- vanced and Is expected to have
 support of the progresslves along with that of many other democrats
 md republicans if 1t Is demon-
 strated that states and municipali- ties cannot prevent starvation and extreme distress with existing facil-
 tiles and funds.
 Senator Robert M. LaFollette of
 wisconsin spent most of Novem- Der reviewing conditions in the country resulting from unemploy-
 ment, In conference with experts
 as to the best method of federal relief to localities unable to bear the burdon of demands and in drafting and re-drafting the meas
 ure so that 1t would cover every I detail.
 Now LaFollette is working on q survey which will contain in- formation on conditions from may ors of about 800 cities and Is de- signed to determined the extent of need for federal aid. He ex- poets to use this information with telling effect when the Dill comes
 before the senate, believing that
 many members of congress will support him as soon as they learn the facts.
 The Hoover administration op- poses federal relief. terming any such measure 0 "dole." A $2b0,-
 900, 900 relief appropriation pres
 sumably would be vetoed. Never-
 theless, I.aFollette proposes to have the relief funds administered entirely by state and local authorl- ties, thereby meeting Hoover's con-
 stant insistence that relief admin istration should be kept as near
 as possible to the recipients of re- lief,
 The Red Cross. which last year through Chairman John Barton Payne refused to administer any
 federal relief appropriation which might be forthcoming, Is ignored in the LaFollette bill. LaFoliette says $250, ,000, 1000 Is the "best estimate obtaniable Of the probable minimum of urgent need for this winter and next
 spring" Relief now being admin istered is already on n famine
 basis," he says, in many large cit-
 les amounting to less than $b a week for families of four, often
 with no aid possible for single
 destitute persons or migratory vic-
 tims of unemployment.
 A federal Emergency Relief Board would be created to allot the funds to the state governments
 which applied. Its executive ofh- cer would be Miss Grace Abbott,
 head of the Children's bureau, which LaFollette says has had the
 most experience in carrying out joint state-federal activity. This
 board would deal only with repre- sentatives of the states, which
 would in turn have the federal
 funds distributed through existing agencies, avoiding duplication of effort and expense. Quick preiim-
 mary surveys of probable urgent
 needs by the states themselves are
 provided for.
 The boards big job would be to
 receive applications from the gov ernors and review the evidence of
 need. It would be authorized to
 pay each applying state up to 50
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

disorderly houses. but speakeasies still flour ish as strong as ever. What is happening in Mayor Lehmans community is no df- ferent than in many another. There is little use of making determined efforts to curb violations of the liquor laws. Every available force in the nation would have to be utilized to this end if complete success was demanded. And even then we think failure would be the result. Prohibition just simply doesn't agree with American ideas. It should be remedied and tine sooner the better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
ROMPERs
(IIartford Courant)

In these troubled times, when the farm problem looms large on the economic horizon, 1t is com forting to see that the statesmen at Washington are not forgetting the farmer and his difficulties and that the government Is doing It's best to right matters. Perhaps 1t has not been able to support wheat prices above the cost of production. Possibly 1t has failed in It's attempt to reduce cotton acreage. Beet sugar prices may be at new lows. and the stock farmers may be fac ing bankruptcy. What matter? A kind government is always around to publish bulletins that should cheer the farmer, even if they don't lift the mortgage on the farm.
 The latest of these helpful hints is "Rompers," written by Clarice Louisba Scott, assistant specialist in clothing. division of textiles and clothing, bureau of home eco- monies of the department of agri- culture of the United States of America. And if q lady with Q title like that can't frighten off the de- precision, 1t is more stolid than even the pessimists declare 1t to be. "Rompers' tell It's readers every thing there is to know about the subject. It describes an adjust able romper that "iies out fiat and will go through mangle'-- though the wise mother will re- move the baby first. A tailored romper Ifs roomy, especially in the lower back" A dress romper has "a bit of stitchery" used to Ito em- phasize the lines of shirring about the face" A summer romper lis designed for hot days when clothes are more Q matter of convention than necessity" If there is any thing about rompers that the au- thor doesn't tell her public, 1t sim ply is not known.
 How comforting 1t Is to think of the horny-handed farmer sitting before the fire in which he is burn ing his surplus corn. and comfort ably reading about r0mpers. Though the banker may be pre- pairing the foreclosure papers, the owner need not worry, for he knows that the proper material for the romper Is broadcIoth, which tailors neatly and makes launder- ing easy. What if the cholera gets into his shoats7 He knows that the romper front should be Hong enough for the child to lie on his stomach and rise up on his hands' though # he has & child what can do that, he'd better forget his farm and put in lt vaudeville. The farm problem ia solved. God reigns and tho government nf Washington lives and studies rampeFa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
Congress

Congress opened with the country in an unusually favorable mood toward that body. Business men. bankers. economists had failed to save the country from serious evils. It was felt that possibly Congress could do something. The public was willing to be shown. and q bit hopeful It is said to secord that behavior on Capitol Hill in the cpeains weeks of the sssion has been dis ecufaging. On the whole. there has been cratory instead of action. passion instead ot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

w. A. Bentley of Jericho. Vermont, is dead. The name won't mean much to many people. but in the photosraphing world 1t stands for considerable. W. A. Bentley is known far and wide for his snowflake pie lures which he has been taking for ~ winters. He developed a camera powerful enough to bring out the beautiful shape and eoloring of snowfakes and created such a demand for his work that he could hardly keep up with it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
RoRABACK AND HOOVER
(springfeld Republican,

Later, when asked about the
 absence of enthusiasm, Mir Rora-
 back was taken aback. He ex-
 plained that he thought the Hur-
 lev speech was excellent but that
 applause and wild cheers had
 never been characteristic Of his
 family.
 This comment upon the attitude of the Connecticut member or the national committee, when that committee was privi- legged to listen at It's recent Wash- ington meeting to the eulogy or President Hoover by Secretary or War Hurley, was appended to his dispatch by the Washington cor respondent of the Hartford cour- ant.
 Mir Roraback has been asked to explain his own failure to display any enthusiasm in spite of the fact that Mir Hurley's praise of Presi- dent Hoover" frequently brought a majority of those present to their feet with cheers and applause" Mir Roraback. in contract. had "sat quietly smoking a cigar. half quizzical expression on his face." and. as become a dutiful member of the Connecticut machine, Miss Catherine Byrne of Putnam. Con- necticut's woman member of the republican national committee, sat dutifully beside Mir Roraback and did not applaud any more than he did, although she seems to have omitted the cigar.
 In justice to MT R0raback, it never was supposed. in 1928. prior to the Cleveland convention. that he had any great enthusiasm for Mir Hoover then. He was under stood to desire the reelection of MT Coolidge. There were members or the Connecticut delegation who felt the state was losing prestige by failing to get on the Hoover bandwnRon as carly as some others. Later. however. Mr Roraback was forgiven~--if his coolneaa had been noted in the first plaoe-~nnd he was Invited Co consult with Mr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

Mayor Eugene H. Lehman of Tarrytown. N. r.. has announced that his town will abandon all efforts to enforce the prohibition law within it's limits. The mayor is of the opinion that the number of people who honestly wanted enforcement was small compared to the majority who didn't want it. It may be recalled that last spring the Tanytown mayor started dry crusade. He managed to ge. rid of gambling joints and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

4AGned lettcrs pertaining t0 personal health aBd hygiene, not disease diagnosis or trcatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address hlns, care of the Democrat. sendfns stamp and adARessed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
QUOTATIONS

Nothing say Is to be interpreted
 as in favor of movies.-Sinclair Lewis, author of "Arrowsmith." Mechanical equipment should create opportunity for lesiure, not unemployment. - William Green. president A. F. l.. The trend of international trade throughout the world offers con- elusive proof that the current world d-wide economic upheaval Is a result of causes over which the United States government has no control.-senato Reed Shoot of
 Utah.
 Most people live like one note on the piano.-Lupe Veiez. movie ac- tress.
 Small colleges must not be over-
 whelmed in our pursuit of gigant- ism.--Dr. Robert L. Kelly. AmerI- can Association of American coi- ieges.
 To-day Great Britain can under
 sell us in China and other silver- money.using countries by 90 per
 cent.--senator Key Pittman of
 Nevada.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
"A sMrLws THE THING"

Good evening.
 o-O~-o The Boy Scouts have made great progress since their or- ganization, but we must not forget the good scouts, with us since this old world began.
 O--O--o Fox hunting may be great sport, but we'd like the reaction of the fox before the cataloguing takes place.
 O-O-o The girl with liquid eyes probably pools her love in 'em.
 o--O--O People should have their photos taken when they're in pleasant frame Of mind.
 o--O-o Rubber checks are merely stretching your financial imagina- ton.
 AnA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

The Chinese Japanese situation certainly is smplified now that Chfang Kai Shek has resigned and patriot with the spelable and pronouneeable name Lin Sen has the job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

Very likely lot of the people who are not buying yet are merely waiting for the prices to go up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

The Prince of Wales ia setting an economy example by rldlna aN an ordinary passenger in regular trains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
OHMIGOsH

she expected Q diamond for Christ
 mas,
 Now she sobe in tender tone, She got ring for Christmas, But 1t was over the phone.
 o-O--o The man who thinks he knows everything should marry the wo- man who knows nothing. They say opposites attract.
 o-O-o
 Christmas Is the season when folks go out on the highways and the buy-ways.
 O-O-o Spooners use old cemetery Headline. A-ha, dead men tell no tales.
 The difference between we'll heated home and a poorly heated one Is the mere matter of being comfortable without wearing sweaters or sitting on your hands
 The debt we owe Europe has nothing on the debt that Europe owes us. Neither seem collectable at the moment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

All vehicles muSt be lighted not later than 4:59 o'clock tonight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
YOU SAID IT

It's easy enough to be pleasant, Yes happy aud cheerful and gay, When your ii10tlicr-in.iaw writes she's not coming, As house guest on dear Christ. mas day.
 o-O--o Love, locked in each others arms has every reason in the world to laugh at locksmiths.
 o-O-o
 It takes turned down bed clothes to give you the cold shoulder once in while.
 O-O-0 America is q land where they'll sell the home in order to keep the garage.
 o-O--o The man who has a double chin can take double rapB upon it.
 o-O-O Italian finances arc not as bad as reported. The old Italian lire, eh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26

4 stone axe said Co be 10000 Coatbridge. Scotland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
TEE. HEE

There was an old woman, That lived in q shoe, She had sO many children, She didn't know what to do, She hung mp their stockings, But she'll do 1t no more, They taxed her for keeping, A self service sock store.
 o-O-o An apple a day keeps the doctor away but a smallpox sign on the house keeps everybody away.
 o-O--o Merchants who find sales dull in one line are branching off into the Christmas tree racket.
 Love starts as Q tiny flame. but unless guarded carefully can become an all consuming fire.
 O-O--o
 OH. OH Behind these bars stands Raymond, He needs not calls or bccks, He did hin Christmas shopping. With . book 0f rubbeF checks.
 0--O~-0 Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Congress Is burning 10 grab a fid- de.
 o-O--0 Good nlght.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-26
AND THEN

The man who smokes five cent cigars, Is often Ovcr.rated, Hut spending nickcls on cigars. May make him nickel. plated.
 o-O-o A rose for love, but q fern for all winter utility as well as econ. omy.
 o-O--o People who cotton to Christmas trees generally use a lot of cotton for decQrations.
 o-O--o
 AW GO ON There's heaps of mysticism. Now readers don't get rash, But you'd have to be Q mystic, To believe in turkey hash. suppose the gangsters figure their ring for Christmas.
 o-O-o Now they want to open the breweries and give the nation barrels of fun, 1 suppose.
 o-O-o It pays to make things beautiful. Ask the proprietor of a beauty par Tor.
 O-O-o The cook who finds nice things for the cop probably wants to make sure the strong arm of the law will stay strong enough for her to feel 1t around the waist.
 o-O--o The lamp of knowledge bears the shade of wisdom.
 o--O-o Dc kind to dumb animals, you may have q husband of your own some day.
 o-O-o Tell the truth at all times, If you must lie, do so on q couch.
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