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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
Uncle Sam's Insurance Loans

The rush of war veterans for government loans surprises many people. The needy ones are very numerous. To them such loan is godsend. Here is practical relief made inn medately effective. If federal drouth relief were only so prompt The effect on busi ness apparently is not going to be so bad as many critics honestly expected. The funds needed will be readily obtained.
 Uncle Sam will even make money out of the business He borrows at l-2 per cent and charges the veterans 4 12 per cent. It is bargain for both parties. Most of the vet erans will not pay the interest. but it will accumulate against their insurance certificates.
 The unfortunate thing about the matter is that so many hundred thousand veterans will be eating up their government insurance. In case of their death, or at the time of maturity. there will be little left for them or their families. In most cases. perhaps, that canno, be helped. It should be avoided whenever pos sible One result may be lot of new bus- ness for regular insurance companies when times improve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
A Presidents Pet Retires

King Tut President Hoovers favoritc pet has been sent away to recover from an in- disposition said to have been caused by too much publicity. The dog. which was brought from Belgium by Mir Hoover in 1917. seemed happy for while in his surroundings. but he gradually became morose and finally developed hypochondra. He was constantly under the attention of reporters and his every trick, even to his bringing in his master $ paper every morning, was observed and re- corded.
 White House pets are almost as well known to the country as their owners. When Pres ident Roosevelt's bull-terrier engaged in dog fight on the executive lawn. the combat made first-page news. After the belligerent animal. which had already attacked an ambassador. was banished, Mir Roosevelt was deluged with proffered candidates for the succession. It is thought that the secrecy surrounding King Tuts exile was inspired by Mir Hoovers fear of such misplaced generosity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
Why Bring Up Programs?

Representative William M. Citron's prompt
 response to the attacks of U. S. Senator Hiram
 A. Bingham and State Senator John F. Lynch . delivered at the annual Mckinley dinner in
 Hartford last week is indeed to be compli- . mented. but to our way of thinking the par .. the banquet required no answer. They could be classed as merely rhetorical. uttered more .. for the effect they would produce upon the assemblage than for pure accuracy. It has . long been the habit of republicans of this . state to deride the democratic party. It IS part of the scheme to discredit it in the eyes ] of the public and to create the impression , that the republican party of Connecticut is the : only party in which can be found men capable :. of ruling the state.
 !. Minority House Leader Citron went to some lengths in describing and outlining the . various pieces of legislation that the demo- 1. cratic party was sponsoring. It wasn't nec- essary, Mir Citron. We think that the people 1. of Connecticut are aware of the fact that the :. democratic party has been champoning meas 1. ures that would insure the state of the great . est benefit if they were made into laws !. However. we not asking the republi- !. It would resemble in some degree that of MT < Citron's But we do think that 1t IS high !. time that the republican party moved over . on its pedestal and prepared to make room !. for dominant democratic party which has 1. been denied representation until it is now ris- . ing in its wrath and demanding its rights. 1. If the republican party of Connecticut 1. was all that Senator Bingham and Senator 1. Lynch claimed 1t to be last week there would !. have been less partsanship manifested in the :. legislature when bill like that proposing district court system for Connecticut was de- ]. feated strictly along party lines, the republi- . cans voting it down, the democrats standing :. in back of it. And this despite the fact that !. the judicial council had urged the legislature !. to give it worthy consideration. Liquor bills ; which might have clarified the situation con- . sderably in this state were treated in the same : fashion. Political lines were drawn and the . majority. of course. ruled.
 ]. Senator Bingham and Senator Lynch did .. not inform their republican listeners last week !. of the strange case of the Connecticut judi !. ciary. composed almost entirely of republicans. !. In one breath we are urged not to speak of :. political affiliations where judicial appoint ments are concerned and in the next we are !. confronted with the polite task of appointing Republicans to these positions. When Cover .nor Cross replaces republican common pleas ]. court judges with democrats he is playing politics But nothing is said about the way .republican governors in past years cleaned the courts of their democratic ineumbents leaving a paltry few on the benches of the superior z and supreme courts to make an appearance of sn-partisan appointments. These and many
 Usre things might Senator Bingham end Sen Kor Lynch have unfolded last week Strangely
 enough they didn't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
Telling Their Age

Great Britain is about to take population census. It is said that all women will be compelled to give their correct ages. Without telling how this is to be accomplished, the news dispatch goes on to say that the author ities have promised to keep the information confidential and have provided severe penal ties for anyone who unlawfully reveals cit- izens age.
 Women members of parliament are thought to be responsible for the plan to thwart the curious and inquisitive. They understand woman's natural retieenee in this matter. and believe that keeping the information strictly confidential will help to acquire it in the first place.. Perhaps some day advancing years will bring no economic discrimination or other disadvantage. and then people will get over trying to hide their age.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1881
A Worthy Appeal

It should not require much prompting by the Waterbury Anti Tuberculosis League to remind local citizens of the need of supporting the drive that this organization is now con- ducting. Annually an apeal is made in Sep tember for funds to carry on the work of the society throughout the year. Now the league finds that it will require S7,250 to finance its program through the next five months. Increased demands upon the league and the important fact that it now maintains the local isolation hospital as waiting station for tubercular patients seeking admission to state sanatoria make necessary this unusual plea.
 We have spoken more than one in behalf of the Waterbury Anti tuberculosis League. Its work here in Waterbury is too well known to require any further explanation. Everybody knows the purpose of it. Everybody knows that it is accomplishing great things with its limited resources. Everybody knows that it has placed at the disposal of tubercular suf- ferers disqualification facilities that are almost the equal of those in our state sanatoria. This. of course. means that the league must spend more money 10 PIOVlOe the proper 1000 ana to insure the correct care of those patients who utilize the isolation hospital while wait s ing their turn to be admitted to the state sanatoria.
 Somebody may ask why the state doesn't take hand in this work. Perhapsit should, but the state is doing more today than it ever did for tubercular sufferers Thanks to the state tuberculosis commission additional facilities are being created at the five state , sanatoria. Old buildings are being replaced with modern fireproof ones. Additional beds are provided for patients. Attendants are being considered also. The most modern equipment for the treatment of various stages of the disease is available. But waiting lists at all these institutions are long. Some suf ] fssers must see their chances of recovery be- , coming simmer and simmer. The Water bury Anti Tuberculosis League is warning against this by caring for those patients who . require such attention at the isolation hos s pital It is humane task. It demands monetary assistance from all who can give Z it. Don't overlook the chance to relieve suffering and misery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12

There was bit of unconscious irony in the Question and Answer Series appearing in the Waterbury Democrat Monday night. Most of our readers were familiar with this little feature compiled by the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce The question was asked-What was the first state park estab- lshed in the state? The answer was "Sher- wood Island at Westport. acquired in 1914" The irony appears even in the present status of the park. It isn't even park. The state is even now waging bitter fight to keep possession of its holding on Sherwood Island in Westport. Attempts have been made to appropriate money to make the site a suitable resort for all the people of Connecticut. but they have been frustrated by wealthy land owners of Westport who object to state park adjacent to their property. The park isn't t even available to the general public. At one time there was sandbar crossing for vehicles but the channel was dredged deeper few years back and the sandbar removed. Maybe some day the state will be able to call Sher- wood Island Beach its first park, but just now
 it must be regarded as the focal point of a controversy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
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Sun Yat-Sen's Birth.

On March 12. 1867, Sun FYat-Sen, Chinese, revolutionary leader, known as the, Father of the Chinese Re- public, was born of native Chris tian percentage in the Kwantung province.
 Following his course at the new medical school in Hongkong. of which he was the first graduate, Sun devoted himself to secret &C., tiyites aiming to overthrow the Chinese monarchy. His personal influence had much to do with the inner, organization of the 1911 revolution against the Manchu government.
 Sun was in England when the revolution began. He returned to China, and on Jan 5,Ss 1912s took the oath of office as provisional president of the new republic, at the request of the national con- yention at Nanking. He resigned the next year. but when the presi- dent who succeeded him died, Sun put himself at the head of g movement for an Independent Sre- public of South China.
 ' He died of cancer at Peking.s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
Editorials Are Read

Members of club composed of business and professional men and women recently were asked some questions about their news papers reading habits. It was found that next to local news, the editorials were the most-read portion of the newspapers. After the editorials came financial news. national news. foreign news. radio women's clubs. society, comics, sports, daily serials and dra- matcs
 It is interesting to find the editorials up close to the top of the list, with comics and sports so near the bottom. different group of men and women might have answered the questionnaire quite differently. Yet it is probably truer than many persons realize that editorials are more widely read today than they ever were before = probably be- cause the general level of intelligence has risen and because the editorials are usually better written.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12

Elk aren't the only wild animals in the na- ton to get protection. Caribou will soon find haven on Isle Royale, Lake Superior, if Un- cle Sams agents can round up every last one of the 400 caribou in this nation and ship them to Lake Superior's largest is.and, just on the south side of tho international border. Also herd of 1000 moose will be sheltered on the island which is natural primeva wilderness Other forms of wild life common to that section of the country will be placed on the island We'd hate to have to spend night on it without shelter over our head Doubtless this action will cause the few re- maining private owners on the island to va cate their premises. 1'st
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
NEA Service Writer

Washington-The fairest way one can describe the Muscle Shoals sit-
 uation is to say that Senator Norris of Nebraska and the Power Trust" have fought another draw.
 Although. you might also say that
 President Hoover was the referee
 and that he stepped fin and called off the fight just as Norris had it won. through the veto of the tNor- ris measure which had been passed by both houses of. congress.
 The consolation for Norris and the congressional majorities is that the big $15O,00O,000 development on the !! Tennessee river has been kept out of the hands of the public utilities corporations through 10 long years of the fighting, whereas the Power 1 Trust" can celebrate because while the government still owns Muscle Shoals it is still unable to produce and distribute electricity. Probable Campaign Issue Tn 10 years the country has heard lot about Muscle Shoals. Whether
 any large proportion of the voters
 even yet understand the issue may be
 matter of argument, but it has
 had enough publicity to be given
 Very serious attention as a probable campaign issue in 1892. Unless the
 Norris measure is passed over the presidential veto in the first session of congress beginning next Decem- ber it is fairly certain to become at least one of the campaign issues. President Coolidge gave the Mus cle Shoals bill a pocket veto when congress gave it to him two years hnwavQP made the issue much more definite in his veto message just before the close of congress, and put the ad- ministration on record as to its po- sition. Tn the 1928 campaign he said Muscle Shoals was an exception to his. commonly known attitude against government ownership and operation. But 1t is reasonably cer- tain that his 1891 stand rather than his 1928 stand will be his position in 1892.
 How much of a fight he will get on that issue seems to depend on whom the democrats nominate, Governor Roosevelt of New York, whose attitude toward the power is- sue in New York has been endorsed by Norris, might favor such bill as Hoover vetoed. owen D. Young associated with the power interests, might not. Chairman John J. Ras- kob, who appears to be4courting the support of big business for the party, probably wouldn't declare for gov ernment operation. But there seems to be a real chance the friends of the Norris plan will be able to pass a Muscle | Shoals measures over the presiden- tial veto after congress convenes again. The senate voted 49 to. 34-- less than the two-thirds voterequired ito override the veto and the lineup in the next senate promises the possibility that the necessary change of six votes. can be had.
 Face Real Fight in House
 It probably will be harder to over-
 ride veto in the house.. but con- ditions there will be infinitely more propitious. There will certainly be an increased number of votes for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's What
 fly RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

measure. And there will be no ad- ministration control of the house machinery to enable enemies of the bill to tie it up until well along in the second session. And if vote 10 override the veto comes at the first session, as it probably will, the. ad- ministration will have mo contingent of lame duck" to depend upon. '
 The presidents suggestion that the states of Tennessee and Alabama form a commission to take over Muscle Shoals plants and dispose of them probably will attract no strong support, but it will at least give his friends in congress a talking point.
 Just to refresh your memory, the bill which the president vetoed call- ed for the building of transmission lines by the government SO that 1t might sell power to others than the Alabama Power company, to which it now sells. the building of adam at Cove Creek. to double the. amount of power available the year around and the sale of current By a government owned operating corporation with preference given. to municipalities and farmer and other non-profit organizations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
THE MAIN ENTRANCE.
(Hartford Times)s

Advocates of the proposed Merritt highway say the Boston Post road from Greenwich to Bridgeport is the most crowded section of state high- way in the United States. That may seem incredible to many who have tried to get into Brooklyn, New York, from Jamacica, Long Island. of a. Sunday, or undertaken to ne- gotiate the main passage between Boston and Lynn, Massachusetts, on that day. After roads become jam full of. cars, how can one be said to be more crowded than another? N
 Nobody will dispute that the con- dition is bad on the Greenwich Bridgeport road or that 1t needs re- formation by construction of new road, or more than one new road, paralle1ing 1t on the north.
 In New England all roads lead, not to Rome, but to New York, and most of them, as they approach the converge at the foot of the Housatonic valley, so that a: vast stream of interstate traffic must nec- essarily now travel over the southern Fairfield county route. Because 1t is interstate traffic. in heavy propor- tion, especially during the warm months, Connecticut should have federal aid in solving the problem of convenient motor-vehicle transit in the region affected. Our state is taxed to help build federal-aid roads literally from Maine to California and could well use larger propor- tion of the taxes so paid than 1t has received. For the proposed Merritt highway $4,000.000 is asked of the Connecticut treasury and not a cent from that of the federal government. We can add that the 2.700-foot tunnel Bridgeport is desiring to fur nish better eastern outlet for that city represents an improvement ap- purtenant to the interstate trunk line route leading from New York and ramifying fan-like from Bridge port into all New England.
 Connecticut does not shirk its duty with regard to highways, but if there could be in New England, or the United States anywhere section more appropriate for the exercise of federal highway aid than which con- stitutes the natural and inevitable gateway between New York and the east, even unto the Canadian pro- vinces, we cannot imagine 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12

Well. old fellow, I've not seen them. Fact Is, you chaps are becoming 50 scarce I've been wondering if you are getting readysto follow me into the land of memory. \ Looks bad!'' admitted the visitor cheerfnlly. still sticking to its two familiar notes. we thought--ere now-the law-would give--rs time ito buildour ranks.' v ~ 5 It scratched damp acorn from the soil and tentatively pecked at it. Then: 4'Too slow! Too slow!" it commented.
 Health Hen. T know! Why broth er, time was then my family fairly .abouts. Then came the gunners, more and more every year. until to- day I'm the rarest game bird ex- tant. You're right, the laws too
 .Too bad.. sympathized Bot & "Oh, as to that, I don't mind near ly as much as they do. I'll say this for 'em. When they woke up to the fact that my race was doomed they acted fast enough"
 '.roo late. Too late," commented the visitor.
 "Exactly!" agreed the Health Hen. Rather amusing. too. from one point of view. the way these so- called sportsmem still seek conserva- ton with a bag of cracked corn in one hand and gun in the other. One would think that the extermina- tion of the passenger pigeon. and my own family, as well as other game which formerly. abounded in America, would furnish an obpect lesson strong enough to convince the present army of nearly 100000 gunners that conservation to be sef- fective has to begin while game Is still plentifti1.',
 'sWhat can--be done?" incurred Bob White brightly.
 "Humph," said the Health Hen, "plentyi Right now the McNary- Haugen bag limit bill is before con- gress, and conservatiOnists led by Dr w. T. Hornaday, whose warnings have proved sound many times. are asking that 1t be amended to abolish batting and live decoys ana to short en: the hunting seasons. Therefore. friend Bob, the hope of your species as well as of duck, geese, and other game lies with congress
 "Will Con-gress act?" asked the visitor.
 s.Ask me something easy" replied the lone surviving Health Hen. 'It probably will if enough friends of the birds write their senators and representatives. E
 A twig cracked in the distance. wi1ereupons the Health Han ceased clucling and scuft1ed or Into the. underbrusl, while the yisitor perked up slts head and sent q pleading call eciioing over the water of the sound.
 Bob White!" 1t whistled. Bob,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
l)UOTATIONS


 Dictatorships are like houses of cards. They may stand and they
 Count Carlo sforza.
 
 Prosperity does not happen. It
 Edward "A. Filene.
 
 Not since the passing of the 18th amendment has there been a presi- dent who has done anything to see that 1t is enforced.
 Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of the Southern Methodist church.
  Most Americans are not sufficient- ly civilized to, be entrusted with s sir William wayland.
 
 My wife thought that only dis tinguished people received the No- bel prize. but when it was bestowed on me she suddenly rejected that theory. Sinclair Lewis. There lies a deep meaning in the fact that the children of All civilized countries are so fond of Albert r,Instein.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
TO-DAY'S SELECTED POEM
RETURN

RETURN
 (By Mabel Felt Miller in the Christian
 Science Monitor) I had forgotten how the foothills lie Like great dark whales against the sea-blue
 sky, And how the mountain seems magnificent, re-
 mote, An iceberg in the bay of clouds afoat While eastern wind with swishing broom of
 rain Has swept the restless earth of snow again. Nor did, recollect that from the wood The Chinese pheasant comes in search of food Poised and alert reluctant to be seen brilliant picture from a lacquered screen, While Quaker pigeons listen to the crow Tell of his gnrden piunder they go Homeward through the canyons green abyss, had forgotten that March could be like this.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12

Illinois the judiciary committee of the legis- lature recommended by a 15 to 8 vote that the legislature pass resolution calling upon congress to submit the question of repeal of the 18th amendment to the legislative bodies of the 48 states In Rhode Island permission was asked of the legislature to manufacture and sell alcoholic liquors within its bound aries. There is but one purpose behind these varying pieces of legislation, the illustration of the present liquor laws. generally regarded as the most disliked and illogical ever made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12
THE HEALTH HEN ON CONsER.
 a NATION.
(Christian Science Monitor)

From his cover admist the scrub oaks of Martha's Vineyard the lone surviving Health Hen eyed an ennis sary of the fast diminishing Bob White family with inquisitive glance. His head cooked on the aide and bright eyes alert, he clucked g re- spectful greeting.
 welcome to the sanctuary, Bob" [" he seemed to say. What can do for yot?y
 The visitor tossed pair of quizzi- cal notes high Into the air, listened for their echo. and then voiced a series of repetitions. S
 Ah,' replied the Health Hen in ite own language, 'yofk frIsndt2 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12

Waterbury is going to have its hands full trying to keep it's city streets in state of re- pair this year. The pavrg program may have to be expanded to allow work on many of our main streets. You can't name one of them that doesn' really need to be resurfaced. And just filling in the holes is merely postponing the inevitable This would be good year to do the work with labor and material avail. :ble at lower rates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-12

Three states. which in 1930 expressed op- position to the present named prohibition laws are still up in arms against them and ready to join in any nationwide movement to remove the l8th amendment from the statute books. The Massachusetts Assembly this week voted favorably on three proposals to cause modification of federal prohibition. In