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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
Baker Speaks Up ~

We don't know whether the remarks of Newton D. Baker. Woodrow Wilson's war secretary and candidate for the presidency in the democratic party. on Alfred E. Smith, the 1928 candidate, will be construed as political move or merely admiration upon Mr Bakers part. But at any rate they clearly indicate that while Smith IS Tn the race at Chicago next month Mir Baker will be supporting him and not Governor Roosevelt. Of course Mir Baker may be en- tirciy concerned with his own candidacy. If 50. it would be the wisest thing he could do to boost the Smith stock. The ex- governor of New York may actually name ': next democratic presidential candidate. The chances are it will be Baker or Ritchie.
 We liked his comment upon the demo- cratic plaform. It is high time that our political parties were rid of those eneum- bering declarations of position on eontro- versal issues. Rarely do they play an in,- portant part in the election of either can didate Of course. this year some state ment on the prohibition question may win or lose the election for either the democratic or republican candidate. but that can be con- densed into a few sentences or few para graphs The day of the lengthy platform is gone. It would be far better for the plat form committees to spend more of their time committing their party to these issues than writing them in such glowing terms.
 Declaring himself in favor of complete economic readjustment in the United States Baker said, It is manifest we cannot go on. We must have readjustment of our domes- tic economic policies. hope we never bniid the kind of Babylon which was de- stroyed in 1929. am not anxious to see speculative and paper fortune built again. The problem of statesmanshp for the next fcur years is to devise economic policies for the wider and more equal distribution of the products of labor, increasing purchasing power. enabling us to trade and creating prosperity for all.
 f@f"The republican party, with the phloso- rshy it has proclaimed and adhered to. is not a1 available instrument for the accomplish ment of these changes The party has given us devasting and prolonged economic fits and the people of the United States are not liI.cly to ask the republicans for another dose of the same extract. .. MT Baker IS gradually cnlarging upon his availability for office. His part in the Wickersham re- port classified his prohibition stand as against the present system. He deserted the League of Nations cause some months ago. Now he states his economic position. And he's ss Smith rooter. We'd say the Cleveland democrat was sitting we'll up on the front row of prospective candidates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
Gardening For Prisoners

A big and well populated municipal workhouse stands in the midst of large farm The purpose of the farm was to provide wholesome and profitable work for the inmates. It has not been fully realized. Nearly half the area has been idle. So have nearly half the prisoners. Now comes the word from the authority at the top, Farm that land"
 All the able bodied men are to be put to work in the fresh air and sunshine, on the wholesome soil. Many of them have never been trusted out of doors before. They will be trusted now, with just a little survel- lance. The prison head does not believe they will want to run away. Most of them well realize that they are better off where they are.
 Work for prisoners is the biggest of prison problems. Opportunities are usually limited. partly by fear of competition with honest outside labor, partly by fear of the prisoners escape. Of all forms of prison labor. farm work is probably the best. It makes little competition for similar work beyond the prison pale. and it builds health and morals in the prisoners themselves. Never has the devil better chance than in the prison idle house." It would be fine thing if there were more farms and gardens for tbe penitentary population of this country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
They Lead The Way

' The Socialist party IS the first to declare
 Mself in favor of change from our present
 method of liquor control prohibition. As
 sembled in national convention at Milwau- ikee, where Pabst beer once ruled the roost,
 Socialists went on record as favoring govern. 'rnent ownership of brewerles and distilleres
 local option for each state being preferred It was a close vote. 8l to 7l. but we'll wager the weight that Haywood Broun. New York columnist, put behind the wet plank carried it to victory.
 @ The wet plank was introduced by Mayor Daniel w. Hoan of Milwaukee and sup ported by Broun and Oscar Amernger of Oklahoma City. They practically forced
 the vote on the convention by bringing in
 minority report as members of the plat
 form committee. The majority report cs this group asked'th the convention ignore the liquor question. We wouldn't be sur-
 prised if the debate that occurred on the convention floor was wilder and more exeit ing than any that will take place at the com ing democratic and republican conventions in Chicago.
 x Among some of the pleasant little re-
 marks waited over the convention floor was
 the following from one Charles Hill of Massachusetts. During the vote on inelus-
 ion of wet plank he shouted, We're going , home to tell every member of the party what Ia dirty political machine is running this con-
 vention. Every sort of political trickery has been tried. It's worse than Tammany. - :. The chairman broke his gavel trying to subdue the uproar that followed this out < burst. Had he been in touch with Speaker Garner of the House he probably could have secured some of the dozens that the Texan received when he took office.
 ~ Incidentally the champion of the drys. one George Goebel of Newark, picked up his hat and walked out of the convention in fi,e midst of the turmoil. He was affronted at this stano The Socialist party favors the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and the taking over of the liquor industry un- der government ownership and control. with the right of local option for each state to msintsin prohibition within it's borders. = We doubt if any political party could have adopted a simpler demand for prohibition reform. If the democrats or republicans do as well as that they will 1ave to De congratulated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

The historic Webb House in Wethers- field, which Washington and Roehambeau honored with their presence in l78l was the center of the Washington Bicentennial celebration there this week. Governor Cross and his official staff attended in body. The honor guest was Colonel c. Creighton Webb of New York, d descend ant of the original Webb family that built the old mansion back in l752. The exer- cises in connection with the celebration were held in the Webb barn. which is as old as the house and as remarkably preserved The meeting of Roehambeau and Washington at Wethersheld is one of the most historic epi- sodes in the annals of Connecticut. Ro- chambeau's march back and forth across this state is too often overlooked. Where he came through this city we have markers, but the entire march ought to be outlined with appropriate monuments at some time. Certainly it would have been fine thing to have done it this year. as we'll as to mark out Washington's six trips into and across this state. Eventually patriotic societies will probably sponsor such things. We presume it is something to preserve as well as we have the many homes and inns that are SO closely related to the colonial days of Connecticut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
WHY THINGS HEAL so SLOWLY

We do not know that persons who have dia- betes are more likely to suffer from recurrent boils than are normal persons. Indeed, ten- dency to develop one boil after another should raise the suspicion of diabetes and warrant at least careful examination for evidences of such functional deficiency. Perhaps there are other systemic factors which retard or impair the healing process. But 1t is idle to imagine that 'poor blood" accounts for delay in the healing of ordinary cuts, wounds or. minor in- Juries What do you mean by poor blood"? I hope not what the nostrum exploiters would have gullible customers believe.
 When any one springs this question on me- and some one does every day, I neatly evade by asking another question, namely, what have you used by way of remedy or treatment? Not that am at all curious about that. On the contrary 1 am indifferent for no matter what you have put the little wound injury know the treatment is only a necessary evil at best and handicap upon the healing process as general rule.
 Having found out what first aid dressing and subsequent treatment you have given the in- jury, am in position to explain at least to my own satisfaction, why the healing is so slow in your case. Do you begin to compre- bend? No, suppose not. We'll, I'll do my best to make it clear. though am not at all certain you will get 1t, for that depends on your reception.
 For many years our research workers have sought antiseptcs or germcides which will ac- tually hamper the multiplication and growth of germs in the living tissues and at the same time not seriously harm the delicate young tis- sue cells which must multiply and grow to form the new tissue in any healing process Nearly every spring, about the time the fashions in clothing and headgear are brought out, remarkable new antiseptic Is introduced 10 the profession and the public and the new antiseptic always has extraordinary power to dispose of germs and yet none of the harmful effects tissues that all preceding nostrums have had--as we learn a season or two after they are launched.
 am not pessimist, yet l think the anti septic which will appreciably hamper germ life in the body tissues without harming the tissues in comparable degree will not be discovered Meanwhile 1 am quite content to apply some iodin to any scratch, cut or other minor fnjury cover or protect the wound from subsequent contamination and forget 1t.
 Salves and lotions are excellent in the treat ment of wound complications, and had better be left to the skill of the physicians.
 Every time you "dress'' wound you give the natural healing process a setback. To-day when surgeon believes the wound is once clean, sterile. he leaves 1t undisturbed for a week or two, and that insures the most perfect healing
 This, then Is my answer to the query why do things heal so slowly in my case?" Probably because you put 50 many things on the little lesion, and then take 'em off again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

We'll. it begins to look as if Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills would get a break after all It's been tough life for Mir Mills ever since he succeeded to Ambas- sador Mellon's job as watchdog of the treasury. Do you know that his name hasn't appeared on one piece of U. s. cur reney in all the time he has been secretary. It hasn't. that's an honest fact, but better days are coming for Mir Mills. He has just finished signing up the first bills and they will appear late in the summer. Thefe were 200, ,OO0 900 Sl bills with the Mellon signature ready for issuance at the Treasury on May 1. so t will take some time to ex- haust them Be patient, Mr Mills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

nam of the Distinguished Flying Gross. such as Colonel Charles Lindbergh possesses. Her solo flight across the north Atlantic to Ire- land last week was an epic in the history of aviation. She is the only person to have made two flights across the watery expanse and the first woman to make the flight alone. She is deserving of all the honors that aviation and the country at large can confer upon her. As Senator Walcott said in introducing his bill Modest. retiring, resoureeful and courageous. Mrs Putnam flew for fun and for the honor of her sex. :" With such women as Mrs Putnam and such men as Colonel Lindbergh carry ing on for aviation its future is indeed bright.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
Here, There And EuerysOhere
SPECIAL STATE TAXES
(New Britain Herald)

NANCW DiltAin fIcIhl0J
 Governor Ely of Massachusetts in q special message to the legis- lature, apparently has gone tho lengths that Mayor Quigley would like to see Governor Cross go. The Bay State governor wants tax on tobacco. beverages and amnuse- ments to provide funds for welfare work. The state would obtain q rev. enue of between three and five mill lions of dollars, which could be dis tributed between the cities and towns.
 If that is all the revenue that the Massachusetts governor expects to obtain from these special taxes the problem of obtaining relief money is not remotely solved. Many q city In Massachusetts. there is reason to believe, requires as much well fare activities as New Britain with its 69.000 populations: and in New Britain alone the relief system, ac. -cording to City Hall. Is requiring considerably more than a million dollars a year. I a z Where Massa chusetts would And much relief from puny three or five million for the entire state is something to ponder over. If the state is to provide relief money that will relieve the cities as well as the needy population 1t will need to raise at least $20, 900. 900 a year, which is q conservative guess.
 If our Mayor Quigicy wants the state to permit special taxes 1t Is evident from the Massachusetts estimates that they would need to be far heavier and more compre- hcnsive than any 50 far suggested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
So They Say

'. When everybody makes up their mind to go to work and stops talk ing about the government support ing them we'll get out of our troubles. Samuel M. vauciain, chairman of the board. Baldwin Locomo- tive Works.
 Tho plan which we have submit ted is m adaptation to dlsarma.. ment of the principles of the pro- tocol of Geneva. Wl Mf Joseph Paul. Bcncour, French delegate to the League of Na- tions.
 iAast Our aim Is to aid tho new Man. choukuo government In making Manchurla aA safc, peaceful and orderly as any country In the ---aeneral shlseru Honjo, Japa nesc commander in Manchuria. { We all make mistakes from time to time, naturally. sb it's inevitable that we should make nnatrimopial ] -Dorothy Mackaill. movie astress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
MONKEYING WITH
 THE HERRING
Christian Science Monitor)

Christian Science Monitor) It was doubtless -intentioned determination to do his bit toward balancing the British budget that prompted Folkestone customs officer to class monkeys as bipeds liable to duty. Four-legged crcat. ures enter the United Kingdom duty free, and the eventual GUS. toms house ruling that monkeys are quadrupeds, scored a point for the few remaining free traders in Britain. It may also have come us relief to the longtailed tree dwellers whose possible sensitive. ness at being catalogued us two. legged beings seems quite to have been overlooked by m unimagina. tive bureaucracy. After all, though, Juliet's tender reference to the rose Is us true to. ,. day us when her sweet accents dropped to the eagerly attending Romeo, and the walls of that moon. lit garden still echo her senti- mental appeal, Whats in a namc?"
 Take, for instance, the case of the herring. Is 1t less deiectable when, in It's in.ant form, 1t is gathered along the North Asicri. can coast and becomes "sardine," or, duly smoked by q process which amounts almost to ritual, changes it's cognomcn to "kipper," that breakfast delicacy dear to all true Britishers? -....s.
 While no mention Is made of this most proletarian of fish in the Pirates of Penzance," one Of the sights in that old World port is the little fishing fleet which leaves at sundown for the outer harbor. There 1t anchors. In fair weather plainly in view of the townfolk,s and with great seines, throughout the night, snares the larger herring that shoal the wat. CTS of the English Channel. And when the fishermen dump their catch along the beach at dawn, no longer are they merely herring. No one who has ever visited the rock. .girded Cornwall city will for get the sturdy fishwives' cry, as they chatter along the cobbled streets, of "Pilchard herring! Pllchard herring!" s4 N Less picturesque but vastly pop uiar to the cockncy Is the same herring when, by still another process. 1t becomes a "bloater." means least, there floats on the And last, but certainly by no wave of memory the musical call of the plaid -shawled fishwoman of Aberdeen, "wha'll buy my caller herrin'. fresh herrin'?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

A good many people do not know that all states are as one with regard to the pro- lection afforded sea gulls. We don't know one, where the gulls are common. that hasn't adopted statutes for their protection from hunters Recently Bridgeport youth was arrested for shooting at them with re- volver. Gulls are excellent seavengers and their police work of our shores and inland rivers is invaluable in keeping down pollu- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Traces Decline of Morality in
 Years of Boom

When you look back at 1t, the motto of the average big city dur- ing the recent years of high pros- perity seems to have becn any thing goes."
 Money was easy, and everybody was out to get his. There was graft business in the marts of trade. Private and public morality de- scended as stock market prices went up.
 A picture of ali of this is con- tained in the novel, Babylon on the, the Mudson." H sy an anonyous
 This writer studies the turbu- ience of the boom period and the chaotic turmoil of the depression by following the fortunes of the three children of moderately wealthy New York merchant. They are two brothers and a a'sister, and when the merchant dies and aging lawyer Is left to look after them; and 1t Is largely through his eyes that the action is seen.
 It makes queer picture. Most of the recent municipal scandals Ait ANOW AykA bAS 4h088S8 Astb sAAaAttJ disguised. Racketeers, crooked pol.- ticians. interruptions financ!ers and shady lawyers chase one another across the pages in . dismaying procession. Reading, you get the impression of q society grown ut- terly corrupt, utterly rotten, ready to dIsintegrate at the first serious shock. <
 Babylon on the Hudson" could have been edited to good advan. tage. It is wordy, full of murky philisophixinR, confusing, over-ir- volved; and its "revelations," after all will hardly surprise anyone who has been reading current news- papers and magazines. But 1t does . pretty fair job. just the same, and you might find it rather !n- formative.
 It 10 published by Harper and Brothers, and sells for s2.bo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
At The National Capitol 4
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY BUTCHER

numerical standpoint --an import ant standpoint in view of the un- certainty = would more than off, set his defeat in Massachusetts. The Roosevelt managers went after those 38 votes in the initial stages of their pre-convention campaign.
 The District of Columbia has just had a democratic primary, electing slate of Roosevelt dele- gates and alternates the only one In the field.
 There was a light, however, be- fore the slate was named so there's minority of Smith friends and an alleged agreement that they needn't stick to Roose. welt if he isn't nominated on an early ballot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
@ TODAY gS
 WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY &34 oA3E
GERMAN DRIVE EXPECTED

On May 26, 1918, German shock troops were reported concentrating on the Chemin des Danes sector of tho western front for their third major offensive of the year.
 French forces opposing them had been reinforced, but only to n. slight extent, and Allied experts were fearful that the German storm troops might again break through, as they had against the British in their March offensive.
 It was estimated that nearly 250,000 American troops could be thrown into the breach in case of necessity, ande several divisions were being held in readiness.
 The railway station at Liege, Belgium, was destroyed in raid by Allied planes. Twenty-six per. sons were reported killed there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signcd letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answ tered by pr Brady. Address him. care Of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

We are proud to note that it was Connecticut senator. Frederic C. Walcott of Norfolk. who introduced the measure into Congress that assures Amelia Earhart Put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
To-day's Selected Poem
BOOK STALL

(Margaret Lloyd in the Christian Science
 Monitor) Chromatic lines And rhythmic rows, ,4t... Haphazard gathered, Blind bargain goes. The jolly tones Accent the gray And dusty volumes Sometimes may, In their parchment old Bcspattered pages, Hold treasures that Live down the ages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

They say fool-proof airplane is in- vented. Just about everything is fool proof now except the ballot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:43 o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
IN ONE-OUT OTHER

Love-Sick Youth: Believe mo, my love for you Is vaster and deeper than the ocean.
 Damsel: Then don't keep pour ing t in my. ear. --London opin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

Too many one-eyed cars on the roads these nights. If one eye must be blind, make it the right one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

It's easy enough to be pleasant, No matter your carload of sins, But the man wofth while. Is the chap who can smile. When the nurse beams out, Its
 twins"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
Good evening.
 SMILING THRoUeH
"A SMILES THE THING.

The man who plays game of
 golf!
 Sure gets thrill or two, And if he makes hole in one. He tells the world - and you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26
ROoscyeIt started IcarIy

Most of the non-state demo- cratic delegates this year are instructed for Governor Roose-
 welt or uninstructed and supposed to favor him. If he should get
 the whole 3S that fact. from .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-26

There's no place like homo, You've heard this stuff galore. And there isn't any place like
 home,
 If you've never had one before.
The Washington times., 1932-06-11
Advice to the LoveIorn
By Beatrice Fairfax

when I was II years old and
received proposal of marriage,
I accepted and was married.
I now have a little girl 3
years of age, and my husband
is steady and hard-working,
but I feel discontented be-
cause I feel that do not love
my husband. At least, I have
never felt about it the way it
is described in novels, and I
do not like to think that I am
missing some Of the great
experiences in life. What would
you advise me to do.
UNDECIDED.
Probably very few love af-
fairs in real life are as ro-
mantle and beautiful as they
are pictured in novels, eS-
pecially after the first days
of the honeymoon, when the
exacting duties of everyday
life clamor for attention. But
in your case, you seem to have
all that is necessary for that
kind of quiet happiness that
is far better than all the
thrills in the world-a good
husband and a little daughter
to love and teach. Put your
whole attention in making
these peoples happy, and their
love will we'll repay you.