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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
THE soLACE OF TOBACCO

It seems only right that we should adminis- . ter to the person about to be executed for q cal ptal crime 8 suitable dose of twilight
 sleep" or truth serum"-scopolamin and mor- phin, perhaps larger dose than we ordinarily
 administer to the patient about to undergo q
 ma jor operation. The purpose of this is to put
 the subject into neutral state, q, state of calm
 indifference, he will be neither afraid nor
 brave nor anxious, but just forgctful of every | thing.
 | I can sympathize with the individual who
 may be tempted to resort to such drugs as | cocaine, heroin, morphin, or even the milder bcnumbing drugs such as aspirin, bromides, as | q means of escape from present or impending | trials or responsibilities, especially when he | happens to be ignorant of the real effects of People who regularly attempt to drown their
 sorrows dspel their worries or vacations with alcohol are merely showing yellow
 streak and do not greatly appeal to our sym pathy. Likewise those i'll informed persons
 who defend or justify casual "social" indulgence In alcohol on the ground that It increases good 1 fellowship, removes difiidence, bashfulness and
 all that. fail to consider that at the same time 1t inhibts discretion, Judgment conscience,
 the the indivlduai's reaction time and hence sub jects the drinker and others to Increased risks
 of accidents
 lar beverages containing principles similar to caffein in coffee, are the stimulants which
 adults may. use for refreshments without ap-
 preciable after effects of an objectionable char
 Tobacco is still on debatable ground My own opinion is that adults (but never children) | as q rule may use tobacco temperately without injury to health. What constitutes temperate ! use of tobacco is of course an arbitrary ques- | tion. It seems to me that if a person craves | q smoke or chew at any time in the course
 of his her daily work or play and cannot
 comfortably put off indulgence till the days
 task or game is finished and the evening meal ! is over, Is a victim of habit and cannot be called temperate.
 | Certainly no one can do his best work play
 his best game or apply his best thought to any f vh he influence tobacco,
 That Is the good and sufficient reason why | employers forbid smoking during office or working hours.
 | So far as I can learn we have no convincing scientific evidence for against pipe, cigars or cigarets as the least or most harmful form
 Even if I could afford 1t doubt I could ever grow to like cigars, because in the smoke of | every puff I'd visions of the suffering and
 deprlvations of children everywhere for want
 of that which the money .quandered on cigars | would provide for them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13

The weight of public opinion has again proved itself sufficient unto the occasion. The famous painting of Washington Cross- ing the Delaware will be placed on exhibi- ton in the American wing of the Metropol- itan Museum of Art immediately. It had been relegated to a store room to make way for an exhibition. The canvas will go back on display February Is and remain through out the year. The more we view this in- cident. the more we wonder if that astute little legislator. Sol Bloom. had anything to do with this great bit of propaganda. What storm of protest the canvas removal brought forth. It certainly focused the spotlight on George Washington and that has been Representative Blooms aim as chairman of the Beentennal Commission. If Sol engineered this piece of work, he de- serves medal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
so HIGH THEY HINDER
(Hartford Times)

Signs that the movement for ever higher tariff walls in various countries may soon feel the effect of reactions based on harmful re- suits of such a narrow nationalistic policy, appear with increasing fre- quency. Doubt about the value of high protection was recently ex- pressed by w. M. Miner, president of the Canadian Manufacturers association, in this manner:
 I would like to see our tariffs kept moderate. believe in tariffs for revenue, and for moderate pro- lection. But they should not be built up into stone walls as they are in some high tariff countries, so that nothing can get over them. Because if we do that. we shall be- come like they are, hard up with the country full of gold.
 Reference is to the salient trade fact that If other countries are not permitted to sell goods they cannot buy from exporting nations like Canada or if they do buy can pay only in gold If they have it. The force of this economic law has been repeatedly stated by Ameri. can manufacturers whose normal output depends in part upon for eign sales. President Alfred F. Sloan of the General Motors cor poration has restated his attitude to the Boston chamber Of com merce as follows:
 It is extremely difficult to sec how 1t Is going to be possible to collect our debts abroad unless i' is through reciprocal arrange ment involving exchange Of goods or services or both. A full realiza. ton of that basic fact on the par! of all will clarify our thinking and enable us to act more constructive. ly in the future than we have al times in the past.
 It may require more experienced on n wider scale than has yet beer had with tariff barriers before ths recession sets in regarding sucI Legislation. But It Is sianIilennI that the head cf the canndiaf Manufacturers s;oeiation. ealei exponent in iI,e 1880 campaign foI . hlsh tarlfs should c0unsai mod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
Eliminate Poisonings

Professor Yandell Henderson. head of the applied physiology department at Yale university, believes that the modern com munity is neglecting its citizens in not pass ing ordinances that would lessen the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning. Professor Henderson, who is considerable of an au- thority on toxic poisons, was recent wit ness at Senate hearings in Washington at which he declared the tonic values of beer to outweigh by far any ill effects It was he and Clarence w. Wendell, dean of Yale col lege. who declared that an ordinary indi- vidual could drink four quarts of beer daily without being any the worse for 1t.
 The hazards of carbon monoxidc poison ing, are on the increase instead of deereas- ing, maintains Professor Henderson. He cites the use of gas heaters without properly equipped flues. He declares. Increasing use of city gas for heating homes may involve large increase of fatali- ties. both of individuals and of entire fam flies unless an efficient inspection, supervision. and control of house hold gas appliances IS established. City gas of high ealorfic value contains much less carbon monoxide than gas of low calorfic value It is in the interest of public health and safety that the amount of carbon monoxide in city gas should be reduced To this end the price of gas should be based on the heat unit instead of the cubic foot Scientific investigation for the development of less poisonous gas deserves liberal financial support
 Professor Henderson also cited the need of annual warnings to automobile owners about the dangers of running motors in small closed garages. Sanitary regulations should also protect workmen in large public garages. We think that the public IS becom- inc more aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide gas poisoning but as to deleter- ious effects through use of city gas it will be the contention of city officials that 1t IS the duty of the private company supplying the gas to protect its clients and not the city officials. However. health officials will find themselves in duty bound to offer some such protection if all that the Yale professor says is true. And we certainly have no reason to doubt his word.
 His remarks are certainly aimed al recent drops in gas rates which are expected to be boon in the wider distribution of gas as fuel and not merely for cooking or heating water. However. il would require legislative acion to put into use some of the sugges tions that Professor Henderson made, such as inspection. supervision. and control of household gas appliances Most of that IS left to the individual householder now at his own expense. We don't ever expect to ind distributing companies becoming so phian- thropie as 10 undertake on their own inita- tive such work as this although we do be- lieve they will seek ihc welfare of their clients were it might be endangered by their product. whether it be gas or electricity, But
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
CROSSING THE
 DELAWARE.
(Hartford Courant)

SouAohtI
 The Metropolitan Museum of Art has for two years held in its store room one of the most famous pie lures in the country, Emanuel Leutze's Washington Crossing the Delaware" Washington, you will remember, stands near the bow of a small boat that is being rowed and poled across the ice-filled river by ragged soldiers. Behind the general stand two soldiers holding an American. flag, Everyone but the rowers are gazing intently at the Trenton shore.
 The Metropolitan says of the re- moval of the painting from ex- hibition only that there was no room for 1t on it's walls. Frequent ly, since the Museum acquired 1t by a gift in 1897, its artistic merits have been questioned and historian have been able to pick number of flaws in the accuracy of the pre- historical criticisms are that the flag in the boat was not adopted until six months after the attack on Trenton on Christmas day, 177G. and that the costumes are not &C., curately reproduced. Moreover, no one who has lived around boats will believe that Washington or any of the crew would have dared to stand up in a boat of that size and carrying the load indicated.
 But for all It's inaccuracies the painting has been accepted as a symbolic representation of what happened. Certainly, no American ever thinks of the event 1t celebrat- ed without visualizing 1t much az Leutze drew it. It's artistic merits may not be great. But because of it's historical interest, 1t deserves a better fate than the store house Perhaps 1t would be possible to transfer 1t to a museum dedicated to historical rather than artistic interests.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13

emanatins from inner sanetums purportins to show that crooners aren't on their pay rolls. The same holds true for that galaxy of radio singers whom public opinion has linked with erooning. Morton Downey says T don't know what the Cardinal meant by erooning. but I do feel that His Eminenee couldn't have meant me-" Kate Smith - T received two United States maiH bags full of letters today from persons who said they liked the way tried to sing. l feel certain the Cardinal was not referring to me" Valee. Columbo, and Crosby all denied be- ing erooners The Boswell Sisters claim to be blues singers. Cab Galloway is negro shouter. In short, yes we have no croonerS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
A Deportation Case

Vincent Amato. an Ohio boy just turned 2l is to be deported to Italy, whence his father and mother brought him when he was seven months old. Vincent doesn't ap- pear to be particularly desirable specimen, but neither does the procedure against him appear very admirable. He was involved in a larceny case in l929 sent to reformatory on an indeterminate sentence, and later given a conditional release to the immigration au- thorities. The latter took the position that he had committed "a felony involving moral turptude' and that this offense was within five years after his entry" thus bringing him under the deportation law They made d technical case by alleging that on November l, 1928. he had crossed the Detroit River and spent an afternoon at Windsor, Ontario thereby leaving the county and they dated his entrance into the United States all over again. from his return after that little jaunt
 Habeas corpus proceedings were brought to free Vincent. The judge who heard them said in his decision: "The peculiar facts of the case compel court 10 scrutinlze these proceedings with unusual care, to be sure the petitioner had fair hearing, before he is cxied forever from land he never sought. but 10 which he was carried babe in arms by his parents. ''I don't belong over there, the young man protests. T belong here. All my people are in this country" But he will soon be over there just the same, unless higher court reverses the decision
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
In the Halls of the Mighty

Great men are passingl The resignation of Oliver Wendell Holmes. dean of the United States Supreme court. yesterday serves notice on the nation that the demands of time must be met. Considerable concern {. for the venerable jurist has been manifest z for year or more. Last summer his health was none too good. He apparently rallied stronger than he had been for some time His appearance at the opening of the Su- preme court this past fall was the occasion for many tributes from near and far. How ever, as the arduous sessions of the highest tribunal in our land progressed it was seen that Justice Holmes had not the strength nor the vitality to meet the exaeting de- mands of his many responsibilities.
 It was hoped that he would continue to dispense justice, wisdom and grace, as he did for so many years. But when man ap- breaches his Dist birthday he can not be ex- peeted to perform the tasks mental and otherwise, of mere stripling of 60 or 70. Oliver Wendell Holmes will celebrate his olst birthday on March 8. President Roose- welt chose him for the United States Su- preme court bench in 1902. Prior to that he had served seven years on the Massachusetts Supreme judicial court, the last three years its chief justice. He remains despite his res- ignation, the oldest man ever to sit on the Supreme court bench.
 { Here is man who has served his country beyond his ninetieth year. vigorous and militant for the right, as he saw it. and without enemies. He has been great judge, a great gentleman. and naturally fine It. crary figure who makes judicial decisions as bright and human as his fsther's breakfast table chats. He is the only remaining link between present-day America and more lei suee and gracious past. There is only one such American. Despite his age, usually closely linked with conservatism. Justice Holmes was always great liberal who com pelled the respect of the conservative mem bsrs of his profession.
 z On the bench he has never lost sight of the ethical in the merely technical, of basic human rights in mere property rights, of fundamental law in mere legalism. Again and again he has blown away the vapors of rather moldy legal system. Many of his ;'dissenting opinions" may last longer than the majority decisions that robbed them of legal force. It will be hard to find another such judge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13

Washington.--TheB being criti- cal times, with many issues of vital importance pending, 1t perhaps is permissible to call attention to the fact that each daily session. of. the house and of the senate begins with a prayer for divine aid.
 Each body has chaplain, who usually offers the prayer himself but sometimes delgeates 1t tot an- other Washington pastor or q visi- , tor. The senate chaplain is the Rev Dr Ne Barney T. Phillips. an Episcopalian, and the house chap lain Is the Rev Dr James Shrea Montgomery, Methodist. Each has one unusual name, as have other prominent Washington min isters--including the Rev J. R. Sizoo and the Rev b. IIez Swem. TO anyone who doubts the eff cacy of prayer when applied to congress 1t may be suggested that the fault lies eysewhere than with the prayers themselves. The party floor leaders hear them daily be- cause they must be one hand, but often the congregations consist of no more than half 0 dozen sena- itors, o score representatives, the page boys, clerks and such persons as may be in the gallery.
 The prayers are. conservative well composed and seldom more than a hundred words long. They are designed to call the attention of the Almighty to Congress, to beseech Him to fill the hearts and minds of the members with righte- ousness and various virtues. Some times they ask blessing for the American people. Rarely. do they more than remotely suggest that congress turn it's course in any d. rectior except ats for Christian prccept. Both chaplains have splendid vocabularies and one hears such words as "endue" from pr Montgomery and "emprise from Dr Phillips.
 Chaplains are unaffected bj such political changes as the re- cent democratic capture or the House. Dr Montgomery, now 67 has been House chaplain since |1021 and Dr Phillips, 66, wal | elected by the senate in 1924. Botf have large downtown pastorates- as chaplains customarily do.
 Dr Montgomery. perhaps the most lyric, begins prayers witf such invocations as Infinite Goo --soul of our soul" Recently ht touched lightly on the issue of un' employment with plea for rug ged justice granting to all men the right to work and win a fair share of the good things of life" and just before debate on the $100, 900 ,00( federal farm loan amendment ask ed, among other things, that con gress might have "business saga city"
 pr Phillips also sometimes men tions the depression by implica ton, asking help in furthering "th' coming of peace and prosperit! among nations of the world" ant praying for "a sure and stendfas purpose which will dissipate al clouds of gloom and fear and poin the way once more to our eterna destiny"
 i But perhaps the most forcefu land usually the longest-prayer' are offered for congress by thu guest chaplains. Thus, Fathel frederick J. Bergs of Milwaukee recently prayed that members b'
 given to understand the magni
 tude of the power and authorit! entrusted to them through The! delegation from the people" Ant
 he urged: Let not rancor or part! spirit bedim or sway their judg lment. Have mercy on Thy peo
 pie also, O Lord. and If 1t please
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
ONION-SKIN PROPHECY
,>yo vor,, uara1d.Tribune,

(New York Herald-TriDune)
 A severe winter for the contin- ent of Europe is forecast for rustic prophets by the thick skins of the late crop of Brittany onions, ac- cording to a dispatch to "The Lon- don Morning Post" by which," the correspondent supposes, lis meant one of the jolly, old-fashioned snow-covered, frostbound, holly and-ivy, hot-buttered-toa and here we go-round-the-mulberry- bush winters of other days"
 It is all very well for the Brit tany onions to prepare for the rig ors of an Arctic winter, but no such gelid implications need attach to the state of our own domestic herb, so far as has been observable to date. In fact, If the onions of the Winsted, Corn, crop were to be closely examined 1t would prob ably be found that, rivaling the tropically inclined Bermuda spe- cies they have attired themselves only in the vegetable equivalent of summer underwear. For not only has Manhattan seen less than a full day of sunlight in the first ten days of the New Year. but 1t has experienced no chill which could perceptibly brighten the faces of furriers or dealers in radiator anti freeze.
 Apparently. and in view of the distress which bitter cold would bring to many this year, haJuitly we are in for another of those win- ters which start oldtimerg rcmiuis- cling about driving in slo.ghg right acrocs the countryside. fences and all. in other days and which pros vide such fine objects for the scorn of the survivors Of the blizzard of 'Ss. Even inc old adage which bns it tLat "when the days begin t0 Iengtben inc cold begins. 70 slYGngfien" has hs yet 10 be- SUD. a.nntlntcd In fact. Ia any event, jf winter passes ps totally b1 ihis yesr there will 10 few who VIII raafol if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13

Authors are included among those who should be seen and not heard according to Edna Ferber, author of Show Boat. So-Big, American Beauty, was intended to be crit icism of any particular town of Connectl- writer addressed a Yale audience this week and in the course of her remarks took occas- ion to deny that her most recent novel, American Beauty was intended to be crl- tcism of any particular town of Conneeti- cut, its inhabitants or its homes. It may be recalled that the publication of American Beauty brought forth all sorts of wild stor- ies to the effect that the author. was dellber- ately holding up to ridicule town in the western part of this state, not to mention using as one of her characters resident of this town who had refused Miss Ferber per mission to study her home for purposes of reproduction between the covers of her novel, Miss Ferber declared in her Yale lecture that she actually travelled from An dover to Hartford seeking local color and that she delved for colonial home atmos- phere in tome entitled Old Houses in Connecticut" from which she selected a staircase here. a wanscoting there, then a fireplace until she had her family seat ere- ated All of which only goes to prove that the advance sale of American Beauty doubt less jumped considerably in Connecticut due to skillfu advertising in which the author didn't even have to lend hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
Sanctity of Treaties

There have been strong intimations at Washington that, contrary to previous inn pressions, the powers that signed the nine power Pacific treaty at the Washington arms conference 10 years ago are not going to let Japan get away with her seizure of Man ehuria without real protest, Japan pledged herself along with the other powers. to respect the integrity of China. This pledge ethics regarding territory grabbing which has was recognition of the higher code of developed since the World War. It was also recognition of the "open door in China which has long been cardinal point in American foreign policy, and which guarantees to all nations the same freedom for trade and other business op- portunties in China which we claim for ourselves.
 The Chinese door in Manehura was, of course. open to Japan. Her armed oecupa' ton of Manchuria threatens other nations economic freedom there and also disregards the property rights and governmental rights of the Chinese themselves. There have been conferences at Washington between our State Department and the British and French ambassadors looking to formal demand that Japan obey the Pacific treaty. This looks like logical move. If that treaty cannot be enforced, what good are any treaties going to be, now or hereafter?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
W TQRAY R7YAA s%N SN ANNIVERSARY
&EH ofHSE:
BIG SUBMARINE LOSSES,

On January. 13, 1918, a checK.np disclosed that 87 British ships had been sunk in the German UsDoat campaign in the five weeks prey- ious. rar'..~-
 Of this number, C7 were gnjps over 1 500 tons. Twelve were. ships of under 1900 tons, and eight were fishing vessels. ,s,s.m.sa.
 Tn the week ending Januarys~13 six vessels over 1,600 tons, two.sAn- der 1,600 tons, and two fisMfng vessels had been sunk by stthr marines. In the same weeks.sei.e French vessels and two 1taIilsan sllss' vessels were sunk. ,sr.r~T
 While submarines were tRasing this heavy toll, the Russian BtGck Sea fleet at Segastopol InutlnINd Four, admirals and 56 other ofiieers were slain. .s-ss..'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-13
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
 A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
)AILY WASHINGTON LETTER
By RODNEY. BUTCHER

Thee, take away from us the visi- tation which Thou hast permitted to cmoe over them and the nations of the world"
 |. The Rev Frederick Brown Har- ris, Washington Methodist pastor, referred feelingly to storm and tumult" and "the maddening maze of these times and even asked "eyes that are clear enough and hearts big enough for those social reconstructions .. that will yet turn human life into a glad, gra- cious, triumphant fraternity all around this worn and weary world"
 The opening prayers have been q custom since the days of the Continental Congress. Benjamin Franklin was one of those who strongly urged them.