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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Hoover In Wrong Again

We can't understand why President Hoover should be so ineensed over the relief bill of Speaker of the House John Garner. which calls for the expenditure of S2,l00.- 100000 in public works. The president terms it the most gigantic pork barrel that the nation has ever seen. As Repre- sentative Garner says if it is that then so IS the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, which guarantees millions to banks, insur- ance companies, and railroads throughout the country. And it wasn't so many years ago that Mir Hoover was advocating the ex- pendture of millions in public building himself Has he forgotten that tme9
 Personally we aren't too sympathetic with the Garner plan of relief, but not because we view il as pork barrel for avid poli- ticans. We have consistently gone on record as opposed to this means of secur- ing unemployment relief. We believe that the scale upon which any such program would have to be carried would be far too ti2 for this nation to undertake We aren't convinced that it would act as d stimulus in certain trades and produce steady flow cf bus.ncss for any length of time. It HiyUI dHu It TntSnt Hol lehS'e uhShP'oI rncnt
 We wonder what the president would have said if the democrats had acted as surly towards the various relief measures that were enacted earlier this year' What if they had criticized the Reconstruction Finance Corporation as he has Speaker Gamers pub lie works bll' If we recall correctly Mir Hoover and republican legislators. spokes- men for the administration. were quick to point out to the democrats that they owed ig to their country to cooperate in speedy enactment of relief bills. Of course, 1t IS erfectly all right for the president to take exception to democratic effort to cure the ills of the day if he doesn't believe it to be the right way but for him to criticize as lc did the motives by implying that II you'd be notbng more nor less than gigantic pork barrel is not quite fair.
 There is little likelihood of the bill ever passing We don't even think 1t will pass the House, let alone the Senate, so what chance has it in it's present rough form. MT Hoover probably knows that the measure won't get very far, too and seized the op- portunity to get in a few blows for his renominaton and reelection by opposing something that he was advocating four years ago when he wanted to be elected in the worst way From all indications he was ele,ted in the worst way possible, on repu- tation which he has not been able to keep up to standard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Purely Coincidence

It must be coincidence that the state and the heirs of the MeCook family, well known in this state, arc almost involved in another condemnation proceeding Everybody re- calls the famous case of Seaside Sanatorum at Mantle. where the state cares for ehll- dren from to l2 years old for the treat ment of bone and glandular tuberculosis. When the state established this institution. it acquired the old summer hotel on the premises and remodeled it into fair sana- torium It has survived to this day, despite it's handcaps When the need of a newer and more modern building was expressed the state sought to purchase adjoining land.
 The land belonged to the McCook estate and efforts to buy the necessary shore front age were. unavaling. The owners would sell just so much. the state wanted more than that. When condemnation proceedings were brought the defendant successfully wthstood the states movement. In fact so successful was the defense that the Su- preme Court of Errors found that about ,l,500 state laws were invalid They had not been signed by the governors of the state within the legal limit As result 1t was neCeSodIy tO Sdll q oPSS'ai oSoo'Sh VI ''~ Legislature 10 pass a validating act.
 Now the state is transferring it's children sanatorium from Mantle to Waterford work on the same to start this year since bids for the same were recently asked. The latest case in which the McCooks are in- vovcd is the layout of the proposed Con- neet.eut River bridge. Hartford wants to build new approaches to the proposed struc- ture. One would be an extension of Capl- tol avenue through Woodbridge street. The MeCook home lies directly in the path of this discussed highway And Major Anson r. MeCook, speaking for the family. says 1t doesn't propose to give up home that has been in the McCook family for over l5O years
 We don't blame the family for such stand Any home that hos stood on one spot as long as that deserves to remain un- touched by the progress of time. And we don imagine that the city will be any more successful in its efforts to coerce the Me- Cooks to desert their home than was the state at Mantle. At the latter place there was no eneroachment upon hallowed walls The state merely sought to take some shore frontage. But there will be many who will comment upon the odd coincidence that may again bring the McCooks into conflict with the civil authorities
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
So They Say

The American male Is as poor fish in the presence of his women folk. - Shaw Desmond, British who recently visited the United states.
 Mankind, in spite of plentiful ev-- idence to the contrary, is endowed with reasoning powers. There are hopeful signs that he Is using the powers to build comparatively amid the present chaos. -- Felix Morley, economist. so 1 4 St,1ss s
 So long as people are allowed to think what they like they are bound to think something so hard that they will be eager to Kill any one who thinks something else.---- c. K. Chestertof. essayist. fs Vi.
 The anvil chorus can always get complete harmony when declaring "There are too darn many laws now" But let these same critics run up against . situation that is no clearly covered in eyIstjng sta : tutes. then hear the shout, There ought to be . lawi'' - Grant Hin. kle, secretary of state. state of Wnashington. s'H
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
BAD SYSTEM.
(Hartford Times)


 2 In Connecticut if Q man does not pay his real estate tax when It Is due, interest begins to accrue on If. It is q good stiff rate of inter- est. It astonishes the taxpayer, when ut last he comes to pay, now much the interest has run up"T on him. In the great majority or cnses, were the laws go strict as to compel prompter payments. the delinquent would be much better off.
 From q standpoint of self-lnter- est, the taxpayer himself should clamor for better system of tax collection than Connecticut enjoys; at least for q better habit of tax collections.
 Municipalities do not lose much in uncOliected back taxes, most of the time, except in the inconven- fence of borrowing. The tax lien holds property. Sometimes the se- curity Is suffered to lapse. but or- dinarily not. State Tax Commis- sioner William H. Blodgett recent ly has criticised Hartford for the sluggish tax collections made here. Hartford has long followed n policy of making its collections as little burdensome as possible. Until re- cent years that policy has not ap- peared to produce. embarrassing results.
 It has been q Connecticut habit. this dilly-dailying with overdue taxes. As MT Blodgett says, and truly, people forget the moral obH-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Gulf Waterway Progress

Work is progressing rapidly on 'hc llll- nos waterway between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi. It is expected that the nine foot barge channel will be ready for opera ton by the middle of next October.
 Considerable work remains to be done on the Mississipph itself, and it is an endless task to keep any channel clear in that iong tortuous, shallow river. with its shifting sand bars. But it seems probable that the long desired waterway from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico will bc d -eality oe- fore the St Lawrence seaway is completed The latter is complicated by the fact that it requires International action.
 Between the two. the mid-continent re- zion will have facilities for water borne traf- fife unrvaled anywhere in the world! The two projects naturally belong together, sup plementing each other and making unified system. with choice of route for great deal of inland commerce.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
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which are almost upon us. one will have to depend for excitement among the republicans largely on the fight over the wet platform plank which the party Is expected to adopt. : daublng on just the right amount of paint, the republican politicians will try to go far enough without going too far. Then 1t ought to Dc n lot of fun watching. the previous iy dry MT. Hoover balancing him. self on the plank.
 Dcms More Spectacular,
 The democrats nearly always put on n more spectacular program. They have not yet decided whether 10 nominate Governor Roosevelt on the convention floor or someone else in a smoke filled room.
 The tussle with that problem may provide as exciting political spectacle as has been seen since 1924. Melodrama may reach its heights. Think of colorful, hard hitting Al Smith being allied With his old bitter enemies Hearst and McAdoo aganst his former pal Roosevelt!
 And of the probable desperate. canny maneuvering of the powerful eastern bosses as they clash With the more naive, but scrpppy ana more numerous Ro0sevlet support. CTS from the south and west. Ana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Commencement Hopes

Commencement days are here again. and to some people they are not so happy as they are supposed to be. Parents and friends of the young graduates are inclined too look upon them with mingled pity and hope pity because they are coming out into the very disillusioning world. hope be- cause it is possible that among them may be the intelligence, leadership and courage which the world so sorely needs.
 In the past it was popularly believed that college graduates had to have some of their scholastic aloofness from the world coun- teracted by hard knocks before they could amount to much. They were considered too idealistie, visionary. inexperienced. and just plain green, to be taken seriously. Their suggestions about how the world ought to be run made good material for jests.
 It should be different this year. In the first place. the outside world is not quite so cocky as heretofore about it's own good sense and praeticality In the second place. very few of this years graduates have been living in dream world unrelated to life. They have taken a keen interest in politics and economics. They have studied war. its causes. and the possibilities of peace. They have had to face serious facts merely to stay in college long enough to earn their diplomas. Hard pressed parents have not kept from them the seriousness of the eco- homie situation at home. With their clearer outlook and sterner knowledge of life they still have the priceless possession of all grad uates. past. present and to come, of youth and consequently of courage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

The state has purchased the site of the proposed James H. Macdonald memorial. It. will be located In Avon at the crest of Talcott Mountain. Joseph w, Alsop, a member of the public utilities commission. sold the land to the state. Mir Macdonald was the father of Connecticut's state high way system and also the departments first commissioner He is still alive and resides in New Haven. Incidentally the highway on which the memorial fronts was one of Mir Macdonald's pet projects. It is fitting that the state honor the man who laid the foundation for our present magnificent high way system. Few states possess better one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION <
Lays England's Woes to Folly
 of Upper Class

If yeu enjoy reading pesslmistic reports on the state of the British empire, you can hardly do better than wet "Soft Answers" by Rich- ard Arlington.
 In this collection of short stor- les, the tniented Mir Arlington turns bitterly on the traditions of the empire and leaves them look ing like something the ragman forgot to take along.
 One after another. he examines the types of his day; the public school graduate who Is forced by m unkindly fate to go into trade, the society woman of Bohemian tendencies, ana 30 on; and he dis cusses his fellow countrymen with an attitude that can best be des- crihed by saying that 1t is the ex. act reverse of that of Rudyard
 Mr Hidington, in other words. believes that England has landed in a very sad mess because her ruling class has been uncommon- ly stupid. The empire-builder of Kipiing's tales becomes, in h.s tyes, the cause of most of Eng lands troubles. He seems to feel that if Waterloo was won on the cricket fields of Eton, the empire is being lost in much the same This doesn't make especially ceedingiy stimulating. Mir Aiding. ceedingly stimplnting. Mr Adding ton, can write, as the saying goes. like nobody's business, and # "Soft Answers contains q good deal more acid than its title might imply ,it also has . lot of food for M w.s6ft Answers' is published by Doubleday, DCran and Co., and sells for $2.bO. s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS f'pn n, s,e In Calvpa

have had much the same experience us your correspondent, R. H., who reported that he gets quick relief from cramps in the calves while in bed, by pressing his feet against the foot of the bed. l have found that pressing the ball of foot against the fOOtbOard brings prompt relief to such crmaps. CD. E. CD
 Allow me to enter my remedy for cramps In legs. I get them very often. and to relieve them I simply get out of bed and stand On my feet |. few minutes. The pains leave and do not bother me again the rest of the night. And now, while have your attention, would you please give me particulars regarding your Iodin Ration (H. F. Fo
 Answer---Ah, ah. naughty! Mustn't ring in separate subject. Write separate letter for that and inclose stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress. All our readers with cramp In the calf will find those reports interesting. All those with pain in the neck will not.
 Castor, OH for Warts
 had nearly 50 warts on my hand, and after trying nurcmOus remedies without benefit l read in your column about the use of castor oil. The first few appllcat.on shomed im- oil each night and morning for week they all disappeared. (P. G.)
 Answer--Which doesn't prove anything, for warts have a way of coming and going without rhyme or reason. Too bad you didn't have to warts on each hand. Then you might have tried the castor oil on one hand while putting nothing on the other hand, and you would have had better evidence, though one swallow never makes summer. Is a thousand of our readers with warts would try rubbing them night and morning for q few moments with a drop rtwo of castor oil for week or two, then report whether they still have warts or not. we'd have some evidence worth consider ing. fA M
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
SPIKE THAT RUMoR
fchristinn science Monitorl

(Christinn. Science Monitor)
 The newsman's woods is full of bears. Bears whose growls, 1t Is charged, shake the financlaf foun. dations of the age, bears that ln- vite themselves in to dine In city homes, and another species not sO much talked of---the w0odchuck bear. This one. 1t seems, lives in Il hole of doubt, distrust or malicious intent He comes out furtively, and only in the twilight, and even then sees his shadow and starts predict ing long winter ahead for frozen business.
 Report has 1t that this species Is prowiing about now. The wood- chuck bear is rceognlza ble by his skepticnl grunts or the habit - unusual among ordinary bears--of whispering forebodings 10 everyone with whom he comes in contact. While Washington authorities are busy with the Wall street variety, 1t behooves every breadwinner who is hoping for more work and more safety for his savings to watch out for the woodchuck or business bear.
 His tracks have been seen by a number of persons In the last few weeks. The soundness of large conn panies has been brought into ques- ton by his activities. often the statements of these organizati published later, have shown them to be in sound condition. Nor does he hesitate to attack q bank now and then. Even to-day. when bapk closlngs have decreased so as to be lssa lfyf fsl Ae. n,ss at. ton of the most ably managed and most liquid institutions questioned. Have you heard anything about the Blank Bank?" asks someone, and the interrogation goes the rounds. Tn effect. 1t becomes q campaign against the institutlon mentioned and its harmful results are not easily calculabIe.
 Experienced and alert persons know that when they are confront ed with such q question 1t Is to their ownHbest interets to impede It's circulation until some justifca- ton for 1t may be discovered. They know it ts within their rights to go to the institution and apprise It's authorities of the runor, or, if they happen to be financially interested. to ask evidence Of the iustitutlon's soundness, or even to withdraw their fdhds. Hut they know as well that the person who promiscuously spreads what may Do an idie and q dangerous question, pr encourages others to do 50 by showing . mor- bid interest in rumors of disaster. Is unwittingly laying additional 0b- stacIes in the path of business re- coverys 'ts. .b lyt ,f ffNgshs. sg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

bia. His rank of Major General was con ferred after the war. He now commands the Thirty-Fourth Division. At the Iowa state democratic convention the delegates unanimously endorses him for the vice. presidential nomination. Now an effort is being made to have the endorsement made national. With Governor Cross sill po- tential candidate this state isn't likely to take any steps towards supporting Major General Finley just at present.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

We note in Saturdays issue of the Hart ford Times that The open break with Governor Cross has revived rumors that the 'old guard is making every effort to dis courage him from seeking renomination. Apparently they have succeeded in placing him in embarrassing situations. But, there are many who believe that when the time comes the governor, thoroughly aroused
 will take his case 10 the people. as he did in 1930. assert himself mitantly. Whatever develops. there is little doubt that the dem- oeratie party is destined for more stormy days before the fall convention. :" If any faction in the democratic party looks for success at the polls this fall it must be under the leadership of Governor Gross. To force him out of the running at this stage of : the game would be simply political suicide. And the democratic party isn't overburdened with its share of success in this state. It had better tend to its knitting as regards the out come of the November election. It took Governor Cross to pull the party through in 1930. We think that it will require his efforts to patch up all differences and to lead on to second victory in l932.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

The famous Zuider Zee is no more. It's now an inland lake. that is. the portion that Dutch engineers left after constructing mas sive dkes and pumping out tons of water. Holland has reclaimed 500,000 acres of land by draining the Zuider Zee. All will be turned into farm land. Former fishing ports are now inland communities. We don't wonder that the fisher folks place mourning on their boats. What would you do, even if your country did reclaim many waste acres3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Here. There And Everywhere


 gation of the tax debt. Laxity m tax collections encourages laxity In municipal fiance generally. There Is nothing to be said in It's favor. All sound reason Is against 1t. The commissioners continual harping upon the subject, not as. to Hart ford alone, but as to the towns cities generally. except those which have instituted exemplary reforms. Is altogether Justified. Reforms, Is altogether Justified. Reforms do not necessarily need laws to coin- pei them.
 The present year is not an cx- ceptionally popular one for vigOr- ous drive against all real estate tax delinquents. Nevertheless, it Is q year when the moral obligation of the taxpayer to be prompt should be felt more keenly than usual.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
By RODNEY BUTCHER (NEA Service WritCrl

Washington - This campaign year of 1892 presents the greatest show on earth. It has everything Everything, that is, except rhyme reason and common sense.
 The biggest nation In the world, in the trough of the worst depression in history, again plies into the two-ring circus of Amer ican politics, with the assurance taht the clowns will be somewhat funnier, the tightrope walkers more numerous and agile, the bankers more hysterical and the animals nearly all Q little more mot h-eaten and bedragg!ed.
 The Tweedledum party and the Tweedledee party are about to nominate candidates for the presi- dency for whom there Is hardly any enthusiasm even within party ranks. At this date no one has been able to discover any essential difference between these parties ex' cpt that on party has all tn gov ernment jobs and the other party Is out to get them or die in the at tempt.
 Neither party will nominate It's best man for the presidency. That wouldn't be good politics. Both. however, will write platforms de- signed to please everybody, which will be promtply forgotten.
 Both for Proseprity
 Fortunately. both parties are posi- lively guaranteed to bring back prosperity. The politicians have been bringing 1t back for nearly three years, and although It's . hard task and the results are not yet apparent, they have had more experience on the job than anyone else.
 There Is quaint theory that the people of the country have something to do with nominating the two presidential candidates, md 1t Is true in about the same sense that the people of New York City have something to do with each of Babe Ruins hom. runs. They support the players, vocaliy and financially.
 ,H
 The "Issucs'
 In November, after campaign which will cost plently of money but not as much as usual--the voters will ballot only indirectly for a president; they must indorse sets of electors most of whom they have never heard of before.
 Meanwhile, thousands of poll. ticians will be running for various offices solely on such issues as the Massie case and the Lindbergh baby case, on which they will be found to hold firm, uncompromis- ing opinions.
 It'll Be q Good Show
 But don't think 1t isn't going to bo n swell show. It Is. Every body in politics is going to be fight ing like the devil and a lot Of tail feathers are going to be pulled out before 1t Is over.
 Large sections of the audience are more than trifie SOTO, with rotten tomatoes and bad eggs stor- ed up for, good use. That's why the performers are going through their antics with much. more than customary fervor. Never were so many jobs in danger - and you know how jobs are these days. :.
 The White House, the senate and the house are all at stake. Pro- hibition which provides an issue striking more popular chords than any within memory may receive It's real coup de grace. And whether or not there is any hope of economic improvement through po- iitical action, everyone Is going to be whooping about 1t as the Tweedledee and Tweedledum par ties make mighty efforts to prove each other entirely to blame.
 
 Far Enough, Not Too Far As for the Chicago conventions,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis Of treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady Address him. care Of the Democrat. sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-31

And while on the subject of Governor Cross we mustn't forget to report that another candidate for viee-president on the demoeratie ticket has been unearthed in the character of Major General Mathew A. Finley of Council Bluffs Iowa. He was the commander of the Rainbow Division in the World War. which included units from twenty-six states and the District of Colum-