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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
Stationary immigration

Il is estimated by the United States Labor
Department that we shall have not more
than $4,000 immigrants this year. Thus
we swing back to the immigration level of
century ago, when our population consisted
nearly. all of stock that had been here for
generations, Are we becoming an old
stabilized nation1. someone asks, Or is de-
preston responsible
The inquirer forgets our new immigration
laws and their drastic enforcement. If the
bars were let down. even with many mil
lions of idle workers in the country, the for
eignsrs would doubtless crowd in, to be here
and take advantage of tler foothold when
prosperity returned. Will the bars be raised
again' 1t is any mans guess. For the
persent. we are committed to policy OF
America for Americans virtually standing
pat on the foreign population already here.
But. business being business, some of us
find ourselves wondering how long it will
be until chambers of commerce and real
immigration policy, to provide rev waves
of consumers and home buyers, just as the
estate boards begin urging more liberal
older business economics demanded cheap
labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14

Reading Judge Frederick Latimer's col
umn in the Hartford Times last week we
CHANGED upon the following: last
week, while summing around 4 o'clock in a
portion of the Park river valley. we would
have sworn that we heard a peepfrog. IL
seems impossible and yet that peep" was
loud and clear 1t may have been bird Of
some unfamiliar kind. And it may have
been the frog In freak winter anything
can happen -" No, Judge, we think
your hearing didn't deceive you. 1t prob
ably was pepper. They were heard
down here in Waterbury as long ago as
January when that long stretch of April wea-
Their prevailed in the east. Peppers" were
heard regularly for a few evenings out in the
Country Club road section of this city.
Probably they were also tuning up in other
sections where marshy spots abound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14

New England already has something like
100000 annual visitors who spend
$500. 100000 during their stay. That is
a mere beginning. 1t has served chiefly to
give us national campaign of paid adver-
Using to attract more tourists, The ads will
appear in both newspapers and magazines.
They will expound the charms of this re-
gion of ours as vacation land.
People who already know and love New
England may dread having it commercial
lied in this way. They need not worry.
Not everybody will come here at once. Fur
thermore, if the campaign is successful, other
sections of the country will initiate it. Some
of the southern states already advertise
themselves fairly well, to their own and out
siders' mutual benefit
There are many states, however, which
have never made themselves known as any
thing but places on maps Probably no
state in the Union is lacking in some degree
of charm and individuality, A little self
study followed by some honest and enthus-
iastie advertising might develop profitable
tourist tide. A happy goal for patriotic
American who believes in seeing America
first would be to arrange successive vaea-
ton trips to enable him to visit not only
every section of the country but every state,
and to visit each long enough to really learn
something about it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Training Of Real Bow


My boy Is years old. He loves boxing and
insists on u bout with me every evening. My
wife dsapproves because she believes it makes
his sleep restless / would like your opinion
"a. LIZ
30 Answer--A boy of should be sailing the
Spanish Main or exploring the great wilder
ness or stalking tawney tigers in the jungle by
1880 p. m. at the latest. If he has dinner or
supper at or $40 boxing is a bit too siren
uous for the evening. But don't let his Ma
pamper him. Keep up the bouts. and see that
he receives regular instruction In boxing, from
q competent teacher as part of his school day.
Sisters Do Not Share the Cri
Sister and live together, meet same people,
go to same places constantly, she works In a
library, but i keep house mt home. In the past
year or two l have contracted more than
dozen codis Tor cri II you prefer) while she
Docs this not argue I'm favor OF the resistance
idea? Ill j. FL
Answer don't know what you mean by
resistance. Perhaps sister absorbs more ultra
violent through skin, and more Vitamin
through digestion. Apparently she has ac-
CURED a higher degree of immunity than you
have. Immunity IL IA positive, measurable
state. and moreover something one may hope
10 develop or gain through effort "fiesisi-
anoe' IL negative, vague. intangible, post
norton notion. and no authority" who yam
mers about u dafes 10 suggest how anybody
can get II or even how anybody can tell whe-
Their he has any OF u.
Me and ihe Ladies'
D0 yOu consider nicotine more harmful 90
women than 10 meD? N. H. M
AnHwor--NO,
tcopyright John " Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
Uncle Sam, the Cure-All

When Governor Albert c. Ritehe OF
Maryland starts talking about our bu-
reaucratic government, he is quite apt to
wax sarcastic. In recent address at Provl-
idenee he reached the heights. Some OF his
remarks are too priceless to go ignored And
in a sense he is right. When the federal
government undertakes to guide man from
the moment he enters the cradle to the time
when he is lowered into the grave it is high
time that halt was called. We want good
government. but we don't want it at the
price we are forced to pay today.
Governor Richie says This govern
mental hand is in our pockets all the time
its eye is upon our every activity, and it
seeks TO lay bare our inmost thoughts. 1t
undertakes to tell the housekeeper how to
keep house, the storekeepr how to keep store
and the farmer how to farm. Ii tells us
about bed-sheets. and how long they wear
Ii gives us information about window shades
and chldren's trousers; Eve presume the
governor refers to that famous publication
on rompers) about marmalade and caviar
where rainspouts should be placed; what to
do about jammed doors, leaky spigots, inef-
fcient door bells and frosted pipes; it tells
us how to operate hot dog machines and
how to cure children of running away from
home what are the habits of frogs. and
whether love-making is more popular in
doors than out.
That last helpful hint must be interesting
reading. Well wager our representatives and
senator's to whom are generally delivered
gratis all such government pamphlets can
while away dull session with the above.
And the habits of frogs. what wouldn
we give to know them. We agree with
Governor Richie that it is certainly time to
call halt They say that advice is free.
But in this instance it doesn't happen to be-
All this printed matter is paid for by our
taxes. And according to the watchdogs of
the treasury we are behind in our accounts
today.
When Governor Richie declares. I'VE
demand a return TO the basic principles OF
our government rehabilitation of the
Federal army of jobholders and our rededi-
cation to those policies under which ndi-
vidual liberty is assured and individual mi
tiafive and enterprise encouraged and reward
ed. ~. I'VE say second the motion. The
powerful federal bureaucracy OF which our
forefafhers warned Is slowly choking this
nation. The rights of the individual no
Icneer can stand where the extension of fed
I'll powsr 10 concerned. Since the rpubli'
"a party Il blind to this condition Of at.
f&lrs Il behoovss the nation 10 turn TO the
lemo<rals for leadership in the Gsh. 10
b1exk down lhIs slranglshold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
MONDAY, MARCH IA, 1882
We Were Right

On February the Democrat commented
upon news stories published in this state to
the effect that Connecticut would have ~
votes at the national democratic convention
in June. The report purported to be
resume of the official call issued by Jouett
Shouse, executive chairman Of the national
committee. 1t has been called to the writer's
attention that the article in the Democrat
was filled with transformation. We agree
that is was. but it was filled with 1t with the
knowledge Of the writer.
We said at several points in the editorial
in question that evidently mistake had been
made, either at the source of the call or the
other end in this state. We still stick to
what we said on February !. for we knew
perfectly we'll at the time that this state
could not have 20 votes at the national
democratic convention. 1t is possible for the
state to send 20 delegates or twice 20 dele
gates il the state central committee SO de-
sires but the sum total of their votes Will
only be 10, two more than in 1928 due to
the new congressional seat that reapportion-
ment of Congress gave this state.
However, we are glad to correct any I'M
preston that we gave of such misleading IN
formation coming from the democratic ma
tional committee We have at hand copy
of the official call as issued for the morning
papers of January IS. Perusal of the same
eonvinees US that the person or persons who
reviewed it in brief for number OF our
state papers did so eareessly or deliberately
changed its meaning When the Democrat
published the editorial--Too Many Votes
ION February | no copy of the official call
FAD been seen by this writer, but the garbled
report was common talk in the state.
As we said then we repeat to-day -.
we feel confident that the Shouse call has
l:en misinterpreted at some source whether
Sp origin or reception, Everybody knows
that the democrats will get two more dele
gates than they had in 1928, and as there
were fourteen in that year. sixteen, instead
cf twenty seems indicated, Probably the
mistake will be corrected shortly, but in the
meantime the democratic state central COM
mittec had better plan on exercising sixteen
and not twenty votes The Democrat
is glad to correct any impression it may have
qiven that such an erroneous report origin
aed from the democratic national commit
tee, but we can merely point out that some
one in this state sarbled the official call
Public comment did the rest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
College Political Conventions

Some of the colleges are going to hold
mock conventions this spring to nominate
candidates for President of the United States,
Western Reserve University plans one for
the latter part of April. 1t is to be modelled
after the republican national convention
rather than the democratic. on the theory
that the former is less complicated. Pre-
sumably, however the choice of model does
not mean that the nomination is foregone
conclusion, All the fraternites and soror-
ties and other organized groups on the
campus will send delegates, Radicals will
be as welcome as conservatives. Supposedly
platform will be adopted and candidate
named according to the will of the major
ity.
Another college which has had mock
conventions for many years has had sur
prisingly high record of success, in many
instances accurately foreshadowing actual
nominees and number Of times naming
the man who was eventually elected. Mock
conventions are lot of fun. They are also
educational though perhaps the students
who participate should not be allowed to
hear of thiss 1t might spoil their fun. This
year, perhaps, with undergraduate groups in
all parts Of the country showing lively in
terest in many public problems, mock con-
ventions may bring out some good ideas and
indicate popular trends of thought which
the aetual political conventions would do
well to heed next summer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
ENTERS THE BAT IN PERSON

In reporting two cases Of human rabies, IN
IS. 1891, DR. Guy r. Cleghorn observes that
rabies Gin animals) Is very prevalent In Europe
and Asia. except in Germany and In England
where strict muzzling laws are enforced.
In the Nov 2S, 1891, London Letter to the
Journal of the American Medical association
appears n comment about mysterious disease
which results In the deaths Of men and animals
In southern Trinidad Bacteriologists OF the
Lister institute believes the disease Is rabies OF
hitherto unrecognzed type. This mysterious
type Of rabies cannot be contracted from the
bite Of the dog, however, since the last case OF
canine rabies occurred away back In 1914.
Now, then, that exculpates the dog, but
leaves us with the rabies to account for. And
here Is where the Bat enters. The Sange
Grande daylight bat ut that. DIR Pawan, gov
ernmont bacteriologist, asserts that ne mas
agaln) In the brain OF Sange Grande daylight
bat. Mary Roberts Rinehart should survey
the southern Trinidad field with view to q
revival of her great mystery drama there This
audacious daylight bat must be pretty terrible
there, for In the past two years 20 persons
have died OF rabies In southern Trinidad-in
spite of the fact that no rabies has occurred IN
dogs since 1914.
DR. Cleghorns first case was that Of u Z year
old boy bitten on the face and on the forearm
by u rabid dog. The wounds We're distinfected
within half an hour, with carbolic acid ana
mercurochrome. Pasteur serum applied by the
health department was given; beginning AZ
of IA daily injections administered, Death oc-
cured on the fourteenth day, that Is, the six
teenth DAY aftof the INJURY Inc poy WIS u
rugged, healthy boy. and did not complain
until about the tenth day. when he appeared
listless, whining and complaining OF pain IN
the injured forearm and OF headache. AT this
time tho wounds all appeared REDEEMED and
puffy, His parents said he had refused food
since the night previous The next day the
patient was very restless. refused food and
whined continuously. Now his temperature
rose several degrees. The next day (twelfthy
the boy suffered spasms OF the swallowing mus
cles whenever any food or water was brought
to him. He had alternating periods OF irrit-
ability and restlessness and quiet sleep In this
state he continued until he became exhausted
and died.
In the second case the symptoms were SIM
liar to those of the first except that the illness
die not begin until about the twenty-second
day after the child was bitten by the rabid
dog. This was n rather frail year old child.
Death followed In As hours. This patient had
received 20 injections Of the Pasteur antrabies
treatment.
The strangest feature of this report is that
the doctor concludes that all dog bites should
be thoroughly cauterized with Tuning nitric
acid, and all persons bitten by animals known
or suspected of having rabies should receive
the Pasteur antirabies treatment.
Sometimes 1t is hard to explain how we doc
tors get our therapeutic traditions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
CURLEY ON CONNECTICUT
(New Britain Herald)

Connecticut's milk control law by
the state got something of black
eye from no less an authority than
Mayor Curley of Boston at a con-
ference in the mayors Office.
Whether the Boston mayor is right
or wrong we are inclined to leave
to the milk producers and dis
tributors. There were others at the
hearing who agreed with the Bos-
ton mayor that the Connecticut
system of state control was a
racket" AS the situation provokes
thought. we publish the following
bit of reportorial testimony from
the Boston Globe:
mr. Adams Ga distributor) said
that in states with laws similar to
the one proposed, citing Connecti-
cut as an example, he thought the
milk producers got less for their
product and the consumers pay as
much as SO per cent higher for the
milk, and also that 1t Is not as good
milk.
mayor curley remarked: ut
appears to be a racket and Mr.
Adams said: 1T Is a racket Mr.
Adams declared that milk should
not be put In politics.
The consensus at the Boston
mayors conference was that the
state commissioner OF agriculture
had "buffaioed the farmers. got
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14

State Forester Austin F. Halves is already
making preparations to combat forest fires in
this state. Owing to the open winter an un-
usually large number is anticipated Meet
ings with fire wardens from every part Of the
state win be held shortly at regular intervals
to make plans for a vigorous campaign to
prevent useless waste of much valuable tim
Der land Trained forest fire fighters will
again be available this year despite adverse
financial conditions The state was able to
employ about 200 jobless men most of the
winter in the state parks and forests due to
favorable climatic conditions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14

Former Lieutenant Governor Clifford B.
Wilson of Bridgeport is being doomed SER
iousy by Fairfield county republicans for
the gubernatora nomination according to
reports from that s.etcn of the state. 1t
would be odd if MIR Wilson should receive
the nomination at this late date. Il has seen
good many years since he dabbled in poll
tics. At one time he was considered likely
eanudate 70, tie Covefnorsh:r, hat was
after he had served three consecutive terms
as lieutenant govtrnor under the late Mar-us
II. Holcomb. However, the Rorabark Or
gaai. otion was even then starting to smooth
out ~ oproi.;'cn and it promoted Everett
j. AXE over Nr Wilson's head. In turn
MIR Lake fell By the wavsiGe and was fol-
lowed by c. y. Templctcn of this city.
Their dehanle Ct the machine moved them
right out of the political spotlight, Now t
seems that. the democrats having broken Mr.
Rorabacks long reign, republicans are ready
to take the bit between their teeth and do
some demanding with regard to the candl-
dates on the state ticket. Mr. Wilson has
sgnihed his intention of running if he is
nominated Certainly his public life fits him
for any honor the republican party may
confer upon him. He was five times mayor
of Bridgeport. not to mention being county
coroner However it will take more than
past achievements TO unseat Governor Cross
this fall
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
A NOODLE BY ANY OTHER
NAME.
christian Science Monitor)

etltHCc MOiiNOIf
When a noodle rises 80 far above
Its culinary station as to bedeck
itself In raiment that belongs to a
higher stratum, It Is no wonder
that q national organization which
promotes attractive packing of
foods takes notice. OF all the
manufactured products, the noodle
IL among those which never have
claimed to possess any of the attri-
butes that unite to make an APP
peal to the eye.
The noodle IL and ever has been
a nondescript among the nourish-
ments. Noodles have been made,
sold and eaten with no thought Of
the beautiful. no agitation of senti-
ment, no departure whatever from
the most commonplace ideas. Mo-
body has essayed even to produce
o pink or a blue noodle with the
hope Of giving 1t color appeal
and perhaps prompting the artisti-
cally inclined to match their soups
with their chinaware. Nobody has
proposed to present the noodle on
a background Of roses or grouped
In artistic poses with varicolored
ribbons to act as q contrast TO It's
somewhat bleached complexion.
And SO the noodle has pursued
its slippery and uncertain way. But
reports at q convention In Chicago
indicate that q producer who had
ideas OF the noodles possibilities
"dolled up his product in fancy
raiment, q transparent wrapping
and such other visual allurements
as to enable him to almost double
his sales in a year. Here Is les
son for manufacturers who have
yet to learn of the value of attrac-
lively displaying their goods. And
perhaps something could be done
by giving the noodle a more attrac-
tive name when its dress Is chang.
ed. A noodle by any other na!l
would taste as succulent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
NEA Service Writer

Washington.-Most Of the dope
shovelers are confidently taking the
senate Of the next congress away
from the republicans and giving At
to the democrats.
| 1t is generally felt that demo-
cratic control In the upper branch
Is even more likely than in the
house, which Is already demo-
cratic by small majority.
II President Hoover Is re-elect-
ed he probably will carry q house
majority along with him, but the
election set-up OF next November
for the senate Is such that a
marked republican trend seems
to be required II the present re-
publican majority OF one man In
that chamber Is to be preserved.
Only One Dem Doubtful
The important feature of the
set-up. as conditions are now, Is
that while IS republican senators
come up for reelection and only
Is democrats, several of the re-
publican seats appear to be In dis
tinct danger while only one Of
the democrats whose terms ex-
pire In 1893 appears to have
much to worry about.
Some OF the republicans repre-
sent states where their own re-
election--or election of another
republican--will be matter OF
course. But most of the democrats
up are from the south, where the
same goes for their party.
The only democratic senator
whose reelection seems prob
lematical IL McGlll OF Kansas. His
election depends on such factors
as the identity Of his republican
opponent, the extent to which
Kansas is discontinued and his
own ability to convince the state
II made no error In electing q
democrat.
other democrats whose seats
are at stake are Tydings Of Mary
land. Black of Alabama, Buckley
of Ohio, Morrison of North Caro-
line. Fletcher of Florida. Thomas
OF Oklahoma, Halves of Missouri
(who has announced he will re-
tire). Barkley Of Kentucky. Mrs
Caraway of Arkansas (not expected
to rum, Smith of South Carolina,
Hayden OF Arizona, Broussard Of
Louisiana to retire in favor OF an
other democrat), Wagner OF New
York and George of Georgia.
Watson In Danger
Republican Leader Jim Watson
Of Indiana Is likely to have to de-
pend on his own personal popu-
larity to pull him through. for
there were big democrats victories
In Indiana at the last congressional
election.
Other republicans who will be
in some apparent danger In case
they are renominated are thought
to include:
Glenn of Illinois. whose state
went democratic. for Senator j.
Ham Lewis by a majority of 700,-
900 in the 1890 election.
Barbour of New Jersey now
filing by appointment the vacancy
left by Dwight Morrow's death.
New Jersey recently discarded a
republican governor in favor of
a democrat whom it elected by a
very large majority.
Bingham of Connecticut who,
though he has doubtless been
attracting home support by his
vigorous espousal of wet measures
in this session. has to worry about
the fact that his constituency
elected a democratic governor the
last time it had a chance to vote.
Waterman of Colorado, facing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-03-14
TWINKLE, TWINKLE

Bill Borah came from Idaho, riding
on q boulder,
He landed down In Washington, OH
Mr. Hoover's shoulder.
He said. "NOw listen to me Herb, 1
tell you on no condition,
Monkey with the vets again about
this prohibition"
Then Hoover said, "You know BILL,
that am the master,
II / give In to all the vets, twill
cause us great disaster.
"When election day comes round,
we'll lose our position,
AL Smith will take our little place,
and kill the Wickersham
commission"
CHRIS HAUERWAS.
O-O--o
In this day and age-it's the
age that most people fear.
600
The man who wins in life's hard
race is the one who says little
and does much. Talk is weaken
ing.
Many a man wears a stuffed
shirt so he can put up a stiff
front when In reality he has
weak back.
600
The chap who gets TO the head
of the class must first exhibit
plenty of class.
600
Soup programs are coming
over the radio. Good for the
noodle, Ell?
O-O-O
The Greeks had word for it
RESTAURANT.
O-O---o
Hindenburg appears TO have
won the German election. An
other hit at Hitler.
o-O--O
This completes our opening pro-
gram of the week. IL came 10 you
over DID and was broadcast by
the Waterbury Evening Democrat,
pioneer In this type Of newspaper
work. We are signing off nj this
time, to be back on the air again
tomorrow evening nj the usuni
hour,
o--O-0
Good night.