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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
TUESDAY, APRIL 1s, 1882
Is It Stop Roosevelt?

The sight of Homer S. Cummings allied with National Committeeman Archibald McNeil of Bridgeport and Dr Edward G. Connecticut politicians much to talk about this year. Not that they object to this political alliance. But 1t brings the former national committeeman from this state in opposition to his one time aides Messrs Thomas J. Spelaey and Ex-Mayor David E. Fitzgerald. When the Cummings, Spell lacy, Fitzgerald triumvirate was in its prime there was no other power in democratic ranks that could stand up to it, However. its failure to produce winners in the demo- cratic ranks eventually led to its downfall.
 Now. that the democrats have gained some ascendancy in this state it is unusual to say the least to find the former trio sep arated and backing different candidates for the presidency. Mir Cummings is first lieutenant in the candidacy of Governor Roosevelt. while Messrs Spellaey and Fitz- gerald arc behind that of ExGovernor Smith. Again we view the strange ramifi- cations of politics Eight years ago the trio named above was as one in opposing Smith and supporting William G. McAdoo. All of which is encouraging to our republican brethren, who regard the present squabble as signs of dissatisfaction that may carry right to the polling booths
 Mir Cummings last Saturday issued a pas sonate plea in behalf of unified state party. that is unified behind the candidacy of Gov ernor Roosevelt He showed that numerous states and great number of potential dele gates to the national convention are for the New York governor. True, he has tre- mendous pre-eonventon following. But if it is so strong as all that it should result in Roosevelts nomination on an early bal cs probably after the favorite sons have had their innings. In that event there is no need to talk about stop Roosevelt move mcnt
 In the first place we don't know if there IS such movement in Connecticut. There is to be sure definite show of partisanship towards the 1928 candidate. Alfred E. Smith. If so. then he is certainly entitled tc, fair chance at the convention. If his candidacy is regarded as a stop Roosevelt movement then he should never have been even nominated in 1928. But he was highly regarded then by the democratic party Certainly he cannot be held in any less light today, not after polling more votes than any other presidential candidate save Mt Hoover himself and Calvin Coolidge. To our way of thinking nobody here in Connecticut is trying to stop Roosevelt. If he gets the nomination he will find the state solidly behind him. But if some other candidate is nominated the state won't sulk and refuse to vote.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
Waterbury Day

Those who recall the first Waterbury Day held last October will no doubt antie- ipate the return of similar event for Thurs day of this week. Waterbury Day, of course, is no longer confused with the customary bargain days that merchants are accustomed to hold in the course of year. Waterbury \ Day is much more than that. It IS old home week" crowded into the brief space of twenty -four hours. It is gathering of residents of one locality to express their be- lief in the established institutions of business of that same locality
 When Waterbury Day was held last Oc- tober there was some misgiving present. Pessimists freely predicted that it would prove failure Yet all their fears and all their predictions were groundless Water bury Day arrived and with 1t a magnificent display of whole hearted belief in Water bury's business integrity. It wasn't so much the volume of business that was trans acted in the one day, but the spirit of the buyers. They were willing to do their bit in putting hoarded money into circulation and to keep the wheels of industry moving which. of course. is the prime purpose be- hind Waterbury Day and It's counterpart In every other city in the country.
 We know that the spring Waterbury Day will approximate that of last fall. Water bury is the logical trading center of the Nau- gatuek Valley. It serves an extensive ter ritory in western Connecticut. If for any particular reason its merchants were all forced to close their doors it would be easy to imagine the train of want and privation that would follow such disaster. Water bury Day is holiday in effect to prove to the world at large that such thing cannot happen We know that thousands of Wa tcrburisns and thousands of people from nearby towns are going to prove our claim Thursday. Do your share by making it the success it should be, even if your part is just to spend one solitary dollar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
That Yellow Peril

Floyd Gibbons, back from China. giving an interviewer the low down on the ori- ental situation. has something to say that sounds important. It is this:
 T feel sorry for the Japanese and the Chinese think they have an awful lot of fighting ahead of them. An awful lot.
 And maybe as result of this terrible thing will happen. China, beaten on the north and south. knocked all around the map, and discovering that she cannot depend on treaties, will resort to intense national ism and build up her own defense and exert it against her oppressors. If she does the world will be confronted with the most enormous single force in the world.
 If China. comprising one-fourth of the population of the world. ever organizes com pletely and makes herself strong in mili- tary way. she can almost tell the rest of the world what to do about it.
 One idea stands out from the statement. It is the sanctity of treaties If that is the erux of the matter. as it probably is, Amer ican policy throughout this last Japanese Chinese conflict has been on the right track, with the right objective.
 If China cannot depend on treaties, she may come to depend on herself. She has made pretty fair start at it already. Treat ies are in existence which if enforced, are likely to save the white race from the vel low peril" For Chinas sake and their own. the white races had better hang together and enforce them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
In To-day's Mail
 think send all letters and your opinions Editor the Waterbury
Carroll Did Not Sponsor Veterans Bonus Debate
To The Editor of The Democrat.

To The Editor of The Democrat.
 Dear Sir-Wiil you allow me to correct statement that appeared in The Democrat last night con- corning the mass meeting of local diers' bonus question.
 As officer in charge of the local state ArmoIy was asked last week for the use of the Armory by group of local veterans for the purpose of having such a meet ing. Inasmuch as under the stat utes veteran organizations are en- titled to the use of the state Armories free of charge under cer- tain conditions, and these condi- tions having been met in this case, I stated that the use of the Armory on Wednesday night would not con- flict with it's use for military pur- poses. and would be available for a mass meeting if desired.
 This proposed meeting was not originated by me, nor sponsored by me, and at no time did l agree to act as chairman of such a meet ing.
 I think that there are scores of ex-service men in town who are much better qualified than I to act as chairman of such meeting.
 II understand that the meeting Is to be open to every ex-service man in town, whether affiliated with a veteran organization or not and that the chairman is to be chosen from the floor. I also un- derstand that any ex-service man
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
One Way To Balance

The New York Times makes an inter esting suggestion for federal budget-balanc- ing. Place the new budget beside that for 1929 and lop off every increase wherever it appears" is the gist of the plan. It should be no real hardship. the Times adds, in a depression year for the vast bureaucracy of federal government to return to the rations it enjoyed in the boom year of l929.'
 The proposal serves to bring out the fact that national expenditures in lavish 1929 were S265. 100000 less than the proposed appropriations for l933 Since interest and principal payments on ti,e national debt will be S90,000,000 less next year than in 1929 and refunds of customs and taxes will be around Sl48 000.0 900 less. it is appar- ent that the 5,ooo,ooo increase cannot be blamed on fixed charges"
 Getting back to normal has two interpre- tations, To. the jobless and hungry it means step up again to regular work and income. To some others, and particularly to all the governing units from municipal to national. it ought to means euftailing extravaganza and waste.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19

who has any ideas on the subject will be given an opportunity to,get them off. his chest.
 So that my position in this mat ter will not be misunderstood l would like to state that am wholly in favor of the passing of the Patnam bill providing for she payment of the bonus in full, at this time. and I think that the financial arrangements for paying 1t can be worked out without em- barrassing the country. Ways and means can be found by our finan- ciaI wizards if necessary.
 think that If a meeting such as this is to have any effect it should be largely supported. There is no reason why 1t should not be. since 1t intimately concerns the pocketbook of every ex-service man in town.
 I am glad to do anything can in the interests of passing the bill, but for various reasons I would rather have some one better quali- fled than act as Chairman,
 Sincerely.
 JAMES w. CARROLL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
So They Say

My quarrel with the pacifist is his puny. anemic definition of peace. Good will will prevent a
 state of mind that leads to war Rev Paul Dwight Moody, president, Middlebury college.
 Conditions in England are .splen- did. Construction has been started on more plants in the last three months than in the previous three years.--Adrian D. Joyce. president, Glidden co. '
 President Hoover is talking now. as the campaign approaches. n bout economy in general terms. without specifying or offering suggestions Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi.
 It is true that there is but small chance that congress will follow a wise course with respect 10 beer But I shall not refuse to work Tor a cause merely for the reason that the fight Is just beginntnG.--sena- tor Hiram Bingham of conneeti- cut. .
 In effect the beer tax woulds be a tax on waste and crime and would create tho very waste and crime which it sought Co tex.--- Senator Morris Sheppard of Ic<nr'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19

We had hoped that the spring would have resulted in plans for the further beau tifieation of Freight street. The con tinuation of the Chase Park Boulevard de- serves some attention now. The street un- doubtedly in time will be completely hard surfaced and a curb placed on the south side. We had hoped that a memorial lane of elms or some such tree common to Wa terbury might grace this side of the street az has the other one. Thanks to the Con- neeticut Light and Power and the American Brass nice row of trees was planted in the last two years. The other side of the street should be similarly decorated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Finds EmerSbn Still ! a Giant


 Of all the old-tine liteary giants cS New England, Emerson has best preserved this stature' H o I m s. Longfellow. Whittier, Lowell--they don't loom as large, now, ts they did for our fatners. But Emerson is still giant; tne finest thinker, perhaps, that Amer ica has produced.
 Van Wyck Brooks has written an exceedingly readable book. Fne Life of Emerson" which ought 70 have the effect of persuadfng some of the present generation or reao- CTS to go to the nearest library and make Emerson's acquaint-
 As a matter of fact. you can gel a pretty fair acquaintance witn the man in MT Brooks biography For he seems to have written his book on the foundation of an ex' tensive reading of Emerson's pour nals. Through page after page he tells you what Emerson though, and how he felt at this or that moment in his life, until you ai' most suspect him of employing the shoddy ''fictionized biography trick; but if you go 10 the Jour nals, you'll find sentence. almost based ok Emerson's own writing.
 The book gives a fine picture o' Emerson's New England. What ( gallery of personalities filled Elm erson's life! Margaret Fuller Thoreau. Bronson Alcott. William Ellery Ch q ming = Mir Brook brings them to life ably. and the, add infinitely to the zest of m narrntivel
 "The Life of Emerson" is D, no means the book tha C Mi Brooks "The Ordeal Of Marl Twain" was. But t is well wortI your while. E. i. r |., |'. ,. '.t 4.
 lt is published by putton af I [ and Is tho April choice of the Lis crary Guild.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19

waIlingford residents are interested in mapping out the actual route that George Washington followed from this town to Durham away back. in l786 when he is re- ported to have visited the region. Recourse to old family and town records revealed that the only road in WaIlingford back in those pre-Revolutionary days led west across the "Three Notches' through the divide at the southern mountain. At present there is a house in Durham that was built in l707. It is known as the Wadsworth dwelling and no doubt was passed by Washington when he was in that locality. Other communities are doing things similar to the above to honor Washington in his bieentennial year. Connectieut's part in the great pageant will be unfolded early in the summer with ap- propriate ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
At The National Capitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
 A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What Ry RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER

Another unusual sight up there: Supreme Court Justice owen j.. Roberts, walking in the corridor outside his chambers, coatle1s. vestless. suspendered and smoking his pipe.
 You seldom see any of the mine wise old owls" except. on the bench. Seeing them sitting in their black robes, many persons have asked whether they wore trousers under the robes. But if you watch them in their dignified parade, be- tween plush ropes held by attend ants. from the dressing room to the courtroom. you will observe pants poking from beneath the robes. They don't, one understands. wear coats or vests underneath. A con- cealed coal fire keeps them always warm,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19

t&NeW 1OFk liiHcoJ t8 oh. the gallant fishers life,
 It is the best of any;
 Iris full of pleasure. void or strife.
 And 'tis beloved by many.
 John Chalkhili.
 ChaIkhilI, one learns from life of Walton, lis no other than our old piscatory friend incongito."s How full of pleasure the fishers life it depends sometimes on the weather. The open day for trout in Massachusetts and Connecticut and New Jersey on Friday was chill ly. Streams were high and cold, and there was no bait that the fish took a fancy to. General reports" said the Boston Herald the following morning, "were that the cold weather and the reavy rains oper- lated against whole-hearted and fishing" Some rivers were actually frozen over. Brooks offered the best prospect. Here and there a sizeable trout was hooked. {. but most of the few fish taken were small The prevailing opinion was that the season twas off to a stumb- ling and frigid start.p
 The same story came from New Jersey. Dismal was this report: s"The largest number of fish taken "i1 the Musconetcong back of the "Newark Bait and Fly-C Casting clubs headquarters was four. And "their. size was nothing to write home about" At sunrise the ther- mometer had stood at IS degrees aboye zero No wonder the trout did not give the visitors q warm welcome. By 10 o'clock many or the anglers reeled in and returned home in their automobiles. Can an honest trout have a good opinion of a man who comes to the rendez- vous In a motor car 2 Up before daylight and racing to a popular stream 50 or 100 miles away IS the modern method. The painful truth Is that most of the trout caught In New Jersey on the open ing day were taken with live hait. There was no derlsion for the far. mor's boy who used q bent pin and a worm in the mendow brook; A distinguished angler who has learned the art since he spoke sllghtingiy Of the fishermen of the Potomac basin seems to have hnu the best luck of all. Going far aiield from Northampton. Mir Coolidge wnded weli-stockcd stream m sImsbury, Conn.,. and iurcd a trout of "neariy Q pound Hpiece' from the poola. At 1cnEt that in the story. and from such H <le7trr ~ ndcr-statemcnt ono ia wiI'inx 'o believe f.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
County Economy

One governmental reform which has been talked of by experts but generally ignored by everyone else may receive more attention as direct result of the depression That is the disqualification and consolidation of local governmental units In some states pop ufous county has far more public officials tI,an it needs. There are not only county officials. but small army of village and <ity officials governing neishboring com nuniiies whirh could De better taken care of as unit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
WHAT AILS THE VICTIM OF |, AJTOINTOXICAT

Wa finished off our talk about Autointoxica- ton and Acidosis the other day in what eo per cent of our readers call our characteristic fash ion 25 per cent call intriguing and the rest cali annoying. We said, need We repeat, Una" there is no such thing as autolntoNlcatlon n save as minor or secondary feature or cer- tain grave illnesses. Come to think of 1t we didn't even mention acidosis in the body Of the argument but mayhe it is just as friends With acidosis should stop the paper at thls stage or the battle for better health. r
 Now that that's settled and out of the way, ho hum let's cast about for good pithy sub feet for to-day's argument. Oh, yes, there will be quite a few former victims of the autoln- toxication obsession dangling about out there without diagnosis to hang to. Be or good cheer children, for here comes Old Doctor Brady to the rescue know what ails whole lot of you and I'm going to tell the truIn no nc YOU thought that because don't brush my teeth I wouldn't know enough to say whom Tn such a sentence, didn't you? Forgive me II l misjudge you
 am afraid it will not be possible to tell YOU more than the essential nature and cause of the complaints commonly ascribed to auto intoxicarion in this harangue today. ExpeI- fence has taught me that it is unwise to at- tempt to tell the laity more than one thlng' one simple little fact, at a time. If you try 10 crowd in any more, even supposang, g,,sad .nsfe ar frightened and they shy off and refuse 10 1ol- low you further, because they think you're bit crazy and the sad part of 1t IS that II your medical colleagues see your lay readers are at all doubtful about your sanity they particu- larly the old fossils, take sweet revenge by acquiescing in tine suspicion, and that tears everything
 So then let us have it over with The real trouble with most folk who imagine they have autointoxication or even acdiosis (which later is kind of modern reyamping of the old auto intoxication theory, especially calculated to give free play to freak diets) the real trouble in most cases of alleged autointoxication is sub- oxidation.
 Darn it all, there we at the climax of what I earnestly believed going to be a most effective health lesson, and now see we have merely arrived at an anti-climax, So dumb are lay readers about matters of hu- man physiology or human anatomy, that you just can't speak to- them intelligibly If words of more than one syllable. All right. By sub- oxidation mean diminished oxidation, lower- ed combustion in the body. slow burning of fuel (food and body tissue) to produce heat or muscular or organic energy. In other and more expensive words, low metabolism.
 Even this is probably all Greek to most of you dumb laymen Well, I'll state it in your own language: What the victim of the auto intoxication obsession needs is mory oxygen. How to get it is another story and it is not what you think at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19
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GERMANS PLAN NEW DRIVE
FXX 1

On April 19, 1918. British troops beat off several assaults on the strong positions they had taken on Mont Kemmel on the Lys sector.
 Three fresh German divisions were reported reinforcing troops which had peen on the offensive in this sector for 10 days and a fur ther great effort to reach the chan mel ports was expected.
 Australian and Canadian divis- ions which had participated in the great battle of Picardy we're moved up to support the hard-pressed English soldiers.
 Italian troops reached France and prepared to take their places on the western front. The German long-range. gun re sumed it's bombardment of Paris. Losses there were slight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-19

We note that the New Britain Herald is watehing Mayor Qusleys proposals for the special session of the Legislature rather close ly and its editor feels just about the same way as we do relative to the suggestion that there be an amendment to the present law governing the borrowing limit of cities. Mayor Quigley wants the Assembly to re- move its present limit so that municipalities may float bonds issues to take care of their unemployed. The Herald remarks that Such an idea should be cultivated with care. Borrowing more money is easy Pay ing the bonds is harder. And there is no telling what the future will look like. A prime evil in the world is too much debt - internationally. nationall. state. municipal and by individuals. Here is plan which would make it easier for municipalities already debt-Fidden- to acquire more debt" There may be some justice in going into debt to provide sustenance for people who are facing starvation. but with SO many other plans feasible we don't think that any plan that encourages bonded indebtness is worth fostering today. And we aren't opposed to the bond or short term issues for public im- provements as so many other Connecticut people seem to be. They have a definite place in our financial scheme. just as mort eascs enable us to build or buy our own homes.