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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
Explain His Failure

Senator Hiram A. Bingham's failure to procure results in his fights to legalize beer is beginning to prove irksome to the folks back home. The senior senator from this state has had his opportunity. It is quite evident as his legislative career is closing. at least temporarily. that the urbane Mir Bing ham is lacking in certain qualities of leader ship essential to him who would have en- acted such vital legislation as bills that mod ify the Volstead Act or amend the eonstitu- ton. Perhaps we wrong him. He has only been in the Senate two years more than regular term. It took Senator Norris decade to get his lame duck amendment of fered to the states for ratification.
 But Senator Bingham had much more interesting matter to work with and to offer his fellow legislators. Yet last week he seized the opportunity to demand immediate This was easily defeated and the Senate will proceed upon the liquor question not under Bingham guidance but under democratic. Perhaps that's why Connecticuts beer de- fender has been rebuffed. The democratic side of the Senate may not prefer him to reap any glory from modification or repeal. Perhaps it is simply the fact that he is sena- < tor who once thought lightly of his fellow members who seeks this great honor which causes them to sidetraek him.
 At any rate Senator Bingham's attempt to win undying fame by espousal of the beer cause is about ended It is to be doubted whether in the remaining weeks of the 72nd Csngress he can accomplish anything in his own name. And if he doesn't, his chances of resntering national politics some years hence are small. If he could wind up his present career in Washington with a beer victory his future would be assured As it stands now Ahe must fall back on his first love, aviation. Hs made valiant effort this year to be- come popular figure not only at home here in Connecticut. but throughout the nstion His failure to succeed is an enigma .to most of us. perhaps not so much so to his legislative associates
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
. in Prison For Debt

Imprisonment for debt is supposed to be obsolete. Yet it persists in this country. notably for indebtedness in the form of aIimony. Every lttle while New York turns up an interesting case. Umbert Poli- tano of Brooklyn. who pleads that he is serving life sentence for 'non-payment of aIimony, asks to be released. His argu- ment is the old one whose obvious logic long ago swept away the general practice of debt Imprisonment = that the man thrown into jail for debt is thereby pre- vented from paying the debt. Politano was jailed for not paying his former wife Sl2 a week.
 T have been in jail for two and a half years" he tells the court. and every day my sentence becomes longer and longer. have learned that the court orders must be obeyed. and want chance to get out of here so that can get job and then obey the courts order" It sounds so reason able that Politano will probably get out, But there will still be a good many fellows in the same fix There will remain, too, the question whether imprisonment for debt IS not still praeticed in this country on far bigger scale than people realize. When condemned prisoner is sent to jail in lieu of paying fine and go free because he IS where he is, isn't he in for debt!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
Here, There And EDeryuOhere

the governor is democratic while the majority of other officials arc republican; and the senate is now democratic while the assembly re- mains republican. analogy migbt even be carried on to include fed- eral positions.
 Still considered us theory, this balance seems to represent the American governmental system at it's best; the two most powerful parties arc well matched; each acts as a check upon the other; prc- gress should come as the mean Of compromise between two extremes. Considered, however, as a matter of actual practice. the balance rc- veals a distinct danger. In this time of ali times prompt and decisive action has become necessity. Re- trenchment of state expenses whcr- ever possible without the sacrifice of efficiency and essential services not alone for e balanced budget but for tho reduction of taxes is tn prequisite of reconstruction. Legislation to curb the evils of sweatshop systems and kindred economic abuses Is required to facilitate business improvement. There should be scant place for ar dent partisanship in tho appronci- ing legislative session. The balance must not Do struck 70 perfectly that each party negates the other.
 The Connecticut electorate may be split upon party lines, but it F united on the need Of cooperation and compromise that legislative nc- ton may be prompt. and decisive. Every sincere citizen Will hope that all elected officials will appreciate this need and will demonstrate his appreciation in the session opening next month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
The Thrill of Reading

If the aim of . literary outline be to make the doings of long dead writing. men seem interest ing, and even exictfng, to present. day readers, Burton Rascoe's ''Titans of Literature" Is an ex- tremely successful book.
 Other critics may disagree with some of Mir Rascoe's appraisals. but he has at least managed to convey the feeling that grubbing about in ancient books can be one of the most enthrailing and stir- ring of all pnstimes. He makes the writer's of the classics seem our contemporaries, makes 1t. possible for us to understand how they lived and what they tried to do: and that, 1t seems to me, Is . very fina achievement.
 His book is, in it's essence, T series of biographical and criti- cal essay on the masters of liter ature, from Homer to James Joyce. He keeps 1t lively by a number of irrverent but iiluminat- ing comparisons of old-time writ CTS with those of today.
 He says, for example. that Vir- gil was Rome's Edgar Guest, and that Shakespeare was very like George M. Conan; that Juvenal was q forerunner of the modern newspaper coiumnist. and that many Of the Latin poets were simply giorifed public relations
 Unorthodox at times -- he has small use for Dante and Milton, for instance Mir Rascoe has written q book which Is always ifi- right exciting. But while designed for popular consumption, his book is neither cheap nor per,cial. It is published by Putnam and Is priced at 45.75.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

sor.. ss ,hs roll vas called by t'asis.A sad be was number 9 on the lis,. he c.t h's vols for Coldnein. When ths siRhissnth s,naiot had responded. Goldslsin had won out IO to Q. aEd it was Hstckett's vote. which bl all the orshodox rules of the game should have gone to the old guard. that elinchsd the victory for Golds,ein. The new guard leaders believe. it is said. that # Haeke,t had been st the tail end of the roll call. hewould have supported John C. Blackall. .. ." Why not askl It would be the sassisst way to find out. wouldn't itl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
HOW ITO COPE WITH IMAGINARY
 IB1rRIIIS

There are a lot of people who have inc tenn perament of the old hermit who com plained that his life had been iong seres a Sa admitted, had never happened. Peopie Who are always taking precautions against exposure to cold are like that. .,. imaginary perils to which her daughter IS ex- posed. Let us see whether we cant dispei a bit of the gloom. %sF
 Dear Dr Brady:
 she is just nineteen, working as technician for physicians whose practice IS
 largely the treatment of victims or syphis-
 lis.
 PositionsN are hard to obtain nowadays
 and for that reason have hesitated
 the salary is small but she needs the
 money badly. -
 She has to draw the blood into the test
 tube with her mouth, when they are taBins
 a specimen of blood for the Wassermahh
 test.
 The risk seems out of all proportion to
 the benefit she gains in simply making
 enough for food and shelter. !.
 The doctors are Jewish and she IS
 Christian. am not quite sure In my mind
 why mention this fact.
 should she give up the position!
 (Mrs S. A. H.)
 ,rha universai method of drawing a specimen of blood for analysis or for a blood count or for a test or culture Is by means or q pipette into which the blood is drawn by suction, bus s watches the level of the blood as 1t rises m the pipette (of giass) and stops drawing when reHchea the precise AciBnL nceueu. lHo ioHb flexible rubber tube and the doctors or tech- nician's mouthpiece never be reached Dy the blood so there is no conceivable risk Of in- lection in that way. If the technician or nurse doing such work for a physician is intelligent enough to loHoW the simple principles of aseptic technic, or the instructions of the physician, the work is per- fectiy safe
 Even in the doctors were republicans ana the girl a socialist, 1t wouldn't make any great difference. Health and sickness are the same in all branches of the so-called human race.
 Indeed, nurses and physicians are daily @ ex. posed to far graver actual dangers Tn the course of their work. Once in g. while some nurse or physician falls victim to infection, or to the attack of an insane or delirlous patient or-and this is the most depiorable Of ali-- becomes the prey of criminal who entices his victim by appealing for professional aid. This is one of several minor crimes which should be punished with death.
 In everyday routine the physician, knowinl and following the principles of asepuc tnoi antiseptic) technique, is actually less exposed to the risk of infection or contracting com municable disease than is the layman who if ignorant of asepsis. Antisepsis or antiseptic technidue means relying on chemical or other agents which prevent the multiplication or growth of germs! asepsis or aseptic technique means relying on such rigid cleanliness that the germs do not gain entrance tc the ncld at all. There is a world of difference, impossi- bIe to explain to the uninitiatcd layman in q few minutes but any well educated nurse or technician knows, employs and relies Tor se- curity upon asepsis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

Three democratic legislators will control federal patronage in this state during the next four years. provided. of course. the three remain in office that long,. One of them. Senator-elect Augustine Lonergan IS assured of six years in office. The other two. Congressman elect M&oney of Meriden and KoppIeman of Hartford. are only in the House with two-year terms However. whatever patronage is distributed in this state in lo33 will be secured through theIf efforts. Senator Lonergan will handle all appointments in districts in which there VIII be 2. O. D. representatives while the two democratic congressman take care of their own districts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
(sEA Service Wrlter)

Washington.--If half the ad- vance dope is true, MT Roosevelt IS going 10 present us with an inter- esting cabinet.
 The dope flies thick and fast. It is not to be taken too seriously, but the preponderance of predic- ton indicates a likelihood that the Roosevelt cabinet will contain several members distinguished for their liberalism or lack of ortho. doxy. Instead of the stified yawns which greeted announcement of the Hoover cabinet. the Roosevelt list may create considerable ex- citement.
 Roosevelt has said he wouldn't actually choose anyone before February, 50 his decisions thus far may be considered tentative. But among recent apparently authori- tative revelations bearing on the business of cabinet-making are:
 First, your old friend Colonel Edward M. House, who is credited with picking most of Wilson's cab inet, is now actively engaged in helping Roosevelt select one.
 Second. the shrewd Roosevelt's policy will provide for appoint ment of an intimate acquaintance in every department either as the cabinet member or the official sec- ond in authority.
 Third, Roosevelt believes the democratic party should be liberal to the extent of steering left of the center" and selection of, the cabinet will be the first official act in which he may demonstrate what he means by that.
 : i: !:
 Everyone takes 1t for granted that Democratic Chairman Jamee A. Farley will be postmaster-gen- eral. Because of its political re- responsibilities the job is the job fol Farley and Farley is the man for the job.
 But you don't hear much more about such distinguished gentle men as Newton D. Baker, Owen D. Young and John w. Davis as pos abilities for secretary of state.
 Now the rumors run strongest to two Roosevelt friends, Norman H Davis and Frank l.. Polk, who were little cabinet" members with Roosevelt in the Wilson admins. tration. Davis, a democrat, has q great wealth of experience in the financial and economic phases ol diplomacy and is now Hoover's most important representative ir Europe.
 Then there's Senator Garter Glass of Virginia, now a favoritt for secretary of the treasury over Barney Baruch and Melvin Tray. Tor. Glass is the outstanding dem. ocratic authority on banking and finance.
 Although sound and conserva. tive, he breathes fire in many ol his attacks on the practices oi Wall street and the stock brokers Glass is getting along in years ant has had the job once, but feels ss strongly about the necessity of { new deal" in that field that h. probably could be persuaded t take the job.
  The name of Professor Fcli,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

iale slasu nlssaay. Thsy may really 1se. <tsd in making gold irom rabbi1h. What thsnl Germany with synthetic gold might . pay 1pt,ations t she chow. The Allies might pay their debts to this country. And what good would it do any of us with the lsboraloriss once in quantity production and the news revealed! Presto. changel The world would all be off the gold standard permanently. We would be looking for a new standard of value. possibly the Tech noerats' unit of energy" Debts would De
 upset. Gold might replace copper. lead and nickel in the elecusc and plumbing industries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
TURKEY AND THE TOWEL
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 Delivers into the past are un- covering fresh surprises almost every day. Outstanding incidents tural scientists dig into the past omers with more powerful lenses and larger accumulation of knowledge are upsetting the tradi- tions of centuries. Hitherto ac- credited ."facts" are being ripped up, reexamined and relcgated to the mythological cabinet. And out of 1t all there comes occasionally an item interesting to the layman.
 To the average person the de- velopment of the nebula hypothesis Is of little or no moment. He does not care whether Diogenes went around hunting for an honest man
 with a kerosene lamp, whale oil scoop or an electric bulb. And If Aristotle were to be accredited with the discovery of America he would probably turn the dial to 2 jazz orchestra If attempts were made to tell him about 1t.
 But when the discovery Is made that Turkish towels did not or iginate in Turkey and that the clotheslines of the early back yards of the Turkish people knew them not, then practically all the news papers in the world contain an Rem about 1t. And why? Perhaps | 1t Is because everyone has an ifi- terest in the subject from per sonal contacts. And again, the Turkish towel is, next to soap, the universal symbol of cleanliness. It i is in practically every home. It has wielded an Important influence among the children. But 1t is not q Turkish towel. we are told. It
 is an Egyptian towel, and just to prove 1t natural scientists attest the discovery of Turkish towels
 in an Egyptian tomb 4000 years | old.
 There goes another myth "ker- splash" It may be that the hotel
 oMces will be receiving calls for
 Egyptian towelsv hereafter-and
 1t may be not. The old "Iarhish tower' is too close to the peopYt
 to be dropped ina minute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
HARvARD's MEMORY

Harvard university has at last conceded that patriotism is as much a virtue when devoted to other countries as when devoted to the United States and its allies dur ing the war. By authorizing the acceptance of a plaque In memory of the three graduates of Harvard. who died lighting for the Father iand, the university has denied the theory that 1t implied in permitting only the names of those who fell In the cause of this country tp bc inscribed on its war memorials that the loyalty Of the soldiers Of the Central Powers was tgnOble and that their names were un- worthy of comnemoration.
 Less dreadful only than war is the false and RroundIesg hate that persists In the years of peace that follow. Victory over this emotion born of lies and misrepresentatjons and nourishod during the wartime years by efficient propaganda. is q victory over. en ignobIe, petty na- |flonaligm. To-day. we can blush for the most striking evldences Of
 wartime hate. Harvard has taken tho fInnl step in the cure, by ad- hitting that her sons were no less heroic when they gave their lives for Germany than when they dzed ia the armies Of tI8e allied coun- frien. Harvard does not forget her sons." tho inscription on the memorial fo the GeEmal, deaa reads. she deserves conE<7tula-
 tlons on the awakening ek Her <I1I&YI#
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
A Stalwart Gone

The death of Norman E. Mack of Buff
 faio. N. Y removes stalwart from the
 ranks of the democratic party. He was the
 only man who ever was honored by having nfhs name inscribed on the roster of the na- \ tional committee as an emeritus member. ]. But such was his popularity in the fifty 7. years of his participation in national politics \ that he was thus honored. Time was. when < Norman Mack was perhaps one of the most
 consulted figures in the democratic ranks. ; He was to the party in the East what Tag z .agart or Brennan were in the niidde-west. z All his life he was a newspaperman. even < though the last few years of bis life were z spent at some distance from the editorial 1s desk. His training for politics was begun sssin newspaper office. He was success in
 this field of endeavor When he retired his
 newspaper holdings were worth millions. But it was as politician that Norman Mack
 was pre- eminent. He was a great pacifier if
 ever there was one. Bitter experience taught
 hin, that the olive branch is to be preferred
 to the sword
 s Early in his political career he was as z sstaunch fighter as could be found. He gave
 no quarter and asked none of any man. But
 as he grew older and wiser he sought more and more to smooth out party disturbances and restore harmony. During the admins ration of Woodrow Wilson his word was law in New York state. He was an ardent supporter of Alfred E. Smith throughout the \ 1928 campaign and took his defeat to heart. But he did not blind himself to the fact that President Elect Roosevelt would be factor in the 1932 campaign and accordingly threw
 his considerable support in that direction this year Probably no presence will be more
 missed or mourned in the inaugural cere-
 monies than that of Norman Mack, the
 noblest Roman of them ali.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
SENATOR coNEEx WINS

(New Haven Journal -Courter) |.
 The state supreme court finding
 for Senator ConIey decides more than the local question which cam didate will represent the 2fst dis
 trict. It determines definitely that the state senate will be democratic for the ensuing term. Party con- trol resting upon q majority Of one senatorial vote may be but slight and unstable; but t remains party control.
 Considered purely as q matter of theory. this decision creates 2 bal- ance in the legislature which was apparent in the state vote ag . whole and fn the choices for execu- tive offices. Even more than that of two years ago. the November 5fh vote revealed spirit mandate from the state electorate. Connecticut ia no longer an abJect republican vae- salage: but it is also not a demo- cratic Ei1feeure- Just as fl>e rcSse- tered vote displayed . c1upara{i4e balance between the tWc major parties. co 3Qr executive ea|eei
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
To-day's Selected Poem
sUNDOWN

walked up a bare hill Trailing shadows behind me, Dripping with wind. I walked up bare hill Into the red sun
 smouldering stiIl-Iy with hot light. I walked up sandy hill: The wind was under my heels; The sun ran into my muscles I'll felt them move strongly and softly. sheathing me like furled bud. Oyeriying
 one upon another like iris petals. I stood on q bare hill And watched ehe sun sink Till the warmth of my gladpess Lit ali the night. It spread into the distance. The night breathed 1t gently And spread back around me Deeper than ocean. -christy Macf<aye. in "Wind in the crass.' (New York: HarDer.l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

Continuing the Times maintains that "The Haekett mystery. however. seems to be a misnomer The mild-mannered Water bury lawyer. it appears from reluctant ad~ missions by one veteran new guard leader. simply guessed wrong Hackett. this sleutf is informed, came to the caucus witb the impression that Goldstein would win easily, and. what was the use of making his po- litieal debut wit, the losing side. There
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

It's tough to be a cougar in Colorado thes days. The state has for years paid a bounty of $75 on them provided their skulls was presented at the proper place. he state pays $50 of this a newspaper gives SZ5 more. The huge wild eats have always been hunted assiduously. but never as in these hard times. It's proof that in times of need men will turn to almost any pursuit. so long as he can secure the almighty dollar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
GET ON YOUR HORSE

Reno = A "dude'' cowboy of the drug store variety was arrested by police on a charge of stealing $50 from a six-wcek resident. The cow- boy, who gave his name as fich- arS Gishier: was dressed in tho ape proved movie cowboy parapherna- IIa- He was found guilty of vaG- raHcy and told to leave the city oF SC tO jail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
rA sMILE.s THE THINo.' '

Good evening.
 0-O--o WHAT DOES. IT MATTER What does it matter,
 The things that we do. Striving and sweating
 To pull our way through.
 What does it matter. What does it matteL
 The day to day load. Chasing a mirage.
 On over the road. What does it matter. What does it matter,
 The crowds cheering tone. Their paeans of victory.
 When you stand alone. What does it matter. What does it matter.
 The fuss and the strife. The goal of successes.
 That flicker in life. What does it matter. What does it matter,
 We're here but a day. To nod in the passing.
 And then go our way. What does it matter.
 o-O--o
 Editor Day by Day: A moving van was in front of the WABC broadcasting station. Moving tn, studios?" inquired passerby Not quite, just taking Kate smitl for a ride" chirped a helper B. B. o-O--o People get up in the world only after they get right down to real business. o-O--o They're starting to raise the sal. aries of movie stars again. I sup. pose that's to keep the stars from raising rim.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

''The technoerats. bunch of relentless statisticians, are getting in bad because they've been proving some unpleasant facts about industrial production. So instead ot doing anything about industry. well prob ably hang the teehnocrats.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28

Will Rogers is sore because a lot of other writers have been eriticizing him. He needn't worry Even when Wills dead. he's all right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
IT WAS EVER THUS

Trying to keep on going, Trying tO find the blue. When ali tsse world seems drcary, And joys are mighty few.
 0--O--o
 They date coffee and milk. Per- haps we'll have dated beer next.
 O-O--0
 This concludes our regular mid. week program. 1t came to voc over DBD and was. broadcast by the Waterbury Evening Democrat. pIonere in this type of newepapef work. We are signing off at this time tO be hack on the air again tomorrow evening af the usual hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-28
Personal Health SerUice (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.