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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
Thrift Week

National Thrift Week, which started Sunday, Benjamin Franklin's birthday anni- versary. is attracting more interest than usual this year, for various reasons. In the first place, Poor Richards Almanack" was launched in l732, with its wise sayings and thrift maxims. Also, in 1732, Franklin ordered the books for the first circulating library on the North American continent" Thrift Week is of keen interest for another reason Thrift is very much in the public mind these days, particularly governmental thrift. It is generally felt that reckless and extravagant spending on the part of govern ments national and local, has helped to get the country's finances in their present muddle.
 Thrift has had various appeals to the popular mind. It used to mean saving to most people. Then they began to realize that it meant wise management, which in- eluded saving, spending and investing. Now there is queer see-saw between saving and spending. A national magazine comes out with an issue expounding the theory that it was up to the American woman to end the depression by widespread spending. and the same week the President of the United States remarks that~w cannot squander ourselves into prosperity. Franklin's wisdom. simple good sense and humor are greatly needed in national thought today. Thrift Week ob- servers might do well to stress those things rather than thrift alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

Akron, Ohio, is going to honor Thomas A. Edison in novel manner. A mile of trees will be dedicated to him shortly. The trees will line an avenue leading to the municipal airport. Over one hundred trees have already been pledged for the avenue. It shouldn't be hard to secure the entire allotment At each end of the boulevard there will be bronze placques with the names of the donors inscribed thereon. That's a fine idea. We have been urged to plant million trees before the Washington Bieen- tennial observance ends. Many communi- ties could follow Akron's example. We sug- gested some weeks ago that in finishing off Freight street Waterbury line it with trees. We need more of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
Isn't That Funny?

Republicans in the Senate have opened their guns on the democratic house tariff bill with the introduction of substitute bill by Senator Arthur H. Vsndenberg. of Michigan. The Senate Finance Commit tee. still busy investigating foreign bond flotations. will soon get around to the tariff and give orators looking toward the presis dential campaign many cues. The demo- erats will no doubt recall Senator Watson's flag-waving prediction upon the passage of the Hawley Shoot Act that within sixty days the clouds would vanish and the sun- shine of prosperity would return. And it will not be forgotten that Mir Hoover gave as his reasons for signing the bill that it would settle business conditions and enable economic recovery.
 The republicans will retort by pointing out certain democratic high-tariff desires such as levy on oil urged by Senator Elmer Thomas, of Oklahoma. Yes, it takes no subtle prophet to report right now the tariff talk that will soon be booming on Capitol Hill But we are willing to wager, in view of the reasons given by Mir Hoover for ap- proving the Hawley Shoot Act on June 17. 1930. that there will be nothing quite so funny as the statement in his message to the present Congress last December. T am opposed to any general congressional re- vision of the tariff said Mir Hoover. Such action would disturb industry, business and agriculture It would prolong the depres- ciOr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
War Time Measures

This state can derive some satisfaction at the part that Senator Frederick C. Waleott of Norfolk played in the passage of the two billion dollar federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation bill. Author of the Senate bill he is prepared to allow the measure to pass in such an amended form that it will pass as a House bill, introduced by the chairman of the House Banking and Currency commit tee. Of course there is opposition. but we don't believe that it can overcome the united strength that both democratic and republican parties are making to restore normal business conditions in the United States. If success ful the bill should reach President Hoover this week and we can picture the proud flourish with which he will place the last swirl on his name.
 The purpose of the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation has been explained too many times for us to discuss it at any great length here. It more nearly approaches the War Finance Corporation than anything else. Most of Us recall this board which was formed during the World War for emer- SSu@y WOIhs SuSn dS lS HOW dSHdnuSQ. ne War Finance Corporation never was asked for anything like its total available funds and what money was borrowed from it was repaid promptly. We imagine that if the Reconstruction Finance Corporation is put into working order the same thing will hold true.
 If it goes to the President for his sigma ture this week it will mean that immediately millions of dollars will be available for in- dustry and agriculture throughout the na- ton. Particular attention will be paid to our railroads. as banks. insurance houses, and the like are heavy investors in the same and their protection is vital to the we'll be- ing of cross section of the nation. Offhand we would say that the Reconstruction Fi. nance Corporation bill is about the only one of the Presidents many relief measures which will get clear sailing. The public is ae- quainted with the good it did and might have done in the World War Therefore. it won't be SO antsgonistie. since it is syi- dsntiy not one of President Hoovsr's expsr. msnts. It has been we'll tried. even under demoerstie administration. SO can be relied upon to prove of some avail. We trust fhst its effects viii be prompt and fsr rssehins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

he or she will have to manifest democratic tendencies. for the viriie editor and writer believes that democrat will be elected pres ident. He says. Governor Ritehie has the best chance for the nomination he has had in years" That's right, We've said the same thing. too We also believe it will be Rit- ehie's last chance at the presidency. It is win or lose for him in l932. Continuing Mir Mencken says, ''of course all the poli- ticians will make every effort to place pro- hibition in the background as they always do. They are afraid to face the issue. But there is still bigger issue in the United States It is that of religion. It is not in the foreground at this time, but well recall an observation of Andre Seigfried's that in another half century there would be strug- gle between the Methodists and anti Methodists. ." Again we think Mr Mencken is right. In fact. we believe that is the main reason Alfred E. Smith refuses to make known his political aspirations this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
A TODAY R2!A.sN @ A4X9R1ERRNsAzR4 GE2 ofz2E.
Italian Success

On January 19, 1918, Italians on the Lower Piave repulsed an at- tack on the Capo Sile bridgehead and carried forth the movement
 which caused the Australians to
 yield the whole salient, moving
 their defense line north from
 Monte Monfenera to the shelter
 of the Calcina Torrent and Monte Spinoncia.
 This eliminated two earlier movements. The. first had been made on December 31, 1917, by the French, who recaptured the northern summit of Monte Tom ba which the Austrians had held since November, 1917, inflicted
 numerous casualties and captur-
 ing 1,400 prisoners.
 Then, in the middle of Janu- ary, 1918, the French made a
 drive four miles east up the Piave in the direction of Quero.
 These two movements, and the
 repulse by the Italians on this date, led to capture of control :, of the salient, and the closing of the eastern gate to the enemy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
QUOTATIONS

A man must be a self-starter. Too many people are waiting to be cranked.
 Henry Ford. It is magnificent to grow old if one keeps young. Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick, Rockefeller's minister.
 a
 If the spirit of self-seeking na- tionalism prevails, then there is no way out (of world disaster).
 -Archbishop of Canterbury. We do in New York more up- lifting of steel and stone than of souls. s.. John Sloan. New York artist. I like Hollywood. It seems q great place to relax and also turn out some work. -Tallulah Bankhead. stage ana
 screen actress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
THE ELECTION OF MRS
 CAlSAWAY
(Hartford Courant) )

The election of Mrs Hattie Cara way as senator from Arkansas has none of the significance that would have attached to the election of Mrs Ruth Hanna Mccormick in Illinois 6 little more than a year ago. While Mrs Caraway has the distinction of being the first woman to be elected to the senate, she was chosen less on her own merit than on the reputation of her husband, whom she succeeded in the senate by gubernatorial appointment some weeks ago. In sum, Mrs Caraway is merely another Congressional widow" who probably will give place to some one else when the unexpired term of her husband runs out next year.
 In her service in the senate thus far, Mrs Caraway, has given no in dication that she regards herself as the representative of the women of the country or as anything else than a voting substitute for her husband. She has made no speeches no striking measures. On the contrary, she has been con- tent merely to attend regularly and to supply the democrats with q vote when it. is needed. Her attitude in-s dicates that she puts a modest es- timate upon her abilities. and while the leaders of the National Worn- ans party may regret that the first lady to sit in the senate Is not a more aggressive personality, the country owes her its thanks for her attitude.
 The practice of .electing the wiz dows of representatives and sena-' tors to succeed them after their death has little to commend 1t. al- though 1t sometimes serves political ends. as 1t apparently has in Arr kansas. Fortunately, most of the women who have been thrust into such situations as Mrs caraway finds herself in have borne them- selves with equal propriety. and when, as in the cases of Mrs Rog- ers of Massac achusetts and Mrs Kahn Of California. they have sought re- election, they have done 70 on their own merits and not on appeals to the sentiment of the electorate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
SMITH AND THE PRESIDENCY
(Hartford TlInesl


 Ex-Governor Alfred p. Smith has thus far resisted temptation to de- clare himself a candidate for the presidential nomination, as well as efforts on the part of the curious to find out whether he will or not. Ills latest success in that direction was achieved in Boston where his re- sponse to . threat to "draft" him was that he is lover the draft age"
 We suspect that Governor Smith is quite as much in doubt as to his purposes and intentions, if any. a! are those who speculate about them. We have no idea that ne has lost his ambition to hold the presidency. Having once aspired in that direction, and having boiled more votes than ever were received by a democratic condidate, he would he less than human # he felt no further desires.
 Yet Mir Smith also realixes. more than ever before, in all probability, the obstacles in the path. The le2l convention taught him somethine about the two-thtrds rule. That oi 1898 taught him something about the extent to which religious -pre' judiee may Do effective.' We have no Idea that Governor Smith would willingly 70 through another con. test ike that Of 1894 te gain ! nomination. the value or whicf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

Rocky Hill, which we hope won't be regarded as slight if we term it suburb of Hartford (we do it for location purposes merely), is finding new worries as each day passes. The furry over the location of Fitch's Home for Soldiers in Rocky Hill having subsded. neighbors are battling over backyard fences over the moot question - did Washington stop overnight in Rocky Hill in October, l789? If he did then Rocky Hill is going to be more than inter- ested in the Bieentennial Celebration that is scheduled to start on February 22. The old Duke of Cumberland Inn, now pri- vate dwelling, is pointed out by town an- eients and those interested in history as the place where Washington stopped Almost every city and town in New England can boast similar edifice. It has often been stated that if Washington ever stopped at all the taverns which claim this distinction he must have spent most of his time travel ing. However we are not trying to deny Rocky Hill its claim to fame. The Duke of Cumberland Inn is famous enough without ever having been Washington's abode for a night. It is regarded as one of the best of the colonial houses in New England and is much visited and inspected as such. The house once stood on a 1000 acre tract, ! special grant made to the Duke of Cumber. land by his royal father King George II of England. The old tavern signpost is still preserved in the Morgan Memorial in Hart. ford Rocky Hill can always be proud of this house even fl it can't eonelusivsIy prove that Washington stopped st it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
A CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
(New Haven Journal-C Courier.)

(NeW aHVcH JOuTudleSOuEAcE'J
 Former Chief Justice Wheeler's activity in behalf of the local le-
 gionnaires' protest against the
 Rocky Hill site for the new veter- ans Home is admirable. No better plaintiffs witness could have been
 of the most eminent jurists the
 state has produced, but his knowl- edge of the devices by which the
 Rocky Hill site was acquired is in- innate since he was member of the commission charged with the
 acquisition. We have already discussed the
 outline of his claims. He feels that the Warner farm in North Haven
 was of a size closer to the require- ments of the home, that 1t would cost nearer reasonable sum to maintain. He feels that its proxi-
 mity to the Yale Human Relations Institute and the New Haven hos pital was of the utmost import ance, especially as the commission
 had at least informal assurance
 from university officers that coop eration would be eager and exten-
 sive.
 Of great cogency is the claim, too, that the North Haven site is nearer the center of veteran pop-
 ulation and thus more accessible to the veterans themselves and to
 mem bers of their families who
 would be expected to make fre- quent visits to the home. Finally the constitutional question raised by the legislative method of nam | ing the members of the commits sion is of course extremely grave. MT Wheeler feels that in stripping the governor of his normal appoint i've powers the legislature made 1t possible to man the commission
 with a group predisposed to a Hart
 ford county site since most of them
 were from Hartford county. Be-
 side this issue obviously the details
 of this particular controversy fade. 1 Here is an open threat to orderly and constitutional government If
 MT Wheeler's claim is sound as
 his claims usually are.
 This point seems the true essence
 of the question and 1t is on this point that the legal battle is likely
 to pivot. MT Wheeler has done q public service in forsaking his re- tirement to reenter public life with the vigor he has shown in cause
 so much requiring his talents. The
 whole episode demands the utmost
 airing and MT Wheeler seems to
 have guaranteed that it will get it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
NEA Service Writer

hington-America'S unem- ployed legions really came to this capital for the first time with Father Cox. .. Docile, patient, anx- ious to please, the thousands in the Pittsburg priests "Jobless March" were utterly unlike those hundreds of "hunger marchers" who came earlier, fiinging taunt and def, led by communists and picked as if for Q willingness to jeer and hoot. .... A salesman, railroad shopman, 0 moulder, steamfitter, and office worker, pattern maker, a cement finisher. a graduate male nurse, a stonecutter, window trimmer, a steel mill worker, a miner-those were the normal occupations of @ dozen men successively queried as they inched along in the chow line toward the frankfurters and kraut ... With vague, hurt, puzzled looks they had waited vainly late the previous night for food they knew was coming because 'someone" had said so. Now. sitting on the curbstone, bread in hand, they seemed we'll content. And soon they were trudging up Capitol hill, be- htHu tAeLr tdtlcroo pdAu dHu lASlI placid, determined, chubby, red- spectacles, singing--of all things Pack Up Your Troubles. ;. Two facts they insisted on end lessly: Their devotion to their coun- try and their devotion to Father Cox.
 Ten thousand of them and. as far as one heard, not 8 single com- plaint above a whisper. Father Cox had told them how to behave. Clean and shabby, neither sullen not cocky, but little sheepish and slightly apologetic-as if fearing someone might sheer at them for being broke and out of work. -. You talked to boys who had left home. acquired jobs. wives and ba- bies still left, were returned from the adventure of life, back in an existence of privation with the old folks whom they themselves once expected to support in old age .... Father Cox Jobless March. No work. No wife," said one car sign. A youth explained the significance: Young guys want wife and kids but they can't get 'em unless they have job"
 At midnight we found the march, CTS billing in from pouring rain to the dismantled old National hotel, once Washington's pride. They lay, trying to sleep on the lobby's bare marble foors--where Clay. Web- ster, Calhoun and Jackson once trod. In a once magnificent ball. room, where debs "came out" near ly a century ago, lay hundreds more in fetid, foul air entirely un- relieved by ventilation. No food. Pathetic disappointment .... But backing up the old building is a big bakery, with tens of thousands of loaves, thousands of cakes and doughnuts in the making A few wet, hungry boys had found 1t. A window was open an inch and they peered through at the laden racks. We gave them our spare change and their thanks were so earnest that we feel pretty bad. Scraps of conversation here and there: How nice and warm that floor at Johnstown was last night. even 1T 1t was concrete. .. Most Of us are Catholics, but it doesn't make any difference to Father Cox. .... Next day their bands first piece was Manhattan Beach March,, tricky, gay ninetieth tune in strange contrast to the "Internationale" and other stirring labor marching songs.
 Miss G. Emmilinne Pitt. repre- s...+ caorato rx, of r n hor DOak was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
At The National Capitol DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER
 | A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTE
By RODNEY BUTCHER

the only officer of the administra- tion to join the Cox staff.
 But one won't forget the work less boys who carried single grains of rice with "Rev Father Cox" printed on them by gifted pen- man. ... Nor the score or so men in A. E. F. uniforms-uniforms in sad state and some decorated with the "Welcome Home" badges of 13 years ago. :. Several, partly dis abled, hadn't worked for years. First victims of the depression, they get pittance from the gov ernment, limited because theoreti. cally they can still do some forms of work. But they get nothing from industry, which. can have all the able-bodied men 1t wants-and more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
IMPOSSIBLE

This monument does honor, To one we'll ne'er fOrsake, It marks the grave of a traffic cop Who gave an autOist 8. break.
 O-O-O The man who thinks himself chained to his job will discover he's only as strong as the weakest link.
 It's the hard headed busi- ness man who finds the world pretty soft.
 The thing that impresses us most, quite naturally depresses us least.
 When girl is young. birth days are a public matter. When she passes nineteen they become strictly private.
 o-O--O It's a long road, that has no Inns or outs.
 O-O-O
 Claims Mind Was Blank on Wedding Day-Headline. In- stead of being a big shot at the marriage he was just blank cartridge.
 O--O--0 Doughnut manufacturer leaves miIiion.--News item. Guess there's dough in d0ugnufs after all.
 0-O-O This completes our regular Tues. day evening program. lt came to you over DBD and was broadcast by the Waterbury Democrat, pio- work. We are signing off at this lime. to be back on Inc alr again tomorrow evening at the usual hour.
 o-O--O Good night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

One of the things the world needs is country somewhere to which all the snooty nations could deport the aliens they don't want. It wouldn't work long, though. In about 10 years the old settlers there would be deporting newcomers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

According to all reports Gene Tunney. former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, is going to enlist in the army of Cross workers this year. The retired pugi- list is a close friend of Governor Cross and if he could be persuaded to enter the political ring in his behalf he might attract as many fans as he did in his boxing days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
WAxING FIIOOns

! Hasdweod T Ii soors' o,' ..i whiem a..r,ans' ars
 should be sIvsn q coat of wax at
 least twice a year in places which are not subjected Co . lot of wear, and oftener in spots whore they ] are eonstantIy used.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

A recent convention of football coaches discussed the best way to prevent injuries. If these fellows are not careful, they'll ruin the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
Personal Health Service
 (By William Brady, M. D. .

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by pr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope. q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
ADDING A ROOM

In homes pressed for space an additional room can often be made by enclosing porch with glass. A good carpenter will do the job for 6 reasonable cost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19
O---O--o DING, DING

Mary's beau bought a roadster, And boy, it's quite a hit, Now Mary's bought raccOon coat, You knOw-tO go with 1t.
 O--O-o There are eleven different types of corns. And some people figure they have 'em all.
 O-O-o
 Now they're foreclosing to get the jack, in the house that Jack built.
 O-O-O Some chaps think they've found the key to love when a gal gives a lock of her hair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

Production of whale oil by Nor.
 os iss Ss.rss s:s 'sssSs ~sss 'Ssi'ss s more than in the preceding scas eons
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5:2l o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-19

1T anybody cares 10 regard Fl. L. Msne. ksns viewpoint es the approaching election