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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01

sion to permit q wholesale reduc- fion of salaries and wages.
 The most radical suggestion made by Smith would be the abolition of tho board Of aldermen. with It's 64 Tammany chieftains and It's lone republican,, do away with the five borough presidents. and replace this machinery with city assem- bly Of 23 members and q city sem ate of II.
 A ..vice mayor" would preside over the "city senate" and n speak CT would hold the reins over the assembly.
 A bill-drafting commissioner would be instituted to handle all iegislation in preliminary stages.
 The smith plan, 1t Is understood does not meet with tho approval of the present day Tammany lcader- ship, surrounding such notables as John F. Curry, of Manhattan and his ally, John H. McCooey of Brooklyn.
 A second proposal, no less dras- lie than the first, was for statc- wide charter amendment providing for appointment of high court judges by tho governor, with the consent of the state senate, these judges to serve for life. Under such an amendment, the mayor would appoint, also for life, all in- ferior court judges, including city magistrates.
 Smith would abolish the present syatem that calls for five district attorneys in greater New York one for each county. Instead he would have one district attorney, elected for the entire city.
 The first plan was contained In printed chart, distributed as smith stepped to the witness stand to explain his accommodations under the questioning of Counsel Samuel Seabury.
 The largest group consolidation of offices involved would set up q public works department to control all the engineering functions of the city now vested In 16 departments, including the administrative func- tons of tho five borough prcsi- dents.
 A department of audit and con- trol, under the city comptroller would nifty five commissions or bureaus and "executive depart ments" under m assistant mayor. This department would control all budgetary planning and investiga- tionai functions now dispersed among nine bureaus.
 4 health and hospitals depart inent would merge threo bureaus welfare department, four. and q law department under the corpora. ton counsel would absorb the baord of elections. A tax assess. mcnt board of three member,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
RETURN OF RED
 PANTALOONS

Paris - (IJ. P.) --- The red pam taloons of the French soldier, tra- gic reminder of the military mis- takes of 1870 and the early fnonths of the World War. have returned
 The appearance of this resplen- dent garment on this occasion worn by cadets at Cnint Cyr, has provoked deal of bewildered comment and derisive observation in Paris newspapers. .
 Is 1t an economy measure to substitute the tnoth-eaten red pants for the horizon-blue garb which has been the prescribed dress since Charleroi in 1870 and tn early Marne battles?
 Or is the sartorial change mere iy a Gaiiic idiosyncrasy on the part of bored officials of the War De-
 The War Department maintains a policy of stoic indifference to newspaper comment and only ven- tures the cryptic suggestion that t is not for the soldier, much loss the civilian, to reason why.
 French writers, among them Clement vautci, regard any return to the blue striped red trousers and black, tight-ftting Jackets with q degree of amused concern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
ALLOWED TO SEE THE BODY OF HER
 DEAD HUSBAND
Mrs Cecilia Mccormick
 Held By Police for Giv- Z ing Gun to Husband to
 Break Jail

New York. Dec 1--(UP)--Mrs Ceceiia Mccormick. who Is charged with aiding her husband in an at- tempted break from Brooklyn city prison where he later committed suicide, to-day won the right to view his body before 1t Is buried.
 Mrs Mccormick secured a su- preme court order signed by Jus- tice Meier Steinbrink instructtrg police to let her see the. body. It did not include permission to at- tend the funeral.
 After she has seen her husband for the last time. Mrs Mccormick must return to Kings county hos- pitai, where she is being held Tn the care of police matrons. The young woman, tan expectant moth CT, is charged with homicide. Mo. .Cormick shot and killed himself with a gun hls wife smuggled to him in prison, after he had killed William McDonnell, head keeper, in the attempted jail break.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
Baker Held Up
 This Morning
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 climbing out of the machine 10 assist in the holdup when Burgos recovering from the shock of the surprised meeting shouted for help. He was so excited that he didn't pay any attention to the threat of De.ng shot. The youth with th. gun in his hand lcaped forward and struck Burgos over the head with the butt end of the weapon. Bur gos collapsed and fell to the side walk. He claims to have been rendered unconscious. When he recovered he hurried to police headquarters to report his experi- enco and to exhibit 10 Captain Le- roy painful laceration Of the head, his souvenir" of the eficoun- ter. No attempt was made to search his clothing, BurgoS' cries i apparently frightening the trio Into a quick getaway.
 A moagre description Of the car aS obtained by Bnrgoes was broad cast to members of the motor pa- trol by Captain Leroy. The Brook lyn and Town Plot sections of the city were searched, but no trace or the car of the three youths was found. Burgoes after having his injury dressed went to work.
 A Buick car owned by Hesfcra Hart of Al Cooke street was stol- en late last evening and was re- covered shortly after midnight in q wrecked condition on Brewster street, 1t was badly damaged In q collision with parked Ford owned by Arthur Leguere of 6G Brewster street. After coliodinE with the latter machine the Ford swcrved to one side and mounting sidewalk. | crashed into the fence at 69-Gl Brewster street doing considerable damage. The bumper and fender ] and tire rack on Mir Leguere's car were damaged. The driver of the stolen car disappeared from the scene Of the crash before any of tho startled residents of that thor oughfare obtained glimpse of him. MT Harts car was identi- fled by registration card found in n pocket of the machine.
 Another complaint received by the police was from George Solo. mon of PiainvIile Conn. He lief, his car parked In the vicinity oi Brown and Water streets and dur ing his absence someone removed the canvas top Of the car.
 The door Of the Economy store at 522 Wilson street was found open early this morning. A check up is being made by the manager to determine what was taken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
By MILTON BRONNER

European Manager NEA Service
 London = lt probably would require little exaggeration to say that Germany defeated in war. has been victorious in peace.
 Germany holds the key to the twin problems of war debts and disarmament that confront the world to-day. It was the war debt problem that brought President Hoover and president-elect ROose- volt together for conference in Washington, whereas the question of disarmament is to be renewed at the Forthcoming conference at Geneva under the auspices of the League of Nations.
 The two isgues sum up like
 WAR DEBTS = Uncle sam's debtor nations in Europe are de- pending largely on collection of separations froti Germany to pay their huge war debts to the Uni ted States. The original set-up stipulated that in 60 years Ger many was to pay reparations of 42e, ,000, 1000, ,00O to these allies and that the latter were 10 pay S22,- 900, ,OO0, 1000 Gin principal and in- terest) on their debts. The effect of Germany's refusal or inability to pay further reparations Is clear, despite Washington's repeated re- fusai to recognize any connection between reparatfons and war debts.
 The Hoover moratorium halted payment of reparations and war debts for one year. Recently Great Britain and other nations agreed to reduce German reparatiOns to 1714. 100000 on condition that this should apply if Uncle Sam would cancel or make material reductions lin the war debts they owe. More other nations have asked Washing ton for suspension of debt pay monte due December IS and con- ferences with q view toward 're- vision"
 DISARMAMENT - Various re- cent proposals for disarmament In Europe take into consideration Germany's demand for military equality or permission to re-arm, denied under the Versailles treaty. Both the French proposal of Pre- mier Herriot and the more recent proposal of Sir John simon, Brit ish foreign secretary, are apparent ly bids for Germany to return to the conferences on disarmament which she boltet last summer.
 Without Germany's cooperation tho success of any disarmament plan in Europe would bc very doubtful. Any effort to induce France or Great Britain to reduce their forces while dissatisfied and I5on-co-operative Germany Is still sc,Ahifig under the restrictions ifn- pdsed Ut Versailles probably would be futile.
 Tine cold facts In the case are that the Germans have never con- ceaied their intention to re-arm if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
French Are Fearful

The Frens h are under no illu- sions as to what the Won Heeckt plan means. Germany would have q highly trained professional army to De used as shock troops, fOi- lowed by hundreds of thousands Of young men with militia training.
 It has long been a mystery in Europe as to why the tiny German army and navy should cost so much. Last years figures, as re- ported to the League of Nations, was $176,O0O,0 900. The French have claimed that, in addition. there were secret funds and the big cost was due to secret laboratories where new implement sand meth- ods of warfare were being tried.
 General Niessel of France. who was president of the International Commission of Control of German Armaments, has cited the menace of Germany's commercial air feet to France. He says Germany now has HOO aircraft, or three times what 1t had in 1928, and that at least 300 of these could rapidly be converted into military aircraft.
 To add to the French excitement the Steel Helmets. composed large ly of veterans of the World War, recently held a parade of 175,000 men in Berlin, the parade being re- viewed by members of the govern ment and most of the sons of the former kaiser.
 The French press points to this with great alarm. 1t says that de- spite the Versailles treaty limita- tions, Germany really has pOten- tiai army of S00.000 armed nieii-- 100000 in tho regular army, 100,- GOO highly trained Prusslan police. 100000 trained men in the Brown Shirt Army of Adolf Hitler and 100000 in the Steel Helmets.
 TOMORROW - Americh's re- IatiOn to war debts and disarina- pstnflf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
Inaugural of
 President-Elect
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 Roosevelt continued today to study the national tax situation after q conference on the subject with Senator Tom Connally of Tex as. Connally placed Before him the suggestion that democrats in con- gross work to slash at least half & billion dollars from federal budget requirements, and that tho budget then be balanced by low-rate bor- rowing,
 T cannot speak for the pres ident- elect" Connally said, "but know several democratic senators ore in favor of tho revenue pro- gram we discussed. The people must not be oppressed by addition al federal taxes now. If we need funds we can make shOrt-term loans at less than onc-percent in- terest."
 Connally except in his discussion with Roosevelt. the proposed tax that would be placed on the sale of beer.
 The Texas legislator talked with tho governor after Senator Huey P. Long had an audience of an hour.
 During the day Roosevelt was expected to renew his discussion of farm relief legislation with ineni- bers of congress who plan to stop at Warm Springs enroute to Wash ington.
 Roosevelt also was reported giv- Ing consideration to the selection of Col Louis McIIenry Howe, Col Marvin Fl. Mcintyre and Stephen T. Early as White House secre- tarieB.
 Howe. whose home Is in Fall River, Mass. has been the political advisor of the governor for nearly 25 years. Mcintyre lives in Wash Ington. He is q native of Ken lucky and Is the Roosevelt press representative. Early is associated with the motion picture industry. All three are former newspaper men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
Al Smith Presents
 Plan That Astounds
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 would replace seven departments Tho police and fire departments, the largest municipal protective forces in the world. would be di- rected from one source. and with thcm would be joined the depart ment of licenses. the bureau of weights and measures, and the tenement house department.
 The police and fire divisions would each be headed by chief 'chosen from the ranks"
 The fourteen separate agencies directing the library, museums, and other educational functions of the city would bc combined in q single board of five members, one from each borough.
 A board of five. unpaid park commissioners would replace the six departments now managing the park system and the volunteer life saving corps, whose duties sur round management of crowds at public summer resorts.
 The municipal icvil service com mission would be replaced by q civil service board of three com missioners.
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 night, the vote at Windsor was re- ported as less than half what pre- vious tabulatIon of local official re- turns had shown 1t to be and Dep utv Secretary of State Elmer [ T.ounsbury. who announced the of ficial vote, admitted there was ap- parent error in the certified report.
 The officials---Secretary of State William l.. Higgins, State Treas- ufer Roy c. Wilcox and Comptrol- Ter Frederick M. Salmon--refused to certify the vote in the 21st scn- atOrial district, where A mandamus action seeking recanvass has been brought by the apparently unsuccessful republican candidate. Tho first canvass showed the deri- ocratic candidate had won by 20 votes, giving the democrats con- trol of the state senate by one vote.
 They certified to the election of IT democratic and IT republican state senators and left the 21st dis- trict unrepcrted.
 The official canvass made no change in the results as shown by unofficial returns. although the of- ficiai vote differed irnmaterially from the unofficial tabulations.
 The plurality of CongressrFlan Edward W. Goss, republican, over Martin H. Gormley, democrat, in the contested fifth district con- gresslonal fight was shown az 7S. William l.. Higgins, republican, was given q plurality of 221 over William s. Fox, democrat, in the second congressional district. Both Qornley and Fox have indicated they will appeal to the congres. sional committee on contested
 The plurality of Roy c. Wilcox, republican, over Thomas E. Hewes, democrat, for Acknowledgements was given as 388. Oficiai votes for leading candi- dates were reported as follows: President (1st elector) republican, 2s7,72O; democrat 2S1,198; sociaI- l ist 20,46i; social labor 2,2s3: conn munist 1,S59. U. s. senate--demo- crat 2s2,s27; republican 27S,00f. Qovernor---demoerat 2SS,347; re- publican 277,5oS.
 Hartford, Conn. Dec 1--(uP)-- when the three state officials dele- gated to canvass the official vote placed their signatures on the cer- tification last night. two were eer- tifying to their election to different offices.
 The three officials were secrc- tary of State William l.. Higgins. who was elected second district congressman, State Treasurer Roy c. Wilcox, who was chosen lieuten- ant governor, and Comptroller Frederick M. salmon, who fetlreA from office at the end of this year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
Ask Funds for
 Enforcement
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 approved by the budget bureau was presented to the house committee Yesterday by Attorney General Mitchell and Prohibition Director Woodcock.
 They proposed 1t less than a week before democratic leaders will ask the house to vote unquali- fed repeal of the 18th amendment and a week to the day before the ways and means committee begins hearings on beer-for-reyenue
 Speaker Garner is optimistic for adoptlon of an unqualified repeal resolution when the house con- yenes Monday. His canvassers predict 275 repeal votes--5ust IF short of the needed two-thirds ma jority if all members are present.
 They believe absentees may be sufficiently numerous to make the votes available suffice for repeal
 Drys continued to complain over Gamers intention of putting the repeal resolution before the house without public hearings by the judiciary committee and with only 40 minutes allowed for debate. It was understood that w. c. T. U. leaders decided yesterday to try to force open hearings. Gamers at titude Is that there has been plenty of prohibition discussion and that what the country wants now Is ac- ton,
 The sum of $9.599,o4s asked for prohibition enforcement for the next fiscal year was arrived at as follows: The budget recommended 1,360.500. last winter for the cur rent fiscal year and the house ap- propriated that sum without change. The senate reduced the appropriation to $10.250, 900. The enforcement, fund was further re- duced by the 1-3 per cent federal pay*cut to s0.50o,948. The budget bureau therefore merely has ac- quiesced in the economies already ordered by congress and is recorl- mended for next year exactly what is available for the year ending
 Mitchali and woodcock discharg- ed 7S prohibition agents July 1 and must create 75 additional vacancies before June 90 to comply with the economy program.
 But the attorney general told questioners he would not be justi- fled in reducing his enforcement estimates on the strength of demo- cratic intentions to relax prohibi- ton. He said cuts should await realization of the democratic objec- lives.
 She'll Lost Out Washington, December 1--(UPy - Minority Lcader Shell admitted to day the collapse of republican hopes of injecting the Hoover rn- submission plan into the demo, cratic prohibition repeal resolu. ton.
 speaker Garner plans q vote on the resolution in the house Mon- day.
 .The democrats are tho absolute bosses in this matter and can do whatever they want" Shell said. Shell said he believed the demo- cratic membership would line up pretty strongly behind the Garner resolution"
 He admitted 1t would be diff. cult for republican to obtain rec ognition in ordeh to offer tho "Hoover plany amendment. ineg- much as Garner has indicated he would seek to prevent such q vote: Referring to the speaker. Shell said he 'did not have to recog'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
DON'T QUOTE ME

Washington, Dec 1-- (UP)- Many people in Washington use the words pork barrel" without Knowing how the term came to be applied to the political spoils sys- tenn.
 A senate official who had heard and used the words for two score years suddenly realized he was one of them and looked 1t up. He found 1t originated in the days of the Pilgrim fathers. when com munlty barrel was used for salting the settlers pork.
 Some took out more pork than they put in; others took out pork without putting any In; robbing the pork barrels came to be too fre- quent and reprehensible act.
 The trend of the times was re- tiected In the house and senate restaurants us they opened for bus- iness during the short session. Re- duced prices are in effect. They include:
 Luncheon -- 50 cents. formerly 50cents.
 .!: soup--is cents, formerly 20
 pie--.lo cents. formerly IS cents.
 Opponents of the movement 10 consolidate the war and navy de- partments into department of national defense are seeking n champion to take the place of Rep- resentative Martin, democrat, Ore- gon, who is in Q Portland, Orc. hospital recuperating from an ap- pendicitis operation.
 Martin, a retired major general. turned from his party to lead the fight against the consolidation bill at the last session. It is unlikely that Martin will be here before the first of the year.
 An anonymous Washingtonian has started q movement to balance the budget. He sent q dollar to the treasury and obtained q receipt showing the donation was strictly Ito help balance the budget" He is now engaged in an effort to have other Americans follow his lead. After feceipt of this mans dollar. the government needed only $1,- 9De,009,09o more to get the thing done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
GENE TUNNEY
 NOT POPULAR

New York, Dec 1--(UP)--Gene Tunney made little impression on . house or adrent fight fans rang ing from four to 12 years old when bo made one of his few appear ances as q referee.
 Tunney was abrster in . eeriep or bouts yesterday between youns pugiiisls from private schpole. He refused to make any decisions which made . hit with the 5uvenlle audience. He did auth0srepn everything from candy boxes to slips Of paper. The occasion was charity
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01

rival European powers did not take active steps to disarm. This has been repeated many times in the fatherIand.
 Chancellor Bruening, when In power. emphasized that nation of 6B, ,000.000 people would not long remain satisfied with m army and navy suited to five millions. At the disarmament conference of last July. Herr Nodolny. Germany's re- presentative, said the Reich could take no part in any further confer cnce unless there was a definite re- cognltion of equality of rights be- tween nations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01

Despite the increase in expcndi- lures and also the jump In the margin of safety Item, the admin istration plans to cut the tax rate by paying off more than half of its bonded Indebtedness through the medium of funding bonds. The 10. tnl interest and redemption nem set up in the 1893 budget Is xL- GAP, 900. The city will pay. this sum but ask the Legislature to permit the issuance of $b00,0O0 funding bonds so that the city will have this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
TIiE MILNE OF THEM.

Pittsburg, Pa--Hurciy PatrOIman Clarence shearer, of springdaIe, thought policcman's car wouldn't be the object of theft. So fle park, ed in front of his home for weeks. But one day recently he walked out to fifd his car missing. Bome- one had stolen t, wrecked 1t, and left Is q few blocks away from his home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01

German army papers. Moreover, he dotted the Is and crossed the ts for all the world in a recent interview he gave an important Fascist news paper of Naples. Said General von Schleicher;
 'Germany desires, as before, q general disarmament, decisive and rapid. It bases this not wholly upon the fact that the exaggern- ted costs of armamerts stop the economic convaiescence of the world, but also upon the fact that it's own disarmament which. ac.. cording to the solemn promises of the allies in the peace treaty was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01
NO HoRDING THERE

Edinburgh--In an address roe gently Dr Manuel do Malbrain, Argentine srnbassador, indicated that prosperity Of tho Argentine has a great influence on tho pros- perity of Scotland. He said that of the $s,5oo. .OOo, GOO invested in Argentine by Great Britain. q large interest is held by q great number of investors ok the humbier ciass of Scotland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-01

War, com piained that certain map ufacturers Of weak malt bever.. age were escaping taxation ana that 1t was unfair competition. The brewers whom asked what percenf tage of alcohol rendered beer. n. toxIcatlng. decided upon one-haii of one per cent. ..
 As the poet-civil War prohipi- tion movement developed, the def- milton employed by Internal Rcve- nue collectors was adopted gener- ally. ,.u,.,.
 At the time federal prohibition became effective. states had en- acted into law various definitions as follows:
 1B states listed intoxicating bev.