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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
Uncomprehendins Washington

David Lawrence. political writer. touring the country to find what people are think ing about current public questions. reports unparalleled indignation against Congress. People who have never cared enough before to find out the names of their congressman he says, are now writing seathing letters to them and urging their friends to do likewise. If there ever was an aroused electorate in America, it is to be found today in the vehe- ment. alert and vigilant citizenship which is gathering momentum for the day of reek. oning that is to come next fall
 It is evident that people are not going to vote FOR candidates this year so much as AGAINST candidates. In such an up- rising it is hard to foretell what may happen. to traditions and parties. Only statesmen who resist the selfish pressure of organized minorities are heroes this year.
 Indignation is strong, according to Law renee. against the huge sums paid to war veterans, particularly payments going to those who suffered no service injuries And it is especially strong against Congress for interrupting its professed quest for economy to vote another expensive pension bill for veterans. Tt would not be surprising he adds Ito discover in the next few months that a climax has been reached on the whole subject of veterans allowances" But this is only part of the offenses charged against Congress. If the lawmakers could only go home and talk to the people! In un-Amer- can Washington. with its stiflins politics. false standards and freedom from the bus- ness depression. it is hard for them to com prehend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
By BRUCE CATION

This is a story about a little boy, a group of gangsters and nation of 1000. 900 people. B.
 The little boy was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and died in a iongeiy thicket of Q country road in New Jersey.
 The gangsters slid up out of the underworld, stole the little boy from his parents, killed him-and made s5o,O0o out of the job.
 And the nation of 120,000, ,000 people helped to call the gangsteri into existence. helped to support them while they waited the chance to pull the job, and helped them, all things considered, to get away with 1t.
 It did 1t without meaning, to, without knowing what 1t did, with out knowing, indeed, that it was doing anything except follow the easiest course.
 It makes a House e-that-Jack Built sort of story, when you stop to think about it.
 The House that Jack Built, of course, Is that broad, charming, upright and occasionally country Known as the United States of America. If you'll read to the end of this little story, you'll see why the house that Jack Built is a good name for it.
 This, then, is the House that Jack Built.
 
 Next, of course, we have the It, tie boy. who lived in the House that Jack Built. Then we have the gangsters who stole and mur. dered the little boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 Back of them we have the ,ln- derworld that produced the gang sters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 Next in line come the rackets- the booze racket, the gambling racket, the vice racket, the thou sand and one allied rackets, but first and last and most important the booze racket-the rackets that supported the underworld that produced the gangsters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 Then there are the crooked cops who tolerated the rackets-toler- ated them partly because they got paid and partly because the higher ups told them to-tolerated the rnckets that supported the under
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

Professor George Croft Cell of Boston University School of Theology in recent address to the Mems Council of the Metho- dist General Conference declared that "'The vets have surpassed us in thought and strategy for the past decade. They have out-thought us, out-generalled us out fought us. We may not witness the politi- cal debaele of the temperance move ment. we may not lose the legal and constitutional bulwarks. but right now there is the greatest danger of it. far greater than we know. . Thirteen states can hold the outlawry of alcoholic drink traffic securely in the Constitution, but B states cannot hold the idea of the temperance movement securely in the hearts of the American people. Thirteen states can always veto repeal. but how much virtue will that veto have in it once the outlawry of the alcoholic drink business has ceased to be the majority opinion of the American people! . :" Personally we believe in temper. anee. but not in prohibition. We don't believe that the way to end the demand for alcoholic beverages is to deny them abso- lutely. A man has the right to express taste one way or the other. That's where the dry side will lose out eventually, It denies through the constitution rights that are ours through the very same constitution Slightly ineongruous, isn't it'
 Maryland under the governorship of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


 was very glad to sec that distinguished member of the medical profession admits that alcohol is deprcssant (v w. H.)
 Answer-That Is not question of opinion but of scientific fact. No one In or outside of the medical profession can alter the scientific fact that alcohol Is a depressant from first to last and in every respect.
 Too Much Water?
 Is 1t possible to drink too much water in . day? What is the maximum amount one may drink? Is 6 or 10 glasses in day too much? (H. W)
 Answer-No one need fear drinking too much water. Flight or 10 glasses a day is not too much. Fair average is two glasses first thing in the morning, . glass with breakfast, q glass or two in forenoon, glass with lunch, glass or two afternoon, glass or two or three with dinner and in the evening. s.
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 Hacking cough, especially on waking tn morning Ben Told to take three to nine drops bccchwOod crcosote im glass Of milk three times day. Friend found this 'succcssful for same trouble. What do you think of t. C. H. MJ M Y5 Answer---Not much. Seems silly to fool with any remedy or treatment before you know tho nature or cause of the hacking cough.
 (Copyright John '. pille Co.) 4,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
FIXING THE BLAME
Decorations By PAUL KRoESEN

world that produced the gangsters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 Next we have the politicians who found the underworld useful. and who got a cut on it's illegal earnings and enlisted it's leaders in their political machines and protected them and made 1t pos sible for them to thrive-the poli- ticians who controlled the cops who tolerated the racket that supp ported the underworld that pro- duced the gangsters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built. W
 Back of the politicians we have the Big Shot-there's one in every big city, and sometimes more than one, and in each city this Big Shot has all of the towns important H. legal activities right under his thumb-the Big Shot who fixed the politicians who controlled the Cops who tolerated the rackets that SUD- ported the underworld that pro- duced the sangsters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 Then we have the bootlegger-- the ordinary, undistinguished boot legger, who sometimes peddles his liquor from a suitcase and sonfe- times maintains a speakeasy or Q beer fiat--the bootlegger who paid the Big Shot who fixed the politi- clans who controlled the cops who tolerated the rackets that support cd the underworld that produced the gangsters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 And then, last of all, looking quite innocent, we have the ulti- mate consumer: the bootleggers customer, who gave the bootlegger the money which the bootlegger passed on down the line to the Big Shot, and which the Big Shot used to fix the politicians
 It's clear now, isn't 1t?
 This is the man who bought the booze that enriched the bootlegger who paid the Big Shot who fixed the politicians who controlled tht cops who tolerated the rackets that supported the underworld that produced the gangsters who killed the boy who lived in the House that Jack Built.
 This is the man who is he? Who, but-you and I!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
P. Ms Must Obey

z Under pain of loss of job all postmasters were publicly warned last week by the Sec ond Assistant Postmaster General. w. lrv- ing Glover by name. that they would have to support President Herbert Hoover for reelection this fall. The remark was made before the convention of the Missouri Postmasters Association. As the Hartford Courant sorowfully remarks. Its only merit was its unabasked candor. - We presume that Mir Glover will next call upon all postal employees to take an oath of ale- glance to vote for the republican incumbent if he is the republican candidate or else face loss of rating.
 Y When government officials deem it nec- cssary to impress upon public officials such as postmasters. that they are merely political pawns. it is high time that the voters called an armistice and refused to elect any of this tribe to office. We presume that the ma iorty of postmasters in the United States today will vote for President Hoover next fall. since they are of the same political faith. Undoubtedly there are few independents and perhaps couple of democrats who will do the opposite, But if men like the Second Assistant Postmaster continue their inappropriate remarks. certainly Mr Hoover will stand little chance of being reelected. let alone rcnominated.
 z We should dearly have loved to have seen the expression on Postmaster General Browns face when he read the command. We should imagine that in the future when any of his aides are selected to make public addresses their remarks will be carefully blue pcneilled beforehand. Once upon time Governor General Theodore Roose- welt of the Philippines was won't to indulge in just such commands and advice to the voters. He learned his lesson. though. after sad results and some persuasion from older and more experienced members of his party. Mir Glover takes rank today with the Lex ington Mnutemen who fired the shot heard round the world. He made the speech heard in. every postoffiee of the United States
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
A Book a. Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Here Are All the Clews in
 Lindy Mystery

If you missed any of the de- veiopments in the Lindbergh kid. naping. mystery you'll find them all compressed into the 275 exceed ingly readable pages of the "True Story of the Lindbergh iKidnap- ing," by John Rrant and Edith Renaud. .eslf,9
 s'The interests of the world and of the Lindbergh were exactly op- posed from. the instant that the colonel called in police" say the writers.
 The concluslone is not new, nor are many of the facts that theories that are related of the sourland abduction.
 The book rccounts the tangled versions of what transpired on that biustery March night when word of the abduction was flashed than their publisher, the authors, before and after the Kidnapping. deduction" Gsd,ssi they wish 1t clearly understood that they do not be- lieve any conclusive, .unquestion- uOto, cOuupleto auu ,uNul fSSVh4 " the facts is or can be in existence" Clews are weighed, one against another. but the authors are com mendably skittish of offering con clusions. MrPs
 The writers stress the fact that Lindy neither opened nor read the ransom note left pinned to the nursery window until two hours after the baby was gone, because | he wished to disturb nothing that might afford q teiltale clew to Authorities. ''f'f .i,t ti f
 Had he read 1t promptly and needed the warning not to inform authoritiey, negotiations for pay- Snent Of ransom and the baby's re- turn might have been accomplish cd speedily. the writers suggest.
 "Trgth About tSc Eindbergh Kidnapping" is pubiished by kroy Wen Publishers. Inc, and retails for @2. <. 'Ats'' z. ', '.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

One week from "Wednesday will mark the anniversary of momentous date in Ameri- can history. On May 25. l7S7. George Washington was elected president of the Constitutional Convention. Dissatisfied with the Articles of Confederation under which the tiny nation was governed follow ing the close of the Revolutionary War eol' onists called the convention to amend them. When the convention opened at Philadel. phia, though. the Articles were serapped and our present Constitution finally adopted. Was1ington's presence as presiding officer had great deal to do with the successful adoption. That was l45 years ago and we are still fooling with that constitution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
MELLON AT ST JAMES
(Hartford Times)

Amba assador Andrew W. Mellon has presented his credentials to King George. stayed for lunch. conferred with Prime Minister Mcdonald, and is ready to do business for Uncle Sam at the Court of St James. Britishers will not find him overly interesting, but they will have respect for his reputation.
 There will be no controversy about knee- -breeches. That qucs- ton, given vitality by the late George Harvey, simply does not come up when one considers the man who determines what "Andys'' calves shall wear.
 With economic problems, involv. ing international finance, so prom inently to the fore, both tho United States and Britain will feel that diplomtic negotiations are in ex- perienced and able financial hands so far as the new American am bassador Is concerned. One need expect no dramatics. The Mellon manner is mild and unspec ctacular. also comprehensive and thorough.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
TUESDAY, MAY IF, 1882
Some Good Advice

Jouett Shouses keynote address to the democratic state convention last night 'in Hartford was well planned and delivered. Mr Shouse is not the same type of speaker as Claude Bowers noted political writer and historian of the democratic party. However. he is well skilled in the art of politics and speaks with certain command and confi- denee that only long acquaintance with the platform brings. He was in remarkably good form last night and if the democrats of Con- necticut care to take the advice that he gave them they certainly should win splendid victory at the polls next fall.
 With faetional differences quite manifest in democratic ranks when the delegates as- sembled in Hartford yesterday Mir Shouse stressed the importance of the party deelar- ing itself on all public matters this sum. mcr. Only by an expression of opiniof on the issues of the day can the voters make decision between the parties. In other words Mr Shouse pointed out indirectly that the democratic party is filled with men who can carry out these principles if elected to office. but the principles must be expounded before the men can be elected. In Connec- ticut the same thing is true. We should overlook personalities for moment to consider issues.
 We don't anticipate any stradding or pussy-footing upon the part of the demo- cratic party this year. locally or nationally. It is confronted with such glorious oppor- tunity to display the leadership which has kept it alive for over hundred years that we know at this crucial moment it will rise determined to lead the country back to normalcy and assured that it possesses both the men and the principles by which this can be achieved. Mir Shouse has done val iant work to lift the party from the sloughs of despond into which it dropped following the defeat of 1928. We should realize now that the republican triumph of that year was but last minute puff of exultation. Their balloon is punctured. The chicken pots are empty. garages vacant. dinner pail cleaned out. It is to the democratic party that the nation now looks for guidance. We mustn't forsake it..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
At The National Capitol .-. .s nAIIy M SIIINf,TOM ETTER
DAILY WASHINGTON LETT
A Digest of Who's Who and Whats What
 By RODNEY BUTCHER

agriculture, 12S millions for postal deficiency. 45 millions for vessel construction, 90 millions for air. craft and aeronautics and 243 mill lions for veterans, leaving a bal ance of only '32 millions in small increases throughout the depart ments for the six years.
 Draw your own. inferences. Those statistics, at least, will give you a much clearer picture of where the money has been going than you'll get from the superfi- cial propagandists. Those fellows dare not attack public works, farm and veteran relief, aviation and ship subsidies. They'd rather have you think Congress pours the money into a hole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
M TODAY }. eSS; SS WORlD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY &Ge ofGSE
U. s. TROOPS ON FRONT


 On May IT. 1913. it was an. nounced that American troops had taken over British positions in Picardy. where German activity had been greatest since the begin ming of the great offensive on March 21.
 German gunfire was increased in the Lys salient, but military ex- perts predicted that the, next Ger man offensive would come in the Chemin des Danes sector. held by the French, where they would try to drive a wedge between the British and French armies.
 French and American troops in large numbers were being held in reserve behind this sector. '. Soviet troops recaptured Baku from the Turks after a fierce skirmish,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
Here, There And Euerywhere

Another generation would not have confused a maitre d'hotel with a waiter captain any moro than 1t would have served Tokay with the terrapin: and only in Russia, where they like 1t with sour cream. is the roe of the Caspian sturgeon eaten as a piece de resistance, but very likely MT Pierre. who has his troubles, was more fiattered than the reverse. One wonders whether President Buffers charges think a sommelier, is synonymous with a groom of the chambers, or at least that he has something to do with sleeping.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
HAUTE CUISINE AT COLUMBIA
fNewt York Herald-Tribunel

(NeWf YOrk Herald-TrlDuneJ
 College students are notoriously and traditionally eccentric fellows. The bright. young men of Harvard won't wear a Homburg hat until 1t has been run over by Q trolley car In front of J. August's; at Yale the favorite poem of each senior class from time irnmemorial has been Crossing the Barr; but to Columbia goes the undisputed high field in the fatuity sweepstakes, for on Morningside Heights, ac- cording to a recent senior poll, caviar and fruit salad were voted the favorite entrees" and MT Charles Pierre one of the towns most distinguished hoteliers, was elected a favorite "head waiter"
 We'll, things like this are like ly to happen in civilization that confuses the uses of sherry and Madeira and eats asparagus as a side dish, but somehow 1t seems pretty crude. Probably 1t comes as Q result of the noxious habits of smoking cigarettes before meals and drinking whisky during them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
To-day's Selected Poem
MOTHERS

(By Helen Welshimer) God be kind to mothers
 With cookie jars to All. And funny luliabies to sing When dusk blows down the hill. Who scrub small childrens faces, When early school bells ring, And let boy bring puppies home. Or bugs, or anything. God. be kind to mothers Wien 1t Is candle-timc, ae tf, And children's rounded voicest Say prayers in ordered rhyme. May thcs'e be special blessings At night, when houses sleep, On all the mothers everywhere Who have child hearts to keep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
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.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
So They Say

An income can never be made through gambling. A gambler cannot hold his winnings. He must go on. In going on. he inevitably loses. - s. Beach Chester. noted English gambler now reformed" f" NFN ses
 The day is not far when the Spaniardss will realize that I was not such a bad king, after all. and that did do something for the welfare of Spain.
 --Alfonso, ex-King of Spain.
 We do not do things In this country by revolutions In the sense that word Is used, but here, as elsewhere. the people are restivc and resentful because they recog- nize that governments are no, meeting the purposes for which they were established.
 Senator William F. Bcrah
 of Idaho. [, These are hard days. critical days, but they are days in which 1t is worth while to live and toll --stirring days. y &
 -chlef Justice Charles Evans 9fa5s st5 Hughes, t.H " - -.-.~ lT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

Fire hazards in our forests are almost as great just now as they were month ago.. We haven't had enough rain in the last ten days to keep the floor of our woodlands moist. As result underbrush and leaf coverings are like tinder. A good rain of two or three days duration would be appreciated by the hard-working forest wardens and the gardeners. Flowers and vegetables need some natural moistening to. speed their growth at this season. @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

If civilized cities were really intelligent, while they're marking time in business lull. they would be rebuilding their slums'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:35 o'clock Daylight saving time) tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

Texas Guinan, sailing for Paris without her little girls says she wants to get good look at the town without any police escort My goodness! How can Texas trust herself alone in wide-open place like that?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

Portugal has ordered natlon- wide plan of school construction and repair. and completion Of hos pitfalls and orphanaGes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

Mrs stansall of Mansfield. Eng land. celebrated her. 10 1et birthday by seeinS her flrst taiIIis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17

Maryland under the sovernorship of Albert C. Ritehie is the only state in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
A RETrER COAIPARIsON.

The increase in the budget for 1883, which the Budget bureau suggests as . better year for eon,- parlson, was only about e77zs0oo,- 900 over 1e27. It breaks, down into an increase of s7S millions for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-05-17
Good evening. o-O-o
 NONSENSE
"A SMILES THE THING

Straw hats are in the windows.
 Of course, it's present tense. Each onesof us must buy a lid,
 More overhead expense.
The Washington times., 1932-12-15
PAROLE SYSTEM
CHANGE ASKED

A bill introduced in the House
by Representative Clarence j.
Mcleod (R0, Of Michigan, to
amend the bill establishing a
board Of indeterminate sentence
and parole so that first, time Of
tenders cannot ask for a parole
until they have served a third
OF their sentence will be debated
at the first hearing in January
Of the House District Committee
The law which was passed last
July said firstterm prisoners
must serve ,one-fifth Of their
sentence before seeking a parole
Mr.. Mcleod said that he was
requested by persons at the De
partment Of Justice to introduce
the bill so that it might conform
with the Federal parole system
and with that adopted in most
Of the States.