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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
Simpli6ed Governments

The facts brought out in a recent survey within fifty mile radius ought to interest many other communities, even small ones It was found that in the Chicago area there is population of 5.0oo.0oo people. They are governed by three states fifteen counties, l63 townships, POP municipalities 67 park districts. $50 independent police forces 556 courts. l67 public water supply agencies and 326 health agencies. This varied assort- ment of governments is run by 7,7Q0 cleo, tive officials and 75.000 public employees.
 It is obvious to anyone scanning those figures that. much duplication of work, waste of public funds and inefficiency must follow from such lack of system and unity. Some of the recommendations made by the survey group are of interest only to the big city that is the largest unit in the great hodge podge of governments Other recommen- dations ought to interest small governmental units everywhere.
 One of them, merging the governments of neighboring communities which have many mutual interests. ought to cut down the number of officeholders and public em- ployes. Short of consolidation. greater CO., operation in the matter of fire and police protection, water supply, public health work. and so on. ought to enable individual com munities to save money and get better serv- ice. Many such notions. which never used to interest any but theorists, now interest taxpayers so much .that something is likely to be done about them. if the depression lasts bit longer 4Sg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
Buy Native"

Perhaps even nations have right to make their own mistakes. One wonders sometimes why the human race prefers that method of learning wisdom to the seemingly more comfortable one of profiting by the experience of others. Consider the growing enthusiasm for the buy American" idea People are talking about it and writing magazine articles about it. Some of them cite the example of the buy British cam paign of Great Britain and her dominions. Says the New York Times. with such de- captive enthusiasm that true buy Ameri- can" advocate may miss the point:
 Great Britain. as the result of Buying British, is at present discovered to be So rolling in wealth. so proudly poised in self sufficient solvency. so stable in her currency. so prosperous in her trade so successful in cutting down unemployment. so flourishing and happy and contented that it must be very stupid or very obstinate American, indeed who will refuse to go out imme dlately and Buy American" Carried to its extreme. of course. an effective buy native program would amount to boycott of the goods of all other nations. Boycottng, like dumping. is only wrong when the other fel- lows do 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

dry Consrss snd as such they preferred to end their present term. Michigan. Wash insson. orsgon. California. Colorado. Louisiana representatives are directly referred to in this accusation. They probably voted as their conseienees directed them. They certainly violated no election promises, un- less two years before they had promised to support wet legislation.
 If somebody claims that Speaker Garner rushed the issue. it can. be pointed out that perhaps its success depended to some extent upon this very feature. What if it had been successful. Garner would be hailed today as a miracle man. As it is he rallied to the support of a direct repeal bill more votes than any other wet leader has ever secured for bills which were scheduled to do less tinkering with the 18th amendment and Vol stead Act. Mondays vote may be deplored by many. but to analyists of the wet and dry fight it is an indication of what is to come the downfall of prohibition in the United States and return of state control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

Ogden L. Mills isn't going to ruin his chances of being nominated for the presi- deney by the republicans in l936. He has just refused to remain in Washington after March 4. ro33. to guide the destinies of his party as sort of angel, a combination of John J. Raskob and Charles Michelson. The former financed the democrats from 1923 down to 1932. Mir. Nicholson started the party on it's road to success with the con- gress:onaI overturns of l930. His sterling publicity work stands out as a glorious per- sonaI achievement and superb bit of news- paper work Mills says. The biggest sucker job" is playing angel to political party. These reports would make me a John J. Raskob and Charlie Nicholson. :. I have not the ability of the one and am not as foolish as the other" Sounds like a dirty dig for somebody Guess who'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
'ovERzEALoUs REFORMING
(Merlden Journall

Laudatory publicity for State Labor Commissioner Tone that was the Connecticut public's reac- ton to his drive against sweat shops in the state appears now to be giving way to expressed fears that he will overdo reforms. The realization Is gradually dawning that restrictive measures may be SO drastic as to put people out of work altogether, and that is somc- thing really to be feared at this time. M
 MT Tone's latest pronounce- ments fayors the adoption by the legislature of a minimum wage law for minors. His idea seems to be that the bosses would have to pay their adult women employees more than their Juvenile learners and thus two birds would be killed with the one stone. This would De nice were 1t not for one weakness and that is pointed out by the Manchester Herald, saying: "The only important consequences of such a law would be to keep the minors out of the ,sweatshops al- together then who would look after the minors to see that they were not even worse off?"
 As to the proposal for shorter working hours for women. the Bridgeport Telegram sounds a warning, saying: Every step in this direction results only in mak- ing, 1t difficult for self-supportins women to get work. .. /. Those persons who have thus far advo- cated advanced legislation to pro- tect women have only thrown women out of work or reduced their pay. If the sweatshop prob lem Is used as an excuse for 2 further raid upon the women workers. 1t will De too bad.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
A TRICK VOTE
(New York Herald -Tribune)

(New York Herald-Trtbune)
 The debate in Washington waxes more and more vigorous over Speaker Gamers role in the hol0- caust of the repeal amendment.
 Was he just a stupid Casabianca, doing his pertinacious best on burning deck, dumbly insisting that salvation must come in the precise
 fashion and on the day and at the
 hour which he fixed, or not at all :?
 Or was he an astute Machiaveilt, secretly plotting to put the repub-
 licans ip a hole and leave the glory
 and honor to the new congress?
 If the later was the case the re- publican lame ducks certainly fell
 victims to his shrewdness. They will be the rest of their lives ex- plaining how they voted so stupid ly. But the Machiavelli role seems hard to fit with the known quail ties of the blunt gentleman from Texas who last winter made such q complete mess of hls record ns speaker once grave responsibility was seated upon his shoulders. z. The test of his sincerity will plainly come later. The vote which he conceived, at the opening of congress. was a brilliant gesture, if lit succeeded. Failing, chiefly be- lcause of republican rancor, but sec ondarily because of forty odd dem- ocrats who rebelied against their | leadership, 1t left Mir Garner q 1 good deal less than a heroic fis- fure.
 We hope and trust that the re- pealists will not be discouraged by Ithis premature and nasty ma lneuver.. There is almost certainly Ia two-thirds vote for repeal In the l lhouse. given time and organisation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

The Cordillera de Los Andes stretches sharp, white fingers to- ward the sun the Incas revered, as though imploring it's beams to melt away the sheaf of ice and snow that has chung to their rocky joints for ages. On the highest of these fingers three black dots toll slowly upward against field of white. They seem not to move, so arduous their progresss-three insignificant but animate midges vcnturing into q realm where for tens of thous- ands of centuries practically the only movement has been confined to elemental and inanimate ob- jects- wind, snow, frost, avalanche, rock slide.
 The three midges are Dr P. H. Borchers and Erwin Schneider of the German-Andes Expedition and AlbYecht Maas of the Chilean branch of the German-Austrian AL pine association. Behind at about 17,50Q feet the hardy native por- ters have given up the climb, Hud- duled in the lee of grim escarp- ment beyond which point they were unable to venture, they shudder in the thin, cold blasts of angry upper air and mutter dire misgivings re- garding those strangers who have dared to press on.
 with Q fearfully cold south wind shooting frosty arrows into their hooded shoulders, and the threat of blizzard to hurry them on, the Teutonic climbers breast the final steep ascent. For three hours in an altitude where every step de- mands heroic effort they labor up a rubblestone groove, calling up unbelievable resources of stamina to battle their way over the sliding, crumbling rocks. At last. late in the afternoon, with Q light snow falling, they reach the summit, ap- proximately 22,S50 feet. above the sea. They pause not to bemoan the snow or regret that they are deprived of the view. but lingering long enough to check up on the notes of former visitors, Delamotte and Ramsay, they build their own little cairn, mark 1t with an ice ax, and begin the descent. They are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
A Book a Day
If You Want to Criticize.
 Read This Book First
by BRUCE CATION

If you want to say something bad about somebody, just how far can you tgo without getting jerked | into court for libel or slander? 1 If you are reviewing books, how | thoroughly can you express your l disapproya1 with some ninthrate novel that comes to your desk? If you are newspaper editor, and tho, wife of a prominent citi- zen files with the clerk of courts a bill of particulars in divorce suit. charging her spouse with all kinds of sensational misdemeanors, are
 you entitled to publish her accusa-
 Maybe none of these problems ever weighed very heavily on your mind; but it's fun to find out the answers, any way, and you'll find all of these topics thoroughly dis cussed in Hold Your Tongue"
 by Morris L. Ernst and Alexander
 --.ndey.
 In this book the authors have dug up every anecdote and inci- dent imaginable in connection iwith defamation, They have
 shown how seemingly innocent
 remarks or publications have been
 adjudged libelotis, and how pas-
 sages of venomous abuse have
 given Q clean bill of health; and
 at the end they conclude that the
 law Of libel must ultimately be
 relaxed in the interest of the pub
 lie at large. There will be great er freedom of discussion in the
 future than there is now. Free
 dom of speech and freedom of the.
 press must eventually wip far
 more liberal Interpretations. 1 Published by Morrow, the book sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
So They Say

Hot-Cha doesn't pay. Clara Bow, movie actress and one-time Tt" girl.
 I'm never going to marry again. Freedom is sweet. - Mrs Minnie (Ma) Kennedy Hudson, mother of Evangelist Aimee Sempfe McPher- son.
 If a man wants to know what his real religion Is, he should ask himself this question: What are the things which would die rather than do?'' --- The Very Rev William Ralph Inge. "The Gloomy Dean" of St Paurs London.
 just do things like do and never get bored with life. Only other people bore me. - Mary Garden, opera singer. It takes two things to make Q good football player - courage and intelligence. After that the rest is purely mechanical. - Bob Zuppke. football coach, University of Illinois.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
Who Gets The Blame

Down in the House of Representatives these days various members are engaging in the pleasant task of casting dirty looks at one another with all the vindictiveness of armed foemen. The vote on the Garner repeal resolution Monday is the cause. Who gets the blame for it. We'll to be exact, nobody seems to know just where to place the blame. so everybody is getting his or her share of it. Speaker Garner is getting his fair share. so are the democrats who didn't vote for the measure. not to mention every body else.
 You can blame it on the lame-ducks if you are sov inclined. Eighty-one of the IA dissenting votes were cast by members whose terms of office cease on March next. That's little over 50 per cent of the total vote that prevented speedy adoption of the repeal bill. However. on the other hand there were 69 lame-dueks who voted for the bill. All of them, of course. were strictly wet and their places in Congress are to be filled by more wets That doesn't prove any thing. but it does show that as unit the lame-ducks weren't trying to obstruct the first measure the House considered at its short session.
 Then again representatives from certain states who voted wet in November failed to vote this way Monday. But why should Gey7 Perhaps some of them weren't even reelected or up for election in November. They were elected in November. 1930. to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

An effort will be made when the Legis- lature convenes next January to have to procure the John Brown estate in West Torrington. It win be utilized as state park. Certainly Connecticut can do no more than set aside as a perpetual monument the land which bore the imprint of the boyhood tread of the famous abolitionist. It is too bad the John Brown homestead was burned down some years ago. If the John Brown Association could be persuaded to turn the spot over to the state, its development might be much more rapid as well as its upkecp assured. As for buying it, where's the money to be found?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
Climbing Mountains And Mountains Three Teutons Labor Up 22S5O Feet to Top of Western
 Hemispheres Highest Elevation.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

very happy. They have climbed Aconcagua, highest peak in the western hemisphere.
 Contemplating the achievement, the reader of the exploit is con- scious of a feeling of elation that men still exist who are able to push their sinews beyond the usual point of endurance and thus wrest victory not only from mountains but from montalities. The ten- size the physical hazards and mus overlook the mental qualities which mako mountain climbing a sport or an occupation which the most low ly may pursue, for to-day perhaps as never before the man on the street needs fortitude, and presist- ence, and courage, and stamina to lift him over the mountain lthe world calls depression" no less than tho man who conquers an An dean summit.
 Tn fact, the human being who battles his way across the crevass- es of frozen assets and up the rock slides of falling values needs vision to see beyond the fog of general inertia the great vista of opportun- ity awaiting the conqueror. And as for the plauditsit 1t may never be known who are the heroes, but to many Q humble one there will remain the memory of an ice ax of courage planted high on the peak of individual conquest--conque over the temptation to give, up or to retreat--and what though the world remains unimpressed? The achievement is there: and. after all, 1t is the achievement alone that is worth while.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

Discussion of the makeup of the Roose~ welt cabinet still holds first place in the nation. notwithstanding the important mat ters that Congress now breaches. It is re- ported in various quarters today that New England won't get place in the cabinet after all. It had been said that Governor Cross or Homer Cummings would be of- fered posts. We don't doubt but what Mir Cummings might be offered place, but we hardly think that the governor would be asked to give up the job that he has on his hands right here in Connecticut If Mir Cummings was offered any portfolio, it would be that of Attorney Genera'an there seems to be some weight to the opinion that this eventually will be filled by Governor Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland. However. the Strangest tale that has been told is the one which makes Senator Hiram Johnson of California a member of the cabinet. This would be reward for bis support of the president-elect in the campaign. Precedent for this was established by Grover Cleveland who made Walter o. Gresham of Illinois his Secretary of State. He was a republican who preferred Clevelsnd to Harrison. A son of former cabinet member in both the Harding and Coolidge regimes is also now mentioned. He is Henry T. Wallace of Iowa. His campaigning in the farm belt is said to have brought many votes to the Roosevelt side. What of their ability, though. to fill the important cabinet positions?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
Here, There And EDerysOhere

should not be such a tree, the good old American hickory grow ing in every state of the United States, making splendid timber, and there being also in every state the lordly pine in one variety or another. Texas has it's pecan, Alabama its magnolias, Georgia its live oak. California the redwood and oregon spruce but the oak and the hickory are in every, state and noble trees. They will hold up any eagle that ever grew. However. the English has pre- empted the oak. Hearts of oak. To attempt the oak as national American tree would cause difff- cult relations between the United States and England. Canada has seized the maple leaf which also has been used in Chicago to des- ignate certain brands of laid.
 The dogwod is a tree found in ev-
 cry considerable patch of woods in America. It is, however. not es-
 pecially harmonious with the ! eagle.
 While the depression is on and
 interest in other matters is more
 or less dullcd would be good time to get complete job done
 of this standardization business. What is America's national soua2? The national perfume?
 The national breed of hen? The national ladder? Jacobs ladder, with apologies to the wearers. The
 national breakfast dish? The na-
 tional cough remedy? The nation
 al boned codfsh? The national croon song? 1? The national size of
 writing paper? The national ball.
 lad? Good bye, my honey I,m
 a-gone."
 We'll, getting back to the tree. l The family tree would be the tree
 if everyone belonged, as does Mrs
 Clarence Titteington. who is n
 member of the society for the de-
 tention and conservation of the
 national tree to the D. A. R. She
 belongs to the Mary Murray chap ter of the D. A. R. Not Mae Mur-
 ray, who is a-screehing.
 our vote. anticipatory, is for the dogwood and never mind the eagle. which can fly high and take care | of itself. The opIls will close April l1, 1888. in the national plebescite now being begun in the gooo dld lU. S, A.7 The locust tree Is too 5I.heayy. and the chestnut tree had
 a blight. A plebiscite IS not to De confused with raised biscuit. par
 ticularly with honey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
NOT THE POISON sUMAc
(Hartford a Times)

We are loath to disapprove of any project which is endorsed by Raymond H. Torrey, secretary of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation society. and shall not do so in the current instance. The National Life Conservation society, a woman's organization with head quarters in New York, has inaugu- rated a movement to ascertain what should be decided the nation. al tree of the United States and then to agitate for it's formal rec ognition by congress.
 That is to say, there arc state flowers, state birds, and national birds, national anthems and other nationals, including the national league, and why not q national tree for the eagle to rest upon?
 We can see no reason why there
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

The senate is another matter. But the house can and should speak It's honest sentiments, untrammeled by any smart tricks of its leaders. The Issue is too large to be coInpron- |ised by partisan endeavors. whether republican or democratic.
 We hope that the repealibts of the house. regardless of party, will arise and insist on another vote when there is time for debate and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

hosss. Van BuFen died in 1862 and sht youthful Reynolds waited for the state or the nation or some patriotic society to do him honor. But years passed and no atten- ton was paid to the lonely grave. So then started the solitary vigil of the flag over the grave. The granite monument now re- places this small tribute. but it means no more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
SALOON OWNERS START,
 DRIVE FOR LOWER TAXES

', BrownsviIle, Texas. (UPl---Sa- loon owners at Matamoros. across the Rio Grande fin Mexico, have
 started drive for lower taxes .in order to meet tho competition of American beery which they re- gard as just around the corner.
 Their intention is to persuade both Mexican state and federal
 officials to reduce taxes enough that beer can be sold for as low as |15 cents a bottle. They have de- |cided to start circulating a peti- tion among all owners along the Mexican border.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

The last of the old clothes and shoes anc cars should be worn out this winter, tfier watch business revive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

Martin Van Buren died just seventy years ago. but it wasn't until the present week that the national government honored his mem ory by erecting q monument over his grave in the obscure little village of Kinderhook. New York. However. Martin Van Buren has been honored inconspicuously for the past 20 years. A tiny American flag has waved over his grave during all that time. It was placed there by James A. Reynolds, banker. who in his early boyhood recalled seeing Van Buren riding through Kinder hook from his nearby estate on black
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08
Personal Health Seru'ce (By William Brady, M. D.l

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygicne, not disease diagnosis os treatment. will be answered ny Dr Brady Address hin. care of tue Democrat ending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

Yes. our grandmothers worked hard. And it seems to have been good for them. Statistics>show that there are seven old ladies to every four old men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 4:54 o'clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-08

wholesale commodity prices in Sweden continue to increase and are higher than . year are