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The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13
Promises Made Four
 Years Ago Renewed
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the Eighteenth Amendment, while Senator Hastings asserted that il had a contrary meaning and sus- tained the Eighteenth Amendment
 Now that the president has al last broken his prolonged silence on this question, some newspaper authorities insist that his declara- tions are in favor of preserving national prohibition while others contend that he has completely changed his attitude and advocate repeal. That is to say there is still doubt as to the position of the re. publican party and its nominee fol president respecting this acute controversy.
 The president denounces boot Ieggers. All law-abiding citizens do. The president denounces the saloon. No political party has championed or sponsored 1t. He ad- vocates a practical change so as to restore to the states the power of regulating the liquor traffic without permitting them to license saloons: but he does not give even a cloudy picture of what changes he favors or anticipates.
 That he has reversed his posi- ton in part on the subject is un- deniable, but the amusing fact must be apparent to all, namely, that he has never made clear what his position is, even though 1t may beadmitted that he is not as dry as he was believed to be in 1928 and until his acceptance speech was published.
 The economic program of the democratic party as set forth in the platform Is in striking contrast with the palliatices which the pres ident referred to as notable achievements of his administration.
 "In addition to the three points already specified as vulnerable in the armor of the miracle man. let note also be taken of his boast concerning agricultural relief. The farm marketing act as adminis- tered has proved futile to stay the decline in the prices of agricultural products. We should all recognize that in spite of good faith efforts to improve the condition of agri- culture little has actually been done anu tHc Diop'cHi peTSi5t5 W'lu dli its difficulties and details"
 Secs Another Hard Winter
 Washington, Aug 13-(UP)- Resignation of Walter $. Clifford as director of the presidents emerg- ency unemployment committee will require the president to> find an- other man to handle the unem- ployment advisory work during the coming winter. MT Hoover in- dicated. in accepting the resigna : tion. that het expected such work would be necessary again for a third winter.
 A call for a general conference of nationwide business and indus trial committees is being prepared l at the White House. The date is to be announced shortly.
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Mayor Walker Case
 In Legal Tangles
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strewing his path with rose petals
 A band at Grand Central station greeted the mayor with such tunes as Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here" and The Sidewalks of New York"
 Hyde Park, N. Y., August 13- (UP) = Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt sought rest and solici- tude at his country estate here to- day, wearied by the ordeal oi Mayor Walkers hearing.
 Pr0ddfng the Mayor
 State Capitol, Albany. N. Y. August 13--- (UP) = Persistently prodding Mayor James J. Walker of New York for "nore details of financial transactions totalline more than $1,000,000, which are the basis of removal charges against him, Governor Franklin b Roosevelt yesterday afternoon had covered these spectacular phases of the case:
 l. Walkers receipts of $26,00O in, bonds from J. A. Sisto and Com. pany, profits of stock market pool in which the mayor advanced no money.
 2. Walkers receipt of a $10,. 900 letter of credit, upon which he drew during a trip to Europe paid for by J. Allan Smith, a pro. moter of the Equitable CoacF Company.
 3. Walkers overhaul of $3,00l on that letter of credit, also paid for by J. Allan Smith.
 4. Walkers receipt of approx imately S250,000 from Paul Block newspaper publisher. this being the profits of joint brokerage account opened by Block on credit, and in which the mayor advanced no money.
 The mayors explanations were offered only after such strenuous objection by his counsel, John J. Curtin, that the governor became angry and pounded on his broad desk.
 MT Curtin" the governor said, "your remarks are highly objec- tionable to the governor of this state. I happen to be lawyer and I know what I am doing"
 Curtin, flushing a deep red, sal down.
 The hearing progressed during the day, with promsfe of another session next Monday, despite a court "order to show cause" hand ed down early today which, if up- held, would restrain the governor from making any decision in the Walker case. The order Is re- turnable August 19.
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lof more than one person, 1t is not permissible to prorate the amount of the bill among the persons in the party and thus increase the exemptions and evade the tax. Where, therefore, party of six persons is presented with a bill for $12, the amount of the tax is 3e cents. (Explanation: The tax is payable on the 20 per cent of the partys total bill, at the rate of h 1-2 cents for each 10 cents or fraction thereof1 If n fixed admission or cover
 charge is imposed and such charge Is deemed fair and reasonable in lcomparison with charges made for lsimiiar performances and enter.
 tainments. then the tax applies to Ithis alone.
 The law also provides that no tax shall be collected from c guest l bent merely upon eating Q meal, Iif he leaves the place before tho Ientertainment begins. Likewise, no Itax acerues against . guest in .
 separate or q private dining room
 wbere he can sec or hear nothing fhnt is EoIng on Co tho main dining
 room of the cabaret where the en- lferialnment is in progress.
 Thora are many other provisions
 equaliy as complicated.
 | NExTf 7'hree.eenf letter poslas, |an4 otzaeg 4ossaz tacEe4sess
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DEBISSCHOP CLASHES WITH LEVITT
Germany Places
 Edict on Bathing
 Beauty Contests

Berlin, Aug 13-(UP)-Germany birthplace of the nudist movement. has voiced officially her dissatisfac- ton with nakedness- and bathing beauty contests by Strict bans on them.
 Franz Bracht reich commission CT for Prussia, Issued A decree to- day prohibiting the appearance of nude or scantily-clad girls in thea ters or clubs. He also ruled that authorities should exercise more caution at bathing beaches. Women wearing abbreviated bathing suits should be prosecuted ruthlessly, he ruled.
 Present conditions, Hedd Bracht said, are incompatible with the honor and dignity of German wom- anhood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13
Curb Exchange Head
 For Short Selling
Howard C. Sykes Asserts Practice Is an Essential
 Part of Free Market in Securities

, to deliver in the future.
 '.So 1t appears that the ability to
 buy and sell freely is essential to good business practice. It is in- evitable that some speculation
 shall arise in conjunction with such operations. Speculation is purely and simply an adjunct or accompaniment of free market trading and not a scontrolling in- fluence. The laws of supply and demand and intrinsic values are the controlling influences, and the speculator profits or losses accord ingly as his judgment is good or fbad concerning conditions,and the
 future trend of business.
 "In the circumstances, 1t is rather futile at this time to point the finger of accusation at the ex- changes of the country and attempt to find the causes of trade stagna- tion in that quarter. It is well to keep in mind that exchanges and
 markets are the outgrowth of trade intercourse and development. They Fare the machinery for expediting
 the business of commodities and
 manufactured products and in- Ve5tIueuL III these anu uOL ula~
 chinery for manipulation for the prices of these commodities and products. Exchanges facilitate
 trade and do not hamper it. Were there no free and open markets for
 securities and commodities. few would at any time have actual
 knowledge of the value of their
 holdings. Consequently such hold-
 ing would not have an accurate collateral value for credit purposes.
 Hardly anyone could arrive at a
 correct estimate of the Intrinsic
 value of a security when seeking to purchase or know what price to expect when selling.
 "As a development of modern in- dustry, securities and commodity markets are an absolute economic necessity. It would require but little imagination to picture the stifling effect upon industry that would follow a discontinuance of
 the orderly functioning of the
 present day exchanges even for a liimted period"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13


 oresult in a division of places on the ticket being agreed upon.
 While the state leaders are plan ming a peace barley for the con- vention, several smaller fights are going on throughout the state over representation on the various dele- gations. In stratford there are two factions fighting for control of the state delegation and Q primary bat tie is feared. In Middletown an- other fight is on for supremacy but reports to-day that possible com- promise is in view. Tn Hartford op- position tickets have been filed in many of the voting precincts. New Haven democrats have agreed to go fifty-fifty between the "New Guard" and "Oid Guard". Bridge port, live Waterbury, is peaceable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13
By ROBERT TALLY NEA Service Writer

Copyright. 1892. kEA Service. Inc,
 Devotees of gay night life who patronize cabarets. night clubs, roof gardens and similar entertain ments are helping Uncle Sam aid Dis depleted federal treasury. Though the rates are not changed by the new 1032 revenue law. such places are still taxed by the 1926 law which the 1932 law extends.
 The tax Is 1-2 cents for each 10 cents or fraction thereof of the amount paid for "admission" to public performances at such places, where the charge for "ad- mission" ig included in the price paid for refrehhments or service. To arrivo at the "ndmission" figure, Uncle Sam fixes it arbitrarily at 20 per cont of tho total cabaret or night e club bill. Only in cnsef whore such "admiaslOn" ghnrge figures GO 1enis or leBs Is the tnx omitted.
 Thus, wherever the entire bill for f6bd, service, etc, exceeds t2.b0 an "admInsion" charge arises and there is . thx on tho same. fiven though this is expended on behalf
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Great Britain
 Won at Ottawa
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stabilizing commodity prices.
 The most positive declaration of the report said:
 "A rise throughout the world in the general levels of wholesale sirable. The evil of falling prices must be attacked by government and individual action in all it's causes whether political. economic, financial or monetary"
 Neville Chamberlain, chancellor of the British exchequer. was quot ed in the report as believing that a rise in gold prices. low interest rtes and an ample supply of short term money were desirable.
 His statement was said to repre- sent the official conference opinion ont he monetary question.
 The dominions. it was learned. agreed to follow Great Birtain's monetary policies. but reserved the right to diverge from them when they found 1t necessary.
 An authoritative British spokes- man said that the present govern ment- maintained sterling values must be kept until the empire re- turned LO tHe Bolu SIdhudTu oT q better standard had been found.
 The report, although negative in it's attitude, left the way open for either full return to the gold standard or for action to monetize silver.
 Great Britain intends to maintain the present protective tariff if necessary for years in an effort to force reduction of tariff in other natoins, 1t was reported here.
 The reports also indicated that the mother country has won her fight to obtain substantial protec- ton for her manufactured products from the dominions. This victory for Great Birtains' delegation is said to have bcne gained without g definite pledge in return of protec. ton for the dominions' market ir the mother country. The rominioni great producers of food supplies have desired a favored status over other nations outside of the em- rira
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13
former Interrupts
 Political II ak
 At Local Church
cennty Ceniersnse of ". C. T. U. EnRvsaed By IAt- Personal Attack of Speaker Upon J. Henry Rora- lack and Senator Bingham Ends After Rebtake

Levitt referred to him as one of the sponsors of the cause for which the W. c. T. U. is working.
 As the Bedding professor began his address he launched almost immediately into an attack on Roraback and Senator Bingham. Declaring. that he stands for free dom of speech and so forth, Levitt stated that "the politieal boss of the state, J. Henry Roraback, has said that cannot speak, but shall. The United States senator who 50 misrepresents this state, whose name is Hiram Bingham" But here. Mir. DeBisschop took the floor and denounced the use of a House of God for political dis cussion. He warned Levitt to con fins hfs remarks to prohibition but to refrain from attacking political leaders in the church.
 TO this Levitt replied that. he would, explaining that it is true that certain persons. activities are so un-Christian that their nanieH should not be mentioned, even in the House of>God.
 Tn his talk on prohibition, Levitt declared that drinking has actually decreased 49 per cent since the 18th amendment has been enacted and declared that 1t is a good thing for the coutnry.
 Other speake2s included Rev. Kenneth Kingzton of St. PauPs Methodist Episcopal church, who urged a boycott of drinking men in industry, Mrs Nathan B. Stone, head of the state w. C. T. U. en- forcement committee, Rev Edward P Aver, blind chaplain of the state senate, Milton Conover of Yale, Rev, Gertrude Coe, Mrs Ralph Roberts, Mrs Sarah P. Logue, William D. Pardee, Mrs Nathan B. Stone, Mrs Ernest Car penter and Rev E. c. .Prettyman. Virginia Roberts recited Shall America Go Racko
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entanglements will not be allowed to hold up a declaration on the mayors fate.
 Argument behind the writ is that the home rule amendment to the constitution takes from the gover- nor the power vested in him by the original clauses of the constitu- ton which assert he may remove a mayor.
 Should Justice Staley dismiss the writ next week, appeal might be taken. If the appellate division sustained a dismissal the possibil- ity of carrying the question to the court of appeals remained open. Action along these lines would re- suit in delay of many months.
 Yesterdays session of the hear ing was marked by bitter argu- ment and legal pickering. Curtin and Roosevelt clashed several times, but in the end the mayor was forced to explain transactions involving nearly $300,000 oyer the objections of Curtin.
 New York. August ,13 - (UP) - Mayor James J. Walker re- turned home last night to the cheers of 5000 persons with girls
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Charles !. DeBiaechop, local 6. c. b. leader, and Professor AL bert Levitt of Redding, militant op- ponent of the state republican ma- chine, ciashed bitterly for short period yesterday afternoon at the 30fnt New Haven -Lltchfield county conference of the W. C. T. U. which was held at the Mill Plain Union church. Interrupting Pro- lessor Levitt when he mentioned the names of State Chairman J. Henry Roroback and United States Senator Hiram Bingham, attack ing them for their wet stand, Mir. DeBisschop, a trustee of the Mill Plain church, forbade the fur fher dicussion of politics in the church. His. order was obeyed by the leader of the Independent Re- publican party, MT. Levitt.
 The action on the part of MT. ueBisschop in demanding that the discussion of politics in the church caused the meeting of the W. C. T, U. to become somewhat dis rupted by finally order was re- stored.
 That Mr. DeBisschop had plan 0e0 to prevent pOhtiNo AVhi S'"o discussed in the church, was learn eds.yesterday afternoon prior to his vixft to the Mill Plain church. He had already questioned the action of Mrs Mabel Preusser. local W. C' n, U. leader, in bringing the ses- sion to order in tho Mill Plain church and having Levitt here as the speaker when practically all other meetings in Waterbury take place at the First Methodist church.
 Professor Levitt ceased his per sonal references to Roraback and Bingham after the DeBisschop warming but in a lengthy talk he discussed the prohibition fully and urged support of he 18th amend nnent.
 Mrs. Preusser presided at yester- days meeting and in introducing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-08-13
RUTAGEoUs sNOBBERY
 REV FAILED

sforra. conn---tUP)-=Presenc of religious snobbery in Conneeticut's rural churches was dlgclosed iB q survey made by the Rev i. c. Mill. CT, secretary of the Connecticut Federation of Churches. who Bald hntasonism of native-b0rn toward Immigrants ia more evident within churches themselves. thar Co thc secular lie 0s Che eemzmunitless
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Peace May Come
 to Democrats
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and Labor Commissioner Joseph
 Tone of New Haven will be among
 the New Guard" representatives. Representative Francis Hogan of Torrington will also be with this group. =,
 Representing the "Old Guard" along with Mayor Hayes will Sbe former National Committeeman Thomas J. Spellacy of Hartford. ex- Mayor David B. FitzGerald of New Haven, Mayor Francis Ma loney of Meriden and ex-Mayor Alfred N. Phillips, Jr, of Stamford.
 The "Old Guard wants three places on the state ticket to be nominated at the coming state con- vention. Tuesdays session is likely
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Prohibition Is
 Not Yet Dead
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(COntlnueQ. rom rage l.
 lations of the law. and not the law caused conditions which have will not be changed by any law that niakes it easier to obtain any kind of Iquor."
 Politically, the delegates ap- peared decided to conventrate their efforts on tlie election of dry congressional candidates, and en- forcement of f<state dry laws. Preliminary meetings of the Union were marked by 6 return of the Crusade spirir' which once sent many of the now elderly wo- men delegates to pray in saloons for the redemption of those pa- tronizing the bars.
 Apparently no mention was to be made of the presidential prefer ence of the Union. President Hoover's acceptance speech out lining his stand for revision of the 18th amendment and Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's candidacy on the democratic repeal plank were equally unsatisfactory toathe convention.
 Southampton, l.. l., August 13-- (UP) - Nicholas Murray Butler, militant wet republican, once a candidate for the presidential nom ination, still favors unconditional
 repeal" of the 18th amendment and opposes federal liquor control. he declared in commenting on President Hoover's acceptance speech. President Hoover declared he favored a "change in the eigh- teenth amendment" which would protect the states against return of the saloon which he called 'in- tolerable."
 Any semblance of congressional authority over state action in re- gard to liquor traffic control would prove to be the source of new and grave. problems and difficulties and would make the liquor ques- ton the perpetual football of poli- tics, both federal and state." But Ter said. "It is an entirely i'm practical suggestion"
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DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING .
 Houston, Tex. Aug 13.-UP)- Passing through here en route to New York to confer with Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt on demo- cratic campaign plans. Speaker John N. Garner declared that Pres- ident Hoover's new stand on pro- hibition doesn't mean a thing"
 The democratic vice presidential nominee had not seen copy of smiled broadly when portions of 1t .,c"M xInnvnr' esrss.eo s,a..,, n .no accSun Snn eating . change in the 18th amend. ment.
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UNCLE SANS NEW TAXES
WHERE THEY HIT YOU-AND HOW

Editors Note: This is the i7th
 of 20 daily articles explaining the new federal taxes. 'a
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DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING

those he made in 1928 which so tragically miscarried.'
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-25
WHY MANY FALURESl

The great majority of people who
go into business fail to make good
The business world is full of people
who open up stores, blow in their
good money on merchandise, with the
fancied idea that if they once open
up a stock of goods, people will
come in and buy.
But people do not buy that way. A
store may stand with open doors for
years and years and make very lit
tie impression on the public. 1t may
have attractive show windows with
out drawing in a crowd. Something
has to be done to persuade people
that that store has more than ordi-
nary enterprise and skill in distrib-
uting goods. 1t must advertise it's
goods, or they will feel that it is
just an ordinary store. People are
looking for something that is better
than ordinary, and advertising and
values is the way to
prove that point to them.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-25
"WHY WAITE"

MY work is done. Why waltz"
These were the sententiOus words
which George Eastman, great photo
graphic producer, transmitted to his
| friends, before he ended his life with
a revolver shot. Mr.. Eastman was
the victim of ill health and advanced
age. No one can be considered quite
accountable for the things he does
under such conditions.
Back in his days of abounding
health, when he was creating the
great business which brought well
fare to workers and happiness to
users of his product, Mr.. Eastman
did not so look at life. He would
have felt that his work was never
done. AS he went on, giving the
vast sum of 100000 to promote
the welfare of his fellow men, he
still exercised a profound influence.
His work was not done when he
died.
The American people look back to
Mr.. Eastman with profound graft
tude for the generous philanthropies
which made it possible for countless
young people to gain an education,
and which soften trial for human
distress. They keenly regret the
physical anguish which so clouded
his hopes.
The suicide of another great busi-
ness leader, Ivar Kreuger, famous
Swedish match king, is another
suggestion of the price that business
leaders pay for great successes.
These amazing triumphs take some
thing out of their power to live. Are
the triumphs of business worth the
price that must be paid?
AS for other baffed people who
may contemplate ending their own
lives, perhaps further melted by
these two unfortunate captains of
the world says, Don't do
it,. Such ones can never know
when their work is ended. Robert
said, "For sudden the
worst turns the best to the brave,
he black minutes at end". So it
,ften happens in life. The clouds |
hat seem impenetrable often give
way to sunshine.