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Evening star., 1932-07-25

In Crimson Gulch.
Have you got those old loaded dice
where you can find emp" asked Cactus
Joe.
Sure" answered Mesa Bill.
And the three shells and the little
pea?"
Right on the cupboard shelf, next to
the marked deck and the six shooter" !"
GOOD. That benevolent tenderfoot is
in town again. Let's organize another
conference and invite him TO sit IN"
Happiness is insecure said Hi Ho.
the sage OF Chinatown, when 1t de-
pends on efforts to disbelieve what Ex-
perience has taught"
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Trying to Shift Attention.

Trying to Shift Attention.
plain people?"
Absolutely" answered Senator Sor-
ghum. But haven't yet succeeded in
getting the immense amount of men,
tality devoted to contract bridge to con-
centrate on my speeches"
Evening star., 1932-07-25
Garden Note.
InSidious selfishness assumes
Affairs to regulate,
And anywhere a flower blooms
The caterpillars wait.
Garden Note.

Don't imagine" said Uncle Eben, "dat
George Washington Is bein' overlooked,
simply because he didn' show political
influence to keep his picture on de new
postage stamp"
Evening star., 1932-07-25

@. How long did it take Edmund
Burke to make his speech on concilia-
tion?-M. G..
A. Between two hours and two and
one-half hours.
Evening star., 1932-07-25

@. What States have laws prohibiting
hitch -hiking?- j. j.
A. This list is subject to change. At
last compilation it contained Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Maine, Minnesota, New
Jersey, New York, Oregon and Wiscon-
sin
Evening star., 1932-07-25

Jud Tunkins says most people are so
intellectually modest that they admire
anything they can't quite understand.
Evening star., 1932-07-25

FdCCS dIlti FIBuItS.
The costume which now assumes scanty
disguise
On observers abruptly reacts,
And figures appear to our wondering
eyes
AS incontrovertible facts.
Evening star., 1932-07-25

@. What is Mrs. Dolly Cams first
name?-B. P.
A. Her name is Teresa.
Evening star., 1932-07-25

O. What is Ellery Queens real name?
M. H.
A Ellery Queen writes only under
his pSeudonym. Information concern
ing the identity of the author Is not
available to the public
Evening star., 1932-07-25

Certainly the Democrats are a con-
f1dent lot today. Yet they still have to
accomplish the ironing out of differ
ences among themselves in some of the
big Eastern States, and in Wisconsin,
Iowa, Minnesota and several other
States where the Al Smith following is
large. The fact of the matter is that
many OF these Smith supporters feel
that the Democrats, in their national
convention, defeated Mr.. Smith in just
about the same way and for the same
reasons that the Republicans won from
Smith in 1923. They do not like this,
that the Democrats themselves in such
large numbers should have turned
against their standard bearer of 1928.
Any one who attended the Democratic
National Convention will realize the
extent and depth of this feeling of re-
sentiment. There were Smith delegates
in Roosevelt delegations from Mime
sofa, Iowa, Wisconsin and other States
who sought in vain to break the in
structions by which they were bound,
so as to tear into the Roosevelt dele
gate strength. With the nomination Of
Roosevelt, the bitterness of these dele
! gates and the people back home whom
they represented, did not disappear. A
good deal will depend on whether 1t
evaporates during the next three
months.
Out in Minnesota this year all can
didates for Congress must run in a
Statewide election. This is giving the
politicians there something to worry
about. The talk has been of pos
sible coalition between the Democrats
and the Farmer-Labcrites in Mime
sofa, with the Democrats throwing their
support to the Farmer-Labor candidate
for Governor, Floyd B. Olson, the in
cumbent, and the Farmer-Labor people
supporting the Democratic national
ticket But things are more compli-
Gated than that, with a row among the
Democrats themselves growing out Of
Evening star., 1932-07-25

@. What is meant by the expression
Il hold no brief for him"?-G. H.
A. 1t means, in other words, II do
not attempt to defend him" 1t is taken
from legal phraseology. A lawyer pre-
pares brief defending the position CT
his client
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
Everybody Satis6ed

There seems to be general satisfaction at the naming of Attorneys Walter Torrance of this city and David Riehman of New Haven to act as referees in bankruptcy for New Haven and Litehheld counties. Split ting the district in two was logical. It had grown too large for one referee to handle adequately some time ago. That Federal Judges Thomas and Hineks used good com mon sense in making a division is acclaimed by members of the bar throughout the two counties. .-.--.r..
 Although Attorney Torrance had not been previously mentioned for the position of Bankruptcy Referee. his appointment was well received by the local bar association. : He is member of the well known law firm of Carmody and Thoms and has been prac- ticing law in this city for the past eight years. He is popular with local lawyers and should prove fitting successor to the late Carleton E. Hoadley.
 Attorney Richman, who will take care of the bankruptcy court in the New Haven section of the district is equally as suited for the office as Attorney Torrance. He. is a democrat where Attorney Torrance is re- publican. He has been an active democratic worker for years and in 1926 was candi- date for the office of secretary of state He has been an indefatigablc party worker in New Haven.
 Dual sessions of the bankruptcy court where one was formerly held will be of immense value in prompt settlement of all cases. The local bankruptcy court handled more volume of business than any other one in the state. Naturally with the two large cities of New Haven and Waterbury and two large counties that would be expected. It was a wise move that the course of time will continue to prove. Our congratulations to the appointees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
Statesmen and the Mike"

Senator Moses of New Hampshire. of fered Sl5,000 year for short weekly radio broadcast of congressional comment was well advised to refuse it.. He is said to have given the broadeasting company the excellent reason that if he said what he really thought on contemporary matters and men at Washington. he would be getting into ho, water. and if he didn't say what he thought, his remarks wouldn't be worth nckel." Other men in public life. similarly tempted may take hint from him.
 The incident is reminder of William Jennings Bryan's "Chautauqua Circuit ac- tivity when he was secretary of state, and of the criticism he won thereby. A sense of propriety should keep prominent public men from such exploitation. Random comment on vital public affairs and persons can be indulged in more properly by private citi- Zens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
Unemployment Insurance

Wisconsin leads the states in enacting an Unemployment insurance bill It isn't radical except in principle. It is not far-reaching, It applies only to workers with an income of $l,500 year or less. and does not affect farm workers. Benefits under it will not exceed 50 per cent of the average pay and will not be paid for more than 10 weeks unemployment in any. year. Employers are to allot 2 per cent of their payrolls for the necessary fund.- The radical thing about the plan is that it puts all the cost on the em- ployer Most of the unemployment insur ance plans discussed would have the cost distributed among employers and employees. and some would also make the state con- tributor.
 If employers pay the whole cost, no doubt they will equalize things, in the long run, with lower wages. The innovation may be regarded as an experiment. No objection need be offered to such experiments except possibly on this score - that they focus at- tention on medical care of sick patient rather than prevention of the disease. Why assume that unemployment is inevitable? The important thing is to see if industrial society cannot find some way to stabilize employment. It is probably with this funda- mental aim in mind that American organized labor shows SO little enthusiasm for un- employment insurance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

Those dry legislators who believe that the vote on the Bingham resolution of last week ended all prohibition legislation for this session of Congress must have been ter ribly surprised when member of the House of Representatives proposed that all speak easies be taxed 25 per cent of their gross re- eeipts. There are those in the. dry ranks who refuse to believe that successor to the saloon exists in this nation. The mere fact that there arc no emporiums of liquor adver- Using themselves by swinging doors, etc, causes them to believe that drinking is on the wane. If they could look behind the fronts of respectable business blocks and evep dwelling houses they would find a condition that never existed in the legal saloon. Boot leggers and speakeases can never be taxed because to do so would be to deny the in- tent of the 9th amendment .f-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
SEEKING SOUND ADVICE
(Hartford Times)


 Governor Cross's appointment of an advisory economic council is further evidence of his alertness and interest regarding every pos sible useful step that may be taken to meet conditions SO far as the state government can influ- ence it. He wishes to be in direct and sympathetic touch with repre-. sentative leaders in various lines of state and business activity and to benefit by their combined judg- ment, to be ready to act, not obliged to build machinery when 1t Is needed for use.
 The governors procedure rep resents something new in state craft for times of peace, but there will be cordial popular approval of his seeking to surround himself with a group of widely experienced advisers. While it may not always follow that in the multitude of agencies wisdom is increased, there would seem to be room for a gen- eral group to which the governor may turn for informal counsel in regard to problems and solutions which arise in particular situations, Certainly the governor is entitled to this form of friendly assistance.
 As a research scholar Governor Cross knows the value of access to all the pertinent facts in q situa- ton under investigation. The wide of governmental. bus- mess and industrial activities rather naturally suggest the desir- ability of garnering information and advice that will help a chief executive. to frame policies which will be the best that can be had for the benefit of the people of the state in these severely ab- normal times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
Easier On Railroads

There will probably be little opposition to the proposal of the Interstate Commerce Commission to repeal the 'recapture clause of the transportation act, though many will think it superfluous to return to the roads the small sums hitherto collected. It is easy to agree with the statement of Commits sioner J. B. Eastman There are better uses to which the present slender railroad credit so far as it is available. can be put, than to raise cash to pay to the government excess income of the past which in most cases is more than balanced by the income deficiencies of the present.
 If the railroads needed punishment. as most people thought they did while ago, they have probably had enough of it. Be- tween the devil of rate regulation and the deep sea of income limitation, they have got into a pretty bad jam. Public confs- cation of excess income has not worked well. zrousing resentment and penalizing eff cieney. There has been feeling lately that thcy ought to have more opportunity. such as Industrial corporations have, to accumu- iats Some surplus in good times to carry them over bad times, There could be enough public control. through rate and traffic regulation to prevent abuse of this privilege.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1882
Who Wants More States!

< Rarcly does a session of Congress pass without some mention of new or additional states in the Union 1t wasn't many months ago that it was proposed to chop the ex- tensiye state of Texas into several smaller ones The plan even originated in exas' we believe However, such suggestions are too often short lived However, Assembly, man Louis A. Cuvillier of New York city. has introduced in the New York Legislature bill to create the forty-ninth state out of New York city. Westchester county. sec ton of New Jersey. and one little piece of Fairfield county in our own state. l hat plan IS doomed.
 For example, the bill calls for an appro- priation of Sl0,0OO to study the proposal. The new state is to be known as Tri-State of Manhattan. That alone is enough to discourage our interest. The title fails to harmonize with the forty-eight that we have already utilized. The new state under the terms of the bill would include New York. Kings, the Bronx. Queens, Richmond, Rock land Westehester. Duchess. Nassau and Suffolk counties and certain counties in New Jersey and Connecticut. We like that last expression - certain counties in New Jersey and Connecticut. ....- As if this state was made up of an as- founding number of counties. There are only eight and of these only one is contg- uous to the territory mentioned above. That is Fairfield county. And it isn't the first time that New York state has evidenced designs on acquiring that section of Fair field county which juts into New York state. However, there is little chance of Connec- ticvt acquescing in any such plan that might remove Stamford. Greenwich, and the Norwalks from its domains Nor do we imagine that these communities are de- sisous of becoming part and parcel of any proposed new state.
 : There is more merit to the plan to divide Texas into several states. It IS, vast terri tory. 265.896 square miles in extent, the largest in the Union. It embraces 8 per cent of the area of the United States proper. It. is 760 miles long and 620 miles wide. Un- der joint resolution of Congress. approved March l., 1845. Texas can subdivide its area into any number up to four additional states which shall then be entitled to admission into the United States To date Texas has not availed itself of this opportunity. But if there is any talk of additional states. we are all for this subdivision rather than change in the boundary lines of any of the original thirteen colonies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
DON'T NEED LIQUOR
(Meriden Journal) )

(Merlden JOurnal) S#
 It was a bit startling to read the other day that of the 2,165 physi- clans in Connecticut all but measly two had taken out liquor prescription books. This showing was contrasted with that in Ten- nessee where only 19 of the 2,962 physicians had applied for the privilege of prescribing liquor.
 We were on the point of making some caustic comment to the detrt- ment of our doctors when we hap- pened across clever explanation by the level-headed,. editor of the Manchester Herald. Here it is and you can believe 1t or not:
 "Set aside the certainty that our physicians on the whole are far better educated and more skillful than the back country practition- CTS in the Tennessee shinterlands, there is this fact .te be considered: Prescription nquor is expensive. In Tennessee if there isn't still in the patients house there Is pretty sure to be one next door, and at worst the price of not-so- bad cawn likker is just about a tenth of the drug store figure. They don't need the prescriptions in that state, and they couldn't afford to pay the price in any event. Why use the prescription blanks?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
A. Pacific Race Problem

The wonder is, as Admiral Pratt told the civil authorities at Washington that the Hawaiian crisis didn't develop long before The stage was set for it. A conflict between two such different races as the Polynesans and Americans. with their vastly different moral codes and backgrounds, associating in the easy familiarity of tropical isle in the Pacific, was sure to occur sooner or later.
 There is race problem in Hawaii very different from the one that has been faced on continental United States. The problem there is more subtle and complex. With native population of naturally genial and easy going Hawaians, plus large and ln- creasng groups of Chinese and Japanese, with governmental and business control SO largely in the hands of Americans having little real understanding or tolerance of Pa cifc and Oriental races it would have been a miracle if social relations could have con tinued indefinitely without serious friction.
 Add the fact that so many Americans have regarded Hawaii as playground. Add the natural tendency for whites to relax their standards in the tropics. Consider that the natives of Hawaii are naturally rather child-like play-folk. lacking Mosaic and Christian inhibtions What else could come but confot9 If we are going to continue in Hawaii-as we are-there IS much need of mutual understanding. and of rational safeguards based on such understanding. But heaven protect us from annexing any more lf-cvilized races ;'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
At The National Cdpitol
 DAILY WASHINGTON LETTER Digest of Who's Who and Whats What By RODNEY BUTCHER /.
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTEl

any other candidate they could think of. gag
 Smiths personal friends were never Roosevelt's personal friends, anyway. They complain that the present governor is aristocratic, high-hat, condescending or sofne- thing like that. They tell how Mayor Cermak of Chicago, who had declared for the Roosevelt candidacy, went to meet him for the first time at Albany. The gov- ernor is said to have greeted him with: Hello, Tony!" Everybody refers to Cermak as Tony" but it's sensitive point with the may or except among his close associ- ates. He went to New York after that, saw Al Smith and came out with statement which qualified his pro- Roosevelt utterances ma terially.
 The governor and the ex-gover- nor may yet reach an understand ing. But thus far they seem only to have drifted farther and far ther apart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
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FOoD PROCLAMATION

On January 27. 1918. President wilson issued proclamation call- ing upon the American people to save more food. 2 $s
 On the same day Major General Leonard Wood and two other off. cers were wounded in an explosion in France.
 The Cunard liner Andania was sunk by submarine off the Ul-, ster coast.
 In the week ending January 27. 1918, IS ships were sunk by Ger man submarines. Nine of these were over 1900 tons, and six were uner 1900 tons.
 The British submarine E-14.. which was sent to the Dardanelles on the night of January 27, 1913, to complete, the destruction of the German ship Goeben, which had been run aground in battle with British ships, was sunk off Rum Kale. tsa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
DEMOCRATIC WAR CHEST.
(HartfOrd Tinies)

There has been such g ready and generous response to the demo cratic national committee appeal for funds that there is now on hand enough to take care of the deficit for the 1928 campaign and con- siderably more money as a nucleus for the chest to finance the coming effort to place the party's presiden- tial candidate in the White House Announcement to this effect was made by Jouett Shouse, chairman of the national executive commit tee. at dinner in Philadelphia of democratic leaders in Pennsyl- vania. Particularly cheering to the gathering was the news that the Keystone state. a bulwark of re- publicanism. has done more than it's share in the preliminary drive and has promised to keep up the good work.
 The executive committees plan Is to raise $1,500,000, of which more than one half million is on hand or pledged. Another half million win be needed in pre-con- vention activities and 1t is the pur- pose of the committee to turn over the remaining $500,000 to the new national committee Immediately af- ter the convention names the can didates. If this is done, 1t will be a new experience for, a democratic national committee. MT Shouse stressed the point that 1t is desir. able to have the money on hand in June so that precious weeks and even months will not be lost in seeking funds.
 The fact that such@a splendid be- ginning has been made augurs wei; for the eventual success of the, ex- ecutive committees plan. The gen. eroslty so far manifested in vari- ous quarters and in all sections of the country Is indicative of a feeI- ing among democrats that victory h to rest on their banner and they are willing and eager to provide
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

We like the first of the eleven suggestions that the U. $. Chamber of Commerce makes to the federal government for reorganization and reduced expenditures. It states simply that primary emphasis should be placed on balancing the budget by reduction of gov ernmental expenses, not by increased taxa tion.' We have been preaching that for good many months now It seems to be the watchword of the Hayes administration also. If anybody cares to go back to 1850. he or she will find that Mayor Hayes immediately lnaugurated an administration of economy. He didn't propose to relieve our financial burdens by more taxes, but by reducing those then in existence. However, other govern mental agencies see only one way of provid- ing funds - increased or new taxes The recently organized League of Municipalities IS seeking some source of taxation that isn now utilized. We recommended several in the spirit of cooperation, but we said that more emphasis should be placed on lowering the present cost of government We arc glad to see that the U. S. Chamber of Com- merce recommends the same step. Govern ments can be. operated economically. Too many have proved that. We must. of course. remove the political ramfications that years of careless government have allowed to accumulate. When that is done taxpayers will find their burdens considerably lessened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27

of his predecessors have been able to aid agriculture. The only thing that the Fed eral Farm Board did that was meritorious was to loan some millions to the fruit grow CTS of California. This enabled them to market grape juices in such manner that the liquor laws were deliberately violated with government sanction. This perhaps was made possible through the counsel of Mrs Mabel Walter Willebrandt who once aided Uncle Sam to prosecute liquor law violators but who now abets in such viola tions as representative of the Californian Fruit Growers Exchange. 's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-27
HOW ELECTIONS ARE WON

! (New Haven Journal-Courier)
 Theodore C. Wallen, in q politi- cal article in the New York Herald Tribune several days ago, discussed rumors in high republican quar- ters to the effect that the next ticket of that party would be head- ed by Hoover and Dawes. Charles Curtis, for various reasons, Is con- sidered an undesirable running mate in the approaching election. MT Wallen sets forth one of these reasons in g paragraph that is both lucid; and illuminating:
 "The further point is made that Vice President Curtis. although appealing to the average voter four years ago as an. original American, being part Indian, scarcely strengthened himself by his fight to have his half sister and official hostess, Mrs Edward Everett Gam, receive social pre-, cedence over the wife of the Speaker of the House."
 We have often wondered why people vote as they do. We have often reflected upon the forces that act on the leverage voter" and persuade him to pull the first, rather than the second or third levers. Mir Wallen has unwittingly supplied us with an answer. John Doe far from being actuated by rational motives at the polls. votes for one candidate as opposed to an-. other because the man his choice Is an original American" or be- cause he knows the correct pro-.; nunciation of "raddio," or because he looks like a gentleman" His wife fails to vote for the same candidate because of the social strivings of his sister, or because he. looks Hike a walrus," or because he espouses poker. as opposed to bridge. Upon such irrelevances hang political futures. all too often.