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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
In Real Earnest

Too many people regard the setting up of regulations to govern the sale of legal ized beer in Connecticut as merely an ex- euse for violating them just as were the prohibition laws. Quite the contrary. There is more of disposition among the sclf-rcspecting people who had no use for prohibition laws to regard these modified statutes with satisfaction and to abide by them. We must also remember that in the event that the 18th amendment IS repealed in the next year or two these same laws that we have created in Connce- tieut will govern the manufacture, sale. and transportation of all liquors.
 We arc not in mood to argue the ef- feiency of Conneetcut's liquor control act. Suffice it to say 1t covers the situation thoroughly. It may impose some hard ships, but in the main it will be found to consist of set of rules that will secure from the governments of city, state, and nation reasonable amount of revenue with out sacrificing principle. Perhaps in time all men will even come to the point where they will praise the very sections of the control act that to-day they openly criticize. As we view the situation there is enough legalized beer now available to meet any demand. The proper taxes are being col lected What more could be asked'
 In two or three months, say the end ot the summer we will have established prac- tieally all the types of stores that will dis koor hp n applications for permits and by revocation of some. It must not be imagined that all who demand will be given licenses. In fact the liquor commission is even now preparing to take back some of those it has issued. A ehcck-up has revealed in some cases false information on the applications. If it is found to be perjury nothing remains but to revoke the license.
 About July l the commission will start ii distributing to the various towns the money received for licenses. When this occurs at regular monthly intervals cities and towns can depend on some revenue that should take care of relief work or cut down deficits in various departmental bud- gets. If year from now liquor is avail. able in other forms than merely beer and wine of certain alcoholic content there will be even more revenue aecruing to cities from licenses. We cannot help but state ae this point that the Democrat has always referred to the fact that prohibition had never. compensated the nation or any of its smallest political subdivisions for the amount of revenue it denied it. We still believe 1t is true.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
New Child Labor PeriIs

The decrease in the past two years of the number of gainfully employed children has been welcomed as sign that the de- prcssion was helping to end child labor in this country. Unfortunately. study ot the facts shows that this decrease has merely kept pace with the drop in adult employ ment during the same years. At the same time there has been an important and dis tressing shift in types of employment and working conditions affecting children.
 Child workers, it is reported, have been going into less desirable, worse paid and worse regulated types of employment. Street trades - leading too easily to begging are taking ever increasing numbers of ehil- dren. Industrial home work. against which welfare groups and public authorl- ties had waged fairly successful fight be- fore the depression, has come back now in full force. The illegal employment of chll- dren in such work doubled in Pennsyl- vania last year.
 Where work permits are required for children of l4, IS, and l6 years before they may leave school, it is possible to check the number of youngsters turning from education to jobs. They are doing so in great numbers. In a community where cheap cotton goods are manufactured, it was found that more than half the fac tory employees were under eighteen years ot age. They were grossly underpaid. There arc two bad features of the situation. Adults who need jobs are deprived of them by child workers, while the children are losing essential schooling and recreation These lacks cannot be made up after the depression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
Glad To Know It

Doubtless citizens of this state, per- plexed by such problems as where they will get money to pay taxes and thus hold their little homes another year, are delighted to learn that the duties of the staff of the gov ernor's office are being administered. This is not a criticism of any member of that staff or at the governor himself. It is merely recognition of the latest report of Griffenhagen 6 Associates rendered to the state at a cost said to be in the neighbor- hood of $250.000. The sole report on the governors office is rumored to cost $500.
 Why waste money on such reports, say the initiated? We'll, that's hard ques- ton to answer. We can't say that we find much of real value in the report on depart mental activities as furnished by Griffen- hagen 6 Associates. But then again we can't criticize the reports. They are well rendered. and furnish without doubt all the information one could demand. And they are quite accurate. But further than that we confess our inability to praise. It is no fault of Griffenhagen 6 Associates that it supplies Connecticut with somewhat useless information. It IS merely doing what someody evidently asked it to do.
 And inasmuch as the company of busi- mess experts was imported during the regime of ex-Governor John Trumbull we can only surmise that its retention by the state IS still the result of republican demands for such work. And so we must again com pliment our republican rulers for the high type of economical and effieiceint govern nient that they have been and are still giving us. Republican economy as per- sonified by the pay-as-you-go system, IS symbolized by Connecticut. True there may be slip now and then to reveal the cross nature of the beast. but on the whole the republican party of Connecticut has suc- eessfully managed to conceal the fact that it is no different from other political or ganizations.
 As to the need of these reports from Gfiffenhagen 6 Associates there isn't any. But why not spend little money to con- vince the natives that departments are still funetioning. And don't forget that Governor Cross has been trying to get re- organization of state departments not to mention an increase in power for his of- flee, for three years now. If it can be shown at the slight cost of S250.000 that our departments are well managed why should anybody heed the governors demand. insist ent as it may be. We presume that many of these tiny B. O. p. idiosynerasies might not have been revealed had not the demo ersts and few republicans revolted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22

Oregon has had boom in the past few months. It is one of our leading hop producing states and due to the sudden de- mand for this essential in beer manufacture prices have shot skyward. As result Oregon home owners have managed to catch up on their taxes, debts have been erased, and in general business conditions throughout the state improved. One of the oddest facts that the depression brought home to the hop growers was the fact that the Department of Agriculture does not classify hops. As a result no loans could be secured by hop growers from the farm loan banks There's puzzler for you. One of those departmental quirks that become pub lie every so often and remind us that the government can do as funny things as an in- dividual Success to the hops growers, say we.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
(The Waterbury Democrat Wash
 ington Correspondent)

Washington--A re-definition of
 "war" was one of the strongest ob- will, using two.dollar words and mind as he sent his historic peace message to the nations of the world.
 The world renounced "war" as
 a national policy when 1t signed the
 Kellogg pact. But international
 law recognizes a state of war only
 when a nation makes a formal de- claration of 1t. "A
 An nations have been able to wage what amounted to war at nations individually agree that five dollar phrases to describe what
 they were up to under a prettiey names. Punitive expeditions,
 'protection of life and property" maintenance of sacred treaty rights" self defense operations those have been some of the ex- pressions employed.
 The climax of these absurdities came when Japan marched into China in "self- d efense" and kept on going. The Japanese were quick to compare their operations with past tnterventions of ours in Latin
 America.
 Now Roosevelt demands that all
 try at n time when no other states they will send no armed force of
 whatsoever nature across their frontier" If he has his way there will be an end of those undeclared
 wars and he is even willing to ad-
 init that his proposed treaty would bar this country from, landing ma
 rines in any small Latin-American
 republic.
 WORLD OPINION
 For years there has been much earnest, solemn talk about the ef-
 fectiveness of world opinion" in
 deterring aggressive nations. Late
 ly such talk has commonly been greeted by horse e-laughs. Behind Roosevelt's international program is a determination to or- ganize that ''world opinion" and
 make 1t function-partly by put
 ting on the spot any nation which commits the clear-cut offense of
 stepping across a frontier with q | gun, partly by elimination of of-
 fensive armaments and partly by
 consultative and other agreements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
FALL RIVER AS A WARNING
 (Hartford Times)

The bankruptcy of Fall River
 has had no end of publicity but the experience of that city is so typical of what has happened or will takep lace in many other municipalities that the benefit of it's warning rather than the mere
 publicising of it's plight Is the reas- on for frequent reference to it.. State Tax Commissioner Bl0dgett
 has had Q survey made of the
 Massachusetts city's experience
 and is circularising the cities and towns of this state with a compre- hensive article on the results of tho
 survey. It should be thoughtfully
 read and taken to heart by muni-
 The stages through which Fall River passed are roughly these; textile depression: under-collection | of taxes; accommodating deficits; mounting debts and debt charges: inability to meet payrolls: appeal to legislature; state finance board named; municipal expenditures
 sharply reduced: grand list cut in
 half; budget balanced with tax
 rate of 43 mills: will be out of the
 woods in ten years.
 That represents fair cross sec ton of every city which finds itself in financial difficulties. The trouble begins with falling tax income. City expenditures are not brought down betimes to match that re- duced income. Outgo is unavoid- ably enlarged by large welfare ap- propriations. Officials borrow, if they can, rather than retrench in | time or sufficiently. Deficits mount up and when they stand in the way lc of further short-term borrowing they are transferred to the bond
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22

This week is expected to be marked by an announcement of great importance to the state. Governor Cross and legislative leaders are to announce the long-awaited relief program that will be instituted by the state. As yet no inkling of what type of relief it will be has been given the public. No doubt it will be some plan that will en- able cities and towns to begin relief opera tions almost immediately. In addition to legislative leaders business men from every walk of life have conferred with the gover- nor, advised him. etc, with regard to the at titude the state should adopt towards crip- pied cities and needy citizens. We won der just what will happen in city like Wa terbury. We have our relief problems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
A LITTLE LOCAL COLOR

Christian Science Monitor)
 Among the gable-roofed ham, lets strung like beads of brown on the silver thread of the St Law renee river the habitants of Que- bee are taking lessons in the patois of their native speech.
 Submerged beneath an avalanche of Americanisms the primitive Gallic color that lent such charm to the Cote de Beaupre and Isle of Orleans is menaced with anni- hilation. Old-fashioned inns, bear ing names such as "L'Auberge Jean" or "Care des Quatre Mate- lots" are Jostled by blatant lunch- rooms and effete eating places un- picturesquely named: Roosevelt Tea Room or Tony's Lunch Parlor.
 A little local color now and then does serve to attract the tourists yen. So, with the friendliest possi- ble feeling to it's neighbors across the border, the provincial govern ment, according to a United Press dispatch, proposes some action to prevent the incongruities of a crude colloquialism which would mar the original quaintness of a colorful countryside.
 Lovers of beauty everywhere
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
A THIRTY POUND HANDICAP

Everybody needs a wee drop of iodin, in
 one form another every day, every week or at least every month. - Doesn't matter which form you choose' so long as you get your iodin. cient iodin for health, and suffer physically,
 mentally and in morale or spirit from the de- fciency. , ,.,. roitre if they do not get enough iodin. Older | children are likely to nope, whether they snow noticeable or palpable enlargement of the thy. l roid gland or swelling just above the breast | bone or not. Young adults whose iodin ration | is inadequate manifest disturbances or neaitn l too various to mention in brief article Adults l of mature age go stale, become prematurelv | gray, lose pep and ambition when they get in- | sufficient iodin. - ..
 Here's a testimonial from reader. It may | have some significance and 1t may not. You never can tell about testimonial. Who knows
 whether it is made of conscience or just CO., | incidence? But anyway, l believe lt VIII uo no | Hippokrates:
 | Dear Doctor Brady:
 I think that owe you a letter of grat- itude.
 Last November l wrote you about the | Iodin Ration for stiff joints.
 | 1 started on it December 1st a drop week. After 1 had taken 1t only three months, noticed a great improvement My limbs were not 50 stiff and my take-or pe- came much faster, if may use that ex- pression. out crawling or hanging onto some one. l can get up and walk out. That is some thing had been unable to do for the past three years.
 Now if you can help me with one more | trouble. I am 56 years old, 63 inches tall and weigh 166 pounds. am very short winded, If walk just little fast to make a bus or a train. l can't get my breath for at least minutes There have been times when ran that could not talk. l then | feel my heart as if it were pumping in my throat. Climbing stairs also causes this | palpitation (Mrs M. D. Aside from her iodin deficiency the lady totes thirty pounds of stacker flesh. perfectly normal man or woman would | get pretty short of breath if, when running up stairs or trying to catch a train he or she picked up thirty pounds of blubber and toted | it along. We are glad to mail instructions for taking | an Iodin Ration to any correspondent who asks for 1t (no clipping will sufficep and in- closes stamped envelope bearing the correct | return address. The Corrective Protective Re-
 generatice Diet should suit Mrs M. D.'s require | ments and others in like case. It is given in | detail in the booklet Guide to Right Beating" | copy of which will be mailed if you ask for
 it and inclose dime and a stamped addressed | envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
Here, There And Everyvhere

undesirable and possibly unwork- able feature. It would lower the prestige of that office and institu- ton.
 Also, the new plan would be more attractive. If 1t showed any sign of economy. Instead 1t aims at expansion so far as It's speclhc terms go. All normal schools are continued and the one at New Britain is expanded to become a state college for training of teach-- CTS. It is possible, of course. that the intent and hope of the spor. sors of this bill, are that the new administration set up by this meas- ure will either directly remake much of the state educational fa- cilities, within existing law. or bring in new plan for consolida- tion, simplification and perhaps economy two years hence. Would it not be wiser to have those pos- abilities explored by a disinterest- ed group and | plan laid before the next legislature? The bill now being pushed for enactment fails to cover the situation frankly and completely. Possibly 1t represents a partial advance toward a better policy of state administration of It's educational work. But, even so, the bill is faulty in its subordina-. ton of the state college and lack of economy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22

And while on the topic of agriculture may we call attention to the fact that Con- neeteut's peach crop for l933 is endan- gercd An epidemic of brown root is re- ported in the peach orchards. Due to favorable weather conditions the blight has spread rapidly and doubtless will continue to spread. Its first appearance is on the bud. Then 1t strikes the blossom and con- tinues down the twig, causing it to drop off. Spraying can control it. but it must be prompt and thorough. It is form of rot. What won't they diseover3 Nothing is sacred to pests and pestlence these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
Our Daily Washington Letter
 New Definition of War Aim of Roosevelt
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Although the president has been considering the issuance of some such clarion call since last January, he saved 1t, trumpeted 1t at a vital moment and took magnificent chance on turning @ threatening situation into a constructive vic- tory. Germany was giving Europe 0 dangerous case of jitters and the cause of world cooperation and re- construction was badly teopardized by the increasing likelihood tkat the World Economci Conference would fail.
 Win or lose, Roosevelt was in position to reestablish a command ing moral leadership for &his coun. try at a time when 0 other states man of the world had Q chance of putting it over.
 CAREFULLY TIMED
 The dispatch to 54 foreign na- tions started over the cables at 5 o'clock in the morning. White House correspondents were called from their beds, told to come and get their copies so that they might prepare their files for early fore- noon release.
 This careful timing was designed to catch the afternoon newspapers of Europe-some 24 hours ahead of the time they would be filled with Chancellor Adolf Hitler's speech to tho reichstag, which many feared might explode bombshell on the continent. President Roosevelt moved the first of his weekly press conferences a day ahead in order that the morning press in this country and abroad might follow up the impact of his powerful mes- sages to congress and the nations.
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
So They Say

It would be comparatively easy to dynamite the industrial system; 1t requires long and rigid discipline of training and of creative thinking to bring 1t into the service of hu- man needs.
 -Rexford G. Tugwell assistant
 secretary of agriculture.
 The educational system of our states and of our colleges are so bound up in tradition and bureau- cratic control that 1t is almost i'm possible to make even the obviously desirable changes in the curricu- lum.
 Raymond S. Jewett. past presi-
 dent, N. Y. state school boards
 association.
 Japan will fight Russia and we will sell them munitions. Maj Gen Smedley D. Butler.
 The old fellow who has been re- ceiving people at the treasury since Adam came in for a tax rebate told me that he believed that we have gone through more in these two months than the treasury ever has before.
 William H. Woodin, secretary of
 the treasury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CAPTION
Such Good Reading
 Very Arty, But Not

The secret of writing novels, ev. idently, Is to load your book full of symbolism and misty allegory. Then the reviewers, even if they can't quite make out what it's all about, are apt to conclude that it's very fine stuff anyway and call on their readers to hop to 1t.
 "Stallion," by Marguerite Steen, seems to come in this class.
 A number of reviews have hailed this book for It's penetrating psy- chologlcal insight, it's symbolic oyertones and what-not. But the ordinary reader is apt to find 1t pretty dreary. dull, forced and self conscious.
 lish farm life that the bright metropolitan novelists are so fond of doing. It deals chiefly with Q slovenly groom whose job 1t is to lead a prize stallion about the country at regular intervals ana who uses these excursions to KICK over the traces.
 He comes to grief when he en- counters Q girl from & wandering carnival outfit. They drift along together, quarrel violently. and al last he throws acid in her face' He goes to prison, and his wife--a patient. c riselda sort of person who seems to represent true wo- manhood, or the sturdy peasantry. or the spirit of progress or somc- thing - takes the girl in and looks after her. Most of the minor char acters in the book. by the way, come to bad end while all ol this is going on.
 And, all in all, it's apt to strike the average reader as arty and tiresome. {. Little. Brown and Company is the publishers; the price is $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22

ed indebtedness account. But inter- est charges and maturity payments must be met and as last resort the city appeals to the legislature for help. The state steps in and makes a drastic reorganization of the whole municipal establishment. At the basis of the new plan is the simple fact of the balanced budget. Expenses are deeply cut and taxes are levied to meet the full cost of operations.
 This is net a happy cycle for . city to go through. It loses its in- dependence and, what is more, It must labor for several years to re- move the. debt burden which was permitted to grow. Meanwhile municipal services are greatly re- duced. There is no comfort in being thrown into virtual bankruptcy. Debts are not cancelled. The state sees to 1t that the bankrupt city pays them, even if 1t takes several years in which to do 1t.
 Taxpayers will do we'll to take personal notice of the situation in their city or town and apply the warning contained in Fall Rivers experience before similar hard road to recovery needs to be trod.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
ROUTE or MERRITT
 HIGHWAY
Bridgeport Telegraph

Judging by. some of the com ments we have hoard the Merritt highway-if and when 1t Is built will run from somewhere in the vicinity of Washington bridge, to somewhere around Nichols, cut ting through Lake Zoar by way of Lake Candlewood and thence by Wilton, Norwalk, Greens Farms, Greenfield Hill and over the top of Tashua Hill to Long Hill cen- ter from which point 1t will run in a direct line westward to New Canaan.
 In word. 1t will look like a badly tangled fshline dropped by some careless fiy-caster. Of course these "plans" for the highway are unofficial. They are broached for the most part by enthusiastic real estate salesmen who wish to con- vince their prospects that the land the yare offering Is "just off" the Merritt highway. .
 Much of this guesswork will come to an end if the highway com missioner is required to file deeds of purchased rights of way, as set forth 'in bill reported in the House. For our part we do not care where the Merritt highway goes or whose backyard is passes, so long as the routs is practicable and the highway is really built. ..
 Traffic relief, not real estate pro- motion, should be the goal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-22
To-day's Selected Poem
UNDER-sEA SONNET
(Sara van Alstyne Allen in
 the New York Sun) .

Here where the moon-beams never shall de.
 scend
 To break the swimming darkness of the sea, Strange formless creatures where the currents
 blend
 Weave through the branches of a shadeles' wind that is of water moves the leaves flower petal shimmers in the gloom, No harvester will ever bind these sheaves, Or weave this sliding sea-thread in the loom Myriad fins among the sea-ferns shine. Down coral avenus the swimmers go. Their bodies blur into fcrmless line And melt into this world of Aux and How. Slow moving phosphorescent lanterns sway Slow moving liquid years become day.