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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
A National Philosophy

Working out national philosophy to go with the vast experiment now being con. dueted at Washington is apt to be one of the most perplexng jobs the nation has ever undertaken. It is a job that must be done. for the present edfiee of NRA, agricultural readjustment. bank control. currency experimentation and all the rest has arisen like house without a founda- ton. We have not yet taken time to say exactly what it is that we want We seem to be building brand-new form of society but we have not the faintest notion what it is going to look like when it is finished and we have been content SO far to make up our bheprints as we go along.
 Fundamentally. of course. what we want is fairly simple. The whole country. rich and poor. radical and conservative. is united on one thing; there must not be repeti- ton of the collapse of the past three years A land which is ineomparably rich must not again let itself be raeked by dire poverty.
 Dut beyond that the path IS unenarted. No one seems to know whether we are drift ing toward fascism. socialism - or neither No one has yet advanced coherant theory of economics. politics or social organization to account for what we are doing. It is easy to say that we have left rugged indi- vidualism' behind; but when is someone going to tell us precisely what we are going to have in its placer
 Nor is all of this as unimportant as it may seem. Right now we are still pretty well bound together by the eentripetal force of the emergency. We have shelved our diff ferences of opinion to accept the program that has been offered us. knowing that any sort of program was better than continued inacfion.
 Soon. however. the tension will ease; and when 1t does it will be in the highest de- gree necessary for us to have some reasoned philosophy to base our "new dsal' on per. manentIy. We will have to know just what it is working toward. juss what II is designed to do. just how far 1t is intended so change our traditional system. In no
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
So They Say

This was 6 man-made deprcs- sion; in tho midst of plenty we stood like a band of monkeys on an island full of cocoanuts without Knowing how to gather and cat them. Father Charles E. couglrsin, De-
 troit.
 Fashionable dress from decade to decade pretends that woman's shape most magically alters. 1. Under all the pretenses and im- provements. though. we remain from century to century most re- assuringly--or depressingly - the same.
 Margaret Lane, English writer.
 Tn a rapidly changing world. wisdom cannot consist of mere. ads herence to tradition.
 Bertrand Russell, philosopher.
 Wise work and foolish play is & sure means of success. Every bus mess woman when making up her budget should have on 1t an item of extravagance, and in making up her time schedule should allow a period of mischief. Catherine oglesby. magazine ed-
 itor.
 reject Christianity as incom- patible with the German character. General Ludendorff of Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
Public And Schools

The schools of the country are facing perilous year, Many of them are opening without knowing how long they can keep open or where the funds are coming from to pay for fuel and teaching staff. The eeon- omy ax has cut deeply into our educational system Whether or not it has dealt death blow to public education seems to be a grave, unsettled question.
 It is worth while to consider number of things Almost twice as much money is spent annually in this country for candy and tobacco as for maintenance of all public education. The criticism that our public schools are not run economically has been heard on every hand. Yet the cost per year per pupil is far less than tuition rates at private schools. School taxes are no less painful to pay than other taxes. but their yield to the taxpayer is higher than that of most of his other taxes. It costs far more to keep a criminal in prison than to keep boy in school, yet the latter expenditure re- duees the need for the former.
 The nation needs to do serious thinking about the school situation. Education in this country faces crisis It is up to the public to decide what it wants done. Is it ready to abandon its faith in public education and to pay the penalty in increased iliteraey and crime? Or does it want more and better schools, adapted to the ehidren's needs and to the ultimate benefit of the whole nation?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

There's more to that rural rehabilitation scheme of the State Board of Fisheries and game than was first imagined. And its proponents aren't losing any time in push ing their proposal. Arthur L. Clark, super. intendent of the board. will leave for Wash ington shortly, if he hasn't already departed. to seek the aid of federal financing. The plans now call for the foundation of the Connecticut Home Acres. Abandoned and unworked farm lands would be purchased and small houses of the so-ealled ''saltbox type" would be erected They will be avail able for persons 50 years of age or older and also for disabled veterans. It is proposed that various units be placed throughout the state, each unit consisting of at least 10 houses and their occupants. Of course only physically capable men are going to be placed on these farms. which would be permanent the occupant so desiring Not only would they be required to raise their own crops, but also to engage in some forms of reforestation and to preserve the natural wild life of the territory. That's where the State Board of Fisheries and Game comes in. The State Forestry Department and the State College are also cooperating in the scheme. which now looks like a sure thing. Pending the result of the Washington con- ference the state will push its plans SO that they can get under way in 24 or 48 hours upon approval.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
Mayor Frank Hayes

Now that the primaries are about to be held by the two leading parties of Water bury for the nomination of Mayor and other offices of the city ticket, the Democrat wishes to remind Its readers of the inten- ton of the Waterbury democrats to re- nominate it's present mayor, Franke Hayes, and its able controller. Daniel J. Leary, as we'll as the other candidates now in office.
 And why shouldn't the dominant party of Waterbury carry out its wishes in this respect, without the least fear that they will be promptly returned to office by the elee- toratc of the eity' Mayor Hayes is a Wa terbury man. born and brought up with the other natives of our home town. Water bury knows him because it has watched him since boyhood. Who is there among us to dare point hand of suspicion at Frank Hayes? Not one among any of our old time residents. And like the Mayor Daniel J. Leary was born and brought up among the old families of Waterbury, The people know him. know what he has accomplished, and the great strides he has made in the bus mess field, against great odds, much greater, too, than some of the new corners to the city. who are pickering and finding fault, know anything about.
 Waterbury has always been liberal city. It's natives know this and have always lived their lives on the principle that people Should not be annoyed by the interference of others Mayor Hayes is most liberal official, good executive, man of the people. and an in- divdual to whom we all look up with great respect and admiration. He looks and acts the part of an exceptional mayor, Through his activity. assisted by the alertness of wide awake controller, the City of Water bury. unlike some other municipalities, has been able to meet every obligation on time; it has paid the wages of every one of its employees. promptly on pay day; 1t has provided good streets for the people; it has cared for the unemployed much bet ter than some other cities; it has treated every citizen with due consideration, and has made our lives here during the great de- pression we have had, much better than those enjoyed by the people of some other places.
 The Democrat wants it's readers to always bear in mind that the present mayor and controller arc large property holders, who are keen for the interest and we'll being of the entire people of Waterbury. We arc not afraid of the coming election, because we arc sure that two such natives as Frank Hayes and Daniel J. Leary have the confi- denee and good will of all of our people. No outsider can sway our feeling for natives of this sort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION :.
Love for Doctor Clouds Her Life

A strange. tortured and oddly forceful book is "The Wooden Doctor" by Margiad Evans. It Is the novel of q girl who grows up amid poverty and a brok- en home to find herself baked, by her own intense and ardent na- ture, in her quest for happiness. As an adoiescent. she falls in love with her family's physician. In It's essence, this emotion is about like that which all 'adoiescents pass through but this girl never gets over 1t. Perhaps this Is because she transfers to the doctor tho af- lection that her drunken father has forfeited; perhaps 1t is simply because the girls emotions are deeper and stronger than Is usu- ally the case. At all events, it happens, and 1t changes her whole life.
 ! Growing to womanhood through . long period of desperately bad health, she finally goes to the wooden doctor." as she has named him, and tells him of her love. He does his best to persuade her that th!s Is something she can and must grow out of; and when she meets q young man, while staying at Q vacation retreat in the hills, she believes she has done it. But she comes back to. tell the doctor nbout it--and finds that the old emotion Is back, stronger than ever. She Is doomed to live with it all her life.
 All of this makes a sombcr sort of story, and 1t probably won't be extremely popular. But it is told with surprising power and feeling, and it is book of genuine dis tinction.
 ] Houghtop- -MiTiin is publishing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
The Waterbury Democrat Wash.
 ington Correspondent

Washington-What do yon know about NRA?
 That's what FRA wants to know -PRA being the presidents re- employment administration, which promotes the blanket code and the general campaign for co-op- eration of small business men and consumers.
 The PRA high command has the disconcerting conviction that most people still don't know what the recovery drive Is oil about. Despite q heavy blizzard of publicity, in- quiries and reports here demon- strate a substantial popular ignor- ance. of purposes and elementary economic background.
 At the beginning the only ones who understood 1t were the news- papers, far-sighted business men and the people running the show" says Frank R. Wilson, director of organization. Most others never quite caught up.'
 So q big now oducational-or rec educational-campaign has been begun.
 New Ambassador
 Mir. Oscar B. Clntas. Machados s am bassa dor. was beratlng news. papermen here couple of weeks ago for suggesting that Machado was on the way out, with U. $. approval.
 Then he rushed off to Cuba at the 11th hour He has just been back here, packing his bags at the embassy.
 Professor Molcy's Helpers
 Among the sadder phases of Prof. Ray Moleys departure from the government is the prospective dissolution of the most decorative office staff in this town. The five charming Barnard College damsels who came here with the professor and made three moro office gals than any assistant secretary of state had had before, stayed in the job after Moley went away to plot the downfall of kidnapers.
 If you couldn't find Moley at tho justice department you were told to call his state department office. But the girls--including a spe. personal staff and now they're all cNDtCttu tO leuNGs Ohc VI bHGbtt Miss Katherine Blackburn, had joined MIRA to operate big clip ping bureau there. Just before Moleys resignation was announced Miss Celeste Jedoll, 22-year-old Barnard grad who sat in the inner office of the boss and Is sometimes called his manager" is expected to accompany Moley on his maga- zine venture.
 She recently returned to the state department from rest taken after narrowing experiences at the London conference. Those five bright young women had swell time while Moiey was still consid- cred the second or third most i'm portant man in Washington. Theirs was the only office in the depart- ment where a. girl could smoke a cigaret.
 A middlewestern senator's secrc-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

The handy man around the house and the small inventor are having their day at the World Fair. Yesterday and today trains were pouring them into Chicago from every direction for the annual convention of the Associated Inventors of America. These are the boys who turn out the millions of gadgets annually that go into millions of homes. Some of them are of much prae- tieal value and see lot of use. Others merely rust on shelves or are tossed out a day after purchase. Just now the assoeia- ton is looking for an invention that can be placed on cashiers desk. It would detect counterfeit coins by weight. We'll. come on, some of you men with inventive minds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

agriculturists were entitled to sim- liar protection.
 He advocated policy of devel- opment of the empire. He refer red to the United States and Rus sian experiments" as experiments on which the whole course and whole outlook of the world' depended. He forsaw the lend of the era of conferences for some time."
 By his speech he appealed to all kinds of diverse political elements in the country with the exception of actual members of the govern ment and members of the liberal party, of which he has been life long member.
 Churchill Pleased. Reactionary conservatives like Winston Churchill who oppose the governments Indian policy were pleased. Reactionary conservatives, who are whole hog" tariff advo- cates, liked his speech. Lord Bea- verbrook, the newspaper magnate. saw in Lloyd George a possible leader of the Beaverbrook-inspired empire crusade.
 Those who think Ottawa went too far and those who think 1t did not go far enough. all found crumbs of comfort.
 Laborlties were pleased with his advocacy of a policy of faction" instead of drift in government circles. Members of the govern ment were considerably dismom- fitted. Liberals with whom Lloyd George has had no active associa- ton since the 1881 general election when they supported the govern. ment and Lloyd George and his family party of four "georgettes' did not, were amazed.
 Lloyd Georges speech was beau. tifuly timed. The present national
 government Is none too popular
 In a world overfiowing with dicta.
 torships, critics accuse the govern.
 ment of q do.nothing policy. con,
 trasted with the vigorous actions
 of Roosevelt. Hitler. Mussolini
 Etalln and other dictatoriai ol
 semi.dictatoriai rulerA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

country will be the S40,000.000 triboroush bridge of New York city. It will link the city's largest and most densely populated boroughs. Bronx, Manhattan. and Queens. A railroad bridge now links them. The vehieular bridge will more than supplement this. Incidentally the job, which may start within months time, may give employ ment to l8,000 men. The city started plans for the bridge back in Mayor Jim mic" Walkers administration and has prob ably spent some millions on it already. .>In- eidentally the bridge will be toll affair, with tentative charge of 25 cents already proposed. With an estimate of 27,500 cars on each day it won't be long before the city can back its loans. A few more jobs like this and we'll think the boom years are back with us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
London Letter
By HARRY FLORY

United Press Stan COrreSpOndentD London (UP) - David Lloyd George, wartime Prime Minister and Welsh Wizard, as Great Brit aims Roosevelt.
 Political observers see that pos sibility as a result of the grizzled veterans recent return to the po- litical limelight. Those who long ago relegated him to the realm or political has-beens are busy recon- sidering the position.
 Lloyd George began his attempt ed comeback the day before the World Economic conference ad- journed and two days before the House of Commons adjourned for the summer recess. The House or Commons was the scene. He made his first political speech in six months. There is every indication that 1t was carefully and deliber- ately planned, to have the maximum effect in putting him in the field as a candidate for high govern ment office.
 Ridicu.ed Government.
 He rldiculed the governments lack of policy. or negative policy He accused them of lack of vision imagination and enterprise. He insisted revision of the Ottawa agreements was necessary. Hs view with considerable anxiety ths national governments Indian pol Icy. He practicaii pronounced thu ire trade views he has held all hlI life. lie insisted that if industrial ists were Co be protected by tariffs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
TEXAS AND REPEAL
(Hartford Courant)

tHartford Courant) r Despite the efforts of Sanator Sheppard to stem the tide of re- peal, Texas has voted for the jabro. gation of the 18th amendment. As one of the authors of the amend ment, Senator Sheppard waged a strenuous campaign to swing his state against repeal. He spoke in each of the 23 senatorial districts of Texas and in addition spoke al- most daily over the radio. But the ice-president of the United States, MT Garner. is now the favorite son of the Lone Star state, and Mir Garner, together with Governor Ma" Ferguson, campaigned suc- cessfully for repeal.
 Too much credit for the final re- suit should not go to the campaign CTS, however. Texas, like the 22 states that have already voted against prohibition, seem to have been dominated by a truly popular movement. While the vote was rel- atively light the main reason seems to have been not lack of interest on the part of the voters, but the inability of many to pay poll tax that would qualify them to vote. Of the 1.300,000 persons qualified by age and citizenship to vote. 1t is reported that but 800. 900 or only slightly more than half had paid their poll taxes. In consequence. the number who took the trouble to register their opinion was relative ly larger than would appear ct first glance.
 A
 Of the remaining 25 states that have not yet voted. only 13 need vote for repal to remove the effect of the 18th amendment once and for all. The growing protest against inaction in such states as have not yet set Q date for a vote on the question indicates that in all prob' ability. at least the necessary mum. Der will have been mustered by the end Of the year. That all of the 4s will vote favorably is probably too much to hope for. hut the example Of such widely differing states as Michigan. Wisconsin. Rhode Island Wyoming. New Jersey. Delaware Indiana. ssachutetts. California New York; West Virginia, Illinois Iowa, Connecticut. New Hampshire Arkansas. oregon, Alabama. Ariso' na, Tennessee, Missouri and Texal indicates that there can be no ques fion whatever of the hnni result
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
Here, There And .Euery.Ohere

yah must be to the modern Irak- ians. The historical medley that it all suggests-of Byron's Scnnach. crib, Haroun-ai-Raschid and Will Ham Tecamseh Sherman-Is so fantastic and that great caiIph himself must have laughed over 1t, If the Assyrians had unearthed the score of Dixie" the comedy would have been complete. Incl. dentally, If the boys from Bagdad had gone c few hundred miles far. ther to the north they would have found Georgia to march through -the land of Joseph Stalin and the marrying Mdvanis. But the Soviet might have taken them too seriously.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
Our Daily Washington Letter
NRA Starts Educational Campaign
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

tary has carefully figured up that he has given or lent without re- payment just about $500 to visit ing hard-up constituents in the last five years. nearly all Of 1t in small amounts.
 Need for Brains
 Random quotation from m economist and financial expert who Is consulted by more high off, cials In all branches than anyone ! else:
 fWhat we need in Washington is brains. Now we have about all the brains available. Within six months,after the brain workers have experimented with the the- ories,, made their mistakes and learned their lessons, we ought to be on the way out of our difi- culties."
 News From Hyde Park l Social notes from this columf,'s Hyde Park corrospondent: Pough. keepsic was pleased no end be. cause President Roosevelt split his vacation on each sde of the Now York State Firemen's convention there. It hung up It's great splurge of convention flags and bunting carly 10 greet Roosevelt on hla first arrival--and kept 1t right thero after the convention for his return trip. =. "Oh hell. where's the presidcnt?" yelled q red-hend. cd Boy Scout as the Roosevelt party passed into the Ten Mile river scout camp. Failing to spot Roosevelt and seeing only press cars, he began to shout, Down with the press!'
 Copyright 1883, NEA Service Inc )
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

We don't know what Henry Longfellow would do to day if he came back to earth to learn that the famous falls of Minnehaha which he immortalized in his poem of Hi- awatha were dry. Yet a few days ago the falls. Laughing Water" Longfellow >ealled them actually rippled and laughed for a few brief minutes. It was this way. Water from the falls was desired to ehristen d cruiser. So city water was turned into the stream and poured over the dry bed long enough to catch bottle full for the christening ceremonies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 WafeP fin Earg

l have good deal tf trouble from getting water in my ears every time go in swimming It annoys me for hours afierward . (AIiss C. S.D
 Answer-Before you go in insert in each ear can't get wool then plain (not absorbent) cot- ton on which you have placed a drop or two Of oil. This VIII keep the water out of your drum or who has any chronic ear trouble should protect the ears in this way when going ln swimming.
 (copyrIght 1888. Jehn r. Dnle Gel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
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 A BAND IN BAGDAD
(New York Herald.Tribune

' (New York Herald-Tribune).
 Ears in the valley of the Tigris have been hearkened to many strange sounds since Nimrod first listened to the roar of q Ilon across the MosopotamIan plain. They have heard the war cries of many q conquering army-Assyrian and Persian hosts, Alexander's Mace- donians, Roman legions of Valer- ian. the locust-like Mongol hordes of Hulagu. Turks and Tartars of Tameriane. and whatever General Maude's Enlishmen used for q war cry. But they never. heard strang- CT sounds than last week, when the Arab army of King Feisals king dom of Irak returned from vic- torious campaign against the As- syrians in the north. For on its re-entry into Bagdad 1t paraded to the martial strains of Marching Through Georgia" now as truly an antiquity in the land of its origin as the ruins of Babylon and Nine-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
To-day's Selected Poem
RAINY DUSK

(Frances Frost in the New York ann) Under the leaning cloud. the swallows now pelt the rainy air with wild wet wings, Until the darkness brings them to nests fn
 caves Or under the quIver of the maple leaves. Where thelr cries are sleepy, telling young swallows how The whole soft sky came down on their jour.
 neyingB.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

other way will we be able to subject it to the intelligent argument and thorough de- bate which it must have.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining Co personal health and hygiene, not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him, care of the Democrat, sending stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

High tide at Milford "Wednesday, Septem. Der G. l:00 a. m, daylight time; low tide, 7:39 a. m, daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

The head of New York summer camp says he finds that city boys stick to the job better than country boys. Maybe so. They've never had much chance to get the fishin habit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-05

The Prince of Wales is d good athlete who uses bad judgment in the people he picks out to play with.