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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

Some days ago we commented upon the formation of a regional protective group in Lenox Mass. whose prime purpose is to save the natural scenic beauty of the coun- tryside. Now we learn that western Massa- ehusetts may shortly be dotted with similar groups. A survey of this section of the state is being started by representative of the American Society of Landscape Architects. It is hoped that he may be able to foster in the various communities throughout the Berkshires that spirit of cooperation which is necessary to preserve against the eneroach. ment of eommereialism the scenic wonders of the region. The same ideas can easily be tried out in Connecticut where the scenery is on par with that of Massachusetts. Too often we think that our common regard for the hills and valleys. the trees and flowers that are our heritage is stunted by living within four walls. We should be out more in the open. but instead we turn to pursuits that call for bright lights and sheltered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Censorship And Curiosity

The Ministry of Education in Germany has issued instructions to public libraries forbidding all books which fail to show "a kinship to Teutonic and Nordic feeling" Not the merit of volume. either as literary art or as expressed thought but the race and politics of the author. are to be con- sidered in putting books before the public. Specifically the instructions ban books ex- pressing democratic. liberalste, military, anti-religious or pan-European viewpoints
 Freud and Darwin are both tabooed authors.
 It is an ancient human experience that forbidden things gain in attractveness. Ger man people must be able to read in order to use the permitted Tsutonie and Nordie vol tunes. But as long as they can read. thers is always likelihood that they will read the forbidden books out of curiosity. Patriotism may turn Teutonie> Morales away from these works temporarily. but it cannot be counted on indefinitely in the face of the normal human response to unreasonable commands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Moving Forward

October hasn't been SO good. as regards progress in national recovery. though better statistieally than psyehologieally, as inquirers who suppress their emotions and use their heads can easily find out. There has been progress. though the rate of improvement has slowed down. As the month draws to a close. there is another big push. The govern ment moves forward again on many fronts.
 Chief of them is the financial front. Pur- chase of gold at premium over the world price, with payment. in short-term federal debentures starts commodity prices up again. and also starts a new flow of gold into the treasury to serve as broader base for gold revaluation and future currency issues. Ar engagements are made for loans to state banks in order to help them qualify for the deposit insurance going into effect in Janu- ary.
 MIRA enters new phase, releasing rural communities and small business from its jurisdiction, adopting the last of its big codes and tightening up compliance. Further credit is sought for agricultural groups. Home and farm loans and public works are speeded up. Steps are taken toward the rec ognition of Russia, potentially great future market for American goods. Already the stimulus of this new push is felt in better feeling and widening promise of work. Busi- ness should improve the rest of the year. And if it does, next year should be good year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

There have been too many attacks on game wardens this fall. It is time that the proper state authorities recognized this and took action. We see no cause for any person. who calls himself sportsman. to assume the attitude that our wardens are oyerstep- ping their duties. Usually they have great many things to attepd to during the open seasons and what with great territory to cover it is too much to expect them to have to combat rowdyism at the same time. If there are violations of the fishing or hunting laws we certainly expect the law enforcers to do their duty. If they didn't what would be the use of employing them! We sincerely trust that any men who are convicted of as- saulting wardens get no consideration from the presiding justice. They certainly deserve none.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Some Good Advice

Motor Vehicle Inspector Michael A. Con- nor gave some good information out re- gently on the benefits of district system of local government. While such remarks may seem strange coming from the head of the state motor vehicle department they are neverthelss quite true. Yet they seem at var lance with statements reputed to the inspec- tor. This is not intended as criticism. but merely represents mild surprise on our part. It wasn't SO many months ago that we recall his talking disparagingly about the "spoils system
 His remarks were challenged by many officials, even within his own party. It has always seemed to us that the district system is closely aligned to so-ealled machine poli- ties And to build up party machine 1t IS necessary to distribute patronage. To distill all feelings of disquiet let us state right now that the distribution of patronage is not as disgraceful as many declare. In the majority of cases the merit of the appointee has been weighing carefully. True, it hasn't in many notable instances. But in the majority it has.
 Mir Connor says. It is constantly, and l fear. naively urged that only those concerned with the retention of the district system come within the designation of the much maligned politician. Yet the advocates of consolidation are thoroughly organized. They are definite group. sincere enough to be sure. who have aligned themselves to achieve what appears to them worthwhile reform = Through such means as this Inspector Connor sought to show that our political districts enable people to give voice to their opinions just as did and do town meetings.
 This has long been regarded as the ideal A form of local government. There has never been anything to equal the town meeting for giving each and every citizen an equal opportunity to express opinions for and against both officials and issues. But in larger towns and cities citizens are not so concern ed with these opportunities. so it would seem. And as result we find probably the much-abused ''spoils system" more in vogue. But that is just the reason why the party in power should be expected to install new and semove old employees. When change in ad- 'sninistration is endorsed at the polls it should be made from top down. That's what the voters demand. The same thing is done at town or district meetings. The weight of the majority prevails.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
A Book q Day sf,ff ..- 'rNf
 by BRUCE CATION
Asails Kitchener As A War Leader

7. in the first volume of his "war Memoirs" David Lloyd George lays his sturdy and disrespectful hands firmly upon the laurel wreath that England set upon the brow of the late Lord Kitchener. By the time he gets through. one gathers, the wreath will follow Kitchener to the bottom of the North Sea.
 For Lloyd George, who broke the munitions deadlock that almost caused England to lose the war. does not depict Kitchener as a tower of strength in . distressed land. On the contrary, he says, the faults of strategy and organ ixation which cost England SD much in the fist part of the war can be traced pretty largely to Kitchener. N Kitchener. says Lloyd George, clung obstinately to an inefficient and red-tape-ridden scheme of munitions supply long after 1t had become a national scandal. He ciung to the notion of break through on the western front at a time when the judicious expendi- ture of few troops and a few guns in the near east would have brought victory. England could have won in 1915 or 1918. says Lloyd George; that she did. not was, at least in part. Kitchener's doing.
 But Kitchener is not the only famous man who serves as 6 target for the energetic Welshman. Grey of Failodon, who died recently. gets his share, too. He deceived the cabinet. says Lloyd George. he committed England to French sup port before 1914. he. had the chance to avert the war and he muffed 1t dismally.
 All this makes pretty discouray- ing reading. Whether you accept the personal criticisms of Kitch- cner and Grey or not, you at least are shown beyond dispute the frightful cost--in human lives which can. be paid sometimes for human inefficiency.
 Europe in 1914 was full of men who weren't quite big enough for their jobs; millions of men had to adie,. as a result. 'H. s, !, Volume of these War Mem. oira .is,. as you can guess, intensely interesting. Published by. Little. Brown C Company, 1t retafls at "A.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
THE RECOGNITION OF RUSSIA
(New York Heraid)

The exchange of letters between
 President Roosevelt and President Kalinin of thct Soviet Union lifts the question of recognizing Russia out of the realm of academic de. bate and makes 1t an imminent possibility. In Moscow 1t Is clearly regarded as 6 probability; and, given e sufficiently reasonable Rus- sian attitude toward the existing obstacles, most thoughtful Amerl- cans will be equally hopeful. Pres ident Roosevelt's reservation to the effect that his reception of q Soviet envoy will mot commit either na- ton to any future course of ace tion' presumably indicates, how ever, that the resumption of rela. tions will not be unconditional. The recorded opposition to closer contact with the Soviet Union by the American Legion, the Anleri- cah Federation of Labor and other influential bodies puts upon Presi.. dent Roosevelt an obligation to get from MT Litvinov preliminary as- surance that Russia will abide by the conventions of friendly rela. tions." As the same time is VIII probably be incumbent upon Presi. dent Roosevelt to explain to both advocates and opponents of recogs hilton that the administration cannot consider sonie of the most highly publicized reasons for CT. tending or withholding reccgni-l
 It is unfortunate that. this quee- ton has not been discusS6d on ,its real merits without the intrusion of persons or groups that clhnhor for recognition of Russia because they have axes to tT1nd. or that fight recognition becauee ofinternAl conditions in Russia which are none of our business sas ( nation. It would be in no better keeping with, the sinterhationsl properties or with American practice ir the past Z. to-. srecogpize- a Ruesien' regime that was making onen or. secret war upon our ipstitut4ors. because 1t would facilitate the sale of a little more cotton, copper or machinery, than it would be to hold diplomAtically alQof because Americans generally did not like the Bolshevik attitude toward re iision or their naticnalisation of
 1t b the state. department's business to establieh and maintain relations for us with any friea1H nation that is conape(eut o dle- cbarka certain cQnyaut<on1l tntcr-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
MEDICAL JARGON
(New York sun)


 Dr Thomas Lathrop Stedman, medical lexicographer, says that "the prolific medical 5argon has grown by an average of more than one new word a day during the past three years" Editor of the Practcal Medical Dictionary, he found himself compelled to make the new edition, just published, thirty-three pages larger than Its predecessor. If the pace of medt- cal discovery in the past three years has been as rapid as the growth of medical language no iayman will complain, even though lectured by his physician in ian- guage beyond his comprehensio on. Medical men have endured the soft impeachment that they do not like to put common facts into common words. Let the layman look into scientific journaIs forsa while and he will discover that this reluc- tance is not confined to the medi- cal profession. Many a specialist thinks only of the limited audience he wishes to reach; he seeks exac- titude in language; he prefers the polysyliabic definite to the mono syllable vogue. So long as Greek and Latin prefixes and sufEixea hold out, 30 long as men labor at research, 90 long must medical language continue to grow. When time for revision again rolls around pr Stedman doubtless VIII md nc needs to add mere pageA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Rome Letter
BY THOMAS E. MORGAN United Press. Stan Correspondent

Rome-Fascism's general system of social insuranccs protecting tho big Italian army of wage workers, Is progressing by leaps and bounds. according to officials figures.
 A decree of 1929 provides for compulsory insurance against occu- pational diseases us advocated in the labor charter, but the measure only will become effective on the publication of the regulations, a draft of which recently -has been submitted to the industrial section of the National Guild council. In the meantime a great deal of pre- paratory work, both medical and lc- gal, has been done in the field.
 The official report stated:
 "The time is not yet judged ripe for general compulsory sickness in- surance, but a great deal has been done on voluntary lines to meet this need and very large percent age of workers in industry and commerce now are insured.
 The official report explained that the cost of social insuranccs ac- count for nearly 6.2 percent of the total burden of taxation, estimated at approximately 22 thousand mill lion lire. It must meet to the cx- tent of 66.6 per cent by the em- ployers, whose annual contribution fiuctuates around 760 million life or 33.2 per cent paid by the workers. Of the employers contribution no less than $50 million lire come from industrialists, the remainder from commerce, agriculture and shipping.
 ''The contribution made by the state is trifing, amounting in 1881 to O.2 per cent of the total, con- sisting of 1,500,000 lire to the sea- mems invalidity and old age in- surance fund and 645,102 lire to the maternity insurance fund. Apart from these sums, the government contributed from 1919 to 1927 a total of l27 million lire to the in- validity and old-age insurance fund"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

national obligations. But it has never been and never should be the departments function to fa- cilitate relations with an un- friendly state in exchange for coin- merciai favors nor to make rccog- hilton of competent and friendly foreign government conditional upon conformity with our moral, religious, political or social stand ards.
 When all the non- pertinent con- alterations are ruled out, the most important question that is left for the administration to decide is whether . recognized Soviet Union would be a friendly or an un- friendly power. The third internas tional is7 now alYnost-thoukh not becatse of do- nestle preoccupation and lack of funds. As. Mir Ralph w. Barnes, AEoScow correspondent of the Her. aid Tribune. reported recently, the plan for .. world revolution has '.gradlally ccllapsed.'' But there iss no .guaranty that the pro- Dpafation of the revolution. would n4f be resumed. here when funds were available. ss.s
 If Soviet Russia is to be recog- mixed by this country certain points should nrst be made plain. One is that this country cannot copntenances the pretense that the government of the. Soviet. Union is not closely enough lpterlocksd with the executives Of the Ruesian Commuuist party and Of their policies.' For q second point, 1t should be just as clearly stated that at the first sign of subversive operations by Russiaa communipt agents on , American soil diplo-
 natic irelations would De severed instantly.f Upon no .cther terms ehouId the president e the 'gtate department bs tempted t'e contena- plate the recognition of the stalin ko2zulos sf Ae fe tat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Daily Washington Letter
 When Labor Board Says Agree" It Means Agree --Ltvinov Will Accept No Wooden Nickels

reach an agreement, the alternative being a fiat ruling by tho board.
 At 11:59 the two men said they probably could roach an agreement with employees and asked three hours more. By 4:30 they had con- scented to reinstatement of strikers. a collective bargaining agreement. end subsequent NLB arbitration. This was the entering wedge for or ganization of the other Nesting house plants.
 LitvinOv Is Canny
 They tell this story to illustrate the cautious training instincts of the fortnight Maxim Litvinov, who soon will be here to discuss Russian recognition with President Roosevelt: \
 At Riga in 1921 he was negotiat. ing entry of an American relief ex. liedition to Russia. The Soviet, still suspicious and fearful of interven. tions, said American representa- tives must bring in no weapons. Litvinov was told they would bring only food.
 We'll" he exclaimed. "but food ees a veppon." &
 This conference will be held un der more pleasant auspices.
 What Cost Wheat?
 The chief trouble about .guaran- teeing farmers their cost of pro- duction is the difficulty of ascer. Raining costs, which is partly duo to the great variability on different farms.
 The department of agriculture experts have figured that the aver age cost of producing q bushel of wheat last year was 72 cents, a bushcl of corn about 34 cents, and pound of cotton around nine cents. aat
 President John simpson of the Farmers Union says the cost of producing bushci -of. wheat Is S1.50 and the Farm Holiday asso- citation demands. put 1t at $1.35, with other costs varying, in propor- ton. t.ff
 All those figures ignore differ cnces in efficiency and other, .fac- tors. The farmer with 100 acrcs, for instance, can raise cheaper wheat per bushelS than the farmer with 10 acres. e
 Worst of ali. according to offi- calls, farmers demanding produc. ton cost are unwilling to tie the scheme up with any plan for pro ductiOn control. (Copyright 1888. NEA Service, Inc ]
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

two children and four adults were killed and 102 children and 72 adults injured, indicates. the dan gers that attend the child who is forced by the law to ride In the streets. Admitting that pedestrians are put to some inconvenience and even on rare occasion, endangered by sidewalk bicyclists, the safety of the child riders would appear to outweigh whatever inconven- fence and even danger may attend their use of the sidewalks
 The bicycle laws are largely left over from the horse-and- carriage days, when the streets were rela- lively safe for the bicyclist. That time passed with the coming of age of the automobile, and today. 1t is the bicyclist, not the sidewalk pedestrain, who has the greater ned of protection. Tn all probabil- ity, parents who accept Mir Con. nor's advice and warn their chill dren against riding on the sidewalk in favor of the crowded city streets will, despite the law, be as rare as those who encourage their off, spring to play with dynamite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

Once again Archibald MeNeil of Bridge port, chairman of the Connecticut NRA Advisory Board. is calling upon the cities and towns of Connecticut to avail them selves of the opportunity of borrowing money from the federal government. In a reeent statement Mr MeNeil said. Tt is now largely in the hands of the mayors and town officials of Connecticut to determine wheth- CT the public works program, as it applies to our State, will serve its purpose in aiding the economic recovery so much desired in our State. The National Treasury is prepar- cd to provide millions in loans and grants for useful public works All right, every body. get on the treasury wagon!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

Once more death has been attributed to radium poisoning. Waterbury has always been interested in this strange malady which affected so many workers in clock factories where luminous dials and hands were manu- faetured It is of course, tragic thing to think that unsuspecting employees were al- lowed to sign their own death warrants by the method in which they, performed their appointed tasks But it shows how puny arc our efforts when the medical science so far advanced, could not cope with the disease even after the most exhaustive studies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
So They Say


 The United States may succeed in spite of herself, because of her youth and yigor. ---Sir Josiah Stamp. British econ- omist.
 Look inc oYer. Look me over from top to bottom. I'm on the level. -Edward tspike) o'DonnelL Chi cayo gangster.
 Better let people come into the world and see what mess they make of 1t.
 George Bernard Shaw. {: I've been canned up Q long time ago and the lid stays on.
 Alfred E. Smith. I think 1t is the business of the banks to obey the law, but I do not know what the law means. -J. P. Morgan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
To-day,s Selected Poem

CYCLE
 (By Eiinor Lennen in the Christian
 Science Monitor) Autumn shall burnish Aprirs silver sheen, And make couper landscape out of green. Winter shall cover summers lavish gold With diamonds that only frost can hold. Spring shall restore her silver; autumn's blight
 Shall be outwitked iR q single night. While summers splendor shall retrieve her From o Winters ~rs@r ,n every yellow Ledrs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Here, There And Eve,y1chere
SIDEWALK BICYCLIsTs.
(Hartford Courant)

One may share the alarm ex- pressed by the Motor Vehicle Com missioner, Mir Michael A. Connor at the antics of reckless bicyclists who weave through traffic, ride mo handed" and carry passengers on the handle bars of their ma chimes, without agreeing that the state law prohibiting children from riding bicycles on the sidewalk should be strictly enforced. His statistics of ITO collisions between bicycles and automobiles in the first nine months of the year, in which
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31
Personal Health Seyuice
(By William Brady, M. D.)

Signed letters pertaining to 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., 1933-10-31

hooks. Occasionally group will organize to guard some natural scenic attraction. More of them should be encouraged for after all we can't remske this little old world of ours. We can alter its appearance, but basically it will remain as God intended it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

Now that it's all agreed and everybody's against infation, how about little more credit all around?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

Sometimes we think diplomatic crises are all that keep Europe alive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-31

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5s20 tonight.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1933-06-20

FACES TRIAL
FOR ASSAULT

LOS ANGELES, June 20. U.P)-
Paul Schoby, Huntington Park real
estate man and son of former May
or A. j. Schoby of South Gate, went
on trial today in superior court
charged with an assault upon Mrs.
Addie Stockman of Huntington
Park aboard a yacht in Los An
geles harbor last March "a.
The state rs case got under way
haltingly, after it was reported that
the chief complaining witness, Mrs.
Stockman, was absent and had not
been heard from recently. Mrs.
Stockman s testimony at the pre-
liminary hearing was that Schoby
beat her and attempted to attack
her on the deck of the yacht be-
longing to DR.. George Fiske, Jr.
The testimony was to be read to
the jury.
Witnesses at the preliminary, in
Guiding DR.. Fiske and Mrs. Helen
Calacci, said they found Schoby
standing over Mrs. Stockman, who
was lying on the deck with q head
injury.
Schoby said Mrs. Stockman fell
against winch when the boat
rolled and that the charges were
a "frameup."