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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

nation is to be regarded as an aggressor when it invades another nations territory. This formula presumably applies not only to land but. by natural extension. to naval invasion. ships being regarded as national territory" By it. questions of fact and law could usually be determined easily enough through an international council or the World Court.
 Carried to its logical conclusion. such rule would restrict considerably the activities of various powers including the United States. Apparently it would prevent our intervention in Latin-American countries o punitive or pacifying expeditions There would be far less work for our marines. Such practices, however. seem to have been voluntarily renounced by our own govern ment lately. in harmony with present Amer iean sentiment.
 There would be a change in our Monroe Doctrine, not SO much in its real meaning and original intent, but in the practical application we have made of 1t in recent decades for unsought police work and pun ishment of minor aggressions. We are doubtless abstain from such tasks in the future if other powers will do the same. and if international provisions, economic or military, is provided to do the spanking for us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
BAD HIGHWAY PLANNING
Bridgeport Telegram

Bridgeport Telegram ) Writing in the Atlantic Monthly of the utter ruin which has been brought to the beauty, character and Individuality of hundreds oi New England towns and villages by building arterial highways through, their central streets with out regard for considerations of landsca ping, safety, quiet, or the controlling of adjacent property growth, Walter Pritchard Eaton says:
 Woe now to the quiet, peace full town, if 1t chances to be on a through or arterial highway! It might better have a railroad down it's main street. Great trucks go banging and rattling through the village all night long. The hotel and the houses shake. Unfortunate householders whose dwellings are not set we'll back have begun to erect high, solid fences in an effort to achieve bit of privacy....
 By our failure to control the environment of the highways, a failure due both to our ignorance of the need and to our lack of en- abling laws, the terrible ribbon growth has taken place with low grade residence and commercial ism stretched out along the main roads for miles upon miles. destroy ing landscape. beauty and rural charm every foot of the way"
 Destroying property values as well. The, tragedy of 1t all is that where beauty is preserved by far- sighted engineering Gas disting uish- ed from ordinary highway ,engi- neering) the value of all property is enhancer. The way most of our highways are built. the value of all adjacent property is destroyed and the peace of the dwellers there on is ruined forever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

.Usurpation of states rights was the topic of Dr. William Gerry Morgan. regent of Georgetown University. in Memorial Day address. It's funny. but>we haven't heard word about states rights in the last few months. Can it be that Governor Ritehie of Maryland is sleneed1 He has long been this nations foremost advocate of the prin- ciple of states rights aided and abetted by Representative James M. Beck. republican, of Pennsylvania. former Solicitor General ot the United States Said Dr. Morgan, The gradual usurpation of the functions of the individual states by the federal government is advancing so insidiously that the great masses of the people are unaware of the ex- tent to which it has already gone. It has come about. not through the demands ot the federal government but largely from the desire of the states to have the federal treas ury contribute even more generously to local needs. - Today. of course. there might be some excuse for usurpation. It is time of great distress and need. We look towards the federal government for generosity. But
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

Yale Law School is losing valuable member of its faculty in the resignation of Professor Richard Joyce Smith of Hartford. Professor Smith is joining the New York law firm that is headed by former Governor Charles S. Whitman. As member of the Yale Law School faculty. Professor Smith was recognized authority. on public utility law. That reputation wasn't enough. though, to win him place on the Public Utilities Commission of this state to which Governor Cross named him in lo31., His name was turned down in the Legislature after some hectic arguing there and in the state newspapers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
THURSDAY, JUNE l, 1883
Seek The Cause

Desertions from Connecticut forestry camps are being reported in the papers of the state. The stories are somewhat confus- ing in that the deserting youths complain that they were ill-treated so far as food and sleep are concerned. It might be wise plan s for all such charges, as are brought by mem- bers of the civilian corps, present and past, to be investigated by non-government work ers before more serious ones are brought against the government state or federal
 It is an easy thing for young men to imag- is actually the case. And so far as rough fare is concerned. it wasn't to be expected that the life of lumber camp would compare with that of city home. Perhaps even some of the comforts that were found in our army camps of 1917 and 1918 will be missing for short time. In the construction of series of forestry camps throughout the na- ton 1t is easy to believe that conditions in them might not be of the best until they were we'll established.
 Forestry work, such as the civilian corps will engage in, is at best pretty rough and arduous work It is not the kind of work for youth who has no inclination for man. ual labor. But demanding such exertion from the enlisted men it is only fair that their meals be of such character as to keep up both the health and morale of the work CTS. It need not be elaborate fare; simple would be far better to our way of thinking. But it certainly would have to be substan- tial and plentiful.
 Some group in this state might we'll in- vestigate the assertion so that in the event that the boys are not receiving the treatment they should the necessary steps can be taken to assure them of it. It might even be ad- visible for the state to interest itself in the matter. keeping in the mind however, the fact that the camps are nothing but camps and hence offering those using them merely fhe rougher side of life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

Dairymen are already protesting the makeup of the milk control commission that Governor Cross has named. They claim that the presence of former head of 2 dairy company on the board is inimical to the best interest of all concerned. The ap- pointment of Victor A. Rapport of Con- necticut State College is also censored. 50 far as we could observe Representative Will liam A. Templeton was the only appointee coming in for any praise. We don't think that criticism should be levelled at Mir Nor ris or Mr Rapport for their past activities. The combination chosen might well prove far more satisfactory than any other possible. We don't think that any of the gentlemen will allow their past commercial relations to interfere with their new state duties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
Keep Soldiers At Home

What constitutes aggression of one nation against another! It has always Lem difficult to give a definition that &verybody would accept. Tt all depends Sn the circumstances and the locality where S.oression takes place" says Viscount lshii $f Japan, in Washington to discuss eco ! <orics. T am not learned enough to give VI 6<finition of that terrible word My
 lr rrienee at the council of the League O. |;1;6us was that fourteen or fifteen learned
 rIr discussed aggression for several weeks
 1 1n fhe end arrived at no determination.
 T1< lnifed States government. however
 E. 1x~I crowded definition which seems = '... so 16c heart of the matter and. through Fl; rlI-.l rrnss. finds wide acceptance A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

the law is so framed that if and when the eighteenth amendment is repealed the state is fully pre- pared to deal with the situation thus created.
 At the present time of progress repeal may be accomplished much earlier than at one time seemed likely. It is not inconceivable that before this year ends the eighteen the amendment may be out of the constitution, and there Is almost a certainty that this will happen be- fore a new general assembly comes in. The Connecticut law adequately provides for this eventua1ity and the commission appointed to ad- minister it has the entire confidence of the public.
 To disturb this situation merely on the pretext that certain features of the liquor control act might be improved would. be both short sighted and stupid. It Is a simple matter for the judiciary committee to sit down with the three members of the liquor control commission and formulate such few amend ments to the act as may seem de- sirable. and there is no reason why the legislature should not adopt such amendments. But to attempt to scrap the whole law out of a feeling of pique and wounded pride would merely place the judiciary committee in . ridiculous position. It has enough to answer for ale ready without incurring the fresh displeasure of the public.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CAPTION
The Most Shocking Book Of The Year

"Behind these Walls" by James R. Winning, is the most terrible and shocking book of the year. '
 The author recently finished serving a term in a state peniten- tiary, and in this book he tells what life in that prison was like. And if one-tenth of his statements of fact are true, that prison ought to have a housekeeping that would echo from one end of the country to the other.
 He shows us a prison that is an- tiauated overcrowded, so unsani- tary that an ordinarily humane man would not confine an animal in it. He tells of tortures that would have made a Spanish in- uuisitor envious. He tells of cold blooded murders committed on de- fenseless conyicts by prison guards He asserts fiatly that the increoi- ble, sickening brutality which ne describes exists with the knowi- edge and consent of the prison warden.
 He doesn't name his prison. But he does describe fire which swept one cell-block and killed 300 con- victs-who, he says, could have been saved if the authorities had been halfway prompt in unlocking their cells-and 1t isn't hard to guess what prison he is talking about.
 cannot think of one reason why the state involved can fail to hold a sweeping legislative investi- gation into the charges made by MT Winning. The prison he de- scribes Is an obscene nightmare Of a place; the state must either dis prove his indictment from begin ming to end, or act on it-and act drastically.
 Behind These Walls" is pub- lished by Macmillan at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
STATE LIQUOR ACT
(Hartford Courant)

Because there are minor features of the Liquor Control Act that stand in need of correction, talk persists that an attempt will be made to repeal the entire act and substitute for it the so-called AL corn Baldwin beer bill which would remove every vistage of state con- trol and vest the granting of beer licenses In town clerks. It is dif1- cult to believe that whatever inter- est there may be in this proposal in certain quarters the legislature would show such crass indifference to public sentiment as to rescind the present law.
 It may be granted that so far as 3.2 beer is concerned there is not much necessity for elaborate legis- lation. The product is harmless enough; experience has already demonstrated that its free use is attended with no direful consequent ces. As for any authority" 1t po- assesses it might well be classed with other soft drinks. But because the sale of beer may be used as a cov- CT for the sale of other alcoholic beverages. 1t is important that 1t be brought under Q proper licensing system as far removed as possible from local political influence. In most states this has been the wise procedure and here in Connecticut
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
Burning Out

"The Asiatie war had better be allowed to burn itself out, even if China loses provinces, says Philip C. Nash, executive director of the League of Nations Associa- tion. Japan will get herself into more and more trouble, and eventually will find that war doesn't pay' The fire has seemed to be dying down in the last few days Just when the world was expecting an attack on Peping, rivalling the assault on Shanghai a year ago, conflict was avoided by with drawal of the Chinese troops from the old capital. At the same time Japan began promising that she would not occupy Peip- ing, and would withdraw to line almost co-extensve with the Great Wall.
 The sudden, strong movement in Europe and America for disarmament and joint &C., ton against aggressors doubtless has some thing to do with this new spirit of mod eration. Japan sees that she cannot stand against the world. The main question now, as far as she is concerned, will probably be whether the new international deal is re- troactive. She will doubtless be glad to stand pat on the conquest of Manchuria and Jehol if she can keep them. under whatever political set-up. for here business advantage. With that fire once extinguished along with the less perilous fires in South America and those still smoldering in Europe, the next practical step would be the establishment of , a modern fire department. That may come in the next few years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
So They Say

The bigger the target, the easier it is to hit. Ferdinand Pecora, chief counsel for senate committee in investi-
 gation of J. F. Morgan & Co.
 
 No woman in the world is worth shooting. The penalty is too great. Judge George W. Martin, of New York.
 The average American likes to think of himself as an incipient capitalist.
 Sherwood Anderson, novelist. The striking fact about what has been done since March is not the the president; it is the close har- wide grant of authority given to mony between president and people.
 Henry Morgenthau, Jr, head of farm credit administration.
 
 Economic considerations alone should condemn the proposed bar gain with the brewers and distil- lers to trade off the 18th amend ment for liquor revenue. pr F. Scott Mcbride, general superintendent of the Anti-Sa- loon League of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
-In- MezC York
pv PAUL HARRISON

Y New York-They're up to their old tricks again. those nagicians. And SO many new tricks; in addi- ton. that you are never sure whether they're going to pull a hat ont of a. rabbit or allow themselves to he sawed in half by a woman. The Society of American Magi- | clans had its twenty-ninth annual dinner in New York the other evening. At least, there was Q | dinner to be had. Most of the members sat around pulling tricks. They pulled carnations ou. | of the fruit coupe; they hoisted coins out of their soup; they pull ed tableware, billiard balls. ana vari-colored silk hapdkerchiess
 out of the baked chicken; ano
 they extracted decks of cards from their salad.
 They'd Fool You
 | All manner of people were there-members of the stock ex- change, college professors, jewellers. attorneys, a waiter who's one Of the society's officers, actors, judges, authors. architects-magicians all. Bernard Ernst, the president, used | to handle Harry Houdini's legal af- fairs. learned some tricks from the old master, and now is one of the mosted noted amateur prestfdigita- tors. R. V. Heath, one of the trus- tees and Wall Street broker, has written a book called "Mathamag-
 ic"; all about how to do tricks with figures. Clark B. Allen, the socie- tvs vice president, also is an ofi- cial of a fireworks company. Julien Proskauer, another trustee, is vice president of three publishing cor porations and director of six. That just gives you an idea
 Scores of professional magicians are members too, such as Cardini, Ransom, Williston, Annemann and the great John Mulholland. The latter was just back from Europe and, as is the custom with mystic folk, was resplendent with twelve
 foreign medals. Beatrice Hou-
 dini, dainty, diminutive, is the dow lager sorceress. And dean of the
 society is Frederick k. Powell. a
 professional of ss.
 subtlely Applauded
 When magicians perform for Tmagicians the tricks are not, as
 you might imagine, all new. In-
 stead, their chief delight Is in skill
 and subtlety. The audience sigh
 ed enviously at the smooth skill of Mulhollands card tricks, mutt
 tered "Beautiful = beautiful!" as
 Williston extracted numerous ivory
 balls and a pool cue from this as- tonished correspondents coat pock- ct.
 Yet most of the magicians knew
 pretty definitely how the tricks
 were done. Their plaudits were
 for skilled performance. And for
 daring, to- as when Annemarn
 stood squarely in the blast of a 44-40 rifle and apparently caught a marked bullet in his teeth. You
 can believe as you like about whether the bullet actually came
 from the gun, but it is an abso-
 lute fact that several men have
 been killed trying the stunt.
 Il Ace of all amateur magicians Is
 probably Dr. Samuel Cox Hooker.
 wealthy retired chemist of Brook
 lyn, N. Y. Runner-up is pr. Shir-
 ley M. Quimby, Columbia Univer- sity professor of physics. He be-
 came interested in magic several years ago when Mulholland, then
 a school teacher and an amateur prestidiSitator, requested the use of Ia laboratory to construct some
 pieces of secret apparatus. called
 "gimmicks'' in magic parlance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01

stated, was . payment of $1,250,- 900 as interest on debenture bonds to the New Haven railroad. In addition there was a rental charge
 of $900,000.
 So long as excessive fixed charges remain, the trolley and bus com pany cannot pay it's way. 1t has saved enormously in its labor costs.
 It was only few years ago when every trolley car-except perhaps a few very minor lines-was man. ned by two men, motorman and a conductor. With the general adoption of one-man car operation the cost of such operation natural- | ly was cut in half.
 No other industry we know of has been able to make labor saw ing of 50 per cent in manpower. True, at the same time traffic fell of, and perhaps the number l of passengers handled per motor- | man employed today is no greater or even less than 1t was at the time the number of trolley operatives
 was twice as great. Suppose, how ever, no such labor saving had been possible? In all probability the company would have been
 bankrupt, long ago.
 Last year the. company obtained
 and agreement with it's men for q wage cut of 15 per cent. They ap- proximately yielded q saving of | $450,000, It can be seen at a glance
 that this saving was slight indeed
 compared with the fixed charges. Unlike most concerns. tine cost of labor to this corporation appears to be almost minor matter com pared with the other costs which, like Damocles' sword suspended by hair. overhung the management. The fixed charges are too high: and that is exactly the same trouble which bescts other trans for instance, are inundated with fix- ed charges, squirming under m ay- alanche of bonds and interest. Only a return to high-traiff conditions. and that done, they will be opcr- ated largely to meet their charges and most reasonable dividends. During the big boom era the Con-
 necticut company had such high
 fixed charges that only in a few
 years was 1t able to establish an
 insignificant dividend returns. which
 of course went to the New Haven
 railroad, the owner of the trolley
 bus concern. A concern which can
 barely surmount it's fixed charges
 during boom times, and is far be-
 low them in subnormal times, can
 scarcely be regarded as q going
 concern. It can gain scarcely any,
 thing substantial through wage ad-
 justments. The fixed charges form
 too high a ratio compared with
 the wage charges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
Power Of The Stage

The judges deciding upon the annual dropped few words from the statement of the conditions of the drama award. Origin ally it read For the original play per- formed in New Y ork which shall best rep- resent the educational value and power of the stage in raising the standards of good morals, good taste and good manners In 1929 period was placed after the word stage" and has remained here ever since. Artistic and literary merit is what the judges seek in play.
 This represents not only change from Mir Pulitzer's personal attitude to different attitude on the part of contemporary judges but change in the drama itself and in the popular attitude toward it. Pointing a moral. teaching any sort of lesson, raising standards of taste and manners, are not the basic motives in writing and presenting plays today. If any of those things are accomplished. it is purely accidental.
 In spite of this. the prize-wnner this year may do little unintentional missionary work. Both Your Houses" by Maxwell Anderson, is so revealing of congressional methods and follies that it is likely to make audiences thoughtful after they have left the theater. It may not raise anyone's morals good taste or good manners but 1t just might improve his understanding of his national government and his use of the ballot box.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
Here, There And EDerysDhere

ernor Cross, who went into office with a plea for cooperation. to make substitutions in high state offices. in ench cas4 implying no fault with the record Of the .rcum- bent.
 The tax department has com pelled the governors admiration. Under Commissioner Blodgett 1t has developed to importance and functioning such as were unknown a decade and more age. Republi- can rule or rum political tactics furnish the chief factor which has decided the opening of gates of op- portunity to Senator Hackctt for the next four years. He is an able, honest man. He should make a good tax commissioner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
To-doy's Selected Poem
CAMPFIRE

(Brock Milton. in the New York Times) Snug in a crevice in the tawny shale. High on a lonely but a lovely ledge, It crackles gayly. sending forth veil Of fragrant smoke. The naked cutting edge of the proud Palisades curves endessly Above the Hudson, silver to its soul And cliff and stream. in rugged harmony. Nurture an understanding of the Whole But worthy of the setting Is the gem. This speck against a river. .bordered crag Which, with it's might, poweriess to stem The tide of dusk. A saucy. living Hug of saffron flame will nutter. warm and bright, When rock and water merge in purple night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-01
FORCED our
(Hartford Times)

.7
 The republican party in this state, after the 'judgeshin deal which created a scandal in the current legislature. and after its surly attitude toward a governor elected by the people, has no ground to criticize the policy of Governor Cross in appointing Sem ator William H. Hackett, dem- ocrat, to be tax commissioner in the place of William H. Blodgett.
 Two years ago and this year the governor envisaged the adminis- tration as a partnership but his overtures were brushed aside by a political organization which deter mined to run things in spite of him and secure every political perqui- site 1t could seize.
 Two years ago, having regard for meritorious service in office, and carrying out his theory of partnership, Governor Cross re- appointed Highway Commissioner Howard P. Durham, although both the republican organization.
 This year, the republican organ ization and the republican house have again showed slight appre- ciation for. the gover- prs fairness and they have given him battle to an extent which has modified very sharply his view of discretion in the matter of appointments.
 The inwardness and logic of the political situation have driven Gov