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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Is 1t Warranted?

1t is rumored quite openly in Washing
ton circles that letter addressed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt complaining about the pat
ronage activities of three Cabinet members
has been dispatched. 1t is said to be signed
by q round robin of democratic Senator's
who are beginning to show displeasure
with the way in which the same three Cab
met officials hand out jobs to various lndi-
viduals throughout the nation, too many OF
them good republicans. 1t would be nat
ural for democratic Senators to resent any
such actions. And we don't doubt but
what they have some cause for complaint,
although their criticism naturally must be
tempered with consideration of the source.
In senatorial circles it was further ru-
mored that Key Pttman of Nevada, president
protein of the Senate, was author OF the
letter in question. The Cabinet members
attacked are said to be Secretary of the In
terror Ickes Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins, and Secretary of Agriculture Wal
lace. A few purportcd excerpts from the
letter were gathered by Capitol eorrespon-
dents. One said 1t is strange thing that
if a democrat recommends an appointment,
it is political coercion. If republican rec
ommends one, it is entirely unselhsh. If
democrat is named for Office, it involves
political corruption. If republican is
named, in their minds, it is an indication OF
higl-minded non partisanship
tt,e,
whether they are enormously credited to SEN
ator Pittman or are merely the creation of
good newspaper writer. They express a
column in few sentences. We never could
understand why democrats in power think
they have to turn to republican circles tor
officials If you look long enough you can
find right in your own ranks the man for
the Job This holds good whether the
sesreher is democratic or republican. The
republicans have no copyright in genius in
public office. Neither have the democrats.
And if one party is ousted from power and
another substituted our system of govern
Ynent makes it plain that this transfer is sup
posed to be complete and not partial.
We admit that disruption of government
al departments can result by wholesale tao
tics. That's why it sometimes takes months
Before those who consider themseles entitled
to jobs actually get them. Actual interfer-
enee with the efficiency of any government
agency would give the out party excellent
ammunition to hur at the ms. That hap
pens frequently. but fortunately not con-
tinually We admit that our belief has
always been that to the victor belongs the
spoils. But we certainly do not think that
in any sense this can be regarded as detri-
mental to the best interests of the nation.
II simply follows out the dictates of the vot-
efs. There is no reason for anyone to be-
lieve down in Washington that there aren't
good democrats in every state capable of
filing jobs now capably held by republic
can holdovers The sooner democrats lose
that thought the longer will they continue
in power.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
THOSE RoosEvEITs
(New Haven Journal-C ourier)

New Haven Journal-Courier)
: There was gGla reunion or
Americas most distinguished con-
temporary family when fourteen
Roosevelts-mothe and sons and
grandchildren, cousins and cousins
and more cousins-met by chance
on the sun deck Of the 'Manhat-
tan" Thursday afternoon. Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. son of the
late president. and Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Jr. SON of the present
president, were returning as ship.
mates from travel abroad. Colonel
Roosevelt, said Franklin. Jr, Is
certainly a fine mani" Franklin.
Jr, said Theodore, Jr, is certainly
a "fine boy!" As they milled about.
smiling the Roosevelt smiles, chat
ting agreeably, politics was neatly
avoided. Newsmen persisted In ask
ing opinions of the presidents poll
icies. Franklin. Jr. side-stepped
adroitly with I'm only 10 and how
should know anything about
that?" Theodore, Jr, contented
himself with the enigmatical re-
mark: There IL (abroad) an in
terest, a great interest, but at the
same time, countries everywhere
tend to look inside. instead OF out
SIDE"
The families are easy-weli.
comparatively easy: There was Mrs
Franklin Roosevelt with her son
and daughter, Mrs Curtis Dahl:
there was the colonel with his wife
and her mother his two sons and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
AN IMPROVED ROAD TO A
NEARBY RUINS
New Britain Herald)

Due to the town aid road fund,
Ledge road leading up to Sunset
Rock in Plainvilie, has been I'M
proved far beyond the dreams OF
residents q few years ago. Tho
road used to be one Of those minor
highways which appeared never to
obtain reasonable attention. Today
II Is q nicely improved ana WELL
drained highway which 10 the next
approach to the cement roads along
the main roads. The Ledge road
was improved cheaply and well.
The Improvement goes beyond
Sunset Rock park. IA
The state now owns Sunset ROCK
park and has done nothing~at all
to tho shelter house which former
ly perched ut the apex Of this
scenic beauty point. The shelter
house In gone. The remains or
the foundations and the rocks
strewn about would indicate either
unrestrained vandalism or an air.
plane bomb attack.
This Is the least gratifying re-
suit Of the taking over by the
state of the Sunset Rock property.
Trails have been made and old
ones improved but the disappear
ance OF the shelter house Is mute
testimony that the state may not
be financially "broke" but that 1t
lacks enough money to keep It's
park property In proper condition.
And this bit a time when, little
extra work at such spots would
add to employment.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
BY RODNEY BUTCHER
The Waterbury Democrat WASH
ington Correspondent.

Washington. - That promised
showdown on profiteering In cotton
goods probably isn't coming Off.
The textile manufacturers who
wanted q hearing at which they
could protest the process tax on
cotton changed their minds when
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
called q hearing which would have
delved into prices and profits.
Anyway, that's the Interpretation
privately placed by agricultural ad.
justment administration officials on
the industry's request for indcf-
mite postponement until they could
present more authoritative data as
to the effect Of AAA and MIRA on
manufacturing costs
Ready with Price Data
AAA was all primed to open
books Of the mills and to put the
industry on the defensive with EVIL
dence OF pyramided prices which In
some cases went up 200 per cent
on retailed textile items.
It possessed official formulate
used for computing the process
tax and MIRA labor costs IN goods
which Il believed represented an
overcharge. (NRA charges were
figured at two to three times the
amount Of hte process tax factor.
Experts here can't compute the
MIRA factor-as they can the
AAA factor-without access to
the books.)
AAA will be surprised no end
II the industry, asks for q hear.
ing again. It will call the hear
ing itself II It believes pro9teer-
ing Is continuing. But II be-
lieves now that consumer refus-
ais to buy and competition in an
unorganized industry will straight
en- out cotton goods prices.
Trouble Oyer Name
What Shall we call that agrl-
cultural adjustment administration
when we abbreviate? The Amer
lean Automobile association OBJ
jccts to AAA--initials which II long
ago popularized.
AGRA. AGA, FRA and ARA
(the last two meaning Farm and
Agricultural Recovery Admins
tration, incorrect titles) are all
doing service now in various pub
locations. It's confusing. Any
suggestions?
Officials Of the outfit invariably
call It 1.-THE Triple-A." \
Cheaper Hair Cuts
Human nature has ruined the
50.cent haircut's prospects as q
national institution.
Thrilled by the NRA program
with Its promise of fair competi-
ton and higher prices, BARRIERS
In hundreds Of cities agreed on a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
"A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
An Industrial City
Follows The Arts

THE. Fault OF Angels" by Paul
Horgan, Is Harper's prize novel for
1g33-34; and II Ii an ironic picture
Of the things that happen In q
provincial city that goes In for
The musical arts In big.league
way.
This city--whose thin disguise
you can easily pierce--is identified
as Dorchester" in upstate New
York, where q rich industrailist
has subsidized a grand opera COM
pany, q school OF music and SYM
phony orchestra.
In the group OF artistic folk who
cluster about this enterprise IL one
Nina, Russian.born wife of an or
chestra leader. To Nina the life
OF the place Is without soul. De.
voted at 1t Is to the things of the
spirit, Dorchester Is nevertheless
under the spell Of the dollars-and-
cents background Of its Maecenas.
So Nina essays to remedy matters.
Now the book must stand or fall
with Nina herself. All of Its char.
acters and events are passed in
review before her vivid PERSONAL
ity. The petty suabbles Of the ar
lists, the pretensions Of the towns
society, the ambition Of the mag.
nate himself, all are colored by
her presence. II you like her you
will like the book. Otherwise
To this reviewer Nina seemed
more than little preposterous;
and when, at last, she admitted de.
feat and fed to Paris, felt that
all hands involved should have
sighed deeply with relief. And II
seems to me that the magnate
comes Off better, by comparison
with her, than the author intended.
But you may easily feel other
wise; and In any case you will find
the book alive and thoughtful.
Whatever Il IL, Il Is never dull.
It Is priced Mt $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

This country is rapidly coming to the
fore in its work of restoring old and historic
SITES We have paid much attention to the
birth places of our presidents, etc. Our
places of interest likewise have received their
fair share of state. federal or private aid.
Now the home where William Penn lived
with his family from 1888 to l70l near
Tullytown on the Delaware river is being
restored by the state of Pennsylvania. 1t
will be known as Pennsbury Manor when
completely restored. Too much praise can
not be given to such enterprises as these.
distinguished as they are by complete abb
sence of all eommercialism.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Our Daily Washington Letter
Hearing on Process Tax Called Off When Govern.
ment Prepared to Show Textile Profits

half-dollar rate and the death of
the 25-cent and 35-cent haircut
In less pretentious shops. A
leading BARRIERS periodical and
the BARRIERS union led the cam
paign.
But when the grocery boy and
the elevator man learned they
must pay so cents, they decided
they might as we'll be tonsured
in style. They deserted their old
BARRIERS and piled into exclusive
hotel shops and other pariors
which had always charged so
cents and offered SIMMER trim
mings, extra fourishes. hotter
towels and more elevated CONVEX
sation.
SO q lot OF shops have gone
back to rs or 35 cents, hoping
to get the old trade back. (Bcau.
ty parlors, to a lesser extent,
have had like experience.)
Handling Job.Seckers
The three gents who handle
visiting, job-seeking politicians
now are Ambrose O'Connell, Harl.
lee Branch and Emil Hurja, re.
spectively executive assistant, sec.
rotary and handy man to Postmas.
ter General Jim Farley. Hurja II
working day and night as admins.
trative assistant in the public
works administration, where he
has developed q crouch, reported
ly because he wasn't made min
lister to Finland--the land OF his
ancestors.
Those whose business II Is to
get Jobs for others insist the
most effect man to see when
you really want something bad
II First Assistant Postmaster
General Joseph o'Mahoney, q
Wyoming lawyer and democratic
national Committeeman.
Copyright 1888 NEA Service, fnc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
NEW ENGLANDERS
(New Haven Journal Courier)

Connecticut welcomes many : a
nationally known DAME band to its
shore resorts and bathrooms. But
when the situation Is reversed,
when the state presents the nation
with a proved popular dance Or
chestra, it Is time for q bit Of
boasting. OF course there Is Rudy
vaVlIee and his Connecticut YAM
KEGS: but he IL q Maine product,
YaIeonly for time. ana his play
several states. There Is I.anny
Ross OF present Show Boat fang,
another Yale man. There IL Louis
RApp, featured soIotst with Faui
Ash at the worlds fair. But these
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
are indlylduals. Barney Rapp ana

are individuals. Barney Rapp and
his New Ehglanders constitute
completely local collective unit
They are now at the New Yorker
hotel, playing into their tweifth
week and thus ecllpsing the rec
The label New Englanders' is
misleading, detracts from New Ha-
ven's claim. Bernard Rappaport Is
thoroughly local, started his pub
lie music career In, the auditorium
of New Ravens high school. Both
his featured singers are New Ha.
ven bred. or the orchestra menu
bers, one is from Bridgeport. one
from YaIesville, one from Walling-
ford, and eight from New Haven.
Let them be known as New Eng
land products; but local enthusi-
asts know what section of New
England can claim their origin.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Here, There And Euerywhere

daughter; there was Mrs Nicholas
Longworth, Mrs Ethel Roosevelt
Derby, Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Roos-
evelt. Even their political leanings
may be discernec. by the discern
Ing. But their precise relationships
boggle both memory and reason.
Some genealogical fiends may util-
Ice O goodiy portion Of the New
Leisure to determine the branches
of this family tree. We find solace
In a sentence from the New York
Times. Genealogical novices
were found leaning exhausted
against the taffrail."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

not good investing. We don't want to curb
our elections Really they are part of our
national pride. but we do think that when
parties rua up staggering debts it's time to
call halt in this business Of granting credit
right and left.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
Personal Health Service
(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. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

THE yoYAGEURs

Eleanor Aiietta chaffee In The New York SUM
A wedge OF wild geese Is cleaving the turquoise
sky;
Like u pinion shed. like feather floating
down
Is the delicate echo OF their strange. harsh cry
Drifting over the massed roofs OF the town.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

High tide at Milford Friday. September
IS, 9:o4 a. M. daylight time; low tide.
3:25 p. M. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

Instead of eurtailins cotton crops
we might have enacted law requiring wo-
men to wear petticoats.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
SNAKES AND PESTS MOVE oUI

General Grant National Park
Cal, (UP)-Park highway engi-
neers to-day had their tent back.
but not without q battle. Eleven
rattlesnakes and q small army OF
tarantulas took possession OF It
when the engineers abandoned It
for a few months.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

Deer in the Yosemite National Park
were recently taken for ride by y. S.
Forest rangers. The animals had trespassed
upon the saerosanet wild-flower preserve of
the Hotel Awahnee in the park. For their
transgressions they were ordered banished
forever from that section Of the park. 1000
varieties of native wild flowers were
threatened by the deer. No doubt they
thought they were simply knee deep in
clover. What's wild flower more or less
to an animal accustomed to browsing on
whatever heritage is at hand.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

All vehicles must be lighted not later than
1874, daylight time tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

The South Manchuria railway. in
Manchuria. In expanding its SUBJ
salaries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14

The Blue Eagle" says his official man
ager, General johnson, carried thunder
bolts in one claw and mill-wheel in the
other" Pretty soon there will be some Of
those gadgets dropping on slaekers heads.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-09-14
This Oar stilI Moves!

ust as fisherman can become
sentimentally attached to a supple
rod, or a golfer TO favoritc iron,
80 can an oarsman have an affec-
ton for a tried and trusty oar.
Take the case of Cy Weed, for
example. About two decades ago
he was the famous stroke of the
Cornell crew, and when he left
college, he took with him the
graceful length of ash with which
he had won, or helped to win.
many race.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-08
147 FARMERS IN
IOWA ARRESTED;
KEEP UP FIGHT
Attorney General In
SANDER Campaign to
Excuse Militia Terror

LEMARS, Iowa, May Already
lat farmers have been arrested by
the National Guards here. c. j.
Schultz, president of the Plymouth
Farm Holiday, who had been at
tending the National Convention OF
the Holiday Association in Des
Moines was arrested upon his re-
turn. The militia is investigating a
society of farmers called Sons of
the Picketers"
Working hand in glove with the
militia is another tool Of the big
interests in Iowa. Attorney General
Edward L. OConnor is laying the
blame of all the trouble on leaders of
the holiday movement and on Com
munist agitators." His charge is that
"racketeering methods" have been
used in forcing the farmers to join
the holiday movement. Farmers have
been forced to pay rs cents to join
and haYe been threatened with the
burning of their barns and straw
stacks.
Even Milo Reno has been compelled
to shove the lie down the attorney
generals throat. The farmers know
full we'll this charge is. for the pur-
pose Of covering up intimidation used
by the militia to get evidence to
frame-up the militant farmers and
smash the growing mass movement
to better their conditions.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-08
Railroads Pleading
Poverty to Excuse
Firing and Pay Cuts
Wall Street Journal of Bankers Halls Plan for
Gear" Who Can Throw Another
Quarter Million Out of Jobs

A tremendous smoke screen is be-
ing laid down at the present time
concerning the poor financial condi-
ton of the railroads in order to put
over, with as little resistance as pos
sible, a whole series of emergency"
measures whose purpose is to main
tain railroad profits at the expense
Of the railroad workers. The spectre
of immediate dictatorship Of the en-
tire railroad system of this country
and with it of the million railroad
workers still in the industry, faces us.
A bill known as the Emergency
Railroad Transportation Act, calls
for a railroad coordinator, empow-
cred to effect a whole series Of
changes in railroad operation, to
prevent all avoidable expense and
promote financial reorganizations to
reduce fixed charges in the interest
Of carrier credit and the public"
There can be no better assurance of
the power to be conferred on one
man who will act as railroad coor-
dinator than is given in the Wall
Street Journal, spokesman for the
railroad bankers and bondholders.
IF the emergency rail bill goes
through in the form now described"
says this paper, @the car applied to
the coordinator), is just about right.
Selected by President Roosevelt, he
would come pretty close to being
railroad dictator. there isn't much
he couldn't do with the railroads"
by preventing and relieving OBJ
structions and burdens thereon re-
sulting from the present acute eco
nomic emergency" the bankers and
their government expect to bring
back the golden days of prosperity
for the railroad stakeholder. They
expect to do this by still further
reducing the burden of railroad
wages, and throwing another quarter
of a million men out Of the industry.
Half Billion More for the Bankers
Between 1929 and 1882 the rail-
roads saved in wages almost a bill
lion and half dollars. This repre-
sents wages saved through laying off
1886 railroad men PLUS the 10 per
cent wage cut in effect since Febru-
airy 1882 This billion and half
dollars, taken in the form of jobs
and wage cuts. has made it possible
for many of the roads to make pro-
fits, in spite of business stagnation,
for some to pay dividends, interest
and principal on their debts to the
bankers, and almost all of them tG
add to their tremendous reserves
which they can use to gobble up the
little roads under the helping hand
of the rail car and his three re-
gional boards, which will be selected
by the roads themselves. On prac-
tically every road, during these past
three years, the severe drop in oper-
ating income Tevenue), has been
made up by drastic reductions in
operating expense, and these drastic
reductions came mainly from cutting
the payroIls.
For the last six months, ended
February 1888, the Louisville g. Nash
vile Railroad showed an operating
income of more than SO million dol
lars compared with an income Of
three and half million for the cor
responding period the year before.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-05-08
Ruby Bates and Lester Carter Get Stormy
Ovation at ScottSboro Send>Ot in N Y.

Knight bullyragged the Negro wit
nesses. He explains that he no longer
feels that Judge Horton was fair.
Everyone all over the country knows
that Negroes are not allowed to serve
on juries in the South. Judge Horton
knows that full well, too, but he made
no move to have the court admit it,
During LiebowiSz's speech, Ruby
Bates comes down the aisle. The
whole mass meeting surges to its
feet. William Patterson, national sec
rotary of the LID, introduces her
Nineteen years ago white girl was
born in the South. She had schooling
for only five years. AS mere child
she was sent into the mills where she
worked IL, Is IA hours day. The
ruling class dared to talk to her of
white supremacy! But it was only
through the nine innocent Negro
Scottsboro boys that she found her
way back to a decent life. She found
the courage and womanhood in a cru
cial period to take her place in the
ranks OF the working class.
Ruby Bates Speaks
Ruby Bates is tall, healthy look
ing girl. She speaks simply and hon
estly. She speaks slowly and carefully
as if she is searching down deep in
side of her for the whole truth. THE
Scottsboro boys are innocent. saw
the fight between the Negro and
white boys on the freight. I want to
say that the Negro boys didn't say a
word to either of the two girls. Vic
toria Price or me. They had the boys
tied together with ropes and thrown
into truck after they was arrested.
would be lynched myself if I didn't
tell the story that the nine innocent
boys had attacked me. I worked in