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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
MIRA. Permanent?

The National Industrial Recovery Ad- minstration is, on the face of it, temporary expedent. It has limited legal tenure. Many, perhaps most, of our people are probably assuming that it will go out of existence if and when business revival is ac- eomplished It is more likely that NRA. or some similar business control plan taking its place, will still be with us when this emergency is past Keen sighted business men have no delusions about the matter. J. s. Trite, president of the National Eleetri- cal Manufacturers Association, tells the leaders of that industrial group that NRA is only "a preliminary stage of what we must look forward to in the future"
 Tt is apparent to me-" he says, that the Recovery Act with perhaps some modified tions, will gradually pass from the status of emergency legislation to permanent policy. Industry may expect in the future that gov- ernment will take more interest in its oper- ations. with view to stabilizing perma- nently our whole economic state. And the more effectively our own or any other in- dustry regulates itself so as to contribute to the stability of our national life, the less interference it will have from the govern- ment. believe we may expect from now on that government will have supervisory juris- dietion over all industry"
 The tendency sets powerfully, perhaps inevitably. in that direction. And it is not, as superficial observers seem to fancy. mere freak of business or politics. Vast economic tides are sweeping through the world. It is not likely that any obstructive or noneom- formist industry can stop them. Probably all industry together could not do it.
 The time has come when industry must have intelligent correlation and control, or crack up. The more of this control indus try can provide for itself, the better. But industry is only part of community life. A part cannot dominate the whole. Govern. ment, which alone can profess to represent society as a whole, necessarily has the last word. Wherefore, just as We must have more order in business in order to survive, we must have less political confusion in government-more science, more responsl- bility. more statesmanship.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

took considerable effort to raise him self to his present position of second place in the state Naturally he expects to keep on up the ladder and not remain where he is now. So if he isn't an avowed candidate for the governorship next year we miss our guess. And there may be others similarly urged in republican ranks.
 Of course much of the g.o,p. activity of next year depends on the way the democrats move If Governor Cross does decide to cast his lot with the U. s. Senate. as has been suggested on several occasions, it will be necessary for the democrats to cast about for somebody to take his place. And that's no easy job. Therefore we can expect to see plenty of action among the republicans doing their best to convince the democrats that they should run the governor for U. s. Senator. But there will be just as many democrats anxious for Governor Cross to stay right where he is, not that they want him out of the senatorial race. but because they need his strength at the top of the state ticket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

Washington.--Cotton farmers, despite their shrieks and those of their politicians, are much better off.
 Their situation would be worse than ever, on the other hand, if there had been no New Deal ag- ricultural program. The success of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration to date has sur- prised many experts.
 The aim is to give farmers pur- chasing power approximately equal to what they had in the 1010-14 period. Cotton then aver aged 12.4 cents pound. Parity now would mean c price of 13.9, since prices of what farmers buy are higher. August's average cot- ton price was S.S.
 But S.S is distinctly better than the G.5 price Of August, 1882, when 13.3 would have meant parity. It left cotton farmers b.1 from parity instead of last years disparity of 6.S. True, cotton went to 10.6 in July and they were then only 2.7 below parity, but they're still c cent nearer than in June.
 Crop Value Higher
 The AAA Is adding about S15o,. 000, 900 to cotton farmer incomes by crop reduction and option bene- fits. Value of this years crop at recent prices is about $b60,00O,000 as compared with s397, 100000 last year.
 Farmers are sore because the July price didn't stay up. Also, their marketing peak comes n October and better prices on this years crop after November would benefit only those who hold the cotton.
 A fine cotton year plus q 13,o0o.- 900 bale carryover last year pre-. vented the AAA from achieving all 1t hoped. A 12,400,000 bale crop this year and 11,700,00o carry. over, even with about q fourth Of 40, 000,000 cotton acres removed from production, means supply of 24,000,000 bales against normal consumption of 14.300,00O. Carry Over Reduced
 without the plowing-under pro gram there would have been 2s,- 600, 500 bales -- two million more than ever before - and cotton prices would have tobogganed be' low last years.
 A 10,000,000 bale carryovcr for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
In The Name Of Defense

Whatever else you may say about naval armament races. you can't deny that they at least have whimsical illogicality which, if it were not potentially so dangerous, would be nothing less than delightful brief survey of the situation as it affects the United States, Japan and Great Britain will show what we mean,
 The United States government takes some 100000 to bring its fleet up to treaty strength. It does this as everyone knows, because heretofore no effort has been made to attain treaty strength. The eoun- try has voluntarily maintalnsd smaller navy than it is entitled to. Consequently. as any American naval expert will tell you, the American fleet has suffered by com parison with those of Great Britain and Japan Shipyards in those countries have not been idle Their naval strength has not been permitted to lag.
 However, the United States no sooner begins to spend money on its navy than the authorities of England and Japan wake up and announce that times are getting par lous. English naval authorities announce that their cruiser strength will be hopelesSly below par soon as the American program is completed In sheer self-defense they have got to build more ships. The admiralty experts even cook up new kind of war ship. a 50o0-ton "sloop'' armed with six inch guns, which won't come under. treaty restrictions at all
 As with England, so with Japan. Ob- viously the island empire cannot allow the United States fleet to get too big mar gin of superiority In the most peaceable manner imaginable, they can do nothing else than put new keels on the ways If they don't. their national security will be threatened. So we find the three greatest naval powers on earth beginning good old-fashioned armament race-from the purest motives of Self-defense!
 Each must spend millions upon millions of dollars on the race simply because it IS afraid of its neighbors Each one devout- ly believes that one or both of its rivals are at fault. Each is afraid that one of the others may get an advantage and then start war. If it weren't SO expensive and so dangerous. it would be good for fine laugh.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
The Plot Thickens

No doubt considerably heartened by the thought that perhaps in l934 Governor Will bur L. Cross may not be the democratic candidate for governor. the candidacy of Judge Raymond E. Baldwin of Stratford vas launched at rally in Stratford the ether night. Not that Mir Baldwin is turn ine democrat. of course. He will seek the so.p. nomination. But there would be more confidence in the republican guber- nstorial candidates breast if he were run. nins against somebody other than the pres' ent democratic standard bearer.
 It will be interesting to note the effect of the Fairfield county mans candidacy on the rest of the state. First of there should be repsreussions from Meriden. the home Of the present iieutenant-governor Roy c. Wilcox. republican. He certainly isn't so' to be turned ssids 90 lightly as all that. it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
Be Sure To Vote

Next Tuesday is an important day - the day of the biennial city election. That is the day when we decide what the policy of Waterbury is to be for the next two years. In some ways it is even more important to the average man than the state or presiden- tial election We are all taxpayers. directly or indirectly. If we do not own any real estate, the rent we have to pay depends somewhat on the city tax levy. So we all have an interest in having busness-like and economical administration.
 Mayor Hayes has certainly given it to us No amount of political camouflage or dis torted figures can take away the fact that he has reduced our tax rate almost ten millS that the city has paid its payrollS and its other bills when duo, and this is one of the most difficult periods that Waterbury has ever seen. Of course, no administration IS ever absolutely perfect, but he has done as we'll as he could,
 Compare our record with that of the many cities that have increased taxes and failed to meet their payrolls in the last few years, some of the largest cities in the country. In spite of all the abuse. Wa tcrbury hasn't done so badly. And that too in the face of much misrepresentation and misstatemcnt, political in its nature, so as to make his way as hard as possible,
 So it is important that every voter should do his duty next Tuesday Many elections are lost by indifference. This one should not be, and we do not believe it will-b It is too important and on its results may de- pend a great deal of the future of this city Taxes must be kept down if we are going to keep our industries here, against the grow ing competition of the western cities. ]. So be sure to vote yourself and have your family vote and remind your neighbor to do his duty at the polls. If everyone votes for Mayor Hayes to break bis record of two years ago will be an easy matter. And elect the whole ticket with him. No administra- ton divided against itself can do as well as oac that is harmonious and which works together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

This is quite busy season for the Post office Department at Washington and also for philatelists. What with new Koscius- ko stamp in early October and the Byrd ex- position covers. there is plenty of interest. Don't be confused by this Byrd stamp. It's not one that will be sold over the counter at postoffices. It's special Scent stamp to go on mail posted at the Little America office near the South Pole. It will cost 50 cents to get one of these pieces of mail, that being an official estimate of the cost of ship ping the mail via .the Byrd ships and then getting them back again. That's the only place any time the special stamp will be used.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

Hartford aldermen aren't going to have any of their prerogatives denied them. It has always been one of their inalienable rights to tear up parking tickets, when and if they received them. And not only that, if ward henchman approaches an alderman and asks him to take care of ticket who is there among us to question his right to tear it into tiny pieces? None. of course
 A resolution came before the Hartford board this week seeking to have the mayor name a committee of three to investigate the wholesale practice of getting rid of tickets
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
To-day,S Selected Poem
THE BITTER HARVEST

(By Frances Cassella in The New York Times) Now for a brief while comes the white-eyed bat Squeaking his way across q great barns roof Humping the weathercock. over mat Of weli-moss dew glistens, and the aloof March of gray smoke from my neighbours
 chimney
 Starts into the sky. l hear the sharp beat Of a wind-struck shingle, sense the dimly Polished stars and from the newly threshed
 wheat
 The smell of damp earth stings me, covers me With nervous hunger--and suddenly you Call my name. push your short hands restlessy Into my hair. gather mo up and through The low doorway bear me laughing; and there Reach my hand--and vanish Into air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

We always thought that leeehes were something which could be found only in old-fashoned drug stores. Then, of course. there are the human leeehes to which we editors refer occasionally. But it seems that real live blood-sueking leeehes are killing off thousands of waterfowl annually. So much SO that authorities are appealing for govern ment aid. The ducks have been feeding on the leeches in their bug form. When the worms are distributed they clamp onto the inside of a ducks stomach or neck. And that's the end of Mir and Mrs Duck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
So They Say
Spain is finished with royalty for of Asturias.

Spain ts finished with royalty for good.-Prince of Asturias.
 Repeal of the 18th Amendment will not constitute a panacea for all the ills to which mankind is heir.-Jouett Shouse, president, Association Against Prohibition Amendment.
 One of the most astonishing dee iusions of mankind to-dal is the idea that happiness Is associated with moral oseness.-Rev Harry Emerson Fosdick. New York.
 I cannot help but wonder at times whether there Is not a cer- tain amount of hypocrisy involved in our scientific pretenses.--Prof Arthur W. Kornhauser. Chicago University.
 It is my opinion that possibly economists write the laws of ecos monies afte the event-Bankes William A. Hartman.
 I am just a common garden varis ety of American citizen come to Chicago to see the fair.
 -Herert Hoover.
 Waving of wands will not sui. flee to dissipate real economic -U. s. Secretary of Agriculture
 Henry A. Wallace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

and thus preventing many motor law vio- lations being disposed of in court. Needless to say the resolution was voted down and it was the eoneensus that it was an alder mans duty to take care of his constituents by dsposing of any and sundry parking tickets. We don't know any city that doesn't suffer in some way from such tactics as these. And so far as we can see there's no way of putting stop to them, So long as police and court officials retain speaking aequaintaneeships with their friends they will be called upon to do such small favors as dispose of minor traffic law violations without going through the ordinary pro- cesses of law. rS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
4 Book e Day
by BRUCE CATION

The best detective story of the fall season, so far, seems to pc "The Case of the Sulky Girl" by Erie Stanley Gardner (Morrow:
 Here we have Perry Mason, the completely hard d.boiied lawyer, who dives head first into a sea of trouble by taking a retainer from 0 pretty young heiress just as her guardian gets bumped off. Because the girl won't tell him the truth about things, our lawyer almost 10 accused of the murder himself; and when hc escapes that fate his client is arrested. So Perry Mason has to get hor out of 1t; and he does it in a man. ner that makes q swell story. MT Gardner is that rarity, q detective. story novelist who writes as if ho had actuaiy seen cops and lawyers and so on in action. Ho avoids the mumbo. jumbo stuff and presents real people behaving as real people | do behave. His 1awyer.detoctive 3s tough, cynical and completely com vlncing. '"rho Case of tho Suiky Girl" is, in brief, q honey. I can't say quito as much for Murder in Trinidad," by John W. Vanderceok (Crime Cluz: S2). This one is m unabashed thriller about q league of nations sleuth who tries 10 smash q dopo ring in the tropics. There's q hidden village in q swamp, q fair lady in distress. m island cave, and q good deal of unadorned homicide. The yarn isn't especially convincing, but t does provide good deal Of excite- mont.
 Murder in the Bath" by Roger Francis Didoiot (Lipplncott: S2), is rather weak. t tells about q beau tiful girl who is throttled in her bath in q Paris school. American gangstcrs, English crooks, an oxcit. abio French copper and q rcmark- ably involved and rather ineompre- hensiblc plot are It's chief ingredi- | eflts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
Help For Hoboes

The announcement that the federal gov crnment will assume entire responsibility for the nations needy transients this winter is good news to harassed local and state relief agencies, which have found this problem one of the hardest with which they have to struggle. As explained by Harry L. Hop. kins national relief administrator, the plan involves the establishment of five or six federal relief stations in every state. Tramps, hoboes and other homeless folk will be shel- tered and fed at these places. Some of the food the government is buying in an effort to reduce surpuses will be used for the pur- pose.
 At the camps some sort of work will be provided for those obtaining relief. If a man believes he would have better oppor- tunity for self-support elsewhere. the gov ernment will pay his transportation ex- penses to that place. It looks like sensi- ble thing to have the federal government handling this problem. It, should check. even if it cannot wholly stop, the shifting back and forth across the country of an army of destitute wanderers. It should make possible a unified program for handl- ing the problems they have presented.
 States and smaller communities have been compelled. for lack of funds or adequate michinery. simply to hurry the transeients along. It has been recognized that the sit- uation held a serious menace to health and morals and afforded fine breeding ground for crime. These dangers may be eliminated by wise handling of the situation by federal authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
Daily Washington Letter
Figures Show Cotton Farmers Have Gained
 Through Agricultural Relief Program.

I next year seems fair estimate, whereas 4.5 to 6 millions is q req. sonable amount. To meet that, the AAA will announce c drastic re- duction, program for next year of about 10 per cent on the five year average production and try to eliminate some of the surplus through non-competitivo channels. It hopes this announcement will boost prices in tho near future.
 
 Virgin Island Rum
 The secret is out. President RooSevclts Rreat-groat- grandfather sold rum. At least, he was in the sugar business. importing from the West Indicb, and r. D. thinks that "in aii probability" ho handled rum es q sideline, although family records don't show it. A caller asked him about it, at tho same time pointing out that St Croix rum from tho Virgin Islands used to be q great drink and that restoration of the St Croix rum in. dugtry in tho islands might moan their economic salvation. RooBe. welt thought 1t was an interesting idea and passed 1t along to Secre- tary of tho Interior fckes, boss of the islands for investigation. 
 Washingt0n's Commissioners
 one question invariably brings general laugh at the twice.a- week Roosevelt press conferences:
 "Mr President. is there anything new on the district comnission- erBT"
 That's been asked ever since March {. without fail, by local re- porters. The answer always is that there isn't.
 The commissioner are the three men who supervise the government Of the District of Columbia. Those of the Hoover administration are still on tho job.
 l (CopyrlRht 1893 NEA Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
MIR sPELLACY KEEPS
 HIS COURAGE UP
Bridgeport Times.star)

Bridgeport Times.Star)
 Thomas J. spellacy, the arch democratic leader of Hartford, al. ways has to have somebody to at- tack when his political fortunes simmer low. singling out some in- dividual, he lavishes upon him the vitriol of his acknowledged wit, hoping. by the very vituperance of his attack, to distract attention from whatever criticisms, may have been made of himself.
 MT Spellacy's fortunes, in the city of Hartford, are little low just at present. He's not too certain of himself in the democratic primaries which are approaching. There is Q little more public feeling against his methods than usual; there is little more open criticism than those who object to the Spellacy school of politics usually dare.
 His recourse, in such a situation. has been to single out ono promi- nent individual, the editor of the Hartford Times, and attack him as a bigot. His attack was brilliant in sarcasm, impolite in personalities; a typical Speilacy campaign speech. A group of his own henchmen ap- plauded his words. Mir Spellacy, in the minds of his followers, had struck vital blow; had re-estab- lished himself in the public esteem.
 The Hartford Times, with true candor published a frank and accu- rate report of MT Spellacy's speech.
 The Times. in company with such other frankly independent newspa' pers as there are in Connecticut, has many a time reflected that, a!- though MT Spellacy. terms himself a democrat, his influence Is not healthy for the party, either in the city of Hartford, or the state. Mir spellacy's recent rantings are not likely to change the opinion of the Hartford Times. nor are they likely to influence independent opinion in the democratic party throughout the state. Indeed. there Is a great deal oi comfort for those who wish MI speiiacy political m in tho recoeni. ton that his recent outburst indi' cates real worry on his part. The weaker he finds hinsseifs the louder he talks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30

New Yorks Bronx resembled something like the camps of the "Forty-Niners' this week when it was noised around that gold had been struck The discovery was made in Nathan Garelik's backyard. Tanks were being sunk for an oil-burner tank. How ever down at the assay office samples of the shiny yellow stuff that was unearthed and taken for gold wouldn't even be tested. Still Nathan might capitalize on his gold mine in some other way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-30
London Letter
By HENRY T. RUSSELL! . Tinted Press Stan COrrcSpOndent)

London, (UP) - Greater even than the concern which Britain's 2,6OO,00O jobless are causing 10 those who are trying to solve their problem is the prospect of the notwithstanding numbers Of thcir children, many of whom event ualIy will swell the ranks of the unemployed.
 Some idea of the gravity of this problem: unemployment of the future, can be obtained from fig ures (applying to Scotland only) just issued in a report of the na- tional advisory council for juve- nile employment (Scotland). Ac- cording to the councils recent survey of the problem, by 1887 there will be nearly 50,0O0 more juveniles unemployed than there are at present. (The number of unemployed juveniles in Scotland as of March 31, 1893. was 23,025; 13.OSO boys and 9,945 girls).
 60,464 Jobless Youths
 The "estimated net surpluses of juvenile labor in the survey areas for the year ending March 31. 1887, is 69,464. The same fig ure for 194O is 50,1S5.
 Not long ago the Prince or Wales visited the areas surveyed. Thousands - literally thousands of children, from babies in their mothers arms, lined literally miles and miles of roads with fiuttering handkerchiefs and flags to greet their future king. Doubt less many of these thousandse are included in the councils survey. It is believed to be practically cer- tain that many other thousands of children (ranging from three to seven, and who will therefore not be of working age for seven more years) were not included.
 It is the fact that this unem- ployment of the future is on the increase annually which is caus- ing concern among a section or relief workers. There seems to be little hope of any serious reduc- ton in the figures in the near fu- ture unless birth control, or some other measure officially are spon- sored.
 Rear Large Families The fact that unemployed fam- files all over Britain rear large | families ranging from three to eight, ten and even i4 children only makes the outlook worse, | Thus the present unemployment problem of the country Is. in the opinion of those who are study inG the figures. relatively simple