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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
We Attract Attention

Connecticut's efforts to iron out difficult ties attendant upon adoption of suitable liquor control bill are beginning to be com mented upon in other states. The we'll known Springfield Republican says. Tn no state has the battle over liquor control be- come more spectacular than in Connecticut. Apparently the climax will come Tuesday when local control beer bill, reported by the judiciary committee of the House in place of the state control bill drafted by the commission appointed by Governor Cross. will be brought up by vote of the republic can majority -.
 Probably at the time that editorial was written the Republican was not familiar with the radio address made by Governor Cross last Friday night from WTIC. In the course of his remarks be called attcn- ton to the fact that public opinion was slowly but surely strangling the efforts of various members of the Legislature to link liquor control with political power. This. he declared. was solely the result of activities of the judiciary committee. As for himself he was doing all in his power to keep all discussion of liquor control on non-par- fisan basis.
 ~ The Republican backs up the governor in this fashion Gov Cross has called the judiciary committee bill the worst possible solution of the problem be- cause it indissolubly links local politics with liquor and beyond all doubt all local government would thereafter he subject 10 the test as to whether 1t was satisfactory to liquor interests If Connecticut is eventu- ally to have proper state control of bard liquor. it must apparently have proper state fc3ntrol of beer first
 More than tbat if the state is 10 control beer traffic it bad better iron out its di- feulty early this week. The ban goes off April 25. That is one week from to- morrow. Even emergency legislation to ,Sxtend thc ban is better than the confusion that will doubtless exist if unrestricted sell ing is permitted On the other hand have our state solons the right to deny resi- dents the privilege to purchase beverage to which under federal law they are rightfuly entitled. We think not in view of condl- tons all through the nation and particularly in Connecticut. a state that never ratified the 18th amendment and that has consist entIy shown itself to be opposed to dry Jaws There $ only one thing for the ' SLfesgislature to' do. namely. adopt the state control plan with. naturally. some revislons where necessary. but maintaining the salient idea of vesting control in commission named by the governor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
The Washington Atmosphere

TT here is something intoxicating in the Washington atmosphere" writes Washing ton correspondent. They hate to leave when defeated" So they don't leave. Wheth CT cabinet members or senators or represen- tatives Of underlings, they tend to settle down and stay there when they leave office. And in SO doing. they usually continue to play politics. often very prohtably. From the ranks of these retired office holders come the most effective lobbyists.
 Washington is to politics what New York is 10 business and finance. only more so. Our business capitals population is widely var- jed Our political capital. steadily growing in size and scope. houses one vast industry practical politics. Everything is seen there from political angles. everything is given political twist Everybody is playing with the ins and outs. seeking to hold or keep office, or 10 promote or kill legislation, or to seek appointments or other favors, for self or friends or clients. or playing the game just for the fun of it. No wonder, in that artificial and ssphyxiating atmosphere. rep resentatves touch with the folks back home, overlook big facts. confuse issues. mistake and dis,or popular sentiment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17

Muscle Shoals is the scene of an old In- dian legend. according to natives down in that section of Alabama and Tennessee. And President Roosevelt by his announced intention of developing not only this see- ton of the Tennessee river. but its entire watershed looms as the Great Spirit. The story runs that the Great Spirit imprisoned a water sprite beneath Muscle Shoals. She was the goddess of the river. The lover was the Prince of the Power of the Air. He wooed her with breezes. They could never be united, though, until somebody in human form should come and bring peace to the region. The few remaining Indians think that President Roosevelt IS doing that and that when Muscle Shoals starts operating the goddess will come forth and protect the spot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
Use For Army Posts

A lot of moribund army posts scattered around the country "get break" So do . lot of political patriots who have raised Cain in Congress. for the benefit of ther own districts or states. whenever thrifty statesmen have tried 10 save the govern ment little money by abandoning super fluous posts. Now there IS use for them. They fit neatly into the new relief and conservation plan.
 Recruits for the national work army are taken 10 convenient army posts for prelim- mary training. Under army officers they learn the rudiments of camp life how 10 take care of themselves and ther quarters. They learn a simple discipline not mil- tsry. but such as they need for ihc purpose before they are passed on 10 civilian gang bosses or captains for the actual forestry and reclamation work.
 Without numerous army posts and camps Wastefcd around tbc country, this ioree could mol be recruited of handled so quickly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
A Good Idea

Postmaster General James A. Farley will take immediate steps to return the two cent rate on first class postage. This was decided last week after d conference of administration leaders and department of- fieials. While the two-cent rate may not obtain on anything but local mail for some time. it seems obvious that eventually we will have it universal in the nation, as 1t was prior to July. 1882, when it was in- flicted on an unsuspectng public together with other nuisance taxes.
 Originally the first class postage rate was jumped to three cents because II seemed as if this was the only way to cut down the annual deficit in the postofhce department. First class postage was paying for itself but not other classes. lnasmueh as the great bulk of mail seemed to be passing through postoffices as first class 1t seemed reasonable to believe that mere one-cent increase would materially increase the de- partments revenue and at the same time de crease its deficit.
 Tn bringing about this change in local rates Postmaster General Farley pointed out that President Roosevelt is going to be given the power to make any further neces- sary changes up 10 July ]. 1884. This power is given the president so that in the event that the two-eent rate on local post age provides more revenue than the three cent does it will be extended 10 include all domestic postage. With three-iourths of our business houses utilizing various classes to-day to defeat the present three cent rate we don't soc how tbe proposed chan2e can be anything but sueeessful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17

A new racket has struck New York and doubtless will spread out to the hinterlsnds ere long. Restaurants. stores. etc. where It is customary to handle large number of bills in the days transactions are sold lists containing the serial numbers of what are purported to be counterfeit money. Un- fortunately these placards contain list longer than any ever prepared by the secret service department. In fact the list is just as apt to contain the serial number of good bill as well as bad one. lnasmuch as the cards sell for twenty-five cents each the printers usually make fair profit on a days distribution. When the print shops. to whom thE are credited, are investigated. their name is usually found to be as fic- tious as are the bill numbers. Watch out for this racket if it comes your way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
CAN WE CATCH UP ON LOST SLEEP

Who shall SAY how many hours of sleep any individual requires? There is no arpltrary rule' Flight hours each night is g. fair average TOT adults Younger persons require more; older persons less. Infants should sleep most or the time. Children in their teens ought to nave ten hours of sleep, never less than nine.
 Men and women who work or play nara neeo more sIecp than those who live by their Wlts or bv bounty of the fools who support para sites.
 In short, sleep in all cases is shutdown for repairs or installation of new machinery or accumulation of new material or q new reserve of fuel Those who have the most repairing u do must have the most sleep.
 The legendary short sleep rations or the iate Thomas Edison may be accounted for in that way. MT Edison lived by his wits. Thinkns uses practically no energy. His mode of lire was little more than vegetating or Just si'',ns !s around doing nothing at all. Thereiore hif sleep or repair requirements were trlhing
 suppose the wseacre reader Will ma some thing odd about this statement of the physio' logical facts but state the facts nevertheless
 It is not at all the so-called strenuous nle the high tension' life and all that punK: Una makes full sleep rations so essential It 's tm' natural life, the animal life, the physically active life, that does that. Sleep time ls repair time.
 A great many people habtually take more sleen than they need or deserve and more thar s good for them; idle people; parasites people who do no honest work and rarely or never play at anything more strenuous than prldse driving q car on the o.her nanu s a saea % many Dcopje uO iHVic t"~h the drudgery and work of the world are forced by one circumstance or another to sc. "'p',t , inc best they can on short sleep rations. Bu the working man woman or the young atn lete can never make up for sleep once lost. Is irreparable loss. ,,,
 Right here I beg to remind lot of elderl! persons who are too, too early birds for norma people to live with in peace and comfort, Una one afflicted with the early rising haplt ougn to keep his loathesome habit as secret as pos sible. These offenders who get up at an un earthly hour in the night and bang about a though they just dote on running the pest sicei of ali the honest people In the block. deserve suitable degree-I should say the second degre Inf murder. If their conscience is So trouble some that they can't rest long after 4. m. suggest that they might retire three hours late at night and give the rest of the household o neighborhood q break in the early dawn. Log icaily and psychologically the eldest member of the family should be the last to retire q night as well as the first up in the morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
In To-day's Mail you all letters and communications with your opinions to Waterbury Democrat
Defense Of Koscusko As Lithuanian Needed In View Of
 Conflicting Circumstances.

the appearance of my article. The Lithuanians not only have delayed to honor Kosciusko aS have the Poles but they also have been very consistent by not even asking the public to meet Keneral Kosciusko the Lithuanian. Had they done these two things Waterbury would have been spared these enduring disputes. That characteristic of si- lently regarding its heroes and more or less to themselves has long iden- tified the Lithuanians not only in this country but elsewhere. pre- sume, this will throw very consid- erable light upon the subject. (4) You maintain that I have failed to acquaint the public with the adoption of customs, language and supremacy of Poland, etc: I agree, that in this I have PUR- General Kosciusko's own lettera other course. When a man con- fesses his true blood and even goes so far as to call the Poles "Gas- koni" or oxen as 1t has been trans lated, you must agree that were he 0 Pole he certainly was q very poor one. His statements regarding his true blood are so vigorous and con- sistent that am surprised at any opposition even from the Poles. t. much more from a neutral and unprejudiced party! This entire article reminds me of story I once heard.
 A Jew encountered an Irishman in one of Americas larger cities and began to remonstrate with tho Irishman that regardless of his blood or place of birth or ancestry or descent, that the fact you were an American citizen made you American in blood also. The Irish | man with characteristic wit asked if on an analogical basis a cat were to have kittens in an oven, would they be called biscuits?
 am sure my attitude as regards the brewing question of Kosciuslko' E nationality has been treated by me
 with absolute fairness. At least that has been my conviction and
 had l any other surely would sin against fraternal charity of which
 am a professed and official an
 nouncer.
 In closing my nasty article, l agree with MT Kelley, that Koscius-
 ko, regardless of his origin, is illus-
 trious but still maintain that were
 he alive to-day he would certainly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
Here, There And Everywhere

convinced the public that such . cut as Mir Roosevelt talked about was an impossibility.
 None the less. the impossible has virtually been accomplished, and when the job is finished the re- duction promises to be nearer . third than a fourth. Of tho econo- mics already put into effect, two-- the reduction of the payments to veterans and the reduction of the salaries of governmental employees ---represent almost half of the $1.- 020, ,000, ,000 that is expected to be cut from the budget for 1884. A third major economy, involving departmental reorganization, is still to be formally ordered, but the plans for 1t have taken definite form, as have the plans for sharp reductions in the cost of the army, the navy, and the post ofhce. To- gether with other economies of Q relatively minor nature, the meas ures already put into force or about to be represent the most drastic overhauling of the govern ment in many years. Made impera- tive by the economic crisis, the economies are likely to have a permanent effect upon the conduct of the government. and the presi- dent deserves all credit for his boidness in demanding them.
 No serious dismay ought to be felt by the nation because, simul- taneousiy with the economies. the administration is contemplating in- creased expenditures in other di- rections. By making the economies. the administration has conclusively demonstrated that it has absolute control over the finances of the government. The alarm previously experienced concerning the na-
 tional credit was based not 60 much on the fact that expenditures were greater than income as on the fact that no effective control
 was being exerctsed over them | what has now been demonstrated
 is that the government is the mas ter of the situation, possessed oi the power to shut off expenditures
 as well as to initiate them. Tho
 outlays now contemplated are con.
 sequently not q source of uneasi'
 ness, even though they exceed tho
 savings that have been made. foi
 the danger that they will set out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
THE PHILIPPINE APPOINT.
 MENT
(Hartford Courant)

SOuio'tI
 Until 1880, when he was elected reform mayor of Detroit, Frank Murphy was unknown by name to the nation. His appointment AS governor general of the Philippines therefore, comes as q surprise. He has won favor by his treatment of the unemployed, which until finan- cial difficulties curtailed his pro- gram, was outstandingly courage ous and helpful. He may well have 1t in him to make an excellent chief executive in the orient. None the less, there will be some disappoint- mcnt that the president did not see fit to follow the precedent set by his predecessors of the repub- lican party. Their practice has been to select a governor general whose very name has been capable of jn- spirIng immediate and lasting con fidence in both Filipinos and Amer jeans. This office has become in truth stepping-stone to the great est honors in Washington.
 At this time, the situation in the East calls for the best that Amer lea has to offer. It calls for ex- perience in diplomacy, in world commerce and in the problems or constitution making. The Hawes- Cutting independence act has not left the relation of this country to the islands in static condition. on the contrary. 1t has opened A hundred questions that call foS Judgment and knowledge. All the orient is in political and economic turmoil. Tn the handling of these problems as they will come to hi4 official notice and to all tho sociab relations whihc will fall to hinis good wishes for his success go tS the men who. more than any others will represent the American govs ernment and the American people in the Far East.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Fine Tales From Haiti

The marines who served In Haiti during the American occupation seem to have seen some strange sights and done some strange things. and during the last year or SO they begun to tell about them. and right now we have Capt. John II. Craige, U. s. M. C., writ ing "Black Bagdad," which is as fine a collection of exciting tales as you'd care to read. He tells. for example, of the young marine officer who mistak- enly took to the jungle a childlike belief in the brotherhood of man, and who got fayed alive for hia pains.
 He tells of jungle savages who walk on the sides of their feet, like apes, and who enjoy going to jail because 1t gives them social distinction.
 He tells of the renegade white man who, living in A negro village, announced that he was doing hia bit for the American occupation by increasing Haitis white-blood con- tent, and who confessed that ne was the father of 240 native chil- 1 dren.
 Voodoo? Well, Captain Craige isn't sure; he does know that a voodoo curse was put upon him, once, that he suffered from excru- ciating pains and that they finally left him when a friendly native performed incantations to remove the curse.
 Captain Craige semes to have had a good deal of sympathetic und derstandings for the Haitian people; and if occasionally he makes his book sound like a re- cruiting poster for the marine corps-well, who cares? It's a fine outfit, and Black Bagdad" is q most fascinating book.
 Published by Milton, Balch and l Co. if sells for 8,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
So They Say

What we seek is a return to q clearer understanding of the an- cient truth that those who man. age banks, corporations or other agencies handling other peoples money are trustees acting for the others. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
 In two hours I saw more indi- cations of drunkenness than at any time since the last day before prohibition.-Dr George r. Saf- ford. Illinois superintendent. Anti. Saloon League.
 No first-class power would be willing now to agree to q reduce ton in its military establishment. Major General E. D. Foulois. U. s. A.
 Hollywood pays fifty thousand dol lars q year to some men just to hear them agree with the bosss--- Cecil B. DeMiile, movie director. The process of cutting our coat to fit our cloth is not yet over.-- Win Hays, movie czar. Christians are supposed mol merely Co endure change. nor even to profit by it. but to cause It. ftev Harry Emerson Fosdick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17

The Department of Agriculture at Wash
 ington IS authority for the statement that balfacre garden plot will supply all the vegetables necessary for family of five dur ing the summer months. Of course that requires some explanation. It entails what IS commonly called succession planting. that is when one vegetables season is passed new one IS coming along to take its place. However. if you don't plant your crops excessively. you can still keep your table well supplied with fresh vegetables. It means work. but few vegetables have yet been raised without some effort upon the part of the eultivator. But here arc a few suggestions from the Agriculture Depart
 pertinent tomato plants provided all bear. can supply six servings per person week l8 cabbage plans in r:,e spring S.nd l8 in the fall will likewise furnish SIX servings per person week; nine feet of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
MY ULTIMATUM

I very much appreciate the re-
 cent letter of MT Pat Kelly to the
 Democrat. Needless to say, all
 along I was amazed at the silence
 and spirit of reticencc maintained
 by my readers. Evidently, l had calculated, had convinced the
 Waterbury reading public of my claims. The recent communication of MT Kelley now constrains me (not in the spirit of animosity, which I abhor az much as l pro- tested of in my first "lamentable" attempts, to prove Kosciusko's real and self-confesged nationality, and again, concerting with MT Kelley. not to arouse further and prolonged disputes) to 50 express myself that upon the finis of this article, I trust, my position is eternally understood. CD I would like to inform MT Kelley that there are in existence and circulation text books and his- tories Gin English) that do not &C., credit General Gosciusko with Lith- uanian blood or origin. If he were always given credit and recognition for his Lithuanian blood, fail to see how he could have been called and almost consistently known and | TcRATuCu Hb n Olc thereby, that Lithuanian blood or a Lithuanian origin had nothing in common with the generaD. They do state that he was born in Lith- uania, Poland (Cf Catholic encyclo- pedia) but does that convince one that he had Lithuanian blood
 coursIng through his veins? Might | he not be in that case also regarded
 as a Jew, Ukrainian or Slav? l agree the Lithuanians and the Poles have very often and unjustly been regarded as a "brothcr race" and | for this reason 1t was very easy Tor General Kosciusko to be held as @
 Pole.
 (2) I.ithuania and Poland at that time were united and believe the two countries were officially re-
 garded as "The Kingdom of Po- land". That would help to confuse things also. There are many peo-
 pie to-day, who live in foreign or
 adopted territories but that does
 not efface their right and the right of their countrymen to state ana maintain publicly the true position
 of facts. For instance, Einstein. the great scientist, is very often 1T not always regarded as Jew even though ne IS d CltlIeH VI oSiAH""S The same with Jack Sharkey of America. He is consistently called the Lithuanian or Lith. People na- turaIly accommodate themselves to such customs of living and expres- sion. The great writer Disraeli. l believe, is always called a Jew even though he seems to have been British citizen. They call McCor- mack the great Irish tenor, but believe he is an American citizen. IThe same with many others. Jus, the other day the Democrat on the front page in large and heavy type sinned against MT Kelley's prin'
 ciple and some of my otherwise si' Ilent opponents, by entltling the ar lticie thus: FIGHTING IRIsH. MAN WILL BE WORLDS FAIH MAYOR or CHICAGO AND HAS lsTARTED" (Democrat, Friday IApriI 14). You see. MT Kelley, am not the first or last 10 qualify ( man by his blood regardless or hii
 status or citizenship.
 f3) You asked why others thar
 Poles have not done him honor IThis is exactly where l hold m,
 trump card. The very reason fol