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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
fNEA Service Writer,

Washington.--Rep of the ad- ministration's proposals for wage hour-"production controP' legisla- ton, as recommended to a con- gresslonal committee by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, seem to have been misinterpreted.
 Here is the gist of what Miss Perkins actually recommended:
 1. A working week of not more than 30 hours with q working day of not more than six hours, plus q flexible provision permitting em- ployment of a worker for not more than 40 hours week or more than eight hours a day during d period not to exceed ten weeks in a year in cases of "extraordinary need"
 2. Power for the secretary of labor to appoint minimum wage boards for specific industries whose recommendations could be made mandatory in cases of non-com- pliance.
 3. Power for the secretary to limit the total hours of a plants operation when 1t operates on tex cessivcIy long" hours and causes "extraordinary hardships" to other plants.
 Planned Production?
 The last provision has caused plenty of excitement, but it may be said with authority that the Roosevelt administration had no thought of using 1t to control pro- duction or attempt to balance factory output and consumption.
 Following, almost verbatim, are the words which Miss Perkins pro- posed for the labor bill in her memorandum to the house labor committee:
 "If it be found by the secretary of labor after due investigation that the operation of any plant or enterprise under this act disturbs and prevents a fair balance Of pro- duction in tho industry involved and is bringing about overproduc- ton or unfair competition in inter- state commerce by excessively long periods of operation and thus caus- ing extraordinary hardships to other plants or enterprises in said industry with consequent substan- tial injury to the general welfare, then and in that event, the secre- tary shall be authorized to specify q limitation that shall be imposed on the total hours of said plants so as to bring about a more equit- able adjustment of production within said industry"
 Unfair Competition.
 The propasal obviously would give the labor department a whole lot of new power and has aroused
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
Hard Times for Pets

The depression has been hard on animal pets Humane societies and animal protcc- tive groups have bad to curtail their work for lack of funds At the same tme there has been greater need for it be- cause many families. having hard time to feed themselves, have neglected their pets. Many cats and dogs have been turned out to forage for themselves and to suffer cold and hunger as consequence.
 Pet owners become too attached to their animal friends to put them to death when they are unable to care for them any longer But it is mistaken kindness which allows them to live on in discomfort and suf- fering and finally to die from long drawn out starvation.
 No one is compelled to keep pets. It is matter of choice. It is therefore all the more obligatory. once pets have been taken into tbe family. to care for them properly. Children would gladly share their last crust with pet It is the par ents who need 10 be reminded of their duty here. l here should be continued support of the antl-cruclty societies. as far as possible, and continued support of the anti-crueltv societies. as far as possible and continued emphasis in other ways on the special inn oprtance now of measures to save helpless animals from needless suffering because of hard times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

Terryville and Plymouth residents are up in arms these days. An effort is being made in the Legislature to force on the town finance board. The towns legis- Iators opposed the plan as did the townspeo- ple. but bill was raised in committee and reported favorably. While there is some hope that it may be turned aside by either house of the Legislature there is plenty of reason to believe that it will be passed. It is part of Tax Commissioner Blodgetts campaign to have finance boards created in all towns where none now exist. In some communities they have worked real savings in government. Litchfield is an outstand- ing example. Perhaps local criticism in Plymouth is too nasty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
So They Say


 People say that imitation leads to trouble and distress, but say that unless we can halt the fall of prices. the distress ahead will be far worse than anything we can forescc.
 senator BOrah of Idaho.
 can never have done with my apologies to the Chinese people that in the name of q gentle Christ we have sent such people to them We have sent ignorant peo- pie, we have sent arrogant people, we have sent superstitious people who taught superstitious creeds and theories.
 Mrs Pearl S. Buck, missionary
 and author.
 When q judge Is in office for life he tends to become dictatorial. Representative Randolph Per- kins of New Jersey.
 am no miracle man. ---Former Premier Edouard Her riot of France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

solid cement road bed is very clear to the passer-by of to-day. David H. Gaines. the mayor of East Hart land. presides over his post office in a position that Is bastioned by snow piles and if he venture dozen feet from the broad path leading from the road to his dwelling, he must use care. The ice on tho roadsides there is almost sufficient ly thick to be taken out and stored for summer use. Mir Gaines is no longer compelled to such labor. for his summer ice supply now comes over an electric wire, just as the supply of a city apartment house is received.
 once again the motorist who tours Connecticut is forced to ad- mire the vast difference few miles can make. Here, in the Long Island Sound region. the tra- dltionai mild winter and n scene reminiscent of the southern resorts; wonder. q chill Canadian, q stb-Arc- tic condition. IL is enough to make n Connecticut citizen boast that his is indeed some state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
He Presents Japan's Side

Japan's side of the Manchurian affair has not been very well rep- resented in this country. Japan has lacked good press"; evi- dently the art of propaganda IS one that the Japanese have been quite unable to master.
 This lack is partly remedied in "Manchoukuo, Child of Conflict by K. K. Kawakami, a Japanese newspaperman at Washington | who presents here his country | version of the troublesome and perplexlng crisis in the Far East.
 He asserts, to begin with, that | Japan has behaved toward China with rather surprising restraint. The treaties guaranteeing Japans commercial and political rights in Manchuria were dishonored by the Chinese repeatedly, he says; and, the Japanese finally stguck only in order to forestall a carefully plan ned massacre. The Manchurian war-lords, he asserts, would not
 have dared to defy Japan if they had not felt that the League of Nations was backing them and
 would keep Japan from punishing
 them.
 | He believes that Manchoukuo will presently be recognized, not as a puppet state but as a truly inde- pendent nation. He points out that tho country's finances are being put In order, that its trade is reyiv- ing and that it's swarm of ban dits Is being suppressed; only If Japan and Manchoukuo carry the
 war past the Great Wall and try to extend their power over China proper, he says, will they come to | grief.
 | He aserts, also that American
 trade has nothing to fear; on the contrary, 1t will be stimulated by
 the spread of Japanese influence i, and the growing solidarity of the
 new states power.
 This book is published by Mac l milan and is priced at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
TUESDAY, APRIL g, 1883
We're Just Pikers

Judging by their expressions of horror many of Connecticuts legislators considered the effort to have commission named to investigate our public utilities commission sheer heresy But after survey of the legls- lation that has been passed in various states this year affecting the public utilities we have come 10 the conclusion that this state IS nothing if not paternal in its attitude to- wards these giant industries mere exam ing body was all we asked, plus few recommendations for changes in laws that were made back in the days when the rail- roads were practically the only public utill- ties that required regulations.
 For example out in Nebraska there was a law enacted forbidding light and power companies to make service charges. We don't intend to argue the principles behind the service charge. No matter what we might say we would be wrong from some person viewpoint. Fixed charges and area rates have been argued in this state for years. But even SO great an authority as Professor Richard J. Smith of the Yale Law School, has de- dared that in this state the fixed charges are not excessive nor is the principle un- sound.
 Arizona now requires public utilities to pay the costs of all probes into their busl- ness And inquiries can be demanded at any time on popular petition. Maine placed an excise tax on electric power company earnings to be approved at referendum Oklahoma has sales tax affecting pubic utilities while Kansas imposed d two per cent levy on utility incomes. And Connectl- cut solons think our proposals were out rageous if expressions and exclamations are any criterion.
 Middle west states strengthened statutes to prevent any such debacle as occurred in Illinois with the publication Of the lnsull mess. New York took similar action by passing laws forbldding operating companies lending money 10 holding companies. An other New York innovation IS permlssion for cities to appear through legal counsel at hearings on public utility rates within their areas. We'd like to see a complete survey of the various public utility law changes and additions as made by the various states this year so that we could submit it in toto 10 our Legislature if for no other reason than to show that after all public utility concerns are not sacred objects above the jurisdiction of the General Assembly so far as the laws governing them are concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
THE TURKEY IN CONNECTICUT
(Hartford Courant)


 The state board of agriculture announces that during the past four years turkey raising in the state has advanced from unimpor- tance to real agricultural enter prise. Turkeys on Connecticut farms increased 100 per cent be- tween 1929 and 1883. There were 25,055 raised in 1929 and 61, ,496 in 1892. The value of last years flock is estimated at more than $200,000. Four of the eight counties in the state have steadily increased the number of fowls raised.
 New London county leads the state, for in 1929 1t raised 5,069 fowls, while the output for the year was 13,361. that number being far greater than the report from any other section of Connecticut. We surmise that the department of agriculture does not expect to see any high record broken this year because of the fact that prices sagged 1932. As n result the commissioner of agriculture does not hopo for rapid increase. One wishes he may be mistaken.
 Memory suggests to some of us that all tho serious trouble that a. turkey encounters prior 10 It's sud- l'den demise comes during the first
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
Our Daily Washington Letter Wage Regulation It Imply Economic
 Planning?
 BY RODNEY BUTCHER
1 much support and much opposition
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

much support and much opposition
 on that score.
 But the idea, according to Miss Perkins, was to provide some con- trol over manufacturers who work women and children on all-night
 shifts, to enable the department to cooperate in improvement of working conditions when large ma. jorities of favorable manufacturers arc baked by non-co-operatiye | minorities, and to exert supervision | when competitors seek unfair ad- vantages under the rest of the law. Reports that Miss Perkins had | recommended q maximum 40-hour
 week instead of the Black bill's 30- hour week for industry were mis- | leading. Her memorandum speci- fled that exceptions to the 30-hour law under the 40-hour ten-week provision should be invoked only
 in cases where the extraordinary
 need in any plant could only be
 met by utilizing a day of more
 than six hours or q week of more
 than 30 hours.
 E1cxibiIity Necessary.
 Only an Hours of Work" board
 could grant such permission. Such
 boards would be appointed by the | secretary of labor for designated | enterprises or industries rather than by states or sections. It was
 proposed that the law be flexible to that extent because of seasonal
 demands fin some industries and other variable conditions.
 The wage boards would have the power of subpoena and would have to report on alleged bad wage con-
 ditions in 30 days. The secretary
 would then publish directory or
 der for the recommended rates and
 after 30 more days publish names of employers not complying. Op- portunity would be given for q public hearing at which employers might present their case, and after
 that the secretary could make the order mandatory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

What a glorious opportunity General Umberto Mobile missed recently. His death in Russia had been reported. Even his wife in Italy feared be was dead. However. a prosaic wire from the general set her fears at rest He said, Newspapers say I am dead. l am very we'll and will be with you within few days" He should have said, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

First families have left their famous surnames to designate post offices and rail-
 road stations in the United States says bulletin in the National Geographic society. and in addition many humble folk have contributed their moro familiar appellatons such as Dad. Bill Nick. Tim Floe. Wick and Maggie. Aside from family names the homeIy nouns and adjectives of the work a-day world have found their way by the score to maps and sign-posts. Greasy Greek, Tub. Biscuit. Cheap Busy and Dim pie are Kentucky towns. There is Horse Heaven. Humptulps, Gooseprarle and Steptoe in Washington State. Pie Town. Dusty Gallup and High Rolls are in New Mexico Jelly. Needles and Likely in Cali fornia; and Sopcboppy. Perky and Frost proof in Florida We might call attention to such titles in our own state as Pleasant Valley. Satan's Kingdom, Devils Hopyard. Hgganum. Bozrah. Barkham- stead, Cobalt. Coseob. Glderseeve. Hoeka- num- Montowese. Moodus. Moosup. Noank. Pomfret. Rowayton. Saebem's Head Stepney. There arc any number. of Indian names that are unique, but such list would be too long As for names of post offices the list is SO long and varied that we couldn' hope to mentoin one-tbrd of them SO why start at all. Right m our midst we have as variegated group of names as any state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
Coming Attractions

Listed among the coming attractions oi the week is Waterbury Day. It's scheduled for one-day stand in this eity-Thursday to be exact. Waterbury is preparing en masse to greet il with open arms. It comes with the arrival of spring. flowers, warm weather. house cleaning. and diverse other pleasant little pursuits appropriate 10 the time of the year. That Waterbury Day is as welcome as the flowers in May
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
RUN DOWN FROM WANT OF REPAIH

All ncurolopists (nerve specialists), neuro- ties victims of nervous lnPostloh, cort p ra rv | ouacks and wiseacrc customers to the contrary l moi wifi hstanding, physiology offers no ground 1 for the common fallacy that the nervous sys- tenn is the source of power or that the nerves | or thcir centres are the reservoirs of energy and that when they are "ovcrtaxed or stra'n- cd in some way this reserve Of strength or en- crgy is lost and the individual becomes nerV- ous wreck or maybe neurathenic If ne can afford 1t but just has nervous prostraton IT nc can't. say all this is hokum, pure unadu,ter- ed hokum, and in saying so l am backcd py q solid wall of physologists who are acknoWledg- ed authorities the world over. show me phy @ sician any one else of sclentiDc stahdihG "ho disputes this teaching.
 Many a wiseacrc reading this already mar shalling in his thoughts bits of evidence which, he magines will give me something to think about if it doesn't actually shake my position That Is inded the reason why large portion of the population is so impervious to health education. In matters pertaining to hcaitn most American laymen are Wiseacres ana you have to heavy mallet on them before you can teach them anything.
 When anybody becomes run down and ex- haustcd from insufficient sleep (this is one or the wiseacres arguments) is it not the nervou;l system that Is depleted and weakened? O1 course not. Practically no energy IS required for thinking for the carrying of messages by the nerves The person who gets insufficient sleep suffers from plain physical fatigue or ex- haustion. exhaustion of muscles and of the various organs whose functions do require con siderable energy. The sleepless one becomes run down because his her available store of fuel blood sugar. gIycogen, animal starch runs short All the while he remains awake his or ganB eff not his muscles) expanding this available caloric energy faster than his meta bolic machinery can replenish 1t. It is pre- cisely the same effect, though perhaps not so obvious to the wiseacre mnd as though the individual were forced to keep running or walk ing until he falls unconscious--as actually happens to many contestants in marathon races.
 We sometimes forget, we wiseacres. that not only the skcIetal muscles. but the heart, the lungs and all the vital organs thc brain is not q vital organ) do more work and use more energy when one is in the erect Sit ting posture than when one lies down, and fur thcr that more energy Is used when ono lies down and remains awake than during sleep. Normally the heart beats 10 or 12 times less in the minute when person lies down than when he sits or stands. During sleep the pulse rate is still slower, and thus the heart gets rest along with the other vital organs.
 The little lesson in all this is quite simple: Tho exhaustion run down condition due to insufficient sleep is identical with the break down that occurs from overwork, too strcnu- ous play. any prolonged test. In neither case is 1t "nervous' breakdown.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
OUR AMAZING STATE
(New Haven Journal-courier)


 To the hardy motorist who of late has ventured northward into the state. a revelatoin was in store. and if he dared turn his wheels into Litchfield county, he was amazed to find that winter had made considerable inroads. The tales that Winsted sent to an in- credulous southern Connecticut were not overdone. All across tho wind swept highlands of north western Connecticut q blanket of snow was flung in some storm that hardly irritated this region of mildness. The forests of Bark hamstead and the Hartlands poke their cvergrecns and blrches through drifts that seem likely to defy the dog star. to use the words Of the poet Whittier.
 That the drifts along the Litch- field highways were sizeablo just tho other day is still apparent and that the state's workers were com peIied to get out and dig their way over what should have been .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
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 pr Brady Address him. care Of the Democrat scnd'"H stamp md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
IRON OUT CREASE SPOTS

Grease spots can be removed from clothes if you work patiently and with a great deal of carc. Place clean blotter under the spot and another clean ono on top of the place where the spot is. Now put warr/ (not hot) iron on. tho upper blotter and gently move 1t back and forth until the grease disappears.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS It Is Just a Bad unhif

For 30 years or more I have been taking all kinds of pbysick. P. JD
 Answer If there is enough gray matter and any trace of character left 1t isn't too late to snap out of 1t. All you have to do Is quit and when 1 say quit mean quit. If you can't un- derstand words of one syllable. tell you in more imposing words. Send q dime and a stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for No 25 Little Lessons in the Ways of Health, The Constipation Habit"
 Life For Dead Fingers
 After suffering for more than 10 years with dead hngers' whenever l was exposed to cold l discovered that if held my hand in the sun the fingers became normal in a very few mln- utcs. Since this 1 have kept my fingers fin the sun whenever opportunity offered, and 1t Is over three years now since I have had "dcad fln- gcrs." (MrS w. J, Jl
 Answer Thank you. Immediate warmth In one form another Is tho best relief for such annoyance. The suggestion, offered once or twice here, that chronic arsenic poisoning may be the cause of Raynauds affection in some cases. has brought no response other than idle curiosity from our readers.
 Woman At Her Best
 When wJInan has reached her late thir. ties is child hearing for the first time more dangerous than q younger woman? tM. E.)
 Answer True. many women at that age are dangerous. but actual experience and statis- ties indicate that woman is best fitted for maternity at 36 to 3S.
 tcopyright John r. Diiie Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

Old Man Weather's been going into liquidation, too. Busted river banks al over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

Now that the government is going to reduce letter postage in order to get moro revenue, wouldn't you think railroads would see the point?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25
JURORs TOOK pAY CI,T

Independence, Mo. --(UP) - Even the jurors have taken a sal- ary reduction. Those serving in coroner cases here will be paid 75 cents for their services. equivalent to q 25 per cent cut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 7:l2 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-25

Quoting from the Hartford Times of