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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
History Being Revived

While verbal warfare continues to rage about the moot points of the recovery program, it is refreshing to look the other dirceion for a moment and notice that some $500 members of the Civilian Con- servation Corps are going to be at work this winter restoring some of the nations most famous battlefelds. Four groups of men will work at Yorktown, where Continental and French troops squeezed independence out of Cornwallis' helpless army. Two more groups will work at Morristown, N. J., another historic spot in the Revolutionary struggle. Some 600 will work Chickamauga, scene of some ot the Civil Wars bloodiest fighting; others will be assigned to Gettysburg, Vlcks- burg. Shiloh Fredericksburg, Spottsyl- vania and Charlottesville.
 In each case the workers will start by clearing away underbrush, vegetation, and so on, that hide the outlines of trenches, gun emplacements, and the like. Old Qualifications will be cleaned up, trails will be laid to make access to all parts ot the field easy, roadsides will be cleared away and landscaped. Just enough actual restoration will be done to enable each battlefield to tell it's own story to the visitor. When the work is finished, small staff of experts will be installed at each battlefield. Little effort will be made to give visitors guides; instead, maps and leaflets will be prepared so that the visitor can find his own way about and piece the historic story together for himself.
 The whole project seems to be one ot the most intelligent moves that could be made. These battlefelds of ours, made sacred by the blood that has been shed on them and by the high principles that were at stake there, are national shrines of the greatest value. There is no better way to get the "feeP' of national history than to visit one or another of these places. A few hours at Gettysburg, for instance, are worth whole volumes on the Civil War; visit to Lexington and Concord, or to Tl- conderoga, makes the Revolution seem real as nothing else can.
 From such visits comes understanding; and from understanding grows hardy and unshakable patriotism. By restoring the battlefields and enabling us as visitors to reconstruct in our imaginations the tragic and heroic moments of our history, the government is offering us something of the very highest value.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
Sorry After-Efects

It is not an easy thing to get at the human realities lying beneath those sta- tistics which tell the story of depression and recovery. It is easy, for instance, to say that 100000 men or 100000, or whatever the number may be - have gone back to work. But it is hard to look behind the figures and see the individuals concerned; hard to get at the human values involved, although they are all- important.
 The National Women's Committee of she 1888 Mobilization of Human Needs recently made survey among leading employers of the country to find out just what the last four years have done to American citizens. Their report makes snlightening reading. Most employers report that the jobless men who came back to work have been changed deeply by the depression. They suffer from sental depression not easily dispelled; hey worry about the future; they have In many cases lost faith in themselves and in society.
 They show the effect of long continued,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

gests of various reports, and that Under Secretary Acheson had brought in Sprague's.
 "But," persisted the professor, chats not the way George War ren has operated"
 Roosevelt laughed at this, and started to change the subject.
 Whereupon Professor Sprague in his usual mild and pleasant way, rose to leave.
 "Well, any way" he said, there's Q letter which HI leave for your consideration"
 He laid on the presidents desk the letter of resignation four days later caused such stir throughout the nation.
 CATHEDRAL MANSION
 French diplomatic circles tell this one about Colonel Lind bergh. When he and his wife ar- rived at the Hotel Crillon in Paris, they were offered mag nificent apartment usually re- served for visiting royalty.
 Lindbergh took one look at the ornate salons, turned on his heel and said to the manager:
 ''I want an apartment, not a cathedral"
 MYSTERY MAN
 General Hugh Johnson has gone the presidents Forgotten Man one better. He has Mys- tery Man.
 Several months ago Dr Alex ander Sachs, brilliant, witty head yOf the MIRA research divi- sion, suddenly disappeared from his office. The whisper went that despite a personal plea of the president, Sachs employers, the New York banking firm of Leh- man & Brothers, had command ed Sachs return.
 MIRA spokesmen emphaticalIy denied that Sachs had resigned, explained that he had merely taken n rest trip to Bermuda, pointed to the fact that his name was still on his office door.
 The sign is still there, So is Sachs office staff. But not Sachs. Twice in the last ten days he has been in Washington, on one occasion used a Stenographer from his office. But Johnson, despite repeated effort, has not been able to contact him.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Acting Secretary of the Treas ury Morgenthau is not the only cabinet member having press trouble. Secretary Perkins and the correspondents who cov- CT her labor department are rapidly approaching an open rift. The real lowdown on the recall of Japanese Am bassador Debuchi was that he was consid- cred too friendly to the United States. He was fired by the Jap anese military after Roosevelt moved to recognize Russia-for which Debuchi was considered responsible. Red-headed Doc" Doran, commissioner of industrial alcohol, thinks French wines should be embargoed be- cause of failure to pay war debts. .. Alice Roosevelt Long, worth, in her book, Crowded Hours" refers to the late Presi- dent Harding as just 8 slob." .. She once referred to Franklin Roosevelt as ninety per cent Eleanor and ten per cent mush." Incidentally, Alice never has been quite for given for this. .. The presi- dents mother, Mrs James Roose- welt, because of her unassuming charm, is known among her in- inmates in Washington society as Aunt Sally"
 Copyright. 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
HISTORY

The third meeting of the assem- bly's committee held in :Novem- Der, 1879. convened again in Farm ington at which 1t was. announced that every man who was not pres ent with his family in Mattatuck by the end of May, 1880, must forfeit his title, which meant his house lot, his Town Plot lot, his three-acre lot and whatever else went with the grant. On the second day of the meeting it was learned that Lieutenant Steel laid out our first highways, East Main street one of the number. On this same date certain lots were set aside for a specified use, the occupation and improvement of the ministry. And one of the last suggestions of this days meeting was to build a corn mill sufficient for the towns uses, the first eel Ter thought to be on the site of the Apothecaries Hall company.
 The important business of the fourth meeting in May, 1880, was the appointment of the first towns men or selectmen, John Welton and Samuel Hickox. At this meeting was also determined the boundary line between Woodbury and Mattatuck, and this act is probably the first town act on rec ord, the date May 31, 1880. At the fifth and last meeting held in February, 1880, Stephen Hopkins was granted several acres to erect his mill; certain uplands were added to the meadow lands of Isaac Bronson and Benjamin Judd. and a condition was added in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
Thanksgiving Here And Now

The first Thanksgiving proclamation ln this country had definite application to the plight of those celebrating it. Later proclamations, too, have usually sought to catch the spirit of the time and suit the current need. The official call for this Thanksgiving Day may seem, to many who have suffered and hoped through four hard years, little more personal and fitting than usual. It may give us all a new lift to repeat the words: May we recall the courage of those who settled wilderness, the vision of those who found- ed the nation, the steadfastness of those who in every succeeding generation have fought to keep pure the idea of equality as in time of diversity.
 "May we ask guidance in more surely learning the ancient truth that greed and gelfishness and striving for undue riches can never bring lasting happiness or good to the individual or to his neighbors.
 "May we be grateful for the passing of dark days, for the new spirit of depend ence on another; for the closer unity of all parts of our wide land; for the greater friendship between employers and those who toll; for clearer knowledge by all nations that we seek no conquests and ask only honorable engagements by all peo- ples to respect the lands and rights ot their neighbors; for the brighter day to which we can win through by seeking the help of God in more unselfish way, striving for the common bettering of mankind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

Stephen Maloney was rather fastid- ious in his taxicabs. Stephen is 23 and a month ago was discharged from the Matteawan State Hospital for the Insane Perhaps that explains why Stephen ap- propriated without permission brand new $2,OOO taxicab in Brooklyn recently: He threw the driver out of the car and then seated himself behind the wheel. The car was resplendent in it's chromium finish and lustre. It even possessed ra- dio. When Stephen had proceeded some blocks at 60 miles per hour with police cars in hot pursuit he started yelling at. his pursuers They finally made out that Stephen wanted to know how the radio worked. Patrolmen wanted to shoot at the fleeing cab but it's proud owner in one of the pursuing vehicles stopped this. He didn't want the paint job ruined. It was few minutes later when Stephen caromed the car into truck ripping off a door and several ornaments. The radio, wonders will never cease, started playing an organ number.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Says Germans Use Jew As Scapegoat

The background for the anti Jewish crusade of Hitler is dark and puZzling affair. Perhaps 1t is impossible fors an American to un- derstand it fully. An excellent study of it, however, is to be found in My Life as German and Jew" by Jacob Wassermann, Germany's great novelist.
 In this book, which is a sort of spiritual autobiography, Wasser- mann seeks to explain German anti-Semitism as he has experience ed 1t. This force, he says, is a pecu- liarly German phenomenon: it is deeper and stronger .nan foreign CTS can understand, and is a queer mixture of superstition, of rancour, of falsehood, of delusion. of bigotry and of greed.
 The Germans, he says, want a scapegoat, and the Jew fills the bill.
 Whenever they (the Germans) are badly off," he says, "after every defeat, in every difficulty, in every trying situation, they shift the re- sponsibility for their distress upon the Jews. So it has been for cen turies. Threatening embitterment of the masses always has been di- verted into this convenient chan nel."
 The tragedy as he sees it is only made sharper by the curious paral- lelism between the natures of Ger man and Jew. Each people, he points out, has suffered centuries of disunion, oppression, and dis aster; each has a messianic hope for victory, for unification. This similarity only has served to deepen the abrasions brought on by continued close contact. The future of the German Jews? It is better, says Wassermann, not to think of it. The wounds that have been given are wounds that will not heal.
 Published by Coward -McCann, this book sells for $2.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

Mayor Francis Maloney of Meriden, not running for office this year due to his congressional activities, predicts an easy victory for his party at the com ing election. Meriden with the Maloney administration seems to have turned def
 initely away from it's republican tenden: cies of few years back. We don't doubt but what the mayors prophecy will be fulfilled. Talking on the election recently Congressman Maloney declared Politics has little place in the affairs of local gov ernment. The majority of the people have little regard for party politics, and when the party presents ticket of conscientious men you may be certain of victory. :"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

Washington, Nov. 29-Profes- sor O. M. w. Sprague, recently resigned adviser of the treasury department, finds himself be- tween the horns of a dreadful dilemma.
 A MODEST MAN, SPRAGUE
 A very modest individual, the professor now is catapulted into the brightest spotlight of public attention which has focused up- on any individual in months. He is receiving from 500 to 600 let ters and telegrams a day. Appar- ently the professor did not ex- pect this, is little dazed by the glare.
 What especially dazes him is the deluge of commercial offers. He has been "propositioned" by most every conceivable kind of business firm, but his most at- tractive oYers have come from broadcasting companies. One proposal was for Sprague to go on the air as a rival to Louey Howe.
 What worries the professor most is that Mrs Sprague wants him to accept those offers. The Spragues rented house at $2OO a month and cannot sub-lease 1t. They have only one negro serv- ant, and the $6,OOO salary from the treasury has meant a tight squeeze after $25,OOO a year from the Bank of England.
 But despite all this, Professor Sprague doesn't like the idea of commercializing himself. He has agreed to write some syndi- cated newspaper articles. But these he considers educational, and in justification of his stand. Radio broadcasting, he thinks, would be too commercial.
 So far the professor has stood pat. But the neighbOrs arc bet ting on Mrs Sprague.
 RESIGNATION
 Incidentally, Sprague tells an interesting story of how hard it was for him to resign. He sent two letters to the White House intimating his strong disagree ment with Roosevelt's gold-buy- ing program, and indicating clearly that he might feel It necessary to resign.
 To neither of these did he get a reply.
 Finally Sprasue went to sec the president. The latter was in his usual affable mood. He talk ed of everything under the sun except gOld-buying. Finally the professor broke the ice. He re- minded Roosevelt that he hadn't seen him since the London eco- homie conference.
 'I left word with Mcintyre (White House appointment sec- retary) that I would like to see you at your convenience" Sprague said, but I never heard from him.
 "Oh, but I've read your re- ports" replied the president.
 "Yes, but that's hardly the same as a first hand conversa- tion."
 THE ROOSEVELT WAY
 Roosevelt reminded the pro- lessor that he was under terrific pressure and that he had worked out a system whereby the heads of departments brought in di-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

Winnetka, Illinois, is quite proud of the fact that it is now operating on cash basis and is showing an annual budget surplus. In fact that is something to boast about in these days and we don't blame Winnetka or any of it's inhabitants for showing their civic pride. Winnetka has only 12,500 inhabitants but writing in recent issue of the Rotarian Maga- zine one of the towns citizens claimed that For our tax dollars we get more service than any place 1 know of. And here's the nubbin of it; we don't pay as high taxes as our neighbors. Here's the secret-if you can call it such. Some years ago, people here decided they wanted good local government. They found they could have it if they pulled together. We've been pulling together. That's all. :" Maybeso, MT Winnetka citizen, but the same thing doesn't work every place. We know plenty of cities that want good civic government and get it, yet their status is quite different than that of the Illinois town Team play is what is need ed We all know that, but team play in city government doesn't always work to the advantage of the city. There has to be individual brilliance, too. And if that isn't obtained, then all the team play in the world won't make a city any different from it's neighbor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
Federal Reserve Bank Tie Up Warbug Writer

in the industries, arts, and pro- fessions when permitted to do so by their respective monetary au- thorities and when the purchasers are duly licensed to buy.
 Query:-There's few shekels of gold held by others than the in- ternational bankers and they speak under the cloak of government that these people must turn over their gold to them-i. e. What gold they now hold or hope to dig out of the ground in the future
 Comment:-The writer doesnst claim to be an expert; he merely has been reading the history of iri- ternational bankers-their audacity is unbounded-their opinion of our mentality is such that they brand us as "Simpletons and Nincom- poops."
 We have a president who knows the history of International bank CTS backwards and forward--it Is your patriotic duty to stand by the president else we and our progeny are doomed to economic slavery for ages to come.
 ROBT. W. HAYES.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

and the people you meet how much gold they possess.
 2. The holding of monetary gold should be confined to central banks'' or "banks of issue" and he explains how these banks would use the gold.
 Query:-Practically all the gold there is in the country is already in the hands of these above men, toned banks-and neither the Federal Reserve banks nor the Bank of England are government banks. They are private banks.
 3. Note issues should be re- deemable in gold bullion for export only, and shipments arising from such redemption should be made only between the same banks as above mentioned.
 Query:-The same old gang of international boys with perhaps a few new faces still running the show. They figure Barnum was right.
 4. Gold miners should be conn pelled to offer their output to their respective monetary authorities and should only sell to others for use
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
So They Say

Capital which overreaches for profits; labor which overreaches for wages, or a public which over- reaches for bargains will all de- stroy each other.
 Owen D. Young. You must remember that an um- pire really doesn't get much to laugh A during the course of season.
 Emmett Ormsby, American League umpire.
 I have now reached the conclu- sion that there is no defense from a drift into unrestrained imitation other than an aroused and organ ized public opinion.
 Prof o. M. W. Sprague. The sky is blue. It is a very deep blue, not purple nor any thing alse, but definitely blue, blue. blue.
 Maj. Chester L. Fordney, strato- sphere balloonist.
 Communism cannot be imported from abroad. Alexander A. Troyanovsky, new Soviet ambassador to the U. s. There may be stockings above the inantelpiece at Pickfair this Christmas.
 Mary Pickford. Any time baseball becomes crooked, you can bet I'll be back in Memphis and l won't be play ing baseball. -Bill Terry, New York Giants manager.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

0. How does the gold reserve of the United States compare with that of France?
 A. On December 31, 1882. the United States had $4,045, 1000, ,0OO and France had $3,254,000,00 On August 31, 1898, the United States had $4,009, 100000 and France had $3.223,000,0O0.
 o. Does the United States gov ernment own the Federal Reserve Banks?
 A. The entire stock of the Fed eral Reserve Banks is owned by their member banks, and a ma jority of the board of directors of each is elected by the stockhold- CTS. The banks are required to per- form certain services for the gov ernment, generally known as Fis- cal Agency Operations, which are closely supervised by the Federal Reserve Board.
 o. What is the synethtic saus- age casing?
 A. As result of research be- gun in 1916, the American Chem ical Society in 1928 announced the invention of a sausage casing made from celluloSe. ">
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29

A herd of 40 South African elephants, the remnants of a once proud pack that roamed 3O,O0O acres of jungleland are to be protected by the Union Government The reason for the decline of the huge pachyderms was warfare proclaimed on them by farmers in the last half century. The beasts were destroying their farm lands, so they had to go. They disappeared so rapidly before the farmers weapons that extinction was threatened. What is left of the herd will now be saved and kept within proper limits. Any country's wild life deserves some protection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
THE EDITOR.

o. How does the area of con- tinental United States compare with that of Canada? A. Continental United States has 3,026.7S9 square miles and Canada has S,6S4,723.
 Q. Give the total motor vehicle registration in the United States in 1881 and 1892.
 A. 1881 = 25,S32.Ss4; 1882 = "A. 136,S79.
 Q. What is the rate for letter postage to England?
 A. Five cents for the first ounce and three ounces for each addition al ounce or fraction.
 Q. Give the number of counties and names of county seats in Dell aware.
 A. Three counties; Kent--coun- ty seat, Dover; New Castle-county seat, Wilmington; and Sussex - county seat, Georgetown.
 Q. Where is the dirigible Los Angeles?
 A. It has been decommissioned and stored in the hangar at Lake, hurst.
 0. What is the record for an- nual production of coal in Ken lucky?
 A. A production of 69,123,9sS tons in 1927.
 c. How far is it from Key West to Havana?
 A. It is 92 nautical miles or 106 statute miles. Q. What does the word Sorop- timist mean?
 A. It is 8 word coined by an organization of women from 8 combination of two Latin words Soro meaning sister" and Optimo meaning ''the best" and means 'The Best For Women"
 @. Who was the mother of the Biblical character David?
 A. Her name is not mentioned in the Bible, but according to one authority it is given in the Jewish; Talmud as Nezebeth Bath Adael.
 Q. How old is Mae West? Is she married?
 A. She is thirty three years old and has never been married.
 If you want . copy of our bullc. tin on Cryptograms. write to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-29
Waterbury, Conn.
 Nov. 28, 1888.

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 You read in the newspapers the letter of James P. Warburg writ ten to Senator Wm. E.. Borah wherein Warburg proposes to tie up the Federal Reserve banks with the Bank. of England Tn a sort of a get together arrangement where by they international bankers. though Warburg makes it appear the government would be doing it) could work out eventually the kind of gold currency that the people could understand and trust thereby admitting that the people had a mistrust of the kind of. gold currency we've had in the past. Warburg outlines in the letter four suggestions as he calls them, viz.
 1. Gold coin should be entirely withdrawn from circulation.
 Query:-Gold hasn't been in cir culation for over 15 years. About four-fiftbs of the worlds popula- Ption do not have it--and the other one-fifth which includes ourselves seldom see gold. Ask your friends