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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
We Really Wonder

Sarah Gertrude Millin, d South African novelist, aseribcs to Cecil Rhodes some quail ties that even here in the United States lt will be hard to believe. 'ln publication just put out by Harper $ Brothers. bios' raphy of Rhodes, she declares that the sole purpose for which the famous Rhodes sehol. arships were created was to bring the Unite1 States back under the banner of Great Br' tain. Of course. no one will doubt the nationalism of Cecil Rhodes. And perhaps he did have visions of a greater nation than the one he served in far-away Africa,
 But when Mrs Milln declares that Rhodes was ignorant of the fact, when he created the scholarships, that there were more than thirteen states in this nation. we are d bit ineredulous. However. she says on this point that "the proportions of that number are not today. as Rhodes planned them. When Rhodes assigned his scholarships - SO many for each state and colony and a complimentary few for Germany. he believed that there were still only the original thirteen states in the Union of America, Nor did this man of business in South Africa, nor the solicitor of the chartered company, who drew up the will know better. There are accordingly, rather more Rhodes scholars from America than from all the British Dominions put together.
 It might pay some enterprising journalist in these United States to check up on ths claim in the Rhodes biography. Why not consult Eddie Eagan. former Olympic and amateur heavyweight boxing champion who went from Yale to Rhodes to further his education. He certainly onught to know if there was any influence exercised at Oxford University to encourage American students to work for greater England under whose dominance would come the United States. Judging by recent articles of Mir Eagan in . we'll known weekly magazine the possessor ef q Rhodes scholarship was seldom. if ever, bothered with such complex thoughts as the winning back of the good old U. s. A. by Great Britain.
 Far be it from us to throw cold water on any biography of Cecil Rhodes. And we don't doubt but what in its particular held of literature Mrs Millin's work will at tract its fair share of attention. We hope it will, for we always thought that if any writer had his or her work cut out II was fhe biographer. Say what you will about the majority of them. the amount of research work necessary for one biography IS prob ably more than short story writer would do in q lifetime. And that's no insult al the short story writers either But as for Cecil Rhodes planning q great world empire under the English flag by creating scholar ships where minds would be turned in the one direction. we'll if he could think up such . gigantic plan then he certainly could know that there were more than | ! states in this nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER I, 1883
Crooked Politics

Some of the most interesting reading mat. ter of the year is likely to come out of the New York grand jury hearing at which U. s. District Attorney George /. Mcdalic exists an intimate alliance between New York politics and New York crime. A charge of this kind is not new. and to people at all familiar with the ways Of municipal politics in Manhattan or else. where - it is not especially surprising, Yet it is an accusation over which we have never. as a people shown any capacity to become indignant If detailed list of names, places and dates can be given us, we might be able to get stirred up about il,
 The inability of the average big city gov. ernment 10 suppress organized crime IS one of the most shocking symptoms our society displays. Gang murders, raekctccrins, kid napingS, rum running, conglomcration of lawlesS outburstS such as no other civil. ized land tolcra,cS these things are com. monpaeeS in our municipal affairs, Yet we seldom have the sense to reflect on their causes.
 When Mir Medac declares that New York has these things because her gangstcrs arc allied with her politicians he states nothing more than perfectly obvious truth, It is true not only in New York but m every other city where organized crime IS troublesome, A moments reflection ought to show us that there cannot possibly be any other explanation, Inefficient our low enforcement agencies may be, but they can not be SO stupidly incompetent as to re- main ignorant of the activities of sanSStcrS whose names and deeds are known 10 the very school children,
 Yet we continue to miss Ihe point We go to the polls, year after year. and vote for the same old crowd of machine politicians We accept the Spoils system without protest We arc eomplaeent in the face Of repeated revelations that most city governments grant favors to the rich and the powerful And we cannot understand why organized crime is SO well entrenehed. If Mir Medalic by citing chapter and verse for us, can show us precisely how such things work he may start q wave of public sentiment that will help to eliminate the alliance between crime and politics in other places besides New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

is animals within the borders of national or state forests or preserves. showed an in- crease in the past year as compared to the former. They jumped from 3.747 to 5.l64 But if we exclude Alaska the number drop ped from 747 to 664. That shows Alaska bears only to be keeping pace with eiviliza- ton. On the whole though tabulation of big game in national forests and parks is encouraging. There were l,l63,l42 big game animals in l4S national forests. in i932. Continued protection should keep this figure intact or increase it slightly. And who would want natural heritage to be wiped out by the blazing guns of hunters or other means of destruction, We must preserve our land and our wild life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
Here, There And Eusryv.iere

cities of the country; has, in words of the Greenwich News-Graphic "ieasted and frolicked In every city and town of priminence In the state" And the News-Graphic should know for genial John Ro6e- meyer, News Graphic editor and dean of Connecticut neWspapermen has been and remains the guiding spirit and essential genius of the order.
 We have heard 1t scoffed that hair won't grow on concrete" But the scoffer was a youth with a magnificent crop of marcelled eurls. The membership list of this Bald Head club of America supports the contention that the cause of bald ness Is excessive mental activity. If the modlcum of the reports current are true. "The Jolliest club" lives up to its nickname: acceptance to its circle Is distinction author iZed by nature and conditioned by ability. We do not know the rules for eligibility. the precise area of badness required. But we do know that if being baldhead enables one to become a Bald-Head, the hcnor more than compensates the loss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

When Massachusetts named special committee to make survey of existing liquor systems. it did not intend evidently that this commission should undertake jun ket trips However the commission made one to Ontario and Quebec to see how the Canadians sold liquor and kept the people satisfied. It was probably worthwhile trip. too. No doubt the Bay State will profit by it. At least the report of the com mission should be interesting when presented Think of it. Massachusetts is to get the bene fit of personal trip to Canada. Not that this will mean adoption of either of the systems now in vogue in Quebec or On taro. Incidentally the trip only cost Sl. 300 and the total expense of the commissions work won't surpass $3,000, so Massaehu- setts is getting off rather easily. We've heard of junket trips that surpassed this and the distance travelled and the information brought home were both less. As to the actual need of visiting Canada to get the real low down on the provinces methods of liquor control that isn't for us 10 say. We wouldn't be surprised though. if as much information as one would want could be accomplished by an exchange of mall. And surely lher' have been enough reports issuing from Can ada of recent years 10 give some indication of the way it handles liquor traffic. How. ever it isn't our battle. SO why worry about ii'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
CINDER DAMAGES TO ICE
(New York Sun)

(NeW York sum
 For the third time the Court oi Appeals has sent back for u new trial the suit of an Ice company against the New Haven railroad for damages incurred betfeen l9Os and 1928. The basis of the claim Is that, the company's cropeof Ice was damaged every winer py ashes, cinders and sparks from locomotives in passing ono or us lakes. The court was reluctant tc rccommit the action in which the ice company had obtained a verdic' for $63,0O0. It held that the lower court had adopted wrong meas use of damages and that the loss was not established by clear ana substantial evidence. Judge Crane said:
 If there be difficulty in arriv- ing at the fair value of damaged ice twenty years ago. 1t Is due entirelyto the plaintiffs delay in presenting it's claim. Men do not readily submit to loss year after year without making some effort to collect it. While this may not be asuspicious circum- stance in view of the nature ana financial responsibility of the various railroads operating the property, yet it i sno excuse for the plaintiffs inability to furnish
 legal evidence. It's loss must be measured by legal evidence, It's loss much be measured by legal standards. not left to sur mise; it must prove upon the rehearing the fair value of the damaged ice which it sold. which We think it has failed to do on this trial"
 The period in which damages were held to be allowable was from 1913 to 1916 and from 1920 to 1928.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
The Waterbury Democrat Wash.
 lngtCn Correspondent.

Washington. - General Johnson isn't the only tough baDy" here.
 Perhaps he Isn't even the tough est.
 Burly John l.. Lewis, president of the United Mino Workers, Is a contender. Lewis hns pulled and bulldoZed his way through n career of absolute power In his big union, ruth iessly suppresslng every hint ot opposition. Lately he hns signed up about 100000 new members
 He walked over to Johnson the other day. shook his big finger un. der Johnson's nose and tod the SRA administrator;
 Section Seven-A Is all the labor got out of the recovery net. You're not going to whittle it away!"
 Tho Labor Advisory board was suddenly proving itself a whole bunch of tough babies. The group had Johnson on the spot after his public promise to Interpret" the acts labor clause in m attempt te clarify the open and closed shoI controversy.
 Remembering Johnson's pas, open shop affiiationt, the laboi men figured the Interpretation wouldn't do their cause much good They felt it might help the auto. mobile and coal industries get an open shop expression In their codes.
 Johnson wanted to know why they felt that way,
 Johnson Promised
 President Green of the A, r. of l., said he realized Johnson was under much pressure from manu. facturers.
 'T'm full of prcssures!" Johnson exclaimed. Get pressuros from everybody. I'm very stubborn fellow"
 But he promised that he would not say anything that would affect labor's position under the recovery net in any way, (One of his pres sures was the threat by Lewis of n national coal strike) ."
 Terms Arc 0canci The interpretation finally issued jointly by Johnson and Chief Counccl Donald Richbcrg formally
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace IS noth- ing if not courageous in trying to settle the most perplexing problem that probably comes before his department. It is the es- tablishment of the open season on migratory waterfowl. In l93l there was only 30- day season. Last year it was doubled Some people want it even longer this year. Others have different ideas on protecting migratory birds or of feeding them. And by the time Mr Wallace is finished with the task of sort ing each and every plea and demand he will probably wonder whether he is Secretary of Agriculture or Secretary of the bird hunters of America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
So They Say

IL Uhc U. $. constitut.on) hus been tilted a bit lately: but It's too b;g to be turned over by men who are smaller than those who wrote it.
 Supreme Court Justice Wm.
 II. Black of New York.
 
 Poets are almost always bald when they get to about 70. They go bald trying to find rhymes in this language which has so few rhymes.
 John Maseflcld, poet-lau-
 reate of England. The great majority of detective stories are soothing rather than exciting. They act us a sedative for the tired business man.
 Ray Mars Simpson. Chicasc
 psychologist. No one nation can be prosperou 7 alone; no one nation can be wt off when others are in despair. X
 -secretary of State Hull. Racketeering exacts 15 billion dollars annually from American business. But 1t could all De stop ped in GO days if all the author ities would get together honestly to stamp 1t out.
 Warden Lawes of Sing Sing. If the tend of world progress continues during the next genera ton as it has in the last, there will scarcely be record of our civilization expect what one might find in libraries.
 -Dr Joseph Collins. author
 and lecturer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Denies U. s. Needs to Copy England

We are often told that America needs q syatcm of parliamentary government baaed on the Engl Gh model. b. W. BrogGn of the Ion don school of Economies, whose "Government of tho People" Is an amazingly thoughtful study of American politics, Is refreshingly different.
 Parliamentary government. he pusarts, would not suit America at all. lngtcad, he suggests that we strengi hen the kind of government we have cow. Enlarge the powers of the president. giving him tho right to appeal to Il referendum or the people when Congress rejects his program. and make Congress more a national mody by dropping tho requirement. that congress- man must live in the state he rcp- resonts--with these and minor ad- mlnistrative changes, gays Mir. Brogan, we would have just what we need.
 !, Harold Lnski calls thls book ",The most Illuminating treatise on | American government since the iato Lord Bryces famous volume" and he may well be right. Certain ly 1t is a thorough and comprehen- sive discussion Of tho subject; and It has the added merit of being in- tercstingly written.
 Our governments chief fault, yj Mr. lirognn, il that it K un- w c'dly. IL cCnnot Nct rapidly, !t cannot adjust itse'f to changing conditions. 1t cannot accurately re- fleet shifts in public opinion. IL seems to me that the events of the lGst few months pretty thoroughly upset thIs criticism He adds that ,he democratic party can hardly surv.ve, unless (and he thinks it almost inposg!blc) it emcrgc3 Cs representative of tho economic in- tegests of the farmer and the la borer. and alGo restores measute of national prosperity. Well? Published by Hampers, this book re1iS for S4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
Paris Letter.
By LAMAR MIDDLETON

United Press Stan Correspondent Paris (UP)-A reminder, both grim and poignant, of the conse- Quenccs to France of the World War comes in the laconic an nouncemcnt that the "reconstruc' ton of the shcll-shattered churches is progressing normally
 At the present time only 501 churches of the 2.626 destroyed ol damaged during the war, remain to be repaired or replaced. and 1t is expected that this work will be completed before the end of 1893.
 Cost 612 Million Francs The Society for the Aid of De- vastated Churches in France will spend 6l2,00O.000 francs In the reconstruction of these 5Ol churches. This group, which raises funds by popular subscription. has been responsible for the repair or replacement of 67O churches in the devastated districts.
 Most of the churches rebuilt are those small, simple edifices in what now are sleepy and tranquil villages and hamlets. Many of these worshipping-p places were re- duced to dust by single shell or collapsed in mining or aerial operations.
 Some Left as Reminders
 The larger churches, such as the cathedrals of Rheims. Ahliens and Verdun, have been restored by other commissions. in the work of which Americans generously have contributed. One of the largest donors since 1919 has been John D. Rockefeller. Jr,.
 The government has seen it. however. that certain churches are purposely not to be rebuilt Some of these ruins flank the we'll travelled route ktrasbOurg- Nancy -chalons- Rheims, where the fury of the German onslaught iI the later years of the war lev. elled scores Of smaller edifiees.
 4 number of these are beine left in their demolished state tG remind succeeding French genera. tions as well as visitors Of the material costs Of the war 10 this ing their shattered spires upward flank the main raiiroad lines be. tween Paris and ktrasbourg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

Camp Cross. the Civilian Conservation Corps unit at Mohawk State forest in West Cornwall, has several distinctions One is the presence of Tony Zordan of Torrinston. In spare moments Tony amuscs the boys by whiting them with penknife nina ture picks, axes shovcls, airplanes, etc. His most notable work to date is a statue of a cowboy. The horse and rider are entirely of wood with few accessories of Srap leather. We'll. some day Tony can recall how the days in the C.CC. gave him ideas for his celebrated wood carvings. Let's hope SO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
Our Daily Washington Lette: John Lewis of the Mine Workers is Tough Like His
 Chief, Johnson
 BY RODNEY BUTCHER
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

1 erased the terms "opcn shop" md closed Rhop' from the MIA oiii- clnl vocabulary.
 Hut the is5ue-as it was and will be--ought to be defined. 4 "closed shop" Is Q place where only union mon aro hired, An "open shop technically is a place where anyone may he hired. Employers argue that m open shop gives them tho privilege 0. hiring capable men on merit, re, gardless of whether they have union membership.
 But labor says it always works out so that open shop employers discharge union men md hire non- union workers. That prevents the building up of n union In the plant NRA as Mediator
 The only important new thIne In the .Richberg docu. ment which nearly everyone ha' overlooked, is the NRA's promise In cases where question arises n, to whether employees are beins represented by representatives oi their own choosing, to offer m I'm partial investigation, and if neces sary secret ballot.
 That means the NRA will ac, on legitimate complaints that h. bor Isn't getting It's rights as guar antced by the net. Steel and som, other industries are likely to b, held up In the l'ght of public opin' lon as refusing to accept the offer of Investigation.
 The National Labor board al. ready has settled two strikes by threatening employers with pub. lie statement to the effect thu, workers had nccc ?t2d and the cm. ploycr had refused n settlement through n fair, SRA-superviscd so crct election.
 Richborg. who has been some thing of tough baby himself dur Ing the open shop controversy, wrote most of the ''interpreta. | tion"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
BALDHEAD CLUB
lNew Haven JonrnaI-courI

tNew Haven Journal-courier)
 The baider the head the better the temper. "'he JOliiest club in America" is the Isaid-Head club 0i America. Saturday evening, Sep tember 18th. at the Hotel Elton, Waterbury. this organization will celebrate its coming of age with iis tweDty-iirst annual meeting.
 Sixty charter baldsters started the infant club Of distinctive heads with a dinner at Canaan In 1919. While the membership has included such names Of William Howard Taft. Nieholas Longworth. William Jennings Bryan, chaupeey M. De. pew, Davis Oakley: while the lIsi extends t0 s7 states; while the first president was Robert ]. orr si Pitts6eld. Mass; the organization has remsIned peculiarly e cennee' fieut product, II hes consistently Fefussa invitations from ths niaioi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
The Queen of BIarritz

sht SuNtu VI DNtFitk
 Paris is full Of tales of the abil- ity and fascination of the Queen Of Diarritz" She K an Amer. lean girl, Beth Lcary. niece Of the famous New York "Papaw Count. very handsome. with the typical ess I.cary Beth is young and American society figure, tall, thin. md on the go every minute. She ia very wealthy, wears Patou cloth 2 and gorgeous JeiSols. uila ls socially "in' u- few I'm n"",p succeed in getting into society. She Is u great friend of Prince C rne of England and the MountbattcnF. so whether in France or England izes parties. starts things going ev. it is Beth these days who O ',. csyNhcrc and Is const ltly c
 ating new ways for the crowd to amuse themselves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
Personal Health Service (By William Brady. M. D.

signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady. Address him. care Of the Democrat. sending stnn,p and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

When we got talking about the dropping off in the number of grizzly bears in the far West recently. we didn't have any fiswes ai hand. We've got some now. Grizzly bears in ihe United States and Alaska that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

The tobacco industry ought to like this code business. More leisure for everybody means more smoking Probably it will mean more tobacco taxes. too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

, An old.lashioncd family doctor says the government has borrowed his own shot gun policy" prescribing for the patient "a little of everything, ia the logical expectation
 that some of the shot will hit the mark
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

High tide at Milford Saturday, Scptem Der ]. l0;39 p. m" daylight time; To, tide. 500 a, m. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
Mistaken Identity

Mistaken Identity
 Harold Mccormick, back In Paris for the first time in two years (and alone) seems u little chary about announcing his name, after his rec cent publicity. Yesterday at the Ritz, a handsome. blonde American eX.patriate mistook him for Jimmy" Donahuo. secretary of the American club here, greeted him cordially and presented hin,, as Dorahue, 10 others at her table. He didn't correct her but bowed over her hand. accepted the intro auctions and tarrled n few mlnutyV talking. Then he bowed himself away, with merry little twinkle in his eye that she caught Just ns he was leaving. She realized her mistake but IL wasn't until n little later that she realized it was Me. Cormick because she used to know him In Chicago in the mean time, hc had disappeared
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

4 statue to Marshal Foeb wilI be erected Co the Forest Of Com. piege. France. shere the Armisties was signed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01

All vehicles mus, be lighted net later thai 756. daylight time tonight.