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sary. So far our people. with all their spec
ualtion. seem interested more in investment
than in gambling. The new loan viii
make 5000. 100000 rubles altogether in
Indebtedness of the Russian government
since its great Communist experiment be-
gan Ii is not great sum as Americans
reckon debt, whether public or private. 1t is
large, however, for nation that started
out poor. to create system of modern in
dustry from the ground up.
The funds are provided almost wholly
by the Russian people themselves. There is
no body of capital in Russia to tap How
they are able to rake up such sums from
their pitiful incomes is a mystery. 1t is a
curious phenomenon, too, for a regime
which started out to do away with capital
entirely The Soviet Socialist Republic dis
covers that capital, after all, is not wicked;
it is only "capitalistic countries that are
represent gold. Russia, though not saying
much about it. has been on gold basis
since she crawled out from her sea of
l7S, 100000 0o0 100000 paper rubles in
1924
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Summer Mail

There ought to be code for the guid-
lance of people about to go vacationing. 1t
.would deal not with the vacation itself. but
with the things that should be done at home
..before ever they start packing the car. Jokes
stt,s and cartoonsts have poked plenty OF
.fun at people who forget to stop the milk
.ordcr and the morning paper or who leave
tho water heater lighted. Police depart
-ments have urged departing householders not
Ito leave their homes with too deserted an
temperance and to let police know the time
rof their absence SO that watchful eye may
be kept on the place. Humane agents have
.reminded them again and again not to leave
Eanimal pets to shift for themselves and starve
Gin the streets Yet these are neglected every
~ycsr by many.
The postoffice now comes forward with
Fan earnest word of advice for happy vasa-
~tioncrs. If they want mail for~ arded to
-them and usually they do - they should
Railways leave their correct summer address
with their local postoffices. 1t is astonish-
~ing, say postal authorities, how many people
slcave inadequate vacation addresses the
name of cottage, for example, without
postoffice name. Names of summer camps,
lakes, private estates, railroad stops that are
mot postofices and even adjectives used by
Enthusiastic summer resort press agents, are
.among the useless addresses left by vacation
sers The result is lot of lost or delayed
mail After all, the correct address is
: wanted for the travellers satisfaction, not
for postmans
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-06-14
WEDNESDAY, JUNE IA, 1885
Government Credit Good

. Who will buy the alf-billion of hve-
year notes to be offered next week by the
treasury. paying 2 78 per cent? asked
7 gloomy economist few days ago. Will
obligations of the Treasury payable in dol
lars of uncertain value be attractive to the
spublic and to financial institutions in the
future as they have been in the past!
He was frankly doubtful of the outcome
ESPECIALLY in view of the additional new
i Financing that was expected to come along
soon. There are other maturing short-term
obligations that have been aocumulating dur
ling the depression years, which must soon be
taken care of. and there will be large addi-
.tional sums needed for the relief and recon
struction work planned.
The answer came promptly with the an
announcement on June 8 from the Secretary
! Of the Treasury that the five-year certificates
! at z 7-8 per cent, and aso the nnemonth
Certificates at only "a per cent, nearly ST.
!. 900 100000 in all, were oversubScribed five
stimes. The heavy subscription in sums OF
$50 900 or less was especially pleasing, and
!. was to be accepted wthoup limitation, for
] the accommodation of small investors.
! The response seems plainly to indicate
.thesc things: That people have plenty OF
ssmoncy to invest; that they have confidence
Tin the government; that they are not
sworrying much about the value of the dollar
!. 1t is reassuring to the government ITSELF
! and to all who are concerned about govern
ment credit and the general financial situa-
: ton 1t suggests that the government can
: probably get all the funds it needs on terms
~ that will be neither burdensome nor dam
! pcrouS.
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COME. COME, JUST WHAT ARE YOU
AFRAID OF?

This and other talks on nervousness Ito
follow at intervals Of several days. ane eruos
atelv dedicate to the great army or nervous
u,raccks Won heard me. I said affectionately.
You must not think that because call you
names | don't love you. .,,,,. rarves must
he interspersed with tiresome discussions OF
the health problems of other vaietualnara w. .
some of you neuratics VIII pronaDy ms, nnec cn
mate YOU there, too, l shall reprint the gists
of these harangues in monograph chrome
Nervous imposition" which any one may pro,
cure by asking for it, and inclosing dime ana
a stamped envelope bearing the correct ad-
dress. Clippings will not sufice. nor VIII tr'cN
addresses such as "City" or Local
| Let 1t be clearly understood at the outset
that in this course / am teacher and you are
pupil. But this Is free country and you are
Won already know more than I do about the
subject Of nervousness. Almost everybody does,
in fact That's one reason why there are 80
many nervous wrecks at large
Keep right on chewing gum making iunnv
faces tapping your foot or twidding your nm
gers or jerking moving about, Just as you
always do. The fact that you attend these lee
lures shows that you are of nervous temper
ament" So / don't mind how restless you may
bel only please retire to the corridor or some.
where If you're going to have fit or petlt MAJ
lapse OF course you are nervous. CT course
YOU are weak. You're like q spoiled child and
we can't expect you to behave like a grown UP
human being. You haven't been educated or
trained to exercise self-contro or self-dis-
cpline. On the contrary you've been pampereu,
humored, peted, encouraged to think you Gun
do as you please at all times because you are
not strong like normal folk. You've been spoil
ed in your bringing up, allowed to have your
own way all your life, at no matter what ex-
pense or inconvenience to others. If you haven't
had it. 1t is not because YOU haven't selfshly
tried to take every advantage of your friends,
your neighbors and. above all, your own fam
lily. The truth is you're afraid of something. but
you don't know 1t.
Sit down. I'm teacher here. IL you don't
like the teaching, we are not keeping YOU Your
1af
say. As we get along with our study of nervous
ness however, there will be less you want to
say. II you get what hope you may from this
course of instruction you'll find yourself say
Ing less and DOING more, whining less and
demanding less sympathy from the world at
large, growing up at last and taking u mans
or womans part in the world.
Yes, that IL the unvarnished truth, the scien
tifc truth. You're sick with fear, my dear neu-
rotc Let me help you to face this fundamen-
tai truth and acknowledge it, for your own
good. Indeed, we are going to prove 1t In this
course. And that will be the parting of the
ways for you nervous impostors Half of you
will become Class A neuratics and the rest OF
you will join Glass b. Depends on what you're
afraid of. Next lesson Wen let the cat out Of
the bag).
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So They Say


The trouble with the American
people always has been frozen feet
instead of frozen assets.-Dr Will
liam Trufant Foster, economist OF
Boston university.
If at any time the heart of the
world, Germany, should stop beat
ing, all culture and all hope Of
resurrection would disappear.----
Hans Schemm. Nazi Minister Of
Culture of Bavaria.
I make sex appeal natural
know what / mean? Audiences re-
spond to my Characterization be-
cause the women play are hon.
est; they don't say mo" when they
mean "yes."-Mae West, movie
actress.
All nations are marching to the
battlefield with the dove of peace
embroidered on their banners
Lloyd George, former British prime
minister.
It is utterly grotesque in my
mind that anyone should preach
the physically dominant. Woman is
spiritually dominant.--Dr Robert
Clothier. president of Rutgers
university.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Rcading Glass

Kindly give an old lady your opinion about
glasses. 1 am VI and have cataract. can see
to read with q cheap 50 cent pair of glasses,
better than can with the glasses from the eye
doctor L wonder III plain magnfying glass
would be all right to use for reading.
&C. v. P)
Answer Yes an ordinary reading glass
plain magnifying lens, is all right. The cheap
SO cent glasses are better than any more costly
ones IL you can see more clearly with them.
Raw Milk
Taking my 1f-mopths-old baby for visit
TO my sisters I'm the Catskills. They use raw
milk from a dairy farm near by. Sister says II
has always been good enough for their chill
drcn should 1 give IL to my baby while ! an
there? lie has been given nothing but pasteur-
lied grade A I'm town. Our family physician
says he would not hesitate to give the raw
milk 10 his children. Mrs ii. 81
Answer Your family physicians judg-
ment is best. know nothing of the raw milk
in question. In such circumstance. IL you bring
the milk TO a boil for an instant only and then
let II cool again Immediately. that will dispose
of any germs the raw milk might happen To
contain, and Is less destructive to the Vitamin
& than Is pasteurization.
Copyright 1888, John +. Ollie Coz
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Tho Waterbury Democrat Wash.
ington CORRESPONDENT

Hugh s.
johnson, who will be overseer OF
American industry under the re-
covery act, Is a tough customer.
AS far as anyone can determine
from watching, questioning and
hearing him as he organizes the
great partnership" between gov
eminent and business, he Is n
hard hitting. notwithstanding real
list who not only has an acute sense
of the continuance Of economic
emergency, but Is grimly deter
mined to give industry, labor and
the public an even break.
At private gatherings Of sena-
tors, business men and labor lead
ers the general has invariably
sold himself at high rating. He
harangues them with facts and
bald statements much as an officer
might urge his men over the top
in a crucial fight-with merci-
full lack Of bunk, spirituality and
high promises.
He looks the part Of the tradi-
tional hard boiled sergeant of ma
rines. His voice Is tough, too, and
sounds as II he were talking from
OHe Sluc VI HIS IuOutH tHodbu hS
really talks from both sides at
once. His mind works rapidly and
well and he has an obviously true
conception of the principal phases
of his enormous problem.
But he is unquestionably one Of
the saltiest characters who has APP
peared on this scene in long time.
Speech Picturesque
His language Is picturesque. He
coined the term "chiseling fringe"
for those sweatshopping and price,
cutting sections of industry which
force down standards for the, rest.
Other bits from a recent johnson
conversations:
:. Everything was going to
hell" /. Fl. public works Is like
shooting craps" this is no
hooey" mo hot air promises"
that guy has got to have all
the authority there Is under this
act"--meaning the administrator.
himself 1--WE could use all the
units that this government Is just
lousy with ali over town"--for da-
Ia 1--WE can't put men In
who'll get the pants traded off
'em" NOV we're coming to the
CUTS of this thing" "the pub
lie isn't going TO be gypped"
Recent price rises make little
impression on Johnson. He IL out
to restore purchasing power.
through raising employment by a
wages. II he doesn't, he thinks,
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Camp Catalogues

: The flower catalogues come in the spring,
stra-la In fact they usually arrive before
4anyone can believe that the season will ever
sreally turn. Studying them in those cold
: and early evenings is one Of Americas best
.indoor sports. By now the new shrubs.
chosen this year with close eye on the bank
.balance. are in the ground. Most of the new
Z seeds are planted. Neighbors snapped seeds
with each other as never before and bought
I. new ones skimpily. But money or no
-money, jobs or no jobs, banks or no banks,
the gardens are coming along fine.
Now follow the camp catalogues They
J are thinner There are fewer experimental
gadgets shown. Attention is called to the
! fact that the old stand-bys are cheaper. And
. they are. The camp stove is so much less
.. that for a very little more than last year S
price one may order the stove and good
cot, too. And camping dishes! Why use
horrible odds and ends when new ones tor
I. the cottage are what they are? But watch
your step little, ladies. Husbands are going
!. to want more fishing tackle, too. when they
. see the prices under the pictures of things
they always longed-for.
Buying from a catalogue is pig-in-a-poke
business to some extent. The sporting ele-
ment is part of the fun if you are spending
only little money. When you get right
down to brass tacks, the local hardware
store is apt to give you better value. But
are the catalogues fun? Boyl Let me look
At that duck-boat againl
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THE TOILET KIT MENACE
(SprlngiIcld Republican,

1--WE find no evidence that would
sustain charge OF corruption or
improper motive" says the unani-
nous report OF tho senate military
affairs OF the alleged investi-
CATION OF the alleged extravagant
price paid for 100000 toilet kits
for the Civilian Conservation corps.
We can rejoice at this conclusion.
Yet the evidence revealed all the
laxity and carelessness In putting
through O contract that so often
has brought discredit upon the
governments administrative serv-
ices. This case reached dangerous
Niy into the presidents own secre-
tariat and decorated Louis Nc
Henry Howe with q garland OF sus-
picion, Mr. Howe's integrity has
happily survived the episode. He
has been everworked the past
three months, like his chief. His
experience, with the attendant pub.
licity OF q senate investigator, Will
not be lost on him and his coll
leagues In the administration Of
fetal family.
The special shock OF the expos
ure Of the unnecessary expenditure
Of 100000 on toilet kits prob
ably registered In the minds of most
people because of an apprehension
that 1t was symptomatic OF the
com bined inexperience and ineff-
cheney of the personnel Of new
administrators. What! SO soon?''
was the natural reaction OF the
public. This feeling was the more
acute because, first, extravagance
and waste in government have been
under severe criticism owing to the
great treasury deficit: and. second,
because the extraordinary legis-
lation of congress since President
Roosevelt was inaugurated has in
trusted to the federal bureaucracy
immense discretion In raising and
spending money.
The success of the program Of
extraordinary experimentation In
lseveral directions win depend large
| ly on the human element. The
men selected to discharge executive
Functions can make or break an ad-
/ ministration.
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Termites have advanced from upper New
York city to Milford, according to the latest
news dispatches. Maybe they're not the
same group that did SO much damage down
there, but at any rate they have the same
bad manners. Several Milford homes are
now slowly disntegrating. Examination
has shown porch supports. pilings etc.
rotted. AS rule complete new underpin-
ing is required after the termites have
taken their toll The insects are burrowers
by nature and wood seems to attract them
Even six by six beam has not proved ada
mant to their attack. What foes hasn't man
kind without warning among his own
kind'
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III
|MezC York
az PAUL HARRlsoN

New York - Thousands of out
of-town visitors see the New Yorl
| public library each year, usuallsq
distinguishing 1t from the post
office by the stone lions, pigeons.
| fountains and groups of dowdy
| liberals who clutter the plaza.
Some sight-seers go In to look
about cursorily, thus getting them
selves counted among the 100000
people who enter there each year.
But few ever see the inner work.
ings OF the library proper - the
seven levels of thousands of stacks.
two city blocks long, or the scores
OF skittering attendants. who can
find and deliver any one of $685.
429 books in an average OF seven
minutes,
Almost nobody, regular patrons
included, ever meets Mr. Edwin
H. Anderson, the director. He Is
very shy and quiet, as most 7S-
year-old librarians would be.
About the only way to reach him
is to register a complaint about
something. Two ladies' complain
ed at the same time one day and
he received them together. One
said the main reading room was
tVV CVlue LHC OthGi aVStosVN ~
was hot and stuffy. Mr. Anderson
had them escorted to different
reading rooms.
The only major quarrel that
ever got into the newspapers was
over q man who insisted on read
Ing in his shirtsleeves. This Is
against the library. rules, but the
director interceded' for him be-
cause he was a serious scholar.
Mr. Anderson is a scholar himself.
and IL always hopefully going
down to inquire about the popu-
larity OF some book he has just
read and admired. Usually he
finds Il hasn't been taken out IN
years, and he considers this dis
tressing indication Of sometbhrg
or other.
Eames Can Read IL!
Another eruditc eremite hs Mr.
Wilberforce Eames, LID, Litt.D.,
the institutions chief photographer.
Games had hard time reaching
the top, for he has been a printers
devil, o bookshop clerk, a salesman
Of religious tracts and postman.
When he was 10 years old he got
hold of a copy of Herodotus, and
the public schools gave him up as
hopeless when he was IS because
he was always playing hockey to
go to the library and read the clas-
sizes.
He kept on reading, and when
he worked for the postoffice, he
became their expert In decipher-
ing illegible addresses. Now, just
for fun, he keeps his hand In by
deciphering cuniform tablets. He
also can read 20 languages and
speak most OF them. He has never
been to Africa, but he can talk
Kaffir. Another hobby oS Eamcs
Ii studying about the social life OF
the Babylonians. His greatest
work, he believes. Is a compilation
OF the names OF all the books about
America. This has taken him
about 2S years so far.
knowledge by the Mile
II was only IN 1911 that the
library was opened to the public.
but officials are already worried
about space, and about funds too.
Approximately two miles of books
are added each year to shelves
whose supposed capacity Is already
exceeded. Depression years
brought o big increase In readers.
until now about 31,000.000 books
are consulted q year.
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UTILITY BATTING Is
HAZARDOUS.
(Nferlden Journal)

Some bright minds among the
members of a large taxpayers as
ISOLATION In the town of Manches-
ter started an attack on the local
electric light works for q reduction
in rates and In due time Profess
sor Levitt of Redding was called
In to give the movement expert
leadership. -
Apparently, he wasn't at all
familiar wit hthe situation. for ac-
cording to the papers at the time,
he denounced j. Henry Roraback's
Connecticut Light & Power as the
owner Of the Manchester Electric,
which, In fact, liz owned by Samuel
Ferguson's Connecticut Power. Be-
Ing u lawyer. he proposed q court
fight but when the complainants
learned the probable cost, their
anger cooled somewhat. The pro-
fessor sort of dropped out of the
picture at this point but there was
a rate case brought and the Con-
necticut Power Company. which Ii
linked up with the Hartford Elec-
trio Light Company, had quite q
job defending It's rates.
The result comes now In the
omission of It's regular dividend at
the rate Of IL per cent q year by
the Manchester company, and the
reasons are set forth by President
Ferguson:
This years earnings are low,
not on account of reduced indus
trial. commercial and street light
ing business. but also on account
of the material increase In ex-
penses caused by an unduly in
creased tax assessment. the cost OF
the rate case brought by the Tax
payers association and the COM
panies direct and indirect contri-
buttons to alleviate the unemploy-
ment situation. WA
"The effect, both direct and in
direct, Of the attack on the COM
pany by the Taxpayers association
has been to very materially reduce
the earnings of the company and
to increase its debt. II the objec-
tive of this association was to
lessen its ability to render service,
1t can have the satisfaction of
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the selling Of other drinks; but
that was partly due to the then
prevailing price of a nickel a stein;
and in many places food was
thrown in. We have heard Of no
price under dime since beed came
back, so that the higher price may
take care of some of the higher
overhead and the taxes.
Although there are not likely to
be as many taverns in town as
there are garages, 1t is notable
that there are more than 80 pres
ent and prospective, on the list.
That is importtnt; but what is
equally important Is how many of
them will be on the job year
from now. No attempt seems to
be made to keep the number in
check on basis OF population. ex-
cept that a ruthless economic law
Is likely to attend to this factor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-06-14
CITIES FACE DICTATORSHIP


Connecticut legislators have put
cities and towns OF the state on the
spot. They can go on borrowing.
even to disregarding tho old legal
limit Of Ave percent of the grand
list, but they do 80 at their peril,
for the minute they fail to meet
their obligations properly. the state
will step in with n receiver and
clean up the political stables.
Powerful medicine IL this new
state relief measure. Some viii say
that the state Is acting too high
and mighty. They should be re-
minded that municipal units are
simply creatures OF the state and
subject TO the rules and regulations
OF the sovereign body. just az the
state is ruled by the nation. Con-
necticut has always been liberal to
It's municipalities In the matter OF
taxes and has run It's affairs better
than have most of the cities and
towns which fact undoubtedly Inn
pressed 1egislat ors with tho need OF
maintaining the states position
rather than, throwing II into debt
for the sake Of the towns.
The state will guarantee bonds to
be issued henrcforth by municipal
tiles, which ~ quite something In
asmuch as marv places had reach
ed that point whore their securities
were hardly marketable even at
high interest rates. But the state
will not be Santa Claus In handing
out bond endorsements and prob
and economies. to be followed up
upon government improvements
ably early In the game will insist
when necessary with dictatorship.
That will mean that lot Of local
political deadwood will BIO tossed
overheard.
It 10 unfortunate that the state
could not have acted to prevent
towns from getting mlred through
keeping up expenses In the face OF
falling tax returns. It Ii we'll that
intelligent pressure is finally 10 BIO
applied to local officials. Incident
ally, what has either party TO look
forward to IN the fall elections?
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To-day's Selected Poem
HERBACEoUs BORDER

leslie Nelson Jennings in the New York
Times)
"If your garden seems bit
Lacking in that sense of order,
We advise enclosing it
With a neat herbaceous border"
Thus the Garden Growers Guide"
Graveled walks and beds well spaded
Can be pointed with pride
Trim. austre and barrcaded.
Standard roses look their best
Fitted into formal patterns.
But my poses aren't impressed,
Being the veriest little slatterns
Phlox and candytuft and pink
Often disregard the letter:
And I'm vain enough to think
Their example may be better