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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
Seems To Be Necessary

With $l,000,00O in taxes due for last
 year the city is faced with dilemma. It
 must either borrow heavily to defray ordi- 3 nary running expenses or else it must effect
 savings through economy measures plus the
 ordinary borrowing in anticipation of taxes {, We think that the situation is quite clear to
 most people in Waterbury. It is no differ
 ent from what is occurring in other cities of
 the state. The sole redeeming feature seems to be that Waterbury has managed to get 5 by so long without extraordinary relief. Y We feel pretty sure that most of the city <, employes will agree to any salary reduction
 that Mayor Hayes and other city officials
 may suggest with good grace. To our way i of thinking it is far better for the numerous city employees to be sure of smaller weekly
 stipend than none at all. Waterbury is for
 tunate in this respect It has managed to
 meet it's weekly payroll. It has kept its
 credit in financial circles. We offer this last
 statement as the best objection to the criti- B, eisms heard so frequently that oul true fi- naneial position is unsound and far differ-
 ent from what the proper officials make it out to be.
 tSr However we do think that Waterbury
 should now lend its growing sentiment for
 ostracism of that financial expedient of bor- growing in anticipation of taxes. The amount X of interest that Waterbury pays on the mil < lions it borrows is tidy sum. We don't 1. doubt but what in one year it might equal . the amount that the city will save by d 10 s per cent salary cut at this time. Keeping this 2 in mind we think that our city officials fought to join in the movement to make tax - dates coincide with the start of the fiscal sss-ycar It might impose burden on us just . at this particular moment, but whcn the ' opportunity offers itself, let us make the = change And d word 10 those owing back Y taxes -- your dollar today can help Water. \ bury out of bad. fix Do your best to pay V u., those back bills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
The Price They Pay

One of the penalties that high public officials, like President-Eleet Roosevelt pay. : is an accessibility to every crank or maniac : in the nation The attempt to assassinatc him in Miami yesterday was merely that of ! erazed man. His mania is destroying all . rulers. He is an outerop of radical teach- . ings in which rulers are made synonymous
 2 with opprcssors It has been a good many years since an attempt was made to assassin. ate a president of the United States. We 2 sincerely hope it will De many more before : repetition occurs.
 q It seems too bad that in q highly civilized nation, such as this one is, we should be 7 forced to walk shoulder to shoulder with : men and perhaps women who harbor in 1. their bosoms such ideas and thoughts as | will cause them to use violence such as was perpcrtated yesterday. We hope that Mayor 2 Anton Cermak of Chicago will recover from 2 his wound. though his chances are reported ! slim. We hope that the other victims of the mans gunfirc will also win their way . back to good health.
 ' We hope that the authorities will take
 : prompt action against the individual. com 2 hitting him to an insane asylum if he be found sufficiently unbalanced, but taking : sterncr measures, if he is found to be noth- !: ing more than radical with some idea of \ saving the nation or the people from being { trampled under the heel of dcspot, We 2 want no such doctrines exemplified in tbc : United States. We want every man to feel !. free to express his own opinion on public
 . matters. but man is not law unto himself. Y Let the law take its course in this attempted
 z assassination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
WATERLOO BRIDGE

(New York Iierald-Trlbune)
 The reat Waterloo Bridge con- roversy, according to m announce. ment from London, has been sot- tied. Uerhaps 1t has at any rqatc. The last time this happened was 6 year ago, and 1t had been settled before that and before that again; but still, through decade or more, tho charming wrangle pursued It's leisurely way. How many com.' missions and sub-commissions and parliamentary committees and resolutions of the county council 1t has involved, how many public meetings of outraged protest and how many long, long letters 10 "The London Times' 1t has pro- duced, who can say? Waterloo Bridge seemed fairly on its way toward overtakin geven the Cham mel tunnel as monument to Bri- tish powers of earnest controversy and ingenious comp promise. Should the graceful masterpiece in Port land stone which Rennle threw across the Thames to commence rate the final conquest of Ma poleon be preserved? Or should 1t be demolished altogether, or sim- pig rebuilt 50 as to con1erve the best features of the architecture while at the same time offering a more adequate relief to modern traffic congestion?
 Compromise has apparently won; the bridge will be built. New lanes of traffic will be aded, the piers will be shored up to prevent the whole thing falling into the river | Cit was the imminence of such Q catastrophe which tsarted the whole debate ten years ago), and presumably nobody will be really satisfied. The sentimentalists will not save intact this really fine bit of older London, and the modern. fists who wanted the whole system of transriver arteries revised on a Imoer commodious scale to meet the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16

bition itself breed in the United StaIesl Certainly conditions that are the equal if not actually surpassing those which we knew in the day of the licensed saloon. At least there were regulations in those days. observed by some, but broken. of course, by others. Today what purveyor of intoxi- eating beverages observes any mandate but that laid down by the powers with whom he plays ball" At least under state con- trol of liquor sales we may see some semblanee of law and order.
 In referring to the referendum on the prohibition question of last November the Rev Mir Parker declared that drys did not participate in the voting because they had been told it was a sham battle. That sounds like an insult to this writer and the thousands of other Connecticut voters who cast their ballots in favor of memorializing Congress for repeal of the 1 9th Amendment. It's not only an insult to the integrity of thousands of voters but also a direct aceu- sation, as much as to say that the vate was actually controlled. The only controlling force behind it was a well-founded eonvie. ton in the minds of honest people that the intolerabe conditions imposed upon us some ten or twelve years ago should be wiped out at one fell swoop.
 If people aren't entitled to contrary opinions on this subject of prohibition, as we are led to believe from the remarks of Rev Fletcher D. Parker, then what force should his remarks have upon the judiciary committee. We sincerely trust that Gov ernor Cross's proposal for careful study of the prohibition question before committing this state to definite policy will be whole heartedly adopted by the Legislature. It is a non partisan move that merits unanimous support. Connecticut should follow in the footsteps of her neghbor, New York now forming policy for future guidance in tsckling the prohibition problem. It must be faced; why do it so sloppily that we'll have repetition of the last twelve years'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16

Governor Moore is making a wise move in asking two year moratorium on fore closures, plus reduction of mortgage in- tercst rates to but l-2 per cent. We think that the times call for drastic action of some sort so that thousands of small home owners won't lose the property it has taken them so many years to acquire and in which they have not as yet acquired full equity. As the governor says, The small home owner in the state is now faced with the un- pleasant prospect of losing his home. due to decreased earning capacity. Years of ef- fort and sacrifice will go for naught unless ways and means arc devised to bring about prompt and effective relief. To bring about the required relief, it is necessary that this voluntary suspension of foreclosures be effected immediately. :" How many other states will get behind such plan if adopted. All we hope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
Here, There And EDerywhere
STATE JOB BUREAUS (New Haven Register)

THe DOuru or HnuHCe uUu cOHtTOi has recommended that the appro. prlations for maintaining the state free employment bureaus be elim- mated from the state budget, thus to save slightly less than $40,000 for each of the next two years The reduction is opposed, of course, as all reductions are by the bureau members or by their well- meaning friends, In this case on such grounds as that job seekers ought not to be handicapped by offices. The boards recommenda- facts. While partly understandable as fl matter of spirit, tho opposition to it overIooks the facts.
 State employment bureaus are set up as job mediums not as cree ators of jobs. If they could create work. there might Do reason for continuing them. As matters stand they are centers of exchange for c commodity which simply is not Dc. ing exchanged.
 What jobs are being given out directly have an indefinite number of applicants waiting for them right at the scene. What jobs are being given out through an em- ployment medium can be and are being taken care of through the citizens municipal employment bu- reaus. Tho cities of the state are well provided with them, and at no state expense. Their facilities are ample for taking care of all tho employment applications and job offers of the times. Because of the contact they are constantly keeping up with possible employers and the public notice they have received and the efforts they make to "cre. ate" work, 1t is logical that avail- able jobs will be handled through them. sThe maintenance of dupli- eating state bureaus at the state expense therefore is 8 pure waste
 The abolition of these state bu. reaus for the time being does not involve any scrapping of the prin- ciple of the project, of the desir. ability of publicly-maintained ex- changes for employment. It means merely the suspension of a service for the duration of period which is providing no material for 1t to exchange.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
NEA Service Writer

it as they may, the Congressional Record Is still good for a few laughs In nearly every issue.
 Most censorship Is performed by the members themselves, in order that they may be recorded as ex- pressing themselves more accu- rately more beautifully or more amiably toward follow members than they actually d!d in debate.
 When n member says "damn" or "hell' the official reporters ap- parently delete the word In the interests of public morals or some. thing. But if such q word is used fin q story or something else that Is being quoted, 1t stays in. When senator Tydlngs of Maryland said "To hell with this Job!" the phrase was left out entirely. Senator Robinson of Arkansas told of the Texas orator, campaigning for the late Senator Joe Bailey, who kept interspersing political speech with the rhetorical demand, "Wh0 is Joe Bailey?" until someone tn the crowd yelled "I'll bite, who in hell is Joe Bailey?" That was left in.
 Other little lines that have been left fin lately:
 Senator Barkley of Kentucky tells how 1t Is with the farmer:
 q heard a story the other day about a farmer in my state Who hauled load of tobacco to the market, and, after he had paid all the expenses incident to its prepa. ration for sale, and sale, he owed the proprietor of the warehouse 50 cents. When he went to the warehouse to explain that he could not pay the 50 cents, the proprie- tor said to him, Well, bring q chicken tomorrow. will just take n chicken for what you owe me for processing and selling youi tobacco The following day the farmer brought in two chicker and when asked why he brought two chickens, replied that he in. tended to bring in another load oi tobacco the next day and thought he would pay the chicken in ad' | vance,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
WE'RE STILL TALKING BIC.
(Merlden Journal) )

The bridge over fhe connccticu. river connecting Middietown and Portland has seon its best days. It falls fniSerably as an accommoda- ton to present-day traffic and tho older it gets the worse it fills the bill as even pass1ble bit of state property. It should be replaced. of course, at the earliest oppor- tunity.
 But do those who have been looking into the project reconi- mend c simple, substantial, dur ablc structure that would Do fin keeping with tho nattcncd purses of this day? You're right; they do not. They talk about q gran. d0ise structure costing four mil lions of doliars---beautiful, wide high. No wonder the editor of the Manchester Herald rises on his car to remark:
 "There would be a lot better chance of getting large numbers of public works under way if we could only get away from tho in. Hated maRnifcence of tho ideas Ol the 20's and be satisfied with simp. Ter things. It As altogether doubts ful if there Is anywhere withiA the borders of this state q bridg. ing problem that couldn't be quite well solved at m expenditure 0s fifteen hundred thousand doilarA That's lot of money and would build, if we cut out the glory and the graft, quite q bridge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Of A Dream Dehation

The depression has deflated America spiritually us well ns materially. It has destroyed the dream we, lived by, with 50 pro- found an effect on the American spirit that we are not yet certain that "its character was not weak ened and It's capacity to 1.-Two and grow not corrupted beyond re- demption,"
 So says Gilbert seldes in "The Years of the Locust" which seems to mo to be one of the most thought-provoking books of the winter.
 The depression, MT Seldes be- lleyes, dlsillusioned us three times.
 Tho first was when wo learned that the official explanations of the crash wero not true--that business wasn't as Fundamentally sound' us those in high places claimed and. that recovery wasn't Just around the corner.
 The second was when tho French outplayed us in the German mora torium negotiations and pitched us from tho height of hope into deep despondency.
 The third was when we found that tho United States army could be used, by official order, against ex-soldiers.
 These things, combined with our disillusionment about the wisdom of our business and political lead ers-business, says Mir Seldes. which we had adorod, "mado tho fatal blunder of not being infall- ible" ---have left Ii adrlft. We no longer take 1t for granted that we are the chosen people among the nations. We had prepared for i eternal sunshine only to learn that we were in for a long rainy spell. Our society rests on confidence in the future. Now, for the first time in our history, says Mir Scl. des, our confidence in the future is shaken. And that is the real dis aster of the depression.
 This book is published by Little, Brown and Co, and costs $3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
MEDICAL AsEPSIS PROTECTS DOCTORS
 AND NURSES.

A reader asks that we discuss here just why lt Is that doctors and nurses, year in and year out, Can come in contact with contagious dis eases in their daily work and yet keep immune from them, while tho layman Is ordinarily such an easy victim when he is exposed. If doc-' tors and nurses hold the secret of immunity. why don't they reveal 1t for the public well fare?
 Doctors and nurses arc not immune, but they escape infection because they know how to practice asepsis in their dealings with con- taglous or infectious diseases.
 There, now, III have to explain the differ ence between contagious and infectious dis- eases. Any disease caused by the invasion of the tissues of the body by germs Is Infectious. some infectious diseases are contagious, that is, they may be communicated through direct contact, such as cryspelaB scableS, ringWorm; but other infectious diseases arc not contagious, such as measles, scarlet fever whOoping cough, pneumonia. Don't argue; I'm telling you.
 The main reason why the laynan Is not protected by asepss is because he doesn't know how to practice asepsls. The main reason why he doesn't know how is because he is 50 wise we can't tell him anything about such matters l know, for have tried hard, for years and years, and the lay reader Just doesn't get It. l think he assumes doctor is nutty If the doe tor attempts 10 teach him the simple princi- pies of aseDsis.
 Pupil nurses learn the technIc of asepsis in the operating room. Something about the op- eratlng room that makes everybody germ- conscious, suppose. Anyway, that's where i'm. portance of asepss is impressed on the mind of the pupil nurse or the medical gtudent. GA pupil is not il student) /
 So far as asepsls in the operating room goes 1t is principally questlon of learning to keep "IIands oH' But in the routine sickrOom work of nurse or physician it Is in addition a ques- ton of "Beware the cough, sneezo OF conver- DatonaI spray
 Such diseases measles. scarlet fever, diphthcria. Whooping cough, pneumonia, tuberculosis, influenza, meningitis, are spread via spray or droplct infection alnosG if not quite exclusively. They arc NOT spread through mere touch nor through Indirect means, that is, on things contaminated by the patient Legends oG tine outbreak of scarlet fever or other diseaNe rom the innocent handling of some object that was presumably contaminated long ago or far away by patient i'll of the disease arc merely legends and there is no scientific ground for them to stand oD' One may be germ m-cOnsclous without being the least germ-sby. Doctors and nurses are less afraid of germs than laymcn are. But doctors and nurses have greater respect for disease germs than laymcn have.
 We know q disease germ can go only where 1t is put Dr carried. It can't get there unless 1t Is carried.
 We try not to carry any germs or to permit any to be carried to our mouth, nose. hands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16

Uncle Sam is going to make a determined effort to reduce the postal deficit. Assistant Postmaster General F. A. Hilton has just issued orders to all postmasters to cooperate in such campaign. He said to them, Examine maings before accepting or dis tributing to ascertain whether fully prepaid. Do not forward or return ordinary second, third or fourth class mail not bearing pledge without prepayment of postage. Watch the heavies. Use your scales. Watch for un- cancelled stamps Cancel all uneaneelled. ~ And what about this precaneel racket, Mir Tilton3 l: it true that preeancels have been used more than once?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
So They Say

We take up at because 1t gives us IL chance to show off. dorado Taft, famous sculptor.
 
 A man should be able to leave for his days work, whether 1t Is to his office or factory, with the same zest and joy with which he starts on q camping or fishing trip. --Dr Goodwin Watson of Columbia University.
 The success of q censor or c die. tator iY automatically precluded by the prodiglous self.esteem which enables him to permit his elevation to such a post Stefan Asch, essaylSt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16

The dispute between this city and Pros peet over the payment of taxes on that part
 of the municipal golf course within the Prospect town limits is far-reaehing one.
 Had it been settled in the way in which Prospect wanted it more than one town would have felt its effects. We can think
 of two other instances where the owners of golf courses would have been obliged to pay taxes where they hadn't been poying them before Hartford's municipal course
 in Keney Park lies partly in the town of Windsor. Yale Unlversity's golf course is partly in the town of West Haven. The dispute between the Yale authorities and West Haven officials is several years old , now. The town officials claim that the course produces revenue and should be taxed. Yale says the contrary is true. In the case of both Waterbury and Hartford the courses are under the care and mainte- nance of park boards. Whatever income is derived from them must be used for up- keep and also to retire bonds issued to de- fray the cost of construction. Under exist ing statutes that would seem to make them tax-exempt property. However, we think
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-02-16
Democrats At The Bridge

Like Horatius of old the eighteen demo- .erats comprising majority of the State Senate stood back to back and shoulder to shoulder when confronted with the first is- sue that was to test their united strength. It occurred yesterday morning when two common pleas court judgeships were con- sdered by the Senate. All the rumors and stories to the effect that democratic senators were in ''cahoots' with the republicans vanished quickly when party lines were un- broken and the democrats carried the day. In one instance they defeated d judgeship resolution passed by the House. In the other of local interest they withheld action until after the district court bill hearing. Both required ful party strength Both received that
 If ever there was an opportunity for any legislator, whether he was democrat or re- publican. to desert his party it was afforded Wednesday in the course of secret ballot There had been previous verbal ballot that was questioned and then a rising vote which found the democrats voting as unit. But when it came time to vote on the question of suspending rules so that the Senate might consider the resolution renam- ing Miles F. McNiff judge of the local court of common pleas the time was ripe for de- sertions if ever there were to be any on the judgeships. However, the secret ballot revealed eighteen votes against suspension of rules, seventeen for it. We can safely presume that there was no defeetion in either party.
 Of course those who believe that the democrats in the Legislature are actually dealing with the republicans to control state :, patronage may declare that the two resolu tions calling for display of party strength were not actually test cases. They may say that the assertions in the ranks won't occur until the minor court judseships are being decided Time alone will show whether or not this is true, but we are inclined to be- leve that there has been lot of shouting over pile of smoudering embers True there may be fire there that could attain good proportions if famed correctly, but we don't look for any serious eonhagration. Who knows but what the effect of Wednes- days voting may have a reflex action.
 By that we mean republican legislators may come 10 the conclusion that lt will be 10 their advantage 10 approach the democrats bearing olive branches rather than gifts. Has is ever occurred to anybody in this state that the democrats might have ideas similar to these ttat republicans get We aren't say. ing tbat the story about democratic deser- ton has any basis of truth. We're merely surmising. And if we can surmise that dem oerats were approached 10 sell their votes for few brief moments of control of the distribution of patronage in town or dis. trict. then isn't it as safe to believe that the democratic ma jonty in the Senate might just as easily win over q few republican senators who would be blinded with the thought of having few jobs at their dis posaL Let those who like 10 talk about the workings of politics and politicians toy with this idea for d minute or two.