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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
"Luxury"-The Slum That Most Costly

Some. day we may get sense enough to rcaiize that the city sium is the most expensive of oil the non essentials our civilization
 If you doubt that statement. you nre invited to read "fhe AutobioG- raphy of q Liverpool Irish Slum- my" by Pat O'Mard.
 Hero n lad who was born and grew ,,p in one of the worlds worst siums tells what life there was like; and his story is ono of tho most horrifying and cnIishtcn. ing human documents you VIII ever read.
 What the extremes Of poverty can do to human bcinss IA se' forth herc with piti1ess and unsen- tiTnentai clarity.
 O,Mnra. father, for example. got roaring drunk every saturday night, pawning the chi1dreni clothes h order to do 70. Coming homo, 1t WAS his inyariable custom to beat his wife into unconscious. ness. Yot ali jof this. somehow seems to ;havc been q symptom oi misery and not q case.
 This sort Of thing happened be. cause, given the conditions under which the family lived, there WAL nothing else that could happen Economies forced human beings te becomes brutcs: the exact form that, the brutality took was rela. lively unimportapt. Liverpool sup. ported. a siuT~.-ns do New York. Chicago, Cleveland. Buffalo and every other large city--aDd >cu1ti- vated there Il largo crop of people who could not possibly Dc good citixcnH'': people who annually made tho streets horrible with crime, sickness. vice md destitu' ton. +
 Young O'Mara was m exception He escaped, came to America. and --.hs this book proves--~devcioped genuine talent aB t writer.
 Published by the Vanguard Press, his book is priced ct g2.b0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Moscozv
 Letter
fBy EUGENE LYONS United J'rts4s Stan Corresponds

Moscow-~-t tUP) Tor Inc first lime in many years there are moro consumcrs goods than buyers In the shops and markets here. Tine uDlaue sight of stores filled with pots and pans. tables and beds, sweaters and stockings, fast is be- coming cofnm0npjGcc.
 Larger production Of such prod ucts, formerly considered "dehcit,'. ts fact, but it does not entirely explain the full shelves and shops. Another and perhaps more import ant explanation is to he found jn tho, recent shortage of money.
 The majority Of ordinary workers have not suffered wage cuts. The higher, better -pbid categories, how. ever, have taken serious sinshcs, This is especially true Of engineers and other specialists. Moreover, the widespread practice of carrying several jobs Tt once is being ended These factors, together with the failure Of many institutions and even factories t0 pay wages iri time. has caused relative money famine.
 Ths increased possibilities for buying food at commercial prices, too, has acted 10 divert surplus money In that direction. while the shops remain giuted with household goods and wearing apparel pre- viousIy, unavailable.
 Certain restaurants. h pnrtlcu- far, ars draining funds which other. wise would go to pay for eonsum- CTS products badly needed by the population. Tor q long time res t1,irnttts were closed to everyone except persons "nttached" to them. Gradually commercial eating places were opened without restrictions other than those dus to high prices.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Split Is Now Explained

Developments following logically from the administration recovery program are providing an interesting sideligbt on one of the most perpexing features Of tbe lb}2 presidential campaign. One of the high spots of that campaign was the apparent coolness between Franklin b. Roosevelt and Alfred E. Smith The two had been comrades in arms for years. Furthermore. they had evidently been fairly close friends as well. Rooseveli had twice put Smith in nomination for the pfesidency. smith had turned over bs job al Albany 10 Roose. welt.
 But l932 brought break, Roosevelt spoke of the forgotten man and smith promised 10 take of bis coat and fight all demoagogues. The Chicago convention left scar that refused 10 heal Not until late in the campaign was there feeonclld- ton. staged amid the floodgbts. and even then hints of soreness persisted Gossip bad it that the rift was personal. Roosevelt was accused of having gone high hat. smith of nursing wounded vanity. Now. how ever the basic difficulty becomes fairly clear
 Smiths recent Editorial in the Outlook reveals that the gulf between himself and the president is almost as wide. fundament- ally. as that between the president and ez- President Hoover. The recovery act says Smith. Twill cripple initiative, Ieaalize mon. opoly. raise prices and require higher fsnhs." IL "goes beyond anything my i'm, agination can follow" The common man is likely to "get lost in the shuffls" We are apt to "sel our American birhri2b, for : mess of eommunistie pottage.'
 These comments show that the rift Of 4 year ago was based on something deeper than personal pque. Roosevelt had one DO. iitiesl philosophy; Smith has one almost dramatically opposed to t. Both used 10 be classed as liberals. Roosevelt has taken the ultfa.modefn fork in the road and has gone on to evolve new theory of demoe. raey: Smith has elung to the traditional conception of democracy and has veered stead fly toward conservatism. It is not likely that we shall ever again see these TWO men in the same camp. The cleavage between them is too deep and wide. That editorial in the Outlook reveals basic disagreement too pfofund 10 be overcome.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Hard To Do

Senator Augustine Lonergan of Hartford is vndlly interested in the plan 10 make the Connecticut river navigabe from Hartford 10 Holyoke. or course he isn't the first per son 10 voice hopes tbat this might be done. For long years there ha, been agitation for opening up tbe stream as far north as iol. yoke. But Inc federal government only re. gently ruled against the project by putting it's veto on the proposed Enfield dam and locks that would be required in order 10 get river traffic past ths point In view of this ruling the position Of the demoefatie senator from Connecticut is difficult one
 Before he proceeds with any plans that he might have of interesting ibe industrial recovery act administrators in the project he must secure reversal oi the War Depart mcnt ruling. for no river traffic is possible without the dam and locks at Enfield. How. ever Senator Lonefaan has ! joker up his sleeve, lie is talking about having tbc pro. posed dam be made into power dam. 20 ibat electricity might be generated here and distributed throughout lhe state. This would naturally meet with strenuous opposition from certain sources now interested m the manufacture and distribution of eledre power and also somewhat interested in poll, tIcs.
 II the federal government could recover something on the money t would be forced 10 invest in dam and locks al Enfield it might be interested in tbe scheme. And surely fl it could sell some electricity 10 van. ous companies or lease it's power plant it would derive considerable income from lt, investment Ibs would be killing two birds with one stone and E one reason why tbe Lonergan scheme ia meeting with more attention than might ordinarily be given jt. And then again with President Roosevelt de. slrous of having the government enter into the electric power industry just 90 that few meausring sticks may be established to learn just how badly private companies are sting ing tbe public there is double guaranty for the plan. There are wide possibilities here not vel exhausted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
The Business Miracle

The business revival is incredible. It seems to be rolling up like snowpall so- ing down hill Prosaie business reporters grow Homene. In the last three and one. half months, writes one. business recovery has been the sbafpes and best distributed for any similar period on record. "It was recovery that finds is counterpart only in miracles A bed.ridden invalid got up snd walked An industrial cripple threw away his crutebes and took 10 the open road with long. strong strides. Banking and finance, blind and groping in tbe dark. sud denly espied the light at the end Of ,be tun. nel and raced into broad daylight
 In this period the general business in. dex gained 56 per cent; wholesale eommod- fly prices e per cent; railroad car loadings 3S per cent and electric power output l4 per cent The basic steel industry, from low under l4 per cent climbed 10 54 per cent of capacity a gain Of more than 25O per cent Wool and cotton doubled their value of year ago, silver rose one half, wheat went above I dollar, automobiles reached 100000 for the half-year. big steel eentes rose to normal production by July 4.
 The reasonable expectation of long. slow comeback has been swept away. Sta. tstica1 curves indicate normal bushes" for the nation by next fall. if there is no seasonal drop this summer. And there are no signs of seasonal drop. Key industries have surplus orders 10 carry them through and scores Of plants arc rushing ahead at or near capacity. The American Rubr" fra 10 slump and first 10 revive is hum ming The Great Lakes idle for two years. are shutting ore and coal in endless fleets. Thence the magic spreads.
 Yet the vast forces invoked by govern ment and business for industrial recovery have hardly started 10 operate. They must and will 20 on The gains must be consolidated It Is essential not To inter fere with this burst of progress. But 1t may be 100 strong already 10 tolerate In- terfercnee. Az one commentator observes. You can't argue with boom" The strategy is 10 go along with t and aim 10 cheek it short of fbe dangerous inflabon point
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

The next time you pay visit to the Gallery of Fine Arts down at Yale Univer- sity observe closely two paintings of Jobn TrumbulI. the Revolutionary soldier artist. C. G. Alton Means in bis stamp column in the New Haven Register reports that both of them were the originals for two stamp designs tbat Uncle Sam has used in recent years. He referred 10 the Burgoyne Stamp ol 1927 and the 6.eent Washington com mcmorative of last year. Incidentally the Gallery of Fine Arts has the original Oil paintings, There are few art galleries that can boast their equal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
So They Say


 Yes, [ expected lint when the appropriation Whs cut in hnlf would be asked Co quit about July 1. 1t was no surprise. .--A ndrew J. VoIstead, "a, q Hmissed as probibi- ton bureau attorney.
 The old order (of doing bust. fiesa) is gone forever. We VIII never go back: society cannot stand it.--W. TI. Holiday. presl- dent Standard Ott Go Of Ohio.
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 There ia no sense in dispu'inz the fact that man is m nnlmai.--- Ludwig Lewisohn. author.
 
 I just figured out couldn't get the monsy from them, apywny.---' William r. Dsvoe, aged Toledo. C., landlord, in. canceijing overdue rents owed by his tenants.
 On tho whoie,fI think the aver age policeman is honest. reasofi- ably competent and reasonably ably competent and reasonably in- telligent. Ho would do good work If his superiors would let him.-----. George W. Wiekershnm, formef U. S. attorney general.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
NH. ALBRIGHT AND THE
 PARKS tNew York Herald-Tribuns)

The National Park berviees loses it's cnpabie director by the rcsig. nation of Horace M. Albright to take a businsHs office. ft was not an easy thing to step into the place Of the late Stephen T. Mather. as MT Albright did In 1929. and carry on the park administration ii, q way to Dear comparison with the work Of that remarkable pioneer. IsBt MT Mathers successor. who had been with the park seryice since It's f6undation. was equal 70 the task. lHe has maintained the Mather standard in period of park expansion. increasing the availability of the scenic .treas-
 urss t0 the vast motor visltation with the tenst possible sacrifice of their "wiidarresg value. Through
 his own writings and inc well Judged publicity of his bureau he has made known fo the touring
 public the attractions Of the parks nnd tbslr facilities for hospitality. fn respect to proposed Iew paYks be has adhered steadily to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
The Waterbury Democrat Washing.
 ton Correspondent

Washington---,rhe chiselefs and exploiters who used to find a happy hunting ground in the department of the interior can't do fl ricklss worth of business there any more.
 Their worst enemies nre in full control. The department Is now manned by q valiant corps Of pro- grcssives, conservhtists. crusaders and experienced watchd0gs over the natural resources.
 No such crew has ever before been gathered in any government department as that hended and selected by Secretary Harold L tckcs. IL includes men who have fought and f0iicd interior officials and their favored special int1r- csts through major national scan dals- BajlinRer, Tea Pot Dome, "power trust." Indians. and many more for the last 25 years.
 Old IscRinc Passes
 tckes has picked successful msn Of integrity and social purpose to beIp him, At tho same time rapid- iy Weedlng out those Of the old regime who appeared to have been willing to sacrifice poubic interest for private interest. Lately he has besp applying his policies to the s3,300, 900 900 public works pro- gram. Of which he K virtually the boss.
 Ickes himself ts fl veteran Of re- form political movements in Chl. c6go and an old Illinois Bull Moose leader. Ardeptiy progressive ir politics, hs waged a long battle against Sam insuI and in favor of lower gas. electricity and trans portation rates.
 lckrs' Assistants
 Assistant secretary Oscar L.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Our Daily Washington Letter
 ChsIers Find Hard Going at Interior Dept
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Chapman is another progressive who has fought machine politics. He was associated In law with Senator Edward r. costigan, the Colorado independent. and man aged costlgan's last succcssfui campaign. Specializing in welfare he had previously served i've years ns probation officer of Judge Ben Lindscy's juvenile court. Able and aggressive, he's q dangerous foe of special privilege.
 Serving as personal assistant to fckcs Is Harry A. Biattery, who helped reveal tho 500, 100000 Bal finger coal lands scandal. gave Woodrow Wilson the facts ,as to tb . National Manufacturers' asSocln- tion's secret lobby. made tho first public attack on the naval oil leases. and for years has fcd pro- grcssive senators with ammunition for the Boulder Dam, Muscle Shoals and other power fights.
 Other Liberals
 Louis J.. ulayis, tho depart. ment's chief investigator, Is a1. other Baliingar fight veteran. He exposed that scandal and later did briiiian detective work in tho Tea. pot Dome, power trust" and 1n- dian bureau scandals. Recently he charged that power companies ot Muscle Shoals were misusinR feder- ni property and dcfraudiDg the gov crntnsnt Of revenue eFl3s
 Solicitor Nathan n. Margoid and Assistant Solicitor Charles ;, sFaby are two moro liberals. Young Mar gold has represented Nav York city against subway lines and the Pueblo Indians against the inter- for department and iard -srabbsrs. Fahy has also represented the Puebios and engaged in welfafe work.
 Indian. ,Commissioner John Col Her has been q lred.hot crusader against Indian bureau opiicics and white expdoitersl of Indians for many years.
 (Copyright 1883 NEA Service Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
tAfssOLDTIi t'AiLuRItY
(New Haven Register)

(NeW Haven Hegister)
 Consreasnan Goss' estimation of the conservation Corps of rcfores- serss before the members Of tho Connecticut Chapter of the Reserve officers association will not help the Corps much in overcoming some of the criticism previously Us q result of official "boners.' z which hc attached to 1t Is too pialn- spoken to escape catching the glnncts of eyes that are already critical. And since 1t comes from one who has made personal obser- yations about the camps t ia likely to Do taken more seriously than some recent sideiine slams.
 At, tho same time, tit fs only fair t0 the Corps itself and It's sp0n- s0rs to vlow such criticism in more tdti6n angle Itself. more perhaps ably have been expected. Hut even time. Forests and swamps are not btNttHbVtW Wftu fVVVEBif4Htget
 TFurthermore, thev6 is ground for doubt ,as tO whether the idea of more trees and, cleaner wo0ds lands was the principal thought, whether t was not secondary to the idea of.a healthy check on un- rest. nj outlet for youthful spirits that might have been turned into something mighty unpleasant. giy- Ie1 half q chance. Since there is no way of 5udgiBE exactly what the uppleaaantDes8 might have been, t is lin possible, now or ever. to judge precisely what good has been done. Judging from the reports coming from soptc niemberH Of the eHyips. t is i'm possible to believe that there has not been anything wcFthwlhle.
 Whether the batJie amount of good could have been done through other means, and less .exp6DAively, as Repfessntativs 0oHs JnnIntains for his onertIme army-eniIstmen project, Is another question. Yet In speculatlng on that. it seems tc be stretching a point to charge ifaittife on q basis of conn DO ris0fis, And while giving just criticism where ft is duo for the undeHlrabiss wiIo got into the Corps. t ig no more falr Co yet the Idea that aii or the mNj0rity or the young re- fprestsfs Were unSortby than it is ID Iatibasfe oil young people einl- .pIx { beeeuee some youths seem e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
A Fine Plan

For 1 many years as We can remember esers has been talk of making Ssvin Rock shofsfront park. Now it is hoped to secure federal funds to carry on the necessary feela. nstion work. We don't know how private property owners will regard this project A sssst many will have no desire to pan with
 bs isnd they have held for so many years. Cfhsn who own adjacent property naturally would welcome the idea ss it means inefsss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

Uncle Sam isn't going 10 meddlc in the Connecticut milk situation. That much IS clear following a communication from the Agricultural Adjustment Administration al Washington. The department is not inclined 10 enter into any discussion of the local sit. uation. which is probably just as well. AS yet the wly.ereated milk control board hasn't had much of chance To display it's ability. IL has received somewhat of a set. back m failing to secure undivided allegiance fo the minimum price scale that it recently spread throughout the state. However. the board. as we recall it. declared that the scale as announced wal not of its making but was merely one 10 which most of the deal. CTS and producers had subscribed. Inasmueh as there is a state agency 10 deal with the milk situation the federal board would hardly consider it ethical 10 enter the field. And we can't zee that it is necessary yet. though it Is quite possible tbe future might bring developments demanding some other action than that of the milk control board. We say this with due regard for the aetivi. ties Of the independent milk dealers who are not in agreement with the minimum prices set up in tbe uniform @als There may be some action yet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
SMALL POTATOES
Bridgeport Telegram) )

v
 Connecticut is now enforcing iA new ruling that commercial pas. seBker vehicles. whether taxicabs or buses, may not como into this stnte unless they are equipped wiih Connecticut markers. { Tbe busses which regularly use thd highways between New York and Boston or other out of statc points have carried Connecticut markets for some years, bot other vehicles which have made only occasional and special visits. such as taxicGbs or chartered bussca. have not been 70 equipped. 4
 Wo see 10 objection to the en- forcemenf of this fuie. but dp, be- iievc that the state police and ,1O- ch1 authorities might make moro effort to efIforce 1t at the. borders '0f the state. rather than waiting for those who unconsciousiy offend against it to get well Into Connect icut, and then arresting them.
 trap. or n hoid.up' Furtherrnors t works unnecessary hardship upon Vt@fLUFS " tut 9btAtO WBfy NFt SH~ tiFely innocent Of any offenas either legal or moral. It does not give them q very good impression of Connecticut methods.
 On several occasions, parties Of visitors who chartered q bus either Co visit some point in Connecticut or Co pass through this state. .hayc been held up when well inside the borders of Connecticut. In some eases these visitors have suffered serious personal ineonvenience, or business loss. if on p1eaure bent, their vacation has been spoiled.
 If they had been met at the state line and informed Of the new ruling instead of being arrested. they might have had 4 chance to comply with tho conditions or to alter their plans accordingly.
 The state might lose [ few hnos and fees, but it would make C much better impression and retain much moro good will. Why not station the state police on the bor4 ders with instructions to turn back the offenders, rather than Co per.I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

canon of supreme excellence: "SeeBsry Of q duality so unusual and impressive or naturai features 50 unusual and extraordinary as to possess national interest and i'm. p0rtance as contfadistinRuighed from local Interest,"
 The newly appointed director, Arn0 ', Cammerer, promoted from the associate dlreet0fahip. hes the experience to continue the con. duet of the hstionai pafks aftef tic hather afd the Aibffght mod. els. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

proofreadcrs. eopyfcadcrs. scholars and teaehcss. attentionl Uncle Sans geographic board has finally accepted the spelling of Manha's Vineyard that Massachusetts has been following for 50 many years. Uncle Sam. you know. wouldn't put an apostfophe in the Martha's Now he's going to do that and give the Bay State a chance to beam with pride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Here, There And EDeryvhere

nit them io Enter the state and then, arrest fthemY
 The whole procedure snvors too much of the money.chasirg coh- stable sud the speed trap, but this time tho great state of Connecti- cut is playing the game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

have m infinite capacity for mak- Ing asses of themselves. Becau use some may Dc apparently beyond all help need not mean that there has been help for none.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11
Personal Health Service (By William Brady. M. D.

signed letters DcrtaiDInG to DerseDai isesi'h and hygiene. nOt disease disRaosis T treatment. will be answered. by Dr Brady. Address bin,. care oT tic Democrat sending stamp md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

High tide at Milford, Wednesday, Jul l2: 4:22 J. m, daylight time; low tlt l0;7 ,. m. daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

Speaking of housing projects aN econon- ist wonders fl the time will ever come again when workmen will build houses that other workmen can afford to live in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

Tbg grass that might have grown in ou streets has been kept down by the feet o men looking for jobs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

All vehicles must Le lighted not later than S:5s. daylight time tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-07-11

Some days ago we called attention in this column to the mounting list of dead eslsbfi.