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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
Waterbury Interested

Waterbury is interested in the candidacy of Captain Ned White formerly of this city, for the office of mayor of New Haven. Rcpub- liean leaders met last night, and practically decided to nominate him for the position and unless the convention decides otherwise he will be the nominee.
 If Mayor Murphy is to let 30, and step out of the picture, The Democrat knows of no other New Haven resident it would rather sec at the head of the city govern ment. We know Captain Ned We know him of old; we knew him in his young days and we know that if he ever gets to the office of Mayor he will make an excellent official Time has improved this clever and likeable young man to such an extent as to gain the friendship and confidence Of hundreds of people.
 Waterbury likes him; it's people like him, and we are all interested to ascertain what eventually will be the outcome of his candidacy. Whatever happens, we know that Captain Ned will take it happily, and pleasantly. He is one of those individuals who is willing to take chance, and abide by the will of the people. A Waterbury na- rive as Mayor of New Haven wouldn't sound distasteful to us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
THURSDAY, OCTOBER IF, 1883
Columbus, World Adventurer

A very old map was found in the archives of tbe former sultans of Turkey not long aVo. aIt proved, to the delight of scholars 70 be . copy of a map used by ChriStopher Columbus himself. On the border, Tn Ara bic, was the story of Columbus voyages written for the ruler of Turkey by some eourt scribe way back at the dawn Of the sixteenth century.
 A paragraph of this story IS worth rereaa- Mc today, as a reminder that the whole Columbus epic is one of the finest bits of courage and high adventure ever told. The unknown Turkish author. after telling how Columbus begged the men ot Genoa Tor ships with which he could explore the west ern ocean. quotes their reply: They say: tOh, you Smpleton. in the west IS to be found the end and extremity of the world and it's boundary: it is full of the vapor ot darkness.
 There is somehow a creepy quality to those words which helps us to understand juM what an uncertain and Seary job 1t was that Columbus tackled The earth today offers no voyage even remotely equal to It. For there were no charts of the western sea Then. A resolute and foolhardy man heading west might fetch up anywhere from the Isles of the Blest to the very jumpng-otf place itself.
 He didn't know and no one else knew There was an abundance of weird tales about the dreadful things that could happen to him, and. however much he might doubt them he had no way of proving that they weren't true. but to go himself and find out. All he could be sure of was that he would sail into an empty sea. sea that never had seen a sail before. Columbus believed, as the old Arabic writer says, that the west ern sea has an end, that on the side of the sunset there are coasts and islands, and many different kinds of mines, and also noun. tain of precious stones"
 But he couldn't quite be sure, and there must have been moments late at night when he had only stars and waves for com pany, when he must have wondered if he were not sailing right out of the ordinary world into unimagnable and unacceptable perils Those eerie words about the vapor of darkness are more than an expressive phrase: they tell what most men actually ex- peeted Columbus to find. The earth's hs- tory holds few stories more romantic than this one of Columbus. Once year IS not toA often to reread it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
Credit Imitation

The loudest demand for currency infla- ton lately has come from the South and West. Yet Senator Lewis of Illinois reports to the President, after trip through those sections, that most of the people there are opposed to currency imitation. Whether Sem ator Lewis has accurately appraised the sem timent among southern and western farmers is hard to say. but it seems likely that most of the people in the country at present are against currency imitation.
 The people do want imitation; but what they want and need is credit imitation, which is quite a different thing. Perhaps in order to avoid confusion over words, we had bet ter call it credit expansion. Such expansion is what the administration has been urging lately in various ways. It has done so es- peeially in its appeal to the bankers to adopt an active policy of lending on reasonable se- curity. instead of seeming topractiee policy of loan-resiStance.
 Credit expansion involves no fiat money no paper bills printed and passed out as money with nothing back of them. It has many forms, from government loans to in stalment sales and grocery accounts. Bank checks are an extremely valuable form of credit. Credit in many ways was abused during the boom, It is not likely to be abused much now The real danger of abuse lies in unsecured currency expansion. That would come as last resort. It will not come unless credit fails.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

Moving van men in New York city. where the first of this month has long been day of great migration from dwellings to dwellings. have been analyzing the present situation. They report indications of de- cline in the number of families doubling up" with relatives, They found some of these recently crowded households splitting up. their different family groups taking sep arate apartments. A little less furniture is going into storage and some that has been in storage is being taken out. These facts are regarded as evidence of improvement in business and employment. It would be inter- esting to know whether they are matched with similar facts in other large cities. If they are, it is good news for landlords and others both directly and indirectly concern ed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
The Old, Old Story

Once more as we look over the repubIi- can ticket for the city election, we find upon it the names of those who have been active in democratic primaries and elections in days gone by, and not so very long ago at that. Therein lies one of the funda- mental differences between the republican end democratic organizations in Waterbury.
 On the democratic side the nomination to elective office is generally regarded as recognition of efficiency and reward for long and loyal service. On the republican ride such nomination seems to be reward for being recent convert, and long and faithful service doesn't count. In fact, it counts against you. Cases of this kind are numerous. We all can recall them. In fact in some years the local ticket has been at least half made up of former democratic Eop-overs.
 We wonder if that isn't one of the reasons why the democratic organization has grown stronger and stronger in Waterbury in fhe last dozen years. It probably ;s. because it is generally known that these men do not change their party allegiance for reasons but because they think they will get larger piece of pie from the republican organization. We'll. 1t has belped the democratic party wonderfully so we shouldn't complain.
 "True patriots they. for be it
 understood,
 They left their party, for fheir \
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
So They Say

All sorts of ills yield to the potency of q hearty iaush.-frcsi- dent Eusobio Alaya Of Paraguay.
 
 You must give your time and money 10 the cause of charity and you must do it for tho love Of God.-Alfred E. smith.
 There can be no true religion in the world 70 long as poverty and wealth divide society into twin realms of holi and heaven.--Rcv John Haynes Holmes. New York.
 
 Taking 1t on the chin Is the na- turaI order of life.-Ben Turpin. comedian.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
THE MCKEE BOOM
(New Haven Journal. Courier)

(New Haven Journal-Courier)
 No better proof of the crisis in New York city affairs can be pre- scented than the fact that this, the largest and richest city in the United sites, officially admits the possibility of "payless weeks" Samuel Untermeyer, special finan- cial adviser to Mayor O'Brien, now advocates an additional 10 per cent reduction in the salaries of all city employees receiving more than $3,000 per year. Tt Is crue alternative, but 1t is better than payless weeks. :" As the O'Brien search for new tax sources continues, now almost certain to force the Stock Exchange shift to New Jersey, the miracle of that gentleman's retention by Tammany chieftains as their candidate be- comes increasingly amazing. A MT Post head of an organization call- ed the Legion of True Democrats, sums the situation: "The incapac- ity of leadership that has brought about the vast rebellion against the present leadership is again re- vealing its political incapacity and lack of common sense."
 The observer outside the New York arena will be wary of accept ing MT Johnson's claim of "vast rebellion" until the November balloting proves or disproves its validity. The Tiger has been in cramped quarters before and, though temporarily chastened, has invariably emerged ultimately as arrogant as ever. For a time former Representative Fiorello La Guardia appeared the major threat. At present Joseph V. McGee monopolizes the publicity spotlight as 8 possible independent demo- cratic candidate. His brief service as mayor during the interregnum following Jimmie Walkers retire. ment showed that his actions are not precisely predictable. But James A. Farley, who is not only postmaster general and chairman of the national democratic party, but chairman of the state party as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
4 Book c Day by BRUCE CATION
A Man Who Liked
 The Lonely Places

No matter what lonely spot on the earth's surface you visit, you usually will find that an Eng1ish- man has been there ahead of youi The chances are that he wasn't there "on-business," as you might say. Nobody sent him.
 He had no political or commer- cial axe to grind. He just was look ing for sport and adventure--and, like as not, finding great gobs of 1t.
 It is one of those rowing, rest. less Englishmen who Is described in "trhe Book of Talbot" by Violet Clifton.
 In this book widow tells tho life story of her adventure-seekin king husband. Talbot Clifton was q well-to-do Englishman who set out. at 16 or thereabouts. to see the world, and who kept at 1t until he died some 40 years later.
 He punched cattle fin Wyoming and rode race horses in San Fran cisco. He went to Alaska before the gold rush got under way, hunted muskox fin Canada's barren Hand, wandered across Siberia and spent 6 winter in "the coldest town on earth" crossed and recrossed darkest Africa in the days whon 1t still was pretty dark. took q look at South America--and all be- cause he was restless. because he liked lonely places and empty hori- zons.
 In spots. "The Book of Talbot" is fascinating reading. Now and then the worshipful adulation which Mrs Clifton infuses into her story gets q bit soggy. For tho most part she has done q good, straightforward job of getting one of those strange Englishmen down on paper, and occasionally her prose becomes truly distinguished.
 The jacket. by the way. bears the customary fantastic blurbs from London reviewers. Don't c Book?
 Published by Harcourt, Brace & Co. this book sells ut $3.b0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
Berlin Letter

Berlin (UP)-The Nazi Reich is slipping more and more into poli- tical isolation, German students of international politics admit. They feel, however, that compared with the situation in 1914, the attitude of the encircling nations is more a bluff than a menace.
 Students admit the existence of reports that the French and Brit ish governments have agreed on a common foreign policy which is said to have the approval of Washington, It also is true that Poland, as well as the countries of the Little Entente, have con- cluded non-aggression pacts with Soviet Russia, fact which doubt- less gives them more freedom of action toward Germany.
 Conditions Different.
 Nevertheless, it would be err roneous to compare Germany's present isolation with that of the pre-war era, the Germans argue.
 Tn 1914, they assert, the powers that brought about Germany's s isolation could muster forces from all parts of the world for fight with Germany Russia was not occupied then with the Far East and was able to center attention on European affairs. Japan, on the other hand, on account of its fi- nancial dependency upon Britain. was not free to move against the United States. thus giving Ameri- ca an opportunity to concentrate on Europe.
 Today Russia, forced by the ad- vance of Japan in Manchuria and China, is compelled to focus att ten tion on the Far East. Japan, owing to it's naval strength. now is in position to engaged either of the Angio-Saxon powers.
 Aside from this American senti ment is urging aliofness from the European tangle.
 Brltain's Hands Tied. Britain. too. it is claimed, could |net embark on European adven-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

Germany has Thanksgiving day. Hitler orders it and his people hasten to obey. At this distance, we can't be sure whether the thanks are to be offered for crops or for Hit Ter Probably it's about ffty-hfty, which would be generous of Hitler. The man seems sure that he himself is Gods best gift to Germany, but he may eoncede some slight help from Providence. Anyway, it is good idea. Germany needs holidays and merry makings The nation has long been under a great strain Hitler's program and example have kept it tense and excited. Such tragic concentration cannot last forever. Even the steadest people would break under the strain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

Street car transportation may survive, after all, if present experiments in ear- building continue New streamlined models at least interest the public and promise greater speed and comfort. A car built in Detroit with its own power unit, a gas en- zine capable of about 90 miles an hour. might turn the trick for suburban traffic. A city model now building in Philadelphia, for Chicago, seating 58 passengers is big ad- vance in size and comfort. It runs on trucks insulated with rubber, and its wheels are cushioned, making it almost noiseless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
ACKERMAN ON THE PRESS
(New Haven Journal -Couricr)


 It is to be hoped Dean Acker- mans report to President Butler of Columbia will be read in high places. Dean Alderman. of course. Is head of the Pulitzer school of journalism at the great New York university. As such he has become Q vigorous spokesman for academic journalism in America. But what he says is not academic; he has served an apprenticeship as a working newspaperman and what he says smells as much of the city room as of the study. That is a quality all those who talk about newspapers from the colleges do not possess.
 Wheat Dean Alderman says. in a word, is that no administration can afford to muzzle it's press. In the national regimentation of in- dustry now going on, he insists, the MIRA must be careful about regi- menting newspapers. He holds no brief for any conception of peculiar and original newspaper virtue; he has, indeed, catalogued the sins of the American press under nineteen heads. But he does say a free press is something fundamental to the American system of govern ment. And he does say MIRA must preserve 1t intact.
 It is hardly to be thought, of course. that any other intention is held at the capital. But Dean Ack- erman's service is precisely that he makes urgent and specific what MIRA may we'll have taken as rou- tine and more or less granted. For such acceptance may well prepare the way for drift; and the special character of drift is that 1t is un- directed and may take an individu- al or nation to ends emphaticaily not foreseen or intended when the process began.
 For no government, however au- thoritarian, of course. can afford to silence effective criticism. The lcad- CT who surrounds himself with yes-men is beaten before no atarte. The great 4ift ef soIf-1ualynle M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

denied most of us when Robert Burns would some power the glftie gi'e us to see ourselves as others see us, he was talking q gospel which no administrator should forget. Criticism is 6 sovereign vac- clnation against the errors of over- confidence and General Johnson will need that protection as badly as any other leader embarked un- der great pressure on life-and- death mission. Doubtless the gen. eral knows 1t; doubtless the dean will sharpen the knowledge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

lures for the sake of French se- curity. In doing so she would risk a breakdown of the Empire.
 Under these circumstances only France and its direct allies &C., tually count in the ring round Germany. Yet, France will think twice before undertaking any ad- venture. The French colonial em- pire no longer is what it used to be. Calling upon. colored troops for another European war easily might lead them to demand "self- determination" for themselves.
 All these considerations lead Co the belief that the present en- circling is a blum which Germany may be able Co call.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
The Deadly Typhus

There need be no fear that typhus fever, now spreading disaster through Chile and panic through some other South American countries, will get foothold in America. It is a disease of body filth and dies out rapidly among people who take baths often. wash their hair and make frequent changes to freshly washed under and outer clothing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
Here, There And Eveyyzvhere
well, is quoted as stating that Mir Mckee would run.

well, IS quoted as stating that MT Mckee would run.
 Mir Farleys remarks indicate further that his candidate would have what pathetic OBrien and fiery La Guardia lack, the support of the state and the national emin- istrations. While two Independent candidates might be expected to split the rebellious vote and thus enable O'Brien to win, the strong backing now mobilizing behind Mckee should serve to add fear to tho Tigers apparent onfusion. Rea- son for Mir Farley's support Is ob. vious: q Farley democrat as mayor of New York would be an impor. tant segment in the national struc- ture he Is erecting for tho future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

One thing the famous American plumbing docs is to render impossible the spread of such plaques as this. There are slums in America not much better than those in Chile where the epidemic got its recent deadly start. These will have to be watched. But typhus is one peril which the American with a good bathtub. good washtub and money enough to buy soap need not worry about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
Daily Washington Letter Youthful Leaders Find Way to A. F. of L. Councils
 .. And Many Women, Too.

Sam's own recipes. Some 3.500,000 copies of a booklet prepared by the Bureau of Home Economies of the department of agriculture will be circulated by the same state relief administrators who distribute the pork.
 Incidentally, S,500,000 copies Is a lot of copies of anything; shows you on what a big scale these things are being done down here these days.
 Code Makers Jam Hotels
 Dean of the diplomatic corps. who used to be Jusserand of France, and later Tellez of Mexico, now is Ahmet Muhtar of Turkey, 0 socially popular bachelor :. :. There's actually a shortage of off, fee furniture in Washington, so great have been demands of the MIRA organization. If you're opening 0 Washington office, fl may take you ten days or two weeks to get any. :. |. Hotels here are all for the NRA. Influx of code-makers has been a big help to them; further, they report more men back Ion the road" for com mercial firms |. They're laughing here about Wall street paper which started buying up German paper marks to pass around as 6 "horrible example" warning against imitation As they bought them up in quantities. the price started to rise; they promoted q scarcity value" which bade fair for time to approximate their money value .. Washington, which used to have fewer than 1000 taxicabs, now has $500; it's become one of the big taxi towns of the country in proportion to population . The Senate chamber is q sad sight these days; carpets are up, the floor is being patched. members chairs are stacked crazily on one another, dust covers the galleries and the spectral statues in the niches--never mind, there will be plenty of action on January 8. Copyright, 1888 NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
To-day.S Selected Poem
BERRIES

By Gwen Castle in The Christian Science Monitor) Berries from the hillside. Crimson, green and blue; Bayberries for candles,- Little lights for you. Barberries for robins,
 Blueberries for pie. Culled by laughing children Meath a summer sky. Berries from the hillside Close beside the sea, Winter store for some folk, Memories for me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

Musical note: The name of Mendelssohn has been removed, by the Prussian minister of education, from the Mendelssohn Room in the Prussian State Library Mendelssohn wasn't Nazi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
This column is being conducted by Willis Thornton during Rodney DutCher's vacation.
BY WILLIS THORNTON Democrat. Washington
 Coriespondent)

Washington.--Talk about the Youth Movement
 Nobody ever expected to find 1t in the American Federation of Labor.
 But there 1t is. The delegates sitting in the beautiful white-and- gold room at the top of the Will lard hotel here are youthful beyond anything ever seen before at an A. F. of l.. convention.
 The old type of labor leader, with stiff collar and black tie around 0 No. IS neck, seems to have been swamped definitely in the New Deal. Faces of the dele gates seated at long narrow green- topped tables beneath the crystal chandeliers of this convention hall are far younger, slicker, brighter than the bulldog type you've learned to expect at such gather ings.
 And the women are coming to the front. Many are in the con- vention hall. There are only seven women delegates, but many alter mates and wives of the men dele- gates are attending the sessions. Laundry workers, teachers, sten- ographers, glove workers. garment workers and bookbinders have women delegates present.
 Well might pink-faced, freshly barbered President William Green say, as he stood beneath the Am erican and British flags, stretched out behind the rostrum on the wall, II am glad have been per- mitted to live now. We are wit messing a sight that even the old and tried veterans in our move- ment never saw before!" Resurrection of the American Federation of Labor is written clearly in the fresh, young faces of the delegates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

Financial terms grow more confusing Sound money people maintain that man aged money would be mismanaged money.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12

It would be fine now if the panhandlers could agree on code.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
In Memory of the Nfnstcr

III mebuOTy Oi tHe NhStr
 1t has been two and q half years since the great David Belasco died. but not q speck of dust has fallen on the treasures of his museum like sanctum in the upper part of the theater. nor has any other pro- ducer occupying the theater pre-. stunned to work in those dim and lofty rooms.
 Everything. even to the papers and pencils on Belascos little work table, remain as when the master dramatist left them guarded carefully by m old col. ored porter who was long fixture of the establishment. Every day he goes up in the tiny private elc- vator, tiptoes around. dustinE, locks the door and leaves. Nobody has asked him to do this, nor is he paid for 1t. It is just a scnti- mental little service to the mem. ories that still permeate the place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-10-12
Still Shuns High Hat

While labor strides up and down the Willard's famous Peacock AL ley (not without signifcance) three code hearings are going on in the same hotel. That's em- blematic of the crowded confu- sion of Washington these days.
 But though labor replaces the silk-hatted gentry in Peacock AL ley, don't get the idea that the A. F. of L. has gone high-hat. one of the principal events Of the con- vention will be Q stag at the So- cial Oyster club.