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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
The Proper Action

Although Governor Wilbur L. Gross had announced that there would be no change in the method of conducting the special election to name delegates to the state convention that will be held this summer. the judiciary committee of the Leg islsture has provided for one in bill that it raised in committee. And it was well that the committee took this action. The point raised was that in conducting the coming election the major political parties would man the polls Repealists and anti repealists. made up of members of both parties, requested representation among the election workers. It was natural request. It is wise to grant it.
 Governor Cross doubtless meant when he ssid there would be no change in the method of holding the special election that the usuaI rules governing state elections would prevail. That's perfectly all right. No <bznge is needed. However. the registrars of voters under terms of the bill raised by the judiciary committee and passed by the H0use yesterday can name representatives
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
Makes His Mark

Generally regarded as merely temporary appointce, Homer S. Cummings of Stam ford today looms as perhaps the outstanding figure in the Roosevelt cabinet. The At torney General has surprised even his closest friends by the manner in which he has taken over the reins of the Department of Justice. He has indicated that he will wage war on the racketeers who claim to hold the United States in their grip. And judging from what can be learned of his activities it isn't mere bragging.
 When named to the place intended for the late Senator Thomas J. Walsh MT Cummings had every intention of merely filling in until President Roosevelt could get somebody else for the job. He had his mind set on going to the Philippines as governor general and President Roosevelt had every intention of sending him there For years the Philippines had been fasci- hating study for Homer Cummings He has declared on various occasions that a so- lution of their problems was to him the very acme of his ambition. With 1t so near at hand it is all the more wonderful! that he could apply himself to such differ ent duties.
 Yet when assigned the Justice Depart ment portfolio he did not content himself with becoming merely figurehead He plunged into this work with vigor and will that would do credit to any man who had long sought the office. He had job to do and he determined to do it well, so long as it was his. Perhaps carried away by his own enthusiasm he grappled with problems normally not his. In time of stress and emergency his was the guiding hand and his the counsel on which the president could rely Is it any wonder that as days passed there was more mention of this man Cummings and less talk of his trip to the Philippines He's Cabinet fixture now and again we say its outstanding figure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
Getting Soft

Republican legislators demonstrated their superior tactics this week when they succeeded in putting through the Sem ate a bill that the democrats had held up for some weeks. We refer to the successful vote on the bill naming Charles B. Waller to the court of common pleas in New London. Judge Waller IS republi- can and was up for renomination. The measure remaining him went through the House but was held up in the Senate, due to the fact that there was democratic ean- didate for the judgeship. It has hung fire there for well over a month now.
 Thursday with democratic senator ab sent Minority Leader Howard Aleorn moved to consider the appointment. His motion resulted in tic vote which Lieutenant Governor Roy C. Wilcox, republican. broke in favor of consideration. When the vote on the Waller reappointment was taken 1t resulted in an 1876 victory for the repub- licans, one democrat evidently boltng the ranks Who it was won't be known, as secret vote is required. However, that IS beside the question. What is causing con- siderable talk in Capitol circles is the action of the republicans in moving for such vote with a democratic senator absent.
 Senator Frank Bergin. the majority leader. declared heatedly that there was an agreement between the two parties that in the absence of members from either party no effort would be made to pass disputed legislation. If such an agreement was en- tered into by leaders of both parties then it's nothing more nor less than cheap way eff securing an end upon the part of the minority party in the Senate. However, the majority of voters in the state are apt to overlook that in the face of what looks like "a republican triumph in the face of odds. The rest of us will content ourselves with r,ercly observing that the democrats of this state should adopt g,o.p. strong arm tactics if they want to parallel the success of the latter party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13

up. Tn an emergency such as now confronts us this is good proposal. Asa permanent plan it's not so good. It is hard enough now for the majority of taxpayers to meet their bills without adding interest to them. Fully 50 per cent of the delinquent taxpayers are really unable to meet these obligations. Per haps the percentage is even greater than that. But the remaining ones are merely dodging their just debts and should be penalized for late payments You can't draw distine- tion. though. SO the best plan now is to waive interest where possible. But when con- ditions are better and people are working longer hours and getting better pay we would support any move to replace the in- terest charge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
British Gold

Some 100 per cent Britshers are excited by the announcement that our government will not pay bond interest in gold. The de- cision to pay in paper dollars was criticised y Sir Stafford Cripps, former solicitor general. as repudiation. contrary to every criterion of honesty" Sir Arthur Samuels declared: The United States hoped to win financial leadership of the world from Lon- don after the war; but with the American default on her Liberty Bonds, no one would again look to her for leadership.
 Such heat on the part of our British friends seems hardly called for in a country (which holds less than one per cent of the bonds in question. The question IS essen- tially domestic one. affecting our own in- 8vestments. We own nearly all of these bonds. And our government can hardly pay gold abroad while refusing it at home. The criticism seems still less called for when one recalls that America has followed Brit ish example in ending gold payments. There is not only British precedent for it, but British judicial authority.
 X British court recently ruled that gold payment clause in bonds or contracts IS not enforceable in Great Britain. According to the judges decision. as reported in the London Times: The law had withdrawn gold from circulation. and imposed the bur den on any holder of gold coins that they might be called in at their nominal value and not at their bullion value. That law also directed that a liability to pay any money should be satisfied according to the coins which were current and legal tender. Gold coins were not now available, and in their place. and representing sterling, were notes of the Bank of England" We have not heard of any American creditors squawking about that. And notes of the United States Treasury are probably as good as notes of the Bank of England.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
ECONOMY AT COMMENCE.
 MENT

(NeW OTk ouHJ
 Commencement festivities this year will be economically con- ducted. The times enforce caution in spending. Some old grads are hard up themselves. Others whose pocketbooks are not so flat have obligations to kith and kin that eat a good part of what would be their personal entertainment funds. Some of the pleasant extrava- gances of reunions must be aGmi- mated. Others will survive, nut curtailed. One thing makes fe- trenchment easier; in practice u singles out no man, no class, Ao school; everybody is in the sam boat, There are still benevolent Classmates who gladly underwrite expenses bzut ostenstation is not to rule the academic groves.
 Good fellowship will not be elim- mated. BAl and Joe and Art and Ed will still marvel at how each retains his youth. and jest over the obvious prosperity each displays, unless they choose to jest over the poverty that has come to them. Here and there will be the bore who boasts of his losses just as he once boasted of his gains. No times can still the braggart.
 will the beer have a better tang because it flows through channels of undeniable legality? Since 1920 the Volstead act added excitement and trepidation to reunions; If not drawn, its teeth are now less in evidence. Perhaps the lawful 3.2 will not quite replace the clandes- tine brew.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13

Daren will not permit non residents to use its beach this summer. The taxpayers so voted this week at a special town meet ing. This ends fight that was begun some years ago when motor traffic resulted in increased use of the beach by outsiders including large numbers of people not even from this state. Naturally the townspeople don't care to be crowded off their own property. And naturally they resent the calm manner in which most outsiders make themselves to home on all our Connecticut beaches It isn't question of can l trespass on the beach,, It's one of how long I'll stay Other Fairfield county towns have followed Darien's lead and established re- stricted areas to which residents are admitted by season passes. The same is true in Westchester county down around Rye. Town beaches are that in name actually. The general public can go to public beaches but not to ones restricted to the local residents. This may seem like an un- democratic practice. but we'll wager that any taxpayer would do the same thing if confronted with a similar problem. Ger tainly if Waterbury had swimming pool or some such attraction that drew crowds from other cities wed complain if local people could not patronize the place due to crowded conditions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
MERRITT HIGHWAY COMPROMISE
Bridgeport Telegraph

The Merritt highway bill intro- duced at Wednesdays hearing by Representative Bradley of Vest port is a compromise and like all compromises, it falls short of the desires of those who have other ideas in mind. But like good compromise it includes all of the really salient points.
 The Bradley bill provides for an immediate bond issue of $15,000,- 900 by Fairfield county Cor the borrowing of an equivalent sum from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation) with the capital to be repaid by the state, over a series of years, from the regular state highway receipts. Tolls are to be charged to meet upkeep and interest in the meantime.
 The fact that tolls are to be charged, even for a limited time, is of course a disappointment to those who, as matter of principle, are opposed to toll highways. How ever circumstances alter cases and the practical situation seems to be that this is a choice between a highway with tolls, or no highway without tolls.
 Considering the times, the need for employment on public works, the advantage of building now, and the boom in building construction which will follow the influx of new residents after the opening of this highway, the payment of a small toll seems a trifiing objection.
 There are others who object to the countys taking over the pro- ject instead of allowing the state to finish it. The state has already begun it, but at the present rate of progress will not finish it for ten years.
 There is a reason for this delay. That reason is that the demands on the states highway funds are so widespread that the concentra- ton on one highway would pro- duce protest from other parts of the state. The highway commis- sioner could not resist such pres sure.
 The county can issue the bonds. and the state pay back what the county advances in this manner. That is the process used in finan- cling in all state-aid roads and the only difference in this case is that 1t will be used in connection with county project instead of a town project.
 We should judge by the reports from Hartford that the Bradley bill has a good chance Of passage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
iNEA Service Writerl


 Washington.-A new third party "a radical party appealing to la- bor and the farmers-may be born from the recent continental con- gress for economic reconstruction which met in the capital.
 Leaders of the socilaist party and other moderate left wing groups which operate in the large field ly- ing between the major parties and the conservative labor and farmer organisations on one hand and the communists on the other, are dis tinctly hopeful.
 Old-time socialists thought the congress was the most impressive convention their party had ever had. They recognized a stronger militancy among the country's dis satisfied elements. They were sur- prised that the meeting actually drew nearly 4,O00 delegates from all parts of the country.
 Manifestations of such new revo- lutionary spirit as has been created by the depression were not alarm ing, since the socialists who dom- mated the meeting continue to place their faith in the ballot box and in democratic, parliamentary government.
 The Disputed Label
 The leaders, however, are going to seek a broader political base for American radicalism. They wantto organize among the mill lions of unemployed, millions more of the employed workers and mill lions of hard-pressed farmers. The socialist party has had little suc- cess at this job. Now, many of its members are perfectly willing to changethe party name and drop somcof their shibboleths in the hopeof building quickly an organ ization which might begin with the political proportions of the LaFol- lette independent progressive move ment of 1924. There would surely be fight over that point, however, as many old-line socialists prefer to retain the party label at all costs.
 Among the larger organizations which met with the socialists were the Farmers Union, the National Farm Holiday association, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and a couple of dozen state farmer and labor federations.
 Although the socialists and their friends demonstrated an increased militant determination, the most pronounced radical expressions came from the farmers. The pro- tests of city workers against unem- ployment were far from as bitter as those of the farmers against evictions and destitution.
 Farmers Most Radical
 A. c. Townley of the Holiday as- sociation, head of the old Non- Partisan league, received much more vocilerous ovation than any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Eavus nf Nails

have what is called fungus growth of the Rngernails, favus. Many kinds of treatment have proved of no avail (J. F. B.)
 Answer-X-ray treatment is effective
 What, Iodin for Coryza?
 Correspondent writes to London newspaper from Pomerania to say that he has found that one drop of ordinary iodine taken in Q glnss- full of cold water prevents most colds if it Is taken as soon as the symptoms appear" He adds that the same dose repeated after several hours does no harm, though in hhis experience it has seldom proved necessary. never have the reason is that I take drop of iodine once these so-called ''colds" any more. l wonder if week. CD. c. e.
 Answer-I don't know whether it is an in- stance of similia similibus curantur. but do know that in some persons iodine or any iodine will quickly produce a coryza. with reddened eyeids, running nose, etc. a state which phy- sicians call iodism. Wed like to hear from our homeopathic friends. if any. about it, and also from readers who take an Iodin Ration.
 Gamers Should Can the Uncanny
 I believe it is safe to leave canned food in the after opening, and that you right about this, but inclose labels which show some can- ners do not agree. (drs L F. D.
 Answer-Yes. some canners are fond of mys- tery
 Copyright 1888. John F. Dille Co.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CATION
Riddles That Face Science
AEps psLCek

A little more than 30 years ago prominent scientist announced that the great day of scientific dis coyery was over. Henceforth, he said. scientists would check and amplify the old discoveries but they would not make any very impor- tant new ones.
 Today, for all the knowledge 1t has acquired. science is chiefly ex- cited about the new fields that are to be conquered. The achievements that looked so final to this psysi- cist of the 1890s are now seen to be only a scratching of the surface of knowledge.
 Major Mysteries of Science" by HI. Gordon Garbedian, considers the riddles that still remain to be solved-and finds them breath-tak- ing in their size and implications.
 What are some of the things that haven't been done, but proba- bly will be done in the coming century? Well, a new source of energy to replace the vanishing coal deposits must be found. Wireless transmis- sion of cheap electric power is theoretically possible. A great era of synthetic foods, synthetic fuels, synthetic metals, synthetic woods and synthetic fibers is not far ahead of us. The whole mechani- cal era has hardly begun to de- velop as yet.
 Medicine hopes to increase our life span and conquer such dis
 eases as cancer and pneumonia.
 Physicists plan to find out about nnInNk ifQ energy, to learn what cosmic rays
 really are and what effect they
 have. Geographers aren't yet sure that Everest really Is our highest mountain. No one knows anything about the interior of the earth.
 The deep sea holds monsters that make whales look like pygmies. And so on fascinating and
 deeply exciting book, this. It is published by Covici-Friede, and 1t
 costs $3.75.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
WHAT'S IT THERE FOR?
(New Haven Register)

The new state liquor law speci- fies that in regard to a hotel per- init, ''the permitee and packer shall not allow the public consumption of spirits in any public room in a hotel" This has brough out a good deal of opposition from some hotel men, for the laws penalties pre- scribe that whenever any permit tee shall have been convicted of violation of any of the provisions of this act, he shall in addition to the penalties for such offense. incur a forfeiture of the permit and all moneys that may have been paid therefor" and so on.
 At the hearing on certain por- tions of the bill yesterday. a speak CT protested that the hotel men ahve no control over their guests. and should not be penalized by loss of their beer permit for some such overt act as that on the guests part. With that Senator Bergin. chairman of the state control com mission. agreed. But his observa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13

ton on 1t was quoted thus: "No court would ever decide against you under those circumstances"
 Numerous persons will wonder at that. The chairman of the com mission, who with District Attor- ney Buckley formed the legal DOT tion of the liquor law planning body. states that the courts will not punish a violation of this point of the law. It appears, in other words, that the provision does not mean anything, or that if there was a serious intention behind it. 1t was framed so that it could be subject to violations that could not or would not be penalized.
 The law in general seems to be all right. But when one of it's legal framers implies that a con- troversial point such as this one is ineffective, it appears that there is at least one slip that Is in need of correction, either in the way of tightening up the provision to make it say what was meant, or maen what it says, or in getting it out of the law altogether so that 1t will not form a perpetual source of trouble.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13

Absentee voting is provided for in the terms of bill just drawn up by the legisla- tive judiciary committee. The bill. which has been asked for in this state for some time, would permit voters to cast their bal- lot by mail. provided they comply with the necessary requirements. It is high time that the state adopted this common form of vot- ing. It is seldom abused. certainly not sub ject to repeating" and is less expensive for local town committees accustomed to spending large sums to bring voters home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
Our Daily Washington Letter Continental Congress" of 1883 Aims to Unite
 Radical Parties
N00lS0l | Ql SACS BY RODNEY BUTCHER

other among dozens of speakers when he promised that farmers would keep possession of the land," organize their own food dis tribution systems and urged labor unions to set up agencies for the exchange of "coal, overalls and farm machinery" for farm produce. He was applauded for six minutes.
 Utterances of other farmers indi- cated feeling of desperation not found even among the unemployed delegations, and it was the sons of the soil who spoke most frequent ly of direct action"
 Communists W c e scattered about, unrging an advanced pro- gram including $10 a week relief for each unemployed worker and a s15.000.OO0 public works program as we'll as a militant campaign enf- bracing strikes, demonstrations and struggles at relief bureaus" But they were also demanding "unit- ed front" and didn't try to create any unpleasantness.
 Skeptical of "New Deai'
 The tendency of many delegates toward the left was most obviously demonstrated when a proposal to include a tribute to the workers republic" in the resolution calling for Russian recognition was de- feated by no very large majority.
 What will become of this attempt to create a real third party is any, body's guess. Even it's promoters aren't at all sure they will succeed, although they are convinced that this is the time, if ever.
 Much depends on the success of President Roosevelt's "new deal," concerning which the dissatisfied elements represented at the conti- mental congress are skeptical. Most radicals, of all creeds and degrees, firmly believe that the United Incidentally, representatives of the States is headed toward fascism. fascist movement in this country were interested spectators at the congress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
INDIAN REMAINS UNCOVERED

Buffalo, N. r.. = U.P.) = A stone's throw from the spot where the tepees of the Cayugas were pitched 100 years ago, farmers un- covered the remains of four In. dians recently in the town of Cheektowaga, near here. The skel- etons were said to be almost per- feet specimens. Clutched in the fin- gers of one was a rusty knife and a gob of pigment weighing almost a pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
Personal Health Service (By William Brady, M. D.

Signed letters pertaining to personal health and hygiene. not disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr Brady Address him. care of the Democrat. sending stamp md addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
MAN IS EXPERT AT sROSEMALTNG'

Stoughton, Wis (U.PD - Known to lovers of Norwegian art in most parts of the United States. Per Lysne. Stoughton. is an expert at "Rosemaling." or imaginary flower painting. Lysne learned the art of painting fantastic floral de- from his father, Anders Lysne, who received a gold medal for a paint ing exhibited in Paris in 1898.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
So They Say

We want to get business back on it's own feet-and off the govern ment's feet.-Daniel c. Roper, secretary of commerce.
 No town is so mean and poor that it is not frightened and glori- fled by the cataracts of spirea falling across the lawns, and no town where the April spirea sprays its blooms so measly that it is not beautiful in sphing before the scars of the year have burned and dead ened it.-William Allen White, Em- poria, Kans., editor.
 The talking picture today is the most American of all art forms Albert Warner, movie producer.
 Liberals would like to rebuild the station while the trains are running; radicals prefer to blow up the station and forego service until the new structure is built.-Rex- ford G. Tugwell, assistant secre- tary of agriculture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-05-13
HOLES LED TO YOUTHS
 ARREST
Rochester,

K0chester, N. r. - IU.P.J- Holes in the pockets of their cloth ing led to the arrest of nine youth full burglars here. The boys stole SIS worth of pecan meats. Russian