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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
Is There Reasonable Cause?

Reading the papers we learn that there will be no further night shifts employed on the new trunk sewer line being laid along Thomaston avenue in Waterville. Work on this tremendous project, one of the greatest that the city has launched in recent years, will halt promptly at 10 p. m.. every working day. Complaints of residents along Thomaston avenue have caused this lay-off for the night shift. We wonder if this is go- ing to work hardship on any laborer who might thus be prohtably employed, but who will be without work now that there. is no night work.
 This is purely supposition. No worker may be affected by this change in plans. But then again force of men may be temporar- lily out of employment which the sewer job conveniently gave them. We believe that the residents of Thomaston avenue are entitled to peaceful nights sleep. They should not have to lie awake hour after hour listening to men shouting back and forth or to the pounding of steam shovels and other me- ehanieal eontrivanees engaged in digging trenches. laying mains. and filling in holes. It's most annoying to have sleep disturbed this fashion night after night. Complaints are justified.
 Still there are two sides to this question. The city is rushing the contractor on the job. because winter is almost here and the sewer certainly can't be laid after frost has penetrated deep into the ground. And it must not be overlooked that the laying of the sewer on this street is but one of several operations in which it is to be involved for the next year or so. The state is going to pave the street. If any work is to be done on this aspect of the job then it is certainly necessary to speed up the sewer work. Tax ing everything into consideration here is case where all concerned must make as many concessions as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

certainly instructive for us ordinary mortals who never were and perhaps never will be bank stockholders. You know who mean --the modest kind of bank depositors.
 Mir Wigsin's personal corporations which traded in the banks stock on the market did very well indeed it seems. They made a profit. in fact. of something like $l0.. 100000. The banks affiliate corporation. however, which also traded in bank stock. made only Sl56.oo0. Mr Wiggin ex- plained to Ferdinand Peeora. Senate investi- gator that there was difference in the way they operated and the statement is not at all hard to believe. All this perhaps is really no concern of ours. But it is enlight- ening. homehow. as glimpse of the way things were handled behind the scenes in the gay boom times that preceded and helped cause.-the crash.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1888
There's a Revolution

One of the things that may be changed almost beyond recognition by the times we now are living in is the good old American game of politics. Even before the new deal. it was common saying that it took highly trained expert to tell a republican from democrat with the naked eye. Today the situation is even more puzZling.
 A sample of the confusion is to be found in the matter of tariffs. The Smoot-Hawley tariff act. passed by a republican Congress and signed by republican president. was target for Democratic oratoy almost from the day it became law. It figured in the campaigns of l930 and l932. Democrats beat their breasts and called on the heavens to witness that this bill was throttling trade. Many got themselves elected on that issue.
 And what have we now. with demo- cratic administration About the only thing the last Congress did in connection with the tariff was to increase the presidents power to shut out foreign goods through the flexible-rate provision. The whole doc- Urine of economic nationalism - under president whose party additionally opposes that doetrince - has been pushed forward 10 olSoI sIqeloxsu! sqI. 'IsAo surem ou Aq within century. Furthermore, it is re- ported in Washington that actual embargoes will be laid under the new priee-raising pol icy. The maligned Shoot -Hawley bill, far from being too high. seems to be too low.
 If all this is confusing. it is not more confusing than some of the other things that have been happening. Certainly it is no stranger than to see the party which always stood for states rights and minimum of interference by the federal government put ting forward program under which the federal government has more power than the devoutest follower of Alexander Hamilton ever dreamed of giving it.
 As result of this serambling of the eggs 1t is not so hard nowadays to tell republicans from democrats. A democrat. it seems is . chap who looks like a republican and vice versa. And the serambling process is to a greater extent than at any other time events is twisting our policies out of all the old forms. What we are going to have when we get through is complete mystery. The one safe bet seems to be that an extensive realisnment of political thought is begin ming to take place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
Save the Relic

It was at first feared when the park de- partment suggested tearing down the old Brass Mill in Hamilton Park that the mill wheel would also be razed. However we have learned that such is not the case. The wheel will be preserved but the old build ing. believed to have been the first brass mill in this city. will be torn down. Some won- derful stories could be written about this structure and the nearby mill wheel In fact some marvellous accounts are now in the rec- ords.
 We have no intention of delving into them to tell the early history of Waterburys brass industry. That's something which can't be bounded by the few inches of space in these editorial columns. Waterbury's most famous industry is complete history in it. self. Therefore the early traces of it must be carefully preserved. We presume that our officials have taken this into consideration in ordering the destruction of the first brass mill. If there is no possible way of preserv- ing it as museum then for safetys sake it must go.
 We did think at one moment this week that we might appeal to the manufacturers of the city to interest themselves in the case. Then we thought of public move ment to call on the city to preserve for all time this first factory of ours which prob- ably turned out finished product as fine in it's day as are those made in the most im- proved methods of today and under such modern conditions It is too bad, though, that we could not have made this brass mill a sort of museum in which could be dis played those first brass products on which our reputation was founded and which it is our pleasure. to boost today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

If everyone was as open-minded as George W. Wickersham, chairman of ex- President Hoovers law observance and en- foreement commission. this wouldn't be such bad little world after all MT Wickersham is distinguished citizen of these United States in more ways than one. He achieved his last publicity year ago when he head ed that famous committee whose findings on prohibition started such furry of public opinion and which, in our opinion, really gave impetus to the downfall of the 18th amendment. It may be recalled that the commission issued a rather confusing finding in that as commission it voted for prohi- bition, but individually there was major ity opposed to it. Says MT Wickersham to- day, T realize that made mistake. I thought that eventually there would be drastic modification or repeal of the 18th amendment, but I never thought it would come SO soon. :" You won't find many men who spoke SO heartily in favor of keep ing the 18th amendment on the books as did Mir Wickersham. reversing themselves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
T0-days Selected Poem
THEIR COUNTRY

(By Leslie Nelson Jennings in The Christian
 Science Monitor) Children who so adventuring in the deep Woods know how far a sapling birch will
 bend, Where the horned owl enjoys his daylight sleep;
 They watch the chestnut burrs toward sum-
 mer's end, Foreseeing golden harvests Of their own When the first frosts turn everything to
 flame. Such is their country. wild and overgrown, More fruitful than these acres which we
 claim. If they come home from school to rush away On secret errands, set about no search. But rather think how, on an earlier day. We rode the supple branches of some birch And built a huit in wilderness where Most any thicket might conceal a bear!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
A Book c Day
  by BRUCE CAPTION
A Story Of Brave
 Lads In The North

No reader of fiction can fall to get very tired of reading about these incredibly gallant and un- emotional young Englishmen whc go to the far ends of the earth endure danger and hardship with out whlmper, and display the high spirits of healthy schoolboy' under the most trying clrcuni' stances. They always sound toe good to be true.
 But every once in a while you discover that there really art young Englishmen life that-lads who exhibit in real life all thost virtues which novelists ascribe to them.
 A case In point is "Northert Lights" by Spencer Chapman.
 This book tells of the expedition which went out to Greenland thres years ago to make maps, surveys and weather charts through which the chances of establishing m aii route from Europe to Cnnadd might bo gauged.
 The leader of this expedition IT. q. Watkins, was In his earls 2Os. The others were about tllt same age. Many of them were ut ter strangers to Arctic exploration And they stayed in qreenland ' year. went through all kinds ol dangers and nrivations--and cant through It precisely as the young Ensllshmen do In the novels ol r. C. Wren.
 An observation camp was estah llsied faf Inland, on tho ice ca ' and one lad was left alone -therl for Ave months. He was snowed In, couldn't get out, and rescue outfit made It's way to hin, at grea' peril just In the nick of time.
 Another group crossed Green land from coast to coast on foot Another made q 0eo-nilc trip amid ice flpes and storms, in ar 1S-foot boat. And all of then, seemed to have perfectly swell time doing 1t.
 Northern Lights" in brief, is d very appealing story about Arctic adventure. The oxford University Press offers 1t at s5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
You've Got To Know How

Certainly the reading public has been fur nished with some highly entertaining facts ever since the senate committee investigating stock market activities of various bankers. brokers. ct alia. went into action. Some of the testimony that the committee has col Ieeted could be fashioned into tremen- dously gripping novel provided the right novelist got hold of 1t. But even as we newspapsrmen have handled the data it has bssn refreshins. although bit diseourasins to those of us who struggle along from hand to mouth. while others feast at our expense.
 Take for example the expose of the se. tivitiss of Albert H. Wiggin. while he was head of the Chase National Bank. Prob ably he acted no differently than most of the men of his ranking. But it would seem as if his practices were those that only a moneyed person could adopt without fear of boomerang effect. The ins and outs af the financial dealings of Mir Wissin are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

Commenting on the recent appointment of Mrs Fannie Dixon Weleh as collector of the port at Bridgeport the New Haven Journal Courier recalls that Mrs Weleh was the first woman ever to be nominated by, a major party in Connecticut for a major off, flee when she became Democratic candidate for secretary of state in 1920. She has now received an appointment to an office higher than that held by any other woman in Con- neeticut and second in patronage importance only to that of Edward G. Dolan as Collee- tor of Internal Revenue. =" We had completely overlooked the fact that Mrs Welch ran for office on the democratic tick. ct back in 1920 and we don't think that many other editors recalled the fact either. It only goes to prove. though. what we said about the merit of the appointment. It en-. tered fully into the appointment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

Suh. one of the Kentucky Breekenridges has just been honored by the president of the United States. Sophonisba Breckenridge has been named the first woman delegate to the Pan American Congress. That's quite an honor. but Breckenridges have been getting honors for as many years as this republic has existed. Honors rest lightly on the shoulders of the Breckenrdges. It has almost been family custom that Breckenridge fulfill some service to the national govern ment. And Miss Sophonisba is regarded as one of the most brilliant to be thus honor- ed. The name remains thus high in the na- tionS annals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
Largess To Farmers

Since some of the farm leaders in the Middle West recently began talking big and making new demands on the government, many inquirers public and private. have started looking up the record to see what Uncle Sam has already been doing for farmers during this depression. The figures discovered are impressive. It develops that in the matter of credit. more than $2,000.- 100000 has been advanced to farmers by the government through various agricultural credit agencies in the last four years. And this takes no account of the $360,000,O0O spent by the government in trying to raise wheat and cotton prices. and written off as loss. The credits have gone for farm loans for diseounting agricultural paper. for cooperative marketing operations. for crop production and various other purposes. Farm loans outstanding September 30. le33. totalled $2,370.000.o00.
 On top of these, present plans call for the extension of nearly $l,000,000,000 to farmers in the federal campaign for produe- tion control. This last billion is to be raised by processing taxes paid by city people in higher prices for food. It is pointed out. too that cost of federal farm credit comes mainly upon the city population. because cities pay most of the federal taxes The more intelligent and responsible farm leaders. realizing these facts are taking little part in the latest demands on the government and threats against city consumers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
Here, There And EverysOhere

appears to be no practical and method of forcing . consistent yiolator of the law out of business. Any just and workable measure that may be formulated to protect the health of the public against un-
 scrupu!ous advertisers. manufactur- CTS and processers deserves the
 warnlest support. In the main, the legislation formulated by the Food
 and Drugs administration appears
 to fit the requirements, although and not a few instances, where in- justoce might be worked. The mat
 ter Is not one to be treated over
 hastily but the sooner the public
 can be given sound assurance that
 the drugs, cosmetics and foods 1t
 purchases are what they are pur-
 ported to be, the better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
SCRAMBLED SAYBoOK
- I7T77'a (Hartford Courant)

The Deep River New Era has rendered service to the state by striving to make the towns having Eaybrook as part of their names somewhat less complex to those who live outside their borders. II says rightly, that the territory now teeming with Lymes and Saybrooks was granted to Lord Say and Scale and Lord Brook in 1885 by a king who felt that he might give some thing of no value to those who de- sired 1t; hence the grant. It in- cluded land on both sides of the Connecticut rivers that on the east side including what are now the towns of Lyme, old Lyme and East Lyme, that on the west side con sistiug of what as now known as Old Eaybrook, Chester. Essex. Westhrook, Deep River. Winthrop, Centerbrook and Ivoryton.
 All of these towns were a part of New London county, when coun- ties were fotmed and became a part of the Gonnectlcut Colony in isla. h iees the territory east of the river containing the three Lymes was set oH unaar the name side ss D as sayhreck. 50 it continued UntiI 1855, when 1t was named Chester, though why, is not clear. Tn 1e4o another section vas set of. taking the name of Westbrook. a not unreasonable appellation. Then old saybrook became a town. 9enerous In area for 1t contained Essex, which latter town was set up Ia business for itself by the leeislature of 1854. 1t was the last division.
 We are not yet through with the cnmpIIcations, for the town of Old saybrpok ROW includes the borough of Fenwick. what may be termed a toy borough, but it has Q p0stoifIce known as saybrook. which is also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
Paris Letter
By SAMUEL DAsHiELL (Jynitctl Press Stan COrrcspOndcnt


 Paris (UP)-Hitherto unknown
 incidents of the gravest nature are
 revealed in Poincare's latest ad- dition to his series of war books. This volume deals especially with the events centering around the Armistice.
 Rich in documentary material, which naturally would be in the possession of Frances war presi- dent, the present volume, which Poincare calls The Eve of the Armistice, is one of the most in- teresting of the series.
 In this book, the fighting old Tiger, Clemenceau, is shown in
 one of his most tigerish moods. Although few realize the fact, Poincare shows how the Tiger &C.,
 tually resigned because of a mis- | understanding over phrase
 which incidentally came from
 George Leygues. the late minister | of the navy.
 First Arnnistice Letter
 It concerned the first corre-
 spondence which came to the
 president through Switzerland
 dealing with the beginning of the
 Armistice, in which Germany, Austria, and Turkey were feeling
 out possibilities. This was early in October, 1913.
 The correspondence which this Armistice feeler occasioned be- tween the president of France and Frances fighting Premier Georges Clemenceau shows the temper of both men. Poincare urged Clem- enceau to be watchful. Clemen- ceau was suspicious and also was having a tussle with Foch and Lloyd George, who he thought were conniving to end the war perhaps too soon, as the Germans were weakening and the French Morale was strong. Moreover, Clemenceau did not hesitate to show Poincare that he was angry at Foch because Foch consistently refused to give orders to the
 Tn the early letters, Poincare urged Clemenceau to favor the Armistice appeal, indicating that no one would accuse him, if careful. of hanstringing the vic- torious French soldiers. clemen- ceau took exception to the word hamstringing, which had been suggested to Poincare by Leygues. Clemenceau resigned in a brief letter. and Poincare replied cour- teously though firmly. Tiger Hated Kaiser
 The letters concerning the Arm-
 istice reveal that Clemenceau
 never quite forgot the Franco
 Prusslan wqr, and he invariably
 referred e Kaiser Wilhelm as
 Frederick 4f. stIil evidently hating
 that mnnach and still subccn-
 sciously thinking he was about to dictate terms to the man of 1870
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
BY RODNEY BUTCHER { The Democrat Washington
 CoITespondent)

Washington-Thls period doubt less will be known to history as the era of planless planning.
 There's no longer any doubt as to the main objectives of the nearly everyone is the amazing yer satility and resiliency of the pres ident as he pulls one scheme after another from. his hat in the effort to get there.
 No one doubts the inexhaustibil- ity of the contents of the Roosevelt hat. Scores of methods remain to be tried and some of the most drastic, insiders know, will be used before the recovery program Is al- lowed to collapse.
 Roosevelt Is shaping up as the master opportunlst of all time, but the flexibillty and experimental nature of his attack or depression has some serious disadvantages - which his advisers admit---as well as its obvious advantages. One IS the uncertainty which continues to beset business men, creditors. and investors. For them. life has be- come a daily guessing game-what happens next and what are the ef- fects?
 Latest movements, designed for both psychological and practical results, include gold purchase, Rus sian recognition. cotton and wheat loans, bank deposit liquidation, and purchase of surplus foods for re- lief.
 The bjeetives-don't forget are full employment and farmer rehabilitation, raising of commod. ity prices to the 1928 level and consequent debtor relief and then dollar stabilization.
 For your information, Roosevelt Is keenly and pleasantly aware that the uncertainty as to his int mediate methods, as we'll as as- surance of his long range objec- tive, discourages short selling on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

We should think that the civil service ban which puts a man out of the running at the mere age of 40 would stir up contro- versy. We can't quite conceive how Uncle Sam would place such limit on a mans usefulness. Washington is stirred, as it alone can become stirred, by this latest ruling on new civil service employees. If mans abil- ity is now limited by his age what future have great many of us in any line of endeavor' A mans worth should be judged solely by his work It's merit that counts in the long run.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03
Daily Washington Letter
Roosevelt Has Endless Stock of Tricks to Pull Out His Hat-Johnson Talks of Quitting, But Stays
stock and commodity markets. Johnson Qults---but Stays

stock and commodity markets. Johnson Qults--but Stays
 A messenger boy found General Hugh Johnson lying flat on his office floor, peering under q rug and trying to. connect wires for q new buzZer in the room outside. It seemed that the noise of the old bell had been bothering girl sec- retary with whose desk 1t was con nected.
 Johnson said last August that he would retire as MIRA adminis- trator only after give my ac- counting to Congress" That still stands, though it isn't certain that he will quit this winter. More than once, however, he in. ormally has offered his resig- nation to Roosevelt after matters were taken out of his hands.
 Hoarders Turn to Gems Diamond imports from Amster- dam to this country have been in- creasing steadily all year. It is assumed that some hoaruers. un- able to hide gold, have turned tU precious stones.
 Ford Is Disciplined
 Henry Ford, denied market with tho government, is being punished not for violation of the MIRA automobile code, but for hls reculcitrant attitude toward the Blue Eagle.
 Johnson, with the support of President Roosevelt, wants to nuke an example of big fellow who has "trifled with that bird" Fords refusal to sign tho code-- which isn't demanded by the law ---and what formerly was regard cd as his defiance of NRA. had an unfortunate psychological of feet on the MIRA program and encouraged other big business men to stiff 'en their backs against government interference" Ford hasn't violated the code and apparently doesn't intend to. Private advlccs from Detroit following Johnson's latest threats at Ford, are that Henry at once began to plan retaliatory move against Johnson himself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

in this fashion. Still it's the only thing to do. Prohibition is fine theoretically. but quite impractical in a nation like ours. It just doesn't jibe with our racial customs and habits. We must correct 1t accordingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

the name of the railway station on the main line of the New Haven. As to the twon legally known as Saybrook, 1t appears in the postal guide as Deep River, which also appears in the name of its two banks its one newspaper, its public library, it's steamboat dock and its railway station. For time in the beginning of things, all the terri tory to which allusion has been made was Saybrook.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

Turn about is fair play. Since Germany has promised not to assault any more Amer jeans for failing to salute Nazi parades we agree not to mob any Germans for not shouting. "Heil Roosevelt at NRA par. adeS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-11-03

No question of the success of Chieagos Century of Progress show. Twenty million people have gone to see it. And most of them actually paid to get in.