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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
The London Job

The world economic conference in Lon- don is a sort of new Versailles. Represen- tatives of all the economic powers are met there to settle another war. as disastrous in many ways as was the military war of l9l4-18. May they be wiser than those who sat at Versailles! Old grudges and errors were perpetuated then. Will old grudges and errors be perpetuated nowf Or is the working and trading world ready for new deali
 Seven years ago finaneiers representing l6 nations, demanding removal of international trade restrictions, said: Too many states. in pursuance of false ideals of national interest. have imperilled their own welfare and lost sight of the common interests of the world, by basing their commercial rela- tions on the economic folly which treats all trading as form of war. There can be no recovery in Europe till politicians realize that trade is not war. but a rational process of exchange"
 Today this warning applies universally. All of producing, exchanging and consum- ing mankind are caught in the tolls of sui- cdal struggle which stifles commerce by a combination of excessive tariffs. quotas. em- bargoes and other trade restrictions, on the assumption that any foreigner with anything to sell is an enemy. against whom patriots must defend themselves by refusing to buy. Largely as result of this curious and de- struetive attitude. the major industrial nations, with our own in the front. have 30.000.000 to 40,000,000 workers un- employed and nearly l5.000,000 tons of shipping rusting and rotting. not to mention railroad and other transportation equipment. What will London do about it1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
Popular Government Stands
 The Test

Few congressional seasons in American history have seen more important work ac- complished than the special session of the past spring. And few have done more to enhance Congress- reputation. The Con- gress that convened in extraordinary session last March came to Washington at moment s when representative government in this country was more unpopular probably than at any time since the adoption of the Con- stitution.
 People were afraid. people were angry. people were deeply distrustful. They knew that the country needed swift and drastic action. and they did not believe that Con- gress was capable of furnishing it. If the president had refused to call special ses- sion and had ruthlessly seized the legislative function for himself it is probable that many Americans would have applauded.
 The President. of course. had no inten- ton of doing any such thing. Congress convened. listened to what he had to say and then proceeded to demonstrate that Americas representative government can function just about as efficiently and intelli- gently as the severest critic could ask. To be sure Congress made mistakes. It kicked over the traces now and then; it indulged in last round flare-up over the veterans com pensation. But in the main it played ball. It gave the President just about what he asked for and it gave 1t to him fast. And this. perhaps. is as encouraging thing as has happened all spring.
 Our whole system of representative gov- ernment was on trial when this Congress convened. People were impatient of delay. of protracted talk, of petty politics. If Congress had failed profound shift in QUIT democratic form of government would have been almost inevitable. Congress came through; and it came through, not be- cause its members were finer. more patriotic men than the members of preceding Con- gresses. but because the right kind of leader ship was forthcoming from the White House. It proved that the legislative branch of democratic government can work efficiently and speedily if the executive branch knows how to demand it. It justified our tradi- tional faith in our representative democracy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
Partners In Misfortune

That was pretty good speech Ramsay Mcdonald made the other day, at Pill grims' dinner in England, to an audience of mingled Britons and Americans, when he spoke of the two countries as partners in misfortune" It is an apt phrase, and he made the most of it. The gist of his re- marks was that being in the same boat. we ought to pull together for peace and prosperity. Wherein he was right He went pretty far. even for him. in his call for friendly cooperation.
 "The cardinal point of British policy" he said, lis to get active. cooperative rela- tionship with the United States, in every thing which relates to the peace of the world. prosperity and human progress. T am sure Mir Roosevelt would associate him. self with this statement that would like Great Britain to get into such relationship with the United States that we can quarrel, dispute and disagree. and still trust the con- fidenee we have in each other to remain absolutely unimpaired"
 We really do that pretty we'll as matters stand John Bull pulls Uncle Sams whisk- CTS. and Sam pokes John in the stomach. but they generally end by going off arm in arm. The Revolutionary War was long time ago. Our quarrels are really family affairs. Like sensible families when it comes to crisis we stop telling the truth about each other and stand together against the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
A Fight Looms

In view of the fact that the law creating the milk control act goes into effect next week some interesting developments seem imminent. Waterbury is being consid- cred as the storm center for those who are opposing the regulations already set up by the new board. This is probably due to the fact that the local independent dealers were the first to organize and seek counsel to advise and defend them in any fortheom- ing litigation. If any is forthcoming it doubtless will be on the constitutionality of the new act just passed by the Legislature.
 In view of the fact that the recent legis- 1stion was the result of threatened milk war in Connecticut. somewhat similar to those being waged in our middle western states it will be interesting to note which way our legislators face. Their official duties are over. but the results of their work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
Waterbury, Take Notice

Hartford is seriously considering obtaining federal funds with which to complete a gigantic sewage disposal project advanced several years ago following survey of con- ditions in the Hartford area by the state water commission and also a special body named for that express purpose. As soon as the federal administrator of the industrial control program in Connecticut is named it is expected that Hartford will make appli- cation for huge loan. perhaps one that will enable the city not merely to complete its sewage disposal program. but also to finance the proposed storage reservoir up in the Barkhamstead hills. and also elimination of several dangerous grade crossings by con- struetion of over and under passes.
 Earlier in the week we mentioned the fact that Hartford might get federal funds for the Barkhamstead reservoir project. We suggested that if this effort was successful Waterbury should follow suit by seeking money to finish its contemplated sewage elimination program. Mayor Hayes, we notice. had previously stated that perhaps the city might seek money with which to com plete the Shepaug project. We view the completion of the sewage plant and neees- sary trunk and lateral lines as essential as completing the Shepaug work. And in. view of the fact that the streams of our state are just as polluted today as they were few years back when efforts to clean them up started, we think that the sewer work should get the preference. That however. is merely one opinion.
 We will be interested in watching the out. come of meeting in Hartford next Tuesday night. David Podell, one of the framers of the Industry Recovery Act, is due in that city to explain the bill and to show how munich palities may obtain federal funds. The dinner is under the sponsorship of the Hart ford Chamber of Commerce. Surely there should be some Waterbury representatives present. At any rate it is an opportunity that should not be ignored. Waterbury has too much at stake to let federal funds slip through her hands if they are available for such projects as the sewer work Of the She- paug diversion dam.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17

Professor Yandell Henderson of Yale University. foremost authority on toxic poisons in the United States. believes. as does also Jouett Shouse. chairman of the Association Against the Prohibition Amend ment. that prohibition will be off the statute books when lo34 rolls around. We cer- tainly hope SO. It has long been Prcfes- sor Henderson's contention that beers of certain percentages. like those nov legal in the U. S., are not intoxicating beverages. He bases his claim on sound scientific rea- sons That was one of the reasons why his liquor control plan featured class licenses. depending upon the alcoholic content of the beverage sold. The professor believes that 3.2 per cent beer plus prohibition repeal will end the reign of the bootlegger and racketeer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
-In- .MezC York
nv PAUL HARRISON

Nexv York.--Nicolai sokoI06 fbe conductor, believes that peopl will TO to considerable lengths, lit crafty. to hear good music. So he, soon 10 start a series of eighties slfnmer concerts, with Q compieY svnnhony orchestra and variop ruest soloists, which will De held 2 His own back yard, some 60 miiS from New York.
 He lives In Fairfield count, conneoficrt. and in a house tht was built in I7sg. Behind it is Broad exbanse of lawn, curvift snd risinr into a natural ampht tileater. sokoloff tried the Of coustics and found them good. Fe named the spot Music Hili wet about discussing his concert tde with the artists and writers an musicians who populate the r- zion, found them receptive. H
 He also consulted the few r- maining natives, people of old fan- flies which have been scratching 2 living. from the rocky soil siEe Colonial days. Most of tnra thought as did old Man Andrews an pctogenarian who, incidentally still does his having with 2 tenn of oxen and two.wheeled est. not bother him much; he aiwgs goes zoe to bed with the chicksns av. way and is a powerful soud sleeper.
 Entered U. S. at 13
 The conductor himself kn0vs moro of such Independent entr- prises than any other musiciIri. sokoloff had nothing but q vidtn when he came to this country frm Russia at the age of 13. At 1.-The had won a scholarship in the Mle school of Music, at IT he yas among the Boston Symphofv's first violins. He was leading he San francisco Philharmonic wien the World war came, then he went to France. Tn 1918 he be- gan to build up, from nothing, the Cleveland orchestra, and remained its conductor for 15 years, dutng which time he has appeared on tours or as a guest leader in 15S cities.
 He now is conductor of the New York orchestra, made up of hgh- THnklHk Lnu3hSh&ho Wshtp asASsAsktNa. ed. banded together and invited Sokoloff to be their boss. Tiese are the men who. together with soioists such as Marion Tdva, Mario Chamlee, Ruth Breton and Jasaues Gordon, will play for all who'll come and sit in sokolofrz | back yard.
 Pebbles of the Famed
 Meanderings: Marie Dressler onct sold peanuts at Coney Island rather than surrender in q dispute over a contract Earl Carroll the musical comedy producer. Il always jotting figures on table. cloths, The other night at the Embassy headed a column tha' totaled more than a million dol lars; 70 he must be planning an. accom- piishments along some lines most celebrities have some secret yens that never have been re. aiized. Thus, Edna Ferber alwayl has dreamed of being . great prima donna. Another writing woman, Faith Baldwin, confessei she always wanted to be . dra. maaic actress. And even John p Rockefeller, IT, whom you'd think could have whatever he chose, ad- mits he'd give anything-well. al. most anything--to be an accom- plished pianist.
 Marie Dressler
 Nicolai Sokoloff (lcft) and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
ARE WE BoURBoNs,
Bridgeport Telegram)

It has been said . Bourbon 1s one who learns nothing and forgets nothing. James Truslow Adams, historian and biographer, writes In the New York Times that Amert- cans are simply marking the days when the old get-rich- quick spirit of 1929 will return. We have real- ly learned nothing, says he, from the experiences of the depression. nor have we experienced any change from heart as to the goals of our national life. ~.
 MT Adams will be remembered as one who in his "Epic of Ameri- ca" laid such streess upon what he denominated "the American dream" namely, that steady im- provement of the life of the many rather than the enrichment of the life of the few which built this country and took over its waste places. He is still concerned .. bout this goal. and from the van tage point of six-months residence in England every year watches his countrymen advance toward it or recede from 1t. Recently Mir Adams came home once more to find us abstaining from extrava. RauCo OHly pcCduS0 WO aE0 LOICcO to do 50, still livng on the surface of life rather than in its deeps, and hardly aware of the things which count most in life and at 50 little monetary cost.
 To say that MT Adams is de- ceived in thig conclusion would be to make the same mistake of snap Judgment of which we think him guilty. It is far too soon to diag- nose the spiritual reaction of the American people to the agony oe the last three years. No single individual. can 90 through such an experience and not be profoundly moved and changed by 1t. Then how can . nation of people remain unchanged? 4..
 where we think the "saner phil. oso1hy'S which MT Adams asks is coming from is with the rising generation who have not been 90 much disillusioned by the success formula as they have been puzzled by 1t. Many of them today, and more of them tomorrow, are or will be ready to believe with MT Adams "that many of the deepest hn most abiding satisfactions car be had ct little or no cost Il money" The American dream [ not doomed; 1t is Is being resut ( rected. Fg
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Tells Of Century
 Of Real Progress

"A Century of Progress" fat book edited by Charles A. Beard, emphasizes the fact that the very idea. of progress is a relatively new force in human affairs.
 Through antiquity and the mid de ages, pr Beard points out, the race as whole had no conception that continued progress could pc possible. only with the dawning or the industrial age did people gen. eraily get the notion that mankind had an indefinite developing. fu. ture, and that 1t could somehow. wear by year, work it's way out from under such ancient curses as poverty, disease, oppression, war and hunger.
 American history in the century tust' ended is important, then. in showing the fruits of that idea; and pr Beard and the writers he has assembled show that a very solid and substantial amount Of progress has indeed been made.
 An American citizen of 1S33 would have rejoiced nightly, pr Beard points out, if he could have known that during the coming. century the Union would be per- manentiy cemented, chattel slavery would be abolished, unlversial edu. cation would be established and complete suffrage would be grant. ed. Those things have in fact been done. We face grave problems for our next century, to be sure; but we are Justified in being rather hopeful about them.
 This book reviews the progress that has been made in such di. verse fields as invention, social leg- islation, finance, transportation, labor and industry. I would have liked 1t better if pr Beard had written all of 1t; but the articles by Jane Addams, Frank Lowden, Watson Davis and Grace Abbott are excellent, and the book as . whole is remarkably good.
 Published by Harpers. 1t sells for 8,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
Senators Accept" Jobs
(Meriden Journal)

"Cut yourself c piece of pie"
 Modest senators in the recent leg
 islative session did very well by themselves.
 Senator Bergin became liquor control commissioner at $7.000 per; Senator Cooney, county com
 missioner; Senator Devlin, . city
 judge; Senator Dimock, commis- sioner on domestic animals at $4,-
 500; Senator Lawlor, athletic com-
 missioner at $5.500; Senator Shea a city court prosecutor, and for
 mer Senator Connor, commission CT of motor vehicles at $9.000. Without counting the ex-sena- tor, the list shows that eight out of the Senate's IS democratic mem- bers got something more than glory out of their service at Hart ford. And there is reason to be- lieve that the others are not all among the forgotten men. for po- litical favors can still be distrfbu- ted even if the General Assembly has adjourned.
 At this writing it appeared that the Meriden baskets under the plum tree all had holes in them through which the plums dropped into better baskets. Waterbury, on the other hand. finally got some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
ONE MORE WARNING (New York Herald -Tribune)

sachusetts, as was expected, has fallen into line behind repeal with an overwhelming majority, making the eleventh consecutive state to join the landslide. Less than q week hence Connecticut will vote on the issue, and also Iowa and New Hampshire. There is good reason for believing that every one of them will join the procession. Connecticut very possibly with even more emphasis than her in1- mediate neighbor to the north.
 But while these recurrent vic- tories are Q heartening sign Of the times, each adds its warning of what is likely to follow in this country should the requisite num- Der of states be persuaded to de- feat ratification. It is c warning which, we are glad to see, Is hay. ing it's effect on prohibitionists or the stripe of Horace D. Tart, brother of the late chief justice and long q supporter Of the eignteentn amendment. MT Taft has written letter strongly urging ratincation to the chairman of the Connecticut OfHaHkXatAVH W4k1S8l s0 WeAAssse repeal. He fears the result should a handful of states block the will of the people and considers the situation . crisis in which 1t is in' cumbent on Connecticut voters to | roll up the largest possible major ity for repeal as an example to thu states to follow.
 We commend his logic to al | those prohibitionists who are stil wavering between country ant cause. The eighteenth amendment whether officially or not. is doomed Their choice, therefore, lies be. tween helping to retain a dead let. ter in the Constitution. and thu
 inviting a permanent condition o1 l lawlessness and corruption, ant 1 joining the mighty effort to remove
 1t and permit the states to reintro'
 duce temperance through lega
 control. It is hard to see how either as true patriots or req
 friends of temperance they cal
 hesitate to adopt the course SO ard
 entity championed by Mir Taft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17

In naming his members of the tax com. mission Governor Gross showed the same ability he has in all such appointments. It is perhaps unfortunate that this body could not have been named two years ago. It is bright star on the escuteheon of the democratic party that 1t fought for the tax probing board but was defeated through go.p. efforts. This year the republicans changed their attitude and allowed the board to be created. Its membership is now complete with little or no regard having been paid to politics in the naming so far as we can judge. That's as it should be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
So They Say

The university is Q mating mill. It should be. With It's beautiful campus, magnificent views. adja- cent lakes and the opportunities students have to measure each others worth, why shouldn't the students fall in love? - Profess sor D. A. Ross, University of Wis., consin sociologist.
 Every person who consents to making terms with the Japanese Is my inveterate and eternal enemy.-Feng Yu-hsiang, China's Christian general.
 I've been so busy living that I haven't had time to formulate Q philosophy of life. = Samuel Un- termeyer, noted lawyer, on his 18th birthday.
 Dictatorships are inevitable. - Premier Mussolini of Italy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17

Connecticut forest army members are enjoying fresh baked bread every day now due to the work of the bakers at Fort H.. G. Wright, Fishers Island. They are work ing overtime to supply the 5000 men in Connecticut camps. Bread is sent out from the fort bakery every day in nice two- pound loaves. It will require 838 acres of wheat to supply our camps for six months. Pretty good bread eaters these boys.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17

She might have gone further, as did s. B. Leland, member of the Illinois Tax Com mission, recently. He declared that We have entirely too many governments in the United States = between 250.000 and 3OO.OOO of them. ." And he's right. And every one of these governments is ex- acting it's toll in taxes. Eliminate some of them and taxes must drop. Why not take the plunge?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
Here, There And EUeryOhere

corrected, especially such of the conditions as were deliberately pro- noted and defended as government policy. And 1t may fairly be as. sumed that many Germans feel that way about foreign reaction to their country's present lapse into medieyaligm,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
Our Daily Washington Letter
Last Minute White House Orders Made Senate Anprv
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

Roosevelt has outlined his woes and troubles to more than one cal1- CT. He did get good and mad when 0 couple of correspo for large New York newspapers spilled a story purporting to tell adminis- tration plans to offer to accept Q small portion of the June war debt payments. Hc bawled out the press for nearly 15 minutes, point | ing out that such unauthorized dis- patches were likely to be believed
 in Europe and might cost the
 country millions of dollars.
 Vibrations Senator Arthur Robinson of In- diana, who has shrieked so loudly and so often this session that he is the only senator ever mentioned in the same breath with Huey Long, can have q stage career in the likely event that he fails of rec election. The shaking of his white clad body in moments of emotion
 Is like that of g mighty oak shiv- ering in the embrace of lightning. Laughing, admiring galleries agree it's the most ambitious shimmy
 ever seen, male or female.
 Be Ye Assured!
 Are there many pessimists here
 Well, Mister, you just paste in your
 hat this public assurance from the
 Hon J. Ham Lewis, pink-whiskered
 senator from Illinois: Behold
 this your land as she now. under
 the new dispensation, moves uot to the ten1p1o of the international
 relationship. May we not conceive
 her, as she advances before us.
 Around her brow are bound tho
 Ten Commandments of God. Tn her right hand the Sermon on the Mount: in her left hand the Con- stitution of the United States. Arr
 mored in this trinity she ascends priest of the service"
 Copyright, 1888, NEA Service, Inc,t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-17
, To-day's Selected Poem
CAT-NAP

Mildred Weston in the New York Sun) Sleep. little sister. Take your ease Unruffled
 By adversities. do not envy you A dream Over the daily dole Of cream. I grant you
 Every benefice, Begrudge you nothing, Only this That no one censures you BecausA once in a while You show your claws!