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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Compromises Needed at Farley

A few weeks ago the leading world
statesmen were discussing the London
conference in terms of the Macdonald
Roosevelt remark-"We have got to make it
succeed" To-day this fine sentence seems
to have been forgotten and the various dele
gates at London, our own included, are evil
IDENTIFY willing to come to an international
agreement only if they can do so without
reeeding an inch from their respective ma
tional policies.
A short time ago they were telling us that
agreement at London was matter OF the
highest importance. To-day they are act.
ing as If the conference were some vast sort
of poker game in which the big idea was to
get all you could from the other fellow
without giving up thing yourself. America
talks of general tariff reductions that will
stimulate world trade but refuses even to
discuss war debts and grows suddenly deaf
when currency sterilization is mentioned
England also talks of reviving interna-
tonal trade, but clings to trade agreements
like the Ottawa pact and the recent agree
ments with Denmark, Argentina, and the
Scandinavian countries. France likewise
INDUCES in pious talk but elings to her gold
standard; refuses to pay dime on the war
debts and hints at the establishment of
self.eontaned economic unit by France and
her colonies. Japan prepares to discuss
armament reductions by insisting that she be
permitted to build navy as strong as any
on earth.
And so it goes until one wonders whether
the people of the world to-day have yet
reached a state of mind in which any I'M
portant International agreement is possible.
But it may be that the pessimsm created by
early activities at London is not justified.
After all the reasons for calling the confer
enee are still as potent as they ever were.
The Spokesman for the various countries
know that complete failure of the pres
en-. discussions would be nothing short OF
a catastrophe. An attitude of complete
ntransigcanee may go very well at the begin
ming, but it is quite possible that a gen.
er.l modification of it will be seen before
the discussions are ended. That, at any
rate, is the way most of US prefer to look
at 1t. The issues at stake at London are
too important to be allowed to fall just be-
cause the various delegates are afraid OF
compromise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Road Fund Available

Connecticut will shortly receive $780,
700 as its share of the federal grant to be
used in road building, part of the national
Unemployment and recovery movement. l ne
money must be spent under certain eondi-
tons, such as employment of labor on
30-hour week basis with fixed minimum
wages, no convict labor allowed, replace
ment of machinery where possible by men
welding pick and shovel. There will be
no trouble in spending this amount of
money in Connecticut. lnasmueh as this
state is the neck OF the bottle that constitutes
New England, summer and winter play
ground of millions, it must need furnish
hundreds Of miles of fine roadways up and
down its length and breadth.
There will be many applications no doubt
for expenditure of the two millions Tor the
state. We can even now hear residents OF
Fairfield county eamoring that the entire
sum be spent in bringing the proposed Mer-
rift Highway nearer to actually. We say
proposed purposely, for we are beginning
to believe that unless some such extraor-
binary appropriation is received the road
will not be built for good many years. SO
far as we know the state does not yet hold
rights of way from one end to the other
of the express route that will link Bridge
port with the New York state end of the
Hutchinson River Parkway now built as tar
as Port Chester, N. Y. AS to the actual
construction that seems mostly visionary
Therefore with two millions available for
road work certainly every effort will be
made by interested parties to interest the
proper officials in diverting the entire sum
to the Merritt Highway. Perhaps this
might be good idea. The Boston Post
road is now inadequate to accommodate the
thousands of cars that traverse it daily. A
parallel route is needed. We can't deny
the need of finishing the Merritt Highway
with its many potentialities. But will
everyone agree. federal administrators in
eluded, that the entire state grant should
be spent on one project! And what about
people way up in the northeastern corner
of the state? They don't care anything
about Fairfield county demands. It's a
delicate question involving considerable and
must be decided accordingly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Here, There And Everywhere

The material results are appar-
ent in a handsome and dignifed
church edifice and excellent school,
and the necessary accompanying
buildings. The spiritual results
are less tangible but no less real.
When, therefore, 1t Is announced
from Rome that the Rev. DR.. Barry
has been made "a domestic prelate
and received the title of right
reverend monsignor; all Hartford
feels that the honor has been well
earned and is richly deserved.
DR.. Barry's work at st. Angus
tines has been outstanding. He has
built up one of the strongest par
ishes In the Hartford diocese. oc-
cupying u place. of honor and In
fluence in the whole community he
has become one Of It's leaders. He
is not merely an able administrator
and wise counselor of his people,
but his kindly spirit has made him
friend as we'll as parish priest. DR..
Barry has taken considerable part
In civic and public affairs. Hartford
Mt large knows him and respects
him and rejoices that high church.
ly honors have come to him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
. LONG LIFE TO NOTED
BUILDINGS
New York Herald Tribune)

(Now YORK Herald-Trlbune)
The story of Mrs Franklin u.
Roosevelt's appreciative visit to
Gadsby Tavern In Alexandria, Va,
on the occasion of its opening as
a museum Is a pleasant reminder
that the work Of preserving his
toric houses goes on. This old tav-
ern, scene of Washington's last
birthday party has the guardian
ship of the Daughters Of the Revo-
luton, the Colonial Danes and the
American legion. Patriotic and an
tiquarian societies throughout the
country are similarly active In saw
ing buildings and relics that
should be kept secure.
In harmony with this preserva-
tive purpose the American Institute
of Architects has taken steps to
compile q national list of buildings
notable for architecture or historic
Importance, census of the struc-
lures best worth handing down. II
will be the first complete American
tabulation of the kind. Returns OF
the survey, which is being con-
Quoted by Leicester b. Holland,
chief Of the fine arts division Of the
Library of Congress, are to be
grouped into a series of regional
lists, later to be combined in q, re-
view of national scope. The details
sought include the name and type
Of the building. It's architect, date
Of erection, original owner, present
owner and distinguished features,
architectural and historical.
II Is likely that such a survey
will bring to light many buildings
In danger of passing, for whose
protection public sentiment VIII
rally. The present feeling for old.
historic buildings In the United
States is much livelier than that OF
the last century. Such an enormity.
for example. as the destruction OF
the Hancock mansion on Beacon
Hill In Boston would not be toler-
ated today, nor would like catas.
trophies much less serious, yet still
be permitted without
a fight. The list of the American
Institute of Architects. valuable II
only for the record, may also iead
to some excellent rescues.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

Postmaster General James A. Farley has
just announced that the likeness of former
President Calvin Coolidge will appear on a
coming stamp issue. 1t will not be COM
memorative or special stamp, but part of a
regular issue replacing some one of the pres
ent series. Just what denomination the
stamp will be is as yet unknown. Doubt
less the postmaster generals plans also in
clude use of the Wilson likeness on some
other denomination than the l7-cent where
it is seldom seen. We can expect to see a
good many democratic notables of by-gone
years honored on the commoner denomina-
tons in the next four years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Charity

One of the most distressing things about
the business depression, until lately was the
spectacle of country bulging with food,
clothing and other necessaries of life, and
millions of people suffering for lack of them,
and no way to get the sufferers and the
goods together. We didn't know how to
give things away. We had always done it,
after fashion, on small, personal scale,
and even on municipal scale. But gen.
orally speaking, our highly civilized society
couldn't get its surplus products and its
moneyless consumers together. Collec-
lively and governmentally, we were dumber
than we were individually. And our stu
pidy had the effect of bitter cruelty.
But we are learning. Little by little, our
collective mind wakes up. We have come
to realize that people have to be fed and
clothed and sheltered, not as charity but as
the right of human beings, ncighbors,
Americans and helpless parts of our great
soeial-industrial machine. Last year the
Red Cross, distributing supplies furnished
by the Farm Board and paid for with gov.
eminent money. distributed in the form of
bread. flour and breakfast cereal S5,000,000
bushels of surplus wheat that needed eating
up. Also clothing made by private factories
in exchange for $4,000 bales of govern
ment- owned cotton. Here is an intelligent
beginning We shall do better in the next
depression.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
So They Say

It Is grand to read. but not good
to accept without thought. Too
many people are apt to accept
what others say without weighing
and forming their own judgment.
Mrs Franklin r. Roosevelt
The deaf are proud folk; they
never beg. I've worked among
them for so years and l never
knew deaf begger.
DIR. Thomas Francis Fox, retir-
ing master of the New York
school for the Deaf.
Not only Is one mans expense
another mans income, but one
mans debt Is another mans credit.
Henry Kitteredge Norton, econo.
mist.
IL Is doubtful whether the PAM
pered child-and S-half of the aver
age American family today Is bet
ter than the child of former
generation with eight or nine
brothers and sisters.
DIR. Barton c. Hirst, Philadel-
phia eugenics expert.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Gas and Bread

Bread in most cities goes up cent.
This is result of the processing tax laid
on wheat to provide fund for paying farm
ers bonus to cut their wheat acreage. AT
the same time gasoline in many places goes
no another cent mainly as result of the
new federal gas tax adopted to help balance
HE recovery budget. There is good deal
4 kicking about the bread rise. People al
ssys resent paying more for bread because.
though cheap. it is prime necessary of life.
There l. far less kicking about the price Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Tho waterbury Democrat WASH
ingtOn Correspondent

1n2tOn Correspondent
Washington - The Commerce
Building, headquarters of the in
dustrial recovery act, Is being call
ed "the new capitol of the United
States"
Latest indications are that 1t
may be the scene of continuous
cat-and-dog fight, although there 9
no reason why that fact should
the ADMINISTRATORS aims.
But the recovery administration
got off to none too good a start.
remarked the other day that
General johnson, the administrat-
or, remarked the. other day that
we're fumbling into 1t" and some
Of the labor representatives, at
least, considered the expression
apt.
Others in the administration
agree that 1t was unfortunate that
the first code of fair competition"
to come UP for approval-that of
the cotton textile industry-should
provide q $40 minimum wage ($11
for northern mills) and a maxi
mum. working week of 40 hours.
Textile Wage Attacked
johnson and his crew expect
most minimum wage standards to
be higher and maximum hours
shorter than those, but the psych-
logical effect of the $10-40 hour
proposal was not to be discounted
and Jim Emery of the National
Manufacturers association prompt
ly wrote to members suggesting
that they follow that code.
The recovery organization broke
into two camps those who
thought $40 and 40 hours were
satisfactory and those who moro
| or less violently disagreed.
johnson, with surprising
promptness, declared the industry
had done beautiful Job" and
that the code Cooked good" to
him. His publicity bureau an
nounccd that the proposed mini
mum represented q $50 per cent
increase in wages" but no one has
yet answered the question: en-
crease over WHAT" Or whether
that meant increase in wage rates
| or total wage payments.
johnson Explains
johnson explains that 40-hour
maximum week Is necessary In the
textile industry II the employers
are to have enough workers to
operate their mills. He had been
told that by manufacturers and
also by amiable Tom Mcmahon,
president of the United Textile
Workers, who had okayed the
code.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

Weather, o6.l per cent perfect, is in the
making. according to group of scientists
out in California. BY It weather can be
forecast accurately "a or 48 hours in adj
vance. A series of experiments, Conduct
ed through airplane flying tests in part. has
resulted in this announcement which may
seem startling but actually isn't. The
present forecasts that are distributed through
the u. S. Weather Bureau at Washington
aren't SO far off as many believe. Actual
cheekups reveal that Uncle Sans weather
man is right nine times out of ten which is
90. per cent record. And that isn't bad
when you realize that nothing undergoes
more vagaries than the weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
III
|NezC York.

New York.-Most Epicures. and
ALI veteran members of the Lieder-
kranz singing society of Manhat-
tan. know the name of Emil Frey.
But few other people outside OF
Van Vert, O., where he lives
know that he is the inventor, or
discoverer, Of Liederkranz cheese,
the only American variety to set
an international reputation. (What
usually is called "Americancheese"
is really English cheddar).
Mr. Frey, who is sitting along
in years now, came to New York
the other day as the guest of hon
or at a quietly sentimental little
ceremony commemorating the
fortieth anniversary of his tri-
umph. It seems that back in the
early nineties he was about the
only cheese-maker who believed
the various processes could be re-
duced to q controlled science, in
stead of a mysterious act OF God
occurring only in few favored I
localities.
The truth is that Frey was try
ing to make Limburger out of
American materials when, quite
by accident, he came upon a
piuuant new flavor. He made UP a
quantity Of this and gave it to q
delicatessen ma manned A. Todi.
to see whether 1t would sell. Mr.
Todi, in turn, sent some to the
famous German singing society.
The members liked it, ordered
more, sang its praises until the
cheese was named after their or
ganization.
Turnstile Magic
Meanderings: John Mulholland,
the magician, amuses himself and
amazes subway station guards by
putting his nickel in the turnstile
slot, passing through. then reach
ing back and apparently extract
ing 1t from the machine. Some-
times he pretends to let four or
FIVE friends through on the same
coin, and such. q performance al.
ways brings an angry change
booth attendant on the run. Null.
holland then placates him with Il
half dollar tip. At least the man
thinks it's half dollar until he
examines 1t and finds a piece OF
aluminium bearing the magician's
name and hat-and -ra bbit insignia.
s. Few recognized DR. James
H. Kimball at the theater the.
other night. New York's chief
meteorological, and advisor to all
Atlantic flyers, he's internationally
known by name, but very seldom
seen. His only ambition, besides
collecting more weather data, Is
to go up in a balloon. Nelson
Doubleday, the publisher. is six
feet, five inches tall, and fond of
danln ring hn nnrrichnd n
| CRAFTS milk. George s. Kauf-
man, the playwright, can't tell you
| what the "S," stands for. He just
tSe na .mess to sort J OF roend ke eus
and Deems Taylor are the only two
composers of Importance who
were born in New York city. :.
And Harry Woods Is the only Har-
ward man of prominence In Tin
| Pan Alley. Broadway sees little
of him though. He spends most
of his time in the country making
up, in his head, tunes such as
when the Red. Red Robin"
| IA Little Kiss Each Morning" and
"Try Little Tenderness" He
has done about SIS like those.
1 There are six Harvard men we'll
known in the theater: Winthrop
Ames, Vinton Freddy, Robert e.
Sherwood, Edward Sheldon, Lee
Simonson and Elliot Cabot-tle
latter of the uppity Boston Cabots.
|. Yale has equally strong rep
resentation, with men like Philip
Barry, Jed Harris, Charles Hop
kins, Dwight Deere Wiman, Vim
cent Lawrence and Donald Ogden
Stewart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

ing communities, realizes that fu-
ture growth depends upon an ade-
quate water supply, and 1t is signi-
ficant that the demand for water
has not fallen off much despite the
depression. The Nepaug reservoir
up Collinsville way is one .of the
largest in this section of the coun-
try and water has been flowing
over Its great dam, but engineers
are agreed that the district must
have a new source of supply by
1941.
When you come TO think OF II,
Meriden Is fortunate in having
abundant water and adequate sew
age disposal, two problems that are
worrying many other municipal
tiles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

side Of banks affairs specializing
in the stock of their bank and
having a huge management FUND
for such purposes at their disposal
left an uneasy impression in the
minds of the public which Is JUS
titled in demanding proper legal
safeguards In the future.
All that Mitchell has been ac-
Quilted of Is the charge OF income
tax evasion. His method has been
pronounced legal, a. probably 1t
was. But the rest stands in the
memory of the public and the
public's lawmakers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
THE MITCHELL ACoUITTAL
New Britain Herald)

(NeW Britain HeraIo)
An intelligent jury-its intelli-
gence commented upon by both
the prosecution and the defense
acquitted Charles e. Mitchell,
chairman of the board of the Ma
'tional City Bank OF New York. The
charges were that Mitchell had
evaded his income taxes.
What Mr. Mitchell actually did
was to take advantage of the
capital gains and losses section of
the federal income tax law. What
he did was what a great number
of wealthy men have been doing.
The jury in acquitting Mitchell
in effect gave resounding slap
to the peculiarly drawn income
tax law. It is time for a change
In this law. 1t should be part OF
the new deal when congress meets
again.
The banking practices brought
to light In the Mitchell case were
relevant in that they showed the
need for Q reform of banking laws
already started-and a reform
in the income tax law.
The spectacle Of men on the i'm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
MILLIONS FOR WATER
(Meriden Journal)

Thoughtful citizens among the
100000 composing the Hartford
Metropolitan district have water
to worry about now. even more
than beer and liquor. They have
acquired vast acreage in the Bark
hamstead hills and now they must
prepare to construct dam on the
East Branch of the Pennington
river to cost at least 100000
This Is q big and disturbing pro-
posal but Hartford. with adjoin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

Who says that the coin of the realm isn't
worth anything these days. AT coin aue-
ton in New York recently Sll0 was paid
for an American silver dollar, dating 1894.
In fact memento of thelS37 depression. a
token inscribed Il o. u. lie brought
S54 after active bidding. At this rate
the good old American coins are holding
their own in the numismatic world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
RI. REV. MoNsIGNoR BARRY.
(Hartford Times)

The work of the Rev. DR.. Mi
chael w. Barry, as pastor OF st.
Augustine's church, has covered q
full generation of life in Hartford.
It was thirty years ago that his
parish was set OFF from st. Peters
and he became It's leader. In the
interim It has known no other
guiding hand than his.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

SEA SCROLL.

SEA SCROLL.
lie Garde S. Doughty in The New York Times)
When l look out to the changing sea
My breast is open scroll.
The waters are blue-green ink to be
Dried on my eager soul.
And spray and foam are the lyric scrawl
or a feather that lightly glides,
But steel pen etches the purple squali
And the epic OF drumming tides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

President Roosevelt saw no reason why
communists or any other outfit shouldn't
blow off steam by parading in Washington.
as long as they didn't hinder traffic; but
some of the outlying towns are not SO toll
Grant.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27
Personal Health Service
by william Brady, NJ. 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 sentiiMg
stamp and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

With Nellie Tayloe Ross running the
government mint we'll see whether women
can make more money than men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

High tide at Milford, Wednesday June
II. 2:42 p. m. daylight time; low tide,
1886 p. m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

Nv we expect to see Waterbury and Bristol
on opposite ends of smooth and short
route.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

All vehicles must be lighted not latei
than 1859, daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-06-27

One-fourth the divorced persons
in England and Wales live in Lon
don.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-11-23
HOME SCHOOL NEWS

Miss Carlotta Brown, who Is
connected with the home economics
department Of the University OF
Minnesota, came up last Tuesday
evening to judge the sewing and
food exhibits which were submitted
at the school fair. She gave q
brief talk to the house-mothers on
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Alice Claggett, Miss Ann
Patterson, and Don Patterson. OF
Minneapolis, visited the fair on
Wednesday.
DR.. G. G. Arvidson was at the
institution last Friday.
Mrs. F. c. Swangie and her son
Jack, of Duluth, visited the school
last week.
Mrs. Gertrude McTaggert and
Mrs. Helen Graham are back at
work after vacations of two weeks
Mrs. Walter Brechner, of St
Cloud, was guest of her daughter
Miss Fac Brechner, on Friday.
Mrs. Luella Boss Is taking a two
weeks vacation.
Mrs. Gertrude Frederick visited
relatives in Saltwater Friday and
Saturday.
Miss Nellie Nelson spent the
week end in Brainerd.
Miss Agnes Alexander and her
sister, Mrs. Benzie, Of st. Cloud,
called on friends Monday afternoon
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-11-23

the leaders and all other girls who
may be interested at the home Of
Mrs. Clyde Thomas.
Miss Ingram will discuss the
ways and means Of Girl Scouting,
with suggestions for troop pro-
grams and merit-badge work.
There will be three meetings on
Friday, and any girl or woman,
whether or not associated with the
Girl Scouts, Is invited to attend.
Saturday, Nov. Is, has been desig-
mated as area training day. and
leaders from other towns in the
district have been invited to at
tend. Towns expected to send rep
resentatives inclue Long Prairie,
Swanville, Osakis, Randall, Evans
vile, Glenwood and Burtrum.
Miss Ingram Is the official rep
resentative of the Girl Scout Ma
tional Personnel Division, and she
is sent out by that organization to
give course in Girl Scout leader,
ship and training to all girls and
women who are interested in car.
rying on this worthy National
movement.