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The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
JUSTICE FOR CLAWS
(Hartford Times)

To those who have followed the course of public events the last twenty-five years or more. an- nouncement from Washington that Louis C.. Glavis has been restored by President Roosevelt to civil service status brings a chain or vivid recollections. s.s NY
 What terrific changes came about in our ideas as to the func- tions and purpose of government. as result of MT Glavis' discovery of irregularities in the filing of en-. tries in the public domain in Alaska! Who could have foreseen the overthrow of the republican party in Glavis' finding? Who could have foreseen the destruc- tion of the Damon Pythias friend ship of Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft? Who could have foreseen the rise. of the elder LaFollette and his small group or insurgents, as they were then cali- ed, to such power as later this ele- ment obtained in government? Truly, the course of government was changed for all time when Glavis entered into his controversy with the then secretary of the in- terior, Ballinger.
 President Taft's career as head of the nation was limited to four years partly because of the events that followed Glavis' protest against illegal entries by certain interests in the Alaskan coal lands. The Progressive party was born of this controversy, and Woodrow Wilson became president because of 1t. The nation was split into factions - consefvationists : and their opposites;. radicals and con servatives; muckrakers and de- lenders of the conditions the muckrakers exposed. Clifford Pin chot, now governor of Pennsyl- vania, is the only outstanding par icipant in he events of those days who still occupies public office, and 1t is in keeping win his record that he should be embroled in contro- versy in his own state. It was Pin Ichot who led Glavis to Taft, with his protest against Ba1linger's pub- lie lands policy, and with the re- suit that Taft ordered Ballinger to miss Glvais for nsubordinatioti. That was the signal for tn egreat- est political battle in modern times in the United States, the effects of which have not yet been exhaust ed.
 Out of the Glavis incident came a policy of conservation Of gov- ernment resources that is firmly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
Here, There And EDerywhere

grounded. That policy is being ex- landed by Franklin Roosevelt. Ger tainly the country. never has seen a more grandiose public development program than centers about Muscle Shoals and the Tennessee river val ley. Out of the Glavis incident came the policy of conserving the naval oil lands-a policy that with stood the raids of rapacious inter- ests during the Harding adminis- tration. Out. of it came much. that was good. (.
 But out of it came disillusion- ment and grief to William Howard Taft. Tears streamed down the cheeks of the president as he talk ed when he came into the Connec- Sticut valley in the summer of 1912 to begin his iil-fated campaign for reelection. They rose from the fact that the president had to attack the man who had been his dear est friend" and they flowed un- ashamed. Now Taft is dead, Theo- dore Roosevelt is dead, the Pro- gressive party is dead, and a demo- cratic president and administration are trying to restore the nation to enjoyment of prosperity. It is per- 1haps more fitting that progress sfve democrat named Roosevelt should, by executive order, ''cor- rect an injustice allowed to. stand for nearly a quarter of century" :" and restore the relatively ihcon- spicuous. Glavis ito civil service status.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
Coal Mine Chaos

The strike of coal miners in western Pennsylvania for union recognition at time when President Roosevelt is trying to unite employers and workers for a concerted assault on depression turns attention forci- bly, to that unhappy industry. Differences between mine owners and workers are per- ennial, and SO deep-rooted that their peaceful settlement apparently is impossible. The present strike is much like many others that have preceded it. There is trouble over picketing and the presence of strikebreakers; the militia has been sent into the coal fields to keep order; there have been outbreaks of violence. And while this is going on at the mines. further evidence of the chaos in the industry is furnished by the preparation of half dozen or more fair trade codes by different groups of operators for submission to MIRA. The operators have been unable to agree on principles for general application to the industry.
 Distress in the coal mining industry be- gan before the depression became general. The number of miners employed has steadily decreased. partly because use of substitutes has reduced the demand for coal, and partly through introduction of machinery and improved methods. The American Insti- tute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers recently estimated that in nine years 56.500 miners had been replaced by machines, 75.000 by improved methods, and that 14o.500 had been tbrown out of work by decreased demand. Miners in l930 num- bered 620,000. Government figures showed working miners last spring were getting an average of 46 cents an hour for 24 hours week, making their earnings $11 week. Employment was third less than in 1929. but payrolls were three-f -fourths less. Suffer- ing was acute and widespread
 What to do with this large body of work CTS who cannot find places in their own industry and cannot be absorbed by other in- dustries is a national problem. Congress had in mind the coal mining situation more than any other when it authorized expendi- ture of $25,000.000 to provide subsistence farms for displaced workers. Similarly the lot of operators has not been a happy one during the period in which demand for coal has been steadily shrinking All factors combined have produced problem that may require more federal intervention than has yet been attempted. The stabilization of aa essential industry is necsesary for eco homie reasons and conditions among min CTS cry out for attention.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
Paris Letter
By MARY KNIGHT
United Press Stan Correspondent

United Press Stan COfrcSpOnucnt)
 Paris-(UP)-Madame Suzanne Fremont, French painter and member of the committee of the Autographed Department of the Trocadero Museum, has just re- turned from four months in Syria, Irak, and Persia where she is the only woman commissioned to make paintings of important ex- cavation sites.
 Ut is difficult trip for a wo- man, she says, "but am strong and do not mind discomfort. How ever, you must be very, very thirsty to drink the connection they offer you enroute, "a mix ture of yagourt or sour milk and water, and I confess can't look at a chicken, after having lived on fowls and eggs for so long.
 Found Pcrsian's Models
 "The sand storms are dreadful, especially since the sands in Syria and Persia resemble gray ashes more than the yellow sands of the African desert. I understand now where the Persians found the models for their beautiful car pets. They took the colors from their mountains, each of which is different shade. one red, one copper green, one yellow, and an- other blue. And Ain May, when I was in Espahan, all the lilacs, irises and roses were in full bloom, so that the gardens which are laid out in the same style as those of Versailles, were a para dise."
 Madame Fremont made num- Der of paintings of archaeological excavations financed by Ameri- cans in Ashnounak, 110 miles from Bagdad. Here, wide streets and ancient Phoenician dwellings have been discovered hundreds of feet benath tn sands. Water for the expdition is brought by auto mobil a mile and a half from the Tigris River, and difficulties to be surmounted by the excavators are numberless.
 Will Exhibit Paintings Among the notable sketches in the Frenchwoman's collection are the Temple of the Sun in Palmyra, Syria, where relics were found of the beautiful Queen Zenobia. brought in golden chains to Rome by her conqueror, and Biblos. the most ancient town on the Phon- enician coast. where Crusaders towers and broken Roman col umns stand out against an Indigo sea. They will be exhibited in Paris next November. Several have already been purchased by the Louvre curator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
Big Little Country

A typical American feels like congratulat- ing Andorra for its declaration of independ- enee, even if he has never paid much atten- ton before to that sturdy little state. An dorra is land as big as pocket handker chief, lying up in the mountains between France and Spain. Its population numbers 5,231 people. about as many as you will find in a thousand American towns that have never attracted international notice.
 Andorra deserves respect for preserving its independence for centuries. up to the present minute. The two big neighbors eneircling it have long asserted a protector ate over it. They are always annoyed when the Andorrans get cocky. Recently their representatives undertook to arrest and re- move from office the president and counsel lors governing the state, alleging lack of respect The. council defied them, called general elections for August 10. and people armed with shotguns began pouring in on muleback from the country's six scattered villages. They seized the capital and pre- pared to hold that election. in spite of the French and Spanish armies.
 Bully for Andorra: Many Frenchman and Spanard will echo this sporting senti- ment. It is good to see small political units survive in world of big powers, just as it is good to see an individual American business man survive in an era of big cor porations. Real bigness anyway. always goes back to individuals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
A TEXAS ELEPHANT

Within the past few weeks some thing new has been added to Texas history. Curiously enough 1t Is an elephant, which us 8 political sym bol would have seemed more ap- propriate in 1928, when Texas broke away from the democratic column, than 1t does today after the return, of Texas last fail How ever, the elephant Is not a live one; In fact. 1t antedates the found- ing of either the democratic. or the republican party by some hundreds o fthousands of years, possibly mil- lions. And therefore. like the his- tory of the struggle for Texas's independence it can be shared by all Texans alike, whether demo- crats or republicans.
 The elephant was discovered in the bed of the Colorado river as the result of the combination of this summers drouth, and ex- traordinarily low water. and the removal q few years ago of na- tural dam formed by long-gathered debris, which had created basin. An enormous thigh bone found on the dry river bed led to recent ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
Our Daily Washington Letter
 Gain for Labor in New Textile Shop Councils
BY RODNEY BUTCHER

agreed. General Johnson approved the Bruere contention that workers on shop committees would be pow erless unless they had court of appeal. Now labor is promised a new form of recognition, which in no way qualities its other rights of collective bargaining under the re- covery act.
 Students of Economies
 Bruere, who will be Johnson's representative and chairman on the national relations board, has been social welfare worker and labor arbitrator as well as a student and writer on economies.
 He was one of the first to per- suade industrialists to realize that the success of production engineer ing depended in large part on la- bor. At the request of government officials he came here during the war to organize the Bureau of In- dustrial Research, which studied production engineering for the gov- ernment's benefit. He has special ized on power and coal problems and has often been called as an arbitrator in labor disputes. Re- gently he has been an industrial l consultant. Two years ago he was sent to China on a fact finding ex- petition by the Institute for Re- ligious and Social Research.
  BulkIcy Answered
 This story dates back to the last campaign. .@
 Gilbert , Bettman. republican candidate running against Senator Robert J. Bulkley, was making J speech and extolling the merits of the republican plan for prohibition revision as against rpeeal. He found his metaphor in football.
 If you hit the; line and hit the line and hit the line without gain- ing any ground. what would you do ?"r he demanded. st. And before he could answer him. self there came an eager. shout from a member. of his audience: Pass the ball to BulkeleyW
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10

New Britain Polish residents are going to petition Postmaster General Farley that the new Kosciusko commemorative stamp be placed on sale in New Britain as first. day city. Detroit Chicago, and Boston have been already designated first day cities. Why, we don't know. but at any rate they are the ones. If New Britain's claim was up- held. every other city where there are large Polish or Lithuanian populations would certainly seek the same favor. We don't think that New Britain's plea will get very far with MT Farley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
The Waterbury Democrat Wash
 ington Correspondent

Washington Labor's first tangible gain under the National Recovery Act was adoption of the code amendment establishing ma chinery for settling labor disputes in the cotton textile industry.
 Shop committees representing the employees and the management of mills are to sit on any contro- versy arising as to working condi- tions. Apepals may be taken to a State Cotton Textile Administra- tion Board and then, if necessary, to Cotton Textile National Re- lations Board in Washington.
 Similar set-ups are expected in other industries.
 The man responsible for this semi-revolutionary intervention of government in labor disputes Is a kindly, youthful, silver haired man in his fifties, known internationally as an expert on industrial manage ment and industrial relations. Studied Alleged EvasiOns
 Robert Walter Bruere was named by Administrator Johnson as head of a committee to investigate the stretch-out system in southern cot ton mills. Stretchout. means the assignment of additional machines to workers at the same rate of pay. The system was an obvious men, ace to success of the recovery act and MIRA has been flooded with complaints as to this abuse since the textile code became effective.
 Bruere returned reporting that the only remedy lay in establish ment of shop committees. Condi- tions differed in every plant. Thou sands of variables might be found in a score of factories. No flat rule should be laid down to govern the permissible number of looms or spindles.
 Most textile manufacturers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10

High tide at Milford Friday, August 1 1, 4:26 a. m., daylight time; low tide, l0:33 a. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10

As things pick up nobody's going to jump onto you for tucking away dollar bill now and then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10

Looks as if the farmers may do pretty we'll this year in spite of having enough rain to save some of their crops
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
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 and addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8:28. daylight time. tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
So They Say

An industry which has been given the privilege of preventing unfair price competition must. as- sume the responsibility also of unfair wage competi- ton.
 Perkins, secretary of Ia
 bor. ~ am not accustomed to talk much publicly about public affairs. Murray of Oklahoma
 The common people produce the, pr Harry Emerson Fosdick.
 Tke more shoodlums you can kill the better. It Is up to the police to beat the gangs at their own game. ss
 D. Harper, Colorado
 Springs. chief of police. N and to the discoyery& &pf an elephant ], estimated to have been twice the size of any such animal now in existence. as
 Apparently, this is one of the most important fossil discoveries yet made within the broders of the United States. In time, if Texas is alive to the opportunities of the find, the immense animal, recreat- ed by scientific experts in accord ance with the indications of the skelton, should stand in some Texas museum, unless sent to the smith, sonian in Washington or the Ann erican Museum of Natural History in New York. <
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-08-10
WE HAVE QUACKS IN OUR BEST
 HOSPITALS

Why don't we have anything on the subject of insomnia, inquires a reader. Have watched closely since subscribing for the paper. have had it for four years and haven't found any re- lief, and it has gradually become so that can't get sleep without drugs, and even they don't I,oI,> r, gh0nI nocf f,,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-15
British Money Policy

1t is interesting to see how Great Britain,
in her economic and monetary policy, tends
more and more to go along with the United
States. as do all her dominions. Chancellor
Chamberlain, in a speech in the House Of
Commons, says: 1t is the declared inten-
ton of the government to pursue by all
means in their power any measures which
they think will tend toward raising price
levels, which we believe to be the first
essential" He agrees that it is well for
Great Britain to do all she can in this re-
spect before stabilizing the currency.
Strange American echoes occur in the
parliamentary debate. "A labor member says:
Great Britain does not want to be cruci-
fled on cross of Gold" Winston Church
i'll. extreme conservative, who seldom ap-
proves of this country. says he welcomed
the action of the United States in abandon
ing the leadership of the gold countries. and
that America had been strangling her inter-
nal and external trade by rigid adherence to-
gold" As the British Empire and the
United States drift together in their money
policies, it becomes more likely that, posi-
bly, next fall or winter, they will join in
devaluing the pound and dollar at common
level. and adopting some kind of control to
keep them stable at that level. in relation to
general commodity prices.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-15

And while talking about the Legislature
we can't help but recall just az this moment
the hullabaloo that was created when the
tuberculosis Commission members were
asking that their salaries be retained instead
of dropped. This was ignored In the
COP. economy plan. although for years
while republicans dominated the board there
was no thought of this action. Now the
State Shell Fish Commission Is showing
facts and figures to warrant the reestablish-
ment of the $500 annual salaries that were
taken from the three members by the 1888
Legislature. The new commission has eff
fected changes that will save the state 81. 800
a year. This. in the commissioners minds.
demands that the members get the pay that
once was given to them. And who can deny
this or similar claims from other
commissions?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-15
.HIsPANIoLA


The United States Geographic
Board has gone most Of the way
back to Columbus In determining
the official (American) designa-
ton OF the island occupied by the
Haitian and Dominican republics.
When Columbus landed at what
since became known as the Mole
st Nicholas on December 6, 1402,
he liked the land thereabout and
decided to call IL La Espanola,
Little Spain. In due time 1t be-
came known a. Hispaniola. Some
rupticn Of the Spanish, others that
It was q Illumination. Early maps
called It by the Latin designation,
Hispaniae Ursula. The geographic
board now says its correct name ID
Hispaniola, which the gazetters
rate as "a former name OF Haiti. :
It has become common in recent
years to refer to the whole island
az Haiti, That II agreeable TO
citizens Of the Republic Of Haiti.
Sometimes It II referred to AZ the
island OF Santo Domingo and this
IL pleasing to Dominicans. Here
after official publications OF the
United States. Government Will
refer to 1t as Hispaniola--an agree
able, romantic name which con-
lures up pleasant thoughts Of the
Spanish Main. or galleons, free
boosters and buccaneers Ordinary
folk will probably continue to call
II Haiti or Eanto Domingo, accord
ing to the way II was printed IN
the geography text books at school.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-15

Hotel men of the state are endeavoring to
have Governor Wilbur L. Cross call spe-
eial session of the Legislature to amend our
state liquor laws Inasmueh as the con-
templated change could not possibly affect
any hotel unless the federal prohibition laws
were repealed we can't see the governor
assembling our legislators for the purpose
asked. Not but what we don't sympathize
with the hotel and restaurant men. Their
business has been ruined by the advent of
prohibition. 1t is natural that they should
view its return with much anticipation. If
it should return suddenly. Connecticut hotels
could only sell beers and wines under the
existing state laws. But they want to sell
liquor, too in this event. However. to call
a special session of the Legislature for this
purpose seems needless. The Legislature has
just disbanded after rather begrudgingly
granting few extra favors to the hotels
than previously intended 1t is not logical
to believe it would do as they now ask and
restore them the right to retail all liquors.
Why not wait until 1885. Prohibition
won't be any more than with us then.
Even if the prohibition amendment is re-
pealed by the end of this year. it will be
another year before all states have availed
themselves of the opportunity. And prob
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-15
Why The Surprise?

President Roosevelt's sweeping move to
place all postmasterships under civil service
regulations has caused considerable surprise
throughout the nation. Incidentally. 1t has
brought yelps of protest from far too many
democrats, while the republicans are smil-
ingly agreeing that it is one of the most
remembering plans issuing from the
White House. There's an odd situation
for you. regard it as you will. Yet it was
only year ago that the democrats were
pointing out with great pompousness the
fact that two republican presidents, Harding
and Coolidge. had completely overlooked the
civil service requirements set up for post
masters in the regime of Woodrow Wilson.
They proposed to return them,
Now that the president has made the
hove to do so. he is bitterly criticized within
lhe ranks. It's natural for party workers
20 look for rewards and postmasterships have
long been regarded as choice ones but
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1933-07-15
THE DEMON SLICE
(New York HeraId-Tnbune)


The innate depravity Of the golf.
Nicholas M. Petite in Flushing to
the tune Of $3.50 damages Tor g
wild fying shot that injured e
woman driving by the Hillcrest
course in an automobile. Golf balls
seem to have special grudge
against windshields, as on this oc.
casion, but usually then do not ind
q mark outside the club. grounds.
So extraordinary was this expen-
siye stroke that the defense un-
dcrtook to explain 1t as an TACT OF
Cod" removed from the realm Of
litigation. But the slice. the horri-
bic curve to the right, the curse
Of buffers, IL notoriously an Infer
nal thing. the act OF Satan. His
handiwork, indeed, Is written all
over golf courses. Players OF the
cloth have often been heard to say
that links are filled with traps.
hazards and bunkers by the evil
one himself. They have never ques-
toned that the slice is his MASTER
piece. -
about golf, 1.-THE game itself being
fundamentally honorable and
sportsmanlikc." None the less, he
notices its seafny side when he re-
marks that "tiie ball when struck
is liable to go down the fairway or
fiv off to the right or left at any
ANGLE Too true. alas, and the very
reason why golf liability Insurance.
is no longer q curiosity, and likely
TO be less SO with golf balls taking
to the turnpike for their victims.