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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

the growing labor disputes of the country:
 LLOYD GARR1SON-A great grandson of William Lloyd Gar rison, anti-slavery leader, great friend of Justice Brandeis, CO., author of the revised bankrupt cy laws under Solicitor c eneral Thacher, recently Dean of the University of Wisconsin law school, an minded, first class, hard-fisted fighter.
 EDWIN s. SMITH-An ex- Massachusetts newspaperman, employment manager for Fl- lines department store in Bos- ton, Massa chusetts Commissioner of Labor, upheld MIRA code com pliance with such vigor in the Bay State that 1t became dis tasteful to General Johnson, was pro-labor in threatened textil strike, an aggressive champion of the rights of labor.
 HARRY A. MILLIS-Head of Economies Department at Chi- cago University. university teacher most of life at universi- ties of Arkansas, Stanford, Kan sas; students worship him and some have made brilliant rec- ords in public life; specialized on labor problems, arbitrated Chicago clothing industry trou- bles; no longer young but has not grown stale; great golf and billiard player.
 MERI2V. .GO. .ROJIND
 Ever been aboard the prcsi- dents yacht Scquoia?
 No? Well, very few others have, either; but here we go:
 Here's the after deck. ... about 20 feet long and IT wide, canopied with canvass Large wicker table in the center. with magazines, cigarettes, ash trays, and q large vase of flowers. .. Across the stern end Is a lounge. around the edges deep wicker chairs with soft chintz uphol- stery. {. Forward is the presi- dents stateroom, about 12 by 15, windows on two sides with an immense double bed set diagonally to get as much breeze as possible. There's a dresser, couple of arm chairs, that's all. .. Beyond is the dining width of the boat, with a buffers salon, about 20 by 15, entire pantry forward, in the door of which stand two Filipino stew ards in spotlcss white, with the presidents naval ensignia (blue anchor with four blue stars around it) on their breast pock- ets.. Then, beyond that. the control cabin and ford deck, not often used by the family ... Now, below. .. Mrs Roosevelt's cabin Is for'd--full width of the ship, good sized bedroom with portholes on two sides. =. It has twin beds, Q dresser in one corner. several loose-seated bedroom chairs, dressing table. Curtains of dotted Swiss hang at the portholer. =. A eoor opens into a private bath ... Tucked in at one side on the way aft is the Captains cabin with a bunk and desk. Behind 1t "a larger guest cabin, and all the way aft another full-width cabin with twin beds for guests. ... Two more baths on this deck and-forgot to show you when we were up therc-an- other bath off the Presidents quarters above.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
"A Book a Day
Tells of Vagabond Army of Children
BY BRUCE CAPTION

When the Roman empire started to crack up. Roman highways were beset by a horde of homeless, vag- abond youngsters who went drift ing up and down the land because there was no place for them and nothing else for them to do,
 When the war and the rcvolu- ton turned Russia topsy turvy, 4 similar horde of youngsters took to the roads, giving the Red state one of its greatest and most tragic problems.
 What makes this interesting is the fact that we in the United States have the same sort of vaga- bond army on the loose today: and Thomas Minehan tells about 1t very sensibly and egectively in his new book, Boy and Girl Tramps of America"
 MT Minehan set out to find out about these wandering children in the best way possible-he put on his old clothing and went on the bum himself. He travelled all across the country with them. slept in fiophouses and hobo iungles and waterfront shacks witt them talked with them. photographed them and made friends with them and he comes back to tell us that they constitute problem of the most pressing importance. Most of them are victims of the depression. Almost unanimously they date their wanderings from the year of the big trouble" They represent cruelty broken homes and they are wandering because there simply is nothing else foi them to do. Nc town will have them: most of them have. literally no homes to which to return.
 They are communistically in clined-yet. They soon VIII be, Mi Minehan predicts. if things go or as they are. They don't want ts be bums, but they can't help them selves. Their plight is pitiful---ane dangerous
 This excellent book is published l by Farrar and Rinehart at s2.bO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
So They Say

If my compositions are good, or mark a new phase in musical prog ress, they will be honorably men, toned in histories of music-which nobody will read. Richard Strauss. great composer.
 
 Split infinitives and dangling participles are not the greatest sins Dean Robert Kilburn Root of Princeton.
 The French. from our point of view, have lacked horse sense. Just now the horsey thing is in the ascendancy. Homer Schiff Saint Gaudens, Fine Arts Director of Carnegie Institute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

Washington, July 11.-En- forccment Is still the over shadowing problem of the NRA.
 At General Hugh John- sons Code Authorities Congress last winter the predominant note was the general outcry against noncompliance, the failure of authorities to do any thing about 1t.
 In his desperate efforts to still this chorus of criticism John- son has thrice overhauled the Blue Eagles enforcement mach inery. But to no avail.
 Complaints are as numerous and widespread to-day us they were last February. @f "CRACKING DOWN"
 When MIRA rulers are not denying tho existence of these charges, they have an elaborate variety of explanations. But the record of the Hartman Hosiery Mills case, lately in the headlines, affords ample evi-. dence that the real trouble Is LUCK OL utClStNCilcS6. , lhCiG 10 lot of talk about cracking down., but no action.
 Toothpick waving and not big stick clubbing Is the rule. .. ..
 The Hartman company, which runs the little town of Hartman, Tenn, like a feuddl barony, was months ago accused by the Ma tional Labor Board of violating the collective bargaining pro- visions of the MIRA. ,
 The specific charges were in- terference with attempts at unionization, plus discrimination against union workers. Some 300 of the latter lost their jobs because of union membership. "JERKED" EAGLE .l..I
 After months of mysterious dallying Johnson finally "jerked" the companys Blue Eagle. 1t set up Il great howl, and shut down its plant, throwing 65O employees out of work.
 In the recriminations that fol- lowed the amazing fact came to light that Johnson far from be- ing hard boiled or drastic had been almost tender in his deal- ings with the company.
 He had offered to return its "bird" if 1t would agree to re- instate only 50 of the 300 dls- charged strikers. The other 25O Johnson was willing to sac. rificc i'm order to avoid a fight.
 It was small wonder therefore that, after this pussyfooting. when Attorney General Cum mings announced he would not prosecute, the die-hard mill op- orators sat back and thumbed their noses.
 Ruffllng the Blue Eagle's feathers had proved about as dangerous as whistling to q cam ary. BAD HOMBRE
 Slender Mrs Jim Landis be- llcves in keeping family secrets.
 Following the appointment of her scrious-minded husband to the new Securities Exchange Commission, she was visited by staff writer of nationally known magazine. He explained that he was seeking person ality' material.
 "You know, Mrs I.andis," up In Wall street they speak of your husband in fear and trembling"
 "Rcally?"
 "Yes. indeed, he is bad medi- cine to those boys. What is there about him that should fright en them so?"
 Well" was the smiling re- ply, If that Is the way they think of Jim up there I cer-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
H horoscope
BY OCTAvINE

This is an important day for business. Much enthusiasm is in- dicated for projects of conserva- tive nature. Intellectual pursuits. writings, travel and changes are favored. The day also favors sur gical operations and hazardous ventures.
 Toda's Birthdate
 You are gifted with the art of conversation. You may also be a good sportsman in such things as golf or tennis. Guard our finances from August through l9. A bet ter financial period will come dur ing the first part of January. 1885. Danger August 12. Socially good August 2. The next two weeks are important to you and bring q change or trip.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
Der Tag Is Here

This is the day that may spell success or defeat for the democratic. party of Con- necticut The state central committee IS meeting in New Haven with Governor Cross among those scheduled to speak before the assembled members. There Is 50 much work ahead for the democrats despite the fact they still control the high est office in the state and will have a democratic senator in office four more years that we almost refrain from at- tempting comment.
 stiIl there is no reason why golden op- porfunities should be ignored. It is pos eib1e for the democrats to increase their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

a score are inhabited, they occupy a space only Is by'2 1-2 miles. The largest has an area of 5000 acres, and the whole group contains 12,- 900 acres. The more important is- lands are connected by bridges and causeways.
 Q. What is the annual salary of the governor of Maryland?
 A. $4,500.
 c. Opara.. What race inhab- its it and what is the climate? x s A. Opara or Rapa is an island of the Pacific ocean, in the Dam gerous Archipelago. The natives are Polynesians, and were once much more numerous than they are now. The island is well wa- tered and fertile. The damp Is ex- cessive and the heat generally great, but the climate, on the whole, is not unhealthy. Bananas, cocoanuts and tropical fruits are raised
 e. What does the name vvonne mean?
 A. Youthful.
 c. Who wrote the poem titled "Inchcape Rock?"
 A. Robert Southey.
 
 Q. How are mules bred?
 A. They are hybrids between the horse and ass family. Hybrids are sterile and do not reproduce. If you want n copy of our new bulletin on Milk and It's Uses in the Home, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
The Daily Washington Merry-G GO- Round
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN

--BY Hugh Johnson Yields Tothpct Instead Big Stick Cracking D Tennessee "Hard-Boaed" Dappo  Aggressue of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11
Questions And Answers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

The custer of Will Hays as movie czar is now being demanded as the next step ill the Hollywood picture cleanup. The de- mand comes from the ReY Joseph A. Nc. Caffrey of the inter-faith conference of New York .clergymen. There have been efforts in the past to remove MT Hays from office, but he has proved too willy campaigner to lose his nice job of dictator to the movie industry. When he decided to get out of national politics he certainly picked very good opening for himself But maybe even he won't prove adamant to this new crusade which is sweeping the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

High tide at Milford Thursday, July 12, 12:37 p. m., daylight time; low tide, 6:5i D. m., daylight time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

Don't think bankers are snooty because they won't lend money now. They made so many dumb loans during the boom that they don't trust their judgment any more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

We were not so we'll posted before the Age of Statistics, but we worried less.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

All vehicles must be lighted not later than S:55 o'clock, daylight time, tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

As yet President Roosevelt has not made any public statement about the Vir- gin Islands which he just visited in his summer vacation cruise. The last presi- dent to visit them - Herbert Hoover - characterized them as an effective poor house.. Nothing contributed more to this state of affairs than our prohibition laws which ended the manufacture and expor- tation of the famous St. Croix rum and also the Bay Rum industry of St John, the smallest of the three major islands in the group Efforts have been made of recent months to build up the Virgin Islands, but it is doubtful if they ever will approach the former proud position they held. Once they were important coaling and loading ports for ships enroute to Europe. Modern ocean travel has eliminated this to con- siderable extent. But if the St Croix and Bay Rum industries can be rebuilt there is no reason why the islands may not regain some of their trade. A good tourist busi- ness would also help considerably.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

An unique industry has just been, start ed in Pennsylvania. It is the production of heavy type of water which will sell for $1 a gallon if you want to buy it. A small plant has been installed at Penn State College where the actual production will take place. It seems that out of every 5000 drops of water one is heavy, that is, made with hydrogen of double the ordin- ary weight. Just what good purpose this heavy water will serve isn't clear as yet to this writer. We can't see how it would be of any particular value as drinking fluid beyond the fact that it would in- crease your weight perceptibly if you drank it in sufficient quantities But at S1 gallon there won't be too many bid- ders. Perhaps it's use is in other direc- tions, all of which we presume will be made known in time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

0. How are mules bred?
 A. They are hybrids between the horse and ass family. Hybrids are sterile and do not reproduce.
Evening star., 1934-03-25

Groups from both camps have cleaned up
forested areas totaling $50 acres. Five acres
of public camp grounds have been cleared.
Some &c 800 square yards of erosion control
work have been accomplished. Six miles OF
trails have been finished and four miles par
TALLY finished. Some 164 acres have been
Handicapped and five small vchicular bridges
built and drainage bitches totaling 8l00 lneal
feet have been constructed. Tresome statiS
tics these. bat what value in dollars and cents
to the taxpayers of the city of Washington
A new roadway to the National Arboretum
by way of Hickey lane northeast has been
built by these urban lads who have learned to
love the open country. The river front along
the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway has been
cleaned up by them.
Such is the work done here by President
Roosevelts reforestation army in khaki. Out
of the Golfers OF the Public Works Admins
tration much benefit has accrued to Washing
ton At cost Of SAC 095, the water supply sys-
tenn in the older parks is being rejuvenated
Tree work in the downtown smaller parks Is
costing $45, 900. Workers of the National Capt.
tai Parks Office expending S27,00 to in
stall water supply system, along the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway and this is now
95 per cent completed, running from Fort Hunt
toward Mount Vernon. In addition, under
draining the side slopes along the highway is
costing s13,5O0 and this is 20 per cent finished
Replacement of five bridges in Rock Creek
Park, washed out in last AuguSt's Storm Is
costing $4,000 of public works funds. Con-
struction Of concrete retaining walls, sidewalks,
trails ETC. at the Rock Greek and Potomac
Parkway approach entails s31,5o0. Just COM
Evening star., 1934-03-25

pleted Is a bride path, sidewalk and road re-
pairs at the ter gate of the Lincoln Me-
mortal, at cost of $4,000.
The widening and paving of Constitution
avenue, from Virginia avenue to the Potomac
River. was worth $4,000 of public works
requiring but a couple of weeks Of favorable
weather to finish.
The Mail and Union Square will be improved
at cost of $500 900, and Frederick Law
Olmsted eminent Brookline, Mass. landscape
architect sole survivor of the commission Of
1901 former member of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission, has been en-
gagged as consultant. For Battlefield National
Cemetery. on Georgia avenue, 81, ,260 has been
allocated for drainage work, and this Is now
80 per cent completed. For regarding, seeding.
planting and new walks in Sherman Square,
Just south of the Treasury, S11,700 has been
made available, and this job Is now 7C per
cent done. Planting of holly trees around the
Tidal Basin will cost SO 900, and plans for this
job have just been prepared, receiving ap-
proval by the Fine Arts Commission.
In addition to these out-of-doors tasks made
possible through Public Works Administration
benefcence, a number of building projects are
in progress, stimulated from the same source.
Department; 100000 has been set aside for
repairs to the Washington Monument; an add1-
tion to the Bureau of Internal Revenue, costing
a couple of million dollars to occupy the site
of the President Theater and old Harvey's
Continued on Fifteenth Page.
Evening star., 1934-03-25

ne use of materials, as well as men, the C. w.
enabled number Of construction projects
D go forward.
Now, work is rapidly nearing completion at
}akoma Recreation Center. There swimming
ools and other recreational facilities are be-
.hg constructed. A similar job is approaching
h end at Banneker Recreation Center, for
blOred people, near Howard University. One
the biggest tasks undertaken is the grading
nd road work in the Rock Greek and Potomac
|arkway between K and @ streets. to carve
l@of that sylvan valley worthwhile motor
ghway, linking Maryland with the Lincoln
emorial Grading and road work has been
bne there, so that now the outline Oh the
badbed is in shape.
CONSTRUCTION of a roadway in Piney
Branch Parkway is another task assigned
be c. w. A. in the park system. Grading and
|adbed work has been accomplished and sur
icing will be completed shortly.
c. w. A. employees have been buSily engaged
improving Turkey Thicket Recreation Cen
r, at Michigan avenue, Tenth and Shepherd
reefs northeast, in Brookland. Re-establish-
kg of lawns and remaking of the smaller
hrks; pruning, cabling and bracing trees with
be aid of some 25 tree surgeons; building OF
replaces in Rock Greek Park, construction
nd rehabilitation of planting beds through
mac Park around the willows, near the sea-
xll and a survey of plans of existing and
oposed parkS-these are among the varie-
hted Jobs that c. W. A. has to its credit
Pre
In Wesley Heights construction of new
kcreation center has been undertaken by these
therto unemployed and a council ring for
touts and other organizations built. A IRE
ace. similar to those in Rock Creek Park,
hs been set up. The area has been drained
hd debris has been taken out.
In Fort Slocum, dead and down timber has
ZEN removed. Grading and filling has gone
rward there. so that it can be open for
lblic enjoyment. 1t is now available to the
iblic thanks to improvements made by
w. A., and rustic type tables and benches
"a soon be placed in the wooded area by
bert Clyde Burton, assistant superintendent
the National Capital Parks.
The first section of the famous Fort Drive,
at pretentious motorWay, envisioned by the
htional Capital Park and Planning Commits
bn as embracing the chain of Civil War forts
at surround the city, is almost complete.
his is in the Fort Reno section, near the
ice Deal School. Park officials expect that
is will soon be open to the public.
So much for c. w. A
The Civilian Conservation Corps IS one Of
Oldest of relief agencies. 1t is now a
teran of the new deal. AS result of 1t,
camps nave Deen established III ILLS Iesloh'
e at Fort Dupont in the Anacostia area and
other at the abandoned Army post at Fort
mt Va, adjoining the Mount Vernon Me-
prial Highway. Young men from these out
have built some six miles of bride paths,
ainly on Columbia Island and along the
punt Vernon Memorial Highway, toward
exandria, Va. They have cleaned the trash
d debris off Columbia Island. They have
lit some of the seawall damaged from the
brm of last Summer They have hauled in
to replace that washed away. Under the
Evening star., 1934-03-25

eye of competent forester, they have looked
after shrubs and trees along the Mount Ver-
non Memorial Highway. They are now de-
molishing the o,d reduction plant near Gravel
ly Point, along the boulevard. They have
cleaned up 10 acres Of forested area around
Fort Hunt
Some small hand picked crews have done
preliminary work on Theodore Roosevelt Island,
that beauty spot in the Potomac River just
upstream of Columbia Island. All these jobs
have been done mainly by the boys from Fort
Hunt, 200 in number.
A SIMILAR contingent is found at Fort
Dupont. From that base they have
worked in the National Arboretum and in the
forested area of Fort Dupont. They have con-
structed roads, trails and bridges They have
been engaged in forest cleanup and in obht-
Grating old automobiles dumped in that sec
ton, as we'll thousands of discarded tin
cans Honeysucke that was killing of more
valuable vegetation was checked. Roadsides
in the vicinity have been cleaned up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-10
Some Change Demanded

Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael D. Connor is recognizing the fact that something must be done about automobile insurance laws. The average motorlsC will tell you that something ought to be done about automobile insurance. While rates differ in various cities, right here III Waterbury they are of the extreme type. That is not due to discrimination on the part of the insurance companies, as many believe. It is caused by several clrcum- stances.
 One of them happens to be the high rate of claims paid in this district. It more than outweighs the fact that the death rate by motor accidents is not as high here as in other sections of the state or country where lower rates prevail. All of which is not supposed to be a defense of automobile insurance or the present rates. We find as much fault with the high charges and regard them as exces- sive just as much as the next man, but we do recognize the fact that they are com puted on certain statistics and these cant lie.
 Commissioner Connor says, "The State should require some assurance from the driver of his responsibility for whatever damage he does to life limb, and prop erty. ." That's quite true. We've always been an upholder of this theory. It's not right for men or women o'oper- ate cars on the highway endangering the lives or property or others without ex- pecting to offer some recompense. Yet how often does it happen that when the victims of an accident compare notes one will be without insurance and also the means of paying for any damages.
 Commissioner Connor proposes a type of compulsory insurance to be admins tered as the workmen's compensation act is today. To this end commission will be asked of the next Legislature to study the question. It would be composed of a Jus tice of the Supreme Court, the Insurance { Commissioner, and the Motor Vehicle Con- missioner. The plan will also be presented to the Legislature for it's consideration. It should be given very close study Some . protection is needed.