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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
Speculation Control

Stock brokers are jolted by the pro- posed regulation of stock and commodity exchanges. They foreSee great shrink age of their bushes. No one likes to see jobs lost. But there can be no "great right" done without "a little wrong" And the little wrongs that accompany neces- sary reforms are usually forgotten in the general improvement. If the abuses of stock and commodity exchanges can be swept away thousands of brokers clerks can be employed in more productive ac- tivities.
 Investors, like bank depositors, must be protected. Naked speculation" must be made less alluring. Brokerage hous- es must no longer be gambling houses for marginal players Stock and con- modity exchanges should be what they profess to be-"markets," not Monte Car los. This, like the federal securities act that has grieved many financiers and pro- moters, is really another move to save capitalism. Wise capitalists will there fore acquesce in it, seeking to moderate the measures, possibly, but not to foil the purpose.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
It Is; It Isn't

Time alone will tell whether President Franklin D. Roosevelt was justified in an- nuling all air mail contracts and in order ing into service for delivery of such mail all army planes and pilots as of February 19. There are justifiable complaints that this action will set back the future of aviation at time when such a setback should not be cOuntenanced. It IS dras- tic step that has been taken. However, 1t is one that only a courageous man could have taken. There is too much evidence of "dirty work along the air channels" Tn the handling of contracts to permit the situation to remain as it is or has been.
 If the guilt or innocence of the numer ous air lines that engage in the business of handling the U. s. mails via the air routes is to be established no better way could have been adopted. Even the cry of Colonel Charles Lindbergh, who rose from the ranks of an ordinary mail pilot on a St Louis to Chicago route, the first mail contract to be flown, should not cause the officials at Washing ton to lose heart. Theirs is to be an uphill fight, but public sympathy and support will be with them as it has been from the start. We have not seen very many startling revelations made down at Washington with regard to awarding the air mail contracts, but we can expect some.
 And even if the real sensational variety isn't provided the good name of the air service will have been cleared of the murk which has been piled on it of recent years by innuendo and implication. This business of carrying the mail of nation, whether it be by public or private car rier, must be above reproach. And if we do say so there is tendency on the part
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
Fewer People, More Homes

Sir Raymond Unwin, British town planning expert, recently told the Ameri- can Civic association that the fewer peo- pie there are, the more families there are and the more houses they use. The Eng fish population he says, has grown only II per cent in 20 years but in the same time the number of families grew 29 per cent In the United States the popula- tion increased 16 per cent in decade while the number of families increased 23 per cent. It takes fewer people, he says, to make family. The two things probably have only an indirect connection.
 The feminist movement may have had something to do with it. When women me- gan more and more to earn their living ;n businesses and professions outside the homes of their parents, they became in- creasingly independent. It became quite a normal thing for an unmarried woman to have either a small efficiency flat" or a house of her own. It has been wide
 spread development, only slightly checked during the depression by the need once more for families to re-unite under one roof for economy. As the depression re- cedes, the tendency will doubtless revive. There will be need for more homes be- cause the desire for independence and pri- vacy has been recognized as reasonable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

New Haven authorities assumed stern attitude during the recent stormy and cold weather. Many property own- CTS were arrested and brought into court for failure to keep their sidewalks clean. Waterbury has fairly good record in this respect. Some few years back it was necessary to enforce the city statute re- quiring property owners to clean their walks within a certain time following a snow or ice storm. To-day it is rare sight to see walk covered with snow or not sanded when slippery. Of course that is probably due to the fact that of re- cent years snowstorms have been few and not heavy. But this year put us to the test and Waterbury responded nobly. We think that our record along this line is as good as any in the state.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
A Book a Day by BRUCE CATION
Assails Future" Of School System

The lot of conscientious school teacher Is not always a happy one, if Just Plain Larnin'," by James M. Shiends, is any criterion.
 Here is a novel in which a man who has served in the pubic schools for upwards of Q decade undertakes to tell what is wrong wit hthe schools. His answer would seem to be, practically everything-except the pupils and Q few of the teachers"
 MT Shields describes an up-and. coming manufacturing city which hires an educational expert from Columbia University to modernize its school system.
 The expert discovers that the system ia almost completely out of key with the everyday life of the city. Its pupils are neither edu- cated nor prepared for life, in any real sense.
 Money is spent generally, but the community gtes in return only fraction of what 1t might get.
 So the expert sets out to change things. He ties instruction up with environment and tries to give the pupils a real understanding of the WOrld Tn Wnlch they must live. Ana immediately he runs into lot of trouble.
 Innum rale things operate against him. The town is controll- ed by a big manufacturing estab- lishment, which promptly objects to his "radfcalism." The natural conservatism of age is against him, the factionalism of the school system itself, the pettiness of politics, the blindness of local prejudce.
 So pretty soon our expert is thrown out on his ear, and the school system slips back into the old groove, cumbersome, ineffi- cient, and thwarted in it's prime aim.
 And MT Shields concludes bit terly' that, under our social and economic order, it is impossible for school system to be anything else.
 A provocative and disquienting | book, this. Coward -McCann is offering it at $2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

Formal application has been made to the federal government for $1OO,OOO with which to establish in this state a. unit of the forest home plans. This is the idea that we think originated with Thomas F. Beck, chairman of the state board of fisheries and game. He planned to set aside subsistence homesteads for war vet erans in such sections of the state as might require colonization. Abandoned farms and isolated areas were to be select ed. Homes would be built and certain definite acreages assigned to those will- ing to try their fortunes at cultivating the soil, poultry raising, animal breeding, forestry, and the like. The purpose was two-fold It would provide food, shelter, and sustenance for many unemployed persons and their families. It would aid in retaining vast areas of land that have of recent years become valueless. The Connecticut Forest Homes Plan is now incorporating with Frederick s. Chase of this city among the incorporators. The original title of Rural Homes Plan IS dropped in favor of the above. Instead of outright gifts of land and homes, as was planned in our own case, the federal idea is easy payments. About 20 fam lilies will test it out in this state, the ex- act spot to be designated very shortly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

@. Ifshot and cold water of the same quantity are placed under identical conditions in a freezing temperature, which would freeze first?
 A.. The cold water.
 e. How old is Charlotte Henry, who played the role of Alice in Alice in Wonderland"
 A. Twenty.
 e., Do senators and congress- while attending the isessions2 a A.V Most of them wear ordinary business suits. but some affect frock coats. .GIf.33 '9 .3 4
 4Q. How did the abbreviation c. Q. F. for the republican party orr iginate? @ :. "A. It stands for Grand Old Party, the designation used by re- publican orators for their, party about 1SS0. @ es r%t
 O. Who was the famous Eng fish cricket player known as "W. e. or ''W. G. e.?
 A. w. e. Grace.
 iQ. What is a "codicil" in a will :?
 A. An addition to, or qualifica- ton of a last will and testament. Q. Name the composers of 'The Erl King" and "Die Fledermaus ?' A. Franz Schubert wrote the former, and Johann Strauss, the latter.
 @. Who conducts the Philadel- phia Orchestral?
 A. Leopold Stokowski. o. How Is the English surname Choimondeley pronounced? A. "Chom' Lee" ttet c. Which was the last state ad- initted to the Union?
 4. New Mexico, January 6. 1912.
 Q. Define lobbying and log roll Ing in politics. E A. Lobbying Is q proceeding by . r6proaonntivo Of n private oneor- prise seeking to influence members of eonarcna ana kovernmept ofiis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

Washington, Feb. 13 -- The president has been giving some quiet consideration as to whom he will get to replace Claude Augustus Swanson as secretary of the navy. Swanson has indi- cated definitely that his health will not permit him to continue.
 If Colonel Harry Roosevelt were not a cousin of the presi- dents he might be jumped from assistant secretary to secretary. But in view of the relationship, this will not happen.
 The foremost contender there- fore is none other than Mayor James Michael Curley Of Bos- ton, ardenly pushed for the job by young Jimmy Roosevelt. Curley and young Jimmy have become great political pals, have been building up s powerful democratic machine in Massa- chusetts. Curley came out for Roosevelt when other Massachu- sets democrats were roofing for Al Smith, and, with the power of the "crown Prince" behind him, he may get the job. ORDERED ON VACATION
 The end of this month will see some forced vacations taken by two of Roosevelt's mainstays in the cabinet - Honest Harold 1ckes and Silent dHenry Wallace.
 They are the two cabineteers ole been working necessarily since March 4. While Homer Cum mings went in for golf at Pine- hurst, while Cordell Hull mo- tored through the Shenandoah valley, while Claude Swanson cruised through the canal, these two have been at their desks night and day.
 Icles is the first cabinet mem- Der ever to install night shifts. Wallace followed with another all night shift in the AAA. So the other day Roosevelt com handed: ....
 ''I want you both to get out of the city by February 28."
 They will probably take a trip together.
 Meanwhile Mrs Roosevelt is off on Feb. 19 for a flight to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. REVIVED
 Wall street foes of the Truth in Securities" act are secretly at it again.
 The reasons are Secretary Morgcnthau, and Herman Oli- phant, his general counsel. The two treasury officials have been manifesting so friendly an atti- tudc toward the broker scheme of amending the law, that the latter think they can win administration support.
 That Morgenthau favored some modification of the drastic reg ulatory measure has been known for some time. He was sold on the idea by Earle Bailie, of J. & w. Seligman, and Morgen- thau's former financial adviser. Although forced from the treas ury by senate progressives, Bailie still pops in and out of the de- partment holds long conferences with Morgenthau. " LIBERALS DISAPPOINTED
 Oliphant's attitude is a sur- prise and disappointment to his liberal friends. Chased as one of the youthful brain trust group, he had opposed any tam
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

One more repeal law is now facing Congress. It's an almost forgotten one. It's probably one that not dozen people knew existed. Back about the middle of the last century Congress ruled that if cows were apt to suffer from the closing of distillery (cows were fed on the refuse from distilleries in those days) the government must operate the plant to supply food for the bovine. There shouldn't be any need for this to-day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
In. a4 New York
By PAUL HARRISON

New York-A Broadwayman. who'd been careless about needing suburban traffic regulations got hauled into court in Westchester the other day, and blinked in as- tonishment when he looked at the judge on the bench. Thought for minute e was seeing some kind of repeal apparition, then realized that this actually was the same man he knows as a genial profess sional manager and song-picker for ono of Tin Pan alleys oldest song publishing houses. ..
 In Manhattan, the judge, is Johnny White, known up and down the Gay-Way as a, tune czar, one of three or four, men who ladle out the melodies that drive you mad before they fade Up in Westches- ter he becomes Police Justice, John White, president of the Tax Pay CTS association, posts befitting an upbringing that included singing in the Peekskill Methodist church choir. .1... .t tH#| {.
 Incidentally, 'Hizzoner has
 written "a number of song hits
 himself. Probably you recall his
 "Tcn Baby Fingers and Ten
 Baby Toes" of several years ago.
 That was how he got Into the <
 song business in the first place.
 s'S sT"| fst @'.- 3 Table Talk }.e @3.1'
 All this epicurean dither about foods and wines, and which goes with what, has added no end of confusion to the erstwhile plea-s sant- business of looking over a menu and ordering a meal. Res tauranta and hotels have got it into their heads that mystery and charm are added ito ordinary roast lamb with vegetables by labeling 1t Gigot Roti de Preside aux tPri- meurs; also, that 50 cents can be added to the retail price of turnip soup if it is digpified' with the name of Puree a la Freneuse. nd r
 Maybe f it is nourishing to the vanity of a would be gourmet to order Pomme d'Amot1r en Surprise when he wants stuffed tomato. But 1t is just a pain in the neck of the average New Yorker to have to ask the waiter what is Chateu- briand la Bouquetiere, and to learn that it's plain beef tenderloin with a few mixed vegetables. Very often the waiter doesn't, know either. and has to dash to the kitchen to find out. Most walters can't even pronounce the words.
 Some other names for plain beef tenderloin, cut different ways, are Tournedos. Filet Mignon. and Me- daillon. Put a couple of sprigs of watercress on them and they're au Vert-Pres. A few peas Snestiing beside any kind of meat make it la Clamart or a la Saint Ger main., White beans change the designation to a Ia Bretonne; car rots, a Ia Vichy or a la Crecy: cubed potatoes, 9 Ia Parmentier; spinach. a la Florentine. But it's still spinach. "i{ "t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

entitled and also the foods and necessities which are promised to ex-servicemen. -
 While Mir Harris was with. the Mutual Aid prosperity came and Mir Harris became local Adminis- trator for the CWA. Why don't the citizens of Waterbury look into this before it is too late and ship him back to MaineY The resp0nsi- bility for much of this rests, l bee ileve. with the local administrator, Mir Harris, who has undoubtedly brought over to the CWA the prlc- tlcea for which he was notorious na emergency relief administrators. it is. for instance. common knowleaeo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
So They Say

The people should be allowed to drink as they wish and when they wish.-Municipal Judge Thomas A.. Green, Chicago.
 Some people talk about women in government as if 1t were some kind of freak of nature.-Miss Frances M. Robinson, secretary to General Hugh Johnson.
 Either industry must assimilate the unemployed or they will as-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

of former government officials to scurI'y to cover now that the storm is breaking round their heads. We near many pro- tests resounding with "good of the ser vice." "esprit de corps" and the like, but that doesn't mean thing when compared to the welfare of the nation and the pock- etbook of the taxpayers. If cleanup is in order, by all means let us have it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

Dear Editor:
 I feel that we arc suffering from great deal of unfairness by the CWA workers. What the official policy is regarding payment for time lost because of rains, do not know; but do know that, us prac- tIced in Waterbury, this policy is not uniform. some gangs are paid for such lost time. while others arc required to make it up nt other times during the week. In Addition even when q gang puts In extra time to make up for that lost bee cause of rain, the workers some times receives only ss OF SIC in- stead of Inc sl2 to which they arc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
C-Ces Failure Making
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that he has in his employ his wife and daughter at $40,00 each per week and a guard at the door lying to the people that Mir Harris is not in but always in conference with the producers on how the $55,00O is going to DO split. It seems that Mir Harris white-c0Ilar mon get all the breaks us people with large families who need same attention s'9 An s inyestisaiion ahs,tsss'i f.the cwA in' Waterbury would, [ am sure. dis close irregularities, the correction of which would bo greatly appro- elated by m ex-aorviccmnn.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

cials to do something in favor of the interests they represent. Log rolling is a term used to designate exchange of favors among con- gressmen. When one member is seeking votes for a measure he is sponsoring, he promises to cast his vote in exchange for measures sponsored by other members of congress.
 O. What is Sugi wood? Js
 A. The wood of the Japanese cedar, (Cryptomeria Japonica).. ' O.. Which ountries have shrines to the ''Unknown Soldier" of the World War?
 A. United States. France, Eng land, Italy and Portugal.
 If you want a copy of our bull letin, Directory of Movie Stars, write to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Roosevelt Considering Man to Replace SsOGnsOn Gs NGUy Secretary; Mayor Michael C@rley Of Boston bGcked by Young Jimmy ROosevelt President Orders Ickes ond Wdt lace Vacations stGrmg February 28 Foes O Securities Act Find c New Hope in Morgenthou's Counsel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

We think American politicians have long memories, but Japanese cabinet member just lost his job for compliment ing radical statesman who lived 700 years ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

The French do love family scraps But just let any outsider pick on ohe of them and see what happens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

sume that 1t was much narrower than in Samuel Steel's original layout of the village plot. In 1712 it was rods wide at Bank street and five rods at Union square,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

One of the first carriage shops in Waterbury was that of O. H. Bronson in 1850, and in 1852 Charles r. Goodwin, came to this place from New Haven and enter ed into partnership with Jeremiah Parker for carriage building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 5.53 tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
IN TO-DAY'S. MAIL

opinions to Waterbury kind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

simulate industry-Father Charles
 E. Coughlip. of Detroit. w l'{
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13
BRASS CITY FACTS

On August 4, 1883, the old John-' son home, at the corner of North Willow and Johnson streets, was damaged by fire, and another fire occurred there on July IA, 1890.
 The firm of Brown and Elton began the manufacture of sheet brass for the market in January 1880. pioneers in ain industry that grew so enormously down through the years. The name of the firm was subsequently, changed to Holmes, Hotchkiss, Brown and Elton in 1888; in 1887 1t became Hotchkiss, Brown and Elton: and then once again it became Brown and Elton.
 The .Oakville company was or- ganized March 15, 1852 with Green Kendrick as president and Elisha Leavenworth as secretary, purchas- ing property on the line between Waterbury and Watertown. The invention of Chauncey o. Crosby of machine for sticking pins on paper led to the formation of this concern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

The CWA has done. a lot to bring, things back in hurry.-Edsel Ford. x.fe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-02-13

Prisons must be freed from political interference.-Dr Harry Elmer Barnes. .t.t 4sss
The Washington times., 1934-11-29
Care of Neck
IS Essential
BY JULIET SHELBY

Better looking necks should be
the goal of a new crusade! 1t
is appalling to note the number
of women who neglect their
necks and give so much thought
to the beauty and texture OF
their face.
If you would only remember
to cleanse and nourish your neck
when you cleanse and nourish
your face! If you neck and
chin are showing signs of your
negligence, give them a special
bit of pampering each night be-
fore you jump into bed.
But by all means take your
neck into consideration when
you are applying your makeup.
Don't have your face stare out
like a nicely painted masque
supported by throat that is un'
lovely and several shades darker.
Learn to blend your foundation
creams and powders from your
chest to your hairline in even
strokes, and choose these prep
arations in shades closely match
ing your true skin tones.
One prominent Fifth Avenue
salon recently made up all the
The Washington times., 1934-11-29

II that nap Wilma Laville
pens to be what you think she
needs. and if any of those
things suit your pocketbook.
Since Mrs. Gloria Vanderbilt
wore silver fox furs so constant.
ly at court, and all her wealthy
friends and enemies did the
same, the demand for silver
foxes has jumped enormously.
So maybe lots of us are going
to get them this year after all.
1 wonder if men suddenly noticed
how flattering they were, from
the newspaper pictures, or if
women who had always wanted
them, just couldn't do without
them any longer.
Easy To Select
But to get back to serious
business. most furriers are
men, and they will handle your
problems not only efficiently,
but sympathetically. All you
have to do is to walk in a fur
shop or fur department and
confide your wife's needs to the
man or woman in charge. go
into matters of suitability, size.
price and ali the rest. And
your problem will be over. not