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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

CTS of what, up to now, was supposed to be sharply divided camps, begins to clear up the fog considerably. It is even doubt full if when it came right down to facts whether any such real distinction ever existed as much as some would lead you to believe.
 In any event the day seems dawning when democratic political differences will have to be dubbed by some other name than "new" and "old" guard. If there continues to be factional groups here and there, and undoubtedly there will, during the coming campaign, it begins to look as if they will have to be known as the dis senting minority. For, to all appear ances even at this early date the state leaders are lining up solidly for party harmony and will put more united effort behind the coming campaign, which un- doubtedly Governor Cross will head, than has been exhibited in many years. Such an effort in our estimation bodes no good for a gop. comeback for at least two years to come. Democrats should have no trouble in wiping the slate clean this fall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
France Dehates

<, The French government has been hav- ing another fiscal furry, before its sum- mer recess, with popular leader in Par lament telling the government 1t must either reduce prices or devalue the franc. and the finance minister giving the gov ernment's assurance that it would not do the latter. Here is the same choice that nation after nation was faced with shortly after the war, and again during the big depression.
 Most of the countries chose to initiate in the postwar crisis, by devaluing their money drasticaly. Some of them, par ticularly Russia and Germany, thus wiped out their domestic debts, and incidentally wiped out nearly everything else. None of them want to embark on that wild fi- nancial ride again, with unlimited issuance of paper money. Most of them are afraid now of even moderate devaluation such as ours. France, having previously cut her old 19-cent franc to about cents, will not cut it further if she can help it.
 So France follows the example of Bri- tain rather than America. Britain nearly killed herself with drastic deflation, but survived, and is now steadily improving. Can the French endure what the British did, to balance budgets, public and pri- vate? That is the big question.
 Complete deflation would mean lower ing commodity prices, utility charges and interest rates to match fallen security and real estate values. We Americans are using controlled imitation, through moder- ate dollar devaluation, extensive public spending and easier credit, to make our re- sources meet our obligations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

the securities act has come to stay. Big companies have been coming in with big bond fiota- tiOns.
 The same thing is happening here that happened in England after the passage of it's securities act many years ago. The old slogan Let the Buyer Beware" was changed to Let the Seller Beware"
 In the end Wall street prob ably will find the securities act as big blessing as the federal reserve act which it once sought to strangle. Yr+
 CAMPAIGN DEBT
 Just before Senator Bill Borah departed for his home. in Boise, Idaho, he received an interesting suggestion. @45s
 Several democratic senators proposed that ,h he issue a public call for a fund ', to pay off the $35,000 campaign debt which the democratic national committee owes sandy-haired Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the new securities exchange commission.
 Borah, it will be recalled, started such fund when the senate's Teapot Dome committee unearthed the fact that oil- millionaire Harry F. Sinclair had contributed a large sum to the republican national committee.
 On the basis of this record, Borah's democratic colleagues wanted him to take the initiative in similar "purging"- they called it-of their party.
 The grizZled old orator, how ever, declined the honor. t,}
 '"rhere is plenty to do clean ing up the republican party" he !. told them laughingly, without taking on yours. Why don you do 1t yOursclvcs?"
 We don't dare," was the an- swer. "The president wouldn't like it."
 SUCH IS FAME s..5-. ..
 Harry slattery, able aid of Sec retary Ickes, talking on the teie- phone: "Opefator, get me John N. Garner" ,s,, re.fa
 Telephone Operator: "Who 2"
 Slattcry: "The vice-president." :" .e Operator: What company is he vicc-president off"
 NEW DEAL FASCISNI?
 Sir Stafford Cripps, leader of the left wing British labor party sometimes accused of being revo- lutionary, visited Washington re- gently. He conferred with Roose- welt, Johnson, Tugwell, many cabinet leaders.
 Returning to England he wrote his impressions, which included the following: From the. socialist point of view the whole course of events in the United States. is full of danger"
 The reason, he explained, was the probability that the NRA and AAA would lead to "a capitalist producer control which will vir- tually enslaye the workers to the capitalists" and eventually will lead to a form of fascism E peculiar to America"
 FRIEND OF FARLEY
 In the last minute. rush of making 8 dozen excellent ap- pointments, Roosevelt put across one which is coming in for a "lot of criticism" "A"
 The appointee is James A. Moffett, heavy contributor to the campaign, close friend of Roose- welt, even closer to Jim Farley,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
Declining Births

If the American birth rate continues to decline in the next 50 years at the rate recorded in the last decade, the country is in for some very difficult times. This is the warning of Dr. Oliver M. Baker, senior economist of the Department of Agricul- ture in a speech in Cleveland recently.
 We have almost reached stationary population, and Dr. Baker remarks that this may be very good thing - if it only remains stationary. But continued fall in the birth rate would eventually bring us to a declining population; and under such condition he says, economic reactions would be severe.
 The demand for farm and industrial products would progressively dwindle; rents and interest returns would slide steadily downward, with catastrophe et- feet on the whole spirit of private enterprise.
 It is a gloomy picture. But it is possi- ble to wonder if the declining birth rate recently has not been, at least in part, reflection of the confused condition of society as a whole. Let that confusion be strengthened out, and it is possible that the birth rate would begin to rise once more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

O. Why is the rose sometimes used as a symbol of silence?
 A, An old tradition is that Cupid gave a rose to Hippocrates. the God of Silence, to bribe him not to reveal the indiscretions or Venus. Thus the rose became the symbol of silence, and was placed as an emblem over the comes sionals in the Roman Cathonc churches to denote secrecy.
 o. What type of motor were used in Gen Balbo's armada fhgnt planes from Italy to Chicago?
 A. They were powered each with two Isotta-F -Fraschini engines, capable of developing 1850 horse power.
 o, How many bushels of grain were. produced in the Soviet Union
 A. ss.soo,ooo.
 Q. How can precipitation stains and odor be removed from gar ments?
 A. Moisten the stain with clear water, then dip a clean cloth in cornstarch and rub it into. the stain making thin coat of paste. Let dry for about 30 minutes and re- move with a stiff brush.
 o. In which geographical divi- sion of the U. s. is Delaware? A, The U. s. Bureau of the Census classifies it in the South Atlantic states. O, Give the name and address of the Chinese minister to the United States. A. Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, 18th and Vernon streets, Washington, D. c.
 o. Name the prime minister of the Netherlands. A. pr H. Collin.
 Q. When did Benjamin Frank lin die?
 A. 1790. l o. When and by whom was the mouth organ invented? A. Sir Charles Wheatstone, in 1929.
 0. At what hour on Sunday af- ternoon is the dress parade of cadets at West Point Military Aca- demy?
 A. From 4 to 5 o'clock. c. Do stones grow? A. Real stones are insensate matter, and belong to the king. dom of inanimate things, and therefore cannot grow. c. When were the U. S. S. Lexington and Saratoga built? | A. They were planned as battle | cruisers but construction work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
Press ssConment
MUSICAL MARCHING
New Haven Journal-Courie,


 There were prizes and enough as West Haven played host to as- sorted New England American Legion Drum and Bugle, Corps Sunday afternoon. But the major prize should have gone to the oc- casion itself. A more spectacular contest if it's kind has certainly never played these parts before. The field competition, with drums rolling and bugles blaring, provid- ed u new revelation in disciplined martial sound and the local en- tries bowed only to the finest corps in the country, the national champion Marlboro squad. But the street parade brought the true cli- max. For drums and bugles func- tion properly only when urging marching feet To stand quietly and listen is almost an aggravation as q beating itch stirs through the toes. Swinging along, rolling their song, these brightly uniformed martial musicians made as resplen- dent an exhibition as q summer Sunday can offer.
 New Haven may be outclassed in the actual making of drummed and bugled music. But it certainly Is not in obeying the command of such music. For the I'D. Post ably marshaled by Drum Major Barnes of West Haven marched off with the trophy for the marching and maneuvering class. Those who have seen these local veterans practic- ing their branching, know what miracles of coordinated movement they can execute. But sunday af- ternoon they surpassed their prac- tice and paraded with a pedal per lection. sge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
"Au-Democratic"

We like the tone of the Beckwith-for- Sheriff campaign bulletin eminating from the hills of Litchfeld county where that gentleman is seeking the nomination this fall for high sheriff. It states that you will find no guards "new" or "old" in the program this worthy democrat has mapped out for himself during the com- ing prediction campaign. This, as we said above, sounds good to us after the last hectic four years of guard" duty in Connecticut.
 From all appearances it looks to us. and rightly so, that the question of "old'' and "new" guard is dying natural death in the democratic party around the state. New alliances here and there of state lead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
Moscow Letter
By JOSEPH H. BAIRD UnjtcdPrcss Stan CorrcspondcnO

(UnitcOl'feSS StaH SorrcspohuchsJ
 Moscow (UP)-An attempt to bridge the wide gap between the cost of bread in "closed" and "open" stores is being privately cited by some officials here as the real reason for recent increase ir its price at the former stores.
 By decree the Soviet Govern ment raised the price of black bread in "closed' stores-thosc which can be patronized only by workers having bread cards-from 35 to 70 copeks. White bread prices in such stores scared from 70 copeks to. one rouble, 60 copeks. Bread prices in "open" stores-- those which may be 'patronized by anyone-remained the same: three roubles for black bread; four roubles for white.
 Grain Crop Blamed.
 At the time of the decree the public explanation given for It was that partial damage of the grain crop in South Russia, DOT tending a decrease in the supply of wheat, made the rise neces- sary.
 But, according to Soviet off cial, that explanation only was ~ partial one. Nose important. he said, was the desire of the gov erninenr, increasingly to reduce the wide difference in basic com modity prices obtaining in the two classes of stores.
 Wage Increase.
 Inasmuch as the increase in bread prices was accompanied by an increase of from seven to 31 per cent in wages-the increase depending on the salary the work CT already received and the kind of work he did-there has not been much grumbling.
 One typical worker who was consulted said the new price of bread made virtually no difference in his budget, inasmuch as his wage increase just about counter balanced it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

{ and an old deal democrat in ev- cry way.
 He was put in that all-import. ant post-administrator of the housing program.
 This is Moffett's second trip to Washington. The first, as a member of the MIRA industrial advisory board and later the pet roleum board, was not a success.
 At that time there was Q tre- mendous uproar because Walter c. Teagle, head of Standard oil of New Jersey, asked Moffett to give up his $100,000 salary as vice president. Democrats ac- cused Teagle, staunch republi- can, of forcing Moffett out be- cause of his New Deal tenden7 cies.
 Later 1t became apparent that Tcagle had other reasons. Jimmy was nice boy, most engaging personality, exuding- charm and likeability, hale-fellow-well- { met, but not a big leaguer. His big Job with Standard rested, party Fat least, it was said, on the fact that his father once headed the company.
 Tcagle worked with the NRA labor board, proved himself more liberal to labor than labor repre-. sentatives. NIoffctt went back to New York.
 MERRY-GOROUNDt
 The senate actually passed a birth control bill in the. hectic closing days of the recent Session but only for a few minutes. Nevada,s paunchy Pat McCarran, out of the chamber when the measure was approved without dissent, rushed back when he heard what had happened, de- manded reconsideration. AS op.. position to his motion would have forced record vote, which few senators wanted to face, the bill was Hastily recalled, put back on the shelf. .. The interstate commerce commission is having difficulties with it's new elaborate building. owing to labor trouble the structure is still unfinished. The water has not as yet been turned on, and to use lavatory ICC workers have to cross the street to the old post office building. :. The eco, through a grant of PWA funds, has enrolled a hundred arr lists, has them painting scenic canvasses out in the woods.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
So They Say

This country does not know what really heavy taxation s.-Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins.
 
 It's not the professors that politicians are afraid of in Washington. It's the assistant profes- sors.-Dr Henry N. MacCracken, president or Nassar.
 We are individuals and lead individual lives We have learned to shut off minds and we in no way interfere with each other.-Volet Hilton, of the Samese twins refused license to marry
 / If forget neglect to exercise our legit- innate control of those whom we appoint to gov ern us, they will inevitably exercise an unjust control of the whole people.-Willam Cardinal oConne of Boston.
 What the world needs today is leader, and Franklin Roosevelt is leader. From him we may achieve q real rebuilding of American life.-Helep Keller.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

Washington, July 19 The much maligned securities act has now been in operation ap- proXimately one year. And gradually there are being heard lone voices crying in the wilder ness of Wall street that it is not SO bad after all.
 In fact, it looks as if the secur- ities act, despite all the hue and cry against 1t, might do one great thing for Wall street-re- establish investment confidence.
 For many months, the securi- ties act was treated by brokers and bankers as worse than cholera. Only gold mining ven- lures. beer and whiskey interests knocked on the door of the fed- eral trade commission to float new issues. -i$ PREMATURE
 Wall street planned to starve the securities act out, demon- strate to Roosevelt that the rigid regulation by Jim Landis Was retarding recovery. The scheme was abetted by, the fact that the public was not ready to buy any way.
 But now the boycott seems to be over. Wall street realizes that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
ChuckleCorner
LIFE LINES
By J. B. Nicholson

by J. ID. NlCnOlSOn
 Scientific journal notes that sev- eral new species of fish have been discovered. In addition to ones who loaded up on worthless se- curities.
 Lemons Due for Heavy Rise." Consumers may need government ade to avoid being squeezed.
 Jim Patty thinks a dumb waiter is one of those fellows who comes back a half hour later and asks you to repeat your order.
 Administration declares there are too many hogs in the country. Yeah, that's what got us into our trouble.
 Illinois man falls from second story window and lands on awning. Pretty soft.
 ON THE CAR
 Jim: i've got a town car now"
 Bill: Didn't know you had a new one."
 Jim: II haven't. It's the same old boat, but l am afraid to go out of town with it.
 A fish has no neck, and the fel- low in the boarding house wishes the chickens didn't have.
 Lawyers claims he used to he soft and sympathetic, but guesses he's become case-hardened.
 Exotic beauty comes to the talkies, but director says he doesn't speak her languish. More trouble for r. D.: Vege- table growers demand recognition of their onion. Married man remarks he didn't know until recently, when one hit him, why these implements are called sad irons. PERSISTENCE A fellow others thought dumb Was not as foolish as some. He invented a chew
 That was good clear through, And thus made his fortune by gum!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
A Book a Day
Finds Entertainment
 In Life In Alabama {,
RY BRUCE CATION

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 Carl Garner was young Yan- kee professor who went down to Alabama to spend half [. q dozen years on a university faculty.
 He found that life in Alabama was unlike any life he had known before. It was exciting. colorIui, a little mysterious, blend oi many strange clements; so, finaliy: he wrote a book about 1t all, ana that book--"Stars Fell on Ala bama"-is a highly entertaining account of the things he saw and heard and did. t
 A lot of Alabamans. l suspect are going to be surprised by his assertion that going to Alabama is, for a northerner. less like go- ing to another state than like go- ing to a foreign land.
 The Congo itself, he says, is not more unlike such state as New York than Alabama is.
 But he says, this, after all, Tn the manner of one seeking to pass a compliment. For the things that made Alabama seem like foreign land to him were. in the main, things that he liked.
 He liked the old southern man. sions, and the fabulous Alabama hospitality. He liked the mountain folk, and the way they sang theii old Elizabethan ballads. He liked the colored people of the ''blacR belt" with their Uncle Remus stories that Joel Chandler Harris himself never heard.
 He liked the echoes of old Spanish and French civilizations the relics of pre.war plantation life, the innumerable anecdotes that he ran nto so constantly. In fact, Alabama put quite spell on him. Being thoughtfu land articulate man. he has writer l . very enjoyable book about ths state and its people.
 Published by Farrar and Rine hart. the books seels for ss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

One of the most encouraging bits of news of the summer is the report by fed eral banking authorities of an almost un- precedented increase in the public's bank deposits since the end of last February. According to these figures, the public now has fully billion ~ollars ore in bank accounts than it had four months ago. Furthermore, it is stated that this repre- sents genuine gain in individual savings, since government deposits and deposits Of banks in other banks are not counted in the total.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
A SIGNAL SYSTEM
(Boston' Globe).

This story is about the fog horn attached to a lighthouse on d par ticularly dangerous ledge of the wild shores of the Bay of Fundy.
 One calm, mild summer after non about 5:30 o'clock, there came two long drawn out, exhausted bel lows from the horn. No fog. No wind. Sun shining on glassy sea.
 "A signal for the lifeboat to come from the coast guard station searching the water with marine glasses. T can't see sign of trou- ble." s
 No" replied an oldtimer, not wasting a glance on the water, that don't mean nuthin' special, them two weak blasts. Likely the men is weedin' potatoes in the field, back piece from the house, and Mis- Cooper is tootin' 'em into supper. Saves yellin.' "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
THE EDITOR.

was suspended February 8, 1929 when the Washington treaty limit ing naval armaments was signed. By act of congress dated July 1, 1922 they were reconstructed as aircraft carriers.
 o. How many islands are in the Thousand Islands group? To whom do they belong?
 A. Thousand Islands is a group of about 1,700 picturesque islets in the St Lawrence river, between Frontenac and Leeds counties, On- tario, and Jefferson county, New York. Some of them belong to Canada, others to New York. Many of them areowned by pri- vate individuals and contain sum- mer residences and large hotels. They are geologically allied to the Adirondacks and the larger Lan- rentian Gneiss area in Canada.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal reveals that prices of seats in the New York Stock Exchange are going up again. The last recorded sale was made on May 23, at a price of $96,O00; since then, the Journal says, asking prices are way up in the air, and the range of seat prices this year has gone as high as S19O,O0O Now all this, to an outside observer, would seem to be pretty good answer to Wall Streets complaint that the new stock exchange legislation and the truth-in-securities bill are going to ruin everything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
THE NEXT CONGRESS
(Kansas City Times)

Opposition to the Administration has an important function. The republican party is a relatively weak minority. But 1t is the opposi- ton party, the only opposition party. It will strive to make gains in Congress through the coming elections. It is to be hoped that it will make such gains, so that 1t may have a stronger voice in legislative affairs. It canont hope to gain con- trol, but it consistently can hope to impress the country by pointing out and defining the weaknesses oi the Administration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
Horoscope e
oCTAvINE

Get routine work done early. for it is a Respondent time and not fit for others things. Late morn ing is good in a social way. An early lunch will be pleasant. Late morning is advisable for shopping. Early afternoon is good time for hunting bargain. The evening Is accidental, particularly to automo- piles.
 To-day's Birthdate 4
 Be careful of your financial interests from Sept through 2S. The newly found planet, Pluto, in- fluences you during November, 1884. Your experiences during thls month will be valuable to others. for little Is yet known con corning this influence. Please write me care of this newspaper of these experiences. Danger August 24 and 26. Socially Rodo August 14.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

Long ago, when the French Revolution had brought forth its reign of terror, and revolutionary leaders themselves began going to the scaffold, someone remarked that Revolution always devours it's own children. A survey of the recent bloody events in Germany simply confirms this dictum.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
Selected Poem
WOOD "ATH

WOOD "NTH Down primrose paths to winding trails, Where restless waves show many sails. Fish boats are coming in at high, As sailors watch a mackerel sky. By paths that cross great flat rock. To meadow lands where Bob Whites flock Songs in my heart :!ng out. ring true, At green of earth and rove of you.
 GRACE NJ. LIPPlNCOTT.
 In the New Haven Journal Courier
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19
The Daily Washington Merry Co., Round

 Bad Alter Au British Labor Paty Appointment W Moft HeGd Housing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

Arthur Brisbane suggests that Bernard Baruch writes three books on "How to Get It." "How to Keep It. and "How to Invest It Safely" Solomon, or even Brisbane himself, wouldn't know enough for that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-19

Better not be too naughty toward pe- destrians. A travelling salesman in Ar kansas picked up an old man on the road, and later got check for $10,00O.