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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29
So They Say

In the long run, the multitude of individual opinion works out pretty we'll Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace.
 
 Never give anything to the poor. They useless, dangerous, and ought to be abolished
 George Bernard Shaw. Nothing will do more to clear the air. to strain and to promote political and business health than demonstration that this is still in- dependent two-way land politically. Arthur A. Ballantine, former under-secretary of the Treasury.
 People here delightful in the midst of such mechanized life
 Madeleine Slade, disciple of Gandhi
 
 planned economy cannot be practced in a free democracy.
 -Col Frank Knox, Chicago publisher
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29

Washington, Oct 29.-Ever since the New Deal took up resi- dence in Washington, Pennsyl- vania's gangling NGovernor Gif- ford Pinchot has been a fre- quent White House caller. On several occasions the governor and his dynamic, titian-haired wife have been dinner guests of the President and Mrs Roose- welt.
 Each occasion was, of course, duly noted in the Pennsylvania press-and the political value was not lost on either the gov ernor, or Mrs Pinchot.
 But since their recent bolt to the bitterly anti-Administration Senator David A. Reed, in Penn sylvania's hot senatorial contest, the White House seems to have withdrawn it's welcome for the Pincho,.,.
 A few days ago the governor telegraphed the president excit- ely that armed conflict impended between two rival unions in the anthracite coal region. He urged immediate Federal intervention.
 If Pinchot expected respond ing White House furry, he was disappointed.
 The telegram was referred to the National Labor Relations board, which after an inquiry, found no cause for government action.
 CAMERA SHY :
 Two ladies of the cabinet, one, a member, one the wife of a member, are camera shy.
 Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, objects strenuously to be- ing photographed. With a mo- bile expression of face which photographers say would make her a remarkable subject, Mad anne Perkins continues to avoid what she calls vain posing. , In despair, camera men con- trived tosset up camera in room in which she was to deliver a radio address. AS they were about to shoot, she discovered the ruse and scowled.
 The resulting picture was un. fair to her, but 1t is the only re- cent picture available.
 Even more successful in elud- ing the lens is May Cecilia Wa terbury Cummings, wife of the Attorney General, Homer Stille Cummings.
 One of the most delightful ladies of the cabinet, she is de- termined to keep herself out of print. She has, photographers complain, sixth sense in detect ing their approach, always thrusts a fan or program over her face when they take her by surprise.
 Strangest player in the game is the attorney general himself, who conspires with the camera men in their efforts to steal shot. He has been known to tip them off in setting trap for her, always dodges when she tries to duck behind him.
 So the panel of cabinet wives being prepared by a local pho. tOgraphcr is likely to be minus Mrs Cummings.
 TELL-TALE FIGURES
 Tucked away in the first "call
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report" just issued by the Fed eral Deposit Insurance Corpora tion are three separate and in- conspicuous items, which, when brought, together, throw an illu- minating spotlight on the reason for muttering in banking quar- ters against recent Treasury policies.
 In the FDIC statement are these three figures: Total osits-$34,S13,594,O 900; United States government sec curities = $9,7O7,976,OOO; sc- curitics guaranteed by the government--S593,5 ,523, 900.
 What these figures mean is this: 2 That out of $a5,s13,5s4,ooo in deposits, the 13,s96 member banks of the FDIC, comprising 90 per cent of the financial in- stitutions of the country, have $1O,301, ,5O0,00O (the combina- ton of U. S. securities and guar anteed securities) or approxi- mately 26 per. cent of their assets invested in government bonds.
 
 Add to s this the more than $2,5O0,00O,000 held by the twelve Federal Reserve banks, and you have about half of the govern ment's $27,000,00O,000 in secnr- ities held by the bankers.
 This explains why: .
 (D-The bankers are so touchy about charges that they are not cooperating with the administration, and
 (2)-Why the bankers rais- ed such strenuous behind-the- scenes objections to the trea- ury's recent Fourth Liberty refinaneing operation. which slashed interest rates from A to 3A per cent.
 A per cent difference on $13,0OO,O00O,O0 runs into big money, especially in these days when gilt-edge securities are few and far between. ... FARMERS GRAVY
 D. P. Trent, who came out of Arkansas to help the AAA ad- minister the cotton control pro- gram, has prepared for his own delectation an eleven-page d. gest of gravy" ..t.
 He. has listed 25O articles farmers buy = from manure
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spreaders to knit rayon bloom ers-showing the tariff on each article from the first tariff act of 1789 to the latest, in 1880.
 He points to a 37A% duty on Oyeralls, 6O% duty on canvas gloves.
 I'm not advocating tariff reyision," Trent declares, ''but I'm out to show where the gravy has been spread all these years. Some folks complain about the processing tax. But that money is going to the farmer. It's time the gravy was spread on his bread for a change. DITCHED
 One of General Hugh John- sons pet recovery ideas has been quietly but definitely ditch- ed by the administration.
 The ex-NRA boss had favor ite theory that one of the major highways to business improve ment was revival of the durable goods industry.
 Inability to get heavy industry started Johnson considered to be ono of his most important fail- ureS.
 Of course the real reason investment capital is not build ing skyscrapers Is because of the obvious fact that commercial centers already are overbuilt.
 Likewise, with thousands of miles of railrSad trackage being abandoned, there is no demand for new steel rails. And with power plants and factories pos- sessing all the turbines and machinery necessary for pres- ent needs, they are not buying additional equipment.
 Other instances of this kind could be cited by the score.
 There is no immediate pros- pect for an appreciable upturn in durable goods production, MIRA observers say and that therefore the thing to do is to concentrate recovery efforts in directions more promising of re- suits.
 MAIL BAG
 T. F., Bremerton, Wash. Professor Raymond Moley Is not an intellectual in the same sense as Rexford G. Tugwell. Tugwell has wide and broad learning. Moley has not. Moley is esscn- tially research m n, an as- sembler of facts and thaories evolved and uncovered by others. As long as he served the presi- dent in that capacity, Moley was an efficient assistant. It was when he undertook to branch out and became a maker of poli- ctes that he ran into difficulty, F. D., Greenwich, Conn., Personally Senator Frederic c. Walcott is one of the most pleasant and courteous men in the senate. But he wields little influence in the deliberations of the body, even. among his re- publican colleagues. He is what is known in senate venacular as a "back-row"' member. F. G., KilgOre, Tcx.--Vice- President Garner has never worn formal attire in presiding over the sem ate. He continues the policy he followed when speaker of the house, of appearing in ordinary clothes. The president addresses him as Jack" but Garner ad- dresses F. D. R. as MT Presi- dent."
 (COpyright, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
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Selected Poem
BOY IN FOG

(Frances Frost in The New York Times) That morning the fog there deep -muffling
 hemlocks. Blurring the spruce and Sumac holding the
 grass. Close to the worn felds hiding the autumn sum-
 rise. That morning there road where his feet
 might pass. Clearly and surely: his strained' eyes bnked in
 whiteness, Stinging with heavy damp; the thick mist
 smell Rocked of the sea though it clouded from lost
 hill-hollows; The earth there, but drowned in silver spell. He tugged at the wet-black pasture bars, and
 called them; They were plodding ghosts as he gulped the sharp
 fog in; He followed the phantom launches toward the
 barnyard And sang from a strange young throat where
 sleep had been.
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A Book a Day
Invites Americans To A New Frontier
BY BRUCE CAPTION

In "New Frontiers" Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace undertakes to show that the New Deal is only first step in brand new job of pioneering which tho American peoplem ust undertake.
 We must become pioneers, he says, because the world we are used to has slipped out from under us. Our old frontier is gone; we have become creditor nation, in- stead of q debtor; scientific man. agement and mass production have led us to the doors of an age Of plenty.
 The result, he says, is that new world is waiting for us to move in and take possession. The task is both simple and complex: Simple, because 1t, requires only the strik- ing of fair balance between the interests of farmer, worker, cap italist, and consumer; and complex, because we cannot do this without completely re-orienting our mental attitude. ..,t...,,..
 The secretary discusses the his- tory of the .AAA at some length. He says that he likes the notion of blowing under cotton, killing baby pigs and restricting food pro- duction generally. as little. as any one; but he insists that, as an emergency measure. this policy is absolutely essential--unless We arc , prepared to lower our tariff walls and import enough manufactured goods to make possible the regain ing of. our lost agricultural export l trade. vFs ,s2S Ns's
 MT Wallace writes in an uncom- monly pleasant and persuasive manner. Whatever you may think of his agricultural policies, you will at least find him imbued with old fashioned confidence that our ] deVocracy can find its way out ot a crisis. He is not, as they say selling America short. <
 Published by Reynal and Hitch cocw, his book sells at $2.
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PressCornrnent
KEEPER OF HISTORY (New York Sun)

The first Archivist of the United States, a position created by the Seventy-third Congress, will be R. D. w. Connor, at present pro- lessor of North Carolina. Un- der the terms of the act of June 13, 1884. Dr. Connor will be chardeg with collecting, collating. organizing records. These will be stored in the new archieves building, nearly completed. Pro- lessor Connor has had expert ence as archivist of the North Carolina Historical Commission and in this capacity has collected and preserved documents and records of great historical impor- tance to the State.'a The Chapel Hill Weekly, speaking of Dr. Con- nor as a teacher, says that the most common campus comment on the man is that he makes history interesting. That will not be his first duty as Archsvist Of the Uni- ted States, but he will be. in a po- sition to help others make history interesting. "
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29
Moscow Letter

Leningrad (UP) This city. which has suffered from periodic floods ever since 1t was built by Peter the Great early in the 18th Century, soon will be protected by a 30O,00O,000 rouble sea-walL The project has just been announced by the Leningrad Soviet.
 Peter, that turbulent six-foot despot to whom nothing seemed impossible, mobilized an army of thousands of men, drained the marshes of Neva and built the modern European city which he called Saint Petersburg. But even Peter and his thousands did not subdue the storms which periodi- calIy blow walls of water from the Gulf of Finland into the city, with great damage to life and property.
 $50 Floods
 Leningrad has experiencer 330 floods in its history. The worst ones came in ITO, 1924 and 1924. the last causing property losses es- timated at 13O.O00.000 roubles. But now the Soviets propose to do what Peter neglected and to curb the waters of the Finnish Gulf by a dam 22 kilometers long and 5.25 meters high above mean sea level. Engineer sestimate that this height is sufficient to protect the city from even the most violent storms.
 Opens for Ships
 Several openings will be left in the dam so that ships may pass through. These may be closed by sliding gates when storms threat en. A railroad and highway will surmount the dam.
 When this huge project is finish ed, the people of Leningrad will no longer listen with terror to the booming of cannon on the fortress of Peter and Paul, the long, stand nig warning of approaching floods
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29

While it isn't campaign issue, so far as we know, Senator John M Wadhams, Torrington banker and candidate for re- election, has been actively engaged in a task for some months past which is odd to say the least. At least it's odd for legis- lator. He's been engaged in restoring the old Middle Street Burying Ground in Goshen He first became interested in the restoration of the historic and hallowed spot some thirty years ago and has en- gagged in it intermittently ever since. It is the last resting place of the pioneers of the Revolutionary days and is, therefore, something really worth while preserving. The average man would agree with MT Wadhams on that and commend him for his zeal in performing some humble yet so elevated task.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29
THE EDiT0R

a gloss, rub with chalk wet with water.
 Q. What was the name of Gen. eral Philip Sheridan's horse?
 A. Winchester.
 o. Who invented the first tele- phone switchboard?
 A. The first, which was installed in New Haven, Conn.,, January 28, 1878, was developed and con- structed by several telephone engi- neers.
 c. How long were horse-drawn street cars in operation in the United States?
 A. From 1882, when the first horse-car line was built in New York city to 1917, when the last horse drawn car made its final trip, also in New York.
 If you want copy of our bull. letin FAMOUS COMPOSERS" write to The Democrats Washing ton Bureau, enclosing five cents in postage stamps.
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OCTOBER 30.
 The day is inclined to be liter ary, but do not sign papers in the early evening. Contracts and other documents are apt to become troublesome if entered into at that time. This Is good day for things requiring imagination.
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Daily Washington Merry-Go-Round

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29

The safe driving contest that the Hart ford Chamber of Commerce has been con- ducting for truck drivers in that city is one that might be followed up in every city and town in Connecticut. Not that we condemn the truck driver any more than we do the operator of pleasure car. He is more apt to be careful in his driving than the latter. Yet trucks being such big and cumbersome vehicles and occupy ing so much room on our highways that we usually conclude there is more danger in their operation and hence more skill to be demanded of the driver.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29

Thirty-four miles of steel shelv- ing will be placed in the new library of the league of nations at Genava. SwitzArland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29

After Byrd has explored those Antarc- tic mountains he might come home with his snow tractors and map our American areas of frozen credit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29
MONDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1884
A Thought for Today

We have dealt very cOrruptly against Thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which Thou commandest thy servant Moses Nehemiah, 1:7.
 No principle is more noble, there is none more holy, than that of true obed1- ence.-Henry Giles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-29

Vernon and Rockville have been enjoy ing dog quarantine that was probably as long-lived, if actually not longer, than Waterbury's, it lasted just a year. The ban being lifted last week by Commis- sioner of Domestic Animals Edwin R. Dimock. It comes just in time to permit hunters to use their dogs for the open season.
Evening star., 1934-05-12
RALLY FEATURES.

A special program and rally will
be the features Of the regular month
ly meeting held in the lecture room
of the Asbury A. M. E. Church. corner
of Eleventh and K streets, from to
pm. tomorrow, Rev. Robert M.
Williams, pastor.
The proceeds Of the rally will be
used to increase the scholarship fund.
The following guests, artists and
pupils will contribute to the program:
Gabrielle Pelham, S. S. Shelmar,
Evelyn v. Ross, Grace D. Mahoney,
harmonizers; MIR. Nixon, Mr.. Taylor,
Mr.. Epps, Mr.. Payne, Audre Contee,
Roberta Chavers Stella F. Fielder,
Josephine v. Farrar and Julia ".
Clayborne.
The public is invited.
Evening star., 1934-05-12
COLLEGE PLAYERS IN
"THE WINTERS TALE"
American University Drama
Group Does Well in the Eliza
bethan STYLE Production.

DSSa0A NV ~ .
Shakespeare's THE Winters Tale"
was presented by the American Uni
versity Dramatic Club last night at
the university's gymnasium in style
that would have pleased the most
devoted Of the bard's following. A
clear and well modulated diction to-
gether with surprisingly well drilled
cast made the play one well worth
seeing.
Although one of Shakespeare's
least produced dramas, it neverthe-
less has all the ingredients that are
Shakespeare's own. Tragedy, princes,
Serfs, humor and a moral lesson all
were duly enacted and woven in an
interesting fashion. Elaborately and
colorfully costumed, the actors pre-
Sented the play in the Elizabethan
style, with one setting for all the acts
and without the curtain for the
scenes.
The cast was completed by Ariel
McNinch, Merle Randle, Theodore
Field, George White, Howard Duck
worth, Edward Hopper. George Bor-
sari, Larry McLendon, Richard Buck
ingham, Richard Tuve, Harold War
ner, Richard Hummer, Rae Clarke,
Harl Hendrick, Hazel Kirk, Mercedes
Rockefeller, Myrta Bronson, Helen
Shenton, Eleanor Waite, Ann Hen
derson, Owenita Harrah, Betty wiki
ins, Betty Stephan, Doris Brouger.
Beatrice Comeau, Lois Green, jean
nette Howard, Polly Monarch,
Dorothy Payne Mary Quimby, Theo-
dora Heimerle, Esther Smith and
Frances Robinson. F. L. c.
Evening star., 1934-05-12

more before continuing their trip.
They will 60 from here to Richmond
and then to New York.
Mrs. John L. Shipman has re-
turned from a four-week visit in the
South, which included points in
Florida, Louisiana and Texas and
several Mexican border towns. Her
daughter, Mrs J. Y. Cleveland, made
the trip with her. but remained in
Mission, Tex. where Mr.. Cleveland is
engaged in business.
Dr. and Mrs Edward S. Krans Of
Plainfield, N. j., are at the Dodge
and are accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Horatio S. Krans of Paris, France.
Mrs. Blanche Yorkdale has as guests
in her home in Cherrydale. Va. for
the week end Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Hicks of Maytown, Pa.
Mrs. Edward Fales Coward and
Mrs. S. w. MacConnell have come
from their home in New York to
spcuu Soiic IlLho al IAie MAI .Aiiidoe'
Phi Delta Sorority will hold its sec
ond annual Spring sport dance at the
Woodmont Country Club tomorrow
from 10 pm. to l am Miss Dorothy
Bishoff is chairman of the Dance
Committee.
Rabbi Volkman will be the guest
speaker at the Phi Delta Sorority's S
Mothers day tea to be held in the
patio room of the Carlton Hotel to-
morrow.
Mr.. and Mrs George Mahoney. ac-
companied by Mrs. w. R. Padgett and
her daughter have come to Washing
ton from Baltimore and will remain
at the Willard for the week end.
Evening star., 1934-05-12
IN LAST CONCERT OF
ANNUAL PIANO SERIES
Two Soloists introduced to a
Large Washington Audience
Last Evening.

Last Evening.
The last concert Of the eleventh
annual series Of pianaforte recitals
was given last evening by the Wash
ington Pianists' Club, in the audi
torium of the Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church. under the direc-
ton of Mrs. Martin A. Morrison. or
ganizer of the club. 1t concluded
one Of the most successful seasons
in the history of the organization.
The soloists of the evening were
Katharine Morrison and Martha Nc
Adams. who regaled the large audi
ence Of music lovers, with highly art
istic piano playing in individual re-
citals. Miss Morrison, presented by
Felian Garzia, included in her pro-
gram prelude and Fugue in E
Minor" by Mendelssohn; "Norturne
in E Major" and "Ballade in G
Minor" by Chopin, and the first
movement of Tschaikowski's "B Flat
Minor Concerto" with the artistic as
sistance of Mr.. Garzia at the second
piano. In all of her renditions Miss
Morrison displayed beautiful touch,
delicacy of shading, neat phrasing,
fine Interpretation and digital dex-
terity. Her performance of the con-
certo was one of the outstanding feats
Of her pianistic work
During the intermission, Edward
Dawson, president of the club. ex-
pressed his appreciation to the direc-
tor, Mrs. Morrison, in behalf Of his
fellow members, for her devotion to
such a worthy musical cause in de-
veloping young pianistic talenC. Mrs.
Morrison thereupon received an ova-
ton.
Following the intermission. Martha
McAdams, a pupil of LaSalle Spier
and Rudolf CAM Of Chicago, was
heard in a varied and colorful pro-
gram, consisting of Bach's French
Suite in E Major; two "Capriccios."
C sharp minor and c major, by
Brahms; "Nocturne, E Minor" and
"MaZurka. C Sharp Minor" by
Chopin; Ravel's Valley Of the Bells"
and ''Alborada del Gracioso." and as
her final number, the first movement
of Beethoven's &c Major Concerto"
with the accompaniment of Mr.. Spier
on the second piano. Miss McAdams
is young pianist of fine musical
ability and consummate pianistic skill.
She has a wealth of technique, ex-
cellent feeling for tonal color and