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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
A Book a Day
 by BRUCE CAPTION
Losing His Papers,
 He Lost Everything

"rho Death Ship," by D. TraVon, ls a startling novel about the hor. rlblo things that can happen to a man in the cock-Gycd post. war world of Europe if h0 can't prove that he is who no says he is.
 A young American snIlor goes ashore in Antwerp and is loft be. hind when his ship Bails ahond of schedule. Ills passport, Bnilor's book, md all other papers arc on tho ship, and no immediately finds that Go Do adrift in Europe thoso days without Identification papers is about the worst fix imaginable.
 No country and no ship will have hIm. Officially, h0 has no citlZon- ship and no identity. COnBulls can. not help him, shipmnsters cannot hlro him. PoliG0 arrest him and shove him over tho nearest b0rder. lIe Can Rets no job, nor Gan he 10. gully do any travelling. lie is sim. ply In the discard, permanently and lrretriovabE.
 So, finally, he ships out on an antiquuted, filthy tramp st0amer, with crew undorfed and under. mnnned, H vessel engaged lll run. ning munitions Illegally to the TO. voltlng tribesnion of North Africa. only such q ship will tako him, and everybody in the crew is in Q fix like hls-rn0 papers.
 Therefore, thore are all at the mercy of the ships owners. No matter how badly they arc trented, they cannot complnin.
 And then begins c tale Of hard ship, brutality, and misery that Is hard 10 match In modern litera. ture. our sailor is entangled In q world gone mad, 2 world Tn which justice and sanity have simply ceased Co exist.
 There can be no escape. Legally, he and hIs fellows do not exist.
 It makes q moving and horrify. Ing book.
 Published by Knopf, 1t retails at S2,5O.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
Berlin Letter
BY EDWARD BEA1srIE IJnlted Dress ktAtf COrpeRl,Onuellt

United Press Stan Correspondent
 Berlin (UP) .--How should you greet a Jew in the streetY
 The Nazl "Angriff,' will show you how. :. ..
 "Even in the Third Reich," t recently announced to It's roaders, tits impossible to avoid cominY into contact with Jews. .. In recent days they think they can al' low themselves q certain coniiden- tial tonc."
 "They act as though nothing had happened. They already have q certain careless manner of speak. ing to National Socialists. AS though we didn't notice 1t! They're mistaken"
 The Way to Act
 "When a Jew comes to us. Let's act at first us though we didn't hear correctly. We'll gaze away distantly, as though we were looking for the far land of Ca- man."
 If he persists, then we'll look him straight in the eye. The Jew understands mimicry. If that isn't enough, then we'll look him over from top to bottom and bottom to top, passing over his strange body"
 If he still fails to comprehend. we are faced with q typical case of arrogance, and must accordingly, as: Sir, you are making q mistake. You haven't the country or Have you engaged passage on a Mediter- ranean cruise with an extension to Taffa 2, 0r Did we meet before. or after January 30Y"
 Tine Effect
 "No one will find these insulting. but we have no doubt that they will have their effect. We might get pleasure out of our intercourse with Jews. That can be done. We have humor enough"
 s'Formerly they thought they could educate us in Germany. Now it has shifted 180 degrees and they must take lessons from us. In other countries that long has been the case. There they are much more discreet. There they know exactly how far their public and social license goes"
 "They pay attention to the signs in the public parks. They don't walk on the grass. But here they'd like fo march with us to Tempelhof ! Field and slns and sell sausages."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
So They Say

War is . racket. know bs- cause I've been in it for sS years and I'm out now to rouse tho American people to put an end to this racket,
 "-Maj den sm.al:y D. Butler
 if I could count on six runs every time l pitched, I'd win 30 -Wtsioy Terrell, Boston Rcd Sex
 pitcher.
 An armaments raee must Do avoided if it ls humanly possible. The world eannet stand the strain, --M. Louis Barthou, French fer.
 elgn minister.
 The young of to-day have no faith In thelr parents. In fact, they consider their fathers and mothers pitiably lacking In com. mon sense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

Football loses one of it's most ardent defenders in the death Tuesday at Easton, Pa, of Parke H. Davis. If there was an expert on the grid game in the Unitel States then this man certainly deserved the title So versed was he in the knowl- edge of the game that he was selected by the Encyclopedia Brittanica to write a history of the game for that publication. He was a football player himself in his college days at Princeton. He never lost his love for the game. He never tired of writing about it, whether the contest was a mere schoolboy contest or an important intersectional match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

aces, and tho temples of the an' eient Dabylonians. nll
 Q. What are the titles of the officials In France, Italy, the Neth- eriands, and Portugal who core. spond to the postmaator General of the United stutesP
 A, Minister of Posts aud Tele. graphs, France; Minister Of Com. mui,lcations, Italy; Minister Of Public Works, Netherlands, and Minister of Public Works and Communication Portugal. .r
 Q. What does the name sny- der meanY
 A. It Is an English family name derlved from tho German Sehheis dor, meaning a tailor.
 e.. Are there any snakes In Alaska?
 A. No.
 If you want . copy of our bulle- tin "H0use Ants", wrlte Co Tho Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, enclosing five cents 'h postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
ssoo. o.eoe,ooe TO RENEW FARMS

i. Austin. rex. (UP) Approxi.
 mateIy $500, ,OOo. 900 would De re- auired to rehabilitate all Texas farm homes to only moderate de- grees of comfort. a statewide sur vey has indicated. Running water, roofing, painting and screens for windows and doors were listed as the most pressing needs. Director o. B. Matin of the Texas A. A M. college extension service. co~oper- atIng in the suryeys &sIieges it a cvmDtom of oi1esst4ndinE aeris tuItural ttslfess in the southVest'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
NO MORE MEMBERS
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(NeW Yofk sum
 4 brief obituary notice in tho London Times tells of the death of aen ldca as well as of q man, A few years ago the Rev Prank Nell yllle, vicar of Exhall, founded the National Anti-Seandai society, which almost immediately had q countrywide embership. It's members received a badge bearing . likeness of the three wise mon keys and the legend, "speak no evil, see no evil and hear no evil" At It's most vigorous the soclety's meyiabership could be counted only in the hundreds, bGt t was made up of enthusiasts. Why did iS dwindle away and come to nothing In just q few years? The Times observes that Mir Melville was noted for his outspoken views and hls humor." He must have felt the need of his humor when he saw the speedy collapse of hls neral society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

The oldest gin distillery in the United States is about to reopen it's doors. This dubious title is claimed by the Old Aga wam Gin Mill of Agawam, Mass. It claims it's life dates back to 1780. It closed it's doors in 1917. Now it returns to it's first love. A few more claims to antiquity in the field of alcoholic beverages and we'll be believing that this was quite nation of tipplers in the colonial era.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
DAILY WASHINGTON .MERRY-GO-ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Federal Relief for Strikers May De Nsrt GovsvHmsHt Worry; Steel Workers PdW Wdkout to Boost Declining Membership Ford Blue Eagle FeMd Dsprtves Army of GU Light Tracks; Democrats Oppose Amendments Moking Wallace A.A.A. Cs0r.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08
Questions And Answers
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

Most Americans seem to agree that those foreign war debts should be paid. All that remains is to collect 'em. And anybody who knows how to do that little job could lick the depression with one hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-08

All vehicles must be lighted not later than 8: :52 o'clock. daylight time, tonight.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29

By Edward Kirch.
According to newspaper re-
ports a committee of Indian
apolis citizens has succeeded in
having the proposed housing prof.
ect reopened in spite Of the fact
that all citizens who have the
future welfare Of Indianapolis at
heart are opposed to it.
I knew if we waited long
enough we would find out who
the niggers in the woodpile are.
Hearing all of the opposition
against this project convinces me
that there are some Indianapolis
citizens who have not already for
gotten what these same individ-
uals, favoring this project, doc
tors, lawyers, real estate dealers
and what not have done to our
banks and building companies of
Indianapolis, thereby forcing the
experience builder to accept en-
pIoyment under the civil works
administration, and forcing a
great many rental property hold
ers to apply for charity.
Having MIXED Indianapolis
dry, they see some easy money at
Washington. Then when the fed
eral taxes increase, have the nerve
to complain, which they are do
ing here, although our high taxes
we're caused by them.
M. III. Miller claims there is a
shortage of homes in Indian
apolis. I wonder whether he
thinks people can be fooled as
easily as they were when build
ing and loan companies loaned
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
THE KICK BACK RACKET

DUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATOR ICKES
L moves to scotch a particularly noxiouS
form of extortion being practiced upon work.
men employed in nonfederal projects. 1t is
called the kick back.
To guard against wage cutting on public
works the government requires contractors to
pay a wage rate fixed by the administration
Determined to chisel these wages, certain con-
tractors require employees to accept lesser
amount in their weekly pay rolls While GER
tifying that they have received the full
amount. Workmen complaining against the
swindle have been told to find work elsewhere.
Secretary Ickes has assigned an inspector
for each job to whom workmen may complain
if their pay is less than it should be- Con-
tractors practicing the kick back racket VIII
be forced to make restitution on pain OF nav
ing their federal contracts revoked.
The punishment seems mild.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
AFTER RECOGNITION

ID ECOGNITION by the United States gov
N eminent of the new Cuban regime headed
by President Carlos NIendieta brings the trou-
bled affairs of that unfortunate republic ap-
preciably nearer a solution
1t is only just, however, to recognize the
fact that a great deal remains to be done and
that lot of it must be done in Washington,
before Cuban affairs can be truly sound.
The sugar situation has to be untangled,
somehow. This country probably will be asked
to admit from 100000 to 100000 tons of
Cuban sugar. the prosperity of the island de-
ponds very largely on the extent to which
Washington is prepared to be generous in
that respect.
Abrogation of the Platt amendment, under
which the United States has reserved the
right to intervene in Cuban affairs, is another
matter that awaits attention. Since the adj
ministration already has announced definitely
that it is discarding the policy of intervention,
this should present no difficulty.
Given a little assistance at Washington,
Cuba can face the future with confidence.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29

cause they unwfttingly few over certain jap
anese fortified areas.
1t is not so very long since innocent en-
ployes Of an American branch bank in
Toxic we're arTested-just like the japanese
in New Jersey-for taking pictures in the Vi
cinity of important shipyards
ANY American can understand that the &C
tivities of these Americans in Japan were COM
pletely innocent Similarly. any japanese can
see that the japanese who fell into the laws
hands in New Jersey we're sightseers pure
and simple.
But each nation is so ready to believe that
the other is harboring diabohc plots that the
most harmless incident can be made 70 look
like a sign of impending war.
And 1T is Just this nervous readiness to
expect the worst that creates the kind OF ten
sion from which wars are made. If we could
get over our fear, the task Of finding peace
full adjustments for the difficulties between
the two nations would be made immeasur-
ably easier.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
DABBLING POLITICIANS

TINE ugliest bit of political chicanery OF
L the year seems to be that which is be-
ing brought to light in certain localities IN
connection with job-giving activities OF the
civil works administration.
BY and large, the CwA has been handled
very capably indeed. But in some cities, 10
cal politicians seem to have got their hands
on things. They are accused of having
charged jobless men fees in return for lining
them up with CwA jobs, and department
of justice agents have been ordered to look
into the matter
President Hoover once had some biting
words to say about the practice of playing
politics with human misery" The politi-
clans who monkeyed with the CWA jobs lists
seem to have done precisely that, and the
spectacle is not pretty one.
These work-relief projects must be kept
out Of the hands of machine politics, at all
costs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
MONDAY. JAN 20. 1884
THE STOCK MARKET REPORT

CTATEAIENTs BY Speaker Henry T. Rainey
~ and others in congress that there probably
will be no stock market legislation at this ses-
sion doubtless are as surprising TO the White
House as 70 the public. If there is anything
the President has made. clear from his in
augural to date, it is that prompt and drastic
government regulation Of the stock exchange
is absolutely essential.
Our guess is that Speaker Rainey viii
change his mind about delay when he has
time to hear from the country.
In the words Of the Presidents special
committee, which has just reported, disclos-
ures by the senate investigation have shocked
the conscience Of the nation"
The Presidents committee is to be COM
mended for its able report. AS a final study
this report would be inadequate. but it our
ports to be only suggestive. As such it should
be of real help to the senate committee in
drafting the definite legislation.
There is merit in the Presidents committee
suggestion that federal regulatory agency be
given rather wide discretion in dealing with
some abuses. provided OF course, that such an
agency is divorced as completely as possible
from political control
But We are not Impressed by the committee
recommendation that virtually all abuses be
left to the proposed regulatory body to handle.
Where the abuse is obvious, as in the case Of
pools, for instance, congress should specifically
outlaw the practice The same applies to. the
needed separation by law Of brokerage busi-
nesses from the retailing of securities, follow
ing the new law which separates banks from
afiliates.
After congress outlaws the worst and clear
est abuses. there will still be plenty left for
federal regulatory agency to do in discretion
airy supervision of the exchanges.
Two Of the reports suggestions. which are
particularly important are those relating to
federal licensing of stock exchanges and fed
eral incorporation of corporations engaged in
interstate commerce.
The senate banking committee which has
been of such great service under the leader
ship Of Chairman Duncan Fletcher and Ferdi-
nand Pecora, should hasten the stock market
investigation so that the necessary remedial
legislation need not be long delayed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
RIGHT THINKING

TWELVE THOUSAND murders, 5000 kid
4 naplugS, 5000 cases Of arson, 10000 cases
of theft or burglary, and 100000 cases of as
sault-that's our annual crime record, Only to
mention a few OF the more serious offenses
The cost has been computed at fifteen billion
dollars-five times as much as it takes to run
the federal government, four times as much
as it takes to run all our schools, colleges and
universities enough to pay off the national
debt IN two years.
We maintain a veritable army of judges
prosecutors and peace officers but without
noticeable progress against lawlessness. We
maintain the most expensive educational sys-
TEN yet devised, but without improving the
social attitude Our mountain Of law, our
complicated judicial system, our improved
prisons and reformatorieS. our attempts to
make men over by kindness and persuasion
have accomplished very little.
Other and presumably less progressive
countries enjoy freedom from violence which
we have not been able to achieve. We have
ten murders per capita to England's one, and
our record in lesser crimes is equally bad, if
not worse.
In spite Of all her trouble and commotion,
France is able to guarantee the average cit
izen much better protection than we are.
We can't explain it on the ground of a
frontier complex" Canada is just as young
country as the United States, but Canada
suffers from no such degree of crime as tor
ments life and obstructs business on this side
of the border
Tt sometimes seems as though we couldn't
do anything straight, that a fundamental
streak of dishonesty, rebellion or pure cussed-
ness infects our every enterprise. Here is the
CWA. measure of relief, program designed
for no other purpose than to help the un-
fortunate, suffering from graft.
Some day we are going to wake up to the
fact that there is no substitute for common
honesty, the kind you build into children by
training them to realize that there is such
thing as conscience.
Some day We are going to discover that all
these technical attempts to make men good
by cash registers, elaborate bookkeeping and
check-up systems just do not work.
Some day we are going to admit that good
character is mans only hope and that if you
don't produce the right kind OF human beings
you might as well chuck machinery
For the last fifty years we have been shying
away from the emphasis formerly laid on right
thinking and right living, telling each other
that technical ability could be depended on to
save US that science was superior to morals
and that business success was its own guar
antee.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
A Woman's Viewpoint
i BY MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

TINE editor Of a large news
l. paper sorrowfully regards the
sight of so many conscientious
DIRECTORS to capital punishment
among citizens drawn for jury
service.
Each time the news goes out, he
says, rogues and rascals on trial
and at large feel thrill of joy.
Killers are always pleased at find
ing out how many softies do not
approve of the state turning MUIR
derer; society is in danger Of its
life because the quality Of our
mercy is not strained enough, he
thinks.
Yet how does he reconcile his
argument with facts? Statistics
compiled year or two ago show
that in states where capital pun
ishment is not permitted there
are no more, and in several cases
there are fewer, homicides than
in those states where the electric
char is kept busy.
It seems to me his reasoning is
based upon the supposition that
all men are created into two dis
tinct classes, the good and the
bad, each Of which must war
constantly with the other. And
there is a medieval quality in
such an idea.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL

TINE proposal Of Secretary Daniel c. Roper's
Il inter-departmental committee for crea-
ton of single federal body to regulate tele-
phone. telegraph and radio is an intelligent
one that congress might well accept.
But we believe that this story is too early
to permit. as the committee suggests, some
further extension of permission to merge ex-
iSting companies
This is a step the federal government
should take only after it knows great deal
more about the financial setup of the COM
munications corporations, more about their
holding companies. their labor relations, rates.
ETC.; more as to the feasibility of government
ownership and operation.
Congress might well approach this prob
lem as it has the regulation of railroads,
benefiting from mistakes made in the olden
operation.
BY the creation of communications COM
mission it could determine the facts. Then it
could decide whether to permit consultations.
Railroads have been authorized to merge
for a long period of years, providing their con-
solicitations are in the public interest. But
even now the government is not ready to rec
o1mend mergers on the grand scale.
Any merger authorization must take into
consideration not only the international op-
erations of our telephone, telegraph and radio
companies but likewise the problem of COM
petition at home between communications by
wire and by wireless.
Meanwhile, it is obvious that our regula-
ton OF communications is inadequate Strict
and unified regulation should first be tried,
and its effect on rates. etc. tested before great
consultations ara. permitted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
Home Owner Reps Housing PIdo

more money on hundreds Of
homes in indianapolis than they
should have cost, even if they
would have been built right.
There will be no shortage of
homes as long as our employers
go elsewhere for their employees
and employ mostly married wom-
en- who don't need work, thereby
forcing the taxpayer to lose his
property
can not understand why the
aforementioned individuals can
not leave the building game to
the man who knows how a home
should be built and only is in
terested in doing his work the
proper way and make a living
for himself and family by the trade
he had spent all his life on.
If these individuals have the
future welfare of Indianapolis at
heart, why not advocate some
plan enabling our loan companies
to pay their depositors who gladly
would spend their money on their
homes which are badly in need Of
repair?
And, why not advocate the ele-
walton of the Belt railroad tracks,
which would provide employment
to a large number of men and
would increase the value Of real
estate, not decrease it, as This
housing project would? But he
elevation of the Belt railroad
tracks would help the south side
and does not belong to Indian
apoIis only at taXpaying time
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-29
REFORMERS IN ACTION

A RAID led by Austin MacCormick, New
n York City's new commissioner of cor
rection, uncovered on Welfare island an amaz-
ing state Of favoritism and vice. Ruling the
prison like proconsuls were the chiefs Of two
racketeering gangs of prisoners.
These chiefs with their Wallets and hench-
men exacted tribute from other prisoners. sold
them dope brought in by carrier pigeons, went
in and out of Jail on passes. Their quarters
were furnished with radios, expensive cigars,
liquor, dope and weapons. That was the
Tammany way.
The story Of this raid should answer some
of the the absurd criticisms hurled at prison
reform and reformers. 1t is often said that
prison reforners are sentimentalists.
Commissioner MacCornick is one Of the
nations leading penal reformers, and has
established record for making over federal
prisons before Mayor La Guardia called him
to New York His conduct in this and other
affairs reveals him as anything but a senti-
mentalist.
Critics are fond of saying that prison re-
form coddles the prisoner, making his life
bed of roses. On Welfare Island, as in SIM
liar jails, there is luxury and it is for sale.
Prison reform abolishes this along with other
evils Naturally, gangsters, grafters and
crooked politicians prefer the old ways But
it is difficult to understand why any one else
should oppose prison reform.