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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
Weddings
Personal

The Social Eight card club met on Saturday evening at the home of Miss Elsie Renaldi of Platt street. Plans were discussed for a New Years eve party. after which q delicious luncheon was served. Those present were: MT and Mrs Frederick ,Hadden, Mir and Mrs John Giacih, MT and Mrs Joseph Parziale, Elsie Renaldi and Joseph Mazzaferro.
 Miss Olive Hapenney of Hamil- ton avenue is spending a week in New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-18
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES :

MT and Mrs Joseph Cavanaugh have returned from their wedding trip and have taken up their resi- dence on Merry street. Mrs Cav anaugh is the former E. Irene He- bert, daughter of MT and Mrs Hamidas Hebert of Temple street.
 Employes of the Lorraine Shop enjoyed a party at the Cheshire Cat Inn recently. During the even-- ing entertainment was enjoyed ant delicious dinner was served. Those attending were: Misses Helen McQuinn, Viola Egan, Rose Kunofsky, Zelda Castleman, Nata- lie Goldstein, Betty Sullivan, Mar garet Phaneuf, Mabel Cestar, liar riet Bradley, Florence Harpin, Frances Noonan, Bertha Marches rky and Mrs Harry Bierenbaum.
 Mrs Corrine Boisvert was hos tess at a shower given recently in compliment to Mrs Army LaBunda, the former Irene Boisvert. Dur ing the evening entertainment was enjoyed and a delicious luncheon was served. Those present were: Mrs Caroline Levesque, Mrs Lot tie Levesque, Mrs Leona Bouffard Mrs Cecile Alexander, Mrs Yvonne Guerard, Mrs Henriette Crochetierei Mrs George Pronovost, Mrs Addie Boisclair, Mrs Florence Boisvert Mrs Bernice Boisvert, Mrs Ludger Bouffard, Mrs Carmen Migloris Mrs Aurore Ouelette, Mrs M. De- scheme, Mrs Alice Grenier, Mrs Angeline Lavigne, Mrs Albert La vigne, Mrs Emma King, Mrs Lil- Han Coscia, Mrs Frederick Viellette, Mir Alice Castonguay, Mrs Hector Hubour and Misses Margaret Bouf- fard, Helen Bouffard, Germaine Crochetiere, Clara Ouelette, Mar garet Russolillo, Dora Crochetiere, Eva Crochetiere, Pauline Levesque, Phoebe Levesque, Lillian King, Rita Veilette, Alice Veilette, Alice Hubour and Alice Langevin.
 Misses Irene Byrne of Niagara street, Mary Guilfoile of Robbins street, Eleanor Leary of Frank street and Polly Daly of Columbia Boulevard are among the Trinity students who will arrive this week to spend the holiday recess at their homes
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
THE DAVISES HOLD
OPPOSITE VIEWS
BY Charles S. Davis.

BY Charles S. Davis.
A letter written by Charles Hall
Davis appeared in the Message Cen
ter April %, and since then q num-
Der of my acquaintance have
questioned me concerning this let
ter. I wish to state that I do not
hold the same views as expressed
by C.. H. Davis.
The supposed educator, DR.. Writ,
utterly violates my conception Of
honor and fair play in his betrayal
of the hospitality and confidence
Of his hostess and fellow guests.
Six reputable persons have sworn
under oath that William A. Writ
Ga Writ to the wise is suficient)
accused them falsely.
G. H. Davis seems somewhat con-
fused in his political philosophy.
In accusing the present admin
istration Of trying to arrive at four
separate and individually distinct
ends, he makes himself absurd.
Surely he realizes the government
a not be Socialist, Communist
and Fascist all at the same time.
Congress, the President, and the
courts always have been on trial
before the people of our republic;
yes, even the Constitution itself,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
FASCISTS' FOLLY

THERE seems, fortunately, to be a curse
l. on those people who would like to inflct
Fascism on the United States. Something
makes them show themselves up before they
have a chance to take hold Of things.
Consider, for instance, the case OF Art j..
Smith.
About a year ago Smith was waxing big
as the head of the Khaki Shirts" of Amer
lea; he was a general, no less, and he talked
of leading 7OOO,O 900 followers to Washington
to set up a Fascist dictatorship.
The other day Smith was sentenced to
prison in New York as a perjurer. His arm,
had scattered, and he stood convicted of hav-
ing tried to lie an innocent man into prison as
a murderer.
And the brand of Fascism he represented,
instead of growing into a public danger, dis
solved into a ludicrous footnote to history.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
THOSE GOOD DEEDS
OF OMISSION
By George Gould Kline.

By George Gould Kline.
The Times is to be congratulated
for some things it does not do.
1t does not attempt to deceive
the public by headlines misinter-
preting its news items.
1t does not prostitute its freedom
to express its views by denying an
equal freedom to its readers.
1t does not assume the total ig-
norance of its readers by tossing
catch phrases into the editorial
scales, adding a few conclusions and
announcing the result with a parti-
san fist on the scales in plain sight.
1t has not defended the lying,
cheating, trickery and greed of un-
fair competition, sweat shop and
child labor, as attacked by the NRA.
1t has not defended that attitude
toward the victims Of the depres-
sion which was expressed in the
aforementioned words, lust sweat
it out" and 1T might be worse"
| 1t has not opposed efforts to re-
lieve the unfortunate on the ground
that it was not a federal obligation
and the national debt should not
De increased except in time Of war.
1t has not defended grand scale,
loaded dice gambling with the coun-
try's wealth, nor the unloading of
worthless foreign securities on small
banks and investors for a commits
sion.
1t has not opposed efforts to pre-
vent the Slamming Of bank doors on
the peoples savings.
1t has not opposed the control Of
the dollar. and Of credit, by the ma
tional gofernment, instead Of by
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
WEALTH DISTRIBUTION
L PRESENTED

BY j. L. watkins.
Completion of the Union Pacific
railroad in 1866 proved co the build
ers that if they only had a presi-
dent that knew nothing Of civil
government they could easily get
possession of the patrimony belong
ing to the people OF the United
States.
The Union Pacific railroad was built
under the Credit Mobilier swindle.
The United States gave the builders
every alternate section for miles on
both sides of the railroad from
Omaha to San Francisco, 1875
miles, making a territory Of more
than 5000 square miles, one and
one-third times as large as Indiana,
and S55, 000, 900.
In 1868 they nominated General
Grant for President, a man who
knew nothing Of civil government,
and elected him, and in 1872 they
nominated him again and elected
him.
In 1876 Tilden and Hendricks
we're elected by an overwhelming
majority and were counted out and
Hayes and Wheeler declared elected
by the renowned eight to seven.
To show the condition of the coun-
try in the early seventies, Charles
Dickens visited the American con-
gress and went back to England
and told the English people the
American congress was a drunken
rabble.
The proper authorities investi-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
BACK TO NORMALLY

ONE sign of the country's emergence from
the depression might be found in the at
tendance figures being rolled up at the vari-
Gus big league baseball parks.
Not in a long time has baseball enjoyed
such good patronage; the fan, evidently, is
better able to finance the purchase of tickets
nowadays than he has been for several years.
Taken as a whole, interest in baseball does
not vary much from year to year. There is
a certain section Of the population that will
give the games a steady patronage on two
conditions; first, the competition be reason
ably close and interesting, and second, that
the money with which to buy tickets be avail
able.
This year both conditions are being met.
Baseball is regaining its health-and it
couldn't be doing that unless the country as
a whole were doing the same thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
GREECE'S LUCKY ESCAPE

THE people of Greece don't really know
Il how lucky they are. If they read Amer
lean newspapers, however, they may find out.
Samuel insult, bound home in spite of him
self, reveals that he had laid careful plans to
erect a gigantic power empire in Greece. He
says that after a long study he became thor
oughly convinced that 1--WE could quickly make
Greece the leading commercial and industrial
country of the Near East" and only his I'M
timely flight prevented him from putting his
plans into execution.
Mr.. insult once had a similarly grandiose
plan for the United States, and the place is
still sore. Some one ought to explain to the
descendants of Pericles and Demosthenes that
this seems to be their lucky year.
The insult brand of industrial greatness
failed to descend on them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
NATIONAL HONOR

VXTHEN President Roosevelt signs the reve-
w nue. bill he will send to congress a mes
sage saying that he refrained from a veto Of
the measure despite his objections to its
obnoxious coconut oil tax.
He will say that he felt he could not,
merely because Of that one provision, sacri-
flee all Of the other important tax reforms
and revenue increases contained in the bill.
He will ask congress to reconsider the oil
tax. He will point out to congress that the
oil tax is a dishonorable tax in that it violates
both the spirit and letter Of the Philippine
independence law. He will ask that congress
do the fair thing by resembling this destruc-
tive tax and standing by the solemn pledge
that has been made to the people OF the
Philippines.
When the President has spoken we snail
see whether congress fears selfish lobbyists
more than it respects American honor. Con-
gress should pass a joint resolution eliminat-
ing this tariff-tax.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
JOKE ON THE JOKER

IT would be a good thing if practical jokers
l. everywhere could read what happened
to the gentleman in East Aurora, N. Y, who
thought it would be fun to play a little trick
on some newly-married friends of his.
His friends were just starting on their
honeymoon. So this chap notified the state
police that the car they were riding in had
been stolen.
This is an old gag, among practical jokers,
guaranteed to cause the victims Of the joke
a good deal of annoyance and humiliation;
and in this case it worked perfectly.
However, when the ~perpetrator finally ad-
mitted that it was all a joke, the police failed
to see anything funny in it; and then took
the joker into court. where he was promptly
fined $50 for being a nuisance.
The world would be a pleasanter place if
that sort Of thing happened to practical jokers
more frequently.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
A SEVERE TEST-MET

TINE automobile labor board set up by the
administration to handle labor trouble in
the automotive industry seems to have passed
its first big hurdle successfully. The strike of
1900 employees in the Fisher body plant-a
strike which occurred in one of the industry's
"bottle-necks" and therefore had effects far
outside the plant directly involved-has been
settled, and a way of composing the differ
ences between workers and arrangements is
being found peaceably.
One hopes that this may be an omen for
the boards future history. TIL automotive
industry presents a labor problem which can
be extraordinarily complex and difficult; the
auto labor board is an experiment, and many
people have predicted from the first that it
would not work out.
Now we find it meeting a severe test, and
emerging with flying colors. For the sake
of industrial peace and continued business
revival, ore hopes that it will have equally
good luck in all future disputes that are re-
ferred to it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

Wall Street, nor opposed moving
the government back where it be-
longs.
1t has not pretended that period
ical depressionS were inevitable con-
sequences of the laws of nature,
nor has it offered 10000 900 paupers
the consolation that it was the I'M
alterable will of God.
To enumerate all the things The
Times has not defended would be
to enumerate all the ruthless, vile
and immoral practices, so far I'M
covered, by which the cunning
cheat the ignorant and unwary, and
the strong rob the weak. On be-
half Of the hopeless ones and the
simple ones who are now grateful
for six feet Of sod, and in memory
of all those who have taken their
own lives, we can justly thank one
newspaper in indianapolis for what
it has not done.
And may we express the hope
that The Times will be welcomed in
every home in Indiana where there
are true believers in a stronger,
more militant and useful Church Of
Christ.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
e Il q
C~HRIST-LIKE SPIRIT
TODAY ADVOCATED
By j. A. Schmidt.

1t doesn't seem to matter much
these days what we say, write or do.
as long as we do not harm anyone
bodily and remain in the bounds Of
the law. However, We are in the
days Of revealing facts as they
really are. Aside from a few des-
peradoes we are nearly all peaceable,
cooperative and progressive.
Anyone who looks around, thinks
twice and uses a little m
sense. can see changes in favor Of
One who made it so. He knows
what He wants regardless OF our
greatness, smallness, shallow think
ing, deep thinking, or no thinking
at all.
We can not all be right, neither
are we all wrong. The question is.
what difference does it make as long
as We get results in the right light?
When Christ tthe greatest of all
mem was crucified Oil the cross be-
tween two thieves He was classed
as one, and those who put Him there
conquered by seeing him dead. After
three days He came back to show
Himself victorious over death.
There is, however, connected with
this story the Pharisees' idea Of mis-
leading the people.
We need men and women with
the Christ spirit to lead and
teach us.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
STILL DOESN'T
APPROVE STRIKE

BY a Loyal Employe.
The knitters at the Real Silk mad
good jobs and made more money
than the average working man in
indianapolis, and yet they walked
out. Instead, they should nave
been down on their knees, praying
to God for having so much for
which to be thankful. We who still
are working are not doing it for our
health, but because we need and
thoroughly appreciate jobs.
AS far as the management pro-
tecting its workers is concerned, that
proves how fair and square the en-
plOyeS at the Real Silk are treated.
We all have a right to our opin-
ions, but I wonder how some of
the trouble-makers can think they
r right. I can not imagine any,
thing more yellow" than for a
bunch of strikers attacking one man.
Not only that, but it isn't safe for
the working girls now.
How can any one find anything
honorable in such conduct?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
DUPLICATE TAXES

ONE of the reasons local taxes have been
piling up-perhaps the most important
reasons that taxing authorities have been
created too freely.
First the city, then the county. then
drainage districts, school districts, sewer dis
tricts, and so on. On top of the taxes levied
by these subdivisions of government are the
federal taxes. In Mobile, Ala, for instance,
gasoline is taxed by four separate authorities,
including the federal government.
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau's
proposed national tax conference this summer
may be the means for bringing some order out
of this general chaos; it may set us on the
road toward a national tax system.
But this can not be done, we believe. unless
there is also a wide reorganization of local
governments.
In many states there are too many coun-
ties. In others the consolidation of city and
county would straighten out part of the mess.
There are school and drainage and other dis
tricts-almost all of them empowered to levy
taxes-which should be merged in some CEN
trail local power.
The movement toward reorganization of
local governments is heartening. 1t should
be pushed even further, particularly in the
south and southwest, in conjunction with the
move to institute a national tax system, with
fields of taxation divided among cities, states
and the federal government.
When this is done, taxpayers will receive
some of the relief they have been seeking for
years.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05

when the present governmental set
up no longer functions efficiently.
May I ask c. H. Davis to be spe-
cilc? Wherein has President Roose-
welt, acted as a benevolent despot?
1 do not believe that he has.
In what manner has the COnsti-
tuition been disregarded or the con-
stitutional limits been infringed
upon by the present Congress,
courts, or administration officials?
Please stop dealing in generalities,
Mr.. Davis, and stick to things which
you a prove; or, r you choosing
to emulate DR.. Writ?
I will admit that the present adj
ministration has sought to place the
true government Of the people in
Washington where it belongs, and
not in Wall Street where it has
functioned in years gone by. Per-
haps Mr.. Davis objects to this pro-
cedure. Are the Wall Street bank
ers and brokers, perchance, the
masters and creators that G. H. Da-
Wis had reference to in his letter?
My faith and support continues
for President Roosevelt and the
present administration. I am hop
ing they will succeed in bringing our
country quickly out Of the depres-
sion, despite the opposition to the
new deal coming from radicals,
Communists, and the reactionary
special-privileged group which is
afraid it will lose special privileges.
Let us hope the Constitution will
function as a bill of equal rights for
every one and not as a shield for
the selfish activities of a limited
group.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
MAY 5. 1894.
A LETTER FROM HOME

A FEW months ago they we're saying that
"A a stock market regulation bill never could
pass congress.
Wall Street was overweening in its conf
dence, despite the shocking revelations Of
financial racketeering by the senate banking
committee.
Today the fight of President Roosevelt for
regulation to protect the investor is more than
half won. The house has passed a strong bill
and yet a fair bill that no honest broker,
banker or business man need fear-by an
overwhelming majority. Victory in the senate
now seems assured.
The President has received no greater
tribute than his triumph in the house. This is
not only because it shows that the public, the
great masses who voted for him. still stand
staunchly behind him, but because this par
ticular bill was selected for a test by the old
financial crowd in their attempt to break
through the Roosevelt front lines.
The latter have suffered a complete rout,
in spite of such a lobby as the capital has
not seen in man years.
The result in the house reveals the public
support of the President because when that
body spoke so convincingly it merely echoed
the people back home. This is an election year.
Congressman have their very sensitive an
tennae delicately attuned in the political ether.
Only eighty-four members dared to vote
against the President.
The New York Stock Exchange drummed
up a backhre from the home town banker, the
business man, the stock broker, and the in
nocent job holder who was scared into taking
pen in hand. Much ink was used in copying
the forms sent out far and wide by the lobby
centered here. In most cases the writer's knew
nothing whatever about the bill.
But along with all these tons of mail was
the bonafde letter from home.
It did the trick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
A PIONEER PASSES

TIME seems to move fast, on the North
u American continent. The day before yes
terday is antiquity; an empire can be built in
a generation, and a mans lifetime can span
changes that take centuries elsewhere.
You can hop in a car nowadays and drive
anywhere in the west that once was wild
without the slightest danger of anything worse
than running out of gas a long way from q
filling station.
And yet it was only the other day that
Major General Hugh L. Scott died; and Gen
eral Scott fought the Indians across that
limitIess stretch, and knew the western trails
in the DAYS when a man risked his scalp to
follow them.
His life was a long one-he died at the age
of 80: and, yet. as the lives of nations go, it
was short enough, and the changes which he
saw and helped to bring about simply empha-
size n a fact that we sometimes forget
that we are. after all. a very young nation,
and that our future is ahead of us.
The things that have happened to us in
the depression years sometimes make US think
and talk as if we had reached an extreme old
age. We look back on a golden era, and We
trace the GfO4ONAOAA - "a AA-SAAGNAe 0A0 OOA
social system as if we were a very ancient
people that had somehow reached the end of
a very long trail.
We have come to some sort of fork in the
road and we carry on as if We had got to
the end of all things.
So 1t pays us to look back and see how
short our national career has really been.
General Scott went west, a young West
Pointer, in 1876. Custer was newly dead at
the Little Big Horn; the west was afame
with angry tribesmen; the country had not
even finished the job Of c~ivilizing and paci-
fyipR its western borders. 1t was, in other
words. still on the threshold Of its youth.
Nov that far-od time was less than sixty
wears ago. Since then we hardly have had
time to do more than lay the foundations for
our future.
We could make no greater mistake han
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
OFFICE
RY a Reader

By a Reader
I desire to call attention to the
Importance of voting for county
commissioners and of placing the
right men in the Office. They are to
the county what the mayor is to the
city.
The candidates names appear well
toward the end of the ballot and
often we are so engrosSed with other
Offices that we do not vote Or are
negligent in voting or do not give
serious consideration as to the men
we are voting for.
The county commissioners prepare
the annual budget, award con-
tracts for supplies and equipment,
manage several county institutions,
play a prominent part in road work,
administer the old-age pension law
and generally supervise various
branches Of the county's business.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-05
DECLARES BOARD
IGNORES VOTE
Bv Mrs. II. Kahn

BY Mrs. H.. Kahn.
No doubt every n is tired of
reading about the Real Silk strike,
but I must add a few words. I am
not an employe of this company,
but I know only too well of some
of the deals received by the en-
ployes.
When the labor board handed
down its decision in favor of the
so-called E. M. B. A., why did it
utterly ignore the National and
Fulton mills, which have no E. NJ.
B. A. or any other company union?
By the way, Mr.. Goodman, I
have known you personally for a
number of years and read Friday
such naughty stories about how
much cheaper you can get your
work manufactured in other cities.
Why, Jack, how can you?
I know you have enough money
to buy victory for yourself, Mr..
Goodman. AS a matter of fact, you
are trying to buy this whole town,
and the people in it-body and
SOul.