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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
Is This Comic Opera?

The latest news from Washington is to the effect that following the adjournment of Congress, late this week or the follow. ing one, President Roosevelt will make several recess appointments affecting Connecticut He will name Frank Bergin, Mrs Fannie Dixon Welch, and Dr Edward G. Dolan to three federal offices. MT Bergin will be renamed District Attorney. Dr Dolan will be made collector of cus- toms; Mrs Welch, internal revenue col- lector. Yes, that's the set-up. There is no confusion of offices here.
 The only thing that we can't understand is the reversal of offices. If Frank Ber gin is renamed district attorney, then Dr Dolan might just as well be given his post back and Mrs Welch her post. If it is not the intention of the President to rename MT Bergin, then he would seem to be mak- ing a concession to Senator Lonergan, although in the final analysis the appoint ment may not be Attorney David A. Will son of Hartford, whom Senator Loncrgan wants made district attorney.
 The reason for naming Dr Dolan col- lector of customs and Fannie Dixon Welch internal revenue collector is to f0restall the working of bill that Senator Loner' gan put through month or so ago to take care or JuSL SuCH SlLudLIOH dS HOW eh- ists. The bill prevents appropriation of money for salaries for appontees to fed- eral jobs whose confirmation has been refused by the Senate. It would be an easy matter for the president to reappoint those turned down by the Senate and their pay would never be interrupted. The 11onergan bill forestals just such action. Hence the need to make new appoint ments, such as Dolan for customs collec- tor, Welch for internal revenue collector, would be.
 It is hard to believe, though that Pres ident Roosevelt would stoop to such tac- tics as this. What travesty on the American public it would be. We feel sure that if the administration is bent on re- turning to office those appointees whom the Senate has turned down, it will do so in a more open manner and with better regard for public opinion. However. 1t would undoubtedly work to the mutual advantage of the democratic party of Connecticut as well as that of the nation if a compromise plan were worked out for us with regard to patronage. This comic opera business has to be brought up short.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
Clear Up The Facts

Late in May we discussed the milk problem as it now besets this nation. We recommended q thorough congressional investigation of the situation with the in' tention of helping all parties--thc pro- ducer, the dealer, the consumer. At the time we touched on number of points that had just then been brought out dur ing a hearing in Washington before the Senate Agricultural committee.
 Among the several facts given in testi- mony before that body was the claim of distribution cost in New York state of 200 per cent. The same witness also stated New York darymen get from 1H to cents quart while consumers are paying 12 to 16 cents. Just last week additional figures on the New York milk situation came to our attention. They are at var- ance with the above.
 For example in recent survey of con- ditions instigated by the New York Legis- lature Dr Leland Spencer of the College of Agriculture, Cornell University, ascer- tained that the average sales price of all milk, including that sold to restaurants, stores, hotels, and other wholesale outlets at several cents below the wagon price, was 8.651 cents per quart and the average cost was 4.211 cents per quart. This only leaves a spread of 3.53 cents per quart or 45.1 per cent. That's quite a bit different from 200 per cent.
 This is clearly indicative of the difficulty in the general public coming to true ap- preciation of conditions as they exist in the milk industry If the facts are not laid before congressional committee properly, then how can progress be made in settling amicably disputes that may arise between producer, dealer, and con- sumer. We can't deny that milk is ne- cessity of life. We can't deny that milk production and distribution need help ing hand. But it can only be given evi- dently by someone with complete and thorough knowledge of the same. The ordinary layman is not qualified to pass hasty judgment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

job for the government to get rid of such sums through established channels We have seen how the process operates in the Public Administration. Money is "al- lotted" but cannot be distributed until various conditions are met. Channels of expenditure become clogged.
 Budget estimates give the cost of ordinary governmental operations as $2,500, 100000 for the next fiscal year Agricultural adjustment and various other emergency payments and loans mostly through the REC and CWA, might take $5,500, 100000 more. There would remain $2,000,0O0,000 for other relief appropriations.
 The stimulus of those 10 billions, if they should all be needed, would probably put recovery over. The effect of such outlay would be, in itself, infationary enough to discourage more direct forms of imitation. The budget will doubtless be held rather flexible and the billions applied when, as and if needed. Any saved will be so much to the good. Only once before has our government planned so much spending. That was in the fiscal year of 1919, when $18,500, 100000 went to win the war. It will be worth the 10 billions if we can beat the depression as definitely as we beat Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
.ChuckleC Corner,
ANTICIPATES. iRY lICt0 GMpll

"Money Take" Alta Boy, you fifty. .nine-cont dollar Don't thkt any back talk
 And by the time it can sins we'll have "si'vcr Debts Among tho Gold"
 Diplomas printed on sheepskIn seldom "hide" e mans fruo worth,
 "AvIator Forced Down by 0il Leak" Bet whom he landed he went up In tho air."
 Tow persons that condemn girls who use cuBs words are nc M swear by.
 "True Happiness Is Founded on A Rock" 'tIg said. But Co make the grade requires q lot Of sand
 Bunk is What Gets a Man a Soft Job in Politics." Also. sccm. ingly, his ease is promoted by ly' Ing on it.
 Sport developments indlentc n baseball season with much Box aD' pcaI.
 "Amorican Cigarette Production T0talIed ii1.b63. 4 %, 900 in f033.' Not including those made from corD.s .siik. and rcrOfIs from accum. later butts. Germany proposes 10 sterillSo. 1000 of it's citizens. BewareI Americans, too arG consuming moro and more Limburger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

making specific reservations to this end, Ho signed tho wirc' "H. A. Wallace"
 Hecoived in Washington, 0fil. ciaIs of tho Indian Bureau looked puzzled.
 "Jlaye we .a field SOrker nAined W. 4. Wailnce'?" they asked.
 There was no one so registered. So they searched tho Interior Department, finally took the name uD 10 Secretary ickcs' of. hco.
 IL was only then that someone remembered that "H. A, Wal lace" wns the secretary Of agrI. culture.
 MAIL BAG
 T. H. Huntsville, AlH.---In 1D32.33 tho United States pros ducGd 4S per cent Of the worlds cotton. This year'B output, owing Co tho governments crop-rodue. ton program, will Do less .,, Miss B. Corpus Christi, J'cx.--Fhe President has ono of the best stamp collections in the country. It is his favorite hobby, and on week.ends when tho weather is indictment and ho is kept indoors, he arranRcs his stamps and pores over catalogues. T. q. Man. haitian, kansas---in 1888 there th0ro were 730,747,i44 pieces Of m a ], weighing i06, 0sb, ,2Sf pounds, carried free under varl. Ous frankIng privileges. Had postage been paid on this maiI tho government would have re. eeiVed $1b,Dg7,772..D r. L. spokane, Wasb. .---N Norris Dam. which the government is build ing nt Muscle Shoals, ill cost " hon completed $34, 0 co, 900. Wheeler Dam, which Is also part Of tho groat water power project, will cost g20, ,000, ,0O0,,l. F. In New York TO date tho RFC has purchased q ,l09, 900 .000 Of preferred stock in 7,0s3 banks. Included among these arc some Of the greatest banking iDstitu. tons IB the cOuntry---tlliD0is Bank and Trust, Chicago, $50, 900, ,000j National City, New York. $50, ,000, ,000; Cha6o Nh. tionaI tRoGk efclIer bank) s46,. 222.O00; Murine Midland, gt, ,00O,. 900; Chemical National, $b,000.. 900. (C0Dyrigbi, 1884, by United Tea
 turc Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
So They Say

in the last analysis men fight for their women, and there will be wars as long az there are women worth fighting for.--MaJ Den Johnsan Hapgood
 AS long as I'm boss there will be no trip anywhere fO. these babies. ---Dr A. U. Dafoe. ObJecting to the Worlds Fair exhibition of the Dionne quintuplets
 Tho industrial practices brought about by NRA and other efforts toward recovery have inevitably left tho doors still largely closed against youth.--Dr George Y. Took, United states commissioner
 I'm wonderfully ft. ] could lick any 12 men you want 10 bring in ere.---Wllbur Glenn Voiiva. over- seer of Zion.
 Everyone has had a rebirth of the conviction that life consiSteth not in the abundance of things possessed. ."-Ilev Dr Samuel Trek Ter of New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

czar of democratic patrongo has agreed tO let the AAA employ thc exports and chief executives jt wants, giving tho postmaster general a free hand with the BmnIl.time jobs.
 Before this was worked Out, disscnsbOn betwccU Farley and thc AAA Brain Trust WAS pretty bitter.
 "We've got Co get young law. ycrs who are willing Go fight for n cause" Jerome Frank, hond of the AAA legal division, told the pOstmaBter-g0nernI. "Th6y Will have to buck some of the biggest firms in tho country and sOHG Of tho ablost lawyers. And since, we can't afford 70 pay them anything, we will have Co get men who will work only for 'dealB.'"
 At Hpst Jim Farley thought hc wns cPnzy. And JcpOiDc FrAtik thought tbc sas,sc Of Jim.
 Now the AAA picks its own experts, but goes through tbe process Of having them Okd through Farley's office Iat0r.
 "rhe plan works" says Frank. "it takes q little more time, but Jim is Bcrupul0us in trying tO send as good men, And If We don't like them, he '"hes them OUT OF TOUCH
 The gravest defect of the AAA is iD n completely different held ---ltB failure Co build ID contacts with the farmers
 Hitherto every administration --.whether democratic or fepub. Iiean n--,has depended for contact with the farmers upon their lob. byIng organizations in Washing ton. lt was the men Ike Charles Holman of the National Board Of Farm Organizations, Charles Brand of the National Fertilizer association, and George Peek, formerly Of the Moline Flow company, who acted hs RO.bcs tweeHs for the government and the farmer.
 But these men, it now turns out, were not in contact 50 much
 
 pr0ccBsOrs--the met packers, the grain men. the tobacco man ufaeturerS, the milk distributors. And these, at times, represent anything but the farmers point of view.
 So ti,e AAA has found It's con. tact with tise tanners circuitOus and full Of satIc. Its biggest job DOW Is getting down to tnc land.
 This Is what Henry Wallace Is trying to do on his present swing around the country. And for Il cabinet member he is doing a re- markabIc thing. He Is discard ing canned speeches, carefully prepared in advance, and really talking to the people.
 Furthermore, he is not minc- ing words. What he is saying Is that the farmer faces just two alternatives: Either making q success of the principles with which the AAA Is struggling, or else accepting the fate Of Euro. pean countries---distatorsbip. I'll. A. WALLACE"
 In addition to his many other interests Secretary of Agriculture Wallace has a genuine regard for the Indians, believes in gIvng the He'd Men Q square deal.
 While on hIs present trip he visited the Navajo Indian I,e- servation and found 1t desperate for water. Only the drilling of six wells immediately, he found. could save the Navajos from dis aster and drought.
 So he sent 6 telegram to the Indian Bureau of the Interior Department, Washington, D. C.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

0, Arc coal and wood ashes valuable as fertilizer?
 A. Coal ashes have little fer. tIlIzIng value, but when sifted and mixed with heavy clay soils they make tho latter more iriHble wnlch results in better tiilnEe, Wood ashes contain from to ID per cent of potnsh, . valuable fortilislng element.
 c. What was the Greek namo of tho ancient Egyptian Cny ot On?
 A. HeliOpolIs, meaning City Of the Sun. The nnme ls ln tho Sep. tuagint, or Greek version or the old Testament.
 c. TO which royal house does tho King of Denmark belong?
 A. The family and House ot Schleswig Holsteln Sondorburg . GluekBburg.
 c. Was Mrs Mary Baker Eddy, the founder Of Christian Science, divorced?
 A., She obtained a divorce from Dr Patterson on the ground of de- Bertion.
 c. Is chromium harder than nlckelY
 A, Ycs and it takes n moro bril. liant polish that is unaffected by exposure 10 the alr.
 Q. Is there Q postoffice called Ward in Vest VlrglniaY
 A, Yes; In Kanuwha County.
 Q. What is tho relation between T King George V of England ani former queen Victoria?
 A.. He is her grandson. His father Edward VII was her eldest son,
 e, What docs the word Apo calypso moanY
 4, it ia from the Greek and means revelation.
 c. How many ships did Eng land and Germany lose In the bat tic of JutlandP
 A. England lost i4 ships and Germany lost H..
 c. Can lightning strike twice In the same placo?
 A. Lightning has been known to strIko the same building several times during single electrical storm. Tho U. s. weather bureau says that trees, stoeples. ehimneyt and other tai. objects and Btruc' lures In elevated and exposed l0ca' lions are likely to be struck by lightning regardless of tho numboF of times thoy have bcon struck In tho past. Of course. according fo tho law Of probability it is not likc'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

In New York state alone 50,000 people die annually from want of proper medical attention and proper nourishment, etc. This startling charge was made last week by Dr Thomas Parran, Jr State Health Commissioner. Individuaism in medicine is at turning point, he declared. He predicted the day of state medicine which would mean better distribution of serv- ice. He maintained that all our plans for the future must contain some provision "for the right of every person to the max imum opportunity to secure and regain health co-equal with the rights to liberty and the pursuit of happiness" Exten- sion of medical care to people coming in the low income tax field was also recom- mended by the speaker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
Disgruntled Fighters

The Bolivia.Paraguay war, which has killed as many people in those small, poor, pioneer countries as the World War killed of our own people, is fortunately subsid- ing to a war of words. Since the United States and other countries shut off the arms supply both combatants are busy criticising US for it. Bolivia has finally appealed to the League of Nations Coun- cil to determine the responsibility for the conflict, in the hope of having it placed on Paraguay. The latter shouts that 1t is willy scheme to throw the Paraguayana off their guard and then attack them again unexpectedly.
 That is all right as long as they refrain from fighting. The important thing, when such mortal fire is raging, is to stop adding fuel to the flames. The outer world can stand the odium if the combat ants will stop killing each other. And the example of suppressing such compara' lively small fire in South America may help prepare for the extinction of bigger ones in Europe and Asia.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

When you measure lobster that you're selling, it must be at least 3-4 inches carapace measure That's really 13 1-2 inches Carapace measure is the length from the eye socket to the end of the body. You've heard about "shorts"? ? They're not something you wear when you're discussing lobsters They're mere ly lobsters that are below the legal length. The American lobstermen often complain about Shorts" from Canadian waters dis rupting their trade. Sometimes a profit able bootleg trade is carried on in them. But all waters, especially in New England, are now well patrolled to prevent this illegal business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
A Book a Day
This Mailman Tried To Be An Emperor
By BRUCE CAPTION

bb OuOCE CATEON
 Just about q hundred years ago
 weird and w0ozy military exDe. ditioD sailed from Buffalo for the upper lakes. It's leader was half
 mad Frcnchmnn who had pro-
 claimed himself "empcror of the
 west, the second Montezuma"; he aimed to seize California and New
 Moxlco and set up q new Indian empire out there.
 This quaint and forgotten bit of history ls dug up by Nell H. Swan son to serve as the foundation for
 his new novel, "The Phantom Elm peror' and 1t makes pretty fair sort of yarn Qf the romantic-ad- venture variety.
 Mir Swanson gives us brave young American who is cOmmis. along with this expedition and handed attempt by the British to steal hunk of American territory. The French leader has a lovely daughter, with whom the American n falls in love, and there's a villain ous half-breed who means nobody any good: and, all in all, you get your full moneys worth of roc
 nance. fighting and general event. fulness.
 The expedition had a pretty tough time of 1t. It got to the tip of Lake Superior and hiked over.
 land toward the Red river, where new recruits were to be signed. Winter set in, their supplies got
 lower and lower and the leader got crazier and crazier--but, in the end, the brave American gets the girl, even if the expedition dosen't get to Mexico. so ali's well. The book Is little over-Iong.
 and in spots it's shade c0nfus.
 Ing. It Isn't up 10 Mir swanson $ earlier book, ''The Judas Tree. But 1t makes pretty fair reading, at that. for there hot summer days Published bv Putnam. it sells for N2E0
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
Next Years War Fund

The federal administration planned to spend about $16,500, 100000 in the two years ending June 30, 1885. That is, to spend or lend. As far as federal outgo is concerned in any fiscal year, it amounts to the same thing, though much will be aspaid. This year, ending with the pres ent month, was to be the big push. But the government is only distributing about S6,50O, 100000. That leaves S10,000,000,- GOO for next year
 It looks like an adequate economic war fund. More might conceivably be used if 1t were paid out. but it Is a tremendous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
Press Comment
STILL MOUNTING
ltlartford Timesl


 Several months ago it was estl' mated that the states deficit at the end Of the current fiscal year might reach S7,000,0oO: That ox' pectation, or fear, ig being more than realized. With still one month to 20 in the current fiscal year, the general fund shows n deficit of $s,- 6G0,gb9. The figure Is $b,171,tDv greater than excess of cxDedi- lures over income was q year ago.
 It is well that the citizens of the state should keep these figures and this trend in mind. The situation has its bearing, for one thing, on the question of removing the grad uated salary cut for which there Is some activity In some quarters. The reduction in pay will benent the treasury to the extent Of fuIly $f,7O0, 900 for the biennium endlnk June 90, 1885. That economy. will be needed unless tax income shows improvement without the use Of new taxation.
 Next week the special tax com- mission will hold it's last public hearing for suggestions as to new sources of public revenue. It Will be pertinent that all advisers, wno, to date, have included proponents for a state income tax. retail sales tax. and for relief from real estate taxes, bear in mind that before anything is done for cities and towns, the state has 6 very definite problem on it's hands with regard to e deficit which may reach $9,- 900, 900 by the time the legislature convenes in January. It can bor- row on bonds. of course, but these will entail q charge in the way of interest and principal payments That solution. while feasible and perhaps unavoidable under the cir- cun,sfaBces, is nevertheless one that will lay an added tax burden on Connecticut citizens. The state deficit Is q legislative Item which will require attention ahead of most others on the revenue urosrsw.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11
Selected Poem
MIRROR

 The crickets in the meadows tune Their fiddies in thousand keys, And like an anxious nurse the
 moon
 Peers through her mist and counts
 the trees. '. The spider settles In her net, And quietly the willow blows, And all the drowsy bees forget Their tender speeches to the rose. A lazy pewee drawls his song. And cellarward departs the toad. And ants go trudging home along A little gardens crooked road. How splendid" signs the iirefiy. Perched or q popy's dizzy height; "f only have tc watch dizzy height; "f only havet watch the sky To know I'm properly aiiRhtl" --1s'rsnces CasseIla in the New
 York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

The Springfield Republican recognizes the liquor question in Connecticut with the following comment: "The tavern is not working well in Connecticut however, 1t may work elsewhere. Lieutenant James H. Moriarty of the liquor and vice squad of the Hartford police was recently quoted by the Hartford Times in an interview marked by vigor and frankness. Putting it briefly, the taverns had become 'a bankety blank nuisance; Lieutenant Moriarty felt SO strongly that he was willing to have his exact adjectives used instead of the conventional substitutes. Pressed for comparison of the tavern and the old-time saloon, Lieutenant Mor- iarty declared there could be no compari- son, because the taverns are so much worse. The special indictment brought by the Hartford police officer against the tavern is that because of the patronage of women it both promotes and depends upon the business of prostitution. :" There is no doubt but what the tavern is rapidly becoming blot on our fair name. In the old days few saloons catered to the class of people that now frequent many of our taverns. That's due to their proprietor ship solely And poor pr0priet0rship can be blamed solely on the long years of pro- hibition which retired the old time saloon. keeper and bartender and produced new gentry quite distinct and on much lower plane than former dealers in liquors. Mind you, we don't criticize all taverns. Many are highly respectable. But they suffer from the i'll repute of others.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-06-11

ly that lightning will strike in ex.. actfy the same place under ordt- nary circumstances. MWN 8a
 Q. When did tho United States declare war against Germany and Austria?
 A. Germany, April 6, 1917; Austria, December 2, 1917.
 c. Was the motion picture "Es. klmo" produced in Alaska?
 A. It was produced In Califor- mia and Alaska Most of the scenes wero photographed on location at Teller, Alaska,
 c. What is the definition of the intIansit've verb oblalnY
 A. It is both transltive and in. transltive, and the intransitive def. milton In the standard dictionary "To be established by law or cus- tom be in vogue or fashion, 0e prevail or have place in any way within . given sphere"
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