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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Dutch Unemployment <

Thrifty little Holland has its troubles along with the rest of the world. It has been suffering from unemployment for some time, but the condition was recently made more serious by loss of German trade. The new German quota law and exchange troubles have combined to check lot ot Dutch business.
 Recently 100000 persons in Holland have signed petition asking the govern nlent to increase the dole and give the un- employed clothing, blankets and food. The petition is said to have received the largest number of signatures any petition ever col lected in Holland.
 It seems obvious that the only permanent cure for the situation would be to restore large measure of that lost trade. Indlvld- uals in various countries realize that clear ly, but few governments act up upon the idea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Slum Homes and People

As the government goes forward with it's slum reconstruction work in industrial centers, which seems to meet with general approval, practical questions arise to per plex social-minded citizens. It is obviously a good thing for city to sweep away these eyesores and disease--breeding sections, and replace them with decent apartments. It is good for real estate, good for business, good for civic pride.
 But in getting rid of rundown buildings, do they get rid of run-down people? Some of the inmates of the old novels, if rents are low enough will doubtless find quarters in those fine new tenements, and may then live up to their environment. Better hous- ing does tend to make better people, better citizens. But there is always rather hopeless class, human dregs sunk to slum levels of living. Most of these may drift on to other novels in other run--down areas, or create new slums out of sections now fairly respectable. And so on.
 The slum projects in themselves look good. They have proved their value in for eign countries. But obviously they will not accomplish what is expected of them unless they are accompanied by intelligent efforts along other lines for the social building up of the slum dwellers, and for improvement of moral and economic conditions that make slum dwellerS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06

Washington, Dec 6.--Among blase spectators who watch. the clash of New Deal gladiators, even money is now being offered that Donald Richberg will be out of the arena within a year.
 This does not necessarily mean diScredit to Richberg. But it does illustrate two things: First no man who wins the title of Assistant President" lasts long; second, the spotlight of public attention is now, focused upon Richberg as on no other New Dealer except the Presi-- dent.
 No man now has more power outside the White House-than Richberg; and no man has achieved that power by more fascinating, meteoric career.
 It so happens that Richberg began that career with the only other man who approaches him in New Deal power. Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, PWA administrator, petroleum dictator, and executive of score of other agencies, once was a law partner of Richberg.
 They had built up a thriving practice when suddenly Rich- berg threw down his books, locked his desk, and went out to start a crusade against Sam The sull, Chicago politicians and the big business leaders who con- trolled them.
 And he was still crusading lawyer-as chief attorney for the Railroad Brotherhoods - when he came to Washington.
 No wonder that cold shivers ran down the spinal columns of business! No wonder that several Tory groups adopted as their battlecry: "Oust Richberg!"
 RIGHT ABOUT
 Richberg has changed lot since then and now enjoys re- verse praise and vituperation. Business calls him a "wise guy" while his old labor friends scarcely speak to him.
 The change has made Richberg the Number Two man In the ad- ministration; eventually it will cause his downfall.
 It IS hard to diagnose the req sons for this change. But it Is not hard to diagnose the req sons why he became Assistant President. s ts Richberg is one of the ablest men around Roosevelt. He is as quick as lightning. He has a profound background. He has a powerful personality-charm, understanding, sense of hu- nor. No matter how much you may disagree with Richberg you can't help liking him.
 But perhaps more important than all these, Richbcrg sees eye-to-eye, with the president. Like Roosevelt, Richberg csc sentiaIly is a middIe-of-the-rOad man. As he recently described himself:
 My liberalism is less radical than it is reputed to be, and moro liberal than some say it is."
 That is penetrating self-an- alysis. Richberg is neither anti
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06

the idea of a "central bank" whatever that may mean. Those who talk about 1t have in mind supremely powerful and prob ably monopolistic institution owned by the government, to supply not only all the currency but all the credit needed by the public. The idea is that loans will be easier for people to se- cure, that the Federal Reserve System will be replaced by the government itself, and that many, if not most, of the func- tions of the existing banks will be taken over. In other words, the proposal is for the ina tionalization of bank credit"
 Whatever theoretical argu- ments may be advanced in be- half of this vague, if drastic, proposal, there are no satisfac- tory precedents to go by. Great Britain and France have central banks, but they are owned by individual stockholders who elect the directors of the Bank of England and the regents of the Bank of France. A few years ago, the former had ten thou sand stockholders and the lat- ter thirty thousand. That is, both these great central banks are essentially private business enterprises. They are not owned by their respective governments, and their directors arc not ap. pointed by the national treas. uries, but are selected from the promising young men in bust. ness and members of financial firms tn London and Paris, serving thereafter for life.
 Thus tie Bank Of England and the Bank Of France are great Independent institutions and not more branches Of gov. ernmenf. The Federal Reserve System ln thlg country has been criticised for, having banks mg ita owners, but the model eens trnl banks of uFont Britain nnG . France no further and have ins diyldnaIa ae 6iocbhol1eFo.
 TDe bankins system Of lhs
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eral speeches per week, assuring chambers of commerce that Roosevelt will cooperate with business.
 It is a job that cannot last.
 It cannot last partly because Richberg has changed too many times, partly because no man can continue to be assistant president. Roosevelt may have one "inside" adviser for a brief time, but he shuffIes and re- shuffles constantly.
 The title assistant president" rankles Richberg. He would like to shelve it. But he has one great goal ahead. He has told ! friends that his dreams are fixed on the. august tribunal Of the sue preme court.
 Ands when, sooner or later, he steps out as assistant president" that probably is where he win go.
 MIRA DIALECTICs
 Dr Leon c. Henderson, mem Der of the MIRA board, will not SuAO ny 1AlPOA tohalO SOtACSPOb" be unduly troubled in the fu- dents demanding press confer ences.
 He has convinced them that his erudition Is so profound that it is useless to seek news from him.
 Besieged for weeks for press conference, Henderson finally summoned the reporters to his office. Entering, they were confronted with, an extensive array of charts of every size and description. rF
 Pointing out a large one bear ing the legend, "The Complexity of the Problem" Henderson silenced the astonished newsmen by launchenig itno a lecture on the 'Technique of Labor Stu dies".
 One of the reporters finally penetrated the flow of techni- , cal rhetoric with the remark: : Doctor, what have you got after you get all these statistics ?"
 "Gentlemen," was the solemn reply, i've will then have what might be called mountain of detailed facts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
So They Say

Place any man behind a governmental desk and give him few million dollars of government money to spend and The is likely to develop the ixation that anyone who does not approve of the way he does his job is public enemy. President Tyler Dennett of Williams College. The science of consumption is still in its cradle. Henry Goddard Leach. magazine editor.
 
 have always loved poetry. I have deplored it's decline in this country. Mrs Hugh Bullock, founder of the Academy or American Poets Who made the anarchy in China? It exists because China is of the best fields for selling guns and munitions.
 Major Clement Richard Attlee, M. P.
 
 All true German women adore him (Hitler). He is so sweet, so gentle, so kind! Countess Sierstorpff owner of German from works.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06

Times are hard. The servants are always underfoot, and are eating him out of such house and home as he can provide ip this topsy-turvy world. But when he tries to fire them, they won't go. N
 "I've been a fool all my life," Alfonso tells friend "but now I'm going to stop. It wouldn't be so bad if these people would do anything in reutrn for the money I pay them. But when I tell them to work, they laugh at me-" So exchanging, too, has it's burdens and responsibilities. It's bad enough to be unemployed, but at least we commoners in such a fix haven't 22 servants hanging around for their dole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
1. Selected Poem
VILLAGE SNIITHY

CD. A. B.. Milford, in The New Haven Journal Courier)
 "Smithy Run 256 Years By Connecticut Fam ily: Eight Generations of Pratts at Forge Since 1878 in Essex."-News Item. When Tuba Cain first smelted ore, He changed the mold of men; Through flint and forge and furnace roar He fashioned beyond his ken. No bellows had he to induce the flame: old Tubal supplied the power By distended lungs the red heat came, His strength for kingly dover. Down through the years the anvils rang. And the sparks came down as rain: Down through the years the blacksmiths sang. To the glory of Tubal Cain The Pratts succeed. their birthright held, May their tried, true faith remain: May their brain and brawn ever weld Their ties to Tubal Cain. May they be spared old Tubals woe, When the arm that welds be ever slow To forge the chains of care.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06

Q! Do birds have eyelashes? A. They have small feathers on the rim of the eyelid.
 @, When did Knute Rockne
 A. March s1. 1881.
 o. Name some of the better known birds and animals that store their food for the winter. 4 A. Bluejays. crows, chickadees. some woodpeckers, squirrels and chipmunks.
 Q. Why does the body of a drowned man float with the face down and that of woman with the face up? A. That popular belief is not confirmed by observation. Life guards who have seen hundreds of drowned persons say that if 1t
 holds true in some cases, 1t is prob.
 ably due to the difference in wear ing apparel customarily worn by
 men and women. "a o. How much has the popula- ton of the United States increased since the 1880 census? A. The estimated population in July 1894 was 126.425, 900, an in- creased of 3,649,954. o. Give the name and address of the Commissioner of Education
 A. Jose Padin, San Juan, P. R. 0. Name the principal parts of speech in the English language. A. Noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, proposition, conjunc- ton, and interjection.
 e o. What is bentonite? :,
 A. A soft, porous, moisture-ab- sorbine rock, composed essentially of clayey minerals, often of volcan- ic origin, and used in the manufac- ture of paper, etc. The term is also applied to a variety of colored col lodial clay deposit used in wall plaster, soap. medical dressings etc.
 o. Who is the Adiutant Gener- al of the U. s. Army? A. Major-General James F. Mc- Kinley.
 r
 0. Are any heat units present in ice? .., A. Compared with absolute zero there are heat units in ice. 0. What is the population oi
 A. The 1880 census enumerat- ed 110,637.
 O. Who wrote King Robert Of
 A. Henry W. Longfellow. It is the "sicilian's Tale" from Tales of a Wayside Inn" o. Is there an appreciahle back to -the-farm movement in the United States? A. The farm population Janu- ary 1, 1884 was 32.509,OO0. conl- pared with 32.242,000 on January i. 1888. according to estimates oi inc U. S. Bureau of Horticultural Economies. While the 1884 figure established a new all-time peak
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labor, nor pro-industry. Actually he is among the presidents Left advisers. But he is so much more conservative than he used to be, that showers of labor abuse have been heaped upon his head.
 VITUPERATTON
 Labor charges many things:
 THAT Richberg's. pussyfoot- on Section "a of the MIRA is responsible for the present < chaos and misunderstanding on the labor front.
 THAT Richberg OK'd in the steel code price-fixing prac-' tices which the Federal Trade { Commission had been opposing for years.
 2 THAT Richberg has been in- tervening with the Federal Trade Commission to stop its complaints against monopolistic practices under MIRA.
 THAT Richberg took the side of the power companies as against municipally-owned com-' panies during the electric power code hearing.
 THAT Richberg is primarily responsible for approving the much-criticized aluminium code.
 This poorly concealed coolness of his old lahor friends rankles Richberg; and to rekindle the old warmth he has asked for a private meeting with executives of the executive council of the A. F. of l..
 But he will probably fail. ASSISTANT PRESIDENT
 As assistant president" Rich- berg's job is that of chief coor- dinator of New Deal activities and chief salesman of New Deal sanity to doubting business men.
 The former is desperately need- ed, and Richberg should be able to do it we'll.
 The latter he also does con- vincingly, but no one can do it with complete success. A few months ago when the MIRA was begged down with complete inertia, Richberg wash busy as- surfing business men that all was right with the Blue Eagle. To- day he is busy at the rate of sev-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
U. s. in Antarctica

The United States seems to have received title, or something resembling it, to con- siderable quantity of new land. Admiral Byrd, having explored large stretch of hitherto undiscovered land in the Antarc- tic, claims it for the United States in the traditional manner. All in all now, this country has a more or less valid claim to some 100000 square miles in the vicinity of the South Pole.
 To be sure, there is precious little to show that this land is ever going to be worth anything to us. Even if the frozen soil should be found to be rich in mineral wealth, for instance, Anarctica is a mortal ly cold sort of place that might easily resist development to the end of time. Still, with the world almost completely mapped and surveyed, it is somehow thrilling to be able to claim new territories in the time-hon- ored way-by right of discovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Press Comment
HOLC Dcfaulters fNaw York Slnl

It was inevitable that many ben eficiaries of the Home Owners Loan Act should default, some through inability to keep their promises, others deliberately. It is the second class of delinquents that the HOLC Is proceeding against now. Perhaps foreclosure
 on the properties of those who will not make their payments. even when they are able to, will warn others of similar mind that the government is not quite as lenient as they think. The deliberate de- linquents probably have imagined that q government so generous aa | to take up their mortgages will not be SO mean as to foreclose under any clrcumstance That is nat
 ural result of paternalism. Chair man Fahey announces that 70 per cent of the payments due on inc terest and principal are being made promptly. That, of course, is not high enough. Prompt actiOn n against deliberate welshers, f0i- lowed by wedding out of the
 \ hopeless cases Of those who never should have undertaken the pur-
 chneo Of a house, should put tho home loans op 2 more busIhessiike
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06

United States still needs sconsid- erable improvement, but better ment does not lie in the usurpa- ton of the field by government, beyond such temporary activities as emergency conditions dictate. If in some fashion the govern ment is able to dispiace the thousands of independent, pri- vately .owned banks for their lending functions, all checks up- on unsound currency imitation and all brakes upon unwise spending will have gone. In the long run, there can be no safer process, from both an economic and a political stand point, than to have tens of thou. sands of bank officers and di- rectors, in almost as many dif- ferent communities, passing. up- on applications for credit. These officers and directors are not only responsible to stockholders but are trustees of the funds of millions of depositors. To replace this sense of trustee ship, this exercise of respon- stpiS JuukHeHtt Uy uuttoU- alization of bank credit" would be a national calamity.
 Business men down to the very smallest have more to fear from such Q system than even the bankers. For some of the late ter might at least secure posi- tlons with tho central bank. Banking should bo freed, as all agree. from speculative influ- enees and from excessos of pri. vate greed. But to make it DO. iitieal is to take away its er- sential independence and 10 jump from the frying pan into the fire, May the Idea prove white rabbit Of short life and unbiessed memory.
 Thanking you for your valuable lpaee iH tho event you soc fit ic print thla ietetr, apd sincerely truhl b fairness 70 slI sides you will.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
An Ex-King's Troubles

The former king of Spain, driven out kv fhe republican revolution of 1881, is f<vine to stage Q revolt of his own. He hss been living in Paris and Rome sur vsnnded and pfeyed on always by q herd <z rovnIisf friends. elso by retinue of 22 zs.Ss.l1. # niA|a and fe,ne|e. It is the latter,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
CENTRAL BANK WOULD BE NATIONAL CALAMITY SAYS
 SATURDAY POST
Waterbury, Conn December 5, 1884.

WaCeTDury, conn December 5, 1884. Editor of the Democrat:
 As regards your editorial some few days ago relative to the ques- ton of a central bank as a cura- tive for what you none-too-cheer- fully painted the country's pres ent economic ills, ] am taking the liberty of enclosing with this let ter an editorial from this weeks issue of the Saturday Evening Post, and l would appreciate extreme ly if you will reprint it in the next issue of The Democrat. In making this request am assum- ing that your columns are as open to appreciation of the country's present financial setup as they were to condemnation of 1t in the editorial in question.
 There are, as I feel you are aware, two sides to every question. and if it had not been for the Posts literally taking the words out of my mouth, would have been prompted to have answered your editorial in similar vein. However, coming as 1t does from q third and in the present instance, you must admit, disinterested third party, think 1t answers the question doubly well, proving to you that myself and my associ- ates are not alone in our 0bjec- tons to any such condition as the setting up of q central bank. Lest inject myself any further into the subject and thereby spoil good thing, I submit the following edi. terlai from the Saturday Evening Post in behalf of the many whom ! think still have faith in our present economic structure;
 ANOTHER wHITE RABBir 2
 Present Indications are lhhl ana af &Hn lt4lnl unUIlIop af fHfa
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Daily Washington Merry Co., Round
BY DREW PEARSON and
lRERT S. ALLEN

Authors Washing MeyG Rund"a nd err Predicts President Rhberg Will Be Out Within Year; Liberalism Conservatism Costs Him Labor Friends Observers Feel Despite His Ability President Will Change to Adviser Ambition Be Supreme Court Justice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
Questions And Answers
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for farm dwellers. the net gain during the preceding IF months was only about one-fourth as great as it was during the previous year.
 Q. Give the source of the qu0- tation. ssWhen I was a child l spake as a child; but when I be- came a man I put away childish things"
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Anyone who wants to get back to the pre&war status is cured by look at one of the pre-war cars.
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The distance between the cash register and the social register grows shorter all the time.
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IN TO-DAY'S MAIL

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lIailv Almanac Moon sets 4;O9 D. m. sun rises 5;02 n. m.; sets 4;sl D. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty mln- utes after sunset
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Horoscope
By oCTAvNE

For persOns who believe that hu- man destiny is guided by the pian- cts. the daily horoscope Is outlined by n noted astrOlOger. In addition tO information of general interest $, if outlines information of special interest to persons born on ehc designated dates.
 DECEMBER This is a bad day to take a chance. You may be subject 10 bad dreams and hallucinations. Secret matters are not favored. It is not a good time to take anaes- thetics or drugs.
 Birthdate
 = You should be interested in travelling or chemistry. Be very careful of secret matters, intrigue, drugs or liquor from October 2S 1885. You should be fortunate through some unseen force from December Is through 26, 1884. Be careful of fire, accident or rash conduct from october 6 through 5, 1895.
 Socially favorable June 20. s1, 22, 1895.
 Write letters December 15, 1884.
 Readers desiring additional in. formation regarding their hOr0'
 scopes are invited to cOmHsuni- cate with Octavine in care Of this newspaper. Enclose a Scent stamped sclf-addressed envelope.
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The difference between English and American sports is that the English make lem social functions You can't shoot a rabbit over there unless you're properly dressed for it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06

The American chestnut which seemed doomed to extinction in this part of the country, Connecticut especially, may come into it's own again. The common sight ot groves of dead chestnuts has not appealed to those who grew up more or less, with the chestnut trees. The deadly blight has not made quite so much progress in the tree plants this past season, according to Connecticut botanist. Practically all the old chestnuts, of course, are dead; the newer plants are being watched, and the young trees in the state are bearing nuts, so it is stated. It is interesting to know that the oldest living chestnut tree, more than fifty years of age, in this state, is at Lebanon. It is thought it may survive another year Too bad the old chestnuts cannot go on like the giant yews, to be pointed out hundreds of years from now as Connecticut's forest brides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-12-06
A Thought for Today

How great are His signs! and how mighty arc His wonders! His kingdom is an ever lasting kingdom, and His dominion is frob generation to gencratiOn.-Daniel 4:3.
  < A solemn and religious regard to spiritual ana eternal things is indispensable element Of all true greatness.-Danel Webster.
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ANOTHER wHITE IIADDiT

Present indications are ihhl one Of tho most popular Of ihia winters white rabbits will bs
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O. Do birds have eyelashes? A. They have small feathers on the rim of the eyelid..