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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
WEDNESDAY, MARCH FL, 1884
Labor Must Clean House

Some sort of showdown in the field Of
labor relations seems just ahead The
National Recovery Administration pre-
pares to tackle the company union ISSUE
Congress debates the Wagner labor board
bill, and industrialists flock to Washing
ton to protest both measures. And the
whole business puts upon organized labor
the heaviest responsibility it has had In
years. Organized labor, unless all signs
fail, is about to be given more power than
it ever has had before. It's Magma Charta
is in the making these days. What is 1T
going to do with it?
It is not exactly secret that there are
labor organizations whose officials are
more interested in lining their own poe
kets than in advancing the cause of the
men they are supposed to represent; that
there are cases in which labor unions have
been turned into INSCRIPTIONS rackets by
designing men; that selfishness, greed,
and stupidity have in some instances
given both employers and employees rea-
son to distrust the labor organizer.
Such things do more to retard the cause
of labor than all the hard-boled employers
in the country. Unless they can be elm
mated, the current drive to give labor
new freedom cannot, in the long run, do
labor any good. They are evils that can
be corrected by nobody but the leaders and
the rank and file of organized labor.
It often is said that public office is
public trust. The same thing applies to
the job of representing organized work
ingmen. The man who has such posi-
ton not only speaks for the legitimate
aspirations of his fellow workers; he also
occupies an exceedingly important posi-
ton in the industrial setup of the coun-
try as whole, and this position evidently
is going to be more important in the
future than in the past.
The intelligent and honorable labor
leader - and there are many such-cali
do great work in the years just ahead OF
us. But the labor movement no longer
can afford to carry the racketeer, the self
seeker, the chiseler, the man who plays
both ends against the middle for the sake
of his own bank account. It's up to labor
to clean house. If the unions are to get
new rights, they must recognize the re-
sponsibilities that go with them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

waterway treaty last week convinces u
that If President Roosevelt asked Congress
to pass the Fletcher bill in its present
form it would be defeated. And that
would be a real catastrophe, for we need
stock exchange regulation just as Samuel
Untermyer called for in the report of the
famous Pujo committee of 1928 and
is still calling for in his public addresses,
writings, etc, today.
In criticizing the present bill Mr. Inter
myer does so in friendly fashion. In Feb
ruary he spoke under the auspices of the
Pasadena, California, Lecture Course at
the Pasadena Playhouse. Among other
things he declared that "My criticisms of
the pending Bill include omissions of reg
ulatory features that should be there as
well as unduly stringent requirements
that seem to me to strike at the very foun-
dations of it's usefulness. :" If Mr.
Untermyer believes the Fletcher bill
would ruin 'free and honest dealing in Sc
curities," then we believe it, too. Any
man who has spent over twenty, years
seeking to end the control of legislation
by large business interests is sincere when
he proposes changes in measure which
has long been intimately connected with
his own name.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
Private Munitions

Liberals and Laborites joined in the
English Parliament the other day to pro-
hibit the private manufacture and sale ct
arms, and failed. The House of Commons
adopted resolution declaring that though
the purpose was noble, the practical diff
ficulties' were too great. Among these
difficulties members mentioned the recent
use of marbles and castor oil as munitions
in continental countries, and wanted to
knew whether the reformers would pro-
hibit their production.
Such levity lodges the real issue. SO
does the argument made on behalf of the
government that to stop the private man
ufacture of arms would increase unem-
ployment increase the manufacture OF
arms by foreign countries, and decrease
Britain's own real security" That secur-
ity, he maintained, depends on having the
private munitiofi firms as armament re-
serves.
Private muntion makers, in England
and every other industrial country, while
serving their own country's military
needs, also serve the needs of their po-
tential enemies. In every war there are
private firms selling arms to both sides.
1t is this private business which arms the
combatants in such suicidal conflicts as
that of Bolivia and Paraguay and then
laughs at governmental efforts to stop the
fighting There will be no peace before
arms are made public monopoly, by in
ternational agreement.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
Amendments Needed

When Samuel Untermyer declares that
the Fletcher stock exchange bill needs to
be changed here and there before it is
made into federal regulation it is time
to pay heed. AS long ago as twentyone
years this eminent lawyer delivered HIM
self of sweeping charges against what he
termed Money Trust and accompanied
it with sweeping reforms in all transac-
tions dealing with securities. Today
Samuel Untermeyer declares that the
same men who cried accusations against
him in 1913 would praise his regulatory
measures as compared to the drastic
changes in stock exchange regulation now
proposed.
There is little doubt but that some
changes in the Fletcher bill must be made
before it can pass Congress successfully.
Events of the last few weeks prove that.
And the Senate bolt on the st Lawrence
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
Rome Letter
BY THOMAS Ii. MORGAN
UNITED Press staff Correspondent

Rome (UP)-The largest Of all
the temples of Imperial Rome,
dedicated to Venua and Rome and
designed by the Emperor Hadrian
Is about to be restored.
For centuries the massive gray
granite and white marble col
umns of this temple lay broken
and abandoned underground on
the site just as they had been
pulled down in one of the savage
invasions of the barbarians in the
last centuries of the Roman EN-
pire.
Some 60 years ago they were
unearthed, and a project was put
forward by the archaeologists for
rebuilding the ancient temple.
The scheme never came to any
thing, but in 1904 the celebrated
curator of Roman antiquities Gia-
como Boni, put forward the same
ideas.
Awaited Mussolini
The restoration OF this biggest
pagan temple of Rome, however,
has had to wait for the word of
Mussolini, who approved the plan
for the work a ssoon Is 1t was
put before him.
IL was why tCSChLiy AeOHbO
psychologists, headed by the Dr.
rector, DIR. Antonio MunoZ, have
bee nable to discover to precise
location of the temple, the dis
lance between each of the huge
granite marble columns and their
precise position. There are Ga
rlgae fragments of the original
columns, most of them measuring
from IL to 16 feet in length, and
about three and a half feet In
diameter. 1t is calculated that
these imposing fragments, when
put together and Joined with iron
couplings and cement will make
about 48 columns of the same
height as those of the original
temple.
The Location
The temple OF yenua and Rome
stands on the southeastern corner
of the Forum, almost opposite the
Coliseum, and near the recently
built Via dell-Impero or Empire
Way. The temple was a kind OF
double one, since 1t was dedicated
to the divinities of Rome and
Venua, the latter being a special
patroness Of the Julian gems or
family. that ID Of the original
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
A Book a Day
by BRUCE CATION
Analysing a Girls
Mental Breakdown

Covering Two Years." by I. v.
Morris, Is a study of mental break
down; novel showing how an
active and gifteu mind can give
way slowly before an emotional
stress too great to be endured.
1t tells about a girl who lives in
a gloomy house in Boston-an or
phan who subsists on the charity
of her aunt and her uncle, both of
whom are half-mad. and who Gre
ate for her IL stagnant backwater
in which her life Is utterly event
less and purpoSeless.
She, sees no people, goes no
where, does nothing; she simply
exists.
She is glad to have it that way.
She had love affair that ended
tragically, few years before;
then, quite Internationally, she
caused disaster in the life of girl
friend; and she has brooded over
it and become convinced that she
only can cause trouble for others
If she goes out in the world. So
she Is content to ,Stagnate In the
gloomy Boston house.
Then comes change. She meets
man from New York and gets
stirred out of her torpor. She final
ly breaks away from her entries
to fight her way back to normal
life.
But it is of no use. She can make
no decisions fer herself. nor can
she make the effort necessary to
! free herself from her morbid OBJ
session. Slowly. bit by bit. she loses
her new freedom.
Unfit to smingte in the world, she
at last gives Up, leaves her hus-
band, and goes back to her uncle's
house in Boston to be recluse
once more, the victim of inescap-
able mental collapse.
All this. naturally, doesn't make
a cheerful story 1t Is convincingly
written, howcver--an intelligent
study Of an unpleasant subject.
Published by Reynal and Hitch
cock, it is priced at So.
Copyright, 1924. NEA Service, Inc
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
HISTORY

Among the early water-power
plants here are Wards below Maui
gatuck as the first established by
Richard Ward in 1885 for the
manufacture of clocks; above that
a power plant used by the Good
year Metallic Rubber Shoe com
pany; the old power at Naugatuck
center used by Silas Grilley and
Chauncey Lewis in the manufac-
ture of buttons; the Platts Mills
property where there is known to
have been a mill, and there was
also known to have been nail
factory on a portion of the prop
erty.
In 1849 the Benedict & Burnham
Manufacturing company put in a
turbine wheel which was propelled
by water from the Naugatuck
river. A company known as the
Waterbury Power company was
formed in 1848 for the purpose of
utilizing the power in the Manga
tuck opposite the borough. Among
those companies that had the use
of this privilege were the Manhan
Manufacturing company in making
felt cloth, later by the American
Flask and Cap company, and still
later the American Brass company.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

The thought that perhaps while Cover
nor Cross was absent from this state on d
speaking trip to California, Lieutenant
Governor Roy C. Wilcox could be persuad-
ed to call special session of the Legisla-
ture was speedily abated when the acting
governor stated that under no considera-
ton would he allow himself to be led into
doing such thing. While Lieutenant
Governor Wilcox's view on special ses-
sions may not coincide with those of the
governor, he does not believe it good pol
icy to wait for the chief executive to leave
the state to sneak through the official
order. That's sound reasoning. Any effort
to call a session without giving the gov
ernor say in the matter would be criti-
cized Probably those who are demand
ing the, session would not care to have it
this way either, although they are so de-
srous of legislative assembly that they
might use any means at their command to
secure one. We doubt very much in the
light of the recent court actions taken to
give package and drug store permittees
the same rights if session will now be
necessary. The constitutional court looms
as the solution of the problem.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
So They Say

I can't see any sense in talking
when ] have nothing to say.
j. p. Morgan.
Life is mixture of shadows and
light, and the straight mood OF
despair cannot include the whole
range of experience.
John Erskine, author.
-
Money we all desire, but are
ashamed to own 1t.
Dean Inge.
The hardest thing ever had to
do was to reduce wages. Now /
am nightly glad that wages are
climbing again.
Henry Ford.
The whole tone Of many peoples
praying is. "Oh, God, get me what
want"
DIR. Harry Emerson Fosdick of
New York.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

The scenic highway that is being built
along the skyline of the Blue Ridge and
Great Smoky mountains of our southern
states would be initiated if plans of the
recreational development committee of the
New England Council are accepted. The
route would be built along bur Green
Mountains of Vermont and the Presiden-
tial Range or New Hampshire's White
Mountains There would be connecting
link The states, through which the
southern hilltop road passes, are Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
They supplied some of the rights of way,
so did the federal government, inasmuch
as the road goes through national parks
in part New England would be proud of
a similar route along it's high mountain
ridges of Vermont and New Hampshire.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

Washington. March 21-Re-
publican leaders, languishing on
the sidelines during most of the
first New Deal year, are now
smiling broadly. They think
that with the beginning of his
second year, Roosevelt luck has
turned.
Shipping and air mail scandals
had the republicans backed into a
corner. Roosevelt's lightning in
vestigation of CWA graft just as
they were getting ready for a
good campaign issue, his house,
cleaning of democratic lawyer
lobbyists just two steps ahead of
republican expose. all had them
buffaloed. Their leaders in con-
gress had figured that the best
thing for them to do was to
follow Roosevelt" until next
election day.
But now they think the swing
of the perennial political pendu-
lum has started. And IL there
are any more breaks like the
Lindbergh- air mail-sugar fiascos.
they are probab bly, right
SPEED
Speed - one of Roosevelt's
great assets in moulding q recov-
cry program-has now given the
republican opposition it's first
foothold. An enthusiastic impet-
uosity was at the root of all of
the recent mistakes. If Roosevelt
had moved q little slower. the
republicans still would be trying
to forget Walter Brown and his
air mail contracts.
As it is,thcy are now anxious
to remember the airmail. Most
exuItant of all is Walter Browns
own personal organization, the
republican federal associates.
These are ex-OfIicc- holders under
Hoover, gathered together by tho
industrious Walter after the g. O..
ID. exodus last spring.
Two of his henchmen head the
outfit. They are Arch Coleman
and J. Irving Glover who were
first and second assistant post
masters general under Brown.
Gays Coleman:
'Jim Farley has spent $5O,OO0
through his postal inspectors TO
get something Oh Walter Brown.
He has sent shoppers to all parts
of the country trying to run
down every sort of rumOr, but
they haven't got a thing. Put
this with the army air mail fias-
co and / wonder who's laughing
now"
SENATORIAL COLLOQUY
LONG, Ua) Does the sena-
tor say it Is legitimate for the
postmaster general to accept a
500 hat?
McKELLAR, (Tenn.): Well
LONG: Yes or no. Let us get
down to the bottom of this thing.
McKELLAR: l will tell the
senator that in my opinion a
matter like this is a trifle. Has
the senator. while he has been in
office, never accepted gift Of
$40 in any way, shape, or form !?
LONG: No. Not a dime. l have
been looking for it, but l have
not found 1t.
McKELLAR: The senator has
been looking for it. but he has
not found it =?
LONG: I have not found it.
McKELLAR: Then someone
has been telling some tall stories
about the senator.
ABANDONED
Hard-working Secretary Henry
Wallace is planning to abandon
his ambitious program for re-
ducing dairy products.
Widespread farmer and con-
sumner opposition to Wallace's
plan of slaughtering milk cows
is the reason. Farmers claim un-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

@. What Is the title of the song
in the Paris Night club scene Of
the motion picture "As Husbands
Co.."
A. Speak to Me My Love" by
Jean Lenoir.
@. What is the material in the
balls in the Italian game of Boo
Chi?
A. Either hard wood or hard
@. Can children born in the
United States of alien parents vote
when they become of age?
A. They are natural-born Am
erican citizens, irrespective of the
nationality of their parents, AMI
are entitled to all the privileges
of American citizenship, including
the right to vote.
@. What was the language of
the Ancient Roman Empire?
A. Latin.
Q. What is the habitat of killer
whales?
A. In the region of the Bay Of
Whales, Antarctica.
@. Does President Roosevelt
Smoke?
A. He smokes cigarettes.
@. Were the gold coins issued
by the United States made Of pure
gold?
A. They were nine-tenths gold
and one-tenth copper.
@. What is Dude Ranch?
A. A western ranch or farm
ly during the summer season only.
@. Why is April 14th observed
as Pan-American day?
A. To celebrate resolution
adopted by the first Pan-American
conference on April IA, 1890.
creating the International Bureau
of the mum bers" lottery. Go "gay"
and stay up all night; amt much
work to do tomorrow anyhow. For
of the quarter-million Harlemites
only abouts 1880 are employed.
Comes Dawn
Few visitors see the district at
dawn. The weary entertainers,
shorn of finery and spangles, walk
ing to their chilly little flats. The
gamblers and racketeers and Hash
ily-dressed men of no known oc-
cupation gathering in the all-night
restaurants for braces of pork
chops. The streams of workers.
men and women-elevator opera
tors. maids day laborers, dish
understanding into the sub
way kisoks on the way to their
Jobs downtown. Pushcart men
plodding to the markets. Taxidriv-
ers yawning, DRINKS heeling, must
clans struggling from the hot
spots"
There's no song, no laughter,
now
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

The Postoffice Department is willing TO
treat lottery stories that appear in news
papers literally, but direct violation of
the laws will result in prosecution, 80
Washington advices claim. Of recent
years there has been tendency to ignore
the statutes forbidding papers printing
information on public or private lotteries.
With considerable interest being mani
tested in this form of gambling right
now, there is considerable news getting
into public print Editors must guard
their columns before they find themselves
deliberately violating the intent of the
postal regulations.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

of American Republicans, which,
later became the Pan-American
Union.
@. Is Zasu Pitts the real name
of the actress?
A. Yes.
| @. What is the third degree2
A. Physical or mental torture
sometimes applied by police Off
GERS to obtain confessions from
persons suspected of crime.
@. What proportion Of di-
vorces are granted to husbands or
wives?
A. In 1882, 42,335 husbands
obtained divorces and wives III.
375.
| @. What does the name Orna
mean?
| A. Serpent warrior The SER
pent was regarded, as sacred to tho
Gods in Teutonic mythology.
| O.. TIA President of the UniteT
States wished to resign his office.
to whom would he send his resig-
nation?
A. To the Congress Of the
| United States.
Q-How high is the Chrysler
building in New York city, and
how many stories has it?
Alt is 1,046 feet high and has
n stories.
III you want a copy of our bull
Ietin Homo Gardening, write to
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ingtOn Bureau, enclosing five cents
in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

In New York state this spring and fall
there will be 35000,000 trees planted on
waste lands. That's record that should
stand for good many years. 1t shows
that New York has conservation depart
ment that is sparing no efforts to prevent
land from being denuded of natural
growth. Connecticut follows along these
lines on more modest scale. We also are
doing our part in the great national con-
servation program.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

imperial family which started
with Julius Caesar.
Besides putting the old COL
umns in their former positions.
and tracing out the original lines
of the temple, the shape Of the
building will be suggested rather
than actually reconstructed.
At the same time, when this
huge monument of marble and
granite Ii raised once again OPP
posite the Coliseum by the new
roads opened, the effect will be
striking.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

The land bought by Nathan Beard
in 1897 at the mouth Of Hancock
Brook where there was grist mill
as we'll as a fulling mill was later
sold without the mill) to J. Scovil.
in 1745.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

Wild Cat Rocks was a name APP
Piled to rocky region east of the
Mad river and above Sawmill Plain
(MilI Plain)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21
DAILY WASHINGTON
MERRY-GO-R ROUND
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

G. p Sees End of Roosevelt Lack As Speed Results in
Bders Walter BrosOns Aides Find FGrlevs Effort to
"Get Him" FiGsco; Wallace Planning to Abandon
Program for Strengthening Mix Cons; Nev Deal Made
Dickinson FhpFlop on st. Laurence Waterway Pact.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

In 1899 there was a boarding
school here conducted by Margaret
Marshall and Elizabeth Crafts who
had attended the famous (still fam
ous) Emma Willard school in Troy,
N. Y. Their school was in Nauga-
tuck which was part of Waterbury
in those days.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

William B. Hotchkiss was mayor
here in 1910 and 1911.
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Questions And Answers
by
The Democrats Washington Information Bureau
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

10 Editor
1--WE "' '" ''ee 'F'''e - "@" 80 ~" ' THE EDITOR.
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Know Your Waterbury
Its History, Facts and General Information
BRASS CITY FACTS
q 1854 NEA

Waterville street was named so
because 1t was on the main road
to Waterville, leading to what is
now known as the high Waterville
road, a good hard surfaced road
but not the main state road to Wa
terville.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

Home continues to be the most danger
GUS place. More people are hurt there
than on the streets and highways.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

All vehicles must be lighted not later
than 6:34 O'Clock tonight.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

@. What is Dude Ranch?
A. A western ranch or farm
where tourists are boarded, usual
ly during the summer season, only
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

@. Why is April 14th observed
as Pan-American day?
A. To celebrate resolution
adopted by the first Pan-American
conference on April IA. 1880
creating the International Bureau
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

@. Were the gold coins issued
by the United States made OF pure
gold?
A. They were nine-tenths gold
and one-tenth copper.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1934-03-21

of the "numbers' lottery. Go "gay'"
and stay UP all night; amt much
work to do tomorrow anyhow. For
of the quarter-million Harlemites
only about' 1880 are employed.