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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-04-01

suddenly occurred to him that old Suzan
might be playing lone hand.
JUDGE MIDDLETON leaned forward
where is your lawyer, Suzan
Lukes?"
"MarSe Jesus ma lawyer, Mr.. Jedge."
The court was suddenly quiet and the
clerk in establishment stopped his search
for the missing attorney.
But Suzan, don't you understand you
have to have a white gentleman to tell
the court what happened?"
me and Marse Jesus gwine tell EN-"
The court was inclined to laugh, but
Judge Middleton was a disciplinarian.
YES, we understand about Marse
Jesus, but Mr.. Williams has Mr.. Mont
gomery, there, to defend him.
"Yas, sub, but 1 don't need no defense,
Mr.. Jedge," Suzan interrupted, me and
Marse Jesus gwine tell de trout"
This time the laughter could not be
checked, and Judge Middleton struck
with his gave1 soundly.
Listen, Suzan, haven't you lawyer
to stand up here beside you and argue
with Mr.. Montgomery" Long years in
a Southern court had taught him not
to use legal phraSeOlogy.
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JUDGE MIDDLETON was not used
to being kept waiting. Moreover,
he disliked this sort of case. What
- business did the Saunders have,
anyway, allowing old Suzan Lukes
to drag her affair into court of JUS
tice? Old black Suzan was now as
much a part of the Saunders establish
ment as the family silver Francis Saun-
ders certainly should have put his foot
down, or at least settled the affair,
feudal fashion, out of court.
But here she was, bringing charges
against a white man for knocking her
down with his motor cycle. Despite her
years and the serious injuries she
claimed to have sustained, old Suzan
impressed Judge Middleton as a sin
gularly outstanding figure. Heaven
knew she had done yeoman service for
a half dozen of the towns oldest fami-
lies. And was still doing it.
AS Southerner, Judge Middleton
knew her type and respected it. For
this very reason, perhaps, he was sur
prised and annoyed to find a case
brought by her upon his calendar. Ger
tainly the Saunders had been most
remiss about the matter. And then it
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Depression And Human Misery

It is easy to be glib about the victims of the depression; easy to say airily that jobless men can live on their savings if they have been prudent, can get help from relatives, and can, all in all, "get along somehow" But it is a little different when you take a closeup look at things. Such a look is provided in study just completed by the U. s. Department of Labor. The departments experts inves- tigated the cases of 1000 representative railway employees to see what happens to wage earner when hard times come.
 These workers took general 10 per cent wage cut in February, 1882; but short time and loss of overtime work had already reduced their pay very materially, so that during the four years of the de- 30 per cent of their incomes. In 1882, for instance, two-thirds of these 1000 men earned less than $1,500; only IS per cent got as much as $1,75O.
 Meanwhile, many family burdens in- creased. Fully 200 of the 1000 workers took jobless friends or relatives into their homes Many others made regular gifts of cash or groceries to needy families in their neighborhoods. So what happened? To begin with, savings vanished. Nearly all these 1000 families used up their bank accounts; half of them had to sacrifice their insurance policies.
 In 115 families, all with small children the daily supply of milk was reduced. , Thirty-two families cut off their milk en- tirely. Nearly all the families cut down drastically on their purchases of butter, meat, fresh fruits, and vegetables. Health was neglected. In nearly third of the 1000 families one or more members re- quired medical attention, but could not afford it. Teeth were badly neglected, Requests from school authorities for den- tai or medical attention for children were repeatedly ignored.
 Lodge, club, and church memberships were dropped. In 1885 families all sub- scriptions to newspapers and magazines had been cancelled. Many of these people /. reported that they had not not even seen movie for years. As one man put 1t, S"when Sunday comes, we just sit.'
 {. This, then, is a picture of the human cost of the depression. It is worth re- : membering that these 1000 families were {. far better prepared than most to meet the !, depression, and suffered much less than , the average. But the picture is, never {. theless, and appalling one. It is, as the !. Labor Department experts remark, pie ', ture of "a slow retreat from relative : security toward destitution."
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as yet unknown to the state. It will not be divulged prior to the time it is received by the governor.
 We're wondering if perhaps, it might not contain some such recommendation as was suggested Wednesday by the Con- necticut Federation of Taxpayers Asso- citations and the Connecticut Real Estate Board, not to mention the State Grange. The suggestion was simply that Connecti- cut becomes one Of those states that by law sets limit on the amount of taxes collected on real property.
 The main complaint against Connecti- cut taxation is that property bears more than its fair share of the burden. It was for this reason the State Tax Study Con- mission was created by the 1888 Legisla- ture and held numerous sessions in Hart ford to ascertain public opinion on ways and means of correction. Surely out of the many gatherings must have come the germ of this same idea-limitation of real estate taxes. And if they didn't it shouldn't be too late now to include it ill the finding.
 While property now is bringing in the bulk of the revenue by which we defray the cost of local government, there are other ways by which this burden can be leSSeHeu anu even dsSuIlleu ny eOIle oIlle1 form of taxation if necessary. The Demo- crat has contended right along that the cost of government is too high. We have duplication; we have inefficient means of levying and collecting taxes; we lack a uniform system by which the state might operate as unit instead of three or four hundred separate taxing districts Cut the cost of government and the first step is taken towards lowering taxes or reliev- ing property owners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
ChuckleCOrner
THINK WE'VE TRUNK By Douglas Goodrich

By DOuSlaS GOO0f1ch You've had Thoughts of An Idle
 Fellow
 And others of that school; But here are thoughts of one
 who's nuts,
 A natural born damn fool. They are not really thoughts. He only thinks they are. I've often pondered in spite of the
 strain,
 Which gave me the Heebe Jeebe, How far in meters or miles it is From Dan to Be-er-shebe? Also the distance from hither to thither? Why can't guy step out at night And paint the town bright red With out that curse of Bacchus, The morning after head? Cocktails, no doubt. will get you "head" but you can't get ahead on cocktails. Had Mary's lamb trailed into
 school,
 Just as the poet wrote, Would Mary have assumed the
 blame
 Or made the lamb the goat? Anyhow, Juggling that lamb to school was a kid trick. And here is another thought to
 think,
 A thing we'd like to know Just where to get tomorrow's
 bread
 If you haven't got the dough? Bread is important. It gives us lot of crust. If half the world were grown with
 mint
 And half were caked in ice, With showers of Bourbon every
 day
 Now wouldn't that be nice?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Things Are Coming True

During the months of November and l. December of 1883 the Democrat printed many articles and editorials regarding !. the future trend of monetary legislation. 1. During December the Democrat for sever- :. al days printed Resolution to Members i. of Congress-, advocating the national 1. control of gold and remonetization of silver.
 {. Since that time we have seen our pre- . dictions materialize step by step. Gold and
 silver have been nationalized and revalued , and the profits of revaluation accrued to . the government. The Democrats articles covered both sides of the monetary discus
 sion that was being so heatedly debated
 prior to and during the last session of
 Congress.
 But when all is said and done one must
 choose what they believe is the best course
 for the general welfare. In the complex
 problems of this enormous economic up- heaval the monetary controversy resolved
 itself into choice between continued
 defation or relation to the 1926 level ot Z values which most economists agreed to
 as the normal price level. Accordingly, . this newspaper advocated the revaluation : and control of our monetary stocks by the government and the use of the profits to ' pay governmental obligations.
 7. We were indeed glad to learn that Sec ], retary Morgenthau had at last come out 1 officially with statement that the gov
 ernment intends to use its gold profits ln : this way. The same thing is being done with silver. The road back has proved to 1, be a long and arduous one, but step by step we are coming out of this depression and with preventative measures to pro- tect us in the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30

It seems to be pretty we'll decided now that States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn of Hartford county has the g.o.p. guberna- torial nomination cinched. And with State Chairman J. Henry Roraback main- taining his hands-off policy there really should be no difficulty in the county pros ecutor gaining the nomination on the first ballot or even by exclamation. If so, he will not resign his present office, un- less he is elected in November. He in- tends, however, to continue his vigorous prosecution of the Hartford election scandals of last fall. If so, he will have a good chance to capitalize heavily on this public business. We can rest assured that if Attorney Alcorn is the candidate the defendants who come before him this fall will find him an even more determ- ined and relentless foe than he has been before in his defense of the laws of town and state.
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point to the fact that every other i n p e n d e n federal agency, the interstate commerce commission, federal power com mission, REC, federal trade com mission, and others, all are multi i-membered bodies.
 They can see no reason why the MIRA should be made an ex- ception from this tried and tablished system, and the president is at present inclined to agree with them.
 TWO-FISTED
 Honest Harold Ickes, secretary of the interior, is one New Dealer who has lost none of his punch.
 Came to see him the other day an attorney representing lumber interests seeking concession on timber land owned by the Klamath Indians which is under the Jurisdiction of the Indian bureau.
 "I can tell you very briefly my views on that Contracts" said Honest Harold.
  contracts for that land are made by the tribal council. Your clients paid one member of that council $350, another member $400 and made loan of $500 to another member.
 Lumber companies in the past have denuded the land, caused floods and erosion, robbed the Indians, caused us to spend huge sums for reforestation, and forced the taxpayers to pay out of their own pockets to com pensate for the profits going to one company.
 I am opposed to the contract. That is all"
 INTELLECTUAL RELIEF
 It may not have been that way in the old days but to go to college today is relief"
 That's what the federal emer- gency relief administration calls the help it extends to thousands of young men and women who want both employment and edu- cation.
 Funds have been allocated to allow state universities to take needy students, up to fourteen per cent of their enrolment on a paying basis of $15 to $20 a month.
 After classes in English, chem istry, French, student will su- pervise playgrounds, conduct a reading circle, rake town leaves, or play in the town band, &C., cording to his talents, or hers.
 ''ReIief' has ceased to mean taking care of unemployed min- CTS and factory hands.
 NEW PROFESSOR SKINNER
 "The greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Ham, ilton'' has taken a leaf out of the book of Mantagu Norman. governor of the Bank of Eng land, who once arrived in the |. United States under the pseu- donym of Professor Skinner.
 Last week the s. s. Bremen arrived in New York with a strange passenger listed as MT P. Smith," That was the name on the passenger list and on the steamer chair.
 Those who saw the passenger, however, immediately recognized him as Andrew w. Mellon.
 FERRY Y-GO.ROCND
 Curtis B. Dall, former son-in- law of President Roosevelt, has been made chairman of the legal and tax problems com mittee" of the Association of Stock Exchange Firms. The association is extending it's ac-
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tivities with the idea of develop ing the organization to the same importance in its field as, the American Bankers association. Former Governor Vic Donahey, successful candidate in Ohios recent democratic sena- torial primary, is a political real ist. Three years ago he published a small book called "The Beak and Claws of America" which contained the following state ment: Fifty per cent of all pub lie officials are weaker than the law" IVA Director David Lilienthal uses specially con- structed desk, which he calls "The xylophone." It is over eight feet long, and is lined with pigeon-holes into which he shoots correspondence and pap CTS he is through with them. Lilienthal has a strong aversion to cluttered desk, insists on allowing nothing to remain on top of it but a pencil and small paper pad. Warwick c. .Lamoreaux, 27-year-old Utah state legislator running for a democratic congressional nomin- ation, "bummed' his way to Washington last year. His pur- pose was to get federal funds for a Utah self-help organization. Favorite hobby of chubby E. c. Bennett, director of the federal deposit insurance corpo- ration, is to go home after a hard days work and compose music.
 Copyright, 1884, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
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Washington, Aug. 3O-Easing the mentor of the Blue Eagle out of the drivers seat has prov ed to be harder job than any one envisaged.
 General Johnson is willing to bow before an MIRA commission in theory, but not in practice. And that is what the present warning between Johnson, Per. kins and Richberg is all about the question of wno shall rule the reorganized MIRA.
 The crack down cavalry offi- cer, with his deeply ingrained military background, wants the power concentrated in single OverlOrd. He is willing to have a commission govern the MIRA, but only under strict army man. uals.
 The commission would be a subordinate, not a superior agency. He would still sit in the drivers seat, ride herd in his usual hard-headed way.
 ARMY CAME
 Using the army system, he would divide the NRA into five major divisions, each in com mand of divisional administra- tion. These five divisional chifes would constitute the board, or commission.
 These divisional commanders would be responsible for their individual departments. But the supreme power would be vested in one man, confmander-in chief.
 However, Secretary Perkins and Donald K. Richbcrg have q completely civilian approach. They vigorously oppose militar- istic set-up.
 They demand that the com mission be boss, with the admin istrator subordinated to it in the role of executive officer. He would merely execute the com missions policies.
 "SORRY BOTCH"
 The best argument against centralized control, they point out, is Johnson's own sorry botch" as NRA ruler.
 With all his dynamic energy, bull-like physical stamina, and concededly brilliant t "a le mt s |. Johnson has been patently un- able to cope with the multitud- inous activities of the NRA.
 Bossing the entire industrial structure of the USA, Miss Per kins and Richberg contend, is simply not one-man job.
 There Is still another principle involved in the controversy.
 Miss Perkins and Richberg
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A Book a Day
Prints Prose Of 60 American Authors
 RY RRCCE CAPTION

Compiling a book like Modern | American Prose-" in which Carl Van Doren has assembled speci- mems of the work of 60 modern American authors. is a pretty ] thankless tack. Nobody will agree with woud selections in toto; every body will find at least one favorite
 missing and will object to the in- clusion of some writer whose stuff | he dislikes.
 Bearing this in mind, it must be reported that MT Van Doren has done about as good a job of edi- ing as could reasonably be asked.
 This bulky book provides an excel lent cross-section of present-day American literature and proves--in | case anyone doubted .it-that our definite to say and know just how they wish to say it.
 It reveals, that is, vitality and an earnestness in our literature
 whose existence is exceedingly en- couraging. These men and women are interpreting our America to us; they are also providing the soil from which an art of genuine great
 ness can be expected to spring. You'll find almost everybody represented here-Lewis. Lardner, Anderson, Cabell, Caldwell, Dos Passes, Hemingway. Mencken. Her gesheimer, Mumford. and others, as the circus ads used to say, too numerous to mention. The book contains essays. short stories. ex- tracts from novels and biographies.
 and one complete play - What Price Glory?"
 All in ell. it's substantial and valuable book. It is the Literary Guild selection for August: Har- ! 1t at s2.76.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
So They Say

Automobiles longer luxury to our rural population: they necessity to the bus mess of farming. Fred Brenckman, National Grange official.
 
 got married in daze. I wouldn't give 20 cents for her. She can't boil water. Tommy Green, truck driver, who married Pitts burgh heiress
 Critics of MIRA of three classes-purely political artful f-seekers and chiselers and sim cere opponents of monopoly. Senator James P. Pope, democrat, Idaho.
 
 There will be more mausoeums built. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr, bar ring trimmings U. s. buildings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Vienna Letter
By STEWART BROWN United Press Stan Correspondcnt

'
 Vienna, (UP)-Austria's fate is in the hands of two young men still in their thirties. ..
 The new chancellor, Dr Kurt Schuschnigg (pronounced like Shoe Enig) is 37.
 The vice chancellor and su- preme commander of the militant Heimwehr. Prince Ernst Rueliger von Starhemberg, is 35. These two young men swore on the death ed of Dr Engelbert Dollfuss to maintain the fight for a free and independent Austria. Dr Schuschnigg practically was unknown in Austria before Doll fuss death. He was thrown dra- matically into the headlines when he became provisional chancellor July 25.
 Turned Over Government The next day, July 2G, he turned over the government to Prince Starhemberg, who, under the old cabinet, also was vice chancellor. Four days later he became Aus tria'sl new chancellor.
 The new chancellor has not yet developed public personal ity. He is shy and reserved. He is not well known. His strength lies in his whole-hearted devotion to the program laid down by Dollfuss.
 Almost professorial in appear ance. Dr Schuschnigg is, never theless, the son of an Austrian general and fought on the Italian front until he was captured. He was kept a prisoner of war in Italy until September, 1919.
 He was born in 1897 at Riva in the Trentino. He is the son os General Arthur Edler von Schuschnigg. From his father and early military training the son developed great loyalty to the Austrian monarchy.
 Studied Criminal Law
 Until his recent promotion he devoted himself to the legal phases of politics and as minister of justice made a thorough study of criminal law.
 His military side was shown in the creation of the Ostmarkische Sturmscharen, or Catholic storm troops, which he originally or ganized as a counterweight to the fascist heimwehr controlled by Prince yon Starhemberg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Press Comment
THE DUCK SEASON
Bridgeport Telegram)

The hunting season for ducks in Connecticut this fall is to be a moveable feast. The season will last from October IS to Deceno her 22 but hunting will be permitted only on Thursday, Friday and Sat urday of each week. This is to keep Connecticut's total allotment of hunting days within the quota set by the federal government, but to spread out the open season in such way as to give everyone a chance.
 That is. provided the hunters play the game fairly. Some of the duck shooters never do play fair and 1t is going to be up to the other hunters to report them and keep them in order if they can.
 For one thing there is the regu- lation against shooting ducks be- fore. sunrise. It is a regulation which has been more honored in the gun-breech than in the ob- servance. Sunrise means sunrise, the appearance of the sun above the horizon. but near any good duck grounds it has been common to hear the guns beginning to pop with the first faint flush of dawn. Such unfair shooting is a kind of chiseling of which the MIRA might we'll take notice. Any any rate the game wardens are powerless to stop 1t. The state lacks sufficient wardens for the purpose. Only the hunters themselves can enforce the rule of fair play and good sports manship.
 The new laws have cut the daily bag limit on canvasback, redhead, cider, greater and lesser scaups (broadbilD. ring necked, blue winged teal. green winged teal. cinnamon teal. shoveller and gad- wall. With these species the linn it is five: with other ducks. twelve. Our sportsmen must also be pretty good naturalists to be sure that they don't shoot more than five of tha ~~~t@~t~@ ~e e~t@ts~-
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The spirit of lawlessness is still quite apparent in our midst. Of recent months the number of crimes of violence on our streets and highways seems to be on the upward grade rather than the downward. This is not result of decreased police vigilance. It probably is the result of prolonged idleness on the part of great many young boys. It is too bad that more of them cannot participate in such things as the CCC. Perhaps we should try something else for the roaming youth, say an industrial school.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-08-30
Selected Poem
THIS IS THE HOUR

(Leslie N. Jennings in The New York Sun. This is the hour of swallow fight,
 For lying lonely on some hill Under the first stars lucent light,
 Hearing the whippoorwill. No city we can hope to build
 Will be as lovely as that one Whose walls the rays of sunset gild, Whose rivers quiet run. What if with sorrow we should sense The fateful fleetingness of things? Shall Beauty's old impermanence
 Weigh down the swallows wings? Rather to evening render what
 Will not for long be ours to keep, Nor cut the spiders Gordian Knot,
 .gor start the owl from sleep Night will redeem us. night will show Us windows that are still as bright After the sunset colOrs go,
 After the swallows flight.
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The Wise Policy

Several groups met in New Haven Wednesday and adopted resolution call lng for change in the State Constitution. ft was presented to the State Tax Study Commission, which is now preparing an extensive report to be submitted to Gov srnor Cross this fall prior to the assembly of legislators in January. This report IS
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overhead, more red light reaches the eye directly.
 Q. What is the timber-line?
 A. It is the upper limit of tree growth on mountains; of greatest height in the tropics, and gradually descending in the north and south hemisphere and also toward the seacoast. Tn the Himalyas the al- titude is about 11,800 feet, in the Alps 6,40O feet, and in the Rocky Mountains from 5000 to 12,000 feet.
 o. Did John Dillinger carry a gun when he was killed?
 A. Yes.
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