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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Five Branches

The government of the United States, 2 we were taught in school, consists of three ,sa branches, the executive, legislative, and ;. judicial. Of recent years, fourth ap- pears to have been added unofficially: The investigative. Few can doubt the val ]" uable services of this branch; to wit, in ! the matter of Teapot Dome, the banking investigation, and the munitions inquiry. ,- Now we seem in fair way of develop ing fifth branch, the telegraphic. This is the long-distance lobby, or technique of i. delivering a shower of telegrams on the doorsteps of congressman at the psycho- ;, logical moment. Rejection by the Senate '' of the World Court appears as the most - vivid example of the power of this fifth sebranch at the moment. On Friday, it appeared likely that the World Court would pass. Over the weekend, several wielders of this fifth arm of government got busy. And in the cloudburst of tele- grams that descended on the Senate, the World Court was lost.
 It is not precisely a new technique, yet there are signs that it is being developed to new high point. Members of Congress not familiar with its manifestations must now give careful consideration to it's meaning. Naturally, a congressman ought to pay attention to his mail, and especially to telegrams, from his constituents. That is one way for him to know how the folks at home are thinking.
 But it is, after all, only one way. It ought to be evaluated, weighed, and not necessarily always accepted at face value. 7 For instance, large numbers of identical telegrams might be discounted, say, three for one. For certain amount of suspicion always attaches to the intrinsic value as we'll as to the deep conviction behind the message that comes in another's words.
 Old experienced congressman know this. Messages plainly attributable to inn passioned oratorical appeals or intensive editorial campaigns might also be dis counted, say two for one. A sliding scale of evaluating the messages might be worked out by astute congressman.
 For the telegraphic shower is never as good cross-section as a vote, or even a straw vote. Usually there is one side that doesn't send teegrams at all. It's fascinating study for congressman, and you may be sure some of them will be studying it. For the telegraphic branch of the government seems to be flourishing these days. One result is an unquestioned good - it makes business for the tele- graph companies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE

BY OCTAVINE
 For persons who believe that hu- man destiny Is guided by the daily horoscope is outlined by 6 noted astroIOgcr. In addition to in- formation of general interests, 1t outlines information of special in- tcrest to persons born on the desiS- noted dates.
 FEBRUARY il
 Attend the details in the morn ing. White letters and do things which require mental efort. To- day is not a practical one. Watch your budget very carefully for exs penditures may exceed receipts. The evening is socially adverse.
 Birthdate
 You should be a very cheerful person. Be careful of expenditures from now through April 19 also from Sept 25 through Oct 6. You should have great amount of energy from March IA through 22. Danger Sept through 6, 1895. Socially favorable May through 6, 1895.
 Write letters and clear out the desk on Feb 21, 22 and 23, 1885.
 Readers desiring additional iIi- formation regarding their hOrO- scopes are invited to cOmmuni- cato with Ocfayine fin care of this newspaper. Enclosed S.cent stamped seif-addressea envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
So They Say

According to my way of thinking, liberal is q person who does not imagine himself to be God endowed with omniscience capable of saying the right thing and doing the right thing for human ity, always and everywhere.
 Prof Charles A. Beard, historian.
  am surprised at MT CAD Smith. He has for saken the brown derby of democracy for the high hat of purtansm. The Rev Dr Charles Francis Potter of New York.
 Give hour day to your brain. Think-and think reguarly-every day.
 Fay Wray, film actress. Women have become independent and more self-assertive, which carries with it domination of character. with freedom of habits so expanded that it frequently obliterates their sex.
 Carleton Simon, crimnologist
  The most fragrant waste that is going on in the country today is in oil fields.
 Secretary of Interior Harold l.. Ickes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
A Book a Day
Gained A Throne On The Ring Of A Name
By BRUCE CAPTION

Another Caesar" by Alfred Neumann, is a navel about one of the strangest men who ever won a throne-that queer, secretive, and vaguely unreliable person who ruled France as Napoleon III until the Bronco -Prussian war came along to blow him and his empire into limbo.
 This Napoleon was the real Napoleon's nephew - technically, anyhow, although there seem to be reasons to suspect that there were a couple of crossed branches in his family tree. But in any case he was raised with the idea that emperor of France.
 The chicanery and general skull duggery which surrounded the man, as result, make an amaz- ing chapter in human annals-a chapter. by the way, to which MT Neumann has done full justice. for the novel is fascinating. This Napoleon, clearly, just wasn't built to be an emperor. That odd spark of genius by which a man con persuade nation to en- trust itself to him just wasn't in him.
 Twice he invaded France to re- store the dynasty, and each time the stunt fizzled-i in the. most ludi- crous way. In the end 1t was a combination of lucky breaks and conscienceless scheming that won him the crown.
 What a queer drama it was, Il in all This down-at-the heels ad- venturer, surrounded by syco- phants,. dunder-headed. idealists, doting females and plain chiselers, blundering and stumbling his way to throne because his name had a glorious ring in the ears of a dis illusioned people--it's an odd and utterly absorbing story, and "An- ] other Caesar" offers you highly interesting way of getting ac- quainted with it. Published by Knopf. the book sells for $3.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09

Washington, Feb 9-Although no longer chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Borah still wields tre- mendous power with the State Department. American career diplomats-particularly Douglas Jenkins, consul general in Berlin had allowed Isobel Steele, an American girl, to languish in d Nazi jail for four months. On visit her for a month. There was no definite charges against her. There was TO trial. NaSi authorities confiscated her cash, kept her in solitary confinement, even made her pay cell rent. Sec- retary Hull did nothing. Final ly Borah was informed of the situation, raised such a commo- tion that she was released ... Bob Straus, hard-working son of Macy's ambassador to France, says: "The difference between General Johnson's MIRA and the present MIRA is that Johnson's MIRA went ahead and made mis- takes. The present MIRA doesn't even make mistakes =. Irish Minister MacWhite recently scored the most difficult diplo- matic victory of the year. He got the Roosevelt Administra- tion to reduce the tariff on an Irish made stout by 50 per cent. He did this at time when other nations were rushing in to offer various reciprocal tariff advan- tages. MacWhite gave nothing in return.
 NO CHANGES
 "Uncle Andy" Mellon Is talk ing no chances in his tax battle with the government which opens in Pittsburgh next Monday. In addition to ex-Scnator David A. Reed, Mellon has employed Frank Hogan, one of Washing tons leading criminal lawyers and defender of Albert B. Fall and Edward l.. Doheny in the famous Teapot Dome prosecu- tions. Hogan signalized his taking up arms for Mellon by serving subpoenas on Attorney General Cummings, Secretary Morgenthau, and Internal Rev. enue Commissioner Guy T. Hel- yering. The purpose of this maneuver was not to force their personal appearance but to ob- tain access to all the records pertaining to the case in their files Mrs Caroline O'Day, close friend of Mrs Roosevelt, Is one member. of the House who allows nothing to interfere with strictly union hours,. She rare- ly returns to her, office after tho close of a session, and is never there on Saturday = The Post Office Department is irri- tated at reports that its "black- listed" airline heads who par ticipated in the "spoils confer ence" of 1880 now are employed in informal advisory capacities by the airmail lines '. Presidential Secretary stephen T. Early in the cabinets most ardent horse -ra cling devotee Marvin Mcintyre and Attorney General Cummings are the. most ardent golfers Rumors from Red Cross headquarters say famous Will Rogers gives that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Plenty Of Support

Outside of the Legislature there seems to be plenty of support for the proposed jail farm to supplement our present ( county jail system But when it comes to pinning the General Assembly down to action on this idea there is always sure to
 be just enough indecision to prevent action. We believe in supplying a prison farm for the inmates at Wethersfeld, but we don't quite hold the same view for the shorter-termed inmates of the several county institutions.
 Yet it would mean vast saving to Con- .necticut and Connecticut must seek such vast savings today. How many of our county jails are really fit even to harbor man sentenced to them for some crime? The number that are is certainly less than the number that aren't. Any survey of the Connecticut jails in recent years has : proved them to be sadly lacking in the ;. ordinary features of health and sanitation i, that we would supply even the person in : the lowest strata of civilization.
 Two years ago, or was it four, the Leg z islature decided to replace the Litchfield county jail. Sites on state highway were sought. One was practically ap- proved. At the last minute the cost was considered too much and the plan aban- doned. If the Litchfield jail should be abandoned, so should that in Hartford. And we wouldn't want to do much boast ing about many of the other county jails. They stand in the category of institutions requiring prompt attention.
 In New Haven Thursday night Warden Lewis E. Lawes of Sing Sing said the jail farm was an excellent idea and had proved it's worth in every state where tried. The < warden ought to know about what he is talking. Yet other equally competent men, versed in penology have expressed the same viewpoint only to have it fall on conveniently deaf ears. May we hope that in it's desire to pass remedial social legislations this spring, the Legislature will keep in mind the plight of the county jail and the recommendation to rescue it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Press Comment
REGIONAL ACTION ALONG THE RIVER
(New Britain Herald)

According to the Waterbury Democrat, solution of the pollu- ton evil in the Connecticut river will not be possible until the states involved-Connecticut, Massachu- setts, Vermont and New Hamp- shire, get together and force &C., ton from the communities and in- dustries now contaminattng t.
 So far there has been an effort made by Connecticut, and lip. serv- ice to the effort by western Massa. chussets. Pollution from western
 Massachusetts cities is as great as from the cities of Connecticut. And even along the borders of Vermont and New Hampshire there is pollu- tion which follows the course down through the two greater industrial states.
 The states affected should call a conference and act in unison.
 That would not mean the aban. donment of state action in Connecs ticut, but it's intensificati0n. Not much has been done toward the elimination of pollution
 throughout the course of the riv- CT in Nutmegia. It was held at the beginning of the depression that the time would be ripe for action were it not for the hard times, when cities could not afford to make the necessary improve. ments to do away with the polIu. ton.
 But since then it has become the attitude of the federal government that during hard times it is exactly [ the proper time to attend to neccs. sary public works so as to provide necessary employment and gel
 something needed done anyway. The delay along the connecticul
 Is worthy of legislative attention Definite action should be takeE
 ing q four-state commission cl
 something similar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Why Penalize Them?

The case of the parochial school in Connecticut comes up for trial during the present session of the Legislature. The case in question is whether the present school grant of $2.25 per pupil shall be increased to $5. We believe these figures are correct, if not, they are approximately so. Parochial school heads complain that money allotted to the several towns of the state, on the basis of school population (4 to 16 years) is used solely for the bene- fit of the public school.
 The retort of the opponent of the par ochial school sharing in the school grants is that all parochial property is tax exempt and the sums saved in this man. ner really constitute grant from the city or town in which the taxes would be paid. The public school also constitutes a tax exempt piece of property. An amount equalling what would be paid on school property in the way of taxes is not di- verted by the town from the school grant of the state to the towns general fund.
 The parochial school has long borne this discrimination uncomplainingly. But when various interested persons arise to fight for an increase in the per capita school grant, then the parochial authori- ties feel they are entitled to plead in their own behalf and to show just how these same parochial schools instead of being rewarded for saving money for the city or town are actually penalized. The expla- nation is very simple and can be under stood if person chooses to do so.
 If all the present parochial school pupils went to public schools, it would not result in an increased school grant from the state. In estimating the school grant now parochial pupils are counted in the school population of the community and the town gets it's proper allotment. But if these parochial schools were abolished suddenly the city would be forced to find schools for them, teachers for the schools, and all the other expenses that today go with operating the parochial schools. This saving to the town is seldom considered. It is more than what the school gets in re- turn tax exemption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09

Connecticut's State Police Department is actually starting to show signs of life. Not that we want to give the idea that the department has been exacly dormant. It hasn't, of course, but it has not kept pace with the advance of criminal prosecution in the United States as exemplified by adoption of latest methods of detection and apprehension of criminals. Commits. sioner Anthony Sunderland is petitioning the Legislature for money with which to install radio broadcasting system in the state by means of which state policemen would be in instant and constant com and also state police barracks all over the state. It should not be questioned by our legislators. It's simply keeping up with the times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
London Letter

London .(UP)--Britain's traffic moguls are planning a New Deal for London's overworked streets in the hope of strengthening out their present chaotic traffic tangles. The proposed New Deal has al- ready taken concrete shape in the appointment of 2 traffic dictator" for this city-Col c. H. Bressey, of the ministry of transport--who has been given the ,unofYlcial title of L0ndon's new Colossus of Roads" His job will be to under take a three-year' survey of all London's acute transport problems and to formulate 8 plan for re- lieving them. With him will be as- sociated Sir Edwin Lutyens, dis tinguished architect, who designed the modern Indian capital of New Delhi.
 If the predictions of some of the experts in such matters are to be taken at their face value, London is doomed to virtual strangulation by 1945 from the mere volume of traffic in its narrow streets.
 Vast Vehicular Traffic At present there are approxi- mately 2.2s2,o00 vehicles of all kinds registered in Great Britain. which is more than double the number for ten years ago. It Is now being predicted that the num- Der will have leaped up to some- thing in the neighborhood of 5,- 100000 by 1945.
 If the traffic strangulation pre-. dicted by the Jeremiahs actually does occur it will not be for lack of expert attention. Within the past few years dozens of projects for curing London's street troubles have been suggested and subse- quently pigeonholed.
 But there are 136 independent highway authorities in the 900 square miles of the Greater Lon. don traffic area, each of whom has been working on independent schemes for traffic improvement. One of the main jobs of London's new streets dictator" will be to study this mass of un.co-ordinated plans and make one master.plan for the whole city.
 Colonel Bressey's survey of Greater London will take in every aspect of the city's transport. Highways and streets will get the hESt dItCutAVHS UuI tu0 SuEVSy WhA also cover railroads, tunnels, via- duets and bridges, while London's "Ole Man River'--the Thames will probably be given more than a "once over.''
 Planes for Survey
 l It is likely that 8 substantial share of the survey work will be done by airplane and autogyro. The latter type of machine has al- ready been used in the past for studying trafiic problems in and near London.
 Such favorite schemes of Lon- don's planners as a new road bridge at Sharing Cross, an em- bankment on the south side of the river which ls looked on as Lon- don's architectural Cinderella new lthoroughfares driven across the heart of the city from north to south, and underground or over.
 head trafiic arteries will be studied
 one of the pressing considera-
 tions which prompted Leslie Hore. Belisha. minister of transport, to organize this survey at once is tho
 fact that the population of Great. CT London is increasing at the rate of 10000 a year. Country lanes .oi e decade or 50 ago are now tht
 main streets of new dormitory
 suburbs springing up on the fringei
 of London.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09
Selected Poem
GRANDFATHER

GRANDFATHER
 (Cea Michael in the New York Times) He never told the tale of his adventures How a boy he heard the caIlnig sea- ave up life of dignity in Boston For ships; (bequeathed strange heritage to mel Holding with childish hands. My mother said They came from far-off lands in far-off waters. There was boomerang, a shawl of red, lock of smooth black hair. hand wrought
 spear,
 Torn Bible stained with blood, gleaming pea arl thought it sad that land should win him, but Grandmother had great beauty a girl And cared not for the Far from it's shore He built their home, and knew the waves no
 more.
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organization his entire receipts from radio broadcasting.
 soURED
 A. F. of l.. .chieftains soured on the administration, have de- termined to take their demands to congress. They have ap- preached Assistant Labor Sec- retary Edward F. McGrady with the suggestion that he resume his old job as legislative repre- a real favorite on Capitol Hill, to direct the A. F. of L. fight for a compulsory 30-hour work week and the Wagner Labor Dis- putes Bill. The president is opposed to the first measure and has displayed a wariness regard ing the second The four walls of Huey Longs private senatorial office are lined from floor to ceiling with bookcases containing nothing but law books Secretary Wallace, one of the sponsors of the Washing ton Public Forum, is consider ing plans for the establishment of similar open-discussion in- stitutions in rural communities. CAUTIOUS BILBO
 Senate colleagues of "The Man" Bilbo have been trying to egg him on to tackle Kingfish Huey, but the little Mississippian is keeping his own counsel. In- cidentally, Huey knows that Bilbo is being urged to assail him and has told friends that he is all set and ready. As sistant President" Richberg has been promoted. His colleagues now call him Associate Presi- dent" Both titles gripe him considerably 7. Unlike most congressman, who supply pro- fuse biographical material for the Congressional Directory, Representative Marion Anthony Zioncheck enters only his name and, "Democfat, of Seattle, Wash" He omits to mention that he was born Marian An- toni zajaczek in a part of Aus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-02-09

O.. What is an oedipus conn plex?
 A. A complex arising in early
 childhood, and involving a primary
 attachment to the parent of the opposite sex, with enmity toward
 the parent of the same sex.
 Q. Can you give a good formula for q homemade filler for cracks
 in floors, that will harden after the cracks are filled? A. Thoroughly soak newspapers in paste made of one pound of one tablespoonful of alum, thoro- ughly boiled and mixed. Make the final mixture about as thick as putty. and 1t will harden like papier mache.
 O. Who wrote the musical com edy "Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, and where was it first produced?
 A. George M. Conan was the author and 1t was rst produced
 by him and Sam H. Harris at Columbus. O., Sept 25, 1905, with Fay Templeton in the leading role. Q. Where did Max Baer train for his fight with Primo Camera last June?
 A. At Asbury Park, N. J. c. Who was the leading lady in the photoplay "Ghost City,?
 A. Helen Foster Q. Please give some biographi- cal information about Ernest
 A. Born in Red Hill, Mo-, Sept 19, 1890, educated at Whittier school, Denver. Col. Has been on
 the stage since early childhood, and made his first appearance in 1895, playing Little Lord Fauntle- roy and later, Aulus in Quo
 Vadis"'. He played in stock compa- first time, and his initial appear ance in New York was at Liberty theater, Sept 2, 1908, in "Wild- flre". One of hsi greatest successes was in "The Fall Guy" in 1925- 26. He has been appearing for some time in film comedies. @. What is the melting point of A. It has no specie melting point, but instead a rather long
 melting range. For ordinary glass 1t starts around 900 degrees F., and may extend to around 1900 degrees F.
 @. After a tin roof has rusted, will painting stop the rust? A. Rust once formed on 8 tin roof cannot be arrested by a coat of paint, or anything else. Q. When and where will the California Pacific International ex- position open?
 A. At San Diego, Cal, May 29, 1885.
 o. What is homo sapions? A. Human beings; mankind. Q. What determines the magni- flying power of a telescope? A. 1t depends upon the ratio of
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the focal length of the objective lens to that of the eyepiece. In other words, the magnifying power is equal to the focal length of the objective lens, divided by the fo- cal length of the eyepiece.
 e. Give the places and dates of the birth and death of King Ed ward the sixth of England.
 A. Born at Greenwich Oct IF, 1897, and died there July 6, 1858.
 Q. How many minor planets are there?
 A. The asteroids, or minor planets, now known, number near ly HOO.
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