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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Must Be Pretty Good

At a town committee reorganization
 meeting last night republicans of Water
 bury decided to pattern their machinery
 after that of the democrats. The latter
 should feel pretty proud today to think s that the organization which has been
 pointed out for several years now as all : that is distasteful and out-of-date gets the faint praise of being initiated. Someone i. said something about imitation being form of flattery. We never thought the day would come when the republicans of < Waterbury would flatter their demo- cratic brethren.
 No doubt the trend towards simpll- { fled town committee with the officers perfectly capable of directing its every activity toward desired end was hast ened by the peace-letter read to the assem- blaze last night. The republicans of the city are united, it seems. All the factions Z have smoked the pipe of peace and alls \ we'll on the Naugatuck. That being the case, it ought to be the signal for the dem ocratic powers that be to announce that they were only fooling, too.
 s We hope that the g.o.p. malcontentS who don't like the policy of dictation that has
 prevailed in their ranks for some months now won't consider that their rights have been usurped by last nights decision and ensuing action. But perhaps they won't be easily convinced that all is well even with the town committee whipped into the
 shape where it can be more easily per-
 suaded to one mans viewpoint. And per-
 haps the general public won't be convinced
 tiiat this represents emancipation. It's
 simply known as girding the Joins for
 political battle in which no punches will be pulled.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Wrong Meaning Implied

N A statement in recent Waterbury Democrat editorial was called to the writer's attention as being just bit. mis- leading. On Thursday, July IS, we re- forred to the need for some action with regard to eliminating pollution of our nat ural watercourses. In the course of the article the following statement was ad- vanced, "The task of retaining Connec- sticut from sewage polluted waters has not even been attempted in this state"
 It was perhaps unfortunate that we did not qualify this remark, for on the surface it would appear as if we were not appre- ciative of the many splendid efforts along this line that have been attempted of re- cent years. However, we did not think 1t would be construed in the light it appar- ently was. Naturally we are as aware of the fine work that many communities that provide for sanitary disposal. And we know what fine work the State Water Commission has done, too.
 On many an occasion we have taken pains to point out the efforts being made by the state body to clean up our water ways. But we still think there is much work to be done and here is where we voice our complaint. It is night time that the federal government with it's desire to put many men to work and to accomplish great projects regarded stream pollution as a national and not state problem It was with this in mind that we said last week, "The task of retaining Connecti- cut from sewage polluted waters has not even been attempted in this state"
 It is our belief that the federal govern ment should recognize stream pollution as a separated problem, quite apart from flood control soil erosion, etc. We are not seriously bothered in those respects here in Connecticut. But we are con- cerned about stream pollution. In the failure of many individual communities to tackle the problem, it perhaps should fall upon the state to step in. It has done 30 just about as far as it can go. Now we'd like to see Uncle Sam get busy and in one fell swope tackle the problem and solve it for us. That thought alone was responsible for our claim of last week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26

streets and roads is due to faulty brakes, poor lights, windshield wipers that won't work, lack of rear vision mirrors, imper- feet signal devices on trucks, and host of other minor little imperfections. Most people are notoriously careless about hav- ing such faults corrected until perhaps it is too late and the damage has been done.
 No driver has the right to imperil the lives of those occupying his own car or that of another drivers by operating 8 vehicle that may not be so equipped that it could be brought under control in an emergency. It is a far different thing to proceed along road which is wide and straight and on which there is no traffic than to use congested roadways, where there must be frequent braking and con- stant vigilance upon the part of the op- erator Yet accidents occur on both types of roadway even when the driver thinks he has been careful. Emergencies change all circumstances. Your car should be mechanically equipped to meet the test. That's half the battle of ending death on the highway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Selected Poem
NIGHT

NIGHT (Leona Ames Hill in the Christian Science
 Monitor). Now when the wings of the great fierce hawks are folded And mankind stumbles to sleep in darkened house Out in the wild the white- tailed rabbits run, In the wood the velvet feet of rabbit and mouse Are abroad. and the red fox lifts his delicate nose To scent the cool air Soft-furred things without number Are running out in the ruffied fields while the minds Of men are lost in the shadowy land of slumber, And the unseen blossoms of plants that flower by night Open slow buds in the darkness dewy and still And the moon and a few white stars and yell low planet Burn in the blue black sky above the hlll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
White House and demanded the presidents help in secur- ing senate ratification.

White House and demanded the presidents help in secur- ing senate ratification.
 Next day Senator Barkley re- signed the committee chairman ship, pleading ''too busy, and genial, slow-moving Senator Connally of Texas was invited in his place. So far he has shown no more punch than his prede- cessor.
 NAVAL PROFITS
 A final war bill, drafted by the Nye Munitions Committee, is held up in the Senate Naval Affairs committee. It is aimed to prevent exorbitant profit by private shipyards.
 It is delayed by Senator Park Trammell of Florida. Once bitter complainant against the navy, Trammell now is playing the navy's game and has sub- stituted the innocuous Vinson bill for the drastic anti-Naval Profits treaty.
 Meanwhile munitions commit tee members see the congress sional session drawing to 8 close with their bills still languishing in committee.
 War, they claim, probably will break before congress can convene again. Then it may be too late to enact neutrality laws.
 INVESTIGATORS
 Officials of J. P. Morgan and the Guaranty Trust are worried about the investigators of the Senate Munitions Committee. Re- gently they addressed an inquiry to the head investigator, stating that they did not want irrespon- sible persons going through their files, especially anyone who con- templated writing books.
 Trey asked: Could you not proS.de us with certificates of good character for all of your investigators?
 The request was relayed to Washington. There Steve Raul schenbach, right arm of the committee replied:
 "Tell J. P. Morgan and the Guaranty Trust that will give our investigators certificates of good character. But in re- turn I want the Morgan and Guaranty officials to give us similar certificates.
 
 And if ye find that any of the Morgan partners have de- fects in their records" Steve con- tinued, they should eliminate themselves"
 So far he has had no reply.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Tests To Continue

We were glad to mote that the State Motor Vehicle Department is not dis couraged by the first tests of motor vehi- cles in Connecticut and will continue them. When information was forthcom- ing from Hartford that fully 50 per cent of the cars that had been inspected were being rejected by the inspectors for some mechanical fault, there were many pro- tests from concerned persons about the severity. Perhaps there was bit of over zealousness in the beginning. But this should have been a warning to all motor ear onwers to bring their vehicles up to certain point of operating efficiency.
 We do not think that any motor car owner in Connecticut should criticize any move like this which tends to reduce the appalling list of highway fatalities. A good proportion of the accidents on our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Of with the Dang

At the New London conference Mir. Dang announced that he would not run for reelection to his present office at the annual convention September next, thereby indicating that he too knows his axes. Just before the state election last Fall MT. Danz, as president of the state federa- tion, hurled the thunderbolt of his wrath at Governor Cross for his un-Danzian attitude toward organized labor, and called upon all and sundry who earned their paid.up cards by the sweat of their brow to vote for the toilers' devoted friend and champion, Hugh M. Alcorn. The bolt was directed at the governor but the real target was pr. John M. Satti, the Democratic nominee for Secretary of State. The good doctor had reused Mir. Danz's gorge by not putting on the local ticket, as per alleged agreement, the three union men having the endorsement of the New London central body.
 The baclxflre from the bolt,
 so to speak, was instantaneous
 and destructive. The executive
 council of the state Federation
 declared President Dang strict
 ly out of order, announced
 his suspension from office, and
 advised all brothers In good
 standing not to pay any atten.
 ton to his declaration that q
 vote for Alcorn was Q vote
 for the Sweating Masses. The
 row was patched up after
 election but Mir. Danx's action
 sat sour on the FederatiOn's
 stomach. There were those
 uncharitable enough 10 think and say that Mir. Dang was opposed to Governor Cross
 not because he loved Mir. Ale
 corn more but because, if Mfr.
 Alccrn was elected, Labor Commissioner Joseph Tone
 would set the boot, and Alr.
 Dana would get his job.
 Since last November the brethren of the state Federa- tion, who remembered Mir. Dans's effort to pass the organ- ization over the Republican party, have been busy turning the grindstone. Mr. pans, being q musician of parts. has an exc celient ear for music and the strains given or by an axe held to .grindstono by unfrlen6ly hands are anything but Cheer. Ing. Perhaps hIg announcement that he does not choose fo fun for recollection ls only ss ss-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
A Book a Day
Photos Tell Story Of Current History
By BRUCE CAPTION

The vogue of the picture book seems to be in full swing. The number of books which seek to tell their story with the camera rather than with the printed word is constantly increasing--and 1t is a remarkable testimonial to the power of the photograph that all these books are highly effective. The latest is Eyes on the World" a bulky array of 674 pho- tographs edited by M. Lincoln Schuster.
 This is about what the title im- plies--a cameraman's glance at current history, at home and a. broad. Little attempt is made to argue case or to present any very definite point of view; the cameras lens, as MT. Schuster has used 1t, is pretty largely impartial. and we are given q more or less objective record of recent events. One strong section of the book deals with political movements abroad. For page after page, we are shown the marching men of Europe--the German Nasis, the Russian Communists, the Italian Fascists--the dictators who order their movements and those stupen- dous mass meetings in which pub- lie sentiment is moulded and fused.
 Another good section tells the story of the depression in Ameri. ca; homeless men, breadiines. pub- lie works projects, slum clearances newspaper headlines. crowds in city streets. and SO on.
 Altogether, It's an interesting job. The cameraman makes c good reporter, and this compilation ls we'll worth looking at.
 Published by simon and schuster, It sells Cor o1.51.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Current Comment

Those who produce more than they consume should be encour. aged to breed. while those who do not should be taught not to breed Roger W. Babson. economist. Kids can't come back from a licking. They lose their confidence And we've got kid club. Walter Johnson. Cleveland In- dians' manager.
 Division of wealth is decreas- ing wealth; production is Increase. Net less for anyone, but moro for everyone.
 --lEsnsy verd.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26

The inside story is amazing. ment is content to drift, in the s did during 1915 and 1916, into the throes of war.
 Weeks ago the senate muni- tions committee introduced a Neutrality Act calculated to re- move the chief irritant which dragged the United States into past wars-the protection of American commerce.
 The heart of this act is that war commerce be put on leash and carry" basis. In other words belligerents trading with the United States would have to take delivery of their goods at their own risk. The danger of Ameri- can vessels being seized on the high seas was to be avoided.
 This was what brought the United States into the War of 1872, into the World war, and nearly brought Great Britain into the Civil war on the side of the Confederacy.
 HULL GRILLED
 Secretary of State Hull, called before a secret session of the Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee, was polite but evasive. He cautioned delay. His State Department experts, he said, had been studying this question for years. He wanted the senators to meet with these experts.
 Queried Senator Gerald Nye, author of the Neutrality Act:
 ''Is it the State Depart ment's idea to revert to its original plan of deciding upon the aggressor nation; then em. bargoing shipments to the ag- gressor?"
 "No,"' replied MT. Hull, after some hesitation.
 "I want to tell you. MT. Secre- tary," boomed Senator Borah, "that if you have any such idea you might as we'll forget about it, because you'll never get any, where with it in the United States senate"
 Following which a sub-com- mittee was appointed to meet with State Department experts to find compromise solution. RESCUER BARUCH
 Though the State Department will not admit it publicly, actual ly it is vigorously opposed to the Neutrality Act; even went to the extent of getting the aid of Ber- nard Baruch to throw cold wa ter on it before the president.
 Private opinion within the State Department is that terrific political repercussions would re- suit if the United States declined to ship to- belligerents during the next war. Southern ware houses would be loaded with cot ton. Northwest elevators would be damned with wheat. Serious depression would result.
 Senators pushing the Neu. trality Act, however, claim that there Is no use selling goods if we are not to be paid for them; that the goods sold during the last war still are unpaid for.
 Also they point out that one great factor causing our entrance into the World war was the propaganda of international bankers who desired to collect their credits to Europe for war goods. The munitions commit tee is now Investigating the propaganda of.J. P. Morgan and the Guaranty Trust. Senators promise startling revelations. WAR PROFITS
 Another war bill stymied in the senate is that aimed to take the profits out of war. This has the support of the president, but apparently not of the conserva- tive Senate Finance Committee. For weeks 1t has been held up in a subcommittee headed by Senator Barkley of Kentucky.
 Finally the fortnight MT. Wye. impatient, went to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26

COnnecrlcut aS- sembled at the call of Nicho- las Dang, pres- ident of the state federal tion, to discuss the pros and
 cons of start ing 8 political labor party in
 this state. Mir. Dang is credit ed with being the spark plug
 of the move- ment. The con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26

JULY go Most favored ones to-day are those who were born from July Il through 31.
 General Indications of che Day
 For Everybody
 Morning--Accidentai.
 Afternoon--Explosive.
 Bvening--Depressing This is . very poor day altogeth. or. Keep quiet.
 T0sdny's Birtlsdnte You should appreciate fine silks and materials. You may have \ good voice.
 You should be careful of your health for six months Co come. There may also be maioir chameee in your lie. December. ieas. should be an excellent month to advance TeuF financial interests oF Co travel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Pape's Stuff

MT. Dunais being on Mir. Pape's mailing list at the time probably received one of the billet-doux quoted above. Recok. nizing it as a model for perfect restraint and political good fel- lowship he may have taken 1t as q model when he penned his own Declaration of Independence of Mir. Pape. The only thing MT. Dunais did not say about Mr. Pape that MT. Pape said about MT. Roraback is that Mir. Pape Is 8 sweetheart socially. Reading the two announcements, side by side, 1t Is hard to discover of what po- litioal misdemeanor Mir. Pape can accuse Mir. Dunais unless 1t be that of stealing Mir. Pape's stuff. Anyway. what's sauce for the goose Is sauce for the gander.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Daily Almanac

Moon rises l.49 a. m. (daylight time). Sun rises 5;37 q. ni.; sets s:2O D. ni., (daylight tsme).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min. utes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Saturday. July 27, f0;ia q. m.; low tide. l:2p D. ni, tdnylight tlme).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26

f e r n e, as Js w. FitSFatfick might be expected, developed into an exhibition of oratorical fireworks, set off from the floor, which was not down on the pro- gram. The resultant bang was so destructive of unanimity of thought or action that the whole thing was left in the hands of the Continuation committee" for further action. Years ago, as part of my education in funny movements, went as a delegate to the first Farmer-Labor con- vention in Chicago and withdrew after the opening session with an earache which lasted six months. The Baldwin Locomotive Works, going overtime, was an asylum for deaf mutes in comparison with that gathering. I can imag- inc what the New London affair must have been like,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26

If you customarily pass without clear vision a. long way ahead" writes F. C.. Furnas in the August issue of the Readers Digest, make sure that every member of the party carries Identification papers = it's difficult to identify body with it's whole face bashed in or torn off :" Rather gruesome, isn't it? Yet that's just the way MT. Furnas intended his article to be, the most grim reminder of the perils of the highway that any pen of man has ever produced. Right in the same paragraph he continues, ''The driver is deaths favorite target. If the steering wheels holds together it ruptures his liver or spleen so he bleeds to death internally. Of course, if the steering wheel breaks off, the matter is settled instantly by the steering columns plunging through his abdomen =" The moral is drive care fully and sanely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
AClean Up

During the proceedings down on the Thames, MT. Dang wall loped the Seven Vice Presidents of the state federation and It's secretary, John J. Egan, for sabotaging his plan among Con- necticut central labor bodies. He is reported to have accused them of having personal axes to grind and conveyed the impress sion that they also had toma- hawk or two to bury in the skull of his brain child, the labor party. Mr. Dang should be aware that the Seven Vice Presidents and MT. Egan are only following out the policy of the Papa of the Labor Movement in this country, the American iFedera- tion of Labor. Repeatedly fin convention assembled" the A. F. of L. has denounced the idea of labor party, has dayed it's ad- vocates, and threatened to ex- communicate them by bell, book, and candle If they did not aban- don their heresy. Papa Federa- ton knows that labor parties in other countries are openly and avowedly Socialistic and so will have none of 1t. Furthermore, the A. F, of L., it has a political strategy of it's own, Reward our friends and Punish our Enemies on Election Day." The theory does not always work out. Ere onnrfl,y oondiIota. xvhnv, Dc no Federation thought were his friends turn out to be just biters of the hand that cast the ballots for them. By way of illustration: the railroad brotherhoods made Donald Richbourg professionally, and the approbation of the A. F. of L. raised him to the insecure stardom of a New Deal lumin- ary. Once MT. Richbourg got hold of the government whip he began to whale away at organ ized labor with 1t. Thereupon, John L.. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, subse- quently denounced MT. Rich bourg as "a traitor to the labor movement.
 The A. F. of L. has been, to date. unalterably opposed to per- hitting a political party to use the union label. Until 1t changes its attitude the lads who are for a labor party are in the language of the Scriptures, 'in danger of the judgment" The Seven Vice Presidents and MT. Egan are conscious of that fact. They may have, as Mir. Dang alleges, axes to grind. But if they hold jobs as organizers for the A. F. of L. they also have heads to lose. And, when it is so minded, the A. F. of L. runs a wicked gull lotine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26


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 2. In modern English usage. what word describes the science of surveying tracts of country 50 large that the curvature of the earth must be allowed for?
 8. In which State of Mexico is the town of Enciniiias?
 (. Who was Giuseppe Mazzlni? j 6. Who was the father of VII. liam the Conqueror?
 6. Does fec contain heat7
 !. What part Of French franc is centime2
 6. What and where ls oceanica '
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Recovery Policies

The Baldwin government in Great Bri- tain takes firm stand against spending for recovery" but continues unemploy- ment relief. Thus it runs true to form. Although Britain has spent quite bit of money on public buildings and national housing projects during her depression which has lasted twice as long as ours she has placed her main dependence on the dole.
 This is natural in steady nation given to temporizing and "muddling through" during emergencies, while waiting for natural forces or destiny or luck to reas- sert themselves. Americans are less stable and patient impelled more to ex- pertinent and seek new remedies, to depend more on quick, strenuous effort.
 It would be interesting to make com- parative study of the various industrial nations with respect to these two methods. Italy perhaps stands as the most definite example of public works as a depression measure. Mussolini has been creating modern cities in swamps and erecting monumental buildings suggesting a re- vival of the Roman Empire, rather than yield to the dole. In way, his Abyssin- ian war plans might be regarded as pub- lie works project for idle men and de- pressed minds.
 Germany, Austria and various other countries have done good deal in modern, low-rental housing projoces for workmen, along with parks and public buildings of various sorts. Russia, which has had 8 terrific struggle but no business depres- sion in our sense, and no unemployment at all, might be regarded as one vast public works project.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
A Thought for Today

Jesus said unto him, if thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure Ill heaven; and come and follow me.-St. Matthew 2O:21. Prayer carries us halfway to God fasting brings US to the door of his palace and aims giving procures us admission.-Koran.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-07-26
Horoscope
By oCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by tine planets, the daily horoscope is oui. lined by Q noted astrologer. In ad. dition to information of general interests, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the designated dates.