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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
So Now What =?

Some sort of a "deap', word much maligned in this dear old state of ours, must end the hopeless deadlock that pre- vented the inauguration of Governor Will bur L. Cross yesterday. He thus becomes hold-over governor With him as hold overs also are not his fellow partymen, elected to office last November, but the republican officials who have been Tn office for the past two years. This is q sorry state of affairs since it is directly in opposition to the wishes of the voters as expressed at the polls on November 6, 1884.
 It is quite obvious that whichever way the tide turns today or tomorrow or whenever the Senate does organize, it will be only because the three parties con- cerned have made concessions. Call them that if you want or call it simply a "deaP'. As State Chairman J. Francis Smith eX- plained prior to the scheduled inaugura- tion ceremonies there are deals" and deals. It certainly is absolutely necessary in this instance that leaders of the repub- licans, democrats, and socialists get to- gether to map out program that will cover not merely the formal organization Of the Senate, but also it's smooth performance throughout the legislative session. -
 The feelings of the state are just as varied today as those of the legislators in Hartford. But the predominating feeling is that all differences should be buried in the interest of good government which is something we are going to need this year, for Connecticut is faced, like every other state, with grave problems. They cannot be postponed. They must be faced and a decision made. We admit it is of some consequence which party controls the Sen ate. Naturally the democrats, controlling the several elective state offices, hope to hold one house, too. To do so they must woo republican or socialist support.
 Strategy, vile, and tactics seem of little avail in situation like that of Wednes- day. It would appear to an outsider that the only way the deadlock can be broken is by means of "deaP'. And so- we find ourselves right back at the moment when democratic senators in caucus decided upon slate that immediately provoked the cry of "deal". Aren't they all?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
We Outlive a Stage

Whether Uncle Sam will ever do any thing with the gigantic blue print laid on his desk by the National Resources Board may be open to question. It is at least certain, however, that the whole thing is a neat if somewhat elaborate marker for the end of long era in American history. For the interesting thing about this program laid down by the presidents advisers is the fact that it snips off time-honored American poli- cies and customs in dozen places.
 In other words, it is a final, definite admission that the pioneering days are gone for good. No longer do the infinite resources of the land lie waiting the grasping hands of some valiant first conner. The program says bluntly that man cannot do as he pleases with his own any longer; he must use what he possesses of forest, stream, and soil with at least one eye on the needs of his fellows and his descendants.
 Thus we get an elaborate plan for the use of land. Something like 75,O0O000 acres of submarginal land would be re- tired from use. Indian reservations, na- tional and state parks, game refuges and forest preserves would be tremendously enlarged. Homestead laws would be re- pealed, laws governing tenant farming would be revised, and subsistence housing projects would be tied in with federally fostered decentralization of industry.
 The use of our streams would be even more stringently regulated. Detailed studies of the possibilities inherent in water power, navigation, and flood con- trol projects for nearly every sizable river basin in the nation would be made. Every thing affecting river, from construction of big hydro-electric plants to prevention of pollution that kills fish, would be di- rected from Washington.
 Control of mineral resources is also urged. This, apparently, would call for combined action by the national govern ment, the states, and the industries them selves, with each industry compelled to adjust it's policies to the interests of con- sumers, wage-earners, and the national conservation program. The items men, toned here constitute but small part of the stupendous program which has been suggested. They constitute an official recognition of the fact that the good old days = the days when mines and forests and streams and farmlands were held the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
So They Say

Changes in appallingly slow Each generation starts from scratch. Prof James II. Breasted, University of Chicago.
  Machines without people are dead.
 -Stalin. It's time were debunking the idea that music is uplifting and stirs noble emotions Except for n half dozen of the greatest compositions, music leaves people just wicked as the day they were born. And that's pretty wicked A. Walter Kramer editor of Musical America.
  Ever since l boy In Donegal, every change has been hailed as revolution and red ruin. But 1t has not been so.
 George Russell, the poet "AE."
  By changing q mans health, can change his whole viewpoint. Charles r. Kettering, automotve engineer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
A Book a Day
Points To Pitfalls On Road To Beauty
BY BRUCE CAPTION

If you found "One Hundred Mil- lion Guinea Pigs" startlings and useful book, you ought to be equal ly interested in "Skin Deep" by M. c. Phillips. of Consumers Re- search.
 This book does for the cosmetic and beauty trades what the earlier book did for the broader field or patent medicines, mouth washes, and 50 on. It is just as outspoken and 1t names names just q blunt ly: and 1t will probably strike you as q nexcecdingiy valuable book to have around the house.
 Some of the. things the author has to say are rather appalling. It is not pleasant, for instance, to learn that one proprietary remedy, sold to enable women to reduce. contains a drug which Is actually dangerous to use even under a doc- tors direction; that there has been marketed. an eyelash dye which has cost some women their sight; that certain supposedly extra-mi1d soaps for the complexion are actually more harsh to a tender skin than the ordinary five and ten-cent brands.
 Soaps, in fact, come m Tor good deal of attention in this book. So do aaki-fat preparations--in- ciuding some creams which are supposed to take away unwanted pounds simply by being rubbed Into the. skin?
 All in all, the whole field Is pretty well covered The book leaves you with a new realization of the inadequancy of existing laws governing the trade.
 Published by Vanguard, the
 book sells for Sz.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
In To-day's Mail
 Anonymous ictte-s will not he accepted unless accompanied with writer's name.
Winter Would Eliminate Bucking.
 ham Street Corner
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Here's two thing wish Super intendent Thomas Fleming and his efficient corps of engineers and workers would leave the motorists of Waterbury in their stockings be-, fore next Christmas rolls around.
 First--to remove that dangerous hazard that exists on Cooke street at Buckingham street intersection where the pavement sweeps out from Buckingham street in a broad roll that is extremely dan gerous in icy or stormy weather. There is no reason why the old terra firma couldn't be switched into reverse and at the same time relieve a decided worry from the average motorist coming down from one of our busy traffic ar- terics. And while they are up there couldn't they put non skil coating similar to the finish on the new Prospect road right over the top of those slippery and antique red bricks which are decidedly ornamental but just as decidedly dangerous.
 Second--K he could only do the same thing for that short but stiff little incline at the top of Gen. tral avenue which to my mind Is another dangerous point. Those red bricks are just like linoleum in a rain or icy spell and some day the inevitable will happen. Why not lock the stable door in both of these well known spots before the Blind Fury with his ab- horred shears steps in and cuts a melon.
 "sTREAMLINE ALGIE"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

Washington, Jan. 10--Members of the presidents official family are clustering around the pat rOnage prospects of the new farm census like honeybees around molasses pot.
 First 1t was Presidential Sec rctary LOucy Howe who tried to get relative placed on the ccn- sus roles. Now 1t Is Uncle Dan Roper, secretary of commerce.
 Hugh Mccall, brother-in-law of Uncle Dan, operates farm near Clio, $. c.
 Roper decided to put him on the payroll as district super visor and asked William l.. Aus tin, director of thee ensus bu- reau, to appoint him.
 This put Austin in & dilemma. Although Roper is his immediate superior, jobs for the farm cen- sus are the special prerOgatlye of democratic house members.
 Austin explained the situation to Roper. The latter told him to leave it to him. He sent an emissary to Allard H. Gasque, representative from McCalrs district, with trading offer-Gasque to offer no objec- ton to the appointment of Rop- CTS brother-in-law, and in ex- change to receive appointments to two jobs in the commerce de- partment.
 Gasque is still considering the dicker, but 1t Is sure bet he will accept. Two plums for one is not bad trade.
 so WHAT?
 Pennsylvania's Governor-elect George Earle was present at the opening ceremonies of congress.
 As the first democratic gov ernor of the Keystone state in many decades he was the object of much fattering attention. But one unknown took a fall out . of him.
 Earle was surrounded by an admiring group W hen the stranger walked up and asked:
 Are you Governor Earlc?"
 "Yes."
 "THE Governor EarIe?"
 "Yes."
 ESQ WHAT?" the stranger re- marked, and calmly walked away leaving Earle blinking. EAKER-FISHERMAN
 Catching a six-pound trout with a "plow line" may sound like the product of an elastic imagination, but that's the story of Speaker Joe Byrns, n d he sticks to 1t.
 At a lake in Glacier National Park where he was vacationing. 6 guide took Byrns and another guest fishing for pickerel. After trolling all day neither got a strike. The tackle, Joe explains. was cord heavy enough to use for a blow line, and triple gang hook with huge hunk of meat on it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

Meeting for it's golden jubilee conven- tion in Bridgeport the Connecticut State Grange went on record Tuesday against the exposure of the youth of this state to the insidious influence of alcohol. The grangers simply believe that there are too many places in the state where liquor is readily obtainable and would have the Legislature do away with some of them. That's probably all right with a lot of peo- pie, who are beginning to find the squab- bling over what's wrong with the liquor laws just bit tedious. We know the original set-up is slightly at fault, but it's not the complete failure that many would have us believe. If we broaden it bit and strengthen it bit we'll have a pretty good law. Then all that remains is to live up to it and force those coming under it to be observant and there won't be such a baneful influence shocking CD the youth of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
Will It Work?

A Chicago economist CD has figured out way to infiate currency without in- flation. Sounds like a silly sentence, doesn't it? Read on, read on, dear read- ersi He shows the chronological history of gold revaluation. Over the centuries gold has been slowly pushed upward in value. At one time it was SIP a fine ounce. The Chicago "wiz" wants present day gold revalued at $51.67 fine ounce. Why it can't just be $51 flat, we don't exactly know.
 He maintains the real values-goods and services-are constantly growing by reason of inventories, improved tech nique, etc. Gold production cannot keep pace with our ability to produce goods, hence, at least, two or three times in each century, the value of gold must be adjust ed to the wealth of goods so as to make them exchangeable. The cause for tariff problems, war debt defaulting, and other international problems is that Europe borrowed forty-cent gold dollar and is expected to pay back hundred-cent gold dollar.
 If gold was revalued and full currency issued against it, instead of trying to op- crate on forty-cent gold, which results in placing embargoes against it's free move ment, once again the wheels of trade would begin to turn evenly and endlessly. Federal Reserve currency, says this fel- low, is just as infationary as is the cred it issued on it. Honest currency is gold and silver freely exchangeable with the certificates printed against them. The minute. receipts or certifcates-pape money or gold bonds-are issued in ex- cess of the value of gold and silver we have printing press money and this is so whether one is republican or democrat, radical or conservative.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

The guide, abashed at the empty fish-coffers of his charges, decided the tackle was too heavy. and stopped at saw mill to borrow lighter equipment. Only one pole and line were available, and Byrns generously resigned in favor of his fishing mate.
 parted for another effort, Byrns
 While the guide and mate de- located nearby dam, at the bottom of which was Q deep pool. He whirled the heavy meat-laden hook around several times, and let go with ham mer-throwing gesture that he now uses for calling the house to order.
 No sooner had 1t struck the water than an immense fish gob- minutes of intense fighting, Byrns managed to land it--a six-pound salmon trout, largest caught in year.
 At dark, when his fishing mate returned with the guide he still naQ caught nothing.
 RIVAL A. r. OF l..
 Some of the barons of big bus mess have a labor organization scheme up their sleeves that will send cold chill down the spines of craft union moguls of the A. r. of l.. when they hear about 1t.
 The plan is willy strategical move.
 The employers propose organ izing company unions along in- dustrial, or vertical lines.
 That is, craft unions are to be wiped out and the workers asked to join plant locals which will be branches of a national un n covreing the entire industry all over the country.
 These big national uaits in turn will be affiliated into gen. eral federation along the lines of the A. .F. of l..
 A rival of this character would he the gravest kind of q threat to the A. +. of l.. with its pre- pOndcrancc of craft organized unions.
 would strike squarely at their most vulnerable point. sep aratism.
 Able A. r. of L. leaders have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

e. Give the source of the quo- tation:
 'The quality of mercy is not
 strained,
 It droppeth as the gentle rain
 from heaven"
 A. shakespeare's Merchant of Venice," Act ", Scene I.
 Q. Who was Hestor Prynne7 A. The heroine of "A Scarlet Letter" by Hawthorne.
 If you want . copy of our bull. lefin, "The Life of Charles A. Llndbcrgh," write to The WatcF~ bury Democrats Washington Bus rcau, enclosing five cent in postage stamps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

natural prizes of those who could get there first-are over and done with.
 We have grown up, apparently. We can no longer afford the care-free spirit of the pioneer. That, whether the pro- gram be adopted or not, is the significant thing about the report.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
Selected Poem
EARLY INCIDENT

(Berne Cooper in The New York Sun) Jed Timmons has lived sixty years In Pleasant Valley neighborhood: they say The Little Cancy washed him fin one day And left him stranded at Dave Huxleys door. He stayed with Huxlcy's better than a score or years because there seemed to be no way Tn pioneer times to 'brand human stray, Or know what tragedy had gone before. old Huxlcy's only son had died that fall. A poisoned arrow piercing through his heart; And in his grief. the old man felt call To give the founding lad home and start In life: and SO Jed owns the Huxley lands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
Press Comment
TAvERNs AND HARD LIQUOR
(New Haven Journal courier.)

We have hitcrto designated the mental astigmation of the tavern- eers wonderful to behold. Hardly . day goes by In this turbulent pre-assembIy time that new proofs of it do not emerge. There Is now the extreme sensitivlty which the liquor gentlemen evince over re- ports of rbialdry and disorder at their places of huslnets. They deny that the taverns are ccnters of disturbance; and they intend to ask the police and other public officers to assist them in scouting these cruel insinations. They dis- play, in word, healthy com prehension of the force of public opinion in the promised.
 But despite this delicacy, they ask In the next breath for ths right to turn their taverna into sA. ioonsI While cUnftnsiDg 10 tiss,ii- ] selves and to the public that rue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
Horoscope
BY oCTAyINE

For persons who believe that hu- man dcstiny Is guided by the plan cts, tine daily horoscope Is out- lined by . noted astrOIOgcr. In ad: ditiOn to information of general interests, 1t outlines information or spccial interest to persons born on tine designated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

Q. When did Ella Wheeler Will
 A. october 30. 1919.
 c. Give the correct possessive form of someone else?
 A. Someone else's.
 Q. Where is the University of Kansas?
 A. Lawrence.
 o. What is the motto of the order of the Garter? Who supplied 1t? ..-
 A. "Honi soft qui nal y pense" (Evil be to him who evil thinks.) King Edward III of England, sup piled the motto April 23, 1349, when according to the somewhat doubtful story, he picked up lady's garter from a ballroom floor.
 a. What is star? A. An oreintal guitar. o. Is neon gas poisonous to l humans? A. No, 1t is completely inert, and has practically the same psy- chological effect as hydrogen, whcih forms 80 per cent of the atmosphere. c. How many loaves of bread can be made from a barrel or flour?
 A. Approximately 2S5, tn 0 number varying according to the formula of the baker. Q. What is the chemical sym bol for radium? A. Ra. c. Give the names of the notes
 A. It, mi, soi, re, ia. la. c. From what animal does Nutria fur come? A. It is the plucked fur or pelt of the coypu, South American beaver-like rodent. o. What was the maiden name of the wife of the Duke of York :? When were they married? A. She was Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, daughter of the Earl of Strathmore (Scotland1. T ey were married at Westminster Ab- bey, April 26, 1923. Q. What is the number of the present congress? A. Seventy fourth. Q. Name the presidents of the United States whose pictures are on United States postage stamps? A. Washington, Jefferson, Jack son, Lincoln. Taylor, Garfield. Grant. Madison. Benjamin Harri- son, Monroe, Mckinley. Harding. Theodore Roosevelt, Hayes, Cleve- land, Wilson and Taft. O. What does the initial "M" on the quarter dollars that were issued from 1916 to 1881 sta d for?
 A. MacNeil, the name of the designer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

A joint study by the United States and Canada to preserve the beauty of Niagara Falls will shortly be proposed to Congress by New York state representatives. The recent rock-slide at the falls has convinced people on this side of the border that some effort must be made to prevent ultimately the complete destruction of the falls. It Is understood that President Roosevelt IS quite interested in this idea and no doubt will throw his weight behind any legisla- tive proposals that may come up at Wash ington. It will require some study to find out just what means must be taken to guard the falls against further destruc- tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

The charge of Norfolk, Va, philatelic society that Postmaster-G General Farley was playing favorites by distributing en- tire sheets of recent commemorative stamps to prominent citizens was denied at Washington. The Postmaster, how ever, admitted that he had bought and given away few sheets with his auto- graph to such personages as the President, Secretary Ickes and others. Why not?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

The legal business is expected to toss a boomerang one of these days. It will come from the lawyers themselves. The young bloods want the judgeship appoint ments taken out of politics. They are for a merit system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
A Thought for Today

If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk fin the statutes of life, without committing iniquty; he shall surely live, he shall not die.-EzeLlcl, 33:15.
 
 wise man will make haste to forgive. be- cause he knows the full value of time and will not suffer 1t to pass away in unnecessary pain.-RambIer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
Daily Washington Merry Co., Round
-BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN

Administration Chiefs Also Seek Pace Kin Howe Suitable Pams NatomWdd Vertical skilled Well Skilled Combat A. 7. O L.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10

mors of disorder already float about their places of business, they ask for wider powers tc. deal in hard liquors which will ungues- ttonabl7 worsen the general situ- aticn. Perhaps, ag they insist, the taycrns as now mafnt0ined are iiauuis cs pagtoraI simplicity arI ccmp1etA peace. Do they rea iy thlnl. t!'at harey state will be aided " Tsrera: s1ie 0f the stronssr waters7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-10
MERRY-Go-RoUND

Senator Theodore Bilbo cer- tention of being ''hell raiser" during his first appearances in the senate. Even his customary glaring red tie was missing. In- stead, the little Mississippian was attired in the most formal morn- ing dress, witt-a large white rose in his lapel. The first bill presented in the senate this ses- sion was one sponsored by Mon- tana's left-wing Senator Burton K. Wheeler banning railroad surcharges on Pullman fraes. Wheeler, who does considerable travelling, considers these extra tariffs an imposition. and Is in the unique position of being able to do something about 1t. He Is chairman of the senate interstate commerce committee. Re- cent press reports on a contenn- plated senate banking committee investigation of the federal de- posit insurance corporation are much exaggerated. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, chairman of the committee, feels that some economics can be made in the operation of the agency, but says he is confident Leo Crowley, head of 4he corporation, will take such steps without any sem ate whippin-cracking.
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