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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Rehabilitation loans to farmers have helped thousands to cOn- tlnue tilling the soil and kept them off relief rolls. At left above Is shown . Maryland family which was given aid. At right above, with one of his lambs,/is . Hayward, Callf., farmer, tho plC- ture of cOntentment since he has been given . new chance through
 federal aid. and handling of poultry and tur. keys, and Si0,646 to the Sweet Potato Growers, Inc, of MisSlssippi, for cooperative production of sweet potatoes and processing of them into starch.
 Many applications for co~opcra- tive loans arc pending.
 A gigantic task, along widely diversified lines, with fnultitudes oi problems. is the one faced by rec settlement administration. But It's leaders look enthusiastically ahead, despite the barrages aimed ct 1t by It's many critics,
 THE END
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
-Enn Elm.

Purely personal. Alma DonaiS, petite steno at the building and Loan office kept things buzzing at the Frontenac ball at the Elks Club Saturday night Alma will be in charge of arrangements for the Connecticut Building and Loan League annual convention at the Hotel Elton tomorrow noon which means that great time will be had by all Ben Hubbell was honored at the annual meeting of the Archaeological Society in New Haven Saturday by being elected of its three vice. presidents. . Ted Hallock is busy completing ar- arrangements for the annual banquet and dance of the Connecticut Pratt Alumni at the Country Club May 2S
 Louis Sobol, former local Fourth Estater, deserves bouquets for his new book "sx Lost Women" Tom my Bryant Jr of Torrington has slipped ring on the pretty finger of Laura Caldwell of Merden and Pine Or chard, Me.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
Co.0ns Are HeIped

Group loans arc made to COG operative associations to provide . service or facility which low-income families could not own individually such as equipment for canning and preserving fruits and vegetables equipment for curing meats, and heavy farm machinery, such aS threshing machines, ensilage cut ters, and hay balers.
 Loans have been made of 4i00,- 900 to the Forest Products Associa- ton of New Hampshire, for the cooperative handling and process Ing of pulpwood: s82,0o0 to the North Dakota Cooperative associa- ton, for the cooperative production
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Recollections of the L. I. P. bowling banquet
 Johnny Jenusais reeng of descriptive adjectives, pro- nouns and whatnots in a much-prolonged address. do him the world of good. Anita Gray demonstrat- ing what good dancing partner means to male escort Carmella Mellon vocalizing with Jimmy Fitzgeralds policeman in his borrowed soup and fish makeup.
 flee" Arnauskas going from table to table to touch cuffs Mrs Gedds Ptcavage being beseiged with requests Dr. Selons for his prize reward and requesting the en dee to sing "Say It isn't So" And so far into the wee hours of the morning went the Lithuanian duckpinners
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Fifty years of diligent service In the ministry Is the envable accomplishment reached to-day by Rev. ). Frederick Sexton rector of the Church of St. James the Apostle in Westvie and former rector of the St. Peters church in Cheshire, post he retained for ten years So tonight at the New Haven Country Club due trb. ute will be paid him when the Protestant Episcopal clergy of the New Haven Archdeaconry tender him reception and dinner. Tn the reception line Will be Bishop Frederick G. BudlOng and Bishop Emeritus Chauncey E. Brewster and our own Rev. Dr. John N. Lewis pastor of St. Johns Episcopal parish Rev. Mr. Sexton will resign September after 40 years at the head of the Westville parish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
Editor. Tall Tower Topics.

Editor Tall Tower Topics. . The recent murder on Abbott Avenue has made quite few people sit up ana take notice For the past several years there has been peace and quiet on the avenue as 1t is called. The credit goes to Officer Jack Winston now understand that he has been lately transferred to another section 1t seems he has way of demanding discipline his beat What Abbott Avenue needs now is another Whis- ton someone who stroll up and down with the air of
 king for when officer leaves beat after several years and murder is committed in less than three weeks something should be done believe this is the opinion of hundreds of others in the city because this recent tragedy is drawing cty-wide interest What is your opinonP Shouldn't try to make city clean from such tragic affairs Then Winston is the man. M J. H.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Realizing the urgent need of more adequate floor space for lovers of the light fantastic Julian E. Norton genial boss of the Spanish Gardens at Lake COmpouncc In Bristol, has begun renovating the dance hall By Decoration Day he contempIates having 1,2OO square feet available for dancing by adding on to the present foor The extension will offer novelty, too, for open air dancing will be in effect providing old Jupe Puvius doesn't interfere The space will also be used for roller skating every evening but Saturday and Sunday when the dancers will be given preference. With such
 floor space available then Norton plans to bring some of the greatest bands in the country there every Sunday evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

won't begin to be visible for two or three years.
 Serious complaints have come up from sections of the south con- corning alleged maladministration by some political resettlemcnt ofi- cials representing the plantation owner class, in relations with tenant farmers and Sharecroppers. Reset clement says the charges are exag- gerated.
 It is clear, however, that neigh- bors sometimes are bitter when Q man is really rehabilitated with government aid and that this phase of human nature becomes more serious when complicated by racial feeling.
 Tn the east there has been some trouble with tight listed local super visors who consider 1t sinful for Q farmer to be broke. Local adminis- tration, good or bad, plays . large part in the success or failure of the RA program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

homes most economically and pru- dently.
 That force is considerably more than half the resettlement per- Sonnell, the size of which has fre- quently been criticized.
 ResettIement officials say they will have kept or taken about 100000 people off relief rolls by July l, when all the money will have been lent and spent. The rehabilitation theory is that 1t is cheaper and more humane to ad- vance small loans which will keep distressed farm families self-sup- porting.
 A COW, 6 horse, a blow, some seed sometimes that's all farmer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Q month, with the monthly amount of debt reduction about $3,00O,O0O'
 still another phase of resettlc- ment's work is It's loans to and supervision of co-operatives,
 On subsistence homesteads, six loans of from s260,000 to $600,0o0 have been made to cooperative agricultural producing associations Purposes must be of self-iiquidat- ing character, such as farm opera tons, greenhouses, trading posts, poultry and hog projects and dairy farms.
 Loans are made sometimes to individuals, as in the case of buy ing c pure-bred bull for community use,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
Tall Tower Topics
Good Evening.
THE KINGS GARDEN PARTY
Bx THE MAN IN TEE TOWER

News Iem the afternoons of July and a the King will hold receptions in the gardens ct Buckingham Paace0 We really should 90 over,
 Drop everything, And plan this summer to attend The garden party of the king. All the peerage expect to drop in, The gentry, too doubt, Saunter along box-hedged paths And sec what it's all about. They'll be coming up from Surrey Or is N down, what hoi All dressed up in silks and laces, About jolly the Lord Mayors show, With pufed sleeves of the formal ninetieS Pleats and tucks and rufiles Shades of pink and shades of heliotrope, Such jam there's sure to be scu1les We really should go over,
 But they say it's very hard To make the palace gardens
 Unless you have card.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
Scandal" RumOr Weak

Only three possibilities now seem to offer Q possible major threat to Landon and they don't loom large
 one is the persistent report that q sensational scandal will be ex- ploded before convention time, daTn- aging to his candidacy. Professional political observers more and more discount that possibility and the rumors concerning 1t.
 The governors record has been scanned rather thoroughly and nothing discredltable has been found therein. Hls advisers are smart enough t0 discourage the Idea that they have permitted any
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
From q Crawl to q Walk

Administrator Rexford c. Tug well is fond of quoting the exclama- ton of a rehabilitation client who was aided by such Q loan:
 "When you found me, I was crawlin'. Now I'm walkin'."
 Tugwell says most of the farm CTS who have been on relief were there because they lacked basic tools of production.
 Obviously, many of the rchabili- tation clients will be pushed right back where they were when Tug well found them. Tn many cases of default, Q lenient policy will be required.
 The balance sheet, from both social and financial viewpoints,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Spinning the wheel Donald Elwell of Middle bury is receiving visitors at the Waterbury hospital
 AngeIine Salvatore of Cheshire has been discharged from New Haven hospital where she has been under going treatment for some time. Mrs. Frank J. StapletOn of Cheshire is home from an enjoyable cruise to the West Indics She accompanied by her sister Mrs. Margaret Callahan of New York city. Helen Lumpkn of ThOmastOn is recuperating from an appendicitis operation at the Waterbury hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

A custom in Naugatuck many years ago may be revived soon revealed at the meeting of the board of warden and burgesses last night This is the custom of having series of summer band concerts Warden Sherden is negotiating with State WPA officials for series of concerts by the WPA band and is hopeful his negotiations will prove successful The concerts would probably be held on the Green. The majority of the town used to turn out for band concerts in oden times here "Wi they free beer?" someone asked when Alae concert was mentioned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
Debts Are Adjusted

Resettlement took over from FCA the farm debt adjustment program fund of $2,000, 900. This program has c permanent personnel of 22O and voluntary force of l2,000 members of state and county farm debt ad- justinent committees.
 The object is to help debt-bur- dened farmers by bringing debtor and creditor together and making 1t easier on the debtor.
 Lately this program has resulted in more than 5000 debt adjustments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
!. BEHIND THE SCENES WASHINGTON
18Y RODNEY DuTcHER'-h Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

California Setback Viewed as Only Minor Brake on Lan. dOn's Progress Fear of Hearst's Influence Is Al. layed =. BOrah Expected tOStay ln Fold .. HOOver's Chances Rated as Nil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
Less Worry Over Hearst

AS previously reported in these dispatches, many Landonites had been worrying about adverse reac- tions to the tie-up with Hearst which had cropped up following LandonS consent to entry of the Heart-Merriam ticket.
 The extent of this feeling was in- dicated last month by an editorial in the Emporia Gazette from the pen of William Allen White, dis- tinguished sage of Kansas and a prominent Landon supporter, who said that "Politically, Hearst has degenerated into . method of sui- eide"
 That gives you an idea why some LandOn supporters don't mind what happened in Callfor- mia. They knew the Democrats were all set to make Hearst an is. sue In the election campaign.
 Now they're in position tO keep Hearst from being an infiu- ence at the convention - as he would have been had the Landon sIat wOn--and tO claim that they are under no obligations tO the publisher.
 Borah's defeat by . narrow mar. gin in South Dakota was more of Q surprise tha n the uninstructed slate's big majority in California. Nearly all political prophets had awarded South Dakota's delega- ton to the Idaho senator in ad- vance and the Landon managers made no strong effort there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
BY RODNEY BUTCHER Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent lCOpYEighL l02a. by NEA EarRlca. InnA

Washington May 2The ReSetement Admnstrations biggest lob comes the head of reiet-not resettement, "
 rehabilitation" covering about 10000 farm New Deal making agggang dong out emergency cash grants of than siSOOOOOO
 field force of 000 grants teaching operate farms and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
RIA Small Loan Plan Designed To Keep
 Thousands Of Farmers Off Relief List
Lift in Time of Emergency Helps Many to Remain Self-SuppOrting; Federal
 Agency Also Aiding Co-Operatives

has being planned to solve Che widely varied problems facing ReSetemen Adns aOn New Deal agency described fin series five Rodney Dutche NEA Service and Waterbury ingtOn correspondent This the last of the series
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

Washington, May 12 - There is no reason to suppose that the rapid progress of the Republican presi- dental nomination toward Cover nor Alfred M. Landon of Kansas has been seriously inpeded by the result of the California primaries.
 Consensus in Washington indl- cates . widespread belief that Landon'S unexpected primary vice tory in South Dakota--a blow to Senator B0rah approximately offsets the damage done when a Landon slate of delegates prOmOt- cd by Hearst and Governor Mer- rIam of California was defeated by an unlnstructed slate support ca by Herbert Hoover.
 LAndon leaders appear to be per- fectly sincere when they express re- lief in the feeling that the effect is to remove much of the Hearst in- fiuence from the governors cam paign.
 One of them, pointing out that there are pro-Landon men on the uninstructed California slate, says the defeat of the Landon ticket merely" meant that California re- publicans dislike Hearst more than they dislike Hoover"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12
mOnkey-buslness with respect to campaign funds.

mOnkey-busIness with respect to campaign funds.
 The worst things Democratic strategists have found yet to "ex- piode" against Landon in the cam paign are commcndatory statements made by the governor about various New Deal efforts.
 Not Such q Menace
 Second, tho reactIonary eastern c. o. P. leadership for the most part has held of from endoring Landon and this is sometimes con- strued as Q menace. The fact is that such important leaders as Charlie Hilles of New York know that any endorsement of theirs be- fore the convention would merely provide fuel for Senator Borah.
 Landon managers long ago bee came e little nervous about the ex- tent to which eastern conservatives were declaring for their man. Re- ports that Hilles and others eastern bosses who usually follow his lead are secretly committed to Landon cannot be confirmed in Washington but there is no particular reason to doubt them.
 BOrah and Hoover Left
 The other threat is that of sena- tor Borah, which most observers believe would materialize import antly only if Borah were to threat en to bolt the party in case of Lan- don't nomination.
 It is generally believed that Borah will do no such thing and that LandOn couldn't be stopped even if BOrah did bolt.
 That leaves Herbert Hoover, since his prestige came up . bit fin the California primary.
 But there will be no last-ditch fighting delegates for MT Hoover. The possibility of his nomination practically doesn't exist and the possibility that he will exert a con- trolling influence at the convention Is almost as remote.
 Landon is a 10 to shot, barring important and unexpected breaks (Copyright lO36, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

needs to keep operating for another year. Loans run between $50 and $600-occaSionally higher--and are repayable in from two to five years. Given Emergency Aid
 Emergency grants go to farmers in immediate need of subsistence, when the delay incident to loans would cause suffering.
 The Idea is that these recipients will later become rehabilitation loan clients" as the borrowers are officially called. The program this fiscal year provides for grants to about 176,000 families.
 The rehabilitation phase was subject to much delay. Resettle- ment attributes that to the time required for working out farm management plans, voucher approv- als, clarification of the comptroller generals decisions, and liquidation of FERA's state rural rehabilita- ton corporations.
 Only Sl0,0oO,oO0 of $46o0O,0o0 in loans made under EZRA aus- pices has been repaid and much of the rest won't be recovered. Resettlement thinks 1t can even- tually collect at least 70 per cent of it's own loans.
 Only farmers who can't borrow elsewhere can get resettlement loans. They arc expected to show willingness and ability to support themselves If given a chance. Mort- gages and liens are taken on prop crty and crops.
 Shows How to Farm
 In the loan agreements arc in- cluded farm management plans, the farmer agreeing to operate his farm in accordance with good agricultural advice and Q budget which takes into consideration probable expen- dltures and probable income.
 A resettlement supervisor are ranges the loan and tells the farmer how he should diversity his farm- ing, and Q home economies expert tells the farm wife what she should do in canning and making the most of what income there is.
 Such farm management plans have been worked out for about 350,000 families, with the object of discouraging dependence on . single cash crop and getting farmers to figure food and produce raised for the family as part of their basic income.
 Twenty per cent of loans made are for purchase of dairy cattle, l7 per cent for stock feed, and l3 per cent for poultry. Loans are also made for land rental, repair or purchase of equipment, and fer tilizer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-05-12

needs to keep operating for another year. Loans run between $50 and $600-occ ccasionally higher--and are repayable in from two to Ave years
The Washington times., 1936-03-31
Removing the Mask
By James T. Williams, Jr.

tempting to reelect itself with the
votes Of those who fear its pun.
ishment and the votes Of those
who lust for future favors.
All this the plain people of this
country are Just beginning to COM
prehend.
Nothing has dom more to open
their eyes to the naked truth
about the desperate practices to
which Personal Government is
STOPPING to reelect itself than the
revelations in recent weeks Of
what has been going on for
months behind the backs Of the
American people.
Slowly but surely the benevolent
mask CT Personal Government is
being torn away.
Toward this unmasking of its
real and ugly features nothing
has contributed more than the
discovery of what the agents Of
Personal Government at both ends
of Constitution Avenue have been
doing the Bill Of Rights.
ABUSE OF POWER
When the agents Of Personal
Government abuse the inveStiga,
tive power Of the Senate to defy
the courts, when they seize, search
and broadcast the contents of pri-
vate kilograms to mtimidate and
coerce millions of voters into sup
porting the candidates of Personal
Government for reelection the
plain people know what that
means.
When the agents of Personal
Government abuse the power of q
quasi-judicial tribunal and make
it the servile accomplice of those
who make "a Kissing and a by
word" of so-called Senatorial
power" to punish those with
enough courage left to demand
the overthrow of Personal Govern
ment and the restoration of the
Government of the Constitution
the plain people know what thatN
means.
1t means that the time has come
to heed the warning of the Great
Emancipator when he said:
"He who would be no slave
must consent to have NJ slave
It means that every American
voter who would protect his Con-
stitutional rights in the years
ahead must withhold his vote at
the coming election from a Per-
sonal Government that has tram.
pied upon the Constitutional rights
of others.
The Washington times., 1936-03-31
District Offices

The District Commissioners have recently made ap-
pontments to places in the city government which would
be laughabe it not for the fact that they carry
the implication that no resident of Washington is quail
flied to hold the jobs thus filled
JUDGING FROM THE TYPE OF PERSON Sc
LECTED TO FILL THESE JOBS THE STANDARDS
CALL FOR RELATIONSHIP TO OR STRONG
FRIENDSHIP WITH MEMBER OF CONGRESS
OR HIGHLY PLACED EXECUTIVE OFFICIAL.
One office in the District Building already looks as
though were the especial prerogatve of member
of the House and his family.
There are now several jobs in the local government
waiting to be filled.
Are these, tOO to be handed out to Out-Of-tOLUn
politicians in order that they may use the tax
money of District residents to pay their political
debts back home and to build their fences in prepa
ration for the coming election?
By yielding to the wishes of one Congressman on this
appointment and to the urgngs of another that ap
poinment the District Commissioners raising in the
minds Of WashingtOnians the serious question of
whether the city government is being operated for the
benefit of those who support it whether it is to be
conducted as DUMPING GROUND FOR HACK
POLITICIANS who have no interest in the city except
what they can get out Of It,
That being so how can the Commissioners themselves
expect the bona fde residents of the community to go
to their support when important matters relating to the
local government pending?
For city which is supposed to be free from politics
Washingtons government is over-run with politicians
They swarm in through both the front and the back
doors of the Municipal Building.
It rests with the Commissioners to keep out the in
vading forces
AND THEY CAN BE KEPT OUT IF THE COM
MISSIONERS WILL BEAR IN MIND THE NON
POLITICAL STATUS OF THE CITY, THE POLIT-
ICALLY POWERLEss STATUS OF IT'S CITIZENS,
AND GIVE THEM AT LEAST A DUE AMOUNT OF
CONSIDERATION AS THE PEOPLE WHO FOOT
THE HILLS.
The Washington times., 1936-03-31

Stand Nth anybody that
stands right. Stand NTH him
tOhiIe he Is right and part NTH
him tDhep he goes tDro11g.-Abr1-
ham Lincoln.
Believing them to be right, sew
eral millions of Americans stood
with them and elected their candi-
dates for President and Congress
in 1882.
If these candidates are defeated
for reelection in 1885 it will be due
to the loss of the support of mil
lions of Americans who believe
that these candidates have gone
wrong.
It is the millions of voters who
put their country above any po-
litical party who always hold the
balance of power in a national
crisis. This is just as true when
the crisis is due to causes within
"the household of the nation" as
it is when the crisis arises from
the challenge Of the enemy at the
gate. =
And this is true, in peace and
war, because the plain people OF
the country, regardless of race or
religion or walk in life, have IN
common a love Of liberty, a pas
sion for justice and devotion to
American institutions that are the
very foundation of their pride in
the title American"
No President and no Congress
have ever been reelected that CO.
creed or corrupted the electorate
to win their votes.
What Mr.. Lincoln said about
the impoSSibility of fooling all the
people all of the time can be said
with equal truth about coercion
and corruption.
GRAVE CRISIS
Some people can be intimidated
into voting for a candidate for
President by fear of punishment
if they vote against him. Some
people can be sc -..uced into vot-
ing for a candidate for President
by lust for favors yet to come.
But such ~e only a minority Of
the American people in a crisis.
They always have been a minor
ity in a crisis. They will remain
a minority in a crisis as long as
America remains Amerca.
This country laces one of the
grave crises in its history. Per
sonal Government has Supplanted
the Government of the Constitu-
ton. Personal Government is at