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Evening star., 1936-06-14

the conditions, both current and pro-
spective. And manifestly, If it is i'm
practical to establish by law what is
desirable, business is bound to be preju-
diced, either through profits disbursed
when honestly needed in its develop
ment, or through conhscatory taxes
upon profits withheld when they are
likewise honestly needed.
1.-THE rise Of American business has
been characterized by modest begin
nings. developing through, the process
Of evolution into important enterprise,
largely through the employment Of ac-
cumulated profts by aggressive and in
telligent management. To interfere
with such logical and sound evolution
would be little short of catastrophe. +"
Evening star., 1936-06-14
What to Read.

The holiday season Of the year, nat
urally enough, Is q time for indulgence
IN the pleasure Of reading. Young
people, especially, have leisure for books.
But inevitably the question arises as to
what choice Of literature to make. DR..
George r. Bowerman,. librarian of the
Washington Public Library, suggests the
advisability Of selecting . cultural pur-
pose In any such dilemma. He has
ready for distribution O number of care
fully prepared lists Of titles recon-
mended.
For example, there must be many
citizens who instinctively wish to be on
terms Of greater familiarity with the his
tory Of their country. It happens that
the chronicle is fascinating for its
human interest values and that whole
new school Of writer's has come into
being In the past decade for the exposi-
ton Of those aspects Of national expert
ence-the annals Of America have been
humAnised, in effect. -
Again, IN the larger held OF world
affairs similar forces have been at work
and their influence has been to drama
tine the psychological links which relate
the people Of the United States to the
populations Of those European countries
from which modern Western civilization
principally descends. Particularly in
biographies the new spirit is conspicu-
ously notable. But it also appears in
volumes dealing with subject material
not strictly personal in character. H. G.
Wells famous Outline" deserves credit
for stimulating the production Of books
far more accurate and far less opinion
ated, but not In any degree less worth
reading. 31s
Mention likewise should be made Of
that classification Of contemporary
letters which embraces the arts and the
sciences. n y WMptonatis q ths pres-
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Shooting Stars.
BY PHLLANDER JOHNSON.
The Hours.

The Hours.
So slow they go! So slow! So slow!
The hours Of waiting and of woe!
When we must toll till set of sun
1t is so long ere day is done. 49,.
The hours of darkness feebly grope
Toward morning, when, untouched by
hope.
The pendulum swings to and fro.
So slow they go! So slow! So slow!
So swift they shift! So swift! So swift!
The hours when pleasures gayly drift
Adown the sun-kissed stream of time,
With silken sails of love and rhyme.
These are the truest and the best,
Worth all the rigors of the test,
But vanished like an elfin gift,
So swift they shift! So swift! So swift!
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Professors are mentioned in great
number, but none of them has been able
to show that speed and machinery have
changed the basic principles of human
nature. The strife for power and the
ease with which taxes may be imposed
are as great as ever.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

The I. c. C. as it figures railway profits
calls attention to the fact that the Inter-
state Commerce Commission provided
one of the first sets of initials to become
prominent in public life. ~.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

The radio speeches by Franklin D.
Roosevelt indicate a determination not
to allow even Republican convention
to interrupt him when he has something
on his mind.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

After Mr.. SHELLS heart-to-heart talk in
Cleveland there must be strengthened a
belief that James Farley's prophecy Of
a fierce campaign will come true, AS q
fighter Mr.. Smell has been described as
fierce, but fair.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

The fact that even the United States
Constitution faces fault finding may
make any party platform seem excusable
If 1t falls short Of unanimous popular
approval.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

Remembrances of horse and buggy days
have a sentimental aspect that cannot
lose its charm. Bandits hold up gas
stations ad lib. They never dared
behave with such familiarity with
livery stable.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

The emblem of the Fascists Is a
bundle of rods with an ak in the middle.
who is going to get the ax?" is a ques-
ton Of great significance in Mussolini's
political policy.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

The oratory at the Cleveland conven-
ton was so polished that it at no time
indicated need Of borrowing a gong
from the amateur night radio manager.
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Not a Cure.

From the Grand Rapids Press.
Physicians are learning that heat win
allay pain, but getting hot under the
collar Is no cure for q naiu In the neck.
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A Trip for the Summer.

A Trip for the Summer. ,.
Let us fare away to a far-off land,
But not to the tropics cleaning strand
That is faint with lotus scent;
Where the languorous breeze is soft and
slow:
Where even the waters as they flow
Are tepid and indolent.
Wen turn our backs on the rustic spot
Where the ivies broider the sylvan grot.
Ere a month has passed away
The leaves will wither that powered
there
And the grass will die and twigs be bare
Meath the suns relentless ray.
So Wen steer our course for the iceberg
where
In luxury f1estles the polar bear,
AS he melts him couch Of ease;
Where the borealis is chill and bright:
Where the snow Is monarch of day and
night;
Where there's nothing to do but freeze.
Jud Tunkins says some prophets are
without honor in their own country
because it's harder to fool people when
they are well acquainted with you.
"To show publicly all that is in your
mind" said Hi Ho, the sage Of China
town, proves that you have nothing
that you value sufficiently to reserve it
for conversation with close friend"
Polite Restraint.
1.-THE gentleman" was oft addressed
BY yonder chairman, elf-possessed
I wasn't sure, as patience fed, ~,
He always meant just what he said
"De good-natured man. said Uncle
Eben, as liable to wind UP by gittin'
tired Of being generally mistook for an
easy marx"
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A Fine Start.

THAT gracious orator spoke of you in
the most beautiful language"
Il shall never cease to value his
words" said Senator Sorghum. "And
cannot doubt their sincerity. If I can
get my public thinking about me the
way he does, am sure that all will be
WELL"
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Deep Distrust.

Deep U1struSt.
THAT man is great reasoner"
eyes," replied Farmer Corntossel.
Hes one of those people that lose your
confidence because you know they're
smart enough to convince you whether
they're right or not"
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Polite Restraint.

1.-THE gentleman" was oft addressed
BY yonder chairman, self-possessed.
wasn't sure, as patience fed, ~,
He always meant just what he said.
Evening star., 1936-06-14

'De good-natured man" said Uncle
Eben. as liable to wind up by gitttn'
tired Of being generally mistook for an
easy marx"
Evening star., 1936-06-14

kAOln A4ldIhCb
4
George Peek, former A. A. A. admins
traitor, and former foreign trade adviser
to the President, is busy telling farmers
that they are needlessly being forced to
give up part of their markets to for
eigners. He doesn't see, and more and
more farmers appear to agree with him,
why foreign producers should be able
to get q dollars worth of business in
the American market so long as Amer
lean farmers can grow the goods that
are wanted.
All of the effect on the part of Henry
Wallace to sell agriculture on the fu-
tility of high tariffs as cure-all for
farm troubles has not clicked.
Another drift propellent is Federal
spending for relief. -,.
Farmers are not adverse to printing
press money for use in easing their debt
burden. They have accepted Treasury
bounties with clear conscience on the
ground that these bounties were COM
parable to those taken by industry in
the form of tariff protection.
But the Governments unbalanced
budget and the knowledge of large-scale
spending on program for those In
distress runs against the grain of many
farmers.
It is in the small towns and on the
farms that people have rubbed most
closely against the relief problem.
Farmers see neighbors, who may mot
have been any too thrifty or efficient In
the past, getting help from the Govern
nent in the form Of w. P. A. jobs or
In the form. Of loans and grants from
Dr.. Tugwell's Resettlement Administra-
Evening star., 1936-06-14
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

Half century ago the "Schuetzenfest,"
or annual fete and competition of Ger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Un,rained Youths

As industrial and commercial recovery proceed, the strongest demand is for trained workers. There must be trained minds and hands for the complex ma chinery of modern manufacture and for the no less complex machinery of office and store. And there are 5,000,000 unenl- ployed young people in the United States today, says state director of the Ma tional Youth Administration because they have no training for jobs.
 He planes this situation on "too much concentration on higher education" High school students are usually handled as if they were going on to college, although only 16 per cent of high school graduates actually enter college and only 3 per cent finish. No wonder there is growing de- Ynand for "bread and butter courses" !" Vocational schools may be more import ant than the public has realized.
 These unemployed young people are not only burden to their families and to themselves. They are drag on the community and peril to society. It was such idle youths who fiocked to MuSsolini in Italy and Hitler in Germany, for lack of honest work to do, and who form the chief support of those ruthless dictatorS. Young people inevitably will go where the jobs are and do what the man with the job wants them to do. The survival of American democracy may depend on preparing these boys and girls for useful work,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Coolidge Versus ROoSevelt
Result Would Be Election of First Declares Editor in Support of Recent Claim Made
 by Phillips Andover Headmaster.
BRIDGEPORT TELEGRAM

tive statesmanship which MT, Cool idge, well as he held the helm Of state during . period of relative calm and easy sailing, did not re. veal."
 There Is . possible confusion of ideas here, since pr. Ruess is ex. pressing au opinion that there ought not to be 6 demand, that it would be illogical. We think that Dr. Fuess wins on both counts, first that there would be Q demand, and second, that it would be logical and reasonable.
 This Is an argument that cannot be settled since Calvin Coolidge is dead--a real misfortune for this country. If he were alive he would bo nominated by the republican party in response to an irresistible demandh just as Dr. Fuess gaid. He might not be elected, but indications (Literary Digest poll, etc) are that he would. In any case there would be Q clean cut issue: Coolidge and the known, versus Roosevelt and the unknown. 4 return to sure and cers tain paths with Coolidge or more experiments with Roosevelt.
 We say this with no disrespect to the present occupant of the White House. There are some. people who like the experiments and consider them thrilling, just as there are some who like to drive cars at 70 miles an hour.
 These thrill-seekers are in the minority In the nation or on the highway. Our opinion is that the slow but certain progress favored by Coolidge, with no radical ex- periments would win Q stupendous popular majority over the radical experiments favored by President Roosevelt, ore more accurately cooked up by his brain trust. But that is only our opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Wha.'s the Significance?

It is hard to figure out the significance behind the action of President FranKlln D. Roosevelt in vetoing the bonus" Dill by message in his own handwriting. Not since the old days of handwriting has President sent in a veto message m ms own hand. Usually they are dictated to an executive clerk and neatly typed on manuscript. The very fact that President Roosevelt wrote out his brief veto message and immediately forwarded 1t certainly was no more effective than the customary type.
 If 1t was why then did the House with equal promptness override the veto in just as overwhelming fashion as 1t passed the first bonus" bill and then the second in the amended form that 1t had passed the Senate? We confess that we cant answer the question and we wonder II any but the most intimate members of the administration know the true answer. All sorts of conjectures can be made, but it's safe to say that the majority of them are mere guesses and no more accurate than one that you or might make.
 The President realized full well that his veto of the "bonus" was to be over- ridden. Perhaps he counts on the Senate remaining with him in this matter, as 1t did last year when it seemed as if the bill would get by. But this is 1886 and there are enough senators facing contests this fall without having the bonus" hanging over their heads. It is too certain that they will pass the bill over the veto for anyone, let alone the President with his proximity to inside sources of informa- ton, to think the bonus" will again fall by the wayside.
 What then is the significance of the presidential veto in the face of positive repassage by both houses. It might be the intention to remain true to his con- victions on the "bonus" expressed many times. It might be bit of tactics. It might be his way of informing the public that he does not consider the verterans in need of relief as class. It might be that he believes that his veto will actually do him no harm next November, whereas, his signature on the bill would be signal for much criticism from anti-bonus sources. At all events let us hope no one puts too much faith in the theory that paying the bonus involves new taxation. There's no need of any.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25

N. q, group now hos cooperative arrange ments for milk, coal, butter, coffee, gro ceries, meats and vegetables, and also garage, beauty shop and barber shop services.
 There may be difficulties in such a plan. The dealers who do not get the clubs patronage may raise objections to this form of price cutting. One benefit seems clear. Before any product is Se- lected, Q special committee of the club investigates thoroughly, obtaining anal yses of foods and information about the conditions under which product is pre- pared. Such work should teach club members themselves more about the quality of things they buy and should help to keep up standards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Copper Houses

i. The news that copper houses had been found to be practical and might create a vogue in home-ownership was greeted enthusiastically by the Naugatuck Valley when 1t was first mentioned in trade cir cles some months ago., Waterbury nat urally rejoiced for the manufacture Of brass and copper is one of the basic in- dustries not merely of Connecticut but of Waterbury. Our title of the Brass City was not idly won. It was based on out put from local factories.
 The latest news that the second all- copper house in the United States is being built within stones throw of Waterbury --our neighbor, Watertown, to be exact should allow for more rejoicing. Whether or not this departure in homes will catch the popular fancy, we presume time alone will tell. But for the present it is enough to read and learn that the copper house is not an oddity but direct contribution to the field of home building.
 Just as we remarked the other night that the conventional type of home, built of wood, brick, stone or other material, would never be outmoded, so we say to- night that there are great possibilities ahead for the copper house, just as there are for all kinds of pre-frabricated dwell- ings. Durability and fire-proof construc- ton will make big appeal to home owners, but big class of home owners will have to be created before any type of house can be built, let alone sold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Consumers Clubs

A consumers cooperative movement thriving in New Jersey is worthy of at- tention. Clubs have been established in a number of towns, one of which has just distributed the first dividends to mem- bers. There are 30 members in this club, each representing family. Their pur- pose is to buy high-grade commodities at lower prices, but they get their goods separately from local retailers instead of buying wholesale and distributing the goods themselves.
 The vendor agrees to supply members with particular product and to pay the club a commission for producing the business. Individual members of the club buy their own stuff at the market price. At stated periods, then, the vendor pays the club commission on the total sales It is that commission which is divided among members in proportion to the amount of their purchases. The Nutley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25

Frank .schoonnaker, a European wine buyer for American liquor importing houses, declares that right here in good old Connecticut there is fine soil for pro. ducing grapes that would make ideal wine. In recent address to the Hart. ford Rotarians he admitted that one of the best wines he ever tasted, and tasting wines Is his business, was produced in Westport, Connecticut. He also stated that If every adult American would con sume four glasses of wine daily 1,500,000 men could go back to work. Rather a pleasant way of providing employment. Who'll subscribe to the Schoonmaker theory of breaking the depression. What a chorus of ayes!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25

Several hundred motor vehicle owners received an unpleasant surpsse recently when official communications from Motor Vehicle Commissioner Michael A. Con- nor's office informed them that they had been "blacklisted" and would not be able to secure 1936 license plates. Further than that the notice stated that their 1885 licenses had been suspended and that if caught operating vehicles henceforth, they would be subject to arrest. This all the car owners had neglected to pay prop erty taxes on their motor vehicles. This oversight on their part had in turn been reported to the Motor Vehicle Department with the ensuing result, so often threat ened but never invoked. For years many motorists have ignored the property tax on automobiles. Now they are going to find 1t bit difficult to get away with 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25

studied also In Greece and Africa.
 Like Frances Perkins, Miss Flanagan is Q ';Lucy etonef," uses her maiden name. Tn private life she is Mrs. Philip II. Davis, wife of vassar's professor of Greek.
 Merry Co., Round
 AAA legal experts are confident that the Supreme Court will not throw out their marketing agree Tients. They are ell prlnned for the test, their ace card being 1929 decision, in which both Mc- Reynolds and Van Devanter took Q stand that states could not regulate purchase. of agricultural commodities destined for inter- sttae commerce. The inference was that this was the federal governments business. This looks like an out for marketing agree Yaents.
 Copyright, 1oS0, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
A Book a Day
Cite Record of Our "Lawless Judiciary"
 By BRUCE CAPTION

If Americans are c lawless people, c good part of the blame must 60 to American judges who have set the style for them.
 So say Louis P. Goldberg and Eleanore Levenson in "Lawless Judges," Q tart and provocative book which reviews judicial failure to abide by the letter of the low.
 The authors begin by coolly sug- gesting that the supreme court It. self has been essentially lawiess In assuming the right to disqualify legislation which 1t believes to be unconstitutional.
 When Q court rules that federal regulation of the interstate trans portation of lottery tickets is con- stitutional, but that federal regula- ton of goods produced with child labor Is unconstitutional-then, ar- que these authors. 1t Is simply act- Ing outside of tho law.
 But they soon leave the rarefied air of the supreme court and get down to humber benches, where they find plenty of ammunition.
 The use of injunctions in labor disputes. of course, gives them an1- pie room to prove that judges very often follow prejudice rather than law. and they cite Q dreary list of cases in which they say the judi ciary has been lawless indeed.
 They compile an equally impress sive list in the contempt of court bracket, review such famous cases as the 6acco- -Vanzetti trial, and wind up by suggesting that. of all overdue reforms, the task of putting the judiciary in its place is one of the most important.
 Published by the Rand School Press, the book sells for $2.60.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Current Comments

 The end of the AAA means the end of Roosevelt. The administra- ton can no longer hold the farmers. and with the farmers and industri- alists beyond control through regi- mentation Mfr. Roosevelt cannot be renomlnated. = Governor Eugene Talmadge, Georgia.
 It is not that we are illiterate, but we simply have not realized the aims of the nations founders. We ignore the thoughts of great think CTS and make heroes of gangsters and ball players. - pr. Everett Dean Martin, New York.
 Tasks immediately before us are as arduous as the conquest of the frontier a hundred years ago. The people of America know the heart and purpose of their government. We will not retreat.
 --President Roosevelt. A good American husband is the best thing on earth. These nus" bands don't deserve any credit for It. It's the way their womenfolk bring them up.
 Mary McC0rnic.
 primo donna. Men are selected because Of their political skill and are then called upon to deal with issues requiring economic knowledge and Q wino background Of education and intel- ligence. Tn other words. we have of- ten e headIess democracy. --Dr. Win Durant. writer on philosophy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25

The Hartford Times, conserva- lively democratic in its sympathieB, quotes with some amusement the statement of pr. Claude More Tuess, headmaster of Phillips An dover Academy:
 If Coolidge were alive today you would be seeing one Of the greatest popular demands for one man for m ofiice that the country has ever Seen."
 To which the Hartford Times re. torts;
 "Some of us at least, fail to see solid ground for that statement. These days demand of Q president qualities of leadership and conStruc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25

If he left behind him no other record than that he served 23 governors, Frank D. Rood, 84, who has just died at his Hartford home, is assured of place in Connecticut history. He started his du- ties in the state government in 1879, be- ing named executive clerk by Governor Charles B. Andrews. He was renamed by every governor after that. His term of office began the year the present State Capitol was opened.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-01-25
Selected Poem
PRELUDE

PRELUDE Arthur Wallace Peach in the Christian Science
 Monitor. Slowly the great hills darken With fading sunset light, And the violins of the dusk begin The prelude to the night. The hill wind tries the organ stops Of tall pines on the hill; A far brook tunes bis flute of dreams With silver scale and trill, The valley river tests his harp Where swallows break in song; And golden notes go shimmering Where evening shadows throng. Then blending violins and harp Join with the wild brooks flute, The pines high organ fills the night And the listening hills are mute Softly the great hills darhen To rose and amethyst: And then thrush is singing The evenings soloisti