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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

persons turned up, so he decided to wait for more.
 While waiting, Hawkes. got into discussion with an old man who had come to hear him and who turned out to be an enthu- siastic La Toilette follower and New Dealer. Soon the two were arguing heatedly. Finally, the oldster snapped:
 'I didn't come here to argue with you, young man. I came here to listen to this republican candidate for secretary of State."
 ''What do you want to hear him for?" asked that candidate. with your views you don't expect to be convinced, do you?"
 Nope" was the emphatic re- ply. But I didn't have any thing else to. do, and thought it might be interesting to watch him make 2 fool of himself" Phil La Toilette
 Understand" says Gov. Phil La Toilette, '1'm no soft mid dle-of- -the-road liberal Pm a Progressive"
 His campaign bears out that statement. He is staging a smooth running. hard hitting battle which is leaving the generalissimos of the two major parties far be-. hind. G
 For some time Gov. La Toilette and the other progressive candi- dates have been booked up Solidly with speeches for every day un- til election. More than a mil-. pieces of campaign literature are being mailed. Local units have been set up. to telephone voters on election day and see that they get to the polls. County leaders have been appointed and primed to see that the local groups do their stuff.
 Press Relations M
 It has been, traditional La Fol- 1ette policy to take an antagonis- tic attitude toward the press. This gun-shyness was largely due to the ferocioi1s attacks of the Wis corlsin press on the late Senator LaFollette. Naturally his. two sons, and the progressives' igener- ally, inherited this wariness of newspapers and neWspapermen.s
 Phil has said kind words about individual editors and they have reciprocated with friendly ges- lures.
 As a result of all this, plus the strength because of rival republi- can and democratic slates, PHIL APPEARS ALMOST SURE TO WIN BY A LANDSLIDE MA JORITY. ROOSEVELT LOOKS TO BE ALMOST EQUALLY SURE.
 Copyright, 1886, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
States Attorneys In Politics

The entrance into the state campaign of States Attorney William H. Blodgett of Litchfield county makes us feel the republican court officials of the state are as subject to the call and order of the republican state committee, as is the old time state politician and so-called wind jammer" Every now and then we hear republican state papers, yes, and those right here at home, preaching the warning of "keep the courts out of politics" but they said nothing two years ago when the States Attorney of Hart ford county canvassed the state as candidate for governor, and they are not saying anything this year when the States Attorney of New London county appears to be doing the same thing.
 You didn't see MT. Alcorn resign two years ago; you have never heard that MT. Brown, the republican candidate for governor, rendered his resignation to the Chief Justice.
 Tn New York state when Judge Bleak ley was nominated for Governor, he resigned: he had to, apparently, or at least he looked at it from the standpoint that 1t wouldn't look just right for a supreme court justice to stay on the bench and seek votes throughout the state. The same thing applies to the States Attorneys of Connecticut.
 Next winter when the General Assembly Is in session and the deal for the judge ships is being arranged, you'll hear the reform editors of the present day decry-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Current Comments

One of the most hopeful reac- tions that the present European crisis has had on the American people is .. the spectacle of Ger man, Italian. and Russian experi- ments has infused us with an almost fanatical desire to make our dem- ocracy work and to do 1t quickly. Charles w. Taussig, adviser to the National Youth Administration.
 The Welfare, of mankind in the immediate future depends more up- on the coordination of existing knowledge than upon the acquisi- tion of new Knowledge. < Sir John Herbert Parsons, Eng fish eye surgeon.
 
 I believe that the dissatisfaction of young people is 8 good thing {. :. Just as long as our youth in Ameri- can cities takes an interest in what our government does, there is every hope for the future.
 --iGrs. Franklyn D. Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

Dr. Frank is not a candidate for office. But his continuance in the presidency is a major issue of the bitter campaign. The progressives, who brought him to Wisconsin in 1925, are after his scalp, while the republicans, who then viewed him with deepest suspicion, are making the welkin ring in his defence.
 At their spring nominating con- vention, the COP adopted a reSo- lution warmly defending the uni- versity and by implication en- dorsing Frank.
 On the other hand, if Governor Phil La Toilette and the pro- greSsives are reelected Gas ap- pears practically certain, and an overwhelming majority, FRANKS TENURE AS PREXY WILL BE SHORT LIVED.
 The Boy President
 When Glenn Frank came to Wisconsin he was 38 years old and hailed as the Boy Prexy". Before that he had been the Boy Editor" of the Century magazine, and the Boy Adviser" to Edward A. Filene.
 Recently his main ambition has been to be Boy Incumbent" of the White House. Mrs. Frank makes no bones about it. Talking to Haywood Broun, she said: "Of course Glenn eventually is going to the White House."
 But if the University of Wis consin is going to be the spring board, GLENN IS A LONG WAY OFF.
 He still has shining school boy face, and a voice that will charm almost any audience with its mellifluence. But he has cham pioned so many political faiths that it will be hard for him to team with any.
 NOTE-Prominently mentioned as Franks successors are two of the university's most popular deans-Lloyd Garrison, head of the Law School and one-time chairman of the National Labor Relations Board: also Edwin B. Fred, dean of the Graduate school. Republican Candidate
 John Hawkes., young republi- can candidate for secretary of State, was billed to give a cam- paign talk in the grounds of the State Capitol here. But only nine
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
OCTOBER 27

OCTOBER 27 You who were born from March 10 through 30 are more likely than others to feel the stellar vibrations outlined below.
 General Indications
 Morning-Malicious.
 Afternoon- -Spiteful.
 Evening-Improving. The early part of the day may be filled with venom and suspicion. The evening should improve, but is not dependable.
 Birthdate ;f You who were born on oct. 27 should possess great will power. Neighbors, travel and relatives should become beneficial to you during December, 1936. Writing or the study of some philosophical sub- ject should also be helpful. Danger-Jan. g through 17, 1887. Socially favorable Jan. 6 through 10, 1887.
 Deal with papers on Nov. {, 19S6. ' <
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Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

@. Which is the higher poker hand, full house of three Tens and a pair of Queens or three sizes and pair of Kings?
 A. The "three's" determine the value and the Tens over Queens is the higher hand.
 o. Is Owen D. Young the Pres ident of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?
 A. G. L. Harrison is president and Owen D. Young is deputy chairman.
 @. What is Allegheny metal2
 A. An alloy of the finest steel with about 18 percent chromium, 8 percent nickel, and smaller amounts of manganese, silicon, phosphorus, and sulphur.
 e.. Where can birth certificate be obtained. in Scotland, and how much does it cost?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, Where has she
 gone to-; omit "to."

A. From the Registrar General, H. M. General Register House, Ed inburgh, Scotland: The fee is two shillings and one penny. z.
 @. What is the American League Record for base hits by a single batter in a season?
 A. George Sisler made 257 in 154 games in 1920.
 @. Who played the title role in the motion picture, She" released in 1885? r aes
 A. Helen Gahagan.
 e. How is piano pfonoinceds
 A. Pee-an'-o..
 e. What is the source of the maxim: "The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on?" A. It is from Fitzgerald's trans lation of '"rhe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam." The verse reads: "The moving finger writes, and
 having writ Moves on; not all your piety nor
 wit
 Shall lure it hack to cancel half
 line,
 Nor all your tears wash out a word of it."
 e.. What is the derivation of the name Hibernia? #
 A. It was the Latin name for Ireland.
 If you want q copy of our book let House Plants. write The Wa terbury Democrats Washington Bu- reau, slOl2 Thirteenth Street, North west, Washington. D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Horoscope
By OCTAvINE

For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planets, the daily horoscope is out lined by noted astrologer. In addi- ton to information of general inter est, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on the de- signated dates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
< Test o,u r
 Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers. 1. During the Civil War, who were the Federal?
 3. Where is the University of Maine? 'Tf 'As 3. Name the tunnel completed in 1928 that pierces the Continental Divide west of Denver, Colo. 4, What is cobalt? s 5. What is the average normal life of cats? 6. To which bird family does ths naacaw belong? . V. Who wrote +Plain Tales from the E5ills2n
 & What is . heiferH q What is magma?
 70. Tn which state was President Mckinley born2 !. '''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Selected Poem
THE HUNTER,s LOVE SONG.

Harold Willard Gleason in the New York Sun Come, my canoe stands ready, Stirs in the restless nipples, Loaded to thread the shadows Of streams unstirred by the paddle. Eager she frets there, yearning Ever for silent waters Breeding below the pine-trees, Bright with the blue of heaven, Dark where the forests mirror, Arching the trackless water. Come for the looms are laughing Shrill though the moon-white silence Listen--among the rushes Wonder moose treads plashing Come, to the broad blades bending, Let us glide forth together, Speeding our birch boat onward, Out through the fragrant darkness, Softly our paddles dipping, Driving our frail bark outward Into the dusk-together !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

ing the move. But they're silent on the
 subject just now. Yes, sir, and they'll
 support Gov. Cross if he's elected. But today when he needs their aid, they're out and out republican, and shouting and demanding the election of the prominent court official and politician, States Attorney Brown. Talk about consistency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
MT. Hoover Speaking

Speaking in Philadelphia on October 16th Herbert Hoover an- nounced that recovery was on the way in 1892. He neglected, how ever, to say that something else was on the way as well. It was revolution. At least MT. Hoover thought it was. In 1892 the for- mer president wanted to cut the compensation of government em- ployes by means of increased "furloughs" without pay. But he sent a message to the Senate Ap- propriations' Committee by Sena- tor Bingham of Connecticut ask ing that certain employees be Spe- officially exempted from the cut. These employees belonged to the army, the navy, and the marine. corps. The reason for Mir, Hoov- CTS request was THAT THERE WAS SUCH UNREST IN THE COUNTRY HE FEARED DIS ORDER AND DID NOT WANT. TO BE FORGED TO RELY ON AN ARMY AND NAVY WHOSE ENLISTED PERSONNEL WERE DISGRUNTLED BECAUSE OF DECREASED COMPENSATION. The Appropriations Committee acceded to the request. The fact that it had been made and the reasons for 1t were not made pub lie four years ago "for the obvi- ous reason" says Senator James F. Byrnes of South Carolina. "that it would have alarmed the people," Apparently the election of President Roosevelt did sonle- thing more than bring back pros- perity.y It warded of a possible revolution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

AA1bASA44A 0AA8Ce be b a1auce ed. Neither Gov. Landon < nor Col. Knox, nor the. republican editors who support them, has to date ad-
 vanced a n v definite plan for acco onplisling
 what they say
 is the most im- portant job to be done. The governor & and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
A Thought for Today

Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing bet ter than that a man should rejoice in his own wOrks for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him-Ec- cIesiasteS 3:22.
 Blessed is the man that has found his work. One monster there is in the world, the idle man. Carlyle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Daily NKo Do~l Washington ..=G. 2 ee0 ~ @e==e= GLENN FRANK MAJOR ISSUE
 IN WISCONSIN CAMPAIGN
Daily
 Washington
BY DREW PEARSON and ROBERT s. ALL

BY DREW PEARSON ROBERT s. ALLEN -
 MADISON WISC, Oct. 27-There is more at stake in the hot Wisconsin election than President Roosevelt whoever will fill the top-rung chairs in the beautiful State Capitol
 The other issue is Dr. Glenn Frank editor orator, politically ambitious president of the University of Wis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Did not Know

In answer to the wholesale ac- cusations of MT. Roosevelt's al- legged failure to live up to the promises of the democratic plat form of 1882 it ought to strike any fair-minded person that when the platform was drafted and when the President was elected to office on it very few people knew the condition into which the country had sunk. And those who did know it concealed the facts. Within the last ten days we have had an illuminat- ing example of just that sort of thing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Budeet Balancing

One of the most insistent de- mands made by the republican candidates for the presidency and the vice-presidency is that the S@ofias,0I. I. 111ad~at tffl -...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

scream about cutting out waste, reducing expenses, making outgo equal to income, and a lot of similar generalities which sound all right but mean nothing. The editors take up the screams and add a few. yelps of their own to swell the chorus. The net result is that the people still remain in complete ignorance HOW these yowlers for a balanced budget are really going to do the trick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Intelligent Comment

In view Of all the tfipe that has been served up and written about balancing the budget it is refresh ing to find at least one commen- tator with Landon leanings who has treated the subject with some degree of intelligence. She is Dorothy Thompson, wife of Sim clair Lewis, who conducts a col- ,lrnn in the New York Herald Tribune called "On the Record" Some weeks ago Miss Thompson, despite holding a job on a news paper which leads the country in its day in-day out attacks on everything or anything done by the, democratic national adminis- tration, dashed of some ladylike whacks at the boys with the budg- ct balancing bug. Some of them are well worth quoting. Here are two-(the black type is, nine) :
 Upon taking ofiice his iiaine-. diate action was to pass the
 Economy Act and start cutting
 normal governmental expendf-
 lures. It seemed to many of us,
 at the moment, that this was an, appalling thing to do, by it the
 government directly increased
 the number of the unemployed i, and gave further impetus to the
 vicious dehationary process. But
 almost ilnfned diately. this policy was reversed and the govern
 ment embarked upon the sperd-
 ing program, which has been go- ing on ever since. The result of that policy was to check the
 downward tendency and event.
 ually to turn it upward. By pumping a large proportion of the government expenditures
 into the lower level of incomes,
 through relief subsidies and
 farm aid, 1t brought about irl-
 mediate revival in consumers
 goods; other measures, some of
 them hastily conceived and cer-
 tainly less scientific than they
 might have been, did result in
 checking the rapid price decline;
 and the devaluation of the dol-
 lar, and re-financing measures designed by the government, ! helped to bring the purchasing :, power of the dollar back to ap-
 proximately normal level, and
 to readjust debts to something
 like the debtors capacity to pay them, thus arresting the debacle.
 When the opposition says that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
Excellent Point

It seems to this department that Lieutenant Governor Hayes made an excellent point in his speech at the democratic rally in New Haven last week. It was that Connecticut has never had a hundred per cent democratic ad- ministration. There have been democratic governors at times, an entire democratic state ticket has been elected once, there has been a democratic state ,, senate upon occasions, but the house of rep resentatives has always been re- publican. No matter what pro- gressiye legislation was advocated by a democratic. governor and passed by a democratic senate the lower house has been in the po- Sition to prevent it's passage. And has done so. In the light of that fact, which democratic candidates have neglected to emphasize and which republicans have deliber- ately ignored. 1t is not strange that the platform adopted by the republican-public utility state convention bears down heavily on national issues and neglects state ones. Connecticut can never hope to have a democratic government in the real sense until the demo- cratic party has full power to function in the General Assem- ply. Z
 There are but two presiden-
 tial tickets in the field which
 have 2 chance to win. The
 democratic ticket is an Odds-oi
 favorite. The republican ticket
 a dubious long shot A vote
 cast for any third ticket is 2
 vote lost. Or vote given indi-
 rectly to the republican party.
 Readers of this fact are. asked. {
 respectfully, to keep 1t in mind
 at all times. t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27
It All Depends

President Roosevelt is pasted from pillar to post for his alleged failure to keep the campaign promise of 1892 to make both ends meet. It seems to me that carry ing out promises depends on something more than the mere will to carry them out. Circurn- stances sometimes make perform ance impossible. For example I may promise to meet a frend for dinner on Thursday night. But if on Thursday afternoon I break my leg. or the house catches fire, while I am putting on my glad dinner rags, or I lose my false teeth it seems a trifle unreason- able for my friend to complain that I have cheated him out of a meal by not keeping my promise. As the President has pointed out more than once he could have bal- anced the budget by letting the nation starve, freeze. and die from neglect. If the tragic ques- tion of relief has been left unan- swered, If nothing had been done to alleviate misery and to restore business by government expen- allure, everything would be just lovely. The budget would have been balanced but it is to be feared only a few fortunate Americans would have been left alive to applaud the trick.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-27

e.. What is the derivation of the name Hibernia? #
 A. It was the Latin name for Ireland.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-19
AID LECTURES
OPEN FRIDAY

The first of series of IL lee
lures on the functions and value
of advertising will be presented at
8.15 p. m. Friday at the Willard
Hotel under auspices of the Adver-
Using Club of Washington.
Howard Parish, business man.
ager of the News, will present the
first lecture. Other speakers will
be Ralph L. Goldsmith, general
manager of LanSburgh'S, on "Mer-
chandising Advertising" Novem-
Der 6; Henry j. kaufman, adver-
Using agency head, on Planning
an Advertising Campaign" No
vember 20; Wilmot R. Squier, ad-
vertising manager of the Wash
ington Gas Light Company, on
Copy Writing" December 4, and
George Lohr on Layout, Art and
typography" December 10.
Members of the lecture commit
tee are James w. Hardy, Wood
ward & Lothrop; Walter D. Bark
dull, The Washington Times; w.
N. Freeman, the Shopping News;
Norman c. Kal, Kal Advertising,
Inc; James Rotto, LanSburgh's,
and A. D. Willard, jr., Columbia
Broadcasting System.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-19
PHONE SAVED 1000 JOBS

Imering, who is the hero Of the
tale.
The plot began when Congress,
in one of it's cantankerous moods,
postponed making appropriations
for the gun factory. With a linn
tied amount of money on hand,
the "powers-that-be" decided to cut
down the personnel and wholesale
dismiSSalS started.
But Simmering felt his dismissal
unjuStified. Informed of it while
working at a machine, Simmering
wiped his hands on a rag, walked
to a pay telephone, called the
White House and asked to speak
to the Chief Executive.
President Roosevelt answered
the call, heard the story of the
fIringS. Then he called the COM
mandant of the yard and ordered
him to furlough all employees, in.
Guiding those in the highest ranks,
for one day a week, and rehire the
discharged workers with the
money thus saved.
This situation lasted for about
two months, Mr.. Mitten recalls,
until Congress remembered to ap-
propriate little money.
Mr.. Mitten, who began his ap-
premiership as a machinist in the
Union Bridge, Md, yards of the
Western Maryland Railroad, en-
tered the Naval gun factory in
1902. Most of his service there
was spent in the old miscellaneous
shop.
In 1921 he left the Navy Yard.
and shortly afteward joined the
Post office Department, where he
served as the keeper of the
clocks" in the Old Post Office
Building at Eleventh st. and Penn
sylvania Ave. N. w.
In 1888 he retired from the Fed
eral service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-10-19
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