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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03

They knew it is a well-tried principle on Capitol Hill that when majority leaders begin prog nosticating adjournment dates in the middle of 8 session, it is al- ways wise to add from four to eight weeks to their forecasts.
 The rule is 8 sure bet this year. With the schedule of still un- completed "must" legislation be- fore it, Congress cannot wind up by May 1. June l is a more like- ly guess, and even then the boys will have to break their necks to get through.
 Military InsubordinatiOn
 The President of the United States is commander-in-ch chief of the Army and Navy, but no president in recent years has been able to control their peace-time political activities.
 Hoover had terrific rows with both branches and although it is a strictly-guarded secret, Roose- belt also had had difficulties.
 Latest has been behind-the- scenes sabotage by the Army of the Presidents new treaty with Panama. The Army is trying to kill it by lobbying with certain key members of the Senate Foreign Relatoins Committee.
 
 Presidents Cousin
 One instance which peeved the President particularly occurred with the chief code expert of the War Department. He has charge of putting messages into secret cipher before cabling them abroad.
 Roosevelt has a cousin, a Catholic clergyman, who wanted certain information. So the Presi- dent gave him a personal note to the chief code expert, asking that he make the information avail able.
 The code expert refused.
 The relative went back to the President who became consider ably irked, and wrote a second note to the code expert. But again the code expert refused to supply
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Horoscope
BY OCTAVINE


 For persons who believe that human destiny is guided by the planet. the daily horoscope Is Out- lined by a noted astrologer. In ad- dition to information of general interest, it outlines information of special interest to persons born on designated dates. APRIL 4
 The most easily influenced by to- days vibrations are likely to have been born from August 21 through September 9.
 General Indications Today Morning-Bad. Afternoon-Indulgent. Evening-DoubtfWl.
 Today is disappointing. It will be unwise to make plans. TOday's Birthdate You should have respect for law and order and sense of rhythm.& Avoid becoming extravagant or expanding to much in your affairs during February, 1887.
 Danger of fire, accident oI trouble caused by rashness from December 6 through 14. 1886.
 Socially favorable, entertain and buy new clothes from April 2l through 25, 1886.
 Readers desiring additional in- formation regarding their hOro. scope are invited Co c0mmuni- cate with Octavine in care of this newspaper. Enclose Scent stamped, addressed envelope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03

most unLuulB and vociferous opponents of United States m e m b CTS hip W a s Battling Bill oral h, senior senator from the great state of Idaho and the thriv- ing city of Boise. So in- terested did Bill
 become at that time that he has never been ahla since fn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
highly.

New York is fooling around again with state law compelling public display of the American flag where fifteen or more persons congregate. The assembly after defeating proposal to have the flag dis played in all public school classrooms came back to face this substitute and promptly passed it. If classroom doesn't constitute public place, we don't know what does.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Current Comments

When we know the people of other countries. their countries cease to be just colors on the map, and they cease to be wooden pins to be blown up.
 Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  Threatening the east, German im- pesialism has already moved west That is a fact. All the rest is chat ter. Karl Radek, Soviet ofilclal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
I st ' UT Knowledge

Can ycu answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers. 1. What is the Latin name of the sign of the zodiac, meaning "the Ram?"
 2. Name the legendary founder of Carthage.
 3. Was Maine one of the original thirteen states?
 4. What is a reliquary? 5. Which state bounds Arizona on the north?
 6. Who wrote the play "Hedda Gabler?"
 2. What is diopside?
 8. When did the United States declare war on Germany? 9. What is pharmacy?
 10. Who was Benjamin Disraeli?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
yoB-HUNTING TAUGHT

Berkeley, Cal.-(UP)-With ll million or more unemployed personi in the United states, the College of Engineering of the University 0l California has opened . course on "Job hunting"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03

Yale in on the city without a word of warning or a gesture of apol- ogy? Has not the capital of the state enough trouble on its hands with Trinity, the flood, and other visitations of an indictment Prov idence?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Daily NN~ Washington WI y " &AAA0 CONGRESS WON'T ADJOURN
 MAY 1-NEARER JUNE 1
Daily
 Washington

aiiy predicted that Congress would adjourn "around May 1 Od-timers promptly crossed their fingers and added another month to this date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Stilr 1t

Some years ago when the bat- tie to keep us out of, or get us into, the League of Nations was being furiously waged, one of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Wrong Number

It appears that after the yari- ous orators, local and visiting, had run out of gas and the Bucking- ham listeners had betaken them selves and their earaches off to rest, the entertainment committee of the George Washingtonians felt that some show of hospitality was in order. But what fogrn of hospi- tality would appeal to a statesman whose favorite ditty is:
 "No brewers beer My heart to
 cheer
 I'LL always drink cold water
 from the we'll or spring.
 So here I pledge perpetual hate To all that does intoxicate". Chasing the duck, rushing the can, and wetting the whistle were all out of the question in view of the distinguished guests hatred for the demon Drink. At last some- one evolved the brilliant idea that it would be sort of nice just to sit around the hotel parlor until the milkman made his morning call and enjoy the novelty of listening to the orator of the evening toss off four or five more speeches against the League of Nations. Tactfully the suggestion was put to Senator Borah.
 "No, thank you, Battling Bill Is reported to have replied. II feel pretty tired and I've got a hard day ahead of me. I AM going to stop over in Hartford and take 8 good look at Yale University. They tell me it's uuite A nlaCe!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03

Now we hope that we've about read, heard, and printed the last of the Haupt- mann case.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Up HahvaInd Way

Up in Cambridge while Profess sor Felix Frankfurter's hypnotic powers are believed to have charmed the voters in the student body into accepting the doctrines of President Roosevelt there still remain goodly groups of under graduates who have not yet com. pletely shaken off congenital Re- publican leanings. But they are advanced political thinkers who have abandoned the reaction of their forbears and who have hith- erto looked upon Senator Borah as the only exponent of true lib- eralism left in the Grand Old Party. It is natural that the sen- ator should be ignorant of the ex- act geographical location of Q small educational center hidden somewhere in the wilds of Con- necticut. Any Harvard man is able to understand that. But the question which concerns Cam bridge is just how abysmal iS MT. Borah's ignorance? It is possi- ble that he may think Harvard University is located in South Birmingham. Or even worse in Boston proper. Tn that event there is nothing left for the eager searchers for political guidance in Cambridge but to pack up bag and baggage and join the Roose- welt camp. At least the President is a son of John Harvard, and knows where the university 1S situated. Even if he did 50 far forget his training and tradition as to accept an honorary degree from the college of "What's-1t's- Name? which Senator Borah thinks is in Hartford and which every cultured Harvard alumnuS knows is in Middletown!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, we planned on taking a stroll" say we planned taking a stroll or We planned to take . stroll"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Up Yale and At Him

hope 1t. has been made clear that I assume no responsibility for the tale nor the veracity of the good Republican who told 1t to me. But if it should turn out to be an authentic recital of an actual oc- currence it will do no good to Senator Borah either in New Ha- ven or Hartford. I doubt if it will make him any friends even in Cambridge, Mass. MT. Borah doubtless has many supporters among the liberal minded sons Of Eli but how will they react when they discover that their idol does not know where their beloved AL ma Mater resides? What con- fidence is to be reposed in a na- tional leader who is so pitifully ignorant of the exact location of Connecticut's greatest institution of learning? If Bill does not know the difference between the Green and Bushnell Park how can he be right on less important matters like anti-lynching, industrial re- covery, sound money, and balanc- ing the budget? And is Hartford, conservative Hartford, no great admirer of the Idaho radical" as 1t is, going to flock to the Borah banner when its bearer moves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets 3:46 a. m. Sun rises 5:33 a. m; sets 6:i0 D. m. All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-04-03

Q. What colors are the coats of Chihuahua dogs?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29
aMIABLE TARGET

It has been said that repeated
photographing of a woman en-
hanceS her beauty.
If the same could be applied to
men. Postmaster General James
Aloysius Farley should zoe one Of
the most handsome men in the
Cabinet.
In his numerous travels around
the United States as well as when
he is briefly sojourning in Wash
ington, Farley is called on to
pose for pictures more frequently
than almost any other man in
public life today.
He is photographed with party
affiliateS from the highest to the
lowest, with non-political men.
women and children in every Sec
ton of the country.
AS the campaign progresses
thousands more shots" will be
taken of him as he tours the
48 States in search of votes.
Big Jim takes it as matter at
course, however, and Is always
willing to face the camera.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29
Three Minute Journeys

Catalina, the largest public
square in Spain embellished with
glorious gardens and fine groups
of sculpture.
All is hustle and activity in this
square into which run the streets
that distribute the traffic to the
different quarters and outlying
suburbs. One Of the liveliest
streets that we know of is BARGE.
lona's Gale del Marques del
Duero, commonly known as the
Parallel. Cafes. theaters, clubs,
restaurants. all going full blast,
make this very difficult from the
usual idea of sleepy Spain.
Spain is famous for beautiful
gardens and of these. Barcelona
has her share. There is the lovely
Ciudadela, and the high individual
t Guell Pa Park un any other we
1t is interesting to stroll down
the old streets, the RamblaS, that
lead to the harbor. Barcelona is
tremendously proud Of her harbor,
and Is constantly adding to its
many facilities.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29

white House Charles E. Hughes
approval of the Gultey regula-
ton of coal production was not
given originally with much zest.
Later. however. it was taken un-
der the wing of the AdminlStra-
ton and became one Of its leglS-
lative offspring. >.
In the minds of most persons 1t
is an integral part Of the Roose-
welt program.
Since it was taken before the
Supreme Court for Interpretation
as to it.. constitutionality there
have been repeated rumorS that
the tribunal was ready to voice its
opinion. Latest rumor to that et-
feet was last Monday.
Thus far, however, the court has
delayed it's decision causing the
Guffey act sponsors considerable
agitation.
In the first place, if the decision
srould be favorable. its creators
would like to take advantage of the
approval Of the Supreme Court in
their political program.
They would like to start immedi'
ately to point it out as a Roosevelt
spon ored law that has met the
test of constitutionality.
Secondly. if the court should de
eide tn t the measure was uncon
Stitutional as it has done with SO
many of the New Deal panaceas
it's sponsors would like to have an
opportunity to work on a subSti
tute. Not knowing wherein the
bill might be unconstitutional
there is little opportunity for them
to m Ike much progress along that
line at present.
Should Congress adjourn before
they have an opportunity to know
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29
By Edwin C. Hill

Their speciality was working the
Broadway restaurants.
One of the most interesting Of
all was Charles Berkowitz, Blind"
Berkowitz, a Hopper. or fake
cripple who sat usually on the
sidewalk in front of the old Herald
Square Theater holding his plate
out for contributions from the
tender-hearted. 1t was said of
Blind" Berkowitz, when he died,
that he held the deeds Of IL apart
mentS and bank books represent
ing more than $4,000 in cash.
These were only a few of the
professional beggars who added
to the color of Little Old New York.
Once a year these aristocrats Of
the profession held a celebration
in downtown New York. They
gave New Year party in the big
room of Diamond Dan O'Rourke's
place and there throughout the
night they introduced the Black
Hoods, the High Heels (the
women who panhandled for them
when they were too tired to work.
and their particular favoriteS in
the profession.
It was then that the Undertaken,
with his long, Sorrowful face and
his suit of solemn black, gave an
annual sermon on the vicissitudes
of life and the imminence OF
death. It was then that Fiddling
Dan with an instrument stolen,
Of course, and said to have been
the work of StradivariuS himself
played for the dancers, who shut.
fled about all the night long. 1t
was then that they opened more
champagne than was popping any
where in the big bars uptown.
Even politicians did not diSdain
to drop in and pay their respects
to the leaders of the beggar pro
feSSion. But they have passed
this curious and colorful crew
Hard times have submerged them
and their like in a vast army OF
petty mendicantS who lack their
peculiar talents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29

Training for leadership in the
Common Defense, now as always,
deeply interests American youth.
To battle effectively against 1.-The
foes Of our own household" in
peace and against the enemy at
the gate, when war threatens, the
people must raise up leaders who
are patriotic in spirit and we'll
enough trained to carry out their
mission.
Perhaps that is why foreign in.
trigue, in attacking the Common
Defense, attempts to diScredit in
particular those agencies that en-.
able young Americans to prepare
themselves for future leadership.
Take for example, the Reserve
Officers Training CorpS-a vital
unit in our national defense sys.
tenn which supplements West Point
and Annapolis in supplying leaders
for the country against foes within
and foes without 1.-The household
Of the nation"
Nearly all the anti-defenSe
propaganda floating into this
country from foreign countries
beyond the seas has for one of
its evil purposes the prejudicing
Of American youth against the
system of training with the
colorS for national citizenship of
which the R.O.T.C. is an essen
tial part. This system was es.
tablished by Abraham Lincoln
during his Presidency. It has
been commended by Grover Cleve.
land, Theodore Roosevelt and al
other great American leader
since Lincoln'S time.
COLLEGE GRADUATES
One of the most useful pur
poses served by the R.O.T.C. to
day is in providing basic instruc
ton for those young Americans
who wish to qualify for commits
sions in the Organized Reserves
Students entering the All
Corps Training Center at Ran
dolph Field, Texas. from civil
life are nearly all college grad
yates. And practically all college
graduates selected to 60 to tn
Training Center for flying train
ing have had four years Of
R.O.TC. training at recognized
colleges. The remainder have hat
at least several months experience
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29
Training for Defense
BIZ James T. Williams, F.

in the Air Corps Of the Regular
Army or the National Guard.
1t would deal our defense in the
air a Gripping blow II the Air
Corps Training Center should be
deprived of the source Of supply
which the r. o. T. c now provides.
ALI this is well known to those
foreign propagandists who are
taking such an active part, under
different DISCUSSES, in organizing
and directing the movement to
abolish the r. o. T. C. which the
enemies of the Common Defense
are promoting.
When this fact becomes better
known to young Americans the re-
suits will be to make them moro
eager than ever to avail them.
selves of the advantages of the
training for leadership which r.
o. T. c. instruction at recognized
colleges and universities offers.
MERIT SYSTEM
College graduates who have had
four years Of r. o. T. C.. inStrucs
ton or are now in the midst Of
such a course will be glad to hear
that one House of Congress has
passed, and the other is favorably
considering, a War Department
bill to increase the number of col.
lege graduates with r. o. T. C.
training for assignment each year
to the Air Corps Training Center
at Randolph Field.
What happens in the life Of
the flying cadet. fortunate
enough to be selected for this
training, after he enters the
Training Center, will be deS.
cribed in a subsequent article.
The Army system of training
military pilots, according to ex.
pert opinion in foreign countries,
as well as in this country, il
by far the best in the whole
world.
One reason for this is that the
students at the Air Corps Train
ing Center are selected for the
most part from graduates Of
West Point and from college
graduates who have had four
years r. o. T. c. instruction at
recognized colleges and univer-
stiles. The merit system governs
these selections. They are not
dictated by the spoilc-nen Of the
! political trough.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29

and need no Edwin c. Hill
longer exercise the peculiar tai
entS which made them the de-
light of feature writer's.
In the days when James Forbes
was the mendicancy agent Of the
Charity Organization Society,
there was a veritable social regis
ter of beggardom. There were
aristocrats of the fraternity. gen.
tlemen like kid Mccoy" the
chap who borrowed the name of
the famous pugilist and who
worked the big hotels, especially
the Waldorf and the Old Holland
House.
The Kid invariably was made
up like a prosperous Wall Street
broker. He strolled forth on his
vocation under silk tile, wearing
a long overcoat with a fur collar,
patent leather shoes and gray
SpatS. In the hotel lobbies and
bars he was as inconspicuous as
any other Wall Street man with
pleasant manners and a Van Dyke
beard.
KLONDIKE GENE
Ten months in the year the Kid
was a satchel thief, one of the
smoothest in the business and not
above a little Second-story work in
the provinces. He was an English.
man, and had once been a phar-
maciSt, but had learned that he
could do better in another profes.
Sion.>
His speciality was trimming Eng
lish tourists and, being an Eng
liShman himself, with cultivated
manners, he reaped a harvest of
five and ten dollar bank notes.
He had a pal named Klondike
Gene Dawson whose hunting
ground was the old Waldorf,
Thirty-fourth Street and Fifth
Avenue, New York. Klondike Gene
was an underStudy for the Kid,
with slight difference. He made
up as a Frenchman and with the
excellent command of the Ian.
guage, a very Gallo looking beard
and certain frumpishnesS in
dress. he got away with the goods
more often than not.
Those were the days when Big
Spanish worked the hotels around
Fourteenth Street, which were
much frequented by the Latin
Americans. He was a big, good
looking South American who came
here originally from Venezuela
posing as q revolutionist. As q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29

You can choose your own course
register your own vote-build
your own heaven or dig your own
hell. In short, you can take
what you want" But don't fool
yourself.
There's always a rider on this
concession.
You can take what you want"
BUT YOU MUST ALWAYS
PAY FOR TT
To every decision, every desire,
every adventure or experiment,
there's always a price attached.
And you can, unless you're a stub.
born idiot, read that price plainly
before you strike your bargain.
If you tell a lie there's price
attached, and that price will catch
up with you though the lie itself
go undetected for all your years.
INEVITABLE
If in your heart you are a cow.
ard, and choose to follow the cir.
cuitouS, Shuffling trail of a COW.
ard, you will pay for your yellow.
ness though you boast and Swag.
ger as a hero before all the world.
"Take what you want" says
God. You are My child. Into
your mortal clay have breathed
a spark Of My own flame, and be.
queathed to you a flash Of My
own sacred and terrible power of
Self-determination. So as My
child, I Myself will not stand
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29
FOR APPEARANCES?

1t is the task of James Coates
and Ben Jones to serve pie, sand
witches, ETC., to members of the
House in the Democratic and Re.
publican cloakrooms, respectively.
There have been recent com.
plants concerning the appetites Of
House members.
Some of the legislators say that
the reason they are consuming as
little food as possible at their noon
day meal is because doctors have
warned them they should diet to
reduce the waist-line averdupois.
Representative Jesse Wolcott
(RD of Michigan, however, adj
mitS that there may be some truth
to the suggestion recently made -
him.
Wolcott, who is one of those
members on somewhat Of a diet.
agrees that there is some posi-
bility that members are reducing
their waistlineS in order to have
lean and hungry look when
they go to their districts where
they are not overly anxious to
look too well fed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-04-29

OWA NCCA0AOAAOs OOV ACVCA AOA SCS
there is always a price to pay.
"Wallow if you wish" says God.
"Stay stupid or vicious or brutal
Be bully or hypocrite. But don't
try to duck the bill when the bill
comes due, for 1t can't be done.
There is always a price to pay
and that goes for the noble
choices as well as the ignoble ones
If it costs plenty to be a devil,
it costs even more to be O god
Cowardice comes high-but cour
age comes even higher. Great love
and glorious sacrifice bring their
penalty as surely as SelfiShneSs.
There is always a price to pay
We admit this glibly for the
Meanie who's on the Spot-and de
light in rubbing it in. But we're
aStounded and aggrieved when we
discover that a saint may be on
quite as hot a spot as any sinner.
And we're mad as hops at God
when we find that Righteousness
is as costly as wrongdoing. Par
ticularly when we ourselves have
made a Noble Gesture.
WORTH THE COST
Yet the reason is plain enough.
Righteousness is grow hand
growth always hurts. BUT IT'S
WORTH IT!
If the wise are lonely-and they
are; if the loving risk a broken
heart-and the generous are de-
ceived-and the brave are be-
trayed-still they have the best Of
the bargain. For they alone have
lived Life at its tallest. They alone
have dared to be god in man.
So dare to face the consequences
and go the limit of your own free
will. Dare to make the biggest geS-
ture you can-then take what
comes, on the chin.
Dare to love-dare to believe
dare to rebel-dare to seek the
Truth.
And If you have to pay, as you
surely must. you will be paying for
your own growth. Which. believe
me. Partner, is worth anything IL
costs.
Copyright, 1885, By King Features
Syndicate, 1He.)