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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Trust in Our Leaders

When the nation again returns to what
passes for normal, after the excitement
OF the campaign, 1t might spend little
time repairing some of its shattered faiths
and loyalties. In some ways the most
expensive thing about the last few years
has been not the money that has gone
down the sink, but the dismaying amount
Of bitter and unceasing criticism of men
and institutions in which Americans had
always previously placed confidence.
The campaign only brought this to
head. Some OF 1t grew out Of the depres-
sion and some Of 1t was hangover from
the campaign Of 1882. But wherever 1t
comes from and, however, 1t was mott
waited, the net result cannot be anything
but very bad for u.s. For example: any
great nation of today Is bound to look for
a good part of It's leadership to the men
who control its financial institutions. AS
modern society'is organized, it cannot do
anything else.
And how stands our confidence in
bankers, these days? For years we have
heard them denounced up, down, and
crosswise as money changers" as men
who need watching, as people who blindly
led us into ditch and made us wait
there, helpless, until the government
hauled us out.
Perhaps, then, our intellectuals are in
better case. Not at all. Have not we
heard "brain trusters" excoriated as vain
and erratic theoreticianS, untrustWorthy
beyond belief and so impractical and
childlike that it actually has been mark
against the administration that it took
counsel with them? Where, oh where is
our old respect for college professors?
How, then, about political leaders?
Surely they do not share the unspeakable
defects Of bankers and professors? Alas,
they are still worse We have been as
sured over and over again that the
bureaucrat is the worst of all public
enemies; that politics is unworthy of our
faith and that no political promise, no
compaign summons to cause, deserves
the slightest trust.
Well, may we fall back on our leaders
of business and industry? A hundred
voices declare that they are pitiless and
crafty opponents of economic royalism,"
prepared to grind our faces in the dirt if
we give them a chance For years the
sky has fairly rung with denunciations
of them.
You could go on in this vein for half an
/. hour. There is hardly a group or an
institution, of the sogt to which we ordin-
arily look for leadership, that has not
been under the most bitter attack for
months and years. If we believe half that
we have been told, we can only assume
that we are lost souls and that there is
no hope for the republic.
With the campaign out of the way, we
may be able to get back to sane view
point on these matters It is highly
important that we do SO. II we don't, we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

Upward of 100000 Americans are
about to begin their Christmas shopping
with the clear consciences Of people who
have budgeted their savings so carefully
that they can get over the Christmas
gift hurdle without dipping into income
or running up any bills.
These Americans are the ones who
have spent the last year contributing
regularly to the Christmas Club deposits
maintained by the banks. The National
Association of Mutual Savings Banks
announces that slightly less than $44,-
100000 will be distributed to Christmas
Club members within the next few
weeks.
This, incidentally, represents an in
crease of some Sc, OO0,0 900 over the figures
for last year. It is hardly necessary to
say that this Christmas Club stunt is an
excellent way to make the Christmas
shopping season painless.
The Christmas of 1887 is long way off,
but right now is good time to have your
bank explain the Christmas Club idea
to you, II you have never tried 1t before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Community Chest Needed

Some several community chest drives
are under way at the present time IN
Connecticut. From all reports they are
meeting with the usual, If not better
success. The community chest idea to
our way of thinking is the ideal way OF
drive to end drives; that Is, consolidate
all the city's charitable drives into one
annual intensive campaign.
Waterbury citizens each year are faced
with at least half dozen separate drives,
Scouts, Y. M c. A., Salvation Army,
hospitals, etc. Each and every one or
these requires an enormous amount OF
preparation, organization and coopera-
ton, which, If 1t was concentrated on one
big drive would have that much more
effect in the combined result.
Then again the effect of one drive after
another, even under the most we'll
planned supervision has bad effect OH
the public. People tire of repeated calls
for contributions and cut their donations,
or refuse fatty, by the time the last
drives get going. Whereas, in the case OF
the one big drive such as the Community
Chest, II properly handled and advertised,
they willingly and cheerfully give more
than to half dozen separate drives
Finally there should be no reason why
Waterbury cannot do what New Haven,
Hartford and other cities do in the way
Of the community chest. The idea is
simple, each and every organization gets
a proportionate share of the receipts,
determined upon beforehand The rest
IS a matter of concentrated effort.
We think there Is much merit con-
nected with the plan. Many others also
must. The Democrat welcomes letters
from Its readers on the subject of Com
munity Chest for Waterbury. What do
you think? Or are you satisfied with the
present hit or miss system? Write in
your reaction to the question. 9o~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Unlucky Winners

A sweepstakes winner is more to be
pitied than feted. This astounding bit
of intelligence is passed on by Cincin-
nati Ohio, man, William Coyle.
And he should know. In 1881 he won
$4,000 in the English Derby sweepstakes,
and Immediately quit his job as elevator
operator Six months ago he returned,
disconsolately, to the elevator controls.
In the interim, he reveals, his windfall
was melted by repeatedly unsuccessful
attempts to start his own business in the
garage, cafe, and real estate lines. "Ipity
anyone who is as lucky as was" says
Mr.. Coyle.
All of which is more evidence that the
life OF sweeps winner is not that of
Riley. If he isn't bothered to death by
the blue sky stock promoters or other
"sure thing" statesmen, he is pestered by
the touching" requests of suddenly
solicitous relatives; or, like MIR. Coyle, he
is apt to see his new fortune dwindle
away in bad investments. :i..'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
A Book a Day
"The War Goes On" Tells Of
Suffering in Postwar Era
BY BRUCE CATION

The postwar initiation in Ger
many Is revealed In all Its horror
In 1.-THE War Goes On" by Sholem
Asch putnam: So. 1t As q dark
and melancholy picture, composed
OF almost equal parts OF human
suffering, dumbness, and rascality.
Mr.. Asch tells his story by fol-
lowing the lives Of half o dozen or
so assorted individuals. mostly Jew
ish. He confines himself to a few
months when the initiation was at
Its height, but two long shadows
fall across his pages--the shadow
Of the war, which had SO recently
ended, and the shadow OF the Hit
Ter dictatorship, which was 80 soon
to come.
And he suggests that Germany's
woe came primarily from the fact
that the revolution Of 1918 was not
really revolution at all. The
class that had ruled and ruined
Germany was not overthrow; 1t
simply lit out to save its neck, and
when the smoke cleared away 1t
crept back, to go on doing business
at the same old stand.
Only the surface Of things had
changed. There had been no new
deal.
80 we see the initiation brought
on deliberately, by highly placed
folk with Interior motives: we see
1t progressing, beneath the surface
of a society that was utterly con-
fused and stupefied, exacting ter
rible cost from Its victims, setting
the stage for q blind belief In force
and discipline for their own sake
the belief which finally led to
the dark medievalisra Of the Nazi
regime.
It Is O powerful and haunting
book; novel which Is as factuai
and illuminating as the diary Of q
great reporter. For an understand
ing Of 0ermany's present plight,
you are urged not to miss 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Selected Poem
SOMETHING FROM AUTUMN

(By Leona Ames Hill in The Christian Science
Monitor)
Out of the things men learn to know
At the years turn, before the snow
Flies In November, have found
Delight in silver cobwebs bound
On the rank, rusty weeds; In all
Gold riotously flung In fall
BY sassafras IN upland thickets
Where few old and sapient crickets
Fiddle cross the haze of noon;
In the great orange-red Hunters Moon
Dragging the stars Of summer under
The western horizon; in plumber
OF colored leaves the earth has taken
From the bright forests; In the shaken
Crystal OF cold October rain
At night against the window pane
In silver milkweed pods; In grapes
Blue-skInned or black; In scent that Grapes
Old cedar trees that hoard the dark,
Secret and sweet. within the bark,
In russell velvet-Iooted foxes
Running at dusk; In cunning boxes
The bees coptrive as cells tn hold
Nectar distilled 70 liquid gold itt ~
have found something Of the sunny '
Color Of gold 70 warm me; honey
And mellow richness. apples and sun
To last me I'll the winters done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

It is the Reserve Boards belief
that with such data available,
banks could diversity their husi-
ness so as to prevent disastrous
runs in the future. Z.
The study is being made chiefly
In New York. Most Of the large
banks are cooperating cordially.
Merry Co. Round
John M. Keith, e7,5o0-a-year
right hand man Of G-Bcss J.
Edgar Hoover, will leave the gov
eminent service December J. to
take q $4,000 Job with large
eastern corporation, whose iden-
tity he declines to reveal until he
has taken up his new work 80.
Associated Gas 81 Electric, re-
peatedly under congressional fire
In the last few years, has hired
a publicity man to aid 1t In good
willing among the press =.
Republicans twice have had 10
per cent Of the members Of the
House, In 1874 and In 1920-the
latter as q result Of the Harding
landslide. In each case they suf-
fered terrific losses In the follow
ing election. In 1875 the demo-
Gratis captured the House and In
1922 the republican majority was
reduced to o mere IS -. Two
major political parties have
walked the plank In the U. Q. The
Federalists gave up the ghost In
1915 after 20 years Of repeated
defeats, and the Wings, who rose
to power In 1870. disappeared
from the scene III 1850.
Copyright, 1885, by United
Feature Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

The 1885 National Auto Show is now
under way. The streamline type of car
becomes more streamline, with perhaps
no appreciable difference noted in the
outward appearance E.. either Ford or
Cadillac. Engine design goes on apace,
but just wherein these mechanical de-
vices have advanced since the models of
year ago we would not venture to say.
At any rate the show has brought to-
gether little cars and big cars, not to
mention medium sized cars, and these
three adjectival descriptions 60 for the
prices as well. Some of the cars are finer
than others, no doubt, but they all look
pretty swell. This years show seems to
be a bigger and better one than ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Will and Ways
Public Opinion Divided Upon The New Deals Atti.|
tude Towards State and Federal Rights
(From The New Haven Journal Courler)
gives the central government power

gives the central government power.
To the more cautious In and out
of the New Deal camp. there Is re-
assurance, then, In what the Pres
ident has Just told the third Ma
tioral Conference Of Labor Legisla-
ton. The Conference Is composed
OF the representatives Of 80 Govern
ors and labor departments: and
represents, therefore. the conserva"
tive element In the federal balance,
which continues TO be the states
To begin with, the President ex-
pressed his very reasonable view last
weeks election included In its IN
finitely diverse afiirmations, approx
al Of "a program for the levelling-
upward Of labor standards. -"
There is no hint, however, that
MIR. Roosevelt now feels the federal
government alone Is capable Of such
work. on the contrary, II hope
that when you return to your
states you will assume the leader
ship In your communities for put
ting the necessary legislation on the
SLAvuVe UUUkbs Az VIC SuACS WAC AS@
eral government will not remain
aloof; but 80 far as the Presidents
words 60, he accepts fully the class
icai distinction laid down anew
within q few months by the Court:
"a. ~. The Federal government
(wilD w.. supplement the efforts
Of the state when problems assume.
an interstate character. ~"
The President makes 1t unn1istak..
able, however, that the states will
best defend their sovereignties by
use. The contrary view has too Oft
on proved the undoing Of patriots
who wished the balance Of powers
to continue whether popular de-
mands were met thereby or not.
For 1t isn't to be overlooked first %
q method of doing the peoples Will.
When that will and contemporary
interpretations OF federalism con-
fiict, IL Is unlikely that the inter.
pretations will prevail. States
rights imply states duties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
NOVEMBER IL

NOVEMBER ~
Those affected by the prevailing
stellar influences today are likely
to have birthdates falling between
Sept. % and Oct. 20.
General Indications
Morning-Good.
Afternoon-Social.
Evening-Constructive.
The day looks optimistic for
varied pursuits.
Birthdate
The coming year should mark O
time of achievement In your life.
You should be able TO realize some
of your dreams of the past.
February, 1887 should be Q
good time to travel study or
deal with foreigners. Affairs should
prosper.
Danger--Feb. z through II.
Clerical-Nov. II through Is. 1895.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

and brown shelled eggs are laid by
Plymouth Rocks, Rhode Island
Reds. Wyandottes, Jersey Black
Giants, Orpingtons, Cochins, Brah-
mas, Cornish, and Sussex breeds.
@. Who were the ancestors OK the
people now living In Rumania?
A. The Rumanians are descended
from the Latins who occupied Da-
cia. The Roman emperor, Trajan,
settled 100000 colonists In what Is
now Rumania In 108 A. D. Today
there Is little Latin blood left, but
the language Is neo-Latin.
@. How large is Palestine?
A. II contains i0,i00 square miles
including o water area Of 26i square
miles.
II you want q copy Of our leaf
lets on THE PRESIDENTS AND
THEIR WIVES, write The Water
bury Democrats Washington Bn-
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west, Washington, ID. Q. Enclose .
cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Answers To
Questions
by Frederick M Kerry

@. Does the Bible state that
Adam was o Negro2 4,
A. No. The name Adam Is
thought to mean red or rudy, Ike
the earth, and to describe his color,
though this Is only conjecture.
@. Do all coins bear letters deslg-.
mating the mint at which they were
produced?
A. Denver mint Is indicated by
"D"; San Francisco mint my "S":.
and the coins ininted at Philadel-
phia d, not carry any designating
mark.
q. Which breeds Of hens lay
white shelled, and which lay brown
shelled eggs? =
A. White-sheiled eggs are laid by
Leghorns, Anconas and Minorcas;s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

Many industries are forging ahead in
the Irish Free State, one notes from the
Fianna Fail Bulletin Of October. The
bulletin states that under the Fianna
Fail since 1881 the number Of boot and
shoe factories have increased from ten
with 1000 workers at that time to twen-
ty-seven factories today with 5000 per-
sons employed. With the growth of the
shoe factories the tanning industry on
the island Is being restored.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Current Comments

II YOU examine history over any
period of time you'll discover that
forms OF government change like
fashions in hats. They run In cycles
empire, free state monarchy,
democracy, and so on. It is obvious
that dictators are the fashion today
REV. Daniel A. Lord, q. J, st.
Louis University. ~
Children OF today have over
come awkwardness and .self-con-
seriousness and, through their imita-
ton OF movie actors and actresses,
have become more sophisticated,
cultured, and polite than they were
20 years ago. D
DIR. J.. e. Anderson, child well
fare director, University Of Min
nesota.
Talk about facing Wally Der.
ger, Mel OFT, or Paul Waner.
They s.ren't In It with O mad bee
in a closed car.
Dizzy" Dean, st. Louis Cardi-
nal pitcher.
There are no. such things as
pearly white teeth. In the first
place, normal teeth, even when
scrupulously clean, are seldom
white. They are delicately shaded
in various tints Of gray or yellow,
fitting In with the tints OF the skin.
DIR. r. G. Leonard, Maryland
Health Department.
We are taking rigorous steps to
see that the uins are not spoiled.
One Of the best methods we have
found Is solitary confinement.
DIR. A. r. Dafoe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

It seems one should be careful about
who introduces whom. If you bring a
speaker to town, and his politics are So
cialist, don't have him introduced by
republican or democrat. That seems to
be what Mrs Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., has
decided at any rate. Her distant relative
by marriage, Elliott Roosevelt, son Of
the president, whose politics are differ
ent from hers and her family's, did not
seem the proper person to introduce her
at Fort Worth, Texas, lecture.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Some of the Presidents more adj
,,,n,~art axc ns1etriinH the

Some of the Presidents more adj
vanced supporters construed the
election as running start for fur
ther assaults upon the Supreme
Court. The mine Old Men" IN the
phrase currently popular with de-
bunkers and the basic charter which
they labor so persistently to main
tain, must both, in this view, be
modified. The reasoning, for In
stance, by which the NRA was
thrown out and the AAA largely in
validated is objected to; what the
critics, for one thing seek Is q
wider, not narrower interpreta-
ton of that interstate commerce
over which alone the constitution
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

Text books may come and text books
may go, but few of them will outlive the
McGuffey readers. The American Book
company estimates that 10000, 900 cop
les of this have been sold, SO don't laugh
at mother or grandmother when she
quotes from McGuffey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
FAIR ATTENDED rs YEARS

Salem, Ore. - (U.P) - AL Nye
holds a blue ribbon as Oregon's No.
! fair-goer. For each Of his rs years
Nye has attended the annual Ore
gon State fair. beginning when his
parents took him at the age of /
to the first state fair. This year at
the fairs diamond jubilee showing
the management awarded him tho
ribbon for his perfect attendance
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Horoscope
BY OCTAyINE

For persons who believe that
human destiny Ii guided by the
planets the daily horoscope is
outlined by q noted astrologer.
In addition to information Of gen.
eral interest It outlines inf0rma-
ton Of special interest to persoi's
born ON the designated dates =.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

- ~
/, What Is oil Of vitriol?
2. Name the capital and largest
city OF Arkansas.
8. Who invented the amusement
device called the Ferris wheel?
4. What As q fez?
s. Name the author. OF 1.-THE
Prince and the Pauper."
Q. What Ia primogeniture?
=. When did Iraq become On In
dependent nation?
8. Where Is the Field Museum OF
Natural History?
0. When was the Battle OF Water
loo?
10. Where Is Lizard Point, COM
monty called 1.-THE Lizard? ,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

The Book Fair at Rockefeller Center in
New York is attracting throngs of visit
ors. Judging by the numbers entering
the plaza from Fifth avenue 1t can be
seen that there are quite few who like
high class entertainment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

The present social season has started
in with such glamorous whirl that IT. Is
quite impossible to get seats for opening
nights, says the bystander in New York's
theatrical district.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
A Thought for Today

And that day he shall ask me nothing. Verify,
verify, say unto you. Whatsoever ye shall ask
the Father In My name, He will give II yOu.-St.
John 1929
Human life Is a constant want, and ought to
be constant prayers Osgood
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Never, "Most generally ! 80
20 church on Sunday" leave
out "most." l'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
Daily NR@v..v1. Coz ovsv1r7
Washington -. : z ! -
SEC CLAMPS DOWN ON
INVESTMENT GROUP.

~ DREW PEARSON and ROBERT 3 ALLEN
WASHINGTON, November 49, Some strange fish
were caIpht In the net Of the Securities and Exchange
Commission the other day when It refused to register
q stock issue Of the National Invested savings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-12
T est Y o ur
knowledge

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn 70
last page for the answers.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-10-03

The Tribune article Is g good summary Of
the situation and appears here IN fun:
Neihart. for more than four decades an
important producer Of silver ores. Is respond
ing 70 the more favorable metal market.
This colorful camp in the Little Belt noun
tains. 50 miles southeast OF Great Pals. Is
hooking to a bright future, suggestive Of the
times when the district put Cascade county
second only TO Silver Bow county tn silver
output FOR Montana
The depression put an end to that. Eei-
hart fell 20 the almost absolute Of mining
inactivity. But nov revival has set in
Today four mills are operating. The out
look Is that there viii be more. IS there re-
main vast deposits Of profitable ores on Nei-
gan in the eighties About a hundred men
are working now.
concentrators with q daily capacity Of
about 60 tons are operating ct the OLD Hart
the Montana Silver Queen OF the old Bic
Seven group. with the exception Of the Hart
ley (Neihart Consolidated, operations began
this season With the exception OF the MOI
tana Silver Queen. present work Is the treat
ing OF ores from the dumps. The Silver Queen
is handing new ore from the mine When
winter comes al four companies will nall rock
from their mines. letting the dump opera
ti0ns 90 until open weather returns
Steady shipments Of concentrates are being
made 70 the American Smelling g. Refining
Co smelter at East Helena Operators report
satisfactory returns The recoveries are chiefly
silver lead and gold Because OF It's high
price. gold has become an important factor.
and considering the type Of ore. the gold
ratio Is relatively high
The Hartley. one Of the properties that has
helped make mining history AZ Neihart. Is
owned BY the Eefhart Consolidated Silver Min
ing Co, IN Ehich Postmaster ". H Brown
Of Great Pals IS interested Thomas T. Cor
don. z Sandquist and G. O. Cameron are
operating il under lease and bond Work on
the dump has been proceeding about three
years. Under a new lease the present oper-
stors VIII BEGIN this winter to mill ore from
the mine. High recoYeries from the dump con-
centrAte are reported
Originally the Hartley was owned By william
Mueller. who BEGAN shipping ore from the
mine in 1901 What Muelier's returns were
from 1901 to 1917 is not certain. but the Hart