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La gaceta., 1937-01-04

La Academia de Ciencias de
Ia Union Soviet ACADIA de expUl-
sar a dos professors a los que
Sc die permiso para hacer ira
bajos especiales en- otros paises
y no regresaron a Russia.
Son dos professors de quimi-
ca.
Ell hijo de uno de los expul-
sados, que es professor tambien.
lie habl6 a la Academia y lie di-
jo: BESIDE mi punto de vista y
ell de mi hermana, su conducta
es impropia de un miembro de
Ia Academia y de un ciudadano
Soviet. Antes me sentfa orgu-
1loso de laevar ell nombre de mi
padre OIpatyeff). Ahora llevo
la cabeza baja para evitar dar
mi nombre".
"Nosotros protestamos Y a.
cusamos a nuestro Padre por
su conducta hacia Ell Soviet Y a
toda la Rep1blica".
iDe que lie servira al profe-
.sor Ipatyeff la riqueza que adj
quiers en- este pals, 81 ST. hijo
Y su hija sc sienten ayergonza-
dos de llevar su nombre?
Prefiere la vida facil y como
da a la vida dificil en- I'm pals
'iqae sc pone de pie y que to-
davfa tardara diez amos mas en-
Ilegar al nivei de progreso que
ahora tiene ell pueblo nortea-
mericano.
Pero comodidad lie costara pa
ira siempre Ell amor y el respeto
de sus hijos.
La gaceta., 1937-01-04

Tiene la epublica de Cuba
IN suevo secl ltario del tralba-
jo. N
iC6mo sc llama? Dr.. Juan M.
Portuondo, de Santiago de Gu
ba. "a
iSu mas mhportante "caH-
caci6n" para ell puesto?
Amigo del coronel Fulgencio
Batista.
La gaceta., 1937-01-04

Francia lie ha prestado dine
rc a Polonia y Ell gobierno de
Ia "republica" dirigida nor I'm
maris..al, lie ha ofrecido a Ivon
Delbos, ministro frances de re-
laciones exteriores, que en- case
de ser agredida Checoeslova-
quia por Alemania ell ejercito
pelaco acrdira en- su ayuda.
Esa promesa fue la base del
prestamo, a pesar de que Sc ha-
llat algo tirantes todavfa las
relaciones entire los gUbiernos
de Praga Y Varsovia.
Polonia, Checoeslovaquia, Ru
mania y Jugoeslavia Sc pondran
de parte de Francia en- case de
guerra con Alemania, 10 que las
acerca a Russia, a Ia poderosa
Rcplblica Soviet.
La gaceta., 1937-01-04

Hay epidemic de influenza
en- Europa, incluyendo a Ingla-
terra.
I'm New York Sc presentan
diariaanente, segdn nos dicen,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Redistricting Worries

Nothing gives officials more headaches than the problem of redistricting. It might seem to the average individual that there is nothing to it, but merely to take the map and Slice it up into equal districts. Unfortunately maps may slice easily, but the slicing of the physical property, including it's inhabitants, is quite a different job. Just glance down history'S page and you'll find that redls- tricting gave us new and colorful word -gerrymander.
 There are many jobs of redistricting on the calendar in the State of Connecticut, but somehow or other our officials never can seem to get around to the actual task The obvious reason for failure to redistrict is that no matter how it is done there will be somebody else able to claim that the plan isn't fair or isn't possible. A few years ago when this state was granted an additional representative in Congress, six new congressional districts were proposed in place of the existing i've.
 We still have the same five districts, although we continue to elect six repre- sentatives. The sixth is elected at-large or by the entire state and not by one separate and distinct district, as in the case of the other five. There were many plans advanced to reapportion the con gressional voting population, so that each congressman would represent about the same number of constituents as is the primary purpose of congressional dis tricts But arguments only ensued and nothing has since happened.
 The same is true of our senatorial districts, thirty-five in number They have bsen far out of proportion for many years, so much so that anyone interested enough to check up on them and the average population of each would De amazed at the inequality and apparent unfairness of several of the districts Incidentally the state could have thirty six districts if it so chose, as the constltu- tion provides for that number. But try and get the state legislators to create new senatorial district or rearrange the old ones It's next to impossible.
 Waterbury's voting districts aren't so old but what most of us can't recall when they were created and the voting in the five wards and sixth district abandoned Yet since the twenty districts were estab- lished it has been necessary to rearrange the lines several times and the city IS about to do so once more. This is no cut and-dried job, despite the claims of administration critics who can see only politics holding up the work. No matter what political party was in offlce there would be the same need Of proceeding slowly so that when the division is finally made the complaints would be few and far between, for regardless of procedure there are bound to be complaints.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Sir James M. Barrie

Sir James M Barrie was Seventy-seven on May g. He arrived at his final adven- ture last Saturday, his death following short siege of pneumonia. Said his brair- child Peter Pan,-"To die would be an awfully big adventure" There are those students and critics of Barrie who con- slider that Peter Pan personified some what the author. There are also some unimaginative souls who wonder where Barrie unearthed or thought up such a character as Peter Pan It goes without saying that one had to have vivid lmag- ination to appreciate Barrie. And the way most Barrie addicts feel about the matter, is that you could not enjoy the novels and plays of this author it was just your hard luck.
 The whimsical quality of Barrie's works so much scoffed at by the stern realistS of today was never missing from his plays or stories. Regardless of the many who confessed to dislike of this same quality he was universally read author and the presentation of one o1 his plays always offered an evening ot fine entertainment Those critics who were against Barrie said he was Sentl- mentalist. One might add that literature has place for SentimentaliSm especially OO WlI1l 4u4A NOO0e1 OA AS~AAoAAA N--S~S surges through the works of some of the rugged realists who write novels and dramas As against some of the sordid characters appearing in present day dramas and fiction one feels glad to turn to Barrie for bout with Peter Pan, Lady Babbie, Crichton the butler, Cinderella and her policeman, Alice who sat by the fire, Maggie Shand, Phoebe Throssel, Lob of Dear Brutus," and others.
 It was the wistful sentiment of Barrie's writings that was translated by Maude Adams, and given it's most perfect char acterization in the many plays that made both the actress and the author doubly famous; such plays as "The Little Minis ter" Peter Pan,'' Quality Street." and "What Every Woman Knows" Maude Adams has not been forgotten and it is yafe to say Barrie will remain as one of the yreat contributors to modern literature. He was another type of writer as dis .inguished from few other contributors to modern drama, George Bernard
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

When Uncle Sam decides to auction off few of his obsolete lighthouses along the Atlantic coast, which he does from time to time, it isn't any use for people who think they are going to pick up summer home at bargain prices to get interested. These lighthouses with accom- panying land are sold to the highest bidder and if the bids aren't high enough, then there's no sale. Right now there are two lighthouses along the Maine coast which are still for sale if anyone is inter- ested. They have been up for sale for some time, but the bids the last time were too late and the federal government expects to announce a new sale shortly. The lighthouses are the ones on Straitmouth Island at Rockport and Ned's Point at Mattapoisett. The highest bid for the former was $2,020; for the latter, $3,5 300. Both were regarded as low and another chance to bid is to be offered If nothing happens the Ned's Point lighthouse and property may be leased as an amusement park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Citizens and Patronage

The National Civil Service Reform League, in it's current annual report, planes Congress for the lack of progress in replacing patronge with civil service appointments. The League regards the establishment of career service as the most important proposal made by the committee on administrative manage ment. But new agencies created by Congress have retained the patronage feature. The Crop Control Act and the Bituminous Coal Regulation Law except all employees from the Civil Service Rules. There are wholesale patronage privileges in other pending bills, according to the League.
 Since the Civil Service Act of 1883, says the report, most of the gains in this respect have come, through executive orders and most of the exceptions have been made through acts of Congress.
 Perhaps the public is to blame, too. The report explains: "The cynical public GoeS not discriminate, and seeing many appointments made without examination, is prone to believe that any desired appointment may be so made if enough pressure is brought to bear. The merit system thus falls into undeserved dlSre- pute. Where a service is part spells and part merit, the good is ignored and forgotten"
 It all seems to boil down to the un- flattering truth that most citizens want the merit system - in theory. When 1t comes to practice, favor to ourselves or our friends or families always seems to be reasonable exception.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

And talking about property did you read that Colonel Zack Miller's famous "1O1 Ranch" had finally been disposed of? It's to become part and parcel of the federal government resettlement admin istration By fall it is expected the famous Oklahoma ranch will have been cut up into homesteads for 26 families. It is possible that Colonel Miller will be able to salvage his ranch-house and about one acre of land for himself, but it will be hemmed in by Uncle Sam's new white RA tenants and their homes. The world hasn't been too kind to the Colonel since his famous Wild West show roamed the nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

Shaw, Eugene O'Neill, Anton Chekov and Ibsen. His manner of writing will perhaps never be possible for another writer. He wrote from his imagination with sure success, which after all, is harder task than to write from actual life; and be- hind the lines, who knows but himself how much of reality was lurking. In con- clusion we might add,-where and when have finer short plays of the curtain raiser type been written than Shall We Join the LadieS?" or "The Old Lady Shows Her Medals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Selected Poem

SIGN POST (B. Y. Williams in the New York Sum This road leads to Londontown, This one leads to Dover Here stand to give and give The information over. Mine is not to prompt or urge Any mans decision; Choice must ever be thing Of the inner vision. Does romance wait there. and love? This way lead to sorrow? Ask me not, O traveller,
 You will learn tomorrow. Here before you lies the roads, Pleasant in the morning Make your choice and 60 your way. Sign posts give no warning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

o. Can you give me the names of the president and manager of the Chicago National league baseball club in 1901?
 A. James A. Hart was president and Thomas J. Loftus was manager.
 O. I send books weighing eight ounces or less at book rate postage of l cent for each two ounces, but what class of mail is a book weigh ing more than eight ounces?
 A. Parcel post.
 @. What is the origin of the name Dakota?
 A. It is Sioux Indian word meaning friends, allies.
 o. Please give the correct title of the king of Great Britain.
 A. George VI., by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British dominions beyond the seas king, defender. of the faith, emperor of India"
 @. How long before the sinking of the "Lusitania" had the ship been in operation?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

DdSkeC.
 Since 1884 the tenacious New York liberal has been trying to put through legislation for a great government-Subsidized pro- gram of slum clearance and mod ern housing for loW-salaried work CTS. In each session of con- gress he has started out with high hopes of success, only to wind up in the ditch.
 This year prospects appeared particularly bright. The Presi- dent had repeatedly pledged hous- ing legislation during his re-elec- tion campaign, and Wagner had made many changes in his bill to meet previous objections. At long last victory seemed in sight.
 The rosy outlook, however, was only a mirage. The financial experts of the Treasury, who have been Wagner's most per- sistent and effective foes, raised new objections and the Presi- dent apparently did not read into his electioneering promises what Wagner saw in them. When Wagner came to him for Administration backing for his measure, the President ducked the issue by suggesting that he
 first work out a compromise with the Treasury.
 That was equivalent to asking him to perform a miracle. Wag- ner and the Treasury moguls simply do not talk the same language on housing.
 Treasury Plan
 He sees the problem solely as a social one. They view it wholly as matter of dollars and cents. They insist his plan is financially unsound. He contends that cheap housing can be furnished low income groups only if the govern ment bears a considerable por- tion of the cost.
 They were worlds apart in January when they started con- ferring, and nearly six months of discussion brought them no closer together. Finally, with the ses- sion in its closing stage and his bill still buried deep in commit tee. Wagner few days ago again appealed to the President for help.
 The President told him he would get busy at once. He did. He turned the matter over to
 Charley West, his amiable, in-
 effectual, yes-yeS congressional liasOn man. That means that
 the chances for Wagner's bill
 emerging from committee are
 practically nil. Meanwhile the Treasury has se- cretly submitted to the President a scheme of its own, under which the Wagner measure would be junked and the Public Works Ad- miniStration given slight in- crease in power so that it could somewhat expand its housing operations.
 Insiders are offering wagers that in the end this meager pro- vision will be the one that RooSe- welt will plump for and that it will be rushed through congress in the final days with Administra- tion blessing.
 By All Means
 During the hearings before the Senate Post Office committee on the Guffey resolution for an in- vestigation of the steel strike, Sen- ator Josiah Bailey subjected Philip Murray, c. I. O. leader to a long and hostile grilling. AS he was concluding. the North Carolinian remarked:
 Of course. MT. Murray, you understand I am trying to be fair in the matter"
 To which a voice in the rear retorted: Refer that to the By All-Means Department"
 Safety In Numbers
 The seven-man steering com mittee," set u0 by senate foes of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
To the Orchard

When Tom Girdler, now chair man of the Republic Steel Cor poration was chief of a steel plant police force some years back, he declared that before he would confer with any labor leader he would throw up his job and re- tire to his orchard to raise ap- pies. His position and deter imitation as expressed in state ments to the press apparently re- mains what 1t was when he was a company cop. Such being the case it might lead to peace in the steel world if MT. Girdler withdrew to the raising of Big Pippins, Rhode Island Greetings, and tMacIntoshes. He has raise' sIfHcient hell to date. The ey ecitive chair of a great corpora ton Is no place for an ex.harne
 bun. He isn't the type.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Test Y o U r Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. In which country did the Taip- ing Rebellion occur?
 2. What is snuff? 3. How long has Hitler been in power in Germany.
 4. Where is Kodiak Island?
 5. Who was Ippolito Nievo? !" 6. What is pomology?
 2. What is the name for un- coined gold and silvera
 8. On what river is Norfolk. Va.f 9. Who aSsasSinated President Paul Doumer of France?
 10. What office did stephen Rus sell Mallory hold in the Confeder- ates States cabinet?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Why Agree Orally?

To the charge that the 0. I. O. will not live up to a written agreement Messrs Girdler, Grace, Purnell, ct al. point to what they allege is a fact: General Motors entered into a written agreement with a c. I. O. unit, the United Automobile Workers of America, and it has had almost a strike a day on its hands ever since. On the surface that would appear to be damning indictment. But is it? I don't know the reason for the hundred and seventy odd strikes which General Motors is alleged to have had to vex its ex-, istence since it signed an agree ment for the U..A w. A. to neg0- tiate for its own members. It is barely possible that General Mo- tors as well as the c. I. O. unit ran out on its agreement. What justification is that for the refusal of Republic Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company, and Inland Steel to sign 8 written agreement with the workers organizations? If the c. I. o. is not to be trusted to keep a signed contract why bOth- CT to enter into an oral one with its representatives? Yet Messers Girdler, Grace, Purnell, and their business associates have cried to skies since trouble first started in their plants that they would glad ly enter into an oral contract. It does not make sense to me. But then, I suppose, am hopelessly biased. I would be where MT. Grace of Bethlehem Steel is in- VolVed,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

producer t h e terms of an engagement in a new play which the pro-
 ducer was about to put into re-
 hearSal. When t h e financial dickering had b e en brought to a close-to MT. Lackaye's satisfaction
 the producer, Willia m A. B r a dy, rose r.~. %La raa%
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Crocodile Tears

Anyone familiar in the slightest degree with the despotism exer- cised for generations over their mill serfs by the steel lords will not waste time getting sorrowful over their present-day crocodile tears. For years the steel business was run without regard for the law of either God or man. It was an empire over which the great banking interests of the country, particularly the House of Mor- gan, ruled with an iron fist. They owned the mills; they owned the workers; they owned the workers houses and the stores where they bought; they owned the local government; they owned the forces of law and order; they maintained a private army Gin Pennsylvania it was called the Coal and Iron Police); they main- tained a system of labor espionage reaching into the lives of every human being on their payrolls:
 they owned private arsenals filled with all the implements of war fare. And m pinch the arscnals were called upon and the death dealing weapons were brought into play without fear of the To- cal, the state, or the federal g0v-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

ernments. The only interest they exhibited in their workers was to extort the limit of production out of them, to keep them in a state of subjection worse than the Me- gro slaves bfeore the Enancipa- tion Proclamation, and to regard them as soulless robots in an in- dustrial world where dividends were all that mattered. Not Interested :.
 At a session of the Committee on Industrial Relations years ago, J. Pierpont Morgan the First was being interrogated about condi- tions in the steel mills. He gave evasive, unresponsive answers to most of the questions asked him and when pushed too hard by the examiners said he did not know. what to say. The questions were on matters in which he was net interested.
 "What are you interested i'm; MT. Morgan?" enquired one exaS-. perated questioner.
 T am interested only in the balance sheet" was the Morgan rejOiner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Same Now

The balance sheet, not the well fare of their workers was the i'm . portant thing in the eyes of the. stee! kings then. It remains the explanation of the present atti- tude of Mcss-s Girdler, Grace. Purnell, and their associated die- hards among the independent" steel manufacturers. To dc as they please now aid iil the future : without let or hirdrance from anyone or anything, not the con- dition of labor in the dim sper- spective, is the basis of their re- fusal to sign a written coiltrac. with the c. ]. o.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

You've heard of people referring to their condition as "jittery." Often man will say he has case of the "jitters.o Now that's an occupational disease and it has caused all sorts of upsets over lssu- ance of insurance to Danbury hat com panies and conformity to labor laws. "Hatters' jitters" is disease caused by use of mercury in manufacture Of hats.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Reasons

The reasons for the refusal of the barons to put their signatures to an agreement are two-fold: the c. I. O. will break any agreement, and a signed contract means, in the long run, closed shop in the steel. mills. On the first score the Magnates of Manganese, as lovers of virtue, base their objec- tions on moral grounds do business with anyone you are sure is going to double-cross you later. On the second point their refusal z to sign written contract is be- cause they feel it will be in the long run a fatal thing for labor generally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Something to Show

"Once in the dear. dead days beyond recall' the late Wilton Lackaye was discussing with a prominent Broadway theatrical
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 5:2o a. m.; sets 8:27 D. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 High tide at Milford Wednesday, June 2S, 1l:42 2. m.; low tide sos p. m. (daylight time).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
BY WAY of OHARM
 by James William FitzPatrick

The conclusions appearing below those the not necessarily those of the DEMOCRAT they to De construed invariably
 Q reflection OR their viewpOntD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
N DREW PEARs0es
end ROBERT & ALLEN

Washington, June 22-Behind the-SceneS develop ments indicate that Senator Bob Wagners long pending lowcost housing bill again headed for the wastepaper hoSIn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

The best "hedge against imitation" is to hold down prices and the buyers are willing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

It slowly dawns on Americans that security and freedom don't come in the same package. For every new security you have to sacrifice some old liberty
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

A sit-down strike on the ball field would be one strike and out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22
Merry.Go-Round

Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, age 70, is just twice as old as Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, age 35. The two are frequently together, on the Senate floor or in the senate din- ing room. Johnson, one of the original ''irreconcilables," was 8 clase friend of young Lodges grandfather Little Barbara Ann Reed, daughter of Republi- can Representative Chauncey w. Reed of Illinois, visited her daddy on the floor of the House the other day and although the cham Der was in session played quietly by herself
 Copyright, 1887, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-22

If you want a copy of our book let, THE DOG AND CAT BOOK, write the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1912 Thir- teenth Street, Northwest, Wash ington, D. c. Enclose cents in postage. N.