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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

appointing him to the vacancy on the Supreme Court.
 They have conferred frequently since Justice Van Devanter re- tired and have discussed many matters, including the judicial re- organization bill, but the Presi- dent has never, either directly or by inference, given Joe arl inkling of whether he is considering him for the Supreme Court post.
 Other Senate leaders, among them Pat Harrison, Alben Bark ley and Jimmy Byrnes, have talked to Roosevelt about the subject and warmly urged Joe's selection. They are confident he will get the prize and have told him so. But Joe himself has received no such assur- ance.
 He wants the job very much. The big obstacle in his path is the fact that he will be 65 on August 26. This is five years over the maximum age limit an- nounced by the President for his appointments to the federal bench. r..
 White House insiders say Joe'S chances of being named to the Supreme Court depend on an increase In its size. If Con- gross adds two or more justices, Joe will be one of the group of new jurists. If Congress turns down the Presidents plan and ! he is left with only the Van Devanter vacancy to fill, Joe will not be the choice.
 Merry -GO-ROund
 Mrs. William A. Becker. presi- dent general of the D. A. R., took no chances that her forthcoming presentation at the British court would be overlooked. Press re- leases about the event were sent by special delivery to all Wash- ington correspondents /. Bill Bray. private secretary to Post- master General Jim Farley, Is the proud possessor of law degree which he obtained by going to night school Says Mrs. Charles O. Andrews, wife of Florida's senior U. s. senator: T am not suffragist. but now that women have to vote I want them to use 1t intelligently."
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

It's question whether the latest run1- pus over Spain in Flames" may not be good advertising for the Waterbury Lo- cal, North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, not to mention the picture itself Of course we don't accuse anyone of pushing the matter into the courts for the publicity that might be attained and the interest secured but it would be good idea certainly. As to the practical benefits to be gained by going to see Spain in Flames" we don't know of any. The picture is reputed to be true portrayal of what is actually taking place in Spain. Perhaps it is; we cer- tainly don't know. But we do know that it's sponsoring organization is certainty not allied with General Franco and his troops. Which only goes to prove, in our estimation, that the picture is propagan- da for a definite cause and side in the Spanish conflict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

Will someone please page the weather man and tell him to turn off the rain. Days start off gloomy and become nice. They start with beaning skies and soon are weeping Everythings upset and we suppose it's all on account of the open and mild winter which we just went through. If that's the case we'd like a little more winter season when it's due, so that we can have spring and summer seasons in the due course of time. We don't mind spring or summer rains They are fine for the flowers and gardens, but too much of anything becomes tiresome in time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

man was also most dear lovcr of an gling, of which he would say tnat, after atedious study: Twas a rest to his mind, a cheerer of his spirits, a diverter of sad- ness, calmer of unquiet thoughts, a moderator of passions, procurer of con tentednesS; and that it begot habits or peace and patience in those that pro- fessed and practised it."
 Same to anyone in these ribald days who thinks otherwise!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
The Gentle Fisherman

It is time that due honor was paid to Fishermen. They have been too much represented as lazy folk and, uncon- scionable liars. Let us forget these slan- derS, and learn from Izaak Walton, the patron saint of all amateur fishermen. We. quote from his "Compleat Angler" too much neglected nowadays.
 He compares fishermen, with their simple virtues, to the primitive Chris tianS, "who were as most anglers are, quiet men and followers of peace; men so simply wise as not to sell their conscience to buy riches, and with them vexation and a fear to die; such simple men as lived in those times when there were few CT lawyers.
 "And first shall tell you what have found to be, a real truth, that the very sitting by the rivers side is not only the quietest and Attest place for contempla- ton, but will invite the angler to it." It is often in such an environment, he says, far from the press of people and busi- ness, that God has found his prophets.
 He continues with the example of Dr. Newel, dean of St. Pauls in London, chosen by Queen Elizabeth for his pru- dence and piety to prepare the simple church catechism for public use. "This good man was dear lover and constant practiser of angling as any age can pro- duce and his custom was to spend beside his fixed hours of prayer tenth part ot his time in angling" A painting shows him ''leaning on desk with his Bible be- fore him, and on one side of him his lines, hooks and other tackling lying in round; and on his other hand are his angle-rods of several sorts." As result of angling and temperance, age "had neither impaired his hearing nor dimmed his eyes," ,.~,
 Then there was the provost of Eton College, Sir Henry Wotton, with whom i4aak himself had often fslacd. "Phis
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

Morgan and his colleagues have been scrapping bitterly for several years over personal and policy dif- ferences. He favors conciliatory attitude toward private power in- terests. The other two commits sioners advocate vigorous compe- tition. Last year, when the term of Commissioner David Lilienthal expired, Morgan threatened to re- sign if he was reappointed. The President gave Lilienthal 8 new six-year term, but Morgan did not quit.
 Lilienthals reappointment in tenSified the feud and for months the President tried to find a way to end 1t. A plan was finally evolved and at the prompting of the President put into effect.
 One Man Rule
 Under 1t Morgan continues to hold the title of chairman, but relinquishes his executive duties as chief engineer. The other two members also give up their indi- vidual executive spheres. This three-cornered administrative con- trol is replaced with a one-man rule in the person of Executive Officer J. B. Blandford, former Safety Director of Cincinnati, Ohio.
 The board is now solely 8 policy making body. It makes decisions and Blandford exe- cutes them, thus removing a chief source of friction.
 Tn practice the arrangement means that Morgan is merely one member of three-map director ate. AS Commissioners Lilienthal and Harcourt A. Morgan see eye to eye on most issues, thus puts Chairman Morgan in the position of the minority member.
 That Morgan is aware he has been shelved was indicated by his remark to friend following the board meeteing at which the re- organization was approved.
 Well" he observed gIumly, dts all over as far as I am concerned" ........ ...
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 White House insiders predict that Morgan shortly will be of- fered a new post by the Presi- dent. ''.'.. t.ttt+
 His IVA term still has three years to run. It Is an open secret that the President and Senator George Norris, father of the IVA, would like to eliminate him from the agency. Morgan may be asked to take charge of a large reclamation project on the Red river in Texas.
 Norris resentment at Morgan's constant wrangling with colleagues was expressed in his recent in- troduced bill to create seven new regional TWAS. The following paragraph was aimed directly at the IVA chairman:
 "All matters of policy shall
 be considered and determined by
 the directors acting as Q board;
 and in carrying out the pro-
 visions of this act, 1t shall be the
 duty of each director to act
 consistently with such policies
 as they may from time to time
 determine" 5l
 The specific event that prompt ed Norris to include this language was Morgan's persistent objection to the signing a power contract ! with Chattanooga, Tenn, because the city was in territory served by the Commonwealth and South ern company. He was finally oyerruled by Lihenthal and Har- court Morgan after months of bit- ter wrangling.
 No Word Yet NY
 The rresldsnt has said nothing to Senator Jde R0hiI1eon about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

c. Who played the role of Death" in the motion picture Death Takes Holiday?"
 A. Frederick March.
 e. Are white horses born that color?
 A. White colts are practically unknown, although cases of albino horses are known. Horses of certain colors, particularly dappled grays, become lighter and lighter as they grow older until they become pure white.
 c. What is the height and weight of the Duchess of Windsor?
 A. She is 5 feet 4 inches tall and her normal weight Is IA pounds.
 e. What commemorative half dollars were coined by United States hints in 1886?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

The calm assurance with which Robert Irwin, slayer of three persons, regards his future as one of confinement to an insane asylum is somewhat disconcert- ing to sober-minded persons After all this man killed in cold blood two women and one man. There may be an insane streak in his makeup, but before he is committed to an asylum there should be pretty thorough check-up on his men, tai status. The insanity plea is often found to be overWorked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
MORGAN'S IVA FEUD ENDS
 IN EXECUTIVE SHAKE-UP
" DREW PEARSoss
end ROBERT A Al.r.xN

WASHINGTON, July 2. = It was done very quietly, but the ongragng unercover dissension between IVA Chairman Arthur E. Morgan and his two fellow commits sioners has been squeched by President Roosevelt At his direct nstgation, administrative shakeup has taken place that has stripped Morgan of most of his power and in effect relegated him to the role of minority member of the board
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

 1. Which country owns the island of Hong Kong2 1. 9. Who wrote the novel. "The House of the Seven Gables2" 3. Name the capital of Mississip- pi.
 4. What is the principal tributary of the Rio Grandep s. Name the first President of the German Republic. B. 6. What is the name for the larg- est antelope found in Africa? t' < 2. Near which city is Mt. vesu- vius? '~t' 8. What is the color of powdered opium? g. Who was Ludwig Eichrodtp 10. On what river is the city Of Portsmouth. N. H.? W 'Nt. {
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

6a10ukOuy are being hailed as heroes through. out the U. s, s. R. and being feted to the point of col lapse here in ''The Capital ists Heaven. " Tn (what used to bel Russia the government p r opa ganda mill is busy grin din g out fodder for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Run Out

At the rate he has been knock ing them I Comrade stalin must be about iun out of Heroes of the Soviet Union" and has 70 have . fresh crop. Under the cir- cufnStances no one in The Work CTS Paradise can be blamed for not wanting to be decorated with the fatal title. It has already been given to the three flyers now In New York. At the dinner Wednes- day night Alexander Troyanovsky. the Sov,et Ambassador to the Un'.
 ted States, told the banqueters that the names of the successful pilots:-- u.U ,.,-
 fare famous not only In 'he So-.
 yiet Union but In the world.
 They started from Moscow as
 Heroes of the Soviet Union and
 came to the United States as
 heroes of the world. .'f
 Before Cornrade Troyanovsky got that of his chest he took a shot at those responsible for athe un.. founded gossip" about the real situation in Russia. They are cal. riminators "who for certain req sons, have a bitterness against our country"
 If you want to know what
 the Soviet Union means" de-
 clared the ambassadvT, slook at
 these boys and draw your cwn
 concluslons.' V v, 2. < 9IsSt' GratnltOus advicei Thanks tS a few unccnsured dispatches from Moscow to the American l,regs We have drawn our own coalcIusl0ns about the 'eaf situation 'lu Rus6ia. It's comforting, however. Co bs In. formed by the Soviet Ambassador (whose long suit Is insulting cur national ihtelllgcnce). that the inurderous debauch going on in the U. s. S. R. Is "unfoundeu gossip" That Is q new maine for mass executions. wonder what "thosc boys were thinking when they heard thelnsclvcs calIcd 'sIst- roes of the Soviet Union?" No wonder one of them lad Co, 20 sle bed sick. He psobabIy knew wha SyilS coming. Anyway wish all q thpni tho best luck ln tlAe wvrlf They'M need lt when they gk. #|I|p4 Hltir sA W
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say. "She was disturbed as to his huntlng;" say about his hunting."

A. Albany, N. Y: Arkansas Gen. tennial; Bay Bridge-S. F.-Oakland California Pacific exposition; Bridgeport Centennial; Cincinnati Musical Center: Cleveland Centen- nial; Columbia, s. O.; Daniel Boone; Elgin Centennial; Long Is- land, N. r.; Lynchburg, Va; Ore gon Trail Providence, R. l.; Texas Centennial; Wisconsin Centennial: and York County. Maine.
 o. What is the temperature in the space between the walls of e thermos bottle containing boiling water?
 A. The inner wall is substantially at the temperature of the bottles contents. The outer wall is substan- tialiy at the temperature of the out side air. The space between the walls being substantially free from air can hardly be said to have any temperature at all in the ordinary sense of the term, there being prac- tically nothing there to have tenn perature. <
 c. My friend and I have an ar- gument about the actress who played the title role on the screen years ago in Mickey; she says 1t was Mary Pickford, and I say 1t was Mabel NormAnd. t,
 A. Mabel Normand played the role. S,S, @hs. 's 'fki1 a >s'
 lf you want . copy of our book let "Marrlage and Divorce Laws" write the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1912, Thir- teenth Street, Northwest, Wash ington, D. c. Enclose { cents tn hostage. = z pf A.- ,'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Selected Poem

', SLIP COVERS (Helen Frith stickney in the Christian
 Science Monitor0 When the city is full of racking sound And the pavements are soft and hot, My feet can feel the country ground, And have my garden plot! Yellow chrysanthemums spread the bloom Of frosty autumn day All over the chairs of my living-room On fabric of creamy gray. In my hall bright-colored tulips blow Beneath cooling fan; My flowers do not seem to know . The seasons ordered plan. When the city Is full of racking sound And the pavements are soft and hot, My feet can feel the country ground, And have my garden plotl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

Just a guess at the. Four Pillars of Civilization a century from now - the United States Canada, Argentina and China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

The birth rate is falling in Italy in spite of the Duce's orders. People don't seem to realize how fine Fascism is going to make things for posterity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Hero For Two Years

Two years ago Levanevsky was = proclaimed Hero of the Soviet.s Union" as . reward for feats Of !. flying he had performed in the. Arctic. Today no one knows what has become of him, where he is, or why he has disappeared" from sight. Tn fairness to Com rade Stalin and his butcher boy Yezhoff, 1t must be stated that no one knows whether Levanevsky or {. his chief, Alknis, have "disap-.. peared" or not. The secret police :. chief and his boss, like daisies, . don't tell All that Is known is that . the two-year old Hero of the So- .. viet" Levanevsky just isn't around = his customary hangoutS. About him there is complete silence until the time comes to announce his fate. Flying around the North Pole entails dangers which are not confined to the air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
NATAL's OLDEST coLoNisT DIES

Durban Natal --(UF)--- John Webber. Natals oldest co'onist has died here At the age Of lOl, Web- bef fought In five South African wars, Including the HoeE War, for which s lnlIsted at the ass Of ea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

Yes, fascism is to be feared and fought, but our greatest menace is plain dumb ness. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

We men can stand most of the things the male beauticians are now insisting on, if we don't have to do anything about our eyelashes. ..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Heroes

As a result of their successful hop from ''The Workers Paradise" to California the three RuSsky airmen, Chkaloff, Beliakof, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
BY WAY of NO HARM 5',. \
 by James William FitzP Patrick

fhe opinions conclusions appearing below Chose oR They necessarily those of tue THE DEMOCRAT they construed tnvasaab et reflection of their viewpontl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Maybe Another Reason

The purpose of the latest exh.- bltion of Soviet skill in the skies may have been to prove to Amer jeans that the boasted reputation of that skill has a solid founda. ton. It may have been 10 demon- strate to a sceptical world that as 1 said before, only under the so- cial and political conditions which exist in the U. S. s. R. could a ship capable Of making such a flight be turned out and flJ : CTS of such, courage ana ability be developed. ll may have been to impress us subtly with the fact that what the Chkaloff- Beliakofi. Baidukoif piloted craft did could be duplicated by . bombing plane. Or 1t may have been reason dlf- ferent from any or all of the above.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

I.,.A 't,, INVERTEBRATES the form of information, that only under the social and political con- ditions which prevail in the Soc viet Union could the spirit which animated the flyers be created and developed. If they had not been Bolshies bred in the bone they never would have been able to make the nonstop jump from Moscow to the United States by way of the North Pole. It was, to give honor where honor Is due quite 8 flight. In fact an heroic feat but one which for 8 couple of reasons the heroes may well wish they had never made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac ,,;, Sun rises S,2s a, m; seta sas p. m. day All; vehicles must be lighted thirty nlnutes' after sunset. 4lN
 High tide at Milford sa urday, July . 7OV D. In.; low tide, 1,0o q. m. daylight timel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02

military Hall of Fame the only two figures left are Klementi Voroshil- of, the Commissar of National Defense, who is the most danger ous threat to Comrade Stalin's {. stranglehold on the Soviet Union (All the more dangerous because Klementi is Josef's closest, dearest friend), and Marshal Bden1y, the crack cavalry commander, who has the largest, thickest, longest pair of handle-bar nustaches ex- tant. To the ownership of this set of tea-strainers Bdenny probably owes his present immunity from liquidation" Comrade StaliIl does not stand for any monkey business with Red hair.. The as- sistant director of . factory in the Crimea is in the jug because ne had the heads of sixty workers shaved to the bone for not getting their hair cut as ordered. So Bdenny is safe as long as he keeps his face hay growing wild.
 Disappeared"
 The ultimate fate of all Heroes of the Soviet Union" (to give them their official title), at Comrade Stalin's hand Is by no means rou-, : tine. Some of them arc gunred to death after brief publicized trial; others are executed over-,, night and out of hand; still others disappear" They are here today $ and gone tomorrow. Where? No one but the new boss of the secret police, Nicky Yezhoff, Comrade Stalin's latest find in the Soviet. Unions inexhaustible line of two listed murderers knows. Nicky as a master butcher is what We call 8 pip. His predecessor Yagoda, who is now under arrest (which means not so good as being al- ready dead), was . pretty fair gunman himself until the booze and friendship for Trotsky got the best of him, but he never was In Yezhoff's class. Among the He roes of the Soviet Union" who have disappeared" since Nicky., took over the job of digging up- the dirt on fellow Bolshies of- whom Comrade Stalin wants to- get rid are General AIlknls, chief of the Soviet army's huge air forcee and . crack pilot named Levancv-- sky. It Is the latter's experience 1. which should take the ed0e off any pleasure which the three airmen . who made the trans-polar flight. from Moscow Co this country gre. getting out of the llonixation they have been receiving all the way, across the continent. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
T est Y o U r
 Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers. ;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
A Thought for Today

Is the law then against the promises of God! God forbid: for if there has been law given which could have given life, verify righteousness should have been by the law.-GalatianS S;2l
 Let & man try faithfully, manfully to be right, he will daily grow more and more right. It IS at the bottom of the condition on which all men have to cultivate themselveS-Carlyle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Safety in Whiskers

Safety i'm Whiskers
 Political and oficial Communist big shots having been shot out Of the popular eye, Colnrade stain has lately been engaged in some very neat knocking-off of ob1ec. tionable army heroes. In the Red
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
Tough Enough Here


 It is a deadly thing to be rec ognized as a hero in this country. The aftermath of dinners, ban duets, receptions, hand-shaking marathons and paradeS which fol- low an act of heroisn make up a series of ordeals from which the stoutest soul might properly finch. As the birdnen from So- vietland are discovering. One Of them, Baidukoff, had to duck the dinner given by the Explorers Club and the American-Russian Institute for Cultural Relations with the Soviet Union in New York Wednesday night. He was too sick to put away another public feed and, like any sick man, hero or coward, had to go to bed. But that will not let him out of the ten days jamboree which is to be staged for him and his fellows in, around, and about Manhattan Island. By the time they are permitted to leave our hospitable shores the trio will wish they had crashed at the North Pole and so escaped the danger of being killed with kind- ness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-02
But Over There-!!!


 But difficult as 1t is to survive being made a hero of in these capitalistic United States, 1t Is not a marker to what acquiring fame means In the U. s. 8. R. We have had heroes over here who actual ly survived what an enthusiastic populace in the fury of It's ad- miration did to their flyers, stom. achs, ears, eyes, feet and hands. The Society of the Survivors of American Hospitality Is fairly large and includes in its member" ship people like Charles Lind bergh. There is no such organiza- ton in the Soviet Union. Becom. ing a national hero there Is just the same as--and surer fire than drinking a fiagon of prussic acid, cutting the throat, and diving out a ten-story window with a pock- etful of high explosive.
 
 "Liquidated"
 The shortest cut to the Com munist slaughter -houSe in R1ssia is to be recognized as BoSacVs. hero. If you don't believe 1t you have not been following the news of the almost daily blood baths being given to Red popular idols. Comrade Stalin has "liquidated the one time heroes so successful lv that the only one left Is Con,' rade Trotsky. Trotsky was per- mitted to leave "The Workers Paradise" in a moment of absent minded tolerance and is now toss ing stink bombs into world pun- licity about the way Comrade stalin is bestowing Marxian bless ings on the Russian masses. The result of the lamentable soit- heartedness in Trotskys case has proved so disastrous to the press. agented prestige of the Soviet regime that the ruling Red czar obviously made up his mind that there should be no further exni- bitions of bourgeois compassion. Hence no more sentences of exile for Bolshevist heroes but plenty or overtime work for the firing squads in the Lubyanka cellar. .' Safety i'm Whiskers
 Political and official Communist biz shots having been shot out or tiaa taa,,s,iap AuA Hnffarade StAlin