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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
In the Midst of It

While Connecticut and Waterbury have not yet been plunged into the midst of the efforts to oust former Senator Hugo L. Black from his Supreme Cour: position, there has been discussion of the case in many homes, in many offices, and in many places where men and women gather to discuss current events. In short the subject is one of considerable interest wherever national topics come up in the course of conversation. But Connecticut is, we presume, fully ap- prised of the fact that one. of its most ardent "go-getters" is working towards a Black custer.
 We refer to Professor Albert Levitt of Bedding and other places, such as Wash ington, D. C., and the Virgin Islands. We don't know if MT. Levitt still retains his most recent one of Federal District Judge, the office he held in the Virgin Islands until his retirement some months back. At any rate he has insti- tuted suit in the Supreme Court of the United States contesting the eligibility of its newest member.
 The Levitt suit was filed even before Justice Black was sworn in and is not based on the more recent Ku KluX Klan charges that are now being hurled around the nation. Professor Levitt fol- lows the reasoning of Senator Borah, namely, that no vacancy existed in the Supreme Court, since eX-Justice Van Devanter did not resign, but merely re. tired from office. This suit may make history and reestablish MT. Levitt on q new plane of national fame. It is the first time that the Supreme Court ever has been asked to rule on the eligibility of a member. That the highest court in our land will do anything is doubted in most legal circles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
g Years After,
Battle of Marne Is One of Epic Struggles of World War-Lasted From Sept
 to 12 1914
to 12, 1914
NEW YORK TIMES

ington, with Cleveland in the White House. New ideas, new problems, new issues made up the political and social picture; reconstruction of the devastated South was practically complete.
 Perhaps 1914 seems less remote nowadays because in many funda- mental particulars, 1t is not new Europe which exists today. It is true the three imperial governments of the pre--war continent are now hardly more than legends. Three great countries are ruled by Com munist or Fascist dictators; half a dozen independent succession states" have been established. But the rneutual suspicious and jeal- ousies, the defiant public speeches b ydefiant public speeches by re- snonsible rulers or ministers, the constant fear of war;. reproduce in- ,cidents which made up great part of the European news, even before 1914. If science has made war fare destructive as 1t never was before, that was plainly foreshad- oweded twenty-three years ago. Dis- regard of civilian rights and inl- rnunities was in evidence when Ger many overran Belgium. If the as- piration for a "war to end war" and ia world safe for democracy" had been only partially realized, 1914 might seem to use to be an epoch almost as far away as the Ma poleonic conflict; but that has not bene the story.
 What the world has learned with out question from that conflict Is the dangerous hazard of war, from 8 purely military viewpoint; the cer- tainty that the aggressor will alien- ate the sympathy of neutral. states; ; the prodigious cost of the warfare, the disastrous economic; penalty, tho internal revolutions, political or so- cial, which may unseat and destroy governments under whom the war had been begun. These lessons explain why even the most am. bilious dictator shrinks from invok- ing 1t. n,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
In Today's Mail
 Anonymous letters will not be accepted unless accom-. panied with writer's name.
YOUNG REPUBLICANS TRYING TO LEAD PEOPLE BY
 NOSE

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:-
 I would like to ask the so-called Young Republicans of Waterbury a few questions. First, who is the man they have picked for mayor of this city? Has he done anything for the c..'y or It's people, or Is he picked by the Republicans to split the Democratic party of the city? Z ] wonder. ....
 But I know one thing, he is not nominated by the big fellows to serve the city as & whole, but to serve the Interest of few "big shot Republicans, and they (the 'big shots") are leading the rank and file by the nose. They can't lead the regulars because they (the reg ulars) know what 1t is all about, but the so-called Young Repubn. !. cans are dumb enough to be led and they are led (and howD. /
 I am sorry for the Republicans; they know their goose is cooked and so they are trying any old way to get in power again and still they are going to get left as usual. They are putting on their slate some Democrats that have turned Re- publican. These include MT. G. Gull hane, MT. s. Rowland, Miss Dora Egan and that is only a few of them.
 As to the last named she ought to resign; she has made enough out Of the taxpayers of this city to last her the rest of her life, but as usual the more they get the more they want.
 (Some more to come).
 H. S., A TAXPAYER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Tax Truths as Brake

Working on the theory that what you don't see doesn't hurt you, our American legislators have succeeded, since the war, in building up one of the most amazing systems of invisible taxes ever erected on the planet The result is that the tax collector manages to gouge the daylights out of the little fellow without ever draw ing word of protest.
 Indeed, the little fellow seems to like it. One of his favorite diversions IS to compare his lot with that of his opposite number in Great Britain, where taxes are an visible as cigaret billboardS. He looks over the figures and discovers that the Briton has to start paying an income tax as soon as his earnings amount to $750 year - which takes in practically everybody. The American doesn't start until his income reaches $1 ,000; If he IS married, he can earn as much as $2,5OO before he has to lay anything on the line.
 So, looking at the figures, the Ameri- can pities the poor Briton as one who IS taxed within an inch of his life, and thanks his God that in this country 1t is the rich man who pays the taxes. Which is precisely where the American fools himself.
 John T. Flynn pointed out the other day that an ordinary American with an in- come of $4000 year will pay some $28 in income taxes, after he has made the proper deductions. An American with an income half that size may pay no income tax at all - but if he buys one peckage of clgarets day he pays tax of $2l.90 year, and if he has couple of daily glasses of beer, in addition, his tax will run to $45. The $28 income tax may cause the citizen to kick like steer. The almost equally heavy tax he pays for the privi- lege of smoking cigarets causes no kick at all, because he doesn't realize that he IS paying 1t. It Is invisible, and therefore painless.
 If these hidden cigaret and beer taxes were the only ones, 1t wouldn't be so bad. But they are just a small part Of the picture. For the plain fact is that 70 per cent of the taxes collected in this country are of the invisible variety There arc gasoline taxes, cosmetics taxes, taxes of innumerable kinds on retail sales, doubly hidden taxes deriving from the tariff until, according to the Twentieth Gen. tury Funds recent study New York wage earner who makes $l,000 year has to pay $123 of 1t in taxes.
 Try to collect that $123 from the wage earner as a direct tax and he will howl to high heaven. Collect 1t indirectly and he never sees 1t and consequently, never utters peep. We need day-by-day educational program about these taxes of ours. The ordinary citizen is paying for today's spending program, and pay ing right through the nose. If he once realized the fact he would begin to apply pressure that would cut the spending program down to a reasonable size.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

and when incumbent John Hamil-F ton gets out. In the past year Castle has devoted much time to directing the research avticities of, COP headquarters An llr1- usual feature of the American Federationist, monthly organ of the A. P. of L., is 8 "Junior Unicnt Section" for the young children of readers A tavorite ex-,, precision of "Jefty" O'Connor, dap- per Comptroller of the Currency is: There is no envy like the envy of dullness" Effulgent Tom Heflin is seeking the senate seat vacated by Justice Hugo Black on the following platform: "Take the profits out of panics and that will end them" .. The Congress sional Library's world-famous law book division contains 352,000 vol- tunes, of which 50,000 pertain to international law. The legal li- brary is widely used by the foreign diplomatic staffs stationed in Washington. Str
 Copyright, 1887, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

Judging by primary returns in the seventh congressional district of Massa- chusetts Lawrence Connery of Lynn, brother of the late Representative Will liam Connery, will be the ultimate win. ner of the vacant congressional seat left by his late brothers death. He led dem- ocratic opposition by an outstanding margin this week. His republican op- ponent failed to show any such convinc- ing strength. Of course, this might not mean anything, but we're inclined to think that 1t means Connery will suc- ceed Connery in Congress. Yet some weeks back prominent republican lead CTS were asserting that trend towards the party was noticeable throughout the nation and that 1t would come to point with the election of a republican con- gressman up in Massachusetts. It remains to be seen if the reelection of democrat there will cause the COP to continue along the downhill trail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Fine Points of the Law

Recently southwestern Connecticut was stirred to breathless expectancy by a group of prominent residents of the Saugatuck River valley who carried fight against the Bridgeport Hydraulic Company, which supplies Bridgeport and nearby communities with their potable water supply to the high courts of the state. The company was seeking to ex- pand it's water holdings by creating q storage reservoir in the Saugatuck River Valley. Residents opposed, but lost the court fight when 1t was ruled that the water company was not exceeding rights granted 1t by the Legislature. Reference was made to public service in providing water with which there could not be in- terference.
 Down in White Plains, N. Y, this week water again was an issue before the courts, this time the Supreme Court. The court granted temporary injunction which halted construction of a water tower. The injunction was sought by nearby property owners who contended that the proposed tower to be built to resemble Turkish mosque, according to news reports, would not fit in with neighborhood architecture, particularly in such a residential section The corl- pany erecting the tower, through it's at. torneys, claimed that 1t is public neces- sity since supplying water is duty of government.
 Here is what the justice ruled in this instance: "The furnishing of water is not a governmental function. While the :lainAs made that the proposed water lower will furnish fire protection to the eea in which 1t is located, 1t Is apparent hat that 1S not the main purpose of the 5ower The purpose of the tower being
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

The Battle of the Marne was fought for six consecutive days, stretching from Septemeb 6 to Sep tember l2, 1914; the hurried retreat of the Germans occurred on Sep- tember 9. Last Thursday, therefore, was the twenty-third anniversary of that celebrated French victory, recognized nowadays by all histori-' ans as the real turning point of the great war. To those of us who lived through the momentous conflict and remember personally the excite-
 Inent with which the cabled narra- tive was read, coming as 1t did m rapid sequence tot he triumphant and seemingly irresistible advance of the German armies, 1t is some- times difficult to realize that the Battle of the Marne occurred so long ago. Twenty-three years af- ter 1863 the younger generation looked back to Gettysburg, the similar turning point in our own Civil war, as very far distance liis- tory. A new United States had come into being in lsS6. The Demo- cratic party was installed at Wash-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

There is one pertinent question to the local housing situation. If the city should be allowed to start slum clearance and low-rent housing projects, will the pres ent outlay be sufficient unto our needs. In short will $4,000 unit, $1, 900 for each of four rooms, be of practical use to this community. Suppose the families to be benefited were large, consisting of six, seven, eight or more members. Will plac- ing such large numbers in four rooms, no matter where their locale, be any better than what exists now?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Press Comment
THEY DO NOT WHINE AND CREEP
(New York Sun)

NS'NV SSs@ SAAAI
 When Shakespeare wrote of the whining schoolboy creeping like snail unwillingly to school" he painted 6 picture winch to this day persist in the mind though 1t is no longer accurate. New Workers who live near a public school and who thus had opportunity yester- day morning to observe the city's children returning to their classes at the close of the summer vaca- ton saw nothing of the snail in their pace. The youngsters went willingly and gladly, as if on their way to pleasant place-which, in- deed, the modern school is.
 The school of today has lessons, to be sure; but 1t also offers recrea. {. ton. It maintains discipline; but 1t is not-save for an occasional exception the soldier-on-parade, immobile discipline of an earlier day. Instruction Is no longer some- thing to be got out of textbooks alone. For the pupil of today mo- ton pictures illustrate literature: nature study is supplemented by trirs to parks and ZOOS; art, geography and history are made interesting by visits. to museums, where exhibits and story hours" are correlated with the course of study. Even the drudgery of arithmetic and spelling is relieved by exercises de- signed to vary the drills by which the principles of these subjects are committed to memory. TT
 No wonder the schoolboy, and the schoolgirl on their way to school no longer creep like snails, The funs too good to be missed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Selected Poem
LAND.LOVER

Ruth E. Mccoy in the New York Times) He rubs away the salt that stings his cheeks, Stamps on the deck and makes wry device To warm his frozen hands, and still he speaks No protest of the seas incontinent price, Nor word of the dim hills that i'll his dream, But fashions in his thought living sod Where wit and muscle counterfeit their scheme To drive his piowshare through the stubborn clod The night draws on. Against increasing wind He shrugs indifferent shoulders; his lost eyes Gaze far beyond the lifted wave, the spray, And build hickering vision in the gray .t Until upon each stormy crest is lined Some fertile valley of his paradise
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

Hope that Waterburians have taken some interest in the series of panel draw ings that the Democrat has been running for the last few days. If you wanted the history of the Signing of the Constitution in picture form, there 1t was. Many peo- pie find these historicad strips worthy of saving. We'll wager many a scrap-book has plenty of them ready to recall some forgotten event of American history.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Current Comment

Right living is the real cure for disease, by preventing disease .-- Henry Ford.
 Civilization rises CT declines As wolnen,s pleasures chAiGe pr, Wil- liam Ernest Hooking, ptiliscphy prO- lessor. 1l sse
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

a corporate function, the zoning law ap- plies to the defendants. :"
 So 1t can be seen that there are water rights and water rights, most of them requiring some little study before vague generalities can be drawn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Daily Almanac

Moon set 2:23 Q. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:32 a. ni.; sets 2 p. m. daylight time) 9 E& -H
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide at Milford Friday, Sept. 1T. 9:2S .. n1.; tow tide, 4:O6 p. m. (daylight tine).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
FREAK BOLT

Houston, Texas, lUP) Lightning
 struck Tom 0ohmert, 17, while he was washing dishes at his home, dis- cOlored . knife he. was holding and [ ring on his finger. He was iin- injured. Z
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

The English are warming to the idea of bringing Edward back home. Some body has to set the styles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

test questions? Turn to back
 page for the answers. s
 1. How long after Easter Is As tension Day? .7Fr 't .s.
 2. In which country is the ancient city of Antioch? .tyty.g rt. 3. Is there a legal requirement that the President of the U. s. must be college graduate?
 4. What term is used in astrorlo- my for the point in the heavens exactly opposite to the zenith? 5. How many square rods are in an acre? .lj, 6. who was Herman charles Me- rivale? x h z <Ttit 2. On what. river is Schenectady. N.Y.?
 8. What is a seismograph2 ...,. 9. Where was the young singer. Bobby Breens bpFn7 [ '.,,g.,'t'' .5sf 10. What is the name Of the leg islattye body of Pennsylvania7 x,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

Another thing this country needs is a cigarette that will light itself without match and put itself out when it's fin- ished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Answers To. Questions.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick M Kerby

Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any queS- ton of fact or infOrmatlo to The, Democrats Service Bureau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. Be sure all mail Is addressed to The Waterbury Democrats Serv- ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street Washington. ..... /.
 THE EDITOR. c. wish to write to the head of the United States Children's Bureau. but do not know his or her nameA Can you supply itp
 A. Miss Katherine P. Lenroot. e. What are the proper condi- ments to serve with raw oysters2
 A. Lemon or lime, cut in slices or wedges, horseradish and Tabas- co sauce. f. -
 c. Can electric arc welding be carried on under water &
 A. Yes, although the gases and steam generated cause trouble. An apparatus has been constructed to facilitate such work by forcing the water away from the parts to be treated by means of compressed air. e. How many parties were repre- sented in the German reischstag before Hitler became dictator2 !
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
aaa R0BlRE A ARlR@lQ

WASHINGTON, September 16. - Generalissino Chiang Kaishek brains the Chinese army now fight ing to block the Japanese at Shanghai is one of the most complex characters in the Far East
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

It would be worth knowing whether that Japanese flyer who shot the British ambassador was reprimanded or pro- noted or both.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

The "old fellows" still get break. One fourth of our employees at present are over SO.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, This Is all the fur. \ ther I can read"; say, as far aS." .s,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
A Thought for Today

This ls My commandment, That ye love one '.rcthsr as have loved you.-JOhn IS, l2.
 
 Love one human being purely and warmly . and you will love all. The heart in this heaven Ike the sun in its course, sees nothing, from the dewdrop to the ocean, but mirror wnich brirhtens, and warns and fills.-Richter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

If you want a copy of our book let, CORRECT ENGLISH" write the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage. X
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

A. Following the election of March 5, 1888, the reischstag was composed as follows: National So4 cialists (Hitler), 28S: Socialists, l20: Communists, 8l; Center party, 73; German National Peoples party, 52: Bavarian Peoples party, le; Ger man Peoples party, 3; German State party, 5; minor parties, 2.
 c. Where was Richard Cromwell, who was lord-protector of England, buried2 ',.g. .1,. .'.,'
 A. He died at IIertfordshire, July l2, l7i2, and was buried in the church at Hursley, Hampshire. $.
 c. While touring in Texas we on. countered parking meters in several cities. I would like to know how many cities use them. s,
 A. Twenty eight cities are using 14,309 parking meters according to information compiled by the Edi- torial Research Reports as of March IS, 1887.
 c. Did Lord Cornwallis hand his sword to George Washington when he surrendered the British forces at Yorktown?
 A. He pleaded illness, and Gen. eral O'Hara took his sword to Rochambeau by mistake. Rochain- beau rnotioned him to, Washington across the road. But Washington motioned him to give 1t to General Lincoln, who received 1t and then handed 1t back. TH .Ss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
T est Yo ur Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers. ls
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16
Merry-GO.ROund

Friends of William Castle. un- der secretary of state in the Hoov- CT cabinet, are booming him for Republican national chairman if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-16

e. How many parties were repre- sented in the German reischstag before Hitler became dictator? !
Evening star., 1937-09-04
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thinks you either ought to add to it
or install a new one, don't be eager
to chase him out of the house with a
shovel because he is probably right
as we'll as honest.
The case of the ill-designed boiler
results in not only the lack of comfort
in certain rooms, but also in a larger
in your home to keep it properly
warmed. If you find that you should
have this boiler put in you can make
yourself feel much better by remem-
bering that you will be saving money
from then on.
IF YOU have been cherishing the
thought Of doing over the walls Of
a bath room, kitchen, nursery or per-
haps a hallway, and have been wor-
lation, you will be glad to hear about
a new rubber wall covering which is
now on the market.
The fact that this material is very
thin. one-sixteenth of an inch and
flexible, makes it extremely easy to
put in place In fact all that is nee
essary is a coat of adhesive on the
wall itself and the stuff goes up to
stay permanently. 1t has a smooth.
glossy finish which is easily washed
with a damp cloth and will prove to
be definite boon to the housekeeper
The rubber sheets are made in a
wide range of colors which will blend
with rubber floorings to make q har-
monious effect as whole.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
HI. B. AUTHORIZES
107,29D HOMES
Report Reveals Private
Housing Accounted for
Majority of Work.

During the first seven months OF
1887. l07,290 new American homes,
costing s43l .053 900, were authorized
in cities of 10000 population or over,
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
announced today. This compares with
87,499 homes. costing $351,644. 700,
authorized in the first seven months
Of last year, an increase OF 1871
homes, worth $79, ,409,20O
Private housing accounted for 107,-
68l OF the new homes this year and
public housing for 3.609, as compared
with 1887 privately built and 1922
constructed through public housing
projects last year.
The California. Arizona and Nevada
region Of the Federal Home Loan Bank
of Los Angeles is the leading bank
district in the system. with a ratio
of A home units authorized per l00.-
900 population. The district served
by the Federal Home Loan Bank of
Little Rock, Arkansas. Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas and New Mexico, is
second, with 30 units. and the Win
ston- Salem Federal Home Loan Bank
district. embracing Virginia. Maryland
District OF Columbia, North and South
Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and
Florida, Is third, with a rate OF 80
units
Building material prices we're Il per
cent higher in July. as compared with
July, 1886. and manufacturing pay
rolls up ~ per cent, statistics COM
piled by the board reveal. With an
indexed basis OF 100 for 1926. July
building material prices were 81. as
compared with 81 year ago. and pay
rolls 98, as compared with n.
Evening star., 1937-09-04
Hurts Railroad Business.

Truck transportation is seriously in
iuring railway business in the Irish
Free State.