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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Make the Two Agree

News that some sweeping changes may he proposed in the traffic laws of the city in line with suggestions made during the past year by the Citizens Traffic Com- mittee comes just at moment when Waterbury is preparing to bid farewell t0 it's trolley cars At least we presume there will be no serious opposition to the plan of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting company abandoning all it's present lines in this state, so long as it provides adequate bus service in their stead.
 < We wonder if our local city officials are corelating the two facts. Will the new proposals for parking and traffic movement through the city take into account the many new busses that will be operating on our streets and the lack of long trolley cars on narrow thorough fares. It makes quite a difference in traffic problems when you don't have to count on trolleys moving along the cen- ter of the. street It also makes quite 8 difference when you have to figure on bus stops and loading stations.
 There is vast amount of work to be done in this latter respect. The question of bus stops is a vital one in this city where public carriers have always been given the cream of the crop so far as use of the city streets was concerned. Only once in while does somebody bring up the question of bus terminals. Now with the city preparing for sole use of the bus as means of transportation, we think it might not be amiss to consider the problem as it should be.
 Everyone is aware of the fact that with each year traffic conditions and parking problems become greater in Waterbury. But if we approach them with the proper perspective and obtain the proper amount of cooperation from all concerned there should be no great trouble in bringing order out of confusion. But now is the time to prepare for an influx of heavy vehicles with the consequent wear and tear on street pavements as well as in- creasing problems of traffic movement. If new ordinances are coming along, don't forget the trolleys are going.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

Hartford city officials are said to be more partial towards parking meters now than they were a year or so ago when trial was first suggested up there. It looks now as if the meters might be installed in some part of the city and thorough test given them Just at the present time the meters are being used over in Provi- dence, R. l. but so far we haven't been able to secure a real first-hand account of what reception they are meeting with. Early reports were that they were dis liked, but early reports usually must wait on later ones.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Foreign Trade

Sir George Paish, famous British eco- nomist, is telling Americans about the advantages of foreign trade. "Let us pro- mote the policy of the good neighbor all over the world" he says. "A single nation can no longer be self-suficient If nations continue each trying to save itself with out regard to the others, there will be complete breakdown of trade, and most of the people of the earth will starve.
 "Any nation that blocks world trade will be guilty of the disaster which will follow A century ago nation could be self-sustaining But not now. Every country needs the world as buyer and a seller. Unless you can sell your wheat, cotton, pork and machinery, how will your people live?"
 It sounds reasonable The nations ur- doLbtedly are starving each other nowadays by refusing to buy from each other, and thus being unable to sell to each other. More active international trade, more buying and selling among each other, would enable all the trading nations to make better living, exchang- ing raw materials for finished products and vice versa. And that would tend to prevent war, because sane people don't want to kill good customers.
 Statesmen of all nations seem to know this. Statesmen of all nations preach It. But getting them to practice 1t is another matter. They all haggle over petty trading privileges, try to take small advantages of each other, and so keep themselves poor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
When win the Blow Fall?

It wouldn't be a bit surprising to find the State Water Commission cracking down" on the remaining Connecticut communities which as yet have not taken steps to prevent stream pollution by sewage disposal during the coming year. While Waterbury can't be included among the list of cities which hasn't taken steps to correct this condition, 1t still is listed among the towns that con tinue to pollute water-course. In 1act some of the communities in the Nauga- tuck valley wanted to hold up their plans for disposal plants until Waterbury had placed one in operation.
 The commission has been extremely active in the last few years in securing the cooperation of cities and towns in the campaign to prevent pollution. With its limited powers it has achieved in the years it has existed marked results. The work of the commission is constantly coming in for high praise from without the state and also from within where It's work is known and appreciated The next ten years should see the end of all sewage systems which do not include some type of disposal plant to neutralize wastes. The work of the commission can then be de- clared a success.
 What Waterbury will do this year is problematical. So far as we can see no funds will be sought to complete its sewage system. It now is at the point where only the last big project is required. We have trunk lines and laterals. What remains is to link them to the disposal plant instead of the Naugatuck river directly. As Torrington and Naugatuck put such plants into operation, it will be necessary for Waterbury to do likewise. We don't doubt but what our city fathers are even now looking toward the success full completion of this large and expensive project.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Selected Poem
FEBRUARY

Ieone Rice Grille of Mount Carmel in
 the New Haven Journal-Courier) And now, at dawn, the troubled skies Sag; dark and ominous and near; Gaunt, stolid trees stand black and still; Stripped is the world of warmth and cheer And not bird song all the day
 And not murmur all the night; No more do errant katydids
 Test pale green wings in fumbling flight. No more do roses scent the hours,
 Or falls bright leaves come drifting down; Bleak are the rural miles I love
 Bleak are the streets that mark the town. Bleak are the hills, and gray and old; Yet in few brief weeks and fast Twill be forgot and oh, the joy As Aprirs hosts come marching past!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
A Book a Day
Prize Novel Deals With Quaint Amish

Straw in the Wind" by Ruth Lininger Dobson, (Dodd, Mead: $2), is the winner of the Avery and Jule Hopwood 1886 Fiction Prize. It is better than most prize novels, but not 50 good as a prize novel should be.
 Like many of the seasons prize winners, 1t is a novel of the soil. The farmers this time are members of the finish sect in Indiana; in particular, the Bontrager family, which is dominated by the father, Moses. Sarah, the wife, Rebecca, Polly, Christian, Jacob, and Neri, the children, all are ruled fiercely by the bigoted, vengeful, land-lust- patriarch.
 Their rebellion, strong and full blooded as it is, turns to watery ob- jection when it comes in contact with the iron will and conviction of Moses. These conflicts and their resolution make up the body of the novel.
 Apart from the characters of Moses and Sarah, which are very well done, the chief interest of the novel lies in its exposition of the creed and inner life of the finish sect.
 Do you know the difference be- tween true Amish" and "pinky Amish2" Have you ever heard of 8 brau doctor? What penalty must 8 daughter of the true Amiish pay for listening to dance music? All these things and many more are told as the story unfolds.
 The chief virtue of the novel is in its skillful blending of character analysis and exposition of the un- familiar aspects of a familiar prob lem. The author knows whereof she writes, and manages the whole thing self-confidently. "strsw in the Windg is an inter- esting, competent book, but it lacks the spark which lights otitstanding excellent work. N. M. T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Answers To Questions
By Frederick M. Kerby

e. Which countries did Great Britain take under mandate after the World war?
 A. Palestine. Tanganyika, Came rooms, Togoland, and western Samoa.
 Q. Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie?"
 A. Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Stuart, an English prince u720-1788). He was also called the Young Pretender" and the Young Chevalier." He was the grandson of King James II of England.
 Q. When ocean liners compete for the Atlantic trophy, between what points on the European and American coasts is the time meas ured?
 A. An International committee, composed of representatives from Great Britain, France and Italy, has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

This is the unfound plane re- garding which Miss Earhart ex- poets to make startling discov- cry on May 10.
 Oil Magnates
 A group of old-line A. F. of L. leaders are planning to try their hand at being oil magnates.
 They are recognizing an oil company and will soon ask per- mission of the Securities and Ex- change Commission to float 8 Sizeable bond issue.
 Promoter and financial wiz ard behind the plan is Colonel . Robert G. Stewart, busted as president of the Indiana Stand ard Oil company when John ID. Rockefeller, IT,, disappr0ved of Stewards Teapot Dome mo- toriety. q
 It is planned to operate the new company on union labor principles. A big-name laborite will probably head the firm, and it's product will bear the union label. The interested union leaders describe the venture as a Cooperative effort between busi- ness and labor"
 Standing Room Only : A generous and publicity -lov- ing theatrical man has a solution all worked out for the seating problem of the Supreme Court If President Roosevelt does enlarge the tribunal.
 He is the owner of Q new movie theater opening here, and of it he says:
 "The theater seats 600 and we intend to donate 1t to the Su- preme Court, which will shortly require 8 larger seating capa- city than that furnished by its recently acquired quarters"
 MAIL BAG
 w. w., New York city-Cost of running the senate for the last fiscal year (July l, 1885, to June 30, 1930 was $3,877,O00. Due to unusual expenses connected with senate Investigations, this figure was larger than the average which in recent years has been $3,600.- 900 A. c. M., Little Rock, Ark.-The list of congressman who have been elected from more than one state includes not only Sam Houston, J. Ham Lewis and R. P. Hill, but also James Shields and John Sevier. Shields was sena- tor from three different states Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri; in addition he held state offices in California and Oregon. Sevier . was representative from both Norti, Carolina and Tenpessee. V. c. H., Cincinnati--TVA replies that their operations, when completed. will have a definitely measurable effect on the flood crest of the lower Mississippi. The extent will be to reduce the crest by two feet x. A. A. M., Hampton, Va.--It has not been proposed that pay raises of gov- ernment employees should cover enlisted personnel of the Army and Navy. When reductions were made under the economy program of 1893, Army and Navy personnel were included with gov- ernment employees in the cuts, but the proposed raises will not in- clude them.
 Copyright, 1897, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

Right back in line! Sunday again joins the class of "bad days" After the most recent Sunday spent in wondering what to do in between the downpours we enjoyed, we can see that 1887 is off to good start. If the record continues for bad weather on week-ends as it did dur ing the latter part of 1886 we'll have to change our daily routine so that week ends can be enjoyed during the middle of the week. Not bad idea, either.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "He asked us not to mention him being here"; say, This being here."

named Bishop Rock Light as the starting point for ships sailing from the English channel; Fastnet Light for those sailing from Liverpool; and Cape Tarifa Lighthouse for those sailing from the Mediter- ranean. Nantucket Lightship is the only point designated on the Amer icar1 side. The distance is about the same from each of the European points.
 If you want g copy of our book let on Cage Birds" write The Wa terbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth Street, Northwest, Washington, D. c. En- close 4 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Current Comments

The evils of democracy are ciir. able, while for the evils af despotisnl there is no cure save violent change. ---s. K. Radcliffe, British journalist.
 We are like a people living in half a wooden house. If the family In the other half decides to start q fire, the whole house Is in dafiger of destruction.
 Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.
 Economic strife resulting from sir- ordinate or discriminatory trade barriers is one of the most fruitful sources Uf political aiiiinosity and military conflict. M
 --rresident ItQoseyelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16


 Americas foremost. woman avi- ator has now become the Number One Seeress of the Air. She be- lieves she has developed con- tact with the occult world by which she knows what happens in air crashes.
 Her latest prediction is that on May 10 she will make a g startling discovery regarding the crash of the Western Air Express plane lost over the Wasatch mountains Of Decem- Der between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, and not yet lo- cated.
 Officials at first were inclined to laugh at Miss Earhart's psychic messages. But her accuracy now has them mystified. When a United Air Lines plane was lost just outside of Burbank, Cal, on December 27, Miss Earhart called the United Air Lines office and told them to look on hill near Saugus, little town north of Burbank.
 THERE THE wREcKAoE WAS FOUND.
 Again when the Western Air Express plane carrying Mir. and Mrs. Martin Johnson crashed on January 12, Miss Earhart report ed the plane to be near Newhall, Is miles north of Burbank, where 1t was found.
 In the earlier crash of the
 Western Air Express i'm Utah, Miss Earhart had a vision to the effect that the bodies of the dead had been robbed by 2 trapper. Two days later 8 trapper near Salt Lake City re- ported finding the wreckage, but then suddenly disappeared without locating the plane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
BEGGARs RIDE IN sls,ooo AUTO

Korneburg. Austria (UP) Karl Karasek and his wife, Anna, who begged while traveling in . car worth $12.000, were sentenced to two and three months ifnpriscn- ment, respectively, here Q r "shameless exploitation of the charity of the public.s Karasek ad- mitted in court that he and his wife also owned valuable property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

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 nand, was shot to death by Q young Bosnian student who is variously de- scribed as a patriot, a mad- man, a fanatic, and a catspaw. The Killers s name Is gener- ally forgotten by people both in this country and abroad. I had to consult on ourvclnnaflfQ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

men are determined to make war forever impossible then the price paid by the world from 1914 to 1918 and since those years, hOrri- bIe and colossal though 1t was and is, is not too horrible and not too colossal. But IF the Great War was fought to satisfy the selfish greed of nations and lust of in- dividuals mad for power, then the price paid was too horrible and too colossal. IF the General Motors War was fought by men to secure the recognition by their employers of certain inalienable rights, par ticularly the right to be treated as the pOssessOrs of 2 body and soul, not as cogs in mOney-mak- ing industrial machine, the price they paid is not too high even though 1t runs into an estimated @44, 4,OOO, ,OO0.0O. IF the owners of General Motors, Messrs Morgan and duPont, fought to preserve the discredited and shameful prirl- CAPAC tbA1t RhOPCAJ AA&hS SAS D
 perior to human rights, IF they were motivated by the theory that nothing matters in the conduct of business but the balance sheet, and IF they conducted the war to insure the rule of greed as against the establishment of the reign of justice and charity in the financial and industrial world, the toll ex- tracted from them in terms of money (which only God and the auditors of General Motors books will ever know) is far too high. And IF both combatants in the war have learned that force in the long run is 8 two-edged weapon which wounds the wielder as well as the one upon whom 1t is turned, then the expense of the conflict just terminated is insignificantly negligible. Whether that lessor, has been learned only time will tell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
MT. Greer,

President William Green of the American Federation of Labor an nounced upon receipt of the news that the strike had been ended that the whole labor movement had been injured by what ne called MT. Lewis complete sur render" MT. Greens announce ment was prompted by MT. Lewis failure to secure "a closed shop in the automobile industry. PIFFLEl MT. Greens A. F. of L,s says it has crafts unionized in the rnotorcar making factories. What they are, if they exist, is not made known. MT. Green might inform US all of their identity and if they have closed shop agreements with their bosses. That information would be news indeed. @
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

Some of the books and articles on the Constitution are luminous, but most Of them are just voluminous.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
BY WAY of NO HARM
ames William FitzPatrick

fT nrnsents opnions conclusions appearing below tose of ft writer necessarily those of the edo of THE DEMOCRAT they to De construed invariably
 a reflection Oe their viewpomtl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

It's queer that collective voting, which we do so easily in politics, should be so difficult in industry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

AIl GIACyClVU601U to refresh my memory. He was Gavrio Prinzip and he is unim- portant. But the killing provided the spark which touched of the confiagration of the Great War. So 1t came to pass that in g place which few had ever heard of the hand of 8 youth who was alto- gether obscure started g succession of events which brought death and desolation to millions, which ruined property to a figure be- yond computation, which all but wiped out Western civilization, and which left a frightful after math whose end is not yet in sight. It was the settlement of the General Motors strike which re- viyed the Serejevo occurrence in my mind because 1t was an ilci- dent, altogether trivial in itself, which precipitated that industrial war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16

l. Who wrote the novel, "The Pilot?"
 2. Name the largest living bird. 3. On which continent are gorl- las native? 4. In law, what is a minor?
 5. Who was David Roberts?
 6. Name the capital of the De- minjon of Canada.
 2. In chemistry, what is an oxide? 8. Where was Nathaniel Haw- thorne born? .. g. Who was the engineer of, the Suez Canal construction? " 10. How many people are there in the world?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
The Result

In different quarters the terms of the settlement arrived at are differently evaluated. That section of the press which looks from It's editorial windows and sees John L. Lewis, head of the Committee for Industrial Organization with which the Automobile Workers Union is affiliated, as the per- sonification of wickedness incar- nate, naturally are growing that the strike was dead loss. To these editors the Lucifer of the labor world has been hurled into the hell of the discredited. He is. like the original Lucifer, the vic- tim of his own arrogant pride and those who followed him in his campaign to dominate the indus trial heavens have landed with him in the depths of labor damrla- ton. Because MT. Lewis failed to get all he asked for the conclusion has been reached by the reaction ary editors that personally he got nothing except a mild case of in- fiuenza and that his followers got only forty-four weeks loss of wages. The editorial growers may be correct in their conclusions. I do not think so. If the strike was a total failure General Motors would have bruited the news to the nation. The reticence of cor- poration officials is in itself sig nificant. Mfr. Lewis's answer to the statement that the strike was a boOtIess bust is worth quotation: "The men are satisfiedw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Daily Washington
Amelia Earhart's Psychic News
 On Air Crashes Is Mysterious
Ny DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT g. ALLEN

Washington Feb 16-One development in connec- tion with the recent air crashes which has been in- trguing air officials is the way Amelia Earhart has gone nSVchic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
The Spark

On June 2s, 1914 in the city of Serejevo. Jugo-Slavia, the heir presumptive to the Austro-H Hum garian throne, the Archduke
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Forgotten

Tremendous emphasis has been laid upon the Automobile Work CTS Union failure to secure for it. self the position of being mace the sole bargaining agency for t.ic employees. The emphaSizers for get that in any bargain procedure 1t is always good policy to ask for more than you can get. MT. Lewis followed that procedure. Before the settlement the union did not have the right to bargain even for it's own members. It has that right now under the terms of the { settlement. The settlement also prevents any other organization of G.M. workers from being rec ognlzed as a bargaining agency for at least six months and even then Governor Murphy must be notified by General Motors of the corpora tion's intention to recognize such an agency and his sanction to such . procedure must be 0b- tained. Union members cannot now be discharged for union mem { bership as they were before the strike. Neither co-ercion nor ifl- timidatiOn can now be exercised by the corporation to keep It's workers from joining the union. Prior to the strike coercion and intimidation were exerted in the General Motors plants. If all these things make up g loss Tor Mir. Lewis then I am sure he will, in the campaign to organize the other mass industries, pray that similar losses will be visited on him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
Test To u r Knowledge

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
The Finder

About four years ago union organization movement was start ed in the automobile industry. The
 movement had to be clandestine because those who joined the union ran the risk of losing their jobs for doing 50. The opposition to the organizing campaign was from the jump relentless on the part of the motor car manufactur- CTS. The industry had never been unionized and, if they could pre- vent 1t, 1t never would be organ ized. So following the accepted, traditional, and stupid strategy of Big Business, the usual first step was taken by the employing groups. Espionage agencies were employed to furnish information as to the progress the organization campaign was meeting and the identity of the workers involved in 1t. The corporations paid through the nose for the informa- tion service. General Motors alone handed over to the Pinkerton De- tective Agency from January ], 1884 to July 31, 1936 the sum of s4l9,85O.1O. The amount spent for tear gas, machine guns, and other munitions of industrial war fare has yet to be disclosed. What the other makers of automobiles besides General Motors expended for similar spy service and like purchases of war material has also yet to be disclosed. Suffice to say that the employers knew what their workers were doing and the workers knew what their employ CTS were doing. Thus in an at- mosphere charged with mutual antagonism, suspicion,-and the bitterness which is born of both, the powder train was laid for an inevitable explosion. All that was needed to bring about the blast x,os O soarlx fn li1I1t the fuse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-16
A Thought for Today

For know that the Lord Is great, and that cur Lord is above all gods.-Psalms 1855.
 Distinction is the consequence. never the ob- ject, of great mind.-Washington Allston.