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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
The Roar Was Not Niagara

Reyerberations OF the demand by Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt for decided
reform in the judiciary Of the United
States, particularly the Supreme Court,
NAV still be heard II it was passible to
vision sound waves you could watch them
roll back and forth across the country,
penetrating into every community In the
country. For no proposal OF recent
months has creaetd such comment and
excited such opposition as has this wide
sweeping change. Republican papers
gloomily predict subservient Congress
will accede to the Presidents wishes. We
don't think So
We wouldn't be bit surprised TO see
the measure defeated in congressional
fight, II IT gets that far. SO much OPP
position has been stirred up that 1t is
hard to imagine anyone not realizing that
the situation would have been created
when the idea was being propounded.
There may be more behind this judiciary
reform than merely that. President
Roosevelt has not given any indications
Of "extremism" in his years In the White
House. He has been accused OF radical
ism and other "isns', but usually he was
merely proposing what the times and
conditions needed.
A lot of the opposition to the present re-
form Is emotional. Many persons and
many editors we're carried away simply
by the newspaper headlines which they
lead and printed Republicans opposed
because It's their policy not to side in
with Roosevelt; a good many democrats
were forced TO the same view, because they
we're afraid that what they had heard
would happen when the Roosevelt second
Il L Il r.
they decided 1t would be better for them
10 complain rather than compliment In
time the opinions Of all OF us on the
proposal may undergo change.
Right now we should spend some time
studying the Presidents proposed reform
Ia the judiciay, what may be accomplished
by the same, and the underlying reasons
for 1t. The last may give the solution. 1t
is barely possible that President Roosevelt
is and has been irked by adverse Supreme
Court decisions on the New Deal. His only
means TO combat them in the coming four
years Is to load" the court with his
own appointees OF whom he has had none
in his first term. Thus the proposal to
add more Justices TO the bench when those
now on 1t and over 10 do not resign.
Whether or not this would be q miscar-
rage Of presidential justice Is more or less
debatable in the lay mind. We would
be more interested in hearing, though,
what the legal opinion throughout the
nation is. Certainly everyone Of US
wants to preserve the nice balance OF
power distributed between the executive,
legislative and judicial branches Of our
government. We oppose even the President
OF the United States when he would de-
stroy this. There's more to the Presi-
dents reform move, though, than increas-
ing the Supreme Court. Let's not stop
there. A lot Of opposition TO the plan,
such as Is now apparent, won't hurt the
nation, the democratic party, the Presi-
dent at all. 1t may settle certain perplex-
ing questions that liberal minded people
have been asking for some years now.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
la Book a Day
Would Revise Army
for Defense Only
ny BRUCE CATION

You don't often find major gem
eral comm govt, for more prepared
ness and less militarisni In the same
breath. But that's what Maj Gen.
johnson Hagood does In I'VE Can
Defend America" Doubleday, DO.
ran: $3.50, and II Is both refreshing
and instructive. w8 : IL
General Hagood declares our
whole army program n wrong end
TO. The army, he says, conducts
It's maneuvers on the thesis that
some enemy has beaten our navy
and landed an expeditionary force
| on our. soil; az u result, II is pre-
| pared to tight that kind OF war and
none other.
His point B that America can be
made impregnable 10 invasion. We
don't need larger army or o more
cost yone--just one that s handled
better.
Let us, he says, restore Our coast
artillery corps, keep our navy ST.
preme In our own waters, nnaifitaiii
d smaller but more up-to-datc CIR
force. and keep enough OF m army
TO reinforce any threatened ccastsl
point. II we do that, he says. We
shall be absolutely beyond the
reach Of invasion. TO be sure. We
won't be In shape 10 night an over
seas war. But We don't want 70.
Altogether, General Hagood has
written an lnusuai book for . brass
hat 10 write. He SCOTS ut the Prtis-
sian variety Of discipline 10 dear 70
the hearts OF some army friefl, de-
clares that we needn't spend nearly
10 much money on the army 80 we
sometimes suppose. and pleads for q
defense program that VIII be IN har-
lmony with our declared ideals.
His book 10 worth reading, ] wish
that the congressional military af-
fairs committee could find time 70
give II little intent study.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

Trailers are coming into their own. A
set Of regulations just governing them
alone will probably be enacted at the
present session OF the Legislature. The
increasing number of trailers ON our
highways demands some particular type
of legislation, just bit different from
that controlling the ordinary motor
vehicle Perhaps in time the size OF our
highways may be changed so that trail
ers may be operated over all Of them sue
cessfully. But the gravest problem that
trailer owners face today Is parking. 1t Is
almost impossible to park along streets In
northern cities. Parking lots solve the
difficulty, but all OF them are not avail
able to trailer owners for any great length
Of time. Southern cities are building
trailer camps by the dozens, for 1t Is to
the southlands that their owners trek
during the winter months. Perhaps In
time the northern half of the country
will follow this example.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
Answers To
Questions
ny Yrcderick M. Kerby

@. What are the titles Of the
highest officials OF Puerto Rico,
Hawaii Territory, Alaska, Virgin Is
lands, and Guam, and the names
OF the incumbants?
A. Major General Blanton VIM
ship, governor OF Puerto Rico; Jo-
seph b. Poindexter. governor OF
Hawaii Territory; John w. Troy,
governor OF Alaska; Lawrence W!
Cramer, governor Of the Virgin Is
lands: and George A. Alexander,
Captain, U. 8. Navy, governor OF
Guam.
O. Can mildew be removed from
stones2
A. Apply n liberal amount OF
strong aqueous solution OF cauStic
soda and let 1t remain on the stone
for about 10 minutes; then wash Oft
with water. Rub the stone well with
o stiff brush or broom.
@. What do the names Paw
tucket and Woonsocket mean?
A. Pawtuckct Is an Algonquin
Indian name meaning, lat the little
falls" Woonsocket. also Algonquian
means, place OF mist"
O. Where Is tn" grave Of Walter
Reed for whom the Army hospital
ut washington, d. G., is named?
A. Arlington National Cemetery
In Virginia.
@. What is the address Of thu
Spanish Embassy In Warrington,
d. c.?
A. 270O--15th Street, N. w.
q. State the birthplace, 90,
hs:ght, weight and marital ST. us
of Sonia Henic.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
The Small Homes
Present Trend Indicates America Will Soon Be
Nation Of Countless Small
Individual Homes
BOSTON POST

The National Association OF Build
ing Trades Employers, with head
quarters In Chicago, has Just COM
pleted a series Of statistics on new
building In A states, which 1ndi-
Gates that America will soon be q
nation Of small single homes II the
present trend continues.
To begin with, construction OF
small homes was so per cent great
er in 1895 than in 1895. "a
The dollar value in the States
canvassed OF this new construction
was Just a few Thousands short 81
"a, 00O, 900, 900. This Is q tremendous
sum, and 1t bids fair TO increase
and TO stimulate the so-calIed
heavy industries, which are deemed
no important In complete recovery
In every period OF recovery UP ID
now---or at least within memory
the trend In building has been to
multiple family residences, ranging
from two-famiIy houses and three
deckers TO huge apartment houses.
The reason for this was appar-
cnt. With transportation not as
common, II was economically wise
10 double up In houses or TO enjoy
the carefrec life OF an apartment
dweIler and avoid such things az
chores around the house, caring for
the furnace and shoveltng the side
walks.
But now the man reaching out
for substantial place TO plant his
family seeks security in a home Of
his own. With modern appliances
he and his wife avoid undue labor,
and, with his automobile In his ga
rage, he furnishes his own trang-
portation, and thus does not depend
wholly upon the railroad or the
street car line.
This trend will change the COM
plexion Of the countryside, espe-
cially In the suburbs Of Boston.
This city Ii very fortunate In hay
Ing O score of communities around
II which offer good government,
reasonable eaxes and fine building
sites 10 home builders. IS
These communities are bisected
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

were right, but I'll fix that imme-
diately."
And he did.
GMC Press Agents
General Motors Is not missing
any tricks In putting across its
side of the automobile strike 70
newspapermen.
It has kept O battery OF star
ex-reporters working among their
former colleagues day and night.
Among them are:
Felix Bruner, former Scripps-
Howard editor, later an expert
on labor news for the WASH
inRton Post. He was lured away
from the Post at the reputed
salary Of 10000. @
James Pope, former Associated
Press reporter, later General
Johnson's press liaison ofncer'
His lob Is to ferret out insioc
happenings for General Motors.
Frank Getty, United PresS
newman some years ago, nov
with Arthur Kudner, Inc, ad-
vertising agents for GMC.
These men work with speed ana
efficiency. On the day Miss Per-
kins blasted Alfred p. Sloan Tor
running out" OF her conference,
Getty got q flash on her state
ment, dashed TO a telephone and
was back with statement from
Sloan explaining his action before
the Perkins statement was COM
pletely of the news ticker.
Copyright, 1887, by United
Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

The Hartford Courant still takes 1t out
on Senator Francis T. Maloney OCCASION
ally Lately it said, when our colorful
and spontaneous Senator succeeds in
lifting himself by his own bootstraps we
shall willingly admit that the nation can
be lifted out Of unemployment and into
more abundant life by the magic in
strumentality Of the thirty-hour week. T"
BY way of no harm we would say that
Senator Maloney has lifted himself by his
bootstraps pretty successfully so far.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

by highways second TO none In the
country, and the price OF land Is
very reasonable, for 1t has not yet
Jumped with tho general increase
In prices.
In addition, Boston suburbs are
generally well laid out, with no
sameneSs In aspect, which rs 80
monotonotB. Our characteristic
Colonial and Cape Cod architecture
suits itself admirably TO our land
ScapeS. 4 e~
Our builders hcreabouts have not
allowed themselves TO be drawn
into the mass production ideas 81
New York and Philadelphia, where
long rows of perfectly identical
houses are seen in street after
street.
There In some individuality here,
which we should be grateful for.
And II our building boom follows
the trend OF the rest of the coun-
try, many nearby town will find
itself possessed OF the population
Of q small city, making and Great
ing Jobs and business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

A. Born at Oslo, Norway, April 9,
1912; 5 feet 2 inches tall, weight
about 10 pounds; blond hair ana
light brown eyes; unmarried.
n. What IL proccssed or renovat-
ed butter?
A. The butter rs melted and air
Ia blown through the liquid TO carry
of bad fiavors and odors. IT rs pur!-
fed and emulsified with skim mil.
which forms into granulcs after be-
Ing run through icc4water. Salt Ia
added and the mixture Is made into
butter. the term Is generally APP
piled 10 butter made on farm and
sold 10 professors.
q. Is there any commercial use
for frog skins?
A. In France they are made into
glue, and also furnish D cheap
leather rs binding small books,
lining purses, etc. In Japan they
are uged for variety Of purposes
simil..r TO their use In France.
II you want copy of our book
let on "Children's Parties," wrlt0
The Waterbury Democrats Wash
inEton Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth
street, Northwest. Washington, ID.
G. Enclose 4 cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

Senator David l. Walsh Of Massachu-
sets gave some advice on preventing war
in the course of talk In New York
recently. He urged the United States to
spend money lavishly II 1t would keep US
out of war. In part he said, 1--WE need
new ways of preserving our neutrality.
We need laws TO eliminate profits from
war and we need to strengthen our ma
tional defenses" That Is right in line
with what good many other legislators
are saying. They want us to arm de-
fensively, not extensively.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

/. Name Ghe California city on
the eastern shore Of San Francisco
Bay. opposite San Francisco, and
facing the Golden Gate.
Q. Whist n the name for tho iiil-
usually violent wind-storns In the
West Indies7
.. To which committee Of the y.
8. House Of Representatives are
bills for raising revenue referred?
-. Who wrote The Cricket on
the Hearth7" y.
s. What does "ecuyer du rof'
mean2
%. Is Lower California Q part Of
the United Htates2 tsfg
7. On which river ID the shoshone
Dame7 III
o. what European free city y un-
der the protection Of the League Of
Nations?
0. where IL the University Of
Minnesota?
10. Name the important river Of
southern Europe that rises In the
Black Forest finountaiils and emp.
ties intO the Black Sea.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
Selected Poem
TIKI HUNGER MOON
Indian Name for February

ella Waterbury Gardner In the Christian
Science M0nit0r1
The hunger moon sailed In the Bky;
The heldg brown and frozen dry;
The range against the distant blue
Was covered white with snow clouds, too
The sun In daytime could not shine
Enough 10 goften North Winds whine.
The birds stayed youth while oil the bears
We're sleeping IN their woodland LARS
The frsky little squirrels stayed home:
The deer for forage far would roam;
The FISH were meath the frozen lake:
Curled In his hole was sleeping Snake.
n the time twlxt hay and grass
When hunger stalked abroad--alnsi
The red man looked ut Hunger Moon
And prayed that Warm Breeze would come soon
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

education that many boys and girls Of
this state are now denied through lack
Of room for. them. It Is high time, indeed,
that Connecticut elevated It's state college
TO the really important place 1t should
have. It will, In time, we trust, be state
university ranking with all such In the
country.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

Our senatorial togas are frock coats,
but most senators nowadays are too dem
ocratic to wear 'em.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
- Daily -
- Washington - I.
FNcoW:,.., {.

Washington Feb. 0-One of the most important IN.
side factors In the General Motors strike the array OF
big shot industralists who giving the automobile
company secret announcement and backing.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
Test Y o ar
Knowledge

Can you =. ar,swer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to
Last rage for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08

TODAY'S cor MON ERROR
| Never say. "He feels badly;
say, "feels bad"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1937-02-08
A Thought for Today

FOR thus saith the Lord; Like As have
brought all hits great evil upon this people, 20
will bring upon them all the good that have
promised them~-Jereniah 43:2.
No man who continues 70 add something TO
the material, intellectual and moral well being
OF the place In which he lives Is left long without
proper reWard.-Booker r. Washington.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15

Gerald Richardson, 28, of St.
Louis, Mo-, recently appointed
director of cooperation for the
Newfoundland government. He's
been active in promoting economic
Improvement of fishermen. (Fe-
derated Pictures.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1937-01-15

John Brophy, whose industrial
union group is assisting in the
General Motors strike, accOmpan-
led officers of the United Auto
mobile Workers Of America in con-
ferences at Gov. Frank Murpay's
office in Lansing, Mich. (Feder-
ated Pictures.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

Out of Secretary of Labor Perkin' s
meeting of industrial. labor, and gov
eminent officials in Washington,
comes a pledge which may go far to
remove from labor-management re-
lations a paramount bone of conten-
ton. This agreement is a common
pledge to respect the sacred and
binding" nature of collective bar
gaining contracts. Secretary Perkins
reports that the conferees agree that
collective bargaining should be made
an accepted feature Of industry.
Labor will applaud this as a victory
Whether management will celebrate
any victory" does not as yet appear,
although a proposal to give employ
ers protection under the Wagner
Act, while increasing the legal re-
sponsibility of the unions, came into
the discussion and may soon be the
main topic of associations of business
men.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30
URGES CHANGE in RELIEF
FUND DISTRIBUTION

The Board of State Aid and Char
tiles has issued an appeal to the
General Assembly to distribute relief
money to the counties on the basis OF
need, instead of on the present popu-
lation basis, in drawing its new re-
lief bill.
Distribution by population in the
past has resulted in "a thoroughly in
equitable ALLEGATION Of funds, without
regard to need" the board asserted
in a statement mailed to each mem
Der of the Legislature.
Some of the larger and weather.
counties have received more funds
than they actually need, and many
of the smaller and less resourceful
counties have received woefully in
adequate funds to meet their require
ments, which has resulted in unmet
needs and a great deal of suffering. ="
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30
CONSUMERS SALES TAX BILL

A bill that would levy a two per
cent consumers sales tax for relief
purposes is under consideration by
the Maryland General Assembly, in
special sission.
1t would provide specifically that
the tax must be passed on to the
consumer and cannot be absorbed by
merchants.
A two per cent sales levy would
raise approximately $10,000,0OO and
the proposal would call for earmark-
ing of about Sc, O0O,0 900 for relief and
welfare expenditures and the remain
der of the revenue would be dedicat-
ed to strengthening the general trea-
sury.
The bill also will carry provision
levying a "use tax" on merchandise
and commodities purchased out OF
State.
The Legislature has before it, in
the Finance Committee of the Senate
and the Ways and Means Committee
of the House, bills embodying Gov
ernor Nice's proposed relief program.
In addition to the gross receipts levy,
it would impose a schedule OF special
taxes on beer, whisky, cosmetics,
automobile titling and corporations.
However, the general opinion
among the legislators is that gross
receipts tax will not be adopted by
the General Assembly for relief pur-
poses.
The consensus among the leaders
in the Legislature is that the special
taxes levied in the bill passed at the
regular extraordinarily the same
as the combination of special levies
in the Governors bill-will be re-
enacted with supplementary items.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30
Lake Worth, Florida
April 10, 1887
Dear Editor of The Midland:

Dear Editor of The Midland:
Being strongly impressed with the
gravity of the proposal to change the
Supreme Court by act of Congress, I
beg to have you publish the following
very clear warning from the pen of
Mark Sullivan;
Democratic Senator Burke, of
Nebraska, in his radio speech called
the Presidents court proposal the
greatest disservice ever done to the
cause of Democracy"
The statement is strong but JUS
titled. Perhaps if differently phased,
the truth in it might be more readily
grasped. 1 imagine that much of
the public thinks of such statements
as mere argumentative rhetoric,
The public does not realize thai
America has come to a phase in
which the very essentials Of ciyi'iza-
ton must be re-taught for the bene.
fit of a generation that has not had
10 give thought to them.
There have been complaints against
all Courts, but none ever said that
Court had a fixed bias in favor of the
Government. There have been Sc
we're judges-so called "convicting
judges"-but no one ever charged
that their severity was due in any
sense of obligation to do what the
Government demands.
The independence of the Judiciary
this safeguard against oppression
by Governments the most precious
possession of man. Because we have
long had it, we have come to take 1t
for granted. No American is able to
conceive a Court as being anything
different. Without effort by this
generation-true enough. But we
have forgotten that to achieve it took
effort upon the part of scores of gen.
erations. 1t took over six centuries.
1t took wars and blood-shed and
many martyrdoms.
Victory was just achieved in Eng
land. 1t had been won there before
America wrote its constitution. But
it had bean 80 recently won that the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30

News from Washington is that
President Roosevelt's request for a
lump sum appropriation of $780,
100000 for relief, accompanied by
demands for governmental economy,
is accepted by Democratic leaders
with acquiescence. AS a result, the
Treasury begins a rather worried
survey Of the money-lending field,
seeking how best to borrow funds.
While short-term bills would tide
the Government over temporarily,
the question is whether to seek flu
ture funds on government bonds, for
future funds are the inevitable neces-
sity. Even unprecedented prosper
ity is not expected to cut the unem-
ployed lists below 100000; hence,
the need for federal works pro-
gram Is likely to be as great next
year AZ II ID thjA