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Evening star., 1937-04-06
We, the People
Southern Congressmen Seen Responding to Pressure
From Home to Support President on Court Plan.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.


history Of the South Appomatox the old sad story Of
the substitution military conquest 1t the
Supreme Court which, through the Dred Scott decision placed the
South the false position which made secession the only
due the four
amendment which completed the alienation Of their
States handful Of
Northern banks and corporations.
this that Southern statesmen
Individuals like Senator Carter OF Virginia and land
Agriculture
prepent the Government from helping their fortunate teop
outhenes through the bbecae effect
for absentee Northern control OF Southern eah and
Southern opportunities.
constituted
everything pohaby exploited
mines oil wells sites sulphur deposits banks
andhad
bought old houses Southern given
South
dsocial o
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disarmament Of those equally
that Paris with
whatever happens the desire uoni Hitler Stain
But the really important world problem Congressman how
Capitol
decided egislate the subject.
Representative proposed
legislative bill protested
Capitol architect filling available
that he others unable their
amendment would the legislators
It
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also because Of
the concrete ex-
perience she was
able to tell. She
has been present
at the death beds
of free govern
nents in Europe,
and she recog-
nizes the fatal
S y m p t o m S i n
America. She was
effective Tor the
further re a S o n
that she has been
sympathetic t o
A.
m a y OF M r.
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against the Wag-
ner labor rela-
tions act.
Wagner insists
t h a t he is not
condoning IS i t =
down" S t r i k e S,
but he places the
m a jor response
bility for them on
the backs of en-
ployers. An ex-
animation of the
record, however
will reveal that
t h e attitude o +
e m ployers in
Aphtinp the Wa
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tional Democratic
Committee. jim
Farley is chair
man.
r e C e n tt Y at
Jim" F a r ley S
glorifcation din
ner occurred the
kiss that was
heard round the
world" Letters Of
c 0 n G r a tulation
clog Miss Dew
sons mail. One
from California
says, in part, Eve
follow everything
Won dn or6 COW
Evening star., 1937-04-06
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

4 MONG witnesses before the
" Senate committee in opposi-
~ tion to the Presidents court
4 4 proposal, one of the most
effective has been Miss Dorothy
Thompson. She was effective because
of her native clarity of mind, but
Evening star., 1937-04-06
An American
You Should
Know
Miss Mary Dewson Aids
Farley in Democratic
Leadership.
BY DELLA PYNCHON.

1HE New Deal donkey has seen
things" and looks to be still
going places" He champs
Il and stamps about his lush
pasturage with a rowing eye toward
continuing enjoyment.
The team of Molly and jim" have
placed him where he is. Mary Dew
son, or Molly" as she is affectionateiy
called, is vice chairman Of the Ma
Evening star., 1937-04-06

HE opinions OF the rters this page their not
necessarily The Stars. Such opinions presented
The Stars effort to gve all sides questions interest its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1937-04-06
Fight onLabor
Act Is Laid
To Wagner
Defeat of Amendment
to Outlaw Coercion
Blamed for Attack.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

~ ENATOR WAGNER of New York,
\ Democrat. has been busy ex-
planning to his constituents just
~ what he meant when he said
the Shutdown" strikes were provoked
by the attitude of employers who had
been obtaining court injunctionS
Evening star., 1937-04-06

the
their relatives legal Uho packed
Committee and made uih the
uhle Richmond
expected to result
liberal Democrats.
Southern The wealth OF the South
Yankee
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IS What she has been trying un-
successfully to get for the last 20
years-security. Mr. Roosevelt is
not in a position to give either
Britain or France its requirements,
and therefore finds his task compli-
Gated.
Note-Several very important
segments of the visionary press
have not been heard from. No
dispatches are coming from Rome,
Berlin or MOSCOW suggesting a
Evening star., 1937-04-06

The New Deals plan for
rejuyenating the Supreme Court
by six simultaneous Voronoff oper-
atoms is the first chance the South
has had in u years to call a
halt on this process of strangula-
lation and to shape its own destiny
within the Nation without first
asking permission from the money
lenders.
Il X
The South Is alsn On o1lard
Evening star., 1937-04-06

will vote against the Roosevelt plan,
while Southern senatorial opposi-
ton to reform is largely confined
to the generally acknowledged
agents OF corporate exploitation
and appropriation on the Atlantic
seaboard.
This is leading to a grow
ing movement in Southern politics
to read these men out OF the
Democratic party and to drive
them out of public life. Carter
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stoker the lowest
officially attributed them the series of
yarns world disarmament
Roosevelt and Hull announced them
but there not PARTICLE iota particle OF
something attempted
suggestion stamped officially
pure newpaper-inspued tories."
nhntestma particle their that the
OF London and Paris whence all these latest stories
which until
the printed hide Musson when the
sootes him with balm orders
another that both Roosevelt and Hull
excellent conference
better served by
blaming it on the
Davis But al actively trying promote disarmament
difficult situation
dealc
1921 involve
particularly crafty nature because national safety
involved
could nothing better to Mr..
Roosevelt call disarmament conference and take the responsibility
II he did Without getting
uOnd
the responsibility a solution the
situation, been
able to solUe.
conference
Evening star., 1937-04-06
News Behind the News
Both Sides Agree Roosevelt Has Senate Votes to Pass
Court Plan If He Dares.
BY PAUL MALLON.


about ne SAID
enough packing plan
| in Congress. .
buhing and Dragging going Neither side Is
Nevertheless the inside check
to 81 he chooses and he
tbuer privately
RooSeUeH the potes.
important they
with
concevaby political
opposition certainly their minds
clustering inside
differently
They have
publicly that they
49,. @ an ''e "A' opNAA' w." MAKE Hin DRlNko
Evening star., 1937-04-06

ner labor relations act is due almost
entirely to the fact that Senator Wag-
ner himself backed down on his prom
ise, publicly given at the hearings, to
make the national labor relations act
two-sided and persuaded the United
States Senate to asccept his change
OF heart.
Indeed, there would be no need
today for a discussion in the Senate
Of the Byrnes amendment or the Pitt
man resolution, or any of the other
proposals to denounce 'sit-doWn'
strikes when arising in business en-
gagged in interstate commerce if the
Senate had acted on a proposal made
In May, 1885, by Senator Tydings OF
Maryland to prohibit coercion or in
timidation from any source"
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were fllibustering while openly en-
gagged in it,
Consequently, while Mr.. Roose-
velt theoretically has the votes,
and his opponents are rolling over
on their backs as If to be run over,
voluntarily, the situation is far
from being fixed.
y X
II newspapers were guilty OF
all the SINS ascribed to them, no
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>OpyriRht. 1877
Evening star., 1937-10-01

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the chance to seectwitou restrcton-ter
Naturazers at this ridcuoy low price Fortyfve beautiful
styles in suede suede and leather kid cas gab
All built the famous Naturalizer"
ucted to hug the heel hold the insep and free the
Az to 10, AAAA to ZEE in the sale
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Regular 39c
Von-e-tee Woven
C0TT0kS
29e I'd.

"A glorious assortment Of
cottonS Van-e-tee Wul-
sted Woven plaids and checks
that closely resemble
woolen fabrics :. Lovely for
women's and children's
dresses. SO in. wide.
Kann's-Street Floor.
Evening star., 1937-10-01
Regular 500
COSTUME
FLOWERS
55jc a:':> !; g;

Ar exquisite bouquet OF fow-
ers in both daytime and eve
ming types! Velvets, fragile chif-
fons and lustrous rayon taffetas
in glowing deep tones and bright
Autumn colors.
Kann's-Street Floor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
More Assaults

We are glad to see that we weren't alone in our opinion on the air show that was heard from coast to coast last Sum- day night and in which Charlie Mc- Carthy, the quick-tongued and agile minded figurine, plays so important role Earlier in the week we said that we thought the broadcast would be boom- erang and that the travesty on the Gar den of Eden biblical story would come in for some hard raps. They have started already and we don't doubt but what more will follow as others realize that their first opinion of the show was that of their fellow-man.
 There is no doubt but what the show was far out of line with those to which the sponsors have inclined in the past. Of course the broadcast marked the air debut of one of the sirens of the screen and perhaps the "gag-writers" and scenarists figured that they should go the full limit in her case. They certainly did and if we seemed to find hesitancy in the performance of regulars" on the show, it may have simply been sympathy with them for the position in which they were obviously placed.
 The show is not ordinarily given over to the type of suggestive remarks that flooded it last Sunday night Our thought was immediately that damage done by one performance would be hard to rectify by dozen sparkling shows to follow. There may be censorship of the air, but it was strangely lacking in this one in- stance. And it was oddly inappropriate that on the very day that Legion of De- cency pledges were being renewed in Catholic churches throughout the nation such performance was broadcast into thousands of homes and into the ears of all types of listeners, young and old.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Rail Empire Idols"

The patient people who got the job of nickine I'D the pieces which filtered the landscape after the crash of the late Van Swerincen brothers, railroad n1agnates, are still at it. Latest evidence of their work comes in schedule of claims, debts and liabilities for the estate of Mantls J. Van SWeringen, filed recently In the pro" bate court at Cleveland. According to this schedule, Mantis J. Van Sweringen managed to get himself into debt to the tune of $68, 8,123,760 before he died. Among the claims listed are one of $46,- O79,967 by J. P. Morgan & Co.,, and three running to more than $2O,OOO,OOO filed by three Cleveland banks - two of which have gone busted.
 The estate against which the claims are filed, according to the administrator, Traitor M Dye, is "hopelessly insolvent" Yet that is only part of the picture. Claims totaling slightly more than $5l,' 100000 have been allowed against the estate of the late Orris P. Van Sweringen. running to $2l 100000 was filed against the partnership estate of the brothers
 All of this must inspire vague feeling ot awe in the breast of ordinary John Citizen, who considers that he has done llOI0UlC W1lCAI 11C Auklo Op GI debt of as much as $100. Anyone who can put J. P. Morgan on the cuff for $46,- 100000, and then die and leave noth- ing to pay the debt with, has passed into the realms of fable But the Van Sweringen debt is worth considering, not as natural marvel like the Grand Canyon, but as symbol.
 Until the debacle actually arrived, the brothers Van Sweringen were commonly accepted as miracle workers and dis tinguished citizens Yet their contribu- tion to the life of their time lay in the realm of frenzied finance rather than solid construction They belonged to the race of manipulatorS The dizzy pyra- mid of holding companies they built up, the weirdly interlocking chain of debts, could have been accepted as noteworthy achievements only by people who had managed to confuse the substance with the shadow.
 There is distinction between the man who works with things and the man who works with money It is illustrated to go back in history bit - by the con. trasting careers of Jim Fisk and Com. modore Vanderbilt. Both were very rich men, masters of high finance. But Fisk was financial manipulator and nothing more; Vanderbilt left his country first rate transportation system. Fisk manip- ulated, Vanderbilt constructed. Fisk remains a symbol of the "frenzied fi- nance" of post-Civil War years; Wander bilt is a symbol of the forces which built up the country.
 America has always honored, and richly rewarded, its doers It is right that it should. The trouble with the 1920's was that we got confused, and gave the homage that ought to go to the doers to the manipulators. We got our Wander biltS and our Jim Fisks mixed up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
IF PressComment
GO BUILD A PUBLIC LIBRARY
(New York Herald-Tribune)

There is more than a trace of the unsmiling Yankee twinkle in South bury's solution for the problem of the Hitler-h -heilers who seek to invade its quiet Connecticut countryside with still another swastika summer camp. Southbury has appealed neither to perfervid Aimericanisn, nor to patriotic" enactments, but to the more homespun machinery of the zoning laws. The shirt troops of the German American Bund are to be repelled, not as a menace to American liberties but as a nuisance destructive of property values. Even Mayor LaGuardia could have in- vented no device better calculated to make the Propaganda Ministry rage.
 It is not the principles of demo- cratic government which Southbury purposes to defend, but its own 'natural beauty" pleasing aspect" and historic character; and to this end 1t has shaped its new zoning regulations with a solemn humor worthy of the state which once fash- toned the wooden nutmeg. An area which happens to include the land acquired by the German-American Bund may not be used for camping or drilling purposes" texcept by the United states Army, but otherwise the new owners will be specifically authorized to put up almost any thing they like, from dwellings. churches and public or private li- braries" to roadside stands" and even 'water filter beds." As an adornment to the landscape and an addition to civic values a shirt-troor camp is thus rated below even Q roadside stand: nor can any one say that the principle is unreasonable, suppressive or at variance with those constitutional guaranties for which the fiitler.h .heilers themselves enter tain so low an esteem. For Q nui- sancc is exactly what the shirt wearing and swastika- -waving are to most Americans.
 Southbury has an idea here Others have hurled unnecessary irn- precat tions at the local missionaries of lIitlerian regeneration. It has remained for the Connecticut Yan- kee to find the appropriate word : "Oh, go build . public library"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Ripe For Flood

According to reliable reports conditions in the Connecticut River Valley are ripe for repetition of the same type of floods that did such tremendous amount of damage in the winter of 1935-36. This information is divulged on authority of the United States Geological Survey. It is based on the fact that November brought heavy rainfall, thus producing 8 saturated ground with the advent of freezing weather such as we have just experienced. Heavy rains later on would produce floods
 This information is being spread around the state among officials and it wouldn't hurt for same to be done down in Washington. Even though the U. s. Geological Survey works from Washing ton, facts, such as 1t aScertains, aren't always brought home to congressman. Our own State Water Commission head, General Sanford H. Wadhams, says, No one can tell about the weather, but if we have heavy snow and then quick thaw the water has to go somewhere. It can't go into the ground !. ."
 All of which is warning enough. True, you can't tell anything about the weather and it's never the same one year to another, but floods can recur And when you have recurrence of conditions that in one year resulted in the worst flood that the Connecticut River Valley ever experienced it's natural to talk about 1t and to wonder how 1t can be prevented. Unfortunately nothing can be done now If we're to get big flood next spring, not even the Congress of the United States and the President can stay 1t now.
 They could however, get together on some sort of flood-control plan that will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
A Book a Day
Writing Personality into History of U. s.
 BY BRUCE CATION

No matter how well 1t is done, academic history invariably lacks something. That something is the people themselves. It is Q rare treat, therefore, to browse in such & book as Henry Beston's "Ameri- can Memory" (Farrar and Rine- hart: $350) which puts thechar- ters of the times on the stage in person.
 MT. Boston tackled a prodigious task in this book. Beginning with Jamestown and the first American settlements. he went back for his materials to the diaries, the re- ports, the letters, the writings of the people themselves. And he car- ried that plan throughout, ending with the spacious days of Theodore Roosevelt.
 The whole is Q vastly interesting book, resounding of the voices that were America - from John Smith and William Bradford to Hamlin Garland and John D. Rock efeller. Quite obviously, the task de- manded the most searching edit ing; and MT. Boston has supplied that.
 One scarcely knows how to re- view the book. Twenty-Five chapters, broken into scores of separate, episodic accounts, each from a diff ferent hand, leave you finally with a wealth of impressions. But the picture, fortunately, is saved by the authors series of Skillful prefaces which open each chapter and there- by link the whole of the story.
 So you talk with the backwoods- men, the colonial housewife, the captive returning from Indian slav- cry, the Mississippi pilot, Cotton Mather, the statesmen, the trap pers, the Indian hunters and Stonewall Jackson's men. You em- erge finally with George Santayana and the education of Henry Adams.
 And the vigor of the times is there to the last line!-P. c. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17

We'll, it looks as if the republican party hasn't got candidate for the presidency in 1940 Any of the eligibles have been eliminated by withdrawals in the last week or so Ali M. Landon says he isn't in the race and so does Herbie Hoover. And now Col. Frank Knox, the vice-presi- dential nominee in 1886, has read himself out of the race. So what's left for the party? It will have to go out and delve into the mysteries of unknown political heaps to unearth candidate who will be able to give the democratic standard bearer in 1940 a run. Col. Knox says, My chief interest now is in the party. l have no ambitions of any kind. don't want to be declining anything that was never offered me. -" It might not be a bad idea for republicans to endorse the democratic candidate in 1940. Unless something unforeseen occurs before then, nomination looms as equivalent to elec- ton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17

An ocean-front park that will surpass the famous Jones Beach on Long Island is being contemplated by New Jersey off, cials. It will take in 2,000 acres, which is about double the size of the New York show-place It will provide acconamoda- tions for 50,000 visitors. The site is Island Beach, which makes it accessible to three large centers of population. Trenton, Newark, and Camden. First mention of such development was made several years ago, but nothing was done about it owing to the cost. Now the state is interested once again and this time things may happen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Selected Poem
A CHRISTMAS PUDDING
 (Author UnknoWn)

Take some human nature, as you find 1t, The commonest variety will do, Put little graciousness behind 1t,
 And lump of charity, or two;---' Squeeze in just drop of moderation,
 Half as much frugality or less, Add some very fine consideration,
 Strain of all of poverty's distress. Pour some milk of human kindness in 1t, Put in all the happiness you can, Stir 1t up with laughter every minute,
 Season with good will toward every man. Set 1t on the fire of hearts affection,
 Leave 1t till the jolly bubbles rise, Sprinkle 1t with kisses, for crnfection,
 Sweeten with look from loving eyes. Flavor 1t with children's merry chatter
 Frost 1t with the snow of wintry dells, Place 1t on holly-garnished platter,
 And serve 1t with the song of Xmas bellS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
Current Comment

Whereas the Instrumental virtues ity has reached the highest level of all time, the art of singing has made very little progress. --Dr. Frederick Stock, Chicago symphony conductor.
 have spent 10 years of my life aiding searches for Paul, but now I feel 1t Is futile. Mrs. Paul Redfern. wife of the long-lost aviator, who wants him declared legally dead.
 The people alone are immortal. Everything else is transitory. There fore 1t is necessary to put full value in the trust of the people.
 Joseph Stalin. 1T the people are as willing as the government to use the economic knowledge gained in recent years, this recession need go no further.
 President Roosevelt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17

Too little attention is paid 1t in the study of the philosophy of clothes. The use of the necktie is not universal, to be sure, but is the next thing to 1t. The lumber jacket gets along comfortably without a tie; it is not essential to the sweater or to athletic costumes generally. Still, these instances are exception al; for confirmation of this state ment any haberdasher, especially at the present season, may be con- suited confidentially.
 To the history of neckties every man, in the exercise of his taste, or lack of it, is constantly contributing. Some men, 1t is true, have their neckties picked out for them; cer- tain others dutifully wear whatever in the way of neckties is wished on them by gift-minded relatives or friends. But natural selection of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17
The Necktie
Philosophy of Clothes Is Best Seen in Almost Universal Use of Ties
 Has Great History.
NEW YORK SUN

neckties develops early in youth when it usually has what may be called towering period, and, while advancing years may and, happily, often do bring different ideas as to tie suitability, necktie preferences of one sort or another are likely to persist to the end of the chapter. Men who submit themselves to the exigencies of 8 uniform are simply off the beaten course. However, even with them necktie longings undoubt- edly persist.
 A suit of clothes-perhaps more particularly an overcoat-may eri- dence the personality of the wearer to some degree, but with suits and overcoats and hats men are decided ly slavish to prevailing custom. To many the recktie offers practically the only way of escape to the ex- pression of individuality. A restless desire for change is mirrored in the use of ties varying in schemes Of color and design. Conversely, man -of mature age, 1t scarcely need be Said-gairs something of a reputa- ton for stability by affecting in his everyday dress the same style of tie; this applies, above all others, to the bow tie. There is more consid- crate to welcome 1t as indicating strength of character.
 For obvious reasons men cannot fashion their own neckties; If they could what revealment would follow. Maybe, after all, 1t is just as well that things are as they are. Thanks to the ingenuity and skill of the necktie makers, the field of choice is sufficiently large. Necktie selectots in reaching decisions should remem- Der what Hamlet urged upon the players: Come, give us 8 taste Of your quality"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-17

New Haven's grand list for the coming fiscal year is expected to be more than half million greater than it was this year. This naturally means more tax money available, which is good news to any city but more SO to New Haven where it has been necessary to practice rigid economy in depression and post-depres- sion years. Incidentally Yale University is now the largest property owner in the city and despite its exemptions the larg- est tax payer.