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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

The initiative in this came from the British, and was inspired by Britain's new prime minister, Neville Chamberlain. At meet ing of Dominion prime ministers at the recent Imperial Conference, Chamberlain spoke almost with emotion in his voice of relations with the U. s. A.
 He said that any alignment between the Domlnions and the mother country was inconceiv- able without the United States. They were discussing the pros- poets of war in Europe and Asia.
 The meeting was confidential, but friendly Dominion represen- tatives arriving in the United States later relayed the informa- ton to Secretary Hull.
 In a Fog
 Aside from this, the State De- partment has concrete evidence that Chamberlain's theories have been put into practice. During Baldwins regime, U. s. officials never knew exactly what British policy was. The Foreign Office seemed always in a fog,
 Now they say British policy seems more definite, while the foreign office never has been more cooperative. However, Chamber lain has been careful not to let his foreign minister. Captain An- thony Eden, e very nice but ne- bulous young man, handle U. S. relations. The prime minister handles them himself.
 NOTE-some State Department officials feel that the British have launched a campaign to win over the United States, now that war threatens in Europe. and that Hull and Roosevelt will have to be super-careful not to get sucked in by British diplomacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

Although 1t announces itself little more emphatically in some localities, a little more gently In others, that regular midsummer visitor, Heat, nevertheless exacts some toll from everyone, from coast to coast In addition to minor un- pleasantness, heat may cause serious ill., ness and even death. According to pr. John L. Rice, New York City health com. missioner, keeping faith with three little watchwords-"Take 1t Easy'-is the best protection against these heat hazards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
A Book a Day
Even a Murder Tale Can Be Pretty Dull
BY BRUCE CAPTION

When you get seven distin- guished detective story writers dissecting seven real life murder cases, you ought to have some- thing in the way of treat for the detective story fan. So you are apt to approach The Anatomy of Murder" Macmillan: $2.50) with high hopes.
 Unfortunately, the book doesn't live up to its promise. It has the authors, all right - Helen Simp- son, Margaret Cole, Dorothy L. Savers, John Rhode, E. R. Pun shon, Francis Hes and Freeman Wills Crofts - but they seem to have chosen a rather dull lot of murders to talk about, and all too few of their tales have anything exceptional to them, either as 10 substance or treatment.
 The best chapter in the book. to my notion, is the one written by Frances Hes on England's fa- nous Rattenbury case, in which a somewhat flighty young wife became entangled with her chauf- feur. unintentionally goaded him to the murder of her husband (and stupid. bungling murder 1t was, tool and then tried to save him by assuming the guilt her. self.
 Another good chapter is the one on Landru. contributed by MT. Punshon; still another is Mar garet Coles account of Adelaide Bartlett. who seems to have fed her sick husband chloroform and to have escaped punishment for 1t.
 The rest of the book. though. Is frankly pretty dull. It does seem as if the distinguished talent en- gagged could nave found better material to work on and could have done more with what they did pick out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

An American correspondent in Spain writes: Tt is brutally clear from what you see here that Spanish democracy is dead, whether Franco or Valencia wins the military victory. The real contest IS now four-way struggle between Fas- cism, Russian Communism, Trotzky Communism and anarchy" God help 'em! And now to our own troubles, which had better be smoothed out before we, too, split four ways.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Selected Poem
TEESDALE

Elizabeth Coatsworth in The Christian
 Science Monitor.) The shepherds wife. standing beside her door, Shall never see us passing any more. Nor horseman riding home along the lane. We shall not walk these spacious hills again, Nor see the fels dark levels on the sky Nor hear the evening lowing nor the cry Of curlews where the sheep stand gray as stones Yet We shall know this country in our bones 4 thousand pastures with white homcstcads set Which we, forgotten, cannot quite forget
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Two Young Leaders

AWV AVuALS ACAuCES
 Out of the confusion that struck the capital when the sudden death of Senator Joe Robinson, two figures emerged as strong men. A great deal Is going 10 bc heard of them in tho future.
 They are Senator sherman Minton of Indiana and Senator Lewis Schwellenbach of Wash. ington.
 Both are young first-termers and ardent New Deal supporters, also hard hitters and enthusias- tic scrappers. When other ad- ministrationites, struck with con- sternation by Robinson's death, advised shelving the court bill, Minton and Schwellenbach clam ored for fight to the finish.
 Their unyielding attitude made e tremendous impression on the President, and in his councils of war he brushed aside older party chieftains and turned to the two freshmen. . Sen. Schwellenbach
 Born In Wisconsin. 43 years ago, Schwellenbach, tall and be- spectacled, is now displaying the same mettle as on Q previous oc- casion. This was during the rampaging of the late Huey Long, when the ebullient Kingfish had the veteran senate leaders com- pletely cowed by his threats to go into their states mad defeat them.
 irked by some White House slight, Huey waged a one-rnan filibuster against an administra- ton bill. The senate was com. pletely tied up and the leaders were talking of coming to terms with Huey when Schwellenbach took command. Forcing Long to continue on his feet some l4 hours he broke the filibuster and drove him from the floor.
 Senator Minton
 Minton, tall, dark and good looking, is 47 years old. 1c served as a captain of infantry overseas and is one of the best speakers and rough-and-tumble debaters in the senate. He was the Adminis- tration's choice to reply to Sena- tor Burt Wheeler's speech asSail- ing the court measure. When Min ton rose to go after him, Wheeler left the chamber.
 Minton came to the senate in 1894 after defeating Little Artie" Robinson, republican incumbent with presidential ambitions. Had he been reelected, Robinson was all set to seek the g. o. p. nomina- tion of 1886. Minton cut short these aspirations by getting Dig vote. h....
 Merry-G GO-ROund
 Not since the famous filibustef of Huey Long in June, 1885, have the perspiring crowds been so great in senate corridors, waiting to get an earful of Court bill debate |. ResettlemenIs' Special Skills Division, charged with teaching homesteaders to sing. weave, paint, and act in plays, has been drastically cut in the recent reorganization of RIA .. One Ci the folklore items garnered by workers on the WPA Writers Project comes from Charleston. &. C., and records the chant of the fish vendor as he hawks hts ''shorties".
 Mama, Mama, get your pan.
 Here comes the shorty man."
 Copyright. 1887. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Copyright. 1887. by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
YOUTHS JOUsT WITH AUTOS

Chattanooga. Tenn. (UPl-Fotr youthful knights-errant quarreling over who would take home two girls from a roadhouse. were eject ed from the roadhouse and prompt iy fought 1t out with automobiles. Police reported they found the boys running round and round after each other in the middle of the street. crashing the automobiles into each other"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Ruling the ROOst

The essential mark of the car- petbagger Is to make over. reform, improve, and generally renovate any community in which he Is esconced for the time being. He has ideas and plans for uplifting the social status, the political en- vironment, and the moral well be. ing of all and sundry who thought they were getting along pretty well until he arrived to apprize them of the contrary. The mere fact that he Is possessed of nothing ex- cept the carpetbag which holds his paltry possessions serves as no deterrent to him from telling those who have something, even though 1t be only sentimental interest in the place where he was born, how much better of they will be If they listen to him. Es- pecially If they will allow him to bring in some brother carpetbag- ger to run the school department, the department of public works, the financial department, the poe lice and the fire department, and whatever department of the local government needs to be tinkered up to the point where there are no local residents employed and where only carpetbaggers rule the roost. ,5'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Carpetbaggers Ahoy!

Carpetbaggers AhOy!
 It becomes clear at once that "such examiners, investigators, clerks and OTHER ASSISTANTS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PORTION or THE CHARTER" need not be residents of Waterbury, voters of Water. bury, or have the remOtest inter- est in Waterbury's welfare. They may come from, nay will come from, all points north, south, east, and west of Waterbury. They may be twenty, or thirty, or a hundred, or . thousand. What ever number of examiners, inves- tigators, clerks, and other assist ants the personnel director con siders necessary to carry out the provisions Of the so-called merit system amendment to the city charter he may employ and put on the city payroll. This in the face OE the advertised advantage oi the plan that It's adoption will result In great economy in the cost of government, larger saving to tho taxpayer, and more eftt' cisnt efficiency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

tha,,' Srs ., tnsir J.w.FitsPatrick
 pay from that source and reside (and vcte) where they will are greatly perturbed lest by being compelled to live in the commit nity which pays their salaries they be made the victims of some per- nicious political system. As a re- suit of the possible or probable establishment of the rule of residence carpetbaggers, whose name Is legion, a'l oyer the coun- try are dcnouncing the prospec- tive New York legislation. Editors on the metropolitan newspapers are all agog over what they are pleased to call this latest attack on efticient public service. Almost all the editors are csrpethaggers, 1t might be known, and if there Is one clan which roots for its mem bcts 1t is the car?etbaggcr outfit. Anyone from outside is better equipped, more capable, more honest than the homebred. Any crack -bralned Bedouin from the Mojave Desert Is better qualified to manage the affairs of com munity In which he finds him. self temporarily located than man or woman whose forbears have anted up at the local tax collectors window for generations. My personal objection, and 1t IS deeply rooted, to the whole tribe of carpetbaggers Is that they have no permanent stake in any place anywhere under the heavens un- less it be the point farthest dis tant from that which provides them with their keep. They are here today and gone with the wind tomorrow. Their flctious zeal for serving the people never dies down. Just now 1t flames in Wa terbury. Next month 1t burns in Putallup, Washington. A year from now 1t lights the skies In Alberta, Manitoba, the Saskatche- wan, or Terra del Fuego. Nowhere Is the carpetbagger bound up in. extricably by ties of material pos session, affection, tradition, and community of interest as Is the To- cal resident whoce family roots are irnbedded In the history of the place where he lives. And usually once . carpetbagger always . car- petbagger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

cipauW or NeW
 York may have to be actual resld ents of that city if they wish to keep their jobs. Out-la d CTS from the deep 6 ou t h, the Middle, the Far, and the
 farthest West whose only ln- terest in Man. hattan and its AAninndaa Id f.lank.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

sympathy with the application 6e merit and sound business principles in the administration of personnel: shall be thorough " familiar with the principles and methods of personnel ad- mlnistration and skilled there in and shall have had at least three years of successful expcri- ence as director or assistant ui- rector in the administration of an employment system involving at least five hundred positions or employees" (Black type mine).
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Section 3O2

All the foregoing Is brought to mind by reading over certain sec- tions of the proposed amendment to the city charter which tie boosters for the so-called me ri. system want to have put on .he ballot at the next city e.srtioa.
 "Ti:e civ:! service board silali appoint a personnel director and sucIi examiners, investigators, clerks and other assistants as may be n ,ccssary to carry out the provisions of this portion of the charter. Such persons shall be subje"l to the civil service laws. The personnel director shall be a person thoroughly in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
A Thought for Today

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you Into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribuIaton 10 days: be thou faithful unto death, and will give thee crown Of hfe'- Revelation 2:10.
 
 By bravely enduring, an evil which cannot be avoided is oVercome-Old Proverb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

A fascist spokesman in Rome criticizes the British rearmament policy as "an offensive maneuver, preparatory ad- vance to truly warlike policy" Too bad, with MuSSolini such pacifist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

1. What is a residuary legacy?
 2. Where in the Holy Land was the Valley of Kidron?
 3. Who wrote the play "A Dolls House?"
 1. In astronomy. what is e.on- gation?
 s. Where is the University of VermontP
 6. Who was Hiram Powers?
 2. What is enlDalming? 8. What is tEe unit of currency .E Japan?
 9. Is Kas;c Smith the real narle of the radio :;in2er7
 10. What is another name for tht cottonnou!h snake?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

The British luxury liner Queen Mary has been theoretically sunk at sea in naval maneuvers. The headliner King Edward was sunk in political maneuvers and not theoretically, either.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
BY WAY of NO HARM
James William FitzPatrick
by

opinions conoluons appearing those of the writer alone They not nCessar those s the editors of THE DEMOCRAT they construed invariably
 . reflection oe their vewp0inl.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
" DREW PEARSoss

Washington, July 20-The State Department is not shouting 1t from the housetops but era of dipo- matic cooperaton with the British Empire has begun
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Change the Name

The only thing which can prop erly describe the possibilities oi this single section Of the proposed amendment is the doggerel which was popular when I was lad:
 The wild man of Borneo just came to town.
 The wife of the wild man oi Borneo just came to town.
 The child of the wife of the wilo man of Borneo just came town.
 The dog of the child of the wii' of the wild man of Borneo Jusi came to town.
 The tail, of the dog of the chilo of the wife of the wild man O. Borneo just came to town.
 The flea on the tail of the dog ol the child of the wife of the vile man of Borneo just came to town. The legs on the flea on the tai of the dog of the child of the wife of the wild man of Bornet just came to town.
 (Et cetera, cetera, c. cetera unti you get dizzy or the neig.ooi have you locked up).
 What the sponsors of the SO called merit system should do IS to re-christer their brain child. They ought to call 1t THE WILD MAN OF BORNEO JUST CAME TO TOWN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

If it's really sunspots doing all these things to us, we're for moving to another solar system.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Up in Arms

All Carpetbageia l. up in arms over the probability--or mayhap 1t Is only an unpleasant poSsibil- ity-that employees O. the muni-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
What's to Forbid?

And although the section quotea does not say so in exact words what Is to forbid the personnel director from hiring examiners to examine the examiners; investiga- tors to investigate the investiga' tors; examiners to investigate the investigators investigating the ex- aminers who are examining the examinersp NOTHINGl Nothing to keep the personnel director from taking on an army of clerks to type the notes of the stenog- raphers who are taking down the records of the examinations being held by the examiners of the in- vcstigators who are examining the qualifications of the other assist ants who are being investigated and examined by investigators with clerks and examiners with out clerks and assistants to the assistants of the assistants of ex' aminers. investigators, and the personnel director. f..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, George felt too
 badly to get up this morn. ing"; say felt too bad"

A, "sTe "S SSSsSe
 A. It takes 5h hours by plane and about 40 hours by fast steamer.
 c. What was the full name of President Roosevelt's father2
 A. James Roosevelt.
 c. Who Is the American am. bassador to Soviet Russia?
 A. Joseph E. Davies.
 c. What is e captive mine?
 A. The proprietors of many rail. roads, iron and steel plants, by. product coke ovens, public utilities and other industrial concerns own and operate bituminous coal mines solely to provide fuel for their in- dustries. Labor organizations call them captive because of this fixed connection between owner and con- sunicr. The product of the typical captive mine is consumed entirely by the owner. but the surplus of some so-called captive mines S sold in the open market.
 Q. What are devilfish?
 A. Various large marine crea- lures of terrifying or grotesque ap- pearance. Examples are the huge rays, octopus, squiIl, etc.
 c. Is it proper for the parents of a widow to announce her second marriage?
 A. If the widow is young the an- nouncement should come from her parents or other nearest relative. If she is elderly, or her parents are not living, she may announce the marriage herself, or 1t can come from both the bride and the groom. Q. What Is the capacity of . standard railroad box car? A. From % to 30 tons. e. Is neon gas poisonous? A. No. 1t is completely inert. It has practically the same physiolog- ical eHect as SO much hydrogen, which forms about 60 per cent of the atmosphere. e. Who received the l036 Pulitzer prize for the best volume of Ameri- can verse2
 A. Robert P. Tristan Conn for Strange Holiness" c. Is 1t 6 violation of the law to use government mall sacks for purposes other than mail2
 A. Yes.
 ] you want a copy of cur beck let THE nABy BOOK. write ths WateFl uFy Democrats Wash. ingten BuFsBu. 1913 ThsFleenth Street. Northwest. Washington, D. q wwriaaa cents ln nasiase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
Test Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seve1 Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

you want a copy of our beck let THE nABy BOOK. write the WateFl ury Democrats lyash- ingteR Bureau, 1913 ThsFteenth Street. Northwest, Washington, n. q kwriaaa $ cents ln nasiase.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

Q. Is 1t violation of the law to use government mall sacks for purposes other than mail7
 A. Yes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

e. Who received the leS6 Pulitzer prize for the best volume of Ameri- can verse2
 A. Robert P. Tristan Cofin for strange Holiness"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

e. Is neon gas poisonous?
 A. No, 1t is completely inert. It has practically the same physioiog- ical effect as so much hydrogen, which forms about 90 per cent of the atmosphere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20
O. What are devilfish2

Q. What are deViIfish?
 A. Various large marine crea- lures of terrifying or grotesque ap- pearance. Examples are the huge rays, octopus, squiIl, etc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-07-20

e. What Is the capacity of . standard railroad box car?
 A. From 70 to 50 tons.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-19
WILSON SCHOOL TO GRADUATE
126 PUPILS AT EXERCISES JUNE 3

Harold league, Nah Wah, Mervyn
Walker, Gene Wallace, James T.
Webb2r. Donald ZaVala.
Girls: Coreen Anderson, Rosa
mumd Anderson, Lenna Arnold,
Ruth Balm, Elizabeth Benson,
Lucille Bridgers, Evelyn Brooks,
Mary Jane Caplan, Ortha Console,
Carol Coomes, Lenora Costello, Mary
FiOr2.
Viola Hacker, Marlea Hanson,
Tressa Harrell, Ellen Hold. Virginia
Hunt, Marilyn Ingle. Mary Alice
Trey. Grace Kosuga, Ethel Lcming,
Bethel Lewis, Norma Lewis, Dor
othy Little.
Betty Lyons. Gloria Maddox
Mamie Maggie, Mary Maggie, Jean
Maitland, Marion Marcot Dorothy
Mathis, Ruth Merryman Idabel
Miller, Donna Mills, Doris Mitchell,
Janet Moore, Mary Earl Muncill,
Melba Mcfarland, Mary McNeece,
Lupe Ortiz Virginia Price.
Betty Printz, Phyllis Purdy, Mary
Alice Roberts, Marian Sharp. Marie
Skinner, Sally ST. John, Mary So
lano, Mary Sunderman. Modean
Talley. Grace Thompson, Patsy
Thompson, Lily Tresch, Louise
Tresch Consuelo Vale, ConSueld
Verdugo, Fumi Watamura, Pauline
WhitSett.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-19

Wilson school will hold COM
mencement exercises June 3. The
following list of graduates has been
announced.
Boys: Raul Alvarado, Reed An
derson, Dale Armstrong, Leroy At
kinson, AL Caplan. Robert Clark,
Buddy Combs, Charles CroWell,
Frank Dixon, Norman Dupont,
Paul Fabares. Phillip Fahs, E. c.
Carey, Reuben Gausnell, Tom Hen
ry. Raul Hernandez, Eldee Hughes,
James Jensen. Richard Johnston.
Will Johnston. Robert Kelleher,
Henry KeltZ, Laurence King, Roy
KobayaShi, James Lawrence, Pete
Legakes, Burke Lemons, Orton
Lindgren, Otis Lively, Joe Longacre,
Vincente Magma, Jim Nah, Alton
so Martinez, Bill Mccullough, Don
al1 Millar, John Montoya, James
Moose, James Morgan, Edward Hail.
Roy NakagaWa, Terry Okida,
Trinidad Ortiz, Lowell OXsen, Billy
Patterson, George Pullenza, Eric
Quinn, Bill Reid, Earl Rex, Albert
Roberts. Relore Roberts, Junior
Robinson, Bill Rogers, Frank Scott,
Edgar Seaton, Bennie Shaw, Ever
EFT Shaw, Jack Shaw.
Frank Simon. Harry Stiff, Ted
Smyer, Bill Susman, Jack Tackett
Imperial Valley press., 1937-05-19
Bruce Cation SayS:>>
Politics Overstep Limits in Appointments

trying to do is remove them from
the merit system and make polit-
ical patronage out of their appoint
ment.
1t would be hard to think of a
more completely indefensible bit
of political chicanery than this.
To the credit of the House of
Representatives, it has voted to put
all Social Security Board appoin-
teeS-eXpertS, lawyers and alum
der straight civil service rules. The
disputed bill is now in conference;
and butcher reports that the Sen
ate conferees, who are resisting this
effont to establish the merit system
include such eminent statesmen as
Senators Glass of Virginia, ByrneS
of South Carolina. Russell of Geor-
gia, Adams of Colorado and Stei-
Wer of Oregon.
How is a stand like that to be
defended on any rational basis?
The answer is clear: it isn't. We
, could endure that sort of thing
50 years ago. when government
employees were comparatively few;
we can't possibly endure it now
when they are many and have re-
sponsibilitieS which affect the lives
of all of us.
We have heard a goo1 deal Of
loose talk lately about the destruc-
ton of the American form of gov
crnment It ought to be pointet
out that in the long run no Surel
way of destroying it could be de-
vised than to give it ever-increaS'
ing duties-and compel it to NEE
them with staffs of experts chos'
en- by party hacks for political adj
vantage.