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The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
Chiseling or Cheating?

The case just revealed by Mrs. Marga-
ret Verdon of the City Welfare Depart
ment may well be classified under either
Of the above headings. In fact it should
90 under both. While the mantle OF
Christian charity might be spread over
the person responsible for the recent
drastic action of the department, 1t is OF
such nature that little more publicity
may serve useful purpose. We presume
that any person who can get and hold
two jobs in these days is rather smart
and self-sufficient.
But unfortunately there is point by
yond which it doesn't pay to be smart.
That's where the young man who went
on relief and was assigned to WPA work
made serious mistake The proper au-
thorities we're quite ready to find work for
the young mana college graduate-but
when private employment was found,
they naturally would imagine that the
federal job would be relinquished. Per-
haps the young man in question has been
reading about the proposed law TO pre-
vent state employees holding two posi-
tionS.
This business Of obtaining relief job
then trying to hold it while engaged at
some other pursuit, which in itself pays a
good salary, is just pushing matters too
far. We are rather glad that the local
officials made such fuss about the mat
ter. 1t deserved 1t and we sincerely hope
that in the future no more such instances
Of duplicity will be revealed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

mendations they may make to the League
Assembly or Council viii have any prac-
tical bearing on the existing war In Spain.
The benefits lie In the future.
Heretofore the League has not had
much luck stopping determined bellig-
erents. But certain raw materials are
recognized as almost equally important
for warmaking and for peacetime industry
and commerce. It is recognized, too, that
their possession Is concentrated in the
control of few countries. Here Is one
active source Of war. Solving the problem
would be an active source Of peace.
The committee does not begin its work
talking Of equal distribution of these
materials, but of equal commercial
access" which may be different. There
is no need for every country to possess or
raise everything it needs. II nations can
get what they need when they need it, by
trade, these important raw materials will
cease to be bones Of contention and will
become instead aids to the prosperity and
well-being of all civilized peoples.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

Slowly but surely all the hazards on our
state highways are being eliminated. Only
this past year the bad curve on the Maui
gatuck-Waterbury road was cut down. 1t
is hoped that the route now will not be so
conducive to accidents at this point.
Another curve to be removed is that down
at Lake Whitney in Har1den just across
the town line of New Haven. Everyone who
had had occasion to travel to the Elm City
via the Cheshire route recalls the spot. The
road was even worse at one time than it
has been of recent years, but despite the
fact that it was widened it remained pretty
much of hazard and numerous cars have
plunged off the bridge across the lake
into the waters below. Others were saved
by the fence. The new road to be built
will be to the east of the present structure
and on more diagonal line across the
lake.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
Tanned Rebels

The last of the patriots of outlaws, ac-
cording to the point Of view, who fought
at the side of Augustine SANDING in Near
aqua, has just surrendered to the Ma
tional Guard of that country. He is
General Pedro Antonio Irias. The most
interesting things about his surrender are
what he himself said and what the gov
eminent has done.
To his captors he said, II am glad I am
free man again." He had been living in
the mountains for ten years, eating mon
keys, lizards, deer, grass and tree bark.
He was always in fear of being killed.
Surrender came to mean freedom from
hardship and constant fear.
Times have changed from the days
when a surrendered rebel was stood up
before a firing squad. Nicaragua's die
tator-president, Anastasio Somoza, has
given Irias money to start farm. Fifteen
former Sandinistas are likewise now
peaceful farmers, receiving full protec-
ton from the government. 1t is an easier
life than lodging about in the mountains.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
The Beloved Lincoln

The United States has had its share OF
great men and heroes to worship. AS the
years pass, Abraham Lincoln's place as
one of the greatest and probably the most
beloved grows ever more assured. His
humble origin, his lack Of such oppor-
tunities as formal schooling, his poverty,
his uncouth appearance, seem only to
have served to refine the pure gold of his
character.
Biographers have described Lincoln
many times and in great detail. The
traits that stand out in our minds today
are the mans infinite patience, his ten
derness and gentleness, his rock-like
strength, his humor, his answering faith
in the principles of his nations founding.
Above all, there was the sense of duty
which made him do what was right as he
saw 1t, and always in the spirit of that
phrase in his second inaugural address,
with malice toward none" One OF
democracy's greatest glories is that it can
produce such men and give them the
opportunity to serve their fellowmen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

And while on this topic of bridges there
is something to be said about the plan to
throw another span across the Hudson
River below the present Washington
Bridge. The plan, though, isn't meeting
with much approval from various Off
cial groups. In fact the Port of New York
Authority recently voiced it's opposition
to the plan of New Jersey legislator to
erect such bridge, preferably between
57th and 72nd streets. There is formal
objection now filed with the Secretary OF
War. Looks as if that would end the dis
cussion for few years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
A Book a Day
Latest of Fishers
Tetralogy Splendid
NV RRTrrr rATToN

A captivating book, and one heart
lily recommended, Is Wards Fishers
April" doubleday Doran, $2).
April" Is q shorter book than any
Of Mr.. Fishers tctralogy dealing
with the life Of Vridar Hunter, and
1t Is written In an entirely different
mood. This novel is q little MASTER
piece In Its presentation Of the re-
actions Of June Weeg, ungainly
Idaho farm girl, to the brutal, fla
vorless life In which she finds her
self.
June. ugly, misunderstood, lives
with her parents on their noun
tain ranch and dreams of story
book princes, graceful living, and
personal loveliness. Her struggle
against her environment and toward
the solution Of her problems Is the
foundation Of the novel, which re-
solves into her discovery close to her
home OF tht things she sought.
Mr.. Fisher knows his setting and
the people about whom he writes,
and paints the farmers Of the an
telope country with the same nler-
ciless clarity with which he has
depicted them In the authors pre-
yious books. The portraiture Is not
brutal, for Mr.. Fisher knows and
understands his characters too well,
but the mixture Of ruthless thinning
and sympathetic insight creates o
group Of unforgettable characters.
"Aprip ig q strange and fascirat-
ing book, shot through with hunor
and tragedy, pity and scorr. There
are passages Of writing 10 beauti-
full as TO be almost breatti.takipg
TO read II 10 TO have great ez-
pcricnce.- ~. NJ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
Selected Poem
TONY FLIES ALOFT

Gerald Raftery in the New York SUM
A buzzing hush Of work pervades the room.
His book unopened, Tony frowns with gloom
Upon Its cover-fps 1t open wide
And frowns more deeply as he looks inside.
He leafs the pages TIL he finds his place,
Then reads the figured lines with puzzled face.
He grips neighbours arm across the aisle,
Catches my eye, and with angelic smile
Raises his hand-"Km ask him thing?"
I'm voices much less sweet do angels sing)
I nod permission, and he esks for aid
Apparently In vain: but undismayed
He canvasses a dozen nearby ears
Who's got the algebra?" No one who hears
His husky whisper seems to have 1t done.
He stands and the classroom one by one
With anxious face-no hope!-then thinks Of me
With hopeful eyes he hastens up to see
II can help. show him what to do
And, under skillful questioning work two
And then refuse pontbank TO do the rest.
He murmurs sadly OF the next days test
And leaves me-
Other things attract my eyes,
And when see him next--a glad surprise
He's hard at work above penciled sheet.
The bell rings; as leave pass his seat,
And, glancing sec the product OF his BRAIN
A first-rate picture OF a transport planet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

testimony from one Negro wit
ness:
ibid the sheriff give you any
food while you were in jail?"
'No, sir, he don't bring us
nothing. But my friends
brought some." 7
.9 "Tiow did they get II in?' Z
"Thcy showed II betwixt the
bars"
did you ever ask the sheriff
for food?"
q 20 yessuh, we asked m"
what did he say?"
'Hc say, Sharpen up yo'
teeth, and gnaw on dem bars'."
NOTE: Mcmahon secured a con-
victiof1 of Paul Peacher, the
sheriff, who was sentenced to
three years imprisonment or So
500 fine. 1t was the first con-
viction ever obtained under the
act Of 1865, passed after the Civil
war, by which 1t LIS a criminal Of
Tense to keep. any person in in
voluntary servitude.
Merry CO. Round
Representative Maury Maverick,
crusading Texas liberal, will pub
lish q book this spring under the
title, "And American Maverick"
The volume, now nearing compile
q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, II shall not 30 with
out he comes here first;" say,
unless he comes here first"

@. Is snow frozen rain2
A. 1t is a precipitation Of ice
crystals formed from aqueous yapor
In the air.
/ @. Who wrote 1.-THE Minstrel
Boy?"
A. Thomas Moore, an Irish poet.
@. In designating time precisely
when should q. m. and p. m. be
used? A. Every bit Of time after
midnight until noon is q. m; every
bit after noon until midnight Is p. m.
Twelve o'clock noon is designated by
m. and IL o'clock midnight by u
midnight.
II you want q copy Of our book
let ON "Children's PARTIES" write
The Waterbury Democrats WASH
Ington Bureau, 1912 Thirteenth
Street, Northwest. Washington, ID.
G. Enclose A cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
Answers To
Questions
BY Frederick Sf. Kerby

@. What Is the difference be-
tween half brothers and stepbro-
theirs?
A. Half brothers have one parent
in common; stepbrothers are chill
dren Of q married couple by former
separate spouses.
@. Who invented Coca Cola?
A. J. s. Pemberton made the first
Coca Cola in an old house on Mar
ietta st., Atlanta, Ca, In 1886.
@. Can an alien become a citizen
simply by marrying an American
citizen?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

/. What lis helicopter?
2. Has there ever been a ro-hit-
no-run baseball game pitched in a
World Series?
3. Who was Robert Crannell MI
nor?
4. What are protocol?
5. What Is rayon?
8. How soon after 1t Is rendered,
does decision Of the U. 8. Su-
prene Court become effective?
2. On which body Of water Is the
city Of Sevastopol? :.
8. What is the name for the pro-
ces of burning?
0. Where was william Randolph
Hearst born?
10. What is the name for drama
set to music. as distinguished from
plays In which music is merely IN
cidental? =.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

ship Of the eu-
preme court
and to improve
the entire pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

An Olean, N. Y, man is reported as
saying winter is over because he heard a
yellowhammer woodpecker whistling near
his home recently. II recognized the
birds cry Immediately. They never come
back until spring." he claimed. That's
good enough for us. Let's start digging
the garden next week. Who's going to
announce the first mess of homegrown
string beans?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

while enjoying 1t, occasions
One OF her historic remarks was
made a few days before the IA
nous decision In the Schechter
case wiping out the MIRA. APP
preaching a young lady from
Philadelphia, then In Washing
ton working for the MIRA, Mrs.
Roberts said:
"Oh Eleanor, you might Just
rs well pack your bags and 30
back to Philadelphia. The SUI
preme Courts going to make
mince-meat Of the NRA."
Mrs. Roberts also has been quite
critical Of President Roosevelt.
and more than once has explained
to friends that Owen Is In a much
better position now TO guide the
destinies of the country than II he
had been tempted by republican
overtures to run for the Presi-
dency last year.
Justice Roberts
Justice Roberts, however, oc-
casionally has kind words to say
for the President. Whether
, Roosevelt knows 1t or not, Rob-
erts has put himself on record
emphatically In favor Of one part
of the Presidents proposed judicial
reform.
Last spring the Justice wrote an
introduction to an Insignificant
booklet issued by the U. 8. Bureau
of Labor Statistics on the growth
of small-claims courts In the
United States. In 1t he said:
"Our institutions and the
spirit Of our laws are inconsist-
ent with the thought that pow
erty may bar the enforcement
Of any legal right or the redress
of any legal wrong"
Roberts continued along that
line for two pages.
Roosevelt In his Supreme Court
message TO Congress declared
there was a growing impression
that the courts are chiefly q
haven for the well-to-do," and
that poorer Iitigants are COM
PEELED 10 abandon valuable rights
because Of sheer inability
TO finance or await the end Of a
long litigation"
ROOsevelts VS. ROOSeyelts
Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother
of the President, was discussing
the far-flung family the other
day, and was asked why 1t was
that the other, branch-the Teddy
Roosevelt family--was so Jealous
Of the Presidents branch.
II suppose" replied Mrs.
Roosevelt, that Ats because
we're so much better looking
than they are"
Crime Prosecution
One Of the less appreciated
forces behind the crime detection
record of G-Boss J. Edgar Hoover
is the work Of the justice de-
partment In backing him up with
quick and efficient prosecutions.
The man who sits behind the
scenes directing this work is AS
sistant Attorney General Brien
Mcmahon, who, in turn, operates
through the Justice Departments
far-flung force Of United States
district attorneys. Mcmahon
doesn't have the news cameras
constantly clicking In his face, but
10000 criminal cases clear
through his office annually. And
II his office breaks down, G-BOss
Hoover might as well quit.
Mcmahon Is o belligerent irish
man who likes TO get away from
his office and prosecute q case
for himself. One such was that
Of the Arkansas sheriff who had
imprisoned eight negro tenant
farmers In q stock-pesl on his
own farm, for the sole reason
that they had Joined the share
croppers' strike and refused 70
work In the cotton fields.
Pathos and Hunl0r
Mcmahon. who went 10 Jones'
bcro himself. got the following
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
Trade and Raw Materials

A League of Nations committee Is at
work on the difficult but vital problem
u equal commercial access for all
nations to certain raw materials" Moth
ing It's members learn ana no recon-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
BY DREW PEARSON
MRS. ROBERTS SOMEWHAT
CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, February u. = Mrs. Owen J.
Roberts, wife Of the Supreme Court Justice, is charm
ing lovely lady, but of her few politically
speaking = is that she loves Washington society," and
while enjoying it. occasionally dscloses important news
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

Long before America was discovered
labor unions we're far better organized
and more powerful than they are now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

Moral conduct is what enables men
and nations to last longer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

1t can probably be taken for granted
that Rex Tugwell will make that molasses
pure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
A Thought for Today

And she spake cut with loud voice. and said.
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed b
the fruit Of thy womb."-St Luke LAG.
Unhappy Is the man for whom his own
mother has not made all other mothers vener-
able-Richter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
BY WAY of NO HARM
James William FitzPatrick

he cousnaS opnluns conclusions appearing below
necessarily those q the
THE DEMOCRAT they % Be construed invariably
as . reelection q their VteWpolmtD.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
T st Y o ur
knowledge

Can you answer seven Of
these test questions? Turn TO
last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12
Anticinated

As was to be expected land no
one expected 1t more than its
thor-President Roosevelts sug-
gesticn TO the Congress to increase
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-12

Mcmahon, who went 10 Jones'
boro himself. got the following
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
POWER OUTPUT
TOPS YEAR AGO

NEW YORK, June o G.N.S).
Production of electricity in the
United States for the week ended
June 5, while under the preceding
week, was substantially above the
like 1886 period, the Edison Elec-
trio Institute revealed today.
The total was 2,131. 092, 900 kilo-
watt hours, against 2,206, 713 900
kilowatt hours in the preceding
week and 1922, 100000 kilowatt
hours in the like 1886 week. The
gain over 1886 was 1919 per cent,
comparing with a gain of 12.1 per
cent in the previous week.
The Washington times., 1937-06-09

breach between Mess Roosevelt and Lewis inns Dill was e
subject commendatoy from the PRESIDENT
It was by his bright young and defended by the
Assistant Attorney General 1t embraces the whole New Deal
philosophy and designed to transmit the germ of the MIA
Thus the Lewis attack significant.
lewis arones for one general minimum wage below which
citizen shall be allowed to work for private
poyer But his point that all the provisions IN the bill
for fixing Reasonable" far above the general
minimum should be eliminated.
As nonted out over week ago. tits measure enables the
Government to fix wages by providing for minimum
wages different trades and localities and for dfferen
tals' above the minima.
What does objection mean! 1t that the
leaders of organized object Government control They
object to submitting discretionary of presden
tal "board" authorized to fix "far wages"
Incidentally it should be noted that while the new bill
authorizes collective bargaining it does not specifically confirm
abors power to strike.
AS usual when Government control is brought close home to
anyone the individual rebels 1t will always be Listen to
what said: Frankly would not want this bill to
power board investigate the contracts entered into by the
United Mine Workers"
He right This "wages and hours bill" contains five diff
eren layers of Government and it should be ripped
open and made consistent These layers
l. Power child labor and sweat shop labor.
2. Power to set general minimum wage.
8. Power to set general maximum work week.
4. Power delegated to board to regulate all wages at
discretion
To- Power to the President to dominate the board.
Beginning with the last these should be denied
,ack to the third.
If there is be another alphabetical bureau manned by
mother regiment of Government clerks should at least be
onpartisan and independent of executive domination The
President should the chairman at will There should
,e-no quorum of only two members, etc.
But above ALL don't want more Government bureaus
ryng tell what demands and supplies must be,
running up public debt In this, all agree
With Mr. Lewis
In conclusion it is to that Lewis has gained
power with the Governments ad he has lost enthusiasm
r Government control 1t be that his organization has
gained the whip hand that there is something to be SAID
of increased responsibility to the public may be
that the why Lewis opposes Government labor
that he oresee the day when such control would be
lsed to limit both his economic and his political power
The Washington times., 1937-06-09

ion, has done just that. He has attacked the
new bill on wages and hours in a most sweep
ing and effective manner.
There is further news value in the fact that
NJ. Lewis agrees with Mr.. Green in this And,
above all, is the startling fact that he agrees
With business leaders, practically all of whom
would make the same criticism of the bill.
OF more practical Importance is the fact that
Mr.. Lewis stand makes it quite probable that
the bill will either be amended in important
respects, or it will not pass.
Pol Of that lies the nnssihilitN of Widening
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
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washington Railway and Elec-
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National Capital Bank, 60 145.
washington Gas Light, 8@77.
washington Gas SIS 1860, $500
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yLanston Monotype, 10000.
Lincoln Service pfd, 1O@471A.
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The Washington times., 1937-06-09

When labor leader bites ab brought by the New Deal
Administration on behalf of labor-we, that is news
T. of Industrial OrganlZa-
The Washington times., 1937-06-09

dating dividend fl Of accommodations g Paid
in 1885 (h) Incudes participating dividend g rad @
payable ssllsr indicates days 1or Sxi
without warrants t Ex dividend ~ EI ind,cassd
1887 high low prices carried t. prSvScSuS S'O'
I'd seling %. shares for each snare nelo' !
The Washington times., 1937-06-09
NT-xT Green and Lewis Agree With
n M X " . Business Leaders Wages
II And Hours Bill Criticisms
By LEWIS HANEY

Professor of Economics, New York Universit
The Washington times., 1937-06-09

between MeSSrS Roosevelt and Lewis 1hS
subject of special commendaoy from the President
was by his bright young and defended by the
Assistant Attorney General 1t embraces the whole New Deal
PHILOSOPHY and is designed transmit the germ of the NRA
Thus the Lewis attack significant.
Evening star., 1937-04-10
81 CITIES SHOW
BUILDING GAINS
Fifth Reserve District Fig
ures for February 45.1
Hiqher Than Before.

The Federal Reserve Bank Of Rich
mond has Just reported that building
permits issued In 81 cities Of the
NTH reserve district totaled 2,10l
in February. 1897. an increase OF 46.1
per cent in comparison with l,448
permits issued in the corresponding
month last year. Total valuation
figures amounting to S7,127,108 last
month showed 4 gain Of 12.7 per cent
over valuation figures for permits
issued in February. 1885.
Twenty-Five Of the 81 cities reported
higher valuation figures for the cur
rent month. and but for 4 decline OF
40 per cent in Baltimore the district
average increase would have been
materially higher.
Contracts actually awarded for con.
struction work, including both rural
and urban projects, totaled $22. .103 400
in the district in February, 1887, an
increase Of 671 per cent over con-
tracts awarded In February, 1885,
totaling sl3,227,o3l.
The value of permits issued in Feb
ruary Of this year compares Is follows
with the valuation figures in February,
1Q36
Evening star., 1937-04-10
MAYNE MAKES FINAL
ADDRESS IN FORUM
Real Estate Contracts Theme
Considered Main Features of

Considered Main Features of
Standard Document.
The flnal talk in the Real Estate
Forum sponsored by the Washington
Real Estate Board was made by Edgar
NJ Mayne, vice president OF the Real
Estate and Columbia Title Insurance
Co.., on the subject Of real estate con-
tracts Wednesday night.
Mr.. Mayne made . detailed analysis
Of the approved form of real estate
contract adopted by the Washington
Real Estate Board. outlining the
salient features which have been in
corporated in the standard contract
for the protection Of buyer and seller.
Comments concerning local conditions
which Influenced the inclusion OF
certain clauses In the contract were
brought out by the speaker to show
that the trained broker must obtain
full and complete information before
presenting the contract for rati-
flcation.
This was the ANAL meeting for the
present season Of the forum conducted
under tho auspices Of the Real Estate
Boards Program Committee, Of which
Morris Cafrits u chairman.