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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
Sen. MintOnS Mistake Browbeatng Persons of Contrary Minds to Those of Congressional Committeeman Is
 Un-American, Unethical.
WASHINGTON, D. C., DAILY NEWS
Un-American, Unethical.

Government, against whom Senator Minton is now directing his fire, could not benefit specially by defeat of the reorganization bill.
 Whether they are right or wrong in believing that the general interest would be served by defeating the bill makes no difference. It is en- tirely proper for them to print liter ture and write letters trying to con- vert other citizens to the same be- lief and urging other citizens to ask congressman to oppose the bill.
 Even the most benevolent admin istration needs opposition. Indeed, it is not only the right but one of the highest duties of citizenship to oppose an administration measure that appears dangerous. And an ad- ministration which permits its sup- porters to intimate its opponents will create grave doubts of its bene- violence.
 Some of the methods used in be- half of the reorganization bill seem to us to need investigation. The threats that a state whose senator opposes the bill will lose WPA pro- jects, the promises that senators who support the bill won't have their pet bureaus reorganized, the use of patronage and political pres sure-all these are lobbying of the most pernicious kind. And the people who do 1t stand to benefit specifically if the bill passes.
 We don't expect Senator Minton to investigate these charges. But we think he should abandon the line his committee is now following. The tactics he is using mean sim ply this: That citizens who organize to oppose Administration measures will be put on the spot" by the Lobby Committee, their private rec ords will be subpenaed, their private lives investigated, their regulations "smeared."
 Those tactics don't belong in America.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
In New York
Rx GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 1. - Grand H I" did much to impress the pop ulace with the human wonderland that lies within every large hotel.
 But the public knows little of the complexities of operating one of these vertical cities-within- cities. A city whose inhabitants keep changing constantly is too fantastic for reality. Yet the problem of administering to a community of this sort is exactly what confronts every first rate hotel. At the Hotel New Yorker weird situations arise, as they do m other hotels one or more an hour. For instance:
 A guest arrived who spoke only Hindustani. Was he turned away? No, for the employees of the hotel have at their command B lan- guages including the sign lan- guage. Another guest found few minutes before a scheduled ban- uuet date that he had only tan shoes and needed black ones. A bellhop was found with the same shoe size and a switch arranged. Another departed guest forgot his specially designed false teeth and telephoned from an ocean liner that was just pulling out. The hotel got them to him by hiring special tug to chase the ship down the bay.
 Still another guest demanded that his room be rearranged so that the furniture would be "in rhythm with the cosmic vibra- tions of the universe" The staff obliged. And yet another was too tall for an ordinary hotel bed. The New Yorker dug up an eight-foot sleeping nest.
 Gentle-Like a Brute
 Dave Rubinoff, the violinist, mo- ticed some weeks ago that his $1O0,000 Stradivarius violin was "Sick"-its tones were off infini- tesimal shadings almost impercepti- ble to anyone but the owner. Mischa Yurkevitch, the violin maker, was called in for consul tation. He prescribed an opera ton, seized the violin with what Rubinoff regarded as rough hands and wrenched 1t apart-or that's how it looked to the perspiring maestro. Actually, Yurkevitch was handling the 207-year-old in- strument, once the property o1 Czar Nicholas, with practiced del icacy. He found the base bal slightly awry and adjusted 1t.
 Rubinof kissed his rejuvenateo violin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
A Book a Day
Another Topnotch Story of the Sea
BY BRUCE CATION

0. s. Forester is rapidly estab- fishing himself as topnotch writer of sea stories. Last fall he brought out Beat to Quarters" a rattling good yarnSof an English ship cap tain in the Napoleonic wars; now he continues the story of that cap tain,s adventures in Ship of the Line" Little, Brown: $2.5W, an even better story.
 MT. Forester's ship captain is a refreshing contrast to the ordinary hero of romantic adventure fic- ton. He is modest and retiring, instead of dashing and flamboy- ant; he is middle-aged instead of young and handsome; instead of marrying the admirals daughter, or some high-born lady, he re- mains true to his dowdy little homebody of wife.
 But Mir. Forester puts him through a series of sea fights, stratagems and violent adventures which would satisfy even the most exacting reader. The cap- tain may not be a romantic fig ure, but he does romantic things, and the author has a matter -of- fact way of describing them which makes them sound perfectly real and convincing.
 Not the least interesting thing about this book is its realistic, un- vanished picture of sea life in the days of wooden ships. MT. Forester does not prettify his story; the floggings and atrocious living conditions, the harsh and conscienceless code that ruled fighting ships in those days, are all presented. MT. Forester con- pels you to admire his story = but he also makes you understand that the sooner the last vestige oi the code by which his heroes lived vanishes from the earth the better off the race will be. There apparently is going to bt a third story in this series, even. tually. Meanwhile, you will fint the first two well worth reading.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
T est Y o UT Knowledge

Can you answer seven Of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
 1. What is the annual salary for members of the Presidents cabinet? 9. Where is the Susitna RiverT 8. To what position has Mrs. Jo- seph T. Robinson been appointed? 4. What is another name for mol lusks?
 s. In England, what is Peer? 6. For what state is Granite" the nickname?
 2. Who won the most valuable player award in the American League for 1887?
 8. Do snakes have kidneys?
 9. What Is the General Land Of. flee of the U. S.?
 10. What part of the earth Is in. habited by the Pclynesians?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
In Today's Mail Anonymous letters will not
 be accepted unless accom- panied with writer's name.
CHRISTIAN" SAYS LABOR PRO TEST SHOULD BE MADE TO
 U. s. DEPT. OF LABOR
Waterbury, Conn, March 31, 1888.

Waterbury, Conn.,,
 March 31, 1888.
 Editor of The Democrat:
 The workers of Waterbury are all fired up" over the wage cuts handed them and rightly so when they recall the financial reports issued by the Big Three" for the year 1887 which showed earnings ap- proximately 100 per cent over that of 1886. ...
 What can the workers do about this condition2 First, organize to combat this cut and use every effort to gain a living wage. Second: Write to the Department of Labor protesting this injustice and de- mand this cut be restored immedi- ately if not the Department cease placing any new and cancel all existing government orders to these companies. This protest must take in the Kennecott and Anaconda combines and all their subsidiaries and be addressed to Frances Per- kins, Secretary Department of La bor, Washington, D. c.
 (signed) CHRISTIAN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01

Governor Lehman of New York in vetoing the anti-Communist bill said, Although I am unreservedly opposed to the principles of Communism, l am vetoing this bill in the interest of safe guarding American democracy" Would you or would you not consider this act of MT. Lehman's good reason why one and all should combat Communism? Regard ing the appointment to office in New York of Simon Gerson against whom the bill was aimed there is plenty of opinion for and against It is question whether or not you want in your party or any other political party an avoWed Con- munist, who at the same time states his loyalty to the Constitution of the United States. He, to state a direct case, and many another are all for everything American. They want to live here, that goes without saying, but as America, the Catholic weekly states, "It is impossible to understand how MT. Gerson, a member of party, protesting allegiance to the party of Lenin, and active approval of Lenin's attempts to establish himself in this country, can take the oath of ale glance to the Constitution of the United States. . The principles of these Amer ican documents and of the Soviet govern ment are absolutely incompatible. No man can be loyal to this country and to Moscow"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
Selected Poem
THE MILKMAN

(Edmund Leamy in the New York Sun) Year in, year out, day after day The milkman goes his scheduled way. Though winds may cut and tempests storm, He tolls while we are safe and warm. From house to house, from door to door He charts his course floor after floor. His wares are brewed of meadows green, Of far-off hills and dells between, Of singing brooks and sunset skies, And gentle kine with limpid eyes. He brings us captured stnshine-health. He symbolizes priceless wealth. Yet asks no glory, seeks no praise. Content to serve us through the days With few to see, and less to guess The magic of his faithfuness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01

Governor Cross, whose proclamations have become famous, has issued his Good Friday message" calling upon the people of our state to observe this day, in their homes and in public places of worship, and to ponder again the truth taught by the Great Master that for man and nature alike there is life in death and that in His service there is perfect freedom for the living. :"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01

Dr. Edward s. Godfrey, health commits sioner of New York state, offers the en- couraging statement that tuberculosis will be wiped out in the next fifty years. That is long time looking ahead, but a comparatively short time in combating a disease that has made such inroads. He pointed out that the death rate per 100000 population has dropped from 200 in 1900 to 55 as of today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01

way is not challenged. It is part of the freedom of speech and press which is guaranteed in both Great Britain and the United States The authoritarian gov ernments regard such freedom as one of the weaknesses of the democracies. We consider it evidence of domocracy'S strength and essential to it's survival.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
Daily Almanac
oon rises 7:38 D. m.

Moon rises 7:38 D. m.
 Sun rises 5:37 a. m.; sets 6:16 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Moons phases-First quarter, April 2, 10:02 a. m; full moon. April IA, 1:13 p. m.; last quarter, April 9, 3:06 p. m.; new moon. April 30, 1920 a. m.
 Morning stars, Jupiter, Saturn: evening, Mercury. Venus, Mars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01

March went out in a fashion not lamb- like, neither was it lion-like. As matter of fact it went out with very wet rains, so with few sunny days we can hope that April will get into swing with an occasional shoWery day to live up to her reputation as capricious and tickle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce chaise-chase; say, shayz.

A. Figures recently released by the federal social security board eS- innate $2333 33,314,00O spent in 1887, exclusive of administrative expenses. The corresponding figure for 1886 was $2,618,027 ,000.
 o. Have municipal and county gov ernments ever levied an income tax?
 A. New York city and Newcastle county, Delaware, both collected To- cal income taxes for emergency purposes in 1934-35.
 0. Can infrared rays be converted into visible light?
 A. The national bureau of stand ards says that they know of no means for converting infrared rays.
 o. During what period was the Know Nothing party in existence?
 A. 1852 to 1860.
 o. Does the Isle of Pines near Cuba belong to that country?
 A. Yes; it Is a small island, 40 miles southeast of Pinar del Rio. Area, about 1180 square miles; chief towns, Nueva Gerona, the capital, on the north coast, and Santa Fe. It is in effect two islands connected by a marsh, the one on the north being somewhat broken by hills, the one on the south low, flat and san dy. The climate is healthful, the soil fertile, producing citrus fruits pineapples and potatoes, and the mineral resources are extensive Large marble quarries are worked Cattle raising is the chief occupa- ton of the inhabitants.
 o. How may I remove cod liver oil stains from clothing?
 A. The fresh stains will usually come out if they are rubbed prompt ly with 8 little dry-cleaning solvent like carbon tetrachloride; the stain ed fabric is then washed in luke- warm water.
 If you want copy of our book let "Etiquette for Everybody" write to Waterbury Democrats Washing ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington. D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
HOT ROMANCE

While Preston Foster and Whitney Bourne combine love making with their rivalry as super crooks in RKO Radios mystery, Double Danger" the police are hot on their trail.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
Questions and
 Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
By Frederick hl Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR o. How can milk be prevented from curdling when combined with acid?
 A. Add the acid to the milk rath- CT than the milk to the acid. o. How much was spent for fed- eral, state and local aid to the needy in 1897, and how does it compare with the amount in 1936?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01

tenacious ever waged against 8 federal act.
 The Presidents signature was scarcely dry on the legislation when John w. Davis, Morgan at torney, went before Federal Dis trict Judge Coleman in Baltimore on behalf of a dentist who owned a few bonds in 8 bankrupt hold ing company, and claimed the new law was unconstitutional. Cohen and Corcoran were vacationing from their hard congressional battle at the time, but were hur- riedly recalled and rushed to Bal timore to defend their handi- work.
 Can't Play Politics
 This was new experience for them. They were old hands at legislation, but not as trial lawyers. Standing before the court in Baltimore, Davis leaned over and whispered to Corcoran:
 "You can't play politics here, boy. You will have to practice law"
 The final result indicates that is exactly what the two young New Dealers did. They complete ly outgeneraled Davis and his corps of high-priced corporation lawyers, by taking the offensive with suit in New York to com- pei the giant Electric Bond and Share company to comply with the law. It was this case on which the Supreme Court made its re- cent ruling upholding the act.
 Bob Jackson entered the case at this point, and helped fight it in District and Circuit courts.
 In the final decision even Jus tice Pierce Butler, one-time rail- road and utility lawyer, voted in favor of the Administration. Only Justice McReynolds dissented and he did not bother to write an opinion.
 Merry-Go-ROund
 There is no superstition at the British embassy. One of the Bri- tish cars, Rolls-Royce, bears the Diplomatic license number 13 Secretary Hull has at one corner of his desk Q master telephone control which allows him to cut through to any member of his staff, even if that person is busy on the line Over a period of five centuries, Mexico has pro- duced B per cent of the worlds entire silver production :. . Latin America produces most of the worlds coffee, but the coffee tree is native of Africa. Africa pro- duces most of the worlds cocoa, but the cocoa tree is native to South America Public Health Service is under Treasury, yet its chief has military rank Sturgeon generaD. and is paid according to Army pay schedules.
 Copyright. 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
I& Daily V DREW PEARSON and R0BERF A AIxEgi
Pro-Spendng Group Warned Roosevelt of Business Slump; Expected Spring Boom Isn't Here;
 Crash the Seventh in History
V DREW PEARSON
and ROBERT c ALIEN

WASHINGTON, April 1. = The real significance of the sckenng price crashes on the stock exchange is s The much hoped for spring upurn in business has failed fo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-01
A Thought for Today

And ye shall be hated Of all men TOT my pames sake: hut he that endureth to the end shall be saved.-Matthew 1922.
 The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.-Jerome.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03

and zinc, all needed by Germany.
Her wheat, corn, timber and cop
per have formed the bulk of Ger
man purchases until now. But
Germany is chiefly interested in
making Yugoslavia buy German
goods.
Ironically, it is Italy which will
suffer most by the German-Yugo-
slav compact, for much of the
trade Germany is now demanding
will be taken from the other part
ner in the axis. At Herr Funk'S
next stop, in Angora. England was
the sufferer.
Turkey, the British thought, be.
came more than ever a secure
support for the empire, after she
accepted a 5000, 900 loan from
London, just a few months ago
Now suddenly, perfidiouSly, the
Turks took from Herr Funk a Ger
man trade credit of $62,500, ,000
and on the pattern of YugoSlavia
arranged a trade agreement where
by Turkey will take German ma
chinery and manufactured goods
in exchange for Turkish tobacco
timber, raisins and cotton.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Drive Started
With Swiftness

The German compulsory-trade
drive began with bewildering and
typically Nazi swiftness. Almost
literally at the moment when
Chamberlain entered his airplane
to fly to BerchteSgaden and thus
tipped off the Germans that vic
tory was in their hands, Herr
Funk, the Reich Minister OF
Economics, was on his way to col
lect the first profits, and lay the
ground for the most grandioSe
campaign of imperialiStic expan
sion since the British set out tc
found their empire.
His plan was simple. To each
Of the small countries within the
new military purview Of the Reich
he would suggest a glance at what
happened to CZechoSlovakia. They
are all studying it with terrified
intensity anyway. Politely hi
would intimate that the SAME
thing might happen here. But
conSolingly, it need not happen il
certain conditions are met.
Substantially the conditions are
"You agree from now on to
buy only from Germany every
thing we can supply, and to
deliver only to Germany every
thing we want of your produc-
ton. This will be done on a
basis of barter, with a clearing
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Chamberlain
"Gift" to Reich

All this was presented to Ger
nany at Munich by the British
and the French. It was almost
as though Chamberlain had cere'
moniously turned over the British
navy to Hitler and declared: Nov
that you have this proof Of our
peaceful intentions, and further.
more now that we have deprived
ourselves of the possibility OF
blockading or starving the Reich
we hereby invite you to make a
pact of peace forever"
For it has already become
sharply evident that the British
are the chosen prey, the princ1pa
victims of the Nazi military-com
mercial drive to conquer the broac
and opulent belt from Hamburg
to Constantinople, and thence on
to Bagdad and Kabul. AfganiStar
itself is only the temporary ter
minus of the drive India, with
all its rights, is the real goal.
Already the joke is current that
japanese and German military
representatives met the other
night to congratulate each other
on Munich and on Canton. But
they broke up in angry dispute
over the question whether the Ger
man-Japanese frontier should be
at Bombay or at Singapore.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
NAVY TO BUILD
NEW DIRIGIBLE;
C OST, S3,OOO,OOO
Big Craft to Be Used
For Coast Patrol

The United States Navy Is go
ing to build another airship.
Despite the fact that the last
two lighter-than-air craft, the
Macon and Akron, crashed at sea
with loss of life, Navy officials
announced they would ask bids
for a new ship of about one mil
lion cubic feet gas capacity, to cost
not more than three million dol
lars.
This ship will be about the same
size as the old dirigible Los Ange-
les. built in Germany and turned
over to this country after the
World War.
FOR COAST PATROL
The new dirigible is intended
for coast patrol and to aid the
scouting forces.
Commenting on the announce
ment, DR.. Theodore Troller, direc-
tor of the Guggenheim AirShip
Institute at Akron, said:
THE Navy's announcement is
good news. But I am sorry that
the new ship is to be so small.
A dirigible that size can not
show all the things it should.
obviously it can't show what
could be done as an airplane car
rier. A bigger ship would be
much better"
BIDS OPENED
The Navy Department yeSter-
day opened bids for construction
of three new battleships, and it
was indicated that each will cost
about $5,OO0,00O more than the
preliminary estimates of $40,
100000.
Bids for the hull and machinery
of the IS, ,000-ton ship ranged from
$49, GAG, 900 to $54,794, 900 each. To
this must be added about 40 per
cent for armor and armament,
making the completed cost in the
neighborhood of $75,000,00
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
URGE LIBRARY
Citizens Seek Branch
On Conn. Avenue

Plans to build a branch public
library at Connecticut avenue and
Newark or Macomb Streets North
west will be outlined tonight at
meeting Of the Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association at
All Souls Memorial Church.
DR.. George F. Bowerman, Dis
trict Librarian, will be the princi.
pal speaker. Short talks will be
given by Mrs. Philip Sidney
smith, member Of the Board of
Education; Miss Sybil Baker,
Playground director; Walter F.
Gilbert, of the Carnegie Founda-
ton; Mrs. Joshua Evans, jr.,
trustee of George Washington
University; Mrs. Waldron Faulk-
ner, president, Cleveland Park
Citizens Association, and DR.. Will
liam A. Slade, former librarian of
the Folger Library.
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
Germans Will
Aid Turk NGOy

Further, the Germans are to
build for Turkey % new steamers,
construct docks on the BoSphorus,
bricket, cement, sugar, nitrogen
factories, a cotton spinning mill
and synthetic gasoline plant.
Worse. from the British point OF
view, is that the Germans already
had obtained contracts to build
submarines for the Turkish navy,
and that 100 German officers are
employed in the Turkish army.
Turkey is vital to British control
of the land and air route to India.
How it appears that the Germans
have obtained not only a foot
hold in Angora but have won entry
to Irak, whence the way through
The Washington times., 1938-11-03
1--WE Need Your
Oils and Ores"

Remember, though. the rule
is that you trade exclusively
with Germany. And privately,
also, you are to pay particular
attention to British, French and
American goods, and you are to
avodi them utterly on pain of
the severest displeasure of the
Reich"
His first visit was to Belgrade
where he scored a resounding sue
cess with the government of Soy
adinovich, already favorably dis
posed, and after Munich enthusi
aStically ready to cooperate.
A Yugoslav-German commission
was Immediately formed to draw
up a new trade treaty which will
raise Germany's share in Yugoslav
imports to well over so per cent Of
the total, with the prospect of pro
greSsive increase towards full mo
nopoly of everything Germany can
supply.
Funk mapped out a great sys
tenn of new roads, mines and in
dustrial plants for Yugoslavia fol
which Germany will furnish al
materials and equipment.