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The Washington times., 1938-02-01

the Interior HawkShawS will not
be staged. Also Burley is likely
to be confirmed after some il
Illuminating debate.
The Burke move to have the
Senate Judiciary Committee in.
vestigate the National Labor Re.
lations Board has very little
chance. NLRB friends led by
Senator La Toilette are working
sharply to prevent it. The least
they expect to be able to do is
to jockey the inquiry into the
Senate Education and Labor
Committee and thus out Of the
hands of Senator Burke.
OWING to a slip of the wrist,
" the two Democrats on the
House committee opposing the
closely-held corporation tax pro-
vision were named in this spot
January 26 as Mccormack and
Unison. It should have been
Mccormack and Lamneck.
Chairman Vinson is determin-
edly for it.
A rollicking story Of the pa
tronage influence Of Supreme
Court Justice Black has been
spread upon the confidential
official record of a congressional
committee. 1t will come out in a
few weeks.
The evidence indicates that
one Of Justice Blacks former
senatorial employees was able to
land a unique job in the Justice
Department after Blacks APP
pointment to the bench.
All Justice employees except
lawyers must be Civil Service.
But Blacks employe, a woman,
was neither a lawyer nor Civil
Service. Hence her case might
have been perplexing If not i'm
possible, had any other depart
ment than Justice been involved.
The riddle was solved by ap-
pointing the Black assistant as
a special attorney" in the legal
division handling veterans mat
ters. The duties of such an
extra-special non-legal attorney
in that division have been ex-
planned by a Justice Depart
ment official in a conclusive
way.
He says the Black appointee
looks over and corrects legal
papers prepared by "less well
educated attorneys" in the de-
partment, particularly for spell
ing.
Not even the Republicans ever
said that much about the New
Deal attorneys.
Honest, it is a matter of
record.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Burned by Blast
In Cleaning Tie

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-Wil.
liam Stokes, 81, was burned when
a bottle of gasoline exploded as he
was cleaning a necktie. The burn.
ing liquid sprayed over his face
and hands.
Neighbors rushed in and called
police. Stokes was taken to Frank.
ford Hospital, when physicians
said he is not seriously hurt.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
Attack Suspect Jailed

ton from Detroit on an armed
robbery charge and had been
sought for abandonment Of his
wife and three children there, &C.
cording to State police.
The attack took place about 3
o'clock Saturday morning in the
Odell apartment adjoining their
gasoline station and barbecue
stand, while the woman's hus.
band, Harry Odell, was driving a
woman guest to her cottage.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

HOWELL, Mich. Feb. Fired
Ward, 81 years old, waived prelim-
mary examination before Justice
Don Knapp here and was bound
over to Circuit Court on a charge
Of raping Mrs. Edna Odell, %, of
Island Lake, near Brighton, in
her home. She is in Mcpherson
Hospital here suffering from seri-
Gus injuries.
Ward, a caretaker for a camp at
nearby Baines lake, is on proba.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
II Scholarships
Of $1,000 Offered

Ian CASTER, Pa, Feb. 1
Franklin and Marshall College will
offer IL scholarships of $1,000
each to students entering in Sep
tember.
Literary and scholastic ability
manhood, character and physical
vigor, as shown by interest ir
sports or other extracurriculal
activities. will form the tests fol
the awards,
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

Primary political objective is to
destroy belief that Administra-
ton policies are responsible for
the economic situation. Eco
nomic purpose is to get business
on its feet.
Thus, official talk is and will
continue to be sharp, critical,
disturbing to business. Official
action is likely to be just the
opposite in most important par
ticularS Punching probably will
continue on this basis.
THE inquiry which Madame
L Labor Secretary Perkins has
ordered into the immigration
qualifications of Harry Bridges,
West Coat labor leader, may
turn out to be more than a rou-
tine step.
For one thing, it may even
tually develop that Miss Perkins
forgot to include a very inpor-
VoAV p0AO "a NIL 01IOSCo GSCOEO
when she sent the data on him
to the Copeland committee in
response to a request. Specifici-
ctally, she neglected to include q
confidential report on Bridges
by her chief immigration inSpec-
tor. This report, certain legiS-
latorS have now learned, was
unfavorable to Bridges and gave
grounds for deportation.
Whether Miss Perkins discov.
cred that the Congressman had
learned Of the report and pub
ncly ordered an investigation be.
fore they could force one is not
yet clear. But the Congressman
are nettled and may make an
issue Of it.
incidentally, the situation
indicates the prospects of Mr..
Bridges in his Forthcoming hear
ing are not entirely favorable.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

" h ic h the
President ap
pears to be
working for q
fix e d pur-
pose. It may
help you to
u n d e rstand
much tn a t
has b e e n
done and will
be done.
The problem
from a Presi-
Dental stand
point is po-
litical as we'll
ne nC0nANic
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
OYSTER OUTPUT HIGH

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb.
N.S0.-Louisiana's output OF
oysters last year, spurred by strict
conservation measures of Gov
Richard w. Leche, reached an all
time high Of 2,500,000 bushels,
equal to more than a bushel for
each resident Of the State.
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

CENATOR PITTMAN'S deci-
~ sion to contest confirmation
of Ebert Burlew as assistant to
Interior Secretary Ickes means
the move for larger investiga-
tion Of the Interior Department
Is off. The great comedy dis
closing the complete antics Of
The Washington times., 1938-02-01

This may reasonably lead some
to believe the right helpful
hand is getting so mixed up with
the Furnishing left that the re-
suit is a complex knot. However,
there Is a simple formula under
The Washington times., 1938-02-01
NLRB INQUIRY HAS
LITTLE CHANCE
NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS
By PAUL MALL0N

twodd Features syndicate Inc All Rights
n Strictly Prohibted)
EFT and right hand abs landed by the President lately
- seem to have caused hopeless confusion among bus
ness and financial guessers
Since the JacksonIckes blow against the 60 invisible
families the punching has done here with alternate
hands Latest examples After the LamonLews conferences
came severe White House lecture wages, then the
national defense proposals designed to help the durable
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
A Thought for Today
Complete Inventory

Over in New Britain new mayor has just gone into office. One Of the nrS0 things he has done is to order complete inventory of the physical assets ot the city. That's good idea for person who is making his bow to city management He knows just what he has to be respoh- sible for to the citizens Of his city tnen' But we'll wager that complete inventory will require considerable time and Will re- veal many things of which the average person is unaware.
 Suppose an inventory ot waterbury assets were taken? Imagine the long lS' of valuable property that would be hSteo. Not only would the city De shoWn u nossess a city hall, but many school houses and fire houses. Then, too, the city in the course of years acquires real estate through tax dellnquencies. In our own case we have tremendous water work, some within the city limits, but most of them outside the city and III other towns When in big city today there are automobiles galore, used for variety of purposes - fire, police, street, sewer, etc.
 Then if every department was ordered to inventory it's equipment and supplies the list would grow to staggering lengths. Many cities acquire for thelr own use supplies to be used in building streets and sidewalks, not to mention laying sewers storm-water and domestlc. In some places, too, towns have their own forests. Park systems involve more acreage and include such improvements as swimming, pools, athletic fields, menageries, etc You can stretch this list as long as you like, for additions come to mind every minute. Your modern city is tremendous big business. Inventory ing it requires patience and time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
Few Bad" Boys

One of New York's three remaining probationary schools for so-ca1led bad boys will be closed in September and the future of the other two is being weighed,
 These special schools have been receiv- ing fewer and fewer pupils. Their opera tion is no longer necessary.
 The reason for this change is found in the educators new attitude toward the youthful trouble-makers. There never were as many "bad" boys as people thought. Truancy, misbehavior in school, street fighting, breaking windows, and so on, are recognized as evidence that boy needs social help not punishment Instead of sending such youngsters to a school which will stigmatize them as "bad', the school authorities study their background and environment and pro- vide program of education for them in terms of individual needs
 Often this social service approach calls for only few simple adjustments in the boys life.> Sometimes longer and more detailed program is indicated The cases of real incorrigibility are few and doubt less must be handled apart from the public school. Only shortsightedness and ignorance ever branded all trouble some children with such label.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22

Corn borer inspection starts through out Connecticut Monday. If you haven't cleaned up your cornfield, better get it done right away. The first time the inspectors go around the state they pass out warnings. The next time they have offenders brought into court. The law forbids farmers to allow corn stalks and other refuse from corn field to accumu- late beyond certain date. It must be is done to prevent the spread of corn. borers which hibernate in the husks and stalks of old corn. Where persons fail to perform this task they are charged with maintaining a public nuisance and are fined if they fail to heed warnings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
Costly Illness

Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon-general of the United States, is interested in 6. broader use of medical facilities. While expressing great admiration for the progress and high ideals of American medicine he believes it might be of more practical service to the nation. Many of the best physicians, he says, give little attention to the wide prevalence of dis ease and methods of dealing with it on broad scale.
 He calls attention to the excessive amount of illness among the poor One fourth of all sickness in the country, he says, occurs in families on public relief, and another fourth in families with less than $1,O00 year. Thus "half the ill., ness is among the very poor" More than half million people, mostly heads of families, are unemployed because of acci-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
Candidates Coming Forward

The indirect method is being used by supporters of Attorney John A. Danaher of Hartford to make him available for nomination for some spot on the republl- can ticket this fali. Ill news dispatches from Hartford this week he is quoted as claiming that he isn't interested i'll the G. o. P. nomination for Congress in the First District. If given this nomination he undoubtedly would be opposed by Representative Herman P. Kopplemann, who is one of the Democratic congress- men scheduled for defeat, according to Republican headquarters information.
 Attorney Danaher, who has been Sec retary of State, expressed himself as not interested in the lower house ot Con- gress When questioned further, the interviewer mentioning the U. s. Senate, the lawyer was not saying anything TOT publication. Whereupon there was an immediate conclusion that he was to be the Republican candidate who will oppose U. s. Senator Augustine Lonergan, already assured of the Democratic nom- ination, when the time comes for such opposition next November. Attorney Danaher is a member of the same law firm as Major John Buckley of Union, prominent in Republican state politics.
 Also this week eX-mayor George A. Quigley of New Britain sounded warn ing to COP. state leaders that he does not consider his recent setback at the polls as finale on his political career. Commenting on his exit from the New Britain mayoralty he said that this fall he contemplated putting some good Democrat out of office". The only way he might do that would be by securing a place on the state ticket or by running against Representative Koppleman. Two years ago MT. Quigley, then mayor, had high hopes of place on the state ticket, but they were dashed.
 These are but two potentialities in COP. ranks. Coming so early in the spring, they may lose flavor by mid summer when political candidates really ripen. But often it's the first bidder that gets the prize If so Messrs Danaher and Quigley can take their pick of available openings.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22

dent or disease, which is mostly prevent able. "It would be cheaper for us as a nation," he declares, "to spend more for the prevention and cure of disease than to continue to bear it's money cost"
 If, as Dr. Parran believes, "the common good" should be the first interest of med ical organization, and if it would really be cheaper to treat disease frankly as public rather than private problem, we would be on the verge of new era in health and medicine But there will be good deal of argument before any such broad principle as public responsibility for all medical treatment is adopted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22

Following up on what we said about the State Farm for Inebriates in this column yesterday we refer today to what Dr. Chester Waterman, superintendent of the State Hospital at Norwich thinks about it. In a few Well-chosen words he termed it a "bum's dumping ground". All of which doesn't reflect too much on the towns and officials who commit indi- viduals to this state farm, but no doubt is truer than anything else which could be said about it. If the officials who are close to the situation at Norwich have their way there will be no more state farm where inebriates will be sent. And should the public become convinced that it's money is being wasted on institutional care that is having no good results and is merely curtailing necessary other care which could be given to more deserving state wards, there probably will be de- termined demand for closing the farm and moving inmates elsewhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
Johnny Abbleseed Again Pioneer Americans Birthplace Definitely Traced to Leominister, Mass-One of Americas
 Most Written-About Men.
NEW YORK TIMES

that nipped him-"heap big medi- cine man" to his Indian friends, skilled in simples, there was some thing of St. Francis, something "Old World" and mythological, about this peripatetic Yankee.
 Biographers, poets and novelists have dealt with him. At last the trade has taken him up. New Eng land fruit-groWers, chambers of commerce and whatnot are going to hold a weeks apple festival in his honor in the fall. If he parading apple-picking, pie-baking and so on please sufficiently, it is soped to make what ought to be called John ny Appleseed Week a yearly cele- bration. An adopted Middle Vest erner, Johnnys life is especially associated with Indiana and Ohio He died in the former. There is a monument to him at Mansfield in the latter.
 It may not be news to anybody else, but it had escaped us that Johnny's birthplace has been found. 'It is generally inferred" says the Dictionary of American Biography that he was born in 1775, either in Boston or Springfield, Mass" A Durham dispatch to The Manches- ter Union says:
 The discovery of Johnny Apple
 seeds birthplace came to its final stage last summer, following re-
 search into vital statistics by Mrs. M. M. GraSsly and Mrs. Ernestine
 Perry of the Garden Club of
 Springfield, Mass. The actual rec
 ords prove the birth at Leomin-
 ster and the date Sept. "A, 1774. Leominster is in Worcester Coun- ty, as is West Boylston, site of Rob- ert B. Thomas, sage of The Old Farmers Almanac. Johnny died March II, 1847. He should be a universal American hero unless apple-eating has been given up by the superior youngsters of today. A memorial to him is to be unveiled at Leominster. Johnny more than deserves all the honors he has or is yet to have. Anything that boosts apples would please him. Yet some how, when one thinks of such highly respectable bodies as chamber of commerce, one thinks of Johnny's suit when he got up in a church to satisfy the minister's demand for primitive Christian clad a sack cloth" Johnny.
 clad in short, ragged trousers and
 single upper garment of coffee ,, sack with holes cut for head and
 arms, barefoot, with thin mush- pan on his head for a hat, ap- preached the pulpit, saying, Here | is a primitive Christian"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22

purse strings was illustrated by his cornering of the $1,500, 900 ,000 loans-to-industry authorization. In this he triumphed completely over the Inner Circle.
 Jesse already had been given the power to lend up to $500, ,0OO,- 900. But all during the winter, as the recession deepened, he never lifted finger to aid busi- ness. In a total of four years he had loaned only about S100,- OO0,OOO out of the total SS00,- 100000.
 Then Securities and Exchange Chairman Douglas and other New Dealers got busy planning sys- tenn of regional government banks for loans to industry. Jesse heard of it, and suddenly Jumped into action
 Overnight he popped a per- sOnal proposal to expand his own lending power tO industry by $1,500,000,C00. And with the potent pull of Garner and Carter Glass he whipped 1t . through Congress.
 NOTE-Few people realize it, but the REC has $450, 0,000,000 in- vested in the railroads, and Jesse. had he desired, could have forced the roads to consolidate long ago. Rail experts repeatedly have urged him to bring such pressure.
 Merry-GO-Round
 Even the youngest member of the Senate has a hard time keep ing his weight down. Rush Holt struggles against the avoirdupois by playing ping-pong on table erected in his own office .. So democratic Is the White House egg-rolling throng that high-toned Washingtonians keep their chil- dren away BraZiPS cotton rivalry with the South will not fall off with improvement in cof- fee prices, Benjamin H. Hunni- cutt, president of Brazilian agri- cultural college, told Agriculture Department officials recently .... Netherlands East Indies, in talk ing shipment of bombing planes from the U. S., has asked ship pers to avoid marking crates. They want their potential enemy, Ja- pan, to remain ignorant of their air arming.
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 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22

The shad fishing season opened in Connecticut Wednesday. There was much excitement along the Connecticut river with veteran fishermen anticipating good hauls this year. Occasionally ref erence is made to the old days when shad fishing was one of this states principal industries. It might be interesting to check some time the number of shad caught in the old days and today It might show that the amount caught hasn't fallen off as low as imagined.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 22-Some time ago the Broadway Association, in a fine frenzy of civic spirit, announced great plans for beautifying that fla nous thoroughfare. Apparently it was their dream to remove the ballyhoo taint from Times Square.
 A casual journey through mid town makes it more than evident that the association has taken no steps or has failed in the ones it has tried. Broadway looks just as 1t always did at this uncertain time of year. The same incandescent signs. The garish fronts of the grind" or cheap movie houses are as gaudy and sensational as ever. A For Men Only" picture plays just off a side street.
 The sightseeing bus bankers murmur in muted tones of the won ders of "Chineetown'-they aren't permitted to talk much above whisper on Broadway proper. Im- perturable laborers smooth over a rough section of street and quickly tear up another to make the al- most impossible traffic situation that much more interesting. Horns blow necessarily, people chatter, the air reeks of gasoline, building fronts undergo dry-cleaning, get shabby and are superficially cleansed again. Crowds jam the sidewalks and prices soar, and those who would re- form Broadway dream on.
 Gymnastic Gaffer
 Adolph Rhein. who is our favorite old gaffer. is wondering whether he is celebrating his 18th or 76th birth day, because the swift passage of time has left him bewildered if un- changed.
 Adolph is quite the most un- believeable gent in town, Tor despite his age he is professional strong man, has all his teeth without den- tai repair ((he never has taken care of them), and still has goodly shock of hair, as well as youthful muscles. Not so long ago some of his pupils invited him to attend a gym nastic meet at which only two of the contestants were able to do a perfect handstand on the flying rings. All the way back to hSs own gym nasium a few blocks away, the old fellow muttered to himself and, when he arrived, he took off his jacket, grasped the flying rings and went into a beautiful handstand without an effort. Then he alighted. Young boys" he sniffled, "phooey.' ''
 A newspaperman we know walked into the gym the other day found Rhein deep in gloomy thought. "Ach," Papa Hhein sighed, fin ten years I bet I haf trouble init der handaSchtand."
 Saves for Rainy Day
 Every town probably has enter prising "shavers" who patrol the corners and terminals on rainy days with rubbers and umbrellas and rent them out to commuters who would rather stay dry.
 New York's kids have made big business of it and there is lad al a Brooklyn subway kiosk who has made a syndicate of the service. By now he has control of 50 umbrellas and an equal number of rubbers Gall sizes), employs crew and or fine, stormy day and night, loans out enough of them to make a kill ing. He has been able to retire, they say, from active work and acts nov only in a supervisory capacity Other lads have tried to muscle into his territory but 1t is pig enough tt accommodate several and so there has been no umbrella -and-rubbel gang strife in that district.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-22
A Book a Day
An Honest Man Wins Expulsion
By BRUCE CATION

By BRUCE CATION
 There are few books which so completely show what an uncivilized thing the Nazi dictatorship really is as does Savage Symphony" by Eva Lips (Random House; $3.
 Eva Lips husband, Professor Julius Lips, was world-famous anthropoioglst. When Hitler came to power, Professor Lips was living in Cologne. director of museum there and member of a university faculty.
 He was not Jew, nor was he a Marxist. He had had no part in politics, and he did not give two hoots who ruled Germany; all he asked was permission to go cn with his work k;and, offhand, one would think that research in anthropology would be unoffending enough to get by even the most persnickety dic- tatorship.
 But the Nazis demanded that he pervert his science to uphold their weird "Aryan race" theories-which, OI course, are IlOIlScIlSc LO et1Ay el- thropoligist worth his salt. Being an honest man, Professor Lips re- fused. AS result he was driven from his past, his income was stopped, and he and his wife finally had to flee the country to escape prison.
 It is this story which Frau Lips tells in Savage Symphony; and her description of the insane frenzy which shattered the career of this quiet scientist reveals the essen tially subhuman level of the Nazi mentality with shattering complete ness.
 There are no tortures, no beat ings and no concentration camps in this book. That, perhaps, is what gives it it's force. It simply describes society which has to array itself against truth and decency, and shows How such society bends people to its will.