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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

Down at Westport the residents always have something to think and talk about. If it isn't changing the zoning laws to permit construction of an outdoor water stadium where concerts and musical shows may be presented it's vandalism along the roadways. It has just come to light that somebody has committed heinous crime by uprooting and carting away number of fine dogWood trees that were painted few years ago along particularly nice thoroughfare. The trees were planted as memorial to an old resident and the depredations have trees and shrubbery is in the same class with cemetery vandalism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

with surprise the zeal and glow of those young men and women, as they studied their scriptures and strove to remake the world in Communist pattern.
 But lately there are intimations of shaken faith. All these strange public trials and theatrical confessions" this combing of the country for disloyal "wreckers", this final attack on the few remaining religious institutions are not they in themselves shaking the faith of millions? The Russians always had a strong bent toward religion. If they be- ist system, under Stalin's relentless sys- tenn of blood -purging, will they not swing back to religious faith again?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
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CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH
(Meriden JournaD

tMeTlQen JOurIlal)
 Lily White Meriden SCOUTS and scrubs, as we said some months ago in commenting on City of Water bury'S enforcement of drastic regu- lations to improve sanitary condi- tions and make the Brass City glisten on par with the Silver City. But, it turns out, Lily White was far from Snow White and there has been an absence of scrubbmg and securing in certain vital places. The health department asks now for laws to match up with the Wa terbury rules.
 AS suggested by Health Officer Stoddard, all tableware at public places shall be washed after each service until clean "to the sight and touch" in really hot water that contains soap or alkali cleanser. After that the utensils must be sub- merged in water heated to ITO de- grees. No longer will a Tick and promise" suffice.
 None can reasonably disagree with the doctors orders. It is sur prising that such simple laws of cleanliness were not already in force. Too much attention cannot be given to the proper handling of foods. Many sicknesses can be spread by careless food and drink dispensers. It will pay them to be alert hereafter under penalty of s5 to $25 for each violation, after the city council has acted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

Secretary, Sumner Wells, were in BuenOs Aires during the Pan
 American Conference in De- cember and January, 1936-7.
 At that time, however, Sum- ner Welles was not Under Sec retary, and there was considerable speculation as to whether he or Judge Walton Moore would get this important appointment.
 Welles and Moore were then as- sistant secretaries of state. and during the absence of both Hull and Welles, Moore became acting secretary. Moore used to be con- gressman from Alexandria, Vir- ginia, is steeped in folklore of Washington and Jefferson, and and has the manner of one who at any moment will clap his hands and summon colored butler laden with silver tray and mint juleps.
 But, coupled with his Virginia charm. Moore, although 79 years old. has the ambition of a col lege youngster. He was de- termined to do anything to be- come Under Secretary of State, and while Hull and Welles were in South America he ran the State Department to his own taste.
 The country at that time was hipped on neutrality to the nth degree. Moore went the whole hog in disclosing previous confi- dential information regarding Spanish arms shipment, and en- couraging his former colleagues in Congress to rush through new embargo against countries engaged in "civil strife.
 Hull and WelIes came back a few weeks later. to find that all previous American precedents had been violated. The Spanish embargo was an actual fact. Both expressed hearty disagree ment with Moore's policy. But it was too late.
 Moore never got to be Under Secretary but the Spanish en- bargo. result of his ambition, probably will help remakc the map of Europe.
 Mail Bag
 D. D.. Philadelphia - National Woman's suffrage has been adop- ted ill four Latin American coun- tries: Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, and Uruguay . G. H. Y., Rochester, N Y.-The occasion when Su- preme Court Justices shake hands all, around is when they meet in the robing room every Monday. Justice Roberts has said this rit- ual has "a sedative effect after the asperities of the Saturday ses- sion" .. V. C., Danville, Ill., ."Balsam of Peru" the pharma- ceutical product, is obtained from a tree which grows not in Peru but in Fl Salvador :. F. ID. A., Washington-The quantities of chlorine used in Washington wa ter will decrease with approach of warm weather. The physician who declared water here contains harmful quantities of chlorine is pr. M. Darcy Magee.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

They do it on a big scale down in Westchester County, New York. While Connecticut is still in the throes of it's first big parkway, this county has many to it's credit and more in the nebulous stage, Right now county officials are looking forward to 1889 with some mis- givings. They don't think that their present system of highways will take care of the traffic that is expected to material ize during the Worlds Fair. AS a result they are getting together on proposed series of five new parkways, If all goes well, Uncle Sam will be asked to con- tribute part of the $25,000000 towards the cost of these new roads. That's as much as our Merritt Parkway will cost and Westchester County plans to get five park ways for this amount. However, the pro- posed new routes aren't actually roads encompassng new rights of way. Most of them are along existing routes and call for expanding them to parkway dimen- sions, which is another thing. It's the cost of buying new land tha; adds to high way expenses today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
4 Hardy Perennial Permanent PWA in Interior Department Would Be Ruinous in Long Run,
 Believes Writer
HARTFORD COURANT

difficult to understand why the New Deal should want to put on a per- manent basis an experiment that has already proved to be worthless.
 If the PWA appropriation of $l ,450,000, ,000 were justified as an ef- fort to relieve the present unem- ployment situation, it might deserve consideration. If it were designed to be of some aid to municipalities faced with heavy relief burdens, it might also meet with, some favor. The billion and a half dollars is for neither of these purposes, however It is intended to stimulate indus try and to set the wheels of business already slowed down by oppressive taxation ill motion. In effect, it will result merely in the Government s spending large amount of the tax payers money over a period of years on projects whose worth is often dubious.
 The Administration would have it that it's failure to continue public works loans and grants even after business began to improve led to the present depression. For this reason it would like to provide for a per- manent spending program, fondly believing that this would prevent the national economy from slipping again. Because it has been demon- strated to the complete satisfaction of everyone except the spenders in Washington that any policy of this sort is not only ineffective but would in the long run be ruinous, the first thing the House should do when it debates the public works appropria- ton is to remove the provision for the establishment of the PWA as a permanent agency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
A Subversive Editor

Really, Dr. Morris Fishbein, who is editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association and rated as a lead- ing authority in the field of medicine, is very upsetting. In a public address we find him saying such unexpected things as these: That meat doesn't make ami mals ferocious, nor do vegetables make them tame Hitler Stalin and Musso- lini are all vegetarians. So are the most vicious animals there are - the gorilla, bull, rhinoceros and African buffalo.
 That brain power doesn't depend on what you eat, nor is fish brain food. You could feed moron a ton of salt mackerel, and he would still be a moron. That reducing diets are unnecessary, and the best exercise for getting rid of excess lat is simply to shake the head from side to side when the food is passed around. That there is no magic in food
 That sauerkraut juice, formerly regard ed as miraculous tonic, is simply brine." That there are no substitutes for the digestive organs, and they should have work to do
 It wouldn't be surprising now to find him coming right out and saying there isn't afly magic in medicine. Some good doctors lately have said that very thing, telling patients that the way to keep well is to live normally and sensibly. It's worth hiring good doctor to learn that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
Current Comment

I am not one who sees a Con- munist under every bed. pr. Joseph Thorning, of Mt. St. Mary College.
 Children ought to be taught to use their hands as we'll as their heads.
 Henry Ford. This job has been just like long winter sleep. .. Justice of the Peace Charles w. Amos, of Kansas City, Kans.
 
 War is the eternal enemy of democracy. the friend of Commun- ism and the father of Fascism.
 Senator Borah. It makes me mad because every one is always saying: Something must be done,' and nobody does anything. Walter L. Fry, Detroit business man.
 Fifty per cent of cancer is cur able, but we are not curing more than IS per cent today. pr. Mary L. Lakeman, New York State Commander of the Women's Field Army. f
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
A Book a Day
Random Notes of a Wanderer

Reporter, novelist, but above all wanderer, Carleton Beals has been pretty much on the move for the last 20 years. The result is a re- markable series of experiences, most of which he seems to have corralled between the covers of his latest book, Glass Houses" (Lippincott: $3.5O.
 Actually the volume consists of the recollectionS of a free-lancer, so if the author rambles a bit, as excused. AS matter of fact, MT. Beals rambles from Mexico to Spain, to Italy, back to America, Mexico and Nicaragua again.
 Exactly 20 years ago MT. Beals first barged into Mexico City, when revolution was at its height and the macabre corpses of the populace dotted every other tree. He stayed three years, followed the tragic course of Carranza, saw the emerg- ence of Obregon. This portion of his book IS eminently graphic, and coupled with his experiences in Mexico a few years later provides a penetrating picture of the upheaval below the Rio Grande.
 In 1920, Beals went to Spain, then Italy, saw the march on Rome and came away with some very biting conclusions about Il Duce's Fascism. In the light of present developments, his views are singularly striking, for says the author Hong before he (MussolinD came into power, he said clearly that the Fascist revolution was not a social revolution but a means of organizing Italy for international war and conquest, Santa Guerra, which would liberate Italy from the powerful nations of the earth"
 MT. Beals concludes his book with a background to the war in Spain. The whole is story to jar you from beginning to end.-- P q F
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
Selected Poem
GARDENERS HELP

(Adelme Smith Katt, in the Poets Column,
 Hartford CouranD Today I hurried out to make A garden bed, with hoe and rake. Close beside me all the way My baby toddled at her play l dug and pulled the weeds that grew, Gracious, how the moments flew! When suddenly chanced to note The absence of a scarlet coat. Hastily I looked around, For to my sorrow I have found Mischief brews when there is quiet, (She fancies worms, for change of dietD When I found my curly-head, Seated in my tulip bed, She hailed me with gleeful shout, And pulled my posies, each one out! In happy innocence she played, And with my garden havoc made, Then in her Winsome baby way, Offered me her crushed bouquet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

The public works bill that has been introduced into the House of Representatives is particularly ob- tectionable because it provides for the establishment of @ permanent PWA as a division of the Depart ment of the Interior. It is by no means clear why the pump priming agency of the Government should become a permanent fixture, unless the Administration has concluded that appropriations for public works must be made hardy perennials both in good times and in bad. Inasmuch as its previous experience with spending the country back to pros perity was clearly unsuccessful, it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 12:35 a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:47 a. m.; sets 7:51 p. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Two blood-red sunrises this week failed to break the succession of fine pleasant days that May brought with her Sunday. Or dinarily one of these is enough to cause foul weather. but two failed where one usually succeeds. Even the birds went wrong Monday when all signs pointed to weepy Tuesday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
Test Y UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Name the smallest state in area in the U. s.
 2. What horse won the Grand National at Aintree, England?
 3. Is a child born to American parents, temporarily residing abroad, an American citizen?
 4. What is the name for the side of a right-angled triangle opposite to the right angle?
 5. Name the capital of the Phil- ippine Islands.
 6. When should wedding an- nouncements be sent out7
 T. What is humidity?
 8. In French history, what was The Hundred Days?
 g. What is betel?
 10. Who composed the opera "Ernani"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

Nothing has kept the state on pins and needles like the final action in the Fair field County Grand Jury probe. All that remains to be done is serve indictments on number of persons, reputed to be any number from six to ten. All sorts of rumors are afloat as the warrants await service. Only the officials know who will be brought into court and they refuse to break their silence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
THINKING EASY ON ENERGY

Minneapolis, Minn. (UP) - It doesn't require any energy to think! Dr. Leroy s. Palmer, University of Minnesota biochemist, said thinking requires no calories. The average adult needs 2,400 to 2,500 calories, growing boys in their teens may re- quire as much as 5000 daily, and lumberjacks consume the most, over 5000 daily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never pronounce cleanly- kleen'-li; say, klen'-i.

A. Latitude 38 degrees 55 minutes 15 seconds North, longitude " de- degrees 3 minutes 58 seconds West.
 o. What were the dates of the San Francisco earthquakes of 1865 and 1868?
 A. October and October 21, respectively.
 Q. How do Australia, Canada, Brazil and Continental United States compare in area?
 A. Australia - 2,974,581 square miles; Canada - 3,694, 1863 square miles; Brazil-2,285,319 square miles; United States-3026, ,789 square miles
 Q. What is the pitch of a roof?
 A. It is the number of inches of rise in each foot of run, or hori- zontal distance. Thus, A pitcr roof rises F inch per foot; E pitch, F inch per foot; and so on.
 What is the source of the quota tion "If winter comes, can spring be far behind.
 A. Percy B. Shelley's Ode to the West Wind" last line.
 o. How can I obtain complete list of the executive and legislative officials of Rhode Island?
 A. The Secretary of State issues biennially a State Manual that con- tains complete directory of execu- tive, legislative and judicial depart ments. It can be obtained from his office in Providence.
 o. What is Lamb wine?
 A. Lambs flesh, mashed with milk, or with rice, and fermented.
 If you want a copy of our book let HOUSEHOLD PESTS write to Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in unStage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

Secretary Ickes won't let Germany have helium for Zeppelin, but they might float any gas bag with Nazi oratory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
Questions and
 Answers
CopyrAht nsa MA
By Frederick M Kerby

Enclose 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
 Q. If child is born to aliens on board an American ship while con- ing to the United States, could it claim American citizenship?
 A. It could claim American citi- zenship only if it was born within the three mile limit of the territorial waters of the United States, other wise it would take the nationality of its father, or mother.
 o. What is the latitude and Longitude of the U. s. Naval Obser- vatory in Washington, D. C.?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
|I km I< Daily N a l IN M | <oA Washington ~
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U s. Building "Compony Houses" Thot Help Industry Move South;
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Av DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON May A. How Nathan Strauss U. s. Housing Authority is helping industry from the North to the cheap-labor South is revealed in nno cent little item which appeared recently in press release
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04

o. What is Lamb wine?
 A. Lambs flesh, mashed with milk, or with rice, and fermented.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-04
Ambition Remakes Europe

The inside story of how the arms embargo against Spain came to be imposed never has been told, and goes back largely to the per- sonal ambition of one man.
 Regarded by Secretary of State Hull as the greatest policy mistake of the Roosevelt Administration, the Spanish
 embargo was imposed while both he and his now Under
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09
EDITORIALS
A VOTE AGAINST DECENCY.

The defeat of the Hatch amendment
to the "lending-spending" bill is one of
the. mostt~ disgraceful episode in the
history-ef congressional acction in this
country.
The amendment provides that re-
lief officials who attempted to use re-
lief funds to sway the votes of relief
beneficiaries should be discharged. 1t
marked a praiseworthy effort to do
away with one of the most notorious
abuses Of relief ADMINISTRATION On,
the grounds of good govednmen, fair
ness and honesty it should have been
passed by a unanimous vote.
Instead, it was beaten In, spite of
the fact that some senators who have
been strongest for greater relief
spending, such, as Senators. Nbrris
and La Toilette, supported it. And in
credible as-its seems, one. senator, IN
speaking against the amendment, said
frankly that If it were approved it
would endanger the chances of certain
senators being reelected this November.
In other words, these senator's APP
p%arently felt that only the corrupt use
of public money could save their jobs.
The Hatch amendment, to sum up
would have put measure of lost deceny
into the handling of relief funds. The.
Senate voted it down. What a COM
mentary that is on presentday govern
ment and the moral character of pub
lie servants.
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09
JOB KILLER

The Number l Job kiIler!!tt4A
- Plat is the way the Business
mems Tax Advisory Committee char
aeterizes 4he Fe1erat-Fax-on-Gapita+
Gains.
The reason for hat is clear. Jobs
depend on investment. And theseapitRh
gains levy, because it prevents putting
savings to work by exacting excess
i've tax Penalties from those who are
fortunate enough to make a profit on
a business or investment venture, re-
tards and stops investment-the source
of all jobs and all productive wealth.
= This Organization also points out
zafact that is Startling- and is not wide
" known. According to U. S. Treas
ury data for the year 1885, the capital
'zgains levy is a SOAK the little fellow
tax In that typical year, aggregate
capital gains were much larger inethe
lpWer income than in the higher in
come brackets. And the ratio of~capi-
tai doss (for which little credit is given
irrmaking tax-rettHHs4te-eapita4gain
q was highest in the lower income brack-
cts. It's the little man" who gets stuck
hardest!
Businessmen aren't the only ones
who are fighting the capital gains mea-
ure. An armV Of distinguished econo-
mists are fighting it. PubIcists by the
score are describing its dangers. Thus,
Mark Sullivan recently wrote: IF A
merica is to be kept a going concern,
the capital gains tax must be repealed
or greatly modified" That is the strong
statement-but no stronger than the
subject justifies. What sane nan will
; take chance on financing a new en-
I,deavor, whether it be a grocery store
e6r a steel mill-knowing that if he loses
his Investment, he must beaf-the entire
loss-but that if he makes a Profit, a
large part of it will be takentfrom him.
by thistax?
= All the evidence can be summed
s upon ones sentence: We must change
the capital gains tax if we are TO en-
The Omaha guide., 1938-07-09

IBLE
Politicians anDsIfiA 6sAists De

world over are eJMm LkAyskkkine-lo
crush one 0 fthe most basic urges of
mankind: the urgAnf the individual
to labor for profik 7or somef curfbrs
reason they think 8llht once the profit
motive is destroyed fHe way td Utopia
will be clear, 9eife9 bersistenfy fefase
to- heed the lessons Of history which
have proved beyond the. shadow Of a
doubt that without a fair chance fer
profit the human animal Leases to put
forth efforts. Without profit progress
gives way ii a lethargic day to day ex-
istence, and personal liberty soon goes
by the board, social theories .notwith-
standing.
When a9vindfviduaI buys a bond
or a share of@stock he does it for pro-
fit, and to help assure financial indie
pendence. The greater the risk, the
greater the possible profit ~unlessrthe
two go hand in hand the individual will
bury his savings in an unproductive
hole in the ground y @eI =
When a man works rs hours a day
and burnside midnight oil over some
new S%nvehtion or .tlahors rtipelessly
year after year to buiItd up a business,
again he does it for security and profit
HesWQrkSjn the hapeathat stheafruits
OF his labor will bring comfort and.
happiness, mot onlysto' himself, but to
his family. srs Fs hstccsa5
Today we have. a depression. We
hear loud Ecries of Capital strike
The politicians howlebeca1se hehvg IN
'dustry is ominouslN quiet, They howl
because unemployment is Increasing.
They howl and curseeWall Street for
bringing all this abouts4 So-4 what
Wall Street had nothing to do with the
present depression. Punitive taxation
government competition with private
business and an orgy of experimental
regulation and Legislation are largely
responsible for the present troubles. IN
short, the prOfit metive is dangerously
near, extinction and ire country can
enjoy mo normal reooyery7uutif it1fs.
brought back to life. Andr 6verh1I lit
spehding the country ,iatn, bankrup5Gy
> net haWay To u ing 1T bTcK 10 H.