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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
A State Divided

The power that one man may yield III
an election was eXemplified to high
degree in that hectic scene which occurred
in Connecticut yesterday Raymond E.
Baldwin today is the successful candidate
for the governorship. The Republican
candidate won over Governor Wilbur l..
Cross only because the percentage OF
votes Weaned away from the Democratic
party was greater than that taken from
Republicans The figures prove this.
Mayor Jasper McLevy was pivotal fig
ure in Tuesdays balloting and on his
tremendous voting surge rested the out
come.
The Socialist candidate will fino this
bit hard to digest, for he had no more
desire to see Mr.. Baldwin elected than he
did Governor Cross. He assailed both OF
his opponents in his campaign and obvi-
ously was not using his vote-getting abil-
ity to aid either of the major political
parties. Yet he must have known that
only miracle would have placed him in
the gubernatorial chair A big vote for
McLevy meant smaller one for both
opposing candidates, with some one suf-
fering, and in this case it was Governor
Cross.
There will be many who will point to
mayor McLeVy as the man OF Gne nOur,
a man of destiny, greater figure in the
state right now than either Governor
Cross or Governor-Elect Baldwin. We
don't agree. There was a big personal
vote for McLevy Tuesday, but there was
Just as big vote for him that was regis
tered as protest. Waterbury is typical
example of that. The McLevy total of
$4,000 odd votes was cast in goodly
proportion not so much to put him in
Hartford as to show disapproval with
things that had occurred in the past and
for which both major parties were being
blamed.
With so many voters quite willing to-
vote this way, it can easily be seen how
such state of confusion existed through
out all the voting communities ed how
difficult it was to say who had won and
who had lost. Even at this moment of
writing final figures on the state ticket
outcome are not prepared. But enough is
in to see the Republicans in full control
of the state government, replacing the
earnest, Woodworking Augustine Loner-
gan in the Senate, and breaking up the
solid Democratic congressional delegation.
We have one regret. A great governor,
Wilbur L. Cross, was forced to suffer for
the purported shortcomings of others.
Connecticut loses truly great executive
with his defeat at the polls. He contrib
uted in many ways to the dignity of the
office. 1t will be hard to find man who
can match him all the way through.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
Waterbury in the Election

Despite the fact that Governor Wilbur
L. Cross failed to carry Waterbury yes
terday, the city remained Democratic.
That is one consolation in the face of the
amazing results t at are being revealed
today throughout the state and the
nation. No one would have believed yes
terday morning that Jasper McLevy,
Mayor of Bridgeport, could carry this
city, even though his margin of victory
over Governor Cross was less than 500
That was unbelievable and still seems
unbelievable. It's all the more hard to
believe when the figures of other candi-
dates on the ticket are examined
Roughly speaking, the city went DEM
ocratic by 5000 votes, which may be con-
sidered good, or bad, depending upon
how you look at the affair Personally
we think Democratic majority of 5000
in the face of Grand Jury investigation,
mutterings in Democratic circles fol the
last few months, and the Independent
Democratic poll of last fall is very fine
showing. The local Democratic organiza-
ton can take some pride in this, even
though they might exchange thousand
or two of these votes just to have included
Governor Cross in the winning list.
All of Waterbury's Democratic candi-
dates likewise came through with flying
coiors Congressman ]. Joseph Smith put
up the battle of his legislative careers to
retain his seat in the House and should
be ruled the winner no matter what the
outcome is in Winsted. splendid VIC
tory was also achieved by Attorney Patrick
Healey in being elected Judge of Probate
to succeed the veteran and able Judge
d. j. Slavin.
Four Democratic legislators will Jour-
ney to Hartford in January, headed by
the veterans, State Senator George T.
Culhane who rose above many apparent
efforts to harm his candidacy and who
viii be one Of the party leaders in the
Senate by virtue of his reelection, and
Representative Daniel ]. Mahaney whose
perennial popularity did not fail him and
who now will take front ,ank among
House Democrats. Accompanying them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
New Deal Escaping

While returns from around the nation
are still far from complete it is apparent
that there was no countrywide wave of
objection to the New Deal in Tuesdays
balloting. This is a general observation.
There were instances where with the New
Deal obviously on trial it met with defeat
Ohio would appear to be one OF these
places if you make the Democratic candi-
date symbol of the New Deal. Michigan
might be another, too, inaSmuch as Gov
ernor Frank Murphy is close friend of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and one
of the few state executives for whom he
personally sought reelection.
New England returned to- it's former
bound COP condition, which will be
balm to the national leaders of the party.
The detection of this section of the nation
in 1884 and 1886 was bit too much for
them to swallow. Pennsylvania seems
also destined to return to the fold. But
not New York. Racket-busting "Tom"
Dewey put up a magnificent battle
against Governor Herbert H. Lehman,
but on the face of present figures, just
failed of his objective. New York seems
sure for the Democrats at this writing.
And so it goes all over the nation. Re-
publicans made the gains they were
expected to and which had been predicted.
Congress, however, remains pretty solidly
Democratic. All the events of this cleo
ton, taken on national rather than
local angle, show that President Roose-
welt didn't fare so badly, if you are de-
termined to bring him into the 1888 cleo
ton picture. They also indicate that
1910 is going to witness dramatic
struggle for control of the federal govern
ment, with the President himself prob
ably deciding the ultimate outcome
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

1t isn't often that you hear about pres
ents of trees, 100 years old, being made,
yet the City of Boston has just received
such gift "a trees, 100 years old and
valued at $4,000, were given the city by
Mrs. Larz Anderson, widow of a former
Boston philanthropist and horticulturist
Usually when tree gets to be 100 years
old it's established in one spot and won't
be removed from there for love or money
However, these valuable and ancient trees
happen to be lockwood and bays. They
can be easily transplanted and established,
with care, in new location. They will
replace valuable trees lost by Boston in
Parks during the September hurricane
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
PressCornment
MONOPOLY INVESTIGATION
(The incorporate Investor)

(The Incorporate Investor)
The Berle Memorandum, submit
ted to the. temporary National Eco
nomic Committee during the sum-
mer, has. no official status. Yet it
may well prove to be pattern for
the permanent Committees obiec-
tives and work, now in process of
organization.
The Committee was authorized by
Congress ostensibly to investigate
monopolies. If Mr.. Berries sugges-
lions are followed it would under
take complete audit of the eco
nomic and social balance sheets of
American business as conducted to
date. In his own words, it Should
become a search to find an or
ganization of business that actually
works." Plainly an enormously board
time, consuming assignment.
1t is expected that the inyestiea-
ton will be thoroughly impartial.
devoid of interest batting" It is TO
be hoped-in taking the business
clock apart to see how it ticks
that the profit motive will be recoe-
nized for what it Is, namely. the
force that swings the pendulum that
turns the wheels that move the
hands that puts us all to work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

It's remarkable the way voting has
changed in this century. We can recall
at the beginning of it, with the paper
ballots the only ones used even in big
cities, how people talked very solemnly
the week before election about their
choice = the Democratic or Republican
party There were no other parties then,
either locally, statewide or nationally.
Voting was more of rite then, too, and,
of course, the ladies hadn't received the
franchise. Only the men folks voted.
When you think back on that, doesn't it
sort of make you smile. Today the vote
of the women is as eagerly wooed by the
candidate as is the male ballot. And
today the average man or woman who
enters polling booth spends from one to
five more minutes at the task, depending
on the length of the tickets For awhile
straight tickets prevailed when the
machines came in, but even the machine
no longer daunts the individual who has
definite likes and dislikes and won't allow
them to be shunted aside by the sight of
an imposing array of levers and handles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
Perennial Subject
Should Latin Be Abolished From High Schools?
New York Sun Editor Finds Choctaw
Also an Ancient Language.
NEW YORK SUN

Latin should be thrown out alto
gether. The other is by DR.. Richard
Mott Gummere, chairman of the
committee on admission of Harvard
college and chairman of the nation
al college entrance examination
board, who seems to think that if
youngSter really Graves informa-
ton on how Caesar built his bridge
the schools should help qualify him
for reading about it in the original
tongue.
To other communities that have
already gone through such mental
anguish, the argumentative approach
of these Bostonians may seem a
little odd. Mr.. Lee says that in
these days Eve get the whole world,
past, present and future, with the
newspaper and the din is terrific"
He says that mot seeking culture
but extricating yourself from cul-
ture" is now the problem. Latin
may have been good enough as a
cement in the days when it held iso-
lated settlements socially together,
but he apparently thinks that the
greatest current need may not be
for a cement but for solvent. In
any case, he thinks there are other
things about which it is more i'm
portant that boys and girls should
be instructed. AS for colleges not
admitting students who do not have
Latin, he says that If he has his
way those colleges will change.
Conceding that "the old idea that
Latin is necessary for everybody
has been superseded, DR.. Gummere
insists that it is still of such i'm
portance for students preparing for
colleges of the liberal arts that it
ought to be retained in the scho-
lastic curriculum. Observing that
colleges do not commonly insist up.
on Latin from candidates for the
degree of Bachelor Of Science, he
declares his 'only. emphatic point"
to be that abolition of Latin would
mean a lessening of ability to
understand thoroughly about half
the subjects in college curriculum"
These subjects. he explains, have to
do with cultural matters.
This controversy appears to CEN
ter not so much on a conflict be-
tween the utilitarian and the Gull
tural as on one between two diff
ferent kinds of utilitarianism. Mr..
Lees kind concerns itself with the
practical business of getting along
in materialistic world; DR.. Gum
mere's with the practical business
OF getting into-and staying in
a college of liberal arts. Down here
in New York we prefer working it
both ways; we insist that our
youngsters be both practical and
cultured, if they have to sweat for
it. Before deciding to abolish Latin
from its schools, perhaps Boston
could work out a compromise. It
might consider replacing it with
Choctaw, an ancient language still
useful for anybody who might wish.
say, to sell sewing machines out in
the Arkansas River region.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
Selected Poem
FLYING SOUTH

CA. j. S. in the Christian Science Monitor)
Where are you going birds, where are you going
Flying south with the sum-
Where will you rest upon
Your ordered way?
You will be back again with us for the sowing,
Though you leave today.
When the grass is green again
Under the slender rain,
When the lilac trees are bright in May
With all its graces
You will be nesting in your accustomed places.
But now you fly away.
Winter will be long without you,
Though we shall not doubt you
Will return with spring. e.
Yet now, watching you rise and fling
Your bodies upward to the sky,
Joyously abandoning
Them to whatever winds shall play
We look with longing on you as you fly
South still south with swift unerring wing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Nov. 9.-Because our
daily auto route to the Office takes
us down the West Side Express
(! Highway, elevated alongside the
Hudson River piers, we like to be-
lieve that, nautically speaking, we
are one of the best informed land
lubbers in town.
BY this time, we can tell mile
away if the Normandie or Queen
Mary is in port, and we've learn
ed the Identities of boats from the
sizes and shadings of the smoke
stacks. Nor is this Dragging: we
think we can call out the names
of at least a half dozen ships by
the deep notes of their warning
whistle blasts.
1t is thwarting to drive by these
vessels, huge and small, every
morning att dusk, even if the wan
derlust is not in your blood. The
car wheel is no place for idle
reverie. Nevertheless, we've Of
ten driven over to the curb and
stayed there while we unused on
the prospects of embarking on
the Rex and alighting in Genoa or
Naples, on crossing the Norman
dies gangplank and escaping to
the sunny part of France, or
booking passage on one of those
tramp steamers just pulling out of
port and landing in Tahiti, or
somewhere equally exotic.
Gothamites Not Interested
Though New York has one of the
great harbors of the world, it is
amazing how few New Workers have
visited the nesting places of the big
boats. And though the most colos-
sal ships on the high seas put in
here, it is startling to learn how few
natives of the big town ever have
ventured across gangplank to have
a look around.
Yet the representative New
Yorker would mad-dash to the
nearest movie for a celluloidic
picture of some anemic plot that
takes place aboard an ocean liner.
And few ever dream of taking the
nickel ferry ride from the Battery
across the busy and colorful har-
Dor to Staten Island, high nau-
tical adventure almost as thrilling
as a transatlantic voyage.
Where Seaman Siesta
A thoroughfare that never will
lose its briny flavor is South street,
which lies at sharp right angle
from the Battery. True, the tattoo
artists who piled along that sea-
mans -thoroughfare have vanished
for the most part, and the old
nickel saloons have gone into limbo
with many other rugged institu-
tons. But it still is the capital ave-
nue. of the men who go down to the
sea in ships. They sun along the
wharfs on South street when they
are temporarily out of employment
and they still maintain, as they al
ways did, an al fresco forum where
the men exchange tips about jobs.
Not that South streets present
day barrooms are chromium plat
ed and embellished with the CHI
chi of fancy pubs uptown. South
street troughs are waterfront
wassail halls, buried in sawdust,
musty with aromatic smells from
the free lunch. and the piece of
antiquity that Is called a bar. And
mostly the talk in these earthly
Gases is about seafaring men and
the ships they've sailed. And all
the customers have served before
the mast, to judge by their salty
tales
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

Once again we are amazed Some
months ago we read about gang that
was Systematically lifting manhole
covers out of city streets and selling them
for junk. At that time old iron was COM
handing good price. 1t may yet, be-
cause out in Chicago a gang was working
very successfully with a portable acety-
lene torch and cutting 200-pound iron
covers out of the street. The thieves are
as yet uncaught.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

knew in advance it was pure the
atricalS, it had him holding his
breath and sitting on the edge
of his chair.
During the broadcast, however,
a recurrent noise was heard above
the clatter of the cylinder in
which the invaders arrived from
Mars. Apparently the noise came
from within the broadcasting
studio.
Finally, as the broadcast fin
iShed, the listeners looked
around to find Colonel Watson
sound asleep. It was his gaping
mouth, not the Martians' cyl
inder, from which the martial
music had emanated.
Dies in Dutch
Martin Dies has been having a
grand time basking in the lime
light as result of his wrangle
with the White House, but down
in the Texans district his antics
have stirred no enthusiastic APP
plause.
officials and business men, try
ing to WOO federal funds for local
projects, are very sore at him.
They are scared stiff that his row
with the administration will cost
them dear. A delegation of them
is in Washington to wangle the
additional money, and they do not
conceal their resentment of Dies.
Mayor William Lea, of Orange,
Texas, bluntly told the Congress-
man to pipe down if he wanted to
keep his seat.
Dies district is after PWA
funds for two projects, one a
causeway at Port Arthur, the
other a $12,O0O,OO0 dam.
The causeway was approved
and $685., ZOO granted, but the
project was stalled when the
local bridge authority suddenly
asked for a 100000 loan in addi-
ton to the grant. PWA lawyers
pointed out that under Texas law
the authority had no power to
borrow money and new legisla-
ton was necessary.
The Authority promised to get
the State Legislature to amend
the law and PWA agreed to ear
mark the 100000 until that was
done. But with Dies taking raps
at Roosevelt and IckeS, author
ity members are fearful that,
since other communities are
clamoring for funds, the loan
will not be held for them and
they will be out Of luck.
The dam project is still in the
formative stage. An authority was
set up to build it and local busi-
ness men raised $1,000 to promote
the plan. Now they see this in
vestment liable to go up in thin
air, and they are putting the
blame squarely on Dies.
Merry-GO-R Round
Federal housing officials are
watching closely a new builder
and-labor deal in Staten Is
land, New York, where car
penters agreed to cut their wages
43 per cent to encourage build
ing boom. The U. s. Whole
sale Grocers Association, leading
supporter of the Patman bill to
wipe out chain stores, says in a
pamphlet that the chain stores
have raised a $10,0O0,000 fund to
defeat the legislation. Sena-
tor Burt Wheeler took no chances
on the press missing him during
his recent visit in Washington.
His Office called reporters to ad-
wise them that Wheeler had a
very important announcement to
make. 1t turned out to be merely
Wheeler's views about the politi-
cal situation.
.(N0x,ryrio1Ht 1000 t,xy TInifod
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

Boston is indeed, as most New
Workers suppose, in some respects a
Quaint town, but never did it appear
more so than in its current perlex-
ity over the Importance of the study
of Latin in it's schools. AS becomes
a debate of such gravity, this one
makes the first pages of that city's
newspapers. The esteemed Evening
Transcript, for example, under ap-
propriate headlines presents in par
allel columns rival statements of
opinion. One is by Joseph Lee, Jr.,
member of the Boston School COM
mittee, who apparently thinks that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
Current Comment


No autocrat has ever had enough
armies to protect him in the lone
run against the resurgence of the
human spirit in his own country.
Senator Robert r. Wagner.
There should be a law agains'.
IL.
Mary Pickford. on the toy can.
non.
His immature judgment accounts
for his harebrained exploits, which
have so far been rather successful.
like the first petty larcenies Of the
unframed child.
DIR. Oscar ]. Raeder, Boston Uni
versity psychiatrist, on the case
Of Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
Daily Almanac
Moon rises GIT p. m.

Moon rises GIT p. m.
Sun rises 6:31 a. M; sets 4:40 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Nature is bountiful. Monday was certainly
not a perfect setting for the eclipse Of the
moon. But by the time the moon started to
peep above the horizon the skies had cleared
and this lunar phenomenon could be viewed
in all its eerie splendor. In its early stages
it reSembled nething more than a saffron ball
emerging from cloud Of mist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09


1. Name the state flower of Flo
rida.
2. OF which state is George Fl.
Earle the Governor?
8. What is the name Of the cup
or bowl from which Christ drank
at the Last Supper?
4. What was the original name
of Mount vernon, the estate of
George Washington?
S. In which state is Moosehead
lake?
6. Where Is the Godavari river?
z. In Roman mythology, who was
the God of Water?
8. What nickname was applied to
President Andrew Johnson?
8. What organization is represent
ed by the initials , AVA?
10. What does the word diary
mean?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

@. What other disasters than the
recent tornado have visited Charles
ton, S. c., and did an earthquake &C.
cur there?
A. The city was devastated by
hurricanes in 1899, 1852 and 1854; by
epidemics in 1899 and 1854; by fire
in 1740; and by earthquake August
81, 1886. 1t was also RACED by a COM
bined British and French fleet in
1706 and by the British in 1776 and
1779. The Civil war started at Fort
Sumter in Charleston harbor on
April IL and Is, 1861.
Q. How did General Jan Syrovy,
the Czech premier, lose his eye?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Loge is pronounced lozh 10 long
as in Ioad); not log.

A. While fighting in the famous
Czech Legion with the Russian
armies during the World war.
@. Has the adult education pro-
gram of the w. P. A. appreciably re-
duced illiteracy in the United
States?
A. L. r. Alderman, WPA educa-
tional director, reports that a FIVE
year goal of teaching one million
lliterate adults to read and write,
has been passed, thus reducing il
literacy in this country about Is per
cent.
@. Is there standard silver dol
lar in the United States treasury for
every silver certificate in circula-
ton?
A. Silver certificates are backed
by silver bullion and standard sill
yer dollars having monetary value
equal to the face value of the GER
tificates.
Q. Who discovered the planet
Neptune?
A. The mathematical discovery
of Neptune is fairly divided between
a Frenchman, Leverrier, and an
Englishman. j. S. Adams. The planet
was actually discovered, according to
their predictions, by astronomers of
the Berlin observatory on the night
of September %, 1886.
@. Was the body of Bruno Haupt-
mann cremated after the execution?
A. Yes.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
A Thought for Today

And i will tread down the people in mine
anger. and make them drunk in my fury, and
1 will bring down their strength to the eartn'
Isaiah 1856.
Deep vengeance is the daughter OF deep
Silence-Alieri.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

will be Edward p Egan in the State Sem
ate and Hugo Gustaferri, new to politics,
but positive to get baptism by blood at
what looms like hectic legislative
session.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

Local election returns in England show
all parties running about as usual. They're
still running around in fog.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09

Higher values and lower prices make a
wonderful team for business recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-11-09
BY DREW PEARSON
ana ROBERT q ALLEN

Cuba Rapidly Going Way Of Mexico,
So U. S. Invited Botisto for q Visit;
Army Ruler Nov Sides with Those
Who'd Divide Estates, Lower Debts;
State Department Aims to Head Off
Revolution or at Least Slow 1t Down