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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

parcels and freight to the mail carrier. The bid of .0o00190737s cents does not seem much larger. But when on hundred miles follows another back and forth every day, even .00001o07378 cents may in time run into something that looks like money. It would take good many thousand miles of mail-carrying at that rate, however, to make nineteen dollars.
 The other day tale was told of an old man who died not many years ago, who had been the first mail man in his part of the country. He walked thirty miles to- ward the railway one day with the out going mail, and thirty miles back the next with the incoming load The man who relayed his mail walked another thirty miles to the end of the railway That particular trip is now made all the way, in less than two hours each way, by motor truck. The airlines cover distance like thi in less than an hour. It's swift moving and rapidly developing age we live in.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
Burying The Hatchet

There are two ways of "burying the hatchcW. One is choosing conVcnlcnt excavation, dropping it in, covering IL up thus ending q tong-War, q fcud, vendetta or some other form Of san Quinary warfare. The other is by choos- ing somebody's head and burylng the hatchct to it's hilt in this convenient era nium. Democrats in Waterbury right now are confronted with both means ol establishing harmony within thclr ranKS, There are some cspousing the pcaceiui method, others are for action, accom- panied by gore.
 The former is the proper method to choose if it can be accomplished m Iifnc to do some good this fall The latter may be effective for the fall, but not for the future In short q powerful faction can be yielded together here in Waterbury that might carry the Democratic party to success at the polls in November Such success would further weld it together and make q dominant machine that could accomplish it's aims very easily. AS we look at the situation Waterbury voters, of all parties, don't care for that. US repititious
 The claim has been advanced that the present Democratic organization has been too dominant and that in the future cl- forts should be made 10 avoid building up q machine that concentrates control m the hands of q few. When individuals and groups in the city call on the Demo cratic party to reorganizc, we don't thlnk they mean along the same lines that are to be wiped out if all factions within the party come tO an agreement. Hence lhe need of throwing out all schemes that involve "knifing," "tomahaWking" etc,
 The idea of Democratic reorganization Is good. 4 lot of Democrats have rccog- nzed this. Many, too, feel the time is opportunc for Seizing control of the party lt Isn't if such control means domination without representation. Intelligent rcor- ganization can be accomplished very cas- fly in Waterbury by recognizing rights, ambitions, and past performances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

the New Deal and the Democratic administration in Washington. La- Dor and New Dealers all over the state have pledged their support for New Deal candidates when they en- d0rsed Congressman Herman F Kopplcmann for the senate.
 With the acceptance speech broad- cast throughout the State of Con- necticut by Herman P. Kopplcmann there leaves no anxiety about hay ing New Deal candidates instead of anti-NeW Dealers for the Senate in the light for the nomination for Senator. With New Dealer in the senate and the remainder of the Democratic ticket elected we promise to have the strongest Dcm- ocratic ticket ever elected in the state.
 With New Dealers in power we have better opportunities to keep ur the labor standards in fair wages and Improvements throughout the state. And also to improve our state cities and municipalities like other New Dealers have in their respec- tive states. Some of the policies like ly to come up next session If we elect New Dealers to put them over are monetary control policy, im- proved old age pensions. collection of war debt, and possible revised TeaUIfe of Nafinpa
 But how are we going to pass them with the obstructionistg Wheeler and Burke who crack the whip to Lonergan and the other lf anti-New Dealers. Remember one anti New Dealer can undo the work of l8 Kopplemanns in the House oi Representatives. Burke Is trying tG break down the National Labor Re- lations Act. which was ruled con- stitutional by the supreme court. Tn nominating and electing Congress. man Herman P. Koppleman they will know they have New Deal candidate and friend of President Roosevelt who believes in doing things, not stamping with Republicans like Lonergan.
 On his record of service 10 the people of the State 1t speaks mighty good. I am whole -heartcd in agree ment with those who are endorsing Congressman Herman P. Kopple- mannIs candidacy for United gtatc' Senator.
 WILLIAM J. GUEST, 1908 Capital Avenue,
 Hartford, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
Could It Be Done?

Along the same line advanced In these columns the other evening we wonder II the city couldn't take advantage of the fact that 1t is acquiring numerous par cels of land due to nonpayment Of taxes of them Occasionally we note in the reports of city boards that property has been claimed because the owner couldn't keep up taxes. Later 1t will be recorded that the city sold such-and-such a piece of land to a bidder We presume these sites are generally scattered throughout the city limits It would seem to open an avenue along which the city hasn't yet explored
 We refer to the expansion Of our park and playground system. There are re- quests and demands every year for more recreationaI facilities. As soon as dis trict becomes sufficiently populated to command voice in the city's business, 1t starts clamoring for various public sery- ices Sooner or later one of these will be a park or a playground. So far as it has been able the city fathers have developed our park system so that every section of the town would be provided for. But the rate of progress hasn't kept pace with population growth and migration.
 We advanced the proposition the other night that abandoned school sites or even old school buildings might be put to some good purpose along recreation lines. To- night we add to such a choice the thought that once in awhile the city might acquire piece of land which could be easily con verted into an ideal playground for particular locality IL might require destruction of house, erection of fence, so that the spot could be closed up after playground hours, but we feel sure that this work could be accomplished with available funds or through federal grants
 It's just an idea, but from such Ideas often grow projects. We'd like to see more recreational facilities given to districts where youngsters now must walk long distances to find them. Eventually some such plan may be worked out TOT the vel fare of every kiddie in the town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

Back to it's first loyel 'TWas down in the Hotel GrisWold Eastern Point, that Wilbur L. Cross, then of Yale, first made his bow to a political gathering He was nominated for governor on the Demo- cratic ticket there and evidently as long as he continues to run for the governor ship, he will continue to be renomnatcd at Eastern Point. The Democratic State Central Committee has just designated the site for it's annual state convention, to be held along about the middle of Sep tember. Although there is a biennial protest against going all the way over to New London County for the Democratic shindig, 1t always seems to peter out when the State Central Committee gets together to thrash out the matter. The distinct advantage of the GrisWold, of course, lies in the fact that the hotel is capable Of caring for the ,000 or more delegates and offering suitable conven- tion hall, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

Just as one cable railroad is coming in- to fame, another famous one is going out of existence. Up at Franconia Notch, N H., cable car has been installed that enables the passenger to get marvel ous view of Profile Rock or the Old Man of the Mountains So skillfully was this project built that the surrounding land 8capc was not marrcd bit As for the obsolete tramWay, it's that which ascendg Mt. Tom near Springfield, Mass. At the end of the summer season the Wcll-knoWn Summit House, the cable railway and all that goes with them will be sold for junk. The automobile has killed off another famous resort of other days
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
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BISHOP BRADY
(NeW Haven nal-Couricr)

Everyone who knows the man and his work in this area will welcome the news from Rome that Rev. Mat thew F. Brady, pastor Of St. Rita's church in Whitney avenue. Ham, den, has been appointed bishop of diocese of Burlington, Vermont. His immediate parishioners and all those who have been associated with him during his long residence here will regret his departure, but will not be surprised at the news. They know Mhat A man of his abilities and accomplishments would inevitably be called to wider service.
 Father Brady began his parish work here in New Haven in 1916 as curate at the Sacred Heart church. During the war he served as an army chaplain and returned to take 6 teaching post at St. Thomas Seminary. From there in i032 he was called to the pastorate of St. Rita's. At various times he has directed important church edu- cational activities and his admins trative capabiIity was recently rec- ognized by his choice as general chairman Of the Catholic Congress to be held in Hartford this fall. His thorough interest in civic affairs has long been appreciated in the com munity. His work to date has thus given him wide experience and proved his fitness Us scholar, as teacher and as administrator. He will take with him to Vermont the best wishes of the entire commit nity and the assurance of success in his new tndeayor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
Mail Money

Braniff Airways, Inc, of Oklahoma City, okla, made a bid of 0000l90737S cents per mile to carry mail over new route in Texas, and lost. Eastern Air Lines, Inc, of New York, bid zero cents end won The Oklahoma firm protested that zero cents was voluntary and gra- tuitous service, which the government was not allowed to accept The solicitor of the Postoffice Department, however, ruled that 1t was real bid, and leyal.
 The publicity value of carrying the mail for zero cents per mile will doubtless compensate the winner. People entrust
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

ential the government, in effect, was "subsidizing pay cutters'. Unexpected Ally
 The most amazing spectacle of the boards hearing was the A. P. of L. which lined Up with the anti-union independents against c. I. O.'s fight to prevent wage cut.
 Boris 6hiskin, research director of the Federation, took the witt ness stand and voiced practically the same views expressed by the corporations; 1) that the Board should delay making a decision; and @ that there were insuffi- cient statistics available on which to base q ruling.
 After he had taken his seat. shiskin was berated by a C1O lawyer.
 "If you wanted to play the kind of dirty fighting you did" he said, "we'd take the stand and put into the record the fact that the A. r. of L. hasn't Q single contract with a basic steel manu- facturer. Why did you do what you did"
 v came here under Orders," Ehiskin replied. T had to go through with t."
 NOTE-Mis Perkins has the power to over-rule any of the Boards findings, but she will not act until she can consult with the President. The decision is too important.
 Merry-Go.Round
 The c. I. O. is secretly preparing to ask the Contracts Board to fix prevailing wages in the ship build ing industry. It's opening for this move was the provision in the naval appropriations act passed by the last Congress placing ship builders under the Wals-Healy Act The steel wage hearing was the first time in the history that all the steel operators as- scmbled in one room and had to submit to public examination by a labor attorney. Lee Pressman, general counsel of the c. I. O., conducted the cross-examination. Thomas Holland, chairman of the Contracts Board, was an NTaA executive. The other two members are Oscar strackbcin and Robert N. Campbell. (Administra- tor of the Board is L. M. WaIIing, former Connecticut Labor Com missi0ner.)
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
Daily Almanac

Moon sets I;49 fl. m. (dayIight Ume)
 Bun rises b.52 fl. fn. sets B,05 D. m 0day- light LimeJ.
 All vehicles must be iighLed thirty minutes after suilset
 High tide at Milford sunday, Aug, 7 l0.00 a m, low tide. 40s D, m. daylight tlme)
 A month 10 Labor Day Summer is fleeLing. Already the evenings are shorter. Those who dread the short. chilly days approaching should bask In the waning season by arising early. Tbc hours between 6 and 6 d. m. are precious ones but few of Us take advantage of them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

The Summit House was very famous place in the early part of this century. If you really wanted to go some place in summer that was the spot. It's history was quite chcckered. Built originally in 1897 the hotel burned down in 1900, the second burned down in 1929, so q smaller resort has been conspicuous on the noun tain top since l930 Mt. Tom is one of the higher mountain peaks of this part of Massachusetts, really the outskirts of the Bcrkghrcg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New YOrk--MOre leaves rom Manhattan columnists Hollywood notebook.
 The Uplifters' Ranch, about ID minutes from Beverly HllE, E the site of the VIII Rogers Memorial Polo Field, where most Of Holly woods equestrian activity takes place. Daryl Zanuck rides that green turf at least three times a week and many other film colonists follow suit.
 We lourncyed out there on a recent afternoon to watch polo game between teams sponsored by Ginger Rogers and Joan Ben- nett for the benefit of the Motion Picture Relief Fund. Blonde Gln- gers team won and the yivaclols little lady made a pretty speech fclicitating Spencer Tracy, Walter Wanger. Charlie Farrell and the other poloists of the screen who participated in the game. Miss Ben nett, hiding beneath A sunbonnet. the brim of which blocked the view for yards around, remained mum.
 Polo in those parts brings out the stars in droyes. These are the movie folk we saw in the grand stands: Prank and Ralph Morgan, Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone Uhcy announced their sep aration two hours aftcrward). Nancy Carroll, Jean Hcrsholt. Bo- rig Karloff tsporting a scraggly beard in his role in Devils Is- landD, Robert Montgomery, Lo- retta Young, Pat OBrlen, Betty Warner, Frank Borzage, Kay Francis.
 ShirIey's Big Brother
 one of the popular and most anl- able toilers at the 20th Century-Foz studios is Jack Temple. Ills official title is assistant director. And his claim to fame is his kid sister. Shlr- ley. He is tall slim and has A ghwky way of moving around. There H ab- solutely no resemblance between him and the blonde. little member of his family. He Is no novice to the film studios, for he was gaining experience on the lot long before Shirley became Americas diminutiye sweetheart.
 We crossed his path in Hollywood the day Shirley with her parents left New York for a restful voyage 10 Bermuda. He asked for news. Did the mobs make life uncomfortable for the Temples in Manhattan2 Did they have q nice suite at the Wal dorf2 Did we zee Bhirley2 Did the neWspapermen like her2 And so forth. He had just spoken to his mother on the long-distance tels- phone and 1t seemed to him that she sounded tired. Would they get a few days of peace in Bermuda2 We didn't know.
 ghirley's big brother wore g broad smile. Well, he was glad 10 talk to someone who had just seen someone who had seen Shir- ley in New York.
 Mike Buys
 A Broadway expatriate whe seems to have become one Oi Hollywood's endearjng citizens fl none other than our own, familiar Prince Mike Romanoff.
 Prince Mikk has been doing al right for himself around there finding jobs not scarce; and prob- ably the best proof of his success is the sworn testimony that he hat been observed paying for foine of drinks at one of the tohiei bars. But try to make some ol Prince Mixes old friends in hey York believe thatl
 Anyway, the Prince has slipped In and out of man 7 picture mainly on the 20tb Century-Fo, lot because Daryl ZaDuck is fonc of the engaging imposter.
 He has a part In the fortbcom. Ing "Eliis Island" but the rols had to be HsarsaT ct ths isst min.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Gaseous Is pronounced gas'-e-
 us; not gash'-uS.

A. Because they are the two most easily distinguished colors at . dis. tance.
 Q. What was the approximate te cost of General Pcrshing's expedi- tion to Mexico?
 A. $50, ,000, ,000.
 Q. What is the Franklin L. Burr prizep
 A. It originated with Mary o Burr Of Hartford. Conn. who be- queathed fund in memory of hei father. to the National Geographical Society. the income to be used foi cash prizes to those members of the society's expeditions considered by the Board Of Trustees to have done especially meritorious work in the fleld of geographic science. The 193f prize was awarded to Dr. William M Mann, director of the National Zoo logical Park at Washington. D. C.. and Mrs. Mann. in recognition oi the success of their biological expe- dition to the Netherlands Indies.
 If you want copy of our book let THE DOG AND CAT BOOK," write to the Waterbury Demo- crats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street. Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

Q. Where can I get . list of postage rates to the United States from all the foreign countries in the worid2
 A. A complete list of countries is given on pages 34 to 38 of the U. s. Official Postal Guide Part II, Inter- national Postal Service. The rate is given in certimes but 5 gold ccn- times in the postal equivalent of 1 cent U. s. currency. and each figure may be divided by Ave to get the amount in U. 8. money. The book may be obtained from the Super intendent of Documents. Govern mcnt Printing once. Washington, D. C., for 36 cents
 c. How much did the Church of et. Peter in Rome, cost7
 A. About $48, ,ooO, 900. including all additions.
 Q. What is the root origin of the word "hieroglyphics2"
 A. Sacred carvings or letters. It was used by the Greeks to describe the pictnre-writing of the ancient Egyptians.
 Q. Why are red and green lights prominently used for trafilc signals?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
A Book a Day
Mann Has Faith in Democracy
 BY BRUCE CAPTION

It is 6 bit ironic that an intel tectual exile from Nazi Germany should point the way to re-exam- ination and appreciation Of the American dream, but that is just what Thomas Mann has done :n "The Coming Victory of Democracy (Knopf: 4D. And more brilliant essay you will not find in long time than this reprint of the lec- ture he delivered recently in the United States.
 Mann holds implicit faith in the ultimate triumph of democracy over fascism because of it's unlimited powers of self-renewal, and. more Important, because 1t is form of government which is inspired with the feeling and the consciousness of the dignity of man. Fascism. he is emphatic, is thoroughly false. But it does command action and novelty. Hence its attraction.
 So we must not disillusion our- selves about the future of our American democracy, Mann warns. For If we want its ultimate victory we must keep 1t working. And to keep democracy working we must adjust 1t to reforms of the times. We can no longer preserve freedom by merely talking about 1t.
 Mann means social reform, or course. for only in this way. he ayers. can democracy take the wind out of the sails of fascism and bol- sheyism. Moreover, he argues. this reform must aim at spiritual as well as economic freedom.
 Is all this revolutionary? De- cidedly not, says Mann. On the contrary. this is conservative doc- trine, since democracy has been saved only when 1t was limited and regulated socialistically. And if democracy does not see the light, he warns. very often force iS apt to show the way~-P. c. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
I est Y o UT Knowledge
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

]. What are the regions surround. Ing the South Pole caiied7
 2. On which island Of the Philip. pines Is the city Of Manila?
 2. Who won the 1898 Mems sin. gles tennis championship played ai Wimbledon. Eng?
 {. In electricity, what k nn in. sulatOf2
 b. What is taxidermy?
 6. Which czar of Russia wal nicknamed "lhe Terrible?"
 2. What is the name for ( seven sided geometricai figure?
 .. What type Of plane did How ard Hughes use to make his round the-worid flight?
 Q. Where s the Assuar DamS
 10. Name the three sons oi Noah.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
NO ONE ELSE BUT KOPPLE MANN, ACCOKING TO ONE
 HARTFORD WITER
,t,or Waterbury Democrat

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 The most important factor in the coming election this fall in COpnec- ticut is to elect New Dealer Tn place of the anti-New Dealer and obstructionist Lonergan, who al- ready has voted 42 times against
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
Selected Poem
THE FOSSIL FERN Mabel Felt Miller in the Christian Science Monitor

IL Is 4 marvel that the hand of beauty should reach 50 far, bringing Co light this leaf the sgnet Of long gone spring, a leaf that knew the sky before there was 4 rose tO bud-or 4 lark to sing.
 Slowly its green perfection had unfoded, lA fr0nded head rising beside the stream To view at length itA yirginal reflection before it paused upon the stone to dream, and dreaming ctch this loyenese e~aesufing untold summers that on the years attend, "of beauty there is no beginning of beauty there Is no end"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
IN TODAY'S MAIL

newspaper responsible opinions communications unless accompanied with Inc writef address will not be accepted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

"When you look at all the kinds of people who run for offices" observes a philosophc friend, you can believe in miracles" It must be the hand of God that keeps us going
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

ute. IL seems they were going to ask him to inpersonsts Prince Mike RomAnoff in the picture The tests showed that he didn't Innk the type.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06

The conventional automobile body has less wind resistance when travelling backward than when mov- ing normally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
A Thought for Today

Absalom said moreover, Oh that were made fudge in the land. that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and l would do him tustice--II Samuel l5;4
 Justice discards party. friendship, and kn- dred and Is therefore represented as bhnd,- Addison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
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Steel Firms Wage Deadly Fight Before Public Contracts Boord-"LittIe SteeI"
 In Desperate Bottle with U. 5. Steel as
 Little Noticed Hearing Wears End
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WASHINGTON, August G. = The most mornentous industrial decision of the year at stake before the lttenoticed Public Contracts Board of the Labor De- rfroApf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-08-06
Questions and
 Answers
By Frederick M. Kerby

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 THE EDITOR