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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
Lo. The Poor Democrats!

What with this, that and the other
difficulty besetting the Democratic partys
outlook for the future in Waterbury the
fact that it is being taken for ride by
those with interests further and beyond
the coming city election cannot be denied.
The mere matter of reorganizing the
town committee, picking delegates and
new slate of candidates for the various
offices for election in November if and
when the city manager plan is beaten at
a special election on october 3 is but the
overture for bigger and greater extrava-
ganza in Connecticut year from now.
Primarily those who would reorganlze
the Democratic town committee and
party in general for good old Siwash
would have it seem that such was the
ultimate goal Of their laudable endeavors,
but in the final analysis 1t is rooted deeper
than that. The real objective behind the
ambitions of reorganization leaders to gain
control of the Democratic party in Water
bury is to ensure themselves of the delivery
of Waterbury's thirty-six delegates on the
line at the Democratic State Convention
in 1910. That and only incidentally
Waterbury's welfare is the behind-the-
scenes program for the coming election.
Where and how such plan of strategy
helps Waterbury materially at a time
when thoughtful and sincere citizens are
trying to salvage the party from the
debacle of the last two years recrimina-
tions and bitter invectives is hard
TO figure out It's still politics with a
capital P as far as certain leaders are
concerned. Our concern, however, is not
with how Waterbury's future Democratic
party setup will pull certain party leaders
chestnuts out of the fire or enhance the
ambitions of others, but with the rebuild
ing Of permanent substantial structure
that will be of assistance to the future Of
Waterbury's success in general, not any
one individual or group of individuals.
Those days, we sincerely trust, have gone
forever
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

A Judge in minor Montreal court has
been reported as giving prisoners con-
victed OF small offenses the choice OF en-
listing in the army or going to jail. Does
that seem a curious way to administer
justice? Perhaps, but 1t differs not at all
from many things that were done when
the United States went into the World
War in 1917. The same sort Of thing hap.
pened here time and time again, and
will always happen when a nation goes
to war. When war comes storming IN the
door, reason flies out the window. Once
out, the bird Is shy and very hard to en-
tice back in again.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
The Source of Jobs

It's about time that honest working
people realized that the buSineSs-diSrupt-
Ing policies of certain left-wing labor
leaders are directly and unequivocably
opposed to the real interests Of decent,
ambitious labor, organized or morgan
lied. Labor wants fair wages. It wants
good working conditions. 1t wants
security and a permanent job year IN
and year out. It wants reasonable
working week. And these understandable
desires can only be fulfilled by stable,
profit-making industry A company
which doesn't know whether the labor
cars are going to let 1t operate next
month or not, isn't company which Is in
a position to shorten hours, to increase
wages, or to improve conditions In It's
plant.
The left-wing trouble-makers may
deny it-but any man who thinks for
himself will see that the basic interests
Of labor and management are one. Both
must cooperate equitably If production
Is to be increased, and more and better
jobs created. The radicals who revile
business at every turn never made Job
for man yet-but they are successful
in destroying tremendous numbers Of
jobs.
The typical American employer under
stands and appreciates the rights Of the
working people to organize, and to better
themselves. He is as much interested as
anyone in raising wages and shortening
hours when possible - after ALL an in
creased national income, distributed
among all people, is the key to stimulated
demands for the products of industry. He
Is willing to meet labor halfway In any
legitimate undertaking. But he cannot
meet the impossible demands Of racket
eering labor-and the honest laborer is
the first to suffer.
There are definite signs that thinking
labor, both within and without the
unions, Is growing weary OF left-wing
domination. And representative labor has
voluntarily spoken up In favor of changes
In such unavoidable pieces Of legislation
as the Wagner Act. It Is this attitude Of
fairness and reason that will help labor
60 ahead-as against the business-de-
stroying attitude which holds labor and
everyone else back.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

Speaking of a stable group OF politi-
clans and officeholders, Senator Tydings
of Maryland, recently described them as
"counterparts Of those who welded power
in ancient Rome. These men preach
democracy and free enterprise while they
set in motion the machinery to destroy
it," The very insidiousness Of the attack
against democracy is one OF It's most
menacing attributes. The men involved
never preach Socialism, Communism,
Fascism or Nazism as such. Always their
position is camouflaged, and always they
talk ringingly of democracy. Unless the
American people see through this trans
parent disguise, democracy will eventu-
ally be nothing more than an obsolete
word found in dictionaries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

1t now seems extremely likely that the
Germans and Russians are simply going
to take what each wants of Poland and
leave stump of the dismembered coun-
try as "buffer" between them Neither
trusts the other, despite their alliance OF
convenience" and a helpless buffer state
into which the surviving Poles may be
crowded would be good answer to this
distrust. It is, of course, shocking to see
a state thus dismembered But 1t cannot
be forgotten that this would be the
fourth time that Teuton and Slav have
divided this territory between them. The
spectacle, unlovely as 1t is, merely means
that Europe has lapsed back into the
ways of bloody conquest which have
spotted it's history for centuries.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

Fritz Kuhn, leader OF the German
American Bund, Is about as eXasperating
an individual In his public activities as
can be imagined. But with the war only
two weeks old, Kuhn has already done
Germany more harm with his mouth
than the French have done to that coun-
try with their cannon. Therefore, the
movement that has already begun, aimed
at deporting Kuhn forthwith, ought not
to be encouraged Let's not fall imme-
diately into a hysterical deportations
delirium. The best service America can
do for the world right now is to try to
keep It's head, Its sanity, and Its sense Of
humor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

OF all candidates selected from each
district, who will then make o final
selection OF candidates 70 run Tor
ONCE. Each district will be allowed
three candidates for each once. The
names OF all candidates for each
once, will DO notified by mail -
TO date and place OF meeting In each
district, A chairman will! be elected
at the start OK each meeting Who
vii serve as q committe man for two
years. All candidates for Once must
90 before the meeting In each dis.
trict and state their qualifications
and ability 10 serve the city.
Those selected at district meeting
must 70 before final meetings, ana
again state their qualifications and
ability 90 we may obtain the hnest
most efiicient and honest candidates
10 run for once. These will be can.
didates selected BY the people en-.
tirely. These candidates must agree
to run on O platform so stated and
TO be approved by the committee
The committee will also select q
chairman for the party at the Anal
meeting who will serve as town
chairman for two years only Any
names OF people who have already
held elective ONCE will DO thrown
out. The platform herewith sub.
mitted Is only IN part. The balance
OF platform must be forwarded or
suggested and submitted to com.
mittee 10 DO voted on for approval,
This plan enables the people 10
select and elect the people OF their
own choice and for people who will
run the city for the benefit OF all. II
the above plan "a selected don't send
In teh names OF people who are Jelly
Fish or Charlie Mccarthy mouth.
pieces, but real fighters who Will not
DO swayed from using their own
Judgment In deciding problems that
will be O beneAt 10 the public at
large and not 10 party workers, II
we make the Job OF the city EN-.
ployer as hard 10 do % Our own and
TO pay no more than Our own only
the effieient steady worker Will look
for them.
No doubt there will DO O lot OF op.
position 10 this plan that takes away
the power OF q few. They are people
who not being able 10 suggest any.
thing themselves 10 better condi-
tons will use their time In trying
10 destroy other IDEAS But no who
destroys will be destroyed that wa
proven
The above plan 10 plain and easy
10 understand. Must wo SIT In the
ruins and weep or shall we with the
spirit OF real Americans fight 10 70.
build the damages done by following
the above plan Of installing q com.
plete new set OF Honest, Fair.
Minded, Self Thinking candidates
and city employees.
JOHN MADDEN
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

much fer Seldemann. He quit and
with him exited most OF his ex-
perts. The decentralization plan
never went through, however, for
the White House got wind OF II
and ordered Altmeyer TO drop II.
He did, but only partially.
The records were retained
under one roof. but Altmeyer
went ahead with the scheme to
decentralize them in IL regional
files. The result was chaos. Al.
though three shifts Of clerks
worked ~ hours daily for
months, the posting Of accounts
fell one year behind.
Finally, In July, 1888, the An.
alysis Division OF the Ssh submit.
ted q report inferentialiy con-
demning the regional system and
urging q return TO Seidemanfi's
original plan, A month later, this
commentator was followed, and
the experiment, which had cost
the taxpayers several millions and
almost hopelessly massed up mil
lions OF records, was abandoned,
FAv0RITIsM
One OF the master minds credit
cd with responsibility for this ex.
pertinent was John J. Corson, 81.
year old native Of washington, D.
O., who IN six years sky.rocketed
from a Richmond. Va, newspaper.
man 10 become seidemann'S sue.
cessor at $4,000.
Corson had never had any busi-
ness or executive experience worth
mentioning before coming to the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
SUGGESTIONS MADE
FOR REORGANIZIN0
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Editor Of The Democrat

Editor OF The Democrat
As election day draws near, we
the voters OF the City OF Water
bury should devote little time aS
10 how our candidates should DO
picked, and how the City Govern.
ment should be run. In the past the
Mayor ard the rest OF the City ON.
ciais were not the choice OF the
people, but were hand picked BY o
hand picked political machine, we
could take " or leave II. Then the
candidates could do as they pleased
with hand picked Jobs for their
friends. But what about Us unless
you we're In the ring you finished up
behind the eight ball.
The trial Is over, TO talk OF the
past Is not the way out, we must
work for the future 10 make our
city o better place 10 live In and 70
do this we must do away with the
politician or group OF political para
sites who believe the City Hall was
built Just for thom, their families,
and political friends.
But first let me explain the writer
Is no politician, never worked for
the city. I am not interested In any
political plum, I am only interested
In trying 10 make Waterbury o live
able home town with city officialS
picked by the people, low rents, low
tax rates, and better streets and liy-
Ing conditions, some real parks, traf-
flc laws, for oil and not O few, ! be-
believe no matter what you are or
who you are, you should OF this time
take an interest In the running OF
your City Government. by not Al-
lowing O few political leaders 10
hand pick from their own circle OF
friends candidates who DO as they
are told for the benefit OF O few,
and not co O benefit 10 oil.
How 10 do this u the problem.
but II you oil think, and suggest tho
problem will DO easy. First, lot 10
make Q platform and then And tho
men 10 run II. In tho past they gave
US tho men, and then made O plat
form 10 ~ their needs. This time
lot Us make the platform and find
the men 10 A. H. What their nation.
atty Is or their religion docs not
matter. we are q City Of 100 thou.
sand and 10 clean the politicians we
must unite 30 oil may benefl'
The trial Just ended has taught
oil Of us that the leaders Of both
parties play the game : together
under cover for their own needs. 30
now lot 10 the public play together,
10 we may receive some bsnefits. Let
us choose candidates for once. peo.
pie who may DO young, o. old, Q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
In Today's Mail

business man, or woman, q retired
person. They don't have 10 be col.
lege graduates or TO have been q
success In business. They must DO
fair and honest, they must not be
politicians or 10 ever have held an
elective ONCE and must not belong
TO any political SGT up, with either
party, In other words complete
new set up. They must have and be
able 10 use common sense. They
shall be installed In oil city depart.
ments time clocks for use by oil
clerks, and I'LL city help In one lo-
cation must ring up and they will be
paid on al hourly rate basis, no
work, no pay, :.
We can at the proper time install
O stagger system In the city court.
Judges and oil who work one week
on and one week of, will DO paid
only for the week they work, We
shall have corporation counsel and
one assistant, and no law work Tor
the city 10 DO done by any lawyer
unless approved by the board OF al-
dermen. Board OF Aldermen meet
ings 10 DO broadcast for the benefit
OF the public. The FIRE and police
department TO be taken out OF poll
tics, appointments 70 DO made OF,
merit and ability. Sidewalk inFpec-
ton 10 be done by the police depart
ment. All police work outside OF
regular hours TO DO done by SUPER
numeraries only
A short time ago the Republicans
were In favor OF City Management
but today they teel that they have 0
chance 10 win 30 they don't want
II. They don't want Mayor Perriel-
10 for O candidate, OF any one but
one OF their own click. On the other
hand the Democrats reosganise by
handing the party from the big
bosses down 10 the second boss, the
same click.
Now tho Republican party Is oil
ready 10 give you their candidates
not who you want but who you are
going 10 get at the present time
who 10 suitable for this certain po-
'ticai set UP.
Az the present time tho Democrat
party Ia out 10 Our only chance Il
getting In and taking " over, I n,eaf,
oil you voters Of oil parties, and let
us have candidates picked by ell o.
follows:
suggest that the people In each
district send In the names OF peo.
pie that they feel are qualified 10 be
candidates for the various ofiices
In the city government. Then % q
stated date all names have been
submitted, each district will hold q
meeting Of al candidates who In
turn will pick from the list Of names
submitted, those that they feel best
qualified 10 become candidates
Then Q general meeting will DO held
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
Selected Poem
THE LANE.WIDE GATE
In Hemenway's Lane, Hayden Rome, Mas

In Hemenway's Lane, Hayden Rome, Mass.
BY Grace sewell Winslow In the Boston Post.
When ! was Just little girl
used TO stand and wait
For the cows TO come from pasture,
And I'd open wide the gate
(The gate which kept the cattle
From roaming on the track,
For the lane was 80 divided)-
Glistening birch and green sumac
Screened the swail and 10 the westward
The huckleberries grew,
And wild roses by the stone-wall,
Their soft, pink petals blew
The leaders bell would tinkle,
And the cows, with udders, plump,
Crowded, thirsty, TO the wooden tub
Beside the deep-weli pump.
Then I'd climb aboard the old gate
And swing It back IN place,
And the sweet, cool breeze OF evening
Would make my young blood race,
And would sail, In rnake-believe,
To harbors far away,
Not knowing that I'd ever long
To be back there some day.
And, when lies work 10 ended
Oh that could 60 ind wait
For the cows ~ come, at evening,
Through the latle-wide gatei
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

TOLLS AND JAMS
Boston POST

Boston PosD
In two weeks 100000 motorists
paid toll for the privilege OF using
the new Hutchinson Rive Parkway
In New York. Authorities, admit
ting the heavy seasonal increase In
traffic was partly responsible for the
big volume carried by the new high
way, bemoaned the fact that con-
siderable revenue was leaking away
over adjoining non-toll highways In
fact this leakage was actually con-
tributing 10 tremendous traffic Jams.
One official told OF O man operat-
ing o $4,000 automobile who drove
"a miles out Of his way TO escape O
i0-cent toll he could well afford.
There are many others like this mo-
torist. They represent the real pub
lie attitude toward public highway
tolls.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
Questions
and Answers

81 FRENRRlC a. KERRY
Enclose a thrce.cent stamp for
reply when addressing any cues.
Zion Of fact or Information % che
Waterbury Democrats Service Bu.
reau at Washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot be given,
nor can extended research be un.
dertaken. BE sure ell mail Is adj
dressed 10 The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth street,
Warrington, D. c,
q. which Negro colleges IN the
United states have military train.
ing9
A. Hampton Normal and Agri-
cultural Institute, Hampton, Va, and
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
There are also ROTC units AZ
Howard University In washington,
d. O., and Wherefore University,
Wilberforce, Ohio.
q. Do the amendments to the
Security Act change the method OF
calculating old age benefitsV
A. Benefits will now be figured
on the average monthly wage Of n
worker instead Of the total wages
he has earned.
q. How can thickened varnish be
thinned?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

Social Security Board. He had
taught economies party time at
the University OF Richmond, been
with the NRA, and he also was
blessed with O friend In the per-
son Of Frank Bane, former execu-
tive director OF the Ssh.
So Corson became Bane's tech
meal adviser OF $4,000, and being
O young man who never hides his
candle under o bushel, he was
soon promoted 10 be Bane's assist
ant at $6,0s0. Then when Seides
mann resigned, Corson made q
headleng dive for his shoes and
the accompanying salary Of $4,000
Prccoclous Mr.. Corson b now
one OF the triumvirate talong
with Altmeyer and executive d.
rector Oscar NJ. Powell who
boss the Social Security Board.
Whether they win continue 70
co 30 under eagle-eyed McNutt
remains 10 be seen. IL u q
pretty good bet that II u comes
10 q showdown II won't be Nc
Nuts head that will troll IN the
sand"
NOTE--McNutt Is endeavoring
10 get the John Dee' cards res
checked and reidentified 80 that NJ
one actually will lose O pension
In the long run. However, thiS
Job may be impossible 10 finish
before January !.
Copyright, 1890, by United
Wac tura GuAAiaatA fAa
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

Is youth defeated?. Is 1t willing 10
abandon itself to It's fate, and never
struggle to make a place in a world
which seems often to have neglected to
provide one?
No, would seem to be the answer, to
Judge from contest sponsored by the
Illinois National Youth Administration.
rive thousand OF them entered Think
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn 10
last page for the answers.


/. In which French city Is Napo.
leon Bonaparte buried?
2. What body If water borders
the Republic Of Estonia on the
north?
3. Name the top noney-winning
horse OF all time.
3. Name the top money winning
horse OF all time.
L. What Is o fephoscope?
5. Name the head. OF the French
Army.
make the most OF IN"
7. What does the word Ohio
mean?
Q. what Il the slang term for O
ten dollar biil7
0. Name the softsst mineral.
10. Mary pall was the mother OF
which President Of the y. o.?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19
REPEAL OF EMBARGO
TO PLACE COUNTRY
UNDER DICTATORSHIP
40 Roseland Avenue
waterbury, Connecticut
September n, 1880.

September II. 1889,
Editor, Waterbury Democrat
Waterbury, Connecticut
Dear Sir;
I shall appreciate your prisiting
my brief but sincere protest against
the recent headlines and report OF
the value 10 Waterbury industry OF
O repeal Of ths arms embargo. The
story ID undoubtedly true--as far as
II goes. II falls, however, 70 give the
entire picture when u neslects 70
point out that II the embargo u
lifted, even 10 permit sales on Q
cash and carry" basis, the result
would almost certainly DO that We
would find ourselves involved M the
war, under dictatorship and event.
laiiy faced With O depression even
worse than IN one which we have
experienced. A. anxious e. most OF
~ are 10 see IN end or Q decrease
IL unem, 'oys snt the incalcnlable
price seems too high,
Sincerely yours.
MARJORIE N. FARLEY.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

A. II can be made workable by
placing the container In Q hot wa
ter bath, and heating up some tur-
pentine or benzine In the same
manner, to O like temperature, and
mixing the two by thorough stirring.
II the varnish has lost Its volatile
thinner and has become stringy and
ropy, there Is no way 10 bring IL
back 10 life.
@. who Is the Democratic whip
Of the U. 8. House OF Representa-
tives9
A. Hon. Patrick J. Boiand Of
Pennsylvania.
q. When was the three-cent pos
tage rate put into eject during the
World War?
A. November 2, 1917. It was
changed back to two cents July J,
1919, and increased again 70 three
cents July 9, 1892. On July ], 1888,
the local rate was made two cents
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1918 Thirteenth STREET, Washing
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postage.
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In New York
ny GEORGE ROSS

New York, sept. io-As mourn.
fully noted by your courier Just
the other day, q few stray cafes
in Manhattan have begun to rev.
erberate weakly with martial
tunes, some time-stepped To dane
ing. And now Alton Cook, who
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-19

punches y Wpc~
writer q few
feet from ours.
reports that the
war owe rseas
has proven too
much for the
non = resistant
piano . pushers
Of Tin Pan AL
ley.
The boys In
the back room
along the song
lane have rush.
ed In there to
glorify neutral
ity and have
aped them