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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1939-12-23
ALLAN CRITE
SHOWS PAINTINGS

Allan Rohan Critic, who resides on
Wilworth Street, now has group Oh
paintings on exhibition at the Grace
Horne Galleries at II Newbury ST.
Boston. These paintings, which are
attracting much favorable attention
will be shown until December %. inns
is an open showing and all those VINO
are interested are urged to see TINS
race artists fine work. However, this
is but one of many such showlngs OF
Critics work. He has exhibited IN
many other local galleries as well as
in other sections of the country
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Teachers To The Fore

More than usual interest attends the legislative hearings on bills concerning teachers of the state. There have been several of these already at the Capitol and each succeeding one seems to have attracted increasing interest and atten- dance upon the part of those concerned. Although all teachers weren't vitally concerned with the Bridgeport ripper" bill giving Mayor Jasper McLevy the right to appoint the city's Board of Edu- cation instead of allowing the voters to elect it, still 1t did have definite appeal to all.
 Although primary interest in this mea- sure and the legislative hearing seemed to be placed upon the fact that Mayor McLevy was meeting with tremendous popular opposition for perhaps the first time since his ascension to political power, there was also apparent general feeling that grant of such powers to Bridgeport might simply be the slgnal for similar action elsewhere throughout the state. Bridgeport was again con cerned with educational matters last week in a renewal of the fight to remove teachers from civil service in the Park City.
 And the so-called tenure bill last Tuesday was bitterly contested with pub lie opinion, we think, slightly on the side of the teacher. This group now seeks to protect itself by setting up definite req sons for dismissal and eliminating the possibility of a teacher being dropped for personal or political purposes, as has been known to happen in too many cases in this city. Actually the bill is merltorl- ous and should not be classed, as It un- fortunately was last week, as an attempt upon the part of teachers to freeze" themselves into jobs.
 AS vet there has been no fight in the Legislature over dropping of two normal schools-those in Willimantic and New Haven. Oddly enough this proposal comes as no surprise to the state. It was suggested and received much better sev- eral years ago. Then the plan was to drop eventually all four normal schools ana to center teaching training at Teachers College in New Britain. Economy, cen tralization of effort were mentioned as results. But they fall easily before home pride and loss of prestige, such as which might be attached to elimination of normal school from cities like Wllllman- tic, New Haven and Danbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Selected Poem
SKY-SIGN


 (Peter J. Henniker Heaton in the Christian
 Science Monitor) Who scored this music on the night, This colored stave across the sky, with peacock-quill and prismed light and spangles from the dragonfly? Who bade these glow-worms dance and drill in myriad figures hyaline and led them in this strange quadrille and lent your wardrobe, Harlequin? What king of arms for dusky mail devised these quarterings rainbow kissed? Who secured the spectrum's gaudy scale with pursuivant and physicist? Who shaped these or and argent showers to fretted flame and leaping sparkp Who stole the palette of the flowers and sprayed their pigments on the darS What fiery structures come and go in arc and arabesque and square? Whose painted geometrics glow
 on blackboards of the midnight air? What morning beam with truant ray, lost in the shadows overhead, has lit the candles of the day
 before the stars have sunk to bed? The punctual night draws onward. Soon this gay calligraphy of fire shall fade and like the patient moon, before a greater light retire And soon the dawn shall one by one dim each bright bauble flashing there and skies receive the steadfast sun, their great sufficient solitaire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Redistricting In Mass.

Although representation in MaSsachu- setts' General Court, which corresponds to Connecticuts General Assembly, IS based on a somewhat different setup, there is one thing which evidently is the same. That is lack of proportion. RedlS- tricting is needed in the Bay State and Republicans believe this is the year to bring about the much-needed reform. They control not merely the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Governors Council, but also the state offices from Governor down. They also have a plan for redistricting and expect to see it through.
 Democrats tried to put through a re- districting bill during the last few years when they controlled the office of gov ernor, but lack of control in other branches of the government prevented approval This is a general tendency wherever legislative bodies meet. Unless there is complete party agreement in all branches all such reforms, like re- diStricting, fail of action. Just look at the situation here in Connecticut, where we couldn't even get together and iron out Congressional lines to give the states sixth Representative district to repre- sent.
 Redistricting is always bugaboo and always will remain one, so long as there are party lines. The problem may even become more difficult with the increase in the number of political parties that are gaining prominence and electing members to public office. This almost makes it mandatory that such govern mental functions as redistricting, wheth- CT it be for the state legislative bodies or the national, be handled by some non- partisan board and be taken care of every ten years on the basis of the decennial census.
 Congressional enumeration is auto- matic. Certainly the natural outcome of this is regulation within states of their respective legislative districts. When such matters are left to ruling powers, politics is bound to play an important part, either in pushing through favora- ble or unfavorable redistricting plan. Connecticut should set up commission, self-perpetuating, perhaps, to handle its redistricting problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

More and more it is apparent that all the critical talk heard about the Merritt Parkway year ago was just so much talk. Motorists who use this fine highway to- day are loud in their praise of its con- struction, it's surroundings, and the ease with which you can skim along its smooth surface. If there are faults, they are technical ones which the average driver doesn't notice. If all our highways were Merritt Pathways the state would be a paradise for drivers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

Although pr. James L. McConaughy of Wesleyan University, who is the states lieutenant-governor, spoke earnestly and at length about the holiness of the Re- publican party in this state, he cannot remove by mere words the suspicion in peoples minds that Republican legisla- tors are committed to a program that will benefit both the City of Bridgeport and Mayor Jasper McLevy. Not that the Republicans are anxious to better the political fortunes of Mayor McLevy; far from it. But they do appreciate and cher ish those two Socialist votes in the State Senate. And they might be willing to woo them with more than promises.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Resignation Regretted

The resignation of Louis D. Brandeis from the United States Supreme Court was not unexpected, yet when 1t did come, it occasioned quite as much com ment had it been conceived of the mo- ment. In the 23 years that this great liberal thinker spent on the Supreme Court bench it profited greatly by his presence and by the depth of his thought and foresight he displayed in making decisions and in aiding others to come to similar ones. Justice Brandeis was a truly great Supreme Court member. Odd ly enough his appointment was bitterly contested.
 Perhaps that was due to the fact that when President Woodrow Wilson sent his name into the Senate back in 1916 the nation at large hadn't come to abandon old-line thought as concerned the appli- cation of law. Human rights were all too often overlooked or ignored. Louis Brandeis was one person who believed thoroughly in the right of mankind to enjoy all the right and liberties guaran- teed under the American constitution. He interpreted his law in this respect Others did, too, perhaps, but not so liberally. Therein lay the difference.
 There was opposition to the Brandeis appointment, but it has so gradually dwindled that today his retirement, due to ill health, comes as shock and causes universal regret. He will be missed on the Supreme Court bench. It will be left to others to follow along the lines that he cleaved to. Upon President Franklin D. Roosevelt again falls the task of nam- ing to the bench member, his fourth one He has given the court Justices Hugo Black, Stanley Reed, and Felix Frank furter. We doubt if he can give it another Brandeis, great liberal thinker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

Waterbury, the only large city of the State which up to the present has no definite program, will undertake the formulation of one in the near tuture." From the Report of the State Water Commission TOT the years, 1936-1938. And familiar ring there is to this, too, for it has been much the same in the commissions reports for many years now. And it isn't that Waterbury is so slack in sanitation. This city's health record IS pretty good sign that Wa terbury hasn't had any more epidemics than the average New England city. But on official records we're still down as not contributing overly much to the cause of nonpolluted waterways. Those of us at home, though, know that work is proceeding slowly put steadily towards the day when the city will have it's sew age treatment plant and will be prevent ing future pollution of the Naugatuck River To that day, then!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Book A Day
Travel Pictured Through the Years

Taking their cue, perhaps from the increasing public interest in things pictorial, the publishers of the country are turning out some graphic books these days. Such a volume of "The Romance of Ameri- can Transportation" by Franklin M. Beck (Thomas Y. Crowell: $2.50)
 MT. Beck surveys the entire sweep of travel in America from the colo nies to the clippers. The whole he has bound together by a series of striking old prints for which he must have searched many a dusty archive. The prints pretty well tell the story alone.
 But Mir. Beck writes a lucid text. He begins it with Washington's in- aurural in April, 1789, when Ameri- can transportation was a thorough ly rough affair. It took six days, for instance, in 1789, to travel from Boston to New York, figuring that you started your journey at 3 in the morning and kept at it until 10 at night. You can cover the same distance today by air in exactly one hour and 19 minutes.
 America seems to date her whole progress in transportation from 1789, says MT. Reck. John Fitch was struggling to make his steamboat work on the Delaware that year. Oliver Evans was planning to put steam engine on a wagon and try it on the highways. there was serious talk of canal building.
 But the real progress came after the turn of the century; the Erie canal in 1917, the railroads about 1880. By 1840 there were 2818 miles of railroad in America. By 1860, 30,- 600 had been laid. Still 30 years later the automobile came and in 1903 the airplane. One hundred fifty years after Washington's slow trip we have become a streamiined nation. How, is MT. Reck's engag- ing story P. G.F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
A STAMP FOR BASEBALL
(New York Herald -Tribune)

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 In the six glorious years that James A. Farley has been Postmas- ter General we have had more dif- ferent commemorative stamps print ed than during any similar period in the nations history. And on Sunday night, speaking at the base- ball writers dinner, MT. Farley an- nounced that this summer there would be new stamp in honor of the centennial of the game of base ball. Well, why not? A pleasant design could be worked out, which would include the likeness of one of the games dead heroes. We have had stamps commemorating Boulder Dam, the Texas Centennial, Susan B. Anthony, the second Byrd expe- dition, the N. R. A., the Chicago Century of Progress (two of these), Gen. Kosciusko and Mothers Day. Baseball surely will not be out of place on this list It will be dis tinct honor to the national game and add further to the boom in philately-the one real and demon- strable boom for which the admin istration can take credit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

Mexico two months ago, and though the Mexican government declared stoutly that he did not see Cardenas, he did see him, and the two men were mutually "simpatico".
 Cardenas, who is an Indian, was pleased to learn that Hurley likewise had Indian blood. Hur- ley also played up the fact that he, like Cardenas, was soldier. They both talked directly, brusquely, shouted at each other, disagreed, agreed, exchanged an embrace, and parted as fast friends.
 If an agreement between these two Spanish-speaking Indians could have solved the problem, 1t would have been solved on the spot. But Hurley could not speak for Standard oil, whose vice. president, Major Thomas Arm strong, has been bitterest non- compriser of those hoping for the overthrow of Cadenas.
 So Richberg was brought into the picture to speak for Standard Oil.
 NOTE-Behind. the scenes, Roosevelt also played an import ant part in bringing the two sides closer together. Summoning the Mexican ambassador, Roosevelt told him that Mexico was mis- taken in thinking he was anti oil companies, that each side should meet the other half way.
 Copyright, 1889, by United
 Feature Syndicate Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Current Comment

I'm sorry about the whole thing. Nobody would have known it if it hadn't been brought up in, the newspapers-Senator Carter Gless lamenting on his 8ist birthday.
 No more being involved in studio romances-Sonja Heine's New Year resolution.
 Excessive drinking is a learned inadequate way of reacting to per- sonal difficulties-Charles H. Dur fee. addressing the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of science. He thinks he's Ferdinand.-Leo Carrillo, when he found his horse, after a two-hour search, munching flowers on float in the tournament of roses parade in Pasadena. May God protect our country. Long live der Fuehrer.-Paul Goeb- bels. German minister of propagan- da, in a New Years broadcast.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

Standard, Sinclair, and other U. s. oil companies.
 2. One-half the actual oWn- ership also will be restored to the companies.
 3. Mexico will retain the other half, on which she gives a mort gage to the companies. The mortgage is to be paid off peril odically. Tn case of default, the companies may foreclose and regain title to this other half of the properties.
 4. If and when the mort gage is retired, the Mexican government gains clear title to its half of the property, and the entire property will be oper- ated jointly by Mexico and the oil companies.
 These terms represent a retreat by both sides. The bitter-enders in the oil company councils have refused to discuss any terms, have insisted on full restoration, have hoped for - in some cases worked for-the collapse of the Cardenas goverenment.
 In Mexico meanwhile, the bloom has faded on the rose of expro- priation. When the properties were taken over last March, there was great patriotic fervor. But lessened revenues and depreciated currency have dulled that en- thusiasm. PAT HURLEY
 Basic work on this formula was done by Pat Hurley, former sec- retary of war, now counsel for Sinclair oil. Huley went to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Views of The Press

poses of recreation, with no par ticular economy in mind. The Cardenas program is expressly for the purpose of saving electricity, in which shortage has developed on account of drought and low water in the hydroelectric reservoirs
 Another cause cited in the dispatch es from Mexico, is the large loss of power through theft. The company is said to have estimated that abou! 25 per cent of it's power is stolen
 Some of the people seem to be about as free with somebody else's elic- tricity as their government is about somebody else's land and industrial property. The one should not com- plain much about the other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Daily Almanac

Moon rises AIS a. m.
 Sun rises 6:48 a. m: sets 5:25 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Invariably rain at this time of the year clears cool. We saw this happen last Sat- urday morning after the weather broke It's due again now with good prospect for pleasant weather the remainder of the week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
What's Your l. O?

l. In law, what is idiocy?
 ?. For what is Seth Thomas noted?
 8. Which state in the U. s. has the greatest tidal shore line?
 4. What is the popular name for the Rocky Mountain sheep?
 5. What is the product of 2-3 null tiplied by 2-3? 6. Who wrote North to the Orient?"
 2. In which city is the famous Rockefeller center?
 8. Who won the 1859 Oakland open golf tournament?
 9. What is the name for the large bone in the upper arm?
 10. What is the correct pronun- citation for the word naive?
 Answers on Back Page.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
HAPPY FAMILY

(New Haven Register) By presidential decree, Mexico City today goes on daylight saving time, and before long it is expected that several other states will be or- dered onto the same schedule by their governors. Up here, we go on- to daylight time mostly for pur-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

doesn't seem at all interested in Hollywood, and looks to be in far b e t t CT health t han when I sa W him out there the day Will Rogers crashed.
 I was Wills editor. I had been extremely disturbed when I heard that the hunorist infanflafl tn du
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

contents; also, to eXpurgate before granting license to publish; also, (military censorship to sanction af- ter examination the forwarding of correspondence, news, etc. e. What is the annual cost of crime in the United States? A. The law enforcement commit tee of the American Bar association estimates the cost of crime at $115,- GOO 1000, ,000, and states that the United States has the greatest prison pop ulation in relation to total popula- tion of any country in the world.
 @. When did the south provinces of the Netherlands fall under the rule of France?
 A. After the war of the Spanish Succession (171D these provinces alternated between the rule of Spain and that of Austria. In 1797, they came under the power of the French Republic.
 e. What percentage of the per- sons 65 years of age and over in the United States are receiving old-age pensions?
 A. In November, 1888, there were 1,76S,365 recipients comprising ap- proximately 9 per cent of the esti- mated population aged 65 and over in the U. s., including Alaska and Hawaii.
 If you want copy of our book. let BIBLE FACTS" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Wash ington, D. Q. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
ROsALIND DOES DANCE

Rosalind Russell is going to sur- prise her fans when they see her doing burlesque La Conga dance in Metro Goldwyn-Mayer's "Fast and Loose"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
New York Day by Day
BY CHARLES B. DRrscoLL

New York, Feb. 15 Launching with Fred Allen the other day at Louis and Armand's restaurant on East 52 street, we talked over some exciting times. Fred has settled down to radiocasting now,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERICK M. KERRY

Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ti0n of fact or information Co 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 mall Is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU-. REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
A Thought for Today

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as shock of corn cometh in in his season. Job 5:26.
 We go to the grave of friend, saying "A man is dead" but angels throng about him, say ing, "A man is born"-H w. Beecher.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Washington Merry-Go
DIRE W PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN

at Nye when he about the unfortunate story on the Ay secret himself
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
,. What is absolute zeroa

A. It is the point at which, theo. retically, all gases solidfy and al. molecular motion ceases. It exists at 459.6 degrees below Fahrenheit zero and 27315 degrees below Gen. tigrade zero. pr. Wander Johannes de Haas of the University of Leyden announced in February, 1885, that he had achieved @ temperature in experimental work of one five-thou- sandth of a degree (Kelvn) above absolute zero.
 O. What does 1t mean to censor Q letter or newspaper articlep
 A. The verb "censor" means to examine, as books, letters, nlanu- scripts or plays for the purpose of determining the character of their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

ToDAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "T will not stand for your constant scolding'; say, "endure."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

to Siberia, possibly farther, in @ plane that Wiley Post had patched together out of pieces of three ships. I flew to California; hoped to see Will and, if possible, talk him out of such a hazardous ex- pertinent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15
Let Joy Be Unconfined

ITEM HERR OOGBBELS IS CONDUCTING A CONTEST FOR JOKES AND FUNNY EXPERIENCES" TO PROVE TeAAI I've STILL REALLY HAVE HUNNOR~ II Nl/AZl
 GERMANY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-15

Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate Incl
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
A FAB

A man was one day hunting In
a forest. A terrible storm came up.
He looked about for shelter. But
there was none. 1t began to rain
in torrents, so he crawled into a
hollow log. It fitted snugly. The
rain lasted for hours. The water
soaked through the wood. The log
began to contract. When the storm
was over the hunter could not get
out. He strained to free himself
with all his might. But the log held
tight. He knew that he would
starve to death. Like a drowning
man, he saw his whole life flash
before him, especially his mistakes.
He suddenly remembered that he
had promised a deputy to take out
a policy, he carrying none then
He realized that his wife and baby,
penniless. would have to work or
starve. This made him feel so
small that he was abe to crawl out
Of the log without difficulty.-Royal
Neighbor.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
PREcEPTS TO FOLLOW

Those who cultivate calmness
and self-possession will live longer
and enjoy life better. Hence
someone has eollated number
of precepts to practice, as follows
Learn to like what doesn't cos'
much.
Learn to like reading, conversa
ton, music.
Learn to like plain food, plain
service, plain cooking.
Learn to like fields, trees, woods,
brooks, fishing. rowing, hiking.
Learn to like life for its own
sake.
Learn to like people.
Learn of doing your job as well
as it can be done.
Learn to like the song OF the
birds. the companionship of dogs,
and laughter and gaiety of chill
dren.
Learn to like gar d n g,
carpentering, puttering around the
house. the lawn, and the automo-
bile-A. o. .. W.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24

At the end of high school there
should be one year before Uni
versity, devoted to intensive Man
ual Training for the boys. and in
tensive Domestic Science for the
girls. And most of 'em, in that
time, will get their feet on terra
firma.
And the ones who then go on
to the University, they will be
better prepared; and the others
they will discover their life's work
In this one year.
And at this Post Graduate High
School, would include AEsop's
Fables in the curriculum. And a
graduate, he would know a boot
owl in lambs clothing, if he saw
one, when it came time to vote,
or join union and such-which a
lot of mamas and papas do not
savvy, yet.
Yours, with the low down,