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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Nothing New

When City Engineer Charles Root sounded that warning last week about the shadow that cast itself over this town bv virtue of existence of but one 45-year- old thirty-six inch pipe connecting the reservoirs up in the Morris hills With the city's water mains, he merely Volceo earlier ones. City officials have known for years that the city was taking chances in not providing other means for piping water from main source of supply. It was simply case of postponing the lnevitaole.
 We doubt very much if Mayor Vincent Scullv and his official family will finger long over the advisability of continuing the work that has already been begun on the project of a second or alternate pipe line. The mayor has indicated that the project itself is not the prlnclpal worry or concern of his administration, but rather that he and others are con. cerned with the means and methods ol finishing the job that has been started. This must be done naturally without up setting the nice equilibrium of econom. ical balance that is being preserved now and which the mayor insists must De maintained throughout his entire regime:
 The second pipe line, to our way ol thinking, is one of those very vital CIVIC developments which must be handled at all costs with the dispatch that the seri- ousness of the situation demands. At one time we rated the urgency of the addi- tional pipe line on par with that of the city's sewage disposal plant. Naturally the longer the building of the pipe line takes, the more urgent it becomes, for nature is steadily building towards the day when one of the sudden quirkS will sever that underground tunnel whose mouth spouts gushers of waters into
 We would like to see the completion of the second pipe line one of the Scully administration achievements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

world into recovery if drastic political Overturn had not then
 subjected American enterprise to unpredictable politics and un- workable economies"
 The report also states that New (Deal economies actually are not new, but are based on obsolete theories held by the "Ieast en- frightened leadership of Big Busi- ness" around 1900, who advocated drastic controls over production ill order to create artificial scarcity and thereby force up prices.
 RELIEF
 Hoover's other sacred COW, re- lief, is handled by Dr. Frank in this manner: First, a statement that there is no question or ar- gument over the governments ob- ligation to aid those in need Then follows this assertion, Prior to the Hoover Administration the Federal Government had not ac- cepted this respOnsibility"-which is certain to bring on a torrent of Democratic denial of credit to Hoover.
 Then the Frank committee pro- ceeds to blast New Deal relief operations as extravagant, poli- tics-ridden, unsound, and dis criminatory between racial groups. The report alleges that while the New Deal claims to have helped the Negro, actually the Negro has been the object of widespread discrimination.
 The committee also recommends that relief be turned over to the states and localities-another pet Hoover theory-letting the federal government contribute with grants on a formula to be worked out by @ naotional bipartisan conn., mission and submitted to congress for final approval.
 LABOR
 The report hotly assails the Ma tional Labor Board, for alleged bias in administrative personnel which is the basis of the attacks in congress and among labor, but because it acts as administrator. judge, jury and prosecutor.
 Regarding the basic AFL-CIO dispute as to whether labor shall be organized along industrial or craft lines, the heport says: "The form (of organizati0n) should take its cue from the function. FARM AID
 The report vigorously raps AAA bureaucracy but asserts that "the case for an extensive federal pro- gram for soil conservation is out side the area of partisan debate" Also, the committee holds that acreage control as g means ot combating surpluses is not de- pendable because of unpredictable weather conditions and produc- ton improvements. However, "its continued existence should be countenanced until more fun. demental policies begin to solve the problem.
 Most significant political state ment in the agricultural chapter is the yelled assurance on bene- fit payments as follows:
 "Until the basic policies, here
 suggested, begin to register their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Russians Get Steam Baths

Perhaps all the Russians needed all along was good bath = tremendous, national bath with millions of gallons of water and thousands of tons of soap, with bath salts thrown in, maybe, for those who didn't protest too vociferously. More revealing than any prosaic war pictures coming from the Finnish battlegrounds were the "shotS" of Russian prisoners be- ing thoroughly cleansed and de-loused by Finnish captors. The story told by NEA Service Cameraman Eric Calcraft is more graphic, by far, than any correspondent could have written it.
 The Russians need bath. That's all there's to it. They need fresh linen and clean clothes Perhaps that's what has been wrong all these years. They need to have their old clothes burned. Maybe there'd be a lot less trouble generally if they didn't itch quite so much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

reflect on a coal company or a steel com pany, and deputies or guards had similarly manhandled the cameramen and their pictures? Why, the unions would be first to raise cry of censorship" and high handedness. That is no conjecture. It has often happened.
 The incident of the Communist flag was evidently an ill-conceived and stupid prank on somebody's part. It reflected no diScredit on the union. But the de- struction of newsmen's equipment and the suppression of picture records of a convention of great and legitimate public interest reflects diScredit on the union in way which the pictures themselves could never have done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Selected Poem
COUNTRY DAWN
Daniel Whitehead Hicky in tie Christian
 Science Monitor)

Daniel Whitehead Hicky in tie Christian
 Science Monitor) When was young, lad with eyes as wide As dandeHons staring at the sum- I said: I'll rise before the nights dark tide Has left the heavens or the stars are done. Thus meeting daybreak face to face I'll know Its palest secrets; shall hear them all Whispered along the edges of leaves, the low Dew-lalden honeysuckes, in the talli May apples where hundred sparroWs throng; Now, truly, shall know how dawn comes up. Then suddenly my mind lost ln song The sparrows made; the valley was cup Of rising mist the sunlight turned to gold And sitting there upon an orchard bough With more of music than my ears could hold, The light of morning cool upon my brow, I learned where sparrows go when night come'
 down,
 How sparrows bring the day back over the hill. And so before took my berries to town To earn penny or two, found still Secluded cove and buried my slingshot there. And now, unless some stranger has stumbled on That hidden place found with so much care, Back home the sparrows still bring up the dawn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

Some prognosticator planes the ex- tended and extensive cold spell sweeping this and other countries on prevalence of volcanic eruptions in certain places, which have caused a dense atmosphere which the sun finds hard to penetrate. Thus the cold. If you don't care for that explanation you will, no doubt, see many others in the ensuing days. The same specialist in weather conditions says the smoky atmosphere is also the cause of the quite brilliant, almost red sunsets, that have been prevalent for some time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Lenses and Liberty

The news camera is playing a part an important part - in recording the history of our times. Not only freedom to speak and to print are important these days - freedom to record photographic ally the passing of events is also import ant. That is why we think delegates to the United Mine Workers convention at Columbus were wrong when they seized newsmen's cameras, tore out and de- stroyed their plates, when the camera men had made "shots" of the Communist flag which suddenly appeared above President Lewis head.
 These delegates were fearful that some thing discreditable to their union might be recorded; they acted hastily and un- shinkingly. Had they paused to think, they might have thought like this: what If the picture had been one which might
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
. HIGHllGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Okie Tells Struggle to Beat Storm

There are no fine-spun phrases i'm Our Common Herd" by Sue
 Sanders (Garden City Publish
 ing Co.,: $I. "Ma" Sanders
 wouldn't put them in if she
 knew how. But she has put in
 something infinitely more im-
 portant-a salty, never-give- up
 outlook on life that somehow
 moves you and keeps you read
 ing to the last page. Ma" San-
 ders, the ninth child of a poor
 farmer, has known battle. all
 her life. She's g sort of Grapes
 of Wrath" character who made
 good. Now she's devOting her
 life to helping the "Okies" of 'Steinbeck's book. A portion of
 her own incredible story, of how
 she and her husband "migrated'
 across swollen Red river, is told
 here.
 After the harvest was over, we travelled on toward Red river the boundary between Texas and Indian Territotry. We stopped to pick cot- ton wherever we could find any to pick! The weather began getting colder and there was some rain and snow.
 Rain was pouring down when we reached Red river. The trail we were following had been muddy and flooded for some time. Our team was tired out, and so were we, but there was no time to lose. Our expenses had taken all the money we had except $10.
 The men tied our wagon bed to the running gear and took of the wagon sheet so that they could get the baby and me out in case of trouble. Then they hitched the lead horse to the wagon tongue and put me just back of the wagon seat. hung onto the baby so tight it's a wonder didn't squeeze the breath out of her, but the sight of that swollen, roaring river almost made my heart stop beating.
 We drove out into the swiftly flowing current. Soon we were in water so deep that I'm sure the horses must have been swimming, as the icy-cold water swirled through the wagon bed, wetting me to the waist. I shut my eyes, with a prayer, and held the baby up as high as I could out of that rushing water.
 Soon both men yelled, Were through the worst of it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
SHOWS FOR CHILDREN
(New York Herald Tribune

In a period when several of the arts were dependent for existence on Federal support, it is interesting that a new project, begun on a small scale managed to grow and prosper. Junior Programs, Inc, created, directed and largely run by women who contributed their ser- vices, brought professional operas. plays, concerts, pallets, marionettes and travel films to nearly half a million children in thirty-one states and Canada. Admission charges varied from 10 to 25 cents, and the enterprise was operated at a cost of about $15,000 year. Junior Pro- grams, Inc. is a non-profit organi- zation, dependent on membership for its support. Despite careful man agement there was g deficit at the end of the season, which the man. agers hope can be avoided in future. This year, with travelling profess sional companies paid Equity or higher wages and touring as far as the Pacific Coast, audiences may reach a million. The idea originated with Mrs. Dorothy L.. McFadden, of Maplewood, N. J., who thought her own children should have greater opportunity for sound entertainment than then existed in their own conl- munity. Since the beginning, other institutions interested in child en- tertainment have co-operat ted Headquarters of Junior Programs, Inc, are at 221 west Fifty-seventh Street, New York. It well deserves its success. fr
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

What winter! To date there have been practically thirty-five skating days. If there is no thaw in the next twenty four hours the skating will continue, and providing there is no big snow storm. This is quite record. It seems that in the 1937- 38 season there were thirty-elght skating days in these parts. Last winter there were less than thirty. Looking back to a few winters ago, along about 1885, there was winter with only eight skating days, and another with only three. Just fancy New England winter with only three skating days. But New England weather is so variable that you can expect almost anything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

The Germans are bombing ships and the Russians are bombing Finnish cities. Unspeakable atrocities are occurring in Poland and Hitler makes a periodic speech. John L. Lewis is calling names again, this time. Madame Perkins the object of his verbal darts. Roosevelt is still non-committal about a third term. You can't miss any of this giving cur sory glance at the headlines. Yes, all this and lot more, too; but did you know that a new marigold is being dis played by David Burpee, hybridist? It is the Tetra marigold, prolific plant that has quadrupled it's blooms through the use of drug in the raising, colchi- cine. This may seem trifling in compar- ison to outstanding events of the day, but in the horticultural field it is very im- portant achievement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

Berlin admits that they caused to be executed the vicar of the Posen Catholic Cathedral. He encouraged the Poles to take up arms when German troops entered Poland But still German author ities deny the committing of most atroci- t-es reported to the Vatican and, which are forthwith reported to the world. To them the procedure comes under the head, probably, of doing their duty which cities. You make your own definitions these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
A COD OR A CORSKI
(New York sun)

The acting commissioner of Fish cries, Charles E. Jackson, once praised the cod for its flavor, its ap- pearance and its liver oil, but de- plored the fact that 1t is not very bright. Not tlnnaturally, New Eng flanders came to the defense of the noble, not to say, sacred, cod, and wrote profusely Uo MT. Jackson. Re- gently 0. J. O'Neill of Milton, Mass achusetts, wrote to MT. Jackson about catching a cod, inside of which was "a regulation size schol- ars notebook complete with notes and all." He believed the fish had escaped from the laboratories of w. c. Harrington, who experiments with who has heard many fish stories, cod at Harvard. But Mir. Jackson, requires an affidavit when he is told a shad is bony, said: T won't be fully convinced of the fish's men, tality until I learn what sort uf notes were in the notebook"
 Yes. it would be interesting to know just what those notes are about. Perhaps this cod-being the scholar he apparently was-did hail from Harvard. And yet, on the other hand, he may have been a codski. a species of red-hued cod that halls
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effect, the necessity of some form of direct subsidy to agri- culture to secure effective par ity and control the impact of surpluses upon farm prices must be recognized" BUSINESS
 The committee endorses gov- ernment regulation of business, but reminds the world that business is not "anti-social as claimed by the New Deal, and 50 should be given ample freedom to take risks.
 "The purpose of government intervention" says the report, should be to make the Amer ican economy of free enterprise work, not to replace it with something else. In the face of mounting evidence that the tenn per and purpose of New Deal leadership, in it's relation to business, have repressed rather than released the creative en- ergies of the nations enterprise, the temptation in many quarters has been to demand a mora tOrium on all business reform"
 The committee warns against such a stand. Business should be regulated, consumers protected, small and new business aided, but by rational rule" and by letting business know exactly what the government seeks to do. FINANCES
 New Deal fiscal policies and its vast expenditures make the solu- ton of U. s. finances extremely difficult, but as a start the COP committee recommends:
 .(1) Eliminate tax exemptions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
ASKED ONLY ONE THING
New Haven Register

One of the first measures to be passed by the House of Repre- sentatives in the current session is a bill for the acquisition Of Patrick Henry's old home, known as Red Hill, in Charlotte County. Va. The place is to be bought and administered as a permanent public memorial or national monument. The bill carries an authorization of $lO0.O00.
 At the time of the passage of the bill, thesole explanation was made by Representative Schafer, of Wisconsin, whose remarks concern ing the subject of the memorial were limited to the staAement: This bill, s. 1919. honors the memory of Patrick Henry. noble American
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
MOTHERS SONG
(Boston Post)

Few mothers in the English speaking world have not at some time wooed slumber for babies with the lullaby "Rock-a- By Baby" It is a simple thing-a natural lullaby Through the years few knew who wrote 1t, or even asked. Those who thought about it in those tender fleeting moments when the Sand. man closed tiny lids probably aS- scribed. it to some mother way back somewhere when time began.
 The death at City Hospital of Mrs Fife I. Canning Carlton, at 81, re- veals her as the author when she was a girl of IS. Great, contempor- ary composers will be forgotten years hence, when mothers will still be singing her lullaby to babies yet unborn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last uage for the answers.

1. What is the name for the per- iod of life extending from puberty to adulthood? .
 2. Name the capital of Egypt. throughout most of its early history.
 3. Are penquins most likely to be seen in the Antarctic or Arctic re- giofls?
 {. What is the product of 1-3 multiplied by 1-2?
 s. Who was recently appointed Secretary of the Navy?
 6. What is the name for the sci- ence of the phenomena of soundp
 2. What is the correct pronunci- ation of the word disputative?
 8. In Poker, with the deuces wild. does a royal flush beat five of a kind?
 g. What Is the political affiliation of Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohios
 10. Does an alien man become an American citizen by marrying a woman citizen of the United Statesa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
MARK TWAIN STAMPS
(New Britair, IIerald)

Hartford wanted to share the honor with Hannibal. Mo, of being the first place where the new Mark Twain commemoratory stamps were cancelled on the post cfice ma chimes.
 Local pride is g wonderful thing
 Postmaster General James A. Farley might have let Hannibal be the first city and Hartford second; but he had a few experiences with other stamp issues and apparently has decided in favor of simplitica- ton and less bother.
 There will be 35 commemorative stamps for famous Americans, and maybe that will be a starter. The postal department is bound to keep the stamp engraving industry req sonably busy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

shouted Templeton, T ask for SIMPLE ROOM SERVICE and l can't get it!'
 STUDY IN SMILES
 FRAMED IN STUDY
 Helen .Menken has the follow ing framed in her study-as it ought to be in all others. 'The value of a Smile-coStS nothing but creates much. It is rest to the weary-daylight to the dis couraged-Sunshine to the sad and natures best antidote for trouble! Yet-it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed or stol- en-for it is something that is of no earthly good to anybody-mtil it is given away"
 FLIES INTO RAGE
 AT TRAMPING FLIES
 The Twenty -Oners are telling the tale of the inebriate who comes home after terrible binge. But terrific! His head is like 8 balloon, his tongue like a garden hose, tripping all over his throat. He goes to bed unsteadily and tries to sleep. He can't. Notices two flies walking across the footboard. Listen, flies," he raSps, If you want to stay around here, you've got to go on tip-toe."
 THEME SONG
 FOR A FIRE FAN
 Hizzoner, Mayor LaGuardia backstage of the Metropolitan Opera House the other day, dis cussed g. music for the masses" plan with Lily PonS. In the midst of talk, his chauffeur hustled in to say that the police-radio had just reported two-alarm blaze.
 Whereupon Hizzoner rose and dashed to his limousine while Mile. Pones serenaded his farewell with an aria from "The Fire Fly" She will sing it again dedicating the song to the mayor at her next Carnegie Hall concert. Try and be so flip under a dictatorship! CHANEY, JR.,
 IS IN TOWN
 A ch.o off the old block: Lon Chaney, Jr., who just came to the big town for the first time to look around. He's in the film, "Of Mice and Men," He eluded corps of publicity men who wanted to taxi him around, in order to en joy his first subway ride-alone.
 As usual, Sonia Henie's ice show was & sellout at Madison Square Garden, but anyone could have wandered over to the Rock efeller Ice Pond early each morn- ing and watched her practice-for nothing.
 At long last, someone succeeded in having a look at that pie-sized metal tag worn by Broadway Rose, the Rialto,s most constant lady medicant. It's a likeness of the bandleader. Ted Lewis, prob ably her secret hero.
 You'd be perfectly fair to envy me. I've just been at a cocktail party with the lovely lady. Ingrid Bergman, who is Sweden's threat to its First Glamor Lady. Garbo. Ingrid, incidentally, denied that the bitter rivalry twixt Garbo and herself has estranged them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Washington Merry Go-Round
Long Awaited C. O. P. Platform Report Completed
NN sSvise. lEA
DREW PEAR 5 0 N ROBERT s. ALLEN

on all future issues of federal, state and municipal securities, (2) reduce the higher individual sur- taxes, repeal the capital stock and excess profits taxes, and increase rates in the middle brackets, (3) substantially reduce government expenditures, and (4) declare determination to return to the gold standard, the time and conditions to be fixed by commission work ing with congress. This last is another pet Hoover plank.
 SOCIAL SECURITY
 Unemployment insurance and old-age pensions, the committee declares, should be on a pay-as- you go basis with both worker and employer contributing. There is little criticism of the New Deal Social Security Act, but a recom- inendation that it be extended to farm labor, domestic help and other groups now excluded--which Roosevelt originally asked Con- gress to do.
 The report also advocates gov- ernment aid in promoting a ''healthier America" but is very much against having the govern- inent enter the "field of / actual medical care. remedial as we'll as preventive, for people, either in- dividually or as groups"
 The committee recommends federal grants-in-aid to loca' and state health units, plus a na- tional health program by the gov ernment, medical profession and voluntary social groups, and the promotion of voluntary non-profit health and hospital insurance or- ganizations.
 Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Daily Almanac
loon rises l2:0l a. m.

Moon r1SeS l2:UI a. m.
 Sun rises 7:05 a. m. sets 5:06 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 The fifth change in the moons phase for January occurred this morning between and 10 o'clock, Luna entering its last quarter for the second time within 31 days It's sign of foul weather, February getting ready to produce the long-awaited break in the cold spell. Look for rain if the wind is from the west, snow, if from the east.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31
Views of The Press

patriot, who said, Give me liberty or give me death'."
 The present-day "girnmes" take so many other and sometimes in- credible forms that perhaps 1t is worth a hundred thousand dollars to commemorate the fact that, be- lieve it or not, there once was pressure-group of one, who did not try to get into the public trough OH all four and whose only demand was for liberty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-31

8 piano 10 en- tertain his guest, so ne phoned the desk clerk to send up @ baby grand.
 Aside from the fact that it's aw fully late," the desk clerk apologiz- ed, i've have only one piano and it's too large to fit through y o u T door,"
 "Flne thing" 1"