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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
HOTEL STAYS OPEN
FOR GEORGE
. HIGHLlGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Lincoln's Early Law
Experiences Retold

Henry Clay Whitney's life on the
Circuit with Lincoln" has long
been considered rare LincOIniana.
Whitney was one of the six men
no knew Lincoln intimately and
who recorded his recollections ex.
tensively. 1t Is q publishing event,
therefore, to have this book now
wholly available i'm q new edition
(CaxtOn Printers, Caldwell, Idaho:
So with an introduction by the
eminent Lincoln student, Paul M.
Angle. You will find it one Of the
most human, revealing portraits Of
the great president. Here is one
anecdote about Lincoln's early law
practice:
He once held an entire term of
the Champaign circuit court when
I lived there. Several Of our citizens
had given one Chase their promis.
sorry note In consideration of his
establishing newspaper; he did not
fulfill his ageement, but he did
transfer the note to an innocent
holder before maturity.
Several Of us young lawyers were
employed to make any defense we
could. There really was no defense,
but we tried to delay 1t. In this
we succeeded (several times) up to
the very time the court should have
closed, ON Saturday afternoon, when
the plaintiff again demanded judg-
ment to which we objected Strenu-
ously: Lincoln therefore announced
that he would come over at candle
light and take up the case.
He came accordingly-it was lit
orally candle-light, for We. had no
other. He took his seat at the clerks
desk, called for the papers In the
case. He examined them and found
no defense file, whereupon he COM
menced to write his order and
as he wrote he read it word by
word. -.
I then asked: "How can we get
this up to the supreme court?" (Our
knowledge Of the law was meager
in those days.. Lincoln, who had
been bored by the case, replied
"You all have been so smat about
this case. that you can find out for
yourselves how to carry it up" He
then adjourned court for the term
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
DAILY Almanac

Moon rises 1882 p. m.
sun rises e:36 a. M; sets $3.50 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
The most brilliant queens necklace was
i,lstreless compared to the display Of planets
In the western heavens last night. Many had
watched Venus and Jupiter In conjunction the
last few nights, but the added spectacle Of
Mercury. below these two and Mars. Saturn
above was well-worth the effort Of securing
. good vantage point
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Security Through Annual Wages

Beyond receiving an adequate pay
check, the most comforting thing to the
average worker is a reasonable assur-
ance that he will continue to receive the
same check next week and the week after.
This is the kind of security he wants
more than unemployment compensation
and old-age guarantees. He wants to
feel that he will be employed long enough
each year to insure his family against
sudden stoppage of income or pay insult
ficient to cover his normal needs.
Those who suffer most seriously from
SpaSmodic pay checks are workers in the
building trades, whose hourly rates OF
pay looks good, but whose annual pay
never seems to add up to what they
expect. Their employment is strictly
seasonal, and many of them are lucky If
they can clear $1,000 year, although
they may be working for $1.30 an hour.
Fully aware of this problem, which long
has threatened the financial security of
their members, the building trades are
of a specified annual wage. According to
News Analyst Willis Thornton, nearly
million workers will be asked to decide on
Thornton selected typical trade to
Illustrate how the plan might work. The
average painter in Cleveland now gets
weeks a year, collecting about 1000 a
year. Under the proposed plan, the
painter would be guaranteed AZ weeks
Of steady work at an annual rate OF 81 $50.
His hourly rate would fall from $1.30 to
about ST - but he will have earned
nearly $500 more at the end of the year.
Those building tradesmen now earn
ing more than the proposed, standard
wage naturally object to the plan. For
those few, it would mean an annual de-
crease in wages. That would be the price
Of providing higher pay and better form
Of security for the industry IN general.
Unionists are not quite sure generally
how they feel about the plan. Some are
resisting it because of the decrease in
the hourly rate But many practical
union men, including many building
trades union leaders, are actively sup
porting the proposal. The plan for estab-
listing annual wages is not new. It has
long been advocated by certain groups as
a means of setting up some semblance of
security. President Roosevelt suggested
it for the auto industry, but the unions
baked. Several individual employers
have already set up systems whereby a
fixed 52-week pay rate is determined each
year in advance on the basis OF company
earnings during the preceding year.
The Fair Labor Standards Act opened
the gate for annual wage plans by setting
up specific provision for employers wish
ing to establish employe relations upon
this basis. Initiation of such plan,
especially in industries affected by sea-
sonal layoffs and fluctuations, would be
of inestimable benefit to workers and
could conceivably be worked out on a
sound economic basis for the employer.
There would most certainly be objections
to the plan if it were widely circulated,
and these would have to be met. But it is
something to think about in an age when
security of every kind has become the
most important consideration in the lives
Of American workers.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
LANDON'S IDEALS

01~ASSoA~A
A third factor that has played
a big role in Landon's growth has
been his diSinterested efforts to
rebuild and modernize the Repub-
lican party.
AS the first step in this work,
he took himself completely out Of
the field as a possible aSpirant.
Then he set about to act as a big
brother to all presidential posi-
bilitieS in order to give the party
the fullest opportunity to guage
their worth and mettle. Few are
aware Of the extent to which Lam
don has quietly counselled COP
candidates and their managers.
He has been rigidly impartial
I'm this. He has given his advice
freely to all who sought it-and
they all have. More than that,
he has secretly interviewed In
more than one factional row
amcng. them in key states and
without fanfare restored peace
and unity.
6AluuItd41cOuS4y, AdAuOA 1ldO
dinned home to the COP certain
vital facts: that (1) the party
cannot be merely obstructive;
~ that its thinking on national
issues did not step in 1882: and
(3) that 1t must b emodern, up
to-date and progressive. These
views have not set well with GER
tain powerful elements, a fact
which has not disturbed Landon
These principles are what he very
definitely believes and with no
axe to grind or personal ambi-
tons to nurse he has spoken
frankly and honestly.
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Feature Syndicate, Inc0
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

hard, but once the fight was over
he harbored no grudges, did not
immune himself in a sullen aloof-
ness Of spiteful resentment.
He lauded the Administrations
handling of the delicate Panay
bombing incident, readily went to
Pan-American Conference at
Lima, and when war broke out
in Europe, he endorsed the Presi-
dents proposed to repeal the
arms embargo.
Another factor is LandOn's
fundamental liberalism. He is
He is mot q militant in the
sense of the inner circle New
Dealers, but he is far to the !,
left Of most Of the national
leaders of his party. In fact,
he probably would never have
been nominated il some of his
views had been known to the re-
dictionary elemnts that backed
him. His break with Hooved
late in 1887 was over this. issue
Of liberalism.
Bent on revenging the repudia-
ton Of his regime, Hoover con-
ceived the plan of a ''mid-term
convention to draft a platform
which would endorse his ecoonnic
and fiscal theories. Landon, sup
ported by Colonel Frank Knox
and by various congressional lead
ers, set himself. squarely against
this scheme and blocked it. But
it was characteristic Of his sports
manship that after defeating
Hoover on three major issue. Lam
don went out of his way to soften
the blow by agreeing to the crea-
ton of the Program Committee
an innocuous but face-saving de-
vice.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
CUTTING OFF PLANTsvILLE
(New Britain Herald

From time to time Southington
has undergone an agitation about
having the College highway straight-
ened out to cut on Plantsville and
the turns needed to navigate through
that part Of town. The idea was to
have the Sand Hill road modernized
It runs from the fork in the road
at the Holcomb school to the Mill
dale Cheshire junction.
Nothing ever came Of the agita-
tion-but that was before the pres
ent highway commissioner was on
the Job. william J. Cox and his en-
gineers are energetic improvers and
might be interested in this matter II
1t were brought to their attention.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Selected Poem
ESTATE

Chilly B. Cooper in the New York Tines)
He lives beyond the village on farm
Long overgrown with weeds His draught Of life
Is rain upon the roof; his bread is sun
And wind and stars His neighbors call him queer
And pass on tales Of boarded wealth; but when
He dies, no one will ind his treasure-trove,
For none will think to seek his source Of dreams,
The visions that provide his sustenance;
No one will look for beauty that has been
His vintage through the years, and none Will md
The rare contentment Of his heart and mind.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Extending Democracy

In vague way, citizens have always
been interested in the way their city was
being mapped out for the future. But the
data has usually been SO impossibly tech
nical that only a graduate engineer could
make sense out of it. In number of cit
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24


having his ditty exhumed - and
the doctors bill Is eating up the
royalties!
HOW A FOX
LOST HIS FUR
The furrier, I. J. Fox, gave the
sun-tanned barebacks around here
a preview Of his fur line for the
winter and he was very happy
about 1t. But mingled with his
Joy was grief, for he was telling
Of what had just happened to him
at his Fifth avenue store. It
seems that for three weeks, wins
dow dressers were toiling over q
startling display at his fur salon.
They designed four fur tableaux,
but he was not pleased. He Or
dered them to try once more, and
the fifth mite with the approval
Of his faStidious eye.
SO what happened? First night
the window display was one,
burglar smashed through the win
dow, burgled $4,000 worth of fur
and made a sorry mess Of the rest.
They were discussing the New
York weather at the Club Bali
the other night. Little Cold New
York." commented one nostalgia
wiseacre.
There's q ''Mammy,s" restaurant
on one corner OF Miami Beach
and a "Pappy's" on the other
so there was naught else for
competitor to do the other day
but open one labelled 1.-THE Kid
die Korner."
HOTEL STAYS OPEN
FOR GEORGE
George Jessel keeps the same
late hours in Miami that he Is ac-
customed to on his insomnia
rounds in Manhattan. The Royal
Palm doesn't close until he looks
as though he's ready to go-and
that's generally late.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last
page for the answers.

1. What does foot-pounds mean?
Q. Must members OF the Presi-
dents cabinet be natural-born AM
orleans?
8. Who Is Ettore Mutt?
4. What Is the hail1e for an erup-
tive thermal spring?
5. What Is the correct pronuncia.
ton Of the word hypocrisy?
6. Is the bite Of the King snake
poisonous?
2. On which continent Is the
British possession. Rhodesia?
8. To measure the humidity OF the
air, you would use hydroneter,
an aquastat or q hygrometer?
9. Which Of the elements that
compose the world Is most abutad.
ant in proportion to the whole?
10. Who wrote "Gcne With the
Wind?"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
A Thought for Today

And they spake unto him, saying, II thou be
kind to this people, and please them, and speak
good words to them, they win be thy servants
for ever-U Chronicles 1857.
We become willing servants to the good by the
bonds their virtues lay upon us--ir P. Sidney.
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Washington Merry-Go-Round "
NEA ssrvias, H.
DREW PEA ) U N
ROBERT 8. ALLEN


Committee convention
- of Kansas
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

the regular hourly rate Of pay Is so
cents. For the four hours Of over
time, the ernploye is entitled to
$1.O0 a hours as cents) addition
al compensation; $24 for the weeks
work.
Q. What causes goldfish to rise
to the top Of the aquarium and gasp
for air?
A. Overlooking or lack Of oxygen
In the water caused by overcrowd-
ing. This newspapers Service
Bureau, l013-13th st., Washington.
D. c., issues a four-page, printed
leaflet Aquarium Care" which can
be obtained for four cents.
@. Which members Of the q. s.
Supreme Court were appointed. by
President Taft and which were ap-
pointed by President r. D. Rocse-
welt?
A. President Taft appointed six
members, Horace H. Lurton, Charles
e. Hughes, Willis Van Devaflter,
Joseph r. Lomar, Edward D. White
(Chief Justice) and Mahlon Pltney
None Of these is now serving, except
Hughes, VINO resigned In 1915 to RUIZ
for President and was appointed
Chief Justice in 1880 by President
Hoover. President Roosevelt has ap-
pointed Hugo L. Black, Stanley r.
Reed, Felix F'rankfurter, william O
Douglas and Frank Murphy.
@. Does the u. s. Army and Navy
offer rewards for information lead.
ing to the apprehension Of DESERT
ers?
A. No.
q. How much did business decline
In the 19S7-38 recession?
A. In five months, from August to
January, the rate Of industrial pro-
duction plunged more than 80 per-
cent, and business activity was bach
at levels Of 3 years previous.
q. HOW does q. S. cruiser rata
with other naval vessels?
A. Technically, 1t rates Just below
the battleship and above the de.
stroyer and gunboat.
Q. Can the discovery Of scien.
tific principle be patented
A. No: only the application Of the
principle.
Q. Is the number Of prisoners IL
a prison included In the census pop.
ulation Of . city or town?
A. Only IL the prison Is within
the corporate limits Of the city Or
town.
Q. To whom was the 1899 Mac
kay trophy awarded?
A. Lieut.. Col Robert Olds and IS
officers and "a enlisted men Of the
| Second Bombardment Group who
made the 1852 mile goodwill flight
from Washington to Buenoes Aires
and return In six Anchored bonn
bers.
II you want . copy Of the book
let CORRECT ENGLISH, send
to The Waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir.
III = - 0N
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

ny GEORGE ROSS

Miami, Feb. 2l.-Hernan Palsy
u close - sixty, and his lifelong
ambition has been toimake enough
money and have enough leisure to
60 south for q Florida vacation.
Thirty years ego he thought he
might achieve that By song.writ-
ing, but his melodies didn't click.
Just q short time ago, however,
he was amazed to hear an old, old
song Of his. come bounding over
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24
Views of The Press

ton of these measures by the states
Of the New England and North At
lantic area would 60 far toward re-
ducing hazards on the roads.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

the radio. The
song was ''Bu-
W. It seems
his publisher
revived 1t with
out telling him.
And the num-
Der Is on the
way toward be-
coming another
"Oh, Johnny,
Oh"
Paley Is In
Miami-but it's
as a result Of Q
nervous break
down from the
excitement Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

TODAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, 'eThey coOpersted
toether 70 write the book;
omit together"
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THE EDITOR.
q. Under the Federal Wage-Hour
law, how Is the regular hourly rata
Of pay Of piece-workers coEnputed?,
A. BY dividing the total weekly
piecework earnings (including pro-
duction bonuses, II any) by the
number Of hours worked IN the
week. For overtime work the piece
worker Is entitled to be paid In adj
dition to his weekly piecework eaE11-
ings, q sum equivalent to one-hai1
the regular hourly rate Of pay, null
tiplied by the number Of hours
worked In excess Of - in the week.
Thus, II the piecework earnings IN
q work-week Of 46 hours are $2ss
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-24

the regular hourly rate Of pay Is so
cents. For the four hours Of over
time, the enploye Is entitled to
$l.OO a hours Z as cents) addition
al compensation; $24 for the weeks
work.
Evening star., 1940-08-11

ton had not been started primarily
as defense matter, but because the
department thought it had evil
dence Of violations OF Federal law
"The defense thing" one official
said, "just fell in our laps as we
looked over the patent situation. "
Nevertheless, this angle has as
sumed great Importance, particu-
larly since the department believes
1t has evidence that license agree
ments between American and foreign
firms have resulted in exchange of
technical information important to
national defense and restriction of
production of some materials and
products holding key place in the
rearmament drive.
Mr.. Arnold said of some of these
agreements that they placed busi-
nessmen engaged in vital defense
industries "in the impossible position
of dividel loyalties." He said evi-
dence had been uncovered by Federal
grand juries here and elsewhere OF
Evening star., 1940-08-11

told the New York Patent Law AS
ISOLATION.
"Since the passage of this (the
Sherman Anti-Trust) act, patents
have become on an ever increasing
scale major device to directly vio-
late both the spirit and the struc-
ture of that act"
Facts derived from a two-year in
vestigation under Mr.. Arnold, Mr..
Borkin said, indicate that in vari-
Gus industries patent rights have
been used to divide fields into non-
competitive spheres, establish price,
fixing schemes, divide markets into
exclusive geographical areas, limit
production and quality, restrict the
use of products, require that out
siders purchase non-patented ma
terials and service, enforce tying-in
provisions, prevent the investment
Of new capital in industry and. in
general, to restrain trade and elimi-
nate competition"
Justice officials here were care
full to point out that the investiga-
Evening star., 1940-08-11

Grman control Of patents important
to war industries in the United
States.
Even should the expected indict-
ments against important companies
be handed down by the grand jury,
some corporation lawyers think the
Government might be content with
settling cases involving foreign
agreements by consent DEGREES"
stopping the practices. In cases
involving domestic restraint of trade,
however, either criminal or civil
proceedings against the companies
was a possibility, it was said.
In putting the present grand
jury Investigations into their proper
relationship to the Governments
general patent probe, Department
of Justice officials point out that
much of the litigation on this
subject in the past comprised iso-
lated cases with relatively narrow
application.
The department, one official said,
Evening star., 1940-08-11

wishes to have a judicial deter
mination Of all the patent practices
now prevalent throughout indus
try which it believes unlawful under
the antitrust laws" -s.E
Gases already undertaken With
this end in mind include that of
Bausch g. Lomb, optical concern.
which resulted in conviction and
fines for the company and dissolu-
ton Of patent agreement withathe
German firm of Carl Zeiss; the stifl
pending civil action against the glass
container industry, and the slit
against the Ethyl Gasoline Corp, de-
cided in favor of the Government.
The final step in the Governments
program, which was called for by
the temporary National Economic
Committee will be remedial leeis-
lation. This legislation is expected
to call for specific prohibition of
the use of patents to "f1x" prices,
restrict output, or control geographic
cal distribution. fac4
Evening star., 1940-08-11

temporary direction Of q Federal
grand jury Investigation into pat
ents.
When Mr.. Arnold, in a talk to
newspapermen Friday, referred to
IAN economic fifth column" lurking
behind the patent laws, even though
he said 1t was not a malicious one,
he created a sensation among busi-
ness leaders.
Lawyers for many large concerns,
however, had been fully aware for
months of the Department of JUS
tees investigation into the alleged
use of patents. in restraint of trade.
The department itself, through
several spokesmen, had made 1t clear
that an integrated program, en-
bracing investigation, prosecution
and, eventually, changes in the pat
ent laws was under way.
Borkin Statement Quoted.
AS early as last May, Joseph
Borkin, economist in charge of the
patent unit of the Antitrust Divi-
sion of the Department of Justice