davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
In Today's Mail

hospital am not taking any more
chances and have sworn off liquor
for good as I have no desire to
repeat that experience at the over
crowded State Hospital. However, I
want it made clear that I was
treated grandly and doctors and
nurses were most considerable, the
food was as good as one finds in
the average first class restaurant,
there was plenty of opportunity for
body building diversion about the
spacious grounds of the institution.
Nevertheless, I resented the over
crowding and if I ever go to the
Legislature again I will work hard
to have the present shameful con-
ditions remedied."
People who are familiar with
State Hospitals will logically view
the former legislators complaint as
something that more members of
State Legislatures should be more
concerned about. They seem to have
plenty of money to spend on the
jails but ask for money for the
State Hospitals and legislative stin-
giness finds plenty of supporters.
The whole trouble seems to be with
the physical layout of the hospi-
tai plants. Institutions built for a
certain number of patients are ex-
pected to accommodate hundreds
more above capacity and the result
is overcrowding and retardation of
cures. Not only is this true of State
Hospitals in Massachusetts and
Connecticut but all over the coun-
try. According to the last Report
of the Connecticut State Hospital
at Middletown "the figures show
that at the end of the biennium
the hospital was 39.5 percent over
crowded" And so the story goes all
over the country. The figures of
overcrowded mental hospitals would
prove an amazing citation of State
neglect of the mentally i'll SO far
as providing proper housing is con-
cerned. Admittedly, no matter how
humanely mental patients are treat
ed, it is clear that herding so many
mental types together must do
serious damage to certain of them.
Mental hospital construction is
not keeping pace with the advance
being made by psychiatry. In erect
ing these buildings it seems to be
the general idea that it makes lit
tie difference as to how the patients
are cared for as long as they have
roof over their heads, clean bed
ding and decent food. Psychiatric
and medical attention are taken for
granted. This is about all that
presented State Hospital construc-
| ton takes account Of. If an institu-
ton is built to care for 1900 patients
what matter If several hundred
more are crowded in SO long as
mattresses can be laid on the floor?
But even mental patient should
not be expected to have to sleep
on the floor. Neither should a men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

The resignation of Col. Samuel Fisher OF
Litchfeld as head of the Highway Safety
Commission will be universally regretted.
During his incumbency it's work has adj
vanced to a high degree of accomplish
ment. He has been responsible in the
main for much of the work that it has
done and for the very fact that it took
the initiative so often in advancing safety
ideas. Colonel Fisher has shown to a
high degree his complete unselfishness
and his willingness to devote both time
and energy to any civic duty to which he
may be summoned. That he should feel
called now to return to his private and
business endeavors is not REIMBURSEMENT
of the above feeling. He has shared his
life with the government; the state can't
be selfish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
MORE ROOM FOR MENTAL
PATIENTS NEEDED IN
STATE HOSPITALS
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
A former patient at Norwich
State Hospital has written a long
letter in which he complains of
the overcrowding of that institution
and the physical impossibility of
properly segregating the patients in
the circumstances. Among other
things, he writes; while mentally
confused I was in no condition to
care much about what was tram
spring about me. But as my mental
conditions began to improve and I
was able to take an interest in my
immediate surroundings the first
thing that unfavorably impressed
me was being in such close contact
with so many diverse temperaments
Squabbles were frequent and it be-
ing my first experience in a mental
institution 1 have to confess that
hope it will be the last time
ever find myself in such a place
Having committed no crime ii
seems to me that the State OF
Connecticut should make more hui
name provision for patients whose
minds are clearing and give these
involuntary guests of the State more
Individual attention by placing SEN
sitive temperaments in individual
rooms instead of herding everybody
in together like a lot of buns In
a mission flop"
That what the former patient
has written is not without some
basis of reason many persons will
admit. The sore spot in menta
hospital administration is the over
crowding of the wards with al
types of mental disorder and this
condition seems to grow worse than
better with little or no effort being
made by Legislature to effect re-
form. A former member of the
Massachusetts, Legislature founc
himself hospitalized in one OF the
States psychiatric hospitals and by
the time he was ready for his
discharge he had learned a lot OF
things about modern State Hospi-
tails that he had not known before
To use his own words: eff hao
known of all this overcrowdine
while member of the Legislature
certainly would have taken step;
to have legislation enacted putting
stop to the system. While I foune
my treatment on a high order o.
excellence I certainly did not relish
association with men whose queel
mental quirks got on my nerves
This was bad enough but being
obliged to sleep in an open ware
with twenty men was new ex'
perience for me. Being a poor mar
I was unable to hire privat'
room and so had to take what wa!
given me wether I liked it Or not
Inasmuch as booze took me to thu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

panied Brigham Young to Utah
and became a pillar of the Nor
mon church.
The religious zeal of his fore
bears burned bright in young Bob
At the age of 10 he gave Up his
studies at Brigham Young univer-
sity and accepted a call as Nor
mon missionary in Europe. Most
of his three years there was spent
in Germany, where he had two
experiences that greatly influenced
his later life.
One, i'm 1913, was his first air
plane flight, with Melli Beese,
famous pioneer aviatriX. The
other was the interlude in the
cooler.
Hinckley was arrested by Ger
man authorities for spreading the
Mormon gospel. The Kaiser'S po-
lice were outraged that a foreign
er should be doing missionary
work in the Reich and they jailed
young Hinckley on charge of
disturbing the peace. After a
few days he was released on con-
dition that he leave the country.
AIRLINE PIONEER
Returning to the U. S., Hinckley
decided he was not cut out for a
clerical career, and re-entered the
university to prepare himself for
teaching. But after two years as
high school instructor in Mount
Pleasant. Utah, the fever of the
motor age gripped him and he
went into the automobile business,
becoming in a few years one of
the largest dealers in the state.
1t was natural step for him
to become interested in aviation
and to envision its commercial
possibilities. But others in those
days of early planes weer Less OPP
timistic. They commended his
daring but held on to their own
cash.
Hinckley was undaunted. He
went ahead alone, organized
the Utah Pacific Always and
made it one of the few sue
cessful pioneer airlines.
During all this time, while i'm
mersed in his extensive business
activities, he also was alertly in
teresetd in public affairs. He
found time to serve several terms
as a liberal Democrat in the Utah
Legislature, as Mayor of Mount
Pleasant and as president of the
Utah Municipal League.
In the historic campaign of
1892, Hinckley was one of the
leaders who put Professor Ebert
Thomas into the field against the
powerful, veteran Republican Sen
ator Reed Smoot and defeated
him. This accomplishment, plus
his record as a liberal and his
success in business, brought
EIinckley to the attention of Presi-
dent Roosevelt early in 1888.
RELIEF PIONEER
At that time the New Deal was
preparing to set up its first relief
program. Roosevelt sent for
Hinckley to ask him to help with
the job.
"My business affairs need me
badly, Mr.. President" Hinckley
replied, "but I'll drop everything
and pitch in. / think we can get
the set-up you want going in
three months, and then I'll have
to get back to my own prob
lems."
THAT WAS SEVEN YEARS
AGO. HINCKLEY is STILL IN
WASHINGTON.
After the emergency relief job
was completed, he was COM
Wandered to formulate perman-
ent relief program. When that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
Come On, Visitourists

Now that the State Development Com
mission has produced new word for us,
let's hope there1l be lots of use of it this
summer and those to come. Visitourist
has been coined to cover multitude OF
wants, according to the commission. And
naturally visitour will likewise describe
almost aay activity that is concerned
with a persons movements during the
leisure period of his or her life. ViSitours
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

year of operation without single
fatality or serious injury.
A number of factors have de-
servedly been given credit for this
historic achievement: better planes,
historic achievement: better
planes, better personnel, better air.
ports and radio facilities. There
also was one other that played a
leading part in the spectacular
holiday from death-a man who
eats, drinks and sleeps aviation.
He is Robert ii. Hinckley, the
quiet hammered, indefatigable
chairman of the Civil AerOnau-
tic Authority, to whom air
safety records are an old pas
sion.
Twelve years ago, long before
there was anything even resent
bling the CAA and when almost
every passenger plane that took
off flirted with death. Hinckley
organized the Utah-Pacific Air
ways. It's route was over some
of the most treacherous flying
terrain in the country - the
Rockies. But in the three years
that he directed the line, it suf-
fered not one fatal mishap.
It's not strange that only few
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

tai patients be expected to have to
associate in open wards with types
that are directly opposite from his
own. But with the present over
crowding what else can the mana
gers of the institutions do than
do as they are doing much as they
hate to do it? For years the hospi-
tails reports have arrested attention
to this overcrowding and yet it is
permitted to go on.
In considering this problem of our
mentally i'll brethren let us bear
in mind that even the exacting
demands of modern psychiatric
service have fallen short in the
particular that hospital construction
is behind the times. The question,
How much longer shall these con-
ditions be permitted to exist in an
enlightened State, is pertinent and
warranted by the record. Many of
the older institutions should be
RACED to the ground and new build
ings erected ample enough to care
for as many patients as are hos
pitaliZed in them. When a theatre
becomes overcrowded no more per-
sons are admitted to it, But when
a State Hospital becomes over
crowded there is always room for
one more" A public school room
! makes provision for a certain num-
Der of pupils and when every desk
has been taken no more pupils are
accepted in that particular room.
But for some strange reason men,
tai institution seems to be looked
upon as different proposition and
the more patients crammed into it
what difference does 1t make any
way? Intelligent people may dis
agree about the amount of attention
to be paid to convicted felons. Ask
these same people to devote the
same amount of consideration to
the State Hospitals and, they throw
up their hands in horror. Yet the
day is coming before long when
intelligent men and women In all
walks of life, when the various ele-
ments of progressive humanity
conservative, moderate and racial
will subordinate their interest to
the needs of the humanitarian
housing of the mentally Ill. People
do a lot of whimpering over the
criminal element and are very So
fictitious of their welfare while en-
joying life behind the bars but
when asked to place the mentally
i'll ahead of all other considerations
they assume the "dont-care-a-cuss'
attitude and the State Hospitals &c
right ON being shamefully over
crowded and this will continue unit
the people snap their legislators in
to action and demand as decent
housing for the sick in mind az
is accorded the gun-toting mobstel
when he finds himself the guest
of the State.
EUGENE BERTRAM WILLARD
Everett, Massachusetts,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

was done and the, WPA was es-
tablished, Hinckley again was i'm
pressed as Western Director in
charge of II states.
His record in the post was SO
outstanding that when the CAA
was created, to replace the chaotic
Bureau of Air Commerce, Roose-
welt again refused to allow him
to quit, and put him on the new
agency. Six months later, when
Chairman Edward j. Noble was
elevated to Under Secretary of
Commerce, Hinckley was the
unanimous choice to succeed him.
SERENE CRUSADER
Outwardly there is nothing Of
the dynamo about Hickey. He
is one of the mildest and kindli-
est of men. But things have a
way of moving with dispatch and
order when he is on the job.
1t was Hinckley who, almost
single handed sold the student
pilot training program to a scary
Congress. The politicos admitted
the need for more pilots, but were
afraid that accidents would BOOM
erang against them. Hinckley
talked them out of their funk
and they gave him the money he
requested. This year 10000 youths
are receiving flying Instruction
and there hasn't been one serious
accident.
1t was Hinckley who sum-
moned airline operators and quiet
ly but firmly told them there was
only one way to stop fatalities,
and that was to put an end to
bad weather flights.
"Now, gentlemen" he said,
"you can do this in one of two
ways. Stop chiseling on one
another and voluntarily agree
among yourselves to cancel
flights In bad weather, or the
CAA will step in and make you
do it. Take your choice. What'n
it be?"
The operators chose voluntary
regulation, and the past years
spectacular record is tribute to
the sincerity with which they abid-
ed by their pledge and Bob Hinck-
ley's confidence in them.
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

know this. There are many things
about the tall, handsome Utahan,
who will be SO in June, that even
his best friends don't know. He
is that kind of man. Publicity is
not his forte. But doing outstand-
ing jobs definitely is. In nis re-
firing, genial way he has been do
ing them all his life.
PILGRIM DESCENDANT
Bob Hinckley is one of the most
unusual men in Washington. He
is a Pilgrim descendant, one
time missionary, a highly success
full business man, one of the most
brilliant executives in the govern
ment, and an ardent New Dealer.
One of the things that few
know about him is that he has a
jail record. Hinckley is proud
of 1t. 1t happened when he was
seriously considering becoming a
different kind of "sky pilot.
In his veins flows the blood of
a long line of religious ancestors.
One of them was Thomas Hinck-
ley, Puritan governor of the Ply
mouth colony from 1861 TO 1892.
Another was Hinckley's grand
father, Ira Hinckley, who accom-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
Farmers are beginning to

Farmers are beginning to cast re-
signed look heavenWard. They are Won
dering if early blowing and sowing are
going to be delayed indefinitely. There
is still much snow over the fields; frost
lies heavy in the earth. A lot OF valu-
able time is being lost by tillers of the
soil who figure on getting their prellm-
mary tasks started before March has
waned. April is planting time; it may
be delayed this season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
Selected Poem
THE ANGELUS

ANNEAOC
(By P O'Neill in the Boston Pos0
Sweetly and slowly,
Sounding so holy,
1t rings on the calm evening air;
Children of toll,
Filling the soil,
Bow down their heads in prayer.
In echoes blending,
To heaven ascending,
Mingled tones of prayer and bell
Like incense rise
Toward the skies,
To join the sweet Celestial swell.
And down from Heaven,
q Like mama given,
Blessings fall from Gods own hand,
On happy neighborS,
Whose fruitful labors
Bring peace and plenty to the land.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

IQlIluS Oh CIle pcOplc, IlAS NMI. 1OOOS6.
velt's) candidacy would result in ig-
nominious defeat"
@. Can the age of deer be deter
mined by their antlers?
"A. The Bureau of Biological Sur
vey says that the most reliable way
to determine the age is by the teeth
Deer get their permanent teeth
around the age of three, and these
gradually wear off with age. Some
have been known to wear down to
the gums. Another way is by the
horns, but this is not always accu-
rate, as deer often grow more than
one antler year.
@. What is the best way to
sharpen files?
A. Boil them in strong soda and
water to clean off all grease, oil or
gum, then dip for few minutes in
a bath of 1 part of nitric acid and 4
parts of water; the length of time
being less on fine files.
@. When were stock tickers in
troduced in the New York Stock Ex-
change? ..,
A. November Is, 1867.
If you want copy of the book
let VEGETABLE GARDENS" to
The Waterbury Democrats Wash
ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. C. Enclose
10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven or these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers.
1. Are all words ending in "ile"
or zine" pronounced with the long
ii" sound?
2. Does the United States have
an official national flower?
3. Did Russia suffer heavier bat
tie deaths than Germany in the
World War?
4. Which government agency is
represented by the initials FHLBB?
5. On what island is Manila, P. l.?
6. The ruins of the Parthenon of
the Acropolis are in Athens, or
Rome?
7. Who was recently named
chairman of the Republican FL
nance committee?
8. What is the name of the sur
gical operation for delivery of an
infant?
8. What are kid-curlers?
10. What is an igloo?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 12:47 a. m.
Sun rises $40 a. M; sets 6:14 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The moon entered its last phase quarter
this morning between II and IL o'clock.
There should be more disagreeable weather
in the coming week, perhaps lot OF rain to
wash away the snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

H. Dolsen, Pitts
burgh Conmu-
mist.
Dolsen refused
to tell the COM
ittee just
which comrade
it was who put
President Roos-
evelt's name on
his membership
card. He also
refused to an
Swer when ask
e d W h e t h er
C er t ain fellow
f0uy11crr1ov1 rryara
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
THE EDITOR.

@. What was the exact text Of
that part of John L. Lewis speech
before the recent mine workers con-
vention in which he asserted that
President Roosevelt, if candidate
for reelection, would be ignomini-
ously defeated?
A. Mr.. Lewis said: II am con-
WINGED that, with the conditions now
confronting the nation and the dis
satisfaction now permeating the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COrreSnondentl

Washington, March 30-The Dies
committee may have caught a bear
by the tail when it decided to press
Lcnntemnt proceedings against James
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
Questions
and Answers
By FREDERIC M. KERBY

Enclose a three-cent stamp for
reply when addressing any ques-
ton Of fact or information to the
Waterbury Democrats Service Blu
reau at Washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot be given,
nor can extended research be I'M
taken. Be sure all mail Is ad-
dressed to The WATERBURY
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU-
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street.
Washington, ID. C.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
A Thought for Today

What thing sOever command you, observe
to do it; thou shalt not add thereto, nor dim
irish from it.-DeuterOnomy 1882.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from
lOve,-AriStOtIe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, "Jack is my steady
company; say, beau, friend,
companion or escort" as the
case may be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

| bzuCC N&tSOD COWnSLnen were
Communists. The committee then
voted him in contempt and agreed
to start court action.
Whereupon the fun began.
COMMUNISTS ...
SEEK TEST
The next morning a train from
rJew York deposited in WASH
ington Attorney Saul H. Cohn
Cohn, announcing that he was
Dolsen's attorney, said he wei
coined the chance to get a legal
ruling on the whole broad question
of whether the Dies committee has
been exceeding its powers.
Specifically, Conn said he be-
lieved the committee was offSide
in two particulars: in asking ques-
tons it had no right to ask, and in
hauling Dolsen off to Washington
by airplane on no more authority
than a subpoena duces tecum.
Importance of all this goes way
beyond the case of Dolsen as an
individual. Fact is that the Com
munist party is anxious to make
this a test case, believing that the
Dies cmmittee has consistently
asked witnesses questions it had
no legal right to ask; believing
also that the Supreme Court would
effectively clip the committees
wings if the matter got before it.
Plan is to take the case there,
with high-powered legal backing.
ANTI CHAIN
BILL FOUGHT
, Hearings on Wright Patman's
anti chain store bill got under
way as scheduled before a sub
committee of the House Ways and
Means Committee, but the chances
are that the measure won't get to
a vote at this session.
Hearings will go on almost in
definitely. After Congressman Pat
man has presented his case, the OPP
position has its say and the saying
is going to be long and exhaustive.
| So far, the subcommittee has been
notified of 20 witnesses who propose
to appear :gainSt the bill, and there
will be moe.
! Chain stores are up in arms
against the measure, which would
lay a steeply graduated tax on all
units in chain so steep a tax
that the stores say it would theo-
retically exceed the annual net
profits of the 20 largest chains in
the country.
LONG FIGHT FOR
PATMAN
Patman has been plugging for
the measure for years. The ad-
miniStration has been cool to the
idea, and for long time Patman
couldn't get hearing ON it. At the
last session, when it looked as if a
general tax reivison measure
would be up this year, House lead
ers promised him one-figuring
that a couple of days or so could
be sandwiched into the general tax
hearings, the Patman bill being
technically tax measure.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30
Washington Merry-Go-Round
DREW PIE A Il 5 U N
ROBERT s. ALLEN

tiy who has
WASHINGTON
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-30

minds of the people, his CMr. Roose-
velt,s) candidacy would result in ig-
nominious defeat"
Evening star., 1940-08-21
Second Time Just as Bad,
Kay Kyser Discovers
He's Still Scared of Film making;
Brief Is Rosemary Lanes
Synopsis of Her Picture
By SHEMAH GRAHAM.

Kyser in
question acting going the You'll Find OUT
Of
thought after last breakn
right
bed before the first day Of hongo be all fresh
Evening star., 1940-08-21
Marjorie Rambeau
Wins Stellar Role

Marjorie Rambeau's performance
as Tugboat Annie In 'Tugboat Annie
Sails Again. has provoked such COM
ment in Hollywood that Warner
Bros. has awarded her another
stellar character role in Thirty
Days Hath September" play by
John Gannett and Jack Sobol.
Miss Ramheau will portray the
grandmother in this story of q youth
who sells his legacy rights to his
grandmother's estate to q group Of
tough racketeers. The old lady con-
tinues to live on despite efforts Of
the gangsters to rub her out.
Miss Rambeau now Is working at
Warmers as the Italian mother Of
John Garfield and William Lundigan
in East Of the River More than
80 noted movie character actresses
were tested for this part.
Raoul Walsh, who directed They
Drive BY Night" Will be the dtroctor
Of Thirty OayS Hath 0eptemher."