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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND
 PAIRS


 PAIRS
 Two hundred thousand pairs of tonsilS were removed last year in England and Wales. The operation in England is most frequently per- petrated on children from five to seven years of age, more boys than girls, being performed" upon. They still speak of the operation of ton sillectomy as a performance" in England. I suppose the surgeons over there hold 'em to it, as they TO here. It sounds more impressive and expensive-to perform" an operation than to do it.
 Commenting on the scandalous (my word for it) frequency of ton- sillectomy Surgical removal of ton- silS) Dr. J. Alison Glover (Proc. Royal Soc. Medicine, Aug. '38) said many tonsillectomies are perform ed" for enlargements which are physiologic or normal changes with development of the oral cavity or protective increase of lumphoid tissue which occurs when the child is frequently exposed to respiratory infection or when decay (cavity formation) in the teeth is not treated by the dentist. Dr. Glover believes the operation of removal of tonsils is too often performed" for such questionable reasons. The Schools Epidemic Committee in England concludes that there is tendency for the operation (ton- sillectomy) to be performed as @ routine prophylactic ritual for no particular reason and with no par ticular result" Dr. Glover refers to one particular result when he mentions that from the English statistics available the mortality from the operation is larger than is generally appreciated.
 Tonsillectomy is a major opera ton and a grave risk for any child. Yet it is sometimes unavoidable and must be done for the child's best interest, especially when the enlargement of lymphoid (adenoid) tissue in the tonsils and usually the adenoid body too obstructs breathing sufficiently to interfere with the child's growth and devel- opment or with getting enough oxygen. The operation is not war ranted for the prevention of deaf ness or for correcting mouth breathing, in my opinion. Alterna- tive, safer method will generally meet these indications - X-ray treatment, for instance, or for chil- dren over six years of age, electro coagulation (diathermy).
 For tonsils which are presumab- ly infected, the method of choice in any case is electro-c -coagulation, in my opinion. At least this is safe. In skilled hands it gives results which are equal to or perhaps bet ter than the reult of radical ton- illectomy. Unfortunately the method is not applicable to patients less than six years old, as a rule, because the diathermy treatments require the patients cooperation and it is dif- ficult or impossible to gain such cooperation from 8 young child, altho I have seen doctor skilled in this method successfully treat an exceptional four-year-old child.
 I have always believed and still believe that tonsillectomy is a crude surgical procedure in the best of hands and now that vast ac- emulation of reliable statistics have brought the operation into what I would call disrepute, it would seem that the medical profession general ly repent this operation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
BY RUTH MILLET1

John is through school. Like every young man he is faced with the problem of making a living, and getting ahead. It is a tough problem in 1940-but it has always been tough.
 What is the best thing for John to do? Shall he identify himself with the American Youth Congress"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
GIVE YOUR LAZY.
 LIVER THIS GENTLE NUDGE

Follow Noted Ohio Doctors Advice
 To Feel "Tip.Top" In Morning!
 If liver bile doesn't flow freely svery day into your intestines- constipation with its headaches and that "half-alive" feeling often result. So step up that liver bile and see how much better you should feel! Just try Dr. Edwards Olive Tab lets used 50 successfully for years by Dr. F. M. Edwards for his patients with constipation and sluggish liver bile.
 Olive Tablets, being purely segstebls, are wonderful! They not only stimulate bile flow to help digest fatty foods but also help elimination. Get box TODAY. 15e, 30e, 60e. All drugstores.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
How To Bridge Gap 'Twixt Seasons
BY MARIAN YOUNG

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 Comes the morning of a day in February the mail contains in- vitations to luncheon and a movie in town, a bridge party, dinner with some of your old friends to meet some of their new friends, @ meet ing of civic organization in which you are interested
 Ordinarily, you'd be pretty pleased with so many invitations. But this morning you aren't. Even consider ing them gives you end-of-winter wardrobe blues all over again.
 What to do? What to do? You don't want to buy spring clothes just yet. You're just plain tired of all your winter, ones.
 AMERICAN SYMBOL
 PRINTS ARE NEW
 Well, a new hat, a new blouse and 8 silk print or pastel wool dress are the answer. In fact, just about the only answer.
 The blouse and the hat will make the old, freshly pressed suit look new again. The new dress with which the same new hat may be worn, of course, will solve the bridge party, dinner and luncheon dates pretty nicely. Furthermore, it will be useful all spring and sum- mer.
 Among the loveliest dresses for bridging the gap between snowbank season and apple blossom time are group of prints depicting Ameri- can scenes and symbols made fami- liar through advertising. One fea- lures 8 white coffee cup and last drop pattern. Short-sleeved and softly tailored, 1t is teamed up with a matching jacket with velvet col- lar and buttons. The same print is used to fashion a similar dress with matching, full-length coat.
 LET YOUR NEW .. HAT BE GIDDY
 Whipcord weaves in solid color rayon crepes look very springlike. Geometric prints take first place ahead of florals. Surah is an im- portant fabric. And silks with a chamois-like finish in soft, subdued beige and grays lend themselves beautifully to silhouettes which mold the figure above the hipline.
 The kind of blouse you get de- bends on the kind of blouse you have been wearing with your suit. Crisp, feminine blouses with frilly jabots are headlined. But if you have several of these, consider a tailored, full-sleeved blouse of sheer fabric in candy stripes or pale pastel stripes.
 Let the new hat be of straw and let it be gay-even giddy. A conser- vative felt isn't in order when the problem is to get the between -sea- sons gap smartly bridged.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
"I CHOOSE AMERICA" LECTURE TONIGHT

The final lecture in the Commu- nity Forum series will take place tonight at the Waterbury Women's club. Dr. Leonard Ludwin, histor- ian and traveller, will speak on the topic, T Goose America" Herbert s. Smith, general secretary of the Y. M. 0. A. will introduce the speaker in the absence of William M. Harris, who is in Florida.
 The Industrial Male Chorus or- ganized and directed by 0. Loring Burwell will sing several selections.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
Let Children Cooperate In
 Financing i ] t:l .i The Family

BY OLIvEH ROBERTS BARTON
 Mother, simply have to have a ticket to the basketball game. All the kids are going, and Mrs. Way promised to chaperone. I need money for supper and double fare. It's only about two dollars apiece.
 We get rates, you know. I can't be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
Caroline Chatfield
Married Women Have the Best of it in This Life
 Mother Nature Has Seen to That.
Sqw To-day
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Married Women Have the Best of it in This Life
 Mother Nature Has Seen to That.
 Strangely every woman grows up glorious conclusion; that the high she will until of Only wit enough in love and that Keeping mans interest going catching that marriage hasn't given her immunity to line for experience that to woman bitter and sweet that marriage marks the end of her strug she's inclined and fret when she has troubles instead of timphs
 Let's take an inventory largely with her how much she has First big to feminine vanity and be wants to be desired and enjoys advertisement desired Marriage her the She's pleased as pie when proposes give her wife preside home and established place society which set for couples place she cannot have without husband
 Second companion troubles her her the delicious of backing poor gives his wife she's lucky she has beadwnn unu she takes that for the pleasure of % taT th ov Wh somebody that she comes first S some body that comes first with her.
 Third she may have children: playos her youth companions tor maturity comfort for her old She have all the hart motherhood love- pride in her and portunity to live again her youth in her children.
 Even though . unng married has had great gups joy which single Unless partner total woman papa opportunity full completed life which nature n tended every woman to have
 Comfort and encouragement Says comfort should be handed out to those who live crumbs and !, ' TT ' 91 ~s "-~7 CAROLINE cHATFTELD
 (Tomorrow: Modern Girls Attitude Toward Marriage)
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
PAINT SECLUDED SURFACES

Secluded surfaces such as the underside of porches should be treated with one coat of a high quality exterior paint to prevent deterioration from dampness. The best paint for this purpose is corn- posed of equal parts soft paste white lead and raw linseed oil. Add one pint of drier for each three gallons of oil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

tkN OAl4y OAO W stay at home, now can IF"
 well, Dorothy I did talk to your father about 1t but he says he is doing without his own lunches these days to pay the extra big coal bills" ls- Bills, bills. that's all I hear, Do you no W m 0 t h e r, I be- lieve daddy just
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

which gath cred in Washing. ton to demand "Youth's rights
 If he does that, much c1 his energy and his thinking will be directed to- ward showing how badly off American youth p r op h e s ying what will hap pen if 1t is not given a "square deal"
 He'll sit a. round figuring { 4,..k hoe,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
Latest Styles
Ho1C To Keep WeIT
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, 1Gn

hyEiens nst brief in be to
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
ODD sAMENEss IN CASE

Philadelphia (UP).-After John Davis was fined $5 in city court for playing dice, his companion in the game, John Davis, of the same ad-s dress, was fined the same amount for the same offenSe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

On a lawn in Annapolis, Md, are two of the rarest trees in the United States. They are Chinese ailanthus trees or, as they are called in China, "Trees of Heaven"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

1t is advisable to massage the hands with the lanolin and leave as much as possible on the skin as added pro- tection against dirt.
 O.. What causes a stairway to creak? Can 1t be easily remedied?
 A. It is usually caused by the drying and shrinking of the wood. The trouble can generally be rem edied by driving finishing nails into the side of the steps at an angle so that they penetrate into the stringers at the sides. Also nail along the front edges of the steps into the vertical risers beneath them. Coun- tersink the nailheads trifle and fill the holes with wax the same color as the wood finish.
 e. How is evaporated milk made?
 A. It is whole milk that is cook ed until it is reduced to less than half it's original bulk and canned without the addition of sugar. The long cooking makes 1t easily diges- tible and 6 safe substitute for fresh milk. After the can is opened the contents must be kept on ice and should be used within 24 hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

You said you had never encount- cred a person with an idiosyncrasy for quinine. I am such person, my face and hands swell, break out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
Gloritying Yourself
By ALICIA HART

to be a really attractive woman whom her husband would like to look at as well as talk to.
 There's happy medium between being a frivolous do-nothing and doing too much.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14
ACTOR COWBOY

Frank Morgan was a cowboy for a year, as a youth, on ranch near Las Vegas, Mexico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

much the government should be spending on youth, and the best way of getting 1t. ,.
 He will be "Youth"-the nations great problem.
 Of course, he could be plain John Smith. John, whose father-without government aid, without even young Johns education, was self-supporting before he was twenty, and has man. aged to support himself and his fanl- fly for the last twenty-five years. YOUTH" IS ONLY
 MILLIONS OF JOHNS
 If that is what he is going to be -an individual, young John Smith his main concern right now will be getting job, spending every bit of his energy and thought doing that job well-and blaming how he can move up notch.
 He won't waste any time feeling sorry for himself, or for the thous- ands og other young men and wo- men like him. He won't worry about Notwithstanding that fine-sounding term is just a cover-ell for millions of John and Mary Smiths-each of whom has his own way to make in the world.
 He may have some hard years getting started. It is true there aren't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-14

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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18

DEMAND THE UNION LABEL /!
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tions. and 534 industrial, real estate
or other corporations.
Their connections with banks are
particularly important, the report
notes, the five largest insurance COM
panies having 40 common directors
with commercial banks in New York
city.
In dealing with the misuse of funds
and the changing of companies from
mutual into stock companies, the re
port cites specific instances.
The Monumental Life Insurance
company of Maryland, it says, was
converted from a mutual to stock
company in order to enable it's man.
agement to retain control and to the
great personal profit of its officers
and directors.
The Shenandoah Life Insurance
company of Virginia was stock
company mutualized to relieve it's Of
ficers from large personal indebted
ness.
Inc llllUOlS bdHh6TS I4lle Ills III
ance company of Illinois was convert
ed to stock company to give one
of it's directors control and to his
great personal profit.
"In each of these transactions" says
the report, there were gross irregu-
larities. In the case of the Monu-
mental there was evidence that the
change of the form of the company
was accomplished by misrepresenta-
ton and even forging of proxies"
Though no recommendation were
made in the report, it may be that
the T. N E. c., when it gets through
digesting the huge document, will
have some legislation to recommend.
Whatever legislation is recommend
ed, however, will be ineffective, it is
made plain, unless it involves rigid
control by the federal government
of the life insurance companies or pre-
vents some alternative system that
will make life insurance companies
unnecessary.
AS was pointed out during the hear
ings, life insurance companies exist
primarily because of peoples fear that
when they become old and infirm
they will lack the decencies of life.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18
A PROPOSED
LEGISL
PROGRAM
By PAUL CANNON

On January 6, 1871, Montana
twenty-eighth legislative assembly will
convene in Helena for 6O-day SEES
sion during which brief period the
members of the assembly will, to the
best of their ability, appropriate
money, levy taxes, and through the
medium of laws, attempt to set up an
orderly, efficient and just rule of &C
ton for business and government.
All this must be done in go days
at two year intervals unless such
an emergency exists that the governor
must call the members of the assem-
bly, into an extraordinary or special
session.
Any reasonable legislative program
then, would begin by coping with
this essentially unsound situation in
which men are called away from their
work and their business for a brief
period to lay down rules for the
conduct of the infinitely more COM
pick business of the state.
It has been proven from previous
G4D6IleHCc ludI llit itElolotOio Jun
only depend upon themselves for get
ting unbiased and truthful informa-
ton. The host of volunteers assist
ants who come to the capital with
some special law to recommend nat
urally are prejudiced in their own in
terests. Without any reflection upon
their honesty or integrity, their sug-
gestion and their recommendations
are colored by their own interests.
To whom then may the legislators
turn? Office holders or adminidstra-
tors equally are interested in their
particular job But it is not their
province to see their needs or their
interests ON relation to the state as
whole. That seems to be the re-
sponsibiity of the legislator. ~
When the legislator forgets this
very important responsibility he has
then forgotten his main purpose in
attending the legislative assembly.
This then brings us to basic need
of the legislature: A responsible
source of information, a fact finding
VI SdliAdtiOlit vi % IL 10 6ShStoiAy
known, legislative council
Such legislative council would
enable the legislators to go on to
lawmaking from hard facts instead of
from haphazard or miscellaneous
opinions. To illustrate, it would en-
able a legislator to know what are
the major causes of automobile acct
dents and what solutions are possible
and have been used successfully in
other states 1t would eliminate to
great extent such solutions as that
offered by one legislator who pro-
posed to horsewhip all drunken
drivers and thereby eliminate all auto
mobile accidents. This is typical of
too much of our lawmaking in the
past.
This then is the first recommends
ton | would make for a legislative
program: That a fact finding organi
cation bet set up so that when a
problem is faced the law drawn up
to solve it will be a basic remedy
and will be so intelligently and
thoughtfully drawn that it will be
satisfactory solution and will not have |
to be amended and corrected in each |
subsequent legislative session.
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best interests of his people? Could
you command the same degree of re-
spect from the people of this state
that Ed O'Byrne, Fowler, Emmons,
myself or some thirty odd others re-
ceived from them? We could at least
walk down the streets and mingle
freely with the crowds unashamed
and without that ratty feeling that is
part of the composition of stool-pig-
cons.
During the last session you pre-
scented a so-called pension bill and
coupled it with state sales tax. You
knew full well that the working peo-
pie of this state had repeatedly gone
on record as opposing state sales
tax as being an additional burden upon
the wage Garner because it diminished
his purchasing power. Yet you con-
tinued to act as the cats paw for the
corporation who wanted state sales
tax instead of the other tax measures
which would have made them bear
their just proportion of the burden.
You voted against natural gas tax
which would have brought enough rev.
enue into the state Golfers to raise
the amount which the old age pen
sioners now receive to that which you
say it is necessary that they have.
In this same session you also voted
against the Labor Relations act, the
Wage and Hour bill and also the meas
ure which would have regulated the
hours of labor of underground work.
ers. Yet you have the nerve to claim
to be as good a legislator as those
who voted for these humanitarian
measures.
At the beginning of this same ses-
sion you came to me as one of the
candidates for the Speakership and
attempted to have me promise you
an important committee chairmanship
in return for your vote for that high
office | refused to barter with you in
any respect, stating that if you were
entitled to this Craftsmanship, you
would be given it in the event of my
election. There is no doubt in my
mind now, nor was there then, that
you had either bartered or attempted
to barter for this Craftsmanship with
my opponent.
You also claimed to have been given
very dirty deal by the Ayers ma
chine, in being removed from your
state position, and you were seeking
vengeance. Yet the record shows that
you joined up with those members of
the House and Senate who were con-
trolled by this same corrupt machine,
and by your vote you thwarted the
will of those who elected you to Of
flee. Can it be that instead of ven
geance, you were making peace with
your enemies so that you would again
be placed on the state payroll?
You are somewhat misleading in
your article, either deliberately or
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might stretch the truth too and say
1 had pulled for him all the time even
when it looked like | was tearing
around for Ayers.
don't know whether the AABF is
going to have any easier shedding
when the new potentate gets on the
job, or not. We've lived in hopes now
for four years, that the present padi-
shaw would loosen up with some sam
pie hooch, instead of handing it out
to guys less deserving and less ap-
preciative, but we drew nothing but
blanks. And now, if this new poten-
tate doesn't give us consideration,
Wen be stepping on our tongues be-
fore another four years are up.
There's just one thing to do guess,
and that's for me to get the job of
running the blue ruin show. If l can
get enough guys to write to the new
governor, l ought to get it. And /
want to state here and now that prac-
tically all the AABF voted for him
because this old governor was too
much of skinflint to loosen up with
any samples.
It's customary for a politician to
have a platform. Well, I'll say that
if all you guys help me to get this
job, I'll build platform to hold all
this sample liquor and every consis-
tent toss-pot can go and help him
self.
Including myself. JAKE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-12-18

otherwise regarding the perfect scores
mentioned. AS scanned it, it seemed
to me that the record of Paul Cannon
was also given as 1000. You made
no mention of your own record ex-
cept you seemed to feel that you were
not given the proper rating. At least
that seemed to be the reason for your
protest of the methods used in COM
piling the various box scores.
| have not solicited any of the mem
bers of the legislature for their sup
port as a candidate for Speaker.
have been working with group of
Legislators who believe in keeping
their prediction pledges to work for
the PEOPLE of Montana. This has
been my record in the past three ses-
sions and shall continue to be my
stand. If these representatives feel
that | should be their candidate for
Speaker we'll and good. If they feel
otherwise l shall continue as in the
past.
l do not believe that you will give
this letter the same publicity that you
gave your article which l am answer
ing so l am sending copy to The
Peoples Voice with the hope that
they will publish it and the people of
the state be given an opportunity of
judging who is who and what is what
Very truly yours,
SAM SPIEGEL,
Butte, Montana.