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The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
A Thought for Today


America is due for spirited business
revival this fall-if the explosive Czech
situation is smoothed out and general
European war does not take place. SO
runs the advice given to President Roose-
welt by his business forecasters. That
little fact Is certainly something Tor
exponents of American isolation to take
into account.
True it is that the oceans are wide and
that no nation has any designs on the
territory of the continental United
States. It is also true that we could
probably come closer to making success
Of the project of closing our gates ana
living in our own back yard than any
other great nation could But the ines
capable fact is that no matter what we
do we are bound to feel the direct and
immediate effects of any trouble that
may take place in Europe.
Whether we regain good share OF our
lost prosperity this fall will apparently
depend lin large part, at least) on events
In Berlin, Prague, London, and Paris We
may talk Of isolation all we please, but our
economy will work In one way II Europe
has peace and In another II Europe goes
to war
No talk about Staying at home and
Winding our own business" can either
change or disguise that fact. And so we
are simply shutting our eyes to reality
when we say that we don't care what
happens in Europe. We do care; we can't
help caring, because the very conditions
under which we do our work and run our
domestic business depend so greatly on
European conditions.
This doesn't mean that we ought to
mobilize our army and prepare our navy
for a quick trip across the Atlantic. A
general war would mean destruction and
ruin for all parties involved, and we
shouldn't help ourselves very much by
declaring ourselves IN on 1t.
But 1t does mean that 1t Is very much
30 our interest to see that the peace OF
Europe Is preserved It Is to our interest,
In strict dollars-and-cents way to live
In q world In which the machinery exists
to settle international disputes peacefully
and In which all hands are prepared to
make use Of that machinery.
Perhaps It Is now too late for us to
shape our policies by that fact The die
may already have been cast. But II this
crisis Is passed without an explosion, the
lesson should not be lost on u.s.
We don't want to "get involved" In
Europe's quarrels, certainly. Yet when
those quarrels reach the boiling point we
have to pay for them anyway; isn't 1t to
our interest to do what we can, before
hand, to get those quarrels adjusted?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
The Tax Barometer

Business will pick up; jobs and work.
Ing hours will Increase; unemployment
will decrease when the public debt and
taxes decrease and the national budget
Is balanced. No amount OF brain-trust
theory or experiment or political oratory
will enable us to escape this old-fashioned
economic law. The nation cannot live
forever on money borrowed from Its own
people, from you and me, any more than
you and can 60 out and live on borrowed
money the rest Of our lives.
There are three kinds OF imitation and
government borrowing Is one OF them. All
Imitation has the effect Of taking from one
section OF the people and giving to an
other section and Is an artificial and con-
cealed form Of theft. AS imitation gen
orally hits the poor man most II affects
the great majority OF the people. The
welfare OF the great majority OF the Amer
lean public Is tied up with the public
debt and the sooner II stops increasing
and starts decreasing the better off we
all will be.
We must get back to honest and sound
public economy in order to attain pros
perity for all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

Hitler uttered Tuesday and which
Chamberlain repeated Wednesday.
But here are O whole string OF
similar lies which Hitler scattered
along his path OF conquest and
drive TO war:
January 80, 1884: After the solu-
ton Of this question (the Saar) the
German government 10 willing and
determined TO accept In It's inner
most soul, as well as external form
ulatlon the pact OF Locarno."-fiit-
Ter before the Reichstag. He later
trampled on and tore Locarno TO
bits.
May, 1898: "Nazi Germany will
never dishonor itself and hetray hu-
mainly by violating q pact II volun.
tarily signs. Hitler In an inter-
view with Edward Price Bell. Hitler
has violated every pact Germany
signed.
March 7, 1889: Hitler, In viola
ton OF the Locarno treaty, march,
ed NaM troops into the Rhineland,
and In declaration before the
Reichstag said ] have removed the
question OF frontiers from the at
mosphere Of public discussion Of
Germany.
January 30, 1884: II reject the
contention Of the Austrian govern
ment that any Intervention against
the Austrian state has been UNDER
taken or planned by the Reich. -
Hitler before the Reichstag.
January II, 1888: I'VE regard Eu-
ropean nations around us a. estab-
lished facts"
May 81, 1898: Germany has
neither the wish nor the intention
TO mix In international Austrian af-
fairs. OR TO ANNEX OR UNITE
WITH AUsTRfA.'-Hitler before
the Reichstag. In March Of this year
the Nazi army grabbed Austria.
March II, 1885: MY proposal for
the conclusion Of non.aggression
pacts on the east and west OF Cor
many was meant o. O universal one.
There Is certainly no exception In
tended 10 II. IT APPLIES EQUAL
LIZ TO CzECHo SLOvAlSIA AND
AUSTRIA" - Hitler in interview
with the pro.Nazi British corre-
spondent Of the London Daily Mail,
q. Ward Price.
Charles Crasnitski,
Communist Party OF Waterbury,
247 South Main Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
Civics AT Home

Alert students Of social history who fol-
low the news must certainly have noted
as milestone a little story OF domestic
fitting that appeared the other day.
The story concerned couple whose diff
ferences had led them to divorce court.
The husband brought suit against the
wife because, he told the Judge, my wife
and can no longer remain with anyone
who will approve Of that doctrine"
The fudge dismissed the suit but the
story cannot be dismissed as Just another
oddity. When married couples become 50
aroused over political issues that their
nome start To 70 70 pieces, It's o tragedy
for them but IL ought to be q source OF
si1eaIginQ qualification for the men who
have feared FOR the national veal because
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

The Australian government and people
are kindhearted. It was suggested that
a number of Australia's strange birds
and beasts be sent to the exposition at
San Francisco for exhibition next sum-
mer. The collection was to include
koalas (the funny little bears after
which our first teddy bears were mod
eled), wallabies, wombats, ant-eating
echidnas and parrots. After the fair,
these creatures were to be presented to
the San Francisco ZOO for keeps, A chorus
Of protests changed the plan. The koalas
are going to stay at home. This amusing
little animal rarely survives long Jour-
ney and most Of any group sent across the
Pacific would die on the way or soon after
reaching America.
Fifty years ago there were millions OF
koalas In Australia. Human beings there
made the same mistakes that others have
made where there seemed to be natural
abundance. They slaughtered the bears
In great numbers for their fur. Other
thousands were destroyed by disease and
bush fires Now only few thousands
remain. If they are to be preserved from
extinction, they must be protected at
once. It Is good idea. Sightseers at
the fair will not miss the absent koalas,
and most Americans now understand and
support any genuine conservation effort.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

carefully Hiter's historic speech Of
Monday. His private reaction was
that no agreement made with
Hitler Is worth the paper II is
written on.
One section Of the speech which
provoked him particularly was
ffitler's reference to Woodrow
Wilson, who, without naming him
directly, the fuehrer evidently In
cluded In the foolish or crazy
so-called statesmen who had re-
shaped Central Europe under the
slogan self determination and the
right Of nations"
Higher Express Rates
Secretary OF Agriculture Wallace
has been making q quiet study
Of the proposed reshuffie Of Amer
lean Express Agency raets, and
finds that while reducing the rates
on the. silk dress wtcih the de-
partment store sends TO the con-
sumner, the new rates vii ibe in
creased on such essential COM
modities as fruit, vegetables and
fish.
As O result, Wallace A. con.
sidering taking stand with the
proposed rate increases. He
feels that the new rates would
work against the farmer and the
great mass Of consumers be-
cause Of the increased rates ON ,
carload lots, and by decreasing
the rates on small packages,
would only cut In ON parcel post
without any real gain 70 che
consumer.
Morris Ernst, New York attor-
ney who Is opposing the rate in
creases, Is bringing out some sem
sationai disclosures before the rCC,
namely that In certain areas
freight and express are both
shipped In the same car. delivered
In the same truck, although OK.
press pays Q higher rate.
Merry o-Round
President Roosevelt Is telling
friends 10 read Democracy Is
Bread" an article on the South by
Jonathan Daniels, Raleigh, N. O.,
newspaper editor, In the current
issue OF the Virginia Quarterly
Review Despite the great
devastation OF the recent hurri-
cane, Weather BurAeu ofacials
say this year has been unusually
free Of hurricanes. So FAR there
have only been four, two Of no
consequence. The other bad one
hit the Mexican coast around
Tampico. The average hurrri-
cane score Is about ten annually
When Congress feconvenes,
Chairman Martin Dies and his So
called un-Americanism COMMITTEES
will face some potent questions
from fellow congressman Is 70
how he spent his $4,000 appro.
priation. 30 far he has filed no
report Whatsoever. His critical col
elagues ara particularly intereste.
In how much he paid Edward J.
Sullivan, Anti.Semitic agent.
Copyright, 1898, by United
Feature Syndicate, fnc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

of the citizens lack Of interest in public
affairs.
The husband in this case, as citizen Of
democracy, ought to have become used
to living at peace with ideas antagonistic
to his own, of course, but the important
thing is that exceeding liveliness Of inter-
est. The wife, in her resolute alliance with
the political concept to which she was at
tached, could serve as symbol Of the
feminist movement come of age, and
might. yet find place among the foot
notes on minor martyrs in some future
history,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
HITLER'S PROMISES ARE NOT
REGARDED VERY
SERIOUSLY
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Why are Hitler's promises"
made2 To fool the people, to throw
sand In their eyes, and to be broken.
In On attempt to Justify" his
treacherous deals with the Nazi dc
tator, the British Tory Premier de-
clared before the world that Hitler
said that the Sudeten areas were
1.-THE last territorial demand" that
Hitler would make In Europe.
BY giving currency to this NaN
falsehood Chamberlain was spread
Ing one OF the most dangerous fas-
cist lies-lies made ct every stage
OF fascist conquest TO cover UP the
schemes and plans for greater con-
quest.
On March Z, io3e-two and q half
years ago-speaking before the Nazi
Reichstag, Hitler declared:
AFTER THREE YEARS I BE.
LIEVE CAN TODAY REGARD
THE STRUGGLE FOR GERMAN
EQUALITY AS OVER WE
HAVE NO TERRITORIAL DE-
MANDs TO MAKE IN EUROPE"
That Is precisely the same lie that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

It Is unfortunate that too often, little
attention Is paid to the child's religious
training. Many such problems as this
will be Included In the notable gathering
In Hartford during the next few days
when the Catechetical Congress of the
Confraternity Of Christine Doctrine meets
to discuss such problems as Religion in
the Home" Bible study, and many SUBJ
jects of pertinent value to the youth, par
ents and teachers OF our country. The
theme Of the congress Is to be ito extend
the teaching and practice Of Christian
Doctrine" Catholic educators have been
calling this matter to the general atten-
ton from time inmemorial. Lack OF
knowledge of Christian Doctrine or reli-
gion, Is the cause OF most OF the worlds
Ills, as can be seen today In the case OF
countries that have no time for religion
or God
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

AS Columbia University opens for its
185th year, DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
delivers one of his memorable talks. This
year he finds fault with the critics Of
youth, and blames the elders for their
(youthsO pecadillos, lack Of morals, and
so on. Perhaps this Is so in many cases.
At any rate youth is placed on It's own at
very tender years, and in many cases
children are allowed to make their own
decisions and be their own disciplinar-
ians. The three agencies that should
control youth, he says, are the family, the
school, and the church, and In many
cases these agencies are falling, and says
DR.. Butler, zone OF the saddest happen
ings Of the past half century is the weak
ening Of each and all of these three agen-
cies and influences in everything which
has to do with the guidance and disci-
pline Of youth" In his statements DR..
Butler Is only accentuating what the
Catholic and other Christian churches
are trying to teach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
Daily Almanac

Moon sets ii;l7 p. m. daylight time).
Sun rises 0.40 q. M; sets 0:3T D. m. day
light time).
All vehicles must DO lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Thirty days have September and this ID tho
last Of them. Picturesque October Ia ct our
thresh.hold. It's appearance already am
rouncod by the rudy color Of the foliage,
the chill OF the early morning, the smell OF
dried leaves on the ground, the football news
IN the sports columns, the apparel with which
we clothe ourselves Autumn Ia az hand In oil
its gioEy and riot Of color and smell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
A Book a Day.
A Bullet Made
A Surgical Career

Continuing the cycle Of medical
autobiographies, George sava," one
time Russian prince, offers the lie
story OF o surgeonsb ysAccldont IN
"The Healing Knife" (Harc0urt,
Brace and Co.: S2.b0)
Now o successful surgeon In Lon
don, and with his identity carefully
protected by his pseudonyrn, bava
writes fevealingly OF his struggle TO
attain medical knowledge and
training.
His first operation was performed
10 save the life OF O cofirade dur
Ing the nohility's mad flight from
Russia after the collapse Of the
White Russian regime. Knowing
almost nothing Of anatomy, but
confronted with the knowledge that
his friend would die unless bull
lot pressing against his heart was
removed, eava performed the i'm.
possible, and operating with q
whlte-hot clasp knife, extracted the
bullet.
There the surgeon was born. His
development affords eava the op-
portunity 10 tell OF studying ana
tony IN the candle.lit darkness OF
o deserted disseoting room, where
he worked ~ O stoker. HIS royal
Russian ancestry and On unfaith.
ful sweetheart led him 10 Paris, and
iitinAkAiV Ia 1taiV WifarN ha NJ.
tanned national honors.
At the height Of his success In
his profession, he met reverses In
love and tossed away his life work
10 join Q rowing band Of Spanish
gypsies. There no saved the life
Of tho chiefs son, and knew his OK
istence was ineltably linked with
surgery. More On adventure In
medicine than . record az case
histories, Baya's story u excellent
reading q. J. II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
Press Comment
DON BUDaE's RECORD
lNeW York Times)


J. Donald Bulge OF California now
stands as the first player In history
ID win In the same year all four
OF the worlds major tennis titles
the Australian, French. British and
American. It ID his ironic destiny 10
be playing 10 well that he makes
the tournaments In which he par
ticipates uninteresting. Since Won
Cramnn has been at least temporar.
lily removed from the amateur ranks
there Is now no one In these ranks
consistently capable OF extending
him. He seems 10 play tennis for
another level altogether than that
Of his best opponents, and when he
10 only on even terms, as he was
with Gene Mako In the second set
OF Saturdays Anal match, many Of
the spectators conclude merely that
no Ia purposeiy throwing away
points. When no 10 IN full stride
human opposition seems hopeless.
Whether Perry or Vines could stop
him In his present form IL the fore-
most question that fans now seri.
ously debate, and thousands yearn
for an open tournament 20 that
Bulge would not have 10 turn pro-
fegsional for them 10 get that ques-
ton answered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
Java h pronounced jah'-vaj
not java.

A. On January !, 1888, there were
20e7.
@, When was the manufacture Of
Cleveland automobiles discontinueda
A. 1926.
@. Did the state Of Indiana ever
send two brothers 10 congress at the
same timer
A. Yes. Charles d. Lands and
Frederick Lands, brothers OF Kene.
saw Mountain Lands, the baseball
commissioner, were together In the
beth and B0th congresses. Charles
represented the ninth district and
Frederick the eleventh.
a. When may the Dionne quin.
tuplets be seen In their Playground
A. Weather and health permit
ting, they may DO seen twice daily
while ct play In their yard; $3.50 TO
1880 O. m. and 2:30 TO $3.50 p. mr.
Eastern Standard Time.
Q, Is there any anthology Of
poems about the scar
A. "songs OF the Sea and Sail
ors' Chanteys," edited by Robert
rockingham, 10 published BY
Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston.
a. What factors account for the
lack Of forests on the prairiesf
A. The compactness OF the soil,
Indian fires, and low rainfall.
q. Were the American troops
transported TO Europe during the
World War In U. 9. ships?
A. out Of every 100 Americans,
forty-nine were transported In Brit
ish ships, forty-ive In American
ships, three In italian, two In French
and one In Russian ships under
English control.
II you want O copy Of our book.
let '"T'IIE QUIZ PACKET" write 10
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q. Are any pensions being paid
10 persons who served In the War
OF 1912
A. No veteran Of that war "a re-
ceiving pension, but two depend
entS OF deceased veterans were on
the rolls Of June 30, 1888.
q. How many stock and bond
tickers are In operation In New
York City7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

New York, Sept. 30-There Is OBJ
vious tension over the prospects OF
war wherever New Workers meet.
Not that there Is O slackening OF
gaiety In theaters or night clubs.
But under the din OF the orchestras,
the eventuality OF war Is the lone
topic discussed. Larger crowds than
we've seen In long while now face
the electric ribbon OF news bulletins
on Times Building, and folk who
don't ordinarily rush 10 dial In the
days news are forsaking the bar
earlier than usual 10 60 home and
tune In on the radio. There are
signs OF nervousness over the mar
tan manners across the Atlantic
even In this superficial, hey hey
making sector Of town.
Czech Envoy Eloquent
We heard that overseas broadcast
wherein Jan Masaryk, the Czech
minister 10 London and son OF the
Czechoslovak republics founder,
spoke 10 on American public. We
never have heard o speech which
more eloquently mixed profound
pathos with high courage. He spoke
from the British capital at four
o'clock In the morning and In his
words he had not "overslopt lately"
II was the weary voice Of O weary.
but grimly determined man that
coursod the short waves TO Amer
lean homes that night.
A PaciilSt Revolts
Two days later, we saw and heard
the eminent German refugee, Thorn
as Mann, speaks on behalf OF tho
Czech democracy OF Madison
Square Garden mass meeting. The
tall, thin German was the most
nervous speaker on the rostruin.
He Is not On orator, nor IL he calm
and unruffied when confronted BY
an audience. And being an ardent
and lifelong paciflst, he was forced
now, by his convictions, 10 urge war
upon Europe as the last resort 70
put down the Teuton master. The
author OF 1.-THE Magic Mountain"
Death In Venice" and "Budden.
brooks" appeared 10 DO wan and
tired old man on the rostruf1 Of
the sports arena.
Nero Fiddies
AT the times like these, a. I'll
other times, night clubs are not
where you would expect 10 ind the
maximum Of good taste. We set IN
one cafe, over on the East side, the
other evening when the European,
war scare was at its height The
proprietor conferred with the leader
OF the band and few moments lat
or the orchestra struck up q med
10y OF martial airs, from "Oyer
There 10 "Tipporary." After tho
band had made capital of the
frightening headlines for several
minutes, o quorum Of the guests de-
cided that they had enough. They
ordered the band 70 80 back 70
dance music.
lI8l 4At sI la at ~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
Selected Poem
BOY WITH A WHISTLE

(Eleanor Alletta Chaffee In the
New York SUM
He cut O whistle
OF willow bark:
He coaxed the song
OF O rising lark
Out OF the wood,
And smiled TO hear
The notes come grooming,
Sharp and clear.
He cut another
The self-safiie size,
And with laughter
Brimming eyes
He played q tune
No one had heard:
He was the singer.
He the bird.
And he never waited
To tell mo how
TO peel the bark
From q willow bought
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

With billion feet OF felled timber here
and there In lower New England, the sug-
gestion OF the practicabillty Of federal
purchase seems a good one. The same
holds good for fallen apples, popularity
known since the great storm as hurricane
apples.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

There should be good uses for the tim
Der, likewise the apples. This country has
been known to destroy some OF Its prod
ucts. But 1t Is hoped no one suggests
making bonfire from the felled trees.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
Test Y o Or
knowledge

Can you answer seven OF
these test questions7 Turn 20
last page for the answers.
1. Name the capital OF Georgia.
2. For what labor organization do
the initials I. l.. A. stendf
Q. How ~ the first ~" In data
pronounced7
4. In what year did tho 0harles-
ton, q. O., earthquake occur?
8, In what country II Great Slave
Lake?
3. For which state Il "eic sefnper
tyrannisn the motto?
Z. What u the product Of ) null
tlplied by is37 alH
q. What u zymuFgy9
0. How DO the suits rank IN tile
card game, Fiye Mundred7
10. What 4 the name for q ma
tlifal spring of fountain which dis
charges into the afr 3 ccluirf, Of
heated water and eteal1l. ~ more or
lees regular interAis7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
IN TODAY'S MAIL

newspaper responsible opinions from
It's readers Anonymous communications unless accompanied with
the writer's and address will not be accepted
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

And some one sagely remarked, sand
wich Is a meal, II that Is all you want for
q meal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

At the opening Of tho straw
berry season IN England railways
ran refrigerated strawberry spec
ials" from fields to markets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

WASHINGTON, September go ~ Diplomatic dis
patches report that two important and supposedly con-
fidential factors contributed to Hers determination TO
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30
Daily
Washington

chomberIoin's Baking at Cooperation
With Soviet Russia Encouraged Hitler;
Fuehrer Knew Thot British Cobinert
Did Not Mind Sacrificing Czechs;
Wallace Moy Fight New Express Rates
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

a. What factors account for the
lack Of forests on the prairiesf
A. The coinpactness OF the soil,
Indian fires, and low rainfall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-09-30

A. on January /, 1898, there were