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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
A Power for Peace

Eugenio Pacelli, former papal secre- tary of state and now Plus XII, seems to be man worthy of following his great predecessor. Cardinal Pacelli was re- garded, during many troubled years, as Plus XI's most able assistant. He is familiar with the political and economic problems with which the Papacy has to deal, along with it's strictly religious functions. The Vatican has another Statesman-Pope, at time when the world greatly needs international states manship capable of taking broad view of this troubled world, and thinking in terms not of years but of ages. He should be power for world peace.
 The papacy has this unique quality, that being so old and self-perpetuating it is, so to speak, ageless. It is the only direct link our modern civilization has with ancient times. On it's secular side the Catholic church grew out of the de- clining Greek Empire and the rising Roman Empire. It has seen countless states and empires rise and pass away. It will doubtless survive some systems now challenging the world and boasting, as Adolf Hitler boasts of his Nazi system, that it will last for "a thousand years".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

study has taken the guesswork out of the field of conservation.''
 An important part of the work to be done is stopping the pollution of streams, which destroys fish and drives out other forms of wild life. A pure-streams bill recently submitted to Congress is said to answer every objection made to previous bills of this kind. Its sponsor is Repre- sentative Karl E. Mundt of South Dakota.
 The measure provides for administra- tion by army engineers. It seems nat ural addition to their normal navigation work. There may be objections in some localities, but good authorities say the job has to be done by federal agencies if it is done at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
A Break for Wild Life

It is possible, says Dr. Leo K. Couch of Washington, to give North America a larger population of birds, fish and anil mals than existed on the continent in the time of Columbus And this without driv- ing the people out Dr. Couch is in charge of wild-life surveys for the United States Biological Survey. He told the North American Wild Life Conference recently: Restore the natura. food sup ply and cover, and give the females chance to rear their young, and the prob lem is simple one. Long and patient
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

The boys who tell you what's going to happen in the political world many months in advance already have their catch-phrases outlined for a presiden- tial battle in 194O between Vice-Presi- dent John N Garner and Prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey of New York That would be very good team of headliners and we'd hesitate to say which man might emerge the winner We'd want to know first how each achieved the nomi- nation. If Cactus Jack" was the unanimous choice of the Democrats at a real harmonious convention next spring, we'd hand him the election. A ough-and-tumble affair with the New Dealers scoring the Texan right and left might not leave the party in too good condition. But we don't see Dewey victory at the expense of united Demo- cratic party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Book A Day
Ho! For Library Voyaging!

You could fill a library with the literature of the sea, so Hanson Baldwin obviously taps a rich and dramatic field in his Admiral Death" (Simon and Schuster: $2.5O) But you feel, when you finally come up for air after the last heroic tale. that his selection of 12 outstanding marine adventures has been excep- tionally discriminating.
 He seems to have covered the seven seas from the story of the ice-locked Jeannette finally crush ing to bits in the Arctic to the saga or the Saginaw, wrecked on a South Sea coral isle. In between he has sandwiched the story of the great est naval battle of modern times Jutland, and the incredible adven- ture or the two Italians who 6efied a whole Austrian fleet in Pola har- Dor back in 1918.
 So you hang on with MT. Bald win to the bitter end and the salt spray stings your face and tragedy turks ever over the bow. Certainly there are no more dramatic sea stories in history than the sinking of the Lusitania and the "unsink- able" Titanic. MT. Baldwin gives you these too. All in all, a collec- ton to roll away an enviable eve ming.
 Forty Famous Ships" by Henry B. Culver and Gordon Grant (Dou- bleday: $1.90 might very well cap- ture 8 few evenings too if you like the lore of the sea. Superbly illus trated, many pictures in full color. this collection features episodic ac- counts of the great historic vessels from St. Pauls ship to the modern luxury liner, Queen Mary. It seems to have neglected none of import ance including the Santa Maria, the Half Moon, Golden Hind, Bligh's Bounty, the Flying Cloud, Magel- lan's Victory, and the U. s. Con- stitution, to mention only a few.
 It is in no respect as technically accurate as MT. Baldwin,s book but 1t is eminently readable.-P. G. F,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

When the federal census is taken up next year, there will be much more to it than just finding out how many people live in a certain house or along cer- tain street. The census-taker is going to be armed with big sheaf of cards and on each card will be list of questions which he must ask. Some of them seem pretty personal, too, and may be left to the persons own willingness to answer, such as present salary or wages; owner i is 9t e au es were vs1ee voa e and what were you doing ten years ago? Start fig uring it out now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
IRRESPONSIBLE STATEMENT
New York Tines)

Senator Lundeen of Minnesota was one of the committee members who attended the White House con- ference several weeks ago at which President Roosevelt discussed in confidence certain questions of for eign policy. MT. Lundeen now states in a speech on the Senate floor: If the American people ever learn what was said there, and if Senators want to hear it, the nation would be shocked and stunned at the secrecy and at the conference we had"
 Breaking confidence is never a pleasant matter. But one would have admired MT. Lundeen more if he had decided that in the public in- terest he could no longer be bound by whatever injunction of con- fidence was placed upon him and told the Senate openly what shocked and stunned" him ct the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

room until early in the morning. But no matter how busy, Murphy always takes time off to read the Bible, while Stephens takes time off to attend meetings of the board whCh governs the Catholic church near his home.
 Oswaldo Aranha, fortnight foreign minister of Brazil, has worked out some important ma- chinery for cooperation with the United States, but behind the scenes it took some tough talk ing on his part to get results.
 On one occasion he gave Sec retary Morgenthau, Under Sec retary of State Welles and other high officials straight-from-the- shoulder lecture on U. s. econ- omy.
 "You have become the goId- dumping ground of the world," he said, land you let it lie idle. England ships you her gold, thereby sending your dollar up and her pound down and giv- ing her an advantage in trade. France and Holland do the same. They know they can withdraw it in any emergency,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

Withdrawal of Senator George T. Gull hane's bill calling for issuance of $300000 in bonds to expand the county courthouse doesn't necessarily mean that the neces- sary program of revamping must be giv- en up. The present plan is to ask the county officials to make such changes as can be done with funds now in the treas ury. There's no denying the fact that the courthouse has outgroWn itself and some thing must be done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Selected Poem
A BOOK LOVER

(Grace E. Mann, Amesbury, Mass, in the
 Boston Post) have precious novel With which I would not part; It holds the rarest treasures The secrets of my heart. It tells of carefree children And of their chatter shrill As they played and romped and studied In the school upon the hill It holds the peel of wedding bells Tells of blushing bride And of the happy life that followed With the young man by her side. It tells of the charm of baby's smile And of his laughter gay, And it tells of the tears and the heartache When this baby went away. It tells of the peace of later years And of the deep content In sitting here and gazing back Upon a life well spent And, now, at last I've finished But you can plainly see Why gold nor silver cannot buy My book called Memory"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions Turn to last page for the answers.

1. Which city is called the Wash ington of South America?"
 2. What is arithmomania?
 3. To which Major League base ball club does zeke Bonura now be- long?
 4. Which is the most brilliant star in the he" vens?
 5. Name the author of the tragedy King Lear."
 6. Of which country is Tirano (Tarana) the capital?
 2. Into what body of water does the Columbia River flow?
 8. What is the correct pronuncia- tion of the word consonant?
 g. How many Americans were killed in the naval battle of Manila Bay?
 10. On which continent are the Andes Mountains?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

thus upsetting your stock mar ket and your economic equili- brium.
 And what do you do in re- turn? You not only charge them nothing, but you let their money lie idle. You could put it to work in Latin America, developing your neighboring democracies.
 "Y0u call yourselves great defenders of democracy by sing ing 8 trade pact with Great Bri- tain, but do you know what you are doing? You are aiding the British colonies? They are slave states. Yet you aid them by buying their rubber and man. ganese and tropical goods at the expense of real democracy in Latin America.
 "If you continue that" con- cluded Aranha, you may turn that democracy also into a colony "a colony of Germany"
 He was referring, of course, to the present Nazi drive for raw ma terialS and colonization in Brazil. Copyright, 1889, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
EVEN LARGER TRUCKS
(Hartford Courant)


 At least four bills have been sub- mitted to the General Assembly, any one of which, should it become law, would raise the weight limit that now governs the operation of trucks on Connecticut highways. Under the present law, a four wheeled vehicle equipped with pneu- matic tires may not exceed a gross weight of thrirty-two thousand pounds-sixteen tons. The most generous of the bills would add two tons to the present generous maxi mum and, so doing, would compar- ably increase the wear and tear on the highways for whose construc- tion and maintenance the private automobile owner pays the lions share.
 In the last two decades, the truck has become not only a formidable, because heavily subsidized, com petitor of the railroad but serious problem to traffic and highway au- thorities. It accounts for no small part of the increase in the cost oi the modern highway, which must be built to accommodate it, al- though it accounts for a small part of the taxes that pay for the con- struction. Bridges must be stronger road surfaces more durable, clear ances greater and repairs more fre- quently made than would be the case were the mammoth trucks ruled off the road. But, as if the sixteen tonners that now use the highways were not bad enough, the bills ir the General Assembly would raist the limit and increase the wear ant tear on the highways, the traffit congestion and the cost of construc. ting new roads. There should be nc question about rejecting the pro. posals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Current Comment

Man Is on trial. If we are mis- take God will use other creatures a trifie less stupid to carry on his purpose.
 George Bernard Shaw. It's the nuts. -Old line sergeant commenting on new blue uniforms of the army. If you go back with that blond you face long term in prison. Judge MacNeille, Quarter Sessions Court, Philadelphia, admonishing & man whose wife said he had left her five times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

It was quite coincidence-the deaths of Frank Stearns and John G. Sargent this week. Both were intimate friends of the late Calvin Coolidge and enjoyed positions of trust during his regime. MT. Stearns never held public office, but he is always recalled as the man who brought Coolidge out into public life. Sargent was Coolidge's Attorney-G General after Harlan Stone of the Supreme Court resigned. New Englanders both, they loved and admired Coolidge immensely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
DANGEROUS HOMES
(Boston Post)

It is disheartening to learn that the home is becoming more danger ou.s The Travellers Insurance Com pany of Hartford, Conn, has found, after 8 survey, that home and rec reational accidents are greater than the automobile accident toll. In a f1ve-year period, the Company found that automobile accidents accounted for g per cent of all claims, while accidents in the home and from sports accounted for 35 per cent of the claims. The automobile accident claims showed a decrease of per cent over the period from 1929 to 1883, but home accident claims in- creased per cent in the hve-year period. It would seem that at home people throw caution to the winds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Views of The Press

White House conference. This busi- ness of abiding by the niceties of a pledge of confidence and then hint ing at the horrible things that could be told iw only one were free to speak is not the act of responsible statesman. It is an irresponsible act, and because it feeds rlimor and arouses fear without furnishing a criterion either for the truth of the rumor or the justification of the fear it does serious mischief to the coun- try.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Questions
 and Answers
By FREDERICK Al. kERBY

By FREDERICK M. kERBY
 Enclose . three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques. tiOn of fact or information Co the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu. reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be un- dertaken. Be sure all mail Is ad. dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU. REAU, 1O1? Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR o. What is the meaning of the name of the Michigan city, Sault Sainte Marie?
 A. It is French and means "falls of St. Mary" The city, in Chippewa county, Michigan, is located at the foot of the rapids of St. Mary's river. @. When was the law passed by which American women who married aliens lost their citizenship even when they continued to reside in the United States?
 A. March 3, 1907.
 o. How is the name of Chiang kai Shek of China pronounced?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Daily Almanac
l rises 1O:41 p. m.

Moon rises IU:41 D. m.
 Sun rises 6:16 a. rn.; sets $50 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Blustery March! How it's winds do blow. You can get winds of hurricane force in any month of the year, as witness last Septem- ber's havoc, but the wind that blows in March has its own peculiar force. It can be de- scribed no better way than by that one word -blustery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
In New York
BIZ GEORGE ROSS

New York, March 9-Lin Yu- tang, the genteel Oriental philos- opher, who now resides in Man. hattan, who reflects upon the American way of life in books and poetry and who gave us his ac-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
A Thought for Today

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer diversity, as being yourselves also in the bOdy-Hebrews 1893.
 Pity is the virtue of the law, and none but tyrantS use it cruelly.-Shakespeare
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

cuInuIaUeQ WIS., dom in the book, the Im- portance of Liv- ing" !" is the m os t a rdent visitor at the c e n tral Park Zoo. Attendants in the park me- n a g erie meet the Chin csc p philosophe h CT tn e re almost daily.
 He claims to unhamn cred
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

thought, free from distraction, while he is in the company of the assorted inmates. His intimate confidant there is a squirrel who enjoys the freedom of the grounds but who hovers about the zoo cages on his rounds.
 Lin Yutang says that he has learned many fact about life from his furry friend and inspira- tions aplenty for his meditative essays. Nor does the squirrel go without his share of the royalties, for the Chinese philosopher never fails to bring a pocketful of nuts along.
 BIG PAY
 Which reminds me of that publishing phenomenon of the decade-"Ferdinand"-tha brief fable of the peace loving bull which has horned in on the Amer ican heart. The saga of "Ferdi- hands" creation is not new. Mum TO Leaf wrote it in less than for ty-five minutes one day for his own amusement. He wrote it in less than 100 words and was about to toss the effort into the waste basket when it was re- trieved by a friend of his who happened to be standing around.
 Ferdinand's career from then on has been spectacular. More than a half million copies of the slim volume were sold in the United States, Walt Disney screen- tested Ferdinand with huge suc- cess and the various toy, doll, car- toon and other sundry royalties for the botf ;lical bull have cata- quilted him into the realm of Big Business.
 I couldn't even approximate figures on Murno Leafs proceeds from his happy bull, but one re- liable computer said he wouldn't be surprised were his personal profits to exceed a half million dollars. Not a puny sum for for ty-five minutes of relaxing scrib- bling.
 DICE ROLL BACK
 Having toyed with all other table-sports in the towns pubs, the folk-with- time -on- -their-hands have reverted to the great Nation al Pastime. They are playing craps. But they are playing it for fun, rolling the polka dotted cubes around the table-cloth with stakes no higher than a round of drinks or a handful of match-sticks, or, occasionally, loose change.
 It would be against the rules to contest the cubes for real money stakes. It is about time, too, for the games that the zanies were thinking up around the clubs for the killing-of-time, were begin- ming to pass reason. Games fa- tiguing the brain, and not the brawn, have multiplied by the hundreds and along with a tall drink, the waiter usually brought a tray resembling the ouja board and a set of 1920 questions. But the customers baked. They were getting away from the most pop- ular of all American indoor sports. An dout came the dice to replace the brain-twisters.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

If you want a copy of our book let "CHILD HEALTH" send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

A. Jong ki shek, with equal em- phasis on all syllables.
 o. How long has the film actor, Wallace Reid, been dead?
 A. He died January IS, 1923.
 @. Do gray squirrels store more food than red squirrels? A. They store nuts and other food in scattered places, but not as much as the red squirreis. Some times the caches of nuts and other food of red squirrels in one place | amount to a bushel or more. @. When did the president sign the Federal Social Security act?
 A. August 15, 1885. @. What has shimmy to do with a dance?
 A. It is the name of a jazz dance that was popular about 1920, which was characterized by shaking the body from the shoulders down, to simulate trembling. o. What is the meaning of the proverb, Beware the Greeks bearing gifts?"
 A. It refers to the Fall of Troy, when the Greeks left 8 large wooden horse filled with arm men, which the unsuspecting Trojans dragged into the city.
 @. How do expenditures for na- tional defense and military pensions on account of past wars, compare wish the expenditures for social se- curity?
 A. An analysis by the Federation of Tax Administrators shows that in 1915, military expenditures and vet erans pensions comprised 55 per cent of the total expenditures and in 1897 they constituted 25 per cent of total expenditures. In the same year expenditures for relief, social security, and financial aid for farms and homes constituted 33 per cent of the entire expenditures. Relief con- stituted the largest item, 1922 per cent.
 @. What are the six mechanical powers that are the foundation of all machines? A. In simple machines they are generally considered to be: the lever, the cord, the inclined plane, the wheel and axle, the wedge and the screw.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09
Washington Merry -Go-Round
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D R E w PEARSON ROBERT S. ALLEN

WASHINGTON just before the diplomatic filed in the 5oh omitted list diplomats celebrating democracy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, we reverence the memory of George Washing
 tom; say, revere"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-09

Copyright, 1889, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-09
Leach or Eide Take Your Choice
From Minneanoli

From Minneapolis Spokesman
George Leach A. Eide? shall
This the question Minneapolis
voters today Both these candidates mayor many
qualifications the job Leach has the city
Whether he has been good will leave the
citizens T. A. Eide has
in cooperative business in Minneapolis
The mayoay question which confronts the Minneapolis Negro
difficult than that presented other strong
pendent liberal voting which the majority Mill City
been doing during the past few compcate the situation Under
liberal administration patronage greatly
that received under G. O. administrations
has been lost and the Stassen administration which
Leach less has made place Republican
porters in the place of those Negroes
What has that do with the Minneapolis mayoraty
Voter asks? Well it has much do with
lent background mparaty
citizens suffer because his party
its Negro supporters squaey A. Eide with small acquaintance
with the Negro population largely because he has little political
background having sought office will
cause he has been and identified with
AS fair observer would that Negro
harm his communlts interests by voting either Eide
The latter experienced politician much
mend him. The former private citizen making
favor surrounded by those who
Of the public scheme and have
This that the
tween the two candidates
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1939-06-09
Thoughts on Graduation

here agais annual experience of hundreds OF young
leaving colleges become
ptors place the of everyday affairs 1t graduation
there the old question: Wha shall tell them
as they go to face the world?"
Mankind has known periods of famine depssons and
hardly time the history of
the did face prob
determining their of life For this do not
the conditions which confront those who receive their diplomas
this month.
hope however, that this youth will profit by the
predecessors follow the path those who have
the things of life Unfortunately there little
education which dscouags the development of Hers Mus
solnis Bbos. illustrations how futile
the programs and detectives of these types.
On the other hand have caut demonstrations of how
operation tolerance and vision make the lot of
Diseases social problems and the forces frontier
which endlessly necessary
exploit fellows be
Parasites ride heights the backs of fortunate
than should this thought before them
after their diplomas have been tucked the bottom the family