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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Americas Opportunity

It's high time the United States began
IN nut its domestic affairs in order.
good way to begin, as has been pointed
ont bv Philip A. Benson, President OF the
American Bankers Association, is by
declaring a moratorium on radical legls-
lation, bureaucratic excuses and indus
trial strife Pump printing" and detlcit
financing will have to cease - the FED
eral budget will have to be balanced.
The fallacious theory that America is
through growing and expanding must
be iunked, along with the widely cult
waited belief that "the world owes us
living" The world owes nobody living.
Either this country will tighten its belt
and go back to work in sane manner,
or it will sink into the category OF a
decayed power with it's people crushed
under a political autocracy.
Private enterprise and the labors OF
free men in the hope of individual pro1lt,
developed our country into a mighty ma
ton with undisputed right to the title
of the worlds highest standard OF living
for the greatest number OF people, His
tory has proved that vital liberties - re-
ligious, political and economic - must
go hand in hand with free enterprise.
They are far more than ldeallstlc luxur-
les. They are literally necessities.
A steady trend over the world toward
adjustment of free enterprise has finally
resulted in what we see abroad, subjuga-
ton of the individual to the state. And
make no mistake, the same trend threat
ems our liberties and free enterprise in
this country.
That is why it is imperative that Amer
lea awaken. Our liberties must be main
tanned. To do that, we must maintain
private enterprise And to quote Mr..
Benson again: ITO continue to have
system of free enterprise, capital (sav-
ings) must flow in natural course from
private investors into private enterprises.
We have got to release the creative
force S of capital and industry If we are
to keep our freedom"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Sound Approach

1t would be hard to find any fault with
the approach of President w. Gibson
Carey, Jr., of the U. S. Chamber of Com
merce to the problem of federal economy.
He asks that state and local commune
ties stop seeking federal funds for local
projects whenever possible, thus easing
the continued drain on the federal
treasury.
Federal aid to local communities in
carrying through work projects which
would take up the slack of unemploy-
ment with useful labor has been neceS-
Sity of the times. Local communities
simply did not have, and could not raise,
the money for works on such scale. Any
which now feel able to do this ought GER
tainly to carry their own burden.
In many communities the unemploy-
ment strain has for the moment been
lessened, in others the financial state =,
their treasures has improved. The task
of seeing that local people have work
certainly falls first on the local COM
munity. The more of them that can reas-
sumo that burden the better for the fed
eral government anG in general for every
body. But the burden, as long as it
exists, must be carried by someone. We
assume that Mr.. Carey does not recon-
mend simply that it be dropped.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

It has been noted before that big bus
mess is getting bigger. 1t seems to be
inevitable, part of the times, for in all
lines the really big businesses have been
growing bigger throughout the past 10
years, despite depression and despite all
efforts to whittle them down. Even a
country like Russia, which went social
list" - what did it get? The biggest big
businesses of all, in the form Of vast,
state-owned trusts. Bigness seems to 60
along with modern technology.
The United States now has its first
$4,000, 100000 bank. It is New York's
Chase National Both the National City
and the Guaranty Trust also show total
resources of over two billions each. Yet
it is only few years ago that everybody
gasped when the first banking institution
announced total resources Of over a
billion.
Flow of funds from abroad has helped
bring about such results. It is further
proof that the United States is having
dumped into its lap the financial leader
ship of the world. And further proof,
too, that bigness itself probably cannot
be abolished. It can only be controlled
or directed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

An eastern Boys Town was dedicated
this week at Lincolndale, N. Y. This
new boys home will be known as Lincoln
Hall and is a corrective school for boys
from 10 to Is years of age conducted by
the Brothers of the Christian Schools.
The success of Boys Town in Nebraska
conducted by Father Flanagan has be-
come famed the length and breadth OF
the country and its story brought to the
screen and acted by Spencer Tracy has
appealed to young boys. The eastern
counterpart, Lincoln Hall, will, no doubt,
enjoy a similar popularity. Juvenile cor
rection is among the important prob
lens facing us today, and such work as
is being done in Boys Town and Lincoln
Hall is proof that boys can be handled
through kindness and agreeable sur
roundings. Juvenile training is most
Important today with existing conditions.
The spiritual, vocational and academic
training provided through such projects
as those in Nebraska, Lincolndale, and
our neighbor, the George Junior Repub-
lie, deserve the highest commentator
and general support.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Challenge to Politicians

Soak the rich and help the little fellow,
has been for years the general premise
upon which our tax system" has just
"growed''. It is based upon deceit and
maintained by deceit. The little fellow"
who can more properly be called Amerl-
cas- vast working middleclass, has borne.
the brunt of this deceit, although he does
not realize it.
There are not enough "rich'' people IN
the United States to maintain the Fed
eral Government for more than brief
period, even if every nickel they pos
sessed were confiscated. Politicians
know the futility of soaking the rich.
But many have not the integrity to admit
it publicly. They deliberately advocate
the continued spread, in one form or
another, of the vicious practice of hid
den taxation" in spite of the fact that
the practice, if not curbed, will spell ulti-
mate ruin to the nation and the indi-
vidual citizen.
Tax hypocrisy in this nation must be
shown up. The tax base must be broad
ened so that all persons pay direct taxes,
instead of indirect assessments which
they do not realize, but which lull them
into a feeling of temporary security which
does not exist Here is challenge to our
politicians to drop hypocrisy for the sake
Of solvent fiscal sanity, for the benefit
of the nation, even if it costs them tenn
porary loss of votes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Neutral Air Waves

The $4,000 radio "hams," operators of
amateur stations, may prove to be Amer
ica's first line of neutrality defense in the
air.
For many years the activities of these
amateurs have been organized and reg
ulated, and many have developed high
degree of experiences. A great many are
reserve officers of the army and navy,
and the Federal Communications Com
mission is certain that as group they
are thoroughly loyal.
In their fishing among the less-fre-
quented bands of the ether, at least one
of these radio "hams" is likely to come
on any messages which might be sent by
spy or illegal organizations from United
States soil There was great deal OF this
during the World War. But $4,000 Or
ganized amateurs are in position today
to spread a net which is pretty apt to
catch any Illegal or unneutral broad
casts in short order. The diligence and
skill of these "hams" In past years now
becomes definite national asset.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

Archbishop Spellman who attended the
dedication of Lincoln Hall this week said:
"When I think that this institution and
other American institutions are built,
constructed and manned for the rehabil-
itation of young manhood and young
womanhood, thank God that we are
building youth instead OF calculating to
destroy youth" It was likewise pont! es1
out by other speakers for the occasion
that what NOSE children under such super
vision needed rather than being tagged as
"prc blem children" was happy and con-
genial home. Among such and similar
Surroundings one can feel assured the
problem of our delinquent youth will be
adequately handled.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

British diplomat but is not nearly
as forbidding as he looks. Caught
off guard, he will laugh at good
story, even tell one himself. His
stories are in fact the better for
their rarity.
Welles is suspected Of nursing
sneaking ambition to dip into
politics in Maryland, where he
has built q magnificent estate
Immediately across the rvier
from Mount Vernon. Diplomacy,
however, is Welles' forte, not
politics. For him to slap a back
would be as incongru0us as New
lille Chamberlain kissing babies.
Welles has two weaknesses as a
diplomat: III he is not a good
judge of human nature; and ~
he is overworked. The latter Is
partly dependent upon the first
State Department personnel, al
though improved, still lacks OUT
standing figures, so that Welles,
far ADLER than those around him,
is swamped with work. Also he
is under the frequent necessity Of
accepting the judgment of under
lings.
MISTAKES IN POLICY
This is where he has made
major mistakes. On South Amer
lea, which he has made a life
long study, Welles is unbeatable.
He, and he alone, Is responsible
for a long series Of New Deal sue
cesses below the Rio Grande.
But In Europe he has commit
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
In Today's Mail

power such as Germany, the press
assails the peace policy OF the So
Wet Union. 1t describes the Soviet
Unions mutual aid non-aggression
pacts as "red imperialism"
But the Lithuanian people re-
ceived news Of the results of their
country's negotiations with Soviet
Russia with Joy. They are preparing
great celebrations. Not to mark the
subjugation Of their country to "red
Imperialism" but to rejoice IN the
return of Wilma. They are grateful
to the Soviet Union, they have con-
fidence in its peace policy. The
newspapers of Lithuania all acclaim
the role of the Soviet Union. Says
the "Amjius" Of Kaunas:
To-day there is a different Rus
STA. It is Soviet Russia, with a
different mode Of life and different
detectives. It is with this new Rus
STA that we are now talking. The
new Russia can protect peoples in
the face of the whole world against
imperialist ambitions. We are
awaiting this protection"
Very strange words indeed for
people who are being subjugated.
And the news from Latvia is very
much the same. Says the "Ritz"
from Riga: The Latvian people
who suffered the agony of the
World War know what peace means
and are able to appreciate peace.
But now our neighbor has also as
sumed the obligation to support us
and to help us to defend our coasts
for its own defense and defense of
the Baltic Sea, which action inspires
us with confidence shat arrange
ments have been made which will
serve the cause Of peace and secur-
| ity in the Baltic Sea-"
The American warmakers are ve-
hemently melting war. They have
Joined Chamberlain who Is still in
/ trigued with the idea Of a war ex-
clusively against the Soviet Union
Such Is the meaning Of the press
campaign to utilize Anglo French
provocations in Finland and Turkey
as well as in italy against the So
Wet Union.
The rising enthusiasm expressed
by the masses Of people in Esthon-
ia, Latvia and Lithuania for the
mutual assistance pacts with the U
s. 8. r. ADMITTED even by the N
Y. Times) gives the lie to the war;
mongering press. The aim Of the So
Wet Union in its negotiation with al
the Baltic States Finland included
lis peace in the Baltic. The Sovie;
Union proposes that. all anti-Sovie'
war bases which first Of all endan-
gered the independence Of these ma
tions, be dismantled.
Even the New York Times VI
ciously anti-Soviet Moscow CORES
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.

/. What body of water separates
the island OF Madagascar from
Africa?
2. With what sport is the name
of Harold jug" McSpaden ASSOCIATE
ed?
8. What does the stock exchange
term margin" mean?
4. What was the middle name Of
James x. Polk eleventh President
of the U. S.?
S. How many feet are In maui
teal mile?
6. In which ocean is the region
known as the Sargasso Sea locatedp
Z. What are the colors Of the flag
of Peru?
8. What Is the name for that
point in its orbit at which planet
Is nearest the sun?
8. What is the name for the alloy
of copper and zinc?
10. To which nation does the Is
land Of Formosa belong?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
RUSSIAN ARMY ON ALERT
FOR NAZI MENACE,
SAYS RUSSO
Editor of the Democrat:

Editor of the Democrat:
Over month has passed since
the signing Of the German-Soviet
non-aggression pact. The press has
been turning somersaults in every
direction to keep its meaning from
the people. It would be interesting
to make a compilation of cartoons,
headlines and editorials as an ex-
hibit of what freedom Of the press
means to Some people. What a rec
ord of vicious nonsense, ISLANDERS,
outright lies and distortions!
With no action taking place on
the western front the only defeat
Hitler has suffered so far has been
in the east where the Soviet Union
has drawn definite line which he
must not cross. This Is confirmed by
no less than his Lord of the Adj
miralty, Winston Churchill, in his
report to the House of Commons on
the first month Of the war.
Said he then: 90. that the Sec
ond great fact of the first month of
the war is that Hitler, and all that
Hitler stands for, have been and are
being warned off the East and
Southeast of Europe. That the Rus
sian Armies should stand on this
line was clearly necessary for the
safety of Russia against the Nazi
menace. Russia has warned Hit
Ter off his Eastern dreams"
The possibility Of the war spread
ing eastward is thereby eliminated.
The imperialist war is restricted.
The entire Baltic and Balkan Sec
tors have been removed from the
sphere of British influence. Their
loss Is q tremendous blow to Naz-
ism and Munichism.
Since their creation these coun-
tries have been pawn in the hands
of the warmakers. They have served
as background for Nazi-Britlsh In
trigues against the Soviet Union.
Poland itself was made the victim
of this insuperable desire its corrupt
semi-fascist ruling class shared with
the rascals Chamberlain and Hit
ler..
Soviet negotiations with this strip
of countries, the already concluded
mutual assistance non-aggression
pacts, might be likened to our Mon
roe Doctrine policy Of safeguarding
the peace Of the United States and
the Western Hemisphere. Once the
weapon of Yankee imperialism the
Monroe Doctrine is now potent
instrument for peace.
Yet while asserting that Che
United States would never permit
an attack on Canada by foreign
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

ted tragic errors, one of them hav-
ing been the policy toward Spain,
which he now admits was deplor-
able. Another was 10 follow the
Chamberlain appeasement policy
though here Welles woke up long
before Chamberlain did.
Probably the key to these mis-
takes is that Welles, thorough
ly honest gentleman, comes from
the old school which expects hon.
esty in others. And it took him
some time to realize that Hitler
was a bundle of human nerves.
prejudices and ambitions who had
to be handled, not on the basis
of the treaties he signed, but as
a highly volatile and undepend-
able human being.
Because he IL shy and some-
what aloof from his fellowmen,
Welles has the reputation Of
being high-hat and reactionary.
But he is not. He Is much more
liberal than C0rdelI Hull, al-
though perhaps not so liberal az
his chief in the White House.
Welles first met the President as
a boy in knee breeches attend
ing the wedding of Franklin and
Eleanor. They have been close
friends ever since. And it is this
team today which really directs
the foreign affairs Of the United
States.
copyright, 1889, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc,)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

pondent, G. E. r. Gedye, had to
admit that the reactionary press
(including his own employer) Is 60
ing rather too far"
From official Baltic circles, Mr..
Gedye learned that none OF these
states has been in any way threat
ened by the Soviet Union IN the
course Of Moscow negotiations" In
fact, "These states were among the
first to recognize the Soviet Union
in 1920 and to conclude peace with
it. When they did so the outside
world thought they were adopting
q suicidal course, just as 1t Is widely
considered that they are doing so
now The Soviet Union has prop
erly observed the letter Of its treat
les and no reason is found to dis
trust its future conduct. He goes on
to say that expressions Of satisfac-
ton over the (recent) treaties as
recorded in the Baltic press. have
been generally genuine and realis-
tic" ~
The capitalist world tenaciously
clings to its cherished dream OF
destroying Soviet Russia. Its press Is
enraged with the newly acquired
position of dominance the country
Of socialism has won for itself. 1t
is enraged to see twenty years OF
anti-Soviet plotting, the whole
structure or cunning betrayals
crumble away so easily.
Who could have supposed that the
anti-communist crusader Adolf Hit
Ter, whom world reaction had helped
to power, whom 1t supported with
loans, arms, cash, raw materials and
conauests would be reduced to such
/ helplessness before the might Of
the Soviet Union.
The Soviet Union has always oc-
cupied first place In the fight for
peace. Its peace aims stand out way
above the nyriads of lies Of the cap
litalist press and radio. It pursues.
! its own clear course of strengthen
ing the great social order Of peace
and progress.
MICHAEL RUSSO.
! sec. Communist Party.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

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a musical show,
after self-exiie In
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badly to be an
actor that he
sacrificed weekly
thousands to toll
in grease-paint
for nothing. And
his first attempt
was ridiculed by
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Press Comment
UNUSUAL GIFT
tBoston Post)

The town Of Greene, Me-. has
come into possession of $5o.7o0,
which will be used to care for needy
people over 60 years of age. The
money was left by the late Miss
Ella A. Thompson, former resident
of Greene, who died in California.
This is an unusual bequest, and
should make Greene the envy OF
other small towns. No one there
will now have to worry about
needy old age. Maine folks are gen
orally rugged and provident, so that
the old folks usually can take care
Of themselves. But the exceptional
cases will now be well provided for.
This Is an unusual gift, and the
result of 1t should be carefully
studied.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Current Comment

We must never forget that here
Gin Russia) is the scum of human
ity. Any alliance between the Reich
and Soviet Russia would be the end
of Germany.-Adolf Hitler, writing
''Mein Kampf" in 1928.
Dandg was drawn from the
Reich's body proper at pistol point.
The day will come when 1t will re-
turn.-Dr. Hans Frank, Nazi minis
ter without portfolio.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14
Selected Poem
You WERE SAYING GOoD-BY

(By Sara Van Alstyne Allen in The Christian
Science Monitor)
What was 1t you saw
At the end of the long roads turning,
There where the first red leaves =
OF autumn were steadily burning?
Did you see summer going down the road
where the wind was blowing?
There is no one to say
What you saw-what you knew
There on that bright October day.
This and this alone know
You were saying good-by to more than
summer
AS summers leaves began to 60.
You were seeing far beyond the snow.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

The Coolidge Memorial Bridge in mem
ory of the late Calvin Coolidge was opened
this week in Northampton. This is one
of the latest bridges to span the Con-
necticut River and takes us just one step
farther away from the old covered bridges
that are seen here and there throughout
New England.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

The notables that arrive on the boats
trickling in from abroad are not agreed
on the war situation. Some say it's 60
ing on indefinitely, others say it will be
over in no time. Very few like to admit
thew don't know
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

The Connecticut Society for Crippled
Children does a good work for those
handicapped in this respect This year
the society plans a more extensive pro-
gram to provide additional funds for
occupational training The care OF the
crippled children of the state deserves
the generous support of all.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-10-14

A ON or about, April 10; June "a,
Sentember 2 and December %. These
are the dates when the Equation q
Time (the difference between apps =
ent and mean solar time, that Is, tne
difference in hour angle OF the sun
and the fictitious mean SUM pass
through zero. But the change IN the
EQUATION of Time on these dates may
amount to almost half Q minute.
q. How many acts were passed IN
the last session of Congress?
A. The total was TIT, of which 7lS
were approved and So disapproved.
@. What is the latitude and longi-
tude Of the city Of Colon, PanamaY
Does the city have any other manner
A. Colon. sometimes called Aspin-
wall. is in latitude 8 degrees, Il MIN.
utes north, longitude 10 degrees 90
minutes west. ~
q Do children under the age OF
fifteen ever have cancer? 80.
A. Yes. In 1886 there were SSS
deaths caused by cancer IN chiioren
under the age Of fifteen.
@. Did William Powell appear In
silent motion pictures? :,
A. Yes. He was in sherlock
Holmes" when Knighthood was IN
Flower" "Under the Red Robe"
"Romola," and other films OF that
era.
@. What is the period between the
bite of q rabid dog and the first
symptom to appear in humans?
A In the great majority OF cases
1.-THE disease is contracted in from .
weeks to 3 months after the bite has
been inflicted. Statistics from ? lsrge
number Of rabies cases show ti!s per
iod varies from IA to .285 days.
@. which two naval commander
are often referred to as Father Of
the American Navy"
A. John Paul Jones and John
Barry.
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In New York
ny GEORGE ROSS

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