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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
Modern Aggression Technique

For several years past the world has
witnessed the German technique of broad
casting the thought that the countries 1t
wished TO annex needed German protec-
ton - that German citizens in those
countries were being perseucted and were
clamoring for German rule. The world
is familiar with the way Germany OBJ
served country after country by this
technique.
There is a startling similarity between
that procedure and the manner in which
our own Federal power policy undermines
public confidence in private manage
ment of electric companies and creates
the impression that government owner
ship of the power industry is indespens-
able to protecting the interests Of the
people.
We have seen how the IVA has alb
Sorbed some 20 privately owned systems,
not because the systems wanted to be abb
Sorbed and not because there was any
great public clamor for specialization of
the privately owned power industry. There
was deliberately planned Federal pro-
gram to take over this private industry
The political attacks against the industry
were insidious and with the great power
OF government behind them, plus the Fed
eral Treasury to subSidizc local COM
munities with financial gifts for power
development. Tennessee became the first
state in the United States to adopt power
Specialization on broad scale.
Now that the planned death OF private
electric companies has been accomplished
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

In Tennessee, the scene shifts TO the
Pacific coast where the great Bonneville
and Grand Coulee Federal power projects
are being developed. It has already been
announced by officials of the government
projects that Bonneville twill be in the
same relative position as iva when 1t is
seven years old" If that is true it means
that the private power industry which
pioneered electric development for SO
years in Washington and Oregon, will
have been absorbed by the specialization
process.
It seems almost impossible to believe
that this revolutionary process is under
way in our own country. But compare
the technique of the Nazi aggression
program with the political power aggres-
sion program here. In both cases the
rights of individuals are being trampled
on. In our country their freedom of
action is being definitely restricted or
eliminated, for highly-taxed private enter
prise cannot compete with tax-subsidized
and politically controlled government
business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
Civilization May Sneak Through

During the course of the last war,
writer's and orators re-discovered a word
that was not only filled with lurid impllca-
tons but bounced pleasingly along the
tongue, The word was "Armageddon,
and it came to be an essential part OF the
vocabularies of alarmists and pesslmlSts'
Ney before 1914 had war been staged
on so widespread scale. Conflicts before
had always been conducted along conven-
tional lines - between two nations or TWO
factions within a nation over some SUCH
orthodox matter as boundaries, colonies,
freedom of the seas or the prestige OF
ruler. Never before had half the world
gone to bat for democracy and the other
half against it.
Here then was Armageddon. 1t was not
only Gods great battle OF good against tne
forces of evil, but it was the war that would
eliminate either all future wars or clVlllza-
ton itself. Here was the master war OF
them all, with neW-fangled flying
machines that could wipe out cities as
men swat flies and guns that could fire
shells into towns 60 miles away. Clvlllza-
ton could not possibly survive that
mighty onslaught. For 81 years after
the 1918 Armistice, Armageddon was for
gotten by all but classical scholars. CIVIL
ization, through some inexplicable MIR
acle. had not been wiped out. And wars
had not been ended. The euphonlstlc
word was packed away in mothballs along
with such curios as A. E. F. uniforms and
bustles
Then came 1899. Bustles came back
and SO did Armageddon Here 1t was
again - the great decisive battle OF all
time. This was the war that would grind
the earth into mass OF lifeless pulp.
Columnists built their sermons around
the resurrected word. On one day, two
writer's clmaxed their messages with
nearly identical sentences, both involving
"Armageddon" and another columnist
used the word so often that 1t began to
sound like the title OF popular song.
During the past two months, speakers and
writer's have gradually been laying OIL.
Either they began to tire Of the word or
they realized that maybe this wasn't quite
Judgment Day. Perhaps they decided
civilization, having managed to squeeze
through the last assault, might get
through this one.
If the war abroad Is ever unleashed IN
all its fury, folks all over the world will
probably have pretty rough time OF 1t:
Those who aren't directly in the line OF
fire are going to feel the repercussions IN
their economic and political life. War is
never very pretty. Yet, somehow, civiliza-
tiol. will probably survive. 1t may not be
quite the same as we know 1t now Modes
Of living may be adjusted to meet new
conditions, and Europe may get its face
lifted again. But life will not be sum-
marily wiped off the planet.
The United States may as well plan on
that. We may as well look beyond the yet
undefinable limits of the present war and
project our program for peaceful existence
into future period, even though 1t does
look little vague to us now.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

In recent article discussing taxation
and Subsidization of commercial motor
vehicles, Dr.. C. S. Duncan, Economist of
the Association of American Railroads,
made this ught-provoking observa-
ton: "The fact is that unless highways
are considered as public utilities and
every user of the improved highways Is
charged fairly for the use of these facili-
ties, we are headed directly for social
lied industry. Every public utility con-
tributes social and economic values. That
is their sole Justification. When depart
ure is made from the strict principle of
each user paying fairly or adequately for
his use of such utility, then we are plac-
ing upon the general taxpayer the bur-
den of furnishing it. The government is
then in the business. The country is
stepping toward socialism"
The taxpayers stake is commercial
highway transportation, judged by the
realistic standard laid down by Dr.. Dun
can, is enormous. In a number of states,
the state highway commissions have
made exhaustive studies to determine
whether or not highway-borne commerce
is paying its fair share Of the road BILL
These studies have demonstrated that 1t
does not. A study made by group of
nationally known engineers and highway
authorities, states that the general tax
payers have subsidized the highway car
riers to the tune of billions - and are
substituting them to the tune Of tens of
millions more each year.
This is no argument against commercial
highway transportation, which serves a
definite and important national need. 1t
is an argument against tax subsidization
of this or any other industry - and an
argument on behalf of fair and equitable
taxation of railroads, highways and all
other carriers. Unless that Is done the
stake of government (the taxpayers) in
business must constantly grow greater
and more ominous. And then, as DR.. Dun
can observes, 1--WE are stepping toward
socialism"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

Sam Purshell, caretaker at the VAIN
wright National Park in Canada, will be
the envy of all hunters this winter. The
Canadian government has ordered him
to kill the 5000 bison that are kept in the
park. No reason is given for killing off
the animals but 1t follows closely along
governmental policy in eliminating anil
mails where there are too many for the
available ranges. Whether or not the
war element enters into this latest order
Is as yet unknown. 1t is estimated that
Purshell has killed at least $4,000 bison
in the Is years he has been custodian at
the park This must be an all-time record
and probably surpasses the records Of
some of the early sharp-shooters who
made buffalo-hunting profitable bust
ness
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
PORTS OF ERE
(Boston POST


The request Of the Minister OF
Erie In washington that considera-
| ton be given to Erie's peculiar posi-
ton In our restricted zone under
the neutrality act, Is worthy OF care
full study by the Department OF
State.
Erie in this war Is neutral. The
country Is filled with people who
maintain close intercourse with
America In trade, personal relations
and employment. 1t Is estimated
that there are thousands Of Irish
girls stranded there, who went home
for the summer from the United
States.
Fire is becoming vacation spot
for Americans almost as popular as
Bermuda. Many Americans have
established summer homes there.
The demand here for Irish textiles
and other products Is strong. There
Is a big market for American prod
ucts there. Last year prominent
American found SO many Americans
in Fire that he compared 1t to IAN
unofficial State Of the United
States"
We realize that the waters of Ire
land are among the most dangerous
in the world at war time, but some
thing might be done, through agree
ments with the belligerents, to open
at least one port in Fire to Ameri-
can ships.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

Startling charges are made by William
H. Garrigus, South Britain writer in the
November issue of Foreign Service, Off
cial monthly publication of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars. Mr.. Garrigus, who
is we'll known in this city and whose COL
umn - South Britain Briefs appears
daily in The Democrat claims that dur
ing the World War only 20 pieces Of
American-made artillery ever reached the
Western Front. He also claims that no
American gun ever fired a single. round
of shrapnel at the German forces. His
article - 1T Must Never Happen Again"
is stirring indictment of American lack
of preparedness in the last World War
and challenge to American industry to
show It's nettle in the present fray, If this
nation should be dragged into it. His
concluding sentence is combination of
right hook and left uppercut. 1t reads:
1.-THE next time we cali on our men to die
with their boots on, let us at least furn-
ish the boots"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
Views of The Press

Of any one Of them being approxi-
mately equal In heating value to a
ton OF anthracite. The wood should
be as dry as possible; not only does
wet wood give less heat than dry
wood but 1t Is likely to foul the
pipes. Firewood seasoned less than
one year should not be used 1t
should be cut into stove or furnace
lengths as soon as possible after
telling to permit the most thorough
seasoning.
Stoves should be kept in good con-
dition. A leaky stove admitting air
elsewhere than through the regular
draft openings may waste half the
heat: the house holder then pays So
for each 81 Of comfort or cooking
he gets. Wood requires relatively
little air for satisfactory combus-
ton.
The countryman esteems wood
ash for his land. His wife may leach
it for I've with which to make soap.
Homemade soap is not unknown
either In Canada or the United
States. Close that damper little.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

NOTE At an Armistlce day
gathering In Topeka. Kas., Landon
introduced Senator Bennett Clark
of Missouri, leading Democratic
isolationist, as one of the most
constructive and courageous MEM
bers OF Congress. Landon and
Clark were on opposite sides In
the neutrality fight, but I,andon
feels Clark displayed high courage
in sticking by his views when he
knew 1t would hurt his presidential
chances.
POLITICAL GO-AROUND
Senator Burt Wheeler is certain
ly trying hard to WOO Townsend
backing for his presidential ambi-
tions. Latest issue Of the Town
send Weekly carried three
column picture Of Wheeler con-
ferring at Townsend headquarters
on "old-age pension plans on Capt.
tol, Hill for the coming year
Senator Arthur Vandenberg has
written friends In Nebraska for
suggestions for a state manager for
his Presidential campaign.
The Philadelphia Chamber OF
Commerce has appointed a special
committee OF business men TO
bring both national conventions TO
the city next year. The Demo-
Gratis met there in 1885 The
plan OF certain COP insiders to
control the Corn Belt delegations
by pledging them to Hanford Nc
Nider, .ex-Assistant Secretary Of
War and Minister TO Canada un-
der Hoover, Is getting nowhere
fast. Local Republican leaders
can't see the Iowan at all as a
presidential white hope including
those in his own state :. One
casualty In the last local elections
was Mayor Dan Shields OF Johns
town, Perm, whose strike busting
operations were probed by the
LaFollette Civil Liberties Commit
tee.
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Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
THEN HE ORDERED
F1LET OF SOLE
. HiGHLlGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Whot America
owes Its Horses

owes Its Horses
You can honestly say that Phil
Str0ng's newest book IL a gal
Looping affair. II races over 400
years Of American history and
turns out 10 be the most i'm
pOrtant work thus far from
this able hand. The book Is
Horses and Americans" (St0kes:
$50, the story Of the vital role
Of the horse In the nations
history from the shaggy ponies
Of the early Spaniards to the
1899 cavalry mount. Here Is alb
sorbing reading. The book IL
copiously Illustrated. The truth
about Paul Revere's ride follows:
The war american Revolution)
furnished a number OF individual
horse heroes. It Is a fair guess, but
only a guess, that Paul Reveres ride
was performed on first-class AMI
NAL; first because the ride required
a fast horse, and also because Re-
we're was prosperous and could af-
ford a good saddler or saddler-trot-
ter.
Revere was probably chosen part
~ for his horse: he was metal
smith, not q jockey or dragon.
Longfellow's famous ballad indicates
that the ride was a special project
Of Revere's; actually, OF course. II
was long prearranged and antici-
pated by the whole patriot group
near Boston. II he had ever recited
doggerel about one II by land and
two II by sea and ! on Che opposite
shore will be, his comrade Of the
church tower would undoubtedly
have thought that he had a touch
Of the moon or of Puritan rum.
1t was obvious that he was
ready to ride unless he had
brought his horse along for COM
pany and he did not spread the
alarm through every Middlesex vii
lage and farm. That would have
been ride indeed. He took what
was a good, maintraveled road from
one suburb Of Boston to another, a
riding distance of something like 20
miles, which would have been phe-
nomenal If he had been pushing a
wheelbarrow.
He was a brave and able man
as he had proved before and often
proved again before he died, age
SO in 1918. an honored and
wealthy man, but it took the mild
frenzy of Longfellow's plodding
Muse to make more of the great
ride than 1t was. :.
All honor to a great patriot, but
the really amazing thing about his
ride was the way the alarm DID
spread through every Middlesex
village and farm. :"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
FAST PASSENGER TRAINS
Boston Post)


The death of Charles H. Hogan,
the engineer Of the famous old loco
motive 900 of the Empire State Ex-
press, which made a record run
nearly SO years ago, brings up the
always interesting matter of rail-
road speed.
1t was in 1893 that old 500 was
running across New York State and
half an hour late at Syracuse. But
Charley Hogan told the railroad Of
ficials, who. accompanied by num-
Der of newspapermen, were on the
train to watch for special per-
Torrance, not to worry, he would
get In on time. Then, on a straight
36-mile stretch between Batavia and
Buffalo, he opened up the throttle
to make q world record mark Of
HAS miles an hour.
The old 900 was by no means
streamlined. Her old-fashioned cow
catcher below and her smoke stack
and cab and other top hamper rising
well above the boiler, gave plenty of
wind resistance. But her record OF
HAS miles an hour was raised "a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

most people realize, and predicts
that the war will be short. But
his definition Of short" Is two
years.
NOTE-Van iceland has been
visiting the United States as coun-
sci for the International Refugee
Conference. ta
FIR. COUGHLIN'S BROADCASTS
Father Coughlin's followers are
flooding the Federal Communica-
lions Commission with protests
against his suppression" under
the new National Association Of
Broadcasters code. This Is giving
FEC officials q big laugh.
They recall a previous flood Of
complaints from individuals who
demanded time to answer the ra-
dio priests Nominations, but were
unable to buy 1t. Now the shoe Is
on the other foot.
Father Coughlin cannot buy
time because Of the controversial
nature OF his broadcasts, though.
under the code, he Is entitled TO
free time - on the condition that
an equal period Of free time be
given to reply to him.
LANDON AND HOOVER
One Republican leader who Is
firmly convinced that Herbert
Hoover Is an active candidate for
the 1910 nomination is ALI Lam
don.
At a private gathering Of Iowa
leaders following ATS recent
speech in Shenandoah, Ia, the
politicos were sounding him out
on the various candidates, and he
remarked that Hoover had his hat
In the ring. The leaders were
amazed.
"He can't possibly be serious
about IT," one Of them said.
"yveli, believe II or not, IT'S
true" Landon replied. HE Is
not only serious but he thinks
he has very good chance TO
get the nomination. He's after
delegates and quietly Is doing
lot OF campaigning"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
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and Answers
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THE EDITOR.
@. When did the German crewAi.
sink most Of the surrendered Gers
man fleet at Scapa FlowP
A. June 81, 1919.
a.. Are there any Aztec Indians IN
Mexico now, wtho speak the Aztec
language? ~,
A. There are many descendants
Of the Aztecs, though not Of pure
Aztec blood. The Aztec Language
largely influenced the Mexican
tongue, and there are nearly Q mill
lion Indians there who speak Aztec
Nahua. Some Of their words have
passed into our language, as coyote,
ocelot, tomato, chocolate.
@. How many American million
aires were created by the World warp
A. Using federal income tax re-
turns as a basis, Representative An-
thony j. Grimm of New York, in 1920,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
Selected Poem
ROOTED

BILLY B. Cooper in the New York Tines
Born on this land, he's scarcely been away
From its fenced boundaries his full life long,
1t is enough for him, the furrowed fields
The reach of meadowland, the rim of hills;
The Autumn moon, the Winter nights, the sum
Warming the soil in Spring. 1t is enough,
His routine labor and his nightly rest,
His roof against the rain, his daily bread
The simple fare on which his soul is fed.
1t is enough, the wind the Clouds the stars
Above him, and the earth beneath his feet
The orbit of his choice; his roots are deep
In prairie loan. 1t is enough to die
Under the breadth of open prairie sky.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn TO last
page for the answers.
/. What is a photographic

!. What is a pantograph?
2. Name the most abundant OF all
metallic elements. 90
3. Name the capital Of the Re-
public Of Panama.
4. In which war did the siege Of
Sevastopol occurY ~
5. On the coast of which conti-
merit is the Gulf OF Guinea?
9. What was the political status
OF Finland before the Russian Revo-
luton?
7. How many sides has a penta-
gon?
8. What Is the correct pronuncia-
ton Of the word perfidy?
o. or which river Is the Clinch
river q tributary?
10. Who was the first president
inaugurated in the city OF Washing
ton? .
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22
WOOD FIRES, NOT FOR
ORNAMENT
New York SUM

Canadians spend $30,000O00 a
year for wood burned as fuel. Their
wood fires are not the decorative
establishment of living that some
New Workers know; they burn wood
much Of 1t in stoves, to keep warm,
To help them get as much heat out
OF their woodpiles as may be, their
Department Of Mines ana Resources
instrucss them in the art of adj
vantageously using the wood fire.
It's advice is sound wherever wood
is burned.
Hard maple, yellow birch, beech,
oak and hickory are held 10 be the
best fuel. q cord ana cne-Quarter
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-11-22

luton seem like little LORD Faunt-
leroys. In they swooped, uttering
a sort of a New Yorkese Rebel yell
Warcry.
Their detectives were the bowls
Of peanuts and plates of hors
d'oeuvres on the tables. And be-
fore the dinner jacketed head
waiter could gulp "Omigoshl"
they had scooped up handfuls Of
the goodies and fled, their war
cries changed to high pitched
screams of victory.
Life IN the big city gets danger
ouser and dangerouser.
BIGGER AND
BETTER CADETS
A nationally noted New York
housewares shop makes q great
feature Of its "gadget" depart
ment. And full of wonderous gad-
gets 1t is. One sizeable piece Of
machinery, complicated enough to
win respect from the non-mech-
ical minded, has a tag attached to
its gears and wheels. The tag an
nounces that 1t Is q labor-saving
"raisin slicer." Who slices raisins,
anyway, and why?
And to the naive, non-house-
keeping male, there seems to be
a Goals to Newcastle aspect to
the metal polish counter. Dis
played there Is bottle OF cream
whose label declares 1t Is made
especially for cleaning and poll
ishing stainless steel"
THE HIPPODROME
JUST A MEMORY, NOW
If, as legend says, there's a
broken heart for every light on
Broadway, for New York oldster
there must be a bad case of nos
talgia in every brick of q block
square desert of rubble on Sixth
Avenue, between 43rd and 44th
streets. This empty space, gaping
like grinning urchin's missing
tooth, Is the side Of the famed old
Hippodrome. entertainment mag
net for generations of New York
visitors, to say nothing Of the ma
tive youngsters. For them the
annual Hip" spectacle was a
must" too.
Perhaps at the witching hour
next Midsummer Nights Eve. I'll
prowl around there and see II
the ghosts of the marvellous div
ing girls and performing elephants
put on spectral spectacle Just
for old times sake.
But probably by that time, the
site will be covered by a 'umpty-
storied skyscraper.
THEN HE ORDERED
FILET OF SOLE
At the international Casino
the other night, chlorine Betsy
Blair kicked a slipper kerplunk
into the plate Of a guest. The
Mortified headwaiter rushed over
expecting q roar from the iratt
patron. Instead, the diner rernov-
ed the slipper from the plate and
told him II Betsy would autograph
1t, everything would be o. K. She
did and 1t was.