The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-03-30

The report, based entirely on German government figures, shows that:
 l. Productive employment
 that is, military employ
 ment-proportionately is much
 higher in this country than in
 Germany.
 2. Hitler has blown up his
 employment figures by including
 relief, public works and concen-
 tration camp labor = a type
 labeled as unemployed in the
 U. s.
 3. There are several million
 employed in Germany who re-
 main unclassified. These are
 high grade workers who have
 refused to register as unem-
 ployed in Germany who remain
 unclasSified. These are high
 grade workers who have re-
 fused to register as unemployed
 lest they be put to work at a
 pittance doing military labor.
 In Germany, according to the Hanna report, less than 60 per cent of the employed are en- gagged in productive activities, or on jobs which produce food, cloth- ing and other necessities for the people. More than 40 per cent are employed in non-productive mili- tary work, including great army of military police, secret service agents and other government em- ployes, as well as workers in muni- tions plants.
 In the United States, how ever, non productive employment is almost negligible. Another highlight is that German taxa tion to support Its war machine amounts to 40 per cent of the total national income, whereas U. s. military preparedness costs about 15 per cent; in Great Bri- tain, about 20 per cent.
 Maintenance of. non- productive military employment has imposed a tremendous burden on the hv- ing standards of the German peo- pie. This helps explain the seri- ous economic shape of the coun- try and why an unpopular war is so risky. v AMBASSADORIAL DUEL 5 The Cuban embassy has rnain- tained a discreet silence, but the fact has leaked out that Cuban Ambassador Fraga recently re- sorted to the ancient and honor able practice of defending his honor by issuing challenge to a duel. ,; It happened because a cartoon- ist sketched in the Cuban mag azine '.Zigzag" a .caricature of Fraga which he considered ludic- rous and offensive. Fraga, a man of circumspect department, took immediate umbrage. Visiting in Havana at the time, he sent his second with a challenge o a duel.
 The affair created a sensation in the inner circles of Havana, where 1t was rrlmored that Fraga would be forced to resign his post in Washington.
 The cartoonist, however, set- tied the matter off the dueling field by offering formal apolo- gies to Senor Dr. Pedro Mar enez Fraga.
 NOTE-Dr. Orestes Ferrara, .ex- Cuban ambassador, fought four teen duels in Cuba and won them all. AXED RELATIVE
 One of the employees quietly axed in the recent WPA economy shakeup was relative of the President.
 He was 45-year old Daniel w. DeIano, IT,, a cousin on Mrs. Roosevelt, Seniors side, who had been employed as a research worker In WPA's historical rec ords survey since July. 1936.
 The White House and WPA bosses have maintained tight tipped silence about Delano's ouis- ter, but he has not. Sore at the loss of his $1,SO0 job. he has been talking about WPA inside corruption" to New Deal foes on Capitol Hill and they have lis- tened with eager ears.
 Most interested critic is Rep. Clifton A. W0odrum of Vir- glnia, always hostile to WPA. WoOdrum is leading the fight against the Presidents $150, 0,O0O,- 00o relief deficiency bill and