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statement by Senator Pat Harrison,
chairman of the Senate Finance
Committee, strikes a note of warn
ing as we'll as appeal for united
effort OF all parties in Congress to
map out new fiscal policy.
What the Mississippi Senator saw
Mt to say publicly at this time, Just
as the President is returning to
Washington from a brief vacation,
Will not popularize him with those
members of his own party who have
been in favor of unlimited spending,
but on the other hand it is exactly
what was revealed in the last con-
gressional elections as the unmis-
taxable demand of the American
people.
The administration may we'll
agree with Senator Harrison
spending is not policy which has
unqualified support. But this is a
far cry from finding a substitute in
order that the economic system may
function without serious defation
For every time there has been any
serious cutting of appropriations
or withdrawal of Government
spending there has been a deha-
tionary cycle which has added to
rather than subtracted from the
ranks of the unemployed.
Realizes Situation.
The Senate Finance Committee
chairman realizes this when he says:
Il appreciate the difficulty of the
task, but if every one connected
with the operation of Government,
whether in the executive or legisla-
tive departments, will realize the Sc
rious fiscal situation confronting us
and counsel together and cooperate
in mapping out plan and unflinch-
ingly and without political consid-
Grafton work toward that end we
can accomplish results that will
bring hope and encouragement to
our people and financial stability to
our Government"
This is plainly an appeal for the
submerging of party differences, a
call for last effort to save the
Democratic party from defeat in
the 1910 elections. 1t is an appeal
which has the solid backing of the
independent Democrats in the Sem
ate, including Vice President Garner
1t is timed to coincide with the
measures of appeasement which
lately have been disclosed by Secre-
tary Hopkins of the Department of
Commerce and Secretary Morgen-
thau of the Treasury Department.
The specific issue raised-whether
to pass a law raising the limit of
debt beyond s45 100000, ,OOO-is not in
itself of consequence except as
symbol of economic policy. The
present debt limit will hardly be
reached until July, 1910, and any
refusal to raise that limit now would
work no hardships because, by the
congressional session of January,
1940 it will be time enough to de-
termine to what extent the debt
limit shall be increased. For the
moment it may have a soothing
effect on business to have Congress
refuse to increase the debt limit
Easier to Talk Economy.
But such gesture by itself would
be transparent. Unfortunately it is
easier to talk economy than it is to
practice it. And so far as Congress
is concerned, it already has been 60
ing on record in favor of expendi-
lures that could be curtailed. Take
the Gilbertsville Dam. Last year
S5,OO0,OO0 was spent, and now be-
cause that sum was advanced it is
planned to 60 on till $1OO,OO0,OOO is
spent for power project which can
have the effect of throttling the ex-
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guaranteed by his excellent chance be its
40 representative the soaion midlands
isoaionst himself he also extremely shewd fellow Approach
the problem from political doubted wisdom
hulabaoo about the Presidents foreign
advantage said
heater debate affairs
the all agan?"
The background of the Taft distinction which
he makes between active intervention abroad passive
democrace interests
For example for all his isolatonsm he found nothing but
the method to dsapprove French apane SALE and is
consider udicious Government credit assist
the struggle with the Fascist
think that the evidence the Presi
dent be convicted of active intervention His attitude.
therefore, differs sharply from that of the small but loud
talking of Senators who advocate hyseca shrink
within borders Gallup poll indicates that
there widespread popular the Taft attitude
that being might suspected there much
Among Senators questioned, only
extremists Vandenbeg advocated American withdrawal from
all foreign contacts
large middle echoed Taft. smaller number chiefly
of Southeners little the tangled ideas
OF the neutrality bloc downright of
Senator Tom Connay of fact striking result
OF the inquiry its revelation of sentiment
buSneSske policy
Evening star., 1939-03-03
The Capital Parade
Senate Jittey on Subject Of Foreign Policy;
Attitude Laid to Uncertainty Over President

In the debate the armament bill
initiated Patrick
Michigan has discovered several vivid conempaons Washing
tons farewell address, And Senator Gerald
committed oraion
the quite easily
not to verbose, the subject of the
Meanwhile tension in foreign Europe
the situation less dark menacng home
exciting incidents the Military Affairs
the French apane purchase things
discover what lies behind
cular what the Senate really thinks policy
Evening star., 1939-03-03

WOulO Cnlnk OF
the S e v t n t y
sixth Congress,
especially its up
per branch. He
W on d ers how
Monroe, Madi-
son, G arroll,
Page, Trumbull,
Gerry, Sherman,
L e e, B u t l e r,
Langdon, Muh-
lcuDeTg ana Cle
other giants who
dominated the e
Republics maid
e n a S S e IN b ! y
would, in partic-
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(Copyrisht, 1939.)

Baird writes: " believe an ironclad
case can be made for the assertion
that the direct opposite is true
that instead of the United States
not wanting to keep out of Euro
pean affairs, its most fervent hope
is to do so, and that the most real
istic concern of the American people
today is to keep uniformed Messi-
anic Europeans out Of American
affairs"
(Copyrieht 193g)
Evening star., 1939-03-03


slowing down the administrations program.
circle which White opinion
holds that, until Mr. Garner has learned his there
nothing that the President this situation.
administrations hne of policy represented in the
progressiyes for confirmation this
dictatorship there which Mr. Roosevelt
the Congress adopt his take action
urgently needed national legislation.
On the other hand, 1t clear that the time when
country
the Harding
ton and that administration would
1910 primarily the Republicans
pensioners promises
Republican develop
administrative the Republicans
understand that living under would rely
political production chronological
acceleration.
The apprehenv the New feel that
President
speech to Congress March the whole great will
tnegrate.
trying to reestablsh
solid South social cellar The West astr with
impulses getting ready line fairly sody
third region possibly third party Calculations
Progressive West could national election whether
West could enough border States from the South
and the majority the Electoral College There
majority in sight but there enough throw
candidate Repub
Ncan Democratic tickets.
the Garner persists in its rule policy the
National Convention this
outcome
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threatening tone in foreign affairs put
Hes given alternate oraoy
don't know where stand and fear the worst
Given the sentiment businesslke policy
dent might conceivaby have repeal
embargo clauses of the Neutrality
basis he had asked for calmly and facuay
ever II such request presented
Senate in serious state of tters His methods
convinced Senators that while
think reasonable the President harbors
And that conviction, President
which really counts is what confusing
today.
Alliance
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students which
troubles MIN.
w h i zz er, it
seems, was So
cially ofside in
picking up that
$15,800 from the
Pittsburgh Pi-
rate pro football
team before be-
ginning his two
year stretch at
Oxford. Again,
t h a t r o b e r t
Taylor film came
along inoppor-
tunely to tag
him the "Yank
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and experienced diplomat, long
stationed in Washington, used to
wire his puzzled foreign Office
about once a month: y
Its not the President; it's
the Senate that really counts"
The most interesting single
response received in a careful
inquiry into Senate sentiment
came from Robert A. Taft of
Ohio. Though a freshman Sem
atOr. his standing in the Republi-
Evening star., 1939-03-03

OF the Govern
ment a new type
Of leader S h / p
has arisen from
its own ranks
a leadership on
behalf of cur
tailed spending.
Coming as it
does from the
man who two
years ago was
defeated by one
vote for the tit
ular leadership
of the United
S t a t e S Senate
t he form a |
Evening star., 1939-03-03

10 III 3OI 1OU1 IIIO1c year . o. TRINITY
and confusion.
This dependency joes not
50 much reflect the losses in the
November elections as it does the
struggle for power between
cabal of conservativeO Democrats,
melted by Vice President Gamer,
and the New Dealers, who recog-
nize President Roosevelt as the
leader of.the party. The Repub-
licans, with ber-starnp unani-
Evening star., 1939-03-03

And What
They Do
Whizzer White
Is Troubled by
Oxford AIoofness
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

From all accounts, Whizzer White
is lonely and cold in his bare little
room No. 8, in Hertford College, OK
ford, and wants to come home. 1t
isn't merely that he Graves steam
heat. 1t is the alocfness of the other
Evening star., 1939-03-03
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE

Apropos tomorroW's 150th ami
versary OF the first Congress of the
United States, this observer won-
ders just what the founding fathers
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necessarly The Stars Such opinions are presented
The Stars effort to gDe all sides OF questions OF Interest its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory aon0
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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our OWL l1lCtTtSCS WIlt1l ITO TlSK OF
expense to ourselves is involved.
The trouble was that this
sentiment was private, and the
men who voiced it much trou-
bled. The specific things the
President has done to assist the
democracies or assert American
rights were not found to be
troubling. The worry arose from
the Presidents methods and
from his alarmist and often
Evening star., 1939-03-03
We, the People
Dry Rot Whitening Democrats; Corners Rule -or-Rua,
Policy May Cost 1910 Election
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

One Of the most pathetic Washington
ism which has set in the Democrats excepting the NV
Dealers With exceptions takes
that the Republicans Chat
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and immigrants, every right be-
slowed upon members of other races.


In today's issue Of The Senator,
Washington's new weekly periodical,
Joseph H. Baird, a frequent con-
tributor to the Sunday Star, takes
sharp issue with a recent article in
the Saturday Evening Post charging
that the United States is held in
Europe to be the chief potential
cause Of general world war" Mr..
Evening star., 1939-03-03
Business Aid
Is Key to.Cut
In Spending
Congress Can Act
On Laws to Speed
Employment
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Almost six years to day since
the Democratic party took over the
legislative and executive branches
Evening star., 1939-03-03

In 1898 more than 100000 persons
visited Carlsbad Caverns in New
Mexico.
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any event and It VIII be time to
create a real third party" The
worst that such a Western party
could do would be to confirm a
Republican victory and the
chances of politics indicate that
the expression Of Western re-
gionalism would, under the nor
NAL trading of politics. put the
West in a strong bargaining posi-
ton for the continuation Of the
New Deal Srnndinu r,oliciac md
Evening star., 1939-03-03

public works program Aleghanies
SO the conviction growing that Mr. Roosevelt has
waiting game long enough and that whites
of their eyes in all directions is time political
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25

There is certain fascination about the
speeches of Adolf Hitler. To take one
of these speeches and read it carefully,
sentence by sentence, is always absorbing,
especially if one has previously heard
the speech delivered in that hysterical,
emotional voice, tuned with such Thes-
plan precision to produce the desired
effects.
The Danzig speech, aimed obviously at
shaking British and French determina-
ton as we'll as at convincing his own
people that any general war would be
forced on him by British and French
relentlessnesS, was about the best con-
ceivable statement of Hitler's case. Its
general phases have already been COM
mented upon. But here is a passage that
really deserves special attention:
"In democracies one may agitate
for war, there foreign regimes, states
men, and heads of state may be at
tackled, slandered and vilified, for
there freedom of speech and press
reign.
I'm authoritarian states one may
not offer resistance against that, for
there discipline rules, and only in
states without discipline is it accord
ingly permissible to agitate for war;"
If these statements were true, 1t would
certainly make powerful case for a
disciplined press. Perhaps as they
were shouted in rapid-fire and hySteri-
cal voice, they sounded plausible enough.
Certainly the responsibility of agitating
for war should not be assumed lightly.
But the moment you read them In cold
print. you realize that these words not
only are untrue, but the precise opposite
is the case.
There is certainly some truth in the
charge that the press in democratic
countries has often, with some violence,
criticized the totalitarian regimes and
their leaders. But they have never done
so with one-tenth the vigor with which
the German press assailed Soviet Russia
FOR 10 wears, taking their cue from Hit
ler,s own words, "We must never forget
that the regents of present-day Russia
are common ,bloods-stained criminals;
that here is the scum Of humanity, which,
favored bv conditions in tragic hour,
butchered and rooted out millions of its
leading intellects with savage blood
tfristiness II. q nation which combines
Z rare mixture of bestial horror with an
inconceiyable gift for lying -" And
thew never have done so with the unan-
iIrity compulsory to the German press.
Agitation for war? II is too short a
Sirne aqo to have forgotten che uniform
ma sirnultane ous camps iens, OF the Ger
f4t41 s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25

man press against Oppression Of Ger
mans" in Austria, in C2echoslovakia, in
Poland, and against the leadership of each
country. 1n>each case the campaign was
obviously staged to whip up enthusiasm
for the invasion which promptly followed
No, it won't do. Under freedom unques-
toned abuses do happen. But under
discipline" when an entire country's
press is simply great pipe organ on
which the ruler plays war theme when
ever he wishes, the possibilities and the
actual performance of the press as an
"agitator for war" is infinitely greater
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25

Now the day is ending - earlier. Day.
light saving time by grace of an hour.
lost last spring becomes standard time
once more by grace of an hour gained
Sunday a. m. The long evenings are no
more and darkness descends shortly after
six, and as the season advances and day.
light becomes of shorter and shorter dur
alton dusk will arrive about five. Many
would like an extension of daylight time
through October. In this way they would
get more pleasure from the autumn
countryside which begins now to change
from green to russell, red and gold. To
thoroughly enjoy the autumn landscape
from now on one must make an early
start into the country to view the color
full display. Continued daylight time
might be good in some respects but with
shorter days coming perhaps it would be
a little difficult to accustom oneself to
dark mornings. Daylight time is opera
tive in some countries the year round.
North countries have plenty of daylight
and do not need to borrow. Be that as
it may we in this section are off this
week to return to our customary normal
time and time tables will once again be
translatable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25

An insight into the character and per-
sonality of Hitler and those who are in
sympathy with him is cleaned in a work
of fiction just published, and which will,
no doubt, be in the limelight from now
on. The book Is Ethel Vance's Escape"
At certain point one of the characters,
an American, asks the German official
to whom he is speaking, if he and those
in power are not afraid of what he (the
American) will tell about Germany, when
and if he gets out of the country. The
arrogant reply is that such unfavorable
reports are matter of very little import
ance. This book, may contain some I'M
probabilities for the sake OF plot, but we
of events similar in outline to what is
realted therein.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25
A Thought for Today


The little town of Prospect just few
miles beyond the waterbury town line has
become, in the course of years, a lively
and up-and-coming community. Not too
long ago one regarded Prospect as small
but slightly place off somewhere in the
woods. But today with improved roads
the town has seemed to come closer to US,
but at the same time to identify itself
as a place of Importance on It's own
merits. Take the view as you approach
from all sides - it's rather imposing and
more or less in keeping with the definl-
ton of the word prospect" which means
in one of it's derivations, IAN extensive
view of landscape. To add to its import
ance Prospect celebrated an event OF
great Importance Sunday when Saint
Anthony's Catholic church was dedicated.
Prospect residents are proud OF their
new church, mission of st. Marys in
Union City, which was begun by Rev.
Richard P. Morrissey, former pastor at
st. Mary's in Union City and who was
instrumental in starting the mission
church of st. Anthony.
+, Prospect township covers considerable
, territory and it was the custom in former
. years for Catholic residents to attend the
:
haps in Cheshire, Waterbury, Union City
or Naugatuck Now they have their own
church, a small structure that accom-
modates about three hundred. The
church is artistic in design, copy of an
old Irish church in Roscommon, Ireland,
! which country is dotted with similar
modest but artistic churches from the
smallest town to the largest city. AS in
Ireland, the church is the pride of the
countryside, SO too, no doubt will st.
Anthony's in Prospect be blessing and
a haven of worship to the Catholic popu-
lation there Not only are the Catholic
residents of Prospect and surrounding
country pleased but also the entire town,
since st. Anthonys adds so much in dig
nifty and structure. And returning to our
I definitive consideration of Prospect, st.
'Anthony's supplies what is included in
another definition of the word prospect"
- "that which is hoped for"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25
Improving Distribution

At the request of the Twentieth Cen
fury Fund, a number of nationally known
men concerned with the distribution
problem in the United States recently
formed committee and made series of
recommendations designed to improve
marketing methods. Members of the
committee included authorities of widely
differing points of view, such as Stuart
Chase, the well known liberal economist;
John P. Frey of the American Federation
of Labor, and Paul H. Nystrom, president
of the Limited Price Variety Stores Asso-
citation and Professor of Marketing at
Columbia University.
Two of the recommendations unanin1-
ously commended by the eight-man
committee are of special interest to the
consumer First, the experts believe that
it is possible, through planning, to estab-
lish an equitable sliding scale of prices
for single article. The price would de-
pend upon the services rendered. For
example, purchase made on the CASH
and-carry plan on non-returnable basis,
would cost less than if charge, return and
delivery service were required. This idea,
to a considerable extent, has already
been put into effect by mass-merchan-
dising outlets such as the chains and the
organized Independents, ana mas met Win
full consumer approval.
The committee unequivocably advo-
Gates the repeal of all laws designed to
preserve or destroy some special group
in the distribution structure without
regard for the general public interest. 1t
points specifically to special anti-chain
taxes as an outstanding example of the
anti-consumer trend. This recommen-
dalton is directly in line with that Of
labor organizations, consumer groups,
newspaper associations, agricultural
groups, etc.
All in all, this committee, made up as
it is of men representing many social and
economic ideas, points the way to better
deal for the consumer - and to a sound
merchandising system, based on the
proven principle of open competition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25
Press Comment
NOT THAT SOFT
New York Herald-Tribure)

The Bennington Banner began it
with plea that the Vermont high
way department erect several COW
cred bridges just for old times sake.
The Rutland Herald reluctantly re-
piled that in all Vermont there
probably was no man able to do the
Job. A slick modern job simply
wouldn't do. The bridges, to pay
proper tribute to the old days,
should be of timbers hand-hewn or
at least sawed out in a small river
mill and should be put together
with oak pins. Pessimism prevailed.
It remained for the Providence
Journal to rise to the defense Of a
New England art and wager "a
clamhoe and q cranberry picker"
that Vermont still has men who
could qualify.
That defense doesn't 60 far
enough. Modern conveniences have
not yet so softened New Englanders
that able axemen are left hidden
away only In the Vermont woods.
Wen wager a basket of chips and
hickory axe-helve that Connecticut
could contribute its share. We've
seen some. not far from New Haven
who could turn the trick without
much fuss and no feathers and do
1t with nothing more to guide them
than an old daguerreotype.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-25

@. When did Ireland come un-
der British rule?
A. Efforts to conquer Ireland
began with Henry II Of England, but
did not succeed until centuries later
under Cromwell, 1649.
@. I recently saw the name Ches-
ter Morris listed among members
Of a magicians' organization. Is ne
the film actor? ~
A. Yes; ne formerly worked in
vaudeville as a magician under the
billing Mysterious Morris.
q. How much is the endowment
of Northwestern University at Evan
ston, ILL.,?
A. 81, 000, 900.
Q. Does the federal government
care for the graves Of veterans IN
private cemeteries?
A. Only those in National and
Post cemeteries are cared for by the
War Department.
u. when Was GACCAN oACSo ..SAA'-
ing, first used In New York city?
A. On January Is, 1881, when %
open series arc lamps were installed
on Broadway between 14th and 34th
streets.
q. What Is the term Of office Of
the Judges Of the United States Dis
trict Courts?
A. They are appointed for life or
good behavior, with the privilege OF
retiring ut the age Of 10 with pay.
'Tf you want copy Of our book
let. "THE BULB BOOK" send TO
The Waterbury Democrats Wash
inston Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, washington. ID. G. Enclose
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