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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-17
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-17

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-17

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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

true now. Surplus today means
that amount of our prooucIioii
over and above all the normal neeos
OF the people, rather than the u
mount which is over ana ABOVE
their present purchasing power II
all of our children were properly
clad and fed. for instance, IT'D cut
a pretty big hole in our surpluSeS.
AS things stand now, we nave
a surplus of manpower. And Mayor
LaGuardia wonders if it might not
be wise, instead of keeping TINS
surplus ON relief, to send 1t INTO
the factories to produce a huse
volume of goods for export-oeioW
cost, If necessary-to Central ana
South America.
Suppose. he says, that We pro-
duced, in that way, goods worth
s1,5OO0O0,00O and took a loss OF
half a billion on the deal. 1t wouio
still cost us much less than IL
would have cost to keep that labor
on relief-and it would have been
a step toward cohesion and unity
in the new work. He admits, WIN
q grin. that he might have trouble
selling this idea to Secretary Oh
State Hull.
Regardless of the adjustments
that may still be necessary, Mayor
LaGuardia thinks that the fudoa-
mental objectives OF the New Deal
are so firmly established that no
candidate would dare to state tnat
he'd change them or, If elected
would dare to go ahead and change
them"
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
THE MARTIANS REFRAiNED
(ChriStian Science Monitor)

(ChriStian Science Monitor)
Recently the planet Mars approached
within the trifling distance of 36,000,000
miles from the earth. Sufficient time
has now elapsed to Justify the conclusion
that no inhabitants of that planet took
advantage of the occasion to descend up
on any part of our world.
Its rulers may, of course. have con-
cluded that the present condition of the
earth is not a promising one for Martian
settlers. and that they would do we'll to
postpone the expedition till the refugee
problem and other troublesome matters
have been disposed of. Or, if bent upon
conquest. they may have decided that
their armament program is not advanced
enough to assure them of victory.
If they descended upon France, for in
stance. might not Germany come to its
aid? Or, if they attacked Germany, might
not Germany be rescued by Russia or
Britain? At any rate, we have the salts
faction of knowing that, whatever their
plans. they never got through to our vul-
nerable earth.
But is this. after all. so great a cause
for satisfaction? The appearance of an
army of intelligent Martians equipped
with superior weapons and bent upon
the subiugation of the world would make
the danger of Danzig seem comparatively
slight Would it not compel all the rulers
of Europe to forget utterly their present
differences and at once confer together
for pooling their military, economic ana
natural scientific resources under the
necessity of jointly resisting the common
enemy? The dramatic threat OF major
disaster inflicted by the Martians would
surely produce an accord between the
terrestrial powers.
Yet the disaster which would betall the
nations through world war would
scarcely be less than that OF con1h
with Martians. 1t would be a common
catastrophe which none would quite es-
cape. The mentality of human rulers
appears to be such that they would Tor
get their disagreements to repel mon
strous and unfamiliar common danger
and vet are capable of actually preparing
the equally monstrous danger OF gen.
eral war. ~
With a little more imagination, ht-
tle more commOnsense-witho Mar
tian invasion-rulers would see the neces-
sitv of eXorcizing the demon OF their own
invention.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
FIRST WE SHOULD
CONQUER OURSELVES

The same interesting logic that usual
ly marks the editorial page Of the Justly
famous Christian Science Monitor is dis
played in the editorial reprinted i'm the
adjoining column. entitled THE Mar
tians Refrained"
AT the same time the editorial demon
strates the weakness that is too liable
TO run through the thoughts of all of us.
Even in the pages of the peace loving
Monitor, we find the thought of struggle,
the fear of an unknown enemy. upper
most
If the Martians came the rulers of
all of our nations would forget their
petty differences in cooperating to repel
common enemy, the Monitor editorial
writer believes.
1t is all too human to look first for an
enemy. 1t Is, perhaps, a trait left over
from the early days of the world, when
every man strangely met was a very real
enemy in a bitter struggle for survival
Yet, with our boasted intelligence, we
should have outgrown this primeval dis
trust.
Why should we expect the Martians
to be enemies, if they conquered space
and were able to land on our world?
Is it not more logical to believe that
beings with intelligence great enough to
span lilt NOlu D6lNetn WOlluS NOulu Dt
intelligent enough to know that in peace,
not in war, lies the path toward progress
and achievement?
Or, to put it more bluntly, would not
beings so far advanced that they can
travel through space be able to do what
we, thus far, have not succeeded in do
ing-settle their differences sensibly,
sanely and logically with the exercise
of intelligence rather than force?
If the Martians came, not knowing that
conditions they would find, they might
come prepared to repel force, but it seems
a safe assumption that they would come
in peace, to extend their knowledge and
ready to pool scientific resources.
If they could do this-and bring with
them a formula to guard us against our
own insane distrust of one another-it
might be well indeed to have the Mar
tians pay us a visit.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE MAKING

There isn't any chance here for
young fellow. I'm going where there Is
something doing
How often have you heard that state
ment from the lips of young man, just
out of college or high school. discouraged
because he cannot find a job the first
time he tries?
Worse yet, how often have you taken
it for granted that he was right-that
there really isn't any chance here for
him?
Next time, ask the youngster who, In
his opinion, is going to be running the
stores, the farms, the packing sheds, the
industries of various kinds, a decade or
so from now Ask him who he thinks
will be opening up the new business
houses that spring up in a growing COM
munity such as this. Ask him who Will
be shouldering the responsibilities many
men now in their prime will be too OLD
to handle in a comparatively few years.
Success is not come by overnight. 1t
takes work-years of ito build worth
while life. And the manner of its build
ing does not depend on the locality. II
depends on the individual.
Young men today are constantly ad-
vancing in the work they have CHOSEN.
AS the years go by, they will go higher
and higher if they draw plan and Stuck
TO if. The safest success is that won by
struggle and hard work and that sort
of success is just as possible III lmpe-
rial Valley as in New York. More 50, III
fact, for the competition is not so keen.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

Another In United States tour
series by Bruce Cation, NEA Wash
ington correspondent, who's out
Calling OH America"
New York-No matter how the
political tide turns next year and
no matter who is elected president,
Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New
York believes that the fundamen-
tai objectives of the New Deal have
been achieved and that the nation
is not going to backtrack away
from them.
LaGuardia claims the thing right
now is for the country to stop call
ing the current depression an emer-
gency.
LAS long as we call it an emer-
gency, we will continue the waste
fulness of treating it as an emer-
gency." he says. I'VE must realize
that it is not temporary depres-
sion but a new normal, and adjust
ourselves accordingly
In this situation, Mayor La
Guardia feels that there are cer-
tain fundamentals that everyone
agrees upon. These are that some.
thing is wrong when We produce
both .surpluses and want at the
same time; that the remedies used
to cure previous depreSsions wonf
work in this one: that, pending @
solution of the problem, no unem-
ployed person will be permitted
to starve; and that the vicious cn'-
Gle which makes the cost of govern
ment greater in a depression-When
it can least be afforded - than in
times of prosperity, Is something
that can't be put up with much
longer.
If these fundamentals are agreed
on, then what? Well, Mayor La
Guardia believes that the create!
part of the New Deals social Sc.
curity program-old age pensions
and unemployment insurance-is
accepted by everyone. Still in con-
troversy, he remarks, are the wage
hour law and the Wagner act.
The wage-hour law he considers
fundamentally sound but in neec
of a country wide educational cam
paign as to its benefits-and, also
of stricter enforcement. He sus-
poets that the Wagner act is still
causing discussion principally be-
cause it is still so new
Beyond these things there is the
problem of surpluseS.
surplus" says the mayor "i'
just word. 1t was true in the days
of the old economy but it is not
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
WATER SPEED
Berkeley GaZette)

(Berkeley GdZelle)
For ten years American and British
speed fiends have been making hydro
plane records, with Gar Wood leading
Americans in this sport and Sir Henry
Seagrave. Kaye Don and Sir Malcolm
Campbell representing the Engllsh.
Campbell has been ahead for three years
now, with records made mostly IN TINS
country. In the decade the top speed TOR
water has been showed up from 93 miles
an hour to 131 miles.
And still the devotees of this flerce
and perilous sport are not saUlslieo'
Campbell himself is going ahead with
new boat built from American designs
hoping to beat his own record TINS year.
Meanwhile the outboard motor flends
are busy with their branch of the sport,
and some of them hope to surpaSs the
record of 91.4O8 miles an hour made by
Count Theo Rossi of Italy at Washington
two years ago ,,,
Just why outboard enthusiasts should
find a speed of 81 miles inadequate IS
even less ineligible to phllosophlc
mind than the eternal discomfort OF the
inboard fraternity. The hideous uproar
of an unmuffled outboard going at hall
that speed is enough to drive many
lover of normal sports away from the
water. But many people are that way,
and probably nothing can be done about
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
DALE CAR Gle

What should Selfridge do? Fight?
Defy them? Shake his fists?
He thought they had done an
exceedingly fine bit of promotion
and so he decided to write and
congratulate them. He was sim
cere and honest. He sent the letter
by messenger to his bitterest op-
ponent.
The man was astonished. He
liked the compliment, and he liked
the attitude of cooperation.
On opening day, trumpeter
came out on balcony OF the Self
ridge store and blew a blast. The
doors swung open, people were tram
pied in the crush. The attendance
broke all records 100000. 1t was
the sensation of not only England,
but of the British Empire.
Suddenly this section of London
became the fashionable shopping
Aenter. Business boomed People
come from as far away as Scotland.
Selfridge and his opponents found
there was plenty of business for
all. A year after the opening OF the
store, the managing director of the
store who had been so bitter against
Selfridge said that the coming of
Selfridge was the best thing that
ever happened And they were all
for Selfridge himself. His warm
letter of approval had won them
over. They became friends instead
instead of developing into enemies,
Selfridge did a wise thing. He
admired his rivals and told them so;
they became friends and worked
together to their mutual advan-
tage.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
Willis Thorntons Editorial on:
It Is Now The Time For Performance

One hundred per cent of the cleo
trio power facilities of the state OF
Tennessee are now publicly owned.
Public ownership of power, for 80
years a dream of the comparatively
small coterie of its hackers, is today
a reality throughout one of the 48
states. In a Wall Street office, while
200 representatives of the TVA and
the "a cities, towns, and electrical
co-operatives of Tennessee looked
on. David E. Lilienthal. IVA direc-
tor. passed over to Wendell Willkie
president OF Commonwealth and
Southern, a check for $45,00O 900
And privately owned electric utih-
ties moved out of the state OF Ten
nessee. Public ownership had wor
it's first statewide victory.
There is no more power con-
troversy" said Lilienthal. THE prop
aganda period is over, 1t is now the
time for performance.
And so it is. The IVA was ere
ated May l8, 1888. For six years the
twin struggles have been going on
the struggle against nature In
building the great dams across the
Tennessee river system, and the
struggle against human nature as
the privately owned utilities fought
to keep their place in this gigantic
field. Now in Tennessee the public
ownership principle has won out
The struggle is over. Now the new
system is on trial.
The government has its yard
stick. Lilienthal believes that within
five years half the country will be
getting power at iva rates, not
because of the direct completion
of other Twas, but because TVA
will show that it can be done.
This, of course, remains TO be
seen. But most immediate will be
the trial of iva itself
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

"We have made good our aSsur-
ances to congress that the business
would be Self-liquidating,' says Lii
ienthal. With the completion OF
dams already provided for by 1916
AZ, IVA will be fully self-supporting
and will then no longer require ap-
preparations of new capital from
congress"
We shall see, Willkie, whose stub
born defense of his corporation
against what is to him unfair and
subsidized government competition"
won praise even from his opponents
says no. He is skeptical OF the gov
ernment operation, especially ii the
government will operate under the
rules it has laid down for private
utilities as to bookkeeping tax
charges, and financing.
He doubts that public utilities can
render as good and as cheap SER
vice as private companies without
burdening the general taxpayer
with a perpetual subsidy load. Lii
ienthal says they can.
At last, iva having been placed
on statewide going" basis, we
have a chance to find out. This
gigantic experiment in public own
ership should be watched closely.
Naturally, cheap power can be
produced and distributed if the gen.
eral taxpayer simply pays the def
icits which make low rates possible.
On the other hand, perhaps TVA
will now actually begin to pay back
the cheaply borrowed capital ad-
vanced by the government, as well
as provide its own running expenses.
1t is a national job of administra-
ton, and of bookkeeping, both of
which the taxpayer and consumer
ought to watch with redoubled in
terest now that 1t is actually and
finally his business.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23


He had been a partner with the
great Marshall Field in Chicago,
had sold out. and now was des-
cending upon the very stronghold
of British conservatism.
He had spent two years getting
ready for the opening. He had put
all of his money and the money OF
his friends into the venture. If
he failed. he was sunk. He had
hired and trained 1900 clerks. Ali
was in readiness.
The proprietors of the small shops
in the neighborhood had not liked
the idea of a big store And now, as
the time for the opening came,
their opposition grew stronger. They
threw distractions in his path
legal technicalities. They were all
united against him; he hadn't a
friend among them.
As the date of the opening ap-
preached, they decided to have gala
events the week he opened. They
fixed up their windows; rebuilt
parts of their stores. The managers
of one store discovered that this
was the very week of their Dia-
mond Jubilee! They would outdo
Selfridge. They hired not only the
London Symphony Orchestra but a
famous band. On top OF this, they
engaged the most famous singer in
England, and one Of the best known
pianists. 1t was like two circuses
opening the same day and trying
to attract the same people. But
this was not for an opening day
only the rivalry would continue in
definitely.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

ment store in
Londoni 1t was
sensational: over
Whelming. It was
enough to have a
department store,
let alone having
it opened by an
American.
That American
was a farm boy
from Michigan.
His name was H.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
TOdaY'S Horoscope

A year of great domestic happi-
ness is in store for one whose birth
day is today. Fortunes will be even
and indications are that the year
will be somewhat uneventful. Born
on this date a child will be fairly
fortunate throughout life, and be
fond of music and the fine arts.
His nature will have to fight ten
dency toward dreaminess and i'm
practicability.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
One Minute Test Answers

l. The average dance orchestraS
consists of from five to nine pieces.
and the instruments used vary, but
usually consist of piano, violin.
drums, banjo, saxophones and cor
net or trumpet
2. In the United States many |,
years ago when pork was packed in
barrels for the West Indies.
3. Accent the last syllable, with
the "a" either short or broad
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

Only five women have ever had
their portraits on United States
postage stamps-PocahontaS, Mar
tha Washington, Queen Isabella OF
Spain, James McNeal Whistler S
mother and Susan B. Anthony.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

The man at the next desk says
he's noticed that when a politician
begins to use the old soft soap it's
usually a sign he is afraid he is all
washed I'D
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
Hints on Etiquette

oih k1sA4~SsS
ThoughtfulnesS for your host ana
hostess will make you more popu-,
lar guest Enter into any plan they
have made for entertainment WitSi
heartiness, even if it does not hap
pen TO be your pet diversion-yes,
even If it should be your pet aver
sion,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

At one time, in the 1905 when
southern California was underpop
ulated, railroads cut rates so drast-
ioally that fare from Mississippi tc
Los Angeles was one dollar.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
Grab BAG
One-Minute Test

ne-Minute Test
/. How many and what are the
instruments used in dance orciies-
ira?
2. In what country did the meat
packing idustry originate?
3. How is the word pecan pro-
nounced?
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
THOUGHTS for the Day

Only the Lord give thee wisdom and understandings
and give thee charge concerning Israel that you
mayest keep the law OF the Lord thy Cod chron-
icles 22:l2.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

Dictator Mussolini angrily denies
he is ailing Perhaps he's afraid
the world will give him Turkeys
old title-the "sick man of Europe" ="
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
You re Telling Me-

II cost a New Yorker $40 the
other day for not being killed. He
was arrested when found sitting
on a subway track.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

Rhubarb is said to be member
Of the buckWheat family
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

More than $50 different ma
chimes are frequently employed in
the manufacture OF a single shoe.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

On March Is, 1909, an even
occurred in London; something
that had not happened before in
the history Of the British Empire.
An American opened a depart
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
Words of Wisdom

Good breeding is benevolence IN
trifles, or the preference OF others
to ourselves in the daily occurrences
of life.-Lord Chatham.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

OF the 10000 eggs which an av-
erage lobster mother produces, only
about 20 survive to reach maturity
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

The manufacturer that's putting
out an "Oomph Girl" candy bar IS
turning Hollywoods latest head
ache into a stomach ache.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23

When Uncle Toms Cabin the
biggest American best seller of all
time, was first published, serially,
il attracted little attention.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-08-23
Photographs

II man bets on elections in
Delaware, New York and Wiscon-
sin, he may be disqualified from
voting.