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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

ing the Top Lever. It does not mean
your vote will go simply to number OF
men and women about whom you know
little and care less
1t means that you will be given vote
of confidence to such men as President
Roosevelt, Senator Frank Maloney, and
Congressman "Joe" Smith. 1t means
that you are aware of the marvellous
record created in few short years by
Connecticut's Public Works Commits
sioner, Bob" Hurley. It means that
you have the utmost confidence in the
sincere and humane administration Of
the affairs of our local probate court by
Judge Patrick Healey. It means that you
are confident of the ability of our local
candidates for the Legislature Senator
Edward P. Egan, Attorney Michael v.
BlanSf1eld, Representative Daniel J..
Mahaney, and Attorney John A. Mem
brine - to secure at Hartford the type
of legislation that will best aid us and
the entire State of Connecticut.
All these factors and more enter into
your decision to vote the staight Demo-
cratic ticket next Tuesday. If you have
already made up your mind to be loyal
to party and its chosen representatives,
you need no urging on our part; If you
choose to be influenced otherwise, you
must only keep in mind the fact that the
Democratic Party, whether it be in the
nation, the state or the city, has always
been the party of progress, the party of
humanitarian Legislation, the party of
the people.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
Look Them Over

Over the weekend undecided voters in
Waterbury and throughout Connecticut
can-spend few idle minutes in checking
up on the respective merits of the can
didates for whom they are privileged to
vote next Tuesday. There are an excel.
lent group of men and women nominated
for public office by the several political
parties accorded place on the voting
machines and paper ballots. There
should be no excuse for any man or
woman not finding among them suitable
officials.
Naturally we are concerned with the
welfare Of the Democratic Party and Its
continuation In high office during the
next few years. For this reason we
encourage voters 10 give every consldera.
ton 10 the Democratic Ticket that viii
stretch across the ballot sheets Tuesday.
An opportunity 10 continue straight
forward government u accorded BY pull
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
Egg-Throwing

Class hatred is not the cause of egg
throwing. Egg-throwing is the natural
course of conduct of distinct type Of
coward that has existed since the dawn
of time. This type is one of the reasons
for maintaining police force. It throws
bottles at baseball players, but from
coWardice, not class hatred. 1t shows up
at college football games. Occasionally
it publishes an article in college maya
zine which results in regrettable break
in athletic relations - again from
cowardice and not class hatred
1t celebrates football victories by in
juring theater patrons and wrecking
theaters, from cowardice and not class
hatred. 1t is the spirit of rowdyism
translated into action. 1t is innate, can
not be educated out of nor civilized out
of anyone who is rowdy at heart. 1t
will be prevalent at Halloween. 1t can
be curbed only by fear of punishment.
To deplore the egg-throwing one need
only be gentleman or lady. To blame
it on President Roosevelt is to show, well,
shall we say little bias?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

sociating with such men rs Wen
dell Willkie. But / hope 10 live
long enough 10 see II mark Of
honor for a man to make good"
NOTE-The year following, 1899,
Willkie and Tom Girdler were CO.
speakers at the Ohio dinner In
New York, where Willkie praised
John L. Lewis arch-enemy Grid
Ter, as follows: IF we are patient
we shall come to see the time
when men like Girdler are recog-
nized as the true benefactors OF
America"
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Nelson, ex-Sears Roebuck execu-
tive, Is becoming one Of the most
job-loaded officials in the capital.
He already has four-Procurement
Director. Coordinator Of Defense
Purchases, Administrator Of the
Priority Board, and director OF
the new agency to bring small
business into the defense program.
The six Far Western con-
gressmen who have been vanguard
advocates Of public power develop
ment are having the political
battle of their lives and face pos
Sible defeat, They are Repre-
sentatives Frank Havenner and Ed
v. lac Of California. Walter M.
Pierce Of Oregon, Martin Smith,
Knute Hill, and Charles Leavy
of Washington Rep. Lindsay
Warren, N. c., doesn't know 1t,
but in preparation for his becom-
ing U. S. Controller General, the
agency is jamming through gov
eminent accounts with practically
no auditing. The General Ac-
counting Office has remained
without a chief for nearly year,
Is ridled with incompetence,
is months behind in auditing &C
counts, Is still working on Febru-
airy vouchers The boys are
showing their colors in the home
stretch. Telephone callers at the
McGraw-Hill plant in Philadel-
phia are greeted with this salu-
tation: ''McGraw-Hill Publishing
Company. Voting for Willkie."
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
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seiged with telephone calls and
kilograms. But only four outsid-
ers got through to him. One was
Secretary Of Labor Perkins. An
other was President Roosevelt. An
other was john L. Lewis. And the
fourth was Rawley Reece, Will
kie's legislative agent, who called
Davey intermittently during the
day.
After Davey called out the troops
thus permitting the plants previ-
ously closed by strikers to reopen,
he received a telegram of con-
gratulations from Wendell Willkie.
This telegram, incidentally, Ia
ter became the subject Of argu-
ment between Mr.. Willkie and
the U. s. Government. For In
ternal Revenue agents, going
through various tax reports,
found that his company, Com
monwealth and Southern, had
paid for this message Of con-
gratulations TO Davey. Willkie
has lifted the incident to friends
as an illustration Of government
red tape.
John L. Lewis lost the strike,
and 1t was a crushing blow. He
was so bitter that one year later
he turned out the CLIO In full
strength 10 defeat Davcy In the
Democratic primaries.
BITTER AGAINST WILLKIE
Probably John L. never dreamed
at that time, that he would ever
be urging labor to vote for Will
kie. For among other things he
criticized Governor Davey because
he associated with Wendell Will
kie.
1t was in the year following that
Willkie, one of the leading mem
bers of the Ohio society in New
York. invited Davey to speak at
the Ohio dinner on November is.
1898, and explain his action in
calling out the troops. At that
time Davey said:
when I attended the annual
dinner Of the Ohio Society in
New York last year, John L.
Lewis remarked that I was as
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

The genuine enthusiasm with which
President Franklin D. Roosevelt was
received in his rather speedy trip
through Connecticut this past week is
proof conclusive that those advance polls
giving this state to the Democrats were
not as wrong as Republican dopesters
claimed them to be. 1t was hard for
many of the COP to admit that Connec-
ticut could be anything but Republican
state, what with Republican admins
tration in Hartford. But they don't
reckon with the personal popularity of
Mr.. Roosevelt himself And merely his
appearance in several scattered points
along his railway route was sufficient to
bring people out by the thousands, not
just interested in seeing the President
Of the United States pass by, but to cheer
him. When he spoke at New Haven and
Hartford his magnetic personality and
his marvellous platform appeal was as
noticeable as is his complete mastery of
radio technique. Few public men ap-
proach him in ability to get across the
radio tubes into the homes of every
listener.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
FORMER ANTI ROOSEVELT
VOTER THINKS THIS NO
TIME TO MAKE A
CHANGE

New York, N. Y
October 81, 1910
Editor of The Democrat:
From the midst of hysterical wo-
men who seem to have fallen in love
with the admirable Mr.. Willkie, let
lis calmly examine the actual situa-
ton in the world with possible COM
plications. First, II he is elected,
what will happen during the two
months OF lame duck" government
and the perioc following his inaug-
uration when inexperienced people
are played upon by all the Isola-
tionist-Pacific-Nazi - Totalitar-
ian influences which are trying 70
keep this nation In a condition OF
weakness and ineffeetiyeness.
Let us acknowledge at once with
ouv prejudice that we have achieved
under Roosevelt and Hull a policy
OF hemisphere defense; have ac-
qnired necessary bases along the
coast and military stations IN Porto
Rico and Alaska have been
strengthened. The navy Is rapidly
being restored while eonscrlptl0n has
been successfully put over, and
Treaties with Canada and South
America have added immeasurably
10 our safety.
The y. u. I. Is checking up on
snbYerslve methods Of r0talllaFian
agents and We are helping Great
BEltaln Is having Identical Interests
both In the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans,
There seelnk % BE- q strange SIS
soFlment Of people backing Mr.
Wlllkle F0F Instance, The America
Flfs" organization, which tht
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

Hamden is beginning to get some idea
of where the Wilbur L. Cross Parkway
will pass through its limits. This past
week engineers from the State Highway
Department filed maps indicating the
general route through Hamden. Some
of the land, it is believed, is now owned
by the town, but most of it is privately
owned and probably in the next few
weeks there will be considerable activity
among state agents acquiring the needed
rights of way for the big roadway. If
officials continue to recognize the value
of this roadway to our national defense
program it should not be overly long in
the building.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
Selected Poem
CATHARSIS

CAIHAkSTS
david Morton in the New York Times
Listen what old despondences are come
Signing in rain-wind through the heavy trees,
Long-stricken sorrows, now no longer dumb,
Finding a speech whose syllables are these .
With none to heed and none to hinder, now,
Moving in darkness through the Autumn night
The long-wthheld pours heayiness on the Dough,
The pride Is needed out OF human sight.
Whatever they were, Wateyer names they bore,
Are long since gone In time, their faces gone.
The individual grief or grace they wore
Only the general sorrow, living on.
Found here general issuance and q speech
To purge az last the troubled breast OF each.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02

Publication of the names of thirty-two
polling places where the voters of this
city may cast their ballots next Tues
day recalls the days when there were only
two or three polling places, even when
there was but one central booth, an old
gray house set up on the Green as re-
called by this writer. 1t was the mecca
for politicians from both sides of the
fence and, of course, was never invaded by
woman, for they hadn't been granted
suffrage then.
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whom God spoke not In audible
words, but through great eircum.
stances. or by the silent inrushing Of
His Spirit into their hearts, Thus
did lie speak TO Augustine through
the voice OF q child singing In
nearby garden. Thus did He speak
10 John Calvin as tie saw men bur-
ned az the stake unflInehlng and
counting II q privilege thus 70 SUI.
fer for their faith. God spoke 10
John Wesley IN the heaTtswaFming
experience which he had one May
~ 1888 Of a MOraYlan prayer meet
ing ~ AldeFsRaie Street, London,
God spoke 20 Dwight L. Moody IN az
experience he had on Boston cem-
men, ard on the streets Of New
York IN later years when hls heart
was raised 40 70 new heights Of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-11-02
In Today's Mail

chairman said was started to coun-
ter the William Allen White Com
mittee to Defend America by Aiding
the Allies, we find in it Colonel
Charles Lindberg, General Hugh
johnson, Henry Ford, Oswald VII
lard, Alice Roosevelt Longworth,
Hamilton Fish, and many others
who seem to have nothing In COM
mon but h. tired of Roosevelt: the
wish to stop aid to Britain, or to
keep this country without any pro-
gram of defense.
AS heretofore, the Nazis make use
of Pacificists and Isolaitonists,
while John Lewis, who Is much
more the type of dictator than
Roosevelt. Is trying to line up the G.
I. o. to the Republican Party, while
the American Federation OF Labor,
on the contrary, Is standing for the
President whose Foreign Policy In
sures the safety OF the nation In the
present crisis,
Meanwhile the Axis continues 10
deYour one neutral month and
poor Greece seems destined 20 be
another morsel before the final
, Turkey, which may celebrate
phankSelyingi
II Is therefore worth considering
The problem OF q winter when our
government Is In transition, It's per-
sonnet learning new jobs and the
Dletators pleased that America has
aceeded 10 their desire 70 be rid OF
Roosevelt, his Cabinet and his adj
Visers,
Yours very truly,
ELIZABETH CURTIS
p. 3. ! have twice voted against
Roosevelt but now feel that the
F0felgL situation n the paramount
lssla,
This letter has nothing 10 do with
any organization which belong 10
1t Is 4 purely personal expression
Of opinion.
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@. After satisfactory completion Of
my period Of military training under
the draft Act, will receive a GER
tificate TO that effect?
A. Yes: the certificate will include
a record of any special proficiency
or merit you attained and will also
show any injuries, illnesses or dis
abilities suffered during your period
of training. A comprehensive 6,000-
word bulletin containing information
about the CONSUMPTION Act may be
ordered from waterbury Democrat
Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth ST.,
Washington, D. c., for five cents.
@. Why are Russian rubles eX-
cluded from foreign exchange mar
kets?
A. Because everything in the U. 8.
s. r. is state controlled and the ex-
ports and imports are sold and pur-
chased exclusively with foreign cur
rencies.
@. Did Mickey Rooney's father
play a role In New Moon" co-star-
ring jeanette Macdonald and Nell
son Eddy?
A. Mickey's father. Joe Yule,
played the role of Maurice in the
picture.
@. Can a native-born citizen OF
the United States expatriate him.
self?
A. Any American Is deemed to
have expatriated himself when he
has been naturalized in any foreign
state In conformity with Its laws.
or when he has taken an oath OF al
legiance to any foreign state. Amer
lean women who married aliens who
were eligible for naturalization be.
fore September %. 1922, or aliens
who were not eligible for citizenship
before March 4, 1881, were expatri-
ated by marriage.
@. What were draft evaders in
the United States called during
World War !?
A. Slackers, delinquents, and de-
serters. A Stacker was person who
failed TO register; a delinquent was
registrant who failed TO return
the QUESTIONABLE or 10 report for q
physical examination: and a de-
serter was G regiStrant who failed
to obey an order to report for mill
tary duty.
II you want a copy Of the book
let FAMOUS AUTHORS" send
10 The Waterbury Democrats
Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir.
teenth Street, Washington. D.. C.
Enclose ten cents In hostage,
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business, and where he Is credited
by close friends Of Ex-Governor
Martin Davey with being the be-
hind the-scenes figure who in
spired the calling out of the Ma
tional Guard against the CLIO in
1887
This was the famous struggle
when John L. Lewis attempted to
force the Little SteeP industry to
accept CLIO unions, and when Tom
Girdler, head of Republic Steel,
refused to sit In mediation meet
ing with Charles P. Taft because
John l.. Lewis was present.
"Tve never seen John l.. Lewis
except at q distance" Girdler
proclaimed. land / hope to God
l never do"
At present Girdler, as one OF the
financial powers behind WILKES
campaign, Is among those respon-
sible for raising the money for
Lewis $45,000 broadcast.
THE STORY OF STEEL
The steel strike was a bitter ex-
perience for Lewis: and TO get the
full significance OF how greatly
he has changed 1t Is necessary to
remember that this effort was one
of the greatest in his career.
For years, labor had been at
tempting to organize the steel in
dustry and had only such bloody
monuments as the Homestead
strike to show for its pains. Then
came the reelection of Roosevelt
in 1896, which Lewis considered
sign that the country would back
him in the organization OF steel.
With the backstage support OF
Roosevelt, who was good friend
of Myron Taylor Qater Ambassa-
dor to the Vatican, the giant
U. S. Steel Corporation yielded to
labor and signed an agreement
with Lewis. Howeyerthe big in
Observation-Disclosures, Republic,
Inland, National, and Youngstown
Sheet and Tube - remained OBJ
durate. And in the spring OF
1887, John L. Lewis, with strike
fund of $500,O00 at his disposal,
set out to force union organiza-
ton on them.
There followed rioting and
bloodshed. Sixteen men were
killed in South Chicago. Airplanes
dropped food on plants at Warren
and Niles, Ohio, for workers I'M
able to pass the picket line. The
youngstown plants closed, but
Girdler's Republic Steel plants re-
manned partially open.
DAVEY AND WILLKIE
The situation was such that If
the youngstown and Republic
plants could completely reopen,
despite the picket line. it meant
that the strike was broken.
It was at this point that some
of the steel executives. casting
around for a means of influ-
encing Governor Davey, remem-
bered that one of his close
friends was Wendell WiIlkie.
The two had become acquainted
when WiIlkie was practicing law
In Akron.
In fact, Willkie, then a Demo-
crat, had helped Davey run his
campaign when the latter was a
member Of Congress. Later, A. G.
Blinn, president of the Ohio Edi-
son company, of which Willkie was
chairman of the board, contributed
substantially TO Dayey's campaign
for governor, and 1t was UNDER
stood inside the DaVey encourage
that this generosity was inspired
at least IN part by Mr.. Willkie.
30 II was not unnatural for the
steel executives 10 think OF Will
kie as the man who was close 10
Governor Dayey, and might help
In the strike.
DAVEY CALLS TROOPS
On June 20, I937-the day when
Dayey finally called out the troops
and ordered them 10 dlsperse the
picket lines-the governor was be.
spiritual power.
A. n.aaas aAAa.. m.
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the doubtful class.
BY all reports, the traditionally
heavy Republican vote upstate is
going to be heavier than ever this
year. At the same time the Demo-
Gratis appear likely to get some
thing less than their usual top
heavy majority in New York City.
Two fairly reliable estimates say
(a) that Willkie will come down
to the Bronx" with an upstate
majority of 10000 votes or better,
and (b) that Roosevelt will be
hard pressed to run up that big a
majority within the metropolis,
FISH HAS FIGHT
ON HIS HANDS
New York's senatorial fight is a
scrap between Senator James Mead
a strong New Dealer, and Congress
man Bruce Barton, one of the Will
kie inner circle. Outcome of this
fight probably depends pretty large
ly on the presidential vote.
An interesting minor contest in
the state involves Congressman
Ham Fish, most vocal of the House
iSolationistS. Fish has served 10
straight terms in the House, but
is getting more of fight than
usual from Republicans In his dis
trict who don't like his isolation
ism.
Fish's Democratic opponent is
Hardy Steeholm.
Maine and Vermont seem GER
tain to follow the course OF 1896,
and will probably be Joined by
New Hampshire. The Democrats
have run into trouble in MasSa-
chusetts, where the Presidents
British policy is not over
popular. In that state, however,
the Democrats are aided by a
powerful state ticket.
Senator David Walsh is running
for reelection, and has been a
potent vote-getter for many years.
He is an isolationist and has
fought the Roosevelt foreign policy
but is now off the reservation.
With him on the state ticket is an
other candidate with heavy voter
appeal - Attorney General Dever,
who cracked the Republican land
slide of two years ago and who Is
now running against Gov. Leverett
Saltonstall.
F. ID. r. LEADS IN
NEW JERSEY
Connecticut likewise is considered
debatable ground-the only New
England state, by some way Of fig
uring, in which the Democrats have
an edge. Democratic Senator Fran
els T. Maloney, first-termer, is
running here against Republican
Paul L. Cornell
Roosevelt Is given the advantage
in New Jersey, though by no such
margin as was his in 1886,
Republicans are banking on
Senator Warren Barbour, seeking
reelection with Jimmy Cromwell
as his Democratic opponent, to
help the national ticket. Former
Navy Secretary Charles Edison is
the Democrats candidate for gov
ernor, He's opposed by Robert c..
Hendrickson
Pennsylvania, too, could go
either way, with the Republicans
Slightly more hopeful than the
Democrats since John Lewis
speech. Figuring is that of all
union groups the Pennsylvania
miners are mostly likely to follow
Lewis lead, and that his influence
may tip the state into the Willkie
column. Senator Joe Guffey seeks
reelection against Republican Jay
Cooke
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 1928 y, m,
Sun rises e.23 q. ~; sets t,4s y. ~,
Al vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
October was q month Of weather contra
dieiiOns, Sunday, October 49, was warm
enough for fresh water swimming. Ten days
aateT tie mercury dropped below The freezing
point, November VIII continue such contra
diei0iy periods with y definite turn t0wmd6
winter.
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and Answers
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THE GDITUR.
@. Please describe the castle o,
Death Valley Scotty?
A. It Is an impressive structure
located in the Death Valley region
Of California, near the mouth Of
Grapevine Canyon. The owners are
Walter Scott, ex-cowboy Of Buffalo
Bill fame, and his partner, A. M
johnson. The castle stands against
a background Of sun-baked hills and
has massive gates blocking o bridge
that gives entrance to the grounds
over the wash that creates the Inn
preston of q medieval stronghold
guarded by It's moat and portcullis.
The structure is built Of concrete IN
the Spanish style, with towers and
gardens, pool and plazas.
@. Name the Speakers Of the
House Of Representatives who have
died during the administration OF
President Roosevelt?
A. Henry T. Rainey Of Illinois;
Joseph w. Byrnes Of Tennessee and
william B. Bankhead Of Alabama.
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The candidate
who gets the
b u ! k of the
eastern electoral
votes will al
most certainly
win the election.
Latest reports
here have the
Willkie people
e n C gu r a ged
about New York
S t a t e and the
Roosevelt peo-
pie blue. Even
so, the state is
s,filY %a' no,, rifiarnrl
very much In
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bpIFIElIhI N0HtF,
God speaks 20 men today as ~
has always spoken 10 them, not IN
audible words perhaps, but with thf
dawning Of lisht and the coming Of
. quiet assurance Into our heart,
which ten 40 III Is well.
AZ RIGHTS neseFved-n ahs0n News.
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buI u luIS We
CO n be sure
God speaks tc
t h e heart Of
man today as he
has spoken tc
His chosen ones
through the
ages. He spoke
TO Moses. Sam
uel. John the
Baptist, Pc ter,
Paul, in words
net and
audible. TIL ere
were others 10