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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

trouble in the coal mining re-
gions of Pennsylvania next cleo
ton day.
The Republican party faces a
serious handicap in its attempted
comeback to control Of congress,
the White House and even the
state capitols. They suffer
from q lack of promising ma
terial because of their long alb
sence from the halls Of govern
ment where q n idates are
trained for the political wars.
II is almost a decade since the
Democrats swept into power
throughout the nation. They
carried counties. states. congress
sional districts and city halls in
the 1880 election. which fore
Swallowed Herbert Hoover's dis
astrous defeat two years later.
Their young men became dis
couraged. and sought advance
ment in private rather than pub
lie life. Two of their leading
candidates at Philsdelphia-Taft
and Dewey - were comparative
freshmen in national politics
And the nomination was won
by a Democrat who had never
before held an elective office.
WILKES selection most wildly
depicts the famine in their
household.
The gubernstorial and con-
gressional contests in numerous
states also highlight this handi-
cap. II would be unkind to
name them, but the COPS
nominees in several important
commonwealth - for state and
national offices-are almost un-
known to the politicians or the
people.
The new dealers have fallen
into a furious fight among
themselves as a result of the
impact of the European war on
their once unified and sheltered
household. The argument which
has shattered their ancient hsr-
many revolves around the ques-
ton of whether democracy
should be preserved at home or
abroad-and how.
Numerous social and economic
reformers who came to WASH
ington seven years ago have
been transferred to the defense
commission. the war and navy
departments. II is their assign
ment to study problems of labor.
the farmer, the manufactures
and the consumer as influenced
by the conflict Many Of these
experts have. at least tempo
rarily. lost some Of their former
theories and ideals. They favor
q relaxation Of regulations that
impress them ~ retsrding the
preparedness program. They
think il imperative to defeat the
''totos" first, and then go TO
work again at making democ-
racy operate in this country.
Indeed. they would not object
10 a touch Of dictatorship.
To the undefiled new dealers
these eompronisers are "sp-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

thing Of a problem. Finally. TIE
corporation accumulated assets
On which the banks were willing
10 advance money TO finance
each years fair. Now there Is
no need to ask the banks for
favors. The net income Is suf-
ficient to finance the enterprise
and provide necessary improve
ments and expansions.
This sort Of gives the lie 10
the bromide about farmers not
being good business men. Fact
OF the matter II. u takes a
mighty smart business man 20
be q farmer.
To the old timers who have
helped from the side lines to
make the tent show of Al years
ago become one Of the greatest
agricultural and industrial ex-
positions in the west, bigness is
one of the disconcerting influ-
ences. What makes 1t so Is that
the bigness seems to be off CEN
ter on the side of jim-cracks
and rackets and q hundred and
one catch-penny schemes and
fakirs of high and low degree.
1t just doesn't make sense.
Seems almost like an insult to
decent horses. cows. sheep and
pigs.
But there was much TO appeal
to the heart of those who per-
sistently hold to the old FASH
Toned idea that after all Is said
and done. ii is the good earth
which Is entitled to our homage.
The dairy cattle barns those
young future farmers-boys and
girls consecrated to attaining
perfection in the products of the
soil and in animal husbandry.
>. The horse barns-and those
great teams = six-horse bitches
skillfully driven by the farmers
who raised them. The fruit
and vegetable and farm products
displays, guarantee Of the food
producing capacity of this North
west. The eminent judges who
placed the blue ribbons may dis
agree, but in that division this
vote goes to Sumner and Kittitas
county on three counts-variety,
quality and arrangement. =.
And don't forget those high
school bands-they put music on
high plane.
Also count among this years
blessings The Farmhouse"
where a group of University Of
Washington students served de-
licious meals. finished off with
grand apple pie. It was equal to
the delicious chicken pie-plenty
Of chicken and unencumbered by
that abominable combination,
carrots and peas, or a sticky
goo" which seems to get into
chicken pies baked outside the
home kitchen.
In conclusion there Is, as a
well-known comic strip charac-
ter says, another thing" The
"old grad" thinks the ticket SELL
ing arrangements need revising.
Not necessary to keep people
standing in line half an hour
after grandstand seats are gone.
And still another-there was too
much raucous music. Rut-and
its a but with a big B. there
was no drunkenness on the
grounds. and that covers null
titude of sins.
On the whole you boys-Cor-
liss. Bartel. Griffiths, Orion, ct al
did a pretty good job. But
there should be a few more fell
lows around with brooms and
mops. Not every place was as
clean as the cattle barns.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

The "OId Grsd" Went
To the Fair
And Nov That rs Over
Has = Word or Two
About the Show Dad"
Started With $50
ONCE NOR. the CID gray mar.
" Amt what she used to b"
and neither IL the Western
Washington fair. II you recall
the rather registering interprets-
ton Of the stag party song
that usually follows Hail. Hail,
the gangs al here" or Hes
a jolly good fellow" after the
old gray mare got her second
wind she became better than
she used to be-" Sos the West
ern Washington fair on which
the lights blinked out Sunday
night at the close of week
that neeessitates q change in
the attendance and net income
figures.
II Dad Chamberlain and
w. n. Paulhamus can look
down from the Elysian fields,
they must have marveled at
the great enterprise into which
the fair that was started IL
years ago with $50 has grown.
dad started Il with the help
Of Hugh Nanny and Henry
Benthein and others Of the
old timers who had faith In
the PuyaIlup valley. "PauI'
came In later and furnished
moht OF the steam which kept
things going with increasing
momentum.
No other community enter
prise in the west has grown to
such proportions. The first year
the attendance averaged 5000
daily It was thought that the
ultimate had been accomplished.
Then a few years later the
average for the week was over
10000, and nobody would guess
what would happen next.
The remarkable thing about
this enterprise In the Puyallup
valley Is that 1t has continued
to grow without a cent of pub
lie aid. State fairs and county
fairs backed with tax money,
have come and gone. but the fair
started with $50 contributed by
the business people of Puyallup
Il years ago, like the brook,
goes on forever.
Financing used to be some
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
SO THEY SAY

Dare not usurp thy makers
place by giving way to wrath
wrath that goes forth in venge-
ance; vengeance is mine, I
will repay, saith the Lord
c. Simmons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24
An Inside Picture of Finon-
Il III i ciol and Political America

WASHINGTON-The house of representatives paid a
tribute to the unspectacular normal when elected
Sam Rayburn of Texas its speaker in succession to the
late Bill Bankhead. In only thing does the chubby
flord going Sam 60 extremes and he can't help
that He the baldest member of the congress of the
tad ctatar
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

When through the dictators will think twice, or
maybe half dozen times before they attack the
hemsphere.-Mayor La Guardia of New York. Canadian
American defense commissioner.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

civilization might be destroyed by unprepardness for
peace well by unpreparedness for warPresident
Charles A Beardsley of the American Bar association.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

Editor, The Times: II is well
for US to have ell possible evil
dence showing that we are vast
ly more than these poor bodies.
forever getting sick and passing
out into nothingness-
And so gladly do we consider
the strictly scientific evidence
got together by Professor Rhine
OF Duke university. who in thou
sands Of cases, has demonstrat-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

JOB INVENTORS

JOB INVENTORS
Out Of work and broke, Lester
+. Wilson In 1881 borrowed a
dollar and bought 100 tiny penny
flower pots. making baling wire
stands for them and planted
tiny cactus plant in each. At
rs cents each, he made 81 a day.
Wilson sold the business for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-24

pesserx1 and fallen angels The
former-men like Thurman Ar
mold. Tommie Corcorsn. Ben
cohen-don't want TO let a var
interfere with their fun or their
reforms. And what they say Of
each other when they meet
which isn't o<tsn-is almost un-
printable.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
We'll Merited

The nominations on last Saturday of Congressman J. Joseph Smith and Pro- bate Judge Patrick Healey should af- ford the Democratic party of Waterbury extreme satisfaction For that matter the entire electorate of this city, as well as the districts these esteemed public officials represent, should be gratified to find that such confidence has been placed in them. Both Rep. Smith and Judge Healey have been invaluable as public servants, de- voted to the trust placed in them and loyal to the convictions that earned them support at the polls.
 For the election of Congressman Smith too much can't be said. He has served the Fifth District with conspicuous energy and zeal. His has never been passive membership in the House of Representa- tives. From the very outset he distin- guished himself by a willingness to start at the bottom and work his way up. AS a result his home town of Waterbury now has the right to feel very proud of an outstanding member of the most import ant and high-ranking House Military Af- fairs Committee. To cut short his public career at this juncture would be highly unfortunate. We hope that his constitu- ents will keep this in mind.
 The same might be said, too, of Judge Healey. Near the end of his first term as Judge of Probate he has contributed to this very important office the fine quail ties that are demanded of the incumbent. He has also continued the tradition of Democratic regime without the intrusion of partisanship in his conduct of office that has come to be expected in the Sev- eral probate diStrictS'of the state There can be no doubt that what his political stature has waxed with each passing month and that he will be highly regard ed by the voters in November That is as
 many of us would have it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
Which Church Does Hitler Attend?

"If the parents of Adolf Hitler had taken their child to Sunday School or school of religion, and if in later years he had formed the habit of entering at least once each week into some church or syna- gogue to kneel reverently for quiet medi- tation, self-examination, life-adjustment and worship, would the world castrophe of today have been averted?" With that thought-provoking question, the Golden Rule Foundation announces an observ- ance of Loyalty Days on October and 6. Purpose is to stimulate church attend ance in a mobilization of moral and spiritual forces.
 All of us in America are being called on to make sacrifices in the mobilization of arms and men in an effort to keep war away from our shores Some are giving year out of their lives; all of us are giving money It doesn't seem too much to ask that each of us also give little time and influence to the support of tenets which are stronger than the strength of arms. It is such small sacrifice, such great goal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
We'll Take Another Helping

The average consumer can give thanks --food prices, which have been mount ing more or less steadily since the start of the preparedness program, show signs of leveling off or declining. And just when autumn weather puts big, healthy bulge in appetites. Fresh ham has come down several cents on city markets So shave lamb and most cuts of beef Fresh
 Killed turkeys, young and small and better favored, are replacing the cold storage product
 The sweet potato crop is good, and prices are low White potatoes are cheaper than they have been in years. Other late vegetables are plentiful - beans, cauliflower, spinach, beets, brus-
 Iels sprouts, carrots, lettuce, onions and
 70 on down the list Only peas are higher
 than they should be. The same with
 fruits. This years apples are of good
 quality, although the yield Is somewhat
 fclow normal Peaches are cheap.
 Butter has gone up, and eggs are stlll
 sigh But what does that netter7 Beef
 lcnderleln and mushrooms are both
 down.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
Education vs. Propaeanda

It is good to see federal officials and responsible educators like U. s. Commis- sioner of Education John w. Studebaker intensely alive to the problem of infiltra- tion of foreign points of view into the United States. Commissioner Studebaker is no advocate of repression and passive de- fense. He would take the ball away from foreign propagandists and carry it to- ward the American goal. He has urged these practical measures on school off cialS of the 48 states
 l. Once and for all eliminate
 illiteracy.
 2. Vigorously educate the foreign
 born and foreign language groups in
 the history and principles of Amer
 ican democracy.
 B. Enable tOday's adults to catch
 up with modern problems and under
 stand them through practical and
 systematic study and discussion.
 "Civic illiteracy is on open invitation
 to fifth column"
 America wants no robot yelpers for strong men" or "foolproof systems" It wants intelligent, well-informed, enlight- ened citizens who know the precious worth of freedom. Given these, it can stand against the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
Dickenson Likes Birch Rod

! News accounts of the attacks on MT. Willkie and his entourage indicate that much, but not all, was the work of school boys Michigan'S stern moraliSt, Cover nor DickenSon, advocates liberal appI- cation of the birch switch and he places the responsibility on lax discipline ln homes and schools. So far as the children are concerned, we think the governor is right. Lack of discipline is a real prob lem. It is time to push the pendulum back toward the view that discipline ot children cannot be scrapped without danger to the children themselves and to the country.
 We believe that eXcesses in discipline are more likely to be committed by adults who grew up without discipline than by those who were taught decent code ot obedience and respect. The adults who indulged in rowdyism should be handled very, very firmly. It is vain to expect people low enough to disgrace themselves to refrain from disgracing their com munities Since we cannot sanction ln- dividual reprisal, though the provocation be strong, it is the duty of the police to make a real effort to have such unneceS- sary. When a presidential nominee, seek ing fair opportunity to present his cause and especially when accompanied by his wife is subjected to the insult and the physical danger of barrage of veg etables, the situation is one for the police to cope with. And cope with it we trust they will.
 Our sympathetic understanding goes out to the self-respecting communities which suffered the unenviable publicity from the acts of few unspanked boys and moronic adults We realize that no community is free from the presence of these pests or from the dread possibility of being disgraced by them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

Too much can't be said or written about the willingness of the school authorities and teachers of Waterbury to cooperate with other public officials m the success full registration of all the eligible Water bury boys between the ages of 21 and 36 on October 16 While Waterbury is prob ably no different from hundreds of other American communities in this respect and credit must go everywhere we feel that it remains for the respective towns and cities to bestow the praise where merited. It is no easy matter to provide adequate facilities for proper registration of those eligible for conscription nor to man these facilities. Had the teaching profession shown an unwillingness to join so whole heartedly we don't know how efficiently the process of enrolling the boys of Wa terbury would have proceeded. So once again public acknowledg of the invaluable service being performed for city and nation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

Criticism of the present city admins tration on the grounds that it failed to replace the present Baldwin street bridge must also take into consideration the fact that after all this project was hand-me- down from the preceding ones. It is some years since the matter of replacing the structure was first discussed. We always thought that the Hayes administration plan, expensive as it may have been, was the logical one for the bridge. Perhaps it was one of those advanced ideas that a community just has to grow up to. Eventually Waterbury may come to be- lieve that some such change in street out line, as was proposed, was right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

headquarters, has been allotted only enough money to pay the expenses of 100 speakers for 8 week and a half.
 Formerly the National Commit tee paid both salary and expenses. Most speakers were kept on the stump for at least month. But with a ceiling put on campaign expenditures by the Hatch law, the committee is holding outlays down to the bone. There will be no salaries for speakers. They will have to be volunteer workers and expenses will cover only a week and a half of touring.
 DENIS: Democratic Townsend ties on Capitol Hill are boiling mad at Dr. Francis Townsend's endorsement of Wendell Willkie. They are his strongest supporters, and his move puts them in an em- barrassing hole, since they are running on the third-term ticket which he condemned.
 Feeling is so hot that they have served notice on Townsend pri- vately that they won't lift a fin- ger to get action on nls long, pending pension scheme. Some are even threatening to withdraw their names from the discharge petition. to bring the bill to vote, after the election is over. Town send talks big in his weekly about his potency in Congress, but the real inside is that he swings very little weight.
 The Townsend organization still carries political authority in some districts, but the "old Doc" himself has lost much influence in Congress in the last two years. Some Townsend insiders are predicting that after N0vem-
 Der 5, he will be booted "up- stairs" and a more politically delft front man put in his place.
 NOTE-For more than month, Townsend, in his weekly, has im- piled that his bill was on the verge of a vote. Actually it is buried in committee and has no chance of being brought up for vote.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07
In Today's Mail

fore the victim is ready?
 There is no question about Hitler'S plan to conquer the world. It is printed in his book. There is no question about his hatred and con- tempt for democracy, or about his designs on the two American conti- entS.
 The only question is, do we want to meet the dictator nations alone and only partially prepared. or do we wish to help Britain with sup- plies. so that Britain can continue to stand as our first line of defense?
 The Committee to Defend Amer ica by Aiding the Allies, continues to see clearly that Britain, and the British free commonwealths, are fighting, not only the battle of Bri- tain, but to defend America as well. Therefore, the United States has no choice. We must send Britain the necessary supplies.
 The great majority of American citizens have warm friendship and admiration for the British dernocra- GIGS, 1ueTe hEe IulkiuIaty ghclhI groups here who do not like England. It Is not . question Of whether or not we like England. The question Is regarding the best way to Defend America.
 If the British fleet is destroyed. our own fleet, on two oceans, is out- classed by Japan, Mussollni and tEit- Tor. If England should fall, Hitler would have the great British ship yards in addition t0 those Of NoF- way. Denmark. Holland, Belgium. France, Italy, Germany and Japan,
 With our navy outnumbered, we would face the possible seizure, Of the Caribbean, poasosel0fs Of HitIeF's VnElalilshed powers, We would have the Monroe Doctrine to enforce, We would either have Co light Hitler and hls allies 5000 miles From home, ln South America 0F walt until he conquered South America and Mexico, and then meet him at heine,
 in the meantime, ioF many years flle Uuiied States would beeonle hil armed camp Ilio free ne of eilf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

arrangements in our behalf. We don't hear the divine message be- cause we are busy talking over an- other line; and the divine message has to wait, sometimes not to be received at all.
 Often when the divine message comes, we are talking over another line to ourselves saying how much we dislike certain people, wondering why so and so gets ahead in the world while we stand still, envying another persons attractive person. ality, his good fortune. When these things occupy the mind, the rnes- sage of God hes no possible chance of getting through.
 T want to speak with SO and SO and tell him about the great plans I have for his happiness and his eternal benefit" says the divine messager; and the guardian angel at the switchboard 60 often has to send back the dismal announce ment. Hes talking over another line"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

as we'll under 12 cents if this tariff wall were leveled.
 So Henderson invited" the cop per chiefs to Washington. They came, among them c. F. ("Con'o Kelley, head of giant Anaconda Copper. The conference was amicable, but Henderson minced no words.
 He said that the Defense Commission wanted to keep the domestic market intact for do- mestic producers, but that the Commission would not hesitate to buy elsewhere if any prof. teering were attempted. Also, that he knew where there was plenty of cheap copper and that the Accent tariff could be junked by an executive order. t
 The copper officials did not re- sist. They agreed to keep prices in check; asked only that future orders be so timed and spaced as to enable them to operate steady production schedules.
 SCRAP OVER SCRAP
 Equally vital iron and steel scrap is next on Henderson's list. With defense demands mounting by leaps and bounds, scrap prices have been tugging at the leash. Since exports are barred to Ja- pan, Henderson sees no reason for any price hurdling, so this week he has summoned both deal- CTS and users for a private talk.
 As in the case of copper, the Defense Commission knows where there are large, readily accessible supplies of scrap, and Henderson will make it clear to the dealers that if they want to retain the domestic market they will have to keep prices within bounds.
 NOTE-Behind the scenes, Hen derson's adviser in these matters is astute Bernard Baruch, head of the World War Industries Board. ON THE BATTLEFRONT
 REPS: The Hatch Act certain ly is having effect. Representa- tive Dudley White of Ohio, who heads the COP speakers bureau for the 31 states under the juris- diction of the Chicago campaign
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

October is traditionally month of har- vest hunting, and sitting beside fires. We can recall just such Octobers in years gone boy. Others have been on the dis nal side with cold, damp weather the rule. But there is always day when the colors of Mother Nature shine so glori- ously on every hillside. No more variegated picture was every traced on canvas than that on every tree and bush.