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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
DEVELOPMENT OF
 RIVER IS URGED
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eers for rivers and harbors; and Ger aid V. Cruise. representative of the New York State Power Authority Trustees.
 Tt is urgent that this project be undertaken at the present time not only from the point of view of our own defense but also in terms of those of our neighbors, Canada, "The President said.
 The Province of Ontario needs to be able to count upon the early availability of this power to meet its growing load. The project may therefore. be considered as an es- sential part of the program of con tinental defense which is being ac- lively worked out by representatives of the two peoples.
 T am informed that if the poten- tial power of the International rapids is to be available to carry the peak load of 1945. preliminary investigations, particularly engineer ing surveys of the site, including core borings. test pits. soil analyses, etc. must be undertaken immediate W."
 MT. Roosevelt pointed out that power generated ct the Internation- al Rapids would be available for es- gential centers of war material production in northeastern United States.
 The army engineers were authoriz-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

Local members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sect registered for Se- lective service yesterday, but mem bers say they will claim exemption from military service as conscien- tious objectors. Members discus sed selective service at their meet- ing last night at Garden hall.
 Yesterdays total local regis trati0n of 12,80O was considerably less than the 15,666 figure of the World War draft. And the age requirement. in 1917 was from 21 to 31, not 21 to 36 as was the case yesterday. The World War regis tratiOn was in charge of Mayor Martin SculIy father of the pres ent mayor, Vincent A. Scully.
 Several eligibles came in at just g o'clock at several districts. They were allowed to sign up.
 Police reported no disturbances of any kind during the day. Reg istration was quiet, orderly and more rapid than had been ex- pected.
 Lieut.. -Commdr. L. H. Davidson of the naval reserve, who repre- sents the national selective ser- vice board in Waterbury, has open ed temporary quarters at the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
GREAT FIRES ARE
 SEEN AT BASES

London, oct. IT - (U.P,) = Brit ish bombing squadrons caused ex- tensive fires at Germany's great Kiel Naval base and bombed naval bases and docks at Hamburg, Bre- men, and Cuxhaven during the night, the air E.inistry SA!G today.
 Attacks on Hamburg, Bremen en6 Cuxhaven had god results. # was said.
 Other British squadrons made concentrated attack on a synthetic oil production plant at Leuna, the ministry said, and scored direct hits on munitions factories and power stations in Saxony.
 The raids were made despite ull- favorable weather, the ministry said.
 It was admitted that five planes failed to return to bases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
R.Day News Briefs
? Boston CIergymen Object Face Court Action IN. Y. City Registers Over
 Million Men.
CIT PAYS TO SHOP AT G. B. & H's''
Million Men.

Hartford aviation worker, dashed into selective service headquarters shortly before midnight last night and said he had failed to register.
 They asked him why.
 Beden replied he went to sleep in the afternoon, leaving instruc- tiOns to be awakened before the p. m. closing of registration booths.
 Someone forgot to wake him up. He was thereupOn registered at headquarters at midnight.
 Washington, October IT. = (UP) = The first man to be asked for his card proving he had registered for military service was Minnesota's new senator, Joseph H. Ball -and he had to show it to new conscriptton boss, Clarence A. Dykstra. Ball and Dykstra rode to the cap ital on the same train today. They had not met before.
 Dykstra, advised that Senator Ball was within the registration age, waited on a platform at Union Sta ton and asked the new senator to show his card.
 Ball fumbled through some papers in his wallet and then showed the important card.
 After a brief talk with Dykstra, Ball told newspapermen he would not comment on any legislative mat ters.
 q know the rule for freshmen senator's" he explained.
 Washington, October 17.-tUP) = Men who failed to register for the draft yesterday should report to their local boards today, stat ing their reasons.
 If the boards find that the ex- cuSes are tenable and reasonable, they will give the men the priyi- lege of registering late. Otherwise they may turn them over to local courts for prosecution.
 No estimates were available on the number of men who did not register for one reason or an- other, but 1t was expected that there would be some.
 WilfuIl failure to register is punishable by a $10,000 fine or five years imprisonment. or both.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
-FOUR COUNTRY
Edna Ferber Urges All of Us
 To Become Better Members 'in That Great Club, the U. s. A.

,ound Germany and Italy too per feet. They came because they wan- ted more freedom or more money or more peace than they could get in their own country. And with very few exceptions they want to belong. With deep sincerity they want to belong. But there is this strange new Hitler-spawned tendency to call them foreigners.
 What are we all but foreigners! What is a foreigner in America? rnlbert Einstein? Paul Robeson2 Thomas ManM? Jascha Heifetz? Carl Schurz? Or are the foreigners, exemplified in those countless mil- lions who, over the past century, have built the railroads that criss- cross the country, the skyscrapers that are the original architectural form produced by us here? The res- ervoirs that furnish our water sup- ply, the mamotfl dams that make the building of the Egyptian Pyra- mids seem child's play done with blocks, the great steel ingotS turned out white-hot in the steel mills, all, all done by the toiling hand of refu- gees.
 For they were refugees, though they may not have come to America in war time. They came for refuge from oppression or poverty, or per- secution, or militarism, or some form of illustration. They came, and they want to belong, and they have the right to belong. Some are strong in talent and in intellect; some are strong in muscle. We need them as much as they need us. Morel They want to join the club and pay their dues and vote. And if we don't well come them to these privileges then they'll turn to another club that will. Its name may be Nazism or Communism. But the fault will be ours.
 They knew what they were talking about-those old boys-when they coined a lot of phrases. They weren't hollow phrases. They rang true. United We Stand. Divided We Fall. In Union There Is Strength. One and Indivisible. As the United States of America we can surmount these next 10 years that are looming so terrifyingly ahead. AS the Divided States of America We never can.
 We are listening for that voice a Voice to lead us out of the wilder ness of doubt and uncertainty and apprehension We need only realize that the Voice is within each one of us if we have the courage and the spirit to speak.
 The saving of democracy calls
 for an entirely new pattern of
 government, writes Stewart Ed
 ward White in the next article of
 this series on Our Country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
ALL QUESTIONS ON SELECTIVE SERVICE NOW REFERRED TO LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS

With registration for selective service completed on Oct 16 and with the local boards functioning in every area the work of the NEA-Democrat Seective Service Information Bureau in Washington has been discontinued and the bureau office closed.
 All letters requesting information on the draft should hereafter be sent the Waterbury local boards
 All questions sent to the NEA- Democrat Informa- tion Bureau at Washington after Oct. 16, will be re turned to local boards for ansWer
 The Waterbury Democrat has maintained this in- formation bureau in Washington matter of public duty to give it's readers valuable and timely advice The of the bureaus work is best atesed by the hundreds of letters forwarded to Washington by read CTS of this newspaper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
REGISTER
 IN THIS CITY
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 Draft District 1894, covering the fourth ward, had 2,201 of a total population of 14,860 sign up. Draft District 16B, covering the fifth ward, had a registration of 1869 from a total population of 21,4l5.
 AS at Hospitals
 St. Mary's and Waterbury hospi- tals each had 24 regiStrants.
 From z 8. m. to g p. m. there were lines at each of the registra- tion centers. The flow of registrants kept at an even pace during most of the day.
 The eligibles, between 21 and 36, found that it took them on an average of 10 minutes to give the desired information, and receive their registration cards and buttons. The buttons were worn proudly on thousands of lapels today.
 All the volunteers had received explicit instructions on procedure, and were able to keep the lines moving steadily all day long. Any minor difficulties that did crop up were soon ironed out by the teach CTS and principals acting as presid- ing officers in each of the 32 voting districts.
 Consider Clerks
 The draft board members, five on each board, today began consider ing the selection of clerical help. Each board will have senior and junior clerk, and perhaps other aS- SiStants as well.
 The registration cards of those in each draft district are being sent to the board in that district, and will be shuffled and given numbers. A lottery at Washington will then de- termine which of the registrants will first receive questionnaires. The men assigned to training will be chosen from among those whose numbers are listed for the question naireS.
 The national Selective service board was represented by Lieut.. L. H. Davidson, of the naval reserve, who toured the registration centers with Mayor Scully. Lieut.. Davidson has opened headquarters at the county courthouse on Kendrick ave- nue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

Boston, October IT. = (UP) - Federal Court actidA was awaited today on the cases of two Boston clergymen who refused as conSci- entious objectors to register for Se- lective service yesterday. The Rev. Harry H. Kruener, pas tor of the First Baptist church, and the Rev. Keith c. Kanaga, assistant pastor of the Mount Vernon Con- gregational church, were believed the only two eligible men to take such action in Boston.
 They appeared together yesterday afternoon at the Prince school in the Back Bay. Lacking instructions for such cases, the registrars declined to accept the clerygmen's statements. | Rev. Kanaga said both had Sub- | mitted copies of the statements Tuesday to Federal authorities and were told by Assistant U. s. Attor- ney Henry M. Leen they undoubt- edly would receive court summons. Leen declined to discuss the case last night.
 Rev. Kruener,S statement declared he considered conscription "the first step toward the building of phil losophy of lire. That would exalt brute froce above those moral forces of love and righteousness which l must champion.
 Rev. Kanaga stated he was "un- able in my own conscience to accept war or an active or passive support of such evils. as part of my en- deavor to follow Gods will for me"
 New York, October IF. = (UP) = The nations biggest city registered 1,0O1,375 men, Colonel Arthur V.
 McDerm0tt, local administrator,
 announced today.
 Manhattan registered 257,473; Brooklyn. 355,214; Queens, 17O,O52;
 Bronx, 178,SO6; and Staten Island 2O,7O2.
 The total includes 4,12S transient registrations
 The figure does not include an estimated 15,0OO more who were
 registered at hospitals, colleges and penal institutions. Boston, October IT. Y (UP) = Cards of an estimated more than 1,060, 900 selective service registrants in New England went to local draft boards today for the shuffle that will give each man a number. From corresponding lists of num- bers in Washington within fort night will come the order - by lot tery = in which these men must submit data as basis for the actual draft.
 Early state totals as reported at the six capitals this morning were Maine 96,119, New Hampshire 55,333, Vermont 39,894, Rhode Island 84,- 487, Connecticut nearly 225, 900 and Massachusetts ito go over 500,O00." !"
 The Massachusetts estimate, given by Adjutant- General Edgar O. Erickson, was based on figures from 30 per cent of the 35l cities and towns which gave an actual total of 461, ,139.
 The figures averaged 10 per cent below totals anticipated earlier, but officials believed there was no widespread failure of eligible men to register.
 Without disorder or demonstration, lines of eligibles in most cases moved steadily and undeayed during 14 hours of registration. Longest wait in ilne reported was four hours. Most large communities reported the job about half done at noon.
 Hartford, Conn.,, October n. = (UP) = Richard BedelI, East
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224,75l REGISTER FOR CONN. DRAFT
 
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.s..t 4( dents at Middletown said they were conscientious objectors and in- sisted the fact be inscribed on their Registration cards.
 Col. Ernest L. Averill, director of Selective service, issued this state- 1nent: The registration was a remarkable piece of work all around. % It was very evident that the pulp 7icity given through the press and 1adio of the state was responsible &or the response to registration and dhe srnoothness with which 1t has Eone."
 The town of Union, with a pop 4ilation of 234, was the first com 1nunity in the state to complete its Hegistration. At 7:30 a. m., the towns entire male population eligible for xsgistration, 24 in number. had reg sssssttereds
 Hartford led the state with 24.lss registered: New Haven, 22,220; Bridgeport, 2l,979: Waterbury, 12- 800; Torrington 4110; Bristol, 4348; Norwalk, 5571: Stamford, 9O6l and Greenwich, 4254.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
ly to the office of Secretary of Wal Henry L. Stimson. '---.e~--
 Takes Oath


 Dykstra took his oath of office al ceremony in Stimson,S office Present were Stimson, Assistant Secretary of War Robert P. Platter. son, Maj. Gen. Allen w. Gullion judge advocate general of the army and the new officials brother, s. H Dykstra of the federal wage-hou division.
 The oath was the standard pledge of faithful service to the Constitu. tion and the nation. Dykstra an swered in a clear, loud voice, T do after Assistant Chief Clerk Franl Hoadley read:
 T do solemaly swear that I vii support and defend the ConStitu- ton of the United States against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and all legiance to the same; that take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose o1 evasion and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties oi the office on which I am about tc enter, so help me God"
 Dykstra then called 8 press con- ference.
 Number Yet Unknown
 There was no indication yet how many men had gone to schools town halls, fire stations and other registration places. The figures will not be available for a week or 10 days. But the census bureau esti- mated that there were 16,404,0OC men within the age limits. Two hours before registration ended on the Pacific coast, selective service officials estimated that 14,O00,O0C already had signed cards.
 There could be no indication oi how many men had failed to regis ter. There were no reports of seri- ous incidents of resistance. Ofdcials anticipated some cases of evasion and many cases of persons being unable to register because of cir cumstances beyond their control.
 Evasion Figured
 A difference of a million or more from the census bureau estimate in the actual registration figures would indicate widespread evasion, offi. cials said.
 But the registration went of smoothly according to reports te headquarters here. In metropolitan areas there were delays-some mer waited as long as four hours - anc there were a few demonstrations by conscientious projectors. But most of them registered, reservine until the time prescribed by the law the right to express their abhor. renee of war.
 Local Board in Charge
 It is the local boards, nominated by state governors and appointed by MT. Roosevelt, who take over thu draft today.
 Master sheets" will be prepared giving the name of each registrar and his number. They will be post. ed outside local board headquarter, so every man can see what hi numbr is.
 Meanwhile plans will proceed her, for the lottery which will determine the sequence in which men ar, called up.
 But even if his number is amonl the first drawn, a man is stili long way of from induction int, the army. He must then i'll out aI eight page questionnaire, listing hi employment. physical condition training and dependents. Only thosl who are unencumbered. h goo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
FRANCO APPOINTS
 BROTHER R-lN-LAW
Named Foreign Minister; Assumes Interior Minis
 terate Himself

Madrid, Oct. 17.-CUP) - Gen Francisco Franco today named his brother-in-law, Ramon Serranc Suner, foreign minister and himself assumed Serrano Suner's post oi minister of interior.
 The shift was made as part of g long expected cabinet reorganiza. tion.
 Serrano Suner. only recently re- turned from visits to Germany and Italy, succeeds Col. Juan Beigedel >Atienza in the foreign ministry.
 Spanish newspapers reported that Heinrich Himmler, chief oi the German GeStapo or secret po- lice, would arrive in Madrid Sum- day.
 Himmler's visits abroad have sometimes, but not always, preced- ed visits by Adolf Hitler.
 Franco, who is a leader of the empire, chief of state, commander in chief of the army, premier and head of the military directorate delegated Jose Lorent, under sec- reCary or interior, to handle the routine affairs of the ministry for him.
 Demetrio Carceller, provincial chief of the Falange Spanish Fas- cist organization), was named min- ister for commerce and industry, in place of Luis Alarcon De La Lastra.
 Official decrees were published terminating the duties of Beig- beder and La Lastra.
 A United Press London dispatch said that the appointment of Ser rano Suner to the Spanish foreign ministry was received there with reserve because he was regarded as sympathetic to the German Italian axis, whereas Col. Beigbeder, his predecessor, had been friendly to Great Britain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17


 Of insecurity that makes this so. But it is true. And how we work for our own group. We pay dues, we pay special assessments, we plan benefits, build places of meeting, try to gain new members, vote, appoint or elect officers, critiZe, praise, talk shop We belong. Lawyers, doctors, writers, artisans, engineers, teachers, stud eIlts, laborers, designers, merchants
 how we love to belong!
 sBut that biggest club of all, that vAst and inclusive union to which every one of us belongs-that one we have lately got into the habit of treating with neglect, or contempt, or disrespect or mere carelessness, The strongest and most sustaining organization in the world, to which we here in America have been priv iieged to affiliate ourselves, has been allowed, by the great majority of us, to get along as best 1t could with out our help.
 That club, union, guild, home, re- frige is known as the United States of America. Its dues are called taxes, it's officers are called president, sen- ator, congressman, governor, mayor and many more titles. Its passwords and freedom and equality and lib- erty, and the organization lives up to its slogan, though its individual members frequently do not.
 Its members keep pushing fellow members in the face. They want to belong, but they don't want to work at it. So, then, little by little, with magnificent help from Hitler and Stalin, we have built fine machine of destruction, we have bred gang whose object is to destroy our guild, our union. One section of the coun- try has been stirred up against another; religion has been set against religion, class against class, IlAtional origin against national origin.
 The very worst thing that could possibly happen to Hitler would be to see United States of America. A United States of America. There 4&V WI V0AAA OAAAA16o I tC OSOAA s1A4eA oSC42 in the past five or 10 years, and I'm sick of seeing them. I'm resentful of seeing labor set against labor, two camps defying each other through their power-hungry leaders. Why doesn't labor, as one man, stand up on it's hind legs and say which it wants and what it wants, and then function again as the thing it truly f-the most vital muscle in the whole body of America-the heart that pumps the life blood through the United States.
 The vast majority of us hate the plan on which the German govern Inent is conducted, we despise the conduct of the Italian dictator and fliS crew. We have here in the United States, according to recent and reliable figures, between Is and 20 millions of Germans and about millions of Italians. They and their children aren't here because they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
Echoes From 'R-Day"
 Actiuities Locally
(NEA Telephoto)

county building. He visited many of the registration centers yester- day.
 The boards of police and fire commissioners each had one member who wore a draft pin" to meetings yesterday. The police boards registered member was Martin Sullivan; the fire boards John Br0die. City Clerk Joseph M. Shea also wore his pin to the meetings.
 Mimic wars were started by groups of small boys outside several of the registration centers. The air was filled with shouts of Fang, Bang" as the eligibles were signing up for possible service.
 Many of those signing up were surprised at the few questions asked of them b7 the registrars. The average time saken for each registrant was only about half of the 2O-minute period that had been estimated.
 Police cars were used to bring a number of sick persons to their registration places. Mayor Scully ordered the cars held ready for service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

Davis with the charter, seal and key. symbolic of his new office. It marked the first time that an incoming pres ident had received the insignia from an alumna.
 Davis, in his inaugural address, endorsed the idea of dividing the colleges academic work into two sec- tions: to offer to the majority gem eral courses leading to the ordinary degree, and to provide for those who desire 1t and are equipped for 1t special honors work. at least in their junior and senior years. leading to an honors degree.
 "Let us admit frankly" he said. ''talat most students come Co college for an experience. general prepa- ration for life: not because they are passionately devoted to learning"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17
DRAFT LOTTERY
 TO BE SPEEDED
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Here Is what happens now: :

Here is what happens now: The local boards Shuffle the cards and number them serially, begin- ming with one. If 1,500 persons have registered in the area, the last num- Der will be 1,500.
 Each local board submits the numbers to draft headquarters for their state. The state then tells selective service headquarters in Washington the highest number allotted.
 Washington headquarters then de- termines the highest number in the entire country. Slips of paper are then numbered from one to the final number. The slips are fitted into capsules and placed in a bowl which will be carried to the public place where the lottery is held. National officials, possibly starting with President Roosevelt, will draw the capsules. All of the drawers will be blindfolded.
 The capsules will be drawn singly and opened individually. If the first number drawn is 856, then every registrant in the United States hav- ing that figure on his registration card vii be given order No. 1. It means that they will be the first to receive questionnaires to deter mine their availability for military service. Those holding order No. 1, and who have no dependents or other reasons for deferment, would be the first inducted into the army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-17

out in a search for further as- surance. We join a school, a gang, a club, a guild, a religious sect, @ business group, a profess sion, a union, And we work for them.
 How we work for them. We Americans are the gre a t e s t joiners in the world parhqnc it's our newneSs a~I @,,v Faa1iv,O