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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

The Die Is Cast

Entry Of Italy into the current Euro
pean war on the side of Germany may
make all the difference in the world in
the course of events in the entire world
In the rest of this century. What the out
come of the warfare is to be no one knows
for sure. Over here in America we have
been unusually pessimistic about the fate
Of Great Britain and France. No one gave
any credit to the great war machine that
Adolf Hitler has been building. And
when the facts were laid before us, all
still refused to believe.
Now it's a different thing Italy
throws her strength and her strategic
position in the Mediterranean into the
fray. Badly battered the Allies are con-
fronted with both fresh opponents and a
need Of changing their tactics. 1t would
seem as If the French might be caught
in a trap were the Germans and the Ital-
ians able to exert equal pressure from
both sides. But until the Italians have
gained a foothold on French soil this
method can't be employed AS tonic
for the Nazis the Italian entry into the
war will be most eXhilarating.
Most Americans, we believe, are sorry to
see Italy in the war on Hitler's side. Even
those who haven't completely gone over
to the attitude of giving the Allies COM
plete help from this side of the Atlantic
feel that this step by the Italian premier
may have consequences that both Ger
many and Italy themselves may later
regret. AS for the position of the United
States 1t is not changed now any more
than it was last week when this very
thing threatened.
It is hard to see any course, though,
that does not lead us right into the thick
OF the fight. Unfortunate, indeed, will
be that day for all of us. At time like
this we need to turn to a wiser and far
seeing ruler, an omnipotent one, God in
his heavens AS we have never prayed
before we should now urge him to have
compassion on his misguided children be-
low and to give to us the vision to see in
which direction our steps must take us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
Waterbury's Health Program

Judging by the report of last week
there Is still much to be done in regard
to satisfactory health program for Wa
terbury. We were always more or less
under the impression that this city was
enjoying unusually fine community
health. At least to judge by the records
that impression would be gained. And
certainly the city has been given numer-
Gus accolades for it's work in this field
on several occasions. Probably this has
been due to the unceasing vigilance OF our
Health Department and If that is so then
it is deserving of plenty of praise for its
vigilance and its effort. From top to
bottom it's membership is deserving of
high compliment.
But there remains more to be done,
survey of this city reveals And if
the city intends to continue along the
path of good health it undoubtedly will
wish to cooperate in the plans that are
suggested and laid down as conducive to
the very utmost in good health and sani-
tation in large industrial city of Wa
terburys type. Naturally all good citi-
zens will heartily endorse such move
ment and will urge our city fathers to
do everything in their power to put such
plans into effect where they do not in
terfere or conflict with present methods
Of procedure.
We noticed that construction of a Sec
ond pipe line from the Morris reservoir
was included as health necessity. That
is a project that the city has long con-
sidered and actually has in operation at
the present time So far as funds per-
NIT this work is being done and none
realize better than do the present city
officials the urgency of having a second
pipe line. We presume that the health
survey will be the basis of future plans
of our Health Board and department.
Certainly no one will find fault if such
set-up is followed, involving as it does
the good health of all of us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

without rlsking a life. We can help TO
relieve the suffering, clothe the naked,
feed the starving.
So calloused have we become during
the past few years, so used to the bomb
ing and starving and dying, in Ethiopia,
in China, in Finland, In Manchuria, Po-
land and Spain, that we do not react, do
not respond as we once did. But we must
fight this coarsening of our SenSibilities.
No less tragic than the men who are
dying on the battlefrontS, in some ways
more tragic, are the refugees. In France,
there is now one refugee for every seven
inhabitants That is the estimate Of a
worker for the American Friends Ser
vice Committee, the Quaker organization
which has done such splendid service for
relief in many lands.
Try to imagine it! Suppose that the
United States, in addition to its present
relief and defense burdens, had 1880
600 refugees suddenly placed in its care.
That would be in the same proportion
as the burden the French are now bear
ing. They have had half million
Spanish refugees for more than year.
They received 100000 from Asace-Lor-
raine at the very beginning OF the war.
And now the tide of misery from Bel
GUM and Holland and their own eastern
border has come rolling in. This bur-
den they must bear even while they
fight for their lives with their backs
against Paris. Surely America, what
ever it eventually does about the war It
self, cannot be deaf to the cry of these
millions of miserable waits, stripped of
everything but life itself, and that ebb-
ing away in the face of unspeakable pri-
vations.
The Red Cross. the Friends Service
Committee, the Norwegian Relief and
scores of other organizations are doing
the best they can. The response to
the Red Cross appeal for $4,000, 900 is
nothing to be proud of in its initial stages.
This appeal must not fail. Whatever
else we lose in the grim coming years, let
it never be said of us that we lost our
hearts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

High praise indeed is that given Sena-
tor Francis T. Maloney by The Hartford
Courant recently on his denomination by
the Democratic Party of Connecticut.
Among other things it said were the fol-
lowing: Because Senator Maloney has
exhibited certain commendable charac-
teristics that a Senator should possess,
the Republicans will not find him an easy
man to defeat. They cannot hope to do
it with second-rater. They must some
where find a candidate who has much
more to commend him than his own de-
sire to run. The situation suggests the en-
ployment of the best selective process that
the party can command and the task OF
setting it in motion can hardly begin too
soon. Our own appreciation of Senator
Maloney's talents does not 60 so far as to
suppose that there is not a Republican
who can match them and who at the
same time, if elected, would give the Re-
publican program the support that our
two-party system requires for it's proper
functioning ~" Maybe this means
that The Courant has not seen a good
candidate in those already brought for
ward for the COP nomination.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

The order was issued at time
when President Roosevelt had
announced a vigorous policy of
giving the Allies every possible
aid and was definitely in conflict
with that policy. Just how the or
der happened to be issued still re-
mains mystery.
However, Immediately after
publication Of the Merry CO.
Round story, the order was re-
scinded and the circumstances
surrounding the change are not
a mystery. They revealed that
some officials in the War Depart
ment are not too cooperative in
carrying out the Roosevelt policy
of giving material help to the Al
lies.
What happened was this: When
Roosevelt heard that the Army
had prohibited sales to agents
suspected Of reselling to the AL
lies, he told Secretary Morgen-
than to look into the matter, and
If legal, to nave the order chang
ed.
Morgenthau, who Is In charge
Of selling goods to the Allies, ask.
ed his lawyers to investigate. and
they informed that under .inter-
rational law the United States
could not sell arms direct to a
belligerent, but there was no rea-
son whatsoever why 1t should not
sell to third party.
ROOSEvELT'S ORDERS
Morgenthau then called in
General George Marshall, Chief
Of Staff, and told him the Presi-
dents wishes. He made 1t very
clear that the March IA order
must be changed Immediately.
But several days went by and
nothing happened. The War
Department order was not
changed. Meanwhile the Allies
In were desperate need of more
material. They lost vast stores
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
Yes, We Can Help!

The wringing of hands never did any
body any good Confronted with the
desolation OF all northern Europe, many
people in the United States have been
reduced to shellshocked state in which
they are able to do nothing but wiring
their hands and utter feeble cries. It is
true that the United States has been
caught in a position where it can do
nothing about the military campaign
INV racking France and threatening Bri-
tah,. even If it wanted TO. In respect to
that we are helpless. We shall not al
ways We helpless, but for the moment
we are. But this does not mean that
We can do nothing. We can be of definite
help, without compromising neutrality,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

A New York Chief Magistrate, Henry
H. Curran, has declared war on legal
agencies that make practice of solicit
ing trade of motorists who are given
tickets or summonses for traffic or other
motor laws violations. These groups
take the case into court, plead guilty, and
pay a fine and get service fee from
the individual who never has to show his
face inside the courtroom. All fine
paying concerns in New York are defin-
itely under the Chief Magistrates ban
and if he gets the full cooperation Of the
lawyers of the city he expects to put
them out of business This racket goes
hand-in-glove with the "ticket-fixing"
one which is the bane of all big COM
munitieS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
In Today's Mail

er and authority which Roosevelts
national defense" program pro-
vides. Such a defense program"
with Wall st. at Its head Is like set
ting a thief to catch robber ac-
complete.
That Is the reason why peace
loving people oppose Roosevelt's de-
Tense plan. The charge of treason"
and fifth column" against all who
dare to oppose Roosevelt is one Of
those vile ruses by which the Wall
st. dollar q year patriots" hope to
bludgeon the people into meek &C.
ceptance Of their war schemes.
The people want to see the out
line Of real program Of defense,
defense of the country and defense
Of its neutrality at the same time,
defense Of the standard of living
and the civil liberties Of the Amer
lean people. In other words not a
Wall st. defense program, which
Is war program in disguise, but q
peoples defense program that will
really safeguard our peace and our
democracy.
MICHAEL RUSSO
Sec. Communist Party of witty.
p. o. Box 367
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

creates thousands of other wrongs,
and secures no solution, that could
have been established by more nat
ural methods. The people do not
want war, because the cost Of all
wars has to be paid for by the
toilers. They are forced into wars
by the conditions that must produce
war. AS 1t has been said before, ITO
have the power merely to create q
democracy Is q naked privilege, Of
small value to the people, II they
do not exercise It,"
In the summer OF 1916 the WASH
ington Herald said: "And though
we may try to deceive ourselves our
own material interests are now very
closely allied with those Of the
allies, for they are enormously In
our debt. We are vastly interested
In the successes Of their armies. Also
we may as well recognize that If 1t
should come to q question Of sue
cess for them or failure for the want
Of few hundred millions more Of
credit in this country, ordinary BUSH
ness sense would dictate that we
give them that credit quickly" so
the real reason why we went into
the war in 1916,was to safeguard the
heavy investments the money trust
had made to the allies, on the
chance they would win the war.
Our representatives in Congress had
sounded the warning: Foreign
speculations means war for Amer
ica!" That Is what Washington
meant when he warned Keep out
Of foreign entanglements."
One Of our Representatives. now
dead, published himself q warning
Of what such Q policy would bring,
and 1t did bring. This Is what he
said: "Speculations and loans in
foreign fields, especially with the
nations at war, Is likely 10 bring US
into the war. They form q powerful
incentive on the part Of the specula-
tors TO get us into the war, but even
II Il results that way, they will never
be stated as the cause. You can de-
pend upon 1t, that the trust-sup-
ported publicity win be used 10
trump up some other thing rs the
pretended cause, or things viii be
staged to force some foreign country
TO commit an act Of war upon u.s."
The end Of this short story Is that
IN 1915 the country was dragged
into the war because the war for
profits group refused 10 sacrifice
even tor . while their speculatiuns'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
WAR FOR PROFIT GROUP
SHOULD NOT RULE THE
PEOPLE
Editor The Democrat:

Editor The Democrat:
A situation has arisen In this
country which we went through in
1916, in that for any one to discuss
impartially the international situa-
ton we are facing, brings the ac-
custation Of being biased, that Is
anyone who Is really for America
flrst, last and all the time, and SOLE
" for America, Is called pro- Ger
man. According 10 this cannon Of
present ethics, It Is impossible to be
q true American, unless you are pro-
British. This emanates from the
propaganda which, as In the days
Of 1915, Is supported BY the specu-
lators, who were more or less re-
sponsible for getting us into the last
war. War feeds upon vanity, q false
personal or national egotism, which
IA IN many instances called "patri-
Otism." brand which would de-
stroy millions to avenge national
pride q pEejudics, and In 30 doing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

the reason was that II they had,
they would have lost billions Of
profits, which the war Melted them.
One great fault Of the American
people Is lack Of vision. No one
wanted war in 1916, no one wants
war today but the spectators, but
in q country where the people rule,
they should not be allowed TO get
away with 1t. The war today, Is not
q war to end wars, It is q war o.
world economies, q war that VIII
not be ended by signing any paper
peace. It viii call for q new world
economic system that viii scrap the
old order and It's practices which
breed wars. There Is enough wealth
IN the world today and enough land
to take care Of all oyer-population,
II the land and wealth Is distributed
right, and that Is what the war n
Europe Is about. A few big nations
have Il ell. end the rest nothing.
CREIGHTON cAREL
Waterbury. june 10. 1850
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

of guns and ammunition in Bel
GUM. They were enxious to buy
even outmoded equipment
which tho United States had
manufactured for the World
War.
Finally enc of the Allied agents
flew to Morgenthau's home in
New York, where he was spend =
ing the weekend and entered
plea for prompt action.
Mex day Morgenthau returned
to Washington and Immediately
called a conference Of War De-
partment chiefs, plus Francis
Biddle, Acting Attorney General.
Biddle arrived at the conference
In cutaway coat and pin-striped
trousers straight from arguing a
case before the Supreme Court.
Gentlemen" said Secretary
Morgenthau, "thc President has
directed that IL there Is sound
legal basis for chaging this or
der, 1t be changed, and changed
Immediately"
From then on things bagan to
happen. The Justice Department
legal experts jumped into the
picture and Francis Biddle work.
ed until midnight drafting an
opinion knocking out the War De-
partment's order. The day was
hot. When he finished at 1920
A. M. his stiff shirt was wilted,
his high formal collar was moist
rag.
mo CRUMBS FOR VENEZUELA
Next day Major General Allen
w. Guillion, the Army's able Judge
Advocate General, was asked
whether he would accept the ruiz
ing Of the Attorney General.
HE Is my superior officer"
Gullion replied. II never ques-
tion his acts"
Next day, also, Secretary Wood
ring returned from Kansas and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
WALL ST. DEFENSE PROGRAM
WOULD WRECK SOCIAL
LEGISLATION

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Is RoosevelL's preparedness pro-
gram for national defense or Is 1t
for participation in war OF agrees
sion overseas. This Is the central
issue Of the whole question Of de-
Tense.
Americans love their country and
its great traditions. They are not
opposed to national defense but ur-
der no circumstances would they
plunge America into Wall st. i'm
perialist adventure whether 1t be in
Europe, 8. America or In the East
Yes, they love their country and
their sons too much for that.
Rocsevelts national defense" and
the atmosphere Of hysteria and
panic which he deliberately fosters,
Is aimed to suppress and persecute,
beginning with minority groups, all
Americans who oppose our entry
into the war. This alone Is suffi-
cient to indicate his real purposes.
Further this so-called national
defense" reveals measures which are
aimed to wipe out all social legisla-
ton beneficial to the people, the
National Labor Relations Act, the
Wages and Hours Bill, the Walsh
Healy Act, and ever 80 many more
such measures.
All proposals indicate an impend-
ing attack on the trade unions
greater taxation Of the people, lower
wages, longer hours. drastic cuts iIl
relief for the unemployed and a gen.
eral deterioration OF the living
standards Of the people.
This program embodies all those
aims for which Wall ct. has been
striving. Under the banner Of ina
tional defense" Roosevelt Is deliver
ing the country to the economic
royalists. This Wall st. national
defense" Is q blitxl<rieg on deTnocra.
cy and the American people.
It Is therefore o sham national
defense. 1t Is a smokescreen behind
which Wall st. intends to institute
q war dictatorship. There Is No
surer or quicker way Of getting
into war than to entrust The banks
the trusts, the financial magnatei
and nunition makers with The pow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

Flag Day seems to be taking on par
ticular significance this year. We have
seen the time when it barely attracted
passing attention But this year many
organizations are planning fitting OBJ
servances. It remains, though, for the
citizens to make it really day of note.
They can help do this by properly dis
playing the flag at their homes and be-
fore their places of business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

House Of Repre-
sentatives win
become law.
Until recently
friends Of the
Labor Board as
sumed Il didn't
matter much
what the House
did that the
Senate firmly In
control Of the
administr Q ton
would block any
real hostile ac-
ton.
Then the pic
ture changed.
Outstanding el-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11

Italy, Japan and Russia % ag-
gressors and make mo bones
about it."
without getting up from his
chair, Lewis rumbled, I'm against
that. II we're going to start
naming aggressors we'll have to
take in Q great deal Of territory
and name q lot Of names" The
leftwingers enthusiastically APP
plauded.
NOTE-The drive within the
CIO to eliminate leftwingers from
the leadership is rapidly gaining
n omentum. When a group OF
them slipped a resolution through
the Indiana executive board con-
demning the European war as
s'imperialistic" and Roosevelt as
trying to involve the u. s., the
aroused trade-union forces repu-
dated the declaration and Alice
: Smith, left-wing leader, was fired
as secretary Of the Regional Auto
Workers office. Leader Of the OPP
position against the group was
Jim Robb, coal miner and Lewis
personal representative In Indi-
ana.
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Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11
i)aily Almanac

Moon sets 1925 a. m. daylight time).
Sun rises 5:l9 a. m; sets s:2s p. m. tday-
light time)
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The last three months have followed a
pattern IN the early days. Each one started
warm and pleasant. But before the middle of
the month May and April turned cold and
rainy save Tor an occasional day OF respite.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11


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REAU. 1913 thirteenth Street.
Washington, D. c.
THE EDlTOR.
Q. Please name the National
Cemeteries In which Confederate
soldiers are buried.
A. Arlington, Va; Camp Butler.
Springfield, ILL.,; City Point, Va;
Cypress Hills, Brooklyn N. Y: Firms
Point, Salem, N. j.; Fort Smith,
Ark; Hampton, Va; jefferson
Barracks, Mo-; Little Rock, Ark;
Philadelphia, Pa; Springfield, Mo-;
Woodlawn, Elmira, N. Y.
@. If an einploye is covered by
the Federal Wage Hour law, can his
hours be averaged over more than
one week?
A. No. He should be paid one and
cne-haf times his regular hourly
rate Of pay for all hours worked
over the limit az hours) in any one
week.
@. How many children who enter
the 5th grade in primary schools
graduate from high schools and coll
leges?
A. The U. 8. Once of Education
states that for each 1000 children
who enter the 5th grade, asa grad
uate from high school and So from
college.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-06-11


change was the letter sent to Chair
man Howard Smith Of the Labor
Board Investigating committee by
President william Green Of the A
r. Of L. in which Green gave his
support to the Smith amendments
BY taking this stand Green not
only stole long march on the C.
1. O., but also served notice on A
F. of L. friends in both houses that
he was In effect abandoning the La
Dor Board TO its fate.
THEN CAME
REINFORCEMENT
Another element was the strange
apathy In the administration. Un.
til very recently the administration
was firmly set on blocking any
sweeping revision Of the law. Then
came the famous rapprochement be-
tween the White House and the con-
servative southern Democrats.
Senator Byrnes of South Carolina
was all but publicly crowned rs heir
apparent to the vice-presidency.
Senator Harrison of Mississippi
plugged for a third term. r. D. r.
patted Martin Dies approvingly on
the back and administration OPP
position to the Smith proposals lost
its punch.
Mary Norton, who fought the fight
for the Labor Board In the House
was giving away no secrets when she
complained the administration had
been letting the battle 60 by default
Meanwhile the situation stands as
distinct triumph In strategy for
Congressman Smith. Throughout he
played his cards masterfully.
He began his hearings last fall by
questioning the boards moderate
member. DR.. william Leiserson and
bringing out the full story of dis
sension within the board.
He spent days bringing out EVIL
dence stressing the youthfulness and
inexperience of many board en-
ployes who had key positions In adj
ministering the law.
Most important, he took full adj
vantage of the split within the board
by centering his heaviest fire on the
person Of David Saposs, head of the
research division. Defenders of the
board were promptly divided into
pro- and anti-SaposS camps.
While they rowed bitterly over a
basically unimportant point Smith
plugged away at his main target
fundamental revision Of the law ano
abolition Of the board as 1t now
stands.
BOARD ITSELF
HELPED BRING CHANGE
If Congress adjourns before the
Republican convention, there prob
ably won't be time to get action on
the Smith amendments. II the ses-
sion Is extended, however, indica-
lions now are that the Senate may
act favorably. sq
Should the amendments become
law, both the board and the Wagner
act would be entirely different. First
there would be a brand-new board
of five members. Second, and far
more important, the boards judicial
and prosecuting functions would be
completely divorced, with an adj
ministrator handling the latter and
the board confined to passing on the
evidence submitted by him.
Close friends Of the board COM
plain that these changes woulo
enlasculate the whole act. Whether
or not this Is true, 1t Is certain thai
by refusing to heed criticism, by
steering unskillfully through the
AFL-C1O split and by devoting its
energies to Its own internal row, the
Loard has done much to bring or
the change.