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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

that will be used to determine the number of representatives to which each state is entitled, there should be no oe- crease in Connecticut membership in the House.
 For example in 1880 apportionment in Congress was determined by the number of times 435, the set number of members of the House of Representatives, would go into the total population of the United States. This determined the common integer of 279,712. Dividing this into the states population determines the number of representatives; in our own case in 1880, six. Where the number does not go into the population figure an even number of times, state is entitled to an additional representative if the remainder is greater than one-half Of the diviSor.
 Present indications are that the state population will increase slightly. There IS no danger, though, of it increasing suffl- ciently to give us another congressman. To accomplish the states population in the past ten years would have had to 1r1- crease more than 100000. Such large jump as this is not at all likely. We'll show moderate increase but not sur prising one. We'll keep our six repre- sentatives in the House if our state leg1s- lators keep their part of the bargain in the decennial reapportionment, they'll set up six congressional districts, one for each of the duly elected congressman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
No Farm Profits in War

When things first began getting messy in Europe late last summer, some farmers squinted hopefully toward their fields and began calculating acreage increases ana ensuing profits. Those farmers who haven't learned since last September that visions of quick profits are strictly pipe dreams are being reminded now, by De- partment of Agriculture officials, that the war is not likely to open any great new markets for American produce. AS mat ter of fact, because of credit difficulties and transportation hazards, exports to Europe have already declined.
 At a recent meeting of the National Farm Institute, in Des Molnes,. Iowa, farmers were told, by AAA Administrator R. M. Evans, not to count on anything spectacular happening to markets tnlS year. And as for the postwar period no soap Not the way things look now. Europe may need American crops when the war is over, but there probably wont be enough folding money left on the en- tire continent to buy bag of rice at wholesale prices. MT. Evans pointed out that American farmers have already felt the effect of war by finding themselves with unexpected surpluSeS on hand. TO- bacco, for example. England used to be a pretty good customer of southern to- bacco growers; but, when the war broke out, this trade suddenly stopped. England had accumulated large reserves, and II she needs more tobacco, she will get 1t somewhere else.
 Under any circumstances, the farmer is being protected, as far as it is possible against short-lived boom and subse- uuent long depression. Stability of prices, parity with labors wages are what the farmer most desires. Generally speak ing, he is far less interested in sudden war profits than he is in a reasonably steady income, year after year. Assure him an equitable return for his laoors and his investment and he will not be enticed by any promises of making wad on other peoples wars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
Traffic Jams Expensive

No motorist Intentionally drives into a traffic jam. But if driver knew pre- cisely what it was costing him to get mixed up in a congested district, aside from the wear and tear on his nerves, he might take even greater precautions and pick less popular streets. The American Public Works Association, after tests under actual conditions, concluded that a car uses 50 per cent more gasoline on congested streets than on the same streets when they are clear.
 Professor A. J. Bone of the MasSachu- setts Institute of Technology, who con- ducted the test, calculated that if 15,OO0 cars daily drove along congested street one mile long, the annual loss would amount to an aggregate of $18,000. Better street planning and traffic con- trol will eliminate some of the jams. More common sense on the part of drivers will take care of the rest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
Not To Lose One

One of the reasons advanced about ten years ago for not redistricting this state to make six congressional districts was that in 1040 we'd find that the popula- tion had so shifted that the state might be deprived of the new representative it was then gaining. Although those who favored the creation of the six districts rather than continuing the existing five and designating the new office - con- gressman.at-Iarge - did their best to overcome such a belief 1t strangely per. sisted and carried the day.
 It was one Of the reasons why there was no redlstricting. not the sole one, of course. Perhaps just as strong AS thH reason was the fear Of gerry'InandcrIng on the part Of the group or groups con trolling the designation Of new con gresslonaI district lines. But it's Of tbc first that we want to speak right nov. itB obvious by this time that there IS no danger of Connecticut losing the sixth eOngresnian after the lO4O census fs1urns are In. our population figure VII mount and on the basis Of the lnteger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
Protecting Pedestrians

Pedestrians have been the objects of some pretty consistent campaigns all over the country recently. And it's probably true that pedestrians haven't become entirely accustomed to the automobile yet - even after 40 years. Nevertheless, this condition is mutual. Automobile drivers haven't got used to pedestrians either.
 Take the case of the San Diego man who was given ticket for jay-walking and warned by the officer that the only safe place to walk is in pedestrian lanes. A few minutes later he was struck and injured while walking in pedestrian lane. Responsibility for safety seems to be pretty evenly divided. Pedestrians most certainly need to be careful; but motorists, who have the advantage of weight and power, must take even greater safeguards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

A couple of ambitious fellows over in Europe = whose first names happen to be Adolf and Joe - might well null over the poignant words of Francis B. Sayre, United States Commissioner to the Philip pine Islands Said MT. Sayre: "If we do not learn to supplant war by effective methods of international cooperation, wonder whether it is going to be prac- ticable for any nation to undertake to maintain and defend the kind of far flung military empires which developed during the 18th and 18th centuries. :" MT. Sayre was not thinking only of Philip pine independence when he said that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

Part of that scheme to build a new approach to Hartford from the south may include a new river highway for Middle town. The present north and south route passed directly through the center of the town and along it's main street with a slight deviation to approach the Mid dletown-Portland highway bridge. Last month, however, Governor Raymond E. Baldwin revealed in a Middletown ad- dress that the State Highway Depart nlent was considering plan to build an entirely new highway along the river front which would carry all through traffic away from the Main Street. If the state does this, the town is going to re- ciprocate by making beautiful park way alongside of the highway. There is only one thing to remember, though, the Connecticut River does overflow it's banks at this point and any highway route along the river must be sufficiently elevated to escape inundation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

Priest of Royal Oak and Social Justice magazine.
 The American people. MT. Dies, are entitled to know whether there is any link between Royal Oak and Berlin. It is their absolute right to have the facts. and all of them. brought to the surface by your com" mittee.
 Instead of proceeding by way on innunendo MT. Dies, why do you not bring your committee to Royal Oak and learn the full truth7 You are invited to do this at your earliest possible convenience. 1T your congressional appropriation cannot stand the expense, It will be paid by SOCIAL JUSTICE Maga' zine.
 Is not Father Coughlin entitled lo a hearing before your Coflmltteel z Is he to be charged by the Heo Forces with uasAmeFicapssIil aIld denied the opportunity Of clearing Himself before the tribunal set Mp by Congress tor just this pllFppssJ Es the InslnllalleD method used " your cOmmlEtss the "AmsTIeail Way9"
 Come And see Cor yourself, MT Dies, You are Invited Tor the sse' 0Dd iilneI
 VIII you Aeeept1 Tbls the Dias Commlilse refused because MF, Dies knew iIai Faibe, c0nghlID was tn DO Nay eoilneeieil Wglll any sllbverslve force, hes, aI0 beginning lo W0ndeF Wbe l1aA been nllslnf0Fmed,
 Yours very iruly, sA cA1iicLic~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
All Of Us Spattered

Vincent J. Sullivan, who manages the affairs of the WPA for the State of Con- necticut quite eXpeditiously, couldn't quite resist the opportunity to rub little salt into open wounds when he spoke on the radio the other night about the increasing demand for WPA jobs the last few weeks. He pointed out, as others are beginning to do, that if the recent "boom" experienced by Connecticut in- dustry is of COP production, then so must be an accompanying falling-otf III production, employment, etc.
 The recovery claims of the Baldwin administration have all been based on balanced budget, friendly disposition towards new industries, taxes, etc. But WPA records would show now that un- employment in private industry is still very much of problem here as else where. All of which is no cause for re- ioicing and MT. Sullivan was quick to remark on this very fact in the course of his remarks.
 He said: "It's not all the fault of those who loudly boasted of our brief gains a few weeks ago. It is all part and parcel of the inSidious economic diSlocation which still affects Connecticut and the nation as a whole . for which .. no permanent panacea has yet been con cocted D The great big bubble of prosperity which was blown to enormous proportions by COP muSic-makerS early this year And we're all Spattered be- cause we're all affected by Connecticut industrial movements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
In Today's Mail
IF YOU DON'T LIKE MIR. WIN. CHELL YOU CAN ALWAYS READ SOMETHING ELSE
 OR TUNE HIM OUT
Oakville, Conn,
 February 29, 1940.


 Editor of The Democrat
 This pro and con Winchell stuff your subscribers are so excited about is to my mind just another one of those things.
 I peddled The Democrat in Oak vile over 40 years ago. How many kids done 8 better thing than that 40 years ago or since.
 I only read what suits me but lately started on Winchell's columli and am surprised to think any one can get paid for the things you waste, ink and paper, for such as his pre-informed blessed events, which to my mind is tho most blessed and sacred thing that can happen on this earth and would be also to my mind a good thing to wait until it happened.
 also listened for two weeks to his talks, as speakers are sometimes misquoted but now I am satisfied that there is lots of room for any one to complain about him. He seems to me to get all out of breath trying to say what he is talking about for fear someone else will ge: ahead of him.
 am still going to take your pa- per and thank God I am living in Oakville, U. s. A., and can turn to another page and switch to an- other station.
 YOUR x PAPER BOY.
 P. s. I hope MT. Cipriano does not answer this as there will be nc room in your valuable paper fol your things that do have sense.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
As an instance of this he cited

As an instance of this he cited Matthews report on alleged Red influence in consumer organiza- tions. This report, issued last December from Dies home in Or ange, Texas, without the knowl- edge or consent of the full con- mittee, vigorously assailed the Consumers Union.
 q hold no brief for this or- ganlzati0n," Dempsey asserted, "but 1t happens that 1t Is cOm- petitor of Consumers Research, which Matthews has large fi- nancial interest. But he didn't mention Consumers Research in his report while he attacked Consumers Union and other consumer groups"
 Dies militantly rushed to the defense. ,s
 "T know Matthews Is a for. mer radical" he shouted, "but that doesn't alter the fact that he has been very valuable to us
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
FARM DIVERSITY NEW GOAL

Back of the transfer of M. L. Will son from the under-secretaryship of Agriculture to the post of Director of Extension is 8 program for edu- eating farmers to the importance of diversified farming--and, also, for getting the county agents out from under the load of administrative detail which came with the AAA program.
 The demonstration agents are placed in each county in the ccu1- try. Paid by county, state and fed- eral funds, they try to teach farmers proper methods. Until the New Deal they concentrated largely on methods of increasing production, and were pretty successful.
 With triple-A, however, they got a mass of administrative work to handle in connection with the crop reduction programs. In many cas- es they got showed under. Wilson hopes to get them back to their original sphere. Also - since a good part of the farm problem aris" es from too much one-crop cash farming-he wants to start a swing back toward diversification.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
"COlnn1UNiSI11 eXpert"

The effort came within one vote of succeeding. Matthews was saved only by the slim margin of 4 to 3.
 The dismissal motion was made by Rep. John J. Dempsey, sil- ver-haired New Mexican, who has long been opposed to Matthews employment. Supporting Dempsey were his two liberal colleagues, Rep. Joseph Casey of Massachu- sets and Jerry Voorhis of Cali fornia. Voting with Dies, who hired Matthew and has been his chief packer, was the fourth Dem- ocrat, Joe Starnes of Alabama, and two Republican members Noah Mason of Illinois and J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey.
 Dempsey's move provoked a heated clash. In demanding Mat thews' custer, Dempsey charged the investigator with bringing the committee into disrepute by his radical background" and his passion for grinding personal axes"
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in exposing the inner works of

in exposing the inner works of the Communist movement"
 ''If that is sO," broke in Casey, "then let's keep him in that role. I have no 0bjec- tion to keeping him on our pay roll as long as he remains in the job we hired him f0r-an in- former. But I strongly object . to his acting as the principal investigator of the committee, asking questions of witnesses and issuing reports he has no authority to put out"
 Undaunted by the rejection of his dismissal motion, Dempsey offered another to slash Matthews salary, Ipped from $500 to $6000 by Dies, to $4,So0. But again Matthews was saved by one vote 4 to 3. "a@S, @'
 ROOSEVELT AND DIPLOMATS
 The President has discarded all the formal trappings for receiv- ing new diplomat. He tried the informal manner once or twice, liked it, and now has determined not to go back to formality for anyone.
 This means three principal changes in procedure. He re- ceives in his office instead of in the White House proper; he wears his business suit, instead of pin striped trousers and cutaway coat; and he onits the reading of the official messages.
 These messages are still pre- prepared and released to the press, but the new diplomat is saved the trouble of reading, and the President is saved the trouble Of listening. Incidentally, the last message presented was the long, est on record - that of Panama s new Ambassador George Boyd.
 The President now uses the time to better advantage. With no one in the room except himself and the diplomat, unless an inter- preter is required. he carries on an informal and friendly chat on matters that interest them both This chat is never reported to the outside world, and 1t includes con- fidential questions which would singe the ink off the formal state- mentS.
 GLASS EYES
 Could you spare glass eye buddy This odd query may be- come common, unless Hitler re- laxes present barriers and per- mits relief to the glass eye wear CTS of the United States.
 There are more glass eye wear- CTS in the country than you car wink at, and you might wink a; most of them without being aware of 1t. Skilful Czech artisans car match a good eye with a duplicate in colored glass so neatly thai you can't tell the difference-un' til the glass eye begins to wear out.
 It's at this point that the wearel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

1. Is the Welland Canal owned by the United States or Canada?
 2. Does angora rabbit wool grow after 1t is cut from the animal?
 3. How many airplanes do the German pocket" battleships carry? 4. With what sport is Al Davis associated?
 s. What is the plural of Attorney General?
 6. Where is the Isle of Capri?
 2. Does patent on mechanical invention protect it indefinitely?
 8. Who plays the title roles in the motion pictures, Abe Lincoln in Illinois" and Young MT. Lin coln?"
 g. Is it necessary for woman to tell the census enumeratQr her cor rect age?
 10. To what country does Croatia belong?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
Selected Poem
EPIsTLE TO MY HEART

You that are ticking time away.
 And secret, in your secret room, KnoWing-for all that we may say Your brave and pitifui doom; Knowing, however dust be shaped.
 Lovely and ardent for while, The sweetly- fashioned and the raped Are measures of the dusty mile; You that are thus. and kn0wledged so. Tick on, tick on, iD tune with time, Flushing the dark things that you know, ID brave and pIlitui thyme. (Dayid Morton, in the New York Sum
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needs the manufacturer most des- perately. But today the maker can't ship his product to the wear CT because of the war blockade.
 The matter actually became so serious that three Departments Commerce, Labor, and State put their heads together to see if a few score Czech eye-artisans could not be admitted to the U. s., despite Overflowing inemigra- ton quotas. They agreed to issue the visas, and glass eyes everywhere frightened at the prospect.
 But der Fuehrer upset the plan. He declined to permit such valued workrnen to leave the Greater Reich. Result is that, with the supply of glass eyes rapidly dim- finishing. the field is open fol somebody to develop new skill and a new industry in the United States.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
FINE? THAT'S FINE!

Senator John Danaher of Connec- ticut keeps full stock of excellent Connecticut cigar sin his office, treats all corners. He gave one to Vice President Garner the other day and Garner liked 1t first rate. Next day Danaher was late for 8 Senate rollcall; he came down front to check in with the clerk, and Garner wagged a stern finger at him.
 "Connecticut," said Garner, from his lofty presidential chair, you are fined one of those fine cigars of yours for being late, and will be fined similarly for every time you're late hereafter" <
 Next morning Garner found box of 100 cigars on his desk. "That, said Danaher, ought to pay my fines all the rest of the session."
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strictly on n1ili- tary necessity.
 Last fall a small American steel company got e query from e firm in Norwey, which wanted to buy some steel if the price was right. The American company in e t the Norwegians' price, sent off a cable to that ef. feet, and waited f0ts an order
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The order never came. Some time later the Americans had chance to investigate. They found the ca- ble had got as far as England and then had stopped. The Norwegians never got 1t, assumed the American firm wasn't interested--and, few days later, placed the order with a British firm (which they had never heard of before) which just hap pened to submit the same price for the same bill of goods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01
Daily Almanac
Moon rises i;0e 6, ill,

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 Al vehicles must be lighted thirty DliD' ulff giier sunset.
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 Morning SiaT, MercuTyi evening, Mercury, Venus, JuDlieF, fatlifil,
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Wendell Schroeder. to participate in your meeting. Whatever may be said, your courage is inspiring and the cause of Truth is always just. cannot stand apart from you in this critical hour of need. God bless youl God bless and pro. tect America from its enemies. God help our leaders to keep the peace by keeping to the road Of peacel
 FRANCIS J. L. HICKMAN.
 Archbishop Of Dubuque.
 Many other priests and bishops have praised Father conghlin tor lis good work. Among them is pr: Edward Lodge GuTFaEs, president oI the Cathode international TruEO
 po not be informed by Rse saoars who seek to Ink watheI Coughlin with Eyits Kuhn bundlsst and pelley's Silver ehlgie, w@slleE c0ughlln has invited the Dies Ce1ls lnllsAe 70 learn hle facts, ~ Ihe ain invl. !.' tatloil published August ~, ie5e lgl the Social Justice reads As fOllowki
 NswhpapeFs continue t0 report al' lalnpls oll tle part Of your commit tee Co lllk the name 0f Hhillei c0llghlIn with that Of pltiE klbI and tlle 0efmans American blild 'Ilhla 0eeahl0n ia the Bed pToAs ibf asneaT 0f nPaAeistD and Mag" hurled Wlib b0Eias Fepeuiion ~ sllf
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Writer Thinks Mr. Cipriono Is Quite Somewhat Msinformed About Father CoughIin
 and Cites Facts to Prove 1t.
Waterbury, Conn.,, February 29, 1940.

Editor of The Democrat
 In Wednesdays issue of the Democrat Samuel S. Capriano criticised Father Coughn by his final remarks in his letter to the Editor of the Democrat Mr. Capriano says ow those who had the courage to oppose Father Coughln not Catholic, but as an individual did with every respect to the Church God save the Catholics from Coughlinis" believe that Mr. Capriano has been misnforned all these years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-01

his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died in 1929. The building is located in beautiful garden out- side the city of Agra, India, and is variously estimated to have cost from ten to fifty million dollars.
 o. What is the bright star that can be seen now in the southeast?
 A. Sirius, the Deg Star, in the Canis Major constellation. It is only nine light-years distant, and is the nearest star that can be seen with the naked eye ill northern attitudes
 o. Who played the role of "Molly O'Leary" in he motion picture "In old Chicago?"
 A. Alice Brady, who died last october.
 Q. What is the difference between radio transcription and a record ing?
 A. A transcription is a recorded announcement or program. A record ing is 8 phonograph record, like those sold in music stores for home use. Trarscriptions (which are made exclusively for broadcast purposes are produced on Q softer compost ton, which records with greater fidelity all of the principal notes ot the scale but can only be used about ten times. They are cut finer and a harder needle iS uSed tn f1laV them
 o. Have any of the stones in the Washington Monument in Washing ton, D. C., been replaced recentlyp
 A. No. When the Monument was cleaned 8 few years ago, all the mortar joints were raked out and repointed and the stones were scrubbed with sand and water.