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Blinds throushout: % sas. eIec. and
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10th AND OAK ST, N:W.-Jewish refined
private family; single room: excellent
food, home atmosphere; reas. ADAMS
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ROOM AND BOARD SERVICES.
Free Save Time

Guest Homes Associated at washinstor
Room Exchange with roo well-loc1 1Set
homes offer single. double and grouI
homes, some with running water, privat,
bath at consistent rates. A director with
car shows available space free to poteptia
guests Phone Columbia $3.50.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
Swapping Culture

In direct competition with Hitler's
short-wave radio statesmen, the United
States has gone into South America to
sell North American culture. It's COM
modify that's pretty scare down there,
and Uncle Sam figures both the North
ard South American continents have
nothing TO lose by exchanging little
back-fence gossip about the arts BACK
home. The culture-swapp program is
officially in the hands of Charles A.
Thompson, acting chief of the new State
Department Division of Inter-American
Cultural Relations. Thompson has
already received the approval and sup
port of several scores of organizations,
many of them with international facili-
ties Among those groups which already
maintain Pan-American cultural activi-
ties are the Pan-American Fellowship, the
Camp Fire Girls, and the New History
Society.
Until recently, the average South Amer
lean received all his knowledge about the
continent on the north from business men,
missionaries, scientists, diplomats, vaca-
tioning school teachers, and animated
cartoons. The average North American
considers himself well grounded in Pan
American arts and lore if he has seen a
mural by Diego Rivera, danced the Argen-
tine tango or the Cuban rhumba and can
say "manana" at the right moments In
recent years, there has been an increaS-
ing interest in Spanish courses offered in
the schools but no one ever thinks about
learning Portuguese, the language OF Bra
zil, which comprises half of the South
American continent
At recent conference on exchange OF
music, John G. Paine, representing Tin
Pan Alley, explained that we would know
a lot more about South American music
if it weren't for the limitations of the in
ternational copyright laws. If we can
broaden the protection, we will find we
don't need these artificial stimuli
such as we are discussing today" he said.
With the pathways gradually being
cleared, the cultural relations division
looks forward to the day when North
Americans will be as familiar with the
ditties of Chavez, Fabini, and Roldan as
they are with those of Cole Porter and
Irving Berlin; when South Americans will
be able to find a good history of the
United States in their local libraries, and
architects will take their tips from Mexi-
co instead of from Hollywood.
The war should stimulate this program.
Culture in Europe is definitely hav-
ing a moratorium. We've learned all
there is to know about Europe; sometimes
we feel we've learned too much. While
we've listened to basSi profundi from Italy,
atom-cruShers from Germany, monocled
literary artistocrats from England, and the
rnanicured accents of Partisan musical
comedy stars, we've almost completely for
gotten the potentialities of the Man Across
the street. People who have delved
know there is rich cultural fodder south of
the Rio Grande. They know that both
continents could profit enormously from
an interchange of ideas. That program
10 bring this about has been started seri-
ously should be source of deep satisfac-
ton to people Of this country.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
Japan Relies on u. S.

Exports of scrap iron to Japan during
1889 exceeded 100000 tons = the high
est in history = the American Commit
tee for Non-Participation in Japanese
Aggression reported after a recent anal
ysis of figures released by the U. S. De-
partment of Commerce. The committee
said it's Sutdies indicated that the United
States furnished 80 per cent of Japan's
scrap iron last year, and that Japan had
come to rely on this country almost COM
pletely to furnish this basic war COM
modify.
If these figures are accurate, this con-
dition demands further study. The Jap
anese aggression is as ruthless as that of
Russia against Finland. If we are going
to help the Firms in their defense, we are
scarcely consistent when we throw up a
barrier against the Chinese.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22

Governor Charles A. Sprague Of Ore
gon, recently wrote letters to the states
Congressional delegation, in which he
expressed his disturbance at the mount
ing encroachment of Federal agencies in
local administration.
He paid particular attention to the ad-
ministration of the social security act
which, he said, "iS very grave threat to
the efficiency and economy of operations
within this state" He concluded: "I am
further concerned because of the threat
to extend this Federal authority over
other departments of state government
to which the Federal government makes
any contribution. This would include
roads and highways, county agricultural
agents, vocational education, public
health, reclamation and other depart
mentS."
The whole trend of legislation in'recent
years has been toward the bureaucratic
Capitalization of Federal authority, at the
expense of states rights and local govern
mentS. Blanket rules laid down in Wash
ington are automatically applied to the
entire country, ignoring local needs,
wishes and problems. Expanding Fed
eral government has become a definite
states.
The great Federal electric projects, for
example, tax built, tax subsidized, and tax
free, have seized business which was once
done by highly taxed private properties.
They have taken millions of dollars worth
of property of various kinds, ranging
from real estate to automobiles, off. the
tax rolls. BY their very existence these
government pets have prevented private
enterprise from expanding and creating
new taxable property. So serious has
this become that in the iva area state
officials have asked Congress to make up
the heavy tax losses that have followed
socialization of the private power business
in that area. These pleas seem
futile, government does not tax itself.
The menace of bureaucracy is faced by
the people of this country It is the fore
runner of state socialism. In Oregon, the
states leading municipal electric system
refused to take Bonneville power because
it would not have it's local power rates die
tated by Federal authorities, as well as
because it could generate power cheaper
than Bonneville could furnish it. It has
since developed that Bonneville receded
from it's demand to dictate rates, but its
power was still rejected. Over the nation
there is growing uneasineSs at the rapid
extension of Federal domination of local
rights and property.
One of the most important issues the
country faces is Statisn, Socialism, Com
munisn, government ownership, or what
ever you wish to call it. Any of them
means the vesture of all power in a CEN
tralized government. This has always
been destroyer of liberty and democracy.
We see it today in Europe's cruel dictator
ships. Those who wish to look can see the
seeds of it sprouting here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
In Today's Mail

some years ago under another mayor
who permitted the people to waddle
through mud up to the hubs of
vehicles in going to funerals through
Hamilton avenue, when the people
got wise to themselves on one city
election and put into office the
late William Sandland, God bless
his soul. The trouble with the
whole matter we are trying to be
too cheap which In this case Is
penny wise and pound foolish.
It Is high time the citizens of Wa
terbury rose up in arms and made
a protest against the present city
management. The answer to the
whole matter Is, too many Smiths
have gotten in to our city as well
as party affairs and 1t is time for
a show down. Thanks, II you will
print the above although I doubt
that you will inasmuch as you are
a Democratic sponsor, although I
don't think the present gang Is any
too charitable towards you any more
than thousands of others.
Very truly,
DISGUISED CITIZEN.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
Silver Innings for Cans

Beer cans, along with clouds, may
some day have silver Innings. Not great
deal has been done along this line yet, but
there are indications that silver plating,
about ive-millionths of an inch thick,
can be developed to replace tin. Scientists
are also working on the possibility Of
using silver sprays to destroy fungi,
which annually cause considerable dam
age.
Silver, pure, in alloys and compounds,
may also be used for a variety of other
purposes. Silver prices, made more fav-
orable by the war, have spurred scien-
lists in their research. Don't bother
looking into your empty soup cans yet.
Things haven't quite got that far. But
it's something to look forward to.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22

The COP high command now is
going seriously on the assump-
ton that President Roosevelt will
seek a third term and is mapping
campaign plans accordingly. This
was the keynote Of the National
Committee meeting here, the spec
ter that haunted every discus
sion behind closed doors, over
luncheon tables, tavern bars and
in hotel Hobbies.
Omens which have influenced
this conclusion in the minds of
party leaders are:
FIRST-the Presidents SWITCH
ing of the Thanksgiving date
COP heavy thinkers argue that
in breaking this SACRED" tradi-
ton, Roosevelt was Conditioning"
the voting public for the overturn
of another.
SECOND - the "weak sister"
type of Democratic candidates be-
ing promoted as Roosevelt success
sors. Some GOP-ers believe Hull,
McNutt, ct al, are "clay pigeon"
candidates put up for purposes
of "unflatering comparison" with
the President.
Another third term harbinger
raised in executive session Of the
National Committee Is the swan
ing hope for peace" in Europe,
which plays right into the hands
Of third term advocates.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
Dates Are Set

Well, both the major political parties
have their dates set for the summer.
There is no danger of conflict and by the
time the end of July arrives nominating
will be out of the way and the candidates
will be making plans for their swing
around the political circuit. A short ana
snappy campaign is in prospect, by viz
tue of the fact that the Democratic con-
vention comes a month later than usual
and the Republicans won't do anything
until they know who they've got to fight.
Returning to Chicago for the second
time in eight years the Democrats are
seeking the same sort of inspiration that
guided them in 1882 when Franklin D:
Roosevelt and John N. Garner shouldered
the burdens of the party. Will 1t be
third term or will it be transfer OF New
Deal responsibilities to the shoulders OF
some heir-apparent The latter course OF
action seems the more likely, but any
thing can happen and even the COZ
nomination may play some part in decld-
ing the Democratic candidates.
There is no lack of ambitious candi-
dates in the ranks of either party And
it's also noticeable that the calibre OF
good many of those who would lead their
party is high indeed The significant
thing, though, to most observers, partlcu-
larly those whose viewpoints seldom creep
into public print is that the President
controls the destinies of both Democrats
and Republicans. Both parties will take
thei. cue from his decision on third
term.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
. HlGHllGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Helen Hayes at 4
Showed Ability

"The Story Of Helen Hayes" by her
mother, Catherine Hayes Brown
(Random: 49,, Is one Of the most
entertaining, delightful books to
come off the presses in many
months. It relates the story Of
the great actress solely through
series of intimate letters from
her mother to Helen Hayes nine
year-old daughter, Mary. At 80,
Helen Hayes has been on the stage
"a years. She has had q remark
able career. 1t Ii all here from
the days OF John Drew and Lew
Fields 70 her current triumphs.
Prophetically, the actress showed
early histri0nic talent In the bath
tub, as her mother reveals in this
charming letter:
Mary Darling. one dav when
Mommv was about a or az wears
years old, I fixed her tub, put her
in 1t and left her to play while !
finished my bedroom work.
Tn those DAVIS dir bathtubs were
not b,,iIt-in ones hit Stood m ieos
and had a snaca hatwae,, then, ord
the wall. BY and by when return
ed to the bathroom to lift her out,
for she was too tiny to get out her
self. found her with a hand towel
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
Selected Poem
WINTER MORNING

Nellie B. Mace in the Christian Science Monitor
Across the winter world the silver moon
Has swept aside the dark
And hangs now like pale balloon
Above the west hill-park.
1t is not day, not night
Within the opal light:
Roof-tops are soft moon-gray,
And on them chimneys lay
Black shades; and bare trees paint
Their patterns on the frosty winter grass
Then dawn rolls up, and wan stars pass;
Roof-tops grow pearl, and shadows faint
And windows on the high west hill
Send fiery signals to the still
Low sun.
Two pigeons, seeing the moon blanch
Flop down from a poplar branch
To chimneys grown morn-red,
And wonder, maybe, who will give them bread.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
What's Your |. O.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last
page for the answers.

l. Name the body Of water that
separates Sicily from Italy.
2. Does an American woman lose
her citizenship now If she marries
an alienp
3. Who Is Marshall Baron Karl
Gustav Mannerheim?
4. A tapir is an Arabian Chief
tain, an animal related to the horse
and rhinoceros, or a small wax
candle?
5. Name the State flower Of New
York. I
8. With what sport Is Paul DerS
ringer associated?
z. What Is the correct pronuncia.
ton Of the word heliotype?
8. In which state is Mammoth
Cave?
Q. Who was recently appointed as
the first U. s. Minister to Austria
liza?
10. In which European country is
the Isere River?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
CAN INDUSTRY ABSORB
THESE GOVERNMENT
WORKERS?
February, 20, 1910.

Editor, waterbury Democrat
This is a challenge to private
industry. Is 1t ready to employ tine
forner personnel Of the most ef-
ficient highly trained construction
agency in the world?
That agency is the Federal Pub
lie Works Administration and it Is
being liquidated. It's staff, assem-
bled from the private construction
organizations during the depression,
has already been cut oyer 10 per
cent. The men and women already
released represent the cream Of the
construction industry. The en-
gineers represent every famous uni
versity. Their experience records
show they have designed and bull.
many renowned projects here and
throughout the globe. The record
OF PWA is their record. It is uni
yersally known and respected. The
legal, financial and administrative
personnel is equally efficient
Do the industries in your area
need competent engineers or adj
ministrative personnel? Do your
communities need engineers, de-
signers, city or town managers?
Former PWA men are available in
every state. We have grouped them
according to their specialized expert
ence.
This supply of highly skilled tech
nicians is too valuable to waste. We
want to do everything we can to
get them located where thew will he
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22

all around the
United States for q group that
would care to sail to the East
Caicos, like a modern Swiss Fam
lily Robinson, and rehabilitate the
island, which has seen no habita-
ton in a quarter of a century.
Eighteen Americans, men and
women, answered the ad, lured,
too, by the offer Of cooperative
profits, and came to Miami to find
a proper vessel in which to sail
to the East Caicos. They could
find none. So they hung around
and occasionally dined at China
town Charles, which is run by
Irving Scherr.
OFF TO ROUGH 1T
IN A YACHT
One day recently Scheer was
thumbing his way back across the
Biscayne Bay Causeway with a
gentleman named Vincent Conley,
a yachtsman. When they reached
the other side of the bay, Scheer
invited Conley over to Chinatown
Charles for a drink, They chat
ted, and Scheer discussed the East
Caicos adventure.
Conley grew enormously inter-
ested. An hour later, he said that
he wanted to participate-rto the
extent Of supplying the boat for
the expedition. And he had a sea-
Spendthrift, a yacht well-known
worthy craft for the trip-the
up and down the Atlantic coast.
So the 10 adventures were
soon rounded up at Chinatown
Charles and the deal was closed,
with Conley in for a goodly share
of any ultimate profits at East
Caicos.
YOU MEET SUCH
INTERESTING PEOPLE
Since gambling is one Of Cuba's
pet indoor sports, I learned few
things about the gambling gentry
on my recent visit to Havana.
Gamblers are interesting peo-
pie just because they deal in
chance, and the staff at the Cas-
mo is no exception. The head floor
man, Che won't let us use his
name) used to work for Garfield,
the famed gambler and is one Of
the last survivors Of that spectac-
ular establishment.
For some reason, am informed,
most Of the baccarat dealers are
French, and far excel all others
at this game. Most of the dice men
are Americans. The head floor
man regrets that Faro bank is not
played much any more. He says
it's the gamblers game"
AS q guage Of how much money
passes over a gambling table the
Casino once, q few years ago, was
losing $l75,000 at 4 a. m. and yet
managed to end up two hours
later with a profit Of $l25,000 for
the night.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
REPUBLICAN CHAFF


All state delegations at the
Republican National Committee
meeting voted en- bloc during the
balloting for a convention city,
except South Carolina "Tie-
less ice" Tolbert of Ninety Six, s.
G., most colorful figure at the
meeting voted for Chicago while
his daughter, Julia Tolbert, a
national committeewoman, cast
her ballot for Philadelphia {.
Joe Pew, Pennsylvania oil mag
nate COP boss, was Boosting about
the advantages the Republican
convention will bring to Philadel-
phia >. "We'd a thousand times
rather play host to the Repub-
licans than the Democrats" he
said. Republican convention
delegates are better heeled on the
whole than the Democrats and
spend three times as much
money. Democratic delegates are
usually poor boys who have to
watch their pocketb0oks."
THIRD TERM
The recent Republican National
Committee meeting in Washington
gave no indication Of a swing
to any one COP presidential can
didate, but party chieftains have
made up their minds about the
man they will have to beat In
November.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
WATCH THE FURNACE
Boston Post)

Safety authorities at this season
have a word to the man Of the
house. with the cold weather the
number Of disasters caused by fires
in homes mounts steadily. In push
ing the heater to keep the house
comfortable 1t Is too often the case
that hot ashes are shaken down
frequently and are dumped care
lesly onto the cellar floor or dumped
into wooden boxes. This is q treach-
erous habit. Then, keeping the fur
mace going ct top speed causes
pipes to become overheated-and
tragedy is likely to follow. But, by
all means, be careful about the
disposition OF hot ashes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22

I'm for raising money for extra
ordinary needs with taxation, but
I am also for reduction Of expen-
ditures and gradual tapering off OF
governmental bureaucracy and ex-
travagance. Senator Warren r.
Austin (Rep., Vermont).
In the field Of human association,
the role Of government is to en-
courage, to cooperate and to CO.
ordinate private initiative and the
initiative of institutions seeking TO
broaden the base of human culture.
- Ellis o. Briggs. acting chief, State
Departments division Of American
Republics.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
DISGUISED CITIZEN
ANOTHER WRITER THINK s
WINCHELL SHOULD BE
GIVEN THE AIR.

Waterbury, Conn.
February 81, 1910.
Editor Of the Democrat:
I wish to add my voice with that
of others who wish to fire Winchell
In preference to someone else,
that he is always writing agitating
and controversial digs either about
Hitler, Mussolini or Stain which
are nothing more than tommyrot.
If he must presist on writing about
international politics he should first
learn the truth. Second, forget he Is
a Jew so that he may be able to
write In a unprecedented and undis-
eliminating manner of either Boake
Carter or Gen. Hugh s. johnson,
either Of whom I more prefer to
read.
Yours sincerely,
O. &.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 6:38 a. m; sets 5:34 p. m.
AL vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
The full moon phase occurs early tomor-
row morning. just few minutes before
o'clock IN the morning. Luna will be riding
high in the western skies. The signs are still
unfavorable. but with the weather warming.
1t should be rain not snow for the next few
days.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22

AAe 10 eAAc
saga in brief:
six months ago
John Ney Rey-
nolds, Jr, began
to wonder why
the East Caicos
Island, which
lies 635 miles
south Of Cuba,
and which he
inherited from
his ancestors,
was lying fall
low.
And Reynolds
had an idea.
He advertised
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
A Thought for Today

Rejoice, 70 nations with his people: for ne
win avenge the blood Of his servants, ana wln
render vengeance to his adversaries, and WIN be
merciful unto his land, and to his people
Deuteronomy S2:43.
God governs the world, and we have only to
do our duty wisely, and leave the issue to Him.
John Jay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22

II you want a copy Of the book.
let CORRECT ENGLISH" send
to The Waterbury Democrats
washington Bureau, 1913 Thir-
teenth. Street, Washing con, ID. c.
Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-22
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

Miami, FIe., Feb. 22-some rare
transactions are contaminated IN
cafes, and not the least adventur-
GUS Of deals was negotiated and
at an Oriental eatery called
Chinatown Charles recently.