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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
BIsHoP-ELECT o'BRIEN
tHartford Courant)

The designation Of the Reverend
Henry j. O'Brien to be auxiliary
Bishop of Hartford recognizes a
gifted scholar and an experienced
administrator. AS president of st.
Thomas Seminary, Bishop-elect
OBrien carried on a tradition of
vigorous scholarship that has had
notable results. With his consecra-
ton, there will be six living bishops
who have been intimately connected
with the Seminary as students,
members of the faculty or both: In
addition to himself, they are Bishop
McAuliffe, Bishop Brady of Bur-
lington, Bishop Keough of Provi-
dence, Bishop Mccarthy Of Port
land and Bishop Murray of st.
Paul. The diocese of Hartford has
reason for pride, both, in the desig-
nation of another native son to the
epiScopacy and in the further recog-
milton that the selection gives of
the Seminary's high reputation.
AS auxiliary Bishop, Father
O'Brien will be able to relieve
Bishop McAuliffe Of some Of the
multitude of tasks that the head of
large and active diocese like that
of Hartford is called on to perform.
He is young and vigorous, exper-
fenced and learned. His absorption
in his work at the Seminary has
prevented his being known except
by reputation to many of the laity,
but that defect-if 1t is a defect
viii be remedied when he takes up
his duties as. auxiliary to Bishop
MacAuliffe.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Balancing Budget Cuts

Benjamin Franklin said, "a penny
saved is penny earned" the idea being
that any little cost you could trim down,
no matter how trifling, was cash in the
old sock. What the colonial sage forgot
to mention was that you've got to be care
full about the big items, too, if you want
the thrift to stick. It's thrifty to save
nickel on street car fare, but what good
is 1t if you decide to take taxicab in
stead?
That's what Congress is up against
now Practically all of the economies
made in the 1910 budget by perspiring
House appear doomed to destruction in
the Senate. Professional cynics, who
yawned few weeks ago when everybody
in Washington was making fervent
pledges to Cut Down to the Bone, are
now mpttering, 81 told you So" It's all
due to a simple mathematical formula
that sometimes seems so complicated:
II you add as much as you subtract, you
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Advance Warning

When war began in Europe and cen
sors clamped down on the free flow of
news to the United States, some news
papers in this country began carrying
daily note, warning readers that news
from foreign countries was subject to
censorship. People know, even when they
read these stories, that they cannot
always be accepted as fact but must be
accepted as the representation of the gov
eminent from which they originate.
With the election campaigns on hand,
voters are given no such protection from
the multitude of circulars and from the
rumors, printed and imprinted, that
make the rounds during campaigns. It
might be well to inquire thoroughly into
any campaign literature you receive be-
fore accepting it's contents as gospel
truth
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

Connecticut communities will buzz for
many night as townspeople discuss with
fervor and intelligence the recent claim
of the State Public Welfare Council that
the "Connecticut Yankee" is a dead bird,
dodo, anyone Of the extinct creatures of
which we read today. We know that
such a claim won't 60 unchallenged.
From every hamlet and village will come
the cry of the Connecticut Yankee, born
and bred of this handbook soil Of ours.
His will be demand for retraction. Any
one who scours the towns knows that the
native Yankee, he of dry wit, discern
ment, and an innate talent for engaging
in bit of barter, is not dead. He may
seem to be dormant, but actually he is
still as much alive as ever. True the
influx of various racial groups into this
state of recent years has changed the
native-born stock But the Yankee is
still with us and will be for many years
to come, we hope.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
HlGHllGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Pioneer Woman Fights
Frontier in "The Trees"

Pioneer Woman Fights
Frontier in "The Trees
In the early years of America,
when the gerat Northwest Terri
tory was a land of forests. there
were families who dared to in
wade this untraveled land, to
battle for existence against saw
ages, wild animals and solitude.
Conrad Richter tells of such a fam
lily in his novel, 1.-THE Trees"
(Knopf: $2.50).
A land without game. is no
place for a hunter; so when Penn
sylvania because too civilized,
Worth Luckett moved his family
into the Ohio land, into the for
ests. The Lucketts followed the
sea-" Worth broke the trail, fol-
lowed by Sayward, his eldest
daughter, Genny, Achsa, the boy
Wyitt, Sulie, the little one, all
bearing some part of the family's
worldly possessions. Only Worth's
wife, Jary, Travelled light, for she
was ailin'.
While Richter's story is that OF
the Luckett family. his heroine
is the strong, fearless Sayward,
her father could not face, brought
up the younger ones. Sayward
stands out, a magnificent pioneer
woman, typical of the unsung
heroines who helped their men
push the frontier westward.
There are bright spots in "The
Trees" but they are as few as
the patches of sunlight in the
forest. The beauty of the novel
is in its shadows, never black,
always giving the promise Of sun
shine to come when the trees are
cleared.
Richter has made no attempt to
write history, but he has achieved
an outstanding picture of frontier
life. When Jary dies the family
faces death alone. Later, when the
forest swallows Sulie, there are
neighbors, other forest families, who
have followed the Lucketts, to share
the tragedy.
The fathers hunting instinct
and the mothers love Of an estab-
lished home battle in their children.
In Achsa and Wyitt the hunter pre-
dominates. Only Sayward conquers
the trees to clear farm and to
find her happines sin a home.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Views of The Press

recoup the funds invested / in its
inspection service and to do so at
no greater cost to the individual
motorists cents for each inspec-
tion-than that proposed under the
Rapp bill. During the first manda-
tory appearance of cars at the in
spection lines across the Hudson an
astonishing number of defects in
brakes, lights and other factors
closely associated with safety were
disclosed, in new cars as well as old
ones. These defects were easily adj
justed in the newer vehicles; but a
large number of cars of ancient
vintage, in such condition as un-
doubleday to constitute a hazard on
the roads, were permanently with
drawn from circulation.
Studies in New York and other
States indicate that only small
proportion Of cars involved in ac-
cidents can be proved definitely to
have had mechanical defects. New
ertheless, it. Is worth while to bring
to light any defects which may be
potential dangers. An expenditure
of cents twice year for this pur-
pose If the inspection is well adj
ministered, by whichever method
should be welcomed rather than
opposed by the motoring public.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

The greatest show on earth is head
ing north. Yes, sir, the big circus has
started for New York City where it will
play under the roof of Madison Square
Garden before venturing under canvas.
It's sure sign of spring when the cir
Gus heads north from it's winter quarters
Once upon time this hegira began at
Bridgeport Today Sarasota houses the
Ringing Brothers, Barnum and Bailey
show during the winter months. Hold
your horses, here comes the elephants!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

WelleS had sailed for home,
Germany had answered KOOSe-
velt's peace move by cementing
the Rome Berlin Axis as never
before, by dividing up the
Balkans, and BY extending the
Axis so as to include Russia and
Outer Mongolia.
LABOR ACT
A meeting of the House Labor
Committee was considering the
Smith amendments to the Ma
tional Labor Relations (Wagnerl
Act. Drawled Arkansas rookie
Congressman Norrell:
'If the Consultation can be
amended, why not the Wagner
Act? If the Lord was ON earth
today, He might even change
some Of the Ten Command
ments."
Shot back Maryland's rookie
Congressman D'Alesandro: eyes,
and one commandment he would
add would be the National Labor
Relations Act. I'm against amend
ing it," -
Norrell comes from farm dis
trict, D'Alesandro from a Balti-
more labor district.
Merry Go Round Moral - Re-
CARELESS of European relationships
thu .f kr,& Z
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

Weasels and weasands got headlines in
news and radio during the last few days.
On one of the popular radio quiz pro-
grams, the one with the musical twist,
a young lady identified weasel as little
man much to the amusement of the
crowd and the amazement of the profess
sor. And then the next day the New
York Herald-Tribune reported $4,000
weasands seized by the British in their
sea blockade No one seemed to know
what weasand was and dictionaries
showed it to be a windpipe which didn't
help out But the censors finally re-
Tented and told it all. These weasands
were bullocks' windpipes to be used as
sausage casing in Germany
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
COMPULSORY CAR INSPECTION
(New York Times)

The 4-to-1 vote In the Assembly
in favor Of the Rapp bill establish
ing periodic compulsory inspection
for the 2,600,Q00 automobiles OF the
State reflects a very general belief
among motor vehicle administrators
and safety workers that such in
spection is q worthwhile step.
There is less agreement, however,
on the particular form of exam
nation which the bill would estab-
lish. The plan proposed Is the one
now in force In sachusetts and
Pennsylvania. 1t consists Of having
the. work Of inspection done at pri-
vate garages licensed by the State.
rather than at State and
operated inspection lines, as is the
practice in New Jersey. The, latter
plan Is more efficient and better
protected against the risks Of care
lessness and bribery: but, on the
surface at least, IS more expensive.
It IS interesting TO rpte; however,
that New Jersey has been able 70
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
MERRY-GO-ROUND

Senator Pat Harrison, Admins
tration floor leader in the trade
treaty battle, passed up no bets in
organizing his forces for the fight.
The WHY Mississippian arranged
for speakers to answer every ar
gument that the opposition might
ADVANCE. Chief among his oral
battery. are Clark of Missouri,
George of Georgia, Connally of
Texas, Brown of Michigan, with
astute Jimmy Byrnes of South
Carolina working behind the scenes
Lining up votes The Civil
Liberties Division of the Justice
Department is quietly investigating
the murder Of Mrs. Laura Law,
wife of CLIO organizer, in Aber-
deem, Wash. Charges have been
made that secret terroristic forces
are operating in the area and
that Mrs. Law was killed by these
elements =. Rep. Lindsay Warren
is the object of much envy by
mis- colleagues. The North Caro-
linian has just been renominated
ttantansount to election) for his
ninth term without opposition
House Democratic Floor Leader
Sam Rayburn is hanging up a
new record this session. He will
have major appropriation bills
through the chamber by April IS.
Copyright, 1910, by United
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

/. What Is the origin Of the name
Jutland?
2. What disease is called the
white plague?
4 8. Name the only man born west
Of the Mississippi River who became
President of the United States.
4. Name the President Of the new
ly established National Council OF
the Polish Government-in-Ex
S. Where is the University Of Mi
chigan?
8. Is linseed oil used in making
linoleum?
Z. What is the name Of the dish
made of bread or oatcake, soaked
in pot-liquor or hot milk?
8. What is the word in ice hockey
that describes a successful blockade
by the goal tender Of an attempted
score?
8. Does the yolk or white of an
egg have the most food value?
10. Who wrote the oratorio Mes
siah?"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Selected Poem
sUGARING OFF.

Leslie Nelson Jennings in the New York Sum
Now through the snowy woods appear
Signs that bespeak the turning year
The drip drip, drip heard everywhere,
The steaming kettles and the air
OF eagerness and hustle when
Days begin getting long again.
I wonder if Manhattanites
Think much about these sacred rites,
Or have sufficient reverence for
This golden benefice they pour?
1t needs no Shelley or no Keats
To order up a stack of wheats,
Or give a waffle, criSply made,
Its indispensable accolade.
Yet the appointed hour has come
To honor Acer saccharum,
Whose KIND compliant bole, when tapped,
That lordly tree, divinely sapped,
Offers nectar fit to grace
Olympus, or most any place.
Which is to say, it's good to know
That sap has started in to flow
Up in Vermont, and things are prime
At last for maple sugar time!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Current Comment

Hitler's promises and pretexts
hang in tatters about him and the
damnable doctrine of brute force,
which is very gospel with Hitler for
its prophet. stands there naked and
unashamed.
Sir Ronald Hugh Campbell, Brit
ish ambassador to France,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
LEISERSON SAYS
WITT BUNGLED

Leiserson has been demanding adj
ministrative reforms since he went
on the board last June. Key spot
is the office of the board secretary
Nathan Witt. AS the setup Is, Witt
is not merely the boards secretary
but its chief administrator in deal
ing with the all-important work Of
the field Offices.
Leiserson maintains that this
part of the job has been bungled
and that much of the boards diff
ficulty is due to that fact. He
feels that the Wagner act would
be accepted by labor and employer
alike without much demur if il
had couple of years of capable
administration. He has sought
Wits removal, without success;
he has likewise been unable to get
a new Setup, under which an en-
tirely separate Office would do the
administrative work.
BOARDS DEFENSE
OF SAPOSS WEAK
If that argument illustrates the
disagreement on administration, the
, row over the research division shows
the disagreement over procedure.
Leiserson holds that the boards
primary job is to get facts. To
him this doesn't mean simply
holding hearings-in which, as he
puts it, you have a lawyer on
each side, and whatever gets by
the two of them is the truth; it
calls for extended, intricate re-
searches into economic back
grounds, trade practices and the
like, which can be done only by
specialists.
Both the Smith committee and
the appropriations committee
made the research division a spe-
cial target, and the board major
ity failed to put up much of a de-
Tense. When Saposs, head OF the
research division, was before the
Smith committee, the board
counsel did not bring out his case
through direct examination; in
stead SapoSS was left to make his
defense under cross-examination.
ECONOMIST FAR
FROM COMMUNISM
The whole case of the research
division, by the way, is a tragi-
comedy.
SapoSs is popularity supposed to
be the boards chief radical.
AS a matter of fact, however
Saposs is about as much a Com
munist as Martin Dies. On the
contrary, he. is in very bad with
an important section of the board s
staff precisely because he has
been fighting the Communists
tooth and nail.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

m e m p e s. y.
Warren Mad
den and Edwin
8. Smith, study
these two re-
cent d evelop-
nlents
/. The argu-
ment over the
boards own re-
port on admin
is trative re-
forms, in which
the handling Of
relations be-
tween the home
Office and the
field staff i
criticized
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
THE FIRST ROBIN
New York SUM

There is always suspicion about
the first robin. Is he really the first
real spring robin, or Is he holdover
from last summer? Has he just ar
rived from the South, or has he
just come out Of hiding place
hereabouts where he elected to
spend the wiAter instead Of going
to a warmer cline?
When the first robin is mentioned
the bird sharps look skeptical; they
like to pretend that they know all
about Il. They are as likely as not
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Daily Almanac
'on rises 1855 p. m.

Moon rises 1855 p. m.
Sun rises 5:42 a. M; sets 6:13 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Prospects for spring freshets are nov bet
ter than ever. Brooks should rise above their
banks and ponds overflow In the next month.
Water supplies win be replenished. The
spring SHOWS are hfe-saver in many re-
spects.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
Washington Merry Go-Round

DREW PEAR y y N
ROBERT s. ALLEN

49,
Sumner We made secret Of that he deeply The
Muol Immediately after his arrival in Italy Duce
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If you want a copy Of the book
let VEGETABLE GARDENS to
The Waterbury Democrats WASH
ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. C. Enclose
10 cents in postage.
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Questions
and Answers


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2. The action Of the house ap-
preparations committee in knock
ing out funds for the boards re-
search division, headed by David
SaposS.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last page
for the answers. u,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat washington
d, Correspondent

washington, March 2o.-n you
want to know why the labor board
is split by a conflict Of wills between
William N. Leiserson and his CO.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

@. When was j. P. Morgan g.
Company founded?
A. In 1861.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
THE EDITOR.

@. Were there more employees IN
the Federal Executive Civil Service
last year than there were during
the World WARP
A. On June 80, 1899, the number
Of employees reached a new all time
high Of 92O, 80 persons. The former
record was 917,76O employees in 1918.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
A Thought for Today

Ye shall not therefore Cypress one another;
but thou shalt fear thy God; for am the Lord
your GOd-Leviticus 25:17.
Oppression Is but another name for irrespon-
sible power.-William Pinckney.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, my sister, is dark
cOmplected;" say, conn
plexi0ned."

Q. Can old-age retirement bene-
fits under the Social Security act
be garnisheed or levied against in
any way by creditors Of the recip-
lent?
A. No; the Social Security ACT
specifically states that none of the
moneys paid or payable, or rights
existing under the act, shall be sub.
ject to execution, levy, attachment
garnishment, or other legal process,
or to the operation of any bank
ruptcy or insolvency law.
@. How old are Clark Gable and
Carole Lombard?
A. Gable, So; Lombard, 80.
@. What is a doodlebug?
A. Any unscientific device, with
which it is claimed that minerals,
including petroleum and water, may
be located.
/. @. What is Lady day?
A. Bank day or Lady day, is one
of the quarter days in England and
Ireland on which rent is payable.
It falls on March Is each year. In
the Roman Catholic church 1t is a
great festival under the title of the
Feast Of the Annunciation. In the
Church of England it is observed
as a feast. In France the day IL
termed Notre Dame de Mars.
@. When was j. p. Morgan &
Company founded?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

Q. What is the average life Of
steel railroad rail?
A. Fifteen years, though some
are in service longer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

@. Name the songs Marian An
derson and Lawrence Tibbett sang
in the White House for the King
and Queen Of England.
A. Miss Anderson sang save
Marie" my Souls Been Anchored
in the Lord" and 'Tramping.' Mr..
Tibbett sang '@The Pilgrim Song
Sylvia" and 'If Love Hath En-
tered Thy Heart"
@. Who is Little Audrey" feat
ured with Kay Kyser's orchestra?
A. Harry Babbitt.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

Q. What Is an automatic fireI
arm?
A. Automatic properly implies
continuous action in machine gun,
which continues firing so long as
the trigger is depressed, but it has
not that meaning when applied tc
automatic pistols, which are really
semi-automatic in action, and re-
quire separate pull Of the trigger
to fire each shot.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-03-29

Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-06-21

produce Grade A milk in the noer
Future. Several OF these Will be
lroadv to start product ion ~ July
list. One dairy has lrocdy passed
Grrdo + inspection.
lSomo farmers fosrod that there might
rot DC IN outlet for tho ir mill,
but it YES pointed out that Grade A
milk would have many outlo is now
Ic1osod to the valley end wi tn the
looming Of The knchorc 20 Air Base
Ethoro should be q rood outlet for
tnill-.
IThosc who attended, folt thct the
lnoo ting wcs very Beneficial and It
lis hoped that these MY % hold
IcUito rogulcrly in the future.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-06-21
NOTICE

The Civic Centor Clu? Will have
special NEE ting on Friday Juno 28th.
at the NcVickar home, This is an
important mootinG end it is hoped
that all members will 30 ablo to
attend.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-06-21

NVFcA PURCHASES EAST SIDE DAIRY
(GOETIUUED)
boon noodod. In addition VIC Will
BE able to sell tut tormill1 in
Anchorage.
Tt loo%s as if this might develop
into 6 GOOD dairv region wi til
number Of farmers trying to meet
Grade 4 requirements for dairios.
The kir Base nov under construc tt On
- Anchorage Will furnish @ good
market for some tine.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-06-21

HoTIcE: ALL IERS0lfe I1-?27TSnGD IN
FI6HTEG FOR ShLl'GE ~ i'l'I1- TITS Y7AR
ALL persons who pish to fish for
salmon at Tnii t9is year should
plan to 20 to mi Monday, June "a,
Ito help in the cons truct1on Of a.
bout two hun1rod yards Of road that
will enable tho Fisherman to drive
quite close to the beach wh4ro the
Fishing is to c done. So much mud
has washed in at tho docks at Knik
that it will be impossible to take
IL boat from there s YVES done in the
past.
F:or,,ors should orine picks, shovels,
land axos, and should leave their
names ct the news office not later
than Saturday, June e..
This yoar there Will DO locat ION
for much nettor camp and q lot
LOT labor in handling fish Will be
lsavod.