davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24

There are some four million apple
trees in the Shenandoah Valley.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
Strenuous Days Ahead

Much has been written and said about
the Democrats being in secret dread OF
the campaign that is to decide the presi-
dency this fall. There may be a lot to
this, because the Democratic Party this
wear has to overcome the shortcomings
that are the natural accompaniment OF
any eight years of rule through SUCH
tempestuous times as we have had dur
ING the 3O's But we don't think, when
YOU get down to basic facts, that the out
look for the Democratic Party this year Is
any worse than that of the Republicans.
The COP candidate, Wendell Willkie,
expressed the hope, after he was NOM
mated, that the Democrats pit President
Franklin D. Roosevelt against him. He
wanted this, he is quoted as saying, SO
that he could beat the "big fellow, the
best the other side had to offer. That's
a typically Willkie remark, because ne
is a breezy sort of Individual, hail-fel-
low-well-met, and so on. But his enthu-
siasm for the fight isn't shared by those
who have been through it before.
They know what a powerful campaigner
President Roosevelt is once he is launched.
They know, too that he still eXertS ire
mendous influence among the common,
ordinary, everyday people who have
received benefits through the New Deal
in good measure. They are aware of the
fact that the Democratic Party, battered
as it is by 1910 splits over possible sue
cessors to the President, is still a potent
political organization, capable of going
into every state, into every community
and putting up a tremendous fight for
votes.
Democrats should be aware of this, too,
but above all Democrats should be aware
Of the fact that the responsibility they
entrusted to President Roosevelt and
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace
is one which must be shared by every loyal
party member. This is no time for dis
sembling; this is time for action. You
can't be a Democrat and not join in this
1910 fight for America first, last, and
always.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
State of Bridges

Motoring has made many demands on
the State of Connecticut, Situated as
we are between the worlds greatest
metropolis and one of the nations great
playlands, New England, Connecticut
bears the brunt of steady flow Of traf-
fic at all seasons of the year. 1t IS q
credit to our officials down through the
years that our system of highways has
kept pace with the times and satisfied,
in the main, the many motorists who use
the many fine roadwayS. 1t Is inevitable
that bridges play part IN all highway
routes.
There are many of them throughout
this state, fine examples OF modern con-
Struction and designed to accommodate
even greater flow of traffic than
crosses them at present. But others are
proving themselves inadequate TO- care
for present-day demands. And so it was
that a great bridge was flung across the
Connecticut River at Middletown few
wears ago. It is a splendid example OF
beauty and utility. Further north Hart
ford boasts the Buckley Memorial span,
which will be amplified in a few more
years by an additional structure.
A great bridge has been built across
the Housatonic to connect our parkway
system now just about ready to cross
the Fairfield County line into New Haven
County and then northeastward to-
wards Massachusetts, New London
hears that preliminary plans have been
disposed of for it's new bridge across the
Thames. And so it goes whichever direc-
ton you may drive in. There are big
rivers and little ones throughout this
relatively small state. But each and
everyone of them is now spanned in
such manner as would command the
admiration of our forefathers who per-
haps were ferried across these streams or
at some places forded them in horse and
buggy.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
Sharing the Burden

Whether the National Guard is mobil-
lied for long term of thorough training
or not, it is certain that ordinary train
ing periods will be heightened, and that
in one way or another more and more
men are going to be called from normal
civilian life to longer periods of military
training. This means that the problem
of meeting the dislocations in industrial
and personal life will have to be con-
sidered as carefully as the military prob
lem itself.
Already it is being proposed that mar
ried men in the lower ranks be permitted
ito resign form the Guard if it should
launch into an 18-month training period.
1t is felt that special hardships might be
caused in family life if men on the lowest
scale of military pay were to leave their
families for so long time. But the
problem goes deeper than that Should
full year, or an 18-month training period
be decided upon, the problem of return to
civilian life would be almost as great as
that created by war. In Europe, where
every young man spends couple OF years
in the army as a matter of course, the
training period usually comes before he
has established himself in civil life, and
the diSlocation is therefore less. But here
we propose to train the National Guard,
most of whose members are older and
already have found a place in industry or
business.
Surely such man wants to feel that
in giving up year or more of his life vol
unfairly to his countrys service, he does
not also forfeit his prospects in his chosen
trade or profession. Yet while such men
are gone, industry must carry on. The
vacant place must be filled, even i'm tenn
porarily. Most of the plans hitherto de-
vised were based on training period not
longer than 60 days. That is longer than
most Guard units trained in the past. But
it seems clear that so short period OF
training is no longer adequate.
Now many employers are working on
the problem of granting leaves OF absence
for all employees called up for military
service Some are trying to arrange at
least two weeks with full pay some as
much as 60 days. Many are trying TO
plan so as to assure the soldier his job
when he returns. The situation OF en-
blowers is too diverse, conditions are too
various, to lay down any very general
rule. But we face what will soon be
act, not theory, and 1t Is not too soon
Or every person involved to begin plan
alng means of sharing as equally as pos
slble the burdens that will come with In
creased military training.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

The resignation of O. Glenn Saxon as
State Finance Commissioner, has finally
been offered and accepted. It was not
surprise for the state has known for some
months past that he would have to re-
turn to his job at Yale University when
his leave of absence there had expired.
The university officials decided they
needed Commissioner Saxon more than
the state did, so back he goes to school in
the fall This will also affect his partici-
patton in the Republican national cam
paign this fall, although he may be able
to spend the rest of the summer at such
tasks as he is familiar with and accom-
plished in for the national committee.
He proved in his state post able and
Woodworking.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
A Million Votes

The Wagner Labor Relations Act has
been on the books for five years. On the
fifth anniversary the board added up all
the votes cast in industrial elections dur
ing those five years. They totaled ,153,-
819. Now, since there are today about
46,OOO,0OO gainfully employed people in
the country, this means that roughly
one worker in 40 has voted in industrial
elections for collective bargaining repre-
sentation. The vast scope of this law is
at once apparent.
Perhaps, too, this helps explain why
both major parties wish to keep the law
on the books. Despite demands for modi-
fication of the law and of personnel and
procedure under it, the main objective
of the law, which is to introduce orderly
and democratic procedure into field that
all too often falls into conflict and con-
fusion, is still valid one and will con-
tinue to be.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

by citizens who turned over the evi-
dence to the F. B. l."
Disclosure by the G-men last
week that II alleged Benedict Ar
nolds had plotted to overthrow the
government appeared to take the
public by surprise. But not this
newsboy (take bow WinchelD who
exactly one year ago put the adj
vance information on the desks Of
every U. s. Senator and Congress-
man.
It is all in a little inexpensive
book Secret Armies" Some editor
ial writer's sneered at the achieve
ment of the G-men. But If these
Rip Van Wrinkles who call them
selves editorial writers would read
Secret Armies" they would dis
cover how badly they have been
scooped."
Some newsboy, Winchell; hangs
men without a trial. With Cipriano
and Winchell around, why all the
lawyers, judges and courts, what o
waste of time and money.
The Catholic Review" official
organ of the archdiocese Of Balti-
more and Washington prints this
editorial, entitled Walter Winchelis
Way"
when young men were arrested
last January in Brooklyn on the
charge Of conspiracy against the
government THE Review" was
urged to denounce some of them.
"The Review refused. It follows
the policy Of believing men innocent
until proof Of their guilt Is given"
1.-THE Review suspected the case
had been greatly exaggerated, that
much Of the stir about It had been
due to the extraordinary activities
OF Walter Winchell, the colunlnist,
who had exultantly proclaimed his
part In the initiation Of the investi-
CATION OF the alleged conspiracy
against the government.
Mr.. Winchell branded those ar
rested as alleged Benedict Arnolds.
He joyfully and optimistically in-
dicated that he expected the nefar-
ious "conspirators" 70 be brought 70
SThe adjective alleged" tackled
/ on 10 Benedict Arnold safeguard
"a Wincheli from Islander suits.
ut Is too much 70 say that Il the
| trial Of the alleged ccnspirators had
! been held IN Baltimore and y NJ.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
Selected Poem
SUNSET PARADE

Sunset Parades at Marine Corps. reservation,
Quantico Va.
(By Mary L. Shook in the Boston Post)
Marching up the street in their clothes so net
Hear the tramp tramp, tramping OF their Footsteps
fleet
In their white blue whites on these summer nights
See them swinging staunchly to their right left
rights
To the bugler's blare in the evening air
They go tramp, tramp, tramping round the BARRACKS
Square
As the first star bright shines white blue whites
They must cease all marching til another night
To the flag each man raises up his hand
Pledging Semper Fidelis as they all disband
So Good might, Goodnight In your white blue
whites
Nav YOU favor us tomorrow with this sight Of sights
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

Out of the Democratic National Con-
vention in Chicago may come a final set
Element of the federal judgeship question
in this state. Matthew A. Mcguire, Assist
ant Attorney General, made special trip
to the convention to get some of the state
party leaders together to discuss the sub
ject with them. 1t is known that he
consulted with both Senator Francis T..
Maloney and Homer Cummings and there
may have been more in on the confabs
Right now it's doubtful if anyone really
knows what the status of the various
prominent and able men, mentioned for
the judgeship, exactly is. If anyone
does know he or she is certainly keep
ing mum on the matter. But the state
wants the matter settled for once and
for all. It's almost at the point now
where you can joke about it and when
a federal judgeship becomes joking
matter, well, there isn't any dignity to
the office, which it certainly ought to
command.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
In Today's Mail

Winchell had written In Baltimore
the things he wrote in New York,
he would have found that judges In
Baltimore have their own convic-
tons as to what constitutes con-
tempt Of court Any Of the $50 900
citizens Of Baltimore above the age
of is years can give Mr.. Winchell
some information on that point.
"The Review decided not to pub
lish anything about the trial Of the
conspirators until after the jury had
returned its verdict. It determined
many weeks ago that at the end Of
the trial 1t would ask Mr.. Patrick
r. Scatllon, one Of the most bril-
liant journalists of the country and
managing editor Of the nationally
known, Brooklyn Tablet, to write
his observations on the trial. Mr..
Scanlon has followed the trial
closely from the beginning.
Thus it was that on Tuesday we
Of the Review telephoned to Mr..
Scanlon asking him to write his
observations. He was asked to say
what he thought.
"Mr. Scanlon made the generous
suggestion that he send to the Re-
view all he would write for the
Brooklyn Tablet this week In re-
spect to the trial. The Review
could then use what II wished. Thus
it Is that The Review publishes
simultaneously with the Tablet ar
ticles which appear In this issue.
sTo return to Mr.. Winchell, we
sadly concede that we do not believe
In all the history Of American
Journalism has anyone written such
an attack as Mr.. Winchell made on
one Of the conspirators. Mr.. Ernecke,
after Mr.. Ernecke was dead-a sui-
eide.
sMr. Ernecke Yves dead. we repeat.
when Mr.. Winchell attacked his
memory. Dead men tell nc. tales.
I'VE quote from Mr.. Winchell's
remarks on the dead Ernecke IN
the n. Y. Daily Mirror OF April ID:
'.Ernecke. the accused government
conslprator who hanged himself, dio
It (they say), because he feared the
cross examination more than any
thing else. A murderer at heart. ne
killed the right guy.
"Only God and oneself knows
what & IN ones heart. Nobody else
CONTINUED o. Page %
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

Roosevelt leaders have kept him
informed of what was being said
and rumored in the hotel Hobbies.
It's not an exaggeration to say
that the President, thousand
miles from the convention, prob
ably knows more about 1t than
those here on the ground.
And some of the politicos are
in for shock when they learn
that certain cracks they thought
they were making In private are
tucked away in Roosevelt's reten-
tive memory Whatever else the
third-term organization may have
lacked, 1t was good on intel
ligence". Every delegation and
headquarters was covered" by q
friendly contact who kept Hop
kins and his neutenants advised Of
inside developments.
STAGNANT CONVENTION
It was a good thing that they
were, too. For with time drag
ging on their hands, delegates
seized every rumor and promptly
spilled it to the press.
If Administration leaders could
have had their way, they would
have condensed the convention
into three days and wound 1t up
by Wednesday. They even dis
cussed doing this, but when 1t got
To Jim Farley he promptly put
down his foot. Bent on forcing
q roll-call in order to have him.
self placed in nomination, Jim
warned that he would fight any
attempt to short-circuit the con-
vention.
The ADMINISTRATORS couldn't
risk an open row, so they had to
absorb the opp0sition's brick
bats and make the best Of 1t. But
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

1t burned them up, and there
are q lot of private scores to be
settled later.
NOTE-One Roosevelt leader,
urging Farley to forget his griev-
ances and remain as National
Chairman, said: Jim, If you quit,
the public will forget al labout you
in six months"
That's olxay with me-" shot back
Farley. "When i quit rs chairman,
want TO be forgotten" In addi-
ton to heading the Yankee ball
club, Farley also will take an ex-
ecutive position with nationally
known advertising firm.
KEPT POKER FACE
There was only one other per-
son present when the President
heard the first speech made at
the convention nominating him for
q third term.
The visitor was Mrs. Hattie Car
away, Arkansas witty, motherly U.
s. Senator, who entered his White
House office for a conference just
as Mayor Ed Kelly was starting
his address Of welcome. In this,
Kelly declared that he knew Roose-
welt did not want to run, but that
he should be drafted anyway.
The President was getting the
speech from a small portable radio
on his desk. AS Mrs. Caraway en-
tered he greeted her with a smile,
motioned to q chair and toned
down the radio.
From then on he listened In
grave silence. When Kelly de-
clared that Roosevelt had to be
drafted to 'save the heart of hu-
manity," the Presidents face be-
came solemn. Then as Kelly con-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
WHAT! NO APOLOGIES FROM
WINCHELL FANS ON HIS
CHRISTIAN FRONT FLOP"
July IA, 1910
Al Irion Street
Waterbury. Conn,

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
Christian Frontiers Found Not
Guilty"
In vain I have been waiting for
some form of an apology to appear
in the press, from the "Ace Re-
porter" none other than Walter
peep Hole) Winchell, and of course
from some our our local PhariSee
Sam Ono nothing) Cipriano that
other (bright starr that signs his
letters, ut Pays to Be Right" Last
but not least, some of the local
Protestant clergy, who also believed
in hanging the II Christian Front
ers, before they were tried before a
jury.
Cipriano wrote in his letter de-
tending Walter Winchell (Feb. q,
1940). quote: II know Winchell
checks and double-checks an item
before he types it. Had he not the
facts to ridicule the Front" I am
sure he would not have written
what he did"
Well, Winchell fans it seems
someone slipped up on the facts.
The F. B. I. was left holding the
bag, thanks to the wild goose chase
Winchell led them on.
At the time of the arrest Of the
II Christian Frontiers" here Is what
Winchell had to say about them IN
his column appearing In the N. Y.
Daily Mirror (Jan. az. John Cas-
sidy pinched with l6 other alleged
Benedict Arnolds, led those w. M.
G. A. picket mobs for months. That
Cassidy guy now In the federal lock-
up (for alleged plotting against the
government Is q member Of the
Brooklyn Behind the Q Ball Club"
and howl
"That Frontier tagged Bishop. cam
paigned for membership IN the ". X.
police department 70 Join the Silver
shirts year ago. and one o. his
letters Is now IN J. Y. Hccver's files.
The column fWinchel Of ecurse)
tipped the mayor at the tlmeI
srhe preliminary sleuthlng on the
UNI Christian Frontiers was paid Tor
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19

VOW4A aA4A GAVAACA
held court in hotel rooms or circu-
lated about seeing this person and
that person.
Ostensibly, most Of them weren't
here on politics at all; like the lady
In the department store, they were
Just looking. But If the third term
drive wasn't boosted along by this
host, a lot of people here misjudged
things entirely.
Five members Of the cabinet
were on hand - Secretary Of In
terror Ickes, Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wallace, Secretary of Labor
Perkins, Attorney General Jackson
and-last but never least-Secretary
of Commerce Hopkins.
The just below cabinet = rank
group included Solicitor General
Francis Biddle, Assistant Attorney
General Matt Mcguire, and Under
secretaries Of Interior Chapman and
Wirtz-the latter a delegate from
Texas.
Other New Deal administrators
present were Lowell Mellett, Of the
Presidents office; Charles West, Of
the processing tax board of review;
Leon Henderson. of the Securities
and Exchange Commission; Victor
Sholis and Fred Polangin, Of the
Commerce Department information
service, and James Allen, head Of
Justice Departments information
section.
rry,0nr mn DENxAVn
PARTY A SUCCESS
Appearance at the convention Of
this group was visible symbol that
the Presidents long struggle to re-
mold the Democratic party into an
organization dominated by persons
sympathetic to his social and eco
nomic policies has met with pretty
complete success.
Yet in this success there remains
what was there from the start-a
singular mixture of devoted "politi-
cal amateurs" like jackson and Hop
kinS, and the supposedly more
practical machine leaders like May
ors Kelly and Hague, Ed Flynn Of
New York and Senator Joe Guffey
of Pennsylvania.
Leavening the mixture, sometimes
serving as a binder to keep the two
parts together, are such men as
Senator Wagner of New York, Sem
ator Byrnes of South Carolina, SEN
ator Hill Of Alabama, Congressman
Sam Rayburn OF Texas, and Senator
Pepper of Florida.
PURGE FLOPPED, BUT
ENDS HAVE BEEN GAINED
Through most Of the Roosevelt
administration, the party was COM
posed of essentially inharmonious
factions kept In harness largely by
the fact that all hands knew sue.
cess rested on Roosevelt's vote-get-
ting capacity. They kept drifting
further apart, as the party got
more firmly entrenched In of1ce;
the famous and unsuccessful
purge" in the 1888 campaign was
a more or less inevitable result.
But the point now is that al
though the purge was flop, the end
which FDR was after when he start
ed 1t has now been practically
gained.
Most of the men at whom the
purge was directed remain in pub.
| lie life, and are active-such mer
as Senators Tydings, George, Gil.
| lette and Smith. Some, like Gil.
lette and Smith. Some, like Gil.
llette, have more or less made peace
with the administration; others are
bitter. But in either case, the con.
troll of the party has passed solidly
In the direction the President
wished when he started the at
tempt to purge them.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-07-19
Questions
andAnswers


Enclose = three-cent stamp tor
reply when addressing any guess
ton Of fact or Information TO- the
waterbury Democrats Service Bu-
reau at washington. Legal and
medical advice cannot Be given.
nor can extended research be un-
taken. Be sure an mail b ad-
dressed to The WATERBURY,
DEMOCRATS SERVICE BIZ.
REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
washington, D. G.
@. How many Presidents Of the
United States have been impeachedP
A. Andrew johnson was the only
one. He was impeached for usurpa-
ton Of the law, corrupt use OF the
veto power, inference at elections
and other high crimes and nisde-
meanors. He was tried, by the us.
Senate, sitting as Court OF I'M
parchment, March 30, to May rs,
1858 and was acquitted, the vote
being guilty IS, not guilty 10. Two
thirds vote is required to convict.
o. If a person qualities for old
age monthly retirement benefits
under the Social Security Act, and
then moves to Mexico, can he con-
tinue to draw his benefits?
A. He will be paid his monthly
benefits regardless Of where he Is
living.
O., How many languages are
spoken in the world?
A, The French Academy has
computed 2,796 languages, but II
dialects are included, the number Is
6,760.
@. What proof is there OF the
statement I have heard that "mem-
bers of State Legislatures have GER
tainly earned their pay during the
last ten years?"
A. Since 1880 there have been 252
special sessions Of State Legislatures
in addition to the regular legisla-
tive sessions held every other year
In most States.