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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
In Today's Mail

of goods to support the 95 million non-producers.
 It should be clear to all of us by this time that the government no more than an individual can spend its way out of depression into prosperity. That Is what we have been trying to do for several years past, and 1t has not worked. We canno ap- proach a stable condition and return to prosperous conditions until we bring government expenses within its income, and this happy event de- pends, as we have pointed out, not on mechanical devices but on the will of the people through their representatives in government to Tighten the burden of debt and taxes which is now expressing our productive ability.
 How can we ease the debt and tax burden, bring back prosperity and progress, and carry on to higher standard of living? In the first place, we should realize that:
 1. The shorter the work week and the smaller the production, the greater will be the proportion of the pay envelope which the government will take by direct and indirect tax ation.
 3. If we continue to oppress busi- ness and industry with increasing taxation and particularly with un- necessary regulation and persecu- tion, we are certain to continue to discourage invention and initiative in business. and the normal growth of old industries and the birth of new ones.
 3. It follows that a smaller num- Der of people will be employed and there will be constantly heavier burden on those who may still be gainfully employed.
 In order to reverse this vicious cycle and bring us back again on the road to progress and prosperity. we should:
 1. Eliminate every unnecessary governmental expense, including the reduction of the enormous number of governmental bureaus, depart ments and commissions which have grown up in the past few years.
 2. Remove the unnecessary iini-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
ASTOUNDING NAZI REGENERATION

down to less than 35 million. These S5 million are supporting the other 95 million, in addition to them selves. So much for the facts re- garding those who bear the burden of the public debt.
 We are all familiar with the rla- tional budget, device designed to keep the national expenditure with in the national income. Tn practice, no governmental budget is ever any more effective than there Is the will on the part of those in whose hands political power rests to keep 1t in balance by resisting the countless temptations to spend more than the total expected current income.
 When an individual spends more than his income. he is brought up short because once in default few will trust him further. When, how ever, a democratic government, which means all of us, undertakes to spend more than its income, we are not so concerned as we were when the private income of each of us was likely to be mortgaged to pay the debt. We cannot then see so clearly that we are personally affected. None the less we are; for if deficits pile up our national debt much higher, most economists are agreed that we shall be faced with imitation or repudiation of the na- tional debt which means ruin for all the people, as history has demon- strated many times in the past.
 Furthermore. in order to avoid or postpone imitation or repudiation. a mounting public debt breeds heav- fer and heavier tax load on every one. Those of us who pay no direct taxes tho little appreciate that every time this taxing process is repeated, 1t is accomplished in major part by indirect taxes, increasing the cost of everything we buy and consume. Less than half of our taxes gre direct taxes upon income. inherit arlce, etc. or in forms which cannot be passed on to others. The major part are indirect taxes which in crease the cost of everything pro- duced or consumed. This makes 1t harder and harder as the taxes acc cumulate for the 35 million produc- CTS to turn out the necessary amount
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Maloney And Roosevelt

Connecticut Democrats at caucuses held Monday night were generally favor ably disposed to the renomination of Senator Francis T. Maloney and the poli- cies of President r. D. Roosevelt Judg ing by the expressions of opinion in resolutions passed at a good many of these conventions there should not be any pronounced opposition to the Demo- cratic senator when he seeks renomina- ton at Hartford on June 4. AS a matter of fact sentiment in this state has been pretty strong for him all along.
 Whether or not the Roosevelt support will result in an instructed delegation for the Democratic National convention remains to be seen. We'd be willing to wager that the delegation would go unin- structed, but would, nevertheless, be markedly in favor of Roosevelt should he be a third-term candidate. There's no doubt about the stand Democratic lead CTS are taking in this state; they are for Roosevelt or In the event that he doesn't run for the candidate he will point out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

German pillboxer without being bothered by machine-gun fire.
 But the Germans have now gone much further. They have heavier tanks than the French and many more Of them. Ap- parently, they learned a lesson from the French tank In Sep tembor, and started the German industrial machine turning out hundreds of them all last win. ter.
 As a result, the Germans have been advancing with batteries of tanks 50 thickly armored that 1t takes heavy artillery to stop them.
 Preceding the tanks, Nazl air. planes rout French reinforce. nents and bomb truck trains off the highways.
 Never before has the world seen such modern mechanisa- ti0n. It has completely upset the strategy of warfare. In the old days, \ valley was an ex- eellent channel through which troops could advance. But t0. day, an Rirplane sweeps up . valley, catching the enemy in pocket, and bombs or machine guns them In every direction. 200 MILES A DAY
 When President Roosevelt in- formed Congress that modern armies now advanced at the rate of 200 miles a day, he referred to the Nag! push through Holland and part of Belgium. That push Illustrates the high degree of Nazi mechanization. They sent air. planes ahead instead of the cav- airy of old. Then came NaZi sup- CT tanks. Then armored cars, followed by armored trucks filled with troops. Thus, the entire Ger man army moves at the rate of 200 miles Q day instead of at the snail-like pace of the last war when twelve miles daily was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
PROSPERITY ONLY ATTAINABLE BY sTOPPING SPENDING
 WHAT WE HAVE NOT
Hartford, Conn.,,
 May 2l, l040.

Hartford, Conn,
 May 2l, lo40. Editor of The Democrat:
 "The theory is, don't save;
 The budget plan is rot;
 So, after spending what you have
 Then spend what you have not"
 --Calvus
 We would as soon have expected Scotland as Connecticut to go over to the theory that we can spend our way back to plenty by spending what we have not. In Connecticut. the land of steady habits, savings banks and insurance, we thought we had learned that the best way to have money was to save 1t. We are now experiencing the pains that come from spending what we have not"
 Let us cite a few figures for the purpose of laying a foundation for review ot who bears the burden of the mounting public debt and taxes. Tn 1913 the national debt was only 1.2 billion dollars. In 1940, it is nearly 45 billion. The total of state and local public debts amounts to 20 billion more. This means that there is now a public debt in the United States of approximately $450 per person, and a per capita annual tax of about $l25. This debt is a lien on the productive wage earners who constitute approximately one fourth of the total population. The census reports show that in i9S9 the total available labor force of the country over ten years of age was 54 million individuals. If we subtract from this total. nine mil- lions of unemployed, all those in the employ of the government, those who are in emergency employment under government relief. those who are between ten and sixteen years of age, those who are disabled and unable to work. and those in none- productive employment. 1t brings the net available individuals actually employed in productive occupation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

Newton c. Farr, president of the Ma tional Association of Real Estate Boards, believes that central business districts in most American cities have lost as much as a quarter of their gross volume in the last ten years. This, he claims, is due to the fact that retail trade has been re- distributed throughout scattered bus mess sections. The effects haven't been good, the association head says He claims that central property valuations have de- creased, income has gone down for many businesses, and the cost of doing busi- ness has been seriously affected. He thinks that businessmen ought to inter- est themselves in the problems that cause this outflow of business houses to out lying neighborhood districts. Among them he cites parking, improper zoning. restrictive building codes, smoke and noise. Better planning naturally would tend to prevent such migration of busi- ness away from centers where 1t normally would be expected to exist,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
TODAY's COMMON ERROR Be careful not to use the ex- prcssions no place, any place and every place for nowhere, anywhere and everywhere.

e. Are radio broadcasts censored by the Federal dovernmentP
 A. No. The Communications Act prohibits the Federal Communica. tons Commission from exercising censorship over the radio conimuni- cations or signals transmitted by any radio station, or issuing regu- lations which interfere with the right Of ire" speech by means of radio communication.
 e, Where is the s. s. Province. town now operating, and who owns it2
 A. The vessel was owned by the U. s. Maritime Commission, but has been scrapped,
 e. What are some of the accom- plishments of tho eco boysp
 A. Among other things, they have cleaned Up and fireproofed some B,000,000 acres of forest, plant cd nearly two billion trees construc- ted 100000 miles Of trails and roads and built 46,0o0 bridges.
 
 e, Does the American Kennel Club recognize the Spitz as 8 pure breed2
 A. No.
 c. If you double the size Of an object, how large will 1t bep
 A. A common misconception Is that doubling the size of an object will result n also doubling the length, width and breadth. In or. dering c photograph to be enlarged to double the size, many persons ex- pect to get one twice as long and twice as broad, whereas they wil! find 1t is only twice the area of the original. If an enlargement must measure twice the length and twice the breadth, then one four times the size of the original must be ordered.
 If you want copy of the book let "H0w A Newspaper Is Made" send to the Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth street, Washington, D. C. Enclose ten cents In postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Selected Poem
THE FISHING SEASON
(By John L. Woodbury in the Boston PosD

By John L. Woodbury in the Boston PosO When the winter snows have vanished, Leaving all the landscape brown, And the willow sprouts are decking, In their blooms of pussy down; When the frogs are peeping nightly, In the marshes on the meads, And the blackbirds notes are clicking In and out among the reeds Then 1t is a subtle yeaIning Sweetly through the angler thrills, And he seems to hear the singing Of the brooks among the hills; Hear the cascades note a mingling, With the ripple's softer flow
 As the flashing waters hasten, To the darksome pools below. And a something seems to guide him To his old tin tackle-case--
 What rush of memories fills him. As he draws it from its place: Of days when bites were plenty Of the weary tramps for naught, When the pouring rain was falling, Or the sun was shining hot; Of the speckled beauty landed From the pool below the mill; Of the one of course much larger When the alders baked his skill, And thrill of expectation, To his cheek the hot blood brings. As he parts the brush, in fancy, And his hook in shadow filings Thus they flash before the angler, These and many a vision more, When he hears the brooks a singing, And his tackle-case looks OCT; As he tides up its treasures, Looking OCT them one by one. Smoothing out each knot and tangle. Ready for the coming fun.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

the time required to build the eight dreadnaughts now on the books, with smaller speed.ups in all other vessels under construc. ton.
 Building under the present one- shift system, 1t takes a little more than four years to finish battlc- ship. Swinging over to 24-hour day won't cut that time to one- third Some of the precise tech. nical processes can't be hurried, no matter what Is done. But big bite can be taken out Of the or. dinary schedule.
 Getting over to the 24-hour day is apt to mean a fight In Congress first. At present the Walsh. Healey act provides no worker employed in the building of Q warship may be employed more than q total of 40 hours in one week. Navy people say there simply aren't available enough skilled workers to furnish all the private and public yards with three complete daily shifts of workers, and a temporary suspen- sion of the law to allow overtime work Is being asked. The A. F. of L. and c, I. o. oppose it, deny Ing that the shortage of workers exists, and their spokesmen In both houses are preparing to go Into action.
 There'll be further fireworks over the navy's wish that the 10 per cent profit limitation now ap- piled to all navy construction con. tracts be lifted, The navy feels this has caused q good deal of the current construction delay; manu. facturers are said to be reluctant to expand their plants for navy orders because In many cases the expanded plant won't be of use for anything except naval produc. ton and because they are not al- lowed to figure the cost of inak. ing the expansion into their profit. NAVY REPLACING
 OLD EQUIPMENT
 Next to the speed-up Of con- struction, the navy has two other important goals to reach with It's $2S0 100000 windfall replacement or modernigation of oil old equip- ment - anti-aircraft guns, small arms, etc., -.- and the Increasing of production facilities of tho navy wherever needed. It holds the speed up most important of all, however.
 Battleships now under construc- ton, with the dates when they were laid down, are as follows:
 North Carolina, October 27, 1887; Washington, June l4, 1888; South Dakota, July 6, 1889; Indiana, NUovember 20, 1889; Massachusetts, July 20, 1889; Alabama, February l. l040. In addition, contracts have been let for construction of the Iowa and New Jersey.
 DIRIGIBLEs MAY
 FIGURE IN PICTURE
 Meanwhile, 1t Is quite possible that renewed experiments with big dirigibles are In the offing. Com mander Charles F. Rosendahl, fam. ous ex-skipper of the navy's pre-. vious dirigibles, Is coming to Wash- ington-not, as originally reported, as a mere naval aide to Secretary of the Navy Edison, but as Edisons special adviser.
 Existing legislation authorizes the navy to build dirigible of 3,000,- 900 cubic feet capacity, which would be Q ship somewhat larger than the Los Angeles. No money has been voted for this; however, if the Press ident gets authority to spend $200,- 100000 in emergency funds at his own discretion, he could order that construction at any moment If Sec- retary Edison should ask for It..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

be q vast speed- ing up of all ne W construc- ton.
 Plans ow being shaped in the omce of Ad- miral Harold Stark, chief Of val opera. tions, call for putting all na- val construction on e straight 24.hour basis.
 This, 1t is hoped, will cut nlNaAAnl la lanlA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Daily Almanac

Moon rises s:22 p. m. tdaylight time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 A long-range prediction for Memorial Day, which comes next week. would be for fair weather provided the winds remain in the northwest. As they arc prevailing in this region. the outlook is good. Unfortunately a driving southeaster is overdue this month which may break before or close to the date
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

excellent speed for the inhfantry. NOTE -- It was only two years ago that the U, &. Chief of Staff referred to the "f0Ot soldier" as tho backbone of the American army.
 Two other factors beside me- chaniSation have been important In Nazi success:
 ONE has been e new type of high explosive which seems able to crack the steel and cement Qualifications of the Maginot Line more than anything the Allies have perfected.
 THE OTHER is the Hitler psy- chology Of invincibility which has terrorized smaller countries. For instance, U. s. army intelligence has no idea as yet whether Hitler has a secret new weapon or not, as boasted in Berlin.
 But this doesn't make any difference. The mere report of the weapon has been effective. Ru- mors About nerve gas have spread terror to all the smaller countries. The Balkans which a few days ago were ready to fight, now look like @ push-cver. They figure that Hitler is invincible, almost super- natural.
 FRENCH GENERALS
 There have been two schools of thought inside the French army regarding the defense of the Re- public:
 ONE was the strategy used during the Word War-that the best defense was to attack despite heavy loss of life.
 THE OTHER school was de. voleped after the war by Gen. eral 0amelin - namely, that the best defense was in tremendous fortresses. This strategy erected the Maginot Line, and was be- hind the Gamelin policy of con- serving manpower, waiting for the enemy to attack, figuring that France could sit out the war.
 Leaders of the old theory, that the best defense is to counter attack, are General Weygand in command of the French army In Syria, and General Georges, the French chief-of-staff. The latter was shot through the lungs when King Alexander of Jug0slavla was assassinated, and for many months was given up as unable to recover. He ls now one of the most potent generals In France. It was generally expected that Gamelin, now get ting old, would have stepped aside some time ago in favor of General Georges.
 Both Georges and Weygand were the star officers Of Marshal Foch in the last war. Wcygand Is dy- mamie, restless. has been worried over lack of French activity. Twice he flew to Paris from Syria, was reported to have offered his resig- nation twice in disgust at French dalliance in the Near East.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Washington Merry-G Go-Round By
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
Questions
 and Answers
RY FREDERIC M. KERRY

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 THE EDITOR
 e. Is 1t possible for the owner O. small business in which his wifS and daughter also are employed, tc place himself under the old-age re- tIrement provisions of the Sociai Security Act, by assigning the bus- iness to his wife or daughter, and assuming the status of an employer
 A. No; service performed for e son, daughter, or spouse, is regard- cd as excluded employment within the meaping of the Social Security Act.
 e. am an American born wo. man and married an alien Septem- Der 2i, 1922; my cousin, married an alien September 22, 1922. Recently was told shat l had lost my citi- genship ard that my cousin had not. Can that be true7
 A. A law that became effective September g, 1922, provides that women no longer take the citizen. ship status of their husbands. Since you were married prior to that date, you lost your citizenship.
 c. How many children did Abra- ham Lincoln have, and are any of them livingp
 A. He had four; William Wallace --(died 1892; Thomas t"Tad"2- (died i87i); Edward Baker died i860); Robert Todd-(died l926.
 O. Is 1t correct to use the title Jr. Uunior) after the death of ones father, who was the seniorp
 A. It is perfectly correct to con. tinue the use of the title Jr, es- pecially as long as the widow of the senior Is llvirg, Many prominent men continue to use the junior title even after both parents are dead, as for instance Senator Robert M. Lac Toilette, Jr. It IS an English cus- tom, that Is being more and moro copied in this country, to continue the name down through successive generations and to designate tho current holders by numbers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
A Thought for Today

Ye shall not fear them for the Lord your God he shall fight for yOu.-Deuteronomy S;|. To escape from evil we must DC made as iar as nossihle ukc God: and this resemblance con- siss In becoming just, and holy, and wise.-- Plato
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22
National Spotlight
BY BRUCE CAPTION Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COrrean0ndent

Washington, May 22 Chief rec suit of the s250, ,000, 900 which the navy is to get from the Presidents emergency preparedness budget will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

tations and restrictions upon private enterprise.
 3. Bring the expenditures of gov- erment within its income. Stop spending "what we have not" Yours very truly.
 HOWELL CHENEY,
 Treasurer Connecticut Economic Council.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-22

But Hitler has been willing to lose men. He Is determined to push the war to a quick finish this summer, no matter how long and tragic may be tho stream of cof- fins going back from the front.
 Hitler has ample supplies Co last through the summer, but not beyond. So if the war drags past the autumn, Germany Is lost.
 Another thing you have to re- member about the Germans, is that although they have been building up their war machine for seven years, they have been working on war strategy even longer - for twenty years. Ever since the end of the last war they have been breeding on their mis- takes of iei4-i0i7 and figuring on how to avoid them this time.
 The biz mistake made in the battle of tho Marne, In 1914, was that General von Kluck waited for his artillery to catch up with his infantry. The artillery was horse drawn. This gave General Joffre time to rush his taxlcab army from Paris. Now, however, the German artillery is me- chanized, most Of 1t in tanks and abreast or in advance of the in- fantry.
 ASTOUNDING NAZI
 REGENERATION
 Compared man for man, the French troops are better soldiers than the Germans. superbly trained, have excellent morale. But they have not the same material as the Germans, particularly tanks, airplanes, mechanization.
 In tanks the French appeared to be superior to Germany when the war began last September. They brought into play a new super-tank, as big as a locomotive, which could come up alongcside
Imperial Valley press., 1940-09-22
State Lawmakers Push for Speed on
State Defense Council, Ban on Reds,
Confirmation Of Olson Appointees

on relief, called his members into
a special meeting and then intro
duced resolutions asking an addi-
tioral $4,000 for the committee and
naming subcommittee to study a
complete survey of industry in the
west for its potential value in
national defense activities.
The senate approved the studying
committee, which included Pau
Smith, San Francisco publisher,
George w Malone, San Francisco,
and H. c. Maginn of the Calaveras
Cement company.
Several resolutions we're intro
duced including one by assembly
man James Phillips, Oakland. to
recommend amendment of the re-
lief act to permit employment OF
relief clients on public works and
investigate conditions at the new
Southern California prison at Chino.
Members of the governors de-
tense council met separately to
draft a program for study by the
legislators in connection with Oh
sons requested $4,000 appropria-
ton for the council.
Olson seeks $50,o0O to create and
finance his state council of de-
fense of so members. Opposition
comes from the legislature which
has an advisory citizens committee
working on defense measures,