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Evening star., 1940-11-03
heir influence lacked persuasiveness and

their mnuence lacked perSuaSlvenesS and
moving power.
On the other hand. all of us have
known men and women whose intellec-
tual gifts were not marked or unusual
and yet whose heart elements were so
pronounced that they moved us with
strange and irresistible power. He is the
greatest force in the pulpit, on the ros-
trum, or in the large world Of human
action whose heart and head qualities
are well balanced. Henry Ward Beecher
is a striking example Of what we mean.
Men may have said that he lacked style,
that his preaching on its Intellectual
side did not measure up to that OF other
great prophets of his time, and yet he
held vast audiences and nodded and
shaped their wills to his own. His was
the persuasion Of love- The same was
true of Moody, the great evangelist.
One of the passages in this great chap
ter that has always appealed to us is
that one where the Apostle says: Love
thinketh no evil" There is no chapter
that this old world Of ours needs more
thoroughly to comprehend and practice,
than this 18th chapter of First
Corinthians. We have fallen upon
time when all our judg-
ments and outlooks seem to be large
ly determined by other standards than
those of love. We have become over
critical in many things. Our judgments
concerning men and events are tinctured
with bitterness. The word that seems to
describe the modern attitude is, There
Is none that doeth good, no, not one"
Whether it is in our corporate or indi-
vidual judgments whether We think in
terms of the Nation or of society, we
lack too much the finer impulses OF love.
We shall hardly usher in the day of
better things until We get back to a finer
basis of judgment.
We need readjuStment, but our read
justment must take cognizance of the
fact, that the greatest and most domi-
mating influence in the world is love. not
hate, or bitterness, or uniformed judg-
ments OF men and things.
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LIES GREATEST DYNAMIC
Blythe Right Reu James Z. Freeman D. d. ILL., d. D. C. L.,
BishoD of WASHINGTON,

Though I speak with the tongues Of
men and Of angels, and have not love, I
am become as sounding brass, or . tin
king cymbal."
Visiting Scotland many years ago, We
felt an unusual desire to visit Greyfriar's
church yard, where Henry Drummond
lies buried. We were drawn to this spot
very largely because we had read his sug-
gestive and inspiring little book, THE
Greatest Thing in the World" The
scholar and scientist, whose career had
been marked by brilliant attainments,
has given to the world many splendid
things. but this nttie book based upon
the 18th chapter Of First Corinthians has
always appealed to us as one of the most
helpful and impressive We have ever
read
Probably no chapter in the New Testa-
ment has been more widely studied than
this great one on love, and nothing in
the worlds literature is comparable to
it. 1t seems to present a new evaluation
of life's greatest essentials. No matter
what other gifts or qualities we may pos
sess the supreme dynamic that furnishes
the power and inspiration that motivates
life is love. All too frequently we put
false Interpretation upon this great heart
quality. We associate it with experiences
and incidents that are unworthy. We
always think Of love as having its genesis
in the human heart. We do not speak
of the love of the mind, nor do we asso-
ciate with the impulses of the heart
mans intellectual gifts. 1t was said of
old that "Out of the heart are the issues
of life" and again the wise man said:
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so
Is he
How many people we have known who
have risen to great heights of power and
influence, who were all head and no
heart. Their words and actions were
marked by what we call brilliant in
tellect." but their appeal to us reached
our heads rather than our hearts, and
however We may have admired them,
Evening star., 1940-11-03
New Bonkinq Hours
The announcement that Washil

The announcement that Washing
tons twenty-five banks and trust
companies will adopt a new time
schedule in December, opening at
$50 am. daily, while retaining the
o'clock closing hour, would have
shocked patrons in past years. For
decades many Capital banks opened
their doors at $50; never later than
o'clock. And Saturdays in the mar
ket districts found them serving de-
positors until late into the night.
Sweeping changes have been wit
messed in banking methods since the
business recession in the early sos.
Service charge after service charge
has been added until no account, no
matter how small, is carried at loss.
Housing and automobile financing,
small personal loans, and other forms
of "installment lending" are but
few of the newer ways employed in
the efforts to boost bank earnings,
which soon are to be helped by ma
tional defense loans as a new outlet
for funds.
The shorter banking day already
has been tried successfully by sew
eral banks in the Capital. Ohicials
say few depositors have expressed
any regrets over the later opening.
And under the new plan, the same
late afternoon service will be rem
dered to thousands of Federal work.
ers on Government pay days.
In defending the shorter hours,
bankers point to the vast amount OF
work required after the doors are
closed to the public. All checks must
be posted, tellers must balance their
accounts, regardless of the time spent
in locating a tiny error. officials act
on loans, handle correspondence and
often dispose Of the days hardest
problems after o'clock.
In this matter OF banking hours,
Washington is conservative. Banks
in q Southern city have just voted
to close at 1880 pm. In New Jersey
and elsewhere many such institu-
tions close all day Saturdays in the
Summer, while in a few small towns
in New York State small banks are
talking of closing for an hour and
a half every noon.
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A. Goo. Exceeded

When it is realized that little more
than a year ago the Army's enlisted
strength was only 2l7,oo0. the ac-
complishment of the recruiting serv-
ice in building the Army to full au-
thorized strength Of 375,000 enlisted
men can be better appreciated
To reach this largest peace-time
strength, 158, 900 additional men had
to be obtained, together with replace
ments for hundreds retiring or leav-
ing the service for other reasons.
The recruiters obtained them
Starting an intensive drive in June,
they added 23,444 men to the Army
after filling losses. In July they re-
cruited 1895. In August, another
record was set, with 1866 enlist
ments. September, with 42,575 en-
listments, marked an all-time high,
yet October bids fair to exceed even
that total, for as early as the
twenty-first, 35,276 recruits had been
signed up.
Neither September nor October
figures include the one-year enlist
ments made at the request of Con-
gress. These short-term enlistments
were begun September rs and con-
tinued until midnight of October Is
the eve of Registration Day. During
those eighteen days, 1888 men signed
up for one years duty with the Regu-
lar Army and 12.404 volunteered for
years service with National Guard
units called into Federal service on
September 16.
Strictly speaking, the 375,000
strength has not quite been reached,
for the strength of the Army on
October 81 was 365, ,e78 men. However,
recruiting had been held up on 20 1000
men for the Air Corps until facilities
should be available for them. Au-
thorization for procurement of these
men was given only last week, but
meanwhile recruiters have exceeded
by 10000 the number of men origi-
nally slated for other than Air Corps
units.
There will be no letup in the re-
cruiting drive, except as lack Of hous-
ing facilities may make necessary, for
the Army is anxious to obtain as
many career" men as possible to
train the thousands of drafted men
soon to enter the service. From all
reports, the Army housing program
is even slightly ahead of schedule.
The District of Columbia, like every
State, will obtain credit on its draft
quotas for enlistments already made
from the area. Greatest beneficiary
Of this deserving policy will be the
South, as the Fourth and Eighth
Corps Areas which comprise the
Southern States have led all others
since June, contributing 1902 men
to the Army. But the Third Corps
Area, which includes the District,
Maryland and Virginia has not done
badly. Contributing 14,504 new SOL
diers since June /, the whole area
ranked fifth among the nine corps
areas.
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us to pay for the defense program,
Mr.. Moulton believes.
1t would indeed be q novel situation
II the Federal Government should
succeed in getting on pay-as-you-
60 basis at time when the volume
Of its necessary spending is greater
than ever before, with the exception
of the first World War period, but
the suggestion that it Is possible,
coming from a man Of Mr.. Moulton 3
standing, at least merits serious con-
sideration.
Evening star., 1940-11-03
Getting Out the Vote


AS the presidential race enters the
home stretch, it becomes increasingly
evident that two factors may prove
to be highly important in deciding
the final outcome of the unusually
tight contest. These factors are the
undecided vote" embracing that
part of the electorate which is re-
serving judgment on the candidates
until the eleventh hour, and the So
called "stay- at-home vote" con-
sisting of the always considerable
section of eligible voters who, for a
variety of reasons, do not go to the
polls on election day.
When an election campaign attains
landslide proportions, of course, the
uncertain voters and the citizens
who do not choose to vote at all fade
into relative inSignif1cance. But
most of the polls and other signs
point this year to race exceedingly
close; hence the intensive drive that
Is being made by workers of both
and to garner additional ballots from
those who seldom or never exercise
their rights of franchise. Both of
the candidates and all Of their sup
porters have this picture in mind as
they approach the climax of this
years extraordinary campaign. The
efforts to get out the vote undoubt-
edly are bearing fruit. A survey by
the Associated Press has indicated
that record-breaking popular vote
of about 50,0O0000 may be cast next
Tuesday. This would compare with
the As, ,646,8 BIT votes of the 1886 elec-
ton, the 39,816,522 of 1882 and the
s6,879,414 of 1928.
But, according to estimates of the
Census Bureau, more than 80,000000
persons are potential voters, after
eliminating, as usual, the aliens and
the disfranchised residents OF the
District of Columbia. In addition,
many other potential voters are dis
qualified by various State require
ments, such as poll taxes. Even so,
there invariably is large group of
citizens who can, but do not, vote in
presidential elections. Some OF these
stay-at-homes are in States where
the outcome is regarded as so certain
that they see no point in stirring
themselves from their lethargy.
Others know that their votes are
Important, but they just seem not to
care. Fortunately, the current battle
has become so heated, due to the
vigorous campaigning of Wendell
Willkie and the recent speaking tours
of President Roosevelt, that the un-
decided voters are beginning to make
up their minds and the apathetlc
ones are being stirred to action.
With the campaign situation as
tense and as unpredictable as it is
at this stage, it behooves every Amer
lean citizen who is privileged to have
q voice in his Government to take
full advantage of that precious privi-
lege on election day Voteless Wash
ingtonians find it hard to under
stand why any citizen willingly would
waive that right and that duty. In
this tragic era of world unrest, when
democratic rights of self lf-government
are being ground under the heel OF
totalitarian dictators, America has
rare opportunity this November S to
demonstrate that democracy on this
side of the Atlantic is cognizant of
Its responsibilities, alert to the dan
gers of an Indifferent electorate and
determined to exercise as we'll as to
protect the liberties inherent in the
American way of life.
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Ruthless as are the axis powers,
they have been unable to persuade
Spain, bled white after years Of civil
warfare, to come into the conflict.
What they do not sense is the mes
sage to them of that once proud
eountry-"As I am, 20 shall you be"
Evening star., 1940-11-03

appreciable effect. These voters may be
grateful for the things that the New
Deal has given them and may suspect
that a Republican administration would
be less friendly. II 50, this election was
decided before the campaign started.
Mr. Roosevelt obviously feels that It u %.
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until the votes are counted.
A second Of the issues that are cut
ting across income group lines Is that Of
possible war. In spite Of all assurances
to the contrary, there is an uneasy feel
ing that this country is edging close to
warfare and again, it is the man in of1ice
who must shoulder responsibility for
what is not a pleasant situation. This
issue, like the conscription issue, cuts
most deeply into the low-income groups
from which the man power to fight .
war must be recruited.
The third issue is that Of the third
term. It has seemed throughout the
campaign that 1t was not influencing
many votes. However, rs the time for
voting approaches it may readily develop
that many people will be Influenced by
the thought that . vote for Mr.. Roose-
welt is a vote to break q precedent as old
Is the Nation itself.
Absence of q panicky feeling over
events in Europe and the Far East accen-
tuates these domestic issues and serves
to complicate the Presidents plans.
Even so. 1t must be remembered that
President Roosevelt deliberately aims his
appeal to the low-income groups Of the
Nation. The support for the President
among those groups-particularly In the
Industrial centers-may be 20 over
whelmine that the war and eonscription
and third-tefm issues win not have IN
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have been made to eliminate the elec-
toral college from the Constitution
There have been many ideas advanced
to do this, but retaining the principle OF
State sovereignty. The one plan often
advanced is to have the President elected
by the States, voting as units. making
adequate provision for settling q tie.
Each State would vote for the candidate
favored by the largest number Of its
voters. However, such a method would
work in virtually the same way As the
electoral college. For example, in 1876
when an electoral commission was set up
to settle the Tilden- Hayes controversy,
each candidate had II uncontested
States, and 4 were claimed by both. All
four were awarded by the commission to
Hayes, giving him 81 States, with 1sS
electoral votes, against Tilden's II States
with 1874 votes.
Another objection to the electoral col
lege is that it gives States with small
population more influence in proportion
than it does States with large popula-
ton. Tor example, Nevada with elec-
toral votes and . population Of 100000,
has electoral vote to every 5000 pop
ulation. New York has 47 electoral
votes, but 4 population Of l3.ooo. 900,
which is / electoral vote for every 27o,-
900 persons. But while this is true, it
prevents States with large populations
from dominating elections.
craafAet nf all nhiartinrc i~ A.
II Is possible for a candidate to receive
the highest number Of popular votes,
but fail of election. For example, In
1883 Cleveland polled 5,54o.o5o popular
votes and Harrison s,444,337, but Harri-
son received 22s electoral votes ana was
elected. But the electoral college stu
exists-at last o6acislly.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
JACKSON DIFFERS
WITH MURPHY

Washington, Feb. 16-(UP)-At-
torney General Robert H. Jackson
today discarded as inappropriate
one Of the last legal actions ordered
by his predecessor in ONCE, Asso-
ciate Supreme Court Justice Frank
Murphy.
He dismissed charges against 10
persons who were indicted In Detroit
by grand jury, ordered by Murphy,
for allegedly conspiring to induce
Americans to enlist In the Spanish
Loyalist army.
jackson said the alleged illegal
acts were committed In 1887 and
1888 and that q Federal Bureau Of
Investigation report in the case was
submitted in March, 1899. But nc
action was taken, he added, until
Murphy ordered the grand jury pro-
ceedings last December on the eve
Of his elevation to the supreme court.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
SAFE DRIVING
WINNERS FETED
Chase Metal Works EN-
pIOyes Awarded Prizes
at Plant Today

winners IN the safe-driving con-
test conducted ct the Chase Metal
WORKS IN cooperation with the State
Highway Commission were awarded
prizes at q luncheon at the plant
restaurant this AFTERNOON. Speak
ers were OfIicer James Little, Of the
police traffic accident prevention
bureau, James Conl0ng and Ber
johnson.
The winners were:
Hourly workers dfvision-Firsl
prize, Vincent Mecca; Emil Ray
mond, Clyde Ferry and Donald
F'elth.
Salaried workers division First
prize, Stephen Madigan. Raymond
Ferry.
Rolling mills division-Eirst prize,
Earl Nichols; Theodore Bronson.
The winners all went through the
last six months without traffic
accident or q traffic law violation.
They received prizes Of gasoline and
other merchandise, and viii be
given safety certificates signed by
the governor.
During the six-month period, Mr..
Mecca drove 15,l56 miles, Mr.. Madi-
gan drove 1923 miles and Mr..
Nichols, 1852 miles
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
DECISION GOES
AGAINST SCHICK

New Haven, Conn, Feb. l6'- (U.
p = A 3l-page decision Of Fed
eral Judge Carroll O. Hincks held
today that patents Of the schick
Dry Shaver, Inc, and schick In
; dustries, Ltd, were not infringed by
the Remington Rand Company,
Bridgeport, in Its manufacture Of
electric razors.
The Schick Companies asked q
permanent injunction and an &C
counting from the Remington
Rand. ~
The schick patents, Judge Hincks
found, were based on improvements
Of ones originally held by the APP
pleyard Company Of England, and
its devices were not included In
their entirety in the Remington
Rand product. .
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
EIGHT ARRESTS IN
STAMFORD CASE

Bridgeport, Conn.,, Feb. l6-(UP)-
with eight persons already under
arrest, the superior court grand jury
investigating municipal corruption
at Stamford, resumed its inquiry to-
day after q days delay because Of
the blizzard.
States Attorney Lorin w. Willis
was understood to have obtained
records Of dealings between the town
and Genovese Coal and Mason Sup
ply company from Its bookkeper,
Nicholas Caruso, who was taken into
custody earlier in the week. Caruso,
with his counsel, visited willis ONCE
late yesterday. Another oficial Of
the company Is among the eight ac-
cused.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
KING, QUEEN OF
CARNIVAL CHOSEN

Middlebury, VT, Feb. 16-(UP)-
Two seniors, Robert Anderson Of
Woodbridge, N. j., and Lois Gillette
Of Tenafy, N. j., resigned today as
king and queen Of the annual Mid
dlebury winter carnival.
Announcement Of the "royal'
couples selection by popular vote
was made last night at q carnival
ball in Mccullough gymnasium
opening the three-day celebration.
Skiers from Dartmouth, Amherst,
Williams, New Hampshire, Vermont,
Norwich, Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology and Middlehury will
compete in downhill and slalom
races today. .'r f-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16
CARD PARTY HELD
FOR GRANGE FUND
Another Planned February
27-StOrm Causes Post
pOnement of Dance
WOLCOTT
Mrs. @. Nelson Cole, Todd
Road-Telephone SO939

Wolcott, Feb. 16-Mr. and Mrs
Kenneth Warner Of Wolcott road
entertained at q card party Tuesday
night for the benefit Of the Wolcott
Grange. There were six tables OF
pinochle in play with the prizes go
ing to william H. Peck, Mrs. Harry
Cole, Edward Burzler, Harry Cole,
Henry Norton, Mrs. Arthur Watts
and Frederick Kirschbaum. Refresh
rnents were served.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs
Walter Smith, MIR. and Mrs. Henry
Norton, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Burg
Ter, MIR. and Mrs. William H. Peck
MFR. and Mrs. John Kirschbaum, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Cole, Mrs. William
Libolt, Mrs. Albert Homerwood, Mrs
Edith German, Mrs. Charles Tyrell
Mrs. Oscar Mullenite, Fred Kirsch-
baum, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Watts
Mrs. Kenneth Norton, Arthur An
drews, Clayton Warner and MIR. and
Mrs. Kenneth Warner.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Arthur Bergen
will hold card party at their home,
Feb. ~ for the grange fund.
Mrs. Charles Rogers, Mrs. Rufus
Norton and Carl Peterson, Sr. at
tended an all day directors meeting
of the farm bureau In Woodbridge,
Monday.
Personals
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Homewood
and sons Richard and Alvin Of Cen
ter street and Mrs. Elmer Symonds
of the Woodtick road spent Sunday
in Hartford as guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Rosenthral.
Robert Kraft Of Spindle Hill has
returned home after spending sew
eral weeks in Hartford with his
grandmother, Mrs. George r. Hall.
Rev. Grin Dice and Mrs. Dice Of
Fairfield spent the week end ir
Pittsburgh, Pa. They attended the
50th wedding anniversary Of Rev
Dice's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. Dice
Rev. Dice was the former pastor Of
the Wolcott Congregational church
Mrs. George Browne and sor
Franklin Of the Wolcott road spent
Sunday and Monday In New Lon.
don visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Don
aid Browne.
Program Monday
A rehearsal will be held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock for all the
married people Of the grange who
will assist in the competitive pro-
gram to be put on Monday night
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-16

This has tended to make the
public forget an important point:
The Nazis almost certainly have q
far greater aTi force than the Bril-
tish. 1t would be almost impossible
for Britain to have created IN q
year and a half an air force as
large as that which the Nazis
created by seven strenuous years
Of enforced labor.
BLACKOUTS ARE
STILL VITAL
So, to head on the easy compla-
cency Of the public, the air depart
ment obviously inspired articles
which appeared simultaneously IN
all big British papers in which 1t
was stated the Royal Air Force was
finding 1t increasingly tougher to
bring down enemy planes because
of highly improved armor and me-
chanism in the later. People were
warned against their self-satisfac-
ton with their present immunity
from enemy air attack.
It was stated the r. A. r. was
satisfied that in a short time 1t
could stop mass attacks upon Bril-
tain, but that this would not be
achieved before the civil population
had suffered extensive casualties and
loses in industrial output.
Arising out Of this government
warning come two corollaries:
First: There has been q certain
amount Of grousing about the in
tense blackouts in the cities. In con-