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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

San Mateo, Cal. ,$O.25; Finland De-
Tense Committee, Doylestown, Pa,
$1,000; Washington Paint Sales
mans Club, $25.
These contributions are distinct
from the funds being raised by
ex-President Hoover's Finnish
Relief Fund, Inc, and General
Organs Fighting Funds for Fin
land. Latest figures indicate these
two organizations have raised ST.
100000 and 100000 respectively.
The Hoover fund, as contrasted
to the Organ fund, is for the
purchase of civilian supplies, but
it has lately expressed willingness
to transmit contributions for
munitions.
GENEROUS, BUT
Everywhere members of the
Finnish Legation go they encouli-
ter personal goodwill toward their
country.
Minister Procope took his foun-
tain pen to shop for repairs.
The charge was rs cents. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

shopkeeper declined to accept pay
ment. Use the money for the
cause of Finland" he said. Colonel
Per zilliacus, military attache,
called in a physician when his
children were taken i'll. The doc
tor presented a bill, and said,
Don't send the check to me; send
1t to your government"
Despite all these expressions of
sympathy, U. s. aid has been less
than Sweden's. Total U. S. as
sistance, including the $3O,OOO,O0O
; credit from the Export-Import
Bank, is around $35,0OO,O0O Swe-
den has given $95, OOO, O0O-25 in
cash and 70 in materials.
NOTE-The Legation has re-
ceived a tale from home of the
boyish valor of Finland's famed
Composer, Jean Sibelius, who, at
the age of 70, rushed out of his
home near Helsinki every time
Russian bombers appear and tries
to bring them down single handed
with his old hunting rifle.
NEVER AGAIN
The biggest laugh during Sena-
tor Burt Wheeler's speech at the
hilarious National Press Club ban
quet, where nine presidential pos
sibilities told why they should
NOT be elected, was prompted by
an unexpected sharp remark.
III haven't a chance" the
MOntanan was saying, because
John L. Lewis is for me. An
other reason Is that / was the
runningmate Of old Bob La.
Toilette in 1924. Still another is
that Norman Thomas, who Is
here with US tonight, supported
me. II he should do that again
this year I'd be sunk sure"
"Don't worry" drily called out
Thomas, 1886 Socialist candi-
date, II won't. I only support
liberals who stay hitched."
NOTE-Scrappy SEC Commits
sioner Leon Henderson, a third
term booster, offered to bet Tom
Dewey SIS to 81 that the next
President SIS not in the hail." but
t he young New Yorker smilingly
declined the offer. Henderson
had no better luck with any Of the
other aspirants.
Rated by the newsmen as the
wittiest speakers of the evening
were Democratic Bob Jackson and
Republican Bruce Barton.
CENSUS "SNOOPING"
The one-man war which Senator
Charles Tobey, New Hampshire
Republican, is waging against
Shopping" in the census ques-
tionnaire is winning no hosannas
from the business world.
Inside fact Is that the two
queries is gripping about-con-
corning family income in 1899
were incorporated In the ques-
tiOnnaire by Secretary Hopkins
at the express request of BUSH
ness leaders, who want to get
reliable statistics ON local and
regional buying power.
The last thing in their minds
was to "snoop". They pointed out
to Hopkins that the census could
be a tremendous help in stimulate
ing recovery by providing business
with accurate information on pur-
chasing power, and he agreed TO
cooperate.
Among the business leaders who
urged the inquiries were DR.. Stacy
May Of the Rockefeller Founda-
ton: DR., Louis Dublin OF Metro
politan Life: David r. Craig.
president Of hte American Retail.
Federation: General Robert e
Wood. head OF Sears, Roebuck and
a director OF the New York Stock
Exchange: and Noel Sargent, sec
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
When War Intrudes

Suppose won are q citizen OF almost
any country at war. You are getting
along nicely at your factory job, or you
are bending over a sheaf OF papers In
your office when the memorandum
comes. II says tersely, as II you are ex-
pected 10 understand: effective imme-
diately. working hours will be extended
10 90 each week and wages for hours
worked above 40 will be subject 10 a 40 per
cent levy"
Or maybe II isn't memorandum, Per.
haps It's an official government envelope
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to back
page for the answers.
/. Name the governor of Illinois?
2. Who was Emmanuel Sweden
borg?
3. Which denotes the longer
pause, the comma, or the semi.
4. If a one-inch rainfall had
been snow, how deep would 1t have
been?
5. What is the salary of Ameri-
can ambassadors?
6. Name the leader Of the "Sil-
yer Shirts M
Z. Name the last two eappointees
to the United States Supreme
Court?
8. What is the letter postage to
the Hawaiian Islands?
8. Was the Pharos of Alexandria
a person, lighthouse, or pyramid?
10. Murmansk is a port Of Fin
land, Norway or Soviet Russia?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

Almost three million motorists paid
tolls on the Hutchinson River Parkway
since the levies we're first collected there
last August. This means that Westches-
ter County collected slightly less than
100000, the exact figures running about
$279,OOO. A lot of this money now has
to be refunded to motorists since the
courts have held the collection of tolls
on this parkway invalid. But the coun-
ty stands to make profit over and above
the operating costs of the toll stations.
It figures that only about SO per cent OF
the toll money will be sought by motor
lists who retained their official receipts.
The rest will be gravy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING
THIS YEAR

1t may make the law inoperativ,
this year. Congress had plenty O.
warning, of course. Last year Sena.
tor Vandenberg got through the sen.
ate a bill to set the dates right. But
the house committee tabled it. Early
this winter President Roosevelt got
Representative Matthew Dunn Of
Pennsylvania to bring the bill out
again, but it's still in committee, anc
the committee is unfavorable
The bills chances are not rosy.
OF course the next congress can
take the 1910 census figures and
reapportiOn on that basis. "They
could - but would they?" asks
Dunn grimly. He favOrs it.
Up to 1920, congress always
obeyed the Constitution and reap
portioned every 10 years. But 1t
did it simply by increasing the
number of congressman. To have
done that in 1920 would have Gre
ated a house of $40 members
too big.
So, since 1920 congress has Just
forgotten about the Constitution.
Even if the belated Vandenberg
proposal is acted on now, reappor-
tionment would not be effective un-
til 1944-the amendment gives the
states that long to do the neces-
Sary re-distrticting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

rotary of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers.
Trade organizations that
backed the income QUESTIONABLE
were the National Bureau of
Economic Research, National
Industrial Conference Board,
American Home Economics As
ISOLATION, Actuarial Society Of
America, auto manufacturers,
labor unions, publishers and
market analysts. In fact, there
are few trade groups that did
not advocate the questions
about which TObey Is trying to
raise q hulIabaIOO.
NOTE-In the Senate cloak
rooms, Tobey's crusade Is attri-
buted to jealousy Of his better
known colleague, Senator Styles
Bridges, who has won national
publicity as q result Of his CAM
paign for the COP presidential
nomination.
Copyright. 1910. by United I
Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

@. Is the planet Uranus visible
at present? :.
A. Yes, but only with a small
telescope. 1t is located little south
east of Mars, the planet shining
with a reddish color.
@. When was the National Youth
Administration established? s.s...
A. It was established as d.
vision of the Works Progress Ad.
minstration by executive order on
June 26, 1885, and transferred tt
the Federal Security Agency h,
April, 1899.
@. How much of the money for
State old-age assistance is contrib
uted by the Federal Government
and how much by the State?
A. The maximum for Federal
matching is $40 a month for each
recipient. The amount paid by the
Federal Government depends on
State action. If the State pays q
needy old person less than $40. the
Federal Government contributes
half If 1t should pay more than this
maximum, the Federal Government
contribution would be $40 and the
rest would be paid to the State.
@. Is the temperature of spring
water the same in summer as In
winter?
A. Unless 1t energies from a very
shallow source, the temperature Is
quite uniform the year around.
If you want copy Of the book
let ''BIBL- NAMES" send to The
Waterbury Democrats Washing
ton Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, d. G Enclose
10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Daily Almanac

Moon rises BIB a, ~.
Sun rises GIT q. M; sets $3.50 y. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The day rs extremely lore at the present time
ard we're ~ not for tDs presence OF Immense
amounts Of SNOW. land owners would be hard
NJ their late winter takka. A daylight span VI
Approximately twelve houfs n offered NJ this
season Make llse VI II.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

mixing its own fraiIity, IL passed in
1929 a law making reappOrtiOn-
ment automatic.
According to the present law the
president should have given con-
gresS the census figures the first
week of last January. But the CEN
sus isn't even started yet. That's
because the Lame Duck Amend
ment shifted dates around since the
law was passed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Selected Poem
:" WHO LOVETH WELL

q. WHO LOVETH WELL
BOTH MAN AND BIRD AND BEAST"
Lillian Middleton in the Christian Science Montor)
Because he loves all furry ones
Domiciled in quietude
And wings along the paths OF space
One reads marvel in his face.
A marvel, grown behind the eyes
Compassionate, most pitiful
OF every interrupted thing,
OF violated carolling,
OF any paw In any snare.
One reads a revelation there
Along puzzled line OF brow
Indeble upon the lip.
Across the gentle curve OF cheek.
Although he does not speak.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

after each GEN.
Sus.
But whatever
interesting data
the coming CEN
sus reveals, II
probably won't
result in any re-
apportionment.
G o n gre s S
hates reappor-
tiOnment. It
m e n s that
some m e M
bers are likely
to vote them
selves out Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
DIRECT PRIMARY
DYING OUT

The direct primary is rapidly be-
coming a dead letter.
Once praised as great re-
form that would let the rank
and file have a say on presi-
dental candidates instead of the
party bosses, the direct primary
Is sidetracked. Not half a dozen
genuine presidential primary
fights are in sight in both parties.
In Wisconsin, voters get a choice
between Dewey and Vandenberg
in illinois, Dewey is all alone a1le
there's Garner and a vague Roose-
velt entry; New York, Dewey anc
Cannot; and New Jersey and
Ohio may have a choice. That's
about all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COrrespondent

Washington, March 1.-THE Con-
stitution says we take census to
find out how many congressional
seats each state ought to have. 1t
orders congress to reapportion seats
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Washington Merry-G o-Round
DREW PEA e 3 u N
ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON
willingness
ret ont of all -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07
Questions
and Answers


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Q. How long was It after the
publication Of "Das Capital" by Karl
Marx before English translation was
made?
A. Twenty-Five years. The book
was published in 1867, and the Eng
hsh translation by Engles In 1889.
Q. Does Kay Kyser play any
musical Instrument
A. Yes, but not in public APP
pearance with his band.
@. How many dollar bills can be
stored in room 10 x 10 x II feet?
A. Four thousand dollar bills .oc-
cupy space 1884 x 6-1-4 K 2-3-4
inches. On that basis, approximately
32,720,000. dollar bills could be
stored in room 10 x 10 x IL feet.
@. If car maintains q speed of
80 miles-per-hour for mile, how
fast must 1t travel the second mile
to attain an average of go miles-per
hour for the two mile trip?
A. It cannot be done, regardless
Of what speed the second mile is
traversed, so long as the first mile
Is made at speed Of only 80 miles
per-hour. To average go miles4per-
hour for two-mile trip, it is reces-
sary to cover the distance in exactly
two minutes. However, two minutes
are consumed in travelling one mile
at 30 miles-per-hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
Do not say, HE died the fifth
Of June; say, ION the fifth
Of june"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-07

Q. Does Kay Kyser play any
musical instrument?
A. Yes, but not in public APP
pearance with his band.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Changed Times

There have been that the
publicity campaign in which methods
reports by the fact that the War Departments ecv
division
whom publicity
consultation had been a
rather than ideas
rejected of changed
One the active using the Stacker technique
time high Army officials conferred with Mele and assured him that
information.
conscrpton purposey
make clear the rights of the individual draee While
restrict those between the of 81 81 and
result of the the national plan had to be revised completely
the opposed drafting married
definition dependent"
and the boards
An Old Idea
described the peacetme conscrpion
history envsion military draft this is
Evening star., 1940-09-18

dress the congress. They are Thomas
H. Macdonald of Washington,
United States commissioner of
roads; Arthur w. Brandt, superin-
tendent Of public works for New
York State; H. E. Sargent, commits
sioner of roads for Vermont, and H.
G. Sours of Columbus. Ohio, presi-
dent of the American Good Road
Builders Association.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

not use their power to perpetuate
themselves.
He wrote on April %, 1888:
Guarded so effectually as the
proposed Constitution is, in respect
to the prevention of bribery and un-
due influence in the choice OF Presl-
dent, l confess I differ widely, my
self. from Mr.. jefferson and you as
to the necessity Of expediency OF
rotation in that department tthe
presidency. There cannot be, IN
my judgment, the least danger that
the President will by any practlcal
intrigue ever be able TO continue
himself one nome in office, much
less perpetuate himself in it but IN
the last state of corrupted morals
and political depravity: and even
then, there is as much danger that
any species of domination would
prevail. Though when a people
shall have become incapable OF gov
erning themselves, and fit for a
master, it is of little consequence
from what quarter he comes
The foregoing quotation is rarely
given in full by those who favor the
third term, for the only part they
do quote usually is that which fol-
lows when Washington, having in
sisted that a President must not
use his power to perpetuate himself,
declared that the people need not
then preclude themselves from the
services of any man who in some
great emergency shall be deemed
universally most capable of serving
the public"
Was the Democratic National
Convention at Chicago the sort OF
thing George Washington had in
mind? That's the subject on which
the people will ask for discussion in
the campaign which has just begun
It's the heart of the so-called
third d-term issue.
Reproduction Rights Reserved)
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Hungarian 'Fuehrer'
Freed Under Amnesty
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST. Hungary. Sept. 18.-
Maj Ferenc Szalasi, the so-called
Hitler of Hungary" was released
from prison today under gen.
eral amnesty commemorating the
return of Northern Pennsylvania to
Hungary.
The fiery major was imprisoned
July 6, 1885. on charges of treason
and plotting to establish a dictator
ship of his green-shirted followers.
His Arrow Cross party, however,
was dissolved after he entered pris-
on, and it is reported that he will be
restrained from political activity
now that he has gained his release.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
This Changing World
kozis Believed Considering Plan to Launch
Attack on British at Gibraltar
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The axis trying tighten the against Britain
Minister Rbbenrop
Mediterranean situation with Count Cano This decided
Hitler
wit lin.
against
Britain.
possibility Spain intervening
by attacking Gibraltar discussion
Berlin governments
Generalmo according
ucuary anxious
not
murderous
effort and attacking successfully the British forces at
Gibraltar.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Winner of Iron Cross
Now Fights for Canada
Nv the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
CALGARY, Alberta, Sept. 18.-Er-
nest Richard Saran, awarded the
German Iron Gross for bravery at
Verdun in the World War, now is a
lance corporal in the End Battalian
of Calgary Highlanders in training
near here.
A resident of Banf, where he is
music instructor, Saran became
naturalized Canadian in 1888 and is
married to Canadian girl.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

Kings personal inclinations are
considered highly important. While
the Anglo Egyptian treaty of 1896
apparently cemented a defensive
alliance between Foypt and Great
Britain the King is wary ard
watchful and quite evidently wishes
10 keep out Of the main event if pos
sible.
It was about $50 &c. that one Of
the Pharaohs concluded with TIE
Hittites the first kellogg pact. II
was strikinglv like the Kellogg pact
in rerouncino war as an instrument
Of policy King Farouk. brilliantly
educated in Egyptian history doubt
less knows a great deal about pe2ce
pacts ard has been extremely cagv
in his orientation to power politics
in his neiphhorhood. AS the old
American college song has il. IN
the DAYS Of old Rameses, that story
had raroeis"
He is the King Of Musr. Lord Of
Nubia and the Sudan, SOVEREIGN Of
Kordofan ard Darfur. He is a regal
personaee. living IN TO all this. and
when he WIS married in February.
1923. won the cheers Of the populace
as he moved freely among his neo-
Dle. which his father, grim old King
Faud, had not done His beautiful
Young bride is the second Egyptian
Queen since CLEOPATRA. Her ap-
pearance in public with the King
was considered a great concession
to modernism. In many wavs the
King has soucht 70 moderrize his
country. particularly in fU~therlng
its industrial and economic develop
ment.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
The Capital Parade
Army Plans No BoIIyhoo for conseription,
Will Stick to Giving information

Now that the President has signed the draft bill 1t reassring
behalf of
disseminate the public the details
the Army calls the where when and who registration
officer has assigned public
civilian aids
But the War Department has its the
patriots who have been hurryng Washington
will disappointed
have been
Evening star., 1940-09-18

NUII tII. bUI AIIIIy UIIICtIS , pUIII UUI
that from 1892 until the Civil War
there was a Federal law compelling
military training.
On May 8, 1892, Congress passed
a law requiring compulsory training
for all free, white citizens" be-
tween the ages of 18 and As. They
were required to report to the en-
rollment officer of their districts
each year for specified instructions.
They had to provide their own cloth
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Budget Balancing.
Arlington WiIIkie Club
Calls Workers Meetino
South in the Saddle.

A meeting of workers for the
Willkie for President Club of Arling-
ton County. Va, has been called for
tomorrow at $50 pm. at head
quarters. 25l7 Wilson boulevard, by
President H. Eugene Bryan.
Mr.. Bryan has announced that
arrangements for a dance to be held
October "a at the Washington Golf
and Country Club are being COM
pleted. The dance will be open to
the public and proceeds will be used
to defray the cost of club activities.
Evening star., 1940-09-18

toO-familiar and Objectionable ideas
for employing white feather" and
Stacker" techniques. The Army, it
was said, is as eager as any one
that the conscription law be carried
out without arousing the bitter feel
ingS of the last war.
I'VE shall do nothing more than
give information, and We shall en-
courage our State organizations and
local boards to stick to the same
limits" spokesman said. THE 16.-
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Troops in Egypt Amonq Best


principal lines of resistance still the most
advanced posts of the invading
The forces Britain
include British regular
leland well
To these added
foreign legion detachments from
soldiers who can't back France
the world the tricks of
Inc British have had
outbreak OF
cumbersome OF little
wged Egypt But they have light more or less
adequate aviation.
There appears to be question that the
Is causing certain amount of
forces Marshal
superior to the British Their
the defensive in
positions well
Furthermore the British have large stores of material food
Egypt continue
ports can move without difficulty from the Indian
Atlantic Alexandria,
told about the Italian transports And
hands of the British
Herr Won Rbbentrop and Count Ciano result
in Spain.
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Canadian Rood Congress
Will Hear Macdonald
BY TIE Associated Press,

BY tte Associated Press.
QUEBEC. Sept. ia special
congress Of the Canadian Good
Roads Association will be held here
october %, % and "a, it was an
nounced yesterday.
Four American speakers will ad-
Evening star., 1940-09-18
An Old Idea

and they wished service in the dragons
saddle equipment Ihey also hao &c
assembly points
devised George
npton However the States had militia the par
the States would refuse
the
first draft law
(Reeased dby North hAmerica Alliance Inc)
Evening star., 1940-09-18

e m e r g e n c Y
m e a S ur S in
which he dis
solved the Par
lament and won
a quick decision
over Mustapha
Magas Pasha,
the leader of the
powerful Wafd-
ist movement.
AS the ques-
ton of whether
Egypt will join
Britain against
Italy comes out
of the box today,
he VOlIn O
Evening star., 1940-09-18

y o l I e y ' l l / e
speech. Seldom,
If ever, have so
furious b ow S
been d e a 1t a
While House in
cumbent as the
r e p u b ! / C a n
nominee aimed
at Fra n k ! ! n
r oos " e ! t on
Monday. Heavy
as they were,
a n d telling in
m os t respects,
t hey included
some glittering
Evening star., 1940-09-18
Reconstruction Retarded

process has been much slowed down by
opeah spain suffering from
aon remains unsettled The revolutionary elements
bI FRANCO reels that he forces his
paign IL may result In disaster himself
Inc general belief here is that Rbbenrop will discuss
" ms Ialan colleague the possibility of
he alo OF the five six
border The
attempt TO deny the Germans Spain But
the key the Western Mediterranean Germans don't
want friction with II Duce
sphere influence.
IL Will not De ofcut Tor Rome
on realon with Great Britain by permitting
But In all probability
by sending
alongside the SWastka if Gibraltar conquered
The determined resistance of Britain
Germans have made crush resistance reported
Rome. ''
Mssoini has ordered Field Marshal Graan campaign
against Egypt fully confident that by
had penetrated we'll troops be landing
the
the Italia in
must continue their offensive
Evening star., 1940-09-18

HE opinions OF the ,Drtter this
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented in The
Stars effort to gDe all sides OF questions OF interest to its
readers although such opinions be contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1940-09-18

pAio" NN oll ALL
proved radio de-
livery as COM
pared with his
a C c e pit a n C e
speech, but that
he made a we'll
rounded attack
that will prove
more effective,
too, in getting
votes.
he Willkie
campaign h a S
b e e n slow to
start. The fact
that a W h o l e
month was AL
Evening star., 1940-09-18
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

If any doubt fingered about the
sledge-hammer pattern of the 1910
presidential campaign, it was effec-
lively removed by Wendell WILKES
Evening star., 1940-09-18
(WiIIkie Blast
Is Believed
Vote Getter
Roosevelt Reply
Seen as Certain
After Charges
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Impressions made by Wendell
Wilkes speech at Coffeyville,
Kans, opening his Western cam
paign, seem to be that he not only