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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Grossly Inadequate"

New England's coastal defenses didn't
rate much at the hands OF congress
sional-inSpection group which Travelled
up and down this region week ago.
Three members of the House Military Al
fairs committee were among those VINO
looked over the situation and found 1t
wanting, according to their judgment.
Rep. j. Joseph Smith of this city was one
of the three committee members. AS he
himself put it, "The big problem now IS
to design and install the huge antl-alr-
craft batteries, as we'll as to carry out the
improvements in aircraft and mechanical
ton in all branches of the Army, as de-
manded by recent developments abroad.
The local congressman is we'll quail
fed to talk on our national defenSeS. he
is better acquainted with the actual facts
in this respect than most OF his col
leagues in the House. Frequently his
comments have been used by other speak
ers to call attention to our national de-
lenses. It was no small tribute to his
perspective that Senator John A. Dana
her quoted him almost verbatim when
he keynoted the Republican State Con-
vention in Hartford over month ago.
Waterbury can well be proud OF the part
that he is now playing in building up
and improving our national defense pro-
gram.
In view of his knowledge along these
lines and his acquaintance with the true
facts of the American situation, it would
seem extremely important that he be
retained by Connecticut in Congress so
that he may see his own personal cam
paign for more adequately-fortified ma
tion successfully completed as it now
seems bound to be- Democrats and Re-
publicans alike can take pardonable
pride in the fine work he has been do
ing to awaken this country to potential
perils confronting it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Widely Mourned

Although there is great deal OF mys-
terry attached to it, the death of Mar
shall Balbo, Italy's foremost air eXpon-
ent, is still widely mourned. Not only in
his native Italy, is memory OF this brave
Italian FLYER and statesman eulogized,
but throughout the world where he was
known and had visited you hear today
frequent expressions of sorrow that ne
had to become war victim. Here in the
United States there is also the added
comment that so great man as Balbo
had no place in a fighting plane along
a fighting front.
All of which adds to the incongruous
features surrounding his death. 1t is now
officially denied by Royal Air Force COM
manders at Cairo, Egypt, that its air
planes were not engaged in any dog
fight" with an Italian squadron at the
time that Balbo is believed to have
been sent to his death in a flaming
plane. Americans cannot understand
why so brave and so patriotic a man as
Balbo should have become the victim OF
any national surge of feeling.
Some day the truth about Balbo may
be revealed. But with the truth will not
come any lessening of the feelings OF sor-
row that persist today. He is one OF
but a very few prominent national lead
ers who have thus far persisted in the
present European conflict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Farm Prospects

Farmers find it hard to forget the
World War and So wheat. At the be-
ginning of the present struggle in Eu-
rope warnings were sounded by the clear
sighted that the present course would
be different. Each warning country had
vast food stocks laid by. Rationing be-
gan at once. Civilian consumption
dropped. Export to country after coun-
try has been completely cut Off There
is no reason to expect improvement in
these restrictions on exports until the war
is over.
Whether an exhausted Europe will
then be facing starvation, and call in
anguish for American food, as has been
predicted, we do not know. But we do
know that this war has brought no boom
to American farmers and will not. This
means that the farm problem will still
be with us in much the same form we
have known it for 20 years, no matter
what administration is returned to Wash
ington. The world outlook being what it
is, methods of increasing domestic con-
sumption of our own food may be the
best "out".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

air bases are already under construction,
and money is on the way for two more.
The necessary compliments OF these
bases. with the establishments of Ma
tionai Guard, will take some of the pres
sure off the need to defend this great ter
ritory, valuable in itself, vital as an ave-
nue. of possible attack on the United
States. Some 700 new troops are now on
their way to an Alaskan base.
Until next year the Seattle-Juneau
route will be covered by flying boats. AT
ter that the big four-engined Shakespeare
planes will take their place, air fields hav-
ing been built in the meantime that will
accommodate them. Not only the military
but the civilian development of Alaska
should receive a great impetus by this
new triumph of American air progress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

A miniature Jones Beach is the way
that most people who have now seen New
London's brand new municipal bathing
beach describe it. OF course that doesn't
necessarily mean anything to the thou
sands of Connecticut residents who never
have visited the Long Island summer
wonderland on the south shore. But New
London, according to all reports, has
every reason to be proud OF the fine re-
sort that it has carved out of the wreck
age left after the 1888 hurricane swept
over the old Ocean Beach of fond mem
ory. The 100000 project opened Sun
day amid gay festivities, is the only city
owned project of this nature along the
Connecticut coastline. 1t is modern in
every detail from it's magnificent half
mile boardwalk to its special swimming
poo where those who don't want to brave
the surf can enjoy themselves. There are
only two structures proper in the resort
area-the refreshments pavilion and the
bathing house. New London can well be
proud of it's accomplishment and bow
gracefully to the many plaudits being
hurled it's way today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

The task of transporting all the inmates
of the Soldiers Home at Noroton to the
new Veterans Home at Rocky Hill out
side Hartford will begin some day this
month. There are now about 500 veter-
ans at Noroton, embracing all of the
American wars back as far as the Civil
War; They will be brought to the new in
stitution, magnificent in it's initial splen-
dor and modern facilities, by train. Only
very few items in the equipment at Fitch's
Home is being brought to Hartford. All
the rest will be new. The new Veterans
Home is one of the finest of this type and
well merits the praise of those who have
seen and inspected it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Self-Protection +. =. Right and Duty

It was clear at the outset that the
United States did not send two cruisers to
South American waters to collect tropical
butterflies. Exactly why they were sent
becomes clear with the unmasking in
Uruguay of Nazi military plot to seize
that country with the cooperation OF
Fifth Column" elements in that coun-
try and trained German war veterans
from neighboring Argentina. Twelve
Nazi party leaders have been arrested and
another avoided arrest only because
shielded by being officially on the staff
of the German legation Machine guns
and arms were discovered, and elements
of widespread plot exposed.
Uruguay is to be congratulated on
having acted promptly. The best way to
halt these cancerous groWthS with Amerl-
can states is by major operations as soon
as they are discovered This determina-
ton on the part of South American ma
lions to protect themselves is the best hope
of keeping the Americas clear OF foreign
isms For the United States can scarcely
be expected to protect countries which do
not try to protect themselves from for
eign influences.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Views of The Press

der any service for which it was
called upon.
Indeed, Connecticut was more
than merely ready. 1t had already,
at that time, launched military
census calculated to disclose the
States resources In manpower and
other respects.
If there is any call upon Con-
necticut in connection with the ma
tons current defense plans, Gov
ernor Baldwin undoubtedly would
be able to send a similar message.
The State has already in operation
a program for training boys to take
their places in essential industries.
Although there Is no reason to sup
pose he acted solely or perhaps
even partly upon suggestion con-
tanned in The Times a fortnight
ago, Governor Baldwin also has
prepared to re-establish the State
Council of Defense Of World War
Days. There may be little at pres
ent for this body to do, but 1t is a
wise plan to organize it in advance
of actual need for its services,
rather than to wait until the crowd
ing Of events has created confu-
sion, making necessary the crea-
ton Of a central authority to sys-
tematize the States part in the
nations undertaking.
It was also announced some time
ago that a State Guard force would
be recruited to be utilized in the
event that the National Guard Is
called into service outside the State.
More recently 1t was announced
that actual recruiting will await
authorization by the Governor when
need arises. That procedure seems
sensible.
These various steps apparently in
dictate the distance which the State
can 60 at this time. 1t Is well that
they are being taken promptly
There is no doubt that Governor
Baldwin and the rest Of the State
Government will be prepared Il
make other moves promptly when
and II necessity arises.
Connecticut has never Jagged be.
hind In national emergencies. It L
not likely to do SO when the nation
is preparing to meet any emergency
which may threaten its safety anc
its cherished institutions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
. HlGHLIGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Cozzen's Novel Case
Study of Young Writer

James Gould Cozzens has an in
sight into the basic character Of
men that borders, at times, on down
right savagery. In his latest novel,,
"Ask Me Tomorrow" (Harcourt,
Brace: $3.50, Mr.. Cozzens digs deep
into the soul of Francis Ellery,
comes up with a chronicle that
might we'll serve as psychological
case study.
If anything, the author is too
thorough in his analysis. Too much
of the story is told directly by Mr..
Cozzens; too little is reflected
through the words and actions Of
the youthful and precocious hero.
The author never let's Ellery speak
without first making him go through
an agonizing thought-process as in
tricate as a quadratic equation. But
this doesn't keep the book from be-
ing readable and sometimes absorb
ing.
Young Ellery is a novelist at 49,
To keep himself and his mother de-
Gently nourished between books, he
accepts a job as tutor to bright
but partially invaded 12-year-old
boy, Walter Cunningham. With the
exacting, methodical Mrs. Cunning
ham and Walter, Francis moves
around the italian and French Ri
vieras. At Cap Dali in France, he
and Lorna meet again. Francis has
loved Lorna ever since the days they
spent together in Paris.
Despite his careful efforts not to
let romance interfere with his tu-
torial duties, it does cause an I'M
foreseen sequence of minor disas-
tiers. Lorna has little adventure in
her heart and does not care to brave
Paris with a penniless author and
ex-tutor. For Francis there is nc
economic destiny beyond the imme-
diate rewards of discreet teacher
and the uncertain compensation
from his unwritten books.
If you lean towards psychological
novels, you will certainly be delight
ed with the detailed study Mr.. Coz
zens has provided. His descrip-
tons of drabness (and to the author
most scenes are drah are magnifi-
Gently drawn. You should have q
satisfactory evening or two with Mr.
| CozzenS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
TAXES AND EXPENDITURES
Bridgeport telegram

According to a survey New Bed
ford, Mass, has the highest tax
rate in New England, 48 mills or
$48 on the thousand. The lowest tax
rate in New England is 1917 mills
at Lewiston, Me.
Atlantic City has the record tax
rate of the whole Atlantic seaboard,
63.9 mills.
These tax rates however do not
tell the whole story.
The tax rate is levied against local
assessments. The assessments are as
important as the rate. Some COM
munities assess property at full
market value, more communities
assess property at something less
than full market value and a few
communities assess property at more
than market value. Theoretically
the courts are protection against
this but not all property owners can
afford to take appeals.
To know what the real" tax rate
Is in any community, one must have
SOIle kIlOWleuBc VI tIlc Icd1 dooSoo-
ment rate. The actual money paid
by any given citizen Is q combina-
ton Of these two rates.
Per capita taxes collected would
be a good way of measuring the
actual working of a local tax rate
Or perhaps a better measure would
be percapita expenditures including
borrowing. That would tell whether
a community was extravagant o.
not.
Some communities are wealthiel
than others, that Is, they have more
tangible real property on which X
assess taxes. But in the main there
is no reason why a good standards.
ed form of government should cos
greatly more in one city than II
another unless there Is waste o.
inefficiency or extravagance. Tit
tax rate does not always tell thu
story for the reason mentioned. Tit
expenditure rate does.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

Just before the COP national conven-
ton got under way at Philadelphia 1t was
determined that eleven names would be
proposed for the presidential nomination.
They were those of Gov Raymond E.
Baldwin, Senator H. Styles Bridges, Sena-
tor Arthur Capper, Thomas E. Dewey,
Frank E. Gannett, Gov. Arthur H. James,
Senator Charles L. McNary, Hanford
MacNider, Senator Robert A. Taft, Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, and Wendell
L. Willkie. BaldWin's name was the only
one not put in nomination
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

toward fulfilling the goal of So
600 airplanes. For the United
States, by taking advantage Of
the bulk British order, was get
ting a cheaper price.
NO MOTOR MONEY
However, Assistant War Secre-
tary Louis johnson Immediately
raised the red flag of no money.
Congress had not appropriated
enough funds for these new air.
plane engines, he said. However,
johnson Immediately telephoned
to Jimmy Byrnes, able admins
stration manipulation in the Sen
ate and a member of the Appro-
priations Committee.
SENATOR" said 10 hnson,
we've got a bargain order for
5000 airplane engines placed
with Ford If we can get $43,5OO,-
600. Can you put that amount
through your committee?"
1.-THE committees in session
right now" Byrnes replied.
"Have you got the OK of the
Budget Bureau?"
So Senator Byrnes held the APP
preparations Committee in session
for thirty minutes more while
johnson telephoned the Budget
Bureau and the White House to
get their approval. A few min
utes thereafter, the Senate Com
mittee OKd the $43, 100000.
All this was done in one after
noon, just after Edsel Ford re-
ported that he had received his
fathers telephone OK.
Everyone at the War Depart
ment was congratulating Knud-
sen when suddenly Henry Ford
issued his statement refusing to
manufacture motors for England
or any belligerent. Disappointed,
Knudsen Immediately went to De-
troit, argued with him at length,
but the elder Ford was adamant.
So now the order is going to
Packard.
NOTE-Ford maintains plants
in Canada and England which Co
operate with the British on war
supplies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Selected Poem
HIGH PASTURE

(Sara Bundy Pence in the Christian Science
Monitor)
From an overhung rock wild strains would f1oa
Twisted and gnarled, the juniper tree
Spread wide enough to shelter three;
Pierre Ibenez with his black sheep-dog
And saucy chipmunk that lived in the log.
Pierre looked after the Carmichael herds,
Alone with mountains and singing birds.
dullard in valleys, shepherd by choice,
Under the high crags he found his voice.
On his whitfield pipes from May till snow
He breathed out his soul in meodys flow.
Hot Moons found him deep in the shade
Content with his flock and the tunes he made
Or limned in the sky like a mountan-goat,
From an overhung rock wild strains would hoat.
From Avalanche Peak to Crystal Mere,
Echoed the masic OF "Portugee Pierre"
And who shall say, in the wind and frost,
That lone hearts cry was wasted and lost.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

new game
was being played and when he
finally plunked 70 votes on the line
when Willkie needed only two to
win the nomination-he got chorus
Of boos for his pains.
Which, to repeat, is symbolic. For
1t becomes more and more evident
the nomination of Willkie means
the beginning of new era for the
Republican party and possibly for
the nation as well.
"OLD GUARD"
ON OUTSIDE
The traditional odd Guard" is on
the outside. The convention was OBJ
viously Embossed from the start: and
the fact that old-line leaders failed
utterly to regain control of it simply
testified that their day is pretty
well ended.
New men are coming up: young
men like Sam Pryor of Connecticut,
Governor Stassen of Minnesota,
Congressman Bruce Barton of New
York, and their kind.
With them has come a new kind
of politics.
Willkie didn't get the prize by
maneuverings of the old type.
The only silloke-filled room at this
convention was the convention hall
itself; and the delegates made the
decision they made because, OBJ
viously, they felt it was decision
the general public had already
reached.
Willkie had started late and he
started from scratch.
AS recently as two weeks before
the convention, wise old party heads
in Washington were refusing to take
his candidacy seriously.
He hadn't gone out and got any
delegates; ne hadn't reached any
understanding with the big leaders
The public was steamed up, OF
course, but, it was objected, "It,s
the delegates who are going to do
the nominating, and he just hasn't
got EN-
He had 'em in the end-because
he found way to short-circuit the
ordinary cumbersome processes of
| Inc democracy.
PLATFORM
is CASUALTY
Chief casualty of the Willkie VIC
tory was the party platform. adopt
ed formally just "a hours earlier.
The famous defense plank, written
with such labor to satisfy both in
terventionists and isolationists, is
forgotten already.
Like the rest of the platform, it
will mean what Willkie says it
means.
| He's the boss now.
The G. o. P. is in for new deal
and it is never going to look quite
the same again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
MORE DEFENSE MONEY

Whiting the next few days,
Congress may get an intimate
closeup of the national defense
picture and be asked to make ad-
ditional huge OUTLAWS.
Reason for this is the necessity
of spending money in a hurry in
order to enlarge American fac
tory capacity. Naturally, industry
won't increase its plant capacity
merely because large orders might
come in case of war. Industry has
got to have the actual orders in
hand before it can spend for plant
expansion.
What the United States needs
for national defense, however, is
an expanded industrial system
now, one which could manufac-
ture prodigious quantities a few
days-not a few months-after
war broke.
To illustrate, smokelesS gun
powder is probably the most ne
cessary material in any war. But
the plant capacity for making
gunp0wder in the United States
Is only 2O,OO0,O00 pounds an
nually. To get an idea of how
little this is, compare 1t with the
fact that at the end Of the
World War our capacity was up
to 100000 pounds, while new
factories were being built which
wound have given an additional
5O0,O00,00O pounds annually.
In the twenty year interim, Of
course these factories were closed
or converted. Now, the process of
building them up has to begin all
over again.
NOTE-Tragedy of any war
preparation is that the country
enjoys forced industrial activity
and fictitious prosperity; then
has to drop back to normal pro-
duction and unemployment after
the war is over.
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

New Hampshire resort center SUI
fered serious blow when the lake
steam Mt. washington burned last
December. The problem OF quick
replacement seemed impossible OF
solution-until someone thought OF
buying the Lake Champlain steam
Chateaugay and cutting in into sec
lions for transportation by rail. The
sections are being moved now and
the reassembled ship Is expected to
be ready for the vacation season
Resourcefulness often accomplishes
wonders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Current Comment


I think the Ford people can make
1000 planes a day, but can't~say
when.
Charles F. Kettering, General
Motors vice president.
If it's all right for Great Britain
to change horses in the middle
of the stream, then 1t certainly
ought to me all right for us to
change horses in the middle Of q
dream.
--Herzert K. Hyde, COP temporary
platform committee chairman.
at
1t is better to be poor and free
than to be rich and nation OF
slaves.
Governor Baldwin Of Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Daily Almanac

Moon rises $40 a. m. daylight time).
Sun rises 5:24 a. m; sets 1928 p. m. day
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
When the noon went into its last quarter
phase on Thursday last 1t actually was late
in teriipg us rainy spell was due. 1t was
three days late in this respect, but explains,
OF course, the continuation OF the changeable
weather we have endured Of late,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
What's Your |. c.?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to last
mage for the answers.


/. I'm Flanders Fields" is a noted
poem, novel or play?
2. Which president Of the United
States had previously been president
of Princeton university?
3. The term Vulnerable" is used
in Poker, Contract Bridge. or Five
Hundred?
4. What causes tides?
S. Which three presidents Of the
United States were assassinated?
6. Which race horse finished sec
ond to Bimelech in the 1910 Freak
ness Stakes?
Z. What are sepoys?
8. Is Greenland in the Eastern or
Western Hemisphere?
9. What were Caesars dying
words, referring to the part played
by Brutus in the plot to kill him?
10. In the first census Of the Unit
ed States, was the population just
under six million, ten million or
four million?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02
Questions
|andAnswers

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THE EDITOR.
@. What were the British and
German losses in the Battle of Jut-
land?
A. The British lost IA naval yes
sells and 6,097 officers and men: Ger
many lost II naval vessels and
2,545 officers and men.
@. What is the nationality Of
Laurence Olivier?
A. English, by birth.
@. What percentage OF the
worlds output of tin does the United
States consume?
A. approximately As percent.
@. When was West Virginia adj
mitted as State in the Union?
A. The separation Of West Vir-
GINA from Virginia was direct
outgrowth Of the Civil War. The
people of the western countries of
Virginia voted by overwhelming
majority against secession in 1851,
and in 1853 West Virginia was
granted state charter.
Q. How many persons are receiv-
ing monthly payments under the
old-age and survivors insurance pro-
visions of the Social Security Act?
A. Federal Security Admnistrat-
or Paul v. McNutt announced that
21,150 persons were added to the
rolls in April, bringing the total
number of persons awarded regular
monthly benefit to 62,364 at the
close of that month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-02

Ver dIleIIlpIeu Dy
JOS eph Pc W,
eastern Pennsyl-
vania G. o. p.
boss, in connec-
ton with the
nomination of
Wendell Willkie.
p ew h Ell d
P e n n sylvania's
vote back, on the
final ballot, and
the nomination
almost walked
out from under
him before he
could register it.
Things inst
moved too fast
for him.