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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

If reports are true that Waterbury is just being attacked by the Japanese beetles, it is the beginning of sad era for householders who take great pride in the appearance of their lawns, flower gardens, trees, etc. The Japanese beetle is no respecter of vegetation. He appar- ently feasts on anything that gets in his way. Where communities have really been ravaged by the beetle, which is at it's worst just at this time of the year, lawns present sorry sight; hedges are Vegetation gardens look wilted and for lorn Local, state, and federal authori- ties should never cease their flight to eliminate this scourge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Dancing and Light Wines

The French, we used to be told, "are a gay people, fond of dancing and light wines" However apt that olden descrip- tion might have been once, it now runs smack into an official froWn. The Vichy government has officially and porten- tously warned it's people against "levity and the failure to fall into the spirit of discipline demanded by the Pejain gov- ernment." There is too much 'exuber- ance," and too many "private festivities" the government added
 God knows there must be little enough to laugh about in France at this moment. It is depressing to learn that anyone who does feel any stray inclination to be gay falls afoul of official government pro- hibition.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

With the Democratic majority on the Board of Aldermen carrying the issue it was voted that the disciplining of the Police Department, if this be necessary, should stem from that city commission under whose jurisdiction the department falls. That would be the Police Board. And we agree wfole-heartedly with this. If the board is lax in this respect or slow in taking up the matter we think that an order for definite action should come from the Mayor or in his absence from the next ranking city official. It does seem, though, as if the Board of Alder men, inspired by COP members, has been endeavoring of late to widen the scope of it's activities. To be sure it can be regarded as the most important of our city boards; it's members, being elected, are directly responsible to the voters. This does not confer powers outside of juris- diction that is defined by charter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

people so that they (the leaders and people, are acting not as humans but as something the like of which the world has not often witnessed. Any thinker knows this, and the "" secretary can think.
 To the third point-the "Y" sec- retary. I think the man is in grave error here or that perhaps unknow- ingly I myself am in error. Per- haps I was ignorant of the fact that with the receipt of my "Y" mem- bership card. 'ipso facto' the sec- retary of my organization would do my thinking for me even to the public expression of it. Perhaps I am wrong. But even if he did have the right to speak for his member ship. it's a bold and bad use of that right.
 So to me the poster in your vin- dow was bundle of bungles. Maybe I'm wrong-but it's about the only country where fellow can indulge Gin print) in the luxury of being wrong.
 Yours for Bigger Bundles and Smaller Bungles,
 "A BULLETIN READER"
 P. s. Of course the bundles should go no matter how labelled. Good luck to the drive, then.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
LABORITE THINKS WILLIAM J CITRON SHOULD BE RE-
 TURNED TO CONGRESS.
Hartford, Conn. August 19, 1940.

Hartford, conn.
 August 19, 1940. Editor of the Democrat:
 Though live in Hartford l man. age to read your columns. I won- der if your readers are struck with the sudden worship of Franklin D. Roosevelt by erstwhile luke-warm New Dealers. What the Democratic party needs is at least one genuine New Dealer on their ticket, and we of the working class recognize that the former member of Con- gress, William M. Citron is such. MT. Citron was a real aid to the president, and if you look at his record for liberal legislation, you can put him down as a genuine supporter of the program of this administration. That being so, I hope the Democrats put him on the ticket again, so as to give the people a chance to return him to Wash ington.
 MT. Citron took up the cudgels for wages and hours legislation, and for the Walsh Healey bill. He is our friend-labor's friend-as wit- ness the endorsements for him by labor unions.
 LABORTTE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

It will be interesting to note what suc- cess is achieved in making repairs to the much-discussed Washington Avenue bridge, funds having been authorized for this purpose by the aldermen. If it can be repaired so that traffic may utilize it until proper plans for new span are made, it ought to spur the city on to- wards actually having the new Baldwin Street built. Sometimes we wonder If this bridge ever will be constructed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Selected Poem
AN OLD STORY

(Helene Mullins in the New York Times) This is what happened; swiftly through his mind A dart of disilluson shots its way. His eyes were opened that had long been blind, The gold on the far horizon turned to gray. Never a saving hope sprang into flower, Never a beacon flashed on any hill. Life gives to each his own bewildered hour, His fitful fever, and his soothing chill. Now he is free beneath the churchyard spire. Grieve not for him because tonight you know. The sould that leaps with anguish soon must tire He leaped and tired, but 1t was long ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN" SLOGAN A BUNDLE
 OF BUNGLEs

Waterbury, Conn.,, Aug. ie, ie4o. Dear Editor:
 Local " Secretary Backs 'Bun- dles For Britain Drive" was, I bee iieve, the wording of q bulletin ap- bearing recently in the window of the Democrat ofIlce. Now, I'm wcn- derlng about 1t ali and several items stand out in my mind.
 1. is not the "" speaking on an international question ir a sofne- what parochiai fashion2 2. Bundles for Britain" Why Britain and not ether eountFless
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 9:26 D. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 6:os o. m; sets 7:42 ?. m. (day- light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Daylight saving time will end on septem- ber % this year, If the normal schedule IS followed. With more than a month of grea events to occur before that time anything nigh occur to cause an unusual situation to extend the saving" period as in World War days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

END, the undercover maneuvers of certain business interests, some of them armament producers, to whittle the bill down to a mere shadow.
 Unequivocal assurances were giv- en the obdurate business men that certain amortization concessions they demanded would be written into the tax measure. It was even proposed to include a pro- vision in the bill for adjustment of differences that might arise later. But despite these guar antees certain defense manufac- turers have baked at getting busy on emergency armament orders.
 They are conducting a "SIT DOWN" against national de- fense until the concessions they want actually are in black and white on the statute books.
 This already has cost weeks of delay in the placing of major or ders and the end in nowhere in sight.
 BATTERED TAX BILL
 Behind-t -the-scenes the debates over taxation has been hot and turbulent.
 After Roosevelt urged inmedi- ate enactment of an excess profits bill, the Treasury submitted pro- posals to the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation to raise around $400,000,- 900 in additional revenue. Several days later Senator Pat Harrison, co-chairman of the committee, laid before the President a substitute bill concocted by Harold Stam, general counsel of the Congress Sional committee.
 Harrison assured Roosevelt that it would produce the same amount as the Treasury proposals but by soft-pedalling on certain contro- versial items would be easier to enact. Anxious for fast action, Roosevelt told Senator Harrison to go ahead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

1. Bi monthly means twice monthly, or once every two months? 2. Is Jacqueline Cochran famous aviatrix, actress or radio entertain CT?
 3. In which country is the Orino- co River?
 4. Do the highest waves occur along a coast or in the open sea?
 5. Which is taller. the Washing ton Monument or the Eiffel Tower?
 6. When used as a negative an- swer to question, what part of speech is the word no?
 2. Owen J. Roberts is a Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, chair man of the Finance Corporation?
 8. Is the Bill of Rights a part of the United States Constitution?
 g. Who made the famous trans lation of the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam?
 10. For what fraternal order do the initials A. O. H. stand?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

the growth or
 grass in that area. Pleas and notices were of no avail. At last the superinten- dent of grounds moved four huge thornberry bush- es and put them
 at the fuur cor- ners Of the in-
 tersection. After
 t h a t students kent on the walk
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Current Comment

More than ever we must work for a united America capable Of de- tending its sovereignty. -oen. Goes Montelro, Brazilian chief of stan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never say, "There was such a
 fog so that the lookout couldn't see"; omit so before
 that. When such is com
 pleted by a result clause, the
 clause is introduced by that alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
National Spotlight

While Bruce Cation vacations, staff members of NEA Services Washington bureau pinch-hit for him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
BY GERRY DICK
NEA Service Stan Correspondent

NEA Service Stan Correspondent
 Washington, Aug. q = If Con- gress tacks Senator Wagner's pro- posed amendment onto the Social Security act, there will be an epi- demic of headaches among house. wives.
 But there is this consolation.
 Mandy would be less inclined to pack of on payday, without formal leavetaking, never to be seen again.
 The amendment would extend old age insurance to domestics; and farm laborers, without prescribing just how their records should be kept. This detail would probably be left to people on the administrative staff of the Social Security Board, who have made study of methods used in South America and Europe. STAMP PLAN
 IS SIMPLE
 Most of these experts say the stamp plan is best. Here it is: Sup pose the federal government agreed to pay per cent, the employer l per cent, and the employe a like amount. Mrs. Jones pays her cook $10 week, so she buys a sheet of 20-cent old-age-insurance stamps at the local postoffice. Mandy ar- rives to cook for the Jones family. She has a social security book on which her name and account num- Der are printed and she will prob ably turn this over to Mrs. Jones when she gets the job. On payday Mrs. Jones gives Mandy $9.90 instead of $10, adds her own 10-cent con- tribution, and affixes a 2o-ecnt stamp to Mandy's account book.
 When Mandy serves lumpy spoon bread, or Mrs. Jones has dinner at 8, "once too often," there is none of the old casualness about their parting.
 Mrs. Jones must return Mandy's stamp book, and Mandy must ex- anime it carefully, to see that her employer has affixed the proper number of stamps, and that they are the proper kind. Just any old stamp, steamed off a letter from your cousin, won't do.
 Every six months or a year, if Mandy has had regular employ ment, her book will be filled, and she will turn it in then and get a new one. The stamps she has collected will be credited to her l oono11rt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
THE EDITOR.


 Q. Where is Tonto National For est?
 A. It is located chiefly in Yavapai, Gila and Maricopa counties, Ari- zona, with a small section overlap ping into Pinal county to include Superstition Mountain near Apa- che Junction. The Mogollon Rim, or Great Fault, forms the northern boundary of the forest, rising a thousand feet above the wooded foothills to a pine and fir crested plateau. The total area is more than 2,400,000 acres.
 e. When and where was the first scheduled autogiro air mail service inaugurated?
 A. July IS, 1899, at the Philadel- phia Post Office at 30th and Mar ket streets. The route was from the roof of the Post Office to Gen. tra1 Airport in Camden, 8 dis ance of six miles.
 o. What were the betting odds on President Roosevelt in the 1886 election?
 A. They ranged from 2 to 1 at the beginning of the campaign to to 1 towards the close.
 Q. How much oxygen is usually carried in submarine?
 A. Enough to last crew of 40 to 60 men about seventytwo hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21

o. Does the Prime Minister of Great Britain receive 8 salary for that position?
 A. In 1897 an act of Parliament provided that the person who is Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury shall receive a salary of 10000 pounds sterling. A retired Prime Minister also receives a pen- sion of 2,000 pounds year.
 @. Do unemployment compensa- tion laws provide for benefits while worker is sick?
 A. No. To draw benefits a per- son must be able to work.
 e. What is the difference be- tween guinea and pound sterling in English money?
 A. A guinea is 21 shillings; a pound is twenty shillings.
 Q. What is heat lightning?
 A. A reflection in the sky or clouds of far-off lightning flashes in an electrical storm beyond the horizon, most often seen at the close of hot day. The storm is too far away for thunder to be heard.
 If you want copy of the book let Presidential Candidates 1940", send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washing ton, D. c. Enclose four cents in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
CZECHS PREFER PAYROLL REPORT

One of the Social Security Boards experts reports that in Czechoslo- vakia the social insurance records of domestics are kept much as the records of office clerks and indus trial workers are kept in the Unit ed States. Czech officials like the payroll report better than the stamp plan.
 Extension of old age insurance benefits to domestics and farm laborers has been opposed in Con- gress before on the grounds that the turnover is great, employment irregular, and the proportion of employers to employe such that it would be impossible to keep the record straight.
 Advocates of the bill say the So- cial Security Board is well organ ized now, and could take this job in its stride. FIRST ARMY
 OF U. S. WOMEN
 ''The Green Guards" an organ ization of Washington women, promises to be the first feminine army in the United States. Mrs. Virginia Novel; started it when her son was called up for service in the Air Corps Reserve. She offered her services to the army, the navy. and the Defense Com mission, but they all told her po- litely they didn't have anything for her to do. She decided she would create jobs for patriots of her own sex.
 The organization is not official, of course, but that does not dam pen the enthusiasm of several hun- dred women for military drill with dummy guns three nights week. One night week they find out what makes an automobile, or more particularly an ambulance, run. An- other night Red Cross instructor teaches them first aid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

OUR THORNBERRY BUSHES
 It happened that on a certain college campus the students were cutting the corners at the inter- section of two walks and preventing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-21
Questions
 andAnswers
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Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
On Ruins Of Rome Republic Arose
A Line Of Mighty Emperors
By Hendrix WiIIem van Loon
Illustrated by the outhor

imperial center inhabited by Il few
families who owned everything and
millions who lived miSerably on pub
lie charity, there was an end to
that dream of a proud and indie
pendent citizenry. And after that.
the law of Plato began to function.
There was a prolonged struggle
between the rich and the poor. This
led to an era of anarchy until the
complete suspension of all law and
order made the people say, Any
thing will be better than tho present
state of chaoS!" and made them
eager to accept that dictatorship
which then led to tho establish
mcnt of an imperial form of gov
eminent.
That empire in turn persisted be-
cause no country can hope to sur
vive unless it has a reserve of MIL
lions of people who have an actual
interest in keeping their common
country going.
Imperial Rome allowed that re-
serve to die out. After that it was
only a question of time when Rome
would cease to exist.
Then came the deluge known as
the Dark Ages. And for 500 years
democracy disappeared from the
face of the earth as if it had never
existed.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT,
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
Fictitious Firm Name

The undersigned does hereby GER
tifv that he is conducting a Neon
Sign business at lis North 5th ST.,
Ell Centre, California, under the
fictitious firm name Of Ellis Neon
Sign Co., and that said firm is
composed of the following persons,
whose names and addresses are as
follows, to-Wit:
Ralph Smith, 827 South 5th St,
Ell Centre, California.
witness my hand this 29th day
of February, 1910.
RALPH SMITH.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
} SIS.
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL }
On this % day of Feb, AID, 1910,
before me, d. S. Dawson, Notary
Public in and for said County and
State, personally appeared Ralph
Smith, known to me to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the
within Instrument, and acknoWl-
edged to me that he executed the
same.
In witness whereof, 1 have here
unto set my hand and affixed my
official seal the day and year IN
this certificate first above written.
(ScaD D. s. DAWSON,
Notary Public In and Tor
said County and State
(F29-M7 IA, 2D
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
The WAY DEMOCRACIES
WORK IN WARTIME

The difference between democracieS
and totalitarian states has never been SO
ably demonstrated as in Europe this
week, where public clamor brought about
hange in French government and fore
ed Great Britain into the war greatest
aerial raids
In France and Great Britain, there has
been increasing public clamor against the
way the governments of those two ma
tons have prosecuted the war.
Therein lies the first evidence of the
functiOning of democracy.
In Germany, such public clamor would
not have been allowed. Those who spoke
their minds about the government would
have been beheaded In spite of the fact
that it is the public which pays the eN
IRENE price. even in a dictatorship. the
public has no voice in what the price
shall be-
Even if public clamor were allowed,
by some strange freak of circumstance
or policy, IN Germany, it would not
change by one iota the course Hitler and
his aides choose to follow.
In the democracieS public clamor did
change the course of the wartime policies.
Perhaps it is weakness that democrat
cies are subject to sudden change at the
whim of a great mass of people-but it
is a strength too in war time as in peace
time.
When the people of a totalitarian state
Lose faith in their ruler, there is only
one thing they can do Revolt.
When a democracy is wrong, the peo-
pie have no one to blame but themselves
and they must go on fighting or lose
entirely.
In Germany, a majority of Germans
would consider that Hitler had lost the
war. if peace were forced on him.
I'm France or England. a ma Ority of
people would COZ slider that they them
selves had lost the war, if the reverse were
true.
You will not fight as WELL nor as long,
nor as uncomplainingly for another man,
as you will for yourself.
The Germans are fighting for Hitler.
The French and English are fighting
for themselves.
Therein lies democracy.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
Bruce Cation in Washington
Disseets the News

in the labor movement. Among them
are members of the Smith commit
tee
1t wouldn't be exactly surprising,
therefore. if the committee should
conclude that here was a phase of
the relationship between employer
and cmploye" which would bear
looking into; nor would it be sur
rrising it, having SO decided, the
committee should send its attorney
or other agent over to the Justice
Department to study the material on
racketcerine which the department
has recently collected.
There is a lot of that material on
hand. incidentally. Most of 1t has
been turned up in the Arnold cam
paign. Much of it came in more or
less incidentally, and has not re-
suited in any grand jury action
either because it doesn't bear on
the departments antitrust cam
paign, or because it's not complete.
But it would furnish an ample set
OF leads" for a congressional COM
mittec.
What's more. it would be simple
for the committee to get at tins m
formation. inasmuch as the Justice
Department isn't at all aVerse tC
letting Smith go ahead with the Jop
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1940-03-21
POOR GENERALSHIP IN
The THIRD TERM DRIVE

The New Deal, once the smartest of
political groups. must have had soften
ing of its political brain.
How else could it have chosen Secre-
tary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, prob
ably the most unpopular of New Dealers,
to lead its drive to obtain a third term
nomination for President Roosevelt?
1t is possible, of course, that the ire
preSsible Ickes forced himself into the
position of leadership in the New Deal
inspired draft Roosevelt movement.
If so, that is the New Deals hard luck
and the Republican party'S good luck.
There could not be Il worse general to
lead tho third term drive.
Secretary lckcS is an acknowledged
left WIngcr, an outSpoken chap who has
made more enemies than friends while
in office, and suspected job grabber.
His very position in the cabinet lays him
open to charges that he seeks merely to
perpetuate himself in office by re-elect-
ing the only man who would hire him.
If the New Dealers are really serious
about this third term business, they will
send the secretary to Europe, or darkest
Africa. or to some lonely outpost where
there is neither newspaper nor radio.
For Secretary lckes in spite of his
good intentions. is doing a lot to assure
the country that President Roosevelt
will not be elected for a third term.