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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
Learning Neighbor Languages

Secretary Wallace, addressing Pan
American gathering the other night, not
only pleased his audience but surprised
many of his friends by speaking in Span
ish. The secretary has been learning the
neighbor language in his spare time.
Why should this be so unusual? Travellers
to the south find thousands of educated
people speaking fluent English as Sec
ond language. They are Immediately
ashamed of their own inability to use
any language but their own.
Europeans going to Latin countries on
business Legitimate and monkey take
good care to learn Spanish, Portuguese,
or French first. Americans too seldom
do Secretary Wallace has set a fine
example that could be followed by
thousands of his fellow North Americans
with great pleasure to themselves and
great advantage to inter-American rela-
tons.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

Like q tall tree on a prairie stands an
honest man. It was Hamlet who noted
that 10 be honest, as this world goes, Is to
be one man picked out Of ten thousand"
Not that most men are dishonest In the
sense that they would steal. They are
not. II they were, even such rudiment-
ary civilization as we have achieved
would fall apart. But to be really hon
est, In the sense of maintaining COM
plete integrity In the face OF disadvantage
= that Is something rarer. 1t has an
antique flavor, and II warns one to find
1t.
william Brandt OF st. Louis Is 70,
secretary-organizer Of the A. F. Of L, Gen.
trail Trades and Labor Unions. AS re-
ceiver for local movie operators union
which had become corrupt he risked his
life, he set things straight, and then re-
fused a $4,000 bonus offered by the CRATE
full union members. He wouldn't even
talk about 1t much, except TO say, II have
never been reformer; have just tried
to do the best I know. :" More men to
steer unwaveringly that simple course -
that's what the world needs.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
Selected Poem
WAR sPECrER
&c. Leon Hit In the Poets Corner
Hartford CourarO

lE Leon tillt III Jlle FOCUS SOIHeI,
Hartford CouranO
I stand among the clouds and SAFE below
And ali seems calm and peaceful Yet know,
Those tiny pufis that dot the hay air
Are cannon Fluctuations. War Is there
And Its destruction, wholly mans affair.
/ move little closer best TO see
The comrades Of my spirit, soon to be,
I watch the aim OF each good mother s son
Enforce creed Of slaughter by the gun
And count the corpses falling. one by one.
I wander In trench and heave sigh
For not so long ago twas here stood I,
A frightened youngster, praying hard, in pain,
Beseeching God to send me home again.
But who could live when drenched with leaden rain?
And as again watch man at mis- worst,
I'm mindful. as each craven shell has burst
These sons Of worried mothers must this day
Be bartered In the hell that war car: play;
portion Of the price that humans pay.
I'm back only 70 seek the men whose lead
Commissioned me to soldier with the dead.
want TO find these men so they may know
That forgive who strafed me, here below;
That hate lives not. where stricken soldiers 60.
And where I'm living now the wounds of war
Cannot distress me as they did before
No fearful thoughts Cypress me with dread.
Nor spparitions crowd an aching head.
stand at ease. and peace. among the dead.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

Memorial Day observance here In Wa
terbury, starting with the parade and
services In the morning, was generally
acclaimed as the best seen In many year
Some twenty and thirty years ago before
the World War had started the celebra-
ton OF Memorial Day was always marked
by fine parade in which the militia
would participate. The march always
ended at the cemeteries and the decora-
ton Of soldiers graves was quite an edi-
tying sight to the young poys ana mo- gr nS
automobiles parading In those days and
drum corps were few and far between.
But there were good bands and there
were fine, outstanding soldiers. The par
ade OF this week brought back lot OF
memories that had been lying dormant
for years. We presume Il Is the war
spirit that prompted such fine turn
out this year; 1t certainly was inspiring to
younger Americans.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
PLANS FOR A STATE GUARD
Hartford Timesl

It Is prudent foresight 10 have
plans prepared for State Guard,
to protect local industries and COM
munications. but that the time has
arrived for actually organizing the
guard is not apparent. 1t does not
appear that there Is aught for such
military organization to do and
there may not be for some time TO
come. II ever.
Probably It would not be difficult
for the regular armed forces Just
beginning to take shape, 1t seems
somewhat premature to organize
an auxiliary army to guard points
which are endangered only II war
should visit this country. AS for
ferreting out fifth column traitors
there are other and better ways
than setting up a military organl-
zation. While unds- the impact Of
a wave OF sentiment for expanded
national defense II Is wise TO guard
against hysteria.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

One reason for this change is
the recollection that one year ago
Henry was one Of the most criti-
cizedl men In Washington for let
ting the French buy certain types
OF airplanes, even though they
had been rejected by the U. 8.
Army.
However, Morgenthau stuck by
his guns and permitted the
French 10 buy S60,000,000 worth
Of planes even before the war
started, and now that policy Ii
applauded by senators who once
castlgated him. Furthermore II
ID o recognized that the Amerl-
can alrplane industry now can
take care Of about 10000 air.
planes annually, ana that this
plant expansion was paid for
solely by the Allies.
Not long ago, Morgenthau sub.
jected 10 more criticism because
he dropped In at the Allison air.
plane motor factory In INDIAN
apolis In the evening 10 pay o sur.
prise visit. Allison makes O
motor which fits into the wing and
Is used by fast.flying pursuit
planes. There Is q heavy demand
for this motor; the Allies need II
bodily. But when Morgenthau
dropped In on the plant, he
found II barely working.
Shortly thereafter, Alfred
Sloan, head Of the General
Motors Corporation which con-
trolls Allison motors, paid o
special visit 10 Morgenthau, and
promised him every possible CO.
operation. Sloan even suggested
that the 1851 automobile models
be held up In order 70 make way
for alrplanes.
Morgentliau believed this un-
necessary, since the machine tools
for the 1891 models are now with.
In one month Of being complete.
Editors Note-Another Merry.
Go-Round column on our national
defense will follow shortlyo
Copyright, 1910, by United
Feature Syndicate. Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

Arnold has now broken up q Ger
man. American combine In the
manufacture OF rang e-finding
equipment for the Army and Navy,
and Morgenthau told him TO look
into the airplane motor monopoly.
Whether or not this got back
to the airplane motor people Is
not known, However, they have
been cooperating. As q result,
Morgenthau Is working out O plan
whereby they will license their
patents 10 the United States
government and the government,
In turn, will farm out these L.
censes to other companies.
DIVISION OF PATENTS
Thus, Canada, which wants o
big consignment OF Pratt-Whitney
motors for training ships, will not
get them from Pratt-Whitney. This
firm needs 10 concentrate all Its
output on big 1000 and 1000
horsepower motors for bomhers,
whereas training ships can use
much smaller motors. In order to
divide the work, therefore, Nor
genthau will farm out the Pratt
Whitney patents 10 other firms
which are not so busy and which
specialize In smaller motors.
This Is q historic step. In fact
II Is one OF the most r-reaching
moves since the Supreme Court
decision on the Bell Telephone
company In 1870. which ruled that
q company could keep It's patents,
even II they remained absolutely
idle and even II that idleness
blocked the development OF Aincri-
can industry. Morgenthau, In ef.
feet, Is upsetting that decision.
However, his move Is In conform
ity with the patent pool In the
motor industry, which has made II
one OF the most progressive In
the United States.
HENRY'S FARSIGHTEDNESs
Inside fact Is that airplane
manufacturers, at first hostile
toward Secretary Morgenthau as
the coordinator OF aifplane pur-
chases, now have come around TO
q genuine respect for his ability
and far-sightedness.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
. HlGHLlGHTS FROM
LATEST BOOKS
Dynasty Of Austria
Before World War

The twilight OF O dynasty, the
fall OF an old regime-this Is Johan
Fabricus' story Of Austria before
the World War, brilliantly and SYM
pathetically told In "A Castle In
Carinthia" (Random House: $2,75)
The castle Is the symbol OF all
that was Austria during the reign
OF Franz Josef. Home OF Baron
Won Weygand and his family, II Ia
the center of gaiety and festivals
OF tragedy and misfortune.
The Baron came to the castle q
lonely widower, retired from the
army. The ancient halls rang with
song when the farmers, foresters
and servants greeted the Baron and
his bride, Maria.
Soon there were children-Rudi
Elizabeth, Stephan and Angelique
playing In the gardens, racing
up the stairs. And 1t was from
the dry moat that Toni, the farm
er's son, lifted the dying body OF
little Stephan, after he had fallen
from q high window.
Maria buried her heart with
Stephan and not even the birth OF
another son, whom she also called
Stephan, could stir her from her
melancholy. But happiness could
not be dispelled. When Rudi went
to military school, he brought his
friends home for gay vacations.
Love came for Elizabeth and her
tutor, Paul.
Then there was war. Rudi was
ordered to the Russian front. An
gelique ran away with a French
musician. Rudi was cited for
bravery. Paul died on the West
ern Front. Maria's life ebbed
slowly. At last came the official
letter. Rudi was dead, too.
With her fathers mind shaken
by the loss of his son, the duties
of head of the family fell TO Eliz-
abeth. She tried to keep the
castle and the family as they were
before the war.
But the changes were too many,
too sweeping TO be checked by q
woman. At last she surrendered
to the new order, found love with
the peasant Toni, and left the
casele 10 a new, rich American
tenant.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

on the FIRST ballot: Taft, 297; Dewey
200.
Probable strength after the IA
vorite son delegations split up: Taft
43l; Dewey, 2s3.
This gentleman figures that APP
proximately 200 delegates at Phil
adelphia will be seriously looking for
dark horse.
He made his survey without the
knowledge OF Taft headquarters,
and the Taft people aren't claim
Ing his dope Is necessarily right
But his figures certainly aren't dis
couraging them any.
UNCLE SAM STILL
CHASING BOOTLEGGERS
Six years after prohibition end
ed, the Internal Revenue Bureau
Is still making war on bootleggers,
Illicit distillers, and rum runners.
Trouble isn't entirely confined TO
the mountain states, either, ira.
ditional home OF moonShiners. The
biggest booze conspiracy cases since
prohibition broke recently In New
York and Oklahoma.
In Oklahoma, 1859 men were In
dicted for conspiring TO take liquor
into the dry states OF Oklahoma and
Kansas federal offense, under
the liquor law enforcement act OF
1886. In New York, l22 men were In
dicted on charges OF distributing
100000 gallons OF alcohol about
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsyl-
vania over n l0-month period, dodg-
Ing 81 100000 In taxes thereby.
Extent OF the "revenooers' lob Is
shown, roughly, by the figures. In
1899 they seized ii,425 stills and
1859 900 gallons Of mash, and fines
totaling $2,224, o32 were imposed on
liquor law violators In federal court.
Situation apparently Is improv-
ing; 1899 seizures OF stills were 8
per cent under the 1898 seizures,
Z per cent under those for 1887.
and 81 per cent under the 1895
figures.
Biggest number Of cases orig
HlutS All WIG opuVlVEh HtOuithti
states, as In the long.ago days.
There's one difference, though;
mountaineers don't shoot the
"revenooers" 80 often nowadays.
They've learned II doesn't pay.
REGISTERING AGENTS
STOPPING PROPAGANDA
The law requiring oil agents OF
foreign powers 10 register publicity
at the State Department Is working
fine, II II was meant TO check the
spread OF foreign propaganda.
II has made the big publicity
Arms awfully shy about taking on
foreign accounts; right now, for
instance, the British government
does not have Ia "publ!c rotations
counsel" In this country, although
II has made plenty Of fat offers.
One New York Arm, among the
most prominent, has been solicited
by every European nation except
Ceremony and the Balkan countries.
IT turned them all down figuring
the stigma OF being an admitted
foreign agent" would be too dam
aging.
II almost took on Norway, though
figured Norway was one country
that would never get into war.
While II was meditating the Ger.
mans marched In.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

Rank growth Is outstripping cultivated
growth right at the present time. The
extremely long wet period, plus the cold,
has held up vegetables and flowers con-
siderably. 1t also threatens seeded
gardens, many OF which will probably
have to be replanted In order to insure
good crops later on. Not only have seeds
been washed out, but they have rotted
In the ground. A few crops are moving,
but not very many. After all II growing
things don't get sunshine they are lost
This kind OF weather shows how easy II
Is for rank growth, such as many varie-
ties OF weeds to overpower and wipe out a
planned plot OF land.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
What's Your |. O.?

Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn 10 last page
for the answers.
lido horsehairs ever turn into
snakes?
2. Name the seat Of government
OF The Netherlands.
3. Is the art Of hardening copper
lost?
4. How many women are mem
bers OF the present Congress?
s. The keynote speech for the
1910 Republican National Conven-
ton Is 10 be made by Herbert
Hoover, Alfred Landon or Gov. Har-
old Z. Stassen?
6. What happens TO letters which
cannot be de- vered, and which bear
no return address?
Z. Who represented italy ut the
peace conference at the close OF the
World War?
8. In what song are the words
I'm God Is our trust?"
0. Where Is the lowest point In
Continental United States?
10. What Is the name for visual
transmission of radio programs?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
HENRY's FARsIGHTEDNEss
IMPORTANT ERE
(Roston Post)


Fires position as a market for
England's larder has become more
important with the latest develop
ments In Europe's disappearing
war. England lost most important
food market when Germany took
over Denmark. Now that Holland
has been made q belligerent by Nazi
aggression. her ability to furnish
fresh supplies for the English table
will be badly crippled.
Last year Denmark supplied about
S25 5000 worth Of fresh eggs to
England: Holland about $i2,500, 900
worth. Danish butter and Danish
bacon are beyond British reach to-
day.
Those markets must be replaced
by even greater imports from Fire,
from which England took by far the
greatest percentage Of Ireland's ex-
ports last year. England's depend
ence upon Fire today is great.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

It's remarkable that we haven't had a
lot OF squawks so far from motorists
about the testing lanes. Can 1t be that
we are now at the point where we accept
and admit these tests as necessary and
vital to our highway safety campaigns?
The Democrat always thought they were
a good thing, but many held to the oppo-
site viewpoint. We think that with
proper control and management every
one can ultimately be convinced OF the
value Of motor tests at least twice a
year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
Views of The Press

battles was fought there. over the
inscription which the American ar.
chitect, Whitney Warren, had plan
ned for the university library, built
largely from contributions from
America. MIR. Warren Is quoted as
saying now that he Is more con-
WINGED than ever that the inscription
he favored. Destroyed by German
Fury; Restored by American Gen.
crosby" should have been placed
on the library.
just at present, some might Won
der whether the library might Just
as well not have been restored at
all, or at least II 1t might not have
been better to have waited for at
least one more generation TO see
whether the world was done with
fury or had just begun TO get &C.
quainted with II.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
AGAIN LOUVAIN
fNew Haven Registerl

&@N0-N~~
When the familiar old names Of
1ei4-l9le began to reappear recent
" as sites OF the new wars con-
tests, all might have known that
sooner or later that Of the old uni
versity city of Louvain would join
the list. Warsaw. wilma and Ora
COW Universities have been gone
for months. now. and the Univer-
stiles Of Madrid. Prague, Strasbourg
and others have been closed or
ruined or torn from their sites for
nearly as long. The fate Of the UNI
versities Of Brussels and Leiden has
not yet been reported In the Bel
gian and Holland dispatches, but
about everybody suspects about the
same thing. Louvain. though. has a
special place.
One OF the bitterest postwar
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
"No Discussion"

The Senate has passed, without discus
sion or roll-call, the Military Disaffection
Bill Of Senator Walsh of Massachusetts,.
This bill provides heavy penalties against
whoever advises, counsels, urges, or
bolicits any member of the army or navy
-. to disobey the laws or regulations
Or TO disobey the lawful orders OF a
,uperior -. or whoever publishes or dis
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

expired on December 81, 1895 and
the United States, 80 far rs interna-
tional obligations are concerned, Is
free 10 fortify Guam and 10 con.
struct q naval base there.
9. How many WPA workers were
employed as Of April, io409
A. As Of April ., there were g.
2o4,364 persons employed under
WPA.
g. Can cadmium be compared In
appearance with any other inetalp
A. Metallic cadmium Is lustrous
and resembles tin, though II has o
blush tinge.
q. Are oil OF the three tunnels
on the queen Mary used as smoke.
stacks?
A. Yes.
q. How are cement-aSb
shingles made?
A. They consist OF long.iiber as
bestos and portland cement, the
proportions being 10 10 30 percent
OF fiber by weight to 90 TO 10 per
cent OF cement. In general two pro.
cesses are employed one called
"monolithic" In which the material
Is moulded TO full thickness under
pressure, and the other In which II
Is built up In layers on o machine,
the layers being superimposed and
compressed TO the finished thick
ness. The shingles are long-lived
and O fire-resistant as slate Or clay
tile.
q. Did Buddy Clark ever sing on
the radio program, "Your Hit Par
ade7"
a. He was on that program from
1896 10 1899.
q. When Is the best time TO view
the Moon through O telescope9
A. Around the first or third.
quarter phases. AT Full Moon few OF
the interesting features are easily
discernible, there being no shadows
TO show relief.
q. When was the San Francisco.
Oakland Bay Bridge opened9
A. November 10, 1885,
@. Was the dramatist Arthur
Schnitzler. OF Vienna, buried In q
pauper's grave3
A. Yes; at his own request He
asked that the money thus saved
should DO given TO hospitals In
Vienna. He died october Il, 1881.
q. What Is the motto OF the
British Churchill family?
A. Fiel Pero Desdichado. II Is
Spanish and means faithful though
unfortunate"
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let, 1.-THE Book Of Games, send 70
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises $50 q. m. daylight time).
Sun rises 5:22 o. m; sets SIT p. m. day
light time).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Moons prases-new moon, June s, 1857
p. m: first quarter. June IL. L:5i p. m; full
moon. June 49, e:54 .. m: last quarter. June
n. 2:0S daylight time).
Morning stars. Jupiter, saturn; evening.
Mercury. Venus, Mars.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01

ga tie strength
Just made by q
prominent Ne "
York lawyer
who, by the way,
Is not attached
to the TAFT
bRndwagon,
This m Q n
gath cred his
own ma.
ton, state by
state, and work.
ed out three
sets Of figures
for the coming
Q o tton.
These are:
Hapkain uAkAa
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A well-socialized pre-school child
can. during his first 80 minutes In
the dentists office. become a dem
tist- for life.
DR. Kenneth A. EaSlick, Univer-
sity Of Michigan dental school
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Questions
andAnswers

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THE EDITOR
q. Is the United States still
bound by the Washington Treaty Of
1922, with regard 10 Notifications
on the island Of duam2
A. The island OF Guam had
minor Notifications and q small
aviation force prior 10 the Washing
ton Treaty. BY that treaty the Uni
ted states agreed that the status
quo with regard 10 Notifications
would DO maintained there. Con.
forming strictly with that treaty, no
increases In Notifications were made
during tho life Of the Treaty, and
In 1882 oil defensive weapons, In.
GLIDING planes, were removed from
the island. The Washington treaty
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National
Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, June lone reason
for the quiet air Of renewed conf
dence pervading the Taft camp
these DAYS Is a tabulation of dele
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-06-01
Washington Merry-G o-Round
American Aviation Firms Leased Patents
To Nazis While Refusing Them To u

DREW PEAR o N
ROBERT y. ALLEN
EDITORS NOTE-Following Is the
articles on national defense.)


U.
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ToDAY's COMMON ERROR
Never say, as II ~ that you
accuse?" say, ITS u we, etc."
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IL you want Q copy OF the book.
let, "The Book Of Games, send 70
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ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth
Street, Washington, ID. Q. Enclose
ten cents In postage.
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q. What Is the motto OF the
British Churchill family?
A. F'iel Pero Desdichado. II Is
Spanish and means faithful though
unfortunate"