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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
The Calves Are Hungry

The power politicians who have been
working for ten years to sociallze the
electric industry of the United States,
have created a political power cow that
is destroying not only private power cam
panies, but the financial resources OF the
nation.
That COW, which has been fattened at
the public manger, has produced a start
ling array of offspring now sucking at
the public teat. The camouflage for gov
eminent power plants (the power cow,
was that they were merely by-products
OF flood control, navigation, fertilizer, irrl-
cation, or other government projects or
experiments. The hypocrisy of that plea
has long been apparent The power poll
ticians have spent hundreds of millions
anG billions of dollars for power general
ing plants in all parts of the nation.
And now the cows calves are here to
feed - PUBS and rural identification
projects, including every phase OF cleo
trio development and distribution. Local
communities which were whipped into
clamoring for public utility districts
(PUDs) to use the juice from the power
cow, in some cases obligated themselves
financially for facilities to handle the
juice. But other communities baked.
Now, in lieu of local funds, it is being
proposed that PUBS in the Pacific
Northwest get some of the Federal hay
such as the power COW was fattened on,
but this time from the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation - anywhere but
from the local taxpayers. What motley
collection of calves has sprung from the
Federal power COW! The attempt to cross
private ownership with socialism bids
well to establish breed of public pap
suckers that will consume the wealth of
the nation. Like the razor back hog, they
will eat their owners poor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
Brunets And Epaulets

Partisan fashion designers have already
forgotten the war. The military motifs
that invaded the French style world are
not evident in previews of spring and
summer apparel. It appears, in fact, that
Paris is going to the very opposite ex-
treme Lace and frills and embroidery
and satin are making up the new crop OF
dresses. The gals, this season, are more
interested in looking like ladies than
like second lieutenants. The novelty OF
uniforms has worn off; there are too
many real ones around the streets OF
Europe.
It will probably always happen that
fashion centers pick up the military tone
before war proclamations are dry; and
yet, it is strange that it should be so. The
last thing man in uniform wants to see
is blond in uniform. Paris is learn
ing that all over again.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
dwelling the Bunk

Ten years ago George N Tidd, head of
the excellently operated American Gas
and Electric System, had the courage to
say about the electric industry: 1--WE are
not community saviors. When we begin
to talk to each other and to our Gus
toners of our great love for the dear pub
lie and the duty and privilege of shaving
endlessly that it may be well served, we
are dangerously close to maudlin senti-
mentality. :. would like to see a reac-
ton from back-slapping uplift d. :.
and plain, unmitigated bunk"
How many political promo RS of gov
eminent ownership of power have the
honesty and courage to say: I'VE are not
commuuitv saviors When we begin to
AK 70 each other and to our constitu-
snts OF our great love for the dear public,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

The general public may realize the
dream Of lifetime if the Metropolitan
Opera Association is able to buy the opera
house. They may get into the Diamond
Horseshoe, that swanky section of the
house that is just grade above the or
chestra circle, in more ways than one. OF
course, the present stockholders and sub
scribers over a long period of years will
have first choice for the retention OF boxes
that their families have held Tor years,
but when all that space is allotted you
and you and you can buy box seat, If
you have the price. If present plans carry
along successfully there will be many
changes for the better at the Met IN
another season.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

etc. we are dangerously close to
naudlin sentimentality would like
to see q reaction from back-slapping
uplift and plain, unmitigated bunk"
Private industry cannot finance bust
ness, pay taxes, and serve the public with
out profit 1t would 60 broke. Political
promoters who promise privileged groups
Of persons tax-subsidized electricity at
"cost", are robbing the general taxpayer
and establishing socialism in the United
States under the guiSe of community
saviors," to get votes or appropriations,
the profit in politics.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

makes possible. Nor, on the other
hand, should we force any locality
to come UP to level which will put
its employees on public relief.
We urge that no attempt be made
to Ak wages above the minimum
now established by Congress Of 30
centS\ per hour. The law should be
limited to its initial purpose Of pre-.
venting the exploita ion Of labor BY
sweat shop methods. and the abuses
Of child labor. Only thus can local
conditions be protected SO as not to
increase unemployment or drive In
dustry to other localities. To leave
to q single administrator: however
well advised by industrial commit
tees, the power to say whether an
industry and its employees must be
thrown out Of any State by the
establishment Of wages fixed by an
administrator Is an undue delega-
ton Of power Of Congress to an adj
ministrative body. Ultimately 1t will
seriously disrupt the relations be-
tween States and will produce who'll
~ unnecessary unemployment.
Every general increase in hourly
rates not JUSTIFIED by increased pro-
duction results In higher costs.
Hence 1t means higher prices for
the goods we all must buy. So when
a law will increase costs, let us
frankly tell the worker that any
gain to him will be largely lost in
wages Of lower purchasing power
and fewer jobs. Whatever the wages
may be as fixed by statute, they will
buy more or less In proportion to
what we produce. There Is no pos.
sible way to defeat this higher law
which determines wages and limits
jobs.
HOWELL CHENEY. Treasurer.
CONNECTICUT ECONOMIC
COUNCIL
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

bers of Congress tried to kill in
the last session, is bleeding to
death in some sections, looking
pale in others.
The knife that struck Work.
ers Alliance was the Is months
clause in the last WPA appro-
priation, which provides that re-
lief clients ON the rolls IS months
or more should be dropped, not
taken ON again until re.certi-
fied-and made TO await their
turn under new quotas.
This action was aimed directly
at Workers Alliance, whose mem
bers were the veterans Of WPA.
It was q reprisal against Al
lance President David LASER and
Alliance Secretary Herbert Ben.
jamin.
These men still hold their Of
fices, with headquarters In Wash.
ington, but the organization Is
falling to pieces elsewhere. The
president OF the New Jersey
branch, once one Of the strong
est in the country Is now re-
duced to q mere tilne-keeper's
Job on WPA while the president
Of the New York branch is an
unsuccessful applicant for q WPA
Job.
Meantime, WA rank and file
have last c0nfidenCe In the AL.
lance from its failure TO prevent
enactment Of the 1S-months
clause.
NOTE-WPA officials welcome
q healthy organization among re.
lief workers as q means Of re-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

Wilhelm II, former emperor Of Ger
many, sees the wisdom of an early peace
between Germany and the Allies and dis
courages long period of bloodshed. He
has probably come to realize during his
years of retirement since 1918 that four
years of it did not help the world much.
He likewise urges a united attack on
Russia to rid the world of Bolshevism.
These are the former Kaiser's only state
ments on world events since he retired
to Doom, since the Dutch government
did not allow him to express public senti-
ments of this kind. These statements
are included in letter to his friend and
biographer. In them noticeable diver
gence from the Hitler program is indi-
Gated.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

If you had any doubt at any time that
Christopher Columbus was good navi-
gator and did not do what history says
he did, rest assured that your faith in
him shall not be shaken, because mem
bers of an expedition to debunk debunk-
ers have returned and in painstaking
checkup of each voyage find that Column
bus travelled the ocean three times from
west to east and made all the stops in the
heretofore accepted variations OF our best
historians. Therefore Columbus was a
good navigator and did make three jour-
neys, discovering the Americas and so on,
o. e. d.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
An Age Of Tunnels

Increasing use of the automobile has
enabled more engineers to build more
bridges all over the great and glorious
u. s. A. Tremendous engineering prof.
ects have followed in the wake OF the
automotive age. We probably have only
started to dip into the engineers bag OF
tricks. too. Tunnelling through noun
tains or under rivers has never provided
much of an obstacle to railroad or high
way builders; they've been doing TINS
for years.
Connecticut, though, has seen little OF
this type Of engineering, perhaps due 10
its physical contours. True the famous
railroad tunnel under the GreyStone hills
was once a local wonder. And only lew
months ago it was proposed to carry one
of our new and modern parkWays under
West Rock down near New Haven. This
plan may still be under consideration OF
may be under development.
But it remained for Attorney General
Francis A. Pallotti to provide impetus tor
a new and novel use of the tunnel. He
recommended to the State Highway De-
partment that it tunnel under the Mer-
rift Parkway, so that gasoline might be
provided for the two new service stations
that will soon open their doors within the
township limits of New Canaan. And
thereby hangs an interesting tale.
The Merit Parkway is closed to COM
mercial vehicles, so the gasoline stations,
On opposite sides of the parkway and the
only ones along it's length, created a
problem. A rear entrance had to be
found. Commissioner William ]. Cox
found one little-used road leading to the
rear of the station on the north side OF
the parkway, but there was none to the
opposite station. Nor could passageway
be cut across the road from one station
to the other, ruled the Attorney General.
He advised the construction of a pipe
line under the parkway at an estimated
cost of $500.
In years to come much gasoline may
flow under the Merritt Parkway to make
more cars flow more smoothly over 1T.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
In Today's Mail

developing in the South that It Is
being Imposed upon for the beneflt
Of the North. ---..
The breakdown Of the MIRA came
first in the South. The same pro.
cess Is developing regarding the
wage Hour Law. This attitude not
only breaks down this particular
law but accumuiates q disrespect
for all law. In this region we are
dealing not only with o Labor prob.
lem which Is difi1cult enough any.
where to regulate by law-we are
attempting to upset by law 0 rela.
ton between races which has be-
come deeply irmbedded In the tradi-
tons Of the country.
When we face this dual situation
1t needs no prophecy to predict that
the breakdown Of law which hap
pened in the MIRA will happen
again. In fact, this condition Is the
major problem now confronting the
new administrator Of the law .
Minimum wage laws when applied
locally by states, wherever there Is
evidence that human beings are ex-
plotted, propaply peneut society," 6ut
when applied nationally there Is
difiiculty In recognizing that stand
ards must vary between different
localities. Federal laws must be APP
piled to all and the sectional difn-
culties are insurmountable to fix
Ing as many floors to wages as
there are different levels Of living
and working conditions In the
United states and its possessions.
What is possible in New York may
be quite impossible In the South,
except as the South gradually and
progressively improves its own con-
ditions. What Is possible In the
needlework industry in Chicago is
impossible in Porto Rico. Even what
Is possible In the machine tool in
dustry in Connecticut has been
shown to be impossible for its tex
tile industry. n
We should not permit the pay
lnent In any locality Of wages less
than the value Of the product
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

IA " ~ ~ 4ES0
rent so a flicker-hall in Little
tally Just followed suit and Is Civ.
ing away a gallon Of red wine
with the double feature.
Try drawing an imperial nous.
tache on the Indian on the buffalo
nickel and you'll have a portrait
of ex-Kaiser Wilhelm.
A telegraph company has In
stituted a new service to supply a
fourth at bridge" The other
night, one member Of bridge
game dropped out and the others
called for a fourth. The company
sent up a young man who had
won the bridge tournament among
the employees and he won, ma
turally.
When he left, the hostess called
the wire service and told them
IN no uncertain terms. Your
service is much too good"
RECORD FLING
FILINGS RECORD
No, that was no brawl going on
at the Algonquin Hotel, when
photograph records came flying
down from aloft. What happened
was this: Edmund George, the ac-
tor, had delivered to his suite an
automatic monograph, one that
changes and elects a series Of
records.
So he put eight discs on thu
hook and went inside to take a
bath. Then he emerged to play
other platters. But the first eight
weren't there. They had been
elected, all right, right out the
window.
Probably the most adept alibiers
in the world are showfolk. They
have to be, for they are called
upon by SO many who seek an
audience or their services. Sales
men, agents, autograph hounds,
unrequited Ariels and Calibans
constantly are at their doors.
SO many q show notable has
devised q pet excuse for seclusion.
Ethel Norman usually sends
word out that she's asleep. Mango
says she is with her dramatic
coach; Burgess Meredith says he
has a bad cold; Alice Faye that
she has date with her dentist;
Henny'Youngmann that he Is TAX
ing his small daughter out for a
walk.
They're a pretty turbulent lot
up at that Ballet Theater, which
has been a Manhattan sensation
lately. One Of the quarrels ended
there the other day with this
squelch by the harried stage man.
ager.
"France," he screamed. chad
Napoleon. and the Imperial Ballet
had its Nijinsky, but around here,
we've got forty Napoleoas and
eighty Nijinskys!"
HUMAN NATURE
VARIES BUT LITTLE
There's little new under the
sun in politics, Joan Blaine
learned after coming across an
old letter written from Washing.
ton by her famous grandfather.
James G. Blaine, maker of Presi-
dents" The missive was to her
grandmother back home. "Con-
gress still is celebrating on for
eign policy" 1t reads pithily,
please send my wooden socks!"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
Current Comment

In the event Of an invasion they
(the Belgians) will give good ac-
count Of themselves. The man most
responsible for this is the young
king, who is real guy.
Joseph E. Davies, U. 8. ambas-
sador to Belgium.
Drinkers can get enough in two
hours. If they think they aren't
getting enough, they can drink fast.
er.
Gov. Luren Dickinson of Michigan
after refusing to extend drinking
beyond the statutory midnight to
2 a. m. limit on New Years Day.
The Finnish people know that
they are fighting not only for their
own freedom, but for the liberty Of
the entire Democratic world.
-Oskar Tokoi, first prime minister
of independent Finland.
The people are entitled to a refer
endum on this greatest Of all issues.
the maintenance Of American neu-
trality and keeping out Of foreign
wars.
Representative H milton Fish
(Rep., N. "
Stain Is not only the enemy Of
the people Of Finland, but the NOR.
tai enemy Of the Russian people Is
well.
Alexander Kerensky, ex-premier
Of Russia. saisl
There Is no power great enough
10 kill the Finnish spirit.
--Hajalmar Procope, Finnish min
lister TO United States.
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porting unfair practices Of labol
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT
DETRIMENTAL TO BOTH
LABOR, INDUSTRY

.... Feb. 2, 1910
Editor Of the Democrat:
The Fair Labor Standards Act
was prompted under the theory that
1t could in times Of depression put
q floor under wages beyond which
the labor Of no person should be
exploited, and o ceiling over hours"
to encourage the spread Of employ.
ment. Its real underlying purpose u
to place the basic regulation OF all
labor standards under governmental
control.
The industrial North has as yet
felt the impact Of the federal mini
mum wage Of 80, cents per hour 50
little that we must look TO the south
to Judge Of its progressive effect.
When, however, the rates advance
to 40 cents or beyond (and under
the Walsh ealey Act affecting
government contracts they have all
ready advanced In the steel industry
to a minimum Of go cents), 1t Will
be felt with increasing severity by
those unable to produce the equiva-
lent of their wages at prevailing
piece rates. These employees Will
either have to produce more or run
the risk Of earning nothing.
In some Of the industries Of the
South the injury to employment
from the Fair Labor Standards Act
has already been acutely felt and
bitterly fought. In the pecan In
dustry Of Texas the Act has thrown
many unskilled laborers out Of en-
ployment and brought In smaller
number of skilled laborerS, while
at the same time It has led to q
contracting out Of work to be done
at home under much less favorable
conditions.
In the lumber industry of the
South the initial processes Of telling
the timber and saving 1t up into
| logs have become decentralized so
that the lumber mills assume no
responsibility until the logs are de-
livered to q central plant. 1t Is Q
"jobbing OUT process which could
be reached by no reasonable law
enforcement until 1t has developed
police force capable Of dealing
with 7596 Of the families working
on farms.
In Porto Rico the hand needle
work industry has been put out Of
business. Thousands Of people paid
too little by our standards are now
paid nothing.
The significance Of these move
ulents b shown IN the Souths re-
sistance to any law which upSets
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
daily Almanac

Moon rises 3:15 a. IN.
Sun rises TOO a. m: sets $40 p. m.
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
January lived up to one long-range predic-
ton. Hartford's best-known forecaster, Judge
r. p Latimer. said 1t would be cold and colder
still, but that there'd be no unpleasant snow
or transforms or days Of tllaw underfoot and
gray skies overhead It was Just that, all
month long.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
Selected Poem,
STONE WALL

STONE WALL
mildred Cousens in the Christian
Science Monitor)
Whoever built this old wall
That looks as If 1t grew
Out of the earth around 1t
Surely never knew
That it would not be needed
To rim a field of rye,
To edge a road along the hill
Or steer haycart by.
Whoever made this old wall
Never could have guessed
That all the busy traffic
Going east and west
Would never pause a moment
To notice with what care
Someone long ago had toiled
To leave landmark there.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
What's Your |. O.!
Can you answer seven OF
these test questions? Turn to
last page for the answers.

/. What Is another name for the
game of Ping-Pong?
2. Kaolin is used to make porce-
lain, purple dyes, or artificial SILK?
8. Under which river Is the HoI.
land Vehicular Tunnel?
4. With which Major League
baseball club does Bob Teller play?
s. What is archaeology?
6. Name the capital Of Venezuela.
7. "A magnifying glass makes
things look bigger by refraction, dis
persion or rradiation?
8. What Is the horizon?
8. Name the Speaker of the House
Of Representatives.
10. Can an American citizen be
deprived Of citizenship If he fails
or refuses to vote for a number Of
years?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

It's best to watch your step and tongue
in the ensuing days because the penalty
for giving wrong answers to the census
enumera5or is $4,000 fine or imprison-
ment of one year. The sixteenth decen-
NAL Federal census got off to an excit-
ing start with 5000 workers ready to start
in on the most popular quiz of the year.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
actor.

From all accounts 1t will be colorful
and expensive spring. Like the prices the
skirts will be up but by summer there
will be noted a downward trend, in the
skirts. It is too soon to predict about the
prices.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

John Barrymore stages a New York
comeback after many wasted years, SO
say his critics, and seriously plays light
role in such way, ad Ibis and everything
in the best Barrymorean, that his un-
friendliest critics still rate him tops as an
actor.
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was saved.
@. What type airplane did Clyde
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they broke all endurance RECORDS
for aircraft In October, 1882
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1910
A Thought for Today

Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, UuS
~.tI,e- five Mace unto wrath: for Il d written,
Venreance Is mine; / will repay, saith the
LNrd.-ROmans 1918.
BY taking revenge, man is but even with his
enemy; but in passing over 1t, ne Is superior
Bacon.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03


tropontan OPP
era House war
between Wag.
merriam wari1-
1ers and the
C on ductor IN
the pit Is over,
and all is once
more sweetness
and light--un-
til the next ex-
ploSion Of tenn
permanent.
In place Of
Bingo, q Har-
lem cinema now
gives away q
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

TODAYs COMMON ERROR
Offlcial designations Of coun-
tries and their principal DIVE
slons are capitalized; as, the
Republic; che Nation; the
Union; the State.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-02-03

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let cage BIRDS" send to The
Waterbury Democrats Washing.
ton Bureau, 1918 Thirteenth
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