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Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10
WHAT LABOR is
AND ISN'T

We Americans have allowed ourselves
to be sold into the habit of thinking, when
we hear somebody talk about labor
only of organized labor. So thoroughly
have we been sold, in fact, that often
we do not think even of organized labor;
we think Of a few radical union leaders
as representing all of labor"
The fact of the matter is that not one
third of labor in the United States is or
ganiZed labor and not one-third of the
organized labor membership in the Unit
ed States is represented by the radical
bosses who are so voeiferous. Labor
real labor-is the irrigator on the ditch
bank, who belongs to no union, as we'll
as the highly paid organizer IN a plush
office who guides several unions. Labor
is the ten Observation-Disclosures eXecu-
tive in an office, when he is hired by man.
agement, as well as the siX-dollar- r-a-day
laborer in a factory.
When you hear a politician proclaim
that labor" must be protected, or
union declare that labor" is threatened
by some projected act of congress, you
are hearing a calculated abuse of the
word Mostly, they mean that the spe-
cial interests, comprising only a very
small part of the whole are threatened.
Loose talking leads to loose thinking,
and loose thinking in turn, leads to mis-
taken decisions
All of US would be better off if each
of us swore today to examine the verbal
tags used in conversation, and accept
them for what they are really worth, in
stead of for what propaganda artists
want us accept them for.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10
THE WAY WE ABUSE
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

We Americans are loose talking peo-
pie. Possibly it's the newspaper head
line influence, springing directly from
the tribulations of the copy desk man
who must fit into inelastic type some
phrase that will give his readers a gen
eral idea of what he means. At any rate,
we are overfond of verbal tags.
We tagged the social-liberal admins
tration of Franklin D. Roosevelt the
New Deal" for instance Now, no mat
ter how timeWorn the policies advanced
by the administration they are still
"New Deal policies to us.
We accepted and made our own thou
sand alphat-tical designations for gov
ernmental agencies, and every day we
add to them. 1t Is lonely federal
agency indeed that isn't known by some
set of initials these days.
Sometimes our ready public acceptance
of such verbal tags has endangered our
own conception of trends. That has hap
pened when We have too readily agreed
to the use of verbal tags forged by some
group working in its own interests, or
when we have through long usage come
to expect a word to mean something it
does not really mean.
A good example is our common use Of
the word. industry" Of what do you
think of when somebody mentions indus
try? Nine chances to ten, you think of
the men who operate big factories. If
somebody mentions the airplane indus
try, you probably think of those who give
the orders and furnish the capital to
keep the airplane factories operating.
Yet they are not representatives Of the
industry. They are representatives OF
management. Industry Is the whole
thing. 1t is made up of both manage
ment and labor
Labor There we have the most over
worked, abused and misunderstood of
all our linguistic tags. Its misunder-
standing has caused more bitter feelings
and more economic misconceptions than
in the case of any other single word in
the language today We have fallen
victims in this instance to our own mental
lazness, to the propaganda of organized
pressure groups, and to the spoutings
of vote-seeking politicians.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

EDITORS NOTE: The following
editorials are presented as Interesting
opinions U0iced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10
Cranium Crackers
FACTS ON THE 48

FACTS ON THE 48
United in the defense effort, the
people of the 48 states are Begin
ming to take a greater interest In
one another and the sections Of the
country in which they live. The
answers to these questions will give
you some little known facts about
our states.
l. Where did Rhode Island get
its name?
2. In what part of the east did
the name Wyoming originate?
3. What was the 14th state ad-
mitted to the Union, and what is.
the meaning of its name? Il
4. What three states have the
goldenrod as their flower. and
what two the rhododendron?
5. What states are known by,u
these nicknames: cracker, hawkeyea,
buckeye. flickertail, pelican?
ANSWERS
|. Rhode Island was officially
named Isles of Rhodes by the court
of the colony in 1864, referring to
the several islands included in the
colony.
2. Wyoming was named after
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. an
early colonial settlement. Name
means mountains and valleys al
ternating."
3. Vermont, admitted 1901, was
the 14th state admitted to the Un-
ion. Its name, from the French
verd and mont, means Green
Mountains. =
q. Goldenrod Is flower for Ala
bama, Nebraska, North Carolina.
Rhododendron for Washington and
West Virginia.
5, Georgia, cracker; Iowa, hawk :
eye; Ohio, buckeye; North Dakota, q
flickertail; Louisiana, pelican. -
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10
Famous Sayings

Is life dear or peace sweet, as to be purchased
at the price of chains and savery?-Patrick Henry.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 = Things
will have come to a pretty pass if
the government takes away the in
alienable right of a man and his
family to 60 clear up to their hips
in debt, but don't be surprised
that an idea of this kind has been
peeled off the corrugated broWs of
the price control boys planning your
life and hard times during the de-
fense boom. And if Congress makes
it into law, you won't be able to
buy anything on time until the war
is over. The theory Is SIMPLY this:
Automobiles, refrigerators. wash
ing machines, furniture and all
such durable goods are manufac-
tured in factories that might be
used to make defense articles. AS
those are the articles most COM
monty bought on time, one way to
stop their production is by prevent
ing their purchase on the INSTALL
ment plan.
Second, because more people will
be making more money in defense
industries, they will be wanting
more more of these durable goods
and, feeling there are no hard times
in sight for few years, they'll be
willing to go deeper into debt to
buy what they want To curb this
defense boom demand, the idea is
to prevent purchase by the INSTALL
ment plan.
Third, it would be just too bad
to have this defense effort end
some sweet day, only to find all the
good people head over heels in
debt. 1t will be bad enough lust
having the government that way,
but with all the people that way
too, there won't be anybody to pay
the governments debts. Hence, to
keep the populace solvent, there is
this idea to prevent installment
buying.
To get the full significance of
what legislation of this kind would
do to your normal methods of liv-
Ing you have to spoon a few sta
tistics out of the Washington soup.
AT the end of 1910, the good peo-
pie of the land were privately in
debt to the tune of S27 billion
$50 billion due in mortgages on
their homes, SO billion on autos,
furniture, charge accounts and
such, and 81 billion due to finance
companies for cash loans.
YOU OWE s21O
Getting that down to a per capita
basis, it figures approximately that
every man, woman and child in the
country was in debt $210-S15O on
the house, $40 owed TO some retail
er and $40 in cash borrowings. If
your family has the average four
persons in it, multiply those fig
ures by four and see how average
you are by comparison.
You may figure that if they pass
law making it illegal for you to
go into store and charge it, you
will be able to outsmart them by
stopping in at the loan company on
your way to shop and borrow the
money there, but that's being
thought OF too. There may be no
limitation on activities of lenders at
first, but if cash loans start rising
too much, there may be an effort TO
stop such borrowing by simply hay
ing the federal reserve banks stop
advancing funds To the personal fl
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

According to estimates, each
American family used approximate
ly 2295 pounds of finished steel in
1899
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10
Barbs

In colonial days, sausage links
boiled in chocolate made fash
ionable dish.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

Terne plate, steel sheets coated
with a lead-tin alloy, have been
used TO re-roof Monticello and the
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

One cord of birch wood will yield
nine million toothpicks.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

MEMBER
American Newspaper, Pub
fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
California Newspaper Pub
fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

The amount of capital from
other countries invested in Can
ada exceeds $7000,00O, 900.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10
Did You Know?

The Bank of England has its
own water supply. One artesian
well, 400 feet deep, produces 1000
gallons an hour.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-08-10

Eleven states of the Union pro-
duce coking coal for the use of the
steel industry
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

conquering the srow-like sand. The buildings. which private contractors were working on, will be taken over by the Quartermaster Corps next week and the Army will finish the job so poorly done by private enter prise.
 Mothers who didn't raise their boys to be soldiers shouldn't worry about the treatment their sons will get in Camp Blanding. The Army Is a picnic now. compared to what 1t was during the World war. The food is infinitely better. At Camp Blancing, the meals are of the best and there is plenty of everything. The relations between enlisted men and officers are on g. much more friendly basis tha nthey were in the first World war. Second neutenants being the same in every war, they are still demanding their pound of flesh in the form of salutes but with officers of the type of Colonel Comfort, Majors Curry and O'Hara and Captain Costigan of the 1l8th soldiers are sure of kind and con- siderate treatment In this war-it there is to be one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
CHURCH SCHOOL
 BOARD MEETING
W.C.T.U. to Give Covered Dish Luncheon TOmOr-
 row Noon

The First Methodist Church School board will serve a supper after their meeting this evening at the church at 6:l5 o'clock. At the business barley committees for the ensuing year will be appointed and other important business trans acted.
 The calendar of events at the First Methodist church this wees, announced this morning by Rev. Dr. John J. Snavely, follows: Tuesday, March 18th:
 12:30-W. c. T. U. covered 9ish luncheon. Rev. Joseph Johnson of Advent churc hwill give book re- view.
 G;l5-The Epworth league will have black-out supper. Business and social meeting will follow. All young people are invited to attend Wednesday. March 18th:
 2:00-Mission Study group at the home of Mrs. Chester Clark, 9e Frost road. This period has proven very interesting and attendance has been increasing. All ladies in- terested are cordially invited.
 6:30-Married Couples club will meet for supper followed by meet ing and entertainment. This month the arrangements arc in charge of the ladies of the club. All married couples are cordially invited to at tend
 Thursday, March 20th:
 2:30--The Girls Missionary or ganization meeting.
 400--Pastor's Preparatory Church Membership class.
 5:00-Junior choir rehearsal.
 7:15-The Church Bible class un- der the leadership of the pastor Subject will be "The Narrowness and the Breadth of Paul.. Scrip ture readings are Philippians 3:8-l4; Romans l:l4-17: Colossians 3;5-ll Friday, March 2lst:
 6.l5-Young Peoples Choral club All boys and girls of high school age and up are welcome.
 8:00-Senior choir rehearsal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
REV. DR. WALKER
 SPEAKS ON HOPE
"Be Ready to Give an Answer" Theme of Ser
 mon at Second Church

"A great many people seem to think that faith and hope are in- tangible, irnmaterial and inconse- quential things" stated Rev. Dr. John c. Walker, Second Church pastor, in his sermon, "Be Ready to Give an Answer, yesterday morning.
 Dr. Walker said in part:
 Well, let me say that even when you are dealing with the bitter ghastly. realism of war, faith, hope, morale are the deciding factors. The military expert writing. the rec. ord of the first World War for the Encyclopedia Britannica inserts this very interesting comment as he ap- breaches the end of his sorry tale, History attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what ulti- mately decides the issues of war. Oliver Cromwell was one of the great disciplinariails and strategists and the history of his campaign shows his remarkable genius for the conduct of war. But Cromwell had more than discipline, more than military genius. It was said of him, The was strong man, and in the deep perils of war, in the high places of the field, hope shone in him like pillar of fire when 1t had gone out in all others"
 So I say these words, Be ready with an answer, sound Q martial note for our faith. In a world where fear, crisis, bitterness, des- pair are all aboard, the Christians of all people ought to have 0 ready answer. We do not say that we are wise or perfect enough to pre- dict the course of future events. We do not say that the Christian faith can save man from misfor- tune and accident, disease or death. We do say that the Christian faith firmly held, the Christian life faith- fully lived, the Christian hope well known and boldly cherished, will carry a man through every trial and temptation that life has to of- fer and make him v.ctor in every strife. The faithful Christian has peace, a joy, a hope which is beyond the reach of accident, the fear of change, the threat Of death.
 Let us also take into account that the final answer es far as the world is concerned. is given by deed ra- ther than by word. The personal word counts, tho personal witness is of inestimable value. We can't usually offer any adequate reason for not speaking Q word ill season to those who stand in need of spiritual help and counsel. We want to lay as much stress on that as possible. Then having laid th: stress there we want to 20 back one step further and point out that back of the personal word lies the personal attitude, the unconscious witness of the deed. We must "out- live, out-laugh, and out-love,' those who do not cherish the faith and hope we proudly claim as our own
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
Camp Banding, Florida, Ideal Site
 In The Making Reports Dan Parker
Finds Waterbury Troops Taking Over Like Veter-
 ans; Excellent Chow

Dan Parker, noted sports au- thority and former Waterbury newspaperman, assumes the role of War Correspondent" for The Democrat in the accompanying article. Dan is down south giving the big leaguers the critical "Once Over." He paid a visit to Camp Blanding, where some 400 Water bury troops are now quartered, being a veteran of the World War No. 1.
 Dan was not only anxious to meet some of his former home town friends, but curious to see how Uncle Sam is providing for the boys now in training for fu- ture contingencies. Here's how Dan saw the Waterbury boys down sOuth."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
MAN ABOUT TOWN

New Workers Are Talking About: Renee DeMsrco's most serious TO- nance He is a wealthy laughing soup executive. Prc5'iy merge The Amos m Andy rumors. They say Amos has taken his recent di- vorce pretty hard and is losing in- terest even in himself {. .. . The way lovely Wendy Inglehart, >ne mag editor, went into seclusion when her Tex McCrary bombered to Bri- tain. Pals believe their wedding is a safe wager The Otto Pre- mingers (he was the Nazi in Mar gin for Error'), who will file next month, despite those denials The pretty picture Lady Ashley (Doug Fairbanks widder) and Jean Cabin, the French star, made at Monte Carlo The blazing TO- nance of George F. Baker, Jr.. and Alicia Guadjaris, a MeXicutey Raymond Masey's. slugging of a loudmouth on Madison Avenue Carol and Lupescus feelers for room and board in the Duke of WIS Mas sau-and the turn-dcWn c. Raft and H. Bogart in a tiff in which both put up their dukes when ifltimates broke 1t up in time :. The rumor that the Stock Exchange and Curb may be married.
 The way the Herald Tribune city room has been disconcerted lately All because an unidentified Wo- man managed to get into the place and started to unpeel right before their eyes But some Milque- tcast character stopped the sinful Jezebel before she got off her other shoe And the famous stage and screen actor. known for his nawspaperman characterization Wocfled to the ears, he congad into the photo room and began breaking plates before they finally tossed him out on his caboose.
 Elaine Barrym0re's proposal of marriage from Mary Kirk Browns eX-groom, Wm. Seymour, the gem merchant .. John Hammond the hot jazz expert, who will marry Jcnison Mcbride, a Batavia gal next wk Liz Whitney's "en- trance at Lady in the Dark" at twenty minutes to ten! .. The way the F. Chapmans cGladys SwarthouD held lengthy conversa- ton with an aisle-pew holder al '"rhe Dr's Dilemma" premiere completely ignoring the discomfort of the playgoer sandwiched between $. .. Arthur Folwell's Illness al B'klyn Hosp. He's the drama cd ~. The in-law trouble Robert A Martyr and his bride, Barbara Smith. are having. May part them <. June Rutherford Of Lady in the Dark. Her marriage Wednes- day t) Walter John was interrupted by the draft board, which inductcd him Friday.
 The "NO Pretty Girls" edict just put into motion by the War Dept at the Douglas plant, on the Coast Meaning no pretty visitors will De permitted to distract the male workers anymore .. Numer- GUS belles given whirl through the air plant via their Hollywood in- fluence caused the loss of valuable time =. The first to feel tho defense measure" was linda Oar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

that the State of Connecticut might be pay ing this town ship for lands
 [ h c t we re bought here by the State in 1886. We also hear that cer- tain of t h e more economi- cally m 1 nded gentry In town figure the state should likewise
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

ernors, m a ors and other tligni- taries, the 18th Medical Regiment and other units of the 43d Division arrived in this vast cantonment now rising out of the Florida bar rens only to find that they had to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
BRONCO BUSTER TURNS FLYER

Vermillion, s. D. (UP)---From bronco rider to airplane pilot in easy lessons-that's the story of Jim Owens and he says they're easy. Owens. who never had piloted any thing but bucking horse, finished second highest in a University of South Dakota flying course. Flying beats bronco riding. he says,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

pay taxes on the COWS the tafm- CTS who used to own the land used to own.
 Healthy opposition Is B grand thing. The maddest lrishman we ever saw had been approached by a canvasser seeking aid for Brit ain on the same day that news flashed telling of the seven billion dollar dream appropriation that might be, created tO keep Jolly Old England afloat. The next maddest person we met that day was the sailor of the U. $. $. Paulding who heard that ROOse- welt planned to lease e-lend- give away ninety ships of the U. $. Navy. (Reas0n? Ask any man from the Queenstown PatrOl.)
 Monkeying with Nature Is bad business, whether it's human na- ture or Just Nature. The State found out during the chinook snows of the other day, when all the road from Ike Platts to Null berry Corner got plugged so tight with drifts that the minister couldn't make call at meal time, farmers couldn't get through with the milk. and the towns hired snowplow pulled 8 muscle and just quit. The Purchase was cut off from civilization for several days, with the only possible way out through Flagg Swamp, the Brown Brook Road into Roxbury, or the Flatt Hill Road to Squeak Street. (Of course, nobody goes to Squeak Street from choice until after the ice jam goes out)
 The State started. this trouble when they sliced off a bank to make grade for the new Stats Aid road that winds about up there ard then gets lost after gO- ing nowhere. Then State employees cut all the fencerOws out between the road and the meadows. The wind gets a clean sweep now, and the snow milled and swirled into that gulch made many of the Yer mCnters around the State school farm little worried about get ting away for movies or Sunday services.
 Drifts can be controlled over there by the use of snow fences, but this township doesn't use them, except at Hull's Hill. That interruption of traffic could have been avoided by leaving enough shade along the roadside to fur nish a partial windbreak. but the Merit System Certified folk who supervised the clearing didn't know a white ash from a huckle- berry bush, so they cut every thing. The wind will blow the hair off a hairless Mexican dog up there now, and will blow the dog away, too.
 Planning pays. Practical farm CTS would have placed much less reliance on motor vehicles on the State Farm. and they would have had some Devon cattle to help Devons, hook 'em to an old fash tened sled, lash a log to one sled break the roads. Take a team of runner and you can piow your way across the Continental Divide.
 The State needs Devon cattle now! Nate Beardsley knows 1t, bu; he just sits tight and let's the trade come to him. New York ad- vertising men seek Mates advice and buy his cattle. Our own State
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
SOUTH BRITAIN BRIEFS
BY BILL GARRIGUS

You just cannot figure human nature. We hear that the South bury tax payers are confused as to our attitude regarding taxes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

evidently is not so we'll informed about what we have right here at home. It's easire to sell Devons in Hollywood than here in Hartford. Connecticut Yankees prefer trucks that bog down in the first snow drift. Californians, having cross- ed the continent. realize that mos tive power is often delivered in
 the best four-footed packages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
Daily Statistics
 On Auto Accidents

GENERAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENT
 DATA Total Number of Traffic Ac- cidents Reported for Last Year as of This Date .... 4O1l ESTIMATED Mum Der of Traffic Accidents Caused So Far This Year as of This Date ................ 474( Total Number of Personal Injuries Caused Last Year as of This Date .......... 212t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
Special to the Waterbury Democrat

Camp BIanding, Fla, March 17- After a triumphant seven-day motor cavalcade through eleven states, during which they were met by gov
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

The 43rd Division England training Camp Banding Waterbury arrived there morning which Culon formerly this city, chaplain arrived there several days being welcomed southern Division. Banding will the
 In United States. p
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

The State needs Devon cattle
 now! Nate Beardsley knows 1t, bu; he just sits tight and let's the trade come to him. New York ad- vertising men seek Mates advice and buy his cattle. Our own State
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17
Walter WincheII On BrO0dU,0y |.
 ma, N.rs R,rm.r,d. cooyrvA, 1880. Daily s,rrss,

nell Of the screen, whose friend. D. H., wanted to show her through.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-17

pay taxes on the COWS the farm CTS who used to own the land used 10 own,
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-01-09

hearsals is interpreted by the
board to mean about two-thirds
Of the rehearsals for any one
concert. Only in this way can q
member do justice to the music
al organization. The board meet
ing was conducted by Ruth l..
Moore, president.
SPRING CONCERT
The Civic Chorus Il planning q
Spring concert-:'The Bohemian
Girl" in concertized version. I'm
der the baton Of Charles Bernard
McGhee, director, the group has
already started rehearsals for
the concert, which is one Of the
most popular of the light operas.
With text by Alfred Bum, and
music by Michael William Balfe,
the concertized version retains
every number Of musical value in
the original score. Full OF charm
ing ballads, and brilliant chorus
es, perhaps the best known are
II Dreamt That I Dwellt in
Marble Halls; 1.-THE Heart
Bow'd Down.: and "Then You'll
Remember Me-" &
Mrs. John X. Ullrich is accom-
pianist for the chorus.