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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
A Familiar Refrain

From Bridgeport through the political columns of the Bridgeport Post comes the news that Clifford Wilson, one-time mayor of Bridgeport and lieutenant governor of the state for six years, has ambitions towards the governorShip. He is aiming at the COP gubernatorial nom- ination in 1942. The odds are slightly against his getting it at this writing for ex-governor Raymond E. Baldwin has already sounded the tocsin for all good Republicans to rally to his support.
 It isn't quite automatic in the Republi- can Party of this state that defeated candidate is automatically out of the running in the future. Republicans are banking rather heavily on MT. Baldwin still being held in high esteem by year from now. They figure that his defeat year ago by Gov. Robert A. Hurley was in the nature of fluke. However, that's what Republicans were crying some ten years ago when ex-governor Wilbur l.. Cross first rode into office.
 At this time next year Gov. Hurley may be just about as sure of reelection as President Franklin D. Roosevelt was in 1886. And there never was any question about that. The only doubt was the size of his majority So in the case of MT. Wilson it remains to be seen whether this story of his awakened interest now in the governorship may not be just a straw cast into the wind by somebody or some group desifous of feeling out senti- ment. It's long way to convention time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
War, Limited War

Is it war? Not necessarily. This is 1041, not 1917. This is different world in many respects; the very word far does not mean what it used to mean. Ger tainly the "shoot-first" orders may mean fighting, and may mean loss of the lives of American sailors, Marines, civilians 1t might not even then be war, unlimited war, war to the finish in every field.
 Early in this conflict Germany drew . line around large chunk of the North Atlantic, including some of the Western Hemisphere, and said "ThiS is a war gone. We will not permit shipping within Dt We will sink ships which violate our prder." That has nothing to do with mld-faShioned rules of blockade. That ls roping off large chunk of the high peas as battle-ground. Is anybody else bound to accede to it? You need only ask: suppose the German "war zone" had been made to extend right up to the American three-miIe limit?
 Certainly we would not have acceeded Q that. Why Because it would have inc 1ringed clearly on our rights, and defn- tteiy menaced our safety and welfare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
Jobs for Soldiers

One of the real tests of the defense pro- gram is about to begin, as men released from the Army return home President Hawkes. of the U. s. Chamber of Con- merce has joined with many others con- cerned with the working of selective ser- vice in urging "the active help of all or ganizations of business men in this effort to provide employment for the 200,- 900 men who during the four-month period commencing September will end their period of training"
 It is the obligation of law, of duty, and of wisdom, to see that men who have gone out from business to serve thir'coun- try do not lose by it, but are restored smoothly to positions as good or better than the ones they left
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

ican beet and cane; to hell with the cane from Cuba.
 Wickard squirYned. He wished he could get out into the great open spaces the West was noted for. Then something happened. A man rose to speak, Wickard's face relaxed, and the whole at- mosphere was changed.
 "MF. Secretary" said the beet farmer, Eve came g0 complain, but don't get us wrong. We got to gripe about sugar. but we're not gripping about other things. We're with you, and we're with the President"
 Don't suppose" he continued, that's were back Of Worth Clark (IsOla tionlSt Senator from Idahol! No sir! If he spoke out here today, he'd go away all spattered with eggs, and lot of people wouldn't listen to him at all"
 "We don't like war, but we're tired of argument, and we're ready to follow the President"
 The entire delegation of com- plainers broke Into a storm of applause. ,a
 MERRY.GO-ROUND
 Hard working OPM Priorities chief Donald Nelson has received some strange requests for prior ity orders. One was for pipe stem cleaners to go int, the nanufac- ture of a bomber. Another, from another airplane company, was for 34 copies of the book. "HOw to Win Friends and influence People" High government legal officials are warmly commenting an address by Federal Judge Robert N. Wilkin of Ohio on What Is the Law" After read- ing a printed copy of the speech, President Roosevelt pencilled on 1t, Excellent" Wise-cracked Representative Wilburn Cart wright of Oklahoma, "Why does a red-headed girl always marry . quiet fellow? She doesn't. He just gets that way after he's married"
 Copyright, 194l, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

Tn the meantime, events have made it desirable to establish an American out post in Iceland. We have decided that Atlantic waters west of Iceland are vital to us. Some of those waters are in the zone ''roped off" by the Germans earlier in the war as their "war zone". Who is going to say what waters of the earth shall be used by whom? Hair Splittings about old international prec- edents do not matter now. The Ger mans say, "You shall not use certain waters We say, we have the right to use them, it is vital to us to use them, and we shall use them"
 There trouble may easily lie. We must face it and we will face it. Two things might yet happen short of what we used to think of as war. Hitler might quietly order his submarines and raiders out of the disputed area, without ever pub licly announcing it. Without ever pub licly admitting that he was wrong and that we are right, he could judiciously avoid trouble as matter of policy. A lot of things are being done that way to- day.
 Or we might resolutely embark in a naval war to clear the disputed areas without committing ourselves to the general outcome of the war or its con- sequences for we are in the happy posi- tion Cat present) of being able to go to war as far as we wish and our interests demand, and no farther. Is it war? It depends on what you mean by war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
It Was Worthwhile

final summary of the drive to collect scrap aluminium shows that 11,835, 139 pounds was turned in. While somewhat short of what was expected, this is an i'm pressive total, equal to the amount of aluminium in $50 big four-motored bomb- CTS.
 Probably the actual scrap aluminium turned in will not be used to build bomb- CTS, but 1t seems certain that this addi- ton to stocks will ameliorate, at least to some degree, the shortage of the metal It was worth doing if only because it points the way to other hidden sources of material, such as scrap iron and pa- per which can be similarly uncovered.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

through the whole prelude cigni- flies the underlying motive of the boys life, the persistent inclination toward evil which will eventually carry him to ruin.
 There is a continuously sounding note in the hearts of every one of us, a basic tone which underlies all our action and all our thinking. It may be an evil thing "a dis position toward selfishness, self-in- dulgence, double dealing. On the other hand, 1t may be a good thing - the deep seated determination that comet what may, we will do the right thing under any cir- cumstanees. But of this we can be sure, down deep in the hearts of every one of us Is a pulsing mos tive which dominates our lives, as that single note running through the Chopin prelude dominates the whole piece.
 The message of the Christian re- ligion Is that if the note signifies evil. 1t may be changed and made to signify good. Christianity Knows nothing about fate. It teaches that human nature can always be changed, that every man can be saved, that the dominant tone which underlles . life can be transfermed from tragedy and evil to hope and righteousness.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
Games. Grim and Gay

The crack of the bat, the thud of the punter toe against the football-in these things, in the autumn of this year, l941, Americans are still blessedly permitted to be interested. The World Series, the opening games of the football season, these hold briefly our attention, while across the world people watch and play their parts in grimmer game. Does It seem irresponsible for great nation to rivet It's attention, on the hop of a sharp hit baseball or the spiral flight of deftly tossed forward pass, while there is being fought what may prove to have been the bloodiest battle the world has ever seenP
 We think not In spite of wars, revolu- tionS and all the tumults of the social organization, life must go on. No one can forget Carlyle's vivid picture of how In Paris, during the most shocking horrors of ways of their daily life quite needless of all these things. The pitcher must go to the well, and the clothes must go to the laundry in the face of the greatest and most world-shaking events Business can't be "as usual" and life can't be "as usual" in these days. The overwhelming stark fact of war throws its shadows over every activity of man throughout the world Yet man is so constituted that 1n the face of the most empowering dis asters, he grasps for such pleasures as he can, and finds them good. If British people who may, before any mornings sun rises, be bombed into eternity, can spend those evenings at the movies (and they dol there is no good reason why the people of the United States should not sit cheering in the stands while yet they may. World Series and football crowds this fall may well be the greatest of his tory.
 Get out into the glorious fall weather, then, and cheer your team. Try to put out of your mind for few hours that other game that is being played with the hearts blood of men and women for a stake no less than the freedom of the world. Its terrible, unsolved question, its innings not yet played, its outcome not yet determined, will be waiting when you leave the stadium
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

The rise in prices on the things we eat and the things we wear along with extras which are classified as luxuries and which will be taxable after Wednesday of this week has brought about a shopping squirt. In sort of panic folks are dashing about buying fur coats, automobiles, diamonds and other goods more modest. Bank accounts are being chivvied to get in on the buying before the new tax goes into effect. For those that can dash out and buy diamond, fur coat or a piano without feeling that they have squan- cedure, providing they are not already pretty well stocked up with these ar ticles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

e. What tree produces an en- zyme which is sold for making meat tender?
 A.. The papaw tree produces an enzyine much like that produced in the human digestive tract, that is marketed for tenderiSing meat.
 c. Has the design of the Virgin and Child" ever been used on co1ns2
 A. It was 6 popular design for coins. In Central Europe during the Middle Ages. Probably the best- known coins bearing the design were those issued by Hungary from l450 to 1900 A. D.
 c. Which five nationalitles led in emigrating to the United States from 1920 to io302
 A. Germany, e0o6,eS4; Italy. s,- 705,402; Ireland 4,6oi.258: Great Britain, 4.2So.2S2; Austria and Hun gary, 4,l43,94S.
 e. To what extent did employ ment in the Federal Executive Civil Service increase during the last fiscal year?
 A. At the close of the fiscal year, June 90, l94l, civilian employment in the executive branch Of the United States was 1,370,ll0, aTi in- crease of about 36 percent since the beginning of the fiscal year.
 e. Where was Saint Patrick born7
 A. One tradition says that he was born at Kilpatric. another giyeS Dumbarton, Scotland. but the named place of his birth. Benneyen- ta. has never been definitely identi- fled. Some authorities are inclined to place 1t somewhere on the south west coast of Britain, near the Irish Channel; others as stoutly main tain 1t was if1 the north, while oths CTS place 1t on the Severn River.
 EDITORS NOTE-If you are deslrous of securing this weeks popular booklet INTERIOR DEC. ORATYON" address F. M. Kirby, Dept. B-10O Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau, lOl3 Thirteenth St., Washington, D. C., with ten cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

their acts in Congress, to defend themselves and also, of course, to help in the all-important job of getting reelected.
 This privilege has continued and rightfully so-up to the pres- ent, even though a similar privi- lege is denied the men in the army camps, who appreciate mail more than almost anything else.
 Last week, however, an FBI truck backed up to an office on Rhode Island Avenue, pre- viOusly exposed fin this column as having Naxi connections, and carted q batch of documents down to the Justice Depart ment.
 Tn that truckload were the franked envelopes of various Sem ators and Congressman includ- Ing the late Senator Lundeen of Minnesota; Senator Nye of North Dakota; Senator Worth Clark of Idaho, now Investigating the movies; Representative Day of Illinois; Representative Sweeney of Ohio: Representative Tinkham of Massachusetts: and ex-Rep. resentative Thorkelson of Mon- tana.
 These envelopes contained speeches of the various Con- gressmen, but the envelopes were unaddressed. In other words, the gentlemen who pos- sessed this cherished privilege of free franking, had permit ted 1t to be delegated to Q Nazl supported organization which could decide where the propaganda should be sent.
 This incident emphasizes a sit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
Selected Poem
AUTUMN

Ruthe Langland Holberg in the Christian
 Science Monitor) Some small restless bird is singing among The russet leaves-a cool wind shakes and dapples With coins of light the bird the leaves, the apples Summers radiant songs have all been sung. Now earth grows brown and richly feshed with
 fruits
 Of all the blessed suns and gracious rains. The sky is brimming cup that tips and drains, The air is loud with wings and farewell flutes. Short and shorter grow the days delights Too soon the woodbine blows from old brick walls To rustic in the hollows; no night-hawk calls Across the sky-too quickly come the nights Of dark imperial velvet, spread and crossed. With low-hung stars gold, and cold as frost
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

uation frequently exposed in this column, wherein certain Con- gressmen have passed along their franking privilege. At meetings of the Christian Mobilizers, Amer ican Destiny Party and other groups the franked envelopes and addresses of Nye, Wheeler, Rey- holds and others were passed out free, to be addressed and sent ito friend.'
 THANKED SUPPLIES ON HAND
 The Steuben Society's Unit No. 55 held Q meeting in New York on June l8, and on June l3 1t issued a letter to "Dear Steuben- iteS," urging them to come to the meeting. As an inducement the letter said:
 "At this meeting excerpts from the Congressional Record will be distributed to the mem- bcrs. ... These excerpts can be used to publiclze our society to e great advantage. They can be sent to our race and to Oth- ers... These excerpts are in franked envelopes, requiring no postage"
 All evidence points to the fact that various German. American, pro-Nazl and other isolationist or ganizatlons keep a supply of franked speeches on hand, sup- piled them by the gentlemen of Congress.
 For instance, few days after the name of Mrs. R. ?. Nelson, Pennington, Minn., appeared in & Minneapolis paper. the re- ceived, unsolicited, a letter from Congressman stephen Day of H. linois, containing the speech he delivered June IS. sent out with the cooperation of the Columbia Press Service which Is now being probed by federal grand jury on the charge that 1t is financed by German agents.
 But the most interesting thing about the franked Day letter was that it was not pOstmarked
 Washington, or even Illinois, where the Congressman lives but Minneapolis. Congressman Day had sent 3 batch of his franked speeches to a prOpa- ganda group to be distributed at the taxpayers expense.
 Likewise Senator Wheeler's frank has been postmarked from such an obscure town as Upper Darby, Pa. Senator Worth Clark's frank has been mailed out of Ardmore, Pa, Yves from Omaha, and Senator Johnson of Colo rado has had his letters sent. postmarked New York to a pro- lessor in Texas-all done through benefit of one of the most abused of all congressional concessions, the franking privilege.
 ECONOMY REALISTS
 Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania met Mrs. Lionel Atwill at re- ception the other day and in- troduced her to Vice President Wallace.
 ''Mrs. AtwilI," explained Sem at0r Guffey, Ifs the daughter of Edward T. Stotesbury who was one Of Philadelphia's great economic royalists."
 "And the New DeaI," shot in Mrs. Atwill, 'has made us all economy realfsts."
 WEST BEHIND ROOSEVELT
 At first. the Secretary of Agri- culture thought he had made a mistake in Interviewing the beet growers. He had come to Salt Lake for pleasure, and the beet. growers would be painful. But duty was duty, so Claude Wick ard let them in.
 They were a group of thirty men, and the complaint they made has not been equalled by anything in Washington. They complained about prices, about quotas. about labor. but most of all they complained about the importation of foreign sugar.
 They declared the American sugar market should be for Amer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
Press Comment
THEY LIKE THE IDEA
CMeriden JournaD

(Meriden JournaD
 They say over in Waterbury that a certain manufacturing town in the state has adopted a stagger system for workers in autos going to and from the factories for the purpose of relieving traffic in the rush hours.
 Our neighbor shouldn't be like that! It wouldn't have hurt to have printed that Meriden has pioneered with this stagger sys- tenn, which as we understand it, was first introduced by the Charles Parker Company. Credit, where credit is due, say we; and that is why we gave Bridgeport's Mayor McLevy a pat on the back recent ly for inaugurating a map system. under which defense workers were supplied with maps showing them the way to go home and to work
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

to say where and where not the new or expanded fac- tories of the de- fense production machinery would be located.
 The committee m e cts once a week, ordinarily, and has on its W eekly agenda anywhere from l5 to as high as 35 new projects to consider, It has had to work pret- tY much on the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

The hillsides were slightly colored Sunday. The New England autumn may not be up to expectations this year due to the extended drouth. Leaves are so dry they are slowly but surely dropping from the trees and when and if we do get rain they will fall rapidly before they have chance to go from green to yellow and red The rains have held off so long that one looks for tremendous rainfall when the period of drouth ends, if it does.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

q, t. because of the terrific pressure brought on it from local interests but so far 1t has been able to func- tion without any of its members be- ing assaulted. Original chairman of the group was Donald M. Nelson, but the chief now is Nelson's suc- cessor as purchasing director in OPM, Douglas c. MacKeachie. Other members are eX-Governor Clifford Townsend of Indiana, now special advisor on agriculture; Ell Oliver, special assistant on labor: E. F. Johnson of OPM's production divi- sion: John Whitaker of the Division of Contract Distribution, and Ad- miral w, H. Stahdley of the Produc- tion Planning Board.
 Organized only last April, the Plant Site Board has since then ruled on the locations of more than $50 new plants and expansions for the defense effort. The board was little late in getting organized, but 1t was finally brought into being in effort to check the tendency to To- cate new plants haphazardly in con- centrated industrial areas.
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over less congested routes. Water - bury wonders if our stagger system might be similarly worked out herd both at noon and then again late in the afternoon. Our industrie and our big offices are scattered more widely than in smaller towns but the general effect here would be much the same as in them. 1t seems like something worth try- ing"
 Perhaps Meriden should hasten to copyright it's scheme. Flush Wa terbury could afford to pay r0y- alties. Then, perhaps, we could pro- ceed to sell them the right to due plicate our famous Traffic Tower.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

Sunday morning we slid back, or should we say forward, into standard time, and now two days later we scarcely realize that there has been change. True we miss the long evenings, but we welcome the brighter mornings. It's easier to get the youngsters to bed, so the mothers say and likewise easier to get them up in the morning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

1. Who composed words and music of My old Kentucky Home? 2. What Is the substance in fruits that makes them jell?
 3. For what industry is Grand Rapids, Mich. famous? 4. Sabocs are a kind of sword, Q species of fish or wooden shoes?
 5. Tn which New England State is Saddle Mountain?
 6. What is a common term for pyrotechndcs?
 2. Which high ofsicial of the U. s. government is an expert boom- erang thrower?
 8. Name the Indiana town iIll which Wendell Willkie was born. 9. Tn what city did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire occur?
 10. Which president did Edith Kermit Car0w marry?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
Daily Almanac
.oon sets i2:5s a. m.

Moon sets i2:5s a. m.
 Sun rises SAT a. m: sets 5:3T D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 It's hard to make this drought period break. 4 week ago there was every indication of a prolonged rainfall ahead for this area. but despite all inc warnings and signals the fair weather persists and may until well into October.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

TODAY's COMMON ERROR One lays . book on g table, but one lies in . bed. The former (lay) Is transitive and re- quires an object: the latter (Iie) Is lntranstive and has no object.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
|O EDISON IN
 WASHIN GToN
Where Plant Site Board Plants Sites
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COfrespOndent

Washington, Sept. 30 ~ One of the more important but less publi- clzed activities of the Oflce of Pro- duction Management has been the work of the Plant Site Committee of six men whose job 1t has been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30
AID
 APLENTY

The board now has veto power on all proposed locations and on the positive side 1t has plenty of volun- teer help in the way of chambers of commerce, congressmeii and gover- nors, all of whom are sure their particular community has just the resources needed for every new fac- tory under consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-30

mothers dream as she falls asleep with her b a by in her a r m s. S h e dreams that the boy grows up to d e s troy her h opes a n d comes at last to 8 tragic end. T he continual ly recurring note xyI1{0t1 OYa haopc