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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
A Good Message

The first official message Of Gov. Rob- ert A. Hurley delivered before both leg islative branches yesterday afternoon was quite typical of this new and youth full executive that Connecticut will learn to respect and admire in the next two years. It did not advocate ruthless and rash rejection of traditional Connecjl- cut cOmmOn-SenSe government, such &S we have become accustomed to. It dld not demand the complete overthrow ot all that we hold precious and to which We cling as a foundation on which can be built security and pros )erity for all of us.
 Rather it advocated a continuation ot policies that have proved good in the past; the rejection of those which time has left outmoded and which no longer satisfy our needs or our daily activities. If this message can be reSurrected one year from today and perusal can re- veal that all has been accomplished that Gov. Hurley asked of the Legislature, then truly it may be recorded that thls new governor of ours has provided ideal leadership and wise counsel at a time when they are most needed.
 The governor recognizes the crucial times that we are now entering. He IS mindful of the fact that Connecticut IS a Veritable arsenal in our national de- fer.Se program and in the event of war. To this end he proposes that we actually fortify ourselves in many ways for what is to come. Progress in all the social and labor legislation that has swept the na- tion is bound to ensue if we but heed his advice The State Park and Forest Com- 1l.@ fN01 I 1NEyf 1n Hurley proposal for adequate biennial funds to provide proper expansion and development of our system of state parks and forests This commission has just applied for a $3,OO0,0OO bond issue with which to carry on just such a program.
 Due heed is paid to the status of our county jailS and the need of replacing them with some other form of detention; the position of the States Attorney main taining private practice is duly noted; attention is called to the courts of the state, particularly those minor ones, long a bugaboo of legislative sessions. And Gov. Hurley pays his respects to former governor Wilbur l.. Cross with special appeal for change in the Constitution with regard to the gubernatorial veto power, which is virtually a minus qual- ity as it now exists.
 The Legislature will do well to live up to the task that the governor has set for it. But thorough peruSal of his mes sage will reveal that he has followed quite closely in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors in urging worthwhile re- forms and has added to them a personal knowledge of our state government and its requirements, which he acquired in that responsible position he now vacates the State Public Works commissioner ship. To the Legislature then is en- trusted responsibility for setting long range, humanitarian program in pro- gress. It cannot afford to ignore it in part or whole.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

The Democrat tonight congratulates it's four legislators at Hartford. To them is entrusted the important and consider able task of securing passage of legisla- tion that will not merely benefit the mu- nicipality of Waterbury, as well as many residents here, but laws that will affect the lives and the standards of the mil lion and more residents of Connecticut. We know that while our legislators are concerned with the welfare of this com munity and their efforts to this end will be persevering to the end they also will feel the obligation of working mutually with their fellow colleagues for laws and acts that will make this state better place in which to live. There is no doubt but what the 1941 legislative session will be vitally important one. Even the af- fairs of the world will play some part in determining the course to be followed at Hartford this winter and spring. Wa terbury can be proud of the fact that it is so ably represented in both houses of the General Assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
In Today's Mail

[ child, or an organization of Gods children, the child or the o.ganiza- tion is doomed to become useless or it's life comes to an end, in spite of every effort upon part of the child of God, or the organization of Gods children.
 Regardless of our race or color we all agree that there is God. Some have formed the opinion that God is either insane, brute, or like unto a cheap political grafter.
 The reason and the only reason for any child of God becoming con- fused about his or her father God is our present method of teaching the children of God.
 When we, the father, mother clergymen and school teacher, poison the mind of Gods child with race, creed, or class hatred, we in- fest the brain of the child, we plant the seeds of birth control.
 A brain stricken with birth con- trol can not render justice to those who differ from the child in race creed, class and color. A child of God unable to accept every other child of God as his brother or sis ter, is bound to have trouble with the other children of God. Today we, the citizens of the United States, are very much con- cerned about Communism, and dic- tatorship. Will it be possible for us to hold our form of government? With all of its failures, we of the
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dime in it was something quite dif- ferent.
 Friendship, happy domestic life, success in business all these things depend for their value upon the amount we invest in them. If we invest little. we get little. If we invest much, we get much. We can have as many friends as we are willing to buy with the generous spending of an unselfish spirit. We can make ourselves and our homes happy or otherwise, depending upon the extent we are willing to sacri- flee. In business it is true that na- tural aptitude and the circum- stances of the business world have considerable to do with business success, but all things else being equal, the hard worker passes the shirker on the home stretch every time; the reason being that he is willing to give unstintedly of him. self to the winning of the race.
 Give and it shall be given unto you,' is the Biblical explanation of how the serious giving of the best one has results in satisfactory re- turns.
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Selected Poem
THE LITTLEST DONKEY

Beatrice c. Lieb in the Poets Column Hartford
 CouranD The donkey was tiny thing-silken, brown, The youngest little donkey in David's town His eyes were incredulous-~J Jftly bright, Gazing at the Miracle which came that night. Kings in his manager !Awe-struck throng, Floods of golden light, strange, wondrous song! He thrilled with excitement gently prayed. Saw his mother looking where Child was laid. Oh yes! He remembered the Child was here. Was that why the shepherds were drawing near? The Baby stirred, and opened night-blue eyes. The little donkey quivered in glad surprise Forgot to watch the camels, forgot the gold, Heard not the garbled stories the people told His pounding heart was lost to the solemn Child What was there so awesome in Babe so mild? Still stranger came-and the small, dumb beast Shared the streaming light from the blazoned East How could they know what he saw through years? They never even noticed his startled tears For he had learned secret as yet unknown to
 them:
 A Man would ride donkey in Jerusalem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
WORDS OF TESTAMENT COM ING TRUE AS WOES OF
 MANKIND MULTIPLY.
Naugatuck, Conn,
 Jan. 4. 1941

NaugatucR, CO1ln.,
 Jan. 4, 1941. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 I thank you for printing my let ter in your paper Saturday evening, I am convinced that the newspapers can render the citizens of the United States a great service. The service refer to is the courtesy of print ing letters written by its readers.
 We, the citizens of the United States, must have way in which to exchange our opinions, if we are to save our church and our form of government.
 Recently when birth control was being discussed, I entered the dis cussion, disagreed with their views. I still believe that an open and free discussion of birth control would be a great help to all of the peoples.
 claim that birth cont.ol is an act of God. I claim that the words, birth control, cannot be used to confuse the minds of Gods children. Birth control is bi. tn control an act of God. God regards his children by using birth control; God also punishes his children and the or- ganizationS of Gods children with birth control.
 The tue meaning of birth control is creating life. Without the will of God, birth is impossible, therefore only God controls birth.
 Murder is murder. Murder is an act of the child of God. It is pos- sible to commit murder in several ways-abortion, with a gun, knife, poison and by intentional exploita- tion of Gods children.
 Intentional exploitation of Gods children has cost God the lives of millions of his children. When mill lions of Gods children suffer death and destruction, at the hands of false prophets, we can not blame God for our wars and our diseases.
 The reason I say at this time we should by all means discuss birth control is this, we, the children of God, find ourselves completely con- fused in our God, in our church, in our home, in our method of earning our daily bread, and in our form of government.
 Confused because we have been lead astray by false prophets. Every organization of Gods children is to- day suffering birth control, birth control an act of God. When God uses birth control to punish his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
Dollars Cannot Buy Yesterday

An editor, looking back upon the year which has but recently closed, finds an infinity of matters about which to write. A great war, which is in essence titanic struggle between two irreconcilable phil oSophieS of life, has steadily spread. A whole continent has felt the boot of new conqueror with plan for world dominion as vast as that of Napoleon. The worlds economy has undergone violent change, and stability has been replaced by chaos.
 Here in our own country we have re- gently gone through the most tradition shattering election in our history. The great issues of that election were three fold First, whether to elect a president for third term. Second, how to keep America at peace, while aiding England with all steps short of war. Third, now to best build military and naval eStab- lishment unprecedented in our history. The second and third issues are the most vital this country faces today. They are not partisan issues.
 It is obvious to anyone not blinded by false and baseless optimism that the great plans of last summer for building an impregnable defense at once are not being realized It is easy to appropriate gigantic sums of money. It is easy to make blueprints of tanks and airplaneS and fighting ships. It is easy to have great defense establishment lon order" But dollars and blueprints do not worry potential invaders. The forces which have again brought the world to Arn1a- geddon have respect only for prepared ness The weak are given no quarter. Moral principles, Christian teachings, are scoffed at. That is not pretty. But it is true.
 The American people cannot accept failure from any man-Whether the man who fails holds a great title or is lowly worker in a factory There is no excuse for failure No nation in the world is po- tentially so productive as ours. None has tithe of our richeS-riches Of man. power no less than riches of wealth and of natural resources. In this crisis, we shall really learn the calibre of our peo- pie and our public men. It Is said of France that, in preparing to resist ag- gression, her government, her industries and her workers did "too little-and did it too late" We too are doing too little But let us hope that we correct our er- TOTS before it is too late. When the head of our Navy observed that dollars can not buy yesterday" he stated a grim truth that every American must realize.
 In this great national effort there can be no failure. The thought cannot be tolerated that Democracy here has fal- len on such evil days that it cannot com pete with the dictators. In England we have magnificent example of what free men, fighting to retain that freedom, can accomplish against heartbreaking odds. It was Winston Churchill who said on taking office that he could offer his peo- pie nothing save sacrifice and sweat and tol Here we must absorb an ample measure of that spirit. No one else can make our sacrifices for us. The respon- sibility for the perpetuation of our way of life falls squarely and irrevocably on the shoulders of us all. No one can avoid if
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Mahoney, Wyoming Democrat.


 Why he is sitting on the lid is anyone's guess. During the cam- paign last year he said he was too busy running for reelection and hadn't time to read the re- port. But a number of other com- mittee members, who did read and okay the document, also ran for reelection.
 After election, O'Mahoney told newsmen he was taking the re- port with him to read during a long sea cruise. But he has been back from his trip several weeks and there still is no sign when he will uncork the report.
 Questioned the other day. O'Ma- honey irritab,y denied he was try ing to suppress the report, con- tended it is longer than others and therefore requires more time, and finally declared he couldn't see "why people are pounding our backs about this particular re- port"
 we may print all of it, or cut some of it." O'Mahoney con- tinued. Its very touchy stuff. It's up to the committee to de- eide what to do. I haven't any doubt that something will be printed by April 3, (the deadline fer the final report of the com mittee).
 Whether "tOuchy stuff" or other wise, all the other reports pulp lished by the committee carry a foreword explaining that the f.nd- ings presented are entirely those
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of the investigators and authors.
 NOTE - Rep. Wright Patman, Texas anti-chain store crusader, soon will introduce a bill to cre- ate a government agency, similar 10 the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, to regulate the in- surance business and guarantee all policies up to $5,000 without cost to the policS holders.
 UNDER THE DOME
 Thanks to the careful advance planning by Floor Leader Alben Barkley and Senate Secretary Ed win Halsey, the converting of the Senate was the smoothest in the memory of veteran employees. There wasn't single hitch :. TenneSsee's new Representative Percy Priest, of Nashville, who performed the extraordinary feat of busting an incumbent Southern Democrat who had won the party nomination was the most photo graphed rookie on Capitol Hill. And the least photogenic, quipped the new congressman Most active glad-hander at the opening was bulky, 68-year old Senator David I. Walsh of Massa- chusetts. who, easily reelected, sat in his aisle seat hand-pumping everyone in sight Most con- spicuous absentee was Senator Cotton Ed' Smith, home in South Carolina fishing and pheasant hunting.
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 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

Relocation of many of the parking me ter posts in the central part of the city is wise move. We are glad that city au- thorities at least did not close their eyes to this bit of criticism which has been in- cluded in the general list of complaints. As we said some time ago out of the com plete discussion of parking meters is bound to come system that will please the majority of motorists. You can't please all of them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09
Questions
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 @. What is the origin of tn, proverb There is no rule witl1ou an exception?
 A. It is derived from a Latin proverb, Exceptio probat refula1n meaning "the exception proves tht rule" and it is usually found in tht shorter form.
 o. Define the weather tern glaze.
 A. MeterologistS define glaN as an ice coating forming iron rain in a very shallow layer of colo air, freezing on objects when thS temperature of both the air and the object is below the freezing point
 e. How many children did Kins Priam of Troy have?
 A. According to Homer's lilac (xxiv, 496), Priam and Hecuba hao nineteen children. The principal ones mentioned are Hector, Paris, Deiphobus, Helerrus, Troilus, Poli- tes, Polydorus, Cassandra, Creusa, and Polyvena.
 o. What is the enlistment per- jed for Americans who desire to enlist in the Canadian Army for foreign service?
 A. Duration of the war.
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reue1-RDOr group called the Ameri- can Security Un- ion and he is plenty sore and vocal about what he calls unfair ness to W P A labor on national defense projects.
 Lasser c it e s W o r k on the n e W Washing ton airport. The b u l k of t h e W o r k is being done under pri- ~,a&A AA L..k
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets 4:43 a. m.
 Sun rises 7:16 a. m.; sets 4:42 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. The current cold snap instead of breaking as promised increased as it progressed. Proof, of the old addage that as the day lens hens, the cold strengthens.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-09

1. What is the apparent passage of a planet across the face of tn: Sun called?
 2. Do mahogany logs float?
 3. Is it permissible to wash { United States flag?
 4. What is the popular name fo the Act of Congress, recently en acted to put practically all the gov ernment departments under classi fled Civil Service?
 5. Which New England state hae two seats of government until 1900: 6. Is an atom or a molecule tn, smaller division of matter?
 2. With which sport is the nam of Davey O'Brien associated?
 8. Are passports required fo. American citizens to visit Bermuda
 g. Where is The Alamo?
 10. Name the American ambasss dor to the Vichy government France.
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Current Comment

There is no country that is not looking for its man of destiny, no people who are not clamoring for a CaeSar.-Francisco Campos, Brazil ian minister of government.
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fast as he gave
 them to her. At last he conceived ,the idea of put ting a little money in the pocketbook
 and after that the child never again lost her pocket book. An empty p o c ketbook W a s one thing; a poe ketbook W it h a
 few nennieS or A
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A Thought for Today

The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee- Psalms 2O:1.
 God dwels far off from us, but prayer brings Him down to our earth, and links His power with our efforts-Mad de Gasparin.
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some WPA labor is also being used In many eases, LasSer says, a WPA worker tolls besides a privately em- ployed worker, doing precisely the same job. The WPA man get 4C cents an hour, or SIP week; the other man gets 80 cents an hour and working more hours-makeS $32 a week.
 Lasser believes WPA has about outlived its usefulness. He is urg- ing that under the defense pro- gram the government simply hire the necessary people at going wages. Pretty much the same people would be used, but the relief stig- ma would be gone. Also the pay would be better.
 LASSER
 NO RED
 Under Lasser the Workers Ali ance, which claimed a peak mem bership of 25. 900 WPA workers, was able to ll.a..e itself listened to in the administration. Lasser was often denounced in Congress as Com- munist.
 He was nothing of the k1nd-al- though, he now admits, practically everyone else on the executive board was. He got his eyes opened just about the time the Stalin-H Hitler pact was signed.
 On croSs-country tour shortly after the European war began he was shocked at the attitude the Communist party straw-bosses in the Workers Alliance were taking and a little later he offered his res ignation. The executive board got him to wait, promising some re- forms, but the reforms never came and last June he stepped out. Mem bership then, he says, had dropped to 10000.
 Last August Lasser got together some of the old Alliance leaders, who aren't Communists, and set up the American Security Union.
 Its big aim is to get relief work CTS back into private employment to which end it is setting up en- ployment committees wherever it can and fostering work training programs.
 It also wants to get some perma- nent provision made for WPA peo- pie who have become unemployable
 Present membership, Lasser says, stands at about 15,000.
 ATTENTION
 ADOLF
 Chester Williams, of the Office of Education, went prowling through the dreary wastelands of Hitler's "Mein Kampf' recently in quest of material for a book on the ways of dictators. He found the following concerning a German-RuSSian alli- ance:
 Considered purely militarily, in the event of a Russian war against western Europe, which would probably however mean against the rest of the world, the relations would be simply catas- trophic. The struggle would proceed not on Russian soil but on German soil, without Germany being able to get from Russia even the slightest effective support. .. Its outcome would be the end of Germany. The present rulers of Russia do not at all think of entering an alliance sin cerely or of keeping one.'
 The quotation is from pages 957- 959 of theReynal & Hitchcock edi- ton of "Mein Kampf," in Hitch cocks unexpurgated translation.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D
WE GET AS WE GIVE

WE GET AS WE GIVE
 We value. anything to the extent that we invest in it.
 A father once gave his little daughter a pocketbook, and she promptly lost it. After that for sev- eral years she lost pocketbooks as
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o. How was the water from the aqueducts distributed throughout the ancient city of Rome? A. From reservoirs fed by the aqueductS the water ran into three chambers in Rome, one above an- other, the lowest chamber sending 1t through leaden or clay pipes into 1 the public fountains and basins, the middle one into the great bathing l establishments, the uppermost into private houses. Private citizens paid tax for the water they obtained from these public sources. Q. How much is spent annually in beauty shops in the United States? A. In 1889, it is estimated that approximately 100000 beauty shops in the United States had total sales and receipts of $450,00o, 900. There are no later figures.
 o. How may alabaster objects be cleaned?
 A. With mild soap and water, to which a little washing soda or am- mollia may be added if necessary, rinsing thoroughly with clear water afterwards. Another method is to inmerse the statues for some time ill milk of lime, and then wash in clear water and, when dry dust them with a little French chalk. Milk of lime is made by mixing little slaked lime in water.
 e. What group is the largest user of commercial cars and trucks in the United States? A. In 1889, farmers operated one out of every four motor trucks reg istered.
 c. Is new glass made from scrap glass? A. Scrap glass is never renelted alone to make new glass. A rela- lively small amount of waste glass or ''cullet" is invariably added to new glass batch, first for economy, and secondly because it assists in the melting.
 o. When did Horatio Alger begin writing his success books" for boys? Was he college graduate? A. Alger graduated from Harvard in 1852, became interested in poor boys in New York City, began his series of more than fifty books about 1856
 If you want copy of the book
 let CITIZENSHIP AND NATUR-
 ALIZATION" send to the Water
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
DREW PIE R S O N ROBERT s. ALLEN

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National
 Spotlight
BY BRUCE CATION Waterbury DemOcrat) Washington
 COrreSpOndent

Washington, Jan. 9.-David Las- ser as head of the militant Workers Alliance was something to frighten congressman with a couple of years ago. Now he is building up a new