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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

The drive in Delaware right now to enforce "blue laws" is something that every state enjoys at regular intervals. It may depend upon individual prose- cutor or official who feels that the laws aren't being lived up to as they should be or perhaps the crusading type of in- dividual comes into power. But in the majority of cases the laws aren't en- forced just to bring in culprits. That could be done without invoking so-called "blue-laws". There are any number of statutes on our books which applied only to a definite era or to definite phase of existence which has long since van ished. That's where the value of com- mission, group or individual whose duty is to codify existing statutes lies Every state ought to make an effort to keep its statute books cleared of the sense- less laws, not necessarily the oldest ones, of course They are often as applicable today as a century ago.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Developing Trade

Lots of snap-judgment writers pro claim easy general truths about the rela- tions between the United States and cer
 tain countries of South America. Argen- tina, they note, for instance, produces wheat and meat, of which the United States has a surplus. So trade is difficult. Difficult, no doubt, but not impossible. For in January the United States became Argentina's leading customer, taking 4l.3 per cent of all that republics exports Bri- tain, tine next on the list, took 20 per cent.
 Of course this abnormal relationship is Aue to the fact that the war makes normal export to Europe impossible. The United States cannot hope to keep any such pro-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Productive Loans ,

During the Terrific Twenties, the United States lent great deal of money to South American countries A great deal of it was wasted, dribbled away into commissions and graft, and was never repaid. Now circumstances indicate that the United States shall again be lender to South America But with difference. Latest report from Nicaragua shows the difference.
 Part of the Pan-American Highway through that country it is already completed with U. s. help. President Somoza, inspecting it, expressed his pleasure, and said: Villages have sprung up over night, farmers are settling along the highway, new and formerly inaccessible regions have been tapped, and with the highways vii. come better era for Nicaragua" That's more like it. Todays Pan American faith is that by helping to help Central and South Amer ican countries to rise, we help ourselves, creating better customers and stronger, friendlier neighbors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, T am through play ing" through writing" through chopping," say, "T have finished playing" etc.

e. How do the losses of British, Allied, and neutral shipping during the first l5 months of the present war compare to losses for the same period in World War I?
 A. Average monthly losses dur ing the first 15 months in 1939-1940 amounted to about 270,000 gross tons, compared with 473,000 tons during the 15 months beginning February 1, 1917, which marked the opening of unrestricted submarine warfare.
 e. How many professors, teach- CTS, administrative officers and other professional employees are in institutions of higher education in the United States?
 A. Approximately 13o,oo0.
 e. What rates of dividend do Federal Savings and Loan Associa- tions pay?
 A. The dividend rate Is not fixed, and varies in accordance with the earnings of the associations.
 you want a copy six GAR DEN PACKET" booklets, send to the Waterbury Democrats Wash ington Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth st., Washington, D. c. Enclose fifty cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

Much of the work of the Connecticut legislative session could be simplified and speeded up if the members would pay more heed to program prepared for them in advance. We have tried this idea out here in Connecticut, but un- fortunately our legislators are so strong minded for the most part that they ob- ject to any of their duties being per- formed for them and insist on doing everything themselves. AS result any ideas for legislation coming from groups asked to make special studies of condi- tions in the state have usually met with unfavorable action. Either that or the Legislature will draw up its own plans, generally quite at variance with what was suggested.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
In Today's Mail

ployes to be taken from the un- employed-a gain of 5 per cent.
 2. By transfers of skilled labor not directly contributing to that employed on defense-a gain of IS per cent.
 3. By increasing the length of the work week up to 48 hours or more, where this has not already been done-a gain of 10 per cent.
 4. By securing the continuous operation of plants, including Sat- urdays and Sundays-a gain of 20 per cent.
 5. By an increased rate of pro- duction to be secured as new em- ployes become more skilled: as working schedules are better CO., ordinated and as slow-downs and strikes are eliminated: and as new plants and new machine tools are added, which is constantly going on-a gain of 25 per cent.
 If our need for increased defenses is as urgent as we know it to be, Is it not best for us all to pitch in and do our utmost now, rather than to sit down for another six months and discuss whether it is more im- portant for us to continue certain theories of social gains? Is 1t not best for us first to guarantee the possibility. of any social gains, rather than to submit to the slavery of a totalitarian system later?
 AS the Saturday Evening Post points out. We are now working shorter hours than the aggressors have been for three years. France was lost in thirty-nine days because it would not go to work to its limit during the two years preceding the war. We are losing 104 days year by not working Saturdays and Sum- days and the equivalent of at least another lO4 days by short hours and voluntary show-downs.
 The Democratic way stands con- fr0nted with the totalitarian way which has ruthlessly crushed France and all of the smaller nations of Europe. Nothing now stands be- tween Germany and the rest of Eu- rope and Great Britain. Unless Great Britain is enabled to stem the tide of Naziisn, ultimately 1t will become our turn to face the power of Hitle- alone-to face brute force,
 For all of us to act as one in q crisis for the achievement of a com- mon purpose requires that we lay aside political differences and pre- judices. The political campaign is over and there is only one president and one Congress for ail of the peo- pie.
 Perhaps the most convincing aIn- basEadors Of good will are the chil- dren wiio have come to our shores to escape death and mutilation. List.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Questions
 and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau will answer for you free, any question of fact or infOrnaa- ton, not involving extensive rec search. Write your question clear. ly, sign name and address, en. close . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau, 1913 18th Street. Wash. ington, D. 0.
 e. Is a retired worker required to. remain in his home State in or- der to receive his retirement bet1e- fits under the old.age and survivors insurance provision of the Social Security Act?
 A. No; if he is entitled to bene. fits under the Social Security Act he will receive them wherever hd lives.
 e. What is the alcoholic content of Dubonnet wine?
 A. Twenty percent.
 e. What Is the highest wind ve- locity recorded on the Golden GatS Bridge?
 A. Sixty-fur miles per hour, Teb- ruary g, 1888.
 o. What is the age of the oldest animal in the Bronx zoo?
 A. "Alice," the Indian elephant, Is 47 years old. She was acquired by the zoo in 1908.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Whats Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.

1. When was President Roosevelt renominated for a third term?
 2. What is the correct name for the parts into which oranges and lemons divide?
 3. What was the official name of the American armies in Europe dur ing World War?
 {. Name the capital of Nebraska.
 s. Where was the first shot fired in the American Civil War?
 6. Is the statement, "the moon re- wolves around the earth from east to west" true or false?
 2. Christopher Morley Is an au- thor, painter or scientist?
 8. Does Halle SelaSgde, Emperor of Ethiopia, belong to the brown, yell low, or white race?
 9. Which Florida city has the largest population?
 10. "A rag and bone and @ hank of hair" comes from what poem?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
NOW IS THE TIME TO STEP UP PRODUCTION IF WE WOULD AVOID FATE OF OTHER
 FALLEN NATIONS

Hartford, Conn.,,
 March 3, 194l. Editor of The Democrat:
 The Tommies in England, who keep on assuring their Prime Min- ister-"We can take It," desperate ly need our assistance. And for our own defense as well as theirs, we are determined to give all the aid we possibly can. What can be done to increase this aid out of our pres ent resources, and how can 1t be done rapidly? Since no one has any exact figures, and where SO much depends upon our will to do, we can only estimate as to the reserves we can now draw upon.
 Recent studies of the National In- dustrial Conference Board indicate that 30 per cent of the total labor employed in the manufacturing in- dustries of the United States was employed in 1899 in close relation to the defense program. However, an unknown part of this labor was ex- pended on products not directly es- sential to defense. It is probable that 75 per cent of the 12 million wage earners employed in manu- featuring in 1940 would not have directly contributed to defense. It is also certain that per cent of the 75 percent of labor probably so em- ployed could be transferred to de- fense production within the next three months, without seriously in- terfering with any production which is supplying materials for defense. This would be equal to a 15 per cent increase in the 25 per cent of total labor on defense. And this is by no means all. Increasing the length of the work week from 70 to 48 hours will increase the labor al- ready available for defense by theo- reticaily 20 per cent. but actually by possibly 10 per cent because many are already working overtime. Also. by cutting out the hlack-outs on Saturdays and Sundays. and by or- ganizing staggered shifts. another 20 per cent gain might be made in defense production.
 It is. therefore. entirely reason- able to assume that by all Of the following means the production Of materials for defense can be in- creased by more than 90 per cent in three months. by more than 60 per cent in six months and by 70 per cent in nine months:
 By the training of new em-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

Too much can't be said for the col lection of old age taxes here in Water bury. When the Tax Collectors office can announce such heavy collections before the final tabulation Is made, it's proof enough that the taxpayers were eager to live up to this duty of theirs And as Mayor Vincent Scully himself once said it's the taxpayers who sEould get the credit for any good financial showing Waterbury may make
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Selected Poem
THE INN (Farmingt0n)

Farmingt0n) George E. Tingley in the New Haven
 Journal-Couriep Turn--turn back the page of time, And drink an ancient fable But leave--eaVe me in sweat to rhyme The blessings of a table! In histry's weather-beaten land Beyond the fickle moon, Where destires are past command, And midnight walks with noon There behind that antique screen Of time was raised wall, And then roof amidst the green Of virgin forest-hall- And then the boards were roughly shaped, And benches Wooed the floor, And tables lovingly were scraped To tempt the larders door. Oh, have been within this Inn, Although I'm cursed with time The time of now" and ito begin" Where nations rhyme in crime Its mutton chops I've eaten, And drank its fairest wine With steaks untouched unbeaten, From fairest of the kline. Green peas and succotash, return To me that juick board, Baked beans, hot rolls, old cheese, I yearn In gastronomic hoard Give.me again it's apple pie I dof my cap, and rise, And Satan buy my soul! For Have dined in Paradise! Oh. Plato, Aristotle both I've read-Ulysses Navy And Aphrodite--yet not loath To swap them for your grovy! Three hundred years it's clocks excite The time within its walls. And in mortal praising write Immortal reign your halls!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

called in 0 few experts. asked them to find a rooster for the White House. But nothing hap pened. As experts will, they passed the buck. On his next White House call, Wickard en- countered an impatient Watson. "H0w about my rooster?" he said.
 So Wickard went out to the experimental farm at Beltsvillc, Md. on a personal rooster hunt. But the government farm had just switched types, had no Ply meath Rocks. Then Wickard began negotiations between the farm and the University of Maryland, to arrange a rooster swap without violating the law. The delay got to be a joke, and even the President kidded his Secretary of Agriculture about his inability to find Q rooster.
 Finally Wickard got the rooster, closeted 1t in the anteroom of his office, while he received a caller. The caller overstayed his time. Suddenly the rooster emitted a screeching Cock doodle and the visitor, accusing Wick ard of planting the device to get rid of callers, left in a huff.
 Wickard put on his hat in a hurry, took the roster under his arm and called for his limousine. In person he delivered the bird at the White House, breathed 6 sigh of relief.
 A few days later, when he called again, "ra" Watson shook his hand warmly and said:
 "That rooster of yours Is won-' derfuI. Claude; In fact, I've
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

In God.
 Read this Book in a day when our world order is being shaken. Stand on the Isle of Patmos with John and allow your heart to be lifted up as his was to a height from which you can see human life as he did from the ramparts of God. If you catch the spirit of the Book. 1t will give you new con- fidence in day when faith is being sorely tried.
 You will get new confidence concerning the lnevltability of spir- itllal triumph. You will be over- whelmcd with sense Of the ini- mensity of divine love and with the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Press Comment
TOO MANY AMATEURS
iHartford Courant)

N4AUA NSAA OVbA0AAV
 MT. George H. Earle, the Amer ican Minister to Bulgaria who fig- ured in the bottle-throwing brawl in Sofia the other night, is another of those diplomats whose primary qualifications for his position are his wealth and his willingness to contribute literally to the Demo- cratic Party's campaign funds. It is hardly conceivable that a career man would have gotten himself into 8 situation that could only be re- solved by an interchange of cham pagne bottles. The incident is not one that will add to the reputation of the Foreign Service.
 It has been the present Adminis- tration's misfortune that so many of its important diplomatic appoint ments have been given to men who were inexperienced in diplomatic affairs. There were Joe" Davies in Moscow and Irony" Riddle in War saw and Jimmy" Cromwell in Ot- tawa, to mention but three of the amateur appointees who have filled foreign service posts where skill, judgment and, above all, experience were called for. Now one is re- minded that MT. Earle, whose pre- vious experience is confined to a short term as Minister to Austria in 1883, fills what is now the most im- portant post in the Balkans.
 There was a time when our dip lomatic posts abroad were virtually sinecures whose incumbents needed only sufficient wealth to maintain an establishment more impressive than that provided by the salary and allowance paid by the service. Lacking a dynamic foreign policy. the United States could affaord to send representatives abroad who were unskilled in diplomacy. But those days have passed. Today we are actively playing the diplomatic game, ana the need is for repre- sentatives abroad who, regardless of their accuracy with champagne bot ties. are experienced hands at the business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Daily Almanac

Sun rises 6:23 a. m.: sets 5:46 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Februarys last gasp was bitter one. The month expired on the heels Of a northeast storm that brought snow Oddly both Of February's storms were from the northeast, but the early one was heavy rain. the latter. snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

realization that everything else is utterly worthless. A faithful read ing of this ancient text will i'll you with a sense of Gods power and make you able to stand firm in c day when men threaten the life oi the world with the power Of the sword.
 Tn tine midst of a world grown old in strife. the Book of Reyela- ton discloses . new heaven and q new earth cut upon the pattern OI love.
 All Rights Reserved
 Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

portion of Argentine trade in ordinary times. But it does suggest that perhaps increased trade between the two countries is not so impossible or hopeless as some have insisted, and that even in interna- tional trade, where there's will, there's a way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

guess that there won't be any war with Japan for either the British or tn e ! United s tat t e s for some time to come. Your ordinary horse sense oul d give you the necessary con- viction to play this hunch.
 Warlike prep arations there be. Lots of them, JXyikl, ,olantU If
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

to triumph, and that no matter how much evil may seem tc prevail, it pre- vails only in ap- pearance. It never prevails over the hearts of those who have faith nor
 over those gen. erations whicl, put their trust
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

THE NEW PATTERN OF LOVE
 This is day when Christians may well get out their Bibles and reread the Book of Revelation.
 It was written in day of perse- cution. Its message is that right eous God will bring righteousness
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
NO MORE HARD TACK

nlms Auu Ve 1AEneu Hsms DV you know what? call him Claude"
 NO MORE HARD TACK
 Hard tack, that celebrated butt of doughboy jibes, will be largely eliminated from army field ra- tons If Donald M. Nelson, ener- getic coordinator of defense pur- chases, has his way.
 Nelson has worked out a novel scheme to make U. s. Army field rations the best in the world. The most important feature of this. at least from a soldiers viewpoint, deals with the hated hard tack.
 The defense purchasing chief and his aides have discovered q substitute-canned, irradiated breads. Large quantities of this have been ordered for the Army. Hermetlcally sealed in small tins, suitable for carrying in a knapsack, the bread will remain fresh indefinitely.
 Tn addition, every soldier in the field will carry @ second tin of a meat and vegetable mixture con- taining all the essential vitamins. The two cans together will give him a balanced diet away from camp.
 "No other army In the world will be as well and as scientifcal- ly fed as ours when the new sys- tenn is in full copcration," pre- diets Nelson.
 Copyright, 194l, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
A Thought for Today

And He taught, saying to them: Is h not wrt- 4an Nv house shall be called the house of prayer to all nations? But you have made 1t den Of thieves.-Mark 11:17.
 Surely the church is a place where one days truce ought to be allowed to the dissentions and Animosities of mankind.-Burke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
National 
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington CorreSDOndent

Washington, March 4 -. If you like to bet a few bucks on a long shot now and then, you might care to take a chance In support of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

ca to their broadcasts to the folk; back home. How much more con viction they carry than Hitler bombast Of Hatel And a little chile shall lead them"
 HOWELL CHENEY. Treas.
 Conn. Economic Ceunei.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PIE A R $ 0 N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON March 4Depe the Ars rackdown plane manufac definitely confirmed that ares South America
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

bought some more bullets for him. And I've named him. Do you know what? I call him Claude"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-04

Q. What is the alcoholic content of Dubonnet wine?
 A. Twenty percent.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-15
NO MORE WILL THEY
TAKE IT FOR GRANTED

The half-score or SO American resi-
dents, foreign born who went to Tijuana
on shopping tours and found they could
MT get back into this country without
passports in spite of residence in Ameri
ca dating back y years and more, will
most likely have a new appreciation OF
the country of their adoption when they
do get back.
Their experience, if it could be dupll-
Gated in form for few thousand Amerl-
can-born citizens, might do the country
whale of lot of good. There are lot
of us who never have realized what 1t
means to live in America, and some of
as who never will realize it without some
kind of shock, nervous and physical.
The very fact that life in America is
easy, without one iota of the supervision
and coercion accompanying life even in
the free" countries of Europe, is at once
the cause of lot of lethargy, and a
demonstration of why America is the
best country in the world in which to live.
We have the freedom, and the very
freedom itself makes some of us lose
sight of how we got it, and of how prec-
ious it is. Only when our freedom is
threatened, or even taken away for a
while do some Of us come to realize what
a blessing it is.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-07-15
BLUNT TRUTH NEEDED
IN a DEMOCRACY
(Oroville Mercury-Register)

l0IOAlllt Me1Sui -lASSiot1A1
Andre Maurois. French historian, biog-
rapher and novelist, made an important
statement before the Commonwealth
Club in San Francisco Friday. Speaking
of the downfall of France, he said:
mo government of the people is pos
sible if those people are not told the
truth. Had che people of France been
informed of the incredible danger con-
fronting them, no army or navy appro-
priation would have been refused.
As Maurois told of Frances death
agonies French walters in the big Palace
hotel gold room wept. France dleo VI
neglect. he said; neglect of her people
French leaders placed political eXpedl-
encv above security and refused to trust
long dormant public opinion with the
truth =,
The leaders lacked courage, he sala.
They did not dare face the truth ana leI
the people face it with them
But it is different in England. Dr:
Upham Pope, chairman OF group Oh
leading American social scientists VINO
have formed Committee for Natlohal
Morale. declares that British morale IS
HIGH because of Winston Churchill's pol
lev of blunt realism. He tells the real
hurts. with the result that the enemy cam
not dishearten them.
Contrasting the situation in Germany,
DR.. Pole tells us that realism is some,
thing Hitler and Goebbels have not dared
to try with their home population. And
this fact he says, lis one of Germanys
major morale weaknesses.
Imagine the CONSERVATION of German
mothers as they see long hospital trains
rolling into German cities, forced to
carry wounded hundreds of miles because
hospitals at the Russian front are filled:
Germany will require its own dose of
blunt realism, administered from the top
down to the humblest citizen if the Rus
sian campaign is not an immediate sue
cess.
The lesson from all this is clear to Am
erica. Let us continue to demand the true
facts all along the line through free
OrpSS