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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
CONNECTICUT MERIT SYSTEM
Bridgeport Post)


 We suppose that from the more fanatical friends of civil service and the merit system there will be a prompt outcry that the politicians are out to sabotage the system be- cause of the report of the special legislative Investigating committee which has just been made public.
 However if there are such com plaints, VIC advise any interested citizen, before he permits himself to be swayed by them, to read the full report of the Investigating commit tee.
 In our judgment the criticisms made therein are both intelligent and well founded. The report Is constructive, the suggestions arc for the betterment of the service and if civil service in Connecticut is to be made a success 1t must pro- ceed more or less on the program outlined.
 The purpose 6f a personnel ser- vice is well stated in the following extract from the report of the re- examination commission which is quoted with approval in the report of the Investigating committee:
 Personnel administration is now conceived as . service function de- signed to aid and assist the oper- ating agencies to secure and retain tine best grade of personal services for their particular tasks. The em- phasis Is upon service te and COG
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
The Demand to Be Heavy

Judging by all the reports from Wash- ington there Is going to be run on fed eral funds If Congress and the President approve the Lanham bill which author lzes expenditure of $l50,000,000 for pub- lie service facilities. City and town off, eials are making exhaustive studies to see what projects they may include in such . category as the above. Already here in Connecticut there have been indications of willingness on the part of many com- nunities to share in distribution Of this fund.
 Waterbury, for example, is mentioned as in line for funds for it's pipe line, If this is ruled public service facility and certainly 1t would seem to be that. Recre- ational facilities are being sought for such areas as East Hartford, Glaston- bury, Windsor Locks, New London, and Fishers Island to care for defense work CTS and the military. New Haven wants Representative Leroy D. DoWnes of South NorWalk has announced that he'll try to get $3,500, 900 allotted for a sewage dis posal plant in Bridgeport.
 All of which means that Waterbury really IS piker compared to these places. After all work on our pipe line and reser- voir will be largely taken care of through the $20O0o bond issue recently ap- proved by the Legislature. We could do with a sewage disposal plant very nicely, too, at no additional cost to the city. That's one of the projects that the city has an eye on for future development, but If the federal government provided the funds now, now would certainly be the right time to launch 1t. This city would then be embarked on program of public improvements that 1t has never witnessed before.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

identify the abundant life with a social order in which there would be no wide disparity between wealth and poverty and in which there would not be over-stimulated pros- perity at one time and abject de- pression at another.
 These are good things, but they are not "the abundant life" The things the politicians talk about to- day have to SaS with externals; the abundant life has to do with inter- nals We might achieve all these external things and stiil not have the abundant life.
 The statement of Jesus quoted above defines the abundant. life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

The regime of Governor Robert A. Hur- ley is the same as those of preceding exec utives in one noticeable feature. It's very apparent right now. We refer to the biennial mixup over judgeships. Even those of the upper courts - Superior and Common Pleas demand conferences between party leaders and all sorts of political maneuvering by both parties. Every so often the public is informed that the courts of the state are to be taken out of politics. No one seems to have discovered the right way of doing this. So long as appointments depend on concurrence from somebody there s bound to be demands and counter-de- mands between all parties concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

The cane sugar lobby argues that corn sugar canont be used without notice on the label, and the corn sugar lobby argues that 1t can.
 On top of this maelstrom of controversy sits the statuesque Paul McNutt, who as Federal Se- curity Administrator and ruler of the Pure Food and Drug Admin istration innocently inherited the row from Henry Walalce.
 Latest development is the hir- ing Of Frank McHalc, Indiana campaign manager for McNutt, as c lawyer and-or lobbyist repre-. senting the corn sugar bloc. Me- Hale, c staunch Democrat, has be neretained by staunch Repub- lican VIII Irwin, former Republi- can National Committeeman from Indiana. Irwin is president of the Union Starch and refining company of Columbus, Ind, which makes corn sugar products.
 McNutt has been sitting on the egg for . solid year. It is expected Co hatch very soon one way or the other.
 MERRY-Go.R0UND
 For dashing Australian Minister Casey his first meeting with Chairman Sol Bloom of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was Q treat. Congrcssnlan,"' he said, "his is the realization of c life- time ambition. Ever since l was a child I've wanted to meet the man who wrote The Honeysuckle and the Bee. My mother used to sing 1t to me. It was her faV- orite." Bloom wrote the song just before the turn of the cen- tury and 1t was sung around the world With Washington crowded to the bursting point, en- terprising Mayor LaGuardia has established an office in the capi- tal to try to wangle the location of federal agencies in New York city ... Here is the latest "eru- dite contribution from Rep. Rob- crt Rich of Pennsylvania in a sueech on government spending: "You will find out, either the President is right and I am wrong, or am right and the President is wrong"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

e. How can c silver nitrate stain be removed from c rubber tile floor?
 A. The silver nitrate has un. doubtedly been reduced to metallic silver, which, in turn, probably hal been changed to silver sulphide. II that is the case, mechanical removal 10 the only possible way. Try coarse and fine sandpapers, followed by wax polishing.
 e. How much does it cost the U, s. Treasury to support the Pres' ident annually9
 A. There has never been a breakdown of appropriation figurea that will answer that question spe- officially; but the following flgureA give on indication; salary of the President, $75,00W travel and enter. tainment allowance, $26 ,000: salaries of the staff of the executive offlces, approximately $i40,000; contingent expenses, $60,000; printing and bind- ing, $2,700; maintenance of White House and grounds, $l40,000 to S200,000, depending upon repairs ana Improvements needed: total $432,7 to $4o2,7o0.
 c. How long have all-Steel rail- road cars been in use?
 A. The first all-steel baggage cal was put into service in 1904; tho express car in 1006: postal car In 1905; and passenger coach in 1906.
 e. How long have the employees of tho Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation been under Civil Serv. ice?
 A. The agency was covered into the Classified Civil Service by an Executive Order, effective February 1, lo3o.
 c, Where $ the tree that owns
 A. A white oak near Athens, da. Is unique in that there was willed to 1t by It's owner, William II. Jack -| son, for and in consideration of the great love l bear this tree and the great desire I have for It's pros tection entire possessions of' itself and oil land within 8 feet of the tree on oil sides" This deed,I dated 1920, is recorded In the town| clerks office.
 e. What does the surname liar. Icy mean?
 A. It is from the Anglo Saxon, ( locality name, and means "hare'4 field"
 If you want . copy of the latest booklet WEIGHT CONTROL, send to The Waterbury Demo- crat's Washington Bureau, 1918 Thirteenth St. Washington, D. c. Enclose ten cents postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Whats Your I. O.

Can you answer seven Of thes test questions? Turn to page for the answers.
 1. Are Pullman bertns. made with the head toward the engine the other way round?
 2. What was the pen-nane Willard Huntington Wrightp
 3. What character In Q VI known nursery rhyme last h sheepp
 4. Who commanded the Britt forces at the Battle of Bunker I'll s. Is Mercury, Venus or Mars { smallest planet? 6. The adjective that means d lating to law and judicial procee ings" is j-r-d-c-l?
 T. Was Jefferson Davis ever member of the U. 6. Congress?
 8. Japanese are, or are not, elz ible for naturalization in the Unis States?
 g. Iii what state is Muscle Shos
 10. William Penn owned slaF True or false9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Selected Poem
A BIRD SINGING AT DUSK
dois Kingsley Pelton in the Poets Corner

Oois Kingsley Pelton in the Poets corner)
 Hartford Times) Your lonely voice that breaks the evenings web Of golden silence, clear As cool transparent skies behind the wood, Is witchery to hearl With notes as soft as fog whose purple creeps Along the thicket's edge Your music feels it's way along my heart Beside this budding hedge. Great bursts of loveliness surprise and shake My being through and through, With something more divine than breaking fortf Of green when March is newl I know right well that you are just bird That gives it's joy round; And, vet you awaken something more than leaf, or bud, or grass-stirred ground!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

operation with the operating c, cies in meeting and solving ( personal problems, not. as form upon policing and regulation"
 To this we would add ano chapter to the civil service \ which the most strenuous advod of the merit system seem Co < look. That is that service Cd general public Is the final end aim of all this vast network c ganiyation
 It is quite evident that cavii ice and the merit system can from a sort of hardening theoretical arteries with the that employees who are select written examination and prc from political interference TI turn become very cocksure of selves and very indifferent service which they give Co til lie in return for all this pref
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 4:i6 a. m. daylight time)
 Sun rises 5:28 a. n.; sets 8:0o p. m. (day- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Farmers are starting to shake their heads over the weather. While they like the ad- vanced season, they know lack Of rain now ig rolng to mean trouble when summer real- iy spreads over the countryside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

give their con-
 stituents if elected. TT h e abundant life" has been con- strued to mean Q life lived in letter houses, supported by 8 larger income, free from the debasing inhu- ences of poverty. Certain thinkers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Q higher boiling point than when he learned Senator Bob Reynolds, vocal North Carolina isolationist, had been made chairman of the Military Affairs Committee. Glass was unable to attend the meeting Of the Democratic steer- ing Committee which nominated Reynolds, but left strict instruc. tionS that his vote was to be cast against hlfn. Later Glass went to tho Senate floor to take part in debate on the foreign ships acquisition bill and to vote against the vandenberg- Clark amendment which would have banned the transfer of Axis vessels to the British.
 After the amendment was beat. on, he picked Up 6 newspaper. Suddenly jumping up, he smashed the paper to the floor, then put on the fieriest exhibition of pam ton1imic fury newspapermen have ever witnessed. His eyes blazed and the corners Of his mouth danced with whispered explosives.
 Noting Glass; agitation, Sena- tor Happy" Chandler of Kentucky rushed over to ask the trouble.
 T'll tell you what's the mat ter" snapped the senator from Virginia. "ICs the alleged Dem- Ocratic leadership of this cham bcr. I just read that Barklcy and Jimmy Byrncs voted for that blankety.blank Reynolds aS chairman of the military committee.
 "Flnc leaders they are, selling out to the isolationIsts." Then with Q contcmptuous glare at Reynolds, seated nearby, Glass added, "Why, the first vote hc cast after being made chairman was for this isoIati0nist van- dcnberg amendment" CORN LOBBY Vs
 SUGAR LOBBY e
 It hasn't emerged through the war news headlines, but ono of the biggest battles of tho farm blocs has been taking place be- tween the Corn group of the Middle West and the Sugar Cane group Of Loulsianaa nd Cuba. The row Is whether corn sugar ("dex- tr0se') can Do used in sweeting canned fruit without announcing 1t on the label.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

ASAAAAAS WAA 0VASty AAaVAV
 He isn't saying SO for fear of repercussiors, but Fleming wants to use the trip as Q springboard for recommending some sensa- tional changes in the Wage-Hour Act, as follows:
 (i) A boost in the present 40- hour.a-Week working maximum. Fleming believes this is especially necessary In the skilled crafts and wants to find out, from Bri- tish experience, how long . man can work and remain efficient.
 (2) A standardization of in- dustrial wage levels all over the country.
 Fleming dropped some broad hints on this in his annual report when he discussed "cha0tlc" labor conditions during the World War.
 Wages were then completely
 unstandardlze and workers wandered from plant to plant
 seeking the best wages obtain. able," Fleming reported. "Such was the confusion that the War Labor Policies Board was finally driven to consider the necessity of universal wage standardixa- ton, but peace intervcned be- fore that policy was effectuatcd.
 "The United States cannot enter a future war without gly- Ing serious thought to the need for standardlzlng wages, both to protect workers and tO pro- mote the efficient utilization of their tIrnc."
 CONGRESSIONAL ECONOMY
 Despite loud congressional talk about economy, tho boys don't be- lieve that economy, like charity, should begin at nome.
 For years senators and repre- scntatiyes have struggled along with free franking limited to the regular malls. For airmail, they had to dig into their own jeans.
 This was 6 problem to challenge the ingenuity of the most gravy wise politico, since the air lines are not equipped to handle a con- gressman's mail like the govern- ment, at taxpayers expense. But now a "way out" has been found.
 It Is an obscure little item in the legislative appropriation bill providing an annual "aiImail ex- pcnse" fund Of $50 for each mem- ber Of Congress. Under 1t the boys nominally will pay the regu- lar six-cent rate like the rest of us. But they won't have to shell out themselves. Tho rest of us will do that for them thorugh the $50 "alrmall expense" fund for for each congressman.
 NOTE - Another illustration of congressional "econony" will be revealed soon.
 WAR NOTES
 U. s. observers in Germany re- port that the Hess flight to Scot- land is making a bigger impress sion on the German people even than was expected. Everyone in Germany is talking about 1t. But inside word is that the British have spoiled the effect somewhat by hurling so much radio propa- ganda at the Germans. The effect of Hess weird departure was so stupendous that all the British had to do was keep quiet and let the German people do their own propagandizing -.ls Ger mans show absolutely no sym- pathy for the Italians; on the contrary, they gloated over every Italian defeat The French aren't advertising it but they were careful long ago to transfer their 4,000000,0O0 gold marks (one bil- lion dollars) from Martinique to Dakar. Maybe they remembered that several billion was still due Uncle Sam on war debts.
 GLASS AND REYNOLDS
 Peppery Senator Carter Glass of Virginia explodes easily, but not in long time did he reach
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

and if there Is anything m ore c c n oversial than WPA, 1t is certainly IVA.
 A good part of the argument will probably revolve around the real useful ness of WAS training for in- dustry in the efense effort and the further need of coddllng the young folks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

Excavation work at the new Anderson School gymnasium indicates that this structure will DC ready almost before you know it. This is one of two big jobs now going on, the other being the Bald win Street Bridge. We suppose another few weeks will also find the water supply work up at Morris started, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Views Of The Press
thirty.Aye feet,

thirty five feet. The trees have not affected the rainfall or temperature and presuIa- ably never will. But they can pre- vent dust blowing and soil erosion and they do protect growing crops to a limited degree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY Rv EARL L. nnIIGLASS. ID. D.
By EARL L. DOUGLASS,
LIFE AT ITS BEST

LATE Al AAS DEOA
 T came that they might have life and that they might have 1t more abundantly."
 Modern statesmen and politicians have used the term "the abundant life" to describe what they want to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
A Thought for Today

will smlte them with tho pestilencc, and disinherit them and will make of thee greater nation and nlightier than they.-Numbers A:i2.
 
 That is the bitterest of alto wear the yoke of our own wrong -doing ng.-George Eliot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

The abundant life is the coming of God into the human heart, made possible by faith in Jesus Christ. This may result in the external benefits politicians speak about, and indeed should so result, but the abundant life is an inner condition of the heart. Men possess 1t when they learn the truth about God and yield their wills to His guidance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Questions
 and Answers
YoUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats eer- vice Bureau viii answer for yea free, any question Of 3act CT an- formation, not involving exten~ sive research. Write your Quos- tlon clearly, sign name and ad- dress, enclose three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot Do given. Address Water bury Democrats Washington SerA
 vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. O.
 e. Is 1t possible to find out whe, ther an individual to whom ! sent Q money order has cashed itp
 A, Yes, consult teh postmaster oe carrier from whom you bought the money order.
 e. am an alien resident of tho United States with oil my papers In order. Will ! have any difnculty in returning to the United States # I spend months vacation in Cana dap
 A. You should not leave this country without e re-entry permit, which will cost three dollars. An application for the permit will be mailed to any reader who sends to the Waterbury Democrat, Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth street. Washington, D. O., . stamped, Self- addressed envelope. Ask for Re-ens try Permit Application.
 c. How old is the King of Italys How long has he reigned2 Whom did he rlarry9
 A. King Victor Emmanuel III, of Italy was born November il, 1869, in the Palace of Capodimonte ct Ma pies, the only son of King Umberto I of Italy and of Queen Margherita. He succeeded to the throne when his father was assassinated, July 20, 1900. He was married October a, 1906, to Elena, daughter of Nicholas, King of Montenegro.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
Washington Merry Round
DREW PEA R 8 o N ROBERT s. ALLEN

M WASHINGTON May 5 Hour Administrator Philip Fleming soon Elemng will study than levels overtime "efeney
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Never say, "Will you have . Orange?" say, "an orange"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23
. EDISON IN @s
 WASHINGTON
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrespOndentl

Washington, May % - After, or maybe before WPA gets taken care of for the next fiscal year, the Con- gress will have Q chance to work on National Youth Administration
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

If you want . copy of the latest booklet WEIGHT CONTROL, send to The Waterbury Dem0- crats Washington Bureau, 1Oi3| Thirteenth St., Washington, D.| c. Enclose ten cents postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-23

e. What does the surname liar. ley niean7
 A. It is from the Anglo-S Saxon, locality name, and means "hare,i field"
Evening star., 1941-09-21
Dublin Hikes Peot Use

Hundreds of tons of peat is being
hauled into Dublin, Fire, daily and
stored for fuel.
Evening star., 1941-09-21
customary order.
Prisons Must Be Sanitary.

customary order.
Prisons Must Be Sanitary.
The Germans are bound by the
convention to keep the prison quar-
tiers sanitary and free from damp
ness, but the life of the average
prisoner is one only of rough COM
fort. He sleeps on excelsior stuffed
mattresses.
The relations between the pris-
oners and those in charge of the
camps are formalized by the pro-
vision that each group of prisoners
Of the various nationalities in each
camp choose its own representative,
known as the Man of Confidence.
The Men of Confidence are the
spokesmen for the prisoners in their
relations with the authorities.
The British are bound by Article
81 of the Geneva Convention to let
through their blockade packages of
food and other stuffs addressed to
the prisoners. Food received in this
manner the prisoners sometimes
send on to families in occupied areas.
Those areas are wholly blockaded.
The Red Cross here has sent
100000 food parcels to prisoners in
Germany, containing cigarettes,
concentrated foods. coffee and can
ned meats. The prisoners are al
lowed by the convention to cook
their own food. The parcels weigh
! / pounds each and cost So 40 apiece.
The Red Cross makes them up from
It's own appropriations and accepts
private donations for the dispatch
of parcels
Shoes, But No Other Clothing.
Donations coming to the Red
Cross from the Italian and German
Embassies here are used for the
dispatch of parcels to Axis pris-
oners in Canada. There is only
a slight traffic in this. however.
The American Red Cross has sent
also to military prisoners in Ger
many 1000 pairs of shoes, 800, 900
bars of soap and many pairs of un-
derwear and socks. For outside
clothing the prisoners wear a pre-
scribed uniform and the Red Cross
forwards no outside clothes.
With each package the Red Cross
sends a card, which the prisoner re-
ceiving the package is asked to fill
out and return to Washington.
American ships carry the Red
Gross parcels to Lisbon, from where
a Red Cross ship takes them to
Marseilles. Then the goods go to
Geneva and thence to Germany.
The goods are distributed in each
camp under the direction of the
Men of Confidence. The diplomatic
inspectors and special representa-
tives of the International Red Cross
in Geneva check on the parcels
distribution.