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Is going to get Into the war;" This usually bring an affirmative response of GO to 90 per cent, even in such isolationist states as Wis., consin. s.t'
 He also asks: How many of you think Britain cannot win without the United States?". This also brings an overwhelmingly affirma- tive response.
 Another interesting question, an answer to Lindbergh, Is: "IIow many of you think Britain and the United states together would lose the war?" Almost no ore has agreed with Lindbergh that they would lose.
 Finally streit asks: "In view of our likelihood of getting into the war, how many of you believe we should begin organising now for peace after the war;" Tho response to this is unanimous. LEAGUE LIKE 1S COLONIES
 However, the main point this crusading young newspaper man drives home to his audiences and in his talks on Capitol Hill Is that the United States itself began aS & league of Friendship and found 1t did not work. Only q hard and fast union was able to. keep. tho thirteen colonies, together.
 "The problem confronting the, colonies" streit argues, ,"was . problem of foreign policy. The areas around us ct that time were foreign - French, Spanish and British. In some of the thirteen colonies more German was spok- el than English. t
 we solved that probIems by union. 1t It has proved the best, the firmegt system of govern- lment in the world. Before that the thirteen colonies were ems braced in ' loose.kait league of friendship which lacked authority, was always at sizes and sevens." 70 v, TaN
 "Washington, Jefferson, Hamil. ton, Adams. Madison -- the men who founded 50 securely the Amer. ican Union and made to great q success of this untried. system Of interstate government - were all alive when the league of friend- ship existed. They tried first to make the league SVstem work. They could do nothing with It.
 "And our only hope for tomor- row Is . firm union between the peoples grounded in the demo- cratic system - the United States and the different parts of the British empire. Only by e such a union can we head off world war every two decades"
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Month after month he saw problems affecting he welfare of mankind come before the League while slave traffic, opium con- trol, the invasion of Manchuria. Month after month he heard statesmen representing one coun- try or another rise to say that the paramount interests of the statesman's government would not permit him to concur.
 And as time passed, streit also heard the warning that the dic- tator nations sought to dominate the earth. He heard this Warns' ing grow from 6 whisper to a roar. And once while 1t was growing he sat down with 6 pencil and paper and added up all the resources and wealth of the democracies and compared them with the wealth of the dictatorships. ' The comparison was astound- ing. The de1nocracles controlled more than one-half the worlds territory, 70 to 90 per cent of the
 worlds resources, more than
 half tho worlds population. They controlled every raw ma.
 terial except silk, which was in the hands of Japan. Their power was tremendous.
 The dictatorships, on the other hand, controlled next to
 nothing. Their resources were
 pltifully weak. .... ..
 Therefore streit concluded that the cause of all the worlds fear of dictators were merely that the democracies would not pull to. gether. On many major matters ct Geneva, France and Britain usually were in opposite corners. Or when they did get together, the United States would not CO., operate. Thus these big, bum bling, powerful democracies went through life missing every trick to make the world better, while the loud-talking, fast-moving, close cooperating dictatorships grew In prestige and power.
 ENGLISH.SPEAKING UNION
 It was at about that time that Clarence Streit became definitely sold on the crusade to which he has now dedicated his life-union between the English speaking de. mocracies of the world.
 Since then he has resigned from The New York Times. He has spent most of his time away from his family campaigning and speak Ing He has scrimped his owr living expenses, and out of them donated $5,000 of his own lecture fees to finance his organization of Federal Union, Inc"
 No one man has ever worked
 more industriously and unsel-
 fishly for the well-being of the
 English-speaking peoples than
 this 4S-year old newspaper man
 who grew up on the prairies of
 the Midwest. He firmly believes
 that the United States cannot
 70 to war every two decades to
 aid Great Britain, but that It
 must work with Great Britain
 to head off war i'm advance.
 Streit was born in Missouri, stamping ground of isolationist Bennett Clark, and educated at Montana State university, stamp ing ground of the equally isola- tionist Burton K. Wheeler. He had not been east of the Missouri river until he enlisted as a private In the 18th Railway Engineers, one of the first units of the AEF to go to France.
 Even before that, however, the first seeds of "Union Now" had been planted. Before Strett en- listened and just before the United States entered the war, he refused to sign c telegram sent by the
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mals In the bush about him. He knew he was in the section where the great python lies in wait for its victim along the pathways.
 He knelt and prayed; and as he offered up his petitions there came into his mind those words he had SO often read in the Bible. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind Is stayed on thee, bee cause he trusteth in thee." Imne- dlateIy his fear left him and he found himself supported with the conviction that God would protect and sustain hlm through tho awful
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students of Montana State Uni- versity unequivocally supporting President Wilson; and next day published in the college paper this explanation:
 'If we had said we urge you t0 make the entrance of the United States into the war de- pendent upon the definite agreement of the Allies to es- tablish a league to enforce peace after the conflict Is over, then I would have been among the first to say Ave-"
 PEACE MACHINERY
 SABoTAGED
 After the war he remained in Europe, ct first assigned to the. Versailles peace conference, where the dream of c new peace ma. chinery gradually was sabotaged before his eyes, later as Paris and Rome correspondent for The Philadelphia Public Ledger and The New York Times.
 In Europe Streit gradually became convinced that the pe0- pies of Germany, Italy and southern Europe did not have the basic background for dem. Ocratic government Servants in Austria, for instance, fell on their knees and kissed his hand. Therefore the hope of the world he concluded, lay in cooperation between Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Aus tralia, New Zealand and South Africa.
 And with the United sttaes, in the opinion of many people, now balancing on the edge of war, streit has been especially active on Capitol Hill and with various members of the. Administration, urging that now is the time to set the peace machinery for the post-War period. The United States, he argues, must not now make the saiile mistake of Wood- row Wilson in not exacting all advance pledge from Britain re- garding the terms of future peace. HE ASKS QUESTIONS
 On his lecture trip, Streit re. verses the usual formula of hav- ing the audience ask question of the speaker. He asks thu questions; In fact, conducts his own public opinion poll. One question he asks his audiences is:
 "How many of you are sure the United states will not be drawn into the war;"
 Only one hand has been raised in response to this - at 6 "Keep Out of War" meeting at Newark, N. J., where streit debated Nor- man Thomas.
 Another question is :"IHow many of you think the United States
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Daily Almanac

Moon rises los a. m daylight time).
 Sun rises S:s4 a. m.; sets s:O4 p. m. day light time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The moon enters its last quarter phase this evening shortly after o'clock ID. 8. TO If the wind holds from the south or south- west. as t has been for the past few days, Look for rain during the next week or 60.
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Waterbury continues to economize &C., cording to the figures of the controllers office now available for one-third of the year. The city seems to be headed to- wards another cash surplus which is not, of course, too surprising in these days of prompt tax payments, but, nevertheless, Is to be congratulated as sign of official efficiency. too.
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down, and while he was trying franticaliy to re- pair it, dark ness fell upon the ] u n g l e
 through which he was travel ing. To be caught in the
 jungle at night Is almost sure death. He could
 hear the ani.
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H one oL tne less significant but still highly nece@ @ary as- poets of life in your nations capital.
 For while Treasury and State De p Art- ments are right down town, sur- rounded by res- taurantS, Agri. culture. OPT Navy and e few Af klNn nkhAp lnip
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night. He started feeling his way along the jungle path. Sometimes he strayed off into the brush and had to find his way back on his hands and knees. When he reached the mission station at dawn. the natives could scarcely believe that a man had passed unharmed through the jungle at night.
 But Underhlll knew that he was protected by One in whose hand are all things. even the terrors of the jungle.
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'Queshnr1&E1 11
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YOUR oUEsTTONs ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED s The Waterbury DeIhoeFats Ser vice Bureau wiIl angweR tOe Zeu free, any question ee feet Of he formation, not Involving exseA' slve research. Write yorr ques" tEon. clearly, slgn name and as" :. dress, 6nciDsa . tlzfee cent postage stamp. Medical CT legal advice cannot be given. Address water. bury DenaocrAts WaShlngton sers Vice Bufeau, 1918 ThASteemSh Street WAShington, D. Q. { " --71i' nHH tff r' EE
 a. what has become of D Frank Mccoy, the "drugiess heal er"2 '.f,o.
 A.. He died March sl, lelo. in r.e. Angeles, California, ct age 62. Death was attributed to liver complications traced to injuries he received n ocean bathing. some years earlier when, . wave threw him upon the pescn'i aro M .p
 o.What percentage of Aii WpA workers are Negroes? A. The last survey made Of whites and Negroes employed vn WPA projects WaA in February, io30 At that time, the total number ot workers .or-. the ..WPA. rolls was 2 0oS,SS4, os :Whcrn IA percent were Negroes. .I tal hEU r. 1. 2; as; What 4. Ssl,st t.FAynAs about "%s-rS '*Ssss ~ sss ~nal is1h the
 Then the fishes bite the ' least;
 When tho wind Is in the west ip Then hte fishes bite the best;
 When the wind is In the
 north,
 Then z the fishes do come
 forth;
 l& When the wind Is in the south,
 " It blows the malt in'the flshs
 mouth.
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e. Is the United States coinins any money for foreign governments
 4. Yes; for the Netherlands Indies and French Indo- China.
 c. Has c Negro ever been Gov. ernor of e State?
 A. Pickney Benton Stewart Pinchbeck,y c Negro, was Acting Governor of Louisiana In 1872.
 c. My parents were born ar Europe and came to the United States when I was an infant. was educated in American schools and colleges. My parents were never nat- uraiized. In iD30 married an Amer lean citizen. An citlzen by rea- son of having lived here all but one year of my life?
 A. You are not 6 citizen. But As the spouse of an American citizen, married after September 2l, 1922, you can apply for your final papers without making c declaration of ir- tention. ForOiRn. born women who married American citizens before September 22, 1922, automatically became citizens through marriage. You should Do registered aS on alien under the Alien Registration Act. c. Name c few of the many sklllS now urgently required by defense industries.
 A. Airplane sheet metal workers, alrplane woodworkerS and inspec- tors, aeronautlcal engineers, ship carpenters, loftSmen, boatbuiiderS, ghipfitters, caulkerS, fnachinlstS, tool makers, lathe operators, boring mill operatorA tpol and de deSisn- CTS. ... '" e. What Is the address of the house in Baltimore where Walls Warfield, now the Duchess of Wind. sor, once lived? . .y,
 4. She spent her girlhood ct 2l2 East Riddle Street, Baltimore, Md.
 c. To whom did. Daniel Sharp Ford, owner of "The Youths ConY- panion". leave his ,fortune9
 A. Hs died ify ieeo, and left about two AilNosr d6liarbf to missionary and ,benevolent ,associations.' About one i5mlllion doliargS went to The BapGiSt Social ' Union Of Boston, Mass, and wav used to erect their present headquarters, Ford Hail, at lS Ashburton Place. Ys 'It Ses.L .f -~---
 e. Is 1t possible to get . list of questions asked by the court in . citizenship examination?
 A. No one can know in advance exactly what questions will be asked, but they relate generally to the Constitution, form of government, national, state and local, of this country.yA list of twenty-five typi- cal questions, with their answers may be obtained free from the Wa terbury Democrat Washington Serv- ice Bureau, l0iS Thirteenth St.. Washington, D. 0. Merely enclose c stamped, ,sek addressed envelope and ask for "Quegtions and Answers Which May Be Asked in Citizenship ExaminationS?"
 If yOu want copy of che latest
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
FINDING GOD IN THE JUNGLE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

rANDANN NOD AN AhG SO1NOAG
 Dr. Irwin Underhill, negro mis- sionary now home on furlough from his field in western Africa, tells the following story.
 On his way to a mission station one afternoon, his motorcycle broke
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A Thought for Today

Jesus said unto him. It Is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy GOd.-Mat- thew 4:7.
 But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and temptS by making rich, not making poor.-pope.
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Washington Merry Round
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National 
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 CorresnOndent

Washington, May le--The little problem of providing lunch for Uncle Sam's nephews and G nieces who work in RoYernnaent hulldings
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Whats Your I.Q.?
Can you answer seven of these sest questiens7 Turn t0 last page for the answers.


 1. Cod-iiver oil is c good source of which vitamin7
 2. Name: the French ambassador to the United States. 8. Cfayflsh aTe fish, reptiles or crustaceans? {. Men in which branch of the U. s. armed forces are called 'sea soldiers? 5. What degree does D. D. g., stand for? i. 6; Name the German general d the Battle of Waterloo, .. What continent did Mungo Park explorea 8. Four of the first five books of the old Testament are, Genesis, Exodus. Deuteronomy. and Num- bers; name the fifth. 9. Name the largest city in Ten iiessee. sy, g., 10. Is Costa Rica in CentrA, America or South Americaf
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If yOu want a copy of Che latest booklet HOUSEHOLD PESTS", send, to The Waterbury Demo- crsts Washington Bureau. l0iS Thirteenth St. Washington, D. c. Enclose. ten cents postage.
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ness, and made strong by the spleli of duty our cauEe will triumph. !. ELlzADTrK CURTIS. waleftcwh. Com.
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e. Is the United States coinins any money for foreign governments at present. n. ,'. A. Yes; for the Netherlands Indies and French 1ndo- China.
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The people's voice., 1941-08-13
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income tax payers will have to carry
the additional burden which these
rich husband and wife" tax payers
have escaped. The poor will have to
pay that $3OO,OO0,OOO.
Some of the outstanding facts de-
veloped in debate about this bill
might be summed up as follows:
The real test of ability to bear a
tax and to pay the bill is measured
by the total amount the consumer has
left after he pays his tax. Measured
on this basis the bill was described
by Congressman Izac, of California,
as a soak the poor" bill Consumers,
for example, in the $4,000 year in
come bracket will pay an increase of
600 per cent in their income taxes.
Consumers in the $4,000 income
class will bear only a so per cent
increase and the million dollar income
class will pay practically no increase
at all. Studies prove conclusively
that the consumers with only $500 a
year of income, pay in excise taxes
enough to make their relative burden
as great as the tax payers with S5,-
600 a year of income. They pay for
more relatively than do taxpayers
with incomes in excess of $4,000
year.
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the AAA reduction program, it will be
remembered that Kennedy together
with Louis B. Ward, editor of Social
Justice, testified in Washington for
a bogus cost of production bill lack
ing safeguards for the smaller farms.
When asked before the senate com
mittee on agriculture if he did not
think such safeguards should be pro-
vided for the family-sized farms, Ken
nedy replied that bigness did not
mean success and that the smaller
farms needed no such protection.
Because of his Coughlin and Union
Party activities, E. E. Kennedy was
forced out of the National Farmers
Union by the membership. His eff
forts to split the Union were unsuc-
cessful and only about two hundred
farmers in the Middlewest entered
his National Farmers Guild. e. e.
Kennedy is further known for the
high fees which he collected from the
farmers on the promise of attempting
to secure refunds on the hog process
ing taxes, project which, however,
has won no refunds during the past
eight years.-Facts for Farmers.
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elevator operator and vice president
of the FPA.
H. H. Hardin, Dayton, a real estate
broker, is treasurer of the organiza-
tion, and owns three farms totaling
140 acres.
60 That wheat penalties are not
the chief concern of FPA leaders and
that the object is to aid Nazi agrees
sion by blocking aid to England and
the Soviet Union is shown by the
comments made. Pearl Flory told his
listeners at Celina Franklin Roose-
velt is choking the Russian alphabet
down the farmers throats and the
United States government is as
crooked as a snake all coiled up"
John Fisher said: Get your shotguns
and keep AAA committeeman out of
your affairs. We are not living in
Russia. We will sacrifice our lives
and our own land before we let Rus
sian Communism get a hold on our
farmers"
Attack Defense Program
Numerous attacks were made on
the defense program and on the gov
ernment. open incitement to vio-
lence" according to a Union Register
reporter, took place at FPA meetings
and E. E. Kennedy is reported to have
urged farmers to violate the law, stat
ing, There aren't enough jails to hold
you al" Investigation shows that
members and officers of the Farmers
Guild, a Coughlin organization, are
actively forming the Farmers Protec-
tive Association.
Robert Spencer, president of the
National Farmers Guild as well as
OF the Indiana Farmers Guild, spoke
at the meeting in Clinton County, In
diana, where it was decided to launch
the National Marketing Quota Pro
test Association.
Leaders of the Morrow County,
Ohio meeting, j. l.. Stone and c. l..
Raney, are both members of the
Guild, G. S. Hagen, active Guildsman
and Kennedy supporter. Herbert
Rowe, a Darke County Guild mem
ber, promoted the FPA and sponsored
the Greenville meeting at which Ger
aid Nye spoke on behalf of the Ameri-
can First Committee I. E. Baker is
County Guild member
and helped launch the local FPA. In
Union County the -four most active
figures" in putting on the FPA meet
ing are Guild members and active
Kennedy followers.
Though Coughlin and Kennedy are
now seeking the support of the fam
ily-sized farms, those hardest hit by
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railroad crossing, and in overtaking
and passing vehicles, emergency sig
nails and duties in case of accidents.
The safety regulations also include
rules pertaining to parts and acces-
sories, proper braking facilities, in
spection and maintenance of equip
ment, the carrying of explosives and
other dangerous articles and many
other provisions.
The general rules pertain to such
questions as insurance, tariffs, inter-
ruption and discontinuance of serv-
ice, transfers, leases, mortgages and
a good many other provisions relating
to the protection of motor carriers
as well as passengers and shippers.
The new rules provide that all motor
carriers are required to have copy
of the laws, rules and regulations in
each motor vehicle so that they may
be available to each driver at all
times The statutory price for the
booklet is 25c.
The booklet was edited and pre-
pared under the supervision and di-
rection of Enor X. Matson, secretary
and counsel for the board.
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from an estimated production of S32,-
900 tons in July to 100000 for August
compared with the 1910 production OF
1,166,000 tons.
Beans
The present indicated production OF
278,000 UNDERGROUND bags shows an
increase of 5000 bags over the 1910
production and an increase over the
July l estimate of 10000 bags.
Potatoes
A yield of 120 bushels, compared
with one of 110, estimated for July 1,
seems a reasonable Interpretation of
both the present condition and the
uncertainties which lie ahead
Green Peas
For the first time. Montana is in
the market on commercial scale in
shipping green peas to market. About
LOO acres planted under contract
with farmers in the Galatin Valley
turned out about 81 carloads in July.
The paintings have been staggered to
produce peas until late in September.
The peas are sliced, and so far have
been shipped largely to eastern mar
kets.
Crop and Weather for Week
Above normal temperatures gener-
ally prevailed during the week with
ninety degree readings occurring
nearly every day in the eastern part
and only on one or two days in the
western districts. A few beneficial
showers fell in scattered southwest
ern, central and eastern districts
while no rain of consequence occurred
elsewhere. Weather conditions were
mostly ideal for general harvesting
and threshing of winter wheat, ripen-
ing of late spring grains and develop
ment of sugar beets, corn, potatoes
and beans. In some scattered areas.
the soil moisture is rapidly becoming
depleted. Streams in the western
part are now down to their usual low
summer stages.
Winter wheat harvest is about
completed in the earlier
sections with mostly good yields still
being reported. Harvesting of early
spring wheat and other spring grains
is in all stages of advancement, but
is mostly well along. Early yields
Of spring wheat have been mostly
good Sugar beets, corn and potatoes