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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
occasion.

Just as we said some weeks ago the plan to rage the Aquarium in lower New York City is bound to stir up enough feeling among native residents, as well as thousands of outlanders, sure enough the very same is coming true now. There's a move afoot to make Park Commissioners Robert Moses abandon his plan to tear down the Aquarium building, although we don't imagine that many will actually object to removal of its finny occupants to a new and very modern home in the Bronx Park. Those now bearing down on Commissioner Moses feel that the fanlil- far old structure is too intimately linked with civic history to be relegated to the scrap-heap so ignominiously as now url.. der consideration. They want it saved as a museum piece and recommend that the maritime history of New York, one of the nations great ports, be recorded there. That seems to be more or less sensible plan, although we can see that the grim, odd-shaped building won't fit into modern plans for landscaping Bat tery Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31

While most of the Connecticut motor ists traversing our Fairfield County park way route and continuing on into Vest chester County are more or less familiar with certain sections of the Hutchinson River Parkway only few venture the full length of this thoroughfare now. A majority, 1t is safe to say, digress via the Cross County Parkway. But the Hutch inson River Parkway is now tremend:. ously long route. It was carried beyond the Boston Post Road some years back and now there is six-lane' highway ex- tension right through the Bronx It Will be complete in early October ana a motorist can drive right to the entrance to the Bronx Whitestone Bridge, where Eastern Boulevard now ends. Quite an extension, we'd say.
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II, Today's Mail

amounts to e little over 30 per cent every ten years
 When prices are forced up by an unproductive wage rate, inevitably Q smaller volume of sales and hence lower employment result. But even If, under this reduced employment, those who retain their jobs do profit by real gain in wages, 1t must be constantly remembered that . far greater number lose either through loss of work or loss of buy ing power of wages. Finally, If all labor tries to play this game the cost of living tends to rise much faster than wages, and @ larger and larger number are thrown out Of jobs.
 We have been through such c national experience of these results 50 recently, that e general coflvic. ton of It's truth now exists.
 Another factor in the present sit- uation which strongly tends to raise the cost of what your wages will buy, as well as the cost of the de- feilse program, is the limitation on the hours of work at the base rate of pay. As @ result of this restric- ton the goods produced are forced to bear the additional cost of time and one-haK for overtime. While this may be to the present advaIl- tage of the employees of these par- ticular companies, 1t is going to add to the future tax bills which they and all of the rest of labor will be forced to pay.
 It will aid materially in holding down prices and the cost of liv- ing and the cost of the national defense program if the length of the standard work week is increas- ed from 40 to 48 hours. Such Q move would have a further advan- tage of financing a part of the de- fense program out of added pro- productivity and thus avoid some of the lowering of the standard of living of all people.
 If a spiral" imitation in prices gets under way in this country be- cause of higher wage rates, labor is bound to lose because with few ex- captions wages lag behind any rise in the cost of living.
 The primary condition to cause imitation is-ilow here in the exis- tence of a limitless and effective demand for goods. Also. the posSi- bility of setting 1t in motion Is here in the bidding up of wages and the cost of living against each other. Each rise in one seems to warrant a rise in the other and 90 on in Q vicious circle. The At-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
McGufey Memorial

Regularly during the last decade or two mention was made of nebulouS plan to do something about and for the late, but never-forgotten William Holmes McGuffey. To those who merely thought of McGuffey as name attached to a school-book it came suddenly as revela- ton that this name and the book to which it was attached and still is, for that matter, was great American sym bol. Consequently efforts in McGuffey's behalf really cryStallized and on June 14th the Federal Association of McGuf- fey'S Societies will unveil a memorial on the campus of Miami University, which is in Ohio, not Florida.
 That's where Professor McGuffey taught college students and where he actually compiled the first of the books that he turned out for grammar school pupils. That was back about 1887 when McGuffey was 37 years old. From then on until his death in '73 he was engaged, when not teaching in various colleges and universities, in improving upon and re-issuing editions of his extremely popular readers. Long after his death the McGuffey reader was prime favor ite, even here in New England where choice of textbooks for the public schools was always matter of considerable discussion and taste, even as today.
 This statue of McGuffey, to be un- yelled in June, will have cost $10,000, all of the money raised through McGuffey clubs scattered all over the country where there are men and women who were schooled on the McGuffey lessons. It will reveal the bald-headed, ascetic- looking man smiling down on three chil- dren. Doubtless the occasion will prove sentimentally- y-foolish one, but certainly typically American, one anyone would be glad to be a part of and indulge in the homely tributes to McGuffey and his readers that certainly will permeate the Ohio atmosphere that day. Even back here in Connecticut there should be some official recognition taken of the day and occasion.
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uation becomes truly serious when expanding payrolls meet in the niar- ket a stationary or decreasing sup. ply of consumer goods. Under such conditions wage increases are pow. erless to raise the standard of live ing. There is no more stuff to be bought; and the raised wages un. der such conditions do nothing but raise the prices of the things the workers wish to buy. tI
 Under 0 totalitarian system, 6 control iS established which tbS0. lutely fixes wages and prices and tells each individual what he cen eat, wear, do and earn. Under Q Democratic system, which Is the only one we can tolerate here, oail protection must largely rest in an understanding by all parties, wheth- CT wage earners or dividend receiv. CTS, of the impoSsibility of better. ing ones material condition by ila- creased income when the amount of goods to be bought with that inc come is strictly limited. e.
 Sooner or later the workers must pay Uncle Sam's bills and in viev of the fact that only Q very small part of the cost of the defense pro- gram can be obtained by taxes on that narrow margin of net inconis now left to the wealthy taxpayers. most of the bill must of necessity come out of labor. There is no. where else that 1t can come from Furthermore, if the general przci level begins to rise because of high. CT wage rates, this will inevitably tend to develop excessive buying fol the future, which in turn leads A< collapse and widespread unemploy. ment, as 1t did in 1921 and io2z and again in 1881 and 1882.
 In the long run we can take out of a job no more than our ability to produce has put into it. Any ono who works for himself of necessity understands this.
 CONNECTICUT ECONOMIC
 COUNCIL,
 By: HOWELL CHENEY.
 Treasurer.
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as a gift to Marshal Petain and the cabinet. SEA-DOG DIPLOMACY

as a gift to Marshal Petain and the cabinet.
 sEA-DoG DIPLOMACY
 So when Admiral Darlan threatened to disrupt the British blockade with the French navy, Admiral Leahy recommended that two cargoes of wheat might quiet the French Navy.
 What Admiral Darlan did not tell his sea-dog friend Admiral Leahy, however, was that the Vichy Government had enough food to send 190,000 head of cattle, 100000 head of small livestock, 600,000 calves and hogs, 60,000 tons of fresh vegetables, 5000 tons of cheese and 38,000 tons of table oil to Germany. In fact 1t has now leaked out that this deal was being arranged ct the very f1lo- ment Admiral Darlan was threat ening to use warships to break the blockade.
 So 1t looks as if the appease- ment clique, and its Hoover sup
 porters, might have trouble in
 the future.
 NOTE--Another interesting face tor which counted in swinging Roosevelt over to the France idea was American newspaper opinion. According to the press survey of James s. Tuohey As- sociates, 76 per cent of the edi- torials supported the British blockade against France before Admiral Darlan's threat. But after his threat, editorial support for the British blockade against France dropped to only 22 per cent. DUTCH DIPLOMACY M
 For many years the belle of the Diplomatic Corps was svelte,
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black-eyed Nina de With, wife of the Dutch Minister to the United states. Her beauty was the toast of everyone from New York to Washington, as she danced her way through life.
 Later Madame de With and her husband were transferred to Ber- lin where 1t was predicted that the Lady would make a treinend- ous hit with the daehing officers of the German army. She did for a while. But recently word has come back to her diplomatic friends, that one night while Madame de With and her hus- band, the minister, were giving a dinner party for sixty people, the Dutch Legation was surrounded.
 All of the German guests were permitted to leave, but the Dutch guests were forced to remain in the Legation for three days in. communicate. 1nasmuch as most of their food had been used Up during the dinner party, they had little to eat. Finally, however, all the members of the Legation were put on a train to the Swiss border.
 "There Is Switzerland" they
 were told by Gestapo officers.
 "You can. enter If you wish. But
 if you do, you will never see
 your children again."
 Their Nazi escorts referred to the fact that many of the diplo- mats children were in Holland, under German control. However, most of the Dutch diplomats chose to enter Switzerland, are still in exile. And some have not heard from their children.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31

Don't crowd your seasons! This is spring to be sure, but early spring in Connecticut is a period for the hardy to survive. It is time when Nature pauses just before making a triumphal entry. Don't rush the new season; it will be with us when Mother Nature decrees. The rash gardner often lives to replant all those tender seeds and bulbs trusted to a moist. cold earth today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
WORKING CONDITIONS BET. TER; WE GET, THOUGH,
 JUST WHAT WE
 PUT INTO JOB.
Editor, Waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Reliance upon the promise of poli- cies which would result in higher wages often has been the means by which we have been misled. So much time elapges between the promise and It's failure that 1t Is i'm. possible to place the responsibility for the result of @ lower rather than higher wage.
 For many decades the world has struggled between two contradictory theories of wages: the one that mankind should be rewarded in pro- portion, to his service to society, measured by what he produced; and the other, that society owed him Q living, measured by what he needed to support human life.
 Tn pursuit of the first ideal, the energies of man have built sys- tenn of free enterprise, maintained by individual efforts. When free- dom has existed for each man to produce all he is able to, we have received constantly advancing real wages in terms of what they would purchase. Tn pursuit of the second ideal, there have been manv at- tempts which have never become stabilized, to build a system called socialism" under which the state assumes responsibility for our sup- port resulting in mans tending to become dependent of the state, in the hope that he would thus at tain to a higher ideal of security and the maximum happiness for the greatest number.
 Under the first system wages have increased in proportion as our abil- itieS and the advances of the sci- enceS and arts have enabled us to produce more and more. Under the second wages have tended to stay at the level of the least amount necessary to support human life.
 America furnishes the best ex- ample of the first system - modern Russia of the second. In America we have proved that we can attain to the highest standard of living existing in the world. Our aver age production per man is from six to seven times that in Russia. Wages here have advanced from decade to decade. The average annual inc crease over Q term Of the last sixty years has been 2T per cent per year. which compounded
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Current Comment

The stoEyof American Commun- ism is the history of 6 group 1. whto abandoned the democratic principles of socialism and set out to achieve the goal of all Commun- iste--p0wer.
 Benjamin Gitlow. one-time sec
 retary, American Communist
 party.
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1. Name the only President of the United States who never mar ried.
 9. Sofia is the capital of which country?
 3. Which famous American au- thor was once a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River?
 4. Who was Secretary of State in the cabinet of Abraham Line coin?
 s. Which state is niclsnained Blue Grass State"?
 6. Which Is more buoyant, fresh or salt water?
 2. How many guns are fired in the Salute to the Nation" at mili- tary posts and on naval vessels on the Fourth of July2
 8. Is the term of c United States Senator four or six years?
 Q. Who asked "Is there no balm in Gilead?"
 10. Which major role does Free- man F. dosden play in the "Aflos n Andy" broadcast?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
, a:55 D. m.

Moon sets 9:55 p. m.r
 Sun rises 5:39 a. m.; sets 6:l5 p. m.
 All vehicles must De lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 End of the monte and the weather ran remarkably true to.form in March. It has softened up the way it was predicted at the very outset with plenty of regular winter weather during the middle portion of the month. April holds distinct promise of fair weather.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
Selected Poem
THE OLD sAPHoUsE

By Herbert Durrell Smart in the Boston Post There is snow upon the mountain, In the valley there is snow; The flowers sleep beneath 1t, And winds across 1t blow. But the winter soon will vanish, And with 1t will go the snow; And then will come the springtime, And maple sap will flow. In the saphouse will be holders" Filled with precious liquid gold, Above the fire beneath them, AS in the days of old. And the sap that turns to syrup Will delight the epicure; With buckwheat cakes and sausage The taste will still endure. The aroma of the steaming
 Maple sap one can't forget; It fingers long in memry,
 The appetite to whet In the old saphouse we finger Tn an atmosphere of cheer; And having charming visit, We wish that you were here... Dreaming of the old-time saphouse, And the sweet sap scented steam; The taste of the syrup fingers, Though only in a dream. Nashua N 1T lQ4i
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4 Thought for Today

Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be plotted out, when the time of refreshing shall come from the presence of the LOrds-Acts 3:l9.
 Repentance without amendment, Is like con- tinually pumping without mending the leak.- Dilwyn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
TODAY's COMMON ERROR l Never say, "preventative"; the
 correct word is preventive"

c. Can old gas pipes be cleaned and deodorized 50 that they may be used for water?
 A. We know of no satisfactory economical procedure for eliiminat- ing the taste of gas in water pass. ing through such pipes. It would be better and more satisfactory tA install new pipe. ''
 c. Who was the first Presidens born in the United States? ore
 A. Martin Van Buren was the first President not born e British rubject. His predecessors, although born in territory which later became the United States of America, f1ev- ertheless were British subjects at the time of their birth. t
 Q. Did Harry K. Thaw and his wife, Evelyn Nesbit, have any chil- dren?
 A. They had son named Rus. sell.
 O. Is the new edition Of tho "Iliad" and odyssey" of Homer is the Modern Library Giants, poetry or prose?
 A. They are English prose trans. lations.
 If you want copies of the ten latest most popular booklets, send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thirs teenth st.. Washington. D, 0. En-
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Dr. Clarence A. Dyks tra, don't hold your breath for this miracle to happen. The mill lennium of labor peace of any kind will be @ long time coming.
 This was ap- parent from the day the board first met to get organized. In ad- dition to goin g through all the monkeyshines any "A ~Av,as,aa saa aaA (
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-31
National
 Spotlight:
Defense Lobor Mediation Board All But Helpless, Only ReoI Power
 The White House
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Washington, March Sl-If you he'd an idea all labor troubles in defense industries would vanish as soon as the new ll-man National Defense Mediation Board got ftnc- tioning under the chairmalship of
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 e. The Department of tn Treasury classifies some securities as contingent liabilities of the United States. What are they?
 A. Bonds, notes and debentures issued by certain government cor. porations and agencies that art guaranteed by the United States
 e. What is the method of find. ing persons age ana the amount of change in his pocket?
 A. Multiply the age by 2; add. s; multiply by 50; subtract 366; add the amount of change under one dollar; add 115. The first two num- bers in the result are the age, the second, the amount of change.
 e. What is the difference be. tween a llelicopter and an autogiro?
 A. Helicopter is e type of air. craft whose support is derived from mechanically" rotated blades or airfoils and is capable of vertical accent. The airfoils of an autogir0 are not mechanically driven, but form an autorotative system, in which the blades rotate freely ul. der the aerodynamical pressure oi the wind produced by the Ynove- ment of the machine, and the rotor is wholly independent of power from the engine, whose sole function in flight is to propel the autogiro.
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Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
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Daily Almanac

Nashua, N. H., l94l.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

places and OCCASIONS Ahetc- smoker OF
leave these highly effective torches
last Summer. forest officer went with
a mid-W business man 10 a small sawmill
on the edge of the Hoosier National Forest
in southern Indiana. The man put his burning
cigar on the corner Of a pile Of rough pine
boards Of all places and forgot II. The cigar
fell or rolled off into some dry grass. Soon.
flames licked up the side Of the wood pile.
The preoccuped smoker vas Inundated
and sorry but suppose everyone had left the
spot before the fire started Not only was
the sawmN endangered. but there was a
valuable stand Of pine and har1Woods on the
nil above and national forest beyond
Mr. Headley tells of man who while
sitting on the bank Of a stream fishing started
a forest fire behind him and did not know it
until he felt the heat Thinking he had bite
he Tipped his cigarette butt over his shoulder
and into the dry brush rather than into the
perfectly safe water before him.
The moral is that most Of us never can be
quite sure what we will do with matches stubs
or butts in moments Of excitement unless be-
fore going into the forest we have resolved to
take no chances and stick to the resolve. come
he'll and good fishing The safe and sane way
Is not 10 smoke at all during prolonged dry
spells IN the woods or when foresters warn
that dangerous fire conditions are at hand
except in spots designated as safe or obvi-
ously free from brush, leaves pine needles or
other forest finder.
All too often. foresters are compelled 70
close sections of forest TO all visitors IN dan
gerous fire weather because they can't take
a chance on those visitors obeying NO Smok-
ing" signs. one should remember never TO
leave the lighted end Of cigar or cigarette
without having ground if under heel in safe
spot. even though il is necessary to scrape
away the litter with ones foot TO get down
to the only non-inflammahle material in the
woods earth or rock
The same precautions go with the ashes
and smouldering heels from pipes Those
tobacco sparks may look as harmless rs glow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

about fire. but all the same fire swept the
region the following night Sparks from the
U1rTT1Ug debris lodged in the bark of a brch
snag. set the snag afire and then hoped 10
nearby trees. Rain stood about in pools and
yet this destructive forest fire got started.
Against trcacherOus and dcvious foe.
the only thing can do is to take no more
chances than with nest of rattlesnakes.
II YOU don't want 10 betray the forest To
which YOU go for rest. pleasure and recreation.
don't ever leave a campfire alone-that is, once
you've built it. do not 60 from it until you are
sure it is dead out II you are alone, and
must roam for kndlng or firewood, do not
let the blaze ont Of your sight.
Never build a fire in the forest against
trees or logs or near the brush and always
keep the blaze small so you can handle it if
the wind rises. And before starting your fire
clear and scrape away all infammable ma
terial from a level spot at least five feet in
diameter
Build your fire in the center When time
comes TO break camp. do an honest job Of
putting the thing out Wet down the spot
with what water you have at hand. stirring
the emhers and ashes while you pour on The
water Turn small sticks and drench both
sides. Keep in mind everybody gains -includ-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-06

ing your country and its defense-when fire
IS kept from the forest
Youn recall that our annual report.
standard Classification Of Forest Fire
Causes" shows that for the country as a
whole roughly one-quarter Of the fires which
collect the annual S4o000y000 toll are incen-
diary, or deliberately set. That percentage
almost equals the number that stems back 10
careless cigarette "flippers" and other dan
gerous smokers
But the types of people behind the two
sets Of figures are surprisingly different These
arsonists are not lucky. vaoationng. Il did
not think or I did not know people
Most of them believe In setting fire TO the
woods, some as fervently as the Haitian VOC
doc devotee believes in black magic
on the basis of acreage burned over each
year and the damage as estimated in dol
lars, no other State in the Union suffers so
much from forest fires as Florida Forest
Service records for the years 1885 10 1853
inclusive. show an average annual burning
Of 10.214717 acres, and an average damage
estimated az $40 26T 423 iH that state
During the same perioda ths runner-up as
to acreage burned was Mississippi with an
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