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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

The talk about the chairmanship of the Democratic State Central Committee continues. It is expected that Chairman John T. Mccarthy will call members of the committee into session soon and that possibly some action may be taken then. Certainly If his own resignation isn't forthcoming at this time, that of J. Wal ter Darley, committee secretary, will be. He is the Deputy Motor Vehicle Commis- sioner, while MT. Mccarthy bosses the department. It seems logical to conclude filled so that state headquarters may be maintained as in the past, but there is chance that Commissioner Mccarthy may delay his until a few months before the next campaign is launched. Or will there be pressure to force him out?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
In Today's Mail

which restricts our ability to meet our obligations very definitely re- stricts the use of money because it discourages both. new and old eta- terprises. Whatever makes for ir- creased production makes for the greater distribution of more goods at lower prices. The first essentials to Q maximum output for defense are increased production in war materials and e stabilized currency.
 Governmental policies and iegiS- lation most liable at the present time to increase production and to maintain purchasing power are the following:
 l. Every economy in the ilon-es- sentials of defense increases our abe ility to produce more of the essen- tials and to hold up the value of our money. So far neither the govern- lnent nor the people have evidenced an intention to exercise vital econ- omies. Tn fact the evidence has been rather the reverse. Congress has ape proved the spending of nearly five hundred million upon agricultural subsidies. Also, 1t has given very lite tie evidence of Its ability to reduce the amount appropriated for relief where the necessity for relief has largely disappeared. Unless we can prove that we have the will in a Democracy to make both ends meet within e reasonable time, we will drift toward repudiation. Govern ment economy, therefore, is essential to building up public confidence and to release the funds necessary for defense.
 3. The further essential to stahi- lized money is a pledge on the part of the government that it vii lnot still further devalue the dollar. To this end Congress should rescind the power of the President to further reduce the gold content of the pre- sent dollar by IS percent. Devalua- ton is a powerful factor in causing rise in prices.
 We have right to insist that it is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
Ersatz May Be Better

The United States Is looking ersatz right in the face. Ersatz is a German word meaning substitute. It became known in English-speaking countries when, before the war, they were discuss ing Qermany's building of a war machine with unorthodox materials. People used to like to chuckle over German ersatz, be- lieving that German tanks and planes were put together with string and chew ing gum. Now the world has learned, to the cost of much of 1t, that many of the German ersatz materials are all right.
 We will probably learn good deal about that ourselves in coming months We, too, will find that substitution of an accustomed material for an unaccus- toned one doesn't necessarily mean in- feriority. It may, but not necessarily So let's not holler before we're hurt. If a familiar article comes up in an unfamil- far material, let's not assume that it's no good. It might even be better.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

e. Is opossum production on farm protltablee ,,.
 A. At present opossum produce ton on farms Is not. profitable, The fur of the opossuni Is not especially handsome nor durable and the prices have been low for IAanS years. The animals require es much feed, equipment, and attention as some of the other fur bearing alii- mals whose pelts still for much higher prices, 4
 c. What happened to the Jap anese submarine i.0S which sank with 0l officers mad men after q collision h Hungc Straits In Fehs yNary, 1889? t@ sa
 A After salvage operations lasts ing more than eleven months, it was raised on January 22, ie40. ,ns
 e. What k the cost of firing q i2.ireh gun In practice and In
 A. About s4So in practice anA $i,20o in battle when Q hieh-ex- plosive shell is fired. .
 If you want . copy of the.
 latest booklet, MATHEMATICAL
 PUZZLES", send to the WasefH
 Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street,
 Washington, D. 0. Enclose ten
 cents postage. ,stles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

One provision of the new city charter has been put into effect. The Board of Finance has given the City Controller the right to deposit city money outside of Waterbury. This has long been denied and has long forced the city and local banks into a veritable conspiracy to break the state banking regulations. While no intentional violation was in- tended, nevertheless, the city on many occasions maintained bank balance in local institutions far in excess of the legal limit for any one depositor. Every effort was made by city officials to keep down the deposits by premature pay ments on loans, etc, but tax income has been so heavy at certain times of the year that 1t just wasn't possible to comply with the law and still have the citys money in safe place Now that the city can make deposits outside the state there never should be any cause for con- cern over the banking situation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

age. The poorest today have what kings could not purchase a century ago. Yet in spite of this plethore Of material blessings, men have grown so restless that they are now ela- gagged in the elevating enterprise of cutting each others throats. It has happened in the family of nations as 1t has 50 often happened in ni- dividual families, that material ad- vantages have made people miser- able rather than happy.
 ID pcsapns s0me blessing and not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

than 30 separate food compon.
 ents with . correct balance of
 protelns, minerals. starehes and
 fats. In addition arc fresh fruit
 and vegetables, to the extent of
 lS per cent.
 Most draftees today are eating better food and more of 1t than they had in civilian life,
 CAPITAL CHAFT
 While Secretary Cordell Hull has been issuing scatehing state- ments blasting the vichy govern- Ment, @ life-size painting of Mar- ShAl petain, head of that regime, hangs In the rotunda of tho army war college. Also in the build- ing Is Q large statue of Treder- ick the Great, military idol of the NaEis World or Moth. ing" by Herbert Agar, brilliant editor of The Louisville Courier Journal, In the July Atlantic Monthly, Is the most forceful ex- position of the anti-isolationlst viewpoint yet published De- fense Housing Administrator 0. '. Palmer has been criticized for be- ing too mild in dealing with pros fiteering realty interests, but he minced no words 4n his speech before the National Housing Inc ventory. Said Palmer, We have met only one major obstaele--a failure on the part of some of the : varied interests with whom we have to deal to recognize that there exists Q national emergency SO grave in its implications that no man can now foresee what the future holds"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
NEED or PREVENTING INFLA, TION AT HAND-MEANs
 ALSO HERE
Editor, waterbury Democrat:

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 By many different approaches, we have all reached an agreement on the necessity for sustaining the President in his determination that an unlimited National Emergency requires all aid possible shall be de- livered to Great Britain. He hes now been given the power of determine ing the means which will best inc sure the accomplishment of this purpose.
 Next in importance to the neces- Sity for more and more defense pro- duction stands the necessity for stabilizing the purchasing power of the money which we use to buy goods and services. s
 We are all fearful that imitation, or Q rapid rise in prices, will cause radical reduction in the amount which our wages will buy. Can 1t be prevented2 The answer is "yes", if we will but act in time.
 It is agreed that the volume of
 money in circulation and its pos- sible effect nrising prices depends upon the speed with which the money circulates as well as upon the amount in circulation at any one time. When the same dollar is used over and over to effect four transactions in one week instead of one. the quadrupled demand for its use inevitably raises prices.
 At the present time the statistici- ans of the Federal Reserve Board estimate that there are approxirn- ately nine billion dollars of hand to hand money in circulation, and about twenty-five billion dollars of demand deposits. subject 10 check, in our commercial banks. Money turning over at the rate of fifty times a year. as 1t did in 1e2D. was 8 Ia times more effective than the money in circulation in 1s40, when our dollar entered into only fourteen business transactions in the aver- age. Money has. therefore, a very flexible capacity to adapt itself to the calls made upon It's use. Tn boom times it turns over very rapidly, as it did in 1929. Tn slack times, as In iD3s and l9z0, it revolpes less often. The speed with which it revoivcs is not a factor which can De directly controlled hy law. on the other hand. tlne existence Of legislation up- pKeasive 10 legitimate bnsuieHs ug
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

the duty of the government to dem. onstrate that never again will 1t tn part repudiate our government debt by writing up the value of gold, which means writing down the value of the dollar. It will add to public confidence and be still further evids ence of It's integrity of purpose if it restores gold to circulation by ros, pealing the law passed in 1888 sett ting up for the first time in our long history the monopolized ownerslfip of gold by the government. 'lss
 5. We have constantly insisted up. on the necessity for increasing the, proportion of our national expease to be paid from taxes, in order. that we might decrease pro rata the q. mount to be carried In loans. Tire ability and the willingness of aa Democracy to tax itself to meet Gra emergency Is the best evidence of It's vitality. w.g- ~ ,fA
 {. Any future gold .purclaAas should be esterilized" and buried iE the vaults in Tennessee. Power to purchase silver at an artificial price and to issue silver certificates based on 1t should be discontinued. Tg1s power to issue three billion greene backs should also be rescindeds These uses are not now required All of them make 1t possible to faFe ther debase our currency.
 5. Congress should empower th@ Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to control Q further increase in bank credit or loans h4 raising the required reserve. A sszF= plus of bank credit money undea present circumstances is certain A cause a further rise In prices.
 By all of these means we havS been suggesting methods by which the purchasing power of your doIlaa may be maintained. These znea1i1 seek: Frs
 1. To regulate the supply of money in circulation. in proportion to thA volume of production and trade.
 3. To cut out sources from whick unnecessary amounts of money ara pumped into our circulating systens thus pushing up the price level. sfs
 3. To sustain public confidence ig our financial ability and will to meet our debts and avoid the perils 0f ziaS tlonal bankruptcy or repudiation..
 {. To increase the proportion of the costs of defense to be paid by taxas ton and per contra to reduce the amounts to be borrowed. ss
 s. To promote every possible soslrcs of savings both on the part Of the government and by individuals au 0rdsr Co release goods and services for defense purposes.
 Connecticut ncomoEnlc u0uneh
 ny: Howell uhsngy, 4Eea2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

of . speech by him entitled, "You are on your way to war;"
 A second envelope with c lM cent stamp and Detroit postmark, had nothing on 1t to identify It's graphed matter violently attack Ing Britain, some of which bore the nAne, "NEOthers of the United states of America"
 The third envelope exactly tho same as the second except for . New York postmark, con- talned five mimeographed copies of D petition lauding ext Colonel LindheFgh and demounulng Roosevelt as q War-sEAoAger. The [ petitions bore no Identification and apparently were distributed for the purpose of being signed and sent t0 Congress or tho White House. 3
 Each of the three envelopes was addressed by identlcally the same stencil.
 COME N GET IT
 The Army Quartermaster Corps Is endeavoring to give draftees all the dietary comforts of home. Served In the mess halls Is ood- fish and maekerel for the boys from Maine, chieory for the boys from Louisiana, and corn bread for the boys from Dixie.
 The Army ration of today makes that of the civil War-hardtack, stewed beef, beans--seem like grub from Q prison cell, Each soldier Is allotted five pounds of food daily, which is ten ounces moro than the World War allowance. Further, 1t Is prepared according , to the latest, theories of ,dietetics.
 Army rations include no less
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

Criticism is being voiced in some com munities where defense housing projects have been started about the type of dwell ing unit. A number of these are built without cellars. However, federal engi- neers claim that this type of house as designed and as now built is first-class in every respect. As permanent type of house. though. 1t fails to qualify.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
ANONYMOUS LETTERS

The Democrat Is in receipt of Q letter to The Editor sikned-- Am American Worker. It ls net our policy Co use anonymous let- teRs and if Che writer. will supply u0 with his or her name the let- ter will be used. The writer's name need not be used if re- Qmested. but must bc known Co The Editor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

War and from other sources comes the word that he will soon be 4. And if you, gentle male reader of 80 or over, could grow hair like
 the senior sen- ator from Texas, you'd make the barbers be dis.
 erect too. Get even Q distant look ct big Tom on tho Capitol AAa..saAn a.sN aAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

test questlons9 Turn 0 back page for the answers. etNI AI
 1. Was Texas one of the ConsedA crate States of Americas 4ss
 3. Should crabs be cooked aliyes
 g. Name the American hero who said: "i've just begun to fight"
 {. What Is tn main ingredient Of snuff9
 5. A white feather Is used as . symbol of what9 ,.,, ,Sa
 6. Are the moons phases caused by It's rotation on Its axis, or by its revolution around the earths .F
 2. Was President William Mo. Kinley assassinated In Washington, D. O., Canton, Ohio, or 4uafflo, N. Y.9 @a
 8. Joe DiMaggio is an infielder, pitcher, or outfielder with the New York Yankees?
 9. What term designates an in- dividual who has half white and half Negro blood9 M is
 10. Name the. captain of "the Green Mountain Boys" of Revolu- tionary War fame.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
Daily Almanac

Moon rises PAS a. m. (dayiight time)
 Sun rises $40 a. m.; sets e.27 ?. m. tday- light time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 This is good growing weather. Not only have we had & sufficient fall of moisture, but there have been heavy dews each night and considerable fog The days have been slightly humid making for sturdy plant growth to cope with later droughts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

to share it with others and use it [ otheir benefit, results in Q ter- rife mental kick-back. The asylums are full of people who had so many things they did not know what to do with them, and because they didn't know what to do with them, they misused them and went hay- wire.
 We should sit up and take notice when ore of the worlds greatest psychlarists says that restleSsness and emptiness of life is Q general characteristic of our time. All Rights Reserved Bahsun News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

seems to me, how ever, that this can well be described as the general neurosis of our time."
 In all the his- tory of the race, men and women have never had such Q pleasant wor1d-full " of things as they have had in this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
Selected Poem,
RABBITS

MABB1ID am Clark Potter in the Christian Science
 Monitor) Rabbits Have amusing habits That's the reason We like rabbits. They can hop And they can run; They can nibble In the sun; When they stand They're thin and tall When they rest They're like ball. And their tailsl A bit of fluff Stuck on tight And just enough. Fat fur cheeks And eyes like roses, Crispy ears And nibbly noses Rabbits Have such pleasant features That is why We like the creatures.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

discuss the shortage of oil tank CTS for the South American trade.
 Representatives of the Navy, State Department, Maritime Com mission and Secretary tckes at- tended - also the big oil com. panies.
 Spokesman for the oil men was Standard oil of New Jersey, per- haps tho biggest of the Rooke- feller properties. It was pointed out that with fifty tankers tak- on off the commercial runs and given to the Navy, U. 8, oil conn panies would have to curtail thoir exports to Latin America. So Standard of New Jersey proposed to solve this by reducing ship nients to regular customers by 90 per cent. Customers who had not been regular would hs cut 100 per cent.
 This proposition did not seem unfair on the surface until ex-. amined carefully.
 For some tlme American oll
 companies have been clashlng
 with the Uruguayan and Chilean
 governments because they had
 their own distributing systems.
 Also the two governments have
 been intermittent customers,
 rather than regulars.
 So the proposal of Standard oil of New Jersey would mean that Chile and Uruguay would Do cut off entirely and their gov- ernment oil systems put out of business.
 The state Department vigorously opposed the plan, It remains to Do seen on which side. Nelson Rockefeller throws his weight. OPM MEDALS '''7,'. '.'.''
 oPM chiefs are working on . plan to award medals and, cash prizes for unusual defense produce ton accomplishments. The awards would be given both to Individuals and plants for such things as evolving production shortcuts, de- vlsing improvement in equipment, and completing orders ahead of schedule.
 Such an incentive program proved very effective in the World War as a morale and production factor.
 MERRY.Go-ROUND
 President urging Defense chiefs and industry to remove discrim- nations against Negroes and other minority groups was an eff fort to head off e protest eMarch on Washington" Walter White, head of the National Association for the Advancement of the Col ored People; Philip Randolph, head of the Pullman workers: and other prominent Negro leaders claim that Negroes are not being allowed a full share In the de- fense program and are organiz- ing the march" to focus public attention on the issue Be- cause he has just returned from Q visit to the Vatican, govern ment chiefs read with interest the speech of Bishop Joseph P. Hurley of St. Augustine, before the Florida state convention of the National Council of Catholic Women, denouncing isolationism as a threat to religious liberty. 'sSome of these men," Bishop Hurley de- clared. 'only . few months back were melting our people to the worst kind o9 war-race hatrcds." ISOLATTONIST MAIL
 Within period of two days last week a small town Maryland resi-. dent received three large envelopes containing a mass of isolationist literature. One of the envelopes, bearing Q Washington postmark and mailed under the congress sional frank of Senator D. Worth Clark. Idaho foe of the Presidents foreign policy. contained a copy to share it with others and use il
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
2 EDISON lN %
 WASHIE(
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Washington, June % = They call Tom Connolly Of Marlin, Tex, the last of the long-halred senators. All the others let the bagbers cut around their ears and run tho clippers up their neoks, or are 60 baldish they don't even make it interesting for . tonsorial artist who really loves his work.
 Tom doesn't reveal his age In the Congressional Directory, but he was . soldier In the Spanlsh.American
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
STRENGTH FOR,THE DAY
THE MODERN MOOD
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.

The great psychiatrist, Dr. Jung, has said: One-third of my patients suffer from no clincially definable disease but from the restlessness and emptiness of their lives. It
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PEAR s ON
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WASHINGTON. Iune 2l

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, ~ make it with whip cream"i say. whipped cream" t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
Questions andAnswen
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 Street, Washington, D. Q. sAfAs
 @, Compare the number a chain -operNted and independegaA retail stores in tho United AtAteAN
 A, The ipso Census of Rets Trade enumerated l2e,ieS retAu stores owned by chains and l,S2ese 005 Independents, s a 4.s
 e. Where may I obtain iAformaa, ton about rules adopted for .eoEA~ scientlous ohjectors sent Co civilian camps for work of national iIiAs portanco under the Seleetlve Traias ing and Service Act of ie4os sss
 A, The National Service Beard for Religious Collectors, National Press Building, Washington, D. c, has published c bulletin entitled "Tho Conscientious ohiector under the Selective Training and Service Act of io40," which presents the entire plan, as fer as tho camps arc concerned. The booklet may Do purchased for flys cents. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
A Thought for Today

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with ail thy heart, and with aIl thy soul, and with ah thy mlnas-Matthew 22i37.
 Love begins with iove,-La Bruyere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20
What's Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven Oe Gheses tost questloms9 Turn Co back page for tho answers. q,N0 Ag5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-20

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-18

get the training"
William Farlinger of 77S Me-
Kinstry avenue, a captain in the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-18
1900 Drdftees
In County Get
New Numbers
Continued from Page One)

kS"nnucN iIOH rage OneD
nut street, who had Serial No. 1876
first In the drawing, was looking
for an apartment with his bride
to-be for mis- contemplated mar.
rage Saturday when he learned
that his number had been called
first.
He said he would talk thing:
over with his fiance, Frances
Brown. before making a marital
decision. 80. %.
Murray, born in Belgium, is not
a citizen Of the United States. He
will have to take out his own
citizenship papers because his
father. David, who served with the
British army in the World War,
secured his papers five days before
Edward became 81.
Waldo Emerson Hill of III
Merrick avenue. was not sur
prised when his number was
called first. A former classmate
at Jefferson intermediate School
who registered Hill told him:
you're late in everything
else. Bud. but I'll bet you'll be
first I'm the draft"
Hill, shipping department en-
ploye of the Fruehauf Trailer
Company. is his mothers only
support. out the mother, Mrs.
Lucy Hill, said:
I'D certainly like To see him
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-18
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