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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12
A Thought for Today
Changes Soon

Changes in the city ordinances to bring them up to date so that they may apply to conditions brought about by the in- crease in the number of heating and cooking units using oil as fuel in Water bury are being discussed in official quar- ters. A meeting was held last week to discuss certain changes that would elirn- mate some of the hazards that have been created through careless storage of oil in places where it may leak out and create a dangerous condition. The up- shot of it will probably be that recent recommendations of the office of the Fire Marshal may be adopted in whole or part with particular respect to storage of oil in fire-proof containers.
 It might be well for the city fathers to wait little longer before enacting laws, though, so that we may have the report of the fire underwriters now en- gagged in surveying the fire-fighting set up in this city. It was begun a few weeks ago and must be nearly complete. As yet, though, no official report has been filed with the city officials When 1t is, though, there may be something in 1t that will prove of interest or value in pro- viding new ordinances to safeguard hu- man lives and property against Che ter rible menace of fire. It won't hurt at any rate to find out what the fire under writers decided about our department. After ascertaining 1t we may be better able to write a law that will work with out imposing difficulties upon anyone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12
Unhappy Birthday

Fifty-two years ago boy baby was born at Braunau-on-the-I Inn, tiny Aus trian town. On April 20, all Germany celebrates the birthday of that boy - Adolf Hitler Motley, the American his- torian, told of William the Silent how he devoted his life selflessly to gaining the freedom of his people from aggressors When William died, said Motley, the chil. dren wept in the streets. The Duke of Ava, oppressor of the Netherlands, was not rnourned.
 Happy birthday, the people of Germany will cry to Hitler on this anniversary, decking their street with bunting and transparencies. To countless millions reduced to misery and face to face with death, the occasion is not happy. Were Hitler to die tonight, we wonder, who would weep in the streets of what cities?
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British and Germans are trying to do in Iraq) and at last by military invasion, could not the whole of North America be gradually cramped into the jaws of vast world-scale nutcracker from whose jaws escape would be next to impossible2
 The possibility Is too real to lend much encouragement to those who say that it makes no difference to the United States who wins the World War II. What peace of mind can the United States find in victory for two jaws of world-Scale nutcracker?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12
Nutcrackers, Small and Large

The pincer, or nutcracker, form of mil- itary tactics originated, at least in it's modern form, during the first World War. There are historical precedents going back as far as military history goes (and that is as far as any history goes), but let's follow 1t down only from the first World War. In the trench stale mate which developed along the western front, a general break-through proved impossible. Therefore, the only way to advance was to break through locally at point A, break through simultaneously at point B little farther along the line, and then pinch off everything that lay between points A and B, having isolated them by the breaks on both sides. This started with mere trench raids, and was developed on larger scale as the war drew to close.
 The coming of World War II and the intervening development of the weapon of the armored division, so powerful as to be able to break through almost any line locally, opened the way to broader development of the nutcracker. The British defeat at Dunkirk was due to a gigantic nutcracker, which, breaking through the French armies south of the Coast, cut the British off from them while another jaw of the nutcracker relentleSSly advanced along the coast. The British army, trapped in the jaws of the nutcracker, could do nothing but make their heroic retreat across the channel. Here the nutcracker had be- come tactics on a vast scale.
 Next came the nutcracker as strategy. Here one jaw of the wise advances along the north African shore, while the other creeps down through the Balkans and Asia Minor in an effort to catch the whole of the British forces in the Near East in the gigantic jaws of this power ful devise. Whether this will work or not. remains to be seen, but it is a strat- egy of tremendous power.
 Is 1t not possible to apply this nut cracker on a worldwide scale? Suppose all Europe to have fallen to the Nazis. Suppose all East Asia and the southern Pacific islands to have fallen to the Jap nnese. By gradual advances into South America, Internal penetration, the fo- mem&ln& ok internal revolutions las both
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12

It was interesting to read recently that the State Court of the Catholic Daught- CTS of America in convention at Boston, Mass, voted resolution condemning the use of unChristianlike Christmas greet ing cards. While the brief piece of irl- formation the writer gathered on this didn't go into too many details we pre-. sume the criticism Is aimed at use of some of the types of cards that have come to be popular. A majority of people will choose a simple card with 8 simple, hearty greeting which is not offensive, but too many have chosen the occasion for cards that certainly are far from Christmasy in spirit or appearance. still it's hard job to outlaw them in these commercialized days.
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 In the inner Cabinet meetings, Secretary Hull gives the following reasons for opposing his Cabinet colleagues and the President:
 1. Freezing Axis funds would
 give Germany an excuse to
 retaliate against American
 property in Germany. (other
 side contends that Germany
 will do what she wants with
 American property anyway
 and that Germany has more
 property to lose in the U.S.A.
 than we have in dermany.) 3. There is not much Axis
 money in American banks,
 most of 1t having been se-
 creted long ago in strong
 boxes and bureau drawers. 3. There is no definite evidence
 that Germany is using funds
 for propaganda or subverslve
 activities in the U.S.A.
 Regarding the latter point, At- torney General Jackson contends that the financial transactions of German companies in the U.SA. should have been registered and checked long ago. This can be done under the laws for freezing funds. He especially contends that the financial activities of the derman.American Board of Trade in New York should be registered (this Is the organization which paid the late Senator Ltndeen handsomely for an after.dinner speech).
 However, Hull contends that there is no proof regarding these German activities; 50 there the matter stands.
 HULLs MOUNTAINEER PIQUE Inside fact Is that Hull's oppo. sition goes back q long way to Q rivalry with Morgenthau and Ickes. When the question of freezing Axis funds first came up more than a year ago, 1t was pro- posed that the Treasury take over not only this matter, but also various other State Department functions, such as control of inu- hilton shipments.
 MT. Hull became extremely
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indignant. He told assistants that the Treasury was trying to take over the State Depart 'siient's duties. And he has been suspicious of every Treasury proposal ever since.
 Likewise Hull never torgave Ickes for refusing to sell helium gas to Germany for the Graf Zeppelin. About that time, Ickes called the turn on Hull for selling arms to Germany up until the outbreak of war despite the treaty of 1920 which prohibits the sale of arms to Germany.
 L1NDBERGH AND wILLKIE
 Two very interesting episodes occurred during the House of Representatives debate on the bill empowering the President to take over Idle foreign merchant ships In U. s. harbors. They gave a unique slant on Llndbergh and Willkie.
 First episode was during. the speech of scrappy Representative Luther Johnson of Texas, who as- sailed Iindhergh as an appeaser. At mention of Lindbergh's name the Republican side of Congress broke into loud applause. Demo- cratic side remained silent.
 Quick as a flash, Johnson shouted: "I want the Record to show that thls applause came from the Republican side."
 The Republican answer was Q louder burst of applause.
 A little later Representative John Mccormack, Democratic floor leader, lauded Wendell Will kie as 6 "man who has shown himself to be an outstanding American" The entire Democra- tic side broke Into enthusiastic applause.
 But not Q hand was capped by Q single Republican, not even by Representative Joe Martin, COP floor leader and manager of MT. Wilikie's campaign.
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Although Governor Hurley lifted the

Although Governor Hurley lifted the ban on use of the woodlands last week when rains seemed to lessen the dangers of fires, but in other New England States there evidently wasn't sufficient rainfall to allow similar action to follow. Connec- ticut of recent years has seen any number of these bans imposed during the fish, ing season. A year ago we had such 8 long one during the spring season that the governor extended the legal period for fishing for a month or more. Of course your true trout fisherman won't do much angling after the real warm wearther sets in. That's why these nec- essary restrictions can't be helped. People continue to be careless about out door fires or discarding cigarettes and matches. If sportsmen could aid the government in an educational campaign along such lines it would be to their own advantage to do SO.
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excellent majesty, who can take away thy life If thou offendest; therefore, take heed that thou speakest not a word htat may dis please. But then, consider well. Hughl Dost thou not know from whom thou comest = upon whose message thou are sent? Even by nte great, the Almighty God, who is all-present and beholdeth all thy ways, and who is able to cast thy soul into hell. Therefore take care that thou deliverest thy message faithfully"
 And so, taking the same text from which he had preached the Sunday before, Latimer, with in- creased energy. preached his ser mon over again emphasizing and making even stronger the points which had offended the king and sparing not even his royal majesty as q sinner before the htrone of God.
 Needless to say, the king, who admired bravery In any man, shrug- ged hts shoulders and allowed L'ati- mcr to 60 unpunishcd.
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Selected Poem
THE MAGIC PATHS


 Billy B. Cooper in the New York Timeo Where are the meadow-mice that used to be A part of childhood? Where the furry molesa Where is the red squirrel and the bumneoeep Where do the beetles burrow tiny holes2 Where Is the hornets nest, the dragondy That darted swiftly over pasture pool? Where are the cottontails of days gone by Which we could never capture after school2 DO mice still scurry through the meadow grass? Do squirrels stil scamper up the walnut trees? Do rabbits hide in hedge when children pass? And is there still the mellow drone of bees? Where are the mysteries we saw and heard? Do other children fiatten to the ground To watch g lazy perch, hummngbird, And crouch without movement or 8 sound7 I hope this night somewhere there is child Late to his supper, breathless. eyes aglow From stalking woodland creatures through the wild And magic paths that only children know.
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 e. DO tts limbs of trees rise higher from the ground as the trees grow taller2 ,s
 A. No. It should be remembered that nearly all normal trees shed their lower limbs and in time the bark entirely covers the wounds thus made. Hence what often ap- pears to be an ola crotch farther from the ground Is actually q new one that has formed higher up. There is no upward growth in tht trunk of tree beyond that which occurs from the annual extension of the terminal buds; in other words trees grow higher only from the top.
 e. What are the duties Of thu military intelligence division oe the war departlnent2
 A. They relate to the collection evaluation, and dissemination o, military information, including ac. tivities concerning military Gopo. graphical surveys and maps. mili- tary attaches, military observers and oreign-language students.
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c. How can . person deteEsnin, whether or not he is A citizel, through the naturalization of [ parent or spouse9
 A. If there Is no nearby Natur. alixatiun once, send q stamped, a6. dressed envelope to the Waterbur, Democrat Service Bureau, i0ls Thirteenth St., Washington, D. 0. and ask for the "Questionsaaire tt Determine Citizenship"
 e. What percentage of the worlo population lives in South Americ and how much oS the worlds surfa, does the continent cover?
 A. Only about { per cent of t. worlds population lives in Bout America, which contains about 1 per cent of the worlds surface,
 c. How much was epent 2n pr vate residential construction an tn United States in leA0?
 A. Approximately e2,077, ,000, 1000.
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In Today's Mail

pose our national leadership now, Is to weaken our defense and aid the enemy.
 The resident and his Secretary of State and the Secretaries of the Army and Navy and the Chief of Staff of our Army, ell these men say we are in great danger. The Mothers of America and the Am erica First Committee, say we are not. Who is in the best position to know? Whom should we follow in this emergency?
 These persons disagree violently with our Army and Navy depart ments regarding the best way to defend America in this World war. How shall we guide our course at this hour, through mass meetings under the leadefship of the Amer ica First Committee. or shall we entrllst our defense to the Chiefs of Stan of our Army and Navy, who have studied and planned for this hours, and who have facts that the Mothers of America or the America First Committee do not have? These groups and the isolationist Senators and Congressmen, con- tinually make charges against the President of the United States and his associates. We do not need to fear President Roosevelt and Secre- taries Hull, Knox and Stimson. The enemies of the United States are the Axis Powers. and those within our borders. who are sowing seeds of dlsloyalty and disunity, as they oppose the policies and weaken the leadership of our President and his cabinet.
 The most discredited men in our nation are the isolationlsts like Senator Wheeler of Montana. The lsclationists arc the men who killed world cooperation by keeping the United States osN of it. As far as tho United states is concerned, they arc the men responsible tor tnis gar. Notwithstanding tlsiss tnNv
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UNITY, LEADERSHIP GREATEST COMBINATION AGAINST RUTH
 LESS DICTATORSHIP
May ., leAl.

May ', 414l. Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 Tn any nation at all times. we must have leadership and unity, if that nation is to endure. This is especially true in Q tinse Ike this. when a world conqueror has armed himself, and set out to enslave the world. If the conquered nations had planned together and stood to- gether, Germany coulc not have conquered them. One after another they said He will not attack us" and so they went down. By debat- ing among themselves, they deliver ed themselves over to the conquercr Our country, in the name of Democracy, has become a great debating society, while our national leaders warn us that we are In great peril, we continue to debate. This is doing just what Hitser wants us to do. It has created confusion and disunion. In other countries we have called this the 18th column" os Hitlcrs guard advance to ''eofter and prepare"
 Our national leaders are able men | of wide experience. They are oui regularly constituted leaders, and we must trust them. The President Secretary of State. secretary oi War, Secretary of Navy. Chairman of Production. Chief of Stan of ths Army-all these men are big men They are good men. We shoult thank God that we have such able leadership In this cris1s.
 Many Americans do not under. stand democracy. A democracy \ only as strong as It's leadership Democracy without leadership < confusion. Tt Is for tlais reason that such strong powers wcre placed iE the hands 0k the President, ny kns < kxaaaxs ok kma Nanslllais0sA. go ow.
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and the America First groups, who seek to weaken the leadership of ous President, still preach the some doctrine of isolationisSn.
 Some Americans seem to think Il is democratic when they follow the lead of Congress, and undemocra. tic when they follow the President Both were elected by the people Our Constitution gave our Presl. dent the responsibility for the lead. ership of the Congress and the na' ton, because its framers knew tha democracy could not function with out leadership. The President surrounded by his cabinet and abl advisors, must give us our leader ship in this crisis. Those who con tinually oppose him are playing in to the hands of our enemies to tn, delight of the Axis powers.
 After long and bitter debate oi the part of the isolationists, ant America First" groups, the Lease Lend Bill was passed. It was thes same isolationists who tied tn, hands of our President, by sponsor. ing the neutrality legislation whscl gave aid and comfort to Hitler. Tn, leash and carry" law was aimed a' the Democracies because the Axi, Powers could not "cozne and get 1t anyway.
 Now, the same foolish islationists are opposed to doing anything to help ''deliver the goods". Sensible Americans see that 1t Is idle folly for us to produce goods free oi charge to be sunk in the ocean. If. as our leaders say, it Is imperative to our defense to get the supplieA delivered, it Is up to osir President and his advisors to say how this shall be done. Those opposing them are aiding our enemies.
 According to the Gallup HOils TS per cent of our people favcg cons voys. if 1t appears certain thai Britain will be defeated unless VI use part of our navy to convoy th0 supplies which we are xtlrniahln
 her. We are committed on zsgnish4 ing supplies to Britain. It is up s our leaders to determine how khe& shall get there. In a time ike tl1is we must trust the President and hiz advisors. "A house divided a8aizaz itself cannot stand". Our ieadeEs were elected according to cur CoaS stitution. In such a time ox cxisi they must act. We must x0alUs them and not tlae discEedite@ ino1m. tlonists and the America FaxAS Committee.
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Along about this time of the year in the so-called "good old days" the citys watering carts would be doing duty throughout the morning and afternoon to keep down dust on the dirt streets that we had. It was quite sight to see the carts moving slowly along with the water being sprayed from the rear fau- cets. There were overhead filling n.y. drants at regular intervals through the city streets.
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Whats Your I. O.,

Can you answer seven Of thes. test questions7 Turn to back pag, for the answers.
 1. Iceland Is northeast, nortl, west, southeast or southwest o Greenland?
 2, What is the title of the ecclesj astical head of diocesep
 3. A certain species of herb flower is called, belladonna, O. prima donnap
 4. Alaska was purchased iron what country?
 5. Who was the first presiden, to have an advisory body called Q "Kitchen Cabinet?
 6. Name Robinson Crusoe's com. panion In his island exile?
 z. Name the negro educator, who wrote an autobiography entitled "Up From Slavery?
 8. A device on e railroad track Q species of animal usually found in ponds, and, as slang, Q French. man, are well designated by { word beginning with the letter #. : What Is the word?
 Q. With which sport is Jimmy Thomson associated?
 10. Was John Cabot an NnglislI or Italian navigator2
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Many people may not realize It, but whereas the Government has frozen the funds Of all the conquered nations.-FTance Nor- way, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, Greece, etc--it continues to per- init the conqucring nations to use their money in tho U. s. A. in any manner they wish.
 For instance, Germany gets more than a million dollars monthly from the lease of patents to American companies. This Is paid in American dollars and can be spent for aati-American prop aganda or anything else, or shipped back to Germany. Italian diplomatic attaches, for instance, were found carrying S2,000, 900 in U. g. currency in Q suitcase from New Orleans to Mexico for propa- ganda purposes. Another $2,000,- 900 of U. S. currency was shipped to Buenos Aires by the Italian Embassy.
 Meanwhile, France, for example, no longer sells perfume, etc., to the United States, but sells to Germany, which in turn ships the perfume through vladistok to the United States. Reason Is that French funds are frozen, so the French can get no money from the U. S. A. But German funds are not frozen, so French trade to the United States now increases Nazl profits and helps build up trade channels for the future. HOT CABINET SPLIT
 All this came to 6 head at Cabi- net meeting last week. rive inem- bers were vigorous in urging that Axis funds be frozen. They were:
 Secretary of Treasury Mor. genthau
 Secretary of War Stlmson.
 Secretary of Navy Knox
 Attorney General Jackson
 Secretary Of Interior Ickes
 They argued that 1t was useless and silly for the United States to give all-out aid to Britain, then turn around and help subsidize Nazi and Fascist propaganda here. The two things didn't make sense.
 However, Cordell Hull and Jesse Jones opposed. Other members took no firm stand one way or the other, but appeared to favor freez- ing the funds. At one time Roosevelt, in a private converse ton with Hull, almost brought him around to freezing, but in the end he backed away.
 CAREER BOYS FAVOR
 FREEZING
 Most of Secretary Hull's State Department advisers-even many of the Career Boys - also have urged him to freeze German and Italian funds. For three months, Dean Acheson, new Assistant Sec- retary of State, has been eSldeav- bring to persuade fim-without success.
 Acheson was appointed to his Job partly because he and Hull were congenial. But that has made no difference. Hull remains adamant.
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL |. DOUGLASS. D. D.

COURAGE FACES A KING
 Hugh Latimer, the famous dis- senting bishop in the English Church Church, was once asked to preach 6 sermon before King Henry VIII and greatly offended his royal patron by his plainess of speech
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rent of driving rain from a cloudburst.
 Official tenn. pers are tense. Men in key po- sitlofis are too busy to be seen. The President cancels 6 regu- lar Semi-weekly press confer. ence. Appoint. m c nts m Q d e days ahead are unkept.
 Each ne w anaeni1 or aiktArs
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King Henry com |naanded the hum bic court chaplain to preach on the same text the fol- lowing s II n i y, develop it as the King thought Il should be devel- |opeei. and make q public apology fof having offended 'lals soyerlsn.
 The next Sun .
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day Latimsr ascanded the pupit.
 read the text. and thus began his
 sermon. Hugh KAtlmer, dcst thou know before whom thou are khis ! day ko speakf Before tiae high and I0ls1Asay nsQaafsn. sl,e kangH mest