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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

Washington had his sunshine patriots
and Lincoln his copperheads. Today we
have new and equally obnoxious breed
false front patriots They erect with
loud talk and q great fanfare of activity
a magnificent structure Of patriotism.
But it falls flat with the first stiff breeze
because 1t has false front. Specifically
these big takers and small doors noisily
buy defense bonds and stamps one day
and very quietly cash them the next. OBJ
viously this sort of thing is about as help
full to our war effort as is Hermann
Goering.
For instance, the Cleveland postofice
reported defense stamp sales of $274, 093
one week but it gave back STE, 900 to per-
sons who did not wish to keep these
stamps or trade them in on defense
bonds This was net Sell-out OF Uncle
Sam, General Macarthur, Admiral MINI
itz, the thousands in front line fighting
and the millions on the home front OF
27 per cent. Reports of such redemptions,
some more and some less come from 9TH
er sections of the nation and piled up to
a total of $6,646,712 stamp redemptions
last December. That is enough money to
equip fleet of flying fortresses and slap
the Japs with a punch their honorable
ancestors would hear. Some OF these
stamps undoubtedly were redeemed III
bonds Some persons were forced to cash
them because they lost their jobs or SUI
fered other financial jolts. Nevertheless,
the percentage remains too high if we
are going to do much about Pearl Harbor
other than throw out our chests and pre-
dict dire things for the enemy.
Such fair weather patriots not only de-
feat the purpose of the stamp program
to sharpen the ak for the axis-but they
cost the Treasury Department money be-
cause stamps turned back must be can
celed Thus tremendous amount OF
printing and paper goes down the river.
Furthermore, the redeemers are tossing
away the very best investment in the
world. Possibly the Treasury may do
something about it. 1t would be a far
better thing, however, if we all would re-
solve to build and perpetuate our patriot.
ism on solid ground, and issue sort OF
moral building code outlawing false
fronts.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
Trailer Votes

Seventy residents of Cleveland trailer
camp have won the right to vote. Their
right to vote in municipal elections has
been repeatedly questioned. year ago
the Ohio secretary of state ruled against
them. The courts held that they could
not be disfranchised. Now the Board OF
Elections has approved their registra,-
ton, but there may yet be challenges at
the polls.
nothing if it were not for the fact that
thew are a microcosm of problem that
exists all over the country, problem
that has been magnified by the defense
program, which has brought literally
thousands to living in trailers. Yet most
of these are Americans and could not
hold their defense jobs if they were not
They should not by mere technlcalltleS
lose their vote.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

Look here, the Secretary under
stands nothing Of the kind"
81 wrote the letter TO him not
to yOu," shot back Commander
Bryan.
"And he's asked me to an
swer It,"
The answer came very soon. 1t
ordered Bryan on the retired list,
told him to take over the Sea
Otter, but to remove the Navy
crew, and warned that 1t could
not be constructed in a U. S.
Navy Yard. In other words, the
Sea Otter now is in the hands Of
its originator ali right, but with
no money or means to construct
1t.
No one knows what the next
move will be except there will be
one. The Senate Naval Affairs
Committee believes that opposi-
ton to the Sea Otter stems from
fear that this new revolutionary
type of ship would interfere with
standard designs on which big
shipbuilders are now waxing fat.
Three days after the White
House conference Secretary Knox
summoned Walter Llppman and
gave him n two-hour harangue on
the iniquities of the Sea Otter.
Next ray Secretary Knox called In
Donald Nelson for lunch with Ad-
miral Robinson, who has opposed
construction of the Sea Otter.
Nelson also was given a long lee
ture as to why the Sea Otter
should not be built.
All Of which illustrates why
there Is many a slip 'twixt cup
and lip In the war effort In
Washington.
Copyright, !942, by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
Views Of The Press

the North. In many public schools
the children tried their voices at it.,
and 1t had at least a transitory
vogue in Great Britain.
In 1861 appeared "ole Shady, the
Song of the Contraband," greatly
relished in the Northern armies.
General Sherman was alter to praise
for its faithful depletion of the mer-
riment and the loyalty of the Me-
gro. The earlier Little Titles
Grave" is sufficiently described by
its title. Radio broadcasts on Han
by and his music have already be-
gun and will be continued next
week.
This year will likewise mark the
hundredth anniversary of the death
on Ohio soil of the fugitive slave,
Joseph Selby, whose deathbed story
Of his sweetheart, Nelly Gray, IS
immortalized in the song "Oh, my
darling Nelly Gray. they have TAX
en- you away, And I'll never csc my
darling any more: I'm sitting by the
river and I'm weeping all the day"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
Where Religion Is Free

Almost half of the population OF the
United States now belongs to one or the
other of $50 churches or religious bodies
which flourish under our free Institutions
This church membership has been stead
lily growing, according to the 1941 Year
book of American Churches. and the bare
figures speak eloquently of the position
of religion in a society where all men
are free to worship God according to
conscience.
Despite occasional small frictions,
these 81, sol, 594 members of $50 churches
live, generally speaking, in harmony with
each other, and with the 100000 who
are without such utilization. Each Of
those $50 churches has an equal right to
win new converts as it can, and most
OF them are doing it. Such a situation is
one of Americas finest contributions to
civilization. Here, too, as in so many
other fields, freedom is priceless pos
session.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

crowded with men capable OF pro-
found thinking. But sometimes 1t
seems as if men OF vison are only
given to the human race about once
in a century. George Washington
was the leader of group OF far
seeing men who fashioned our ma
TONS policy in the eighteen CEN
tury. Abraham Lincoln was certain
" the most far-sighted American OF
the nineteenth century. Who will
lead America and the world as we
stand amid the chaos Of the TWEEN
tieth century?
God give us men OF vision. We can
tool up the industries and conduct
war with men OF action. The think
ers can stimulate the minds OF
their fellows and make a tremen-
dous contribution 70 the improve
ment Of every age. But the pathway
up the hard and barren slope Is
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

Orange, Texas, under rather
unusual conditions.
For some strange reason, she
was given no inspection whatso-
ever by naval inspectors during
her construction. Commander
Bryan, her originator, was ordered
to keep away. And when she was
launched, she was shot into the
river from an 8 per cent incline
and with a ~ knot speed, so that
she buried her stern go feet in
the mud of the opposite bank,
strained her keel and opened
some of her plates.
After that the Navy trial board
issued a report criticizing the con-
struction Of the vessel but hold
ing out genuine hopes If she were
properly constructed.
However, with Nazi U-Boats
sinking u. S. ships at a rate Of
two and three day, the Senate
Naval Affairs Committee has
been digging into the Sea Otter.
Senators Gillette and Brewster
called personally on the Presi-
dent. He agreed that the Navy
had not given the ship thor
Ough- going test and told them
he would put the whole thing
back In the hands Of the or
iginator, Commander Bryan.
Next day Commander Bryan
was called in by Secretary Knox,
congratulated, and told that he
was to have the Sea otter back.
So Commander Bryan wrote a
formal letter to the Secretary Of
the Navy confirming this oral con-
versation and his understanding
that the Sea Otter was to be re-
built and given a fair trial.
Next day Bryan reports that
Joe Powell called him in, showed
the letter under his nose and said:
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
Selected Poem
ATLANTIC GULLS

ATLANTIC GULLS
(Bianca Bradbury in the Christian Science
Monitor)
Swift on the song that the wild wind is singing,
over the grass and the dunes and away,
Breathess in loneliness, sea gulls are winging
Into the sunset and out Of the bay.
Out where the blue and the long day are meeting
Far OIL the rim, where the sky and the sea
Run on forever, the sea gulls are beating,
Pinioned in Splendor, and lonely, and free.
Freel no one follows thes gulls in their racing,
Riding the wind In their effortless flight,
Meeting the dusk, where the white wings are
tracing
Patterns in grace, on the canvas OF Night
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

SO much we have recovered from
an aged memory.
1t is curious that neither Hanby's
name nor any work of his appear
in can Index to Poetry and Recita-
tions," a bow that indexes the con-
tents of 1859 volumes, including "po-
pular collections of poetry"
The piety of the graduates Of OF
terbein University has done mucl
for this excellent man, whose nams
is now to be revived from an un
lust obscurity.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

Just as a reminder of what it means
to lose war these days make note OF
this: Many Britons, mostly retired rub
Der planters, had their life savings IN
vested in Malayan rubber. Then the
Japs took Malaga. Today those investors
are looking around for jobs. Most OF
them are too old and never expected 10
work again. That's not as bad as oulleC
through your heart, but it's still pretty
tough.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

going on, point out how the war is
being won on the home front. No
more dirty cracks and no more
nasty pieces.
You hit the high spots from Capt.
toll Hill to the War Department,
which is a good three miles. You
call on perhaps 20 people and see
10 of them. All you hear Is as
sorted government grief. All you
see is more evidence of bigger and
better confusion.
These chronic manifestations of
dispute which keep Washington in
such a constant state of wartime
other range all the way from the
trivial to the consequential.
The commonest type of guerilla
warfare is fought over space. Office
space. Nearly every government
agency Is growing by Seven-league
leaps and needs acreage for the
spreading of its creeping bent green
carpets. Who will move into the
new office building at Suitland, Md,
just over the District line? 1t was
built for Price Administration, but
now OPA doesn't want it. Shall
Maritime Commission or Board of
Economic Warfare occupy the space
in the Commerce Building vacated
by the Patent Office, moved to
! Richmond? All too often, these
questions of major strategy, fought
with all the fierceness Of a Bataan
blitz, have to be settled by the
President. He should have more
important things to do.
INFORMATION
BATTLE BREWS
An argument over revision of the
governments Information policy,
brewing in the bushes of bureau
crazy for some weeks, may come
out in the open any day. Shall the
existing multi-headed multigraph-
ing monstrosity continue on its $19
million-a-year way, or shall some
thing be created infinitely worse, a
single agency with dictatorial pow
ers Of propaganda and censorship
combined?
Can a clear-cut labor policy be
established, or must two wars be
fought at the same time-the war
overseas against the enemy and the
civil war at home between capital
and labor, with Congress pouring
Oil, not on the troubled waters, but
on the flames?
The President has to fight Con-
gress or vice versa on retention or
abolition Of CCC and NYA.
A lobby which? wants Madame
Perkins thrown out Of Office as Sec
rotary of labor Is permitted TO keep
circulating vicious rumors of her
imminent removal.
= Secretary Ickes and a clique Of
New Dealers feud at Jesse Jones in
a franctic but fortunately fruitless
attempt to make him the goat for
every mistake Of the defense ef-
fort, sickenIng palace war.
PRODUCES SORE FEET
AND HEADS
Wrangles between bureau heads
and department chiefs. Investiga-
tons. Charges and counter charges.
BY cocktail time, all you have in
the way of national unity is sore
feet and a sorer head and-since
it's cocktail time, boy, how you need
a pick-me-up.
A few days like that bring you
to only one conclusion-if the cour-
try is to have national unity, maybe
the place 10 begin to have it is in
the capital of the country.
Or, if the way of democracy is
the way of trial and error, storm
and strife, bicker and backbite, ar
gument and rebuttal, let's forget all
this idealiSm about national unity
and admit frankly that the war will
be won somehow by just muddling
through.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
DARLING NELLY GRAY"
(New York Tilnes)

Today is the seventy-fifth ami
versary of the death Of Benjamin
Russell Handy of Ohio. once famous
as composer of songs. He was a
sophomore at Otterbein College In
1856 when he wrote Darling Nelly
Gray" his most popular compost
ton. In the late Fiftles and Six
ties-and we don't know for how
much longer-it was sung all over
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

ing the writed to-
say that thou.
sands can think
for one who can
act. But what he.
says is that thou
sands can think
for one who can
see. VISION is one
of the rarest Of
gifts. The world
is full Of men Of
action. The uni
versities are
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

lC11C1I1 Dill kJDuA4OAAAS NNAAA |%4A.
Since then Mr., Powell has been
severely criticized by the Supreme
Court and put on the grill before
the Naval Affairs Committee in
connection with the construction
of the Sea Otter.
And last week, the President Of
the United States, after admitting
that the Sea Otter had not been
given a fair trial, icily remarked
to Senators Gillette Of Iowa and
Brewster Of Maine:
Apparently the Secretary Of
the Navy has lots of confidence
In the judgment Of Mr.. Powell"
POWELL'S RECORD
To get the background, you have
to begin with the last war when
Powell in 1917 was vice-president
Of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding
Company and when the Govern
ment, desperately in need of ships,
asked Bethlehem to build them.
Powell at that time made bid
of $119,750,000 on troopships and
tankers which the U. S. Shipping
Board protested as arbitrary"
and upon which his company sub
sequently made profit of $24,-
100000 or % per cent, with. as
Justice Frankfurter expressed 1t,
absolutely no risk Of loss"
Justice Frankturter also took
notice of PoWells friendship with
Charles Piez, manager of the U.
S. Fleet Corporation.
Relations between Powell and
Piez were very close" Justice
Frankfurter said. 'PieZ, as Powell
knew, had bad no shipbuiIding eX-
perience whatsoever, had implicit
confidence in Powell's integrity
and was accustomed to look TO
him for information and assist
ance with respect to matters of
Shipbuilding."
The lush cost-plus contract
which Powell negotiated for
Bethlehem in 1917 subsequently
was challenged by the Justice De-
partment and after years of iti-
cation finally was decided this
year by the U. S. Supreme Court.
Long before the Supreme Court
ruled, however, Frank Knox had
ample means of checking up on
Joe Powell. For lower court
compared Powell's shipbuilding
deal with daylight robbery" and,
referring TO him, mentioned "the
famous Rob Roy distinction who
admitted he was a rObber but
proudly proclaimed he was no
thief"
Despite all this, however, the
Secretary of the Navy appointed
Joe Powell to the important job
of his assistant.
SEA OTTER MYSTERY
Since then. the Senate Naval
Affairs Committee has hauled Joe
Powell before it, with some highly
interesting results in connection
with the Sea Otter.
The Sea Otter is the name
given to a new transport ship Or
iginated by Commander Hamilton
Bryan. 1t is small, low in the
water SO 1t will not be a good
submarine target, and is powered
by Is automobile engines. The
propeller is in the center of the
ship SO that the steel plates
around the stern don't have to
be of specially shaped steel. And
the auto engines can be produced
on the assembly line in no time.
Thus the ship is speedy Of
construction and speedy afloat.
However, those around the
Secretary of the Navy didn't
want TO build the ship - until
finally the President himself i'm
tervened. Then she was placed
under the somewhat reluctant
n -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

no more petty
S q u a b b ! e S.
E v e r y t In g
honey sweetness
and lovely CO.
operation aimed
at the sole OBJ
jective Of win
ming the war.
You get up on
a bright spring
morning In
w aShin 6 t on,
Allied with high
resolve to do
good, call atten-
ton to the great
4I,innc that urn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
GOD GIVE US sEERs
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. d. d.

GOD GIVE US SEERS
Ruskin once wrote, Hundreds can
talk for one who can think; thou
sands can think for one who can
see."
The last clause comes as some
thing of a surprise. We are expect
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

A sincere salute from America to the
CT O, and the A. F. of L. for offering to
give up holiday and Sunday double pay
for the duration. That was the patriotic
think to do, the kind of action that wins
wars. Now let's have some comparable
concessions from those who have been
loudly criticizing double pay.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

@. what are the requirements
for q town or village to have city
delivery mail service established?
A. Any city or village having
adjusted postal receipts Of ct least
$4,000 for the preceding fiscal year,
and having q population Of 1850 or
more residing within territory pos
sessing good continuous sidewalks,
paved streets, house numbers, street
light and sign, and mail receptacleS
or door slots. The territory must ale
so be so percent improved with
houses.
O. How much candy ls sold In
the United States annually and
what is the per capita consump-
ton?
A. The sale Of confectionery in
1910 was approximately 1850, 000, 900.
pounds, and. the estimated value
was 1856 million, dollars. The per
capita consumption was 1853 pounds.
q. Which three submarines OF
different countries sank within one
month in 1889 or 1910?
A. The U. S. submarine SqualuS
sank May %, 1899 off Portsmouth,
N. H.; the British Thetis sank June
/ in test dive in the Irish sea;
AID the French Phenix sank June
IS in a test dive off Indo-China.
@. What Is the origin Of the ex.
preston "up to snuff?
A. Snuff and sniff are from tbs
same Anglo-Saxon root, meaning
ito SMELL" Cup to snuff" means
having q keen sense Of smell, that
Is, fully aware Of what is going on.
@. Who was the first man TO
fly into the stratosphere?
A. Captain Hawthorne @. Gray
U. 8. Army balloonist, who scared
more than 8 miles in an open basket
on May 4, 1927. On November 4 Of
the same year, he attained about
the same height, again In an open
basket, but when his balloon re-
turned to earth he was dead from
the effects Of the rarefied air.
Q. What Is Jack Benny's real
name?
A. John Kubelsky.
EDITORS MOTEL you are
DESTROYS Of securing this weeks
booklet, 'TNTERIOR DECORA-
TONS" address F. M. Kirby, De-
partment 8-1O0, Waterbury DEM
Ocrat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir.
tenth Street. Washington, ID. c.
with 10 cents to cover postage
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
''4e was struck over the head"
Is . phrase commonly used,
but, since there IL no part Of
the body over (abOve) the
head, the only meaning
would be that he was mot
struck Mt all Say 'struck On
the head"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
: NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Unity Should
Begin Along
The Potomac
BY PETER EDISON
WATERBURY Democrat Washington
Correspondent

washington, March 3O-All right,
Wen have unity. Nice, big, fine, pa
triotic unity. No more politics for
the duration. No more selfishness,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
What's Your To-?
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to back
mage for the answers.

test QUeStOnS6 4UEn 70 BSCA
page for the answers.
/. Name the recently appointel
government leader Of the House q
Commons.
2. The four provinces, TranSvaaA
Cape Of Good Hope, Orange Free
State, and Natal, comprise whica
country?
3. New York City is the capital
of New York State: true or false2
4. OF which novel was Scarlete
OHara the heroine?
5. What famous passenger hne<
was sunk on her maiden voya@
from England to America?
6. A flying buttress is an archis.
tectural device, a prehistoric bir6
or an old name for q hoop skirt?
Z. Which state next to Nevads
has the smallest population?
8. A man has more bones than q
woman; true or false?
Q. What doctrine gives the Uni
versalist church its name?
10. What fruit grew in the Gar
den of HeSperides?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
Washington Merry Round
Sea Otter Revolutionary Cargo ship Gets the Run Around
Built Of Joe Powell Had Unusuo Launching
And Powell Before the SenOtes Navel COMMITTEES
He was Involved Shpbudng Deal During the First War

to Of h Nav
Secretary
Powell president the Beth
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

always pointed out by the man OF
vision.
Many can talk: fewer can think;
fewer still can see.
(All Rights Reserved. Babson News
paper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30
Daily Almanac

Moon sets $40 a. m. (war time).
Sun rises 6:4l a. m; sets 7:l3 p. m. (war
tme).
All vehicles must be lighted thirty min
utes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

q. What are the most important
raw material supplies to the Allies
endangered by Japan's attack IN
the Far East?
A. Rubber, tin, chrome, hemp,
and to q limited extent, sugar.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

q. Please name the twenty-six
United Nations.
A. United States, Great Britain,
Soviet Russia, China, Australia, Bel
GUM, Canada, Costa RIGA, Cuba
Czecho- Slovakia, Dominican Re-
public, Ell Salvador, Greece, Guat-
emala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Lux
emboure Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Norway, Panama Poland.
South Africa, and Yugoslavia.
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Questions
and ANSWERS
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q. At what time Of day was
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
A. January so, 1882, at s:AS .. m.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-30

@. What Is Jack Benny's real
name?
A. John Kubelsky.
Evening star., 1942-04-11

Alexandria, II was stated today. A
furnished home II open to the pub
lie. The houses are built by the
Monticello Corp, and designed by
j. H. Abel.
Evening star., 1942-04-11

New Homes Near c Completion
Eleven new homes OF functional
modern architecture are nearing
completion in Monticello Estates,