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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Not So Long Ago

Figures of the State Budget Director show that Connecticut may expect a net surplus of about $9 ,OOO, 900 in the general fund as of June 30, 1942. This is very fine showing for the past year and cer- tainly is encouraging in times when tax prospects for the future are bit dis couraging. One other item in the brief accounting of the states business for the past year, not yet in final and official form, attracted this writer's attention. The states $25, 100000 bond issue of 1887 has been greatly reduced. Certainly after $8,000,000 is applied to it this year 1t should be away down.
 Under Connecticut statutes all but $1,000,000 of any surplus accruing at the end of fiscal year must be applied to reduction of the $25, ,OOO, 900 bond issue If the final figures do show a $9,000,000 net surplus for the past year, then the bonded debt reduction is going to be quite considerable Another year like the past one would probably mean that the entire bond issue could be retired. A year ago the net surplus as reported was just under $4,000,000, which meant, of course, a sizeable reduction in the bonded debt. All of which is more than interesting in view of the long time it took before the state would commit itself to this policy.
 The question of bond issue to defray institutional expansion was brought up about IS years ago and was so long de- bated that it was at least ten years after first serious efforts had been made that the legislative body approved the final financial arrangement. Whether this de- lay has been advantageous is matter of much debate. Certainly the capital outlay was much greater when finally made than it would have been if spread over period of years, although economic conditions might not have been so favor able. However, the state is indeed fortu- nate that this experiment indulged in i've years ago has so easily been handled, financially, to date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Second Front

Washington and London very properly are making an intense secret of what was meant by the agreement with Moscow to open up a second European front this wear. We haven't been told, and if we had, we should let Hitler and Hirohlto guess.
 It is fair to mention, however, as brake upon those who would rush too fast, that for every soldier at the front Tn this war 20 tons of equipment must be transported from source to battle-ground That is eight times the figure for World War I, which pressed us hard on the ShipDing front
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A few minutes later, the Presi- dent announced that he had de- cided to make his old friend Gov. Jimmy Alfred a federal judge.
 The incident is significant be- cause the most important Demo- cratic primary this summer so far as Roosevelt is concerned IS the Senatorial race in Texas in- volving his old freind Judge Jim- my Alfred and his political enemy "Pass-the- Biscuits Pappy" O. Daniel.
 The President is too busy with the recent catastrophies of the war to do anything much about politics, but the Texas situation is of special interest to him, not because of friendship, but be- cause ODaniel represents the iso- lationist group in the Senate which voted against various war preparation bills, and a victory over Alfred would be interpreted as 8 setback for his foreign policy. So the President is watching Texas and hoping the Axis won't have anything to crow about after the Texas primary. MERRY-GO-ROUND
 While top AFL and CIO chiefs are backing and filling on the question of uniting, the two or ganizations are working closely together in aiding the war pro. gram on the propaganda front. Using the short-wave faciliteis of Col. William Donovan's Office of Strategic Information, the CLOS American & Allied Relief Commit tee and the AFL's League for Hu- man Rights are daily broadcast ing effective programs to the workers in Nazi-conquered coun- tries.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Workers Needed

For want of about 15O workers, the farmers of Sheridan County, Wyoming, are considering blowing up a thousand acres of sugar beets from which 36,OOO sacks of sugar could be made. The near by Clearmont area needs 250 workers to avert similar danger.
 Business men are rallying to save the situation. Montana is negotiating with Washington to bring interned Japanese Americans from California to thin sugar beets fields there. Meanwhile more than a million persons are being supported on WPA, CCC and IVA rolls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Christ when He suffered on the cross. He came into the world not to help men conquer sin but to per- suade them to accept Him and al- low Him with His supernatural pow Iers to conquer 1t. The Bible tells us there is a cure for sin. We are not to regard ourselves as patients con- tinuously coming back to clinic for treatment; rather we are to regard ourselves as those whose opportun- ity and privilege it Is to be cured of this malady once and for all.
 As to the burden of self, we can be sure that so long as worry about ourselves, our future. our health, our position, our standing in the community, we can never really unleash our energy and get down to real business. The man who is al- ways on his own mind Is transfixed and fascinated. It is never until he puts the burden of self and the bur- den of sin where they belong, name ly, in Gods hands, that he will be able to do the work and live the life he should.
 All Rights Reservcd-Ba Babson News
 paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

Despite that quarrel = which continued for some time-John L. Lewis seems about to be en- ticed by Bill Hutchinson back into the arms of the American Fedora ton of Labor-from which he de- parted seven years ago scream ing vengeance and recriminations.
 Some other strange bedfelloWs are lined up with the New Deal hating Hutchinson in beckoning John l.. back to the AFL, namely New Deal-supporter Dan Tobin, head of Teamsters Union: and AFL namely
 AFL vice president Matt Woll, who never has got over his thwarted ambition to the AFL president.
 The Tobin- WolI- Hutchinson scheme, according to insiders, is so sneak John l.. into the AFL by the backdoor route, namely by vote of the Executive Council, in which they are potent big-shOts, and which has the the power to expel or welcome back.
 This backdoor route would avoid an embarrassing debate on the floor of an AFL convention, when certain uncontrolled delegates might sound off against Lewis and jar the atmosphere of joy with which his allies want to well Come the prodigal son home. TWO MOTIVES
 Insiders attribute two motives to the Tobin- n-Hutchinson-W -Woll combine.
 Tobin is said to want Lewis back because that would be the most effective way to bring the AFL and CIO together. The teamster boss long has been 8 sincere ad- vocate of unity, and in the days of bitterest AFL-CIO squalling, he maintained amicable relations
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with both. Also, he and Lewis are personal friends of many years standing.
 Hutchinson and Woll are credit ed with a different motive. They bitterly hate the CIO and insid- CTS say they see Lewis return to the AFI as 8 body blow to the CIO. They want no peace ex- cept a complete CIO surrender. INNER QUALMS
 Meanwhile the prospect of hav- ing stormy -petrel Lewis back in their midst is causing some other AFL chiefs sleepless nights. They are far from enthusiastic about it..
 Chief among the sleepIess is William Green, whom Lewis made president when he couldn't muster the votes to get it him. self. In recent years they have called one another every name in the book.
 Green is so uneasy about hav- ing John L. return that he se- cretly asked C1O president Phil Murray to intercede with Tobin to lay off.
 So when the showdown comes in the AFL executive council, the Tobin- -Hutchinson-Woll combine, powerful as 1t is, may not find their coup so easy. Lewis, per- sonally, is liked in the AFL no better than in the CIO.
 They know his penchant for showing others around. Plenty of them still nurse bruises. If they should get together, it is possible that Lewis won't be able to stage "prodigal son" act.
 NOTE = Years ago when their national headquarters were To- cated in Indianapolis, Lewis, To- bin and Hutchinson were known among laborites as the Indian apoliS gang.
 HE SILENCES ICKES
 Lacey Reynolds, smart young correspondent of the Nashville Tennessean and the Chicago Sun, was received with open arms when he called at the office of Secre- tary Harold Ickes after writing a story which gave the Interior boss big boost.
 "That was a swell story" beamed Ickes. "I have been at- tackled SO many times that your : words of praise almost rendered me speeches."
 To which Reynolds replied: "T guess I am about the only one in Washington who ever accomplished that result, MT. Secretary"
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 A business caller inquired of Jesse Jones: 'Mr. Jones, why don't you lend more money to little business?" "Because,' said Jesse in a confidential stage whisper, "they don't pay it back" .. New Deal GIamor Girl Evie Robert and Republican Senator Wiley of Wisconsin have a special waltz at which they are experts We're just waItzing paFtners,' explains Evie Gen. Arturo Espinosa, head of the Chilean mil |. itary mission in the U. s. A., is one of this country's most con- fident Latin American friends. Nothing can defeat the Unitet States" he tells other Latins. q have looked over it's defenses, iti defenses, its arms factories. It h bound to win."
 DEEP IN THE
 HEART OF TEXAS
 When F. D. Roosevelt wa. speaking at Wichita Falls on hi Texas trip in 1888, Harry B Crozier, then of the Dallas News now Unemployment Commission CT of Texas, was standing beside handsome Senator Tom Connall! and asked this question:
 Senator, who is the Presi-
 dent going to appoint federal
 judge down in the Southwest?" T don't know" replied Sens-
 tor COnnally, except that 1t
 isn't going to be that little stink CT Aired" 1tfl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Press Comment
CUPBOARD MOTOR GAS (New Britain Herald

One of the quirks of the gasoline rationing system is that the owner of an outboard motor boat can ob- tain all the gasoline he needs or wants for his craft.
 of gasoline by a motor boat does
 The idea Is that the consumption not wear out tires. The regulators believed boats have no connection with rubber.
 In this, as in so many other mat ters that have cropped up to be- devil the rationers, they overlooked the fact that nearly all outboard motor boat owners use automobiles to reach their boats. The awner of a boat may live from 20 to 30 miles from where it is moored; and the fact that he owns the contraption will induce him to make frequent trips to use 1t for pleasure.
 Of course, he is not supposed to obtain sufficient gasoline for such pleasure driving to his motor boat. That's true to a certain extent. but not if the outboard motor boat owrl- CT happens to be the possessed of Q B-3 or x card.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
Selected Poem
REVEILLE

 (Belle S. Mooney in the Hartford T1mes) WSy be afraid, O, fellow-man? Why fear the nations fight? Oh, never-has the dawn yet failed To dissipate the night! Externally the spring has come To follow winters blight, And evermore the fertile fields Yield food for human plight. Why should we shirk the shallow test The small tasks we can do? Honor has never counted loss Of labors slight or few. They're naught beside the sacrifice Our boys now make for you. And never more can we repay These heroes brave and true. While all the worlds a-flame? Why do We wish for ease and rest Oh, never yet has loyalty Such message to acclaim! With our good earth in dauntless will For neither self nor fame, But Victory to win for each, Defending life and honored name.
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lobbyists will be able to sell Con- gress 8 bill of goods with an argument to run about like this:
 Before the war, q 6 m e s tic beet sugar production was restricted to protect the cane sugar interests of H 8 W a 1 1, the Philippines, Puer- to Rico, Cuba and the West Indies, and Latin Amer ica generally. All
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Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
 i. Name the Russian foreign com missar who recently visited the White House and discussed plani for opening a second front.
 2. Who is commander-incllfef q the U. s. Pacific fleet?
 3. The highest officer of a regi. ment is usually a captain, a major. or a colonel?
 4. What is the title of the pulp Nshed report of the proceedings of the United Sttaes Congress?
 5. Do American women who marry aliens lose their citizenship 6. Is Al Capone confined in an in- stitution, or is he free?
 2. Which of Shakespeare's plays ends with 8 fourfold wedding?
 8. Over which country did "the House of Hanover" rule?
 g. What was the professional name of the screen star who re- gently became Lady Korda?
 10. Which state touches only one other?
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o. What was the average length of training that U. s. soldiers re- ceived before actual combat service in World War l?
 A. The average soldier who fought in France had 6 months training in the United States, and 2 months overseas before entering the line, and one month in quiet sector before going into battle.
 @. Who is head of the Salvation Army?
 A. General George L. Carpentes is the international head, and his headquarters are at Queen Victoria Street, London, England. Commis- sioner Edward J. Parker, 122 w. 14th Street, New York, N. r., is national secretary and head of the Salvation Army in the United States.
 o. Who originated the phrase. Give me liberty, or give me death?"
 A. Patrick Henry closed speech in the Virginia Convention, March, 1775, saying: 'Is life so dear, or peace SO sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! know not what course others may take, but as for me. give me liberty, or give me death"
 @. Did the Belgae of Caesars "Gallic Wars" occupy the present country of Belgium? A. In part. They were group of German and Celtic tribes, liv- ing in the region extending from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rhine, and from the Marne and Seine to the southern mouth of the Rhine. Their range was larger than modern Belgium.
 e. Has the life of Francois Villon ever been portrayed on the screen? 1 A. If l Were King" by Justin Huntly Mccarthy, based on the ad- ventures of Francois Villon, was filmed in 1930 as "The Vagabond l 1A11lk, WlL14 0CA44Ao 3A4446 dl4A0 OC0AA cite Macdonald, and again in 1888 under the original title, starring Ronald Colman and Francis Dee. ''The Beloved Rogue" with John Barrymore and Marceline Day, produced in 1927, was also based on the life of Villon.
 o. What is an agelast, and how Is the word pronounced?
 A. One who never laughs. It is pronounced in three syllables, - aj'e-last.
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Current Comment

~As the year advances all German cities, harbors and centers of war production will be subjected to an ordeal the like of which never has been experienced by any country in continuity, severity or magnitude.
 Winston Churchill
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in helping us bear
 these burdens B e fore He will help us bear any burdens He re- quires us to put these two burdens absolutely upor Him and forget about them.
 The burden oi our sins was once for all assumed by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
FUEL FOR FEUD

One factor that will lend support to the cause of the cane sugar peo- pie is the theory of the information al new dealers and free traders that in this perfectly planned postwar world, there must be no interna- tional trade barriers and the world s Igoods must be equitably divided and supplied so that every producer country and every consumer coun- try can do business. Applying those broad principles to the sugar indus try means that the Philippines, Hawaii, and Cuba, built largely on sugarcane producing economy, should be given every opportunity to develop their Number One in- dustry to the fullest extent. And the selfish interests of the beet sugar people may have to take back seat to that. All this will add political fuel to the coming feud.
 Just how much more important is the role of beet sugar can be tgauged by U. s. consumption and production figures. In 1941, beet sugar production was approxi- mately IT million tons, or 25 per cent of the 6.7 million ton total For 1942, the estimates are that beet sugar will furnish two mil- lion tons, of 40 per cent of the 4.3 million ton total.
 This 4.3 million tons estimaed U. s. consumption is little more | fhnIA ha1f Nf fhn NNNAI11afinvN *h a f would be available for U. s. con- sumption if there were no war, if there were no shipping problem, if there were no stocks to be shipped abroad by Lend-Lease.
 
 West Indies ports are bulging with raw sugar waiting for boats and sugar people all over the western hemisphere are sitting up nights, trying to figure out ways to increase shipments. Ships aren't running to the usual refinery ports of Baltimore, Boston, New York and Philadelphia. instead, there are quick trips from the West Indies to Florida ports. But every shipload of raw sugar dumped at a southern port means approximately one 60- car freight trainload to be hauled north, and that's strain on the country's already straining trans portation system. Also, rehandling twice, and costly rail transportation, has to be added to the price of sugar per pound.
 SUGAR
 BY BARGE
 U. s. Maritime Commission has come forward with one experimen1 tal effort which may help in ship Iping sugar. This Is the award of 8 contract for 30 wooden barges, 30 feet long, capable of carrying 1000 tons of sugar from Cuba to U. S ports. Towed by ocean-going tugs these barges can make one turn laround trip week. The whole fleet might thus carry 30,000 tons o1 sugar week or up to Is million tons year, which would help.
 Practically, the barges offer s good risk. They are of shallow draft, and torpedoes might skir under them. They are poor targets for smelling, for though they move slowly, they could easily radio theil positions on these short trips anc summon bombing planes that would be death on any submarine tha would make a surface attack. I sunk-well, loss of a dooden barge and 1000 tons of sugar isn't like tht loss of a Liberty ship and 10,00t tons of sugar.
 War Production Board and Of lice of Defense Transportation have their eyes on these barges, too and if it Is more important tha something else be hauled, on inlant or other waterways, the sugar won Imoye,
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Beet and Cane
 Boys Plan Battle Of The Sweets
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Sugar bag instead of sandbag for- tifications are now being erected for an all-out postwar war between beet sugar interests on the one hand and cane sugar interests on the other, and the opposing lobbyists are stalking out their alliances and battle line in Washington. Conflict apparently will stem from the in- creasing wartime reliance the coun- try is having to place on beet sugar. Cane sugar interests are afraid that when the war is over the beet sugar
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Questions
 and Answers
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 e. How many planes are included in a U. 8. Army Air Force Squad ron?
 A. From l2 to IS. There are 3 or 1 planes in flight"
 @. What law permitted the United States to seize the former French liner Normandie?
 A. The seizure was made under the law of angary, which permits a belligerent to commander, on payment of fair compensation, veS- sels of other nations which may help in its war effort. The State Department announced that ade- quate compensation would be paid to the owners. At the same time, the department disclosed, the United States had previously been regotiat- ing with France for purchase of the Normandie. The French wer willing to sell, 1t was said, but U. s. entry into the war against the Axis ren- dered impracticable proposed con- ditions for payment.
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right, look what it got you. As soon as the war came along, shipping was shot and you had to ration supplies. Also, you had to step up beet sugar production. Why not get smart and prevent a crisis of that kind developing again Why not shut out all this imported sugar, develop the home industry, put idle hands to work, or reduce the acreage now producing too much cotton, corn and wheat, develop the domestic beet sugar industry as an outlet for post war employment? In short, why not write yourself insurance against any possible sugar Shortages?"
 This is an old line, but it is not without its saccharine political sex appeal. The cane sugar lobby recog- nizes the potency of the argument, and is scared. And when the so-call- ed sugar trust lobby in Washington is scared, that's something. It has been damned and branded, from the White House and Department of Agriculture on down, as the most vicious and pernicious of all Hobbies, so the coming struggle between the beet and the cane should be intra- industrial strife at its competitive tops.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.
PLACE BURDENS WHERE
 THEY BELONG

There are two burdens no man can bear, and burdens, furthermore, God never intends us to bear. The first is the burden of sin; the sec ond, the burden of self. The Bible tells us that God has no interest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Of no avail Is properly used only with some form of the verb be; otherwise the phrase should be to no avail. "His attempt was of no avail" ''He tried, but to no avail"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-08
A Thought for Today

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LOrd.-PsaIms 4:5.
  What good see humby seek to do, and live Obedient to the law, in trust that what will come, and must come, shall come well-Edward Arnold.
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Washington Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PEAR s O N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

Bully B Hutchinson Heods Move Bring Lewis Bok to AFL Say He Sees Chonee DeoI Stunning Blow at CO Tobn Approves PIon But Effective Step Lobor Unity Lewis Foes However Moy Put the Hook Prodgo Son. Act sts
  the Carpent
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