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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
Are You a Parasite?

That's the question that President
Franklin D. Roosevelt was allowed to
voice the other day in Washington news
papers. 1t was a headline for a story that
Mr.. Roosevelt had given out al his press
conference and his only stipulation was
that he be allowed to head it. The head
ing above was carried in most of the
Washington papers, since it was supposed
to apply to Washington in particular. The
idea behind the query is to clear the decks
for action down in the nations Capital.
There is tremendous amount of work
to be done in winning the current war
and it never will be SO long as govern
mental channels are clogged up with
lot of dead wood and onlookers. Washing
ton Is not going to be closed to visitors
on legitimate business nor to sightseers,
but it Is closed to great galaxy of would
be Americans who are down there now
seeking to show our officials how it
should be done. There are a lot of
kibitzers who have no business in Wash
ington other than their natural curiosity
and desire to be on the scene of the most
activity.
Actually they do no good in Washing
ton, but their presence means less room
for those actually doing the work in the
hotels and rooming houses and r.stau-
rants Facilities long ago were taxed by
an upward surge in federal employment.
They could have some of the pressure re-
moved were the "dead-heads" in the Cap
ital to HE themselves elsewhere They
probably could do some worthwhile tasks
in their own home communities and that
certainly is the place for them now. In
cidentally the same question might be
voiced in many places today. Don't be a
parasite in wartime. Make yourself
part of community effort to win the war.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
Press Comment.
FOR A BIG SCRAP PILE
New York Sun)

To help In conservation OF metal
the Motor Vehicle Commissioner
of New York State is preparing a
bill that will empower the state
to ask for return Of 194l automo-
bile license plates early next year.
The use OF plates only on the rear
of cars in 1912 will also save an
other 1000 tons Of steel. AS moth
ing seems more useless to the av-
erage motorist than his discarded
plates, it should be easy to arrange
for the return OF neariy all plates
now on cars. .5
The scheme Is likely to encourage
the conserving of metal IN many
other forms. What household has
not stored away In the attic, the
cellar or the garage the broken
frame OF an old bicycle, an out
NODDED clothes iron, badly denied
rubbish pals, discarded motor tire
rims, several lengths of brass pipe,
a toy express wagon minus wheel
or two, broken metal lawn chairs
and variety Of other metal
things that get in dads way when
he stokes the furnace or thinkers
with the car? The aluminium pot
collection Of last summer was
hardly more than a promising be-
ginning to what could be made
drive for metal junk that would
produce the biggest scrap pile in
the history Of the world.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

You are leaking about Mr.. r :.
who lives right around the corner
from us. He's that kind OF a man.
A man can be said to be living
a pretty successful spiritual life II
he has impressed a neighbor boy
In such fashion. We can imagine
this man Lad had his trials with
the boys Of the neighborhood, as
older folk always do. But IN spite
of 1t all. he had impressed one boy
at least with his kindness, for
bearancc. and good cheer. AS The
teacher described Jesus, the Master
OF men. the boys thoughts turEed
To the man In his block whose life
seemed to embody these qualities.
Goodness Is a very simple mat
ter, and because 1t Is, the simple
and naive minds of children are
quick to comprehend 1t. Jesus loved
children and children loved Him.
And undoubtedly the reason was
that His goodness was so simple
and unconcealed, so fortnight and
cheerful, that even the little ur-
ci.ins OF Capcrnaum and Jerusa-
lem saw ard understood.
Gall Rights Deserved Babson
Newspaper Syndicate)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

Appointment Of Derby's city court
Judge John j. O'Connell, to the post OF
Fifth Congressional District Compensa-
ton Commissioner is being construed in
various lights up and down the Manga
tuck Valley No one has questioned the
ability of Judge O'Connell for the post;
there's not doubt but what he is well
qualified for the job and will handle it as
well as those who have occupied the Of
flee in the past But everyone wants 70
know the political reasons behind the APP
pointment, if there are such. Coming SO
soon after the special congressional cleo
ton, it might easily be construed as an
obvious effort on the part OF state leaders
to bolster up Democratic support IN the
lower end Of the valley, strangely missing
in the election.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

The housing question is coming to the
fore again in Waterbury. The city's Fair
Rent Committee is still functioning and
evidently Mayor Vincent A. Scully sees
some cause for the one-time Housing Au-
thority to become active again. Without
some explanation from our chief execu"
tive we don't see how this can be con-
strued as an admission of serious housing
difficulties here in Waterbury. OF course,
there are plenty of problems; everyone
knows that who wants to move from one
location to another Rents are hard to
get and when one is available there are
usually a dozen applicants before the
change has been made. We hope before
the city commits itself to further housing
adventures, if it actually does, that it will
be better able to protect itself than it
seemed to do in the recent dealings with
Uncle Sam over our present federal hcas-
ing units.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
Questions
and Answers


YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
The Waterbury Demsefst's Ser.
vice Bureau win answer for ysu
free, any question u fact OF in-
formation, not involving extern
sive research. Write your gues.
ton clearly. sign name and ad-
dress, enclose . three cent postage
stamp. Medical or legal advice
cannot be given. Address Water
bury DeLiocrats Washington Ser
Vice Bureau. 1913 Tkirteenth
Street, Washington. d. c.
q. Did Winston Churchill take
actual part In the fighting during
World War I?
A. Yes, in 1915 he was lieuten.
ant colonel. commanding the 6tt
Royal Scots Fisiliers In France, ana
was awarded medals for bravery In
action.
@. What was the construction cost
of the Singapore naval base?
A. About $50 COO. 900. 1t Is cap.
able of accommodating the entire
British fleet.
@. What Is the significance Of
the term "Sundowner" as applied to
an officer In the United States
NaVy2
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
1t Never Will Be Missed

II they take the tin out of the pennies,
as the Mint now plans to do, the chances
are that nobody will be much disturbed.
Personally, we didn't know there was any
tin in a penny AS for taking all the
nickel out of the nickel, and making that
coin out of silver and copper, that will
probably cause very little perturbation,
either.
Unless people started calling the nickel
= copper or silver as result of it's new
composition. Even so, the only kind of
nickels people are likely to prove reluct-
ant to take are wooden ones.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

Tall, trigger tempered FEC
Chairman Lawrence Fiy has done
Il lot of loud talking about his
radio monitoring system; how
alert it is in detecting enemy
messages, etc, etc.
The real inside fact is that
there is a lot more talk than
substance to Fly's claims.
The FEC monitoring system
could stand considerable improve
ment and enlargement. Belated-
ly some of this is now being done,
but it should be done much fast
or and on a larger scale than it
is.
For military reasons, details
of the weaknesses Of Fly's moni-'
tcring system can not be dis
cussed. But there are plenty
of them. The U. S. is vast and
1t is fighting a grim war on
two even greater oceans. Also,
the enemy Is highly skilled and
cunningly resOurceful. The ut
HOSL Wig IldhCC - ItCuCu W
cope with him. Fly's monitor
ing system has a lot of loop
holes that need plugging up
fast.
Also, Fly's squeamishness about
infringing on civil liberties"
could stand some wartime over
hauling. 1t didn't come out in
the published report, but the
Pearl Harbor Beard OF Inquiry
was informed that the FEC re-
fused to allow Intelligence au-
thorities to obtain copies of cable
and radio messages sent by the
Jap consulate in Honolulu to
Tokyo.
When the consulate was raided
after the sneak attack and Its
papers seized, numerous messages
we're found which when decided
contained detailed information
about U. S. naval and army sig
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

joyed the delicacy hugely, par
ticularly special sauce that
came with 1t, which had strong,
heady flavor.
The luncheoners tasted 1t,
shifted 1t, and then a howl of
laughter shook the table.
For they had discovered that,
while their host was at that
moment belaboring John Bar
leycorn on the Senate floor, the
meal he was rendering them
was richly seasoned with wine.
In fact, as one of the chefs who
helped prepare 1t later admit
ted, the sauce contained not one
wine, but two-port and sherry.
NOTE: The w in ODaniel's
name stands for Wilbert.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Proud possession Of Russian
Ambassador Litvinoh and his wife
is an autographed photo OF the
British King and Queen. Mrs.
Litvinoff is an Englishwonan. I.
While some other aircraft Arms
are baking at employing Negroes,
AGA Aviation Corporation of
Pennsylvania has as one OF its
top engineers Douglas Watson, a
young Negro mechanical genius.
President of the company is Vir--
gil H. Frazier, born and reared in
Alabama. Gerard Swope, re-
tired head OF General Electric,
has gone to work for the govern
ment as an assistant to Secre-
tary Henry Morgenthau. Swope
will act as Morgenthau's liaison
with the Lend-Lease Administra-
ton. t.>
Copyright, 1912. by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

And there is school of thought in the
party that subscribes to the theory that
it was intended to be rebuke to Water
bury Democrats for their part in the cleo
ton. We doubt this, because anyone
studying the returns can see that If Wa
terbury had followed the course OF vot-
ing elsewhere throughout the district II
would have been Talbot Walk-over. Wa
terbury's margin of victory for Monagan
was all that kept him in the fight.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02


Pleced together from f,inloma-
tic intelligence tho story can now
be told of Hitler's greatest error
II is the main reason whv ha has
begged dwon so disastrouslv in
Pussia
Chiefly responsible was Foreiyr
Minister Won Rihhentyon fhe
energetic ex-chamnaIono salas-
man. who has become one Of Hit
ler's closest confidents Timer
most in Won Ribbentron,s nnliti.
cal PHILOSOPHY is hatred Of soviet
Russia. and late last Novemher
he persuaded Hitler to make one
final push against Moscow The
General Sta n was <,aad orai,st -
They contended that tho canturr
of Moscow was not Significant
from a military noinf Of view and
that with deepeninp snow II would
be diff1cult to get bv Moscow's
vast fortifcations
Ribbentrcn however had al.
ready summoned a conference
Of the anti Communist coun-
tries for RerI,n e.rlv IN NJ
cember and he wanted the can
tire ~ Moscou ~ hc,d hssnr.
the delegates as S.loma s.rv.S
Johr tbe Rant;st's h.aS hnfor.
King HeroL
a. HITLER caet ,ds ,,ocis,o,,
with his Fore,on M,nister
Rut IN tho Effort IT, taLe Moo
cou tho r.ern,r Co,araI Ctor
had IN remove civ Sivisinns frnn,
Rostov in H. cri,nea Tharo ,.as
no time tn hri,,a rai, foroar,e n:
fro,o T.arran,, DC von I,thisa,,
trop insisted upon victory before
the anti-Communist meeting in
Berlin.
Result was that the Russians,
taking advantage Of the fact
that Rostov was left relatively
unguarded, took this key city.
Moreover, they did 1t just rs
the anti Communists were
meeting in Berlin. 1t created
havoc among the delegates. In
stead Of celebrating the down
fall Of Moscow. some Of the
delegates, especially the Ru-
manian. Bulgarian, and those
along the border Of Russia,
signed the document with
strong misgivings.
This was Hitler's first major
mistake from the point Of view
of military tactics and one from
which he has never recovered.
For the Russians, taking advan-
tage of 1t, have kept steadily
pounding at the heels of the NaZi
army.
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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
Selected Poem

TREATY
Orchard Armour in the New York SUM
I wish that I could sign pact
Some day with my digestive tract,
A non aggression treaty
Complete accord and lasting love.
Then I would pledge myself TO shun
All nightly snacks at twelve or one,
All salads with cucumber in,
All potions redolent of gin,
All pastries OF the species which
Are dangerously over-rich.
Oh. such pact I'd gladly sign
With that digestive tract Of mine,
But then doubt that 1t could be
Made to negotiate with me,
For it has reason to be sure
I'd not respect my signature.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

always thought OF
others, whose one
desire was to be
pleasing to God,
W h o sought not
TO advance him
self but to help
others. Suddenly
one Of the boys
raised his h a n d
and said: II know
W h o GU ar C
speaking a b o u t,
Miss Thurstoa.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Lowdown
On The New
Production Setup
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COrresuOndent

Washington. February 2-Donald
M. Nelson. new boss and chair
man OF WPB-the war production
board which should not In any
sense be confused with WPA--has
shown his hand and 1t looks good.
Revealing his organization and
his reorganization OF the now dead
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

A. An officer who insists that hiA
men return from shore leave al
shutdown.
O.. May more than one person APP
ply for a single patent7
A. Yes, provided they are In real
ity the joint inventors. II one Il
merely the financial hacker he cam
not apply. Only the actual inventor
or inventors can apply for q patent
A financial lDrtner may securs
rights in advance Of the issuance OF
patent by executing deed Of as
signment drawn In sucn way that
the patent will issue with hts name
as well as the inve. tors. A patent
SO issued has the same force and
effect as II granted to joint invcn-
tors. ISL
@. What grand opera has only
three characters?
A. La Cerva Padrona" by Perg.
olesi. Only two Of the characters
have singing parts.
@. How are the designs produced
on Ice Kinks 50 that they are not i'll
injured Ky skates?
" A. In producing designs, the rink
is first covered with enough water
to make one-half inch Of ice. On
this the designs are painted with o
special water paint. Then more wa.
ter Is sprayed onto the rink until
several, inches Of Ice are produced
Transparency Of the Ice makes ~
designs clearly visible.
@. Is Joe Miller, author Of Joe
Miller's Joke Book" still living?
A. Joe Miller was a comedian
who lived In the reign of KIM
George I Of England and died IL
1913. OFF the boards he was excep.
tionally grave and taciturn. and
when a joke was made, his friends
would father it on him. HIS family
was left poverty stricken by his
death and John Motley was en-
gagged to gather all the stray jects
current about town and publish
them in Miller's name for their BEN
eft. Many editions Of joke books
bearing his name have been publish-
ed In the intervening years, and
probably none of the modern ones
contain any OF the original jests.
c.. When and where were rural
mail routes first, established?
A., Three. routes were designated
in West Virginia, one from Charles
ton, one from Uyilla and one from
Hslltown october !. 1896.
@. Are there, any States that do
not impose inheritance taxes?
A. Nevada Is the only 'one.
O.. How many consecutive, pay.
ments may horne-owner fail IA
meet before the lending institution
forecloses ON a home financed
through an r. H. "A. insured loan?
A.. The lending institution ma.
foreclose after the first or second
payment Is not met, and must FORE
close II thirteen consecutive pay
ments are not made.
EDITORS NOTE: II you are
DESTROYS Of securing this weeks
booklet, THE HAPPY FAMILY"
address r.. M. Kirby, Dept. 8-1o9,
Waterbury Democrat Service Blu
reau, 1913 Thirteenth st. WASH
ington. ID. C., with 10 cents TO
cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

OPM, Nelson also
reveals enough Of
his personal ideas
and his approach
to the job OF sup
plying the coun-
try for war TO
forecast some OF
the trends GU
may expect TO see
coming out Of his
Washington office.
In making his
blueprint for Or
ganizing war pro-
duction, N c Is o n
put In nearly a
full week of H.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

hour days. He consulted number
of the men he has named to top
posts in the new WPB set-up and
his personal -trusters", Sid
Weinberg. Cliff Hill and Eddie Locke
who become now his principal as
sistants. The plan as evolved Is
Nelson's own doing Summarizing
the trends that this Nelson plan re-
veals, the highlights may be pre-
sented like this:
There aren't any supermen. I'm
not one" says Nelson candidly.
mo one can foresee what the re-
lations OF the War Production Board
should be to the Army and Navy.
The present set-up is therefore an
interim organization" That means
further reorganization Is coming.
I'm not being melodramatic. Rev.
dictionary changes in organization
only bring delay" Nelson declares.
This accounts for the fact that
there aren't SO many new names and
faces In the WPB organization. In
spite of this ''go slow" attitude, Mel
son kicked the old OPM in the head,
swallowed the old priorities organic
alton in the new Division of In
dustry Operations under the former
associate priorities director j. S.
Knowlson, and let the production di-
vision take over the job of sub-con-
tracing and all the work Of the
contract distribution service which
was organized to aid small business
but didn't do the job because it did
MT have the authority to aid small
business.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

AOA sAAS esAsC"SASs .afs
l.. Hungary has, or has not de.
clared war on the United Statesf
2.fName the last Gear OF Russia.
B. william Tell Is. the legendary
hero OF which country2
4. What was the name Of the
white. child heroine In Uncle
Toms Cabin?
s.. What word is used to desig-
nate q hater OF women?
6. Easter is . movable feast
true or false?
The leaves Of pine trees ar.
called n - - s?
8. Hudson seal is the fur OF one
Of the following animals. dyed to
initiate the fur Of seals, Inuskrat.
rabbit, opossum. beaver?
8. Who composed 1.-THE Nut.
cracker Suite?
10. What Is a firth?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
Daily Almanac
Moon rises GAG p. IN.

Moon rises GAG p. IN.
rises 7:O2 a. M: sets $40 p. m.
hicles must be lighted thirty minutes
aftt pset.
Mo- phases-Full moon, Feb. l, 4:04 a.
m; las, parter, Feb. 8, 9:44 a. M. new moon,
Feb. Is, 4:54 a. m. first quarter, Feb. b.
1882 p. m.
Morning Satisfactorily, Venus; evening
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
When . person Is executed or
lynched by hanging, he Is
hanged, not hung. Hung b
used now for everything but
man.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL l.. DOUGLASS. d. d.
HE KNEW THE WAYS ~
OF TIE SPIRIT

OF The SPIRIT
A Sunday school teacher was once
trying to describe to group OF
children thu character OF Jesus.
She did not reveal the name of the
person she was describing, intend
Ing to do that at the end. But
she told them of a good man who
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
Washington Merry-Go-Ro
FEC Needs Plug Holes System Detecting Enemy
Baked Intelligence Efforts Get Spy
Won Rbbentrop Revealed for Hes Russian
DREW PEAR 8 o N
ROBERT 8. ALLEN

WASHINGTON
effcti thanit
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EDITORS NOTE: II you are
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What's Your |. O.?

Can YOU answer seven ee these
test questions? Turn TO back page
for the answers
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
A Thought for Today

Moreover II thy brother shall trespass against
thee, 20 and tell him his fault between thee
and him alone: he shall hear thee, thou hast
gained thy brother-Matthew 1915.
1t Is by presence Of mind In untried emer-
gences that the native mette OF man is
tested-Loweu
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02
HITLEK'S WORST ERROR

mails In the area and other vital
military data.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

A. An officer who insists that hia
men return from shore leave al
shutdown.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-02-02

q. Are there any States that do
not impose inheritance taxes?
3 A. Nevada Is the Z only zone.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26
Lille Doubt in Output

Anyhow. there can be LITTLE
doubt that the output Of wal
goods Is now really expanding Al
a rapid rate and that This VIII bc
more than sufficient 10 provide
employment for every able bodied
man and woman who C1n work
Doubtless il VIII turn oven tho
statistics UP again before long
The point most interesting and i'm.
portant 20 me is the rapid prog
ross now being made 10 strip the
nation for action.
To begin with. Nelson, head Of
tho war economy. seems 10 be
doing a good Job. lie Is driver
and j making war production
hum We are AZ last VOL on tho
way 10 making good as The ar
scnal Of democracy % Shiphulld-
ing is going ahead rapidly The
problen4-aES t.-.ai-pi Hff-~-t7r Tins
is being solved We may soon
expect 20 be holding our own in
he supply OF shipping 1neideh'
tally. the government Is about tc
buy the excessive inventories nj
metals. ctC. held hy some manu-
'3Curcrs. and 500 that The stuff
fairlS al.oca'"d
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-02-26
Hint Big Board
To Boost Rates

NEW YORK. Feb. 26 GNS).-
The New York Journal-Americar
reported in a special dispatch from
Washington that an increase ir
New York Stock Exchange com.
mission rates was indicated. fol.
lowing a meeting Of securities anc
exchange commission officials and
f. m | s c n r m. stock exchange
president.
The story added:
The higher rates will be placed
today before the New York mar
ket'S board Of governors.
While no information was OBJ
talnahle as 10 the new rateS-it
was Indicated the changes will
result IN an increase Of the dollar
revenue of the exchange heaScS
between 20 and p per cent.