The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
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On Page g of ...- ~..- the Bulle tin BILL GARRlGUs startled farmers discovered the bulk of the page devoted to an exhaustive study concerning the racial origins of the folks who extract milk from cows in Con- necticut, and who try to get a fair price for the fluid through membership in the CMPA. This article is signed by someone nam- cd Samuel Kostelefsky who is advertised as . former agent for the Jewish Agricultural Society. trut the last we heard, Sammy was on WPA, supposedly properly certified for relief. Before that, sam held 8 job under the Reset clement group and, some years ago, he worked from his pitch in Rockville as one of the census people. The WPA recently paid Sam's fare to Washington, but we haven't heard for what purpose. Anyway, this accomplished auth ority endeavors to explain cow ownership and milk production in terms of the ethnic origin of the dairymen.
 MT. Kostelefsky evidently re- ceived payment for :ilis contribu- ton and it should, therefore, be of some value to the simple far- mers who are paying for the Bul- letin. Some of Sam's figures on cows are reported to be from the "1935 census of agriculture" other figures are based on 1887 data. While we realize that such an exhaustive study, even though subsidized by funds appropriated by the federal government for relief purposes, takes time, we are shocked that the Bulletin prints such out-dated news. After all, Sam, COWS have calves almost every year, and lots of cows are sold for beef. New COWS are bought and farm ownership changes. It's a little risky passing data on such material as might have been gathered in 1885. Gosh, we even lost lost of COWS in that 1888 hurricane, Sam! This is 1940!
 And if we accept these tables and figures and the KOstelefsky interpretation of ethnic origin, (Sam calls it "composition'), of c. M. P. A. membership, what does 1t mean? What trend is this social minded unsuccessful farmer trying to prove? And when he has proven 1t Who cares?
 Maybe Sam is trying to show us country folk that farm ownership is no longer largely Anglo Saxon? Well, we've known that for years. Sometimes we even sell farms to New Workers, and they make good citizens, once we show them the way around haystack. Maybe Sam hopes to prove that COWS don't care who owns them? That's nothing new. We have known that for years, too. Cows are one of the lower forms of animal life even goats have more sense.
 What Sammy KOstelefsky might have done to better advantage would be an analysis of the racial origins of the officers and direc- tors of the Connecticut Milk Pro- ducers' Association. Sammy would have been surprised to have noted that almost without exception, his people or the, people from any other ethnic group turn to the Old-time Yankee of Anglo Saxon blood for leadership. We've got ali kinds, here in Connecticut, and some of them arrived without any invitation from either agriculture or industry, but they take their orders from the old timers. The Yankee, assisted at times by a few Irish policemen, runs Connecticut and he will continue to show less- CT people the way for some years tO come.
 Ethnic groping, wistful figuring, social mouthings, cannot alter the fact that our best citizens of all races seek their guidance from groups just like the c. M. F. A. from groups organized and directed by honest, s.raight-tor- ward folks of Anglo-saxin blood lines.