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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Protecting Ford's Rights

Employers, too, have the right of free speech. The National Labor Relations Board is no more justified in gagging a man like Henry Ford than it is in deny ing freedom of speech to his workers, and the American Civil Liberties Union in- tends to go into court to uphold MT. Ford's rights. Announcement of the un- precedented action by the militant civil liberties body followed NLRB decree to silence Ford in a recent case involving the Ford Motor Go. plant at Somerville, Mass. The civil liberties group has an- nounced it will appeal from a ruling against the company in that case.
 "Let the employer talk all he wants to against the union," said Roger N Bald win, director of the civil liberties union. But the moment he says, If you join the union, I'll fire you,' that is coercion and therefore violation of the (Wagner Labor Relations) act" The efforts of the civil liberties union in behalf of Ford should meet with wide approval. The i'm partial attitude of this body in defense Of American rights should win for 1t in- creased respect among all classes of peo- ple.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

CTS apparently did not remember was that this survey was bor- rowed lock, stock and barrel
 from their own party-in fact,
 from Herbert Hoover.
 He started it as Secretary of Commerce under Coolidge, at which time the survey was ap- proved by many industrialists and trade groups.
 Since then, the survey, which is entirely voluntary, has met with whole-hearted response from the 1900 firms which Under-Secretary of Commerce Noble has asked to , cooperate.
 They recognize the need of comprehensive facts on the cur- rent state of business, as indi- cated by the flow of orders, sales, and the shifts in business inven- tories = information which has become all the more necessary since the sudden shifts of business caused by the war.
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Representative Frank Fries of Illinois, militant liberal leader, is privately conferring with AFL CIO leaders on a peace plan he has formulated. Under 1t a com- missioner, such as baseball czar Kenesaw Mountain Landis, would be selected by both sides to ad- indicate differences. If at the end of three years either side was dissatisfied, they could call 1t off and go their separate way Germans may be on short rations in Hitlerland, but on their pas- sage across the U. s. to San Francisco the crew of the scut'' tied s. s. Columbus lived like royalty. Train crews reported the men dining on turkey, while hun dreds of empty beer cans were taken off their cars.
 Copyright. 1940, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
. HlGHlIGHTS FROM
 LATEST BOOKS
Galileo's Career Real in Novel

If you're looking for real-life ad- venture and romance, spend an eve- ming or two with Calico, one of the worlds greatest scientists, in Zsolt de Harsanyi's thrilling novel, "The Star Gazer" (Putnam: $2.75).
 Harsanyi takes you from Cali leo's decision to forsake medicine for mathematics, to his death, a blind but undefeated old man of 78. Here is adventure in fact. Cali leo probed the unknown, made a swinging lamp prove his theories Of falling matter, invented a telescope to allow him to peer deeper into the mysteries of the universe.
 And Calico fought against the scheming politics of 17th century Italy, against rivals, against su- perstition, against the Inquisition. It was fear of the Inquisition and the torture 1t might inflict upon him that brought his sworn denial of his ideas of a sun as the center of the universe about which the earth and other planets move. But as he swore away his life-long study he added, And yet 1t moves"
 Harsanyi has not neglected Gal ileo the man for Calico the sci- enlist. Incapable of any love other than science, he is interested only briefly in Marina, the mother of his children. He is constantly be- set by debts, at one time has 26 persons depending upon his mea- ger professors income.
 Don't worry about "The Star Gazer" being dry or dull. It's glamoro IS adventure in mystery land of reality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Selected Poem
Roundup

(Iesle N Jennings in the New York Sum The six o'clock man is puncher of clocks And carries his lunch in little tin box. The eight o'clock man has invented way Of reading enchanted, the news of the day The nine o'clock man self -assuredy stops Five minutes or so for a look at the shops. The ten o'clock man. bound for Broad Street or Wall Seens oddly enough, the most harried of all The two o'clock man is arrayed in the pink, With lowered lapel or collar of mink. And then there's the man who has nothing but time Who munbles his thanks for a nickel or dime. Well, that's the collection which, like 1t or not, Has given Manhattan whatever it's got!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Current Comment

All I was afraid was not to do what he wanted me to do because I didn't want him to take his spirit out of me. Mrs. verinda Brown, referring to
 Father Divine.
 Is dangerous to listen to Roose- welt because he could recite an ex- ample in algebra and make it sound interesting.
 Senator William Borah (Rep.,
 Idaho).
 If the allies win this war. how ever economically exhausted they may be, civilization is saved. -Dr. Knight Dunlap, psychologist.
 University of California ct Los
 Angeles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

sells, stopping for inspection at Gibraltar or other Allied ports, thereafter would be subjected to Nazi submarine torpedoes.
 If you are superstitious, check back to Feb. IA, 1917, and you will find that on this date Ambassa- dor von Bernstorff sailed from New York. Germany and the United States had severed diplo- matic relations as a result of the Kaiser's decision to torpedo U. s. shipping in Allied waters.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Senator Bob Wagner of New York, father of the Social Secur- ity Act, proposes to expand the law to permit persons who work for themselves to buy government old age annuities up to $1,200 a year. This was included under the original bill but was elimin- .ated under pressure of an insur- ance lobby J. A. Cclescott, new XXX Imperial Wizard, is making an extensive tour of the East as part of big drive to build up Klan membership. Stress ing nti-Catholicism and anti alienism, the XXX claims 35,000 new eastern members in the last three months New York's zippy Mayor LaGuardia, will talk on Looking Toward to Peace," at the Fourth National Farm Insti- tute, to be held in Des Moines, February 23-24.
 COP MIXED SIGNALS
 Republican leaders in Congress got their signs mixed when they raised that outcry of government interference" against the Com merce Departments current sur- vey of business inventories.
 The survey was started last
 November to obtain vital infor-
 nation from manufacturers
 throughout the country on sales,
 new and untitled orders, and in.
 ventories. What the COP lead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
J. V. WALKER SAYS WITHOUT WINCHELL OTHER COLUMNS WOULD BE BAGGY AT
 THE KNEES.
Waterbury, Conn,
 February 20, 1940.

Editor of The Democrat:
 This letter is written on the propo- sition that all men are created dif- ferently and the readers of Win chell's column are in that category and letters from a few objectors should not influence you to stop your present procedure.
 MT. Winchell has taken the hoop skirts and bustles of the body of reporting, and if he refers to bio- logical function or schisnl in the domesticity of the household of a celebrity, 1t is news, and when some reader claims they do not relish it., you may feel assured the objector is just little bit hypocritical.
 Without MT. Winchell the various columns would be baggy at the knees, shiny in the pants or held together by a gusset, and maybe someday he will have artificial smiles put on the faces of all dummies in store win dows to please the recalcitrants.
 Incidentally, here is what Ward Morehouse, in his book "Forty-Five Minutes Past Eight" has to say about Walter Winchell, quote: Wal ter Wincheh has membership in the Critics Circle as the official critic of the Daily Mirror. Winchell, an American phenomenon, has no the- atrical background and has never pretended to have. What with his broadcasting and his column writing and his reputed earnings of $4,OOQ weekly, reviewing is something of q sideline. Here's a man who, via a daily column printed first in the Graphic and later in the Mirror, be- came 6 craze. He swept the country like the Turkey Trot; he became a national Obsession. in the sense of such crazes as the Gibson Girl and the Merry Widow waltz. end, Yes, We Have No Bananas which had preceded him. and Mickey Mouse'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Ir, Today's Mail

Snow White and Charlie Mccarthy, all of which came along after he had taken hold from coast to coast, So of what importance could mere play reviewing have to such a fellow? He is never certain of himself in his reactions to a play and he is apt to be at extreme odds with his col- leagues. One of his minor triumphs was, of course, his stand on 'Hellza- poppin'.' As an ex-vaudevillian, he loved 1t and gave 1t the works. The other critics howled the first night, but these reviews were pieces of only tolerant acceptance. But 'Hellza- poppin',' plus Olson and Johnson, didn't let Winchell down. The show, still running at this writing, was the smash hit of the season." unquote.
 You see, Olson and Johnson didn't let Winchell down and don't you do 1t either.
 Let's have no more unjust criti- 4cisin, as despise anything not sub- stantiated with facts.
 Respectfully yours,
 J. V. WALKER.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
RehabiIitating the Wsaner Act


 After eight days of testimony by the special investigating committee of the House of Representatives, it has become generally apparent that some reforms in the Wagner Labor Act are desirable if the law is to serve its prime function of holding better relationships between employer and unioniSt Until January 5, the five members of the House committee will recess to study the 300 pages of tes- timony thus far garnered from unret- icent witnesses. Almost from the first day of the hearing, it appeared that all was not functioning smoothly on the National Labor Relations Board, which is the statutory enforcement machinery of the Wagner Act.
 Most vociferouS criticism of the boards functions was implied in the reports of unharmoniouS intercourse among the boards personnel. From some of the testimony, it would appear most of the NLRB employees, from executives down, were employed largely in writing caustic memoranda concerning the shortcomings of their colleagues. Where there is that much smoke there must be at least a small fire.
 Principally inherent in all of the volu- minous testimony that has so far been offered is the demand for changes in tine law itself The Wagner Act defeats itself if neither labor nor the employer trusts it. If the administration of the act is incom- patible with the best interests of those for whom the legislation was designed, then Congress should take from the board some of the powers of discretion it now enjoys and should substitute strict course of procedure.
 From the criticisms so far recorded in the hearing, it appears that already a number of reforms are suggested The fred tape" in handling cases might be trimmed definition of a bargaining unit might be formulated, strict duties for examiners and prosecutors should be lald down so their jurisdictions will not over- lap, employers should be given an oppor- tunity to confer with NLRB representa- tives before they are haled before exam iners, and the entire conduct of cases should be handled with regard for due process of law and the common courteSieS allowed in a recognized court.
 Other suggestions will probably become apparent before the hearing is over. Already the National Association of Manufacturers has proposed 12-point reform program, which would outlaw the closed shop and check-off system of collect ing union dues and would set up six restrictions against strikes The result of the proposed amendments on strikes would be to remove almost completely this potent labor weapon.
 The manufacturers proposals are far too drastic. When Congress considers changes in the Wagner Act, it must bear in mind that neither labor nor the en- ployer should be strangled. The law has no motive if it does not operate to the eventual benefit of both. There is nat ural tendency, after law has been per- mitted to run along laxly, to screw the bolts too tight. Progress does sometimes come from this pendulum-swing process but it must take path much more tortuous than is necessary. The best kind of advancement is the kind achieved along middle course, aimed gently up ward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

vAACJ 4CAAtAAICA close to the Palm Beach hostelry. How they got around without un- due fanfare is something for the natives to ponder.
 They generally rushed into a waiting taxi in front of the hotel, drove @ mile to a secret rendez- vous with Garbo's own car and chauffeur, where they transferred and continued to an unannounced beach destination.
 Garbo, incidentally, was so de- termined to be alone-save for her constant companion, Dr. Hauser-that she has given Palm Beach, a notable capital of the Cold Snub, the coldest snub on record.
 She turned down dozen invi- tations to lunch, tea, dine, bathe or sup with the blueblooded crowd.
 This will give you some idea of how sociable the glamor girl has become, all the fan magazine re- ports notwithstanding.
 THERE WAS A
 DRAFT IN THE PLACE
 In Miami, especial attention Is paid to such N. Y. weather re- ports as news of snow on the pavements. But any warm rise of Fahrenheit in Gotham is just as deliberately ignored.
 The geniuses who exploit Mi- amis sunshine al over the land were treated to a rude shock the other frigid day. They had plan- ned a pictorial publicity stunt which was designed to crash the nation wide press. The subjects were set and so were the photog- raphers. But the whole scheme blew up at the last moment. The shivering participants refused to take off their overcoats for the cameramen. FILES INTENTION
 OF NOT WEDDING
 The Countess Barbara Hutton Haugwitz- Reventlow went to the trouble the other day of filing a denial of her impending marriage to Bob Sweeny with the news papers around here. But the know-it-alls still insist that the nuptials have been scheduled to take place quietly within three weeks.
 The reporters around here are finding 1t consistently impossible to steer the conversation around to the Third Term Question when they succeed in interviewing F. D. R.'s secretary, Steve Early. He won't talk about it. why should I say anything about it." he told a newsman, when the president doesn't mention it?" CONNIE TAKES NO
 CHANGES TWICE
 Therell be more cinema ar- rivals this week. Constance Ben- nett and Edward Everett Horton are expected in the resort over the weekend. They are arriving in separate caravans and one thing is fairly certain: Connie has left her jewelry and diamonds back home in safe vault. Nasty old robbers stole flock of them recently.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Daily Almanac
n sets 500 a. m.

Moon sets 5:UU a. m.
 Sun rises $40 a. m.; sets 5:33 p. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 If the weather clears in the next few days star-gazers have treat in store. Shortly after sunset Venus and Jupiter, our two brightest planets, will be "in conjunction" astron- omically speaking. They will only be one de- gree apart and will shine brilliantly in the western skies. This spectacle lasts until Feb. 23 when the five planets-Mercury, Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Venus-will be strung across the western sky in gorgeous procession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

1. What is the French word for castle?
 2. In which book of the Bible n the story of Abraham's life?
 3. How long does 1t take the sun to rotate on its axis?
 4. On what river is the city ol New London, Conn.,?
 5. The calendar that we now use is called the Gothic, Julian or Gre gorian?
 6. Name the statesman and gen. eral who founded the empire q British India.
 '. What is the correct pronunci- ation of the word infamous9
 8. What type of vessel was the British Exmouth, recently sunk by torpedo or mine?
 g. Name the mythological crea- ture, half man and half horse.
 10. To which government depart ment has the Bureau of Fisheries been transferred?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

HLp 1S uy1ldkkAAtC H oAACA VNkAOo4VS than nitroglycerin?
 A. The explosive ingredient in dynamite is nitroglycerin, but dyna- mite is safer because 1t avoids the liquid state, while on account of its softness it will bear blows better than nitroglycerin. The sensitiveness to blows, however, increases rapidly with the temperature and, aecord- ing to Eissler, tat 350o F., the fall upon 1t of a dime will explode it."
 o. Is there municipal recreat- tional enterprise specially for old people somewhere in the United States2
 A. Fl Segundo, Calf, by act of the City Council, has established such a project. called the "Old Tim CTS Club" The city has rented quar. ters which are furnished with radio, desks, tables and chairs. It supplies playing cards, cribbage checkers and chess games, shuffie- boards and other game apparatus suitable for old persons. This is the only project of the kind known to be in the United States.
 @. Are nurses, in training in 3 hospital, covered by the oldage in- surance provisions of the Social Security Act2
 A. Service as a student nurse or an interne under certain qualifying conditions is expected by the 193D amendments to the Act.
 O. How long can cranberries be held satisfactorily in cold storagep
 A. Storage for longer than about 3 months is not satisfactory, be. cause end rot may develop, and the berries may also shrink as a result of water loss.
 Q. How many Popes have there been?
 A. Pope Plus XII is counted as the 262nd Pope,
 0. What makes the sound in cuckoo clocks?
 A. Bellows that furnish air to Q whistle arrangement.
 o. How much alcohol did Pre- Prohibition New England rum con- tains?
 A. It was 100 proof, which means that it contained 50 per cent alcohol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

But what of those who suffered persecution, abuse, prison ana ostracism because they opposed the war? On what tablets are their names inscribed, in what prisons have they lanquished, on what gal. low, have they swung2 Civilization. !. Who makes a mockery of thee? when will we raise monuments to the heros who suffer crucifixion for peace? Whence and why, this oblivion?
 Yours truly,
 "sIjDsY."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
WHERE IS THE HONOR FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSED
 THE LAST WAR?

Naugatuck, Conn.
 February IS, 1940 Editor of the Democrat:
 Everyone admits that the last World War was calamity and Q fraud. We honor its tragic victims.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
In New York
BY GEORGE ROSS

Miami, Feb. t2l.-Back in Miami after e brief Cuban jaunt, I find much of the conversation revolves around Greta CT want to be alone'') Carlo.
 When she checked into the Whitehall in Palm Beach recently, the local ladies in these parts were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

agog with re- ports of la Garfo's diet: vegetable salad, fruit and but- ternilk. Ughl And now even Miami menus are featuring 1t as Q Garbo spe- cial. Double ugh
 Garbo arrived in the sunny south with pr. Gaylord Hauser, h e Hollywood dietician nd khax, rav1oiaad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Washington Merry-G Go-Round
DREW PEA R 5 O N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN


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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
A Thought for Today

Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and will make them rules over you.-DeuterOnOmy 1:13.
 He must be a wise man himself who is capaple of distinguishing one.-Diogenes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Dc not say, 'T feel poorly; say, T feel ill'' CT "T feel bad"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

e. Did the number of federal Civil Service Employees increase or decrease last year?
 A. The latest report of the Unit-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

If you want copy of the book. let CORRECT ENGLISH" send to The Waterbury Democrats Washington Bureau, 1913 Thir. teenth Street, Washington, D. C. Enclose 10 cents in postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

ed States Civil Service Commission shows e32,654 employees in November, 1889, compared with 869.38o in No-. vember, 193S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
What Your l. O.!

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last mage for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

e. Did Spencer Tracy appear in any motion pictures with the late Jean. Harlow?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

A. They appeared together in "Csoldie,' "Riffraf" and "Labeled Lady,"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21
Questions
 and Answers
BIZ FREDER1c C. KIRBY

e. How many miles of railroad trackage has Canada?
 A. In 1887 there were 568S6 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-21

Copyright. 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1940-11-05
Protest Of Addition
To Georgetown Home
Is Registered
Progressive Citizens Unit
Opposes PIon Att7;b,::,cd
To Mrs. Lionel EtwiII

Protest against the proposed ex-
ception to the ruling prohibiting
buildings higher than 40 feet in the
neighborhood was voiced by the
Progressive Citizens Association OF
Georgetown in their meeting last
night in Curtis School.
On the motion of Mrs. Charles
Bittinger, the group ordered the
secretary to write to the Zoning
Commission in protest OF the pro-
posed variance The association
was told that Mrs Lionel Atwill, who
recently purchased the house at 1400
Thirty-fourth street NV, has asked
permission to add fourth floor to
part of the building. According to
Mrs. Bittinger, such an addition
would Obstruct the view and sun
light Of adjacent property owners.
Plants Odors Protested.
Acting upon the suggestion of
Brig. Gen. Richard H. Jordon, the
body will request the Hopfenmaier
Estate Hide Co., which operates a
fat-rendering plant at 5000 K street
NV, to prevent the escape Of an
annoying odor from the factory. A
letter also will be written to the
District Commissioners requesting
an investigation of the incinerator
plant at Thirty-first and K streets
NV, which, according to the asso-
citation, is now spreading ash and
half-burned paper over a gooo por-
ton of Georgetown.
A committee was appointed to in
vestigate the site of new fire.
house in Georgetown. in an attempt
to locate it where its noise would
not prove an annoyance to nearby
householders and where the engines
would not be menace to the safety
of school children.
Mrs. Henry w. Draper introduced
a motion, which was approved by
the group, to put the education OF
cripple children under the Board
Of Education.
Library Aides Speak.
Alvan G. Chaney, superintendent
of buildings and grounds for the
Public Library, and r. A. Beals,
assistant public librarian, spoke on
possible improvements for the
Georgetown branch of the library.
Mrs. Joseph L. Goodman pro-
posed the following new members,
who were elected: Mrs. Rodman
Wanamaker, Mr.. and Mrs. Abe
Fortas, John Walker, Edward D.
Merrill, Mrs. Alan Kirk, Paul
| Alling, Harold Hinton. 1t. Comdr.
p. E. Mcdowell, Mrs Harms, Irving
Foos, Mrs. Edward Pavenstadt,
Abner Roe. Mrs. Francis P. Dor
mady, Mrs. Dudley A. Knox, Mrs.
Gerard Reilly, Henry Ernest, Hugo
G Druehl, Miss Mabel Kennedy,
Mrs. Noyes Lewis, Ray Atherton
Walter E. Whit, Don D. McAfee,
w. Lowe Waldo. Walter Lippman
Comdr. H. c. Wick. Mrs. Richard
V. Oulahan and William H. Quealey
Evening star., 1940-11-05
Births Reported

Aguilar. Fernando and Alberta, boy.
Davis, Georse and Marsaret. girl.
Downs, James and Josephine, girl.
Hough, william and Estelle,. girl.
Joyner. John and Clara, girl.
Long. Joe and Enda. boy.
Marshall. John and Lorna, boy.
Meade. Arthur and Lillian, boy.
Meyers. Arnold and Tillie. girl.
OMeara. Rudolph and Alice. boy.
Powell. James and Mary. boy.
RUSSELL. Murray and Myrtle. GIRL.
Schmitt John and Mary. girl.
Smith. Walter and Alice, boy.
Vaughan. David and Lucy, boy.
Weller, Richard and Ruth; boy;
Wildman. Herbert and Mildred, girl