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Evening star., 1941-07-03
By IRA WOLFERT.
Special Dispatch to The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance, Inc)

Special Dispatch to The Star and North
American Newspaper Alliance, Inc)
NEW YORK, July "a commit
tee for national morale" which in
cludes many of the best-known So
cial scientists in the United States
as we'll as German refugees who
have knowledge in special fields
for instance, a former private sec
retary of Joseph Goebbels, Adolf
Hitler's Minister of Propaganda
finally has isolated. examined and
worked up a complete description of
and an antidote to the Fuehrer's
famous secret weapon"
This is according to DR. Arthur
Upham Pope, chairman of the COM
mittee, who revealed today
l. The weapon is psychology and
is to this war what the invention of
the tank was to the last war.
2. About 10000 specialists WELD
the weapon for Hitler in complicated
ways, ranging from hiring women
to weep in American railroad sta
tions as the first draft soldiers left
for training camp to daily sampling
OF American mass opinion on wide
range of domestic subjects.
3. The weapon was stolen in great
part from United States social SCI
entists and has been used against
the United States steadily since
1888
4. Although its success has aston
ished the world, it still remains an
invisible weapon" to the guiding
military minds of most of Hitler's
opponents.
5. American scientists have the
answer to it and can turn 1t
against Hitler with greater success
than he has had.
The description of this secret
weapon is contained in a 155-page
brochure which summarizes about
TOO German publications on the
subject. Many of these German
books and documents are secret and
were smuggled out CT Germany on
microfilm. The brochure was edited
from these publications by Ladislas
Farago with the cooper alton of four
Harvard professors-Gordon w.
Airport. John G. Beebe Center, Ed
win G. Boring and Stanley S.
Stevens-as we'll as DR.. Floyd L..
Ruch of the University of Southern
California and Prof. Kimball Young
of Queens College.
DR.. Pope said his committee was
formed privately by men who had
had some experience with psyche
logical warfare in the last war
(among them himselfl and knew Of
the tremendous strides made in the
field since then. The history Of war
from 1870 to 1918 was written by
chronological science. The history
of war from then on has been writ
ten by social science. America has
the best social scientists in the world
Evening star., 1941-07-03
u. S. Committee Works Year in Secret to Find
Antidote to HtIer's Weeping Women

problems at present in the UniteG
States and already diagnosed BY
the committee, DR.. Pope said, are
the psychological reasons behind
the industrial tensions that fare
up in strikes and the extraordinary
apathy and indifference in large
areas of the country to human suf-
fering 1t is unprecedented in the
United States that a man like
Charles Lindbergh, a national hero
In so many minds, could speak to
large sections of the population
without once having to mention
the human catastrophe in Europe
in human way and without being
hooted down for failing to men
ton it,"
German psychology in the United
States has been Intellectual so far.
DR.. Pope said. but they keep at it
everlastingly in hundreds of differ
ent ways every day. Their agents
and spies are all over the country
by the thousands-not stealing doc
uments or committing sabotage-but
just talking to Americans and f1nu-
ing out what they are thinking
about, what their psychological ma
laises are.
THE weeping women in the Penn
sylvania Station New York; that l
know of particularly and, no doubt,
In many railroad stations all over the
country the day the first draft con-
tingents went to camp are an eY-
ample of stunt that failed. Some
of these women were paid TO weep
and start tears among the mothers.
The pictures were published in the
newspapers, but only once, and the
reaction to the pictures was not
worth the cost. So the stunt was
dropped"
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Governors ParIey
Urges Greater Speed
In Defense Program
Policy Of President
In Warning Nation Of
Peril Is Endorsed

BY the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July 3.-State Gov
ernors have formally urged greater
speed" in defense preparations and
indorsed Fundamentally" President
Roosevelts policy of warning the
people of this Nation of their press
ing danger
Their four-day, 33d annual con-
ference closed Yesterday with the
executives unanimously repledging
cooperation with the President Ito
preserve the freedom of men" and
pressing for IAN even more intensive
effort if the world is to be saved
from the slavery of military die
tatorship."
Stassen Is Reelected.
Social affairs and tours OF historic
spots interspersed the deliberations
of the Governors as they studied
problems confronting the States as
a result of defense preparations.
Several speakers urged reduction
in State expenses to ease the tax
burden.
The conference reelected Gov.
Harold E. Stassen of Minnesota as
chairman of the Executive Com
mittee. Mr.. Stassen, and Cows.
Maybank of South Carolina and
OConor of Maryland were reelected
to the committee. while Cows.
Lehman of New York and Sprague
of oregon were chosen as new men,
bers, succeeding former Cows. VAN
derbilt of Rhode Island and Blood
of Utah.
Ask to Be Advised on Defense.
The request of Mayor La Guardia
of New York, Federal director OF
civilian defense, for suggestions on
methods of providing auxiliary fire
fighting equipment, gas masks. and
guards for defense plants and COM
munica ton lines was turned over
to the Executive Committee.
The Governors asked. however.
that they be consulted on civilian
defense problems within their States
an action growing out of protests
at their sessions that Federal au-
thoritieS, in some cases, had in
stituted defense measures without
their knowledge.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
4,600,2l7 Are Employed
In l,770,355 RetuiI Shops

Including full and part time
workers, the l,770.355 retail estab-
lishments in the United States en-
ployed 4,600.217 persons in 1899, the
Census Bureau reported today. The
total does not include 1.6l3,673
proprietors of unincorporated bus
inesses and family members working
without stipulated wage or salary.
AS result of the American habit
Of increasing purchases during holi-
day seasons and contracting them
at other periods, total employment
showed sharp seasonal variations
from 1922, ,430 in February to 5,201,-
1928 in December.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
AuchinIeck Sees
Defeat of Russia
InconsequentioI
By the Associated Presy.

LONDON, July Seen. Sir Claude
Auchinleck, new British Near East
commander. considers a German VIC
tory over Soviet Russia and a pos
sible NaA break-through into East
ern Asia of little consequence be-
cause I'VE hold the seas and feel
we are beginning to hold the air,
too"
Sir Claude expressed his opinion
in farewell speech as commander
in chief in India, it was reported
here today.
The might of India is growing at
an ever-increasing pace, side by
side with that of other members Of
our commonwealth of nations" Sir
Claude said.
"As to the future l view it with
increasing confidence and unshake-
able belief in our ultimate victory.
I have never tried to hide my opin-
ION that there are hard and anxious
times ahead, but l see signs that
the tide is turning, be it ever so
slowly"
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Rotary Club Sees
New
Airacobra Plane
Action Pictures Shown
Of Worlds DeudIiest
SinqIe-Seot Combat Croft

The first public showing here of
motion pictures of what is claimed
to be the worlds deadliest SINGLE
scatter combat plane in action was
a feature of the annual installa-
ton luncheon meeting of the Ro-
tary Club yesterday at the Willard
Hotel. New officers and directors
of the club, headed by A. P. Reeves,
president, were inducted into Office.
The motion pictures of the Army
Bell P-39 Airacobra pursuit plane,
now being delivered in quantities
both to the Army Air Corps and
Great Britain, showed the test fir-
ing Of its main battery of one 81
millimeter shell-firing cannon, two
50-caliber machine guns and four
.30-caliber machine guns.
Pioneered 6 Years Ago.
Frederick R. Neely, Washington
representative Of the. Bell Aircraft
Corp. of Buffalo, N. Y, builders of
the Airacobra, explained that the
Airacobras were pioneered before
the outbreak of the war in Europe
by Larry Bell, who six years ago
foresaw the need for greater fire
power for modern combat aircraft
and began pushing doorbells in
Buffalo to raise capital to pioneer
the first of the really modern world
combat airplanes.
The pictures, in color and with
sound. showed performance trials
and gunnery tests of the new planes
and the first views of formation
flying of Airacobras by the Army's
39th Pursuit Squadron, 3lst Pursuit
Group, first in the Army to be COM
pletely equipped with the new air.
craft.
Gunfire Very Accurate.
One shell from the Airacobra's s
automatic quick-firing cannon Is
enough to destroy the largest, most
heavily armored airplane in exist
ence, Mr.. Nicely said. 1t also can
destroy tanks. mechanical equip
ment, railway locomotives and YES
sells which are vulnerable to ground
gunfre of the same caliber. The
pictures of firing at ranges Of 200
yards to more than l mile re-
vealed gunnery Of very great ac-
curacy, the small target being re-
peatedly hit directly with short
bursts of fire at all ranges. The
pictures were released by the War
Department.
New officers inducted with Mr..
Reeves to guide the destinies of the
Rotary Club during the 1912 year
are M. X. Wilberding, vice president;
Charles E. Hood, secretary; w.
Spencer Brenizer, treasurer; Nor
rison M. Clark, sergeant at arms.
and L. Bert Nye, immediate past
president.
New directors inducted are Ed
ward CoStigan, Ralph w. Lee, lr,
and Llewellyn D. Nicolson. Direc-
tors remaining in Office are Albert
w. Atwood. Dial H. Elkins. Alfred
G.. Neal, Bruce r. Allen, Carter L.
Barron and Charles E. Hood.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
Senator BuIow Enters
HOSPITAL for Checkup

Senator Bulow, Democrat, of
South Dakota is in Sibley Hospital
for a medical check-up and treat
ment in the hope of avoiding an
operation, 1t was learned today.
Entering the hospital yesterday.
the Senator had very good night"
it was said this morning. His associ-
ates indicated there is hope that his
ailment may yield to treatment. but
there is a possibility that next week
an operation may be necessary on
account of a bladder condition.
Evening star., 1941-07-03
July a Fireworks
Will Cost Nation
About So, 100000

By the Associated Press.
Celebration of the Fourth OF
July will cost about S., 500, 900
in fireworks alone.
The Commerce Department
estimated that the celebration
material to be burned this holl-
day will include $2,750,000 of
American-made fireworks and
about S750,000 worth of import
ed fireworks mostly from
China and Japan.
Next year, however. the de-
partment warned, defense pri-
critics may limit the domestic
fireworks.
Evening star., 1941-07-03

RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY, n. J.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30

Moreover, you cannot keep the price of an automobile down by making @ regulation fixing the price of an automobile. There are prob- ably 5000 parts of an automobile. They come from thousands of fac- tories. They contain all sorts of raw materials from steel to platinum and from hides to textiles. You can- not affect the price of the car un- less you also control the price of those 5000 parts that go into it.
 The same thing is true of shoes and pickles and coats and beauty lotions. The price of an article is & combination of the prices of the dozen or the hundred or the thou sand things that 90 into 1t. And one of the things that go into 1t is labor. Whatever price control there is, therefore, must cover everything labor, materials, profits.
 REACHING THE CAUSE
 OF THE PRICE RISE
 Up to now the administration has hied away from this. It should have put a ceiling over all prices the moment 1t went "allout" for defense effort. But this would have been too unpopular for politicians, 50 instead they let Leon Henderson talk, wih- out the power to do onything in- portant.
 Meantime, while fixing the prices
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
JEAN QUILTER
 BEACH WINNER
John Luddy Also Wins Prize in Competition at
 Haf1mOnasset

Announcement was made today by the Connecticut Campers and Trailers Association of winners In connection with the annual field day and water events held July % for the families of association members of the Meigs Point and Dowds Point long-term camps and the short-terIu camp at Hammon- asset-on- -the- Sound. The program mid-season highlight of activities which climax in & Labor Day Sat- urday parade, was great success from the races for the hve-year- old tots to the rolling pin throw in which the ladies effectively dem- onstrated their skill, with nary a casualty. 'Tis said that members of the stronger sex took refuse be- yorld the open-air dance and con- cert platform during this exhibi- ton.
 Communities listed in the an- nouncement of winners include the following:
 Bloomfield = Race for boys of i2, Paul Mikkelson.
 Bridgeport - Race for girls of 10, Betty Weeks.
 East Hartford - Race for boys of six, Garry Stryker.
 Forestyille - 100 yard swim for boys, Bill Marco; three-legged race, James Marco.
 Hamden - 75 yard race for girls, Doris Hall.
 Hartford Race for boys of five, Billie Ray; race for girls of IA and rope skipping, Sybil Roberts: race for boys of 10, Robert LaFrances; three-legged race, Bob Davidson.
 Meriden = i0O-yard dash for boys, Howard Kelly; sack race for boys, Billie Richards.
 Middietown - 50-yard dash for girls, Alice Kensel.
 New Britain =. Race for girls of six. Geraldine Marion; rolling pin throw and spoon race, Grace Nap pi; 1O0-yard dash for girls, Gladys Robertson.
 New Haven - 1OO-yard dash for girls, Grace Cave.
 Norwalk--5O-yard dash, boys up to IA, Dave Bedient; 75-yard dash, boiys up to l6, Bill Bedient.
 Seymour = 25-yard dash, girls under 12 and shoe race, Nancy Tifft.
 Wailingford = Needle race. May Warzocha.
 Waterbury Race for girls un- der 12. Jean Quilter: race for boys under IA, John Luddy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
ENGINEERS TO
 GO ON TRIP
Annual Outing Includes T. Hour Boat Trip Around
 New York

Yielding to the popular demand of the members of the Connecticut So- ciety of Civil Engineers throughout the State who still recall with pleas- ure last years outing, the meetings committee, under the able direction of the General Chairman and Mas ter of Ceremonies, L. T. Scott- Smith of Waterbury, and Trip Chairman William D. E. Colgan, of Wethersfield, has spared no effort to perfect arrangements for another most interesting Summer Trip Wed- nesday, August 6, to Sandy Hook on the Steamer Peter Stuyvesant. On board boat there will be music, dancing and a full course dinner. The ship has capacity of 2500, thus insuring the utmost comfort and pleasure for all.
 While the annual summer meet ing with one exception-the elec- ton of new members to the Society lis exclusively devoted to social purposes, plans and preparations for this large undertaking vertically assume the proportions of an irn- portant engineering project, for which an organization has been set up functioning efficiently and smoothly to handle the many de- tails involved in the planning for large attendance, estimated to be 1000 persons or more.
 The itinerary for the day is as follows:
 7:45 a. m.-Assemble at New Ha- ven R. R. Station.
 8:01 8. m.--Leave New Haven on special train of air-conditioned coaches for New York. Train stops to pick up parties at Bridgeport, South Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich.
 $40 a r11.-Arrive at Grand Gen. tral Terminal, New York, where buses provide transportation to the boat.
 10:00 a. rn.-Embark on Steamer Peter Stuyvesant of Hudson River Day Line at West 42nd Street Pier for a seven-hour cruise offering an opportunity to view the great port defenses, Brooklyn Navy Yard and many points of interest around the inner and outer harbor, and at the same time experiencing the thrill of starting for Europe. Return from Sandy Hook via East River to La Guardia Airport, the great eastern terminal of Major Air Lines, where the Yankee Clipper takes off for Europe about this time of day.
 5:30 p. rll.--Disembark at West 42nd Street Pier.
 From this point on, the entire ex- petition will disband and pursue any course appealing to the indiv- idual. The return tickets on the train will be good for ten days.
 As an added feature for evening" entertainment of the baseball fans, the Committee has purchased 400 choice reserved seats for the Brook lyn Dodgers-New York Giants night ball game at the Polo Grounds.
 F. J. Trowbridge, of this city, is publicity chairman for this event. Over 125 tickets have been sold in this city to city officials, lawyers industrial leaders and other profess sional men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
MORE BULLETS
 FOUND IN POND

Howard Mcintyre, colored, of 94o Pearl Lake road, found another col lection of several dozen 3e-caliber bullets and a trench mortar yester- day afternoon in Pearl xsake pond, where about three months ago a like quantity of shells and 6 number of trench mortars were fished out of the pond.
 Supt. of Police William J. Roach at that time conducted an extensive investigation and declared that the intuition found then In the pond may have been discarded by sorne- one who had stolen 1t from 6 state armory in New Jersey.
 When Mcintyre found the mum ton yesterday he turned the bullets and trench mortar over to Motor Patrolman Vincent Begg who deliv- cred it to Supt. Roach.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30

The funeral of Anthony Dunlea of Danbury who died last Saturday, was held Monday morning. He was { brother of Seaer of Weights and Measures William Du- leavy of this city MT Dunleavy was born in Ireland put resided in Danbury 50 years His survivors included his wife two daughters four sons IS grandchildren, and one great-grandchild . . The Town of Windsor adopted the idea Waterbury for png its aluminium com pactly into trucks It had road-roer crush all the utensils that the scrap could be more easily handled Thomas w. Gunshanan of Hartford, former deputy collector of the Hartford port of entry was feted Satur day night the occasion being his 79th birthday Mr. Gunshanan is known in Waterbury as he is in almost every town in Connecticut He has long been outstand ing in Hartford public life
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
High Alcohol Tax To
 Boost Medical Cost
Proposed Increase From Past Experience Shows OOv- ernment Will Get Less Revenue

ernment needs more revenue to meet the demands Of the preparedness program" MT. DargavAl said. saard
 every loyal citizen wants to co4l- tribute ilis share. But higher tax rates are defenslble only when they yield more revenue. Past experience has shown that higher taxation of medicinal and other r1on-beverage alcohol yields less revenue not more; this is because 1t forces resort to lSY1taxed substitutes or to meth ods of preparation which do not ifl- voIve the use of alcohol. Thus in medication 1t results in tiae use of tablets and capsules, even in the case of drugs which are more readily absorbed when given in alcohol solu- tions.
 Opportunities for escaping thS use of alcohol when too highly taxed are even more numerous in many industries outside the medical field Thus the actual result of efforts te get more revenue from non-beverage alcohol by increasing rates, has al. ways been disappointing.
 Tn the preparation of medicines there are some drugs in the pfepa' ration or administration of which alcohol is indispensable, and ir which science has been unable to find acceptable substitutes. Tn these cases, the government win get more revenue, 1t is true, but will get 1t only by placing an additional bur- den on the sick. It would seem to be inconsistent to seek ways to re- duce the cost of medical care on the one hand and to adopt 8 nieas- ure which will increase that cost on the other.
 "Tae question Is not one in which the druggist as 6 selfish interest, for he would necessarily pass the tax on to the consumer. But the pharmacist like the plysician,is genuinely inter- ested in the welfare of the Ailing, to whom he as a profession responsibil- ity. He does not want added burdens placed upon the sick, especially when the result will be to diminish Fed- eral revenues.
 "What the Congress should do is to distinguish between beverage and slon- beverage alcohol and to tax, the latter at 6 lower rate. Indeed, the Congress should relieve ilon-bever. age alcohol used for medicine of all special taxes. To tax medicines is as reprehensible as to tax lbread. milk or meat"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30
DEFENSE GROUPS
 MEET ON FRIDAY
Central Volunteer Bureaus to Send Representatives
 to Session

A meeting of the Central Volun- teer Bureaus will be held at the Community Chest in New Haven on Friday at l0:30 a. m. with Mrs. Dorothy s. Bowles, member of the Defense Council in charge of Wo- mems Activities presiding.
 Executive secretaries of the Bu- reaus from Hartford, Greenwich, Meriden, New Haven, Waterbury and Stamford will attend the session which has been called to discuss the recruiting and placement of volun- teers, especially as related to the defense program in the city repre- sented.
 Many people who have time to give to volunteer service in their communities are anxious to. know what type of work they can do," Mrs. Bowles said. "TheSe central bureaus are needed in every com mumity to furnish just this informa- ton and the list of volunteers ayail- able. There is an increasing need for volunteers to train for emergen- cy work in recreation centers super. vising playgrounds for young chil- dren and directing athletic programs for older groups. Many are needed to assist nurses and doctors in hos pitals and clinics, and to do clerical and office work in our welfare or ganizations.
 "Women can do their part in the defense program day by registering with the Volunteer Bureaus and giving that extra hour or two each day. or two or three afternoons each week to some defense project.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-07-30

taxes, but this is the unacceptable
 price We must pay if we want to go "all-out" for defense.
 3. However, the expenditures planned are so vast that taxation as a means of raising al lof them Is probably impossible. Therefore the government should, instead of bor- rowing, at the banks, make every legitimate effort to borrow directly from It's citizens. This is bad policy but 1t is greatly to be preferred to borrowing at the banks.
 THREE-POINT PROGRAM
 TO PROTECT FINANCES
 In short, the program for protect- ing us against a grave fiscal situa- tion is @ three-point one: (1) dras- tic price control through an initial ceiling and running adjustment; (2l taxation as the primary source of funds and (3) Borrowing only from individuals and corporations rather than banks and on securi- ties not negotiable at banks.
 This of course will be unpleas- ant. But no one, hope, is talk in gabout this defense effort as a pleasant interlude. The alternative will be enormously more unpleasant, because the alternative is imitation.
 Life insurance companies owe their policy holders $144, ,0OO, ,0OO, 900. Bil- lions are owed to holders of old- age pensions by the government. Billions are owned to men and wo- men who have money in the banks -$65, ,000, 900 0,O00J Imitation will mean a sure devaluation of the dollar to at least half its present purchasing power, which will mean that half the value of these vast sums will be sweyt away. Is 1t not better to sub- init to some unpleasant controls now to avoid these vast losses later?