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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

The warning sign that the city has just placed at the spot where the Coun- try Club Road, West Main Street, and the Chase Park Boulevard intersect Is some- thing that has been needed there for 8 long time. True, there are stop signs facing traffic coming into the boulevard from both the Country Club Road and West Main Street, but everyone doesn't obey them. And traffic moves very swift ly along this section of the boulevard as 1t does along most of 1t within the city limits. Some way of warning motorists was needed and the blinker may be the answer. We hope so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

expend $260, the equivalent of one years premiums, for agency com missions and expenses. However, on the policies issued through the, banks the company would expend only $30 ct the rate of 3 per cent. fees to the banks. This is supposed to conform to the practice in Mas, sachusetts. There Is the difference of S220 in agency expenses. This h equivalent to 9550 per year pes $i,OO0 insurance during the fouS years. No mutual insurance coEns pany should ever expended such an exorbitant extra expense in the ilome-office to service the small policies issued through the banks Not when we have the comparison of the fees paid to the banks. Tn Massachusetts the 8. B. L. I. system has operated at an average expensa of SITS per year per si000 izasir-, ance.
 The dividends would be the same per 5000 insurance and the insir- ance costs and reserve accumula- tions would, likewise, be the same on all the policies.
 This Howe proposal endorsed by insurance companies would creats the PARADOX of mutual life fine surance companies, supposedly con. ducted without Q profit incentive accommodating gurpluses they Coule not distribute in, dividends to p1 Hey -holders as they are supposed ' do. They would conduct the busA ness Of issuing small policies ~ ' lower cost than they would have oS the larger policies.
 NARRx q. uoznls.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

posed. The first high wind will blow 1t down."
 MACHINE TOOLS
 Chief reason behind the big curtailment In auto production was the release of urgently need cd machine tools for defense. The machine tool hottleneck could be broken overnight if all the ma chine tools owned by the motor industry were turned to the mak- ing of planes, tanks and other armament.
 Defense experts estimate that there are around l,500,000 machine tools in the U. S., of which more than half are in plants making motor vehicles or parts for them, and in the allied metal fabricat- ing industry. The list includes grinders, milling machines, lathes, borning machines, presses, gear buffers, drillers, and shapers, all vital in the production of defense equipment.
 New output of machine tools is now speeding at the rate of 14,- 900 a month. This Is a spectacu- lar acheivembent of a great tri- bute to the industry. But 1t is only drop in the bucket com pared to the 750,000 machine tools already possessed by the auto and metal fabricating industries, whihc army men say would increase de- fense production to full flow im- mediately If pooled and devoted entirely to this purpose.
 FERRY SCHOOL
 Everybody Is wondering how the swarms of fighting planes which U. s. factories will produce for the British in the next l2 months will be delivered overseas. The answer, for the big ships, Is that they will be flown across - and In such great numbers that the British are setting up special pilot training school for that pur- pose, in the United States.
 The Army Air Corps Is carrying out the plan. Though 1t will b' a British enterprise, the Air Corps is guiding 1t because of better contacts with U. s. concerns. The Corps Is negotiating with private contractors who wil build the school, with complete faciliteis, at q cost Of 9500O00.
 The school will give an inten- sive refresher and training course to volunteer pilots to qualify them for "ferrying" the big bomber' across the Atlantic.
 The volunteers may be British Canadian, or American. However 1t is expected that the largest numbers will be American. The British can use 260 of them.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
PARADOX CREATED FOR MU- TUAL INSURANCE CO.'S IN
 PROPOSED BILL
IF sigouriaey St., Hartford, Conn.
 May {, ie4i.

Editor, Waterbury Democrat:
 During the debate on the Savings Bank Life Insurance bill on April 24th, Speaker Alcorn, of the Re- publican House majority, leaving the rostrum for the first time this session to discuss any measure, re- marked that life insurance compaIi- les for many years had the oppor- tunity to provide proper low cost life insurance for the 1ow-iricoine groups. Because they had failed in their responsibility he acvocated the passage of s. B. L. I. and expressed the desire that . committee of con ference could adjust the differences between the g: B. L. I. bill approved by the Democratic senaSe majority on March goth.
 There is the definite possibility that m agreement will be reached because both bills are based upon the secure fundamental principles established in Massachusetts in 1907 thirty-three years ago. Both parties in Connecticut have endorsed those principles.
 on May ist, MT. Howe, chairman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

group of their followers still em- ployed in the plant. Two plans were agreed on:
 ONE, to throw a picket Inc of women around the hotel occupied by Harvey Brown, machinists' president who was also in Seattle denouncing him for the custer of the left-Wingers. TWO, to start an uproar in the plant the next afternoon and stampede the men Into 6 work stoppage.
 Purpose of this proposed strike was to compel the company to relnstate the busted wingers, to reopen the contract they had negotiated, and to recognize the JAW as Q bargaining unit. No question of hours or wages was involved. It waS purely Q case of . group of leftlsts getting to- gether with Q high JAW of- flciai to disrupt production in . vital defense plant for their own ends:
 The picket plan went through. But, appr!sed of what was com- ing, local authoriteis and AFL of- ficials took prompt steps to block 1t, and there has been no walk out yet.
 WHITE HOUSE ROBINS
 Millions of robins are building millions of nests this spring, but only one has learned the true meaning of "defense". He's the ono who has built a nest in the safest spot In the U. s. A.
 Ut Is Just outside the Presidents office, on the south side, atop a column of the White House por- tico. It is sheltered from the weather, and It's completely safe from bad boys looking for eggs,
 The south grounds of the White House are protected day and night by special police, and except for Easter egg rolling and . few polite garden parties, no UBhG AB WU1HRhebSUs &VVH thgkAs bV one Is allowed near the corner where the Presidents office is located. And this is the cor. ner where MT. and Mrs. Robin chose to build.
 Perhaps there Is e moral lessor In the difference between thii nest and another on the White House grounds. It Is in 6 sway. ing tree, far from tho paterna protection of the President. ....
 This robin, who cared more 10, beauty than security, built hil nest by weaving together thu bright colored strips of red ant green paper from the children baskets = leavings from thu Easter Monday egg-rolliag.
 Gardener William Reeves says "IEs enc of the pretteist nests ever dld see. But it's awfully ex
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
Current Comment

Time, right now, is more than money---it is security.
 --Undersecretary of War Pat There is no reason, with the people we have, with the facilities we have, and with the raw material we have, for any shortages in the necessities of life.
 Harriet Elliott, consumer rep-
 resentative, Defense Council.
  There will be many centuries after Hitler. Professor James T.. Shotwell, Carnegie Peace Foundation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

This ought to be the time of the year for real work to start on the long-dis- cussed improvements in the Naugatuck Valley road. Probably, though, there won't be much done until the Legislature has approved the Highway Departments budget for the next bienniun1. That's always the signal for lot of work. Here is one highway improvement job that needs to be speeded up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 3:2o a. m. daylight time).
 Sun rises 5:44 q. m; sets 7:54 p. m. (day- light time).
 after sunset.
 We doubt if Connecticut has experienced as serious an early drought as the current on' lin many long year. The outlook for many staple crops is very bad-bad at time when bumper crops are most desired. May will have to provide more than normal rainfall to make up for April.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
Selected Poem
PAPA APPRECIATES THE PRESENT

Dow Richardson in the New York TimeS) Little girl of three swift years, Though you shout at dawn, l at least know where you are,
 (And I won't anon). Though you cost me ill-Spared sleep, know not expense, You are free to what you'll be
 Sixteen summers hence. Papa,s bank account is wrecked By the bills of doll age. But they'll pale beside the kale I'll need when you're in collegel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07


 W 1. What are the Arabic equivas Tents of the Roman numerals, Q, D, and M? " :. ?. What does fait accompli meant 3. Who was secretary of state during President Harding's admin, istration? " 4. Name the capital of India. |; 5. What science treats of coinss 6. Which contemporary of Abra- ham Lincoln was known as "Th0 Little Giant? ', 2. What was the popular ralna of the enforcement act for the Eighteenth (Prohibition) Arnenda ment to the Constitution? . 8. Which present-day heavy weight boxer Is noted for his inS terest in Yogi?
 9. A post card or postal card tO Canada requires one or two cents postage? {. 10. What monarch fought the, spartans at the pass of Thermopy' lac?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

Quire M . n ' b VI l modern traffic. It is not equal to the |strain imposed upon 1t by heavy
 trucks and the in. l cessant stream of
 automobiles which would daily pasH | over 1t.
 Nothing the mat I ter with th c
 bridge save that 1t fails to Yneas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

no harm in tak- ing a gander at the charts as analysed by the best minds, to see where we're heading,
 This National F. m ploym ent Week, by tn e way, is some- thing that was conceive q by | h e American Legion in its 1897 conv c h. f.inn EOr the fn.k ttL~an ,aa ua
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

e. Since paper containers for milk are much cheaper than glass bottles, why does the dairy industry continue to use glass bottles?
 A. Paper containers cost about one cent; quart glass bottles cost from { to 5 cents, but the paper containers cannot be reused while the glass bottles may average 30 to 35 trips before they are lost oc broken.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
National Spotlight
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

washington, May g = The week of May 1 to 10 having been desig- mated by presidential proclamation as National Employment Week, whether you knew 1t or not, there Is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
LIFE MUST BE EQUAL TO
 THE TIMES

In one of our large cities an old bridge has been closed and con- demned. There Is nothing the mat ter with the bridge except that us structure Is not equal to the re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
o, What are sunspotsP

A. They are disturbances upon the suns surface resembling terreSs trial tornadoes. Sunspots are be- lieved to originate in violent com vulsdons deep in the interior of the sun, and nnonstrous columns os gases come swirling spirally to thN suns surface and shoot upwards in its atmosphere to form stupendouS whirlpools. Cooler currents of cal@ cium gases rush down into the cav" ernous hole created by the uprushs ing currents, which cause the cerle tral mass, called the unlbra, to ap" pear like Q gigantic jet-black irregur lar ink-splotch. Actually the spo is not dark ct all, and only appears so in contrast to the dazzling bril- lance of the flecks called faculaA which gives the suns surface mot. ted appearance. If the eunSpo( umbra were separated from the cofa- trasting solar surface, it would bs more blindingly brilliant to ouz sight than . 2,000 candlepower arc light.
 o. Has the George Washington estate, Mount Vernon, always been known by that name?
 A. The original name was Hunts ing Creek. When 1t came into ths possession of Laurence Washington, brother of George, he changed tha name to Mount Vernon, in honor o1 Edward Vernon, an English admiral , If you want a copy of the latest booklet, FAMOUS COMPOSERS OF MCSTC'', send to The Water- bury Democrats Washington Bu- rcau, 1913 Thirteenth St., Washing ton, D. c. Enclose ten cents postage
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
Questions { and Answers
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 vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. 0.
 O. Describe the device which win keep land airplanes afloat in the event of forced landing on water.
 A. In each wing of nlonoplanA ,r d pop-out door, inside of which are two deflated rubberi2e0 bags Compressed carbon ddoxide gas, con- trolled by automatic valves, initiates the bags which keep the a1rplane ahoat.
 o. Is aluminium produced in so- viet Russia?
 A. It has been @ comparatively recent development but has expand" ed rapidly. Tn 1889, the sovietS production was estimated at S0,0O0 metric tons, about one-thirteenth or the worlds total. Bauxite, chief commercial source of aluminium is produced in the region around Leia- ingrad and on the eastern slopes of the Urals, but much of the ore IS low grade. Russian experts say that large reserves are available.
 O. Where ddd Clyde Fitch, Arner- ican dramatist, die?
 A. -Marre in 1909, while travelling through France.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
Washington Merry-G Co., Round
DREW PEA R s o N
 ROBERT s. ALLEN

WASHINGTON May Leaders of organized labor have forcy denounced
  n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
A Thought for Today

And the children of Israel did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses - Numbers l:W.
 He who obeys with modesty appears worthy of being some day commander.--Cicero.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say, "T want for you
 to come"; omit "for."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

All Rights Reserved Babson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07
Whats Your I. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to last page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-07

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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
" ants to KnOU
job TO Be Done

Now he wants To know why
men move from Michigan 10
California and Minnesota 10
California and Kansas TO Cali
fornia-and perhaps back again
And what can be done
about It,
Having held hearings in De-
troit. he and his colleagues are
now winding them up here.
There were four engineers and
economists here that day. Taub
was one OF them. Another was
Morris l.. Cooke. Pennsylvania
born. a consulting engineer with
record of public and private
service covering continent.
Another was Harlow Stafford
Person, NebraSka-born. with q
Phi. u. from the University Of
Michigan and a long and dis
tinguished record in the field Of
economics. The fourth was s.
r. Henry. assistant 10 the preSi-
dent OF the McGraw-Hill pubh-
cations of them touching
engineering or technical fields
whose experience in publishing
has brought him into contact
with most of the problems with
which other technical men deal.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

The plan was so successful
that an additional four blocks
to the parkway is planned.
The commission believes
that many traffic accidents
are a misunderstanding on
the part of the public over
the purpose of signal lights
and stop signs. 1t points out
a motorist who approaches a
green light and then speeds
through it is taking his life
into his own hands, and in
sists wherever there is a
signal light, drivers should
slow down so that they can
stop quickly.
The commissions files show
that pedestrians make up
from one-third to one-half Of
the total fatalities, and most
pedestrians are killed at
night.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

THE Wayne County Road
Il Commission has a job on
its hands.
It has installed traffic
signals at 1000 intersections
and kept them in good work
ing condition.
1t has distributed signs TO
schools throughout the
county.
Thousands Of Signs
II has erected thousands of
traffic signs and kept them
reconditioned.
1t has distributed leaflets
In the rural parts of the
county-to reduce pedestrian
accidents.
1t has kept the roads In
good condition.
But the commission is wor-
ried. The drivers refuse to
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Lesson to Learn
From England

He's a technical Consultsnt
nov for the labor DIVISION ri
OPM -. bringing Britaln's pro-
duction experience. the bits
and pieces on which her pro-
duction program was built. 10
the aid OF Americas bigger pro-
duction program, which still has
something 10 learn from British
sub-contracting and use Of
smaller plants.
Tolan. born In 1877 at ! ST.
Peter, MINI. moved 20 years
later from Minnesota 10 Ana
conda. Mont He studied In
Kansas. obtaining his degree
from the University Of Kansas
Law School in 1907 The same
year he was admitted 10 pfac-
tice both in Kansas and Mon
tsns Two years later be he-
came county attorney in Deer
Lodge Mont Up m ihe Elack
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
IdIeneSS Sequel
To LOWer Output

"SPAB." Nelson said frankly
IN his appearance before the
committee. recognizes tn IA Z
labor migration may he caused
not only by the geographic dis
tributiOn of defense contracts,
hut also by the manner in which
business men producing non
defense goods make their de-
cisiOnS concerning rate of OPP
eratiOns."
eff output Il curtailed,
whether In large plants or small
ones, unemployment must fol-
low. and workers will have To
look elsewhere for jobs" he
added. 1.-THE ideal situation
would be that these workers
could find new employment
close by, either because of a
growing volume of defense bust
ness coming into the locality,
or because nOndefense indus
tries were able 10 expand out
put To meet civilian demand.
"All possible efforts should be
made TO approach this ideal
situation. But there are limit
ing factors imposed by the ma
ture OF the defense program. In
the first place, there are short
ages OF a number Of materials,
with the result that many plants
face unavoidable curtailment.
In the second place, technical
matters such as the nature OF
machinery and equipment, the
experience Of labor and man
agement, the special require
ments OF defense items for small
tolerances, right inspection. and
so on. make conversion Of the
curtalled plant difficult.
"Now II Is obvious that man
agement itself plays an impor-
tant role IN the migration
=.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Must PrOUide
Work for Plants

Taub is the first on the panel
Of four To speak. Remember,
he's been in England four
years. Has il changed his view
point Does he no longer think 7
Of production as he thought OF
il when working for Ford, Pack
ard and General Motors in
Michigan?
One of Taub'S jobs, in his
new assignment, appears TO be
concerned with organizing and
utilizing the country's excess
productive facilities for war pur-
poses. But, he remarks:
ut II entirely useless Ia or
ganize the tremendous produce
ton facilities Of this country un-
less work can he furnished for
these facilities"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

picture. Management can ex-
ercise much ingenuity In de-
vising ways and means, through
simpIification of design and sub
stitution of materials, To avoid
curtailment of operation. But
in many cases this way out may
prove too difficult and labor will
be forced 10 move"
Nelson is a business man,
seeing the problem through q
business mans eye. But what
have the engineers and econo-
miStS TO say TO this?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Production Pool
Proposal Brought Out
At Washington Hearing;
Plan Gaining Support
BY THEODORE A. HUNTLEY
linz. Stan Corre.nondsnt

foot country. near the Flsthead
Reservation.
Ten years of MontanaS rigor-
Gus climate, with three months
Of Summer and nine months of
Winter were enough even for
the MinneSota-born lawyer. In
1924, age 81. he moved 10 Cali
fornia. At 80 he came 10 Con-
gresS and has been here ever
since.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

~ VI n rank amateur nj TINS,
Il I'D much rather design a
tank than talk about one!"
Alex Taub. Detroit engineer
and motor designer, faced the
mahogany rostum. Behind II
sat a group of congressman who
call themselves. officially, the
House committee investigating
national defense migration. I'm
officially. every one knows them
as the Tolan committee. Their
chairman is John II. Tolan OF
Oakland. Cal.
Taub is known in London. De-
troit and Washington for
four years a member OF the
technical staff of General Mo-
tors great British plant. he re-
turned last Winter 10 the quieter
scenes Of his homeland. The
Germans had dropped one bomb
which blew in the side wall of
his drafting room at the en-
plant. They had dropped an
other which Splashed his rose
garden all over the side of his
suburban house lie decided
IL was time TO come home.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Topic BrOddens
To Wider Fields

Migration was supposedly the
subject of the committee 5 study.
Actually u had long since re-
fused ~ he bound by IFS original
PURPOSE and wandered INTO the
more fertile n7stluss NJ, prndllr-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Study Benefit

The commission then met
to set such speeds and TO
locate traffic lights.
Before a traffic signal was
installed complete imforma-
ton was assembled to show
the benefit such a signal
would bring to a given inter-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Contracts NOU
In Slack Season

Then he adds with a note OF !.
surprise, as if he were rediscov-
ering the magnitude of Ameri-
can industry:
Billions of dollars are re-
leased for this purpose, but APP
parently IL dries up very
quicklyw II
So what?
We'll, he concludes. one thing
that can be done is speed up
the waf orders. If the billions
already allocated for defense
dry up quickly" let's pour in
other billions Let's order
Continued On Page Eight
- NOcember o. 1871
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

from civilian 10 defense produce
ton? ~
Why hasn't the army adopted
the "followup' IN its production
program
Why can't tho army place
orders faster. and III ITS procure
ment more intelligently into the
production schedules Of the
motor planie L--a---.-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

tion and production techniques,
as related 10 war.
How should a tank he built7
What can be done about sub
contracting?
How can the little manufac-
tqrcr be- brought into the war
production picture
" How fspIdly can mass proving
Inn Industries he -rnuNnried
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09

What's happening TO small
manufacturers under the prior
tiles program. when they are
denied metals and other mate
rails long used in making their
standard products?
SPAB Chief Donald NJ. Mel
son. who once did all the buying
for Sears Roehuck and now IS
trying tn hr1nE order out of
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-09
Broached as Cure for Mchisan's Defense Headache
Engineers, Economists
Offer Expert Advice
On Industrial Problems

SPAB and its subordinate and
interrelated agencies which says
who shall get what in the way
of raw materials, strategic met
ais. and when: what price shall
be paid for them, and what shall
be done with them when deliv-
cred.