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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

worst. of all, youngest children are employed.
 Inadequate transportation facil- ities is the general rule. One en1- ployer refused transportation home to children who could not work be- cause of weather conditions. He was willing to leave them 10 miles from home, to find their way back as best they could, because he felt they were wrong in refusing to work in the rain.
 F'oremanship is generally at a low level, with children being buf- fetted around, cuffed and beloved at in manner that could not per- sist' for single day in any well reg ulated factory
 Facilities Inadequate
 Inadequate drinking and toilet facilities exist at many places, and 1t is fair to state that many opera tors consider that their duties to- ward their child-workers begin and end with the payment of wages. Even in this respect, we find numer- ous instances of employers offering time and one-half if the children will work under adverse weather conditions.
 could continue interminably reciting actual instances which would infuriate any fair-ininded man or woman but these few examples are sufficient to indicate that a house. cleaning Is in order. These are cited, not as the most glarirg mater ial that has come to our attention, but as typical of the day y-by-day re- ports that come to me.
 All point to one conclusion, that the tobacco growers of the state must submit to self-regulation and by pressure on offenders made them conform at least to the extent of providing adequate transportation, civilized toilet and drinking facili- ties - and most of all they must be made to bear in mind that the employment of immature children, even though there is no legal re- striction, carries with it the moral obligation to. see that there is con- stant. adequate, and intelligent supervision. M sr
 You have my word for 1t = if there is no voluntary assumption of these obligations then there will be an involuntary assumption. Connec- ticut has too good reputation in- dustrially, and in its labor relations, to allow that reputation to be de- stroyed by 8 few wilfull men.
 Connecticut's obligation to its children does not terminate in June with the end of the school year. I would like to feel that the protection we extend during that period persists throughout the year, whether or not they are employed. I am going to make 1t my business to see that such protection is ex- tended, and you win know join with me. y. e' .-
 I am sure that with your cooper ation, and with that Of the majority of tobacco growers of the state who have shown their social conscious ness by the manner. in which they are discharging their obligations, we will be able to accomplish our ends without recourse to more dras- tic measures. ,st3 t
 No Tobacco Road
 I am sure you agree that 0onnec- ticut is too good Q state tc permit the existence Of Q tobacco road" within It's borders and that the force of public opinion will back up any movement ln that direction. I am releasing 6 copy of this letter to the press.
 Sincerely
 t't 7 CorneiluB !. panahef,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Labor Commissioner
 Publishes Startling
 Statement On Probe
Conditions in State Tobacco Field Threat to eaIt Morals, Safety, General Welfare" of Children Em-
 pIOyes; Instances Cited; CIean-Up Demanded

Hartford Conn. August 21 = State Labor ,Comns- sonet Cornelius Danaher made public last night copy of letter to Ralph e LasbuTy Chairman of the Agrcu
 described conditions prevailing onLasbury cooperation in helping to remedy conditions which he said were a threat to the health morals safety and general welfare
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
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Back To School Or College Luggage By "Hortmonn" To Garry Whot You Don't Wear, Wrinkle Free. corefree Jack and JilI September
 misrotors will find so many new
 godgets in "Hortmonn" fine lug
 gage for men and girl students,
 that we expect our modern
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 Hcrtmonn wardrcbes, sky robes, tourcbes, ModsmoiselIs, Bond- strseter, Knoekobout and Nonity
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 and your mood from SIS 10 $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
HE LIKES BUTTERsEILK

Divon, Cal.,-(UP)-A Salt Lake City resident, Charles Most, holds the local buttermilk drinking rec- ord. Spotting e sign "All the Milk You Can Drink for i0c." Most couldn't resist the temptation and consumed i've quarts in % minutes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Post Commander

Post Commander State Commander Elect
  Saturday evening at The Elton nsaa newly elected department Veterans Waterbury its commanders,
  PoematO will ofcate the Eustacch
  sdnnerdance will be held in with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

A. Noble of Naugatuck, and Mrs. William Bice of Bethany: four nephews and two nieces. Funeral arrangements have not been made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

The refresnment stand is under the direction of Martin Crean. Chief chef will be Sergeant Burns with Pen McDonough as first assistant. Edward Coughlin is chairman of the affair assisted by the following com- mittee: John Joyce, William Cush- ing, John Scieller, Bill Conroy, Mike Grout, Barney Burns, Martin Crean, Bob Blacker and Leo Conway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

Boston, Aus. si--tuP)-weather forecaHt:
 Afansachusotts and Rhode falana-. fatr and warmer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Full Weather Report

CONNECTICUT, Fair. moe 60 eeol tonight. Friday fair and warmer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21
Ne Tobacco Road

l am sure you agree that Connec- ticut is too good 6 state tc permit the existence Of Q tobacco road" within It's borders and that the force of public opinion will back up any movement in that direction. am releasing 6 copy q this letter to the pFcss.
 Sincerely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-08-21

3(nc9fclys Corneilus ]. panahef, ColiaEsiiaaiusler og Labor.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Proposes Sinking Ships
To Save Lives and Stop Strikes.
To the Editor of The Stal

To the Editor of The Star:
I congratulate Representatives Fish,
Mundt, Vorys and others on their cour-
ageous protest against the ridiculously
short period of hearings allotted to the
proposal to arm merchant ships. II the
American way of life is to be preserved.
certainly each member of the America
First Committee and of the Steuben
Society should have been given an oppor-
tunity to testify as naval expert before
any action is taken.
AS Karl Mundt has pointed out, no
merchant ship has ever been credited
with sinking a submarine. Hitler is
going to sink them all, armed or un-
armed, and even should an armed mer-
chantman succeed in killing few Ger
mans. that would merely be an act Of
revenge, unworthy of a great Christian
nation.
The answer is so obvious, I am sur
prised that it has not yet been promul-
gated. Congress need only provide that
all ships Excluding canoes and row.
boats in American ports shall be sunk,
after their crews have been removed.
This would not only avoid any loss of
American lives to submarines or dive
bombers, but would put an end to the
Communist and Bund inspired strikes
of mariners unions CHRISTIAN.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Argues That Defense Strikes
Retard Buying of Bonds.

To the Editor of The Star:
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt appears to be
wrought up over the lack of enthusiasm
in buying Defense bonds.
Thousands of the rank and file could
tell her that they find it hard to get
scared over the emergency that her hus-
band talks about when he and Congress
are too timid to stop strikes in defense
projects.
We read in one column of our daily
paper of the urgent need of ships, planes
and tanks for national defense, and aid
to Britain and Russia, and in half a
dozen other columns We read Of produc-
ton of those very things being held up
by strikes. For one strike settled two
or more crop up. 1t is not strange,
therefore, to hear from many on small
static salaries that it is useless to give
money for defense when what we think
we are paying for cannot be produced
because the workers are loaf1ng.
And why can't we do what other coun-
tries have found it necessary to do?
Unless President. Roosevelt hopes for
perpetuation in the White House, why
is he so scared of the labor vote?
DISGUISED.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Lost Effort

According to a report printed yes
terday, 114,537 residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia have responded to
the annual Roll Call of the Red Cross
If the ultimate goal set for 1941 is to
be reached, 85,463 additional sup
porters must be listed. The campaign
has been scheduled to close next
Monday. Surely, the appeal for the
maximum cooperation of the people
of Washington will not fail. The
need is great, and its fulfllment
should be commensurately impress
sive.
Especially in a time of crisis, the
Nations Capital must set an example
to the country at large. AS the years
pass the significance of the Federal
Town established by the founders of
the Republic grows in the estimation
of neighboring communities. The
influence of Washington probably is
more notably constructive now than
it has been at any other period since
the War Between the States. Hence,
the imperative Importance of what
happens here with respect to all such
social enterprises as the Red Cross.
Considering the challenge with
which democratic civilization is
faced, there can be no question about
the constructive value of the Red
Cross as a bulwark of life as Amer
leans have wished to live it-on a
plane of voluntary and mutual as
sociation. In the name of national
Evening star., 1941-10-18
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdceDeH.

stif1y. Its tail acts as a rudder It is,
even more than bird, the perfect pic
ture Of a glider.
Sparrows often stand stock still" in
the air before feeding station.
This comes about because there are
so many Of their cousins on the perches
and the edges of the platform that it is
unable to get in.
Accordingly, instead of giving up its
chance to make entrance, a sparrow re-
mains poised in air. OF course, it does not
do it with the aplomb of the humming-
bird. Probably no other flyer can equal
that dainty bit of life. In this vicinity
the only hummer we have is the ruby
throat, whose mate is all green. Some
times one stage of the sphinx moth is
taken for the female hummingbird 1t
is soft green and has way of poising
in front of a bell-shaped flower which
causes many observers who are not very
familiar with hummingbirds to think
that he has seen one of the latter. The
moth is curiously indifferent to OBJ
servers, who may stand directly over 1t.
1t is very fond of phlox, and so by some
persons is called the phlox bug.
There Is no better way to study the
flying habits of birds than to establish
at least two bird feeding stations in the
home yard.
One of these is placed by the window
and another out in the yard somewhere.
Both should be in plain sight of the
observer behind his window.
Perhaps the best thing is to put one
feeder on a stake comparatively close
to the window, but far enough away so
that the birds can easily fly on all sides
OF it,
Then the songsters will fly in and
around, as well as make longer fight to
and from the feeding station farther out
in the yard.
The skill with which the birds coast in
from a nearby shrub or vine is pleas
ure to watch. Every species has diff
ferent way of doing it, but most Of
them dip slightly every few feet.
AS the birds come in on a straight
line, it is easy to see that they, too,
are dependent upon high-powered en-
gines-their hearts.
When the wings are not alert, the
birds are as helpless in the air as pieces
of lead.
1t is the powerful heart, motivating
the entire creature, which keeps those
wings flying, and that tail steering.
The birds, small and large, do what
they do so perfectly, easily and we'll,
that it is amazing to humans, who often
are working at cross purposes with tnem-
selves by reason of the conscious mind
getting in the way of the unconscious
mind. This conflict, of course, is what
makes us human beings, but at times it
is very perplexing.
The birds fly without a thought, and
do it all the better for lack of conscious
intelligence.
1t may be that human beings would
have done better for themselves if they
had remained on a plane with the birds
and wild animals.
Looking around the world now, one
may have his doubts about the joys of
intelligence.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Salesgirl Replies to Advocate
OF Keeping Stores Open Evenings.

To the Editor of The Star:
Will some one kindly come to the aid
of the girl who works in a department
store?
All we hear is clamor for the Govern
ment worker. Her rent Is too high, her
hours too long, her salary insufficient.
There is no thought for the salesgirl who
stands on tired feet all day, and venture
to say that 80 per cent of them receive
no more than SIT or s18 per week.
Now comes lady signing herself M.
Edith Williams who would like these
girls to work at night for the special
convenience of Government workers,
who get off every day from $3.50 to 4:30
pm. and 80 on Saturday, which gives
them plenty of time to shop.
Why are some people so inconsiderate
Of their fellow creatures?
Government workers who have good
hours and working conditions should be
thankful and put forth every effort to
improve the working hours Of the sales
girls, not make them harder.
AN OLD CLERK.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
St. Johns Extension

Education is the characterization
of genius. Perhaps it is not too much
to say that the main business of
civilization is the extension of truth
and beauty to ever increasing num-
berS of people. In any event, some
thing of the sort is the thesis Of the
sponsors of the movement for cul-
tural progress among adults which,
in one form or another, has developed
in America in the past eighty years.
The present Washington program"
of st. Johns College, Annapolis,
illustrates what can be done in the
way of formal training of the grown
up" mind. Each Sunday evening for
eleven weeks there will gather in the
assembly hall of the Cosmos Club an
audience of men and women who
desire to improve their acquaintance
with those aspects of higher learn
ing" which an educated person may
be supposed to value. The lecturers
are scholars of distinction; their sub
ject material is all-inclusive, starting
with grammar and not stopping with
God.
Meanwhile, three seminars in the
great books of the Western World are
being held at the Junior League, st.
Adams School and the Graduate
School of the Department of Agricul-
ture on successive Tuesday evenings.
The range of works represented in
these enterprises of study includes
Homer and Tolstoi, with the Greek
dramatists, Herodotus, Plato, Aris-
totle, Virgil, Rousseau, Kant, NAL
Evening star., 1941-10-18
CALVERT STREET.

Dear Sir:
"On a radio quiz program some weeks
ago they asked Il question, What bird
can fly backward?' The answer was
that the hummingbird is the only bird
that can fly backward.
when a boy, living in the Shenan-
doah Valley, studied the antics of the
birds, hours at time, and was quite
familiar with the ability of the hum
mingbird to fly backward as well as
stand still in the air. There are other
birds that can tread air. but was un-
der the impression, until recently, that
the hummingbird was the only one I
had ever seen that could fly backward.
Last August I spent several weeks at
a hotel near Staunton, Va, and while
there saw an unusual sight. The wall
of the front of this hotel is covered with
ivy and late in the afternoon hundreds
of English sparrows came 10 roost in this
vine. Some of them would dive right
into the vine and find a resting place;
others, apparently not certain of their
landing place, would fly backward for
several feet, believe it or not, then tread
air. for a few seconds and then dive into
the vine. The action of these sparrows
not only amused me but amazed me.
Every evening for two weeks I wit
messed this performance, so it is not
imagination on my part. Other guests
of the hotel also saw this unusual sight.
Yours very truly, w. w. c."
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The flight of birds is one of the most
interesting of all natural phenomena
Even the humblest songster as witness
our correspondent, is able to do some
thing in the air which ordinarily Is
ascribed to one other bird alone
There can be no question that the
English sparrow is mighty interesting
which has been waged against him for
many years.
1t is extremely doubtful whether there
is any more capable species. Even its
enemies may be willing to admit this.
Brought to far land across the seas
these birds soon made themselves at
home, and managed to survive and in
crease.
AS conditions changed, they changed
with them, showing an adaptability
which was able to bridge the gap be-
tween the agricultural age and the ma
chine age. Man prides himself upon
this ability, but even with all his brains
and his consciousness of what he has
done, he has not been able to make the
change as well as the English sparrow.
The fight of birds resembles the SWIM
ming of fishes.
Some of the secrets of airplane flying
have been learned from the fnny crea-
ture as well as from the flying.
The soaring of the flying fish has been
taken as a model.
There is genuine resemblance be-
tween the fish in the air and the bird in
the air
The fins take the place of wings and
more nearly resemble the wings of
planes than do the wings of birds When
fish happens to find itself in air, out
of its natural medium it holds its fms
Evening star., 1941-10-18

thus, Coleridge, Dickens and Dos
toewski "in the company"
OF course, people can exist without
ever having heard of the masters of
human thought, the best Interpreters
of human feeling; but life is richer
when the influence of noble books
has been taken into the individual
experience Of multitudes of citizens.
The faculty Of st. Johns has made
that discovery and is sharing 1t with
all who care to cooperate. Ger
tainly, the experiment merits a
general commendation.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
The Cowboys Lument

Blues songs are mournful, but for
the acme of the doleful take such
tear jerkers as the cowboys la
ment and other range ballads. They
are livened up by no piano, saxo-
phone or banjo; they are beloved
by wailing cowboy voices, accom-
panied by the dolorous plunk and
trill of the guitar, and, on the actual
range itself, by the eerie howls of
coyotes which can stand just so
much and no more.
Now the cowboys have something
really worth lamenting. From Texas
comes report that they are literally
and truly near the end of their rope.
Lariats wear out, and it seems that
new ones cannot be obtained with
out a special permit from the pri-
critics board, which is shy about
granting them, because in one way
or another rope is needed to help
hang Hitler. Soon the range will
be crawling with little dogies and
stray cayuSes giving the horse laugh
to raging and impotent cow
punchers.
Thus does civilization gum the
works. The predecessors of these
knights of the rope-King Arthur'S
knights-were not so plagued. If the
court q rv,, orer had dopiod fhoy,, tin
plate, swords or spears on any such
excuse as priorities they would have
boiled the scurvy knave in oil rather
than let Britain be overrun with
damsels in distress, dragons, ogres
or seven-headed hydras.
Evening star., 1941-10-18

this war. They are the crusaders
against the anti-Christ.
For many years the church has been
disturbed about the materialism of the
people and their lack of faith. Now, in
the midst of despair, We witness the
return to the spiritual values Of life.
People are proclaiming their faith by
action.
This self-sacrifcing spirit that mani
tests itself in Europe lately knows no
boundaries.
So, again ask that We may have a
day of universal prayer in all our houses
of worship, Protestant Catholic and
Jewish, for the people who have so
gallantly fought for the liberation of
mankind Let us also pray that we may
be worthy of their sacrifice. U. c.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Discusses Traffic Accident
Involving Young Girl Driver.

To the Editor OF The Star:
am particularly interested in safety
and accordingly description of traffic
fatality which appeared in recent
issue of The Star appeals to me very
much.
In reading the description of the ac-
cident together with the qualifications
of the driver and her remark relative
to what she thought the deceased was
going to do, cannot help but feel that
there is room for considerable corrective
action in that field.
For example, the driver was sup
posedly "a 16-year-old girl with two
years driving experience" Just how
does a 16-year-old girl acquire two
years driving experience that might even
remotely be comparable to that con-
sidered adequate to drive in the Dis
trict? w. j. NIEDERAUER.
Evening star., 1941-10-18
Objects to Western Markets Use
As Recreation Center.

To the Editor of The Star:
At their meeting on october 13 mem
bers of the West End Citizens Associa-
tion advocated that a portion of the
Western Market be used for a recrea-
ton center. This would be very un-
desirable and a hindrance to the busi-
ness of the market. These few men
who name themselves West End Citizens
Association do not express the opinion
of those in the West End but only of
themselves. FRED S. YOUNT.
Evening star., 1941-10-18

morale, then, the sponsors of this
years Roll Call summon all citizens
of the District who have not yet
subscribed. The Star indorses their
final effort in the confident hope
that it will bring victory to a cause
in which the spiritual character Of
free society is involved.