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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-08
WAR IN EUROPE A YEAR AGO,
 FEB. 6, 1040
By United Press

BY UHINU FFtbb
 Russia claimed capture Of @ AIannerheim forts and Oeeupas ton Of fortified area of IIetlnen in bumma district,
 Co sector between Lake l.nd0ga and huVAhijaeFyi, Russia reported defenAes legeIed, with FlnHh nufs feFing "gFent losses"
 French steamship Marie Dawn HlFwGk mllne and hamh in Neglh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-08
City Figures Damage From Terrific Storm
Almost Inches of Rain Fell Fiere-Streets Washed Out Cellars Flooded, Stock Damaged; Two
 Plants Forced to Shut Down

Waterbury the toll caused by rainfall 35 inches ended shortly before midnight Street wash factory stock high thousands haltng further melting of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-08

Clearing Today; Fair,
 Colder Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-08

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STUDENTS DISPENSED

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Evening star., 1941-06-25
Maryland Fireworks

Having overcome practically all
legislative and legal hurdles, the pop
ular effort to ban the sale of fire
works in Maryland has become ef-
fective in spite of the opposition of
a organized commercial lobby.
Two years ago, with the lobby ac-
lively at work, a bill to ban the sale
and use of fireworks was defeated at
Annapolis by the slimmeSt possible
margin-one vote. This year the
same legislators appeared more re-
sponSive to public sentiment and
passed the bill, which normally would
have become effective June /. The
fireworks interests, which fought the
measure in the General Assembly,
however, obtained 10000 names to a
petition requiring a referendum on
the new law. The referendum can
not legally be held until the next
general election, which will be next
year. Thus the effective date of the
bill again was delayed.
Meanwhile State Insurance Com
missioner John B. Centrum believed
the law under which he operates was
broad enough for him to promulgate
regulations which would achieve at
once practically the same results as
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Warns Against Compromise
With Communists and NaZis.
To the Editor Of The Star:

Now that two of the most depraved
scoundrels of history, Hitler and Stain.
have thrown aside their perfidious pledges
of undying friendship and have de-
clared war upon one another, we can ex-
pect frantic activity by their clandestine
apologlsts on the propaganda front. The
bundists. the professional isolationiStS
and those subversive American quislings
who prefer a compromise with Hitlers
theology to our Presidents leadership as
Commander -in-Chie of our armed
forces entrusted with national defense
and security, all can be expected to voice
their willy persuasions to leave the saliva
ton of our way of life, TO the benevo-
lent Vaccinations of Adolf, the we'll
known deliverer of the oppressed. They
will claim that there is no further
need to waste our precious substance in
preparedness against the deadly menace
of international anarchy, because Hitler,
the valorous champion of the under
dog, is going to save us.
On the other hand with equal temerity,
that considerable host of fellow travellers
who have lost faith in our American
tradition and who would experiment here
with Stain theology. will make a de-
termined assault upon our credulity for
the unappreciated virtues of Com
munism. Of late they have bitten their
tongues in reluctant silence because the
public avowals of eternal friendship be-
tween Hitler and Stain dispelled any
IN tto1 nd
purpose of the two nihilist ideologies.
Now that the inevitable vendetta has be-
come an open avowel of warfare to the
death, We can expect rapid reappraisal
of Stains hidden virtues by the pink
fringe of our intellectuals who would re-
make America in the admired image of
the Soviet.
Already this latter group has begun
its war of subversive propaganda against
heroic little Finland, land which now
has been labeled the willing consort of
England's enemies. These calumniators
will attempt to persuade us to overlook
the atrocities of Stain and to transfer
our wrath and indignation to his in
nocent victim.
AS true Americans determined that
our way of life shall survive, it behooves
us to keep our feet firmly on the ground
of fundamental truth and realistic COM
mon sense Communism and Naziism
are Just as much our deadly enemies
today as they were yesterday.
Let us look with suspicion upon any
and all who find redeeming virtues in
Hitler or Stain Let us realize that any
alliance with either would be an unthink-
able defilement of all that is wholesome
and honest in our national integrity and
honor.
This new and perhaps desirable de-
velopment of thieves falling out should
have but one result, a consecrated and
more determined effort to save our be-
loved institutions with our own effort
and resources. In defending and pre-
serving our way of life, let us spare our
selves the shame and ignominy of being
in debt to either scoundrel.
THOMAS E. MATTINGLY, M. D.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Believes That Russia
Cannot Be Conquered
Writer Says Classic stroteey
Has Soved SIovs in the Post
And May Save Them Again

To the Editor of The Star:
The confident prediction of military
experts that Russia will be vanquished
summarily ignores the classic mode of
Russian warfare.
Loss of campaigns and the annihila-
ton of armies may be suffered, Russia
may be defeated locally in battles from
the Arctic to the Black Sea- but these
triumphs spell the failure of the in
vader and his eventual rout or capitula-
tion.
The decisive factor In the Russian
strategy must be the infinite spaces to
which the Slavs may retreat and an end
less creation by them of new armies
with which they may sting the enemys
f1anks.
That strategy was demonstrated to be
Russias salvation in the wars with
Charles XII of Sweden, a military
genius whose contests with his neigh
bors are celebrated in the histories of
those nations. He never could be de-
feated. However, his Russian foe would
vanish into those immense recesses and
return with new armies. Finally the
attrition left the warrior sovereign in
possession of nothing except his genius.
Such was the strategy, too, of the
Parthians, the only nation the ancient
Romans never could conquer and whose
arrows are a proverb. Those Parthian
projectiles may contribute to the achieve
ment of a possible purpose of the COM
plete group of nations challenged by
Germany, compelling the enemy to go
deeper and to maintain in Russia so
much of his forces that he cannot realize
his objective in the east or in the west.
If Russia might be less prepared for
battle than is imagined, the nation,
nevertheless, is SO conditioned and situ-
ated, while companioned by England, as
TO be capacitated to resist conquest
indefinitely and to contribute to the
total collapse of Germany.
Approaching exhaustion from the re-
suits of the British blockade precipi-
tated Germany'S adventure in Russia.
Unless the Russians nature be diSsi-
pated IN Communist theory, their thea
ter of fighting will be the scene of
genius and exploits that will constitute
a new heroic phase of the war and that
will not cease while their nation is
menaced.
EDWARD CONN.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Objects to Working Class Slavery"
To Labor Leaders.

To the Editor of The Star:
One of the principles of democracy
is freedom and the responsibility which
this freedom entails.
Now that the Ford Motor Co. has
been forced to sign an agreement for
a closed shop with the c. l. O., free
dom for the working man has disap-
peared. Once he was slave to the
capitalist, now he is a slave to ruthless
labor leaders-but still a slave
No ooubt there is a real place for
responsible labor unions in the social
setup of democracy, but to force
a man to join a labor union with the
tactics of the C. l. O. in order that he
may earn living is to me as undemo-
cratic as anything can imagine.
Perhaps Mr.. Ford has done this
hoping to bring the public to a more
careful study of the Wagner Act.
1 believe in many of the things labor
fights for but I don't think I ever will
believe in closed shop.
ELIZABETH H. ALLAN.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Reports Courage
OF Representative Mas.

To the Editor Of The Star:
Representative Mas is to join the Pa
cific Fleet as dive bomber pilot on July
l" runs a current headline.
Seeing that name in the papers, again
brings to mind, a brave feat performed
in the House of Representatives not long
ago. I wonder how many remember it?
When an unbalanced spectator in the
House galleries suddenly arose, pulled out
a gun and demanded of the Representa-
tives a right to speak on the floor, as
was to be expected nearly every one sour
ried for cover. But not. Representative
Mas. He bravely stood his ground.
Walking toward the man in the galleries
who still was brandishing his pistol he
said to him calmly: Throw me your
weapon, and we'n let you speak for
thirty minutes"
Whether the madman was impressed
by the spirit of friendliness, or the I'M
usual courage of the Representative from
Minnesota is not known, but the fact of
the matter is, he threw Representative
Mas the gun-and the day was saved.
JOSEPH D. AMBROSE.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
THIS AND THAT
By Charles E. Trdcetoell.

pointing out-the defects in the per-
sonal appearance of older persons.
1t is said that the penguins of the
South Polar regions are so insistent on
the correct penguin dress, resembling
human dress suit, that any young born
without the proper markings are imme-
distely pecked to death.
The severest fate is for the all-white
birds, which are Stunned by all, includ-
ing their own parents, which will not
feed them.
In this way the unusual birds have no
chance at all.
Uniformity is desired, and complete
uniformity is what the penguins get.
Often humans complain about the
driving desire in their species for COM
plete uniformity of habit, thinking, SAL
airy, hours, housing conditions, etc. Crit
ical understanding will reveal that this
desire is merely basic animal sort of
thinking, and that the person who tries
to set himself against this current is
very likely to suffer the same fate as the
all-white penguin in mob of penguins
dressed in their neat little black and
white suits"
At this writing we have more jays and
sparrows in the garden than anything
else.
There are half dozen jays which visit
the feeders regularly, and about three
dozen English sparrows
These birds, together with a dozen or
more nuthatches, including many babies.
together with robins, wood thrushes and
cardinals, and few song sparrows, make
up the steady company in the yard.
This year. as in past years, We have
failed to see any attacks by the jays on
other birds
1t is common sight to see a jay on
one side Of feeding station, across from
half dozen sparrows perched on the
other side.
We have never seen any evidences of
the least desire on the part of any Jay
to molest any sparrow.
1t may be that this is because all the
sparroWs are in good shape. fat and
healthy-the two go together in the bird
world-and so the blue jays know there
is not much chance of catching one.
Last year we discovered a dead sparrow
with a hole in its head. and attributed
it to band of grackles which had been
in the yard for some time
The grackle. in our estimation, is a
much more bloodthirsty creature than
the jay, and much more capable of do
ing harm.
1t is fierce nest robber One Sunday
morning, early, we saw grackle kill
three young cardinals in as many Sec
onds, almost
The triple deed was done before it was
possible to carry any aid to the fledgIings.
We believe that the purple grackle
should not be allowed to remain in a
yard, but that Jay is not bad garden
companion at all, in fact will afford a
great deal of amusement, being a clown
by nature
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Tells of Food Shortage
And Complains About High Prices.

To the Editor of The Star:
On May 81, Federal Security Admin
istrator Paul " McNutt, speaking before
a conference in Boston, Mass, said
approximately 45,000,000 men, women
and children in the United States lack
the foods we know are essential to
health, primarily because they are too
poor to buy milk and eggs and vege-
tables. And this is the country which,
of all the world. has the greatest food
producing capacity"
Organized labor also has pointed out
this fact on numerous occasions in the
past year. Why Mr.. McNutt admitted
this publicly we do not know. But we
know he spoke the truth. Every day
sees meat, milk, eggs and other neces-
stiles of life increasing in cost.
The unemployed do not object to food
being sent to any people who need it.
But there is enough of food surplus in
America for all the 100000 hungry
people here as well as all the hungry
people in Europe without any need for
forcing higher food prices.
These increases in the cost of living
hit with especial severity at the living
standards of the unemployed, because
their w. P. A. wages and relief checks
are fixed on yearly bases under annual
appropriations.
ROBERT L. ROBINSON,
President, District Workers Alliance.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
New Rubber Controls

In establishing Government
corporation as the sole buyer of crude
rubber from the Far East, and order
ing twenty per cent cut in civilian
consumption during the next six
months, the administration has
taken two important steps toward
conserving our supplies of rubber, a
vital strategic material. Under the
order issued by Federal Loan Admin
istrator Jones on Saturday, private
imports of rubber from the Far
East-our principal source of sup
ply-will be suspended, and all pur-
chases hereafter will be made by the
Rubber Reserve Company, a sub
sidiary of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation. 1t was also announced
at the same time that civilian con-
sumption, by December, will be re-
duced to eighty per cent of the
monthly average during the year
ending on March 81 last.
Rubber conservation measures are
clearly needed. Due in part to the
Evening star., 1941-06-25

The question of the blue Jay as fight
er seems of perennial interest. A corre-
spondent writes: II have read your
column for number of years and have
enjoyed 1t very much.
Sometime ago you had an article
about the jay birds, as to their guilt or
innocence, as far as other birds eggs and
young we're concerned-there was con-
siderable doubt whether they would dis
turb them, etc. Another spoke of the
sparrows running our song birds away.
Briefly this is what came under my
observation, also that of two other gen.
tlemen with me. We were all sitting on
the porch, and at distance of about rs
feet from the encounter.
"A jay, sitting on the ground, sur
rounded by about II to Is sparrows,
perfect circle around him about 20 inches
in diameter; everything was STILL the
sparroWs eyeing the jay and the jay eye
ing the sparrows, not young sparrows,
but full grown.
Like flash, the jay lit on one SPAR
rows back, evidently sunk his claws In
lllc SpdIlOWs dIlu llcW away WIFI IllfIl rs
an eagle would young rabbit.
"A purple grackle and sparrow lit on
the edge of the fountain. They eyed
each other a second and the grackle
pounced on the sparroW's back and the
sparrow fell to the ground, dead.
Il have seen a mockingbird knock
pigeons around.
Able fighters like the jay, grackle and
mockingbird will strike a fair balance,
in the bird world, as nature has provided
in all life"
Our belief is that jays and other ma
rauders always select sick bird for their
victim.
There are a great many more ailing
birds, in most of the species, than most
observers think
Bellicose birds can see these at
glance.
1t may be that even hawks can de-
termine the faltering victim from great
distance, so sharp is their eyesight
In all these cases, which seem and are
so cruel, the larger tNrd may be doing a
good deed, in a sense, in an evil world.
by removing at one stroke the bird which
is going to die soon. anyway.
No doubt there are more English SPAR
row victims, in this way. than in any
other group, because there are more of
these SparroWs.
The English sparroWs as stated here
recently, raise from Is to 20 young
year. and out of this number there
usually are few culls.
These deformed and sickly birds. al
though as large as their brothers and
sisters, are marked for an early demise,
at the best.
Pure children of nature have an un-
canny eye for noting defects
Even human children are first to mark
defect in some small playmate.
They are not a bit backwards, unless
trained early, in noting-and usually
Evening star., 1941-06-25

the statute delayed by the petition.
When he issued his regulations last
month, so they would become eff
fective for this Fourth of July he
attempted to ban the sale and use
of everything from sparklers to can
non crackers. Two fireworks compa-
MES and a taxpayer from Cecil
County, where the fireworks firms
are located, promptly sought an in
junction to block Mr.. GontrumS
regulations.
The court decided that part of Mr..
Gontrum'S regulations, that ban
ming explosive fireworks, is valid.
The effort of Mr.. Centrum to ban
sparklers and non-explosive fire.
works is not legal, the court de-
cided, and will be blocked by an
injunction. Properly supervised COM
munity pyrotechnical displays will
be permitted
The growing sentiment against
fireworks has been evident in Mary
land for years. More and more COM
munities in the nearby Washington
areas have banned their sale, and
in some instances their use, by town
ordinance or special legislative enact
ment. Many volunteer fire depart
ments and other organizations that
sold them in the past have aban-
doned that custom in response to
public sentiment. 1t is safe to pre-
dict that when the referendum is
held next year, the law to ban fire.
works in Maryland will be over
whelmingly approved.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Support Secretary Ickes'
Drive on Aluminium Monopoly"

To the Editor Of The Star:
Old Deal columnists, David Lawrence
in particular, seem to be doing consider
able disservice to the cause of national
unity and democracy when they try to
read things into Secretary Ickes' recent
testimony concerning the Aluminium Co.
of America.
Mr.. Lawrence quotes parts OF this
testimony as revealing "in clear outline
the conspiracy of the New Deal to use
the war funds and plants built up during
the war as lever to break up business
and industry and force more Government
ownership and control and operation"
This Interpretation of the facts brought
out by Mr. Ickes is beautiful example
of besetting sin. The Interpretation of
a remark concerning monopoly as show
ing a conspiracy" for naturalization
of industry" appears to be little more
than Misrepresentation and neglect Of
facts in the Old Deal manner. Mr..
Lawrence in this instance pays no at
tention whatever to an outstanding fact
in the history of aluminium in these
United States of ours.
The Aluminium Co. of America, until
quite recently, held a 100 per cent mo-
nopoly Of producing aluminium metal
Evening star., 1941-06-25

demands of the expanding defense
program, consumption is now running
about ten thousand tons a month
higher than last year. On the basis
of present consumption figures, the
United States has on hand only a
Six-month supply of rubber-a dan
gerously small reserve in view of the
uncertainties in the present interna-
tional situation. Though increasing,
the output of synthetic rubber is still
small, and it will be several years
before plantations in South America
will become an important source of
natural rubber supply for the United
States.
In his statement on Saturday, Ad-
ministrator Jones pointed out that
the new control measures will in
crease the Governments reserve
stocks and facilitate distribution to
meet the needs of defense and the
requirements of industry, in accord
ance with consumption programs laid
down by the Office of Production
Management and the Office of Price
Administration and Civilian Supply.
Leon Henderson, prize administrator,
shortly will establish ceiling prices
for reclaimed, scrap and crude rub
ber. The ceiling on automobile tires
will be the June 16 prices. The fixing
of these maXima will protect the
public against unwarranted price
rises and will thus serve as a safe
guard against initiation.
BY curtailing civilian consumption,
and conserving and increasing the
Nations reserve stocks, Government
officials believe that defense indus
tries will continue to have all the
rubber they need Though there is
no lack of rubber in the United
States today, it is plainly the part of
wisdom to guard against a possible
future shortage.
Evening star., 1941-06-25

in the United States. The Hall process
patent expired in 1910 Since then the
complete monopoly has been maintained
by one means and another. factor
in the situation was a tariff of seven
cents a pound which happens to have
been the exact difference between the
prices of aluminium metal here and
abroad.
The Aluminium Co. has been a perfect
example of monopoly fostered by the
protective" tariff
Mr.. Ickes seems to have considerable
justification for his recommendation to
Congress that this perfect monopoly be
considered in financing new aluminium
plants for national defense. If this be
a New Deal conspiracy, we could put up
with some more of it.
RICHARD FRANCHOT.
Evening star., 1941-06-25
Property Seizure

While there can be no disputing the
fact that the Government should
have the right to make full use in an
emergency of any facility needed to
insure national safety, the Senate
Military Affairs Committee is fully
warranted in examining with the
greatest care all proposals contem-
plating drastic property seizure pow
ers for the Executive. 1t was OBJ
viouSly in pursuance of this policy
of intelligent, constructive delibera-
ton that members Of the committee
have raised serious questions as to
the need for so broad bill as Under
secretary of War Patterson presented
to Congress for consideration about
three weeks ago. And it is to meet
some of the chief objections raised
at the Capitol that Mr.. Patterson has
come forward with a substitute
measure which, while much narrower
in scope, would seem to satisfy any
foreseeable present or potential need
of the War Department.
The original bill, which is still ia
vored by the Navy Department. gave
to the President authority ito requi-
Sltion and take over, either tempo
rarily or permanently, property of
any kind or character, whether real
or personal, tangible or intangible,
which itself or through its exercise
or control can be used or is adapt
able for use directly or indirectly in
any way for national defense; and to
use, and on such terms as he shall
deem satisfactory, to sell or other
wise dispose of (Such property
either temporarily or permanently"
1t is hard to see how the bill could
have been made much broader
Critics of the proposal have claimed
the language would permit the Gov
ernment to commander almost any,
thing for any length of time, from
bank accounts to newspapers. In
presenting the bill, War Department
officials pointed out that a broad
measure is needed to deal with a
variety of recalcitrants in industry,
especially in the field of machine
tools and patents. President Roose-
velt only last week, in a letter to the
Senate Military Affairs Committee,
asked for wide latitude in this con-
nection.
The substitute bill, which Mr.. Pat
terson comedies is adequate" to deal
with all known situations, would limit
requisitioning to ANY military or
naval equipment or munitions, or
component parts thereof, or machin-
cry, tools or materials necessary to
manufacture of such equipment or
munitions and would permit such
action then only when it is essential
Ito overcome shortages" This
phraseology covers all the contingent
cies specified by Mr.. Roosevelt in his
letter to the Senate committee and
it may be assumed that the revised
bill has received the approval of the
White House. That Congress will
give to the President whatever addi-
tional powers are necessary to guar
antee the Nations security goes with
out saying. But public opinion will
demand that any proposal for the
CONSUMPTION of industry be weighed
as carefully as was the plan for
drafting man power under the Sc
lective Service Act, for both involve
fundamental private rights not to be
lightly disregarded.