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GONDERT-LIENESCH
End ANNUAL DANCE
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Second Annual Dance and
Party to be given by the Con-
dert and Lienesch Unit of
Local 8O6, UE, will be held at
Shells Cafe, 34S Troy Street
on Friday, August 8, 1941, at
$3.50 p. NJ. Beer and refresh
ments will be served and
there will be dancing and a
large floor show for entertain
ment. There will be a string
orchestra consisting of the
Four Sharks and Lucille, who
are widely recognized enter
tainers. ALI CLIO members and
friends are invited and a good
time is planned for all. Get
your tickets from Local 500
headquarters, s East Fifth St.
and 9 East Fifth St., Local
CLIO Headquarters or any
Stewards of the GOndert and
Lienesch Unit. The Entertain
ment Chairman, NH. Ross, says
come early and stay late and
have a good time. He assures
all a hilarious time. DOna-
tons fifty $3.50 cents per
person.
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Wage raise
demanded at
McGregor

McGregor Division of Sports
Products, Unit of Local 8O6, have
placed a demand before their
management for a general 100
per hour wage increase. This &C
ton was taken at the general
membership meeting of July 10,
1871. Several months ago the first
UE agreement was made with
the company providing for Union
hours and working conditions and
a general wage adjustment was
made at this time. However, at
this time each year model changes
are made in the product and
prices are set for the following
year. The demand of the member
ship Is being made at a time the
McGregor Management will be
giving consideration to produc-
ton costs.
The present Negotiating Com
mittee composed of Wilfred Sims,
Chairman, Forrest Kester and
Walter Loeb were reelected to
carry out negotiations with the
Management on the wage demand.
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management. First-birth certific;
And when we say regimented
what we really mean is mugged,
but we are merely being polite
as there are some timid souls who
just wouldn't understand and still
don't, but they are gradually be-
ginning to let things soak in after
the highly unAmerican procedure
imposed upon them this week.
This particular incident happen
ed on Monday, July Z, 1941 which
would be exactly 165 years after
our forefathers signed the Declara-
ton of Independence, which in
spite of this long period of time
we must still fight for, but with
a modern industrial organization
like our local management has
setup at Frigidaire Plant No. 2.
On this Monday after Indepen-
dence Day some SO men were re-
fused admittance to the plant be-
cause they did not have their
picture badge. In spite of the fact
that this was their first offense
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they were denied the privilege of
punching their time cards. Even
though they carried their identifi-
cation card with the following: -
Birth Date, Physical Characters
tics, accompanied by their photo
graphs, the Frigidaire guards who
had been invested with more
authority than nature endowed
them with brains, parrot-like
chanted the orders of their super
iors-"No badge-No entry-go
to plant protection office and get
a pass for the day"
No one can honestly condemn
the Frigidaire workers for being
highly resentful of this I'M
American order issued by local
management.
Remember Frigidaire workers
what our truly American fore
fathers said-"In Union There Is
Strength"
ADr v0Tr . . .
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general sentiment is to take time
off for vacation period
A conference with management
is scheduled for Tuesday, July Is,
1911. The question of rate ad-
iustments for the Mo1ders, Core
Makers, and Grinders Is still in
negotiations.
In addition to Ray Wilson, the
Negotiations Committee is COM
posed of c. Coons, c. Peterson, e.
Leath, J. Sistzman, c. Maddux,
and c.. McGlothin.
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Full agreement has not been
reached. However a plan is being
discussed to allow time off for
those wanting a vacation with pay
off the job during the last week
of July and the first week IN
August"
IL this plan is accepted, Union
representatives will make a sur
vey of the shop 50 definite ar
rangements can be made to OPP
crate the plant on a reduced force.
Stewards have reported that the
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VACATION TALKS
STARTED AT CHR

A statement has been issued by Ray Wilson, Chief Steward of
the CHR Foundry Unit of Local S6 that negotiations with the
Management for vacations with pay off the job are progressing
very satisfactorily.
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SHOP RULES Q
REGIMENTING
By CLETUS

A few months. ago rgdare employees of Pant No. 2 we're required to be regmened by the
First birth certificates Second pictures and Third fngurrnts
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We Got It ~ Let's Keep It!
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ARE YOU r ~?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

other laboratory examining methods and techniques are improved, and probably catch higher percentage of defects, many of which were formerly overlooked. Further, plenty of men with flat feet or slight shortage of perfectly-matched teeth, are reasonably healthy in spite of that. The vichy government in France is now adding poor physical health of Frenchmen to the many already.revealed causes of Frances downfall. It is point ing out that for many years mortality in France never got below IS per 1000, com pared to 12 in England, Il in Germany, and 10 in the Scandinavian countries Well, in the United States latest figures are between 10 and II.
 French rejections for military service in 1934-35 were about 20 per cent. In the United States it is questionable whether, over the whole country, it will prove so high, especially If you would consider nearly million volunteers already in service who do not show up in the draft figures. Further, the need for a great mass land army is not nearly as great here as in France, and there seems no doubt at all that by lowering standards only slightly great many now being rejected could be passed, and still make excellent soldiers.
 We're not urging snug self-satisfaction. We have not as yet produced race of men capable of passing 100 per cent the rather specialized requirements of the military But it is not wise tC jump from that to the conclusion that the national health is not sound, when there is excel lent evidence that 1t is the best ever. All of which does not minimize in the slight est our job, which is to make it still better
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
INGENIOUS PROFESSORS
(Bridgeport Telegram)

Connecticut's college professors are apparently the last refuge of that old ingenuity which used to make Yankee-land famous.
 One Yale professor who has @ country home on the Thames river has solved the problem of heating 1t ecor omically by installing a new high efficiency wood-burning fur- mace. and burning cordwood obtain ed from the neighborhood.
 Now comes another igenious pro- lessor. this time from the University of Connecticut. pr. Raymond Wall lace, associate professor of botany was faced with the problem of heating a rural cabin which he built last year from salvaged hurri. care timber.
 pr. Wallace could not bear the idea of spelling the interior with . lot of unsiightly radiators. SO he worked out a system of coil pipes under the floor. The cabin itself is set on a solid concrete block. Above the concrete and beneath the floor Is this series Of pipes through which hot water is circulated by forced circulation.
 Tine whole floor Of the cabin Is thus uniformly heated. it has been found that even on the coldest days q temperature Of co tn the floor will keep the whole cabin tnisorms ly warm and without any unpIeas-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

cart, and Hitler's tanks and ar- inored cars are likely to get hope- lessly mired.
 HOWEVER, spring in the Ball.. kans has come early this year. in contrast to the very severe winter last year. So the spring rains ray finish early. Thus British Greek fate depends in part on the weather.
 ORATOR VANDyNBERG
 Genial Senator Arthur Vanden- berg is one of the most effective orators in the Senate. His mind Is alert. and he has a command of phrases that makes the gal. leries lean forward to hear him.
 When he had delivered his major effort against the lease- lend bill, he retired to the cloak room. lit cigar. and leaned back in an upholstered chair. One of his colleagues congratulated him on the speech.
 With a in!schieyous twinkle, Vandenberg replied: "I could have delivered as strong Q speech on the other side."
 Senatorial loungers looked up, and Vandenberg added: "I could recite fifty unanswerable reasons why the bill should be passed" FDR JR.'S LAW FIRM
 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Is only a clerk in the New York law firm of Wright, Gordon, Zachry and Parlin, yet he has ale ready performed yeoman service for one of the partners.
 Partner Charles c. Parlin rec turned from Europe on the same clipper with Harry Hopkins. At Trinidad the British made the usual inspection of baggage. In Parlin's bags they found @ irlov- ing picture film taken in Ger. many.
 Parlin had visited Berlin. had accepted the Nazi invitation to take shots of Berlin areas which the British claimed to have suf- fered heavily from bombing. The pictures showed hardly a scar.
 So the British seized the film and, for good measure, seized all Parlin's other. belongings as we'll.
 That evening, Harry Hopkins dined with the Governor of Trini- dad. During dinner the Gov ernor was called to the telephone and told what had been found in the Parlin baggage. Returning to the dinner table, the Cover nor asked Hopkins if he knew this man Par.in.
 "Yes," said Hopkins, The is a lawyer of high standing i'm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
A Century of Parole

Parole is so firmly established as part of our police-and-cou system that 1t is hard to realize that only 100 years ago a man accused of even slight offenses was either acquitted, fined, or sent to prison. It was in 1841 that John Augustus, Boston shoemaker -philanthropist first "bailed out" and took under his friendly super. vision prisoner who was thus placed under what we now call probation.
 Since then the probation system has advanced to constitute what Roscoe Pound, fromer Harvard Law School dean, called "the greatest forward step in crin- inal jurisprudence in a century" Like any other element of government, proba- tion doesn't work unless 1t is honestly and capably administered. But the number of offenders rehabilitated under its guid- ance in the past 100 years is undoubtedly very great The National Probation Asso- ciation with it's 17,00O members, does well to remind citizens of this centennial this year in furtherance of their object, ito strengthen interest and understanding between citizens and their courts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Young Men Are All Right

There is no sense in swooning a great state of panic because of the rather high percentage of rejections in the draft calls. Considerable more study, and especially comparative study, needs to be given the figures before we need conclude that young America has declined into state of decreptitude. That is not to say that "all's right with the world" or that the health of youth is all it should be. It isn't, and 1t never will be. There is plenty of room for improvement. But there is no reason for panic. True, there are great many rejection. for failure to meet the rather high standards the military services have set. Tn some cases 1t has run as high as 25 per cent. Offhand, that looks bad. It looks worse than in 1017-lB. But Is it?
 Isn't it just possible that standards are higher now? Certainly the necessity for raising a huge army immediately Is not as great. The standard can be, and probably is, somewhat hieher. x-rav and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Selected Poem
EMPTY BOOKS

CMarion Everett Hayn in the New York Times) Things will come back which thought buried deep Beneath Winters snow or springtime's lane;
 Dear words. long dead, return with drip of rain, And Spring glazed gentians mock my tortured sleep Night feeds the flames that memory must reap; bough chastising mist-beclouded pane
 Lures laughter. curtained by songs refrain; Bare rooms are cloisters with rare gems to keep These things. relentless. trail me down the years, But life has taught that even echoes end;
 Wide parching wastes relive each seasons blooms; Wills fretted with despair find calm in tears.
 And tumults with the walls of silence blend:
 Dreams will embroider my hearts empty rooms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

Down around Nichols they are still arguing and battling over the location of the new highway which is to supplant the present Bridgeport Shelton route. This Is one Of the projects linked to noderni- zation of the existing highway between Waterbury and Bridgeport. The plans the last time we read about them called for bypass around Nichols. There was considerable arguing over this until 1t finally had been placed on what the resi- dents of Nichols thought was the right side of the town for it to pass. But now the argument has extended to Stratford and Shelton In Stratford residents want no part of this new roadway, because they claim it's merely to be route that will keep truck traffic away from the cen ter of Nichols, therefore, 1t remains Nichols problem-child and if there is 8 bypass it ought to be on Nichols terri tory. We feel sure there will be a road built, though.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

We have seen 8 great deal of that knowledge junked and a great many of our erstwhile conclusions modified. Many of our ideals have been shattered in recent years. and we have often been compelled to make a right-about-face in our thinking and come to conclusions absolutely at variance with those we held some years ago.
 Let us beware of intellectual pride. Let us hesitate ever to say that we have arrived ct anything like full knowledge of the truth. Undoubtedly we are making about the same number of mistakes our forefathers did. The politicians are making the same mistakes today that they made in the days of the Caesars. Any generation which be- iIeyes that there is something Of flnality about the conclusions at which 1t has arrived Is headed for Q rude awakening.
 Perfect wisdom is possessed only by God. Every generation ot men sec through Q glass darkly.
 All Rights Reserved -- Babson Newspaper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
They're Still Planning 1t

More announcements are being made about great new connecting highway between Waterbury and Bridgeport. The latest plans of the State Highway Depart ment in this respect have just been di- vulged in a letter from Commissioner William J. Cox to Governor Robert A. Hurley. The commissioner is getting worried about what the Legislature may do with the countless bills that it must discuss, all of them seeking new roads here and there or incorporating existing roads into the trunk line system. Even here in Waterbury we are concerned with this, for a bill is in the Legislature to have certain of our streets given state maintenance.
 The present idea with respect to mod ernizing the Naugatuck Valley route diff fers in one major respect from all dis cussed ideas before. A new bridge is to be built across the Housatonic River above Shelton which would enable the Waterbury Bridgeport route to bypass Derby, Ansonia, and Shelton. This is so completely different from everything proposed heretofore that 1t is startling to say the least. It would be the ideal treat ment for the valley road at this point and certainly valley residents from here to Bridgeport ought to encourage it in every way possible.
 Otherwise modernization of the route will proceed as previously announced. That means there'll be a new roadway from Shelton to Nichols, which means, of couse, fine entry to the Merritt Park way. It also includes many changes up through the valley near Seymour, Beacon Falls, and Naugatuck. In some places the old trolley right of way will be util- ized. But if all this is accomplished by the end of 1922 the Naugatuck Valley will have reason to be thankful, although we certainly have waited long enough for these improvements.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Very Regrettable

The disposition of the cases of the WPA officials, charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government, prob ably didn't leave much doubt as to their guilt or innocence in the minds of most Connecticut residents. We confess, though, that we weren't satisfied with the results of this trial and sentencing, pcr- ticularly so in the case of Vincent Sulli- van, former administrator of the WPA In Connecticut. We would much have pre- ferred to have seen him fight the charges in court than to have pleaded nolo con- tion and sentence.
 Perhaps the fact that could have been brought out by prolonging the case might not have aided him in the long run, but we don't think either that he was bene- fitted very much by throwing himself on the mercy of the court. We always had a rather healthy regard for the former WPA administrator and we still cling to the theory that his administration was not such a hot-bed of corruption as one might believe from all accounts. We note that others besides The Democrat feel that not enough facts were brought out in court through trial of the accused WPA officials
 The Hartford Times says: Tt is too bad that the information on which Judge Hincks based his comments is confiden- tial probation report Since all but one of the nine either admitted guilt or plead ed nolo contendere, the details of the con- splracy are not on the court record. Judge Hincks might, if it is permissible, render further public service by showing who it was that prevented the former State WPA administrator from running his office with free hand. The politics behind, this petty graft case ought to be- exposed"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
EATING IN wEsTCHEsTER
(New York Herald -Tribune)

The Westchester County Park Commission Is surveying the sixty five miles of parkways in that coun- ty to determine the wisdom os erecting roadside restaurants on land which hitherto has been closed to all commercial enterprises ex. cept the sale of gasoline. One of the first considerations, naturally. Is the desire of the commission to increase its income for maintenance of the pathways. It Is said that several restaurant organizations have shown an interest In obtaining such con- sessions. which is understandable when one considers that the Hutch- inson River Parkway has c peak
 traffic Of 5O000 automobiles q day and the sawmill River Parkway an ocassional traffic of 2SO00. 0ffi- cials of the commission are ct pains to make It clear that the buildings of the new cafes, fl and when put up. would be in conformity with the Slhdued and unobtfusive architecs
 ture oe tho parkway systems. 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Current Comment

Imitation does not begin until production capacity. through a shortage Of machines. raw materials, CT workers. cannot meet increased demand.
 --Col. Philip B. Fleming. Wage.
 Hour Administrator.
 We may be the last generation to enjoy the principles Of free gov. ernment. But if such things come to pass. the failure will not Dc the failure Of democratic principles: ( will be the failure Of men - your failure and my failure. ~-U. 6. Senator carl A. Hatch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
New York, and the employer of Franklin Roosevelt, IT,"

New York, and the employer of Franklin Roosevelt, IT,"
 Next morning, when Parlin ap. peared at the air station, expect. iag to find his luggage con- fiscated, he learned instead that everything was being returned to him with apologies and best wishes for Q safe journey.
 AMERICA FIRST BROADCAsTs
 In Its hectic, last-minute efforts to block passage of the lend-lease bill, the America First Commit. tee crashed head.on into the same obstacle that silenced the radio voice of Father Coughlin -- the National Association of Broad casters Code.
 There was no publicity about 1t, but big radio stations have quietly been refusing to broadcast rec cordlngs of speeches by isolation. ist leaders. which the Committee has been sending out, on the ground that their use conflicts with the code.
 Such recordings. under the code, have been interpreted as "Contro- verslal," which means CD that they must be given free time on the air. and (2) that an equal amount of time must be accorded to Lend-Lease proponents by sta- tions airing the anti speeches.
 Big radio stations now broad. cast 30 much "deadhead" i1a- tional defense materia!-Ar,ny and Navy recruiting drives, special Army camp programs, speeches by defense officials, and SO on--that they can't afford much additional free time for long -winded debates on cid to Britain.
 Result is that the America
 First Committee in its home- stretch drive has had to depend largely on the smaller stations,
 unaffiliated with the NAB. MERRY-G0.ROUND
 On the Presidents desk are the tools of his work. On the couch at the right are the tools of Falla, the Residents Scottie. They con- sist of a rubber bone, ball and doughnut, and a Ynesli.work bag that he can get his teeth into. Vice President Henry Wai- lace has engaged Spanish-speak- ing secretary to help him practice his Spanish. Wallace wanted someone who would be available at any moment - in the office, in the restaurant, in the handball court. So he turned down & handsome feminine applicant from the Mexican Embassy, took man instead.
 Copyright, 194l, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06

Most people don't realize 1t yet, but Hitler now has 100000 men in Rumania and Bulgaria, in ad- dition to the Bulgarian army of l50,000 men. The Bulgars prob- ably won't be used against the Greeks, but will guard the south ern border against Turkey.
 Against this, the British have one division - about 10000 men lin Salonika. More are on the way, but 1t takes time to trans port them. The Greek army has been concentrated in Albania, ct the extreme western end of Greece. While more forces have been switchd to Macedonia re- gently, 1t is @ tough job for @ little country to spread It's forces so thin.
 Another important factor Is that Germany has been prepar- ing for this move during three months. The German General staff is the most thorough mili- tary organization In the world. Not once in this war - unless 1t be the reputed attempt on England in Septembei-has Hit
 Ter moved until he was com pletely prepared.
 And from the first moment Italy was set back in Greece last November. Hitler has been pre- pairing for his present drive on Greece.
 MACEDONIA MUD
 If 1t took Hitler three months to prepare1 you can get some Idea of how long 1t will take the Bri- tish to mass @ real army in Sa- lonika. Chief hope of the Bri- tish is airplanes, plus bombing raids n Bulgaria and the Ru- manian oi! fields from Greek or Cretan bases.
 Another hope, perhaps even more important for the time be- ing Is mud. Macedonia in the spring can be the muddiest place In the world. One of the auth ors of this column once spent days in open trucks stuck on the muddy, gumbo roads of Ma cedonia. This part of the Ball. kans is adapted only to the ox-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-03-06
Questions k and Answers
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED The Waterbury Democrat Service Bureau win answer fer yea free, any question ee fact 0r informa. tlon. not involving extensive e. search. Write your question clear. ly. sign name and address, en. close . three cent postage stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address The Waterbury Democrats Washington Service Bureau. 1913 18th Street. Wash. lngt0n, D. 0.
 e. Where are the LaFittes, far otls pirates, buried?
 A. Shortly before 1925 the broth. CTS disappeared. It was reported that one was killed in . sea battle and the other died of fever in a Yucatan village. But no facts about their deaths or burial.places have been established.
 e. How many Lane sisters are ir motion pictures?
 A. Four: Leota, Lola, RosemarO and Priscilla, have appeared in mo- ton pictures. A fifth sister, Martha apparently has no screen aspira. tons.