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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-09
Radio Broadcast

A guest speaker on the Lithuanian Chamber of Commerce radio pro- gram Sunday afternoon at 1:30 over Station WATR will be Stanley Wedzunas, secretary of the Lithuap- ian Citizens Political Club who will address the audience on a subject pertaining to defense.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
American Recommendation

With the inauguration today OF
overall price control in the whole
sale and manufacturing fields, the
United States begins a process Of
regimentation which is as drastic
as it is foreign to the American way
of doing things The experience will
be an unpleasant one, and many
hardships will result. But it is
necessary part of total war. if we are
to win and salvage anything from
the victory.
II the control of wholesale and
manufacturing prices is to be effec-
tive, high degree of cooperation
from those affected by the regula-
tions will be necessary. And if this is
true now. It will be doubly so when
the controls are extended to retail
erS next Monday. Many wholesalers
already have had some experience
with price controls. but for the vast
majority of retailers the experience
will be novel one. In many in
stances adjustments will be ex-
tremely difficult. especially for re-
tailers, who, like the wholesalers,
will not be permitted to charge more
than their highest March price for
any commodity. but who may have
purchased goods since March at
prices inconsistent with that level.
Happily, the Office of Price Ad-
ministration. headed by Leon Hen
derSon, has indicated that it is fully
aware of this and other problems
that will arise. Assurance has been
given that every effort will be exerted
to make necessary adjustments-al-
though price ceilings generally will
be maintained-as promptly as pos
sible. At best. however, the admins
trative work will be exceedingly diff
flcult and complicated, and If every
| seller attempts to bring all of his
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Another Godget Gone?

The news continues to be bad all
along the gadget-curtailment front.
One of the latest to get the ak is the
hairpin; there will be only half as
many made as formerly. The ladies
will have to find substitute means of
controlling their crowning glory, or
else shorten it fifty per cent to keep
pace with pin rationing. Otherwise,
coiffures that look like gun sWabs
would be the order of the day.
But this by no means tells the
whole story. The hairpin Is an ex-
traordinary utility tool, and it is
amazing how many secondary uses
it has in capable feminine hands. It
picks locks and fishes out small OBJ
jectS dropped down drains. 1t takes
a grip on recalcitrant buttons and
forces them into reluctant button
holes. 1t Stabs olives and cherries
in inaccessible bottlenecks. Bent
into weird shapes, it fastens many
garment and can be used to mend
broken toys. If not watched carefully
by the owner, it may be annexed for
strictly masculine use, and wind up
its career as pipe cleaner, espe-
cially in retaliation for illegal FEM
mime use Of precious razor blades
for pencil sharpening. BY all means
let us hurry in our task Of pinning
the Axis down and restoring
normalcy.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles E. TrdceUell.

After the boys had been at their dig
again.
Then, out of the shadows, came ar
ticulate sounds.
Let my worms alone" came the
quavering voice.
Them m's-my-worms," it continued
With a scream, the boys dropped tin
cans and spade and lantern and made
for the road.
1t was the last digging expedition
there.
An old cemetery is just the sort of
place that beautiful bird, the woodcock,
would select.
For bird only II inches long, but
stout, the woodcock has a tremendous
number of common or popular names.
In various sections of the country it
is called the woodhen, the American
woodcock, big g-neaded snipe, big mud
snipe. blind snipe, whistling snipe, wood
snipe, night partridge, night peck, tim
Der doodle, hookum pake, Labrador
twister, bogsucker, bog bird, pewee,
whistler, and big-eyes.
Mr.. Big-Eyes" is favorite with many
persons.
He not only Is regarded as an ex-
treme delicacy by hunters, but is ad-
mired by all persons with an interest in
beauty.
Surely the woodcock is one of the real
beauties of nature.
Birds of America" states:
"The flight is swift though short,
sometimes accompanied with clatter-
ing sound"
1t may be that this "clattering sound"
is the "quack of a duck" spoken of by
our correspondent.
The diet of this mud hen" is about
100 per cent angleworm. it is said, show
ing how wonderful digestion is. No
human being would eat dish of angle
worms, not even If starving, but after
they have been transformed into wood
cock flesh they would be relished by
any one.
The woodcock has big and neat round
head with large eyes. and a long bill.
Its color pattern is extremely fetching.
The mother woodcock is one of the
few birds which can carry a young one
IN flight. This she does by grasping the
chick between her feet
Blue jays, flickers and woodpeckers at
times make some very odd sounds.
1t is always good policy, in regard to
unusual bird noises, to suspect the jays.
These big fellows not only are capable
of anything, but they delight in it, too
We are convinced that at times the
jays vie with one another in making
unusual sounds, just as small boys do.
The jay can scream with the best of
them, and also is able to make a noise
resembling a wooden rattle.
Yet upon occasion it COOS, too, in q
way which would please even the dove,
master of cooling.
Evening star., 1942-05-11

him only in passing remembered him
with gratitude. He was a man of
magnetic charm. His sympathies
were generous, his understanding
quick and keen, his selfeSSness un-
questionable. The entire city profit
ed from his rectorship at Epiphany
and rejoiced when he accepted the
nomination to be Dean of Washing
ton Cathedral, where it was antici-
pated that he would find still wider
fields of constructive labor. Taken
from the latter post of duty after
only six months, he leaves his hopes
as his memorial. None of his breth-
rem can take his place, but the
building of the Kingdom whose
proud and happy servant he was will
continue in hands lifted up by his
example.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Evening
In the blue dusk the I'D

In the blue dusk the Uuter ldpped
silcily at the pilings,
Speaking in q dispdssionQte and
inmen1orial tDay,
And the Doices of fishermen came
in measured tones quietly,
Saying familiar things against the
diminishing day.
And the light fell; one By one the
stars sparkled,
The lighthouse sent out its mon
strous sloto ,Dheel of beams,
And there 1Oere long silences, the red
Goals OF pipes glo,otng,
The slight Whisper OF water and
mems quiet dreams.
And then the chill dark, the moue
for departure,
Pipes knocked, the long sigh, the
tide coming In,
And here tCds the sadness of time.
forever u1spoken::
The remembrance of the years that
might hare been.
FREDERICK EBRIGHT.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Complains About Expression
Allegedly Rejecting on Services.

To the Editor Of The Star:
We were amazed to read in your April
% issue the gratuitous insult to men of
the Regular Army and Navy as delivered
by your writer's, Kay Caldwell and Alden
Harrison.
In advising Alice" about entertaining
officers and enlisted men. Kay Caldwell
and Alden Harrison wrote:
There are thousands of thoroughly
fine boys who are serving as privates,
and any officer who would boycott a girl
because she went out with one of them
doesn't deserve his commission. Your
girl friends attitude may have had some
justification in regard to our pre-war
professional Army, but not today"
This is an insult to our regular serv-
icemen, to their parents and to their fine
wives and children.
With the greatest of credit to the new
men OF our Army, our regulars were
never the people to cause any girl to
blush If caught out with them. The
upper grades of our Regular Army and
Navy have married girls that are as a
whole the equal of the average Ameri-
can girl. Many girls have done worse
for themselves than those who went out
with and married men of our regular
services-men who are now bearing the
brunt Of the fighting over the seas, on
the seas and under the seas-men who
are now bearing the brunt of training
and organizing our Army Of the United
States. CARL GARDNER,
New York City. Editor, Our Army.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Charges Union Leaders
With Shielding Racketeers.

To the Editor of The Star:
David Lawrence in generally excel
lent article appearing in the May issue
OF The Star, says: ut may be assumed
that the administration is beginning to
take cognizance of the rather wide
spread uneasiness toward the labor
union movement which lately has been
revealed on account of the irregularities
of comparative few"
Again: Many honest and in every re-
Spect innocent labor leaders resent the
implications about racketeering and ma
nipulation of union funds which have
been cast unjustly toward them because
of guilty comrades"
The writer recognizes that degrees of
guilt may exist within labor unions and
among their leaders according to the
degree of initiation and participation in
union practices against which complaints
have been made. But she objects strenu-
ously to any effort at white-washing i'm
piled IN the words irregularities of a
comparative few" and honest" and I'm
nocent" labor leaders.
Whether union leaders themselves
participate in specific labor racketeering
or not, union leaders have shown no
willingness nor desire to condemn or to
obtain redress for the victims of any
OF these practices. but rather to shield
the perpetrators from any control what
ever. Can they then lay claim to hon.
esty and innocence and declare them
selves separate from the irregularities
Of comparative few?
EDNA NJ COLLARS
Evening star., 1942-05-11
@ STREET.

STREET.
Dear Sir:
Considering the circumstances, and if
I did not have proof that I was not
hearing things, would hesitate to write
this query. However,
THE time-4:30 am. yesterday.
The place-an old overgrown ceme-
terry adjacent to Rock Creek Park land
the only back yard our apartment can
claim
The sound-weird, rhythmic and
raucous
But to get down to facts, we were
of duck and the coo-coo-coo of a
pigeon.
Although I could not see the birds,
there were evidently two of them and
they seemed quite agitated. The noise
lasted 10 minutes, then silence reigned
again.
Unless they were owls Cor woodcock
maybe) I don't know what they were.
: DO you?
Hopefully, G. G."
Old cemeteries are places for odd
noises.
We do not know what sort of bird
our correspondent heard.
Maybe some reader can help out.
But we can tell the story of ap un-
usual noise in an old burying ground
not so many blocks from the one men
toned
This place has long been built over, but
IN the old days in Georgetown it held
the bodies of many great and near
great.
The boys Of the neighborhood found
1t an excellent place in which to hunt
fishin' worms
Nearby lived a crusty old fellow who
resented the presence Of the boys.
Most of the worm digging was done at
night, with the aid of lantern
The old man had told the boys to
stay away.
Like youngsters of all ages, they did
not care to be commanded.
Accordingly, they paid little attention
to the man.
So the old fellow decided to teach
them lesson.
Now we switch the story over to the
boys.
They hurried up to the graveyard
Just after dark, and began digging.
Suddenly, weird sound came across
the grass.
1t was cross between a groan and a
scream.
The boys literally froze in their tracks.
Did you hear that?" a timid boy
asked.
Il amt heard nothin'" stoutly as
serted the bully boy Of the crowd.
There! Don't you hear that?"
The boys listened, but there was no
sound.
Come on, Jimmie" they giggled.
"You are hearing things"
Evening star., 1942-05-11

problems to the o. P. A. the Job of
adjustment will be an endless one.
In some cases, of course, official as
sistance will be necessary, but it will
be advantageous to all concerned If
those affected by the orders make an
honest effort to solve their own
problems.
In return, they have a right to ex-
pect intelligent and considerate
treatment at the hands of those Of
flcials who will administer the regu-
lations. In matter Of this kind,
except for the cases of willful viola
tors, the breakdown" technique will
not work. The procedure itself nee
esSarily is dictatorial, but the method
of its administration need not be.
To no inconsiderable extent, the
success of the price-control expert
ment will be determined by the ex-
tent to which this fact is appre-
ciated
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Dean Phillips

The death of the Very Reverend
ZeBarney Thorne Phillips represents
a grievouS loss not merely to the
Nations Capital, but to the whole
national community at large. Dur
ing four long and active decades he
had been one of the acknowledged
leaders of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in the United States. Before
coming to Washington in 1924 he
had served with distinction in par
ishes in Cincinnati, Chicago, st.
Louis and Philadelphia. Five times
called upon to preside over the House
Of Deputies at Triennial Conventions,
his skill and tactfulnesS as a chair
man we're a legend He might have
been bishop had he wished. In
stead, he chose a humber rank in
the interest nj the sacred work he
had set himself to do. As chaplain
of the Senate for fifteen years he
was the religious counselor of the
members of the greatest legislative
body in the world, and he valued
that privilege above every other to
which he attained.
AS churchman, DR.. Phillips was
noted for the breadth and charity
of his views He studied at Oxford
University with the present Arch
bishop of Canterbury and brought
back to America something of the
ancient liberalism which character
lied Christian institutions in the
good" centuries of which Gothic art
was the glorious expression. The
ministry of the spoken word was very
dear to him, and he made himself
a master OF eloquent preaching.
But he also was devoted to the power
Of music as a spiritual force and
never failed to employ it wherever its
qualities of inspiration and of heal
ing helpfully might be used He
played and sang himself with fine
proficiency, and his genius as a
philosopher and poet was demon
strated In a volume Of his prayers
printed as public document.
Those who knew DR.. Phillips best
loved him with unfeigned enthu-
siasm. Even those persons who met
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Discusses Evacuation Of Citizens
As Well as Aliens From Coast.

To the Editor ofThe Star:
President Roosevelt's order for the
evacuation Of Pacific Coast areas gives
the military commander of the coastal
area permission to set aside zone run
ming from Canada to the Mexican bor-
der, covering portions of eight States
from which five designated classes of
aliens and citizens are to be excluded
The first class to be evacuated is the
entire Japanese population, whether
aliens or native-born American citizens
Of Japanese ancestry.
This unprecedented order is open to
grave question on constitutional grounds
of depriving American citizens of their
liberty and use of their property without
due process of law. It would appear
reasonable to assume that the protection
of our country in wartime could be
assured without such a wholesale inva-
sion of civil rights and without creating
precedent so opposed to democratic
principle.
But quite aside from the constitu-
tional aspect, the order obviously /. open
Evening star., 1942-05-11

to great abuses in administration, for
1t clothes the military authorities with
unchecked power to remove vast popula-
tions from areas which in their uncon-
trolled judgment are declared to be
defense zones.
In the case of German and Italian
aliens, the Presidents order makes no
distinction between those sympathetic
with enemy countries and those refugees
from their tyrannies who have sought
asylum here
AS minimum, these things should be
done: That any American citizens or
dered out of the zone be evacuated only
after individual examinations of their
conduct and records so that those whose
loyalty and conduct put them above
suspicion may be allowed to remain.
Considerations both of public policy and
of law are persuasive that the rights of
citizens of Japanese descent, which are
equal with those of other Americans citi-
zens, should be given every possible
protection. v. M. ALEXANDER.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
ChurchiII's Two Years

It was not without reason that
Winston Churchill, in summing up
the historic events of the past two
years, spoke with pride of the record
that has been made. Whatever the
future may hold, the British people
and their leaders have attained the
supreme heights during the two years
just passed and nothing can tarniSh
the luster of that achievement.
The Prime Minister, however, did
not talk only of the great things
that have been done. Ever a conf
dent speaker, his address on the oc-
casion of his second anniversary as
Prime Minister reflected an even
greater confidence in the future.
No one, listening to Mr.. Churchill
or reading his address, could fail to
be impressed by his belief that the
tide of war has turned. The enemy,
no doubt, will strike severe blows in
the future, and the Prime Minister
made no effort to gloss over this
prospect. But no longer Is it neces-
sary for the Allies merely to endure
these blows. In many respects their
strength already is greater than that
of the enemy and the gulf is widen
ing. 1t was with good reason that
Mr.. Churchill spoke of the increasing
scope of Allied bombing and the
nearly doubled accuracy of these at
tacks. The German people, told by
their leaders that they could not be
bombed, know now that this Is not
true. And there must have been
many chill in the Reich as the
Prime Minister spoke Of the "long
list" Of German cities where war in
dustries are established, and which
will be dealt with by the r. A. F..
after the fashion Of Rostock and
Lubbock. There is probably scant
hope at this time that the German
people will respond to Mr.. Churchill's
thinly yelled suggestion that they
rise against their leaders, but it can
hardly be doubted that the Nazi
tyrants will be increasingly hard
pressed to hold their subjects in line
as the volume and accuracy of
Allied bombing attacks increase dur
ing the sVnmer.
Throughout the world-in Russia,
among the conquered peoples of
Europe, in the Middle East and across
the seas-this address will be re-
ceived as message of good cheer.
Wherever men and women and chill
dren, too, are in the fight against
those who would enslave all people,
the confident tone of the British
Prime Minister will find an echoing
response. These people, who are
fighting for the right to live their
own lives, know that the darkest
days are gone and that they have
but to see the fight through and that
victory will be theirs. And what is
more, the would-be world conquerors
know it, too.
Evening star., 1942-05-11

an incentive to pay up. If the interest
were reduced to ordinary private levels,
the property owner might not feel the
same compulsion to pay up.
Change of the present system would
mean that in the event Of complete fail
ure by property owners to redeem, the
government will have to move to take
over the title of the property under the
Phipps Act Of 1886. Whether this is
constitutional is not yet certain, but a
test case Is now in preparation.
In the final analysis. while modern
methods Of notifying delinquent tax
payers has reduced the evil Of the pri-
vate tax buyer, 1t is clearly to District
advantage to eliminate this ancient
system which now brings profit only to
few and some Of these outsiders.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
War and Crime

ASSOCIATION mas SOunQeQ timely
warning against the threat of an in
crease in lawlessneSs in this era of
wartime dislocations. Although its
sixth annual report, covering 1941,
showed a gratifying decline in the
number of major crimes in the Ma
tion's Capital as compared with the
attention to an increase in juvenile
delinquency, attributed to relaxation
of parental discipline under the
stress of war activities, and pointed
out that vice of the type that thrives
in congested communities and near
military camps is becoming a serious
problem here. Specific reference
was made to gambling and prosti-
tuition, offenses which often have
racketeering ramificationS that lead
to creation of crime Syndicates and
graver law enforcement problems.
The report covers year which saw
significant changes in the Metro
politan Police Department. These
changes, including a reorganization
Of the departments high command,
strengthening of the Detective Bu-
reau, improvement of training
methods and enlargement of the
force, took place late in the year, so
that little opportunity was afforded
to appraise the result. Records for
the entire year disclosed a decrease
in percentage of crimes solved by
police. Perhaps, with the depart
mental reorganization still going for
ward, the current year will present
more encouraging picture of police
efficiency. 1t must be remembered,
however, that thousands upon thou
sands of additional war workers are
pouring into the city, bringing new
police problems for a force which,
the report points out, has not yet
been expanded sufficiently to provide
adequate protection to community
of a million nhabitants-which is
the population estimate given in the
report.
There can be little doubt that the
demands of war, diverting more and
more parents of both sexes from
normal home routine, are having a
deleterious effect on children, many
of whom are taking advantage OF
the easing of home restraints. Police
have observed definite increase in
street-roaming children, and inquiry
has revealed that in many instances
fathers and mothers of these chill
dren were both engaged in war work.
Unless this trend is checked, juvenile
delinquency can be expected to in
crease. This is a situation which
calls for corrective action by parents
as well as study by child welfare
authorities.
The association comments favor
ably on the part that auxiliary
policemen are playing in policing
wartime Washington. These volun-
teer officers, selected from civilian
life, are doing good job in relieving
Major Kelly's regulars from certain
guard, Office and other work, so that
more patrolmen are available for
street duty. 1t is essential in these
trying days that all available
policemen should be assigned to
patrol beats, for with the growth of
population and the influx of visitors
the problem of maintaining law and
order in this mushrooming COM
munity has become major and
vital undertaking.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Applauds Russians
For Resistance to Foe.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
The gallant soul Of Russia, to the
amazement and admiration of all the
democratic nations and peoples, has
withstood throughout the past long Rus
sian winter the savage German war ma
chine, and yet practically unaided is
seemingly growing more powerful, more
courageous, more fearless. This de-
fense is proof of the Russians magnifi-
cent galantry. HARRY DANIELS.
Evening star., 1942-05-11
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address of
the 1Driter, although the use of
q pseudonym for publication is
permissible. The Star reSerues
the right to edit all letters ,Dith
q Die1U to condensation.