The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-03-07

New England shrewdness to build
ing grain elevators and pulps
mills. Today he and Premier
Mackenzie King are the two strong
men Of Canada.
Howe has no objection to the
U. s. Army flying over Canada,
but like a good many u. S.
British businessmen he is look
ing beyond the war. And he
seems adament against a U. s.
commercial airline getting q
fOOthOld over any part of Cam
adian territory - especially q
route which after the war will
be the shortcut over Alaska TO
Asia. And he haggled for several
weeks, white precious time
passed, vital to the strength
ening Of Alaska.
On the other hand, the Army
finds that a commercial airline,
accustomed to flying under win
ter conditions, can develop air
routes quickly and efficiently,
permitting the Army to concen-
trate on other things. That is
why Northwest Airlines finally will
do the job for the Army.
NOTE - On the American side
of the negotiations, the Air Corps
got only the most dignified and
circumspect help from General
Stanley Embick, a coast artillery
man, who feels toward the Army's
ground forces as the Admirals do
toward the battleship.
OFFICE OF GOOD GRAMMAR"
Archibald MacLeish, noted pot,
Librarian of Congress and Chief
Of the ONCE Of Facts and Figures,
now has the job of censoring all
speeches Of Roosevelt cabinet
members ct al.
Since MacLeish has several IA
nous writers on his staff. they
have not been able to resist cor
recting a bit of bad grammar in
the speeches Of cabinet members.
The question Of split infini-
tives especially seems to offend
the boys in the Office Of Facts
and Figures.
So when they went over pro-
posed speech by Assistant Secre-
tary of State Adolf Berle the other
day, they returned 1t with a a
couple of split infinitiyes noted on
the margin.
1t happens, however, that Mr..
Berle is quite a stylist himself.
He taught for many years at Co
lumbia, has write ntwO or three
books, and mas assisted the Presi-
dent with many Of his speeches.
So Berle Is now suggesting that
the State Department set up a
board to correct the punctuation
and grammar Of Mr.. MacLeiSh's
poetry.
NOTE - New nickname for the
OFF is once of Facts, Figures and
Good Grammar.
4O-HOUR FIGHT
The furious battle over the bill
to suspend the 4O-hour week in
war plants caused a personal rift
between two House leaders that
may take a long time TO heal.
When Representative John Nc
Cormack, Massachusetts liberal
was elected Democratic floor lead
er, one Of his strongest supports
ers was a colleague who had Moth
ing In common with Mccormack
except friendship -anti-New Deal,
anti-Labor Representative Gene
Cox Of Georgia.
1t was with hushed astonish-
ment therefore, that the House
listened to Cox'g bitter attack
against Mccormack during the
stormy debate over the anti-A0-
hour proposal. His voice strident
In anger, Cox denounced McCor-
mack on the ground that his OPP
position to abolishing the 40-horir
week was @not good Sportsman
ship, and wonder II It Is good
Leadership"
II had hoped" the Georgian
Numbered, ''that at some time
the gentleman from Magsaellu-
sets would come 20 . realixa-
tlon that he u supposed 90 speak
for the majority % this House
rather than for somebody else"