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Evening star., 1942-06-19

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Pause for Deliberation

The accident which occurred on the south side of the Green last week, when a limb fell from tree on two women, badly injuring them, calls for some de- liberation on what might best be done to avoid repetition. Of course, the present bus stop on the south side of the Green is a temporary arrangement. It is being given a 3O-day trial at the request of East Main Street merchants who for years have resented somewhat use of their doorways by bus patrons not to mention the fact that their display windows were constantly blocked from public view.
 Then again there might never be such an accident as occurred last week. However, if the bus stop is kept on the south side of the Green, and it certainly has some advantages, there will be an increasing demand for some form of shel- ter. Whether or not one can be built on the Green remains to be debated by the proper officials. But of more importance, perhaps, is the question of whose re- sponSibility it is to provide this shelter. It has been more or less assumed that the city would take the initiative. Why, we don't know.
 After all the city does not own or op- crate bus lines. They are maintained by private corporations and are allowed to maintain certain routes through author ity vested in our local and state govern ments. But when it comes down to the question of providing shelters or terml- nals, too often there is tendency to look at the city fathers expectantly. We trust that if these longing looks continue these same city fathers know how to troWn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Views Of The Press

impressed upon them the growing impatience of the VILE over the failure of voluntary adjustment of jurisdictional disputes.
 Although the AFL and CIO in April agreed upon 8 procedure to settle jurisdictional quarrels without stopping work, the procedure has utterly broken down in Dayton, where a plant of the General Mo tors Corporation is being converted to war work. For nearly a week, work has been halted while mem- bers of the AFL and the CIO con- tend with each other for the jobs. The matter is now in the hands of the VILE, which has agreed to de- lay its decision only long enough to give MT. William Green and MT. Phillip Murray one more chance to devise a formula under which what would virtually amount to compul- sory arbitration may be avoided.
 The gentlemen had better move fast. Compulsory arbitration is not the most desirable procedure, but it is much to be preferred to stoppages that needlessly delay the making of teh weapons of war. That the pulp lie will not tolerate stoppages for jurisdicational disputes Dean Morse has clearly indicated by the choice of the word treason to describe the situation. The word is a hard one, but it ought to be a sufficient one for the unions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

One~of these days Connecticut's hills and dales may take on all the aspects of mining country Nothing is being over looked in these days and if Connecticut ever showed any signs of having mineral deposits in it's depths they'll be thorough ly probed. Right now the state is taking up options on mica rights wherever they can be found. This is in line with the fedI federal al % governments action in taking such rights all over the country. Mica has been designated as the most critical of our strategic materials, SO no oppor- tunity is being passed to supplement any existing supplies. Mica has not been cen mined commercially in this state for years, so it may take some time to trace down all the old deposits. It may take longer to see if they were exhausted or if they can still be worked with some de- gree of success. However, nothing Will be Overlooked and anyone who has knoWl- edge of such deposits or knows of any mineral deposits in the state should ln- form the authorities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Eased, but Not Aided

4 headline fin a state paper last week stated that Attorney General Francis A. PallotH had eased the absentee voting situation somewhat by a ruling which said the absent voter needs not put down on his application or ballot his exact mill itary address. This is in conformity with requests from Washington that as little information as possible be made public on troop movements either in the coun- try or without it. The Attorney General rules that the voter need simply record that he is in active service stationed at a place not within the State of Connec- ticut."
 This, of course, was not intended to solve the problem of absentee voting, merely to answer a question. What still remains to be done is to provide secure and easy method of getting applications and ballots back and forth between the place of voting and the military address. Until some federal agency steps in and does something about this there isn't going to be very much accomplished by local election officials or party organiZa- tionS. It's an almost hopeless task ex- cept for isolated instances where soldiers are still stationed in this country and mail can be sent back and forth to them rapidly.
 We are convinced that the absentee vote this year, particularly the soldier absentee vote, will be generally ignored this fall unless there is some sort of a clearing house to handle it on large scale. But we doubt if this will be done, as Washington is more inclined to talk about bullets rather than ballots, al though the latter will concern a good many Washingtonians from now until November
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Thought for Today
Your Pay Raise

Has your pay been increased by at least 15 per cent since January l, 1941? Ef not, apparently it is the will of the War Labor Board that you should have Buch raise. Nobody who gets four for an answer when he adds two to two, be- heveS that everybody can have 15 per cent raise without forcing prices through the ceilings which Leon Henderson is trying so hard to maintain. What of that? If the cost of living goes up smother IS per cent, the War Labor Board will give you another IS per cent pay raise.
 Of course, your wages always lag in such game of economic follow-the- leader. Prices go up, then wages are adjusted, then prices go up, then wages are adjusted what? Then we have imitation, which New Dealers and Old Dealers agree might be fatal to the American way of life. Since this is almost the only thing on which New Dealers ever have agreed, it seems req Sonable to assume that imitation really is something to be avoided.
 It seems to us that the anti-inflation- iSts in Washington ought to get together. President Roosevelt has said Our standard of living will have to come down. The War Labor Board says it's Accent day award to Little Steel em- ployes is designed to protect "their estab- hShed peacetime standards"
 You figure that one out Who is de- ternining this nations anti-inflation policy = President Roosevelt, or the War Labor Board be appointed? If it is the WLB, then why? The argument seems to be between those who favor the virtual freezing of wages and those who favor 'stabilization".
 Certainly the Little Steel award is not ''stabilization", since it went to one of the highest-paid strata of labor. The award gave to 157,0OO employees of Beth lehem, Inland, Republic and Youngstown a Accent day raise. Inevitably, and quite properly, the CIO asks the same allowance for half million who do the same work for U. s. Steel and n1lscella- neous independents.
 There seems to be no fair reason why employees of Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, all now seeking raises, should be denied their IS per cent increment. If they get theirs, how about you and us and everybody else? Aren't we working for a living, too? Haven't our living costs gone up 15 per cent? What swell time we're going to have, If the WLB has its way from now on!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Soap Is Frozen

The news column heading, Soap Is Frozen, must have gladdened the heart of many boy and girl. Too bad that the reality of the story brought so great letdown The freezing is merely to as- sure that the cleansing content of cake of soap is not lowered or its price raised. There isn't any shortage, nor will there be.
 The big chiefs in Washington point out that so long as we need glycerine for making explosives, the war won't exsuSe Hirkv ears or neclEs. Glycerine is by- product of soap manufacture -, or vice fersa. Baths still are in order.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Deferment Publicity

Outraged by draft lodging under cover of faked dependencies, New York's May or LaGuardia wants the Selective Service Act amended so that the reason for all deferments will become public property We sympathize with the Little Flowers sentiment, and with reservations we be- lieve such publicity is desirable.
 But we do have reservations We do not believe the full details of any mans personal economics should be offered to public curiosity until and unless he has been proven guilty of some crime. The size of ones mortgage, ones savings ac- counts, ones life insurance are the gov ernment's business, not the neighborS'. Some dependents are sensitive. Must the world be told of their hard luck?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

The past weekend should have been a gala one in England. Instead it was more or less like all the preceding ones, grim and serious. Even though it was Bank Holiday, usually England's gayest midsummer period, the gayety and travelling of former years were missing; The weekend also marked the end of all pleasure driving throughout the nation. Of course there hasn't been much of this as few car owners could even hoard up an extra gallon of gasoline for such pur- poses. But from now on the only cars on the road will be those on business con- nected with winning the war. Even hol- iday train traffic was disrupted, as there are few trains for pleasure seekers ana troop trains command right of way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Selected Poem
REFUGE
REFUGE (Harold Willard Gleason in the New York
 

REFUGE
 Harold Willard Gleason in the New York
 Times) Somewhere surely, farm must wait, With heldstone fence and three-parred gate On drowsy lane with stripes of green Where grasses nod, brown ruts between And gracious maple trees spread tall Over the hchen-sculptured wall primly paneled door swings wide Home" radiates from all inside: From red-brick hearth that seems to yearn Again with friendly blaze to burn In the sitting-room whose ceiling low Recalls snug evenings long ago, To coZy kitchen that fronts the moving Watches the menfolk reaping sowing. A winding staircase, sweeping wide With generous curve-the builders pride Welcomes to chamber tiny, neat, Apple tree shaded .. Sleep were sweet In those dormered hooks with their hand-hewen
 beamSl Guide us. Fate to that house of dreams
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

thing. Capt. McCrae wants a min- ute."
 Mcintyre agrees to hold every thing, which in this case happens to be an appointment with the Secretary of State. Grace re- turns to the stack of mail for 30 seconds. Then a form fits past the French doors opening on the garden. It's Mrs. Roosevelt pass ing along the portico to peep In, hoping to find the President alone.
 Grace meets her through tho French door. "No, he's not alone," she says. "It's Leon Tender son."
 The First Lady, with adhesive tape on her chin, turns back. Never mind," she says, I'll sec him at lunch"
 "What happened to your chin?" asks Miss Fully.
 "Oh,' says Mrs. Roosevelt lightly, 'T scratched it. George Fox White House pharacist) thought he ought to bandage me-" She disappears. HARRY HOPKINS
 AND GEORGE w
 The phone rings, and Grace promises somebody to attend to something. By now, Henderson has Zone, and Capt. McCrae slips ir. Next comes the Secretary of State, but not through Grace'S office. This is strictly 8 stage Goor entrance.
 Next at the stage door is Harry Hopkins. Gan I get in?" he asks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Questions
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 e. What is meant by ~msE1Nt training? Where can 1nfoEmstsoH about 1t be obtained?
 A. It is the process Of learning while you work; master craftsmen, or "lead men," teach their skin, or part of their skill to trainees and break down complicated jobs Into single operations. Your nearest U. s. Employment Service will be glad to help you. A list of offices in your locality can be obtained by sending a self addressed, stamped envelope to the Waterbury Demo- crat Service Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 @. How many tank cars are re- uuired to haul the amount of gaso- line that one tanker ship can tranS- port?
 A. Two hundred and eighty.
 A. What is a brown out?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
Current Comment

Our enemies will not be slow to make the most of anything that they can represent as evidence of divided purpose or uncertain resolu- ton.
 Lord Halifax, British miniter to
 the U. s.
 The germs of totalitarianism exist within every nation and they must be destroyed physically and then the democratic system can operate suc- cessfully.
 Robert Nathan, chairman WIPE
 planning committee.
 Gasoline means life to our trans portation in the east and death to many American Seamen in tour tanker fleets. Leon Henderson, oPA adminis-
 trator.
 Freedom can not be defended In one region and neglected in an- other. -Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

Grace opens the Presidents door and hears the high rasping voice of Corden Hull.
 Hopkins spies 8 new bust of King George on the desk. What in heavens name is this?" he says, and crosses to chuck the King under the chin. He strides out of the room to wait his turn for an interview.
 At this point, Grace Fully leans back in her chair and remarks that her job is a three-ring cir GUS. For fourteen years she has worked with the President, before that with Cardinal Hayes in New York. "It was quieter then," she says with a sigh.
 PLAYBOY AND PLAYGIRL
 Top among those reporting huge incomes from ta1-exempt state ard federal bonds are we'll known playboy, an equally we'll known playgirl, and a second gen. eration oil magnate. Each re- ceived more than $1,000,000 from these securities last year = on which they didn't pay one cent in taxes for the war effort. And apparently these idle millionaires will continue to enjoy their huge incomes tax free, Sor both the House Ways and Means Commit tee and the Senate Finance Com nittee have disregarded Secretary Morgenthaus proposal for abolish ing this special privilege.
 Copyright, 1922, by United
 Feature Syndicate, 1nc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
THE HIGH CARD
(Boston Post)

(BoSton PoSt)
 The Ofice of Price Administration has discovered that the system of handing out windshield stickers opens the way for the gasoline chisler to get B or c card and still pose as conservative user of gasoline among his neighbors by pasting only his A sticker on the window of his automobile. Drastic punishment is now threatened to anyone who has high ration card and fails to display the correspond ing sticker. Such chiserls are, of course, deserving of punishment but it seems that this possibility might render his A sticker whenever he have been guarded against before hand by making the motorist sur deceived B or 0 book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

Home building in Waterbury or for that matter any defense area continues to be puzzling topic. Everyone has differ ent idea of what is taking place and no one seems to know what will happen. But YOU can rest assured there is little build ing going on, save where certain projects designed to relieve the war workers nave managed to get started Otherwise the businSs is at Standstill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

Eey General Bennett, put they Q1Q not know how bitter he really was.
 The former Postmaster General, who had served with Roosevelt for seven years and who had done so much to organize his campaign in 1882, paced the floor vowing there would be no compromise. He would fight the President to the end, Jim said, and Attorney General Bennett, not Mead, would be nominated as Democratic can- didate for governor of New York.
 Some of those who attended the closed door session had hoped that a. compromise could be worked out which would avoid the danger of smashing the Democratic party in New York and thus inSuring Tom Dewey's election. However, after Jim Farley unburdened him. self of his Roosevelt resentment, he told this story abotu a man who was being examined for a job as g. railroad trainman.
 ''What would you do if you saw two trains coming together, head on?" the prospective train- man was asked.
 "I'd grab a red flag and wave lem to a stop"
 And what would you do if 1t were night time and they couldn't see your flag?"
 L IA Wy0 WA lem to stop
 But suppose there were no oil in your lantern, what would you dO?'
 Then I'd call my brother and tell him to come and see the damndest smash-up in his life.'
 That, inferred Jim Farley, is what will happen to the Farley Roosevelt factions in the gover- norship race in New York.
 NOTE: Republicans are in- increasingly gleeful over the split.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Justice Frank Murphy is get ting 8 big laugh from 8 headline which appeared in a South Caro- lima newspaper: JUSTICE MUIR PLY GETS TEN YEARS IN ATTACK CASE" A printer had accidentally mixed up the head lines on two stories The pro- posed Higgins shipyard at New Orleans, for which the Maritime Commission cancelled the contract was eight miles inland. A canal would have been necessary to float the ships to sea :. . Accord ing to J. Edgar Hoover, People commit crimes because of the dis astrous decay of religion. faith and hope" Bomber City, the big housing project near Ford's willow Run plant, will not be built. Ford opposed the project as a waste of money; others af- flliated with the local COP ob- jected because it would change the political complexion of Re- publican community. U. s. Hous- ing authorities are now siding with Ford and propose as compro- mise new housing quarters at Wayne, Inkster, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor.
 THE PRESIDENTS DAY
 The Presidents wartime days are more hectic than ever now that a second front Is under con- sideration.
 His private secretary Miss Grace Tully, who helps shoulder the terrific burden of work, sits at desk only three steps from the door of the Presidents office. Here is a typical slice of one of her days:
 A stack of mail is on the desk, the telephone in her hand. Through the hall door comes Capt. John Livingston McCrae, the Presidents Naval Aide.
 "Can | get i'm there, Grace?" says the captain.
 "LeOn Henderson is with him.
 sT.et me know when he leaves. I've got something urgent"
 Miss Fully puts down one phone and picks up another. She calls Marvin Mcintyre. '.Mac, when Mir Henderson goes out, hold every
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
NOW IS THE TIME
(Boston Post)


 The fuel situation is so confused that New England probably won't know just how serious next win ter's fuel shortage is to be until the cold weather actually sets in, but this doesn't mean that the home owner should just sit and hope. Heating engineers urge home own CTS to have their heating systems overhauled and repairs made on all loose-fitting doors and windows. By eliminating heat waste homes can be kept warm with less fuel. This is a job that should be done now rather than waiting until the last minute, when repair men will be so busy they can't handle all the work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

S u g ar raCl0n1ng programs. But the way things are heading now, fuel oil rationin g seems inevitable.
 It is due to two circum m s tances. First, to a conflict of authority and 9espon ib ility among the vari- ous government agencies respons- ible for making the necessary de- cisions to increase and conserve the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
A WORD TO THE WISE
(Hartford Courant)

Treason is hard word, but 1t al- most certainly was not used thoughtlessly by Dean Wayne L. Morse of the War Labor Board when he warned the other day that members of a union who stopped work because of a jurisidictional dispute might be judged guilty of it.. Using the hard word, Dean Morse drove home to the unions the grav- ity holding up vital war production while rival unions wrangled over who should get the jobs, and he also
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Fuel Oil RatiOning'S Likely This Winter
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrresnOndent

Rationing of fuel oil for 1.400,- 900 oil-burning home furnaces in IT eastern seaboard states is the nasty prospect for the coming winter.
 If that is strong language and it scares a lot of these 100000 oil- burning home owners into convert ing their furnaces to coal, well and good, that's the purpose.
 Nobody in government wants to ration fuel oil. It is a headache of only slightly less migrane severity than the headaches of gasoline or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-08-03

1. What commercial product is derived from "Hevea" treesq
 2. Which president of the United States was the hero of the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1872?
 3. The Dardanelles is a body of water, a group of islands, or range of mountains in Turkey?.
 4. The Kilkenny cats fought until nothing but what was left?
 5. Complete the proverb, "A fool and his money are ---- ------.."
 6. Who was the hero of Anthony Adverse"2
 2. From what substance are pen. ell leads chiefly made?
 8. In what year did Christopher Columbus discover America?
 g. How many major league base ball clubs are there?
 10. The color blue in the Ameri- can flag symbolizes liberty, loyalty or courage?