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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
System Was Wrong, But =.

We have always felt that the arrange
ment whereby the City Of Waterbury
granted the broadcast privileges to trac-
ton companies utilizing its public thor
oughfare was all wrong. Abandonment
Of trolley lines throughout the city OF
recent years seemed 10 bring home very
clearly how generous the city had always
been in letting its streets be opened up
and tracks laid in them. Some Of these
rails were taken up when bus lines
replaced the trolleys, but under the pres
ent pavement you can still find a great
deal of used rail. These have been left
there to save on the cost of reSurfacing
the street.
And evidently these trolley rails now
will prove a big boon in the scrap metal
market. The WPA wants to come into
cities like Waterbury and take all the old
car rails out of the streets. Offhand this
seems like fair sort Of proposition,
but we sincerely hope that the city, if it
accepts, will request that the streets dis
turbed in the process be restored to con-
dition as good, if not better, than before
the salvage work started. In other words
we don't want cart-paths down the cen
ter of highways where old car rails once
were bedded.
The sore point between city and trac
ton company in the past was getting
street back into good shape after rails
were laid or removed. The company was
responsible for a certain distance on each
side of each rail; the city assumed
responsibility for the rest Of the work.
Actually the city used 10 do all the work
and bill the company for it's share of the
costs. The expense of removing the rails
and possibly the question OF who should
pay what in this process has caused many
miles of track to be covered with asphalt
of recent years.
The WPA proposition may be a good
chance to get rid of the rails once and for
all. If so we hope it won't be the city that
is the "angel" for the entire project.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
Selected Poem
THE ARCTIC BIRD

GA. j. s. in the Christian Science Montor)
T have been told-and l do not know now true
The tale is--of bird that flies,
Up in the Arctic, where the Northern Llghts
Colby wheel in the dark skies,
Touching the cebergs to emerald 10 amethyst,
Against ebony blackneSS.
This is the story: When the Lights have died,
When nothing but the great stars shine out
Before the morning comes after the long mehc,
High in the air,
Above the mountains covered in SLOW and lce
Above the long and desolate while plains,
A bird swings overhead-a white bird, they say
High enough to catch the light,
The suns light just about to break
On the horizon, but not seen as yet.
ONLY the bird sees it, and bears the light on its
wings
Down by the doors of the gloos they stand,
Father and Mother and children. And the Wlfe MUS
The baby in her hands and calls out See the bird!
The white and shining bird.
See the bird OF spring." And they know
While 1T Is dark,
That spring that the sun, has already come.
For spring will always come; 1t cannot be stayed.
So other men in their homeS-their bombed ana
broken homes,
In the regions desolated by their brothers
Look UP through the darkness to the cold stars;
Look up and see nothing but the night
When suddenly above the icy plains
The bird of hope comes. And the mothers,
Holding their children to their hearts,
Call softly to them: "Sce, there is love,
There is good. Spring Is come: spring is herel'
Though the darkness is still there
Though freedom seems far from them
Yet their chains. they will rejoice
In Sprlng-n liberty.
For liberty Is Of the heart.
1t will always come, it cannot be stayed.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
And If We Fight For Freedom q. .

Inconspicuous, hiding like shy violet
in the croWding news columns, is brief
story that Britain and Ethiopia have
completed a new agreement providing
restoration of full sovereignty for that
country under Halle Selassie. This is
more important than the shy little news
item indicates. Have we forgotten 1885,
when Mussolini invaded the helpless little
country? How the League of Nations, OF
which Ethiopia was member, protested,
backed and filled, proposed sanctions,
and how all the great powers Gncluding
Ourselves) backed down on really putting
pressure on Italy to stop? How the
bloody and unequal struggle went on,
with reluctant young Neapolitans driven
to victory over the characterization forces
of the Negus?
This, 1885, was when the policy OF naked
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
Where, Oh Where, Is My Wandering
Car?

That may be the plant that Water
bury motorists Will sing after Sunday
night when local gendarmes take to their
beats after91 a. m. prepared to bring in
unscathed all the automobiles that they
know will be parked for more than three
hours. The ban on all-night parking
holds good between the hours of l and
Z a. M At other times it is presumed
that car-oWners may leave the vehicles
for any given length of time, the pre-
sumption naturally being that during the
daylight hours the owner is better able
to get out and remove the offending
vehicle in the event of serious fire
nearby.
All of which simply goes back to the
day months ago that The Democrat
voiced the opinion that in sponsoring a
drive against all-night parking in Water
bury city authorities were merely pro-
viding themselves with another head
ache, namely, the need Of finding gar
ages or parking lots where owners, with
out the same, might put their various
automobiles. And that's just about the
main stumbling block to the situation
right now. There are hundreds of cars
in residential areas every night of the
year, come rain or snow or Sleet or fair
weather, for which no garages or con-
venient alleys are available. What of
their plight?
True this parking ban will make
number of car-oWners use the garages
that go with their dwellings, but this
number is insignificant compared to those
who really can't get garage space. No one
should find fault with the city when it
attempts to eliminate one hazard, such as
bumper-to-bumper parking throughout an
entire residence street constitutes, but
when the solution produces another
problem, well, there is a question of the
entire responsibility being placed on the
motorists shoulders. We hope that COM
mon sense will permeate the efforts to
enforce the new parking mandate when
it goes into effect this weekend.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
SENATORIAL MAsTERMIND

Nazi submarine raids close off
the Atlantic coast are causing
acute embarrassment to certain
>. congressional isolationists who
had loudly pooh-poohed the
likelihood of Hitler attacking our
shores.
However. none of these bum
guessers is getting hotter razz-
ing from his colleagues than to-
bacco-chewing Senator William J.
ySilent BID Bulow. In one Of
his rare speeches on the floor,
during the lend-lease debate last
February, the South Dakotan
made this brilliant statement:
"Some are aroused by the
fear that If we don't stop Hit
Ter in Europe he will come across
on. cannot be alarmed by
the Atlantic ocean to take us
that kind of fear. If I were as
certain of place in Heaven
as 1 am that Herr Hitler will
never invade the United States,
would feel very safe.
II would feel just as good as
II I were already In Gods
pocket"
NOTE-Bulow, facing a tough
reelection contest this year is
trying quietly to warm up to the
White House.
CAPITAL CHAFF
After the elections committee
overwhelmingly recommended his
custer on the ground of unfitness.
Senator William LANCER of N. D.,
secretly proposed to political in
Inmates that he forestall Senate
approval of the report by resign
ing his seat and Immediately run
ming for reelection. The politicos
turned the plan down; advised
that he fight 1t out in the Sem
ate before going back to the North
Dakota electorate Inside rea-
son for that mysterious visit OF
Under-secretary of the Interior
John Dempsey to the White House
was to ask the President for an
appointment to the Army. Demp-
sey is no longer on good terms
with his boss, Secretary Harold
Ickes, and is looking for a new
place to light Navy Of
ficials credit 1t. Com. Walter Win
chell as an ace recruiter. He
has personally obtained for the
navy hundreds of much needed
specialists Reports that Ed
ward j. Flynn will resign as DEM
ocratic National Chairman be-
cause of illness are unfounded.
Except for a recent cold, Flynn is
in excellent health and active in
directing the National Commit
tees affairs.
Copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

A few words might be said at this
time for those men and women who d.
rected the Red Cross Relief Fund cam
paign to a more than successful conclu-
sion. From Chairman Lewis s. Reed
down all are deserving OF the highest
praise for their efforts. A good many
people are quick to suggest that drives
of this nature are bound to succeed by
virtue of their very purpose. Evidently
these scoffers have never participated in
a public campaign, for if they had they
would never say that they can succeed
all by themselves There have to be
driving forces behind them. In Mr..
Reed of course the campaign had a
leader who had proved his worth in this
field time and again in the past. Incl
dentally Waterbury really owes real
vote of thanks to him for his response
at any and all times to a call to direct
such activities. He performs such tasks
successfully and certainly most modestly
seeking no publicity for himself at any
time
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

from the stadium. They nave 10
do with the running of race. To-
day a man toes line on the Gin
der path and starts at pistol shot.
But in ancient times men held
great rocks In their hands, very
much like the modern bowling ball.
At given signal they cast these
behind them and ran down the
course. Victory largely depended
upon the ability TO get rid OF his
encumbrances quickly.
The race OF life Is run according
to the same rules. II we are going
to win the ace, We have to get rid
OF our encumbrances and get rid
OF them quickly. For some 1t is
laziness, for others a bad temper,
for others love Of liquor, FOR 9TH
crj IN indifference to people and
their problems. Cast them aside,
says the writer OF the Epstle to the
Hebrews, and get going. Lay aside
every weight and run with pa
tience the race that is set before
you" Cast the stones behind you
and forget abou. them, says st.
Paul, and press forward to the
mark. We only plod II we carry
along encumLrances. The race has
not begun until we cast these things
behind us.
All Rights Reserved Babson
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

Inc DOarQS, one Tor every led
eral court district, were set up
to pass on charges against alien
enemies.
Members of Congress have re-
ceived numerous complaints about
individuals put on these boards.
Some OF them are accused OF hav-
ing business and social connections
with enemy aliens, and have
displayed suspicious reluctance to
deal forcefully with influential
questionable enemy aliens.
Complaints also have been
received that some of the Board
members themselves are not ma
tive born Aemricans.
One congressman from a big
city has a number OF letters
from irate constituents charg-
ing that when wealthy alien
enemy bushes man was taken
into custody on evidenc e Of
espionage, several members of
the local Alien Hearings Board
evinced marked friendliness
toward him.
Congressional curiosity about
these Alien Enemy Hearings
Boards is part of mounting un-
dercover feeling on Capitol Hill
that the spy and fifth column
problem In the country Is not be-
ing met with the rigorous realism.
Privately, members of Congress
are saying that certain admins
trationites seem more concerned
about what they term "civil liber-
ties" than the security Of the ma
ton.
The inside fact is that our
counter-e espionage authorities are
being frequently hampered in their
work by other officials obsessed
with civil liberty" theories.
Inside signs on Capitol Hill
are that a big storm is brewing
ON this issue and that certain
high placed administration chiefs
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

The story in last nights Democrat
about federal inspector at the Water
bury airport on Mt. Tobe was interesting
in many respects. It called attention TO
the fact that the federal government has
put very strict ban on civilian flying.
All private licenses were revoked with the
outbreak of the war, but knowing that
there are advantages in well-trained
force of civilian pilots plans were made to
reissue licenses to those who could salts
fly certain requirements. 1t was for this
purpose that a federal inspector went TO
MT. Tobe yesterday Positive identifica-
ton is one of the tests required, also, OF
course, citizenship. No one is getting up
in the air these days unless for bona
fide purposes.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

Once again local school teachers are
coming to the fore as real public servants
in offering their services for the registra-
ton of men between the ages OF 20 and "A
on February 16. 1t would be almost
impossible to do this job satisfactorily
without the aid of trained men and
women like the teachers. We presume IN
other communities the same system was
followed out, but somehow or other 1t
always seems to be at its best in Water
bury.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
Current Comment


If the system OF free enterprise
which We are struggling to preserve
has real merit now is the time for
a self demonstration.
Emil Schram, president, New
York Stock Exchange.
II we save our freedom and our
natural resources, then we can re-
build America.
Michael j. Cleary, president
Northwestern Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co.
Everybody in Hollywood Is q
genius, and to be anybody you have
to be a cad genius.
Charles Macarthur, playwright.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

@. How often are American SOL
diers paid?
A. Once q month.
@. How long is the ship route
between Wake Island and Honolulu?
A. 1908 statute miles.
@. Name the supporting players
in Dawn PATROL" starring Enrol
Flynn.
A. Basil Rathbone, David Niven,
Donald Crisp, Melville Cooper,
Barry Fitzgerald, Carl Esmond, Peter
Willes, Morton Lowry, Michael
Broke. James Burke, Stuart Hall,
Herbert Evans and Sidney Bracy.
@. What is the myth concerning
the Pegasus constellation of stars?
A. 1t is that Bellerophon, after
his victory over the Chimera, at
tempted to ascend to Heaven astride
the Winged Horse, Pegasus. Bel
lerophon, however, fell off, but Pc
gasus assembled and was given a
place among the stars.
@. Can a new type of plant be
patented?
A. Under an Act of Congress ap-
proved May %, 1890, the protection
of the patent laws was extended so
that the inventor or discoverer of an
a sexually reproduced, distinct and
new variety OF plant, other than a
tuber-propagated plant, not known
or used by others in this country,
can obtain a patent on such a dis
covery. The Department of Agricul-
ture cooperates with the Patent Of
flee in furnishing scientific in for
nation to aid 1t in passing upon such
applications for patents. The first
patent issued under the plant
patent law was granted to Henry F.
Rosenberg of New Brunswick, N. j.,
who developed new type Of ever
blooming rose.
@. How large is the Island o.
Martinique, and what Is the popu-
lation?
A. 1t is 40 miles long and 81
miles across at the widest point and
has an area Of 1886 square miles. This
population Is about 250,000, mostly
Negroes, mulattoes, and mixture
Of African and Carib Indian blood.
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Questions
and Answers
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@. What war munitions are be-
ing manufactured by the motor vehi-
Gle industry?
A. The principal ones are military
motor vehicles and parts; aircraft
engines, subassemblies and parts;
tanks and parts, marine equipment;
guns and ammunition.
@. What is the largest city III
Burma?
A. Rangoon, the capital and larg-
est city, has a population of nearly
$4,000.
@. How many Canadians have
been sent overseas in the present
war?
A. More than 100000.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

are due to be put on the griddle
on the matter.
GRAVE ERROR
The telephone rang in War
Department office and Master
Sergeant Albert c. Baty picked up
the phone.
A voice said: Hello, are you the
man who buries people In Ar
lingto cemetery?"
We'll, I've done a good deal
of it, yes sir" replied the SER
geant.
Can you tell me where you
buried that maiden aunt-the
one you thought was four
star general?"
"Huh," snorted Baty. you've
been reading stories in the
newspapers"
But isn't it true that you
buried a woman and you thought
she was a general?"
"NO, it is not true"
Haven't you buried general
recently?"
ayes, we buried General Chat
fee, but he was a threc-star gen.
eral, not a four star, and he
wasn't maiden aunt, because I
opened the coffin and I know. I
used to serve with him."
Baty was getting warm by now.
He has served 80 years In the
army, has played the organ for
more marriages and burials than
you could count and Is senior SER
geant in the entire service.
"Thcn the story about the
maiden aunt"
els false!" snapped Sergeant
Batty. I'VE never could make
so grave an error as that"
UNFINISHED. BUSINESS
If union chiefs think their no.
strike pact with management
wrote fins on labor legislation on
Capitol Hill, they are in for big
surprise.
Senator Ebert Thomas of Utah,
pro-labOr chairman of the Sen
ate Labor committee, has said
nothing about 1t publicly but a
few days ago he wrote a letter
that shows that new labor law
Is far from a closed matter.
In this letter, addressed to Sem
ator Lister Hill, Alabama New
Dealer, who is chairman of a
subcommittee considering the
drastic Smith anti-Strike bill
passed by the House several months
ago, Thomas declared himself in
favor of two major provisions Of
this measure. This Is highly Sig
nificant because critics have been
accusing him of bottling up the
bill.
Thomas wrote Hill that he fay
Ored-----
l. Requiring labor unions to
make regular public reports on
their finances.
2. Regulating the election of
union officers to drive out rae
keteers from high places In the
labor movement.
AS Vice Moderator of the labor
management conference, Thomas
had big hand in drawing up the
no-strike pact, but In his letter
he makes it clear that he does
not consider this agreement as
solving all labor problems.
II believe" nc wrote Hill,
that the Senate will be better
off and our cOmmitte will be
better Off il q lively interest in
organized labOr's growth and de-
velOpment can be constantly
maintained. Such questions as
registration and reporting Of
funds, and the regulation Of
elections, for example, must be
faced sooner or later, as or
ganized labor becomes more uni
versal In our economic life."
However, while urging such &C
pion, Thomas strongly insisted
hat the Smith bill be drastically
toned down. saying,
"Whatever legislation we do
report out should be construc-
tive and should come after real
consideration. and not as . re-
suit Of emotional reaction
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

comfortable OF d
age put t e r 1 n g
around the house
he and the little
woman built just
after they got
married, 40 years
ago.
That was the
pre- = First : World
War conception Of
| d G al American
life. 1t Is still the
rural and the
small town con-
ception of life as
it should be, and
4 he vooipritu ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
War Housing
A Brand-New
Problem
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Washington, Jan. 81 - A great
deal Of the congressional thinking
on housing is still based on the as
sumption that the only kind OF
housing which is any good Is that in
which an honest American worker
buy a house or farm on time,
settles down In the community,
raises family, finally pays of the
the mortgage, stays on the same
place or keeps working for the same
company all his life, saves enough
money to retire on and spends a
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

before U.S." And
Paul says that
forgetting the
things that are
b e hi n d, and
reaching forth
unto the things
which are be-
fore, I press to-
ward the mark"
These are fig
ures which the
Biblical writer's
a pprop r lated
Ewat a.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

baccalaureates and big commence
ment days.
April and early May will see sober
young men obtaining their degrees
as war class" graduates, after the
curtailment Of their senior years.
Our colleges today form tremen-
dous reservoir of manpower on
which the nation can depend for
flow of carefully trained young
minds.
1t is most necessary that their
freshman, sophomore and Junior
classes carry on to prevent the dry
ing OF that reservoir.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
What's Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to back
page for the answers.

/. On what date in April, 1917,
did the United States declare war
on Germany?
2. What is a swivel chair?
3. What is measured In watts?
4. How many members of the U.
S. Supreme Court, as 1t was con-
stituted when President Roosevelt
took Office, are still members Of that
body?
5. Which country was once ruled
by the House of Valois?
6. Name the largest of the pres
ent-day land animals.
Z. What tWo-letter word is used
to designate the number 31416?
8. The name Of which New York
senator is associated with the Ma
tional Labor Relations Act7
8. Name the New England States.
10. The Star Spargled Banner
was officially designated by law as
the National Anthem In 1776, 1870
or 1881?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
GET RID OF ENCUMBRANCEs
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS. d. ID.

In the twelfth chapter of Hebrews
occur these words: Let us lay aside
every weight and let us run
with patience the race that Is set
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
Washington Merry-Go- Round
Bidde Alien Enemy Hearings Boards Under CONGRESSES Scrutiny;
Civil Liberties obsessons Hamper Effective
High Placed Administration Chiefs Slated the crdde

WASHINGTON January 81 They not advertising it
Alien
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
II Is possible to act in antici-
patton of trouble, but one
does not anticipate trouble
without some action; one ex-
poets it.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
A Thought for Today

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity:
for vanity shall be his recompense.-Job 1881.
Provided man is not mad, he can be cured
OF every vanity.-Rousseau.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-31
Press Comment
APRIL CLASS DAYS
(ROSton POct)

New England colleges appear to be
taking the lead in adjusting their
programmes to meet the exigencies
Of war. For many of them June will
not have its traditional class days,