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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
MIR. NORRIS RUNS AGAIN
(Hartford Courant)

March 4, 1943, will be the thirtieth
 anniversary of the day on which
 George w. Norris became a mem-
 Der of the United States Senate. F'ifty-one years old then, he is now eighty-one, and he has fully earned a retirement. Six years ago he sought to retire, but the President urged him not to do so. This year he again sought to make way for some one else, but the people of Nebraska were not interested in choosing 8 successor. In the pri- maries the Democrats and the Re- pubhcans nominated unquestionably worthy but not significant can didates. Meantime friends of MT. Norris in all parties circulated a petition for his nomination, winch finally bore upward of sixty thou sand names. And Mir. Norris has now said that he will run.
 An independent long before he formally dissociated himself from the Republican Party, he won elec- tion without party support six years ago, and he seems likely to do so again now. To run in such fashion doubtless pleases him, for he long has disliked partisan nachinations and partisan obligations. The fire that once consumed him no longer burns as intensely as 1t did, nor does he any more sponsor the many bills and constitutional amendments that he did twenty or even ten years ago. At the same time, he knows what is going on in the Senate and out, and he is on hand to watch out lest his fayorite projects and closest interests are adversely treat ed. And he finds increasingly con- genial the role Of elder statesmen who. from the perspective of years, can offer sage comment on the ten- dencies of the time.
 His opinions and his theories might often be questioned. but what cannot be denied is that George Norris has been a dynamic cham plon of our representative 0emoe- raey. Now, no tess than In the past, he is q symbol of which the nation can be proud, Tn aiI probability the people of Nebraska have no doubt as to their intentions regarding his candidacy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Views Of The Press

paign at the very start. So he Is out with a charge that "all over the State people are living in trailers. old gas stations, tents and remod- eled chicken coops'' and 1t is all the fault of Governor Hurley because he failed to recognize the housing needs of our state.'
 Governor Hurley will doubtless make his answer at a appropriate time or possibly assign the task to someone whose rank on the ticket corresponds to that of MT. Hadden.
 The meat of MT. Hadden's charge is that Governor Hurley discarded the warning of then Governor Bald wins Defense Council about a shortage of houses which threat ened to hamper defense production, some ginger into the political cam might lead to discontent and might even lead to epidemics and illness" :"
 He accuses the Governor of hav- ing fhe consummate gall to tell the people that he would have had de- cent housing in Connecticut if it hadn't been for the Republicans"
 Possibly it is unnecessary to sug- gest that a campaign which starts by accusing the Governor of the state whoever he may be. of hav- ing "consummate gall" strikes a low level that promises little for the future and is unlikely to make 8 hit with those who believe In argu- ment rather than epithet.
 MT. Hadden takes a few sen- teuces from Governor Hurley's re- marks which appear to support his position, as he does from Hurley's address to the Democratic State Central Committee to indicate that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

Brehon Somervell, efficient, am- bilious chief of the Ar1ny'S Serv- ice of Supply. Somervell has reached out for more and more power, done his job well.
 But complete power over civ- ilian production in the hands of an Army clique worries a lot of people - and not merely from
 the domestic viewpoint. For, being haterS of the Russians and distrustfuI of the British, mili- tary clique might alter American policy in the war.
 That is why the new reorganiza- tion of the WIPE may be one of the most momentous steps in our wartime history. It may be the beginning of a workable compro- mise between the armed forces and civilian production. tor it may be the beginning of more and more Army encroachment.
 NOTE - Somervell,S increased power is not pleasing to all the army. Some high officers feel his procurement policies have not followed closely enough the war strategy laid down by the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United Ma tions. Also Army Air Forces feel that neither Eberstadt nor Som- ervell Is sufficiently air-minded. That was why Brig. Gen. Oliver P. Echols of the Air Force Forces was put on WIPES new Production Executive Committee.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

the Governor is interested chiefly in political spells.
 Some may question if MT. Had- den is in a particularly strong po- sition to be the challenger of Gov- nor Hurley. He was the leader of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives which killed the part of the governors leg islative program which failed. He also proposed an interesting bill which would have enabled the Re publican House of Representatives to keep Governor Baldwin's ap- pointees in ofice and prevent Gov ernor Hurley from making appoint ments.
 That is an old COP machine dodge. With Raymond Baldwin as leader. Mir. Hadden's party tried 1t against Governor Gross, until pub- lie anger put a stop to that. It was utilized against Governor simeon Baldwin by the Roraback machine 20 years earlier. Perhaps MT. Had den is not quite the man who car lead the attack on Governor Eur. ley to best advantage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Jehovah's Work

The earnestness with which Jewry approaches the winning of this war has seldom been better exemplified than in the telegram from Rabbi Israel Gold stin to Donald Nelson, approving work by Jews in war plants during Rosh Has hanah and Yom Kippur when it would be unfeasible to make up time lost in religious observance. The defeat of Hit lerism is recognized as Jehovahs service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Questions
 and Answers

 YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The Waterbury Democrats Ser. vice Bureau wi1 answer for you free. any question Oa fact q fm- formation, not involving exsezaT sive research. Write your qszsas ton clearly, sfgu name and na- dress. enclose . three cent peee4ss stamp. Medical or legal advice cannot be given. Address Water bury Democrats Washlnggsm Ser. vice Bureau. 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washingtons D. c
 e. Is there any limit in Great Britain on the amount Of an 1adi- viduars income during the war; A. Under existing income tax rates 1t is practically impossible for a person to have more than 2O.O00 8 year, after all income taxes are paid.
 @. What is the difference be- tween a tractor and "pusler" air. plane propeller
 A. A tractor" propeller is at the front of the plane and pulls 1t through the air; 8 'pusher" propeller is located so that it pushes the airplane. Any propeller located ahead of the center of grav- ity of the plane is 8 tractor" while one located back of the center of gravity of the aircraft if a 'pusher." i"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Selected Poem
ON DARwIN's SHORE

ON DARWIN'S SHORE By the Rev. Captain Anthony G. Carroll s. J. U. s. army chaplain, and read by him at mem- oriaI service to fallen men at an advanced Allied base. First printed in the COurier-Mail Brisbane Australia.
 (Boston Post Reprint) "On DarwinS shore our bodies lie, And OCT our graves the soft winds sigh. And whisper through the star-filled night, The story of the silver blight That struck us from & wing -blacked sky. But death will never break the tic That binds us alive did not die To idly gaze from some great height
 On Darwin's shore. Know ye who guard the slopes nearby Know ye who overhead still fiy- Til victory with you we fight. And not 'til then, will bid goodbye
 On Darwin's shore"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY uv EApY D0v,Cr n
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

HAPPINESS IS EVERYWHERE
 Have you ever made a bad drive off the first tee and dubbed your way through the rough to the putt ing green?
 Some people live their lives that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

We don't know whether it's on account of the war of just that there's hard win ter coming, but the Bureau of Agrlcul- tural Economics says New England bees have been very busy and the honey yield will exceed the 1941 output by at least 27 per cent. What with sugar hard to get honey is being more and more appreclat- ed. Nice buzzing, bees!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

i. Name the author of the so- called "pay-as-you-go" individual income tax plan.
 2. In his speech at West Point in May, 1942, General Marshall said that we would have an army of how many men by the end of 1942?
 3. Name the chairman of the Wai Production Board.
 {. What was the former name of the Navy transport Wakefield which recently burned while returning to the U. s. from Europe in a convoy?
 5. What were Caesars dying words referring to the part played by Brutus in the plot to betray him?
 6. Chinchilla is the name of frozen dessert, fur, or an alloy?
 '. By what other names are the famous comedians of radio Pic Ma lone and Pat Padgett (Pic and Patl known?
 8. Robert Bellaire was United Press manager in which Far East ern city?
 9. What is the nickname of suits (worn mostly by jitterbug dancers) that have nearly knee-length coat and trousers with high rise and full knees?
 10. In which country was gum powder invented?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

than the people. That is the theory of representative government nd
 that is the way 1t works out.
 This reminder is set down here not as my alibi for the recent be- havior of these people you elected to represent you in Washington. Deal with them as harshly as you please at the com- inn, oIaafiovar D,,t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

;, Two months ago Nelson told friend about plans to visit Oliver Lyttleton, but finally concluded that he had better not go. 'T'm afraid" he said, they'd steal my desk before I got back"
 But now there isn't much left to steal. For as a result of the War Production Boards latest re- organization, WIPES chief powers have been adroitly slid under the wing of the armed services.
 It was not announced as such, and not generally realized by the public, but this is the net result of Ferdinand Eberstadt's appoint ment as WIPE vice-chairman in charge of programs and schedules; and of Charles E. Wilson's ap- pointment as vice chairman in charge of production.
 Both men will be doing the bidding of the army.
 Thus eliminates the summer
 long fight between civilian chief
 Donald Nelson and military
 chief It. Gen. BrehOn SOmer-
 veil as to whether War Pro-
 duction should be run by civ-
 Hans or the military. Last
 June, SomerveIl had proposed
 that his own close friend. Fer
 dinand Eberstadt, be appointed
 Nelson's assistant. This was refused.
 And only three weeks ago, Nell son, visiting in Cleveland, told some of Eberstadt's old stock broker critics that Eberstadt would be appointed only over his dead body.
 But he changed his mind. Reason for Nelson'S about-face
 was gaunt, grey Bernard Ba- ruch, czar of war industries
 in 1917-18, who turks in the
 background, keeps a vigiIant eye on war production. Father confessOr Baruch finally warned Nelson that he must make concession to the Army; that he must take Eberstadt or the en- tire civilian control of WIPE might fall to pieces.
 NOTE U Charles E. Wilson of General Electric was pushed into WIPE by the President himself. Wilson has not been under mili- tary thumbs, but will have gen. erals and adrnirais on his Pro- duction Executive Committee to watch him.
 WALL STREET TO
 WASHINGTON
 "Eber" Eherstardt, WEBS new military dynamo, got his start in business as the first young lawyer to enter the firm of Mo- Adoo, Cotton and Franklin after William Gibbs McAdoo left New York for for Los Angeles. The law firm handled the legal work of Dillon, Read during the lush stock market days of the Coolidge prosperity, and Eberstadt was in charge of the Dillon, Read &C., count.
 That was how he came to know Jimmy F'orrestal, head of Dillon, Read, now Undersecretary of the Navy, who brought EberStadt to Washington. Even in New York, Forrestal liked Eberstadt so well that he finally persuaded him to leave the law firm and go into investment banking.
 Later, when Owen D. Young went on his war debt mission to Europe, Eberstadt joined his staff, then came back to join Cyrus Eaton in Cleveland with Otis & Go. Came the crash, and Eberstadt was wiped out. He went to live in the garage of his own Long Island estate. finally got q new. start in the securities business.
 This was just about the time the New Deal set up the tho Securities and Exchange Com- mission to ward off future de- pFesslonsi also at the time Wall Street was boye0atimg the SEC by refusing to float new issues. Whereupen EherHtadt brought If q vannsai0ua Mnrnank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

way. For some reason or other they never seem to get any real happiness out of life. Very often they have ev- tn ing to m a ke t h e m happy, yet they are always sad, com plai ming, bitter. With llap- piness lying all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Arrange 8 sentence containing a relative clause SO that the clause immediately follows It's antecedent. Wrong: 'T had many pleasant experiences while I was there, some of which I shall always reHmem- ber." Right: 'While ' was there, I had many pleasant experiences etc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
A Thought for Today

Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale bearer among thy people: neither Sha, thou stand against the blood of thy ne. bor.- LeviticCS 1916.
 My tongue within my lips I rein; for who talks much must talk in vain.-Gay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
MIR. MADDEN PEPs TT UP
fKargnF1 Tltneal

Representative Haa6nn, Nepuhiis can nominee Cor Lieutenant NaHNNH nor seems ie haTe asesasa ta pus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

in doing so, just bear in mind that if you don't send better balanced men to the Capitol in the future. you have only to expect more of the same, and you have only your self to blame if they behave as con- gressmen have always behaved in the past. Congressnen simply mir TOT the character of the voters who elect them.
 A veteran Washington observer, wise in the way politics are played in the capital, pointed up that fact recently in comment on the make up of the present Congress. This ] observer was lamenting the fact that the Congress today didn't have as many colorful characters as did the Congresses of yore. No Tom Hef1ins, no zionchecks, no Huey Longs. This Congress, the complaint ran, was altogether too prosaic.
 DOES HAVE
 COLOR
 Recalling that this Congress has its Pappy O'Daniel, its Man Bilbo, it's Cotton Ed Smith, its Clare Hoff- man and its Robert Rich, you might be able to make a case that this 77th Congress does have its color, but that is beside the point. When it was mentioned that the country might consider it a net gain that there were no Huey Longs nor Tom Hef1ins cluttering up the scene, the veteran observer begged to differ.
 "No!" he insisted. "You have to remember that this country has a lot of people like Tom Heflin and Huey Long, and they should be represented in Congress"
 Okay. If that's the theory of representative government you have to accept it and like it. But if that is the theory, don't expect Congress to be any better than the people who elect congress men.
 Viewed in that light, a lot of the recent congressional actions which have aroused such stoYf,sl1 of protest become a little easier to understand.
 Congressmen voting themselves a pension is what any average as- sortment of dopes would do if they had the chance pass a law to give themselves security at someone else's expense.
 Congressmen taking those K cards for gas rationing Is nothing more than what hundreds of thou ! sands of other citizens have done and are doing every day. TAX BILL DELAY
 Congressmen dilly-dallying over the tax bill until after election is just what every taxpayer in the land does every year - wait till the last minute to see if there isn't some ,, way in which the return can be honestly, that is legally. fixed so the payment won't be so high.
 Congressmen postponing action on the price control bill for months and then botching the job = sure, why not?-let the business men make an honest dollar after all the lean years they've had.
 CongresSmen voting to give farmers a price ceiling of 1l25 per cent of parity on their crops whats the harm in letting the farmer get his share of all this ] prosperity of war?
 Congressmen failing to put through more stringent curbs on | war plant strikes, on wages-what | constituent wants to take cut in his pay envelope or have his hours heightened?
 But the principal criticism is not | against Congress. The criticism is against the American voters who elect such people to repre-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
. MA loNAL
 SPOTLIGHT T
DilIydally Congress Mirrors You Voters
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington Correspondent

In all this razzing of Congress for its sins of omission and commission most of the critics forget to remem- Der just what Congress is-a cross section of the American people. Congress is no better and no worse
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02


 @. What is the minimum age at which women may enroll in the Red Cross Motor Corps2
 A. Twenty.
 e. How many farms are in the United States, and how many are operated by tenants and sharecrop- pers?
 A. The 1s4o census reported a to- tai of 6,o6O, ,790 farms, of which a. 361,271 were operated by tenant farmers and 541, ,29l by sl1are-cro- pers.
 o. What did Spain get in ex- change for Florida when that colony was ceded to Great Britain? $ A. The outcome of the Seven Years War, known in this country as the French and Indian War, was settled at the Treaty of Paris in 1763. Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain in exchange for Havana. Cuba, and England destroyed all her fortresses in Spanish America.
 @. What does the name Permills mean?
 A. It is from the Latin, and means through a thousand" 1. e. lone in a thousand"
 EDITORS NOTE-R you arc desirOus of securing this weeks booklet ARMED FORCES OF THE U. s. address F. M. Kirby, De- pertinent 2-1OO, Waterbury Demo- crat Service Bureau, 1913 Thir- teenth St., Washington, D. O., with IS cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon rises i2:il a. m. (war time). Sun rises 6:4s a. m: sets e;5l D. m. (Wnr time). Al yehlelss must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

WASHINGTON England
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Of ] venolnons serpent.

of q venosn0us serpent.
 What an unfortunate attitude to- ward Ilfel Happiness Is all about sis ig we wafl only reach out and take it. In laet. ik wlll ovefwhelm ua # we will but resign Co Ae.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Whats Your l. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions Turn to back page for the answers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Nelson, Now Shorn Chief Powers Plans Trip Engond Reorganization of WIPE Gives Free Rein the Armed Foces Ebetodt HordWokins ExBanker, Is Known Armys Mon;
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Court Upho|ds License Act
In Religious Tract Case

Constitutionality OF the Districts s
license act was upheld today by the
United States Court of Appeals in
sustaining Police Court conviction
of two men for selling religious lit
erature without licenses.
The higher court denied the ap-
peals of Orviue j. Richie and David
G. Busey. who were sentenced jan
uary %, l941, to paw fines of IS each
or serve one day in jail. Today
decision upheld the contention of
the District. presented by Corpo-
ration Counsel Richmond B. Keech
Principal Assistant Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West and As
sistant Corporation Counsel Edward
w. Thomas, that single sale with
out a license justified conviction
and that proof a defendant was en-
gaging in business was not required
Associate Justice Wiley Rutledge
dissented. siding with defense con-
tention that the verdict 'infringes
upon the freedom of religion and
freedom of the press"
The publications being offered
when the men were arrested Decem-
Der IA. 1910. at Fourteenth street
and Park road NV, set forth doc
trines OF the Jehovah's Witnesses
sect. according to Police Court tes-
timony.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Baltimore H. 0. l.C.
To Move 10 New York
B> the Associated Press.

BN the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. April l5.-Regional
Offices of the Home Owners Loan
Corp. here will be closed in order
that other vital Government agen-
cies may take over the Office space.
it was announced today by James
H. Gilman. director
Mr.. Gilman said work of the Bal
timore region. which includes the
District of Columbia, PENNSYLVANIA,
Delaware. Virginia and Maryland.
will be shifted to the national Office
in New York.
About 10000 feet of space in
Baltimore Office building will be
made available
Mr.. Gilman said the consolida-
tions being effected throughout the
country are made possible by the
substantial recovery of the great ma
jority Of H, o. L. C's once distressed
borrowers"
The H. o. L. c. has collected about
$ll7.052 900, or more than Al per
cent of the 1924 900 900 loaned in the
Baltimore region. while only 2.54l
Of its acquired properties remain un-
sold. Mr.. Gilman said. adding that
borrowers would get the same serv-
ice as before from the New York
Office.
A field force will be maintained in
the Baltimore region but many of
the 800 employees will be moved to
New York.
Evening star., 1942-04-15
Academy Tests Gust
Navy Football Stars
" the Associated Press.

~ GDt Associated PreSk.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. April IS
Navy's 1912 football squad suffered a
crippling blow today with the an
nouncement that three tentative
starting backs and several linemen
on last years plebe eleven have re
signed as midShipmen because of
scholastic deficiencies.
The superintendents Office Of the
Naval Academy reported that first
stringers who resigned were Rob
ert E. Woods Of Corn, N. Y; Charles
Casey Plozay of McKeesport, Pa,
and Harold Adolf Hamberg of Lo-
noke, Ark.
Their departure leaves Capt Alan
Camera, San Gabriel (CalifD quar-
terback, the only regular back to
survive the academy's March ex-
aminations.
Names of the resigning linemen
were not disclosed. but it was re
ported that at least three had fig
ured prominently in the 1912 plans
of 1t. Comdr John E. Whelchel, new
Middle coach who replaced Maj.
Emory (Swede) Larson, U. S. M c.,
in December. The forwards all were
products of last seasons plebe squad
and had been awarded numerals.
Woods and the other two backs
would have been fourth classmen
next fall. Woods teamed with Bill
Busik at one of the halfback posi-
tions last season. Plozay also saw
frequent action in Al as understudy
to Cameron, the starting fullback