The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1942-01-27

head Of the Steel Workers Or
ganizing Committee.
Murray indicated that if such
strong-arm tactics were attempted
he was ready TO go over Lewis
head and take the fight directly
to the UNIV rank and-file.
"Mr. President" Murray said
earnestly, IL ardentIy favor
peace between the CLIO and the
AL. Also, the last thing
want is dissensiOn between my
self and any man in the labor
movement. But we are dem
0craGc people and we insist OH
solving our problems in an or
derry and democratic manner.
No man is big enough to tell the
American worker what he
should do and how he should
do it,"
Roosevelt assured Murray he
behind him "to the hilt'. you
are in the right, PHIL he said,
land you can lose because labor
won't let you down in this kind
of fight
PIPE DOWN
Rear Admiral Emory S. (Jerry)
Land, peppery chief of the U. S.
Maritime Commission, has adopted
a unique scheme to prevent leaks
of military information in his
agency.
Land sent a memorandum to his
staff as follows:
"Confuoius' mother said to
Confucius-
"At times like these the for ia
"Corfucius, you talk too -
much
AT times like these the fore
going philosophy should be ap-
piled by each individual in the
Maritime Commission.
when discussing Commits
sion business, please keep it in
mind"
Knowing their boss
flair for salty language, Mari
time workers had no trouble fig
uring out what the double blank
in the memo stood for.
ARMY FATHEADEDNESS
The question OF Army morale
has vanished like last summers
roses. Yet many soldiers still
have plenty of grounds for gripes.
Take the case of Sergeant Clark
Cook of Camp Langdon, New
Hampshire.
A six footer, weighing ITS
pounds, Clark, crack soldier, as
pired to be an officer. He APP
piled for admission to an officers
training camp and his commander
approved it. But at the Corps
Area headquarters in Boston, Cook
was rejected.
The stated reason was obesity.
Cook thought he knew what obes-
ity meant but he also knew there
wasn't a pound of excess flesh
on him. SO he started asking
questions.
In the end he discovered that
clerk in the post hospital
where Cook took his physical
examination, had entered his
height as 60 inches instead of "
inches. This made him 5 feet
tall, weighing It's pOunds-tOO
f.t 10 In
The application was returned TO
Boston for correction, but the
Corps Area headquarters said
it was against regulations to
change the record.
So cook Is still a sergeant,
waiting for another chance to
apply for officers training.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
The Truman committees
scathing report blasted OPM and
the other war agencies unspar-
ingly, but there was one that got
a hearty pat on the back. This
was the Maritime Commission,
which the committee commended
for doing good job" In ex-
panding shlpyard facilities. Said
the committees report, ut Is
fortunate, indeed. that the Mari
time Commissions shipbuilding
program was well advanced prior
to the beginning OF the defense
program" :. In contrast to other
congressman who Joined the armed
services and are demanding $lO,-
600 congressional pay, Texas
young Representative Lyndon
johnson had himself taken off
the congressional payroll the day
he went on active duty - three
days after Pearl Harbor. An
officer in the Naval Reserve,
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