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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
A Thought for Today
Streets Can Be Cleared

The first week of the all-night parking
ban has proved one thing = Waterbury
streets can be cleared of all traffic. We
don't have to say, though, that the ban
has proved to be extremely unpopular
with the rank and file of motorists, GER
tainly with those who have no garages or
are unable to obtain the same in their
immediate neighborhood. AS time goes
on some of the feeling aroused by the ban
may lessen, but there will always be a
certain amount of antagonism and you
can rest assured that this will be care
fully nurtured.
Right now most of the criticism of the
ban is honest. Those who are outspoken
against the city officials for forcing cars
from the streets are aggrieved for num-
Der of reasons. A good many feel that
they should be allowed to continue to
park their automobiles in front Of their
homes; others don't like the distinction
day and not during the night; still more
feel the situation isn't improved by hav-
ing lot of cars parked in close proximity
to houses or jammed into gasoline sta
ton. The list of complaints is long
one; it may grow it certainly won't
decrease
There very obviously remains some sort
of an obligation on the part Of the city to
make it possible for such ban to be con-
tinued, if it proposes to have it continued
in the face of considerable opposition.
Proper parking facilities will certainly
have to be provided or at least an effort
made to secure them for those whose
plight in this respect is the worst. And
the fire laws, relative to parked cars adj
jacent to dwelling houses will probably be
enforced by the Fire Marshal. All OF
which very definitely indicates that the
city fathers can't stop with simply order
ing the cars off the streets. Since it
seems to be almost impossible to comply
with the demand, three courses are open
the ban is rescinded; it is modified; or
proper parking facilities are provided for
all car owners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

certain forerunner of gasoline shortages IL
it continues. And what do we do? We go
on burning up gasoline in aimleSS driving
about" We know that difficulties in
sugar distribution, if not an actual short
age, are a possibility. And what do we
do? We stir six spoonsfuls of sugar into
a cup of coffee and allow three of them to
be carried out in the bottom of the cup.
We know that the best possible protec-
ton against future initiation as we'll as
against present rising prices and un-
healthy borrowings from banks is to buy
Defense bonds and stamps. And what do
we do? We buy the bonds and stamps, all
right lover a billion dollars worth in
january but it is not enough. Knitting
is help to the armed forces, but what to
do we do? In too many cases we knit
aimlessly, using up valuable wool without
first ascertaining that the product is eX-
actly what is needed by the Army and
Navy at the time. We pop into newe
uniforms in many branches of civilian
service in which uniforms are of no help,
using cloth that may be badly needed.
The will to help is unlimited. We have
not yet learned to correlate our efforts
so as to bring them to bear at the point
most needed This will come, but it will
come only by each person asking himself,
Am DONG all can, NOW! nave 1
assurance from responsible authority that
what I am doing is valuable? Have fully
realized that every effective blow struck
now may count for two or three blows
later? 1t is not at all hysterical to say
that the entire future of our country
depends on how effectively we function,
not in 1943 but NOW. Almost tenth of
1912 is already past in the South Pacific,
in Africa, on Europe's northeast coast, on
the Russian 'front.' time will not wait for
U.S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
Getting Soft?

It has been noticeable in recent days
that official strictness with regard to GER
tain regulations, rulings, laws, ETC., has
been softening up. 1t may be for our best
interests, but then again on the other hand
some people seem to feel that this ten
dency is not one to bolster public morale
and regard for law and order. OF course
the situation isn't as serious as this
might seem to sound, but to us there IS
a disquieting note IN actions that lndl-
cate more or less desire to cater to the
public whin1.
Take the motor vehicle tests we have
twice year. All cars are supposed to
be inspected within certain period OF
time. Delinquents are to be treated IN
dire fashion. Yet when the deadllne
approaches, there is sure to be grace
period and perhaps a second one, too.
The same was true of the sale Of auto
use stamps. The first announcement was
that they positively must be bought not
later than February /. But it's still posi-
BILE to buy them. When the state liquor
laws were changed to make it necessary
for permittees to be identified by finger
printing one group secured court re-
straining order and now the requirement.
has been suspended for all, so there would
be no discrimination.
There are other instances, too in which
publicly-vested authority has backed down
in the face Of public apathy or indiffer-
ence. Anyone who prides himself on his
promptness in obeying a law requiring
compliance within specified periods no
longer can take any satisfaction from it.
All he can conclude is that he is
Sucker" for having compiled at all. II
it ever gets to the point where there are
no penalties for failure to meet any obi
! cations at the required time, Well be
ready to accuse high officialdom OF haV-
ing contributed to this breakdown
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
Slogan for Mango

The 5000 islands of the south Pacific,
which the japanese have been busily steal
ing for the past 40 years, have been named
by their new bosses Mango All the island
archipelagoes over which Japan was
granted mandates by the League of Ma
tons after World War have been fortl-
fed in direct defiance of treaty, and
until in some cases they outnumber the
natives.
The whole has been loosely linked into
an economic empire that was primarily
a mere chain of military bases for the
Pacific War. So one of the tasks before
us may well be stated in slogan, "Tie
a can-yo to Nanyo!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
How to Shorten the War

The quicker we get serious about this
thing, the sooner it's over. Every saving,
every sacrifice, every extra bit of produc-
ton accomplished now will save three
sacrifices, make unnecessary three say
ings, render unneeded three measures OF
production next year Every step that
can be taken in conservation now puts
off the day of rationing. Every speedup
in preparation that can be made today
will save American blood and American
lives tomorrow. Every drop OF sweat
we shed today may save drop of blood
or tear tomorrow.
We Americans have not yet become
serious about this war; We know that
desperate rubber shortage looks us in the
face, situation in which every scrap OF
rubber may be required for military pur-
poses And what do we do? Why, most
Of us 60 on driving our cars about as
usual We read every day of tankers
sunk in the Atlantic and in the Pacific,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

It's war time any way you look at it.
Not only are we plunged into the midst
of war that is actually whole lot worse
than many of us believe, but when we
step off jauntily for work or pleasure
Monday morning we will be keeping war
time. All clocks go ahead one hour some
time Sunday night or Monday morning.
You can take your choice, but make sure
that by arising time Monday morning
you're in time with the clock time. It's day.
light saving time starting well in advance
of its customary inauguration date, but so
as to distinguish and explain the change
President Roosevelt has asked that it be
referred to simply as war time. So why
not be in time with the times. You'll not
like this war time for another month or
so as daylight is slow in arriving in this
climate and 6 a. M is plenty dark. It'll
be darker when the clocks are shifted, but
not for too long as spring is not far dist
ant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

There need be no sense of discontinue
experienced by men in the armed service
over the pretext by which Mayor scully
is able to order abatement of old age tax
es in their favor. Under the existing sta
tutes the mayor can abate such taxes for
reasons of poverty Naturally this isn't
true in the case of any serviceman, but
certainly it would be hardship to ex-
pect most of them to pay the So that the
state levies against the city each year
for the eligible, taxpayers. We think that
every citizen will join whole-heartedly in
praising Mayor Scully's intention of ex-
empting servicenen from this form of
taxation, even if it means that the city
will have to dig into the treasury to make
up the taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
Current Comment

Colleges in wartime must not be
pleasant retreats where men and
women shirk the larger responsible
ties and sacrifices of life while they
acquire educational advantages over
others for their own selfish ends.
Professor Francis Raymond
IredeIl, Pomona College.
We are at loss for ourselves. We
have become a people, not individ-
uals. We have become diluted, los
ing strength and color.
Professor Mary Ellen Chase,
Smith College.
Full production is the answer to
the monopoly problem. We must not
permit our vastly increased produce
ton to be hampered by industrial
agreements to cut down after the
war,
Thurman Arnold, assistant at
torney general.
No Christian, Catholic or non
Catholic, is justified In disobeying
duly enacted laws merely because he
does not agree with them or be-
cause he does not like the legisla-
tors.
-Monsignor John A. Ryan, Ma
y tional Catholic Welfare Coun-
Gil.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

deserves, as well as an opportunity
for work that should be intensely
valuable to the Post and important
for Connecticut.
Mr.. McGovern ought to write a
book, of the reminiscent type which
is so popular. Surely he has had
experiences enough, as newspaper
man in Bridgeport, as friend of
great and near-great the country
over, as an observer of politics, in
the federal service as Collector of
the Port of Bridgeport, and in a
hundred and one activities In which
he has found time to engage and
make host of friends.
The Post is to be congratulated
upon adding SO robust and popular
figure to its staff. May it be long
before his shadow grows less.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
Press Comment
GOOD BRIDGEPORT NEWS
Hartford Timesl

When the Bridgeport Times Star
went out Of business recently it had
as its editor, james L. McGovern,
who had been connected with the
paper so long that the memory of
man ran not to time when it was
not so.
AS far as the present generation
of neWspapennen Is concerned he
might seem to have been with the
paper since its establishment, in 1870.
However it may seem, that probably
was not so. He is, nevertheless, one
of the veterans OF Connecticut news
paperdom and an able and distin-
guished one.
1t is good to know that Mr..
McGovern will remain In the work
as associate editor OF the Bridgeport
Post, which absorbed the Times Star,
post which suggests degree of
leisure which jim McGovern richly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

that he smoked cigarette while
attending the Brazilian Academy
of Letters. .....
The incident illustrates the
highly religious character of this,
the gayest and most careful city
in the Western Hemisphere.
Welles was sitting with the Papal
Nuncio and the Argentine Foreign
Minister at tine Brazilian Academy
Of Letters. And while waiting
his turn to speak, he smoked
cigarette. Brazilians whispered
critically; until Brazil's Oswaldc
Aranha came to the rescue with
this fabrication:
"Welles was not feeling WELL"
he said. II gave him permis-
sion to smoke.
MERRY-GO-ROUND
Observation-Disclosures a secret
House Naval committee interro-
cation of Admiral Harold Stark,
Committee Chairman Carl Vinson
revealed that an effort had been
AAAeAAO w 6CV COAlSA CSSAOl1u1 Icp.
resentation on the Pearl Harbor
Board of Inquiry, but the Presi-
Rent vetoed the proposal .. The
Flint (Micn) News-Advertiser
launched a nationwide campaign
to organize The Blue Star Moth
ers - mothers who have sons in
the armed forces AS a means
of meeting the scrap shortage,
Raymond Alderman of Salt Lake
City, Utah, has suggested to the
War Production Board that auto
and truck owners be asked. to con-
tribute the front and fear bump
ers of their cars Friends of
Denny" Lewis are saying that if
the AFL-CIO peace scheme of his
brother, John L., had gone through
Denny" would have been made
an Assistant Secretary of Labor
under Miss Frances Perkins.
copyright, 1912, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
TODAY'S COMMON ERROR
The expression "leave me 60" is
incorrect. Say "let me co."

@. Why is Carnation Day cele-
brated in connection of the birth
of President Mckinley?
A. The anniversary of his birth
has been observed as Carnation
Day since 1903 because that was
his favorite flower and he always
wore one in his buttonhole. The
choice was made by the Carnation
League.
@. Is 1t true that the sun rises
over the Pacific end of the Panama
Canal?
A. An oddly OF the Panama Ca
nal is that the Pacific terminus is
farther east than the Atlantic end.
The axis of the Isthmus of Panama
is from southwest to southeast. The
canal was built from northwest to
southeast, almost at right angles to
the strip of land, and the Pacific
end is about 81 miles east of the
Atlantic end. Thus, since the sun
rises in the east, it rises over the
Pacific end and sets over the At
lantic end of the Panama Canal.
@. What is the significance of
the statue of Tecumseh at the Naval
Academy?
A. The original statue, known to
midshipmen as 1.-THE God of 2.5"
was once the figurehead on the
frigate Delaware. In 1891, bronze
replica was made and erected at
the Academy. The passing mark
for the students is 2.5 and those
who were worried over their stand
ing were supposed to offer a silent
prayer to Tecumseh for help as they
marched to examinations.
@. In what industries is the
caSein from milk utilized?
A. Paper coating, plastics, paints.
glue, insecticides, pharmaceuticals,
textiles, and felt hats.
@. What IS the purpose Of the
unemployment insurance provision
under the Social Security Act?
A. To provide regular, weekly
payments for insured wage earners
who are out of work. The system
is operated by the States and the
Federal Government pays the cost
of administration. Each State has
its own law on the subject.
@. When and by whom was the
first Hebrew grammar written?
A. Judah Monis, an instructor in
Hebrew at Harvard College, wrote
the first Hebrew grammar, which
was published in 1735.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

ministers trying to break Axis
relations at Rio. This censorship
required that Argentine newspa-
pers print only facts-no COM
ment, no criticism of Argentine
policy.
In fact the general censor
ship was so forbidding that, in
reporting victories of the Rus
sian army, newspapers were for
hidden to publish news of mill
tary advance unless the editor was
in a position to prove personally
the number of miles gained.
Opposed to this censorship
were the u. s. delegation, the
Brazilian delegation, in fact
about 10 n-American foreign
ministers who wanted the Ar
gentine people to know the real
truth about anti-Axis and anti
Argentine sentiment at Rio. Also
opposed to the Argentine GEN.
sOrship were young army of
BuenOs Aires newsmen and a
majority Of the Argentine dele
cation.
All of the above figured that
the more the Argentine people
knew about tine attempt to isolate
the Western Hemisphere from the
Axis, the tougher it would be for
the isolationist semi dictatorship
of Argentine's President Castillo to
resist breaking relations.
In other words, the U. S. De-
partment and 80 per cent of the
other Pan-Amer;can foreign min
listers were roofing for the basic
principles of deinocracy-believing
that if the people knew the truth,
the peoples reaction would be
right. In fact, it was figured that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

State Board examinations which
would permit him to practice GER
tain professions until he has con-
WINGED the authorities that he has a
clean record. They do not want boys
in the legal profession, for instance,
who have ever manifested the least
disposition to be dishonest. Those
who control such matters insist that
it is a waste of time to train men
in the techniques of the higher pro-
LESSONS if they are lacking in those
elements of character which would
enable them to withstand the temp
tations incident to their work.
In the end, therefore, everything
comes down to character. A man
must have certain abilities If he is
going to succeed. But ability or no
ability, he will never succeed in a
way that will satisfy the commun-
ity at large If he does not have
character. One of the most import
ant questions any man can confront
is, What sort of reputation do you
have among these who know you
best"
All Right Reserved
Babson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

AS matter of fact there might not be
too much spent by the city in settling
with the state for its old age tax bill. If
we recall correctly the city collected last
wear more than it was assessed by the
State. Conceivably it might do this again
in 1912, although taxes are certainly heav-
ier for most of us now. Even ii 1t does
have to pay the servicemen's old age tax
it will be something we'll done
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

the Argentine peoples reactions
would be so right and so over
whelming that President Castillos
government could not stand out
against them.
SHORT WAVE BOTTLED
However, very little of ri !.
really happened at F.. ue Janiero
got by the ceno,s to the Argentine
people. Various attempts were
made to give Buenos Aires the
truth. MICS competent Buck
Camel, speaking in Spanish, broad
cast the news by shortwave every
night from Rio. But the Argen-
tina government required his
broadcasts to be taken down in
disc form and censored before
they could be re-broadcast.
And when one of the Merry
Founders broadcast word
that Congressman Taborda, head
of the Argentine "Dies Com
mittee," had come to Rio to try
to tell the truth to the Argen-
tine public; and how most of
the Argentine delegation favored
breaking with the Axis, the Ar
gentine government put up bar
riers against further shortwave
br0adcasts.
On the whole, the Argentine
censorship was successful. 1t is
doubtful that the majority Of the
Argentine people got wind of the
critical and isolationist position
in which their government was
placed at Rio. In time, of course,
this news will leak through, but
it did not leak through soon
enough to take effect.
MORAL TO u. S. A.
The moral of this difficult CEN
sorship situation was not missed
by various Pan-American dele
gates-namely, if you are fighting
war to defeat Hitlerism, you
lose the democratic principles for
which you are fighting if you
throttle the press.
Fortunately and wisely, Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been broad
minded when it comes to press crit
icism, and today censorship in
the U. S. A. has not throttled cri-
ticism.
ParadOxically, the only at
tempt to stifle U. S. press crit
icism came from the same State
Department which was trying to
encourage Argentine press crit
1iCism at Rio de Janiero. This
was when the censorship board
last month tried to bar unfav-
Orable comment OH Hull's ap-
basement policy with the Vichy
government in France.
When and if the State De-
partment should ever get its
way on this, the American pub
lie would be in the same position
as the people of Argentina, and
one of the reasons for beating Hit
Ter would have vanished.
MAN OF-ALL-WORK WELLES
Undersecretary OF State Welles
made a great hit in Rio. From
the welcoming ovation which
broke through police lines as he
stepped off his airplane, to the
end of the conference, Welles was
a popular hero.
The Brazilians, who have a
gorgeous sense of hunor even
gave him nickname. 1t was
Senior Manoel," which is like
calling every Pullman porter
George" and is name given
to the average man-of -all-work
around the homes of Rio.
No one ever told the tall and
dignified Wellcs what they were
calling him, but carnival songs
were even written about him, and
who saw him working night and
day for Pan-American defense
agreed he was definitely the
"Manoel' or man-of -all-work for
the Western Hemisphere.
Much as they liked Welles,
however, there was one thing
about him which Brazilians
could not understand, namely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS, ID. d.
GOOD REPUTATION IS
PRICELESS

Nothing is more to be coveted
than a good reputation. A man may
have million dollars, but if his
friends and neighbors distrust him,
he had better be a pauper. When
we have to stop in the midst of our
praise about a mans ability and
add "ifs" and "buts" concerning his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
Selected Poem
INCARNATION


(Robert Hillyer in the New York Tines
Sea-serpents, leave the North;
Let every mermaid sing;
Tall heroes, prove your worth
In diving for the Ring,
Let beggar, clown, and king,
And sudden djnns come forth
Ablaze with vanished Spring.
Young lovers, loves the path
Beneath green glooms Of Arden;
Your health, my Wife of Bath
Blithe heart, o never harden!
Fair Rosamond, your garden
ConcealS the queen whose wrath
Brings poison for a pardon.
Merlin, far underneath
Wan waves, Excalibur
Dreams in its stony sheath,
Its halloWed hilt astir
To hail the traveller
From GlastonbUlry's heath,
And Isles that never were,
BY all we conjured with
In landscapes wild with rain:
BY gnome-king and his smith
By skeleton and chain;
o let us in again,
Pale sentries of the Myth
Though briefly and in vain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
What's Your l. O.?
Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn to back page
for the answers.

I. In which country is the Irraw-
addy River?
O. Name the capital Of the Island
of Martinique.
3. Give the date that is fourteen
years later than, 906 BIC.
4. The writing paper of the an.
cient Egyptians and Greeks was
S?
S. The eastern end of the Pana.
ma Canal is located on the Pacifici
true or false?
6. Who wrote 1.-THE Man Without
a Country?
z. In dry measure, how many
pecks are in one bushel?
8. Complete the Shakespearean
saying, Uneasy lies the head thai
wears a -?
8. What is the racial name of tbs
Irish and Welsh?
10. The Pyramid of the Sun" is
in Egypt, Mexico or Argentina?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

- AAA AASV AAANSA Wv
ed in politics. It's
a business you
must learn from
childhood.
A few moments
later, S e n a t o r
Ralph o. Brewster
of Dexter, Maine,
tri e d to sum-
Marie what Nell
sons own attitude
to this job might
be in assuming
full responsibility
f or production
during the war
period, "In other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

character. tn e n
the glow is taken
off all the good
things we are able
to say.
Any boy enter
ing a profession
learns how i'm
portant it is that
he enjoy a good
r e p u t alton. In
many states a boy
is not allowed to
rorictop IN + a n q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Nelson Stands
Solid With
Investigators d.
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
CORRESPONDENT

Washington, Feb. z - Before any
one had a chance to say, my!
Maybe this man Donald Nelson
would be good candidate for Pres
ident in 1944" Nelson himself has
spiked such possibilities. Whether he
did it consciously, the fact remains
that in his initial 1912 appearance
before Senator Truman's Commit
tee Investigating National Defense,
Nelson, as head of the new War
Production Board, declared fatty,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Censorship Kept Argentines III Informed Rio PorIey
They Might Have Forced Action Had They Truth
Domper Press Criticism Seen Danger Democracy;
Brozions Dub WeIes "Senhor MonoeI" MonofAIIWok."
NEA Service. Inc.

T.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-02-07

@. Who signs the salary check
of the President Of the United
States?
A. H. B. Smith, one Of the AS
sistant "reasurers of the United
States.