The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-31

the days following would make any
one believe so. - but obviously We
were wrong. John is In there pitch
ang again with the old fire at Pres
tdent Roosevelt and at those
Machiavellian British.
\ Following the Roberts commits
sion report, the Senator said" Our
plight In the Pacific confirms my
own repea ted statements as to the
necessity for our strong defense"
That sounds very nice indeed, un-
less we remember that John was a
member Of that stubborn isolation
list bloc that insisted that war
was far away, that thousands Of
miles of ocean protected us, that
we could never be attacked.
II told you So says John, but
he forgets the scores Of points on
which his constituents back here
could say the same to him. We
could remind him of many of
those votes Of his against import
ant parts Of the defense program,
but why go into that?
Now that ne was back in form
again, John went on to something
else. He had filed in the Congress
sional Record some extracts from
Prime Minister Churchill's recent
speech in Congress, sections OF
which, John limited darby, showed
that Roosevelt and Churchill had
plotted together to start an Amer
lean Japanese war. Following the
insertion Of the Churchill extracts,
the Senator, according to Wash
ngton correspondent, declined to
elaborate for reporters" One can
almost see him saying TO himself:
"Iet 'em read 1t. That1l show EN-
Yes, John, 1t shows us-shows that
you haven't changed at all.
1t had been our belief that the
isolationist cause and its argu-
ments had been discredited by the
Pearl Harbor attack. but John
and his friends don't see it that
way. What will it take them to
learn?
TO turn to local matters the
thought comes to us as just how the
police are going to enforce this ban
against all-night parking. Aside
from whether or not the ban Is
justified it seems that policemen
must have stayed awake nights
wondering how they'll keep track OF
all the parked cars.
Waterbury has 225 miles OF
streets, which is bit of distance
to travel. Allowing some 60 or 10
men on the night shift, that means
each one will have to cover four
miles.
Picture hard working patrol
man, discouraged before he starts
out as he thinks of the task be-
fore him. It's ] o'clock, and the
BAN is in effect. SO he has 10 90
along street after street. chalking
each parked car so he'll know 1t
was there at that time. He gets
to the end of his beat, then he
remembers that he didn't do the
other side Of the streets. So it's
back again over the same route.
BY this time it's 4 o'clock or
after. and the parkers' three
hours are up. Our patrOlman,
who has discarded his overcoat
long before now because he's
sweating so much, now has to
start out giving tags. It's stop
here, and stop there, get out the
flashlight, then the pencil, write
down the numbers, check the
charge, tear off the tag and affix
it to the car. Then a deep breath
and on to the next one.
have begun to come home and the
bluecoat has to go back and forth
over the route again to see how
many of them left their cars in the
street. He's worn out two pencils,
The soles Of his shoes and his tenn
per What he thinks now Of the
police board can't be printed in
family newspaper.
At last it's 7 O'Clock and he
Olods his weary way to headquart-
IRIS, drops his batch OF tags into the
big bin they've set up for the pur-
pose, changes his clothes and goes
home until it's time to start the
marathon again at o'clock.
Our patrolman has had no time,
Of course, to perform any such
tasks as trying doors, chasing
burglars and stopping fights and
holdups. No, he's been follow
ing his instructions to keep the
streets clear.
If the regulation is TO be enforced
at all. it'll have to be enforced 100
per cent. If 1t isn't, If some sec
tons are favored, the squawks from
tag recipients in other parts Of the
city will be SO loud that the city
hall will rock on It's foundations.
But tags we're told, aren't the on
1y penalty for parking your car in
the street all night. If you don't
move 1t, the police will have it toWed
away. Somebody will have TO buy
some new tow cars, and somebody
else who will have to have at least
a touch Of genius, will have to find
out where to park the cars after
they're toWed away. Park them in
another street, maybe?
We say pity the poor police
man." who'll have to shoulder
most of the blame though it's not
his fault.
And we think the police COM
missioners will have themselves
some headaches.
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