The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-24

HE 1ully III fb1llS QT1VG, Il1C E Connecticut will rank high { to the quantities of metal scrj mills of the country"
 The governor held that there were millions of tons of scrap metal in this country that could readily be transformed into the weapons need- ed by our armed forces. The news papers have answered the call of the War Production Board to aid in collecting all of the vital materials.
 Local Support
 Locally the drive is being support ed by the civilian defense organiza- tions, city officials, the schools and by representatives of local business establishments. The managements of The Republican-A American and The Democrat have united to make this drive the most successful one ever sponsored in this city. Radio stations VERY and WATR are also supporting the scrap drive to the fullest extent.
 An attempt will be made to lo- cate every bit of scrap metal in this city between Oct. and 17 so that on collection day it may all be picked up rapidly and efficiently. Representative of the local news papers are forming scrap locating units amongst school children, club, social, athletic and church groups and business and industrial estab- NshmentS. Every organization in the city will be called upon to aid in locating scrap.
 Junior COmmandos
 Supt. of Schools Thomas J. Con- don has heartily endorsed the plan of enrolling school children in Junior Commando units to search for scrap. They will all be given rib bon badges for identification. The children will assist householders in searching their homes, yards and garages from top to bottom for use less metals, rubber and rags that can be reconditioned and used by industry. Every home will be given a card on which to indicate the can be reconditioned and used by industry. Every home will be given, a card on which to indicate the amount of scrap available, so that no home will be missed on collec- tion day.
 When the amount of scrap in the home is light and can easily be handled, a yellow card will be turned in. When the trucks cover the city on collection day, it will be left on the sidewalks to be picked up. When the amount of scrap is too heavy to be moved easily, a green card will be turned in, so that the collection agents can call for the metals and remove them.
 Service Clubs
 The Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs have already signified their intentions of aiding in the drive. To- cal theaters are also making plans for special scrap programs to aid in making the drive success. Civ iEan defense aides under Mrs. Mark L. Sperry will telephone homes throughout the city to impress upon the residents the importance of finding and turning in every bit of scrap that is available.
 Suburban towns near Waterbury will also be canvassed to aid in To- eating scrap metal.
 Governor Hurley's endorsement follows:
 Such effort we must make If tinuing effort of all of us.
 We in the United States are learning what total war really means. It calls for the best, con- our armies and navies and those of our allies are to be successful on the battlefield, on the sea and in the air. To assure that success there must be guns, planes, ships, tanks and other material that have become requisites of modern warfare.
 In the homes. yards, business establishments and on the farms of the country are millions of tons of disused metal that could be readily transformed into the strategic weapons needed by our armed forces. Answering request by our national War Production Board, the newspapers of the country have joined in a cam paign to assure the collecting of large quantities of this metal scrap and I am pleased to note that the press of Connecticut is participating fully in this drive.
 I commend to the people of Connecticut the Newspapers United Metal Scrap Drive, with public collections throughout the state during the period, October 10 to IT.
 hope that Connecticut will rank high among the states with respect to the quantities of metal scrap made available to the steel mills of the country. Through participation to the limit of ones ability in such an undertaking, the citizen keeps faith with those who fight to make triumphant the cause of the United Nations.
 ROBERT A. HURLEY,