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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11
Full Weather Report

HF7 H''"' sF F'F'fH FFa " - -
 nOsiO1. NInVeh C tUPD--Weaths eF fOveemstI
 NAhsA CuJ hIeITH, gOt NIft'Ft- sh0wegs becoming slightly sOi6eH tDntmht,
 yOrest aTea of Manitoba, Canada has been oliiclaliy estimated at is7,s co squafe miles,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11
OBITUARY

VEITCII-JohnHtone D. Veltch, 07, manager of tho Waterbury Ex- change of tho Southern New Eng land Telephone Company from 1903 to 1910, died Friday at plnehurst, W. Q.
 In ioa0 Mir. Velteh retired from tho company, where he mad been commercial lnarRger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11

PORTE0UB--JameS IT,, portooua O. died yesterday following n shorI illness Ut tho Middlcsox hospital IIc was president of the Valley Oll Company Of Portland.
 Besides his wife, Mrs, Joaephlnt PorteouS, ho leaves R daughter, Mrs Dorothy Briggs of Rochester, N, Y. wife of William Y, Briggs, former secretary of the local Y. N, 0. A.; and Q son, Harold, U. g. Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11

OTTB--MrS. Hottie May Otis, wife o9 Frederick W. ctlg, Of i0 Vel. ton street, Milford, dled Tuesday in Milford. A native Of Waterbury, sho had been ' restdent Of Milford for the past % years.
 Mrs. otis was R member of the Lucia chapter, Eastern Star,
 Besides her husband, she leaves Q daughter, Mrs. Ruth W. Bard Of Devon; a brother, George Joseph French of WRtervllle, and an uncle, Edward BeeIey Of WatervIlle,
 Funeral services will Do held on Friday morning at i0!30 o'clock at the George j. Smith & Sons, iSb
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11

ENGLISH--Miss Lucy Rita Eng llsh, 20, daughter of Mrs, 4adtn tMcKinD English and tho lato Rich. ard #. English, dled thls morning at the Greenwich Hospital, Sho wRs . native of Waterbury.
 Besides her mother, MlHB EngllBh leaves . brother, James; two BlSterg, Mas Mary and MlsB Catherine, all Of New York City,
 Funeral orvlces will Do held on Monday morning Rt 0.30 o'clock at St. MaFy's church in Greenwich, Burial will bo in old St, JoBeph'B cemetery, Waterbury.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11

AUTOIeE--John Aut0re, 10, Eon of MT. and Mrs. Saverlo Autore of i020 North Main street, died this morn. ing Rt tho Waterbury Hospital, fol. lowing Q short illnOBB.
 A native of this city, ho was . graduate Of Webster Bcho0l end Crosby high school, class Of i0t2, He Was employed at tho Naugatuck Chemical Company,
 Besides hIs parents, MT. Autore leaves Q brother, Private Nlchoias Autoro, Mlenl BeReh, Florida; a sister, Mss p'horesR AutoFo, Of Wa. torbury,
 Funeral services will Do held from tho Colasanto Funeral Home, D32 Bank street, at . o'clock to the Church oi st. iAicy at 0 o'clock on Saturday morning. Burial will Do in Calvary cemetery,
 Friends may call at the Funeral homo this evening from ' to 70 o. clock and tomorrow from 2 Co 10 o. clock,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11

Funeral services for William IT, FasSbender, father of Mrs, Andrew Craft, 233 Walnut street was held today at B:30 c, 70, from tho Buck. miller Funeral Home, 22 Park place, Naugatuck to 4t. FrAnciB' church there at Q. Burial was in Bt, JAmes cemetery, NaugAtuck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11
AMERICAN LOSSES
 IN TUNISIA HEAVY

CContlnued from Page D
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-11

The funeral of Mrs. Eva Marie (SynotD Lapointo, wife of Roland Lapointe. srp b3 East Dover street, will be held tomorrow at Q 0. m. from tho Bellevillo Funeral Home, co East Clay street, to Bt Anncg church where c solemn high Mass will Dc celebrated at Q. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery, Friends may call at tho funeral home from 2 to 10 D, m, today,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

TlIE Red Cross and the Amer-\
lean Friends Service Com
mlttee, whatever their worthi-
ness. are not the Il. s. treasury,
which paid the cost Of the Jour
ncy with money derived from
taxes paid by the sweat Of
every one who tolls and from
bondS sold oStenSibly 10 pay only
legitimate and necessary costs
OF the war
Inasmuch a. Mrs. Roosevelt is
an active. subtle and indefatig-
able politician and in view of
the delicate political situation
surrounding Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur, the Red Cross has per-
mItted itself 10 be drawn into
politics, and that is bad not only
for the Red Cross but for those
who, in the S1d. look 10 the Red
Gross for its services.
IN a SPEECH a few months
ago. President Roosevelt,
counselIng the people AT home
10 endure patiently the rationing
Of gasoline. illustrated his plea
with the information that a
Flying Fortress consumed lilo
gallons OF gasoline in a bonn
bardment mission OF about 100
miles from North Africa. the
equivalent Of about 375 A ration
units and enough 10 drive your
car FIVE times across the conu-
nent."
on this basis. Mrs. Roosevelt,
in a flight OF 260 900 miles, con-
sumed 400 gallons. represent
ing l30,875 A coupons. and 1875
trips in your car across this
continent.
MENTION Of the % 600 feet
Al Of film suggests that when
the fourth term campaign really
warns up, the American tax :,
payers and bond buyers Will
discover that they have paid fore
just that much political propa-
ganda. fed 10 them as tonic for
their morale.
Pat Robinson. the ms cor
respondent al Guadalcanal,
wrote that Mrs. Roosevelt
kissed her radical political pro-
tege, tho inveterate professional
youth OF rising 30 summers.
Joe Lash. for whom strenuous
efforts were made 10 obtain
free commission in the navy,
now a sergeant in the army.
Copyright. 1913. by United Features. synd.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
The Milk Subsidy

hcjally lower retail price of milk is weapon
against initiation
THE only way to avoid initiation in the real
cost and price of milk is to permit and
encourage the dairy industry to produce milk
in sufficient quantities for the country's needs
and by the efficient mass production methods
which reduce ACTUAL costs and make a lower
price possible.
That is the AMERICAN way of doing
business, and it is the way the dairy industry
of the country WANTS to do business.
The milk producers of the country do not
want subsidies, but only want price for
milk that will let them exist.
They sent their representatives to Wash
ngton to argue and plead with the war food
administration to let them function naturally
and efficiently and honestly, and not to put
the indignity and shame upon them of feed
ing at the political trough of bureaucratic
expenditure.
In California the state milk control board,
knowing the facts about dairying, granted an
increase in the retail price of milk that would
recover the cost of production.
But the Office of Price Administration, con-
cerned only with the political advantage it
hoped to gain from a PRETENDED and
wholly FALSE lower retail price of milk,
blocked the increase.
co THE country is going to PAY the UNI
~ avoidably higher cost Of milk.
But It is going TO pay it out of taxes, and
out of war bonds and stamps-for the graft
fcation and 10 the advantage Of New Deal
politicians and to the detriment and impair
mcnt of the war.
This is a cynical abuse of public rcspon-
sbiity, and 1t is a shameful misuse of the
peoples war funds.
The national administration insults the
American people by assuming it can fool the
people by such shallow political devices. The
American people have the means to compel
recognition of their vital needs by the poll
ucians, and should use them
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

war with Japan He stated that coming adj
dresses in the Senate will carry demand for
terials.
TT Is Senator Bridges conviction that our pro-
Il ducton has reached a stage where enough
can be allocated to the Pacific theater TO beat
Japan without serious interference with the
quirements of the European theater.
Senator Bridges also gives his opinion that
History may Judge harShly the overall Allied
strategy of this war But he says it is too late
to do anything about the fact that we have
been treating with "superclious contempt, in
difference and subsidiary effort our infinitely
more dangerous foe-the Japanese race.
There is competent naval opinion, that, If
Japan had early appreciated the full extent of
the damage done to our , Get al Pearl Harbor,
and if she had prepared herself for the unanti-
Cipated opportunity that opened to her, she
could have taken Pearl Harbor and Hawaii and
subjected our coasts to direct attacks.
CHE might have so improved her position that
~ we could not have prepared TO take an often
siVe against her for very great time But
JapanS unrcadlncsS the limits she imposed upon
her own audacty and the fighting quality of
our navyS task forces the United States
Marines, and the Australian and American sol
ders of MacArthurS command saved US. They
have gotten us safely by this frSt-claSS danger.
in spite of the first Churchill Roosevelt plan We
IN position 10 turn the war against
Japan i'm offensive that might surprise us by
the rapdty of its success.
In deciding the So-called grand strategy
Of the war, the final power OF decision and the
commensurate responsibility in all constitutional
governments iHhefe in HE chief of government
in our case the President. And in this present
war the ma or decisions have been made by MIR.
Roosevelt and by Mr.. Churchill acting in close
collaboration and in personal conference.
'INHE Congress has given to the President an
independence and discretion that are unpre-
cedented in any previous war we have waged.
The Congress has supported the President with
complete and exemplary loyalty. 1t has laVshly
supplied every means within its power, and so
far the war effort is concerned il has been
very guarded in its criticisms. IL has even re-
Trained from seeking special knowledge OF the
war problems which the President has had to
meet.
But clearly we have now reached point
where the dangers first met have been repellcd
where strategy becomes offensive. And a
different attitude on the part of Congress would
seem to be not merely justfable. but inevitable.
If there were initial mistakes made. they
now be uncovered without peril If war
strategy is oneSded. If. it is overprudent and
lacking in holiness, these proper subjects
for congressional attention 1t is the right of
the Congress from here on to be better in
formed: TO examine; to criticize. 70 offer lis
counsel and TO have II listened 10. This is what
appears now about to happen.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR:

~ lIlE ELI OK
WE SHARPLY protest the
w NaZi-lke statements by
your columniSt, WeStbrook Peg
Ter. against the valiant men of
the merchant marine.
Mr. Pegler is not only inter-
cSted in Smearing American
Seamen, but he attacks all
labor. SowS confusion and Gre
ates diSunity at a time when a
united people must back our
commander in chief 10 help
speed victory over the Axis.
MIR. Pegler. eight months
after high army and navy au-
thoritieS spiked the lie. revived
the falSehood that our Seamen
refused 10 unload ships at
Guadalcanal You. doubtless.
are aware that among those
who refuted this AxiS-inspired
SANDER are Admiral William r.
HalSey, commander of United
States forces in the South Pa
clfic; Maj. Gen. Alexander Van
dergrift. commander OF the
Guadalcanal invasion forces:
Brig. Gen Robert l.. Denig OF
the United States Marine
Corps, as well As Secretary Of
the Navy Frank Knox
You must be- aware. also, Of
the fact that the merchant ma
rlnc has suffered severe losses
losses that are four times
greater proportionately than
those OF the armed forces COM
blned To date 4,S27 merchant
Seamen have given their lives
since Pearl Harbor in the
cause of world democracy.
Already $1,000 merchant sea-
men. a majority Of them men,
berS Of the National Maritime
Union. have survived Axis tor
pedocS at sea. The entire NMU
membership of $4,000 daily risk
their lives 10 maintain their
pledge 10 KEEP EN- SAILING
DELIVER THE GOODS.
They have won the highest
praise for the courageous and
efficient manner in which they
are manning the bridge Of
ships across the oceans in ac-
CordanCe with the stated policy
of our commander IN chief.
They refuse 10 stand idly by
while WeStbrook Pcgler seeks
To torpedo them ashore in his
Syndicaled column.
Among those now protesting
Mr. Pcglcr's diSruptive yellow
journalism are widows Of sea-
men who have gone down at
sea in the fight against iaSciSm.
Mr. Peglcr insults the memory
of those heroes Of the merchant
marine
The Detroit Times, by pub
fishing Peglcr'S, anti-labor\ ,
smears. gives aid and comfort
TO our Fascist enemies.
We demand that PeglerS coll
umn be eliminated in the inter-
cStS of greater unity Of the
American people TO win the
war.
r.. j. CUNNINGHAM.
Agent, National Maritime
Union, 81 W. Fort. Detroit.
GEORGE ANDERSON.
MIKE NENELSON.
VINCENT DoWKUS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
Quick Questions

Who was the first American
general 10 command Allied
United States and foreign
armies?
What is the singular of pike
,CfiShl, dice. opera?
What name is out OF place
among these: William South
worth, Joseph Mccarthy, Leo
her. Connie Mack,
Mike Jacobs ?
Which one of these L. s.
senators was not in the
group who recently toured
L. S. battlefrontS: Chandler,
Meade Reynolds, Brewster,
Lodge, Russell?
fright or wrong: Ca Because
of its SaltinesS, Seawater
never freezes; tb) most of
the worlds population never
sleeps in bed?
6-Ihc building IN Whlch OF the
worlds capitals are heated
with hot water piped from
volcanoes ?
Which is always the harvest
moon?
Stalking the alphabet in rcgu-
lar order or reversed, there
are only two consecutive let
torS that make a word.
Quick now, what are. they?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
Diligence increaSeth fruit OF
toll. a dilatory man wrestleS
with losses. -HeSiod-TheogniS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

In order io secure good clean entertainment
$50 have io go to considerable expense and this
add, io The overhead. My place has never had
cover or dance charge at any time and my prices
must be- tdW enough to cover expenses and allow
a reasonably small profit.
For place like mnc with such a large
overhead. I'm sure / have been charging fair
prices according to thc Other places
r IiE bccg and liquor shortage is acute in
BC'roIt a' present and there is q LOT OF
work and worry involved trying 10 keep
sun sent supply 'o satisfy the demand. That
is the primary factor of business
The price, ~ MY place must be- kept az
taNN medium level boo order 60 kecp the class
u' trade ] ann striving to maintain. otherwise u
would Nr mixture between The nyo classes of
trade and neither would Doe comfortable
i ann paying TOP wage In Detroit and / arm
between unions and 1heuDrA tho union says
70 YOU can't pay our wages raise your prices
The OPA say, Cut your price, ! wish 10 know
where l am standing.
Yours truly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

hcjaly lower retail price of milk is a weapon
against initiation.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
knowledge Test
BY DIR. sABINA II. CONNOLLY

BY DIR. SABINA II. CONNOLLY
Who said: Ca you may
have the universe if l may
have Italy; tb) Open my
heart and you will see,
gravcd inside of il Italy %;
(c) "A man who has not
been 10 Italy is always con
scious OF his inferlority'?
2-What state is the northern
boundary: Ca) OF PennSyl-
vanla; lb) of Illinois; tc)
of California?
3-Name three Of the countries
that form the boundary line
of Italy.
Choose an answer. Ca Is
Budapest in Belgium or
Hungary; (b) is Cherbourg
in France or Spain; tc) is
Copenhagen in Poland or
Denmark?
5-What is the largest: (a)
cathedral in the world; tbl
state IN United States; (c)
island of the West Indies?
about how long + ta) Cape
Cod Canal. tbl Panama
Canal; (cD SucZ Canal?
What animal is named: (a)
MeTIno .... tbl BorZol
....,.. (c) Siamese ....?
ANSWERS on Opposite Page
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

1NIIE nation continues 10 show great interest
l. in the prospects of full power war in the
Pacific against Japan, and in the part TO be
signed TO Gen. Macarthur. President Roosevelt
i'm answer to questions at his newspaper reporter
conference has said that he read Gen Mac
Arthur's entire statement and that there was
nothing i'm IL that he didn't agree with. Also he
said that all were against island hopping in
fighting Japan and that there was no truth IN
the inference, IN the Macarthur statement that
his recommendations for major strategy had
been countermanded.
1t is difficult TO estimate this statement Of
the President or to feel fully satisfied that 1t
is complete and adequate reply TO the issue
before us in the Pacific. 1t would he very desir-
able if the administration would answer few
questions fully, completely and candidly.
FIRST what is or was the Macarthur Stra-
tegc plan for major offensive against Japan?
Second IS the purpose inherent IN the Mac
Arthur plan 10 deliver a powerful offensive
blow to be Subordnated 10 the British interest
in regaining Burma and improving the protec-
ton of British India? Do the RooSevelt-ChurchlI
commitments, to one another, permit our war
department TO strengthen MacArthurS forces
to the point where he can undertake major
offensive?
TT IS easy to accept the Presidents statement
L that Macarthur is not to be removed from
his position or Subordinated to the military
command of another theater commander. But
this does not reach the heart OF the matter
at all.
1t would be perfectly possible to keep Mac
Arthur in command OF the southwestern Pacific
front but to continue TO refuse him the means
for an offensive operation, and even 10 con-
tinue restricting his theater of operations, as
already has been done twice; first by the PreSI-
dents own delimitaton of the fields of operation
between the Southwest Pacific theater which IS
MacArthur'S and the South Pacific theater and
now again by the assignment TO the Indian
Burma field of the western part OF Malaga and
the western waters Of the South China Sea-
which cover Indo-Chna and South China In fact
these countries besides Siam, the Malay PENN
Sula and western Sumatro have been put under
the jurisdiction of Lord Mountbatten.
WHETHER or not the exclusion Of this area
w from the field of operations of Gen. Mae
Arthur, would embarraSS HIM in planning his
attack from the south ! am not able TO say
but this possibility should certainly be conSid-
cred. For Gen. MacArthuTs front against which
ne is authorized 10 attack, has been considerably
narrowed on both sides and the lines converge
as a northern advance is made, and might be-
come more and more pinched.
Senator Chandler who is outSpokenly COM
mittCd to the operation against Japan, and TO
the assignment of Macarthur 10 execute II, has
not returned 90 Washington But the proposition
has been enlarged upon by Senator Stiles Bridges
of New Hampshire. who wants Gen Macarthur
designated as the supreme commander IN the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
PEaimf of the Little Man

C0CALIED extremely to time i
ment against some Of the restrictive and apparently meaningless regulations laid
s "a
and but
a lis
o typical
the plight Of the small business whether he butcher,
baker
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04

THE war food administration, through
economic stabilizer Fred Vinson, has
granted a so-called subsidy to milk pro-
ducers in California and other shortage
areas of the country.
The asserted purpose of the subsidy is to
give milk producers price for their product
which will cover its actual cost without in
creasing the price of milk to the consumer
in proportion.
What strange bit of political egerdcmain
this is!
OF course the milk producer should have
at least the actual cost Of his product, or else
he must go out of business.
Surely there is no one foolish enough to
think that government subsidy relieves the
consumer of the necessity for paying for
what he gets.
A government subsidy is money appropr-
ated by Congress, as all money expended by
the government must be.
And Congress does not find money under
rocks, but gets it by levying taxes against
the people or by borrowing against the credit
Of the people.
CO A government subsidy is diversion,
~ and in fact PERVERSION, of taxes
being paid by the people currently and of
borrowed money which the people must pay
ultimately.
OF course government taxes and borrow
ing are higher now than they have ever been
before.
But the reason they are higher is there
is war TO be fought and won.
Why should the taxes and bond purchases
Of the people, being paid by the people at
such sacrifice in order to support and win
the war, be expended for any other purpose
than the war?
Il is only a pretenso and a shallow
political pretense at that, that the charging
UP to taxes and borrowings Of the difference
between the real cost of milk and an arti-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-04
NEWS
BEHIND
.TME MEMS
By Paul
MaIIon

w the average man VIII be
able 10 pay a 80 per cent with
holding tax, put the customary
10 per cent INTO government
bonds. and live on 60 per cent
of ms earnings or less, Is the
main stumbling block 10 the tax
problem which the treasury IS
pushing off upon Congress.
In some instances, as with
government workers. an addl-
tional ) per cent goes 10 retire
ment, meaning that a single
worker earning $50 "A week
would have 10 pay out $3.50 a
week in taxes and live on $3l.l0
following for the SD a week
basic Withholding tax eNemp-
tlOnS).
Wages have gone up, It is
true. The official estimate of
average weekly earnings tWar
Labor Board is up l07 per cent
from September, 1912 10 May
1913 But the cost of living IS
officially calculated 10 have in
creased g. per cent IN the same
period.
ALSO. the wages of many war
~ worker groups are up much
more than 107 per cent while
those of professional, clerical
and white collar classes are
probably not increased that
much.
But olficialdom says there is
approximately $4,000. 100000 of
surplus money IN circulation in
the United States, and il wants
TO reach that reservoir OF funds.
There is no taxation method
by which il can be extracted
directly, because of the UNI
evenneSS of It's distribution.
In the face of this situation.
il is obvious that the treasury
tax program will be viewed in
Congress as rather theoretical
ambition.
No one there thinks anything
like Sl000OL000000 more in
money can bc raised.
There is one way in which a
large amount Of new money
could be brought in, from the
surplus cash reservoir. but it
has not much backing. This
method, of course is the sales
tax.
Mr. ROOSEVELT has always
vi shared the common liberal
viewpoint that such a tax lays
more heavily on the poor than
the rich.
In normal times. the liberal
argument has a better founda-
ton. but. in these days when
the surplus money is largely in
the hands Of war workers. the
liberal position seems to me to
be antiquated. However, IN
view of Mr.. ROOSeVclt'S oppOSl-
ton. il cannot be enacted.
Clearly, the present income,
corporation and excise taxes
are near the workable endur-
ance limit.
You read and hear some
liberal and union claims con-
tinually that corporations are
making big war profits. hut
here again the national average
is somewhat misleading.
Contract renegotiation is cut
ting still further into war plants
income.
Consequently. il would not be
surprising if congress failed in
the end to enact any tax bill at
all.
4 READER has written me
"A protesting my column urg-
ing that government bonds are
the best investment obtainable
by the average man in these
times. lie complains that cit-
ZenS viii have TO pay the
interest in taxes on the bonds
they buy, and. therefore, are
merely paying themselves.
Right. he is But all the more
reason for buying the bonds
This complaining reader will
pay his taxes anyway, but Will
never get any interest return
from the government The pro-
gram will thus cost him money
for not having participated IN it.
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