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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
LOCAL CLERCYMEN
ON LABOR PANEL
Meeting Held in Boston
Saturday; Labor=Man-
agement Problems

An Institutional meeting of New
England regional WLB representa-
lives in Boston was attended by
Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, rector
of Trinity Episcopal church, and
Rev. Joseph F.. Donnelly, curate Of
st. Thomas church, public members
Of War Labor Board tripartite panels
last week end.
During this two-day conference,
duties and responsibilities of panel
members in presiding over labor
management disparagement were
discussed. The Waterbury clergy
men, as public members of panels,
serve as chairmen of these units
which include a representative Of
management and one Of labor.
The procedure under which tri-
partite panels functions has oper-
ated to speed up decisions from the
-burdened National War Labor
Board Of Washington. Panels arc
to hear evidence at the
source of the disagreement and
make recommendation to the re-
gional board of the New England
area. From this point a decision
may be handed down in any case
under the regional or the national
board.
j. Harold Madden superinten-
dent of labor at the American Brass
company, is management repre-
sentative of the regional board.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
HOUSE VOTES ON
TAX PLAN TODAY
Only Token Resistance Ex=
pected on "75 Per Cent
Ruml System"
BY TONY SMITH
United Press Staff Correspondent


Washington, June l.-(UP)-Only
token resistance was expected today
when the House votes on a COM
promise pay-as-you- income tax
plan devised by a committee of the
Senate and House and described as
"75 per cent Ruml plan"
For the first time in the long tax
controversy, Republican and Demo-
cratic leaders joined in predicting
House adoption Of a proposal to
place a majority of the nations a.
100000 income taxpayers on large
~ current basis If this happens, and
the Senate follows suit, the measure
will go to President Roosevelt before
the end of the week.
The measure would forgive all Of
years income taxes for persons whose
1912 tax bill does not exceed $50
Persons whose liability last year was
S66.67 or less also would be forgiven
a flat $50. Others would be forgiven
rs per cent of a years payments on
1912 or 1943 income, whichever is
lower, and granted two years to pay
the remaining 25 per cent. Current
taxes would be collected through a
20 per cent Withholding tax on
wages and salaries, to start July /.
Opposition to the plan will come
from small group of Democratic
members OF the House Ways and
Means committee who are opposed
to forgiveness in any degree.
Reps. Wesley E. Disney OF Okla
homa, Jere Cooper of Tennessee and
John D. Dingell of Michigan plan to
speak against the proposal during
the tWo-hour debate permitted OPP
ponents of the conference commit
tee.
The three are members Of the
House conference group, which held
out for a so per cent abatement plan
first proposed by Ways and Means
committee chairman Robert l.,
Dougkton, D., N. c., Their cause
was lost when Doughton switched
his support to the rs per cent plan
when another deadlock was threat
ened.
Despite objectic"s, leaders said
the conference report would be
adopted by an overwhelming ma
jority.
One staunch Democrat opponent
of the Ruml principles described the
situation this way:
This House is just too damned
tax weary to go through another
fight. If this is what the Senate and
House conferees want, we're going
to give it to them. There will be
some opposition, but it will come
from the die-hards who want to
make a record. Token resistance is
about the best you can call it,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
- WARTIME HEALTH COLUMN -
bath Itch" Caused By Bathing
Too Often With Strong Soaps

called Super-fatted soaps, made uJ
removing as much as possible of the
free alkali from ordinary soap and
adding lanolin will both prevent
and cure bath itch. The sulfonated
alcohols generally sold as soapless,
shampoos are slightly acid, as is the
surface of the normal skin, and
cleanse without drying the skin to
any great extent. These, then,
are very useful for people with dry
skins, and may be used freely.
Nature may be assisted by add
in, fat to the skin in the form Of
cold creams. Some of the COM
mercial cold creams, such as the So
called cleansing creams, will not 60
for this purpose. A good formula
for cream containing fat suitable
for dry skin is hydrolized -<Sqol fat
90 GIN. with white petrolatgm 60
GIN and added rose water to make
20 GIN.
RATION YOUR BATHS
Bath itch may make it appear
ance at times other than winter.
Frequently one is tempted to take
several baths a day in summer es-
pecially if outdoor exercise is fair
ly strenuous, and the need for main
tanning good appearance great.
Under circumstances such as
these, it is wise to dispense with
the morning bath, and limit one
self to one late in the day - with
the added precaution Of some mas
sage with oil Any one of the pure
commercial oils designed for toilet
or baby use will be a satisfactory
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01

May 31-LeWis and operators fail
ed to reach understanding in ne
gotiations and second coal strike
truce expired.
June Miners halted work.
An amazing thing about the
synthetic rubber factories is the
small staff. When completed they
will employ 1850 persons. Machines
control pressure and temperature
constantly through the whole oper-
alton. They add water Or air to
the compounds in the precise
amounts and at the precise times
they are needed. They carry away
dangerous vapors, to burn harm
lessly like a great torch at the top
of a towering stack.
Synthetic rubber making is a
contradictory mixture Of vast guam
titles of material and invisible, in
finitesimal reactions. In one build
ing, for example, great furnaces and
rows of pressure pumps are en-
ployed to evolve Styrene by remoV-
ing two hydrogen atoms from the
ethylbenzene molecule. In another,
vaporized alcohol passes through
catalyssts in enormous conVertors,
then through a series of IA stills,
each more than so feet high, to
emerge as butadiene.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01

for a bonus to compensate for loss
Of double time salary privilege. Sew
eral hundred workers of the Amer
lean Brass at the Ansonia branch
displayed their impotence over the
WLB's hardness in ironing out the
argument at hand by obtaining sick
passes to walk out of the plant. This
action was not protested by the
union and through efforts of John
j. Driscoll Of this city and John j.
Mankowski Of Ansonia, CLIO. rep
resentative, the men went back to
work yesterday. 1t was revealed
that this action has not effected
local American Brass plants and
that absenteeism was not more
prevalnt recently, said Harold
Madden, director Of public relations.
The walkout in Ansonia was the re-
suit Of grievance several months
old. 1t resulted last year from
President Roosevelts order No. 9240,
which eradicated time and a half
and double time salary for Saturdays
and Sundays. Union employees OF
the American Brass Company Metal
Hose plant have another grievance,
the fact that the company will not
recognize a CLIO claim for equal sal
airy for equal work produced by
women workers replacing men,
which has also been placed before
the WLB. Both the union and the
company have sent in their reports
describing their grounds.
The WLB and representatives OF
the CLIO. Mine, Mill and Smelter
Workers Union and the Scovill Man
ufacturing Company are expected to
get together soon on contract oper-
ations. Highlights that the parties
argued over, but couldn't agree up
on, concern 5000 employees, which
began March 25. The union de-
mandS a tWo-Cent-an hour general
wage increase, maintenance of union
membership and check off of CLIO.
dues and additional vacations with
salary for employees with more than
five years service. While conferences
were going on between the company
and union, the management re-
jected the disputed terms. The
unions pay raise is mased on a
demand that Scovill supplement its
last raise of six-cents- hour with
a tWo-cent hike to bring the in
crease up to an eight cents -an-hour
level subsequently granted by the
Brass Company. This
proposal was ordered by the War
Labor Board after contract negotia-
tons between the American Brass
and CLIO. referred to the WLB
agency for settlement.
Communism was disturbing factor
that hindered contract negotiations
between the CLIO. Mine. Mill and
Shelters Union and the Chase
Brass and Copper Company last
week. Rodney Chase, industrial
relations director for the company,
announced yesterday that a decis-
on on whether to continue the con-
.erences on their present footing
With view toward signing a con
,ract concerning terms agreed upon
and referring disputed issues to
NLB, may be reached this week.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
OVER 400 ATTEND
USO DANCE AT Y

The largest attendance at a Wa
aerbury UCO dance was recorded last
Saturday night when more than 400
persons crowded the floor at the
Central YMCA The dance was
sponsored by the Chase Foremen's
a ISOLATION and the local USO COM
plittee, and Is held each week on Sat
Nrday. Twenty-eight servicemen at
tended from Waterbury and vicin-
ity.
The group was entertained by
M IS Rita Parenteau, soloist. The
following committees were in charge:
Members of the Chase Foremen's
group, c. Orsini, president Randall
Hale, vice president; William Cal
ligan, secretary, and John Dillon
rs master of ceremonies. The re-
Ception committee included Mrs
+. Harvey, Gertrude Rosa and Ber-
nice Nicho,s. Chase employe rep
resentatives were Anne DeBellis,
Francis DelPrincipe, Salvatore, Fer
rara, Marie Kopie, Frank Bunce
and Clarence Miller.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01


buna S synthetic rubber are for
the armed forces. But after the
war, civilians will be able to buy
plenty of them.
1t may help you to understand
the shortage of stocks in your
neighborhood liquor store when you
learn that the Institute plant, at
capacity, will use $4,000 gallons of
alcohol each day.
Great care must be taken in
manufacture. Butadiene not only
must be made and stored under
pressure, but it must be treated
with the respect due fluid which
is more volatile and dangerous
than gasoline.
DANGEROUS STUFF
Once latex rubber is curdled-by
brine and acids - it gets a chem
ical and water dinSe and is put
through a giant Wrin9er. From
there it goes to the disintegrator,
which tears the rubber into crumbs
or "flocs" and then to the drier
An automatic baler measures out
rs pounds of crumbs, presses them
into a bale and elects the bale
all in 80 seconds.
The estimated cost of rubber
manufactured in the Institute plant
at present is 80 cents a pound. IN
der full production it is expected
that this can be reruced to 1925
cents.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
Winning The Battle For Rubber
TWO PLANTS GOVERNMENT APPROACHING
PEAK PRODUCTION OF ENOUGH BUNAFOR 50 1000 TIRES DAILY
BY JAMES THRASHER
NEA staff CORRESPONDENT

Charleston, w Va, June l.-WeSt
Virginia's capital city has given up
commercial airline service to add
another factory to the concentra-
ton of chemical industry in the rich
KanaWha River valley, which one
writer has called the American
Ruhr.' In the suburban village of
Institute, Americas largest int
egrated synthetic rubber plant is in
operation today on the site of what,
a year ago, was CharleStons munic-
ipal airport. Charleston seems en-
tirely satisfied with the exchange.
The plant is really two factories,
both designed, built and operated
for the Rubber Reserve Co. The
first, run by the Carbide & Carbon
Chemicals Corp, manufactures buta-
diene and styrene, the ingredients
of Buna S rubber. Right next door
is the United States Rubber Co.
plant, which concerts these ingre-
dents into the finished product.
A press party, invited for a first
look at the complete synthetic rub
Der process, found that big-scale in
dustrial chemistry is quite a change
from the atmosphere of din and
sweat in which guns or airplanes
are made. Synthetic rubber manu-
facture at the institute plant is
matter Of strange smells, some hiss
ing steam, and a good deal of i'm
preSsive silence.
BEWILDERING MAZE
The chief tools are heat, cold,
pressure, vacuum and catalysts. The
raw materials are coal, petroleum
and grain, which become alcohol
and benzene. The setting is maze
of pipes, valves and diaLs and of
giant tanks and stills. Finally, near
the end of the operation, you find
that two crystal-clear liquids some
how have become gray, spongey
crumbs of what is undeniably rub
Der.
Under normal peacetime condi-
tionS, it would have taken 10 years
to develop a major chemical prod
uct such as this to full production.
But the Carbide company agreed to
undertake this butadiene and sty-
rene process in August 1910 U. S.
Rubber arranged for synthetic
manufacture about the same time.
Ground was broken for the Insti-
tute plant in April, 1912. Ten
months later the first butadiene
was produced.
Today, as construction goes on,
both plants are near full capacity
and are expected to attain it by
July /. That means yearly pro-
duction of 10000 tons of butadiene,
$4,000 tons of styrene-synthetic
rubber is about three parts buta-
diene to one of styrene-and 10000
long (2240-pound) tons of rubber.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01

The daily output fill be enough to
make $1,000 automobile tires.
MEANS BIG SAVING
Authorities say that this same
amount of rubber would require
270,O00-acre plantation with 25,-
100000 trees. 1t would cost $80,000,-
CO., to plant and bring to production
in five years, as against the approx
innate most of $56,OO0,O00 for the
Institute plants. And the plantation
would require a labor force of 90
900 men.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
WHEN Is A THEE

Portland, Ore. CUP -Logicians,
pundits and jurisprudents are pom
dering this one, received here from
the OPA offic eat Washington, D.
c.: differing of processed foods Is
federal offense unless the thief
surrenders the proper ration
stamina"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
Loss Of Double Time
Pay Excites Workers
Local Plants Note Holiday Abseneeism' AnsOna
Workers Walk Out; War Labor Board to Decide

The American Brass Company the Scovll Manufacture
ing Company and the Chase Brass and Copper Company
hope to iron out their dsparagemens with the CLIO Mine
Mill and Smeter Workers Union through the mediation Of
the War Labor Board in the very future, it was
expressed by their respective authorities last night The
American Brass Company and the CLIO. representatives
revealed that the WLB will consider the unions appeal
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
$30,0OO,O 900 TO WIN

thirty million dollars in War
Isnds q month is the regular In
kestment schedule of 1,549,530 civil
aan employees Of the federal govern
Naak
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
UNDER WATER

George Pals Puppetoon Studio
goes under water for the first time
when Pal films marine scenes for
his latest Paramount release, Jas
per Goes Fishing"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
MARJORIE N. NUHN
PRESENTS PUPILS
Group Heard Last Night
in Recital at Daven=
port Hall

A recital of pupils of Marjorie
Nash MUM was held at Davenport
Hall last night, the follow program
presented:
My Own America .,...... Wrubel
Martha NcNaught, Margaret
Mitchell, Irene MacLean, Char
lotte Dodson, Virginia Adams,
Robert Hill, Harold Hill, Russell
Adams.
Aria From Aida" ........ Verdi
Morning OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Speaks
Robert Hill
The House On A Hill ..... Charles
l Passed BY Your Window Vrahe
Miss Irene MacLean
Aria from Les Hugenots" .....
.......... Meyerbeer
1 Heard A Forest Praying e.. DeRose
Miss Muriel Andrews
Lullaby NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Brahms
Barbara Doyle and Eunice
HertZmark.
Folk Song ...,-.,...... Schumann
Miss Barbara Doyle
Summertime ,,..,....... GerShWin
SHOES Observation-Disclosures. Manning
Dorothy Straw, Barbara Doyle,
Nancy Adams, EVnice Hertz
mark, Muriel Andrews.
II Bacio ............... Arditi
The Big Brown Bear Mana yucca
Miss Dorothy Straw
Oh, That We Two 'Tere Maying
-.,.','.,, ........,.,. ..,...... brown
Martha Mcknight and Robert Hill
Musettas' Waltz Song rom La
Boheme" ..,......,.,,,. Puccini
Hills of Home OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Fox
Miss Martha Mcknight
Aria from Martha" ...... Flotow
Harold Hill
willamette ............. Del'Acqua
June ...,,..,......... Qullter
Miss Margaret Mitchell
Americas Message ...., Johnson
The Ensemble
At the piano-Mrs. Helen Heeb-
ner, Miss Andrews, Mrs. MUM.
Mrs. Nuhn sang, Surely the Time
for Making Songs Has Come" by
Rogers, The LilacS Are in Bloom"
by Tyson, and That's the World ir
June" by SprOSS,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01

Alan Napier who is featured III
the thriller-chille "rIhe Univit-
ed" is one of the tallest men in
pictures. He stands feet Al in.
high.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
TRAINING A BUS DRIVER

NMANPOWER is one of the principal problems
NA facing c. r. & L. today. Many of our drivers
and mechanics have already joined the armed
forces Although it is becoming increasingly diff
cult to find enough men or women to I'LL the JOBS
we still adhere to policy of careful selection and
training period of about two weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-06-01
The Eyes Have Ii

After general aptitude tests,
every applicant is given a thor
ough physical examination with
special emphasis on sharp sight
and ready Identification of col
ors. Good eyes are particularly
important these days with extern
sive areas dimmed out and heavy
traffic the rule in urban sections.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28

Lost Saturday black and
white Fox terrier, one black eye.
Reward. Dial 2878 or return TO
100 MoroSS.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Richmond
BY MABEL WINKEL

Born, Wednesday, Sept. % TO
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Bauman of
Richmond, daughter. Mrs.
Bauman is the granddaughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. BRANDED, Rich
mOnd.
Seaman Second Class Carl
Hartway who has been stationed
in San Diego, California will ar
rive on Wednesday to spend a
short furlough with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hartway
and family.
MIR and Mrs Milton c. Schultz
entertained at a family dinner
in their home on Sunday honor
ing the 33th wedding annivcrs-
AIRY OF the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. w. Beier. The oc-
casion also honored the birthday
anniversary OF Mr. Beier. 9th
or guests included Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Sippell and family OF St
Clair and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Slppell and John Sager all of
hlCDIlOnO.
Honoring Cecilia Hojnowski,
bride -ele"t, Ruth Greenia enter
tanned in her home in Columbus
Township on Saturday evening.
Miss Hojnowski will become the
bride Of Robert Greenia. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Greenia
in St. AuguStinc's Catholic
church, this village at 10 a. m.
Saturday, Oct. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Hyslop Of
Marysville and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Harris of Detroit were Sun
day guests in the home Of Mr..
and Mrs VIM. Harris, Gleason
avenue.
Viola KrauSe, daughter of
Mrs. Clara Krause. Richmond
township, was married TO Ed
ward II. Bandlow, Jr.. son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Bandlow,
Gratiot road, Saturday, Sept. l8,
at ST. Peters Lutheran church,
Muttonville.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Attorney Held
i'm Mercy-Dcaih
of Tiny Son

PTTTSFIELD. Mass Sept %
- ~ - John Franklin NoN0n,
Jr. 46-year-old corporation law.
yer and Harvard gradual C..
pleaded innocent In District
Court today 20 a murder charge
i'm the death OF his month";
old son. Lawrence, and was held
without bail
The socially prominent attor-
ncy sat IN the prisoners dock
with bowed head aud heard The
clerk read the charge that he
did assault and beat with n-
tent 20 murder and by such as
sault and battery did murder
the infant who WAS described boy
Police Chief John l.. sullivan
as abnormal
Judge Charles + HInhari
continued tho case until Friday.
Noxon will be held meanwhile
IN Berkshire County jail lis
wife and his Is year old SON
John =. Bird, were not in the
courtroom.
The murder charge was ls>ueo
yesterday after authorities bee
gan an investigation OF the ,n-
fsnts death. AZ first the baby
was believed killed accidentally
by a loose radio wire
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
Axis
Agents Still
in Argentine

BUENOS AIRES, Sept "a
a. -- Acting Foreign Minister
Alberto Gilbert, replying 10 a
British government statement
crltciz,ng ArgcntIna'S neutral
.ty policy, denied last night that
AXIS agents still are free 10 con-
spire i'm TINS country against the
interests OF the United Nations.
1T is lamcntable that it should
be considered possible that from
our soil there rs any conspiracy
being carried out against the in
tcrosts and security OF the Unit
cd Nations, Gilbert said.
The foreign ministry and
other departments of the gov
crnmcnt have AWAY given their
most careful attention TO COM
plants presented TO them and
have taken all necessary meas
ures for investigating their
truth and Furnishing any acts
which might injure the relations
between Argentina and those
nations (Which made the COM
plaints).
It can be asserted that as a
result of these severe measures
there has been no known act of
such a nature lately, and if, in
spite Of these measures any such
act occurs, punishment would be
immediate and memorable"
CT bert rcalfirmed Argen-
tina's desire to maintain her ira
ditIonal friendship with Great
Britain but omitted any direct
reference TO the British express
sion Of disappointment over his
governments failure 70 break
off~~'1el Citations with the Axis
powtts.
The British statement was
made public IN conjunction with
an announcement by the London
food ministry Of an agreement
to purchase Argentina 5 export
able surplus eggs for the l943-
~ and l944-45 seasons.
Replying 10 an assertion that
Argentina had failed TO give
British interests and nationals
proper consideration and pro-
lection Gilbert assured Britain
that her nationals and business
Interests would receive fair
treatment.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-09-28
See No Shift!
10 Macarthur
Austrolions Unaware
OF impending Chonee

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept.
% Up The Australian gov
eminent knows nothing Of any
change in command for Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, Prime Min
lister John Curtin said today, and
hence none is in immediate
prospect.
81 am unaware Of any change
in the status of authority or
command of Macarthur" Cur
tin declared in a statement de-
livered to the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
"As the commonwealth gov
eminent is a party TO arrange
ments relating to the higher di-
rection Of the war in the south
west Pacific area, no change
could be made without its agree
ment."
Macarthur himself raised the
question of his future status
with the cryptic statement last
Wednesday: Il have no personal
military ambitious whatsoever
and am perfectly content in
such role as may be prescribed
for me :" However, subordi-
nate may be my role, | hope to
play II manfully."
The statement has been inter-
preted unofficially as indicating
that perhaps MacArthur's COM
mand in the southwest pacific
would be subordinated TO that
recently established under Lord
Louis Mountbatten in southeast
Asia.
OF this, Curtin said:
The appointment Of Mount
batten as commander-in- chief in
southeast Asia does not impinge
IN any way on General MacAr-
thurs command in the south
west Pacific area nor Subordi-
nate the southwest Pacific to the
southeast Asia command. the
eastern boundary Of the latter
comedies with the western
boundary Of the former