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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Homer C. FiIley

In the death Of Homer G. Filley
Waterbury loses highly respected citi-
zen, one of the city's most prominent
business men of an earlier day. Mr..
Filley was quiet unassuming man,
conducting his business until his retire
ment in 1928 to the best interests Of all.
He came to Waterbury in 1879 when
the business setup was different from
today. Waterbury had at that time many
independently owned stores all giving the
highest degree of service. Such was Mr..
Fllley's record when he joined the firm
of J. M. Burial, later joining with
Stephen Crane in the undertaking and
furniture business. 1t is quite num-
Der Of years since Mr.. Filley was actively
engaged in business, but many will re-
member the early days when he serviced
the city in competent manner.
His business passed out Of existence
like many another. He has been, how
ever, since his retirement, familiar fig
tlre in our city. His death will be re-
GREETED by early associates who are left
and those who have known him down
through the years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Murray Is Partly Right

The C. I. O., in executive board meet
ing assembled, put its finger on the weak
est spot in the wage sterilization
formulate. Philip Murray, the Congress
president, points out that workers in the
lower income brackets are hard hit be-
cause the cost Of foodstuffs has risen so
greatly. The lower a family's income,
the greater the proportion is spent on
food, of course. President Murray urges
that there be adjustment OF wage IN
CAPABILITIES and elimination Of substandard
wages. The general formula adopted by
the War Labor Board provides for wage
adjustments in proportion to the rise
in living costs. There appears to be a
growing misunderstanding of this, fos-
tered by labor union leaders, many OF
them in the c. I. o.
The IS per cent adjustment basis was
not put forth as a fixed, unalterable
formula. It was supposed merely to
measure the advance in living costs
which had taken place between the base
date January /, 1941 and the time of the
Little Steel settlement. 1t was clear to
most who studied that decision that the
WLB intended to vary the percentage
upward as living costs rose. But this
adjustment basis was promulgated to
apply to all wages, from highest to lowest
and to be supplemented by special addi-
tional adjustments for substandard
wages. Only the ultra reactionary would
have complained if the WLB had pro-
vided reasonable raises to those IN the
lower brackets.
Criticism Of the formula rests upon
the theory, which Mr.. Murray and his
G. !. o. have not repudiated, that in the
face Of initiation every union worker, re-
gardless of how highly he may be paid,
should have cost-of-living adjustments.
MIR. Murray urges also 48-hour work
ing schedule to help meet the manpower
crisis, but with premium pay for the
last eight hours, which inevitably would
contribute to inflationary forces and
tnerby would force further wage raises
that would come slowest to those who
would need them most - the lowest wage
brackets and white collar groups. BY all
means let's give break to the under
dogs, but let's be careful that we do not
let loose the dogs of initiation, which are
doing enough damage on their present
rubber leaShes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Squire Sam

Senator Byrd diScloses that the War
Department has purchased 100000
acres of land equivalent to the COM
bined areas of Massachusetts,, Connecti-
cut, Rhode Island and New Jersey - at
a cost of hundreds of millions Of dollars.
The Virginia senator asks why all this
land should have been purchased rather
than leased, and what is going to be done
with it after the war. He points out the
effect of removing these large areas from
local tax rolls. There still remain i'm
portant war problems which Congress
can handle without invading the techni-
cal fields properly reserved to professional
fighting men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

In time of war there is nothing more
important than the encouraging OF a
solid cultural program on the home
front. High on the cultural program is
music. Waterbury has always been a
pronounced musical city, from the days
when big artists came to the old city
hall, down through the early days of
concerts galore at Buckingham Hall;
each season triumph over the proceed
ing one. There were concerts also in
our theaters, smaller halls, and currently
In the Women's Club auditorium.
One of the finest auditoriums for
music, we have been told, is Buckingham
Hall, which was planned for just such
purposes. II Is large and the acoustics
good for voice or instrument. Unfortu-
nately OF late years the hall has not been
kept up for such purposes and 1t Is not
exactly In condition for the presentation
OF musical affairs, either solo artists or
ensembles. q symphony orchestra, for
instance. Persons Interested In music In
this city feel badly about this, and now
With conditions such as they are me
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

home front seemS to be THE musical
front.
In days to come there win not be so
much likelihood of our journeying forth
to the bigger cities for our culture. We
do not need to with the concert program
we have each season, the Fine Arts Series,
the Civic. Orchestra, the MendelsSohn
Male Chorus concerts, and so on.
Well, what we are driving at is this.
Would it not be agreeable to all If Buck
ingham Hall could be refurnished, redone,
redecorated, expanded somewhat, SO that
we might again enjoy our music in
agreeable Surroundings? The Womens
Club gives good service, but is not large
enough for symphony concert, for in
stance, and does not contain the number
of seats, we are told, that could be sold.
This is worth consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Tokyo Backs Water

For propaganda benefit, Premier TOTO
now contends that while japan Is going
to crush the United States to punish us
for interfering with her plans, she has
no designs upon western hemisphere
territory. This, Of course, marks a recess
sion from earlier boasts. Also, While 1t
was shortwaved to us it was not broadcast
to the Japs themselves. The truth is that
Tokyo would be delighted to get away with
even a major part of what she has con-
ouered already. She will be fortunate II
she can wind up with the same territories
she possessed before the original attack
upon China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Trends Reversed

During World War prohibition senti-
ment swept the nation, starting with the
drying up of one community after anoth-
err by local option, and ending with the
10th Amendment, the Volstead Act, an
orgy of lawlessness, and finally repeal.
That movement began in 1915, during
the second year of the war and year
before our entrance. The contrast IN
World War II is pointed by the annual
report of New York States Liquor AL
thority that not a single community immunity
There are now in the Empire State only
60 drv towns, as contrasted with 561
before the 1915 prohibition movement
got into it's swing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
IN THE STONES OF
STALTNGRAD
(New York Tines)

Reporters who have talked to the
Germans captured in the graveyard
of Stalingrad note the sharp con-
trast between the temper Of the
officers and the ordinary soldiers.
All these men have experienced the
hell they have created for others in
their savage drive over Europe. They
are sorry specimens. the broken ana
ragged remnants Of the arrogant
armies that rolled over Poland and
France and Greece in the first fine
rapture Of conquest and destruction.
They stumbled out Of their cellars.
over the frozen heaps Of their own
dead. like scarecrows In q scene Of
desolation. Through the eyes Of the
correspondents on the spot, we see
field Of stones. without Q street or
a house or q tree or any landmark
to show that this was once a city.
We see. too. the human wreckage Of
great German army. the generals
sulien. tight-lipped and full OF
venom: the soldiers starved, con-
fused and glad TO be captured.
To the naughty Qficers Of the
Sixth Army to be prisoners Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

ever lived"
There are some things that out,
last even memory. The ktndnesses
and those acts Of love which are
life's sparkling jewels in the hand
these live on and give US Joy after
the power to enjoy other things has
passed. All that the feeble Emerson
could remember about Longfellow
was that he was q glorious soul, one
Who was universally admired for his
kindllness Of heart and depth OF
affection.
Men are often anxious TO leave
large estates when they die, al.
though that desire Is lessening
somewhat as the national tax policy
becomes more stringent. But on the
whole. there Is vanity IN the
human heart which gives the aver
age person considerable satisfaction
~ ne thinks Of the Aah's" and "oh's"
Of hls friends as they read In the
papers statement Of how much ne
left his heirs. but did ne leave
them good metnoEless DID he leaye
ttens character ana 9 reputation ~
which they could take pFideS Men
ere wise when they give thought q
what they are going % leave benilla
them when they die. but tl1ey ere
very unwise II they eonflne their
thinking % dollars and cents,
CAL Rights MeseFEed Babson
heUspapeF byna'eatel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Current Comment

1t would be a refreshing novelty
II some Of the officials. when they
come before us. would vary the pre-
cedents little by telling us not SO
much Of the appropriations which
they think they must have, but the
appropriations which they think
they can do without.
Representative Ludlow Of In.
diana.
Nothing would so alarm the
world and make another war more
certain than 10 try 10 create q post
war exclusive British American
plan.
British Chancellor OF the Ex-
chequer Kingsley Wood.
We got away none too s0on. we
later learned the Japs, apparently
having found out about cur plans
reached our embarkali0n point
two and ona-hale hours after W
left. We escaped only with thf
eigthing on our backs.
-FOUR nuns who ND from Japl
nine months On nougalngill.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Selected Poem
MY LITTLE HOUSE

(Mary c. Butler in the Poets Corner
Hartford Tines
NV little house in the clearing stands
where the water danced on the yellow SANDS,
where the aspen trees with their quvering showers
Made music for me in my sun-glad hours
While whistled and sang and hurried dancing
to see
joys the hours could lavish on me.
NV little house shuddered and creaked IN the roar
OF great crashing waves on q tortured snore,
While the storm devils. shrieked and their Cloud
bursts poured
And they wrenched at the roofing and eiutched at
the door,
But the kettle still purTs In Us quiet way
And flames with shadows flicker patterns IN pay
Ny house has a hearth that with fame IKE lance
Can drive back the cold shadows Is they ADVANCE,
And the falling pine needles In whispering SHOWERS
shall lull and soothe In my evening hours
While rock and nod and wake 70 see
That the strange new day that must GAVIN 1oF me
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

Russians Is the final humiliation.
They are bitter, and what they
think Of Hitler for sending them to
the Volga and leaving them there
to perish probably explains much Of
their bitterness. But the soldiers
express their opinions openly. Since
Dusseldorf and Cologne, one OF
them told a reporter, are now all
most as bad as Stalingrad, they can
no longer believe their Fuehrer 10 q
superman. "These fellows could
stand almost anything from Hitler. I"
adds their interlocutor, but not
failure"
Applied to the Germans In gen.
eraI, this observation has great sig
nificance. The break in Germany
will not come suddenly or soon. Hit
Ter still commands powerful weap-
ons which he will use to the utmost.
against the Germans themselves, II
necessary; Stalingrad is the proof
Of how little values his troop COM
pared to his own pride. But when
the people realize that they have
endured and sacrificed everything
for failure, their revulsion against
Hitler Is sure to be Is terrible as the
fury Of conquered nations. What the
gaunt and beaten soldiers Of Stain
grad say today all Germany Wiii be
saying tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

One of the most important statements
issued this week was to the effect that
the country is satiated and deluged with
excess questionnaires. The Byrd com,
mittee asks curb on the quiz mania"
Reports show that 7,o25 questionnaires
were issued in II months. QUESTIONABLE
forms run into the millions. Businesses,
SO we read and know, are surfeited with
forms and half of their time is spent
filling them out and almost as much
time again understanding them IN tne
first place. The Byrd committee seems
to think that from go to IS per cent can
be dropped with no harm. This is good
news. and think of the saving IN paper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
BUS BEHAVIOR
Hartford Courantl

Not long ago we felt called upon
TO say q few words In this place
on behavior In buses. We had
hoped not to revert to the subject
but O certain sense Of civic solicit
tude prompts us to do 50.
With so many Of US In Greater
Hartford now dependent wholly on
buses to get to Office, shop and
factory and home at night or early
morning, 1t behooves every one Of
US to do what he can to curtail
the consequent crowding In rust,
hours. When ever we can avoid It,
let us not lug bulky packages into
these conveyances. Let us have our
tokens ready, or II not, the quarter
or half dollar that can be speedily
changed by the motorman. And let's
not shove, push or otherwise dis.
commode our fellow travellers.
SO much for the elementals. Now
for the imponderables. Those Of US
fortunate enough to have journeyed
In Pullman cars In what now seems
a remote past will recall that there
certain unwritten laws Prevailed
Smoking was restricted to corner
compartments. Conviviality was re-
served for the club and grill cars
and tolerated within measure In the
diners. Loud talking and singing
were distinctly frowned on. And OF
night silence was mandatory.
It may be asking too much 70
plead for Pullman car politeness IN
crowded buses In warIwork-corl-
gested community like this. Yet that
goal, II at present seemingly tin-
attainable, should be striven for, Il
only out Of enlightened self-interest.
After, al, there really is such Q
thing as the Golden Rule. And It's
surprising how many times 1t works
when assiduously applied by enough
persons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

Huey Longs old protege, rootin'-
tootin' rabble-rouser Gerald K.
Smith, has now come out for
Rickenbacker for President, which
Is the kiss Of death for almost
anyone.
Also some Of the Chicago
America First crowd who tried
to boom Lindbergh are now
grooming Rickenbacker behind
the scenes. Rickenbacker HIM
self was an isolationist, testified
against various war bills before
Congress, but admitted his errors
Immediately after Pearl Harbor.
SHIPBUILDING WASTE
Shocking waste occurs In the
conversion OF ships built by the
Maritime Commission and taken
over by the Navy. The ships are
originally designed for merchant
uses, but are taken over when
completed, or nearly completed,
for combat use by the Navy.
The Navy has different require
ments, and demands installation
Of different equipment, and the
discarding Of equipment already
installed. For instance, two Alec
ships built at the Moore shipyards
at Oakland, CAL, were equipped
with automatic motors to work
davits for life-boat hoisting, even
though the Maritime Commission
knew the Navy would Immediately
rip them out and install life RATS
and landing boats.
The waste comes from failure
to anticipate these changes be-
fore the ship Is completed on mer-
chant designs. In fact, 1t often
happens that q ship which the
Maritime Commission knows Is to
be taken by the Navy will be
completed along the original lines,
then delivered to the Navy only
to have great quantities Of equip
ment torn out, new bulkheads
built in, seamen's quarters rebuilt,
and so on.
Explanation for Maritime's &C
ton Is that II they allow the Navy
to come into the yard and take
over the conversion, I'VE never
get the ship out" In other words
they don't want the yard cluttered
up with a ship which the Navy,
In its elaborate and procrasting
manner, is trying to convert.
NAVY DELAYS
In one case, the Navy took
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
CHARACTERIZATION

The American Red Gross, the
United States Public Health Service
and various public service corpor-
ations are grievously wrong the cor
rect method Of reconciliation In cases
Of drowning. I refer to the position
Of the subjects arms, one Of which
the Red Gross approved technique,
places under the subjects head or
chin. I insist this Is NOT the
method which Echafer devised and
gave the world--tlae manual prone
pressure method. Schafer placed
BOTH Of the subjects arms well
above the head, out Of the opera
tors way, IN the position which
draws the subjects thorax into the
position most favorable for en-
trance Of air into the lungs. II any
one questions this, I refer the quess
toner to Senator's original descrip-
ton Of his method, published In
London Medico- chirurgical Trans-
actions vol lxxxvii, 1904 and In Jour.
American Medical Association, 81,
sol, 1908.
Besides placing the thorax IN the
best irspiratory' position, schaSer's
method, as Schafer described II,
gives the victim another advantage,
Of which the Red Cross approved
method robs the victim Of submer-
sion, namely, the chance for any
fluid In the breathing passages to
drain out Of nose or mouth while
the resuscitation Is being applied.
While they last, I'll be glad 10
mail q booklet Of my own on Resus-
citation, which describes and illus
trates the correct Schafer method
and shows by diagram why the An
correct Red Cross method is wrong
If you accompany your request
with a stamped envelope bearing
your address.
It has never been disclosed to
the world Just who IN the American
Red Cross or In any Of the other
organizations mentioned felt COM
petent to modify Schafer's method.
But the error Is there, and appar-
entity the Red Cross and other or.
CARNATIONS mean to stick to II.
II o loved one Of mine were sub
jected to the Red Cross method Of
artificial respiration after rescue
from drowning and succumbed I'd
never forgive any representative Of
the organization who may be In o
position. to correct the error but re-
fuses ID acknowledge the need to
do so.
The American Red Cross is
grievouslS wrong about the method
Of resuscitation from drowning and
in the name Of humanity the Red
Gross should acknowledge the err
ror NOW and make the necessary
corrections In all manuals or text
books approved by the Red Cross.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

thing to do with
this uge air
armada Of cargo
planes Is scrap 1t.
Engines and in
struments might
be salvaged, but
for the planes
themselves--ju Junk
'en and make 'eln
over into new air.
planes.
The reasoning
Is based on the
fact that UP TO
no W most cargo
mes bein 6
flown are as much
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

as six and eight years old. What
are these planes? Well, q lot of
them are Douglas DC-2's and
DC-3s and planes Of earlier vintage.
Those were the commercial planes
that were in production when the
war broke out and when the need
for more and more cargo planes
first became apparent the simplest
thing to do was ask for more Of the
same.
True, these ships were designed as
passenger planes. But 1t was no
trick at all to redesign the interior,
knock out the seats, enlarge the
loading door, put in floor and
make the entire fuselage cargo
space.
But the DC-3, lead truck horse
that it Is, is now six years old. Its
cost Of operation are figured at
around 30 cents per ton mile for
air freight, loaded to go per cent OF
capacity. Air express rates have
been from 80 cents per ton mile up
to cover costs and ground handling
charges. Passenger carrying costs
run about 5 cents per passenger
mile. And at those rates, air cargo
simply can't be handled on a basis
competitive with rail, truck or
steamship. So freight costs must be
lowered to something like 10 cents
per ton mile.
rig A SECRET
There are supposed to be new
cargo Pla,les AZ plooucC'ol now
W t WIZ van. come cao Sc, 70 meeslns
eaese cosC-oA- opesaVlVn spec,llca.
S S MosIlS Visey re secrev PLANES
tor war use anu you cant seG any
une 70 ta1k aDouC tAell Aor pupuca-
VOL buo Cne mere AacC 1aaG CneEe
are SUCH plaLss OIL "tiv uraWins
Doaro ~ enough 70 seC aA tlle ava AVA
clon ptaiiis o. t,le coutlVry W EiA't aiS :
My ADouC wnaEs Y" DecOlAle VI W'e
planes now lIylaS;
Inns me Oh tiaink.ng was Pre-.
s S ~ . 1eSsS .eeSS W Vl a..
SEvIe.y " n"S S Ely G,.s,a 1893 s, =.
Soaso. -; I'm . r.ia 49,. q - IVss
tow ~ ~ ror,s " a., the ie OF star ~
the Poard of Econon,,c Warfare snd
was later shifted to a lob which I'LL
timately led him to his present posi-
ton as head of BEW's international
Air Transport Division, Is the man
who brought to O head all this talk
about possible necessity Of scrapping
all Of today's obsolete planes.
Anram presented another idea
which captivates the Imagination
Too much attention, he says, has
been paid to developing the perfect
cargo plane - something that will
do for the development Of aerial
freight traffic what the DC-3 has
done for the development Of aerial
passenger traffic over the past six
years. It Is Amram's contention that
there isn't any such thing as q per-
feet cargo plane. If the aviation in
dustry Is to get any place with its
development Of air cargo, 1t viii
have to do what the motor truck
industry has done In the past 2S
years - develop a different mode
for every different use.
NEED THEM LARGE
AND SMALL
"yx,o 49, naod .r,o,, ,,onas =,
wv, wo 10y, 'I ow 60 s acoi,o,,,;co,,y
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

dead, and his
friend the phil
osopher, a de-
crepit old man
leaning heavily
on his daugh-
ter's arm, stood
at his friends
grave and NUT
tered, 81 can't
recall his name,
but he was one
Of the most glor-
ious souls that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
A Thought for Today

Or II a soul swear, prOnOunclng with his lips
70 do evil, or to do good, whatsoever 1t be that
. man shall pronounce with an oath, and 1t be
hid from him; when he knOweth Of It, then he
shall be guilty in one Of these.-Leviticus 5:4.
Take not His name, who made thy mouth, in
vain;
It gets thee nothing, and hath no excuse.
Herbert
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

It's a lot of "globloney" seems to be
the newest in catch phrases. Congress
woman Claire Boothe Luce from Connec-
ticut used it the other day. 1t can mean
much or little depending, like the real
baloney, on how you slice IT, tnlcK or
thin,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

the highways" he complained.
They've spent years In the busi-
ness. They know highways6
Yet you send a committee which
knows nothing about traffic to
survey one Of the most, import
ant highways In the country"
EYES," concluded Commission.
or Macdonald, "the WPB IL just
plain crazy"
Copyright, 1943 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
= NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Post War
Cargo
Plane Idea
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
COFresnOndenk

When the war Is over there viii
be hundreds Of cargo planes hang
ing around and the general idea has
been that these planes could imme-
diately take of in all directions to
haul freight, thus marking the, be-
ginning Of q new era Of aerial
transport. It's a pretty picture, but
some Of the aviation brains Of the
country have been doing little
realistic thinking about this new
age of air, and much to your sur
prise they have come up with the
idea that perhaps the most sensible
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

Isn't there enough going on without
Mahatma Gandhi going into his us IL
eighty-eighth?) fast. Is this real seri1
Gus business or just monkey business!
Do we care If he fasts or not. II Woula
seem that there are more Important
things to think about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13

New York hotels are hard put these
DAVIS serving dinners de luxe with the
cocktail loungers monopolizing time and
space. It's a question, when does the
Cocktail hour end and when does the
dinner hour start?