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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
.McLemore
Boosts Wigs After
Viewing Congress
By HENRY McLEMORE,

BY actual count from the Capitol
press galleries the Seventy eighth
Congress has Is bald-headed MEM
bers and 80 members whose hair u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

The Russian high command
and the Allies no longer regard
the Soviet offensive against the
Naxis - . holding operation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-01-11

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GET FIREsIDE WARMTH and pocket q 1heoIthy sovineto
boot Just take look othee sturdy heeces and
fobrcs ~ cneh for warmth when bosts howl Check
the syes-up TO the minute in every way Shades ana Pof
terms slated for absolute correctness Yes sir its sowing
worth travelling for to get but it only okes step to your
nearest Fnex fohe eectes overeoot deo in fo~n
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19
An Ugly Word

Absenteeism has come to have ugly
connotationS because most discussion
has concerned wilful, inexcusable failure
to report for work - Monday morning
hangover, laziness, diS-interest, pique,
general responsibility. These are the
causes Of much absenteeiSm, and they
deserve all the harsh things that have
been said about them. Whether they
account for quarter, third, half or
two-thfrds Of the 423, 100000 man-days
lost last year through abSenteeism, no
body knows. The best.available informa-
ton suggests that considerably more
than half of all absenteeism is due to
causes for which the nation and the
community are to blame, rather than lrl-
dividualS. Inadequate housing in war
boom communities, requiring long, ardu-
GUS daily travel, often in overcrowded
trains and BUSES, on top of overtime
work, may well be the most important
cause of absenteeism.
This combination of evils promotes
overfatigue and sickness. It interfereS
with normal home life, thereby injuring
morale. It prevents workers - many OF
them women who are trying to keep
homes going outside factory hours-from
doing necessary shopping when stores
are ODCIl, 1lOul WOlhAllE IA NANVOAy ST.
dens, and from taking in the movies.
Probably, in the hectic drive for ever
increasing production with an ever
lessening force of accustomed. workers,
it will not be possible to eliminate all OF
these causes OF abSenteeism. Obviously
we shall not be able to provide housing
SO that all workers can live near their
factories. It will be difficult, If not i'm
possible, to supply sufficient Transports
ton everywhere to do away with over
crOwding in rush hours. A certain
amount of reshuffling of personnel might
reduce the burden of available housing
and transit lines Stores and recreational
facilities might arrange to be open at the
hours when workers can do their
shopping.
II there is labor boarding, which leads
workers TO disbelieve the existence of a
manpower shortage, so that they can see
no harm in taking day off when they
see fit, the Manpower Commission should
establish the facts and set free surplus
workers wherever they are found.
There Is much that could be done, in
addition to hurting invective at deliber-
ate malingerers. The first need, how
ever, Is to ascertain the facts. Can't some
Washington department spare the man.
power TO do that?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

This week is devoted to consideration
Of what the Boy Scouts are contributing
to the winning of the war; 1t is Off
cially known as Boy Scout Manpower
Week. The Boy Scouts were active in
helping to win World War I; now they
are exerting the same effort to help win
the present war.
They are active and help in countless
ways, such as selling war bonds and
stamps, distributing printed information
and In many ways help as public serv-
ants. They are the soldiers of tomorrow
who carry on the traditions of boy scout
DOM The training of a soldier in
embryo, your Boy Scout, makes for an
eighteen or older enlistee of good char
acter. He has learned through his scout
training to be useful, to meet an emer-
gency with intelligence, and to accept
The hardships of life in the Army, Navy
or Marines, with courage.
This week the nation Salutes the Boy
Scout organization which emphasizes its
n.anpower campaign. Scouts will con-
tinue to carry on as formerly; to encour-
age SelfiShnesS and to be credit to our
community which they represent. Local
council service headquarters sums 1t up
in these words:
Scouting is training for way of life,
the kind Of life America chooses to lead,
the kind for which her sons are fighting
across the seas. On those fronts, and on
the fronts at home, the qualities which
scouting stands for - courage and char
acter, assure us of victory and lasting
peace"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19
VACATIONS TURNED INTO
WARTIME SERVICE

New Haven Journals Courier
The recently announced plans Of
the y. s. Employment service TO
register and place Connecticut
school teachers in industry during
their summer vacation Is q con-
crete step toward relieving the man.
power shortage In the state. This Is
. highly trained group. many hav-
ing special ekills. and they can be
useful through an organized appli-
cation OF their services 70 industry.
Not only VIII the USES register
the 10000 teachers, Of the state.
but It viii administer mechanical
and clerical aptitude tests 70 deter
mine the work each individual can
do best. Naturally. those who can be
more usefully employed IN non-ln-
dustriai pursuits win be encouraged
10 enter them.
Since public school teachers are
not the only ones who have vaca-
lions, it would be 3 coed idea for the
USES 70 inquire into the deslrability
Of attracting people who have
shorter periods Of summer leisure
into industrial, agricultural, com.
munity. civilian defense and Othei
wartime activities where they car
contribute q worthwhile effort and
nc the same time benefit by 4
change from their regular routine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Home Canning Process

Please advise which Is the safest
home canning process to use fof
fruits and vegetables. With the food
rationing and victory gardens pos
sibly many people will can vege-
tables by q process not dependapM
against botuiism. "a. b
Ans.-Careful tests showed that tina
pressure cooker Is best for canning
non-acid vegetables or other FOODS.
Acid fruits are more readily stertliz-
ed even by the ordinary boiling N
open vessels. Spores Of the botulism
germ may not be destroyed in less
than three hours Of heating at .
temperature Of 2l2 (boiling point Of
water). It takes about IN hours Of
boiling to bring the temperature u
the center Of quart Jar OF cream
corn up to 2l2 degrees. In the pres
sure cooker the temperature reaches
that point within nifty minutes and
reaches $50 degrees In seventy min-
utes. So the food should be pro-
cessed in pressure cooker for nos
less than four hours. TO be on the
safe side. II the open vessel canning
method Is employed. the food should.
be processed not less than i've houEa
remembering the first IL hoslrs
on the fire are required to get rhs
interior Of the container up to boil
ing temperature. Then It should be
kept boiling for another 81 hours. !.
Copyright 1913. John ?. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19
Views Of The Press

magazines. the radio or the motion
picture, it was the story they were
after. There has been q new note
OF serious purpose In their report
ing. The story" has not been that
Of newspaper fiction and drama.
They were not seeking glory for
themselves. They we're not hunting
sensations. They were trying to tell
the American people about this war.
TO bridge the gap between the things
the fighting man experiences and
the home public's realization Of
them. The best correspondents are
the most humble as 10 their own
personal role. owl Director Elmer
Davis justly praises their ''gallantry''
as "a thing apart" for they have to
endure fire without fighting back.
But Il Is Of the gailantFy Of others
that they have written.
This newspaper has had one
known fatality, the death Of Byron
~. Darnton n New Guinea. Another
Of its correspondents, Robert r.
Pest. has been missing since the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

Economic Minister Walther Funk Of
the Reich agrees with most Americans
that quality and spirit will win this war
which, he told a gathering of business
leaders recently, has resolved itself into
a merciless demonstration Of the sur
vival of the fittest
Herr Funk, speaking for his boss,
Schickelgruber, inevitably was inferring
that Germany has the quality and the
winning spirit. Otherwise he would have
no head by this time.
But when Germany did have the quail
ity and a semblance of the spirit she
did not win. That was because Great
neutrality-suspicious. the English under
blitz-and later Russia, proved to have
much better spirit. Now the allies also
have the quality, plus the numbers and
masses which Herr Funk deprecated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

About IS per cent Of our produc.
ton at this moment Is engaged
upon turning out weapons which
did not exist, except In the imagina-
tons Of their inventors, when war
broke out, These are our secret
weapons.
British Production Minister ollysx
Lyttleton.
We must revive the rights Of the
individual-the strength. the char
acter that Is the essence o. Amer
ica.-Qov. Thomas =. DeEey q Rev
York.
In the field Of ideas as well as IN
the war Of physical disarmament
the United Nations must provide
some temporary supervision Of ed
ucatloTl as assurance Of mental and
moral disarmament. until such time
as the evil HAD theology Of force
has been extirpated.
~. q. Education Commissioner
d.. John w. etudsbaker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

Palm Sunday which was observed
yesterday usherS in Holy Week, the final
days of the Lenten season which lead to
the glorious Easter feast. The words Of
the writer's Of the gospels, Matthew, Mark,
Luke and John, present the picture of
the story of Christ's passion and death
in expressive prose, and each reading
seems to make the story more valuable
one to the reader Yesterday the Palm
Sunday liturgy was expressive. The
words of the proper of the Mass as
sung in the Catholic churches, and the
hymns and liturgy of all Christian
churches accentuated the season. A Ne
gro singer of note, Harry T. Burleigh,
composer of Negro SpiritualS, sang
Faures "The Palms. for the forty-ninth
consecutive Palm Sunday in New York
City church. Prayers went out in all
churches for peace and victory and the
rejoicing that goes with the joyous &C.
casion expressed in the Palm Sunday
service and anticipated in the Easter
feast to come was mingled with sorrow
for those home members who are spend
ing the season far away.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

Accepting Congress repeater Of his
$4,000 salary ceiling, ] luse he could
dc nothing else, President Roosevelt tried
to stick q last barb into the legislators by
accusing them Of discriminating against
5000 year draftees. Congress, he said,
refused to reduce the salary Of men not
drafted, however high their incomes
might be.
That Is not so. Through taxation Con.
gress has cut away all the fat and most
OF the flesh from big incomes. Through
taxation Congress can strip off the rest
Of the flesh and most of the bone.
The issue was and Is whether the
executive, against the expressed VIII Of
the peoples representatives, can order
and enforce a revolution in the nations
established philosophy - and that to the
detriment Of the war effort. Congress has
answered that he cannot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19
Telling the World

The United Mine Workers have adopted
an intelligent course in presenting their
case to the public through large-scale
advertising. And they chose well in the
angle they have emphasized in their copy
Apparently the bulk of the public Is
against the wage increase demanded by
John L. Lewis But, on the other hand,
few have really realized, when we have
talked about the 35-hour week in coal
mining, that another 80 minutes q day
of unpaid time was required to get back
and forth from portal to pit mouth.
Whatever the ultimate decision may
be, at least it will be based upon more
intelligent public understanding Of q
major issue involved
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

Donald Nelson speaks sound sense
when he opposes establishment Of an
Independent agency to represent civilian
Interests In wartime. He comedies that
consumer interests have not been ade-
quately safeguarded, and promises to see
That they are given powerful representa-
ton. But he says, correctly, that sep
arate bureau would cut diagonally across
al existing war agencies and would
result In complete chaos.
The problems OF supply = materials,
transportation, prices, manpower, plant
utilization ARE one and indivisible. Two
thirds Of our troubles In this war have
come from divided responsibility - one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

Here Is the highly significant
background behind their amaze
ment, including reasons for Mac
Arthur's switch" rs the Air Force
calls It.
Traditlonally Macarthur has
cried down the importance Of air
power. Most people have forgot
ten II but he was one Of the oppo-
nents Of Billy Mitchell and sat on
the court martial which threw
him out Of the Army. But when
1t. Gen. George Kenney was In
Washington recently, he warned Of
q change In MacArthur's thinking.
"The maestro has switched"
said Kenney-"keep your eye ON
him."
Even then, Air Force officials
were skeptical. Their skepticism
vanished, however, when MacAr-
thur publicly declared. that cir
power rather than naval power
was the key TO victory In the
South Pacific.
"ANOTHER CONVERT"
When they read this, champions
Of air power In the War DEPART
ment almost threw their hats In
the air and shouted, "Another
convert"
Here is the reason why MacAr-
thur came out with this blast. The
Japs, still licking their wounds
from naval action, are busily
bringing up . force for retaliation.
And Macarthur knows that force
is not naval It Is air.
Macarthur has reports indicat-
ing that the Japanese have con-
Structed Q tremendous number of
new airflelds In the long string Of
islands reaching down from Japan
across the East Indies toward Aus
tralia. And they have already
used these bases for delivery Of q
great fleet Of airplanes, including
fighter planes which before had to
be delivered by boat.
Many War Department stra-
tegists believe the Japs have no
plan 70 invade Australia or even
20 retake Guadalcanal, but are
fearful Of American control Of
the air, and are trying to seize
that control through nearby
bases.
Possibly the Japs have taken to
heart the repeated statement that
We do not intend to fight back by
an island-to-island campaign. and
they suspect US Of planning q blow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

farther north. That Is. instead Of
taking each island In turn and
working west and north, We might
drive In 10 take Tlmor or Borneo.
cut off the communication lines.
and thus shrink the tail Of the
dragon without having to fight 1t.
EAGER no TAKE OFFENSIVE
That some such plan Is intended
might be deduced from the fact
that Gen. Kenney. in his recent
trip to washington, was asking for
bomherS as well as fighters. He
was bursting with a desire to 60
on the war path in q very agrees
slve way.
Fact b that though We are
sending bomhers 10 the South
Pacific, they dent all get 70 the
Australian area. Admiral lzAlsey
sees them going through. and
insists that The danger ln his
theater demands mere hombeEs.
So he takes his cut. and Mac
Arthur gets that many less.
It ell adds up to this-the Japs
are out 10 ruin our airfields and
planes. to recapture air supremacy.
But Macarthur, newly airminded.
viii put everything he has. or can
get, into the air to prevent this.
In short. the news from the South
Pacific will be news Of air battles
for q long time to come.
COLONEL HOBBY ROSE
Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby Of the
WAACS picked up the telephone
one bright morning and called
Colonel william Slater Of the War
Departments public relations
branch.
~Good morning. Colonel" she
said.
"Goed morning. Colonel" he
replied.
''Celonel" she said. II have
been teld BY the Burpee Seed
Company that they want 90
name . rose after me. What
would you think Of my lending
my name 10 = rose-the Hobby
rose?"
That was new one for the Col
onel. He chuckled. made q pun
on the word Burpee. laughed it off,
and suggested that horticultural
problems were q little out Of his
line.
In the end. the two Colonies de-
cided the question was too thorny
to handle.
RUBBER FROM OIL
REFlNERIES
It has now been more than O
year since far-slghted OIL Coordin-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

ator Ickes urged that synthetic
rubber be made by converting
small oil refineries. closed by gas
oline ratiinlng, instead Of build
Ing the monstrous new rubber fac
tories which Will not be finished
until 1854 and which require mil
lions Of tons Of precious steel and
copper.
After long delays the first Of
these converted small refinerieS
win begin making rubber on May
/. It Is the Eastern States PETROL
cum Refinery at Houston. Texas.
and the results promise to be as
founding.
Not . single new steel vessel,
pump. tank, or piece Of piping.
: 30 badly needed for escort ves-
+ sels BY the Navy, have been
used. Furthermore. the total
/ new material e ether types
amount % only 20 per cent Of
the cest o. The entire job.
However, this Eastern States
plant win produce In ~ months
enough butadiene 10 make 2.O00..
600 tires. plus ingredients for sew
eral thousand tons Of high octane
gasoline per day.
Also. because It was not neces-
sary to build new walls. roofs,
equipment, this converted refin-
cry win produce butadiene at q
cost equivalent TO a little over 81
per tire. based on the investment.
BIG PLANTS COST MORE
In contrast. the big new refinery
built under the Jesse Jones plan
at Lake Charles, La. will make
butadiene for 5000. 900 tires but at
the rate Of So per tire on the in
vestment. Moreover. it will not
get into production until 1914.
Despite the speed and saving in
converting these small refineries,
something awfully queer Is afoot.
Suddenly the conversion program
Is being cancelled. Last week,
conversion of the Atlas Oil Co. at
Shreveport was stopped. Other
small refineries may suffer the
same fate.
Reason the big oil companies are
against the plan Is obvious. The
small refineries will serve as a
cost yardstick to show how cheap
ly rubber can be produced. COM
pared with the Gargantuas which
Jesse Jones Rubber Reserve Is
building at tremendous cost all
over the country.
Copyright. 1913. by United Fea-
ture Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

Litchfield, we read, is clearing up the
debris that accumulated during the win
ter ice storms which were of tremendous
severity. Those who have driven through
this town and other neighboring ones
that had their fine trees snapped off the
top and disfigured reported quite sight
in towns and little towns When the trees
once more begin to bud some of these de-
Placements will disappear
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

bomber In which he went over VIII
helMshaven was shot down or
FEB. 20 Of this year. Harold Denny,
also Of The Tines narrowly escaped
death In Libya and went through .
trying captivity under the Italian
and Germans. Yet assignments IN
volving such risks are as eagerly
sought for as golden prizes IN lOt-
terry, and accepted In the spirit Of
service to country. It Is this spirit
In American correspondents tina
makes sfay-at-hOmes proud 10 d
members OF the same profession.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

have known similar bereavement.
Said Chaucer: ~And certainly it is
most honor to q man TO die IN the
flower Of his excellence. when he is
secure OF his fair repute and has
brought no shame 70 himself Or his
friend. And when he has breathed
his last In honor. his friend ought 70
be gladder - his death than q his
name were grown pale with age and
his valor all forgot. For q mans
glory then, it Is best TO die when he
Is highest in fame"
This Is hard for as 20 realize.
when We stand IN the midst Of loss.
But We should always remember
that the significance Of lie is de-
termined not By Its length. but BIZ its
depth and breadth. Nothing Is sad
der than the death Of those who
have failed and who are eaten up
with remorse. TO live veil, even
though one must die young, Il
triumph indeed. The thing which
counts Is not how long We live but
how well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

SHORE FIRES

elizabeth Sawyer In The Christian Science
Mnnitor)
From driftwood silvered by the sun and sea,
Bright copper sparks swirled upward In the night
Young voices blended into harmony,
Young faces were TRANSPORTED by the light
That held them IN fire-enchanted ring.
And who could look beyond the Swallowed treee
To deeper shadows that year would bring.
Dimming the magic Of such nights as theses
Yet, keeping tFyst with honor In q LAND
Where granite-rO0ted pine trees never grow.
slim boys still zee. bright above desert sand,
The sparks Of their remembered shoFe-ilres blow
Through dreams Of quiet summer evenings when
New fires Of peace shall light our coast again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

4ae4 WbS auo
being integrated
into useful tasks.
he had suddenly
been stricken
and shortly after
had died.
In reply this
friend sent me q
quotation from
Chaucer's Cam
terbury Tale 6.
which I venture
to pass. On as
containing some
grain Of comfort
@NR ffaNmn aw1n@,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

agency butting les head against another
and both being tripped by third end
fourth and fifth.
We need an even more unified control
II that agency % not intelligent enough
to protect the civilian economy, the fault
is with the agency and not with the prin-
ciple Of unity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

The fifteen American corrsspOn-
dents listed BY owl the other day
as dead IN line Of duty would have
been the last 10 claim any special
merit for what they we're doing.
They died IN accidents. BY disease
and enemy action The dangers they
faced uere no more and no less than
those encountered by the survivors.
WhefI,ss gspoEting Cor uswgDaueEg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

One thing rationing has done it has
brought about healthier respect for the
lowly cabbage which seems to be rated
with some as an inferior vegetable. AT
so much the pound it has risen in the es-
timation of many who, unfortunately,
never appreciated its fine qualities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-19

TORS when Sec
rotary Hull APP
peared before
the House ways
and Means
Committee 10
the initial, off.
clal appeal for
the third three.
year extension
Of congressional
authority 10
keep In force the
"a international
r . d Q agree
Tlents now on
the hnnleg