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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-10-02

Copyright, 1913, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1943-11-19
The Pantheon

II 1t be true that the Germans
have destroyed the Pantheon in
Rome, one of the most notably his
toric buildings in the world is gone.
Thousands of Americans remember
the majestic old structure as "the
most nearly perfect of all ancient
ediflces." A visit to it was an ex-
perience no sensitive or responsive
person would wish to forget.
The Pantheon, however, needed to
be understood in order to be appre-
ciated. Coming to it through the
busy streets of the modern city, the
visitor at first might be disappointed.
The grandeur of the building was
not instantly apparent to the aver
age tourist. Its size could be dwarfed
by the high tenements around it.
But when at last the stranger stood
directly before it the vast dimensions
OF 1t as well as curious apprehen-
sion Of its tremendous antiquity was
felt convincingly enough. The cir
cular walls, made of brick meticu-
lously laid, were twenty feet thick.
When first raised in the golden age
OF Augustus, they were covered with
stucco and marble. How beautiful
the temple was in its prime may be
imagined.
It was called the Pantheon as early
as SO AID, because of the resem-
blance of its dome to the vault OF
heaven. The whole interior was
lighted by q single aperture in the
center-a device Of magic genius
well-known In Washington as the
theme Of picture by Giovanni Paolo
Panini In the National Gallery.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Rule of Reason

The Supreme Courts ruling in the
McNabb case, under which criminals
guilty Of the most serious offenses
may escape punishment on flimsy
technical grounds, has been attacked
on two fronts.
In one, the Department of Justice
has decided to seek a review of the
Mitchell decision by the local Court
of Appeals. In this ruling the local
court, following the line of the Nc
Nabb decision, held that confessions
made voluntarily by law breakers
cannot be used against them at their
trial unless they are taken into court
by the police promptly and without
delay" after being placed under
arrest. This ruling has already
crippled law enforcement in the
Nations Capital, and it promises to
have a cumulatively evil influence.
The other attack has been made
by Representative Hobbs of Alabama,
who has introduced legislation to
provide that the failure by police to
observe any requirement OF law as
to time Of arraignment" shall not
render inadnissible" any evidence
Evening star., 1943-11-19

So men, In recent years, have been
busily getting rid Of tight bands.
First, they gave up wearing hats, then
they threw away their garters, and
went in for unbuttoned collars.
suspenders came back In again, in an
effort to get rid of construction around
the waist.
There can be little doubt that many
case OF pot belly" in the masculine
figure has been caused by the belt.
In an effort to keep the trousers from
falling down, the stomach is stuck out,
as a sort of insurance
The result has been that the figure is
ruined, and the victim accused of hog
gishness at the table, when all the time
he has been acting merely in SELF
defense.
There is always some chance that q
cat wearing a collar will get caught
in vine or shrub, and held prisoner.
Probably many poor cat in lonely
places has met its doom in this fashion,
trapped by its own trappings.
The tragedy of such a case would be
that no cat ever wanted to wear
collar in the first place.
The cat resents collars, and has only
scorn for bells. He is his own animal
and wants to wear nothing except his
fur. AS for the bells, no doubt he re-
CARDS them as silly, and, like so many
things In this world, wholly unnecessary.
The cat is its own creature, law
unto itself, coming and going as it
pleases. Tell it to keep away from
light cord, 1t will come right back to
it. Every one with a cat knows how
that is.
The house cat looks much better "as
Is" Except at shows, and on special
occasions, he is a much better looking
animal without collar or bell or harness.
This is because he is, at heart, a wild
animal. Even the person least inter-
ested senses 1t, and the cat knew it all
the time.
Wild animals need no ornamentation.
Their charm for us is that they are as
they are, not as we would make them.
They are dressed according to the
eternal plan, worked out over the CEN
turies. There is nothing that we can
add to it. For ourselves, we designed
clothing, because We do, indeed. look
naked without it. The animals are per-
feet as they are.
So no one interested in nature will
feel sorry that there are no more bells
for the cats.
The belled cat was always something
strange and distasteful in the natural
scene. Man, with his schemes and his
plans, his planes and his bombs, has
altered nature enough as it is. His
destructive hand has been against all
nature long enough. Out of the many
good things which we all hope will come
out OF this war, let one of the least be
simply to make no more bells for cats,
and no more collars, either. To this
hope, we feel sure, all the cats of the
world will give heartfelt amen"
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Further proof OF the excelling talent

Further proof OF the excelling talent
OF the architect was to be found in
the circumstance that the height
and the diameter of the dome were
equal, each one hundred and forty
feet. The inner surface OF the entire
ceiling formerly was covered with
gilded bronze tiles. Seven lofty
inches for statues OF an equal num-
Der OF gods were features OF the
temples arrangements.
Pope Boniface w consecrated the
edifice as Christian house of wor-
ship in 500. 1t was designated Santa
Maria ad Martyres, and the festival
of All Saints was instituted in COM
memoration Of its sanctification
Near the high altar were the tombs
OF Raphael, the great Renaissance
painter: King Victor Emmanuel II,
first King of United Italy, and
Humbert I, his son and successor,
assassinated in 1900.
Goethe said that the Pantheon
should be seen by moonlight, and
those who followed his advice were
fortunate.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

which otherwise would be admissible.
Mr.. Hobbs bill is intended to re-
peal bit of judicial law-making"
by the Supreme Court. That tri-
bunal, in the McNabb ruling, set
aside the conviction Of three alleged
murdererS, who were found guilty
after having made confessions. The
Supreme Court acted on the basis
Of several statutes directing prompt
arraignment Of suspects proce-
dure which was thought not to have
been followed in the McNabb case.
There is nothing In the statutes,
however, which renders confessions
inadmissible in event arraignments
are not promptly held. That result
was achieved by technical process
OF Interpretation on the part of the
court, and it is this which the Hobbs
bill is intended to nullify.
The same end could be attained,
however, if the court, in event it
reviews the Mitchell case, should
decide to modify or clarity its hold
ing In the McNabb case. This is
probably the more desirable proce-
dure, and it is to be hoped that the
court, in taking second look at this
matter, will give careful considera-
ton to the manifestly harmful,
though certainly unintended, conse-
quences Of its original ruling. The
court has long held to a rule of
reasonableness, and it needs to be
invoked in this instance.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Frank Kent Replies
To Elmer Davis.

TO the Editor Of The Star:
In view OF his explanation that un-
der an agreement made last spring
the Army, and not the Owl, oficially
supplies news and entertainment to
our troops abroad, correction is due
Elmer Davis Of the statement that the
owl Is the sole channel through which
political information in the coming
campaign can be conveyed to the SOL
diers.
1t is none the less true that the SOL
diers are not confined to camps or their
reading limited to camp papers: that
a large number of them are living
abroad just as the people of the coun-
tries to which the Owl broadcasts its
propaganda are living; that the owl
broadcasts are as available to them, If
they choose to listen, as they are to the
people of the country; that in the past
the Owl broadcasts have been colored
In ways to cause strong congressional
protest.
Mr.. Davis says that he has made
several public statements about the
agreement. Without doubling his word,
it is strange how few people know Of it..
Last week, New York and Washington
papers printed uncontradicted pieces as
serting that the job of getting political
information to the troops was in Mr.
Davis hands. Similar statements have
been made by members Of Congress
Few Senators know the facts. The same
ignorance exists among Washington
newspapermen. Certainly they are not
. matter Of general knowledge. Army
authorities can recall no public state
ment on the subject. None has come
from the War Department.
However, it is reassuring to hear now
from Mr.. Davis that the Owl is to have
nothing to do directly with supplying
the troops political information. 1t would
be far more reassuring If there could
be some guarantee of the nonpartisan-
ship during the campaign Of the owl
foreign propaganda, which certainly IS
available to many soldiers and which
has been notoriously partisan.
Nothing in Mr.. Davis explanation
alters any part of the statements made
by me except that which refers to the
Owl as the only channel for informa-
ton to the troops. 1t Is not the only
channel but it unquestionably Is chan
mel. It's record justifies no confidence In
it's unsupervised nonpartisanship
FRANK r. KENT.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
THIS AND THAT
BIZ Charles Z. TrdceUell.

Friends Of birds occasionally think It
necessary to put bell on a pet cat.
Well, they can't do 1t now.
Bells have gone to war.
Cat collars are not made with bells
any more. In fact, 1t is dificult to find
. collar OF any sort. Leather, too, is
in the war.
Thank God," say the cats.
Cats never did like collars. Our pri-
vate opinion is that they thought them
silly
Cat collars also are something OF q
danger to the active pet.
Birds, we are convinced, are in very
little more danger from cat without
q collar and bell than they are from
one all dressed up in the latest style.
The --latest STYLE" Of course, for the
well-dressed cat, is no collar and decid-
edly no bell.
One may wonder how much metal Is
saved by all the bells ever designed for
cats.
The idea Of the belled cat is very
old one. 1t goes back to ancient times.
Aesop tells about It,
The idea was and is to give the birds
a noise to warn them.
This idea was based on poor observa-
ton. There are two kinds Of cats-bird
catchers, and creepers. There is Just
one bird cat to every thousand creepers.
The creeper is the average cat, which
tries to creep up on bird. Usually it
does so much creeping that the bird has
plenty of time to get away.
The true bird catcher seldom creeps.
He gets himself into good place Of
concealment and waits patiently until
q bird flies down.
Then he jumps.
So 1t may be seen that bell is very
little if any help to the birds.
The creeping cat gives himself away
at every step.
The real bird-catching cat makes no
move at all, until the final spring, so
that even If he wears a bell it does not
sound.
When 1t does tinkle, it is too late
Many persons still believe in belled
collars. 1t is tradition. you know and
some persons have a sort of super
belief in tradition.
Anything that is ole. must be right
We believe that several large books have
been devoted to puncturing this idea,
with many examples, but still it is i'm
possible to convince some.
The average house cat never did like
either collar or bell.
The collar is the real bane, because
cat is free animal, about the freest
in the world, and ne hates the very
idea Of restriction around his neck.
He resembles some men who resent
clothes of all Minds. but especially that
sort of clothing which must have bands.
Bands around the head. the neck. the
waist, the lower legs.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
No Celebration

From the Chicago Daily News
About five weeks hence there will
occur the anniversary Of an event that
Americans will remember without any
reminder. 1t Is the anniversary Of a
black day in American history, a hu-
initiating disaster that might have
meant the end of the America we have
known. That was the purpose of the
Jap attack on Pearl Harbor. December
T. 194l, was Japan's day of destiny;
and so, 4 year later, Japan devoted
the entire first week Of December to a
nationwide celebration of Pearl Harbor
day. A year ago December 7 was
still a day to be remembered with re-
Joiclng in Japan. Now it is different.
A few days ago the Toxic radio an
nounced that the anniversary, "in view
OF the Importance of the war situation"
will not be observed this year.
Already December 7 is a day to forget.
Tor those responsible for it-a case of
bad Judgment. But it isn't that simple.
The Japanese people can be told not to
make a holiday out of December 7,
and can comply readily, but they won't
be able to forget December this year,
or Tor years to come.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
After the Flowers

When De had noun the upper field
/ said,
"PH cut the strip between the
ditch and ,Dall
After all the fo,oering weeds are
dead"
Therefore ,De left them, rank and
gay and tall,
Until their color - rtpened into
seed
Had soion a ptlder beauty. So
today
/ DalloUed through the spale.
scything the peed
And fern until the uithered wind-
Knee-deep along the earth. MY
slashtng blade
Felled the stifened stalks pith
crunchts1g sound,
While severed aDeed-clumps flung
1Ohite cascade
OF seed-fuf on my head and on
the ground
As though untimely snoW had caught
me there
And laid its phiteness on me
unaUare.
HARRY ELMoRE HURD.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

and telephones would have to be
changed, which also would be wasteful
of technical manpower at a time when
1t Is scarce.
5. There is shortage of housekeeping
apartments in Washington and vicinity
and the advisability of eliminating 3l8
existing housekeeping units is question:
able.
6. The purchase price of the building,
the expense of remodeling it for another
type Of occupancy and furnishings ap-
parently would cost more than the
erection of temporary buildings.
T. Temporary buildings could be erected
in shorter time than the Chastleton
could be evacuated, remodeled and pre-
pared for WAVE occupancy.
8. Several tenants are infirm or physi-
cally handicapped and it would be ex-
tremely difficult for them to find COM
parable living quarters.
8. The absenteeism which necessarily
will result because of the necessity of
Chastleton tenants spending consider
able time in the search for living quar-
ters and in moving and settling will
interfere with vital war work in many
cases.
10. There are rooms and space in
dormitory buildings which could be used
by WAVES but which are not suitable to
family groups such as the apartments
in the Chastleton.
IL. There are still available in WASH
ington buildings used as transient hotels
which would require no remodeling labor
for WAVE occupancy.
MONA MURRAY LUCKE.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Case of Chastleton Tenants
Argued by One of Them.


To the Editor of The Star:
AS tenant of the ChaStleton Apart
ments for over three years wish to call
attention, in unison with other tenants
Of longer or less tenancy, to the fact
that there is still possibility Of the
Navy Department taking the building as
quarters for WAVES. I believe that the
public should be informed of the follow
ing facts:
l. The majority of the tenants are
permanent Government employees who
have made this apartment building their
home as is evidenced by their signing of
leases and purchases of furniture. AL
the apartments are rented unfurnished.
2. The Government Is badly in need
of civilian employees. If this action is
indicative of the treatment civilian en-
ployes will receive, the Government will
find 1t increasingly difficult to recruit
workers to come to Washington.
>. WAVES do not have furniture to
move and the moving of the effects of
3ls Chastleton household units would be
wasteful in manpower, gasoline and
tires.
1 At Least sls Nsht and O. nstar,
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Virginia Poll Tax Law
Defended as Just.

To the Editor of The Star:
Please let me tell the truth about the
Virginia poll tax. 1t discriminates
against no one. Every citizen is entitled
to pay this $3.50 year and no citizen
in Virginia is too poor to pay it, The
very people who spend the largest part
OF their wages in gambling and for
liquor usually are the ones who claim
they cannot afford this small tax, every
cent of which goes to the public school
fund.
The wisdom of Virginia is revealed In
the law that makes citizen pay this
tax six months before an election and
before candidates are announced. This
limits the payees to honest voters-and
not to those who sell their votes.
President Roosevelt says people must
be free, but he doesn't include the South
Southern whites have given the greatest
heroes OF this war from Macarthur to
Hull, they have furnished the highest
percentage Of volunteers and the smallest
percentage of draft dodgers. While
Southerners are paying the largest per-
centage cost in human effort of any
part of the country for this war the
North and West stab them in the back
by trying to change their election laws.
A VIRGINIAN
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Bottle of Air Lines
From the Emporia Gazette.

Way out in front of all other postwar
planners are the aerial industrialists.
The control of the passenger and the
transport freight air routes and markets
Is shaping up into real feather-pluck-
ing scrap-based on healthy competition
that will dwarf any of the transporta-
tion-control rows between the railroads
and the barge canals . century aso.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Nature of Initiation
From the New York Times

rIuM inc new YORK Times,
To the extent that we fail to siphon
OIL excess purchasing power in the hands
OF the people, the alternative must be
imitation. What Is imitation? It is, in
enect' itself form Of taxation. If the
Governments expenditures for war or
any other purpose are not completely
balanced by tax revenues, or by bonds
bought with real savings, the difference
must be paid for by the people of the
country In some way. or other. There
is no possible way by which we can
escape paying for the war. II we do
not do 1t by the taxes on the statute
books, we must do it by the form Of
tax known as imitation.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Report on Local Suffrage

amended form OF the McCarran bill
for an elected municipal govern
ment. the Local Suffrage Committee
OF the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations very wisely disavows the
premise which places the need for
home rule on the incompetence or
derelictions of local public officials
The Federation's committee stakes
Its claim for an elected local govern
ment on firmer ground, which is to
obtain, for Washington, "the most
important element of government, as
we understand it. In the United
States"-representation OF "the will
and responsibility of the people" in
their Government.
Coming. as 1t does, from the Local
Suffrage Committee of the Fedora
ton. the report naturally advocates
the McCarran bill with amendments.
1t proposes an elected city council
and city manager, without power to
appropriate Federal funds" or to
approve any legislation or ordinance
contrary to existing acts of Congress,
but with power to make laws, ordi-
nances or regulations which remain
In force until disapproved by con-
current resolution of both houses of
Congress. The more definite checks
upon the Commissioners, or council
men, contained in the original Nc
Carran bill, are removed by the COM
mittee's proposed amendments.
Leaving aside the questions whether
Congress ever would be willing to
delegate to elected councilmen the
powers implicit in this bill and the
extent of its ability to do so under
the Constitution, the report should
be examined carefully as to it's
claim that the amended bill
would be "step in the right direc-
ton" and pave the way to better
government in the District" The
Federation's committee, of course,
believes 1t would. There are others
who will flnd 1t difficult to agree that
the bill, as written or as amended,
would serve the best interests of the
Capital OF the United States and of
the local community. These interests
are not necessarily conflicting. But
the bill inevitably would tend to
make them so. And should they
become conflicting. the interests
both Of the Federal City and the
local community necessarily would
suffer.
We need the home rule" in Wash
ington which would give the people
who live here voice in the source
OF local government, which under
the Constitution is Congress. Con-
gress will. and should, retain it's ex-
elusive legislative control over the
seat OF Government. But the Wash
ngtonian should have voting repre-
sentation in that Congress and in
the choice OF President and Vice
President OF the United States. Until
he gets 1t there is no worthwhile sub
stitute for his rights as an American,
any step" but that is likely to be
backward instead of forward.
Home rule" for the District should
begin with approval by Congress of
the Sumners-Capper resolution, CIV
Ing to Congress the power to pro-
vide that there shall be in the Con-
gress and among the electors of
President and Vice President men,
bers elected by the people of the Dis
trict constituting the seat OF Govern
ment Of the United States, in such
numbers and with such powers as
the Congress shall determine"
Evening star., 1943-11-19

The poet Ogden Nash once wrote
an ode in praise Of locomotive en-
gineers in which he opined that only
the very incest little boys grew up
to be such. Washingtonians will ac-
quiesce in the opinion that those TOR
whom there are not enough engines
grow up to be bus drivers.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Sometimes
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
After stubhing his toe once on the
knotty question, p. d. r. is taking no
more chances. He has proclaimed No
vember as, the traditional data, as
Thanksgiving Day, proving that tho
New Deal sometimes peoats BY mistakes.
Evening star., 1943-11-19
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter, although the use of
a pSeudonyn1 for publication is
permissible. The Star reserves
the right to edit all letters Uith
q Uie,D to condensation.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

O. What happened to Aaron Burr
after his trial for treason?-J. B. K.
A. After the trial he went to Europe,
where he wandered for several years
before returning to resume the practice
OF law in New York City. He married
the famous and wealthy Nine. JumeI
and lived to be 80 years old.
Evening star., 1943-11-19

@. Which of the fingers is the most
sensitive?-L. H. N.
A. 1t has been found from an expert
ment with the left hand that the index
finger is the most sensitive, followed in
order by the middle finger and thumb.
then the little finger and finally the
ring finger.
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