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Britain and Leuse-Lend

The debate which has grown up
around the report that the British
want a continuance of lease-lend
aid from this country until after
Japan is beaten, and possibly into
the postwar period, serves to under
line the Importance of keeping this
question out in the open, with the
cards face up on the table.
There is no reason to suppose that
complete candor has attended the
handling of the matter up to this
slime. The NAM News, publication
= OF the National Association of Manu-
1acturers, first raised the question
by asserting fatty that serious dis
cussions are being held in top ad-
ministration circles" over a proposal
trom the British) to continue lease
lend to England after the fall of
Germany. Next came an announce
ment from the State Department,
the tenor Of which was that the
future of lease-lend was unsettled.
out implying that the changing
fortunes of war might bring a need
Tor economic assistance to Britain
not directly related to the prosecu-
ton of the war in Europe. This
was accompanied, however, by the
categorical statement that "the
British government has not raised
with us the future of lease-lend."
Inc reports from London neither
confirm nor deny, but they indicate
quite definitely that a continuance
OF lease-lend after the fall of Ger
many is desired and that an earnest
effort will be made to secure it.
The net result of all this is q
oegree OF confusion which may prove
very troublesome in the future, This
Is hardly the time to be passing
judgment on what our economic
relations with Britain ought to be
when Germany and Japan, or either
OF them, have been defeated, It. is
quite possible, however, that it NAV
serve our own interests to give SUBJ
stantlal postwar assistance to The
British, and SO long as that posi-
olllty exists, great care should be
taken to avoid conveying the i'm
preston that nothing of the sort
Is under consideration, if the fact
is to the contrary.
There is no reason to come tn q
decision on the matter now. Rut
there is excellent reason to guard
against repeating the plumbers made
IN handling the Neutrality Act and
It's repeal. Then we were first told
mat the fate of the British was no
concern OF ours. that the thing to
40 was to retain law which would
keep US out of war When we had
learned better, we had to do a lot
OF backtracking in an effort to "sell"
the argument that our own securitv
was tied to the security of the
BRUSH, and that we had to do
everything short of war" to keen
them fighting. Then came the war
Itself, and what we may hope was
better understanding of where our
real interests lie. 1t would most
certainly be unfortunate if we had
to 60 through all of that again when
Germany collapses.
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that 1t presents a picture Of q coun-
try determined, despite a long series
OF defeats, to wage war more fiercely
than ever, no matter what the cost
or how hopeless the situation. Like
the bold front put up by Hitler,
Go4bbels and other Nazi leaders,
however, Tokyo's strong talk may be
regarded as being largely propagan-
da to cover up inner fears and weak
nesses and an over all position be-
coming steadily more untenable and
desperate.
1t seems safe to assume, more
over, that even II it wanted to, the
Koiso regime could not arm the "en-
tire people" of Japan. The Tokyo
warlords are finding 1t difficult
enough, with their limited produce
tive resources, to keep their military
forces supplied with even a mini
mum Of weapons and equipment, so
that the idea of giving rifles or pitch
forks to the whole populace appears
ridiculous on its face. Accordingly.
when our Allied armies converge
upon the home islands, the citizenry
at large, like the German civilian
masses, will have to oppose us with
little more than bare fists and
"fanaticism," If they wish to oppose
us at all. Indeed, as in the case of
the disintegrating Reich, there is
some reason to believe that the Japa-
nese people, in spite of the suicidal
doggedness shown by their soldiers
so far, will quickly lose stomach for
the war as soon as it becomes clear
to them that they have been led to
disaster.
In this connection, Bishop Henry
st. George Tucker, presiding bishop
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church
OF the United States, who knows
Japan intimately after having lived
there for "a years, has just voiced
the interesting belief. that once the
militarists are thoroughly discredit-
ed, Emperor Hirohito-"liberal in
sentlment"-can give the word for
the war to stop, and stop it will. Like
Prime Minister Churchill, Bishop
Tucker apparently feels that our
Far Eastern enemy may cave In
much sooner than was once expect
ed--a possibility meriting the most
serious consideration, however spec
ulative 1t may seem right now.
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"A Chance

From the London tontario) Free press
To boil it down the only way that we
can see for the future prosperity Of
Canada is to reduce rather than increase
expenditures as soon as possible after
the war. put our country on q sound
financial basis, cooperate with the rest
OF the world In bringing about world
where the horrors Of war will end, give
industry and business a chance to ex-
pand and encourage world trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

A petition in the Welsh language
presented to the British Parliament
had to be translated. It seems a
pity; Welsh ought to be an ideal
tongue in which to express vague
political thoughts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09

Almost any time now we may ex-
pect an announcement from Japan
OF the formation of a new Ministry
of Retreat. headed by Admiral Ia
kapOWda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-08-09
Dreams of Quiet Home

To the Editor Of The Star:
have no sympathy for the DIRECTORS
to the radio commercials.
wish all / had to do to avoid hearing
the radio was just to push button.
My neighbors see to it that don't
miss thing. 49,
The home dream of in the future
will be soundproof and will not have
radio. E. w. A.
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Pax Romano Not Harsh
To thesEdftor,of Tbe al

: I'D az Aolnau3 ssI<Ot f1afSh
TO the Editor Of The star:
should like to refer to an article by
Constantine Brown in the Sunday Star.
Mr.. Brown says that pax romano
Is the kind OF peace that imposes the
hardest terms upon the defeated: "Vae
victis"-"woe to the vanquished."
But Livy, Diodorus and Polybius, and
after them all the history textbooks,
attribute the phrase vac victis" to
Brennus, a Gaul chiettain, who sacked
Rome and imposed harsh terms upon
the Romans in 800 BIC.
The phrase pax romano" often has
been used by several Popes to indicate
exactly the opposite idea. I believe 1t
was Pliny the Young, in his Praise OF
Emperor Trajanus, who was the first to
use this phrase.
LOUIS D. GARDEL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
DIVORCE ACTIONS
ON COURT DOCKET
Waterburians Named in
Suits Filed in New Haven
Superior Court

Anthony Loda Of Ansonia, who
obtained custody Of his three-year-
old daughter at recent superior
court hearing here, has filed a
divorce action against Adele Roga-
zinskaS Loda of Waterbury in the
New Haven superior court. A charge
Of misconduct Is the basis Of the
suit. The marriage was performed
April "a, 1894
Other divorces have been filed in
the New Haven court as follows:
Homer Can of Bridgeport against
Bessie Powers Cam Of Waterbury:
married July "a, 1922; charge OF
desertion since July, 1894.
Mildred TomuloniS Of Ansonia
against Anthony !Tomulonis Of Maui
gatuck, married In September, 1910;
charge of intolerable cruelty; Gus
tody Of minor child, and alimony
requested by petitioner.
Josephine Else Of Naugatuck
against George Else Of Milwaukee,
Wis, married Oct. Is, 1925, charge
Of intolerable cruelty, custody Of
two minor children, and alimony.
sought by plaintiff.
Wirifred Owens Pow Of South
bury against Howard r. Powe OF
Ansonia; charges of intolerable
cruelty and desertion; married Sept.
%, 1910; permission sought to re-
sumo use of maiden name.
William Ripple of oxford against
Freda Ripple Of Oxford and Water
bury, married May 3, 1888, charges
Of intolerable cruelty and habitual
intemperance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
NAVAL R. O.T.C:
ENDING COURSE
20 Youths to Be Commits
stoned at Yale Months
Before Graduation

New Haven, Conn, Feb. 5-The 20
members Of the Naval r. o. T. @. In
the Glass Of 1945 viii be commission
ed ensignS In the Naval Reserve at
the end Of this term instead Of next
November as originally planned, it
was announced by Captain Charles
G. Gill, commanding officer Of the
Yale Naval units.
The announcement Of the advance
In the commissioning date was auth
ori0ed by the Navy Department in
Washington in communication re-
ceived by Captain Gill on Thursday
morning.
At present no date has been set
for the commissioning Of the 1945W
members, but it win probably take
place on February Is when the
members Of the Glass Of 1915 are to
receive their commissions.
This will mean that all 140 men,
bers of the Yale NROTC leave Yale
as ensigns at the end Of the term.
On March /, however, 1872 men, all
having been in the Viz program
here and at other colleges for a
minimum Of terms will be put into
NROTC uniforms at Yale.
Since the NORTC members Of the
Glass of 1915 will have only finished
the first term Of their Junior year,
they must return at the end of the
war to conclude their studies to
qualify for a degree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07

wanted leave, you'd better make
application for 1t, they were get
ting the forms ready.
Guys began dropping by to
make application. 1t nearly drove
the ships secretary nuts"
A man versed In politics and who
can talk, Coffman said, can be
fairly comfortable in the Navy. 1t
was no great feat, for instance, to
talk the galley out Of slab Of pie
or a Haywood sandwich for q mid
night snack, he indicated.
He looked over his shoulder and
lowered his voice.. confidentially.
you know" he said, "only the
other night I had Strawberries and
cream"
Strawberries and cream on a
warship In the Atlantic in the mid
die Of January! It's a fact, take 1t
from Bum Dope" Coffmar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
Watch Numbers

A new system Of identifying bus
routes by numbers as well as by
names Of the lines on which they
are operated, will soon be in opera
ton, A. ]. Drummond, Division Su-
perintendent of the Connecticut Rail-
way and Lighting Company, said
yesterday. Numbers viii be posed on
all buses to aid passengers in To-
eating them at the terminals. They
will be as follows:
/, Overlook, Waterville, Fairlawn
and Reidville; 2, Baldwin street,
Oakville, WATERFOWL; 3, Highland
avenue, Walnut street; 4, Bunker
Hill: S, any bus to Middlebury; 6.
Waterbury, Cheshire and New Ha-
ven: Z, Town Plot; 8, Hill street,
Sylvan avenue: 9, South Leonard
street, Paramount: 10. Naugatuck-
Waterbury; II. Waterbury, Derby.
New Haven; -. Cheshire Milldale
shuttle service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07

down in any Of the seventeen major
war plants in that city. Another
ma or circumstance contributing to
Yonkers' success Is that there are
$4,000 relatives of about the same
number Of workers In the armed
services. The same impetus should
be felt within all organized labor
groups.
Labor leaders are attempting to
justify the acts Of their unions by
pointing to the record of unparal-
leled production without giving any
credit to the ingenuity Of industrial
lists and arrangements. At any rate,
the gravity Of the present situa-
ton demands utmost effort from
labor and the loss of 81, SOC, 900 man
days in two years indicates 1t has
been far short Of doing It's best.
The joint report which has just
been issued by the Army and Navy
and which discloses in sickening de-
tail the frightful atrocities per-
petrated by the Japanese upon the
Americans and Filipinos who were
taken prisoners at Bataan and Cor
regidor, should have the effect Of
arousing the ire and the fighting
spirit of every red-blooded man on
the home front. It Is to be hoped
that 1t will drive home the lesson
that there can be no relaxation or
let-down by our workers and that
If strikes or walkouts continue, it
will be at the cost of subjecting
other Of our fighting men to the
risk of the tortures and painful
deaths imposed upon those who in
1912 were battling for us.
We recommend to employer and
employe alike that when differences
arise, they remember the fate OF
those who made the brave fight at
Bataan and Corregidor, and If that
does not bring about a resolution
and q determination to carry on to
utmost abilities and capacities
that will.
II there be men with souls 80
dead that they will not arise to the
support OF their country and their
fellow countrymen In times like these
then, in no irreverent sense, we say,
GOD HELP AMERICA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
COMMUNITY CLUB
MEETS TUESDAY
New Officers to Preside at
Meeting; Holy Name
Tournament Continues
Washington Hill

st. Francis Holy Name As Tour
nament will play their weekly game
Of cards in the basement Of the
parochial school, this evening, at the
same time.
Religious instructions for the
grammar school children will be
held on Thursday afternoon at 2:30
O'Clock, and on Saturday morning,
at 10 o'clock, in st. Francis Par.
ochial school.
instruction for the high school
pupils are held on Thursday eve
nings, at o'clock, followed irnme-
diately afterwards by a meeting Of
the G. Y. o. in the basement Of the
parochial school.
Fl. Sullivan announced yesterday,
that cards are being sent out to the
parent sof the hgih school pupils
who have not been attending these
instructions on Thursday evenings
In the hopes Of building up the at
tendance. The night for the in
struction was changed from Mon
day to Thursday this year, in hopes
that more Of the young people
would be able to attend, but the
attendance Is still far from what
1t should be for the parish the size
Of st. Francis.
First meeting Of the year 1914 -
with the new officers in charge -
Of Washington Park Community
Club viii lbe held tomorrow evening.
at the Community House at 8:l5
o'clock.
PFC. Joseph p. Mulcunry, has re-
turned to his duties at Nashville,
Tenn. after spending a few days
furlough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Timothy Mulcunry Of Wash
ington street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
BETH ISRAEL men
ACHIEVE QUOTA

Dean OF Telsha Ashin College in
Cleveland, Ohio, Rabbi Mordecai
Katz, uncle of Rabi Max Glitter was
guest speaker at the Beth Israel
Mems Club Sunday meeting at the
Waterbury Hebrew Institute.
Samuel L. Sar, dean of men at
Yeshiva College, New York City
Will speak to the same group next
Sunday at the regular breakfast
meeting.
President Murray Grossman an
nounced yesterday that the group
had attained their quota of $685.
900 in the city's Fourth War Loan
Drive. A special meeting of all the
committees Of the club will be held
Wednesday at 8 p. m. at the
Hebrew Institute.
Parents Of boys interested in
joining a Boy Scout troop to be
sponsored by the Beth Israel Mems
Club are asked to contact President
Grossinan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
SECOND SEMESTER
OPENING TONIGHT
Extension Center Courses
at YMCA to Be Well
Supported

The second semester of the Wa
terbury Extension Center of the Uni
versity Of Connecticut as sponsored
by the Y. M. g. A. formally opens
this evening. Professor Maurice ].
Ross, supervisor, In announcing
registration figures. also states that
new students may enroll IN al
courses during the current week.
Enrolment to-date are as follows:
Human Aanatomy and Physiology,
to be taught by Dr.. Runner OF the
University of Connecticut staff has
81 students, six men and is women.
World Literature since Dante, to be
taught by Dr.. Marion K. Mabey,
has % students, four men and ID
women. American Economies His
tory, to be taught by Fred Davis OF
the Hartford Extension Center staff.
has 10 students, four men and nine
women.
Engineering Drawing and Descrip-
tive Geometry, to be taught by
John A. Dillon, has 13 male students.
Fundamentals Of Metallurgy, to be
taught by Kenneth Roberts. has IL
students, 10 men and one woman.
Applied Mechanics II, taught by
John J. Fiumaro. has seven male
students. Advanced Algebra and
Trigonometry, to be taught by Mr..
Taiumaro, has Is students. nine men
and seven women. Differential Cal
culus, to be taught by Mr.. Fiumaro
has IA male students. General
chemistry. to be taught by Miss
Florence Battle, has 20 students, IA
men and IA women.
The non-credit courses to be Of
fered are vocabulary building. in
structor, Dr.. John q. Gilmartin,
and effective speaking, instructor.
Miss Mary L. Martin. The advanced,
undergraduate. and graduate courses
to be offered are principles Of cur
riculum construction. DR.. Fred
Couey, Director Of the Curriculum
Center OF the University Of Connec-
ticut, and seminar in business educa-
ton, Professor Frank Ash Of the
University Of Connecticut staff.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07

The Navy name for rumor-morl-
gering is scutlte butt, derived from
the term for water caSk or drinking
fountain, where sailors meet and
linger to talk.
Scuttle butt flourishes not only
at the drinking fountain, however ;
it goes on in the crews mess, at
work, in the officers wardroom, IN
the head (washroom), between adj
joining sacks (beds), all day, all
night, all over the ship. It is the
endless pleasure Of news-tnrsty'
often-bored men who go to sea.
Nor is its subject matter confined
to a single ship. It can spread
through an entire convoy. On this
ship, for instance, word was re-
ceived that one Of the destroyers OF
a sister carrier, several hundred
miles away, had been sent TO Inc
bottom by two submarines. The
story went the rounds and by next
day it had been revised - the de-
stroyer had sunk two submarines.
A few days ago the Navy Depart
ment announced, and the ships
newspaper published, the story OF
the sinking of the destroyer. On
sea, as on land, it took q newspaper
to establish truth.
Scuttle butt expert aboard this
ship is a round faced, GLIB yeoman
second class, Walter Scott Coffman'
80, who followed the women's ready
to-wear trade as a business and poll
itics as q hobby before leaving his
home at (l095 Hunter Ave0, Column
bus, O., to join the Navy. Here, he
is called Bum Dope" Coffman.
At the beginning Of this trip ne
started a story that the task unit
was rushing over certain papers
and documents urgently needed by
President Roosevelt at the Cairo
and Teheran conferences. 1t went
over pretty well, but Bum Dope"
says the best story he ever had was
during the last return trip home,
when sailors began to get channel
fever" anticipating shore leaves.
The Navy Department had decid.
ed, so the story went, to convert
the ship to twin screw, and IN order
to do SO she would have to be
heightened by 40 feet. This would
necessitate her going into dry dock,
where she would be cut in half and
plates inserted amidship. The job
was to take at least three months
therefore the entire crew would get
long leaves.
'They believe only what they
want to believe" grtnned Bum
Dope"
some Of these amateurs tried to
spread q story that we were going
to refuel over on this side and keep
right on hunting submarines with
out going home. That story got no-
where. Nobody wanted to believe IT.
"Once, we were returning from a
long trip and I happened to see the
ship secretary's office emitting STEM
cils for the forms used In making
applications for leaves. Well, they
had run low on that kind Of form
and had just decided to make ur
some more while things were SLOW
and they had the time.
II told e few guys leave stencils
were being cut - which was the
truth-but the first thing you know
it was all over the ship that II yor
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
Would-Be-G Governor Wins Ballots
With Ballads In Louisiana Race
JIMMIE DAVIS THROWS NO Mud BUT DoDcES PLENTY

ard rather not have Q job" Davis
has declared In his 200-odd speeches
II have to say bad things about
my opponents, their families or
their friends Life Is too short for
a thing like that"
While others in the Democratic
primary campaigned with the aid
Of substantial organizations, Davis
conducted his own rallies, serving as
chairman and vocalist. Also unlike
other candidates, Davis never made
a speech Of more than five minutes.
WORDS AND MUSIC
But that short speech would be
sandwiched between performances
by the band-seven men in cowboy
clothes who played such number as
"You Are MY Sunshine, There's
A Chill on the Hill Tonight" my
Mary" and THAT'S What I Like
About the South"
Davis music was made an issue
In the campaign.
Agents Tor the 67-year-old candi-
date Morgan, seH-styled disciple of
the late Sen. Huey Long and choice
Of the old regular Democratic or
ganization, dug up some recordings
made by Davis years ago.
A dodger proclaiming in scream
ing wartime headlines, Davis Ex-
posed" was circulated throughout
the state about two weeks before
the election.
On the front page Of the dodger
made up like newspaper-was a
large picture Of a Davis record
titled High Cleared Mama" Al
though 1t scarcely justified its whis-
pered descriptions as "bawdy-house
stuff" the lyrics were definitely sug-
gestive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07
.l3 TONS OF SCRAP
PAPER COLLECTED

A combined total Of - tons Of
scrap paper was collected Saturday
In the drives held In the WASH
ineton Hill and Bunker Hill sec.
tons Of the city.
Boy Scouts from the Washing
ton Park Community club assisted
In the collection TO 5 Ia tons while
those In the Bunker Hill section
managed to gather some z Ia tons.
The week before in this latter sec.
ton total Of S la tons bad been
collected.
In both sections during the week
these Boy Scouts will continue to
canvass and pick up any, bundles
that may have been overlooked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-07

On the other side Of the record
was another little number called
'Bed Bug Blues" That went IKE
this:
It was nieht-time down Ia
Shreveport
And the sun had done gone down.
Oh Lao oh la-o-o-lee-ladieS
These bed bugs were long and
skinny,
Long ways from the floor
Let's 60 down to the bottom,
Where the bed bugs come ana 80.
Bed bugs bout to make q wreck Of
me.
Davis didn't sing either Of these
songs while stumping the state but
in every speech he declared that he
had no apologies for liking music.
UNFRAMED BIZ EXPOSE"
I'm not going to let thing like
a political campaign change my ins
dividuality," Davis said II ike
music and I am going to give more
Of it. If we had more music we'd
have less fighting and confusion" "
The expose" did not react a.
Morgan's press agents expected. IF
anything, 1t helped Davis In some
parishes Of the state.
The radio plugging Of Morgan's
candidacy through references to
the records didn't amount to o bad
chorus. The recordings were played
in Morgan's headquarters in q New
Orleans hotel. but they never were
actually broadcast in the attack ON
Davis apparently because the
broadcaSting companies wouldn't
allow. High Geared Mama" On
the oiy.