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Evening star., 1944-02-27
Charles L. McNury

Senator Charles l.. McNary of Ore
gon was one of the truly important
men of his time because of a COM
bination Of circumstances including
his own fine qualities of character
and personality. The word mod
crate" was applied to him with
justice. His views we're neither re-
dictionary nor radical. He cultivated
a philosophy which was based on
logic. What mattered to him were
those movements, those events,
those individuals that expressed the
generality of his country's people
the average citizens whose interests
tend toward a middle course.
That is not to say that Mr.. McNary
was not a liberal when occasion
demanded such an attitude of him.
Born the youngest of ten children
and early orphaned, he had been
well acquainted with poverty in his
youth and needed no special school,
ing in the meaning of arduouS labor
poorly pald. Two years at Leland
Stanford was all the formal educa-
tion he ever could afford. He gained
admission to the bar on the strength
of his private reading of law. Prac-
ticing with his brother, he gradually
developed a reputation for "sweet
reasonableness" which remained his
major asset all the rest of his life.
The accident of being defeated by a
single vote when he ran for re-elec-
ton to the State Supreme Court de-
cided his career in the direction of
Washington.
Mr.. McNary was appointed to the
Senate in 1917 to fill out the unex-
pired term Of Harry Lane. He was
himself in lsl8' b, 1890, 1896 and
Evening star., 1944-02-27

being elected to the Twenty-seventh
Congress as = Unionist. He was ar.
rested while en- route to washineton
and taken back to Tennessee. Finallv
ne escaped, reached the Capitol and
completed his term in Congress.
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Representative James Allison, IT,, Of
Pennsylvania, father of Representative
John Allison, who nominated Abraham
Lincoln as a candidate for Vice Presi-
dent Tin 1866, and was register of ths
Treasury for 10 years Q869-1e7S), taught
the first Latin grammar class established
west of the Allegheny Mountains.
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1t was Jefferson who abandoned q
lucrative law practice to become "ths
immortal rebel who indicted king" by
prosecuting George III in the great and
genera court Of mankind.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Crisis Inside Jopon

ALC SIdCc Ol JdpanS S naClOnal
psychology can be determined with
reasonable accuracy by certain in
fallible signs. Japanese life is regu-
lated by an elaborate ceremonial
code covering extraordinary as we'll
as ordinary situations When the
Toxic radio announced that the
cabinet OF Premier TOTO had met
at the Imperial Palace, the inten-
slty OF the domestic crisis gripping
Japan became obvious, because so
unusual a procedure is reserved
for the gravest occasions. Only
twice before in the annals of
modern Japan has this happened
In 1923 following the great earth
quake which laid the heart of Japan
in ruins and in 1885 following the
mutiny wherein three leading
statesmen were assassinated by
army hotheads seeking to establish
military dictatorship like that
which rules Japan today.
Toxic announces that this ex-
traordlnary cabinet meeting was
called to pass stringent new regula-
tions designed to strengthen the war
effort. An outline of emergency
management" has been agreed upon
to concentrate the entire strength
OF the nation for a supreme test.
Items in this drastic program in
clude "simplification of national
livelihood, renovation of the labor
structure and the conversion of va
r1ouS businesses so as to render them
more efficient" Considering the ex-
tent to which civilian life has al
ready been modified for war, this
can only mean further regimenta-
ton and added sacrifices to the limit
of Japanese endurance.
'~ Even so disciplined, patriotic and
frugal people as the japanese need
to be mentally prepared for the new
burdens about to be laid upon them.
This is the logical explanation for
the extraordinary frankness of re-
cent official communiques. Gone are
the days when the japanese public
was regaled with news of victories,
some mythical in character. Now,
Toxic tells the truth with brutal
frankness. The raid on Truk was
reported by the Domei agency al
most as accurately as it was here in
Washington, while the heavy losses
suffered by the japanese forces on
the Kwajalein and Roi Atolls have
not been minimiZed. The whole
war picture officially painted for the
japanese public is grim and alarm
ing. The people are being frankly
told that the war is going badly and
that complete abnegation coupled
with unstinted effort, individual and
collective, can alone avert supreme
catastrophe.
1t would be unwise to deduce from
all this that Japanese morale is be-
ing undermined. Every foreign
resident of Japan warns that the
japanese at home are capable of
resistance as fanatical as that ex-
hibited by their troops in many q
battle which had become obviously
hopeless. The entire weight of evi-
dence indicates that our Far Eastern
enemy will neither bend in weari-
ness nor break in panic. He must
be broken by the thorough destruc-
tion of his armed might before our
ultimate victory can come to pass.
Evening star., 1944-02-27
Welfare Bourd Powers

When the Board of Public We'll
fare was created about eighteen
years ago it was given power to
nominate the supervisory and ad-
ministrative officials of the agencies
over which it was given certain con-
troll. The Commissioners can ap-
point, but only on the nomination
of the board This has led to what
the Commissioners regard as di-
vided authority and they again are
pressing bill, four years old, to di-
vest the Board of Public Welfare of
Its nominating power and place the
selection Of personnel exclusively
with the Commissioners.
There was very good reason for
placing the nominating power with
the Board of Public Welfare and it
is as strong today as it ever was.
Congress, acting on the recon-
mendations of a body of citizens,
agreed that it was wise to keep poll
tics out of the administration of
such agencies as the Jail, District
Training School, the workhouse at
Occoquan, the reformatory at Lor-
ton, the Home for Aged and Infrm,
the Industrial Home Schools, Ma
tional Training School for Girls and
the Municipal Lodging House. The
Commissioners are subject to polit-
lcal presSure-a citizens board is
better able to resist it.
There have been a few cases
where the Board of Public Welfare
refused to nominate men whom the
Commissioners were anxious to have
selected. There have been a few
cases where the Commissioners
would not approve the boards NOM
inees, creating temporary impasse.
Each case might be examined to find
the part that political pressure
played. 1t is probable that the
Board of Public Welfare would show
up very well. On the other hand,
1t would be difficult to make a case
against the Board of Public Welfare
on the basis of having nominated
incompetent personnel.
The Commissioners argue that as
they have broad responsibility as
heads of the local government, they
should have the power to accom-
pany that responsibility. They al
ready have more power than the
Board of Public Welfare in the con-
troll they exercise over the purse
strings. And to demonstrate that
they need additional power, they
should be in a position to show
where the institutions over which
they exercise exclusive local control
are superior to those over which
their control is divided with the
Board of Public Welfare.
The same arguments used by the
Commissioners in connection with
the Board of Public Welfare would
apply to other citizens boards, such
as the Board of Education. Once
the Commissioners begin reducing
citizens boards to the status of mere
advisory agencies, where would they
want to stop?
Until the Commissioners can
show an opportunity for great i'm
provement In administration of
the agencies concerned by divesting
the Board of Public Welfare of it's
present authority, District citizens
should be cautious in approving the
Evening star., 1944-02-27

A new low on the strike front was
registered when 80 war workers
struck because they had to visit a
central supply depot to get overalls,
instead of having them delivered to
them where they waited. This shows
the urgent need Of a firm overall
labor policy.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

Nazi leader Ley attribu es
Churchill's success to his ability to
play poker, "a curious game in which
only a person with an aptitude for
falsehood, bluff and hypocrisy can
master" What marvellous poker
players Germany could produce-if
it only had the winning cards!
Evening star., 1944-02-27

A thief stole a bus in Tulsa and
abandoned it few blocks later. A
possible motive is suggested that he
wanted the novel experience of hav-
ing seat in one for change.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

A horse owner and trainer, con-
victed Of counterfeiting gasoline
ration stamps, drew a $1,000 fine
and a year in Jail. While racing ad-.
mittedly is uncertain, it seems a
safe bet that he will not beat this
handicap.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

At long last the British are al
lowed to have cuffs on their trousers
once more. At any time now they
expect to give Hitler a good stiff
belt in the waist,
Evening star., 1944-02-27

Hens are said to lay three times
as many eggs in summer as in win
ter. This is in direct contrast to
radio comedians, who usually take
summer vacations. T.
Evening star., 1944-02-27

SGcdUlly lTOm OaO 10 worse.
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Happily, there are indicate TODAY
that the revolt against the veto mes
sage has cleared the atmosphere. But
it is too early to say this with any GER
tainty. Much depends on how the Presi-
dent takes his defeat and how his OBJ
ponents in Congress take their victory,
Their have been those who believed,
without tangible evidence, that the
series OF criticisms which have been
aimed at Congress recently by the Presi-
dent and his supporters could be fitted
into the pattern of deliberate attempt
to discredit Congress, with a view to a
fourth term for Mr.. Roosevelt. This
seems improbable, however. The
greater likelihood is that the President.
IN his attacks on Congress, was merely
being swept along by the pressure of
events. Yet, so long as the possibility
OF worsening instead Of an improvement
between the two branches remains.
there is this much to be said, If the
President is to be q candidate for re-
election, and If he has reason to antic-
ipate deadlock with a hostile Con-
greSs. the issue which that would raise
should be put forth openly and squarely
in the election campaign. The country
could i'll afford to have this issue opened
up after the election Gas was the case
with the Supreme Court on the theory
that the choice of Mr. Roosevelt for
fourth term in the White House-if that
comes to pass-was a mandate from the
people for him to assert his authority
as President at the expense of the
authority which the Constitution vests
IN Congress. r
The Valley settler., 1944-08-11
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
WY Con 1924 Calumet Horses Win $500, ,OO0?

The newest Of turf featS is Cal umet Farms winning the Kentucky Derby, Dixie, Pimlico Oaks, Freak ness and Acorn Stakes within a per- iod of 12 days. These five races netted approximately $167 500 to the Warren Wright establishment and fans are now wondering whether it will break it's own earning record of SAYS, ,09l. established in 194i. Even more interesting. perhaps, is a cam- parison of today's Calumet horses with other establishments which, in former years, were regarded as the greatest of American stables. The Dwyer Brothers undoubtedly had a group which compared favorably with any of the past sixty years. Bramble. Luke Blackburn, Hindoo and Miss Woodford, along with many others, made them the great est power of their day.
 If the Dwyer Brothers had a rival in racing strength, it was the
 stable of champions of James R. Keene. Then there were the color
 bearers of Harry Payne Whitney and those of the Rancocas Stable
 of Harry Sinclair. In more re-
 cent years Charles s. Towards Seabiscuit and Kayak II were the
 talk of the day. At Santa Anita,
 alone, Charles s. Howard and
 trainer Tom Smith won $5i6.930. in a few short years. Tn one sea- son at that track the Howard
 stable earned $i74,835, and even
 though they had to be content
 with second place and thus only
 s20.00O. in the Santa Anita Hand-
 leap. the sum earned was consid- cred a record by one stable for one
 meeting.
 Now Calumet Farm has come along to win sl67500 in just i2 days. Directly ahead are many im- portant stakes at Belmont Park and. after that, the devils red and blue" contingent will go to the Are lington-W Washington Park meetings to contest series of the richest stake events staged at one continu- ols meeting. Besides Pensiye, win- ner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. the Wrights have such older horses as Sun Again. and Markell. the three-year- fillies Twilight Tear and Miss Keeneland and the beautifully-bred group Of two-year-olds which may boast ogS< or more champions.
 Racing has changed SO since the days Of the Dwyer Brothers. James R. Kenne and even the later stables. that comparisons can hardly be made. Whirlaway is now the worlds winning champion. but even with MT. Longtail' retired to the taFm Calzraat gnas an tn aEkahliGh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
'1Wait H Next Year" Society Goes Lnto Huddle
LEAVENWORTH
 1O-3 WINNER;
 TIE FOR TROPHY

With considerable unwilling help from its opponents, Leavenworth High baseballers got of to Q mourl- tainous five run start in the very first inning against Wilby yesterday, which proved enough to easily win the game. The final score 10 to 3 was the result of a ten-hit att tack, including three singles and 8 three-base knock by Jimmy Piersall in that night marsh first inning.
 At the end of the fourth, Wilby had picked up three of the five runs but they were through for the day as Tech finished strong with five more runs in the eighth and ninth, to win going away; and tangle up the Kelley trophy competition into three-way split of baseball hon. ors among the three high schools: as Sacred Heart is not a competi- tor for the trophy, because 1t does not list games with all three public high school teams.
 Rash Of Runs
 Den out was recorded when the Tech Tigers broke loose in the open ing inning; an error followed by singles of the bats of Stills, Coviello and Armour with PiersallS triple just about putting the game lon ice". Lathrop came back to the mound after a weeks layoff, held the Wildcast to six hits, one getting more than a single. Four hits, a pair of misplays and three thefts got Tech four more runs in the eighth which were not needed, but indi- cated the Leavenworth lads were playing heads up' ball all the way Score:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
Crosby Trocksters Edqe Ansonians

Though the competition seems to get tougher by the week, Crosby's well balanced track and field team comes through steadily, its latest conquest showing a 531s to 50h point win over Ansonia. The meet, staged at Municipal Stadium yester- day went into the final event, the half-mile relay, before the winner was determined; as the visitors were strong in the. field events, Crosby exceliing in the running. Summary:
 100 yard dash - Won by Fis- chang co; second, Perkins co: third, Hathaway co. Time-lO.3 3
 22O yard dash-Won by Perkins (C): second, Wilhemy (A); third, Hathaway co; Goumas (A) tied.
 40 yard run-Won by Hill co: second. Wheeler co; third, N. Rhinehart co. Time-56.5 seconds.
 SSO yard run-Won by O'Connor @; second, Hill co; third Wes- clouch (A). Time-2:13.5.
 second, Mckay co; third, Lewis (A) Time-5:15.
 High Jump-won by Banno (Al; second, tie between Simonson co and Wheeler (A). Height 1t. in.
 Pole vault-Won by Hummel GO; second, Cunningham co; third, Noia (A). Height it.
 Broad jump - Won by Fedoruk (A); second. Wilhelmy (A); third. Fischang co. Distance l9 it., 4 12 in.
 Shot put-Won by Goumas (A); second, Mlekiewicz (A); third. Stok- es co. Distance 4i it., 1 in.
 Discus throw -- Won by Goumas stdE.s A sss9nd fc b,,isnes BannO ,O4 M d thTS IS
 Javelin throw-won by Mickie- wicz (A); second. Perelli co; third, Fischang co. Distance l35 1t. II in.
 Ss0 yard relay-Won by Crosby Uatimer. Hathaway. Perkins, Fis- chang). Time-l:3T.6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
ONE MILE RELAY FEATURES 6OTH
 IC4A CARNIVAL

Philadelphia, May is.-Twelve teams are entered in the ne-r1lile relay race in the 68th annual I. c. 4-A track and field championships which get under way tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock on Franklin Field but only six will face the starters gun in the final.
 Asa s. Bushnell, manager of the meet, announced yesterday that a sufhcient number of heats will be held starting at noon, to reduce the field to the half dozen fastest teams entered. The heats will be held ct noon and the final, at 4:55 D. m.
 Army, Colgate, c. c. N. r., Colum- bia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Navy, N. Y. U., Pennsylvania, Penn State, Princeton and Columbia, have noln- mated teams for the event.
 Army, which won the event in the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival in 3:2l.l. is regarded as the favorite to win an event that is one of the most popular on the program. Re- gently in a meet at West Point, the Cadets bettered their carnival record by doing 3:208, which is the best time made in the east this year.
 Big Four
 Leo Novak. coach of the future generals, will use the same four athletes who have been consistent ly good all season, Bill wilmington Bob Conrad, Jerry Morrow and George Berger. Dartmouth, which finished second in the carnival by only few yards, is regarded as Army's most dangerous competitor. Harry Hillman will use the iron man, Don Burnham, Robert Grady, Charles GrohSberger and Walter Newman. to carry the baton.
 Columbia. third in the relays; Penn State, winner of the Glass B" title; New York University, Colgate, and Navy are regarded as the other possible finalists.
 The relay is only one of 16 events on the program in which more than 400 athletes representing thirty col- leges, will compete. Virginia and North Carolina, members of the I. c. A, and also outstanding in Southern associations, will compete.
 Army, unbeaten in dual and tri- angular competition, is the favorite for the team title, with Navy, Dart mouth and New York university as its closest competitors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
(Reg. U. s. Pat. Office)
 By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff COrrespondent)

New York. May 1S.-(UP)-The royal and ancient game of golf will be given two contrasting shots in the arm when the war is over and new golden era of sports is ush- cred in, according to Fred Corcoran, tournament manager of the Pro- fesslonal Golfers association.
 Those contrasting stimulants are: {: CD A return to knickers, instead of slacks, for all top-flight pros, since golf has lost its "sox appeal"; and CD Night tournaments under the arc lights.
 Corcoran and his fellow brass hats of the P.G.A. decry the lack of dis tinguishing color in current golf raiment. They complain that tho competitors in P.G.A. journeys can not be distinguished from the gall lery because they wear slackS and 'any other old duds" quickly avail able. If they sported plus-fours, they would look more athletic and not have to fight their way through galleries attired in slacks.
 Corcoran says. "the knickers not only permit greater freedom of movement, meanwhile allowing duff fers to watch properly their foot po- sitions; but they make older golf CTS look and feel a lot younger Gene Sarazen and Macdonald Smith are the only name golfers who now wear knickers; but they are an i'm portant tie between the plus-four past of colorful players and the un- fortunately slack present"
 Objections to knickers for golfers have been CD The necessity of pur- chasing and wearing long woolens socks, and CD The menace of mos- quitoes to stockinged legs in swampy regions.
 Corcoran says. There will be plenty of golf socks available, cheap ly, when the war is over. More over, Mosquitoes have been elim- mated from most courses by oil treatments of course ponds. and by recently prepared powders for serv- ice use in jungle warfare that turn away all models of insects"
 Corcoran and his P.G.A. fellows crave colorful plus-fours, although the associatior's winter season of l2 journeys played to more than 100. 900 spectators: and although the scheduled i2 summer journeys are expected to attract more than 250,- 000-an all-time record.
 Night golf will feature the decade following the war, according to Cor coran, who points out that a cer- tain nationally known electrical manufacturing firm just before Pearl Harbor-was ready to light fairways and greens of any golf course at a reasonable cost.
 Virtually all ether spectator sports have gone, or are going. under the lights, says CoFcoran - boxing, hockey. baseball and dog-racing. He emphasizes that modern driving ranges. along the highways, depend almost entirely upon their night trade; and that the legions of mod ern golf fans and addicts are re- eruited largely from among the na- tion's workers. who are too busy to watch or play in the day time.
 Corcoran concludes: The golden era of postwar golf will be featured by a return to plus-fours and a shift to night-time play"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
Three Boy State
 Ring Suspensions

Boston. May IS. - (UP). - The Massachusetts State Boxing Con- mission issued a trio of suspension orders today, naming a boxer. a manager and second.
 J. Lawrence Garry) Barry and Robert L. (Bobby) Payne. both of Brockton. manager and second re- spectiyely for lightweight Pat Demers, were suspended for a week for violation of a section of the box ing rules governing the coaching of boxers by their handlers. The alleged violation occurred at New Bedford May in Demers' bout with Jerry Zullo of Chelsea.
 Lightweight Cocky Davis of Dud- ley was suspended indefinitely for failing to appear at Boston Garden Tuesday night for a scheduled match with Steve Kronis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
City League
 Sunday Schedule

Still without definite word reia- tive to it's further participation in City Amateur League baseball com petition. league officials and team managers. through President Bill Derwin awaited the pleasure of New Departure Meriden team manager, In the meantime. the following slate has been announced for next Sum days play at Hamilton Park.
 i:45 ?. m.-Brooklyn 4. c. over North End Thomas Club.
 4p. m.-Tribune 4. c. vs Ayigli- anese A. c.
 Bye-Washington Hills.
 Tommies, and Washington Hills are undefeated. Brooklyn and Avig- iianese have lost their first game and Tribunes have won and lost a game. If Meriden decides to play next Sunday. after losing their ex- hibition game last Sunday to the Thomas Club by a 10 run shutout route: the Endees and Washington Hills may be paired up this week end in q regular league game.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
GuIfstreom Track Sold Co Syndicate

Miami, Fla, May ie-CUP)-Tne sale of gulfstream park race-track at HalIandale. Fla, to James A. Dom and associates was confirmed today by l.. Earl Curry, referee in bankruptcy.
 Curry signed the order confirm ing the sale late yesterday.
 The offer made by Dom also ip" clllded the assumption Of more than sT5O, 900 of indebtedness by the track and was made despite objections from T. E. Bragg. stoekholder in tropical park who had offered s0i0.- GOO for the properties.
 The racing oval opened in Feb ruary Of 1889 and was scheduled to operate during the winter along with Hlaleah and tropical park but was fcrceE Co csnSs after three days of operations when financial back ing vas withdrawn. The race tenck went into bankruptcy a few weeks later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-18
TuH Alumni Doy Saturday

Watertown, May l8-The Taft School athletic teams will have a busy day Saturday as they enter tain alumni of the school on the 53rd Annual Alumni day. The var sity baseball team meets the Vest minister School nine on Rockerfel- Ter Field while the tennis teams of the two schools play their matches on the hill courts.
 The alumni will also have a chance to participate in the &C., tivities by opposing the faculty in the annual faculty-alumni softball game and by opposing the varsity golf team on the Watertown Golf Course.