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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

of the contrary appearance Whlcn a
land breeze has produced. The wind
makes the surface of the stream
appear to be flowing east, but the
tide Is nearing flood and its power
full bulk is carrying everything on
Its bosom to the west.
Here we have a parable on the
profound difference between super
ficial and sound judgment. So often
we appraise matters on the basis Of
superficial appearances. We declare
the stream Is flowing east. while all
the tins It Is only the breeze which
causes the deep-running tide thus
to appear. We judge the times by
the effect produced by fitful winds.
rather than by the effect produced
by the irresistible tides. There is
purpose sweeping through human
life, Gods hand steadily applied to
it, but we see only the surface Of
things. We see mans contriving
and plotting. We see expediency. We
see the advantage Of the moment
or the day. But Gods purpose
which is as a mighty tide-is press
ing into human life, and every
smallest creek registers its rising.
Look to the tides Of life, not to
its passing breezes. Look to the deep
thing. not to the ripples; to what
the tide does, not the wind.
All Rights decentralization
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
Views OF The Press

vile, Mass. (now listed as m,ssing)
Is planes, and Captain Don Aldrich,
Chicago. 20 planes.
The Fighting Corsairs shot down
104 Jap planes in the last six weeks
over Rabaul. They knocked down
rs during the Munda campaign and
got five planes over Bougainville.
But their showing over Rabaul was
simply stupendous. They shot down
IS Jap fighters In flames during the
month of January and followed this
up with 10 more during the first
two weeks Of February.
Giving these heroic and capable
pilots all the credit in the world for
what they did, we still think the
men and women who helped to
build those Corsair planes and the
engineers who designed them de-
serve some credit too.
At any rate they can be filled to-
day with justifiable pride.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

conceal the calamity, even by flood.
the unhappy state is reported as re-
moving the snow pellets by a four
day rain, which has resulted in a
heavy dew Of seven inches and
caused Groucho Max to send out a
dove. We fear 1t viii ltake Southern
California many sunny season and
an active Chamber Of Commerce TO
live down this unusual exhibit e
unusual weather. Meanwhile, 60
saunters on the pre-spring sidewalks
Of Manhattan and smiles in warm,
tolerant sympathy fostered by mild
winter. After all, little old New
York's climate Is pretty good.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

ingS will not be made public un-
til the regional board in Detroit
takes action, the inside fact Is
that the panel, 2 to l., has de-
clared:
"The overwhelming weight Of
the evidence on this issue leads
us to the conclusion that the
unions request for the discharge
Of Anton F. JankOwsky from
the employ Of the company
cannot be sustained. The cold
facts are that he is a reason
ably good worker, fast pro-
Queer and, since he works at
piece.work rates, is anxious to
earn as much as possible"
And on the question of the strike,
the panel found that "The strike
was morally wrong and the work.
ers' participation in it reprehen-
sible."
Seldom has the language of a
WLB panel been more emphatic.
If the regional board sustains the
panel the forty one men who quit
first will be subject to draft, and
some Of them may find themselves
operating the gun mounts, under
fire. which they didn't want Tony
to build.
copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
1t Can't Happen Here

The bobby sock, that badge of the
Frank Sinatra addict, is not only rationed
in England, but is going to stay rationed,
the House of Commons has decided.
Mr.. Sinatra might well reflect upon his
good fortune that it hasn't happened
here. Sinatra without his bobby-socked
coterie of admiring junior misses is as
unthinkable as sinatra without his micro
phone. But who knows, he might have
remained an unknown if the younger set
had been required to shell out stamps for
socks Sunday, Monday and always.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

| nuAAhI1O11 pIOSEdul
which C. I. o. President Phil Muir
ray frankly admits he Is trying to
break.
Steel company executives are push
ing for early settlement. Union
representatives can take the mat
ter more slowly, since it Is all to
their advantage TODD so. They have
a telegram from the President him
self saying that any wage adjust
ment made in their case will be re-
troactive provided the Little Steel
Formula is not broken, and this as
surance is officially confirmed by
| the War Labor Board. But with the
cost of living advancing, with the
possibility that subsidies will be
knocked out to cause further in
creaseS, and with the Sterilization
Act itself expiring on June 30 unless
renewed by Congress, the steelwork-
ers have everything to gain by tax
ing it easy. The longer settlement
is delayed, the greater is apt to be
the wage adjustment they receive
and the more the amount of their
retroactive pay settlement.
LITTLE ACTION TAKEN
This case is already more than
two months old and practically Moth
ing has been done about it, except
to go through lot of motions. The
union demands were stated Dec. /.
The retroactive pay question was de-
cided Dec. q, after an unauthor-
lied strike. A month later, direct
negotiations having failed, the case
was certified to the War Labor
Board.
Then began the unwinding of the
inevitable red tape which seems
to accompany every one of these
major disputes and which drives
everyone concerned to desperation.
The board held one hearing on Feb.
merely to discuss procedure, after
which 1t would report to the full
board, letting the board make the
decisions on what the procedure
should be.
CLASSIFICATION NECESSARY
First question to decide is what
''basic Steep' is. That Is, which of
some 500 companies are in the busi-
ness of making steel, which are COM
panies making other products from
steel, and which are Gin the gloam-
ing" both in and out of busic
steel. 1t will take some time just
to separate the industry into its
various classifcations. Each will
have to be dealt with differently.
Then will come sessions of the panel
with union and employer representa-
tives on whether or not WLB can
consider case if it asks for wage
increases beyond the Little Steel
Formula, and which of the 90 points
at issue are under its Jurisdiction.
Referring back this fundamental
question, the full board may find
that it has no authority to consider
some issues of this case at all, in
which event it will have to ask the
President what to do next, resulting
in stalemate all around.
Private guesses of some govern
ment labor officials in touch with
this situation are that the basic
steel case will not be settled before
the national conventions are over,
which means the end Of July.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
Axis Barbarians

Allied headquarters in Italy have an
nounced that the German bombing OF a
plainly marked hospital there was no
accident, and that the Nazis machine
gunned the occupants who survived the
bombing.
Those are the same Nazis who an
nounced, less than a month ago, that
"Germany's conduct of warfare has at all
times been marked by the greatest chiv-
airy toward her opponents"
Even the Japs don't have the gall to
pull one like that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
THE FIGHTING coRsAIRs
(The Bridgeport POST


Thousands Of men and women in
the Bridgeport area who help to
make the Corsair fighter planes
ought to be interested in the history
Of the Marine fighter squadron il
the Solomons Islands, styling itself
The Fighting Corsairs."
That team has now completed
combat tour said to be without ps
rallel In Pacific aerial warfare. Thu
have downed 1856 Jap planes in
weeks Of action,-all Of this acti
taking place deep In enemy ter,
tory. They hold four Pacific re.
ords. 1-Most planes destroyed
any one month, IS; 2-Meet e1en:
planes destroyed IN sfx-week period
1Oz; 3-Most aces in one squadron
10: 4-Highest scoring pair II out
SQUADRON. It. Bob Hnaseu Newton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

Speech is funny thing. Sometimes it
seems like there would eventually be no
rules for correct speech and use OF
words. However, it is good to remem-
Der that with all the new words and ex-
presSionS you will find old Bill Shakes
peare beat the moderns to it in his use
of words. BY and large you will find
he said it first.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
Current Comment

The sew physiology, with the
help of physics and chemistry. has
taught us many ways to deal with
the living body that were only
dreams dreamed Of decade ago.
DIR. Ray Lyman Wilbur OF
Stanford University.
The Indian tribes have a higher
birth rate than any other racial
group in America.
Rev. Henry II. Ragatz Of Den
yer, Colo.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The scholarly new Dictionary of
American English" lists the word "whoo-
pee" among our colloquialisms, and Of
fers as the earliest printed example of its
use this quotation from an 1852 Harper's
Magazine: "Whoopee Whiskey only Is
cents a gallon!" Whoopee Them was the
DAYS!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

mandil1g pay base
increases from 70
to IS cents an
hour, minimum
annual wage and
20 other things
for their 10000
members, is now
the number one
wage controversy
in the country be-
cause on its out
come depend the
fate of the Little
Steel Formula and
t he administra-
TONS entire sta
h11i1a k4A~A ,o~@er~nv~a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

American slang has developed greatly
during the past quarter of a century.
Some words have made the dictionary;
others have not. A war produces added
new words and some of the expressions
that derived from the World War I are
being superseded by lot of new words
now appearing in the midst OF another
war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

The biggest word in Importance, that
was the result of World War was propa-
ganda. It remains to be seen what the
most important word resulting from the
present war will be. We figure ''jeep"
is pretty important but that is the only
one of many popular terms for popular
things.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

b r ! S K W mo is
blowing toward
the sea, and this
makes the stream
appear to be
flowing in that di-
rection. But this
is only a surface
phenomenon. The
tide is running
in, and because OF
this the object on
the surface is
being carried up
stream in spite
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
= NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Delay In Steel
Wage Decision
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat washington
Correspondent

Months of delay, unwinding of
red tape and legaIistic arguments
are in prospect before any kind
of settlement can be made in the
big Steel" wage increase case now
before the War Labor Board. This
dispute, in which the United Steel
workers Of America, G. /. O., are de-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
Selected Poem
LIGHT AT THE WINDOW

rothy Ulrich Troubetzky in The New York Times
No other traveller will see
The vigil Of this light;
For you alone it leads a way
Across mcharted night.
In the dark before dawn, in blackout,
Or daylight. it will shine,
Brighter than noon, the star Of all
Your promises and mine.
More steadfast than a candle flame
Against clear sky or storm,
Ny love burns at the window still,
Ever awake and warm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. d.
TIED OR WIND?

TIED OR WIND?
An object is floating on the sur
face of a Underwater stream. The
current appears to be rushing out
to sea but the object is making good
time in the opposite direction. Here,
evidently, is an optical illusion. A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

Do m3uo 70 UU6fAeA uUt COnO&Au~
ing to Instructions. Address DR..
william Brady, National News
paper Service, SEQ West Madison
Street. Chicago. H.
KEEP THAT BABY COOL, MAMA
January IA was a balrny day
where I was. I am afraid 1t was not
so sunny and warm some places.
Some well-meaning but nosey
neighbor or busybody, it seemed, was
all in a other over the way her
neighbors treated their babyl. These
dreadful people, declared the busy
body, put their conference.-the
old baby in north bedroom for the
night, with the heat turned on, two
windows raised, and the baby with
out covering except cotton flannel
pajamas. In the morning the baby
is usually found huddled in one
corner of the bed. What horrible
thing. But wait, the deplorable part
is still to come. These callouS par
ents often quote OF Doc Brady and
seem to believe know what I'm
teaching. So, in the name Of hui
mainly and so on will I not enc
deavor to correct the misunder.
standing of these and probably
many other parents who just haven't
ei0u ! sense -. ~. 49,, a., 4,,a
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inc or he'd covres and keenine the
room temperature too high amounts
to cruelty to the child, II I, know
what cruelty means.
ANY BABY or young child whose
hands and feet feel warm to your
touch has plenty Of clothing, plenty
OF covers for comfort and health, no
matter what the weather or season
may be.
Three weeks ago." writes q
young father, '"I noticed Mrs. -
putting stockings on the baby Gage
six months) at night also during
the day because the weather was
cold. But she referred to your Baby
Book where it said the child would
let you know If it was cold, and
she decided to take them off. That
Seemed to please the baby no end.
He is as happy as he can be and
his feet always feel nice and warm
without any stockings"
1t Is good to know that some ba-
bies get break In spite Of the pre-
vailing nineteenth century notions Of
health and hygiene.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Tha Witches no.. ca L.
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Mleu zen years, husoand gooa
pIovlu1i' out nc was not present.
S %ilen Dotl our cnl!olen Were porn:
MoW e2pec.lng our tnlro papy ana !
JUST oIead IL because my nusoand re-
fuses 70 oe WIN me.
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answer = Fernaps your ooctor
Woulu Veil your nuspano ne must
REMAIN at your sac tnls tlme. Sen0
zen Genus ana stampeo envelope
Dearlng your aooress, 1or noOkiee
FreparIng tor Maternlty ana Jet
your nusDano reau alouu ano uiscusS
WIN you the aovlce 1or expectant
!atners ana tne lnStructionS ABOUT
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

Fire has made q motion picture
showing farmers how to produce
uAnrs bread.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

WASHINGTON February 28 Nearly three weeks detail sahe from
W.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Moon sets at 1915 a. m (war time)
Sun rises at 7:20 a. m. sets at 6:41 p. m,
wartime.
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Pvoe Interests in PAW Hold Up Topping Of Navy Oil Aosko
Officials Want Drilling Done in Area Leased Their Companies
Strike Called One Wormo Produced Many Mounts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

All Rights Reconciliation
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-28

copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Spokesman for Peruvian Army

4
Objects to "Chauvinist" Charge.
TO the Editor Of The Star:
read in The Sunday Star of January
an article under the title, United
States Probes Argentina's Plan for South
American Bloc" by Blair Bolles.
In the third paragraph there is an
accusation which includes q group of
military officers Of the Peruvian Army,
That paragraph reads: - Its concep-
ton Of its potential sphere OF influence
runs as far north as Peru, where a group
OF chauvinist military officers is impa-
tiertly critical Of President Manuel Prado
because he has refused to renew the war
against Ecuador that was halted early
in 1912. The chauvfnists want Ecuador
annexed"
The Peruvian Army is formed by
group Of very well trained officers with
a high standard Of discipline.
An accusation like this Is beyond
their reach. 1t is in the name of the
army, which represent, that protest
against such an accusation which, at
the same time as 1t hurts our reputa-
ton, goes against the good neighbor
policy.
1t seems that the writer has as his
only source of information his imagina-
ton and he Is trying to discredit the
Peruvian Army which carefully respects
the international treaties signed with
the approval of our government and
Congress.
JORGE sARM1ENTO,
1t. Colonel, Peruvian Army. Military
Attache.
Evening star., 1944-01-14
Maj. George Fielding Eliot

An increase Of 1000 operating planes
Is serious matter. It does not mean
merely the manufacture Of that many
additional planes-it means that the
Luftwaffe Is able to keep In constant
operation 1000 more fighter planes now
than it was able to operate at this time
last year. This includes the ability to
replace losses as they occur, to replace
obsolescence and to handle maintenance
and repair. Thus a blow struck at the
source of supply has an almost immedi-
ate effect on the strength of the oper-
ating force. The final assembly plants
are in this respect closest to the fighting
line.
Our first step in the strategic bomb
ing offensive" remarks Gen. Henry S.
Arnold, commanding general of the
Army Air Forces, In his report to the
Secretary of War, us the destruction OF
the epemys fighter strength The
nearer to the final assembly stage we
knock out enemy aircraft, the less time
he will have to replenish his front-line
strength -. For quick results we take
out the assembly plants" This report
estimates that the effect Of destroying
a final assembly plant is felt In 'front.'
line units in about two weeks.
y y ~
This would seem to suggest that the
Allied high command Is in the course
Of stepping up the air offensive in
Western Europe and desires an early
and sharp reduction of enemy fighter
power in order to have greater freedom
Of action against other targets.
The Germans are compelled, II they
are to continue fighting at all, to give
fighter cover to their industries and
internal communications. That is their
No. priority for fighters. II they are
Evening star., 1944-01-14

lack OF candor and a lack Of courage.
However, the important thing Is that
belatedly, but with apparent earnestness,
he Is now urging a national service act
and a realistic tax bill.
On these two proposals he ought to
have full support. OF course, it would
have been better had he told Congress
and the country that the reason he
Is forced to plead for a national service
act Is because there have been more
than 5000 strikes in two years; that the
"no-strike" pledges Of the labor bosses
are wholly Intellectual; that his labor
policy has been a failure; that recent
strike threats have increased the peril
of imitation; that there are more strikes
In the offing sure to prolong the war
and cost American lives.
He did not say any Of these things,
though they are true and he knows it.
He did say that the War and Navy De-
partments and the Maritime Commits
sion consider national service an es-
sential and that he. agrees. On the
tax bill he urged realism and nom
partisanship, but 1t would have been
more effective If he had recognized
that the Treasurys original bill was q
political bill designed to remove taxes
from some 5000. 900 voters-and If he
had let it be known that he would no
longer oppose a sales tax. Perhaps this
is too much to expect from him, and
the main thing is to further his larger
recommendations anyhow-because they
are sound and right.
Nevertheless, this ought to be made
clear-adoption of the recommendations
depends largely on Mr. Roosevelt him
self. If, having thrown them into the
lap Of Congress, he takes the view that
Evening star., 1944-01-14
FRIDAY, January IA, 1914
Not So ROSY

The text accompanying the Dis
trict budget for 1945, transmitted to
Congress yesterday, winds up with
the reassuring statement that "by
the close OF the fiscal year 1945, the
District can face the future conf
dent in the strength of its financial
position, free from debt and with a
substantial reserve established for a
postwar public works program"
From the bookkeeping point Of
view, there is ample Justification for
this prediction. For this largest
budget in the history Of the District
- outlining expenditures Of some
$66, 900, ,000-is based on a revenue
availability that will practically wipe
the slate clean of debt with existing
taxes and set aside a tidy sum Of
$3,000,000, invested in Government
securities, earmarked for postwar
public works.
The policy thus represented has
been advocated by the Commission
ers and it is gratifying to have the
Budget Bureaus concurrence. But
1t is well to remember that this
rather rosy picture OF District A.
nances results from abnormal res
trictions on spending resulting from
the war and does not attempt to
present the situation we shall face
after the war.
We then shall have, in the first
place, an accumulated demand for
great outlays on public works, for
which this initial $3,000,000 reserve
will be but a drop in the bucket We
also shall be facing the possibility Of
declining revenues from local taxes,
which seem to be reaching their
peak this year.
All of which should mean a recon-
sideration of the adequacy OF the
six millions dollar lump sum, which
In amount has acquired a perma-
nency that is not supported by the
realities. The lump sum was fixed at
six million dollars in the appropria-
ton for the fiscal year 1910 "and for
each fiscal year thereafter" But six
million dollars in an appropriation of
some $4,000, ,000-the amount in 1910
cannot be regarded as adequate by
any standards in an appropriation Of
over $66,o00,O00.
The District will be in a healthier
condition to face doubtful future
when the lump sum bears some def
mite and fixed ratio to the amount
raised by local taxes. That ratio
should be higher than the current
10 per cent, and the task facing our
budget-makers is to persuade Con-
gress to adopt some formula for di-
viding the expenses Of this expensive
Capital that will be equitable and
which will provide for continued
wise financial planning.
Evening star., 1944-01-14

who do not seem to have read the ad-
dress carefully enough. The American
Communist party never has exercised
any important influence over American
economics or politics, and domestically
considered the attitude of its leadership
Is OF little Importance. But commenta-
tors passed over the obvious fact that
in this speech, Mr.. Stain, not Mr.. Brow
der, was speaking. He was speaking
about the Teheran conference and this
is the first real light we have had on
what happened there.
Mr.. Browder explained to us what the
phrase in the Teheran agreement means,
that expresses the determination of the
three powers to work together tn the
war and In the peace to follow"
It means that the Soviet Union wants,
above all other considerations whatso-
ever, peace and order in the postwar
world. The Soviet Union does not want
civil wars between right and left break
ing out all over Europe-wars that Ger
tainly, in Mr.. Browder's candid state
ments, would lead to third world war
1t means that the Soviet Union wants