The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-27

NOTES OF A NEW YORKER
 Shortly after Japan surrendered a group of American and English scientists went to Nagasah to study the effects of the atomic bomb One very meticulous English scien- tist used to carry his research to extremes, walking around with a tape-measure and other apparatus, and measuring every bit of glass and hunk of rubble that was left in the devastated area. He went into oue home on the outskirts of the levelled section and was shown around by the Jap lady of the house. In one room he saw Jap anese screen which showed very strange effects. The lower half was completely demolished and the up- per half intact Excited, the scientist pointed to the screen |. Atomic bomb?" he asked.
 No" was the bland reply. Small boy"
 G-2 felt that there was too much curiosity on the part of residents in Santa Fe about what was doing up on the hill at Los Alamos- which had been select boys school before the Army took it over So NG-2 tried to set out a false ru- nor that they were busy making electric rockets there However, when the people chosen to spread the rumor went into the town they found the townspeople were most unconcerned about activities on the hill and refused to listen when the frustrated amateur Mata Harris started telling them about 'elec- tric rockets" They preferred to be- lieve their own two pet theories One, that 1t was a home for preg- nant WACS; and two, that sub marine was being constructed for Russia .. The fact that 1t was the middle of the desert area made no difference to the Santa FeianS
 The absent minded scientists left valuable papers around their offices so often that a system of fines was instituted for all those who left their safes unlocked. One of the scientists on the project, an Italian (not FermD, refused to pay the fine because, as he said: What if I did leave plans. around; they were all wrong anyway"
 When the atomic mission group went into Nagasaki, they found themselves there way ahead of the the town unarmed. They all had the temporary rank of colonel for eXpediency. But they were not armed Even though the resi- dents of the town knew they were the atomic bomb men and even though they were the first Ameri- cans seen by the Japs, no one molested them. In fact, the natives (not one of whom did not have a casualty of one kind or another in the bombing) felt relieved that it was all over and stumbled over themselves in their anxiety to do things for the Americans '. Not one extremist or overt act was committed against them.
 Richard Durham relays the re- port about the richest Negro in Mississippi .. He is brown, freckled Dr. s. D. Redmond of Jackson, who says that registration laws, even more than the poll tax, pre- vent Negroes from voting in his state. White registrars are per- mitted to turn down any applicant who cannot answer intelligent questions When a Negro comes to apply, the registrar will ask: 'Boy-do you know the meaning of delicut status quo rendum hutt?"
 AS the bewildered boy" fumbles with the phrase the registrar con- tinues: well, maybe that's too hard for you. Here's a simple one. If the angle plus the hypothenuse equals the subdivided of the frac- tion-then how many children did your mother miss having?"
 And if by some miracle the ap- plicant answers this gue-twister successfully, the registrar will say, "Boy-since you're so smart-tell me what's going to happen to you if you don't get the hell away from here?"
 A Sutton Place matron walked up to little Dead End kid who was smoking on the street,
 |. Young man." she cautioned, you cughtn't do this. It will stunt your growth. Tell me, does your mother know you smoker"
 The kid eyed her critically for moment. Lady" he asked contimp- tuously, "does your husband know you stop and talk with strange men on the street?"
 Johannes Steel radioed this one; i, "One Washington bylined dispatch s about the Pearl Harbor investiga- Ntion was headIined, How FDR played Al War Games Another dispatch from Nuremberg, Germany right under it, was headlined, FNazi