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Evening star., 1945-04-23
Store Porch

Some day historian may write
a history of the Nation in terms of
porches on general country stores.
Research has failed to divulge the
man of trade who first built a porch
across the front of his store for the
general benefit of his customers.
For a long time now, in hamlet, vii
lage and town, store porch has
been an integral part of the scene
Americana.
Since we have been -eminently
q Nation of trade and industry for
well over half century, it must be
that a store porch fosters good
will in business. And the pattern
is heartwarmingly similar East,
South, North and West. The porch
is not too wide and the floor boards
are old and weather beaten. There
are a few battered, more or less
decrepit chairs; there is usually
box or two standing on end. Along
the front there is a wooden rail,
where generation or more ago the
farmers tied their horses when they
came in to trade. On the outside
wall are gaudy -colored tin signs ad-
vocating the virtues of chewing to-
baccos, pipe fuels, baking sodas, cof-
fees, teas, horse liniments, calf
medicines and tonics for that run
down feeling. All this is an accepted
and expected part of the environ
ment.
But the store porch is more than
this. It is town meeting in minia-
ture-a free and democratic forum,
wheresa man can express his convic-
tions. One of its pleasant aspects
is that whatever the proposition
proposed, there is some one to take
the opposide side. National and in
ternational problems are settled
with comforting finality; local road
conditions and school appropria-
tons can always be relied upon II
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Less Thun Shakespeare

knoD that Shakespeare said it ali, in
words
Like stars reflected In darkened
pool;
And no one since has built, BY rote
or rule,
Such golden snares for thoughts that
soar like birds,
And no one since has spun q ,neb that
gtrds
All time. From many ,pise In lore OF
school,
Comes rarely some diDinely drunken
TO tame the one yinged horse among
the herds.
But, for the lesser muItitudes, remain
A tei1 discarded grapes upon the pine;
And for the tnings OF Pegasus, there
are
S,Ditt feet Of steeds that run ,oith flying
name.
Shall grapes be spurned because not
fit for Dtne,
Or fight renounced " tt reach moi.
star? MYRA PERRINGS.
Evening star., 1945-04-23

but it nevertheless is being done
with notable success Much OF the
credit in the circumstances is due
to DR.. Joseph Quincy Adams, direc-
tor and guide of the library's prog
ress. whose services are to be
acknowledged by the Shakespeare
Society of Washington this evening.
Himself a scholar of distinction. he
has labored to make the Folgers'
philanthropy complete as a living
memorial to them as well as to the
poet they loved.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Polish Deadlock

The latest development IN the
Polish controversy, which stands as
the most tangible single threat to
Allied unity, marks new low point
in the up-and-down negotiations on
this issue.
There is still room for hope that
Soviet Foreign Commissar Molotov
has brought to Washington some
formula which can serve as the
basis of a fair and honorable set
tlement. But this hope is not a
bright one.
There are two essential and in
terrelated aspects of the Polish mat
ter One has to do with just treat
ment of the Poles. The other con-
Germs the indispensable element of
good faith among the Allied powers.
When the Yalta agreement was
announced last February the world
learned that the representatives of
Britain and the United States had
acquiesced in Russia's demand for
Polish territory east of the Curzon
line. This was disappointing in
some respects, but it was accepted.
Poland's claim to the major part of
the area was not unclouded and
there was sympathy with the Soviet
contention that this territory was
needed as a bulwark against the
possibility of another invasion from
the west. Furthermore, under the
agreement, Poland was to receive
substantial territorial compensation
at the expense of Germany.
A more important consideration,
however, was the apparent Russian
willingness to guarantee the polit-
ical independence of the new Polish
state. The text of the Yalta agree
ment, as signed by Marshal Stain,
recognized the necessity of setting
up a new" Polish provisional gov
ernment which was to be obtained
by reorganizing and merging the
Moscow-sponsored Lublin regime
with Polish democratic leaders from
within Poland and from abroad.
This reconstructed government was
to serve until free elections could be
held.
In western eyes, this seemed like
a good compromise. In compensa-
ton for the loss of territory, Poland
was to be assured of reasonable po-
litical freedom and that, under all
the circumstances, was as much as
could be expected. On this basis,
the Yalta settlement received the
Endorsement of public opinion.
Since then, however, further
doubts have arisen. The new and
broadened provisional government
of Poland has not come into being.
Instead, there have been deeply dis
turbing indications, such as the
Moscow announcement of the sign
ing of a treaty of mutual assistance
with the puppet Lublin government,
that Stain does not consider him
self bound by what seems to be the
plain intent of the Yalta agreement
to which he subscribed.
Should this prove to be the case,
the outlook for the San Francisco
Conference will be a gloomy one
For if anything worthwhile is to
come from that meeting, it must
rest, first, on justice for all nations,
and, second, on an abiding con-
f1dence that the participating
powers will honor their agreements.
Evening star., 1945-04-23

by miracle the world is fairly quiet
for few hours. We would not want
to be called upon to define the DEM
ocratic process. But as long as men
can sit on a store porch and say
what they think the process is in a
wholesome condition.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
An American Nation

From the Clay Center CKansas) Dispatch.
Half century ago large proper
ton of the babies born in the United
States were born to parents who had
been born in some foreign country. Now,
most United States babies are born to
parents who were also born here. 1t is
really hecoming an American Nation.
Evening star., 1945-04-23

Hitler is frantically exhorting all
Germans to take up arms. This
would partly offset the number of
soldiers who have put them up,
when called on to surrender.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Munpower Note

From the st. Louis Star-Times.
From an unreliable source comes the
report that the shortage of male farm
help has become so acute that farmers
are using female scarecroWs.
Evening star., 1945-04-23

The Japs would not have so much
trouble finding the right prime min
lister if they would just call it day
and put in a good fire chief.
Evening star., 1945-04-23
Protestants Already Striving

AIOtSSldiitS <1u Cddy olIlNlllS
To the Editor of The Star:
Printed in the Letters to the Editor"
column of April II was a letter from
DR.. Phillip Marshall Brown urging
courtesy as key to progress"
I concur heartily in this, but believe
that the point he was stressing was that
Protestant churches here in the District
should take the lead from particular
service at the Church of st. Augustine,
in which persons Of different classes
and colors partook of communion to-
gether. He asked whether there were
any churches of the Protestant denomi-
nation in Washington ready to initiate
the simple and inspiring example of
this service.
AS vice president of the City-widc
Pilgrim Fellowship OF the Congrega-
tional- Christian Churches of Washing
ton last year, was in position. of
course, to know our programs. Approx
mately once a month young people of
the different Congregational churches
here in Washington, white and colored,
meet together. One particular pro-
gram which have in mind was held
at Cleveland Park Church on January
2. It was simple communion service,
dedicated to the beginning of the new
year. The Rev. DR.. Brooks and the
Rev. Mr.. Buschmeier, both local minis
ters, oflciated, while over hundred
young men and women Of different
races received holy communion. After
the worship service refreshments were
served and all took part in the recrea-
tion together.
I do not refer to this one service as
an outstanding one. It occurs, In SINH
lar lines, month after month. In June
nearly 200 young people (again stress,
both white and colored) journey to
Blairstown, N. j., for weeks confer
ence together.
trust DR.. Brown now will realize
that we Protestants are not Initiating
q fine example" but ourselves are striv-
ing to achieve brotherhood among all
men. CHARLES r. CREIGHTON.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16
AFL Bastogne Heroes Tour War Plant
To Stress Need Of Jumping Production
Output Increases Made
To Assure Saving Lives

Washington, D. C. S).-Fifty-
six fighting men of Bastogne, who
helped turn the tide Of the German
counter offensive in Belgium and Lux
embourg, are now visiting war plants
throughout the country to tell work
ers how badly the weapons and sup
plies they produce are needed at the
front. The men, some of them union
members, were returned from the
front lines to help increase production
for the Army, which has set it's over
all schedules for the year 1879 percent
higher than all deliveries for 1914.
"All of the increases for 1943 are
being made to make sure that our
fighting men will defeat the enemy
with the minimum cost in American
BLOOD" Undersecretary of War Robert
P. Patterson said. Meeting the Army's
schedules will place heavy load on
American labor and American indus
try"
All OF the returned veterans are
from the 1O1st Airborne Division
whose commander made history with
the reply of "Nuts" to the German
offer of surrender to his isolated
troops, or from units of the Thirc
Army which broke through and res.
cued the surrounded men.
Low in Food, Ammunition
The Bastogne heroes know what il
is like to be low on ammunition anc
equipment, even food. When they
rushed Dec. 18 to the small Belgian
town their resistance made famous
they were able to take along only
small stocks Of supplies, some Of
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16
NWLB Members Insist Raise Is Justified By Increase
In Living Costs

Washington, D. C.-Appealing di-
rectly to President Roosevelt, AFL
members of the National War Labor
Board demanded a general wage in
crease of II per cent Immediately.
"Since the war wage rates have in
creased by 19 per cent" the AFL
group declared, "the cost of living has
increased based upon official figures
by 80 per cent. To correct the malad-
justment between wages and the cost
of living measured by the same
standard that was used when the Lit
tie Steel Formula was adopted-an
adjustment of approximately IL per
cent is justifiable."
The AFL petition charged that the
public members of the board had per-
petrated a deception on labor and the
nation by changing the measuring
rod" on wage rates when they recently
reported to the President that no
change in the Little Steel Formula
was justified.
Emphasizing the need of establish
ing wage increases for the postwar
period which would compensate work
ers for the loss of overtime pay when
war production ceases, the AFL men,
bers urged the President to restore
free collective bargaining sixty days
after victory in Europe and provide
that minimum pay be raised for work
ers in those industries in which collec-
tive bargaining was not restored.
1--WE are not only sorely wearied and
harassed by the expedients and for
mulas which have been substituted for
the basic principle which guides col
lective bargaining" the labor group
said, "but we are appalled, by the con-
sequences of a policy to cripple US in
solving the reconversion and postwar
problems.
"Wages are more than compensation
for service rendered. They determine
the kind of homes workers have, the
way their lives will be conditioned, the
opportunities their children will have
the provisions they can make against
emergencies. Wages contribute rs pei
cent of the buying power to retail mar
kets. The total Of buying power de-
termines the levels Of production and
therefore national well-being."
George Meany and Matthew Vol
and their alternates, Robert j. Watt
and James A. Brownlow, signed the
report.
They identified collective bargaining
with the retention of Americas free
institutions, warning the President
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16

which they begged from other units
along the way.
The enemy Immediately surrounded
their position, and bad weather made
it impossible for planes to drop sup
plies by parachute or glider. Some
men say artillery, mortar, machine
gun, even rifle, ammunition run down
to where they had only few rounds
left, with the Germans several hun
dred yards away
Among the AFL union members in
the group are:
1st Sergeant Thaddeus Maslowski,
81, whose parents live in Lockport, N.
Y, member of International Brother
hood of Electricians, when he worked
for the New York State Electric &
Gas Co. Maslowski holds the Bronze
Star, for bravery in action and the
Purple Heart for a battle wound.
Other Union Members
Sgt. Joseph G. Pinelli, 25, whose
wife and an 11-month-old baby he has
never seen reside in Morrisville, Pa,
and who carried his membership card
in Local No. 26, Brewery and Soft
Drink Workers, through the tough
battles of Normandy, Arnhem, and
Bastogne. Pinelli was jeep master
with the 101st Airborne.
Sergeant James E. Colucci, 24-year-
old paratroop squad leader and mem
ber of Hotel and Restaurant En-
ployees. The son of Mr.. and Mrs. An
thony Colucci Of Niagara Falls, N. Y,
he holds the Purple Heart with Oak
Leaf Cluster for 2 battle wounds.
Technician 5th Grade Nicholas
Forte, SO, who lived with his sisters in
Logansport, Ind. A former employe of
H. W.. Gossard Co., Logansport, and
member Of international Ladies Gar
ment Workers Union. Forte won the
Silver Star when with the 1O1st Air
borne around Arnhem he kept vital
communication lines open under heavy
barrages.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16
Boost All Wage Rates 11%
AFL Asks in Report to FDR

Expressing the hope that employers
would cooperate in this objective of
labor, the AFL members said they
faced these alternatives:
l. Cooperation between manage
ment and labor in returning to collec-
tive bargaining to establish now the
wage rates that can undergrad our re-
turn to civilian production; or,
2. Payment of higher taxes to gov
ernment out of funds withheld from
workers, resulting in under-capacity
production, under-employment and re-
duced purchasing power so that the
Government must provide work.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16

that the danger of the totalitarian
state does not end with the war, but
"here looms in the economic field"
In order to stem the trend toward
totalitarianism, the report added:
Labor must be ready to enter re-
conversion and postwar periods with
a wage rate that would assure ade-
quate purchasing power. We must
have those rates established in ad-
vance,"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1945-03-16

This collection letter is said to have
worked wonders: "Dear sir: Please
send US the name of good lawyer in
your city. We may have to sue YOU"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
NAMES OF JURORS
 SELECTED TODAY
l75 to Be Drawn for POs= sible Service in Murder
 Trial Here

Names of 175 jurors who will be called for examination for the first degree murder trial of Domenic Coscia will be drawn in the New Haven superior court Friday, April 13, at 11:30 a. m.
 Thirty of the jurors will be sum- moned to serve during the spring civil session of the local superior court, while the whole panel will be subject to call when the murder trial starts.
 The Coscia case has been sched- uled for May g. It is believed the polling of the jury may take as long as two weeks, and various days for reporting may be assigned to the 175 veniremen.
 The large panel will be drawn at the request of counsel in the mur- der case. Scores of the jurors are expected to be disqualified, while numerous others may be challenged by the state or defense.
 Coscia is charged with the slay- ing of his brother-in-law, Adolph Cyr, at their Washington avenue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
Conference Prelude
 Opens In Washington
(NEA Telephoto)

Nations going to San Francisco gathered for pre-conference meet. ing to draft statute for 8 new world court. Secretary of State Ed ward R. Stettinius, Jr., welcomed them at plenary session at Il a m., EWT.
 Also in Washington, the United States delegation to San Francisco was scheduled to begin series o1 daily conferences which will con- tinue until the delegates depart fol the West Coast.
 In London the delegates of tht United Kingdom, Canada, Australia New Zealand, South Africa and In. dia continued their pre-conference meetings. Like the U. s. delegate! they are trying to reach in advance informal decisions on some of the issues that will arise in San Fran cisco.
 In Moscow high diplomats of the big three are trying to find way to solve the Polish problem before April 25. If Poland is to be repre- sented in San Francisco, a new Pc. fish government of unity must bt formed.
 There has been no official an. nouncement from the three Polish committee in Moscow since it start. ed deliberations shortly after tht Crimea conference in search of z new Polish government. But the fact that it is deadlocked is vel known and has caused Stettiniu; to describe it as disappointing.
 The World Court conference here will be on the technical level. The representatives will make no fina decisions but will present their worE to the full conference in San Fran. cisco for revision or acceptance That conference will decide whether to use the old World Court statute with minor revisions, or to draft ar | entirely new one.
 The first major job of the U. s delegation in the meetings starting today will be to decide whether to sponsor or reject the eight amend ments to the Dumbarton Oaks plan submitted by one of it's members Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, R., Mich.
 Stettinius already has prepared the way for U. s. amendments by asserting that although the four powers who drafted the Dumbarton Oaks plan will support it, they are in no way bound to oppose amend ment. But that does not mean the big four are likely to support dras- tic amendments.
 Sen. Tom Connally, D., Tex, Van denberg's senate colleague on the delegation, believes that the Van denberg amendments are implicit in the Dumbarton Oaks proposals as now written. But he has no ob- jection to writing them in more specifically.
 Russian publications. however, have given the impression that the Soviet Union is opposed to amend ment. Vandenberg's proposals as well as some changes suggested by former President Herbert Hoover have been vigorously attacked in the Soviet press as attempts to weaken the organization.
 Vandenberg's amendments do not attempt to change the basic struc- ture of the Dumbarton Oaks plan. The major ones seek to avoid freezing the territorial status quo and to guarantee that the security council can recommend measures of adjustment when it finds a sit- uatlon caused by wartime treaties or agreements which threaten the peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
GOODWILL LODGE
 MEETING TONIGHT
Members to Hold Session in Club Quarters on
 BOyden Street
WATERVILLE Correspondents Phone-3-6511

Waterville, April 9.-Mrs. Frank Seery was honored Friday night at a birthday party held in the pink room of Burns restaurant. Deco rations were in yellow and orchid Mrs. Seery was presented a gift from those present who were: Irene Peters, Marie Sonier, Mary McCue, Mabel Ottinger, Elizabeth Seery, Mabel Smith, Ann Bruder ano Helen Begnal.
 Pfc. Donald R. Lyons, U. s. Ma rine Corp, son of MT. and Mrs Raymond Lyons of Thomaston ave- nue, who returned from the Paci- fic area last December is now sta tioned at Camp Pendleton, Ocean side, Cal. Don, who enlisted in the U. s. M. c. on January 28, 194S, at the age of IT, has recent ly graduated from the Field Tele- phone school at New River, N. c. While overseas for IS months he took part in the EnWietok cam paign. Don attended Crosby high school and prior to his enlistment he was employed at w. T. Grant company.
 Pfc. Edward H. Frank, son of MT. and Mrs. George Frank of II Wheel CT street, has been enrolled at Scott Field, Army Air Forces Training Command Radio school. At the completion of his training at Scott Field, H., he will be qualified for further duty as radio tecinician and may serve as a member of a bomber crew or as a member of an AAF ground station. He also trained at N. .apier Field, Okla, Freeman Field, Ind, and Maxwell Field, Ala.
 MT. and Mrs. Homer Rood, 1929 ThomaSton avenue spent the day yesterday visiting friends 1n Sey- mour and Derby.
 Mrs. Richard Lane and Mrs. Wes- ley Rood were recent visitors at the home of MT. and Mrs.,! Mark Sears of ThomaSton.
 Goodwill Lodge, 54, Knights of Pythias will meet this evening at 8 o'clock in their club rooms on Boyden street.
 Troop 31. Boy Scouts of America will meet this evening at 7:3O in the Drum Corp rooms on Thom- aston avenue with their leader.
 The Swedish Weaving club will met tomorrow evening at o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ralph Benson on Patterson Court.
 The weekly prayer meeting of Cos pei hall will be held tomorrow at at the hall at p. m.
 Troop Is, Girl Scouts will meet tomorrow evening with their leader. Mrs. Frank Carney at her home on Chapel street at o'clock.
 The Altar Guild of St. PauI's church invites the parish to Musicale tomorrow evening at 8 o. clock in the church with Miss Lor- enSon and MT. Reimenschneider playing piano selections. MT. Lackey will play the flute. Admission will be free and refreshments will be served in the church hall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09

persons who have paid the funeral expenses. Such persons may not be reimbursed more than the amount they have paid on the funeral bill; the amount of pay ment is also limited to the amount of the lump-sum pay- ment as calculated from the earn- ings record.
 The receipt of a lump-sum pay ment does not make a widow or parent ineligible for monthly payments at age 65, nor will the lump sum be deducted from the later payment. Thus, the widow under 65 who has no minor chil- dren will receive an immediate lump-sum payment and will also get her monthly payments at age 65. The dependent parent who is under 65 at the time of his sons Cor daughter's) death will receive the lump sum now and will get monthly payments at age 65.
 Like all other types of pay mentS, the amount of lump sum depends upon the amount of the workers earnings and the length of time he has worked. Most of these payments are now running, however, between $6O and $25O.
 For detailed information call or write to the Social Security Board, 108 Bank street, Waterbury 18, Conn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-09
COUNCIL PLANS
 ANNUAL PICNIC
Statewide Gathering to Be Held Later in Season;
 Committee Named

Details for the statewide Lithu- anian picnic scheduled for later in the season were discussed by mem bers of the local Lithuanian-Amer- ican council at a meeting yesterday afternoon at Nemunas hall. A committee composed of Dr. Peter Vileisis, Dr. Matthew J. Colney, An thony Orantas, Jacob Treciokas, Mrs. Michael Devenis, and Anthony Lazdauskas. is aiding with arrange mentS.
 The event has been planned to promote better understanding of the situation in Lithuania and to give further aid to the Baltic na- tion.
 A report was given at the meeting oTl Si1e recent Lithuanian Mission in Washington, which was attended by 400 delegates including several from this city.
 An Easter egg breaking contest was held at social which followed the business session, with the fol- lowing declared winners: Mrs. Stanley RominauSkas, Mrs. Michael Mickenas, Mrs. Michael Denevis, and Bladas SilkauSkas. Twenty-two members took part in the contest, and the entire group joined in the buffet luncheon which was served later. Mrs. Nellie Wasilauskas, Mrs. Anna Laskevicius, Mrs. Petrone LaurinaitiS and Mrs. Matthew Col ney served as hostesses.
 The group voted to support the Seventh War Loan drive.