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Evening star., 1946-10-31
Betty Prefers Song and Dance
By SheiIoh Grahom

ing a secondary lead gives me time
to catch my breath, SO to speak.
George tells me that his wife, Mar
ouerite Churchill, is also resuming
her movie career. Neither has to
work. George was careful with his
money when he had it, and he had
it in the days of low income taxes.
+ II
Ann Sothern plays lady police
man in ''Undercover Maisie.' Annie
looks like anything but a police
woman when I visit her on the
street set of the picture. She is
wearing a big black hat smothered
with blue pompons, and her black
dress is Uttered with the same
tawdry decorations. Il get to be a
policewoman later" says Annie
Some one robs me and I join the
force to catch the thief" They do
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ADJUSTMENTS
Evening star., 1946-10-31
Lady Luck Full of Rogues
And Their Roguish Humor
By Joy Corynody

It is always pleasant surprise the play which
nodesy aspes little OF entertainment Kehs
come up Lady Luck romantic comedy starring
Robert Young element in 1t that
have of times before but all polished up
brightly a minds In the slightest
addition the principal players whose number
Evening star., 1946-10-31

proportionate to the luck he Is
having, and leads him to instant
poverty. In both winning and losing
phases, Hart makes the character
the funniest one In the picture.
Morgan is another whose laughs
are guaranteed, and Young and Miss
Hale also conduct their romance on
a nice level of levity, touched here
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04

osi from incumbent senator Wal. lace. While this victory was BAld Co. be in fetFibution against the admlFilalFntlonb graduation increase lt is a factor that viii probably tend to solodly knit together the District for the Democrats. The remaining candldAtes aFes 18th Dis- tfice Senator EgRn: Representatives John MembFino and Daniel ]. Ma- haney and Probate Judge Healev,
 There is also on the ballot teh BOciaiist-f,ab0r party which hes no local candidates and the Conc mwnist Party, also without local candidates, although their one lone candidate in the State, tflchael Russo, b from this city.
 The possible factors governing toe morrow's vote locally can be set forth as fOilOwB.--
 1. General apathy on the part of R ,. Dissatisfactlon over the rec valuation measure.
 .. An overwhelming Republican
 {. A reaffirnation of the Demo- cratic Party Dy the majority.
 6. 4 Socialist movement.
 (. 4 pouring rain from 2 A. M to 6 P. N.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04

of A presidential scar tand one with nae late President Roosevelt leading the way) and afi off.yeaF election then the records show that lf iD44 the political "expefts" were saying the day the day btfoFe elees ton that the Btate was very doubt. fui and the Democrats seemed on the way otit. The State of Connecs tacut that year gave President Roosevelt the highest number of votes ever given candidate ifi its history.
 Puzzilns Year
 This year 1t ls difficult to deters mine Waterbury's results. There has been expressed Rehabilitation among some taxpayers because of increased assessments. Some of it has taken the form of concerted action in the form of the Taxpayers Good Government Party which efs fected afi expedient attachment to the Socialist Party to form fv- slon-ticket, mostly fin name only. The Socialists have endorsed John C1uney, Jr, for Congress as have the Taxpayers while both have enc dorsed Miles McNiff, Jr., for Probate Judge as have the Republicans. The Taxpayers groups other formal candidates consist of Franklin b. Barringer for Senator from the 18th District and John W. Ring from the 18th District, while putting forth Nicholas Movie and John L. Burke for State Representatives. These are also endorsed by the so- cialists. Raymond 0. Smith of Wa terbury has also been endorsed by the Socialists for candidate for Representative.at-Large while Atty Frederic Smedley of this city is their candidate for U. 6. Senator.
 The Republican Party has the top lever on the machine and locally their candidates are attempting to make hay while the political sun- shine of a controversial issue such as the revaluation remains. Former Senator summa and Edward Sweeney comprise the 18th and 18th senatorial candidates, respectively, and Ruth A. Jones and William Powell the candidates for sN@ Representatives.
 The Democrats, by virture of be- ing "ins" are on the firing line As Republican leaders will quietly tell you the only satisfaction of be- ing an "out" is that you can't ef- feet legislation that might prove unpopular.
 Many Factors
 The Democratic slate locally k comprised of incumbents with the exception of Martin Sullivan can. didate for senator from the 16tf District who won a primary play.
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 hope fon popular show of ballots for Governor Baldwin, resulting in a coat-taii ride for the entire State ticket. They claim to De well eTl. trenched in the Republican strong hold of LItchfield County and pre- dict a heavy Republican vote at the polls in the cities and towns of New Haven County included within the 6th District. They say also that a Socialist candidate in the race may well take away from the Dem. ocrats so that any, split will be beneficial to Patterson.
 The Socialist supporters of John Cluney and those of the Taxpayers Good Government Party are hop ing to be able to ride the customary crest of Democratic and Republican popularity oh the basis that the So. cialist program is one devoid of nartisanship politics. Their chances of taking a district comprised of the solid Republicanism of Litchfield County and small towns in the New Haven County area are seen as slim pickings.
 104A Hall
 Theirs has been a doubtful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04
Jennie TouFeI's Concert TuesdoY

Jennie Tourel, star of the Paris Opera -Comique until June l940, since her arrival in this country in January, i04l, iIas had a sensation- al career. Since that time she has sung with the major symphonies and made a name for herself on the concert stage and in opera.
 Of Russian percentage she was brought up in France and Switzer- land and considers herself Russian by background, French by education and American by adoption. Her de- but was El Carmen which she has sung over 200 times. Her first New York appearance was in ly43, when she was pronounced the greatest recitalist in a decade"
 The famous mezzo-soprano will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04
Waterbury
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m Waterbury the Democrats care rled the city, and GOV. Baldwin managed Co capture tho- only Ne- publican State post. Waterbury gave q meager Democratic majority of vO3 votes Go 0ov. Hurley who vent down Go defeat. Sen. Brlen Nice Mahon tD) was the vote getter in Waterbury, polling . plurality of B. S00 as he gathered 22,TDe votes against his Republican opponent, ex-Henator John Danahers
 M.-oov. Wilhert Snow, now the Democratic Partys gubernatorial candidate, scored Q majority win here of S,ii0 Ag his votes totaled 22,0e0 against his opponent William l.. fzadden's io,b7D. William q. Car- roll, State Treasurer seeking re- election, boiled the same plurality as Snow. Charles prestiA, lnCuni- bent State Secretary seeking rec election, gathered a majority of B. il0 against his opponent, Mrs. Fran- ces Reddicks CR) total vote of 1o,- B7D. Rep. Joseph E. Talbot lost Waterbury by i,O6o to his opponent Peter B. Higgins but won the eFi- tire Fifth District. Roosevelt re. ceived the startling low Democratic majority of 2,2os.
 Local Scene
 On the local scene, Judge Healey again proved the floney.winrler oi the Democratic Party as he de- feated his opponent, Atty. Harry Heardalav hv d ff1arRin of a.000. Iii the entire Pribate District, Judge Healey received 23,061 votes, com. prised of 22,000 in Waterbury, 2D4 h Middlebury and 3ei In Wolcott. HI opponent received 20,700, consist. ing of l9,02D locally, 906 in Middle. bury and 5T6 in Wolcott.
 Sen. Patrick Wallace (D) won tht ieth District with . comfortable margin of S,2O2 over his opponent George Casey, as the incumbent sen. ator polled e,7li to Casey's S,Dlt votes. Sen. Edward Egan (D) hat a close squeeze in the 18th, defeat. ing former Sen. Francis SumRns (R) by a margin of 323 as ht boiled i3,5oi to Summa's 13,o20 (Both these men oppose each cthel again this year.) Daniel J. Mahaney Waterbury's ambassador to the Gen eral Assembly, now seeking his 0tF term, won handily by e margin Q 3,452 to Russell Sumpf's total vott of l9A22. John Membrino, runnint mate of Mahaney, won by 5,3l2 ovel Misunas. If any comparison can be mad'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04
Chamber Commerce
 Juniors Meet Tonight

The Waterbury Junior Chamber Of Commerce will be addressed by Ray Francisco Of Bridgeport, the state president, at an organization meeting tonight at 2 at wilby High School.
 Other guest speakers will be Charles E. Downe, New Haven chap ter president and Al Lytle of Hart ford, chairman of the extension program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04

strength shls year. Ts was doubtful ln iela, the last oif-yVaF, but their State leader Jasper McLevy picked up over s,Ooo votes in Waterbury alone. ft cannot be determined at this time from whom they will draw their votes other than registered Socialists, one prominent State eo- clailst leader, now Q candidate Tor high cfiice, said receEt1y that IV re- cent years they drew from dissastis- fled and iukewarm Republicans, bee cause the DemocratG of that ra. ture adhered to RoosevSsss, whether these Democrats will swap to eo- cIaiisni this year is aflyoneS guess.
 The TalbotsIilggins campaign Of two years ago Is not too indicative of this years posslbilitIes. Yet the vote by towns and cities is interest. lng as a yardstick of short propors tlons, The following is the tabula. ton. Llschfleid County: BaFkhafn- stead, R-2eo, D-74; Bethlehem, R. 200, D.ei; Bridgewater, R-2i4, D. TS; Canaan; fa-260, D.ii7; Cole trook, R-207, D-se; Cornwall R.s22, Ds0o; Goshen, R-23b,. D-e7; Har- wintor, R-42l, D-io4; Kent, Rs400; D-i74; Lltchfield, R.i454, D-70e; Morris, R-21e, D.io4; New Hart ford, R-5S7, D.4Oe; New Milford R.1e1O, D.iO3S; Norfolk, R-57s, D. S2e; North Canaan, R-7eo, D-4S6; Plymouth, R-114e, D-1967; Rax- bury, R-2e7, D-13S; Salisbury, R. 1928, D-4e4; Sharon, R-627, D-2ll; Thomastoff, R-iie0, D-877; Tor rington, R-5770, D-eo3S; Warren, R. lel, D-37; Washington, R-eoi, D. 2e3; Watertown, R-255s, D-n0o; Winchester, F-24Sl, D-2032; Wood bury, R-860, D-100.
 Towns and cities of New Haven County in the District: Ansonia, R. 3006, D-4s02; Beacon Fails, R-3s5 D-473; Derby R-2111, D-2o06; Mid-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04

dlebury, R-iOal, D-sol; NauRatuck, R.ssos, D.alia, oxford, R-toa, D. ibb, Prospect, R-sa7, D-2ies Sey- molf, R-i7b2, D.i622; Soutnbury, R-bes, D-sit; Waterbury, R.2o.sa7, D-2l, ,os0, Wolcott, R-s8e, D-ss7. Grand Total. Republicans, se,Si6; Democrat, b4.oi5.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04
THE WATERBURY DEMOCRAT WATERBURY, CONN, MONDAY NOVEMBER I06

be heard tomorrow night at the Waterbury womenN Club in the second concert of the Fine Arts Series sponsored by the MattatOck Musical Art Society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04

pany aa soi AEWlaln Bead. De,t.s
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 was located ln Q eroek near eouA- pany property.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-04
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poIice recovered Saturday . heavy duty tire stolen Sept. te trom a truck At the Trailernob,le Com
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Evening star., 1946-07-21
Improved 81 Insurance

Passage by the Senate of a bill
liberalizing Government insurance
for present and former servicemen
assures the final enactment at this
session of Congress of a measure
urgently sought by Veterans Ad-
ministration officials as a means of
staying the disturbing tendency of
veterans to let their policies lapse.
There was wave of lapsing policies
soon after VI day that centered
attention on the desirability of
loosening up on the restrictions and
expanding the benefits of National
Service Life Insurance. The present
legislation, already passed by the
House in substantially the same
form as that approved by the Sen
ate, was the result of studies made
by veterans organizations and
Federal authorities.
The liberalized insurance policy
has been shorn of the defects most
criticized by veterans. 1t will pro-
vide for lump-sum payment of the
insurance, at the discretion of the
policyholder, whereas the original
plan called for monthly installments,
only, to the beneficiary. Total dis
ability will be covered. upon pay
ment of an extra premium. The
choice of beneficiaries is consider
Evening star., 1946-07-21
'EquoI Rights

The tenor of the debate which
preceded Senate rejection of the So
called equal rights amendment"
to the Constitution makes it plain
that even those who voted against
the amendment are ardent admirers
and champions of women. They
are just as desirous of according to
women the rights to which they are
>entitled as the most persistent advo-
cate of the perennial equal rights"
proposal. They stressed that in
opposing the amendment they were
seeking to protect women from loss
of rights already attained in many
Of the States. Thus the real issue
was equal rights" for women by
Federal fiat versus special privileges
by State statute.
Senator Taylor of Idaho stated
the issue terSely when he told the
Senate that it is impossible to
grant women special privileges and
at the same time to require by law
that they shall have equal rights"
Proponents Of the amendment
argued that only by constitutional
edict could women be assured OF
protection against such discrimina-
tory State laws as those which pro-
hibit wife from engaging in indie
pendent business and keeping her
earnings in her own bank account,
or limiting her ownership of prop
erty acquired by her after marriage,
or restricting her making of con-
tracts, or denying her the right to
serve on juries or giving her husband
more advantage in a divorce pro-
ceeding than she might have.
Most of the advocates conceded
when pressed, however. that in gain
ing these rights by special constitu-
tional proviso, women stood to lose
many of the special privileges &C
corded them in such fields as mini
mum wages. restricted working
hours, distinctive working conditions
and the like. Deans of twenty-one
law schools concurred in a warning
that State laws discriminating in
favor of women would be overridden
by so broad an amendment as one
which decreed that equality of
rights under the law shall not be
denied or abridged by the United
States or by any State on account
of sex" "
Supporters of the amendment
probably will not be deferred from
carrying on fight that has been
going on for more than two decades.
AS matter of fact, they have rea-
son to be encouraged by the fact
that although they did not secure
the needed two-thirds majority,
they did succeed in obtaining a So
toss vote in favor of the amend
ment. That the campaign will be
resumed when Congress meets again
goes without saying.
Evening star., 1946-07-21

and in this connection makes eligi-
BILE for unemployment compensation
an employe laid off by illness or
maternity. 1t also pays disability
benefits regardless of the cause OF
disability.
While railroad labor has right
to make such demands, Congress
has a duty in passing on them. 1t
has so far shown greater DISPOSE
tion to grant them for political
expediency than to rely on the rec
concentrations of its own members
who studied the measure in relation
to it's potential effect on the public
welfare. When the bill comes up in
the Senate, 1T should be amended
with that consideration in view.
Evening star., 1946-07-21
Railroad Retirement Bill

Railroad retirement laws should
be liberalized. But as the public
must pay the bill, Congress should
be the conscientious referee between
claims and counterclaims as to the
extent of liberalization considered
practical. The legislative history of
the bill now pending in the Senate,
already passed by the House, to
liberalize railroad retirement and
unemployment insurance laws, in
dicates that Congress is more ready
to comply with the wishes of the
railroad unions than to seek reason
able modification in the public
interest.
AS described by Senator Barley,
the bill represents the fruits of the
work of the Railway Labor Execu-
tives' Association, which spent some
six years studying the retirement
and unemployment compensation
laws. 1t was before the House Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce for nearly three months,
and was reported by the committee
with numerous amendments de-
signed to overcome objections as to
cost, coverage and administration.
The amendments were accepted by
the House, sitting as the Committee
of the Whole. But on a record vote
all the amendments were killed and
the bill was passed as introduced;
In other words, as written by the
railroad unions. The identical bill
is now before the Senate.
It is estimated by the railroads
that the bill will mean an additional
cost to them of about $100,00O,00O
and Chairman Lea of the House
Committee said that if its provisions
were applied, on the same scale, to
Government social security laws,
the cost, would be twenty billion dol
lars year. Yet the cost, according
to the actuaries employed by the
House committee, is not enough to
pay the benefits; the measure, in
other words, is considered actuari-
ally unsound.
Railroad labor has sought to pre-
vent what it contends is the practice
by railroads of giving out, by con-
tract, parts of railroad work as a
means of escaping responsibility for
coverage. under railroad social
security laws, Of those engaged in
such contract work. The railroads
claim, however, that the bills provi-
sions are now so broad that all the
workers in an ice plant, for example,
which sells some of it's ice to rail-
road, would be covered Senator
Barkley denies this to be the intent
of the bill. Yet. If this is not the
intent, the language Of the bill itself
should deny that intent and remove
all ambiguity over what 1t does
mean.
The bill introduces new theories
as to the meaning Of unemployment
Evening star., 1946-07-21
Aviation and Noise

There is good reason why the avia-
ton industry should be actively in
terested in the Civil Aeronautics
Administrations efforts to do some
thing about developing planes that
hum instead Of thunder. The air
age is upon us, but it will prove to
be anything but an unmixed bless
ing if it keeps on adding more deci-
bells to the too many decibels al
ready affecting our machine driven
civilization.
Commercial and private flying
filling the skies with helicopters
and conventional and jet-propelled
planes-is expected to expand spec
tacularly in the years to come. Yet,
as Civil Aeronautics Administrator
T. P. Wright points out, the noise
factor is so important that it may
seriously retard progressive devel-
opment unless intelligent action is
taken now to cope with the problem.
To Illustrate this, he calls attention
to the fact that it is becoming more
and more difficult to find locations
for the hundreds of airports Con-
gress has voted to build.
The reason for this difficulty is not
hard to find. Time and again, ac-
cording to Mr.. Wright, there is a
storm of protest from nearby resi-
dents whenever an attempt is made
to acquire an airport site. A quiet
neighborhood does not welcome the
prospect of noise. Planes roaring
back and forth overhead are not
likely to enhance property values;
they disturb the baby's sleep; they
drown out conversation; they make
dishes rattle in the cupboard. These
and similar objections-all vigorous
and Observation-Disclosures be ig-
nored. In the opinion of the CAA,
they must be met, and the thing
that causes them must be elimi-
mated, or there will be a showdown
in aviation progress.
A completely silent plane may be
an impossible ideal, but experts like
Mr.. Wright believe that the present
thunder can be reduced to whisper
or at least to a point where we can
look forward to an all-out develop
ment of the air age without having
to worry about noise upsetting our
senses. That this view is not over
optimistic is indicated by the fact
that the Nations foremost aviation
organizations are cooperating with
the CAA in an attempt to solve the
problem. The project merits the
fullest possible support.
Evening star., 1946-07-21
A Privote Fight in Public

For some months it has been
known around Washington. and
especially to Representative Roger
c. Slaughter of Missouri, that the
administration forces were out to
ak him in the primaries But until
the President proclaimed it against
the sounding board of his press con-
ference on Thursday it was not
realized that the President in person
was to carry the ak. In making his
decision, the President obviously has
chosen valor as the better part of
discretion.
Not everybody would have done
that. Possibly before but certainly
after Mr.. Slaughter cast the decid-
ing vote in the House Rules Commit
tee against FEPC legislation pub
licly explaining at the time that un-
der this law no man could be de-
prived of job because of his creed,
and that as communism was a
creed he was against the legisla-
tion) he has incurred the displeas-
ure of his party leaders. Many of
his subsequent votes have added salt
to the wounds and Mr.. Hannegan
has been talking about the necessity
of getting rid of him.
But Mr.. Slaughter is no mean foe,
easily wiped out. He is we'll liked
and able and he has had behind him
a machine in the fifth Missouri dis
trict which has the reputation of
being just as powerful in its own
home precincts as the larger Pen
dergast machine Is elsewhere in
Missouri. The President is openly
relying on the Pendergast organiza-
tion to help him now. But In invit-
ing the whole country to become a
spectator to the duel between him
self and Mr.. Slaughter, the point of
honor at stake being which one of
them is right and which one of them
is wrong, President Truman must be
very sure of himself or very short
sighted as to the Interpretation to
be given to the still-possible victory
by Mr.. Slaughter, who accepts the
Presidents challenge as "a fight to
determine the future course of the
Democratic party"
The record of presidential inter-
cessions in primary fights is not one
that invites their repetition. In
Missouri, of course, the President
may be so much one of the folks
that the issue of outside interfer-
ence cannot be raised, as it was In
Mr.. Roosevelt's abortive purging ex-
periments. But these are parlous
times for a President to walk out
on a limb, even among neighbors,
and invite a public test of strength
to determine the Righteousness of
his own course as opposed to the
tniquity of an opponent. It is be-
coming increasingly hard to tell,
these days, which way a voter is
going to jump or why.