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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

ing movie studio. There will be two
silent movie cameras in booths at
each end of the room, above the
bleachers which will be made into
press galleries.
The room will be done in natural
mahogany tone and will be acous-
tically treated. Heavy Grapes will
hang from three walls. The rear.
wall opposite the radio booths Is be.
ing panelled with serrated mahog-
any.
A rail roughly bisects the room
lengthwise. on one side Of 1t OPP
posite the booths will be the Coun-
Gil table and speakers dias. Two
double decker sound control and
observation booths are in the corr
ners. On the other side will be
stepped-up lounge seats for $50
VPI's Very Important Personal
rubber neckers. The gallary will
seat 100 members Of the press.
There won't be enough room for
anybody else.
The contractor, Robert Glenn,
Inc. took over a barren basketball
court March 5. His men are work
ing "a hours a day.
Indirect Lighting
When finished, the Council cham
Der, which Glenn says lis ac-
tually a sound studio" will be
equipped with indirect lighting,
spotlights in the ceiling for the
movies and television. II more
microphones in the big council
table so that the delegates won't
have to move 70 be heard, a re-
juvenated ventilating system. and
a lounge and bar which is being
whipped up in an adjoining. small
Ter gymnasium room. II also VIII
have its private cops-Special Sc
curity Police in plain clothes-four
of whom already are on duty.
Downstairs secretariat sections
already are moving into offices
containing murals showing Waves
standing with correct posture and
into shower-studded dressing rooms
Ono gear may be slowed on win
dow sills.D
Out the front entrance, in a courr
st the center OF the four-buiiding
Hunter campus. Is the American
flag on a high pole. one U.N.O,
official already has suggested Il
be hauled down since this Is nov
world territory.
To the Northwest OF Hunter Is
the City's Jerome Park Reservoir
10 the Southeast Is Bronx Park,
where at the ZOO U.NO.-men may
see an Okapi. Quetzai, o. q Bonso
named "Doreen.N
The site, as we say IN the BfonN
L meet but muffin fency.
II Is IL miles North OF 42nd
street. You get on subway 81
Grand Central and ride for %
minutes to 2OOth Street. II Is q
seven-mirute walk fEal the sub
way Station to the u.NlO. sltE.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
IT'S NY
OPINION"

Question: Do you think the
city should permit the erection
Of prefabricated homes here to
ease the housing shortage,
though they may not conform
to the city's building Codes7
Where Asked On West Main
Street near the American Brass
Company.
PETER STACK,
Fireman,
S51 West Grove Street:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
II Fourth Street:

nor our city government is making
any move 10 alleviate the condition.
I've read people are living In halls
and buses in other cities, but II
there were an investigation here,
think they'd uncover some pretty
terrible conditions. II prefabricated
homes are a violation OF the city's
building codes, I'm pretty sure
they'd find thousandsof cases Of
OF overcrowding in violation of the
city's health laws, So which is
worse?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

Il think It's
a b out tim e
somebody does
something about
the h ousin 9
S h'o TT sc. It
S hould have
been done a 1ong
time ago. The
lack OF housing
is causing the
people a definite
hardship. They
have no nlace To
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
MILTON J. CUNNINGHAM,
Recently Returned Veteran,
1871 South Main Street:

II don't know
much about pre-
ia brica' I G d
homes, but the
housing short
age is causing
so much hard
ship, 1t seems to
me the city
should investi-
gate their posi-
bilitIes, If it
seems likely that
regular building
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
MRS. ANTHONY GEDRAITIs,
"Prefabricated

"Prefabricated
homes should be
given a trial.
After all, people
must live, and
. they must have
q home. People
are undergoing
very trying con-
ditions because
Of the housing
shortage, an d
neither the fed
oral p0Vprnmant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

Il think the
prefabr lea t e d
hom c m i 6 h t
solve the prob
lem. Something
has TO be done
to provid e
homes for peo-
pie. Every day I
hear of people
being put out of
their homes and
who don't know
where In 90 And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
SELLERS PICKED UP

Bridgeport. Conn, March Is
(UPl-Isac Sellers. %. formerly OF
this city, was held BY police today
after being picked mp In Los Ang-
eles, He was wanted hare IN con.
nection with the fatal stat0lng OF
his girl friend, Alice Waters. ~.
February 3
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
Public limited to
Head EdW. Riccinfi

Edward A. Ricciuti. school psy-
cliologist, will speak Sunday before
the Sunday Noon Club NJ the Sse-
ond Congregational Church al 10
A NJ. His subject win be Youth
Adjustments 70 Life'. The general
public Is invited.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
HosPITAL RULLETINs

Reported 20 be ON the danger
list. at st. Mary'S Hospital Is
Claude Gray Of 2969 East Main
street. q retired Crosby High
school teacher. Mr. Gray was add
mitted 70 che hospital Tuesday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

"It's My Opinion" . new fea-
ture Of the Waterbury Democrat.
was inauguTated TO bring 10 read
ers the opinions Of people in this
community on vital issues Of the
day and problems of human in
teFest. "Its My Opinion" will an.
pear again in the new Waterbury
Democrat 0n Monday, when the
following question viii be asked;
Scene Tunney In an address be-
fore the local Kiwanis Club declared
recently that Russia Is hIufIlng In
her assertion that she Is DESTROYS Of
world peace, and that the Russians
will express dissatisfaction with
their government In the future. are
you af the same 0plnion?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

won't get going for some time to
come. I know If didn't have \
home I'd live in one until some
thing better came along It's pretty
tough on the veterans-thousands
Of them are looking for homes.
MRS. MARY DOLAN,
Waitress.
ion G,harrv Gfreat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
CHARLES KRANEPFUHL,
Striker,
70 Harker Avenue:

II think they
should give pre-
fabricated homes
a try 10 see how
they work out. I
ink they're
safe from what
I've read about
them. AS a citi-
zen of Water
bury, I think
the city should
attempt to solve
the problem. It's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

stay. I know of an ex-serviceman
who has to get out Of his home and
has no place TO go. think we owe
1t to our returned vets to see that
they at least have a home. The pre-
fabricated home might be just the
thing. I've read they've been used
widely In the West and have even
wlS1stood tornadoes.'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

the major problem facing tie
today. Thousands of returned =.
Grams are already looking for homo.
while thousands more have yet to
return"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

Frances iadinr saaf ag8 nfs -.
,-me 50 A.me il Is mpotilre \
ll1m Chile.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
100 Cherry Street:

the condition is going to get worse
if something is not done soon. The
housing shortage is one of the most
pressing problems before the ma
tion-and / understand Waterbury
is one Of the worst places in the
country"
Evening star., 1946-12-01
A Time of Rest
And Garnering

That is the reason why 1946 Is
for them time Of rest and gar
nering.
Sometimes also, this time is q
time Of looking back: In this
sense the great poet Paul Eluard
has published selection of his
poems (Choix), at the same time
as Andre Malraux issued collec-
ton of his most beautiful pas
sages. The return OF all these
writers of great reputation Is i'm
patiently expected. With regard to
those writers making their debut,
If they will manifest themselves
with the fervor and petulance
proper for their age, endowed as
they may be land a few among
them are to remarkable degree),
any who are worthy of it may
Evening star., 1946-12-01

Union acquired in its fight dur
ing the dark years, but it does
not seem possible that its success,
which was real and considerable
during the months which fol-
lowed the liberation, can last for
long. and 1916 has already shown
in this respect q clear repression.
One should not see in this fact
the slightest political influence,
and 1t is due simply to the fact
&C., I-srn 4 nIkaYs Knl~--- saE Il
Evening star., 1946-12-01
The Spirit of France
Remains Fully Alive

At the end of a period which
counts among the most terrible
in her history. France, in the
realm of the spirit as we'll as in
other spheres. will examine her
own conscience ana proceed to a
general revision of her proper
values at the same time regard
ing the roots of the values pre-
sented to her as examples by
the great foreign countries. She
Is endeayoring therefore to forge
together the old and the new,
that is to say that she Is recon-
CLING the steady tendencies Of
her own spirit with the demands
of world in the process of being
formed This is slow and painful
work which cannot proceed with
out hard disputes and which will
demand still more of our efforts.
But our writers are working
with such a dynamic will, such
desire to resolve the problems
brought before them, that the
first conclusion Is that the spirit
of France has not lost any of its
profound resources, and I think,
for my part, that we are helping
to bring about a new develop
ment in the near future in which
the efforts Of our time will ulti-
mately find their fitting end.
The present situation in France
from the literary viewpoint re-
sembles the situation in large
laboratory at moment when the
scholars and their assistants,
leaning over their apparatus, OBJ
serve the unfolding of each scien-
tific experience and note the va
rious phases before submitting
their report. Please do not con-
clude that there are no publica-
tions being issued. There are
many publications, and French
editorial work, which was scat
tered and decentralized under the
occupation in order to escape
from Nazi control Sheltered es-
pecially at Marseilles. Lyons, and
Algiers) Is grouped again in Paris.
But although they are producing
rs many and more books as be-
fore the war, one does not see
one which is truly a revelation.
The great names of before 1899
have not brought out an impor-
Evening star., 1946-12-01

still reach an international aud
ience.
II the essay and poetry, after
their extraordinary towering in
the resistance movement, keep
up their present state, even with
out masterpiece, on q very high
average, fiction, on the contrary,
may undergo in France q period
Of disfavor. Nothing of its kind
which comes out at present seems
70 be particularly significant. 1t
Seems that after having present.
ed to the world its models
through Bakac, StendhaI and
Flaubert, and later through Mar
Gel Proust and Roger Martin du
Gard, the French novel, at the
peak Of its influence, may be on
its way to trying the inspiration
Of foreign techniques. But the
assimilation IS delicate and the
formula for it has not yet been
found.
Popularity of American
Novels Is Great
The popularity Of the Ameri-
can novel. which before the war
was limited to q few thousand
advanced intellectuals, has sud-
denly become extraordinarily
great. It happens naturally, as
may always occur in similar cir
cumstances, that mediocre works
are profiting from the attention
given to greater ones. In this
way the very common novel
of Kathleen Winsor, Forever
Amber" has had this year one
of the greatest successes of the
French book list. Steinbeck,
Hemingway, Caldwell, published
in new translations, gather the
attention of the truly literary.
The work of the Frenchman,
Maurice Coindreau. professor at
a large university across the
Atlantic, entitled "Apercus sur lie
roman American" (glances at
Evening star., 1946-12-01
The Literary. Scene in France

Francis An,briere, current ,oin-
ner Of the Goncourt Prize, Is a
Oeterdn OF World War II. He
serred from August, 1889, until
July, 1910, t0hen he Dns ccptured
By the Germans. He escaped from,
prison camps t,0ice. only to be
recapfured, and toas finally held
tn solitary confinement for a
period OF lIS days, after Which
ne ZOOS sent to a rewisaI camp
at Kobjercyn. Poland. His price
iosnning book, LES Grandes Va
canoes" is based on his Dar er-
pcriences. 1t has been translated
widely, though not yet into Eng
Hsh. Mr.. Ambrfere Is distin.
0utshed as critic and an essay.
ist and Is nao,D ioorking on a novel.
Mr.. Ambriere's report ON the
state OF French literature In 1916
IS wriften erelusipely for The Star.
Evening star., 1946-12-01

tant addition to their works; Nei-
ther Roger Martin du Gard who
keeps silent, nor Andre Glide, who
u content to offer US 4 few recent
pages Of his Journal and . per-
feet narrative but Of minor i'm
portance entitled Thesee, nor
Francois Mauriac. nor George
Duhamel, who both devote them
selves regularly and with spirit to
Journalism, which diyerts them
from their greater work.
The younger writer's who had
gained reputation before the war,
such as Malraux and Sartre, like
wise keep US expecting. This can
be understood in the light Of the
great effort which this generation
has made in the underground
movement In combating the oc-
cupying force,
The little leisure which the Re-
sistance movement left the writ
ers who took part In 1t was de-
voted to works which came out
either In the last weeks of 1914 or
In the course OF 1945.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
BO0kn,an's
l746 COLUMBIA RID. NV.
TEL. ADAMS OO3l

BOOKS OF ALL UBLISHERS, ALL
THE BEST IN FICTION AND NON-
FICTION PERMANENTLY IN
STOCK.
WE HAVE THE FINEST SELECTION
OF GIFT BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS.
RARE AND FINE COLLECTORS
ITEMS AND FINELY BOUND SETS.
RICHARDSON, ROME AND La
VELLE STATIONERY.
FOREIGN RECORDS.
VOLLAND AND TREASURE MAS
TIERS GREETING CARDS IN VERY
LARGE ASSORTMENT.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Literature of Russia
Is Being Well Received

Another foreign literature which
has been well received in France
Is the literature Of Russia. This
Is quite understandable because
OF the prestige which the Soviet
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Translated by
DR.. Otto Neuburker
Acquisition ConsulranI OF
European Labor Problems,
Library OF Congress


Library OF Congress
PARIS, FRANCE.
are years within
the history OF every lit
erature which stand out
in particular splendor:
These are those years which
have given birth to the MASTER
pieces which distinguish that
literature. In this regard, for q
French literate, 1857 is the year
Of Madame Bovary and Of the
Fieurs du Nal; 1885, that Of the
Nominations; 1913, that of the
first volume Of the admirable
cycle of novels by Marcel Proust;
1917, that Of La Jeune Parque,
the beginning of the glory Of
Paul Valery; 1925. that OF the
astonishing Faux Monnayeurs by
Andre Glide.
am inclined to believe that
the date, 1916, will not be counted
among those happy years and
that its remembrance will not
be preserved for future genera
tions. II 1t seems imprudent to
attempt to predict the Judgment
OF posterity, / do not know any
masterpiece that could be re-
tanned as credit to the IL
months now passing.
This is not to say, however,
that they have been void and
unimportant.
On the contrary, in France we
are assisting in an extraordinary
amalgamation of ideas, theories
and intellectual pursuits. The re-
sultant confusion may have the
consequence of discouraging the
impatient. observer and may not
produce fruit in the immediate
future, but the distant conse-
quences will surely be fecund.
Evening star., 1946-12-01

American flction) has presented
authoritative opinions about this
subject which previously was
little known.
Evening star., 1946-12-01

(See FRANCE, Page $50
The union times., 1946-07-27
State Board To Hear Suit Of Baseball Union
Rushes In Where National Board Had Feared
 To Tread

Pittsburgh (LPA) = The Nat'l Labor Relations Board, which ran away in fright at the prospect of having to deal with grievances of uniOnized baseball players last month, has been handed lesson by the Pennsylvania State Labor Relations Board.
 The NLRB ruled timidly that it had no jurisdiction over a dispute be- tween the American Baseball Guild and the Pittsburgh Pirates. A state examiner for the SLRB last week overrode management objections and held that baseball IS commerce" un- der Pennsy1vania's Little Wagner Act" C. H. Checco, the examiner, said after the hearing, "This means the board has accepted jurisdiction. We're going to hear the case on its merits"
 Guild organizer Robert Murphy frequently with manage ment representatives over whether the Guild was bona fide labor or ganizatiOn. He submitted the mem- bership cards of "A of the Pirates team which under the National League limit can have no more than 30 players.
 Club owners are unanimous in op- position to the Guild which has de- a minimum wage scale of $6,000 and a cut for the player when ever he is sold or transferred in a cash deal to another club Murphy said that he would shortly announce the names of other teams on which the ABG has a majority. Big stumbling block now, following the refusal of the NLRB to hold collective bargain ing elections, is that many states in which big league teams are located do not have anything similar to Penn sy1vania's Little Wagner Act"
The union times., 1946-07-27
Council Pledges Full Assistance ToCity Workers
McGovern Appoints Com mittee To Confer With
 Board Of Finance

The New Haven Central Labor Council, firmly convinced that the city's policemen, fremen, and school custOdians are now receiving sub-standard wages, will do all within its power to help these mu- nicipaI workers obtain a basic wage of $S,OOO yearly.
 President Vincent J. McGovern to- day announced that acting on instruc- tions unanimously voted at the last meeting of the Council, he had ap- pointed committee of five Council delegates to confer with the Board of Finance to urge that this salary scale be included in the budget on which the Board is now working.
 The committee consists of Har- old V. Feinmark, State, County, and Municipal Employees; Samuel F. Curry, Trolley & Bus Opera tors; Nathan Sherman, The Union Times; Joseph J. Egan, Typo graphical Union; and McGovern, who will act as chairman. An ap- pointment with the Board of Fin ance is now being sought.
 In addition to participating in the United Labor Committee, the New Haven Central Labor Council will set up a nOn-partisan political committee to prepare the records of the various candidates, McCOv- ern said. A committee of seven will be announced by McCovern in the near future.
 The Council has also voted to write to Mayor Celentano recommending that organized labor be represented on the Charter Revision Committee which the Mayor will appoint as soon as aldermanic action is obtained. The delegates of the SO unions affiliated with the Council unanimously voted to recommend that McGovern be in- cluded among those appointed by Mayor Celentano.
 The final action of the last meet ing of the Council was to vote to hold its next two meetings on August Is and September 19, thus eliminating for these two months the regular meetings held on the first Thursday of each month.
The union times., 1946-07-27
Union Senator Wins Fight On No-Strike Oath
Taylor Wins Rewording Of Pledge Barring Strike
 Against Government

WASHINGTON (LPA).- Sen. Glen H. Taylor O., Idaho) last week won his one-man battle against sign ing no-strike pledge.
 Taylor threatened to go to court to collect his senatorial salary which was jeopardized when he re- fused to sign an affidavit stating that he was not a member of any organization which asserts the right to strike against the govern ment. As a member of the AFL Sheet Metal Workers Int'I Associa- ton, the Senator told his col leagues that he was not prepared to swear that his union prohibited strikes against the government.
 When the Senate financial clerk re- worded the affidavit to Taylor's satis- faction, the Senator signed. Several union leaders were ready to give Tay- Tor full support if he was forced to go to court. They pointed out that the newly-required pledge could cause the firing of many unionists if they refused to give up their union cards. Many construction projects, they pointed, are wholly or partly financed by the gov ernment,
The union times., 1946-07-27
Nev OPA Bill

Here are major provisions of a compromise bill to revive OPA until June 30, 1o47:
 l.Restores controls August 20 over meats, dairy products, grains, cotton-seed and soybeans and food and feed products made from them unless a three-member decontrOl board decides before then they should remain free of ceilings.
 2. Leaves poultry, eggs, food and feed products made from them, tobacco and its products free of ceilings un- less the Secretary of Agriculture and the decontrol board act afirmatively to restore controls.
 3. Leaves petroleum free of ceiI- ings unless the decOntrOl board and the OPA administrator act affirma- lively to restore them.
 4. Revives without change the Fed eral rent controls which expired June 30 with President Truman's veto of the original OPA Extension Bill.
 5. Provides for reasonable pro- fit" to manufacturers in a pricing formula based on the industry-wide average in l94O, plus industry-wide average cost increases then.
 6. Fixes March 31, 1o46-instead of June 2o as the Senate had voted-as the basis for percentage discounts and markups to be allowed wholesalers and retail distributors in setting their maximum prices.
 z. Transfers price controls over farm commodities to the Secretary of Agriculture.
 8. Grants an additional $1 0,OOO,- 900 for subsidies but bans any food subsidies after April 1.
 9. Guarantees automobile and appliance dealers full prewar mar gins and discounts until sales re- turn to the 1939-4I average.
 10. Kills OPA's maximum average price regulation, intended to assure a supply of low-priced clothing.
The union times., 1946-07-27
Will Cause Strikes
 Green Predicts
Tells Bookbinders Labor Line Cannot Hold Against
 Soaring Prices

Boston (LPA)-A warning that soaring prices will cause discomfort and strikes was sounded by Will liam Green, AFL president, speak ing last week to the International Brotherhood of BoOkbinders 24th convention here.
 He made a bitter attack on the Senate version of the Price Control Bill, and expressed the hope that the Senate-House conference committee might modify the bill "so that it will measure up more closely to the public need"
 Dollar Buys Less
 Flow can the working man live and be contented when he knows his dollar is buying less today than it bought yesterday and that it will buy less tomorrow than it is buying to- day?" Green asked. "It will promote strikes and widespread discomfort, be- cause labor cannot remain passive while prices go up and wages are practically stabilized. In fact, practi- cal1y all the wage increases we have received during the past few months have been completely wiped out as the result of these rising prices"
 In Washington, Green said in a nationwide broadcast over the ABC network that elf uncontrolled in- hatiOn comes, there will be no way of holding back strikes for higher wages. But this is no time for nasty action. In the present crisis labor must exercise sound judg- ment and strong self-discipline. In- fatiOn thrives on shortages, but it collapses with full production.
 T will call upon all American workers, therefore, to safeguard their own interests and the public welfare by increasing production now. That is the only way to end scarcities and prevent imitation, regardless of the mistakes of Congress. I am confident that the workers of our country will respond whole-heartedly to this ap- peal and carry out their responsibi1i- ties"