The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-13
Ihis porting World
Sense Armory Of \
 sSNAFU" Stondord
nv JOHN A. 0EUMnY

Hnfonah the medium of common nenas anA fairness in ths hshs oi existing oirWmmstancea Che military mNA.P.u. surrounding rental of Che n,aae aFmory in this city ior baaket. Hall eamea haa been eliminated Withs tn d ohrpae of days. "Bnafu"-atl Army term developed during World war n la interpreted by my military tnlqlilRenca aaent, Private Buck, ae glaAning---''sltuaalon normal, all eouled tip", which vas the case rela. tave Co the local aftiory earlier thls mNek. Briefly, the local high schools arc charged but s9b per evening Tor Che ase oi the af1TloFy court, wnicfi was lad out last season by Tom AfAaner, professional basketball pro- anoGer, tcg his Sunday evening gaiiies Cor which c e4o rental per evening MAa cliaxeed. lie also secured and set mp Che baskets which this season are also owned by him: but his so re1t- ml foF taals season, already agreed to, was suddenly lacked up to about ei7o which included eie0 for the court and e2S for bond relative Co insurance. On top of that, he was told that all Sunday basketball at hhN aExncry this season was "out, v hl,a notification coming after he had epent some money putting the place iA condition for basketball, including d different set of baskets and back boards and had previously been told that he could 60 ahead as of last sea- con under the same terms.
 The Industrial Recreation Also.
 riatlon of waterbury, backed by 2S
 local manufacturers, including the
 ecovtll. Chase and American Brass
 directors, also had c 60 per eve.
 ming rental agreement on file ct
 state guard headquarters in Hart.
 ford sifice last season and was told
 to nroceed this season along the
 same tines; except that the IRA.
 gaanes would be played ct the
 armoEy Th,irsday evenings, rather
 than sunday afternoons, aS was
 the case last year. Suddenly, the
 IRA. was notified that the rent
 would be eto6 per evening: which
 eliminated any possibility of going
 ahead with scheduled games ct
 that eigire; though dates at 60
 par evening had already been @"
 eigned and agreed to by the IRA.
 and state guard officers in this city
 several weeks ago.
 The matter was discussed thor.
 Uughly ct an IRA. executive co111-
 mittsa meeting earlier this week,
 and decision made Co have coEl1-
 mittee SO to Hartford to find out
 why the rent had been raised
 overnight from so to tle6 per eve-
 ming.
 When the matter was thoroughly explained to officers in authority at nxartford. who realized that Water bury ofeicers had already made com uiittsnents and agreements: the mat. Ger was just e quickly strengthened uast e ik had been fouled up; SO that everyone is satisfied, particularly Mir. Wagner and the IRA. 1t eeeans state W.rakd authorities encourage the pub EA8 W33 OA oUBbO N4utS8tUo - tAstatAA = possible, to encourage Army interest hnld the nationwide enlistment pro- Mrasn with manufacturers asked to bay state guard naen in their employ Dor the annual two-week niareuverl pk Mantle in the summer time. Un- Der eich conditions, the State Guard nUssld hardly justify a $l26 increase Dn rental Go an organization such as kl1e IRA. backed by industrial ifl- terests, and continue to expect the po-operataon o6 the people who rtlr 1he factories in Waterbury. In other witaes of the state, the situation is en- tirely different: the Bridgeport Rec. yeataon Association for instance, be- 1ng given FREE use of the stats nrnory there. according to report.
 AS scr the elimination of Sunday Upurts in state armories: the feelings cf os,stodians of the arlnories vert eonsidered on the basis of allowing the cllstodians one day of rest iron eazeir work in the buildings.