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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-14
Press Comment
.DoUBLE-MACHINE POLITICS
(Hartford Times)

Division of nominations by the Republican and Democratic conven- tions in Bridgeport, the Republicans indorsing two of the opposition party's candidates for State Sena- tor, and the Democrats indorsing a Republican candidate for that branch of the Legislature, does not arouse any confidence that either party is interested in maintaining the traditional two-party system of government. Instead, it is cold blooded dual machine deal, dis creditable to both parties. It was made in the interest of patronage. not of good government. It justifies all that Mayor Jasper McLevy has said about the old party manage ments in Bridgeport and it suggests the good judgment of the voters of Bridgeport in not letting control Of the city return to the old parties.
 Former Governor Baldwin de- serves credit for his outspoken op- position to this kind of politics ''This is double politics to which I am absolutely opposed and the kind of dealing we have fought to keep out of the Republican par ty," he said in a formal statement.
 The Republican leaders action Is virtual defiance of MT. Baldwin
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The office of the Secretary of State of Connecticut has questioned clarifica- ton of ruling by the U s. Attorney General on the law that members of our military forces outside of the state are eligible to register for and vote by absen- tee ballot This has been construed 1n connecticut as meaning that service man could be made voter witt ut ap- bearing personally before an. election board as the state law now requires. Ac- cording to our statutes only duly reglst- cred voters can exercise the franchise, so that if a soldier wasn't properly reg1st- cred or hadn't been made a voter ever he wouldn't be allowed to cast an apsen- tee ballot We don't believe the tederal law should outlaw our election laws.
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with our self-interest. Therefore Russia is cooperating with us militarily, and we are cooperating with Russia.
 The Russians are realiStS They hate democracy They see no reason for accepting democracy merely because Conn- munism and democracy temporarily are allies againS Germany. They are not permitting Americans, or pro-Amertcan democrats financed and directed from Washington, to agitate in Russia - to try to induce the Russian populace to put pressure on Josef Stalin to change his military policies. Anybody who tried to do those things in Russia would disappear and never be seen again.
 We should be as realistic as the Reds, if not as harsh. We shall not liquidate the Communist who represents Stalin's de- sires as against American welfare, of course, but we can ignore his vocifera- tions and be continually on guard lest he mislead us. This, obviously, has nothing to do with military cooperation with Stalin and the Soviet as long as they fight the Axis.
 No, we haven't said anything against FaScism here Why should we? Every American hates FasciSn, Nazism, Nip ponisn, and is fighting them to the limit.
 It is Communism, making political hay while Russia is our ally, that we have to watch as .intelligently and realistically as Communism guards against any in- filtration of Democracy into Russia.
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This was a big backstage tri- umph for certain far-sighted Con- gressmen, led by Senator Brew ster of Maine.
 For four years, Brewster has vigorously fought the battleship and demanded that the Navy build more airplanes - only to be over ruled, until now, by the admirals.
 When the 1888 naval authoriza- tion bill came up it contained the huge total of $100,000, 900 for three new battleshipS plus provision that the Navy could have no more than 5000 planes.
 Senator Brewster, then in the House of Representatives, vigor- ously opposed. He contended that the Navy should have more than 5000 planes, certainly should not be limited. He also argued that battleships were out of date.
 But Admiral Leahy, then chief of Naval Operations, disagreed. He inusisted that the battleship was not obsolete. He insisted so vigorously that the Naval Af- fairs Committee sided with him and voted the authorization.
 "I1I bet you that not one of
 those battleships never will be built" Senator Brewster told Leahy, and wrote a separate minority report regarding both
 battleships and airplanes.
 When the bill got to the floor of Congress, Brewster also staged a battle for more naval airplanes though the admirals insisted on limiting the number to 5000. Brewster fought so stubbornly that finally Representative Vim son of Georgia, charge of the
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to the task. Troth got in touch with the District of Columbia Sal- wage committee, headed by Hor- ace walker. He found Walker had already obtained release for the gates, as part of the D. C.. salvage drive.
 Scrap dealer Joseph Smith sent his men to "FriendShip" to dis mantle the famous portals. But when the crew arrived, the hous- ing project manager said the gates had been assigned to the U. s. Treasury's Procurement Division for scrap purposes.
 Two days passed. Eberstadt called ROsenwald again. What about those gateS?" insisted gO- getter Eberstadt. ROsenwald prOdded TrOth again. TrOth found that the Treasury had consigned the gates to the Navy Department for scrap.
 The Navy, however, moves slow ly. Troth has now asked Pro- curement Director Clifton Mack to switch the gates back from Navy to District salvage.
 But this takes time. So the gates stand in their august place, majestically guarding private golf course which is now a mass of ruts, and marble figures of Na- poleon gazing in horror at the scene reminiscent of a gold rush camp.
 Some day, when the red tape is finally cut, the gates will go to the scrap heap.
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 0. Please name the chief com :, manding officer in the Navy.
 A. Admiral Ernest J. King, is commander in Chief and Chief of Naval Operations; Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet; Admiral Royal E. In- gersoll, Commander in Chief, At lantic Fleet; Admiral Harold R, Stark, Commander, Naval Forces in Europe; Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary, Commander, U. s. Naval Forces, Southwest Pacific; Vice Ad- miral Robert l.. Ghormley, Com mander, U. s. Naval Forces, South Pacific; Rear Admiral John F. S.1a- froth, Jr., Commander, U. s. Naval Forces, Southeast Pacific.
 0. Does the Government provide burial for deceased veterans?
 A. Yes; the amount not to ex- ceed $1O0. Claim for reimbursement for burial must be made within 3 years of the burial of the veteran.
 o. What per centage of the steel output of the United States is going into direct war use?
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You can save rubber and help win the war if you will do these things-Drlve only when absolutely necessary. Keep under 35 miles an hour. Keep your tires properly inflated Keep them inspected regularly. Share your car with others The above was written by Director VII liam M. Jeffers. We join with MT. Jefters in urging that you memorize these five things and DO them.
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We Need Scrap

In single week, shortage of scrap pre- vented the making of enough steel for three cruisers, or sixty destroyers, or more than 21 ,OOO medium tanks. Suppose you don't believe all available scrap is being utilized to the best advantage.
 Are you going to hold back and sulk? Or are you going to dig in and help pro- vide so much scrap that there can't pos sibly be any future shortage? Our scrap pers need scrap!
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Naval Authorization bill, suggest ed to Brewster:
 Lets compromise this thing. Instead of making the bill read not more than 5000 aircraft let's make it read not less than 5000 aircraft"
 So the bill was passed that way. USS KENTUCKY
 Brewster and Leahy have re- mained good friends, the Senator having a great admiration for the Admiral, and the Admiral being frank enough to tell friends, ''How wrong I was about the bat tleship."
 But the other day when the Truman Committee, of which Brewster is a member, visited a certain Atlantic port, they saw there the battleship Kentucky, IT per cent completed. This was one of the three new ships voted for in the 1888 bill. She was an- chored in the harbor being used as a storehouse. She will never be completed as a battleship.
 Meanwhile if the admirals had been permitted to limit the naval aircraft to only 5000, the Navy would have been in a tough spot at Midway and in the battle of the Coral Sea. For in those battles, battleships did not get within shooting range of each other. Aircraft did all the damage.
 NOTE = In the 1940 appropri- ton bill the Senate insisted on giving the Navy $40,000,000 for building small ships for anti-sub- marine warfare. The Admirals opposed the appropriation, and though the money was voted, they used almost none of it until this spring.
 Our lack of small ships was why the submarines raised such havoc. Yet they say that military and men only should run the war. NO EXPERT KAISER
 When Henry J. Kaiser was in Washington recently he got word that his son Henry was i'll. Henry, Jr., is manager of the Kaiser ship building plant at Portland, Ore.
 Kaiser phoned his son to go off to camp for rest. But young Kaiser, was worried. Who'll run ,,nwI0O 1Nn ncLad
 "Never mind about the yard" said Kaiser. "That yard will run itself - and do you know why? Because there isn't damn soul on that yard who knows any, thing about shipbuilding." IRON CLAD RED TAPE
 Most famous residence in Wash ington is "FriendShip", former home of the late Ned Mclean, newspaper publisher, race track promoter and the friend of Presi- dents. On the private golf course at Friendship, Warren G. Hard ing once took his exercise. At Friendships dinner table have sat cabinet members, John L. Lewis, Lord Halifax, J. Edgar Hoover, senators, the elite of Washington society.
 But now Friendship has been purchased by the government, is being dismantled to make way for a new housing project. The private golf course is torn up. Lumber is piled beside the marble statues. But the massive gates at the entrance still hang.
 Weighing twenty tons, they would be a nice contribution to the scrap iron drive. But they cannot be removed = thanks to red tape.
 Mrs. Mclean. owner of the Hope Diamond, would like to see them turned into scrap iron. So would Leasing Rosenwald, head of the Conservation Division. But red tape stands in the way.
 Here Is what happened. Fred Ehcrstadt, new dynamic vice. chairman of WIPE, telephoned Rosenwald enc morning. ssLet's get those FFlendship gates," he said.
 Rosenwald agreed and assigned an able assistant. shipley Troth
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A. More than 75 per cent. The remainder is going into such essen tial industries as railroads, machin- cry manufacture, and similar uses.
 o. To what army unit did Ser geant Alvin c. York belong when stationed at Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga, in World War I?
 A. Company c, 328 Infantry.
 @. What Corps are connected with the Volunteer Special Services of the American Red Cross?
 A. Activities in this branch of the Red Cross are carried on by the Staff Assistance, Production, Can- teen. Motor, Nurses Aide, Home Service, and the Hospital and Re- creation Corps. Information con- corning enrolling in the Volunteer Special Services Corps may be ob- tained from your local American Red Cross Chapter.
 @. How long has Norma Shearer been screen actress, and when did she become star?
 A. She began as a film actress in 1920 in small parts, and has been starred since 1926.
 o. Do cattle perspire?
 A. In cattle the sweat glands are most completely developed on the muzzle, and they will sweat freely on the nose. Precipitation on their bodies is usually slight; al- most imperceptible.
 e. How is the last name of the actor, Charles Boyer, pronounced7 A. "Bwah-yay''.
 e. Is Soybean oil used for any, thing besides food?
 A. It is used among other things to make soap, paints and linoleum.
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on the person who performs them. The Hindu fakir who holds his arm above his head for years until it becomes stiff and rigid. or the de- voted wors:hiper who lies down on the road and then turns over and over until he has covered distance of several hundred miles to a shrine--tfese are extreme examples of trying to get divine merit by do- ing patiently and faultlessly a cer- tain variety of special acts.
 It has been said and truly said that religion consists not in per- forming a certain class of actions, but in performing all actions well. Religious forms have their place, but foolish indeed Is that person who would substitute them for the real thing, which Is ethical and purposeful deeds.
 The object of true religion Is not to induce people to do certain things which custom has sanctioned as holy. but to lead them to live a better life. If 1t fails to do this, 1t is not religion.
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Selected Poem
sALUTEs TO AUTUMN

(Elizabeth Weldon in the New York T1mes) When go walking now seem to hold MY hand on Natures heart. Leaves drifting aown TJke troubled airplanes carpet all the streets That make a crossword puzzle of the town The naples flame their vivid coloring In universal signals of distress; But they are brave in final pageantry And blushing for their farewell loveliness. Tine buejays all announce, in raucous notes,. Their augiries of change: and when they're heTe So soon they're omens of old prophecies Of Winter coming early and severe. The season. after Indian Summers calm, Is lost forever in the trinity Of boundess quantity y-and-time -and-Space That is the essence of infnity
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age, your income tax, your draft number, y o U T waist, your hips
 all these will be simple compared with figuring how you are going tc eat your two and a half pounds per week, no more but maybe less, Old folks should get half allow ance, infants and vegetarians, none,
 You have until
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 ure this out. The government gals and guys who run rationing won't be able to figure it out for you be- fore that, either. But you can do this voluntarily, now to get in prac- tice.
 The people who are worrying about such things have already coined a slogan to spur you onward but downward. It's kinda sugges- tive, but it fits. It's Share the Meat!" and 1t has three kickers on the end:
 It's patriotic to share.
 It's fair to share.
 It's wise to share.
 The sharing business is arrived at from several sources. Somebody made a survey in 1886 and found that families with incomes of less than $500 8 year averaged only l 1-2 pounds of meat per person per week, while families with incomes of more than $5,000 year averaged five pounds per person per week. Families with incomes between $500 and $5,000 year are apparently all right.
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Current Comment

The action in the Solomons has strengthened our confidence in the might and unlimited possibilities of the American offensive. P. 8. Foo. Chinese vlce-minlster of foreign affairs.
  No matter how long and painful the road to complete victory. 1t must be pursued with no thought of ap- peasement.
 Wendell Willkie.
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may be, it is a burden to us and a vain thing in thes sight of God.
 All false relig-
 ions emphasize the necessity of doing a certain class of actions. T h e s e consist of going through motions motions which are supposed to have A beneficial effect
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D.

WHAT IS TRUE RELIGION?
 Nothing will keep us so straight in our thinking about things relig- ious as the realization that when religion is genuine, it makes ali our actions better. If it does not do this, then no matter how correct and soundly orthodox our religion
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. NATIo OVAL
 SPOTLIGHT
It'll Be
 Hilarious, This Meat Rationing
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat washington Correspondent

All signs now point to the fact that this business of meat ration ing is going to be more fun than any mathematical pastime yet. Wor- rying about Joe DiMag'S batting average, Notre Danes odds, the bangtails, your golf handicap, the numbers, racket, your weight, your
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1. In which branch of the U. s armed forces does the rank of ser geant major exist?
 2. The Volga river is east or west of Stalingrad?
 3. Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators wear the same design for their wings" true or false?
 4. Name the speaker of the House of Representatives.
 5. Which of these special kinds of painting, portrait, genre, and his- torical, was done by Millais, Van Dyck, and Trumbull?
 6. What color do the Chinese wear for mourning?
 T. Jacqueline Cochran is 8 movie star, aviatrix or novelist?
 8. Which New York official Hke' to attend large fires?
 9. Male whales are called bucks bulls, or rams?
 10. Who wrote, Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise''?
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TODAY's COMMON ERROR The words continuous and con- tinual are not synOnm0us. Continuous means continuing uninterrupted; without ceas- ing. Continual means repeat ed frequently; occurring in close succession.
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Daily Almanac

Moon sets e:57 p. m. (war time). Sun rises T:0i a. m: sets 6:i4 p. m. twar timel.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
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who is seeking reelection. It indi- cates division in the ranks Of the Bridgeport Republicans that augurs a greater interest in MT. McLevy's candidacy for the governorshir than otherwise might be expected. Possibly the voters of Bridgeport will be SO affected by this dual machine deal that they will send three Socialist Senators to the next Legislature. They have done 90 in the past. This seems like good year to repeat. Such rehuke to the old parties seems merited.
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Washington Merry-Go-R o-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Demonstrate Foresight in Mitoy and Novo Motte
 Wins Long Fight Against Botehps for Apone
 Congress Had Money Admro for Antub Croft of FendhP Required for SeroP Anchored in Red Tape
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COMES SUBSTITUTES

COMES
 SUBSTITUTES
 But it is in figuring out substi- tutes for meat that the home econ- omists will reach their all-time hys- terical high.
 Good red meat contains protein, iron, vitamin or Vitamin B, and niacin. Normally fourth of the protein, a fourth of the iron, 8 fifth of the thiamin and a half of your niacin come from meat. Cut down on the meat ration and you have to get those four essentials to diet from other things. Here is where the ersatz menu makers will come in, and if they carry their art to the logical conclusion you may expect the hashhouse menus to offer you something like: Peanut butter soup, la Lou ASAdAAto .'.'.' 1oC
 (Meat protein equivalent, COSTS oz).
 Yes peanuts, dry beans, eggs, fish, poultry, cheese, milk and soy- beans are rich in proteins, iron you can get from whole-grain cereals, thiamin and niacin from more fruits and vegetables if you can get the fruits and vegetables.
 But the main doctrine which the kitchen scientists want to put over in this Share the Meat" cam- paign is to Spread the Flavor. The things one veal knuckle is going to be called upon to do in this war are simply beyond belief. You are apt to get it first as a roast, then sliced cold, then with cab bage in a boiled dinner, then to become meat balls with spaghetti, next in a stew. next in soup, and finally. when you're just getting use to the flavor, it will be ground up with soybeans or something and served as soybean loaf.
 Speaking of soybeans, have you ever tried a Soyburger? Soybean meal. ground up and made into a roll that looks like sausage.
 How do you think you're going to like 1t? You're going to like it.
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Whats Your !. O.?

Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to back page for the answers.
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1s42
A Thought for Today

Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compositions every man to his brOther-Zacha- riah 7:9.
 To hide the fault see: That mercy to others show, that mercy show to me.-Pope.
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SOME MORE, SOME LESS

So the idea is to make the family of I. Gottbucks eat only half as much meat, while the family of I. Got Plenty of Nothin' will be en- couraged to eat more meat to pro- vide more nutrition and more mus cle for more war work.
 The sharing theme comes in also in the furnishing of more meat to the Army, and the Navy which need it, and to the United Nations people who are having to get along on pound a week or less.
 But it is in figuring things out so that you won't overeat on your 1-2 pounds week that the fun will come in. There must be no cheating. Two and a half pounds is 40 ounces. If you work a five day week and figure on eating meat only on working days or go- ing in for two meatless days a week. that's half a pound a day. Divide it by seven and you come out with scant six ounces a day.
 If you pack boloney sandwich in your lunch, that counts too. If you buy your lunch at a restau- rant, the meat you buy there must be in cluded in your 2 1-2 pounds, so consequently you may soon expect to encounter the amazing spectacle of finding restaurants listing on their menus the weights of the meat portions served. For in- stance, there might be an item reading:
 Pork chop, breaded Bercy aux gratin, au buerre, 3.45 oz.
 Club sandwich, chicken 10 oZ., bacon O0O0O000O0OO1 oz./
 The idea is that you must keep score for the week, on your cuff or inside your paper match cover, and try to come out even at Sat- urday midnight with exactly 2,500- GOO ounces consumed.
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A. More than 75 per cent. The remainder is going into such essen- tial industries as railroads, machin- cry manufacture, and similar uses.
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e. Is Soybean oil used for any, thing besides food?
 A. It is used among other things to make soap, paints and linoleum.