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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Problem for Frenchmen

Those who are worrying about Admiral Darlan's postwar position in France overlook one important fact, which is that the postwar government of France IS not going to be dictated or even spon- sored by the United States. This war IS not being fought to enable the United Nations to impose their ideals of de- mocracy upon the rest of the world, nor to permit us to select postwar rulers for other nations
 We are fighting, first, to prevent the Axis nations from forcing us to conform to their totalitarian philosophy. We are fighting, second, to free the victims of the Axis, and to permit them to eXer- else the privileges of self-government which we claim for everybody, and which the Axis would deny to everybody.
 Once we have won, it is going to be up to France, Belgium, Holland, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugo- slavia, Greece, what types of government they wish and who they want to admin ister those governments. Certainly there can be no idea in the mind of any re- sponsible American or Briton that we are going to set up Admiral Darlan as cniet of state for France. Neither do We nave any moral or legal right to contemplate 1OTClLlE N1GIlCIdl OC 1dlAAAS, ASA SNSsAAAkASD upon the French.
 Obviously we would much rather see the Fighting French general as head ot postwar France than the one-time coilaborationist But that, at most, Is mass personal preference. It can have no binding power upon the French people. We Anglo-SaxonS are convinced that democracy, administered by sincere dem ocrats, is the only permanently workable formula for government in the modern world.
 Democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people. Most cer- tainly 1t is not government imposed by one nation or alliance upon the people of another nation. We hope and believe that France and most of the other nations now occupied will choose to revert to democratic forms But if the Atlantic Charter meant anything at all, we can do no more than create political vacuums which the Axis victims will i'll With governments of their own free choice.
 Our duty and our privilege VIII end when we have made this possible. We can and must use Admiral Darlan and others like him as weapons. Thereafter their futures must depend upon the WILLS or the whims of their countrymen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Give Them a Chance

Mayor Vincent A. Scully was quick to sense a critical state of affairs here In Waterbury if the ban on gasoline sales should be prolonged. His plea to the general public to recognize the need of defense workers getting to and from their places of employment should be needed by all. Every household in Waterbury will probably have to readjust its daily routine for the duration of the war. If we have become dependent on motor vehicles we may have to learn to do lot of walking every day from now on. The situation is naturally one to which many don't readily take, but this is war and only small taste of it at that.
 Use of busses from now on will be dlf- ficult for all of us, no doubt. More people are going to leave their own cars at home. In this respect many of us might well take Mayor Scully's advice about walk ing to work if we live within two miles of place of employment more seriously than we have so fal. Once started, may be we'll be walking both to and from work. Others can perhaps regulate thelr goings and comings on the busses dlt- ferently than at present If we can avoid the factory rush hours we should do so. Naturally after Christmas there's bound to be let-up in holiday shopping, but until then let's be thoughtful.
 By next week this temporary restric- ton period may be all over or 1t may be even worse But our one thought ought to be complete acceptance of whatever we are asked to do After all it inSures a more positive American victory in this World war; to this end we are already dedicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

We wonder how many people got the full significance of the brief item appear ing in last nights Democrat, referring to non-essential workers moving out of war industry areas to provide more housing facilities for essential ones. Among the several areas in New England cited in this category were Hartford, New Britain, and Bridgeport. In other words lot of peo- pie who may have been living in these cities all their lives, engaging in what they believed was to be their life-work are now expected to pack up and me themselves to some locality where the war industrial situation is not so acute. This seems like quite high price to pay for patriotism and loyalty, but the day may come when tnerell be wholesale removals like this ordered, not just sug- gested. Most of us know that the hous- ing situation here in Waterbury IS about the worst it ever has been. It's even worse than it was during the last war and that was pretty bad. But if it's bad here. it must be far worse in those con- munities where federal officials are now trying to get people to move to make way for war workers. That's crisis Ill any mans life
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Spare the Toys

This may be the last Christmas until peace returns that stores will have rel atively liberal selection Of toys From now on neither playthings nor repairs Tor them can be made out of most critical materials. It behooves parents to teach fheir children to preserve the toys they have as never before.
 Tor a people as wasteful as We have enfne e De, this is blessing. Children zrnired to control themselves now for the anke of the future, and forced to suiier .1ii6lv for their sins of the past, should arnflire habits that will be invaluable 70 sh6m some day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

Flagrant violation of the dim-out will result in penalties from now on, judging bv the tenor of official remarks. Well, that's the only way the city can hope to comply fully with the mandate imposed bv the First Army Command. And cer- tainly our complete acceptance of the or ders should be more or less automatic on our part. But when it comes to the point where there is little or no attempt at public cooperation then it's time to take a positive stand and to demand It. In this case there might be some slight ignorance of the law in a few particulars, but not in general understanding of what the dim-out means. We have something to do to help win the war; let's try to do if
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
, They Didn't Convert

Apparently only one out of every 25 buildings that could have been converted from oil to coal in the rationed eastern seaboard area was thus converted. AS a result, oil-heated eastern homes are not going to get even the 65-degree temper ature which was set as the initial goal. If this should prove to be cold winter, there may be real suffering.
 Once more the voluntary" mild, naive -you-please-help-us-out method has failed. It lost to the general cynical question: "Why should l be the goat while He others do nothing and take the beneflt?. Americans will do what is necessary if everybody is made to share equally Tn tne m sacrifice. They will not stick their necks out until they know that most others are required to cooperate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

sels. The combination seems odd, and the importance Of the last two items might not be realized by the public, but radlo and escort vessels, with much less fanfare than tanks and airplanes in fact, with hush-hush in respect to some radio equipment-have the magnitude of victory or de- feat.
 Escort vesser' means a new type of armed ship, something like the French corvette, some where between a destroyer ard subchaSer in size. The public knows little about these boats, and the Navy has not known too much. It has fallen into the cid grooves in shipbuilding, con structing familiar types, with tremendous use of steel, and vea;uring slowly into this new field.
 In Wilson's view the escort ves- sel could and should be turned out lot faster in relation to cargo ships. It's completeiy un- sound to be bragging that, we are now building merchant ships faster than Hitler can sink them. This will never win the war. When Hitler sinks a ship, he de- stroys thousands of tons of tanks, airplanes. dried eggs and pow dered milk, to say nothing of the steel and copper in the ship It. self. Our task is to build ships and send them safely past the submarines.
 Only the escort vessel can do it, and Wilson is in charge of a new and secret instrument that hitherto neglected program. NEW SECRET DEVICE
 Eyes of the escort vesel are known as radar. Wilson mas charge of this, too. But he won't talk about 1t, more than to say that it helps conveys to see what the eye cannot see, and 1t Will reyolutionize transportation, on the sea ard in tine air, after the war.
 Behind his rimless glasses, Wil- son keeps a perfect focus on his main objective to build planes, escort vessels, a-d radio equip ment faster than they have ever been built before in the U. s. A. And incidentally, the second ob- jecIive is to prove to the brass hats that the job can be done by American industry, under civilian leadership.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Charlie Wilson is one of

labor. Charlie Wilson is one of these.
 Natures rate Of selection was severe when Charles Wilson was born. His mother, Hannah Stlles Wilson, wife of a poor bookoinder on New Yorks shabby West Side, had lost her first five children, But Charles lived through ms father died when Charlie was three. His mother worked as housekeeper and nurse, and hoped to find the money to send her boy to college.
 But the eighth grade was the limit - and Charlie didn't even graduate from the eighth grade. In the middle of the year he got an offer of S3 week frcm the Sprague Eiectri- cal Co. He was 1S, and that S looked too good. He quit school and has been working ever since.
 There have been tough days in his upward climb, but prooaoIy nothing so tough as the last three months in Washington. Wilson knew Washington as a big businessman knows it, who comes in on the sleeper from New York to get orders from the govern ment. He knew ttere were per sonalities" in the government, but he didn't know of the jealousieS behind some of them.
 "In your own company its different" he says. "I would get back from a trip to Wash- ington and tell the boys, We've got to produce a hundred mill lion dollars worth of stuff for the Navy They would throw up their hands and say, "Impos- sibie!r But we'd talk it over and figure it Out-and do the im- possible. It was team work! It was fun!
 But here in Washington" Wilson breaks off and declines to name names. He refers to them merely as personalities"
 Wilson didn't want to come in the first place. But Owen D. Young, former board chairman Of General Electric, was summoned to Washington. Then Knox ana Stimson said Wilson was needed in the production program.
 "They made a date for me to see the President" explains Will son, .and of course ! had Co come. | was almost afraid with all these super-dupers around here. But all I want is to help win fhe war and get back to my business"
 THREE CHARLES E. WILSON'S
 Charles E. wilson is a distinc- tive person, but he is always get- ting mixed LID with two other Charles E. Wilsons-Charles Er- win wilson. president of General Motors, and Charles Eben Wilson, of Worthington Pump Go. The worst of 1t Is that Charles Ed- ward and Charles Eben are neigh bors in Scarsdale, N. Ys and many a midnight call about Worthington Pump business gets the wrong wilson out of bed.
 All three are accustomed to sec ing their pictures in the papei when one Of the others makes 2 speech. Whichever one outliye; the other two will doubtless dis twice and be buried by the obi columns - while he still lives.
 But the Charlie Wilson's we'rl talking about is the one who l now responsible for producing three of the most important Item of American armament-aircratt yadso enuiDment, and sscnrt yes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

been going in the fatherland for a decade. Someone asked him how he had been able to survive all these years. His answer wts, When l came home at night and find my home was, When I come home at night and find my home dark I do not try to sweep out the darkness with a violent broom; I light a candle"
 The world Is so dark today be- cause candles all over the world have in the last generation been going out. It was not that men loved darkness: it was just that they were too self-induigent to keep the tap CTS of love and fair ir-dealing agiow. Ard no matter how the present struggle comes out. the world will still be dark unless millions of peo- pie light candles again = or to speak plainly, unless those who believe in prayer begin to pray.
 Armies will have to march for many months. perhaps. but all the armies in the world vii lnot drive ut darkness. The only way to over ehelm darkness is for us all to Ign . candle.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

slgmed letters pertAinlngs> per- ponai health and hygiene. not to disease, diagnosis or troatments win he answered by DR. 9gm&y ig a stamped sc7f-addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should 6e briek and written ln ink. No reply cam he made Co queries not conform lmg Co instructions. Address Dr. william Brady, National News paper Service, SEQ West Madison Street, Chicago m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
HEADLINES HILARITY

If barbers raise their prices any higher, Mother will be asking Junior what he wants for Christ mas. an electric train or a hair cut.
 They were relieved. however. to learn that Tommy Manyille had steered clear of foreign entangle- ments for three days. Perhaps he's giving up marriage for Ad' vent.
 
 A Kansas resident Is said to be prepared to sue Pat and Gloria Vanderbilt DeCicco for damages. "even If they have to go without clothes" Sic transit Glorias un- diesi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

Wilson is about the most un- usual big businessman who has ever struck Washington. One of the first things he did was to de- cline Sl a year, and take $S,000 a year instead. In other words, he cut loose his private connec- ton with industry, and signed the government payroll like any other civil servant.
 This was . real sacrifice, for his salary as president of Gen. eral Electric Co.,, was Sl75,0OO a year. But he made . clean break. On September lS at 10 8. m., he said to General Elec- tric, "YOu can pay me up to this minute, but no more. After this I'm working for Uncle Sam"
 And now, sitting in an office next to Don Neison's in WIPES Social Security building, Wilson says, "Goll darned if I was com ing here to have them shoot me as a big corporation man. I get my SS,0O0 from the government and that's all!"
 Washington has been kinder to him than he had expected. His friends warned him, Wait till Thurman Arnold gets hold of you! You'll be glad to come back home!"
 FROM THE BOTTOM UP
 But his friends failed to con- slider the fact that Wilson stands higher than the average New York product. There are two kinds of self-made men who rise from $3 a week. One is tough. and grinds the face of labor. The other remembers the $3 days and spirit never leaves the ranks Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
ExERCEsE ON THE C0NDH- TON OF THE TEETH

Due to prejudice and ignorance which prevails among the people in the Southwest as well as elsewhere, e great many persons living in the Southwest fail to get as much sun. llRht on naked skin as they might easily enjoy, but on the average ie is probable that people in the Southwest absorb more ultraviolet than do people in any other part of the country, simply because more is available more of the time and exposure is more comfortable more of the time.
 The invisible ultraviolet rays of direct sunshine or indirect skyshine convert Q substance in the skin called ergosteroi into vtoSterol, which is vitamin D. This sunlight Renerated vitamin D is then carried in the circulation to every part of the body where 1t may be needed. A supply of vitamin D is essential for the normal assimilation and utilization of calcium and phoS- phorus. Normal assimilation and utilization of calcium and phoS- phorus is e fundamental factor in the development, growth and health of the teeth and in the prevention of carries or decay of teeth.
 If this alone does not account for the better teeth of school children in the Southwest, another factor may have something to do with 1t. I believe people living in the Southwest get more exercise Of teeth, gums and jaws than do peo- pie elsewhere, simply because more fresh vegetables and fresh fruits are available more of the time in the Southwest, and these foods re- Quire more chewing than do refined, preserved foods.
 Aside from the effect of regular exercise of the teeth, gums and jaws in chewing, upon the nutrition ot teeth, gums, jaws, palate, face, ana on the development, functional efh- ciency and physical beauty of teeth, jaws, face and the whole body, the chewing of greens, fresh vegetables, especially raw vegetables, and fresh fruits is natures own way Of keep ing the teeth clean.
 Scientific investigation of the cleansing effect of chewing. made by Holmes T. Knighton, D. D. $. Jour. A. D. A.. Nov. '42) led Dr, Kniehton to conclude that the chewing of apples, sliced oranges and paraaffin aided the natural cleansing mechanism more than any other substances tested. pr, Knighton found that even careful brushing of the teeth with a tooth paste was less cleansing In effect than chewing an apple, for in- stance. Of course, wash the apple with soap and watch first. I refrain from saying an apple a day keeps the dentist away. but I do honestly believe it would materially reduce the repair work dentists have to dc if everybody ate an apple day last thing at night.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

benediction. a n d some unaccount-
 able reason vio- lence seems lcath to lay its heavy hands upon him. He is the Lords servant, conscious of his commission. respected by all. and perfe tly frank in his dis approval of the way things have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

D $ V c nAAtEMb NL every induction center to reject selectees W h o may show signs of nervous dis- orders, some do get through the screening. F Q r one thing, it's pretty dimcult to mark 0 mans record with the specific diagno- sis that he is not suitable for mill tary service be- cause of a per- unv,alify flnfnNt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Headache

AAN@AANs~~
 Have you any advise or sugges- tions for one subject to sick head ache-I have attacks every two or three weeks that absolutely dis able me for two days. c. c. PJ
 Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet "Why Have Headache9'
 Help Yourself
 Frankly, Doctor, 1t used to make me tired listening to the women telling of the many benefits re- ceived from your teachings and ao- vice. I often said you were hand ing out a lot of malarkey .. but since the war have been con- 1 verted. My wife sent for your booE- let The Seven Keys to Vite," ana we have been following the general advice therein. I'll tell the world we're in better physical condition than ever before. and whats more we have persuaded a number ol our friends to get themselves a 1 hunk of vite, too. tE. A. iJ
 Answer-It's still malarkey-have to incorporate a lot of that to keep the stuff from becoming drab and morbid. Any reader may have a CODY of the booklet The Keys to Vite" on request-send twenty-nte cents and stamped se.f-addressed envelope.
 Different Druggists
 Our druggist in this town does not carry and does not know ol the I-prain tablet of copper sultate YOU recommend as an ingredient m 1 the hint of homemade iron tonic. Would the iron -ammonium-citraie alone be any good?
 CMrs. A. A. S)
 Answer-Yes. I specified one grain tablets because such taniets are availab.e-ocuiists commonly use them fro making solutions for the eyes. But any druggist should be canable of measuring grain oI cooper sulfate fblue vitricD cooper suifate. By the way. one in d spoonful of water. is the most reliable emetic for infant or young child in any poisoning emergency -I recommend that such solution be kept in every medicine cupboard for just such emergencies. and don't let any half-informed drug clerk put you of with the assertion that copper sulfate is poisonous flor that matter practically every good medicine in the drugstore # poisonous" if wrongly used 1 Copyright, i9s2. John P. bile co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

The resignation of Leon Henderson as Price Administrator apparently was in "the works" for some time. Naturally a iob like this is unpopular and no mat ter who held it public reaction would be much the same It wouldn't surprise us to see a succession of administrators TOT the duration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
ToDAYs COMMON ERROR

ToDAY'S COMMON ERROR O. What correction should be made in the following sen- tence? My wife and myself are going to the game"
 A, Except when special em- phasis is intended, the inten- sive pronounos myself " self, yourself, etc., s.,oGId not be used. Say My wife and l."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Current Comment

We hope as our new carriers are built that We will build up a carrier force which will be a scourge to the Japanese in the western Pacific.
 --Adml. Chester ". Nimitz.
 The children are our heritage. Our future depends on their gooc welfare. -Or. Alice V. Keliher. New York
 health official.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
A Thought for Today

WhOsO kllleth any person, the murderer shall Do put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to dic.-Numbers S5:S0.
 
 For murder, though 1t have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous gan-Shakespeare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Selected Poem

SEASONED"
 (By Doris V. Worthy in the Boston PosO Like flowers pushing through the snow. Cautious, daring. bold, We push our heads aoove the clouds Dreaming dreams of old. Like roses garbed in Junes best dress, Radiant brazen-vain, We dare to live these dreams supreme, Only to fall again. Like summer wheat that's reaped and oouno' Golden. glorious food, We blend these dreams with earthly things, Compromise -lving-goodl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
LIGHT A CANDLE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. Q.

There is a brave pastor living in Germany today who throughout all the years has never once given the Nazi salute. He goes about over a countryside where his name is a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
How Army Misfits Are Sorted Out
tThls Is the last of . series ca articles by Peter Edson on neuro. psychlatry In thc Army.)
Ry PETER EDISON

By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent All through soldiers training period he is watched closely to see if he develops pSychiatric symptoms of any kind,
 Tn spite of the fact that the Army sees to 1t that there is 0 competent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-19
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

isor ves New Hope to Advocates Con Control Of WPB DvromeoIy He Builds Planes Vessels Hush4ush Radio; No Dooron Up $l75 900 Job for Governments Mother Widow He Started Work at Week, Become Head