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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29
cANoLEWIcK HoUSEc0AT

These deeply tufted Candlewick Housecoats are
easy to slip into when you get up for break
fast when you come home at night. They're
perfectly charming in an assortment Of patterns
They have full belts front ties shawl collars
and swirl designs full sweep skirts. Stout
sizes in different patterns. Only $500.
THREE SISTERS, 1915 Woodward Ave.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-29

Winter nights at home become a real pleasure
with one OF these smarty styled and faultlessly
tailored corduroy slack outfits. They're perfect
tor sportswesr and they'll be godsend a
dozen different occasions. Practical in every
sense, they're an ideal gift. The jacket has two
pockets, giving Il that mannish touch. Sizes
1913 Priced at only $500.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-04

TN JULY the British launched moraebuldng Victory
pagn whose symbol was variously the letter "V" But
America had Victory symbol. 1t was the S sign.
The land Of big money and big production had turned
those attributes into campaign for the defense Of democracy
shortly after World War II began And 1941 Americas
defansespending campaign at its zenith-s ay~q&
~ In January the President had submitted seventeenand
ahablondollar budget to Congressen billions earmarked
defense" That only the beginning.
month later Congress passed record breaking national
debt limit of sxtyve billions In another 80 days lendease
had been approved by Congress and billions appropriated
for aid to Britain. Much to be appropriated later
Defense orders poured In from the department like
shower of mon-doar bills for which had yet been
designed to be built in factories which still only bueprnts
But while the ink dried the blueprints, the nation
ylvania converted with relative defense
Others like Pttsburghs stee mills needed conversion
at all And nduStrlaSs designers production chiefs and hum
Die unch-pa combined efforts build factories
record time and start production.
Army trucks problem at all to Deroits auto
Tank plants night and began spewng ankng
ers Scores of factories became feeding plants for the in
credlby accelerated airplane industry
lndustrialy 1941 long changeover period Natu
rally there collisions disputes. In March it estimated
10000 defense wormen idle because Of strikes the Amer
lean worker wasn't surrendering his hard-won rights
When Japan struck management and labor welded
INTO single determined unit Of mediation might
have done
It's year Of change-over at end America faced well
Of bettghtenng defense displacement Of employment
yet to But its plans made, production under
way (e than 1000 planes actually built per month";.
The nation calm, determined united.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
Price Stability vs. Wage Stability

There are two basic fallacies in our present tax policy First, 1t does not spread the tax burden equitably through all classes of industries and individuals. Second it fails almost completely in com- ing to grips with the problem of high and rising industrial wages. And big wages, unless they are largely absorbed by tax Ttion of one kind or another w.sl con- t.nue to represent the most inflationary influence of the time.
 A commentator recently observed that large part, if not all, of the additional revenue which the pending tax bill seeks to raise, will be consumed by the increase in the cost of war materials resulting from increases in wages, and the payment of time-and-a-half for overtime work. About six months ago, it was estimated that overtime pay alone would add about $5,000,000,000 to the cost of the war pro- gram on the basis of appropriations then requested or authorized for war produc- tion but not yet spent. Since that time, a number of labor groups have been giv- en substantial pay jumps-as in the case of the War Labor Boards wage awards to the workers in "little steel"
 The powers-that-be talk a great deal about the necessity of absorbing, through taxation, the vast amount of excess pur- chasing power that war spending has created Yet the plain fact is that they impose the bulk of the tax burden on in- duStries and individuals who in many cases have not profited at all from the war Great beneficiaries of war spending are the high-wage groups-and 1t is these groups, poSSeSsors of billions in excess purchasing power, which have barely been tapped by the tax collector. Our lawmakers still refuse to face the facts.
 There are two practical solutions. One is to further lower income tax exemptions and to substantially increase the tax rates in the lower brackets Gin the high brack- cts taxation has already reached almost confiscatory levels). The other solution is to impose a general retail sales tax. Unless steps of this nature are promptly taken, the inflationary spiral will con- tinue and we shall have further exten- sion of the ominous "black market where goods are bootlegged at extortionate pric- es. And as imitation increases, the work CT and the man of moderate means will be hit hardest. The instinct of Self-pres- ervation alone should warn us all that price stability is impossible without wage stability.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

tation. The industry has big war orders, of course-but civilian consumption of gasoline and lubricants are still the foun- dation of its business. And when the war is over, the motor car will represent its principal market. It is clear to oil men, as well as the rest of us, that the industry can't continue to sell to motor ists unless they can obtain tires.
 Even if every ounce of synthetic rub Der were manufactured from petroleum products, the money value to the oil in- dustry would be microscopic in the light of its total business. And, in many in- stances, the industry is operating gov ernment-owned synthetic rubber plants without profit. From the purely com mercial point of view, rubber simply rep resents means to an end so far as the oil industry is concerned-and the end is the sale of gas and lubricants. It is in the oil business-not the tire business.
 There are many synthetic rubber for
 There are many synthetic rubber form ulas, and some involve the use of petro- ists and the engineers can decide which is best, quickest and most practical. The position of the oil industry is one of com plete cooperation with any program which promises to solve the critical rubber prob lem. It is devoting all its resources and facilities toward that goal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
Current Comment

If Russia can hold Hitler through the summer with what she has this year, Hitler will certainly be crushed by what Russia will get next year.
 Charles qF. Kettering. chair
 man General Motors Corpora. ton.
 We shall not be satisfied until the ships under our flag handle at least one-half of the maritime traflc af- feeting our nation.
 Admiral Emory s. Land.
 chairman U. s. Maritime
 Commission.
 War Is . shylock. It takes your last ounce Of flesh and strength. Woman-power. to be effective. must be physically fit. Mrs. Walter R. O'Hair, Detroit Recreation Commission.
 There Is nothing more harmful than to think that since the ter. ritory of the Soviet Union Is vast, it Is possible to retreat farther and farther.
 -Pravda. Russian Communist news poper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
No Man Can Do Everything

President Roosevelt deserves credit for the zeal with which he has tried to Su- pervise everything connected with the prosecution of this war. Unfortunately utter sincerity and answering devotion are not enough to transform an almost pacifistic economy into the worlds most powerful military machine.
 That transformation requires the eX- ercise of technical industrial skillS which can be acquired only by operating suc- cessfully huge factories such as are this nations pride. It calls for the applica- tion of financial principles which can be learned only by dealing successfully with large-scale fiscal problems.
 It involves the juggling of raw ma terials which no American ever has had to learn, but with which the executives of the more complicated industrial plants have had most experience.
 It necessitates the ingenious utilization of overworked transportation facilities, which brilliant men devote their lives to attempting to master. It depends upon planning and training, along purely mill tary lines which, in the face of such an enemy as Germany, can be desperately perilouS unless they are tempered With caution born of experience.
 In all of these things we shall fail un- less we act with daring, vision, imagina- tion and a large measure of iconoclastlc scorn for tradition. But in all we shall fall, also, unless we draw upon sound eX- perience to avoid hopeless experimental ton that can only waste time, money, materials and lives. We need somebody to say: This never has been done; we do not know how to do it; but if it were done, it would help to win the war.
 We need somebody else to say: Find out how it can be done, and then do 1t. And we need still another somebody-a mul- titudinously collective Somebody-to do it. Thus far the President has insisted upon being the fountain-head of all au- thority in each of these subdivisions.
 Mir. Roosevelt should adopt the policy of all successful major executives. He should delegate authority to the best men this country possesses. He should give them carte blanche, within the broadest of directives. He should hold them responsible for only one thing Re suits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
Everybody Helps

There is one way to win this war and that is for everybody to pitch in and help. Most Americans know this, as has been demonstrated by many fine examples ot this method of going about things ln our local communities and in the nation since Pearl Harbor Each cooperative effort brings victory few steps nearer.
 A good example is offered in General Motors. The Corporation has just re- ported on the first two months results of its ''produce more for victory Sug- gestion plan. More than 15,000 Sugges- lions were submitted by GM workers III those two months and thousands more are pouring in-all designed to simplify and speed the production of things that will beat the Axis. Some of the Sugges- tions are excellent, representing careful study and thought. Others are not cap able of adoption, but you can bet that coming from workers who know thelr jobs and are bent on helping to win the war. a good number of the suggestions have real value.
 Of what value are these suggestions to the workers, aside from the satisfaction of making a contribution to the united effort? That is the other side of the CO., operative picture-managem Gen. eral Motors, besides instituting the plan and putting the suggestions into practi- cal use, has awarded total of more than S4O,000 in war bonds to men and women workers in 53 plants for l,l55 worthwhile suggestions in two months, while l20 ad- diti0nal suggestions have been approved for awards. Two workers received $1 900 awards, the highest. Another has re- ceived four separate awards totaling $4O0. Where possible the award is figured as a percentage of the actual saving in- volved over a stated period of time.
 There is one other happy aspect of CO., operation in the plan. All the awards are made in the form of war bonds. Thus, the war effort is helped further. Needed cash goes into the Treasury and at the same time the specter of imitation is giv- en no encouragement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

velt's inexcusably benign attitude toward inefficiency is the man closest to him every day-Marvin Mcintyre. You and I knew Mar win years ago when he was a hand-out man who couldn't make more than fifty bucks a week, who failed at almost everything he ever tackled and he never tackled anything important.
 Yet through the accident of having covered the Navy De- partment when RO0seevlt was assistant secretary of the Navy, he is now the closest man to the President - at time when the nations life is at stake.
 Of course, when some of Roose- velt's closest friends complain about Mac, he always waves them aside with the remark that he personally keeps an eye on things and Mac isn't important. But unfortunately the President does not have time to keep an eye on everything. He has enough to do running the war.
 So as you can see, things haven't changed much since you left. If anything they have got- ten worse.
 To me, it isn't only winning the war which is at stake; there's also the danger that we may lose our democracy.
 For you can't afford to let peo- pie get too sore and too dis illusioned. Roosevelt has al- ways sensed this in the past. He has always kept his finger on the pulse which is one of the very things necessary to being President, and Roosevelt has been a great President. Basically I still think the way we used to about him, and I feel that the slap in the face he got from Jim Farley in New York and O'Daniel in Texas may be just the sting he needs to snap out of it, house. clean his cabinet and get some real men in to help win the war. For FDR is too great a man to be crucified and pulled down into the gutters of history by the weIi-meaning bunglefs around him, and democracy is too precious to be left in their fumbling hands.
 Yours. to Set the Rising Sun,
 DREW.
 Copyright. i942, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04


 years but he had never been able to produce. What the tender care of the ho.house could not bring forth the cold bragt of 8 wintry night did bring forht.
 It is so in our lives. If We could appoint the days for ourselves and our loved ones. they would all be days of pleasantnesS and sunshine. And certainly it seems that every thing ought to grow better and stronger if 1t gets a good chance to do nothing but grow. But not in this case. Conflict and opposi- ton are involved in growth It takes q stormy night. tfe wind- swept days. the black winters. to give strength to the growth which sunny days have produced.
 Many a life as colorless as the sweet peas grown in a hothouse has taken on the hues of real dis- tinction and beauty after the chill winds of some tragic experience have blown across them.
 All Rights Reseryed-Ba Bahson News
 paper Syndicate ..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

@. Please give the titles of the songs which were sung by Gloria Warren in Always in My Heart"
 A. Carnival in Venice," "Vieni Sul Mar" "Una Voca Poca Fla" and Always in My Heart"
 e. What is the amount of Lib- erty Bonds and Victory Notes from World War now outstanding? A. The preliminary statement on the public debt of the United States as of June 30, 1942, showed $20,- 653, $50 in matured unredeemed Lib- erty Bonds and Victory Notes on which interest has ceased.
 e. Can an unwed mother collect widows" benefit, under the old age ad survivors insurance system of the Social Security act? A. Under a recent ruling of the board, an unwed mother can collect widows" benefit provided she lives in a state which recognizes com mon-law wife.
 o. Which state has the heaviest average rainfall?
 A. Louisiana, 55.11 inches an- nually.
 e. Who starred in "The Way of All Flesh" both times 1t was filmed?
 A. Emil Jennings starred in the silent version, and Akim Tamiroff was featured in the l940 version.
 e. Is there Q Muse of sculpture in classical mythology?
 A. No; Apollo is the god of painting and sculpture, and is repre- sented as being accompanied by all the Muses.
 e. From what literary work is Wolsey's Farewell to His Great ness" derived?
 A. From Shakespeare's Henry VIII, Act III, Scene ?.
 e. Are all the fish captured in U. s. waters edible?
 A. No fish in U. s. waters, if properly cooked, will cause a dan- gerous or fatal illness. Barracuda, summed by many, can be eaten. Filet of barracuda is delicious. Sea robins or sculpins are ugly and are wasted by deep-sea fishermen, ex- cept those who have tried the snow- white tail meat. Eels taste like chicken, if parboiled first and then fried in deep fat or oil.
 e. Name the selection played throughout the motion picture. Kings Row?"
 A. It was specially composed by staff writer Eric w. Korngold, and is untitled and unpublished. EDITORS NOTE-If you are desirous of securing this weeks booklet, HOME REPAIRS" ad- dress E. M. Kirby, Department 2-lOO, Waterbury Democrat Serv- ice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. C., with IS cents to cover postage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

It doesn't take official reports from Washington to show an increase in the cost of living. Despite all the efforts put forth for price control the stores and markets charge more. If this means any thing at all it is that the mysterious old villain we call Initiation" is gradually creeping up on us. How could it be oth- erwise with wars to finance, taxes to pay, higher wages and "just little more, :" here, there and everywhere? Whistle, and keep up your courage boys and girls, it is going to be worse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

for him to take, but I think it will do him and the country an awful lot of good in the long run.
 Sometimes 1t take 8 political
 sOck-in- the-j jaw like that to
 wake up the White House, and
 for some time the White House
 has certainly needed waking up.
 But to me, much more signi- ficant was the primary race in South Carolina where Senator Burnet Maybank, a close friend of the Presidents, with the advan- tage of already being in the Sem ate, just barely squeaked through. South Carolina has been a strong pro-war state. And one thing that hurt Maybank in that elec- ton was the fact that he was a close friend of RoOsevelts.
 In other words, the New York convention, plus South Carolina, plus ODaniel's victory in Texas all go to show that the magic name of Roosevelt can't offset the rising tide of resentment in the country over the inefficiencies of Washington and worry over the war.
 As you know, the President
 understands these political re-
 buffs, and that's why I think
 they are the best thing could
 happen to him. Because he's
 a great guy when he doesn't
 have his head in the sand;; so
 now he may wake up in time to
 clean house.
 FOUR OLD MEN"
 You remember back in Febru- ary when we wrote that series of columns on the -Four Old Men" which got the President so sore? Well, in my opinion that's still the basic toruble with the war right now. The President has a terribly weak cabinet. And because he has a weak cabinet, he tries to do everything him. self.
 Just take a look att he men around Roosevelt and you can see why we aren't getting along bet- ter - genial, ambling Jesse Jones who has caused as great a defeat economically as Pearl Harbor but who is still rewarded by a posi- tion of trust in the cabinet; tuss- budget Miss Perkins. who has had most of her powers stripped from her; frustrated Frank Knox, a good newspaperman who knows as much about the Navy as the Navy does about setting type; busybody Justice Felix Frankfur- ter who ought to stick to his job on the Supreme Court: Cordell Hull, a fine old gentleman whose health keeps him away from the State Department six months of the year - and you can't run foreign policy on a part-tlme basis.
 We could bnngIe along in oF- dinary peace tmise with this kind of a cabinet. But imagine trying to run . war with a cons glomeEallon like this during the most tragic and fearful days in sur history. And yet the PreK- dent is surprised at the grow ing lack of national confidence in his Administration!
 KING OF BUNGLERs
 To me inc king-pin of all the bunglerz. and the tip-off to RooSe-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04


 However, confess that life Is a little tough for me. My buck passing days are over. When Senator Vandenberg accosts me with blood in his eye about some crack have taken at him, am no longer able to reply:
 "Why, Senator, I'm awfully
 sorry but Bob Allen wrote that
 part of the column"
 hope that everything is go- ing OK with you in the Third Army, and that you make Lieut.. Col. Frank Murphy do a little work once in a while. sus- pect that things are getting along better down there than they are up here. To tell you the truth things aren't going here as well as they might, and I get awfully tired of being constant nagger and goader of government of- ficials, even though it does seem to have beneficial effect on them. NEW YORK PILL
 The other day, however, think the Administration got the most salutary lesson it has had in a long time-Roosevelt's defeat in the New York Democratic con- vention. That was a tough pill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
Selected Poem
SEA CHANT

(By Isabel Harriss Barr in the New York Times) White gullS are wheeling as before Above the dunes and sandy shore With bramble-hush and yellow broom. Where bayberry and beach plum bloom Wind, ebb-tide and the blowing rain Reiterate a known refrain.
 And he who loves the sea sttn hears That music Of the endless years. The heart now adds another word To chant of wind and wheeling bird. And whispers 1t on trembling lips For those who brave the see on ships.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

The government is again urging that all coal users fill their bins before win- ter. The reasons are obvious. If we wait until cold weather before ordering our fuel the demand on the coal mines and the agencies of transport will be enorm- ous. And domestic demand must not be allowed to compete with the nee6c of the war effort. By buying your coal now, you will assure yourself of an adequate SUD- ply-and you will be aiding the prosecu- ton of the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
oil and Rubber

10 argue that the oil industry is try ing to prevent the manufacture Of sym tl1etlc rubber from any process whatso- ever. whether 1t involves the use of pe- troleum or not, amounts to arguing that this industry is hell-bent on its own de- struction.
 The situation is simple enough. The very life of the oil industry depends upon the maintenance of motor car transpor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04
Questions
 and Answers
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YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 The WaseEbmy Democrats Ser vice Bureau will answer for you free, any question ok R&ct or in. formation, not involving exten. sive research. Write your quea- ton clearly, glgn name and ad- dress, enclose . three cent postage stamp. Medical OF legal advice cannot be given. Address Water. bury Democrats washington Ser vice Bureau, 1913 Thirteenth Street, washington, D. c.
 e. Please describe the new flag to be awarded instead of the Navy 'E" and other industrial efficiency awards for outstanding factory pro- duction for the war effort.
 A. The flag will be swallow- tailed, with a Gothic "E" in Q yel- low wreath of oak and laurel leaves on a vertically divided blue and red background in a white border. The word "Army" will be on the red background and Navy" on the blue.
 @. Of our annual consumption of commodities and services, how much, ordinarily, is foodG
 A. About one-third.
 e. want to enlist. in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. To whom shall I apply9
 A. GO to your nearest Army re- cruiting station, where full intor- nation about enlistment require- ments is available.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

Gum shoe politics are being indulged in by all the political forces in the nation. It is only in Washington that one hears the claim that politics stand adjourned" The contests in New York and other States show very clearly that both the Democrats and Republicans are as ac- lively engaged as usual, in boosting their political parties, and factions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

find at his feet Q paper of matches of the kind given away in the U. s. with every pack age of cigarets.
 Matches in the rest of the world are a darn sight scarcer than they are here, so the chances are even that the native will pick up this n o t . so-insignih- cant gift dropped from the skies.
 1N
The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-04

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 ! hail storm and much of the glass In his green house was brok- sn. The cold night air rushed In on his deIi- ;ate flowers. and behold, when he went to the green house the next m 0 ornin his sweet peas had ;llat hus which ne had dreamed
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