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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
When Is a Mess?

In the first of three recent articles from Washingon on the tire situation, Peter Edson stated that Colonel Bradley Dewey, the new rubber director, had inherited mess". MT. EdSon went on to adduce evidence that amply justified that state ment. The counsel of a Senate Subcom- mittee Investigating the synthetic rubber program confronted Colonel Dewey with this statement, and the colonel denied it. But MT. Edson's evidence remains. And t is bolStered by some admissions which ormer Rubber Boss William Jeffers has made since his resignation. When MT. Jeffers returned to private life, he left the country the assurance that "the big lob covered by the recommendations of the Baruch report is done" A month later, however, he conceded that the synthetic tire program was tagging by 20 per cent; that much remained to be accomplished, and that, generally speaking, everything was not in apple pie order. Technically, perhaps, these admissions do not contra lict his optimistic statements about the big job" being done But they certainly tend to confuse public which had nat urally interpreted MT Jeffers parting shot to meon that something safe, sound and solid soon would be forthcoming to replace the bits and pieces which now adorn their rims.
 Mir. Edson quoted Sparks Bennett, OPA tire rationing chief, as saying that there would be shortage of eight million tires by the first of the year. His articles gave detailed account of manpoWer short- age in synthetic tire production, of bottle necks which expanded facilities will not relieve until the last half of l944, of near exhaustion of the Used tire supply, and many other disquieting data. Mir Jeffers accused the War Production Board of holding back tire fabric. He criticized tire manufacturers for not malntalnlng top machine efficiency and adequate flow of material to the machines. He pointed a finger at labor hoarding in departments not engaged in tire production.
 Maybe all this does not add up to Col onel Bradley's definition of mess. Un- doubtedly present difficulties will be solved with the passage of time But meanwhile there is going to be contln- uing time of critical tire shortage which can be weathered only with the complete cooperation of tire users. Issuing rose colored glasses won't do the trick. Mo- torists grumble over gasoline rationing. They multiply military consumption ln one big raid by the amount Mrs. Roose- velt's plane used in going to the South Pacific, and divide it by the probable out put of British oil fields in Iran. Then they send the answer with an aggrieved letter to their congressman. But most of the disgruntled motorists statistics are red herrings. The primary reason Tor gasoline rationing is that, without It., America would soon be riding on it's rims. It is time that car drivers were told the whole story of tire shortage and gas rationing, plainly and repeatedly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Paying as We Go

Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau reported on his return from the Euro pean front, that soldiers are worrying about postwar economy and the war debt. Judge Fred M. VinSon, director of Economic Stabilization, echoed this sen timent in a recent speech. Both were arguing for a greater payment of taxes now And their arguments are hard to refute.
 No one in the country, surely, wants our soldiers and sailors to fight this war and then come home and pay for it for the rest of their lives. The least that we here at home can do is to pay as much of the tremendous debt as possible while the war is going on.
 Mir Morgenthau thinks that 50 per cent current payment is about right. And we can afford to do it. Of course nobody will admit that any of this much-talked- of surplus money is in his own jeans. Yet the fact remains that after we have bought all there is to buy, purchased war bonds, paid taxes, and made payments on debts and insurance policies, a cash surplus of at least 20 billion will be float ing around in 1943.
 Judge Vinson quotes figures to show that our purchases of clothing, fur and jewelry, and our expenditures in eating and drinking places are all up more than 100 per cent over pre-War years. So we can afford to reduce the public debt (which is growing at $225 million day) a little more without undue sacrifice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Why Free" Medical Assistance?

The argument has been advanced that if one believes in free public school sys- tenn, one should not object to free medi- cine" controlled and paid for by the state. There is considerable difference between a public school system to give every indi- vidual a chance for mental equipment with which to earn living and care for himself, and furnishing the individual, at state expense, the various necessities and luXuries of life.
 Cradle to the grave security" sounds appealing, but a nation which accepts that plan sells it's independence and admits that it's people cannot care for themselves. The American medical sys- tenn has been the wonder of this war. It was not developed or fostered by the state. It was the result of enterprise and initiative of American doctors who over a long period of years have been determ- ined to make American medicine supreme.
 American medicine probably gives more actual free service to those who need it, than do the so-called socialized medical systems of foreign countries, which load the cost of their free" service onto the individual in the form of special taxes. Why should we in this country even con- sider disrupting the greatest medical system in the world to copy experiments of nations which cannot match ours in medical progress?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
THE KNOWN DEAD (New York Herald Tribune)

On this Armistice Day, as in previous Novembers, ceremonies Will be held at Arlington, outside oi Washington, before the solemn beauty of the pillared marble erect ed for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Wreaths will be placed, words will be spoken and bugles blown. It will be the nations sym bolic gesture of gratitude to the dead of the first. world war. As our country's greatest commemorator of men who died In battle once said: "It Is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this" But be- yond this national salute to an un- known soldier we need to remem- ber on this Armistice Day tombs that are not unknown. For wreaths will be placed and men and women will be standing, with wet eyes, above graves they know w-N It may be the resting place In a small town cemetery of boy who fell in France In 1918. It may be the new sod over a boy who died Tn North Africa or Italy, at Pearl Harbor or somewhere on the Atlantic. But It will be boy known and lost. There will be, alas, no doubt of his iden- tity.
 There is, alas, no doubt of death in any war! Before victory, before armlstice, boys must die and moth- CTS, wives and children weep. It has always been thus. It cannot be otherwise. Early In this war, perhaps because we are not, by na- ture or tradition, a militant-minded country, we tried to preserve the fiction that our battles were com paratively b!oodless and that none but the enemy died. War-eXperi- enced and battle-tried, we have ar- rived at a truer attitude now. Nor could this change in our national viewpoint be avoided or regretted III growing conflict For war IS q countrys life-and-death struggle Our nation exists today because men died for 1t at Bunker Hill, Benning- ton and Saratoga, at Gettysburg, Characteristic and Antietam. The better, safer world we vision tomor- row, after another armistice, can be ours only because boys are fighting and dying this November and across oceans, winning for us free- dom without which even youth coula not be happy. Now, as victory looms surer on q road they have opened before us, we can estimate better the worth of those young and known dead over whose graves tears will be shed today. Let bugles blow at Ar lington, where sacrifice stands as q magnificent symbol. But let bugles blow, too, above brave and familiar dead who need no marble for their remembering,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
TOO MANY ERRORS IN DRAW ING TEACHERS COLLEGE BILL
(NeW Haven Journal Courier)

tNeW AaVeH JouTilhi -Souiie''
 The current impasse over the purchase of the two properties for the New Haven and Danbury State Teachers colleges Is unfortunate. At the present time the Poli prop erty at 10 Howe street Of this city Is for sale, and the church property deIsred In Danbury Is not. At some future time, the Danbury property may be off the market. According to the ruling of Attorney General Pallotti, neither piece of land need ed for the physllical expansion Of the two colleges can be purchased unless both are consummated at the same time.
 The first mistake was obviously in the legislation itself. one bill was drawn and there was one appro- priation named-$65. .000--to cover the cost of obtaining both proper- ties. It appears that this two-bills- in-one was insisted upon by the State Board of Education, or one of its representatives, although 1t is doubtful whether the Appropria- tons Committee of the General Assembly preferred such an ar- rangement.
 The second mistake was in writ ing a bill SO ambiguous that such q question as the present one could arise. The attorney general says that the language indicates that the two transactions are to be com- pleted simultaneously, and yet the evidence is that the two colleges did not intend to penalize each other by requiring that neither benefit unless both did This intent could have been stated unmistakably If the sponsors had taken the trouble to do so.
 The third mistake of the State Board of Education, or It's repre- sentative. was in waiting until the closing days of the l943 session be- fore making up It's mind as to what to ask for The bill was not acted on until the closing period of the session. and at that time careful consideration either by the Appro- priations Committee or the Senate and House was impossible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
LIGHT, AND THEN MORE LIGHT
 lOhristian Science MOnltOrl

The West Coast can be particu- larly glad that the lights are on agalI. Bright windows cheering coastw!sc highways in the magnifi- cert Northwest; . Authenticated Bay seen from Mob Hill in San Francisco; Hollywood all glamorous again with neons-these are reaS- surfing tokens of confidence regard ing the vital Pacific war.
 Now the illumination of the by ways of prejudice and the shadowy purlieus of racial hate by thinking that is consistent. upscared, imaglr- atlve, and sensible is that the WeSt Coast is needing more and more.
 The place where illumlned thinS ing must focus steadily is the place Of the Vests decision about It's rac- ial groups, It's whites, It's Mexicans, It's Negroes, It's Japanese.
 Pearl Buck says that Asia will count more than Europe in the fu- ture and that what the West Coast decides to think about Asia and its peoples will determine Anericas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Heart Tablets

put up to our doctor what you said about vitamin B complex and digitalis. With his approval I stopped taking the heart tablets (digitalis) I had been taking for & long while. I began taking B conl- plex instead. It has worked just fine-haven't taken any heart tab lets now for over six months and I do hard work on the farm every day. The doctor says Brady knows his medicine" (W. D. s.
 Answer-I suggest to any one talk ing digitalis the advisability of talk. ing 1t in or with vitamin B com- plex preparation, and as soon as may be, discontinuing the digitalis but continuing the vitamin B con- p!cx indefinitely, as a real heart tonic. In other words am con- vinced that Wtamin B complex does for the heart what digitalis only purports to do. And vitanin B cor1- plex can never do anyone any harm.
 Contamination
 Tn my work 1t is necessary to ham, dle girls gym shoes and suits. clasp hands or link arms with them in playing games, etc. Principal, very fastidious, is alarmed about my in- evitable exposure to syphilis. Some of the girls are here for just such diseases. (W. F. M)
 Answer-Ordinary soap and water cleanliness is the best precaution against contamination in everyday contact with people. Learn to avoid unconsciously bringing hand or fin- gers to lips or mouth or tongue. Wash hands with soap and water after every possible exposure-for instance immediately after game, Q visit to theater, Q ride in train or other public vehicle. shaking hands with people anywhere people of any class or levei-always before eating or drinking anything anywhere. Such reasonable clean liness is the best protection against any communicable disease that may possibly be caught through ordi- nary contact.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining Co pers uonal health and hygiene. nos to disease, dlagnosls Of treatment will be answered by pr. Brady k
 stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written In ink. No reply can
 he made to queries not conform
 ing to instructions. Address pr.
 william Brady, National News
 paper Service, S2O West Madison
 Street, Chicago. III.
 PLEASE PASS THE MARGARINE
 The shortage of butter in some parts of the country probably ac" counts for the frequency of queries about oleomargarine.
 One member of my family is . crank about butter and often re- iects butter that seems good enough for me. Butter has to be very bad indeed before I find fault with 1t.
 For the past year, even before butter became difficult to obtain, have been experimenting with oleo- margarine. It irks me good deal to find that some federal regulation requires the manufacturers of oleo- margarine to doctor the product with an insignificant but costly dash of pro-vitamin A (carotene)--some- thing like 5000 units tc whole pound of the oleomargarine-and that amount is scarcely an optimal daily ration of vitamirl A for a nor- nal person. Any one who may need vitamin A or suffer from insufti- cient daily intake of vitan1in A would be foolish indeed to try to correct his A deficiency with this doctored oleomararine. Worse still, what the label calls Vitamin A in oleomargarine is not natural vita min A at all, but just carotene, yellow pigment substance in such foods as carrots, banana, yellow squash, peaches fresh and dried, dried prunes, oranges, apricots, green leafy foods such as lettuce, spinach, broccoli, escarole, fresh green peas, green peppers. dande- lion greens, beet greens, green string beans, tomatoes and mangoeS. It is properly called pro-vitamin A as 1t is only the preclusor, or the material the animal or human body can use to manufacture real or nat ural vitamin A. One third or more of the carotene taken in food or otherwise is not used, cannot be used in the body for making vita. min A.
 Real, natural vitamin A, ready for use in the body without further metabolism or change, is present in the fat of milk and hence in butter. in the yolk of egg, in the fat or oil of some shes, in the liver fat or oi lof all sea fishes and some fresh water fishes, in calf or beef liver and in pig liver, in canned salmon and fresh salmon and in oysters.
 You get as much carotene (pro- vitamin Al in a pound of sweet po- tato as you get in a pound of oleo- margarine.
 Aside from this silly factoring of oleomargarine with what Uncle Sam calls "vitamin A." the oleo- margarine on the market today is virtually equivalent to butter in nutritive or nutritioi,al value in my opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

This week Lieutenant Colonel Lyda M Keener, chief nurse at the Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, retired after thirty-seven years and some months as an army nurse. This makes of her career a record, the longest service of its kind in history. She likewise retires as one of the highest ranking officers in a corps of more than 30000 nurses now on duty in all parts of the world. In carry, ing on her work Lieutenant Colonel Keener has seen large portion Of the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Views Of The Press

Oriental policy.
 Here are some opportunities for the West Coast:
 To consider, without noisy talk but with genuine concern for every bodys interests, how to house the thousands of Southern Negroes who are pouring in week by week A thousand a week enter Los Angeles alone, 1t is estimated.
 To arrive at unconditional, just, American convictions regarding the rights of 100000 Japanese American eacuees, two-t thirds of whom ware citizens.
 To remember that fair treatment for Mexicans will be worth more in every way than all the money spent ccurting South American trade.
 Such light is needed. The end Of the dimout can prefigure It's coming,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

The United States Marines who cele- brated 168 years of existence Wednesday did themselves proud this week in Bou- gainville last big Japanese island in the Solomons. This lusty division of the U. s. fighting services is the oldest. They, like our Army and Navy, inspire feeling of enthusiasm and appreciation for their guts, to put it not too elegantly The story of Bougainville is one of triumph for OUR side, just one more step in the approach towards Japan. The Army has also landed troops to help the Marines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

aide, dashing Go. Eugene Regnier, when Stimson was Secretary oil State At that time Florello LaGuardia, then a Congressman, inserted clause in the Army ap- propriation bill barring mili- tary aide for Stimson. It nearly caused the old gentleman to have a fit Today, Stimson as Sec retary of War is greeter every morning outside the Penta9or building by a sergeant attired in dress blue uniform who leaps to the car and carefully carries Stim- sons brief case (weight 2 pounds. Three sergeants rotate this duty,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

cooperative action.
 As a result of this latest attack on business, which would destroy states rights in the regulatory field of insurance, bills have been introduced in both Houses of Congress to affirm the intention of that body that Federal antitrust laws are not to be construed as applying to insur- ance, thus putting an end to threats against state authority and the solvency of a private enterprise that is rendering such an invaluable service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
HOLIDAY TRAVEL
(Boston Post)

There should be no necessity this year for repeated appeals to civil ians not to travel during the hoI- day season unless 1t is altogether imperative. Most people recall that transportation facilities were over taxed last year. Service men coming home on leave quite naturally ex- pect that accommodation will be available. The Office of Defense Transportation, trying to make cer. tain Of this, Is seeking to have vAs cation leaves denied private anA government employees from DeceEs. Der 17 through January 10. so th9t they may not travel. Everyone win agree that the train, plane and bus seats belong to the service men during the coming Yuletide.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

one from the infantry, one from the cavalry, one from the artillery. The Air Corps Is not represented. .. It makes a pretty picture, but doesn't help manpower .. N. Y. Lawyer Morris Ernst, White House adviser on many things, has left on another confidential trip to England The Navy is buying two million acres in California and oregon for an aerial gunnery range. It will be the largest land purchase in naval history.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

How quickly the wheels turn. Just a short while back you were a menace on the road, liable to censure If not arrest and fine it caught driving with full lightss along the highway. Now, with the end ol the dimout, you are culpable if you drive with your dimout lights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Selected Poem
GRANDPA

GRANDPA ames Lane Doyle in the Poets Corner, Hartford
 Times) Tn our youth our parents curbed us When we became reckless and wild, But standards of old are discarded Now Grandpas the problem child Although we try to restrain him, He'll burst out !n furious rage Thus time has reversed the old order When you were guided by age. When Grandpa is i'll he'll be quiet, When well he'll growl and curse. It's worse for us when he's better, And better for us when he's worse!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Tire Progress
 Report No. 4 Reveals Problems
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington CorreSpondent

Just where the United States stands today on its critical rubber supply, with estimates of produc- ton and demand for the remainder of the year and for l944, is revealed in Progress Report No. 1, covering the third quarter of l943, now re- leased by the new rubber director Colonel Bradley Dewey.
 The report gives flat assurance that all of the synthetic rubber
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

plants will be in prod uc ti on by early l944 a n d that enough rub Der can be pro- duced before the crude stockpile is all gone. This as- surance is, how ever, qualified:
 l. Tn e supply of tires and other essential r u b b e T ood Is will be short for a long time.
 2. The syntlle-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

Balance stOckpile
 December 31 -. 205,0OO 5I.O0O
 The figures show the dwindling stockpile, in spite of vastly in- creased production and indicate that any unexpected demand for military rubber, or breakdown in civilian rubber borne transportation would bankrupt the works.
 The supply of scrap rubber Is more than adequate, with some 745,- 900 tons on hand and monthly usage of only 35,000 tons. The old tire collection brought in l2 million carcasses, but part of them are of such low quality that they will have to be burned. Getting by in- wolves the use of every casing that can be salvaged and retreated. Use of reclaimed rubber has been largely abandoned.
 SYNTHETIC CAMELBACK
 The report brings out that pas senger car size tires and camelback for recapping are now being made entirely of synthetic rubber, that medium sized tires are now being made of from 10 per cent to 30 per cent synthetic, but that all heavy sizes and the larger airplane tires, duty, hish-speed tires in the largest must still be made from natural rubber only.
 Of the feed stock and other ma terials going into synthetic rubber production. there are reported to be adequate supplies of benzol, used in making styrene, and of alcohol. But because the butylenes from petro- leum are used for both high tane gasoline and butaaiene for synthetic rubber, this supply situation will be tight.
 Colonel Dewey reports that 1t is still too early to predict what the ultimate postwar costs of synthetic rubber are going to be. Certain plants with low-cost raw materials hold out hope for Buna s rubber of which 735,0o0 of the 850,00o tons annual U. s. and Canadian production of synthetic rubber will be-may cost less than Is cents a pound. Average prices of all produc- ton teddy, however, are running at 36 cents for Buna S, 8 cents for Bully, 45 cents for Neoprene, and 40 cents for imported crude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 6:30 D. m. (war time) Sun rises at 7:34 a. m. sets at 5:38 D. m. (war time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 Weather Wisdom: A rainbow In the morn- ing gi9es the shepherd warning. A rainbow at night is the shepherds de. light-Old Farmerf Almanac.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
A Thought for Today

And these words, which command thee this day, shall be in thine heart.-DeuteronOm 6:6
  find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for disputing about His plans-George Macdonald
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12
Washington Merry-Go-Rou
BY DREW PEARSON

FDR Surprised Thot Hull Agreed Lond Site of Big Council
 Hoped Would Fresher of Washington Original U Pon Was Permit Cooperation of the Small Notions Payroll oy smeo Vest Congressman Who Makes Groy Choge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-12

November Though the President highly pleased at he
  dspaue cabinet meeting