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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
PrOpOsed Confederation

A signed editorial in Golfers Weekly states that the Polish government is in favor of Central European Confereda- ton of nations. This would extend from the Mediterranean to the Baltic. The countries that would be included are Poland, CZechoSlovakin, Jugoslavia and Greece, "and later, of the rehabilitated peoples of Central Europe who have temporarily thrown in their lots with Hitler" to quote the words of General Wladyslaw Sikorslki, Premier of Poland.
 AS might be expected the Confedera- ton would endeavor to organize and lay a foundation that would be safe against German oppression. The history of some of the smaller nations since Hitler first started his invasionS is a history of calamity; suffering, death separations of families and untold misery. If ever these countries can again establish an individual identity or group together it will be happy day for them.
 Poland's history from early times is filled with periods of oppression, rebirth and again oppression. They stand out as courageous country, properly resent full of subjection by totally different race.
 The Polish Premier says also apropoS of the uniting of these nations: "There must be, above and beyond these federa- tions, world government, based on the present alliance of the United Nations" General SikorSki writes at length on steps for establishing world peace with depri- vations for Germany through Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
A ThOueht Cor Today
Beginning of the End

The identlflable beginning of the end of this war probably will come when Analo-American armies invade the con- tlnent of Europe with infantry, tanks, artillery and other paraphernalia of con- sentrated land warfare. It is quite poSsl- ole, however, that the end for Hitler has begun already through exhaustion of the manpower without which no war can be fought successfully. From Oslo, Vidkun Quisling has broadcast threat to mo- bllize young Norwegians for service in the Nazi Army. From Moscow a cap- tured German private is quoted that Hit ler's defense forces along the Channel have been decimated to get men to die in Russia. The Reich armies have won annoying counter-successes against the rampaging Russians, but only at the cost of drawing heavily upon their reserves and stripping Western Europe. AS the time for a second European front draws near, the pressure upon Hitler becomes terrible. He is trying to get the last possible soldier out of Germany, Italy and the satellite Axis powers, plus all he can force from the occupied nations.
 The men Hitler gets from now on will UEtOIk AdLkSly LO tWO CldootlASdtAVAlo
 those physically inferior, and those who hate him and his cause and who will fight lackadaisically until they have opportunity to desert. Meanwhile the Axls has reached the bottom of the bar rel in its draft of war production work CTS from conquered countries. It may even have gone through the bottom, be- cause thousands who have been comply ing hopelessly are now gaining courage for renewed resistance.
 Meanwhile, continuous day and night bombing of major Reich industrial cen teTg must have done enormous damage. We have to guess It's extent, but we can do that We have only to imagine what would be the situation in Detroit, San Diego, Bridgeport, Norfolk, Pittsburgh, Birmingham, If those cities had been treated to what our bombers have given to German war factory areas. The job stiIl has to be done This is only the be- ginning = perhaps only the beginning of the beginning We still must expect plenty of blood, sweat and tears. But if the way looks hard, imagine how it must look to Germans, Italians, and their satellites.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
Home of Tomorrow

After the last war, if we remember rightly, there was to be an era of im- proved d..homebuilding, something entirely new and lasting. Some. of the house projects were started but unfortunately the country came on hard times known as depression and any kind of house build- ing practically ceased There was much about the steel and glass houses all out fitted with units that were short cut to housekeeping.
 Some of these homes materialized. out Detroit way, we believe, the Kelvi- nator houses were built, whole sections of them, small and compact but perfectly outfltted. However, building did not get very far, generally speaking, and real es- tate has been at a standstill, almost, for so long now that the building of a new home or public building is major event.
 Perhaps the end of this war will see the return of building on large scale. We are told that postwar homes will be dust less, draftIess and sound-conditioned. We read attractive descriptions of tricky ar- xangements which will make housekeep- ing easy. All these things are well and good, but it is to be hoped the time and energy needed will also be utilized to build on firm foundations, not papershell horses, cheap little affairs, but sone- 'h'ne that will last. no matter how small
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

and unassumihR For these postwar homes methods used for war construction win he applied Co home building. The magazine Fortune states: "The mass pro auction technique that made the auto what it Is today may make the bathroom what it should be tomorrow"
 Tn its discussion of homes Fortune stresses the engineering improvements which are perhaps what makes Q house more than the curve of the staircase. The bathroom and the kitchen, therefore, are the two main things to consider in the house of tomorrow. The article thumb nails it thus; "The postwar revolution in housing will not be a revolution in style any more than the internal-combustio engine was a revolution in style. It will be a revolution in performance"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
Captain Ginsburg

While we are on the subject of un- justifiable quibbling, there is the case of David Ginsburg, general counsel to the OPA, who was deferred as an essen- tial worker and now is expected to be commissioned an Army captain.
 Critics, chasing flyspecks, infer that Ginsberg did some draft dodging. That is silly. While Leon Henderson headed OPA he regarded MT. Ginsberg as essen- tial. When Prentiss Brown succeeded Henderson, he agreed. Unfortunately, Messrs. Brown and Ginsberg do not see eye to eye on matters of policy. This has made the latter dispensable. Immediately, on his own volition, he asked to be re- leased to the draft board.
 A man of Ginsburg's talent is much too valuable to waste toting rifle or a machine gun. Men with fraction of his ability are wearing two bars, and even oak leaves, on their shoulders. Why such a fuss If the Army wants to make sound use of his services?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
THE VOCABULARY OF MIME.
 CHANG
(Hartford Courant)

When Mime. Chiang Kai-shek In her address before the House of Representatives expressed the hope that the United Nations in making the peace would not be "oktunded'' by a mirage of expediency, her use of the unfamiliar medieval word was like the bravura flourish that vir- tuoso often makes on completing a dlfficult cadenza. That Mime. Chiang was a misteress of English was known to all who had read her written statements, as well as to the lucky few who had heard her con- versation and formal utterances in Chungking. Yet no report on her style had quite prepared Americans for her ability to enllven and to ell. rich her speech in English, which Is both strong and subtle. with the apt employment of esoteric, even archaic. words.
 As became speedily apparent. lob. tund" had not found It's way acci- dentally or whimslcally into the wide vocabulary of Mme. Chiang. In her speech at Madison Square Gar. den in New York. she found occasion to allude to the "revaleEcent" world of the future. Another derivative from the Latin, "revalescent Is a neat synonym of 'convalescent", but with far richer oyertone. The sus- picion began to grow that Mme, Chiang was not merely e mistress of the vocabulary of the cultured, but that she had a verbal range us- 'iaily possessed only by the scholar. nd when she went back to Wellou-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

Busses have arrived in Iceland. And that's news, believe 1t or not. The boys in Iceland who have been homeSick for a sight of something looking like Main street back home, are now seeing the first busses ever to appear on the island. They were ordered last April, shipped in Nov ember and are now beginning regular transit schedule. Of course there are some passenger cars and trucks on the island. Reykjavik had population in peace times of S9,709. The boys in Ice land have something to write home about with the arrival of the busseS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
Red Tape

Why must persons who bring sugar or coffee into the country surrender ration tickets? Isn't somebody forgetting the reason for rationing those commodities or perhaps being unduly bureaucratic?
 Sugar and coffee are rationed because we lack sufficient transportation to im- port enough for everybody. If a man who has been out of the country chooses to bring back few pounds of sugar or coffee on his person or in his car, he is not burdening transportation facilities or taking an unfair share of what has been brought in for everybody.
 It seems highly technical, under such circumstances, to make him surrender coupons,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

things God does, eithef through tne counsel of the Bible or through the quiet enlightenment of the Spirit, is to relieve us of false interpreta- tlons of our infirmities. Tn the story of the man who was born blind, we hear the Pharisees asking. "Who sinned, this man or his parents?" and our Lords reply was, Neither but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.. That lifted his affliction out of the darkness of despair and into the light of hope.
 A wrong interpretation, of our iil- firInity only adds an unnecessary burden to what circumstances de- cree we have to bear. When our hearts get right with God, then we either understood why we are ats fllcted or we assume such an atti- tude of trust that we are able with composure to bear what we have to bear. We can be sure that our Lord never overlooks us and leaves us forgotten in the prison house of our troubles. "He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

Not even Harold IckeS could have been more fortnight in an. swering questions shot at him, at Eden's own invitation, during the luncheon.
 The young British Foreign Min. lster touched on Q variety of sub jects dealing with international affairs, but got in his most effec- tive shots in answer to questions regarding the isolationist bromide that the British are interested chiefly in licking the NaSis and will leave us to fight Japan alone.
 "Let's forget emotion and sen- tlmcnt and look at this as .
 cold ~hlootlod business prOpOsi- tlOn," declared Eden. "After finishing with Germany and Italy, we have every reason In Che world Co continue Che fight against Japan until wo have crushed her alsO,"
 Reminding his listeners that Japan was as much an enemy ot Great Britain as of the United states, Eden observed with biting emphasis:
 "Ausaralla and New Zealand are part Of che British Conn monwealth of Nations. Among other COnimOnwealths and dom. inlOns, they have been In this war from the start. Do you think for q moment that we are EOlng to let them down? Do you think for . moment that any true EngllshInan would dc. seFt these valiant people? We will fight together until Che Japanese menace, like Che Maxi, is wiped from the face of the earth.
 "Yes, and there's Singapore, gentlemen" remarked Eden COldly. "It's . matter of pride with US to revenge Slnga- pore"
 Eden pointed out that 1t was realistic for the United States, If for no other reason, to pursue the war against Germany and Italy until those nations were smashed.
 Just as Calais In the control of the Nazis Is a danger pointed at the heart of the British en- pire, he said, "so would the Bri- tish Isles, occupied by the Nazis, be a dagger pointed at the United States. Neither of us has any choice. The United States, Rus- sia, Britain and all the other United Nations are going to keep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
Current Comment

If this conflict ends without a United Nations program for rsor- dering the world believe there will be widespread civil wars and rev- olution, leading again Into interna. tional war on a colossal scale. --Dr. Frederick L. Schuman of Williams College.
 
 Raw materials must become cons mon assets in the world if there Is to be peace.
 William Y. Elliot of the WIPE.
 
 It is transcendent thinking and the translating of these thoughts into deeds worthy of the name of human progress which distersn. tiates man from beasts. The mem tally lackadaisical have had more than their share in nurturing the evils of our day.
 Madame Chlang Kal-shek.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
BENDING GO FAR BACkwARD1

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 As more and more doctors 60 Co war the volume of mall for this cole umn mounts higher end higher. Only on rare occasions or Doo Brady comes up for cir, and the grass grows thick on the path ho used Co make gneaklng out the back door Co the bowling green aster- moons in the halcyon days before the war.
 It now becomes Q question wheth. er to crack down on the corresponds ents who Ignore the rules in ordeg to devote more time Co the corre- spondents who comply with lnstESic- tlons, or whether Co adhere rigldly to the code Of medical ethics and keep this service strictly N0Ns MEDICAL, that is, confined Co giv. ing information or advise on Ques- tions pertaining to personal health and hygiene, NOT TO DrAQN0S 0SIs, SYMPTOMS, TREATMENT or CURE.
 There you have the problem, folks. It Is up to you Co make the decision
 No formal or stated principle of medical ethics concerns me very much. My only desire is to heed the injunction of Hlppocrates who taught his followers in effect DO GOOD IF YOU CAN, BUT DO NO HAFeM". Following that Tile os eon- duct, no doctor need bother his head about the written Code of Medical Ethics. s
 For that matter, I have always been willing to bend forward Q bic when lt has seemed to me that by so doing I might do good and not harm. It has not always proved 60 sometimes I have found that by unhendlng I have done harm. Still, I continue the practice, and now more than ever before, because 30 many more readers are uncertain what to do since their physicians have gone to war.
 But please, folks, let's keep our correspondence BRIEF and to the point.
 Speaking of symptoms, the less said of symptoms in a letter to mo the peter l like 1t. Remember, this tS ID iOuksulsVuuCe CtlEllC' AulS " still 0 PERSONAL HEALTH SERV- ICE. Only proper place to reclte your symptoms Is in the otiice Of your physician.
 If anything irks me more than the correspondent who sends me clip- ping from my own column (as though I were too dumb to under stand anything else) 1t is the corre- gpondent who asks me to submit symptoms of this and that for him or her to try on. I tell you the symp- tomsP Which of us is the doctor, anyway?
 For the duration I must be guided by the general character of the queries or requests readers submit. If readers are reasonable about 1t I'll go the limit to do all the good I can. But in order to do 80 must insist that every one heed the in- structions to correspondent which are regularly printed with this coi- uInn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
Selected Poem
FURNACE CREEK

FURNACE CREEK
 (Candace T. Stevenson in The Christian
 Science Monitor) Palm fronds are clappng their hands together With the hush, hush sound of waves, Urged by the wind from the desert, cold wind for night is falling. Palm fronds are shining under the big desert starr In sleek, sharp patterns. They weave, they interlace, Clasping sword fingers Palm fronds, pushing, pushing Up from this tiny spot where there Is water, This one tiny oasis Tn the prismatic desert. Outside there is no sound, Even the rastling of a chuckwalla. Here there is the hush, hush of palm fronds, The reaSsuring song of crickets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

The Spaniards, who fought, bletl and were taken prisoners for the sake of Q democratic.repuhllcen government In Spain, are only too glad to work for the Americans, according to the State Depart ment report. But ct present, having been imprisoners by the French Vlchyites, they are work ing ct slave wages for Vichy company.
 At Casablanca also several
 thousand prisoners arc work Ing on American construction projects at the starvation wage Of seven francs . day - about fourteen cents,
 This brings up tho whole prob- lem of spanish refugees, about which the State Department Is saying little. For some time, the Mexican government has ex- pressed willingness to serve as Q haven for Spanish Loyallst refugees, who, if they went back to Spain, face imprisonment or execution,
 However, with U. 6. ships Fe. turning empty from North AZ. rlca, and with Mexico refusing Co send us more farm workers because of her own lab0r shOrt- age, nothing has been done about spanish refugees.
 For five years they have been prisoners of the French, under the most degraded conditions. Yet the State Department, having done its best to encourage Q Franco victory during the spanish Civil War, now merely shrugs its shoulders and says 1t will con- suit Franco.
 MERRY.GO.ROUND
 Rubber CEar Jeffers was re- minded the other day: "A lot of people don't like you Mir. JeffeFs." "Ycs," was the comeback, but are there any of them who overlook mel" Congresswoman Clare Luce talks about the Wheeler Wallace axes, both of which she says, lead to trouble. The Wal lace theory of post-war peace is too idealistic, argues Glare, the Wheeler thesis too isolationist. .. Harry Hopkins has been tell- ing Congressmen: "The boss Is bigger than the Democratic party. He's convinced we can't make this war Q political One." {. When FDR was introducing Mad anne Chiang Kai-Shek to some of his friends, he said: "This is Bernard M. Baruch. Bernie's raised me for about 90 years" Baruch countered: "And don't you think I've done Q pretty good job of it?"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

on fighting until we have an- initiated the Axis powers"
 STREANlLINED MENUS
 The menu for the Eden luncheon consisted of small piece Of roast beef, Q vegetable, potatoes, coffee and pic, The British Foreign Minister ato Sparingly. When the luncheon waS over, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Tom Connolly, of Texas, remarked to colleagues, who flocked In to shake hands with Eden, that they didn't miss much In the way of food"
 "llOwevcr," added Connolly with . nod to Eden, "I guess lt would have been Q SumptuOus repast In Great Britain"
 "Right, Senator" grinned Eden. RUNGL PLAN IN REVERSE
 A preview of Desert Victory" Q real life movie of Gen, Mont- gomery's rout of Marshal Rommel, was attended by Representative Edward Hebert of Louisiana and Charles Campbell. press attache of the British Supply Council.
 "What dld you think of .its" Campbell asked Hebert as the two emerged, blurry-eyed from goth Century-Fox headquarters In Washington.
 Hehert was 6 hard-hoiled editor of the New orleans States for l5 years before coming to Wash. ington. He replied:
 "That was the most power. full moving picture I have ever seen. After watching all those gallant young British troops killed In action, feel like doubling my income tax pay ment Co the government"
 SPANISH PRISONERS
 When Secretary Cordell Hull was asked in Q press conference whether Spanish Republican refugees in North Africa would be released from Vichy prison camps he replied that they would be released after consultation with the Franco government.
 Unfortunately consulting Franco would be tantamount to consult- ing Hitler about the status of German-Jtwish refugees in the United States.
 However, the U. s. Army In North Africa has gone one step further than that. It Is now using spanish Republican pris- Oners In North Africa as con. tract labor gangs.
 This has been reported official. ly to the state Department by one of Mir. Hull's consulS, who says that a U. s. Air Corps unit has signed Q contract with the Com pagnie Mediterranee- Niger to con- struct barracks and hangars. The labor used for this construction are Spanish Republicans, who op. crate virtually as slave labor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
Views Of The Press

ley college. she made plain that such was the case.
 There, before the faculty and the students of her alma mater. she let verbal rarities drop from her lips, not one by one, but almost in a flashing stream. "Indehiscence." she warned the young women confront ing her would not equip them for the battles of life. and perhaps only the students of botany were aware how concisely she had described the closings of q mind in terms of Q flower unable to scatter its seeds. Tn China. she told her listeners. women had contributed notably to the "ep- chronological" advancement of civ- ilization, the furthering of knowi- edge. She warned against "Tar- tlIffes." stepping thus form . Latin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
The Way [ Like 'Enl

ism to Q Gallicism, and when she pleaded with them not to "maun- der" she ventured into language of uncertain origin. Finally. she de- scrlbed Wellesley in terms that may not be quickly forgotten, as a "cen- ate" of learning. finding the right word to describe a great reservoir in the language of the Mayans.
 Tn eight years as president. Grover Cleveland added two words to the vocabulary of the ordinary citizen "innocuous desuetude." In four weeks, and with three speeches. Mime. Chiang, from the interior of China. has given Americans nearly five times as many, and her public utterances in the United States gre not yet at an end. She enlarges our vocabulary as she wldens our vision and touches our heart.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

The first feeling of Spring was experi- enced Wednesday of this week. The ther- mometer jumped up considerable, and a few brave souls sauntered forth in new spring suits which they have been hold ing in reserve.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

Potluck suppers and round-Robin lunches will be a necessity now that we are definitely committed to a two-pound- a-week meat standard. It is quite likely that when you are invited to dine with friends in the future you will previously share your ration card if the gathering is sizeable, and also help out in any other way that you can with the etceteraS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Contact Lenses

Have been wearing glasses, but wish to start wearing contact lenses, Please give your opinion of them, (L. O.
 Answer--It is my impression that they can seldom be worn more than Q few hours at time, and are used chiefly by actors, etc., who cannot wear ordinary glasses. Some per- sons do build up tolerance so they can wear them constantly.
 Little Lesson Helped
 After doctorlng for eight years without lasting effect, my husband is now free of the last twinge of arthritis and happy with relief. thanks to your Little Lesson No. l2. (Mrs. O. T. L)
 Answer-Oh, now, I wouldn't say that. The Little Lesson probably did no harm, but how do you know it wasn't the treatment the doctor gave your husband that really brought the improvement? The booklet "The His Called Rheuma- tisrn" is available to any reader who sends ten cents and stamped ad- dressed envelope. and asks for It. I refuse to read clippings of my own column to find out what a corre- spondent wants.
 The Way I Like Elm
 Your teachings have meant much in my life. I have been freed from the physic habit, freed from fear of illness from "exposure," convinced that respiratory infections are spread chiefly through cohversa. tional spray. c. E. B.
 Answer-Thank you. It is a rare pleasure to get letter like yours just telling me the column is worth while.
 Copyright I94S, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-26

The ban will be lifted on the purchase of, coal-burning stoves March 30. This is point (not purchasing point) well to remember. Those who are wiShful of supplementing their heating equipment should be on the alert for the purchase of a coal stove. Just one more thing to shop around for.