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The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-02-01
Smear Season

Watch out for smear stories directed against
labor. They're in season now.
Labor's enemies have high hopes of using
the new Congress to cut wages and cripple unions.
To put through their plans, they need to
create the impression that public opinion Is
aroused" and demanding anti-labor legislation
So the neatest trick which labOr's enemies
can pull is to plant stories about alleged
incidents that calculated to stir the genuine
indignation of those who read and believe Them
particularly garing of this kind is a
widely reprinted story quoting some unnamed
Marines saying that National Maritime
Union had refused to unload a ship in
Guadalcanal a Sunday, account of union rules.
The story has been given the lie by Admiral
Halsey commander of U. S. forces in the South
Pacific and by the NMU. The union points out that
seamen have always worked on Sundays, and there
10 nothing in any of its agreements to prohibit
such work.
Labor welcomes the Congressional investiga-
tion of this story. 1t hopes that full exposure of
its fasity may help to check the whole SANDER
campaign
The public should be aroused by such stories.
But its indignation should be directed against
those who falsely smear American seamen. For
the seamen daily face death serving their country,
and their casualty list of 3211 is actually greater
proportonatey than that of the armed services.
The Axis Is the chief gamer from Islander
stories that turn Americans against Americans
That's why its agents inspire many of them.
Watch out for anti-labOr smears and scotch
them. They do the work of the enemy.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-02-01

ments to be working in the interests Of our
cOuntry's enemies
In fact the Vice President of the United
better the interests of our enemies if he had been
in their pay.
The Tolan committee, on the other hand, has
devoted itself entirely to promoting our countrys
war effort. 1t has been careful and thorough in
its studies and hearings, and has produced some of
the most brilliantly constructive reports that have
emanated from Congress.
The TOlan committee has served the
country well by emphasizing the necessity for
total war planning and mobilization. 1t has
outlined program for centralized cOOrdinated
gearing of our entire war machinery under
labor, management and government cOOpera-
heartedly endorsed by the CLIO and by most
fOrwardoOkng Americans
But the Tolan committee is now officially out
of existence until action is taken to continue 1t,
while big drive is on in Congress to give more
funds to continue the Dies committee.
The CLOS stand is very clear on these two
committees. 1t urges the passage of House Reso-
luton SO to extend the useful existence of the
Tolan committee and asks all its members to i'm
press on House leaders and on their individual
Congressman the Importance of continuing it,
As to the Dies committee, it's thumbs down.
Everyone who wants to win the war should
urge his Congressman to vote against the Cox
resolution for It's refueng, and to expose Its
true character on the floor of Congress in
uncertain terms
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-02-01
Two Committees

1t is hard to imagine two more opposite Con-
gressional committees than the Dies committee
and the Tolan committee.
The Dies committee from the first has been
instrument for anti-New Deal political factional-
ism. 1t has been slapdash and sloppy in its meth
DDS. 1t has sought cheap and sensational publicity
by unsubstantiated smears directed against the ad-
ministration against labor and against all liberals
and progressives
Since the war, the Dies committee has
grown from nuisance into positive danger.
1t has been q chief source for Axis radio prop
uganda. 1t has constantly tended to disrupt
national unity and the unity of the United
Nations. 1t has associated with, and been
supported by many fascist-inclined individuals
whom It should have exposed, and who have
since been shown by Dept of Justice indict-
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1943-02-01
LOOKING AHEAD
By Len De Caux

A BSENCE makes the heart grow fonder = but
N not absenteeism.
This new and much cussed ism does not apply
to absentee owners 1t seems, but only to the sons
and daughters Of toll.
It's an ism without any lists. No one believes
In II or proudly calls himself an absenteeist. It's
practiced but never preached
Yet absenteeism is a serious drag on war pro-
ducton-as we'll as stick used by anti-labor propa-
pandists to belabor the working folks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Lend.Lease Meat

There is growing feeling that the eating public is entitled to full, fair and Impartial statement, supported with fig- ures, from source in which the public has confidence, about the causes of the complete breakdown in meat distribution. Most explanations thus far have left the harassed housewife feeling that they really were alibis. About the only excuses advanced are that lend-lease plus needs of the armed forces account for the shortage. Now lend-lease Ad- ministrator Edward R. Stettinius knocks out the first with figures and casts doubt upon the second. The first two months of this year, reports Stettinius, shipments on lend-lease took only 10 pounds out of every 1000 of our beef, and even this was five times the rate in 1942, at the end of which decent beef was almost un- Obtainable by civilians.
 Last year Australia and New Zealand supplied our troops more beef than we turned over to lend-lease - that is, they wiped lend-leaSe off the books as an alibi for shortage, and also cared for part of the excess demand created by the fact that soldiers need more meat than civilians In mo category now short did lend-lease take very much. Less than one pound of pork out of every 10 - and this was by far the heaviest burden. One pound of lamb and mutton out of every 25; the equivalent in butter, cheese, dry and evaporated milk of E4 quarts of milk out of every 1000; one pound of lard and vegetable fat out of eight; five cans of vegetables out of each 1000. Negligible amounts.
 l The causes of the food breakdown go deeper than Washington has admitted. In the case of meats there is at least one expert on the federal payroll-a man who acquired his knowledge the hard way as a retail dealer-who more than R year ago predicted everything that is happening today and explained why it was going to be. The trouble was clear cut even then - but not inevitable. It became inevitable only when those with power to decide policy ignored the warn 1ngs of men who knew the meat indus kry. We are entitled to clear, complete Ractual report as a guide to those who could still avoid some of the tribulationS now on their way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Latest Possible Easter

Although the March winds of the last Few days have more or less made people forget that Easter is in the offing, we wonder if it's realized that the date this wear is the latest possible under the ecclesiastical regulations governing this keast-day. And an Easter Sunday as late as April 25 won't occur again during this century. The last one was in 1886. Most Df us know of the existence of the broad rule determining EasterS date - the Arst Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox or March 21.
 But consultation of your calendar, if at gives the moons phases, would reveal khat there was full moon on March 21 an this country. So it might seem as if khe date of Easter should have been March 28, i1asmuch as the church regu- aation StipulateS that if the full moon occurs on March 21, Easter will be the Following Sunday. However, there's diff ference in calculation of the full moon by the church and by science. In other words we have an ecclesiastical phase of the moon and an astronomical one. Some kimes they coincide; sometimes there are WarianceS.
 The church fathers back in the days uf the Emperor Constantine had their own astronomical rules and methods. By khese same rules the date of Easter is still determined. And the paschal moon in the church calendar did not begin until April s. It becomes full on March Is, which is a Sunday, where another rule antrudes. The Council of Nice in 325 A. D. said that if the full moon after the yernal equinox fell on a Sunday Easter would be the following Sunday. So in 1O43 with the full moon occurring, ac eording to the church calendar, on April d8, Easter is April 25.
 If you look at your April calendar you 0rObably will note that the new moon zell on April 4th and will be full April &0th, which does not affect the date of Easter the 25th. However, if the 20th were 6 Sunday it would mean an Easter on the 27th which is impossible in the church cal 1sndar, because the ecclesiastical full moon can never come as late as April goth. All of which makes us wonder why the World Calendar Association hasn't used this hate Easter date as one of it's arguments
 bE adoption of the new calendar, involv Ing fixed dates of recurrence for all such Events as these.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
HistOricalIy Speaking

The nationwide survey of schools in checking the United States history courses goes on. It Is thought in a good many cases in certain sections that there has been too little of the subject included in the curriculum. Most of us know that United States history is not a must for four years of high school. Tn grammar school children get the foundations in a sinplified form but once they go into high school one year of the history of our own country is thought, or has been so thought in the past, sufficient for the four year student.
 Of late years, however, there has been considerable activity along educational lines to have more United States history and make it a necessary subject. An article recently stated that teachers of the subject devoted too much time to the economic aspects and to civics when teaching the subject, and not enough to history in the making.
 There are varied opinions on the reports submitted on the poll to find out how much or how little history is taught. In New York City it was stated Tuesday that pupils in that city were well grounded in the subject. Whatever the results of the investigation in any United States com munity all feel that the subject can bear accentuation, and that it is a good sub- ject to stress. Many feel it should be required for the four years. That sounds plausible in this day and age, and accent of history should be encouraged with all other necessary subjects getting a fair play. But let's know our own country first and then when well grounded in that take a sabbatical and travel to other countries, because it is quite impossible to learn about one without becoming entangled with another.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

tried to take her life and was rushed to the hospital for treat ment. The doctor gave her medical attention. and then before he left her beside the nurses noticed that he stood looking at the girl for a while in a very searching fashion. About two hours later a plant was delivered at the hospital for this girl and a card with it which read. From a friend"
 The circumstances had a most remarkable effect upon the girl. The realization that somebody was her friend caused her to get hold of herself. and in a few weeks she left the hospital and has since lived a normal, happy, and purpose flIl. She does not know to this day that 1t was the doctor who sent he pant, but the nurses know and 0 do the doctors who were on duty a the ward at that time.
 Many a person would take new iold on life if he realized that one person in the world really cared and could be called a friend.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

Beginning next week we are going after thirteen billion dollars in war bonds for the government. In this as in all wartime drives generous response will be noted. AS one drive merges into another and as different all-out efforts in giving material help where it is needed are endorsed the wheels of war machinery on the home front continue to rotate. Grumblings are sometimes noted, and you might hear it said-what next? But by and large any feelings of non-cooperation are disSipated in the realization of what is needed, what was needed and what will continue to be needed ad infinitum in wartime world. The United States Treasury has already named the coming one the greatest loan drive in history, so that will give an idea of it's scope and its importance to you as individuals
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

Though we must watch our points it has been quite a revelation to discover that there is meat again in the markets. We become acquainted again with that popular price known as sirloin, a round or a porterhouSe steak. Meat is going to mean much more to us now when we order over the counter. We have become aware of meat in the whole piece and when a steak or chops are handed to us will feel a sense of satisfaction after a pretty careful study of meat charts which show the process of cutting as well as the deleting of points for the privilege or picking our favorite cut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Press Comment
A SMALL" NATION SPEAKS UP
(New York Times)

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 The debate about the postwar organization of the world has thus far been conducted in the main by the Big Powers. Most of the smaller European nations are constrained in the expression of their views be- cause they are occupied by the Axis and dependent for their future on the Allies. But what can safely be regarded as the views of all of them have been voiced by one of the few remaining free and neutral coun- tries in the world - Sweden - whose military strength not only guards her neutrality but also com- mands attention for her voice. And that voice, as expressed by the Swedish Defense Minister, Per Ed win Skold, is unmistakable.
 Sweden" he says, twill defend her freedom when peace has return- ed, just as she is now prepared to do. Our unchanging aim is full poll tical independence outwardly and the right to decide our internal af- fairs, together with the full exercise of freedom of disposition of our own resources and the results of our own labor" This does not mean, the Defense Minister assures, that Swe- den intends to become isolationist or decline to join in the work of peace and reconstruction" But, he adds, i've wish to retain for our selves the right to decide how. and how far, we shall participate. It is inconceivabie that Sweden would ever allow herself to be drawn into any power group desiring hegemony over other countries, or to secure imperialistic interest Each na' tion must have the right to its own life. This is an important reality, the more so for small Power
 In other words, Sweden proposes to wait and seew hat kind of world organization the Big Powers are gO- ing to produce. and what the terms to the small nations will be. This is worth pondering by those who plan future world organizations based on the Big Powers alone.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Co-operatoin

Two Orlando, Fla, taxicab companies savings can be made by those who are alert to national needs. In one week, by cooperation, they saved 15,0OO miles of tire wear, 1,250 gallons of gasoline and considerable money.
 The method was so obvious nobody had adopted it. The companies merely arranged that whenever one receives a call, the dispatcher checks to see which has cab nearest the vicinity of the pick up. That car is sent, instead of letting it roll back empty while another travels miles, empty, to answer the call.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
No Service Rate

A Florida hotel in a community surging with Army and Navy men ran out of rooms in late afternoon The desk clerk called larger hotel and asked if it could accommodate two officers.
 "We have two or three rooms," he was told, "but don't send any service men here. We can't give them a special rate. We'll need our rooms for regular patrons Tell them we're filled up."
 Can the desk clerk be blamed because he told the officers how the second hotel felt about accommodating service men in time of war?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Current Comment

Do not despair, for your libera- tion is certain. Above all, you must continue to have faith in America, which has kept faith with every nation, and especially with us. President Manuel Quezon to
 FilipinoS.
 There will have to be some kill Ing before the Germans, who rurged and purified.
 Jam Masaryk. foreign minister drought this on themselves, are
 Czech government in exile.
 Every thinking American must realize that our belt tightening pro- cess has just begun. Luxuries will -.sappear from the American scene and after them those marginal hings which are useful in peace time but serve no great purpose in the grim business of war. Manpower Director Paul V. Mo- Nut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

Army Is capable of retiring to its own frontiers and holding that line against equal or even superior forces The French army seems greatly worn out .. {. =. The American army is dis organized, ill-equlpped and III. trained, with very few N. c. O's and officers of experience. It has suffered through ignorance of modern warfare and 1t must take at least . year before 1t becomes a serious fighting force.
 "If the French and American Armies were capable of a serious offensive now, the Allies could completely overthrow the re- maining efficient divisions before they could reach the line of the Mouse.
 "They are not .. In the conn ing winter, too, the enemy will have several months for recuper- atlOn. So we must conclude that the enemy will be able to hold the line which he selects for defense for some time after the campaign of 1919 conn mences."
 Yet Hindenburg nearly ont month before had urgently and repeatedly demanded peace over lures. And less than Q month after Haas report, Germany ab- jectly surrendered.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

America, but every time the sub- iect is broached at the interde- partmental conferences, the State Department vetoes the proposal.
 Both the Rockefeller Office and the State Department have been told the inside story of what these spanish elements are doing below the Rio Grande, and that Span ish Legations and Embassies have taken over the anti-United Ma tions propaganda formerly done by the Axis diplomats before they were kicked out,
 Continuation of these activities in part nullifieS the effect of breaking relations with the Axis by Latin n-American countries-the policy which the State Depart ment has been pushing ever since the Rio conference more than a year ago. Not all of the Rocke- feller office are agreed on policy, some being ultra a-appeasement minded. But others, though want ing to stop the Spanish activities, are afraid of the State Depart ment.
 LABOR PROTECTING FARMER
 CIO President Phil Murray raised some strenuous objections to government price statistics at recent conference in the Ofilce of Price Stabilizer James ByrneS, attended by Cabinet members and farm and labor leaders,
 Murray contended that the cost of the nations Food Basket" had risen a great deal more than of- ficial price indices showed-far more, he stated, than correspond ing increases in wages.
 q don't know what these price statistics are based On," the CIO leadee asserted, but they don't accurately reflect the higher living cost which the average worker must pay these days"
 Murray was aiming his shots at Secretary of Labor Frances Per- kins, who was present and whose Bureau of Labor Statistics com- piles data not only on wages but on living costs. Looking daggerS at the labor leader, Mrs. Perkins shot back:
 "My department is responsible for those figures. What's wrong with them?"
 "They favor the farmer"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Selected Poem
CROCUsEs CAN'T SKATE

CROCUSES CAN'T SKATE
 (Adin Ballou in the New York Sum- The crocuses at Radio City Look down, and think it such pity That, when the sun is getting nice, Men waste the springtime making ice. In sheltered light of April's beaming. They catch the flash of runners gleamin; And legs gyrating, and engraving Cold script upon frozen paving. Alas. poor cr0cus, crowds that gather To watch these skaters had much rather See winter planted in this space, Than glance at your neglected facei
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

High winds and low temperature have dried up and frozen the ground we have been digging up for gardens. Weather below freezing with an accompaniment of wailing and bowling winds is d menace and a fire hazard. Thus far it is a wild and unmannered April
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

the nurses in the wards recounted his sa cri fcial services and de- clared that here was the most per- feet servant of humanity they h ave ever en- counted.
 One day a girl who lived amid distressing domes- fia 0On di f.iOY1e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

the many govern tn ent agencies, True also that DepRr tment of Agriculture ad cen m aktng movies nearly 30 years, and that Depar tment of Interior, Omce of Education, Treas- ury and other federal agencies had dabbled in movies in Q non- commercial and somewhat am a. teurish way. And
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
A Thought for Today

Decauss he o0nsideFeth, and turneth away from all his transgTesslons that he hath conn mitted, he shall surely live, he shall not die. Ezekiel 1S:2o.
 Hs comes never late who comes repentant.- Suan dO Horo7co
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D,
ONE TRUE FRIEND COUNTS

ONE TRUE FRIEND COUNTS
 A physician died recently in one of our large cities. and the stories told of his sacrificial kindness, his selflessneSs, his human understand ing, were almost beyond belief. The young internes at the hospital and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07

WASHINGTON April the members of the Rockefeller office are State activities Spanish Latin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Washington Merry-G o-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Rockefeller Committeeman Oppose Spanish Appeosement Policy They Wont Move Against the Fascist Elements in Murray Says Miss Perkins Living Cost Figures Favor the Farmer; hoEdtna Oklahoma Congressman Turned Tide Against Rum
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Moon sets i0:2S D. m. (war time). Sun rises 6:28 a. m., sets 7.22 p. m. (war time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-07
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Does U. $. Censor
 Hollywood?
CThlrd of Q series Of three columns on government mOvies,)
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 Correspondent

Correspondent
 When the Government Bureau of Motion Pictures was set up in the Offlce of War Information last June, complete with producing unit and Hollywood office, the film in- dustry was naturally skeptical,
 True, the industry had asked for a co-ordinator to serve as 0 clearing house between the producers and