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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
A Pitiful Picture

NeWSweek summed up a recent weeks news on the food front with dreary words that have a familiar ring to millions of consumers: C. There was still no move in Washington to deal with the critical food problem as a whole"
 How much longer is the country going to invite disaster by allowing half dozen different agencies of government to argue interminably in helpless confusion? As NewSWeek points out, the OPA worries about prices, the Office of Defense Trans portation about shipments, the Food Distribution Administration about allo- cation, the Department of Agriculture about production, the War ManpoWer Commission about farm labor, and the War Production Board about farm ma chinery. Over all reigns the Washington war of politics, with officials of one agency seeking to grab the powers and prestige of other agencies, while people in some sections of the country face food shortages It is a pitiful picture for the richest nation on earth to present to the world The fault for it's making does not lie with subordinate officials. They are doing the best they can in most instances. The real fault lies with the executive branch of government, which has stead fastly followed on a policy of balancing the powers of one official against the powers of another. No one has the neces- sary authority to get a job done This policy increases the gravity of the food problem.
 Representatives of the food industry have long urged the adoption of an inte- grated program which would rank food production, processing and distribution together in the category of vital war industry under the supervision of single administrator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
YOUTH DOES LEARN
(NeW York Sum

In voting to bar communist under graduates from its membership the newly organized United States Stu dent Assembly showed sense of realism. If any justification for the decision were needed it may be found in the recent histories of the American Student Union and the American Youth Congress. Profess ing devotion to the American way of life, both organizations neverthe- less constituted effective transmits sion belts" for the Communist party These two groups not only fooled thousands of students on American campuses; they managed to sweep along good many fuzzy minded adults who should have been aware of what was going on.
 But barring avowed communists from the new organization is not enough. The United States Student Assembly must be on guard against Trojan horse tactics. It is too much to expect that American communists have reformed and henceforth will appear only in their own colors. In the past they have shown themselves masters of camoufage. They may be expected to use it again. Unless ex- traordinary precautions are set up they will attempt to take over the new organization precisely as they did the American Student Union and as they tried to do in the case of other youth organizations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

The Whipple Comet discovered in De- cember, 1942, continues to act in the abnormal fashion of comets of it's size. It's maximum brightness should have been last January. The tail which was 5O0O00 miles long when discovered. IS now 15000,000 miles long. Scientists explain the phenomenal tail length ana continued brightness as due to solar radiation. It will probably be visible (photographically) until next Fall when it will do a fadeout. Wonder if the comet has anything to do with present atmos, pheric disturbances, early and repeated thunder and lightning storms.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

All Connecticutians are happy to hear of the improvement in health of the for mer governor, Wilbur L. Cross. Mr. Cross has been hospital pneumonia patient in New Haven. At eighty-one he has made a recovery, his constitution, no doubt, akin to his indomitable spirit. The we'll known educator, writer and orator, ranks as one of the states leading personages, and though he has reached four score years and one over, few will be surprised that that young octogenarian is on the road to recovery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

It seems more or less ironic that the group of experienced farm workers from Jamaica in the British West Indies arrived in the Connecticut Valley area for tobacco farming in the midst of the Tuesday night thunderstorm These are the storms that do havoc to the plants once they get started. The workers were distributed around the valley area at Windsor West Stafford, and other places. There are now over four hundred farm workers from the West Indies in this area Many are needed for this branch of farming. Those miles and miles that you pass up above Hartford require plenty of competent help to assure good tobacco crop. The weather is one of tobacco's worst enemies, and one storm can spoil whole crop.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
THE OLD TOY SHOP
(New York Tines)

(New York Times)
 Yesterday the Museum Of the City of New York, that thoughtful provider of public pleasure, opened it's show of old playthings. Those of Us who remelnoer engravingS of Dolls Houses of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with their diminutive furniture. will be eager tC visit The Old Toy Shop. To some of us in the museums of primitive or classical objects there is nothing more touching and at taching than the playthings. If they remind us of our kinship with all generations since life on earth begal.. The oollS the little chairs and tables, the toy animals, the Oops and balls ard rattles seem tlmeless and mighs well be conten- pt rar..
 In consequence ol the war. our toys lave to son extent taken ] military shape. Ambulances, tarks, anti-aircraft field guns, armored
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government has been advocating in other fields. Coal prices should be subject merely to ceilings like the prices of all other necessities today. This very spe- cial gift to MT. Lewis ought to be allowed to expire quietly"
 It is high time that powerful minority groups which have not heSitated to jeopardize the safety of the nation, be required to operate under the same leg islation that applies to all the people.
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eral Wavell - most of his army is Indian.
 Indian troops have fought well in other wars, but not In this one. Generalissimo Chiang Kali shek, vitally interested in reopen ing the Burma road, recently has hinted at the reason.
 Would it not be better, he tactly suggested, to settle India's political problems rather than lsSe China? In other words, In- dian troops with no indepen- dence to look forward to, arc going to fight their best.
 So far there has been no Brit ish answer to the problem, though 1t is now very much before the President and Churchill.
 SENATE FIGHT OVER ARMY DOCTORS
 Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, who defeated Ed Flynn as Minister of Australia, is matching another confirmation fight against a presidential ap- pointee Brig. Gen. Norman Kirk to be Surgeon General of the Army.
 At a closed-door meeting of the Military Affairs Committee last week, Bridges and other Senators demanded that confirmation of Gen. Kirk be held up, pending a thorough investigation of his quail fications and medical experience.
 The inside story is that Kirk's nomination was put over by a po- litical Army clique which brought strong influence to bear at the White House to head of the nom- ination of Brig. Gen. Albert W. Kenner. Kenner did an outstand- ing job as chief medical officer of U. s. forces in North Africa, was brought back by Chief of Staff Marshall, to be Surgeon General, then was sidetracked.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
INFANT CHARGED WITH
 HAVING COLO

hAVANN NOAAN
 Breast-fed baby aged three weeks has gained one-half pound . week. has three or four ups-a-daisy a day, the mother reports. Last two weeks all the baby does is cry. Took her to doctor, who said it was collie and recommended good whiskey. We gave 1t to her several times, makes her sleep. She cries for hours at 8 time. At night she sleeps three hours and stays awaks two hours crying. She draws up her legs and gets red in the face and bears down, as if in pain. (Mrs. s. M.)
 Mrs. S. M. asks for my opinion and say that in my opinion it is cruel and wrong to assume that any baby who cries a good deal, draws up the legs, gets red in the face and tense or hard in the belly has collie, regardless of the circun1- stances. A baby goes through all of those motions when crying hard regardless of the cause-even for relief from itching or smarting of GA1C 0AAA VI II 1Olll CANCDolNC C1OUIl1llR or covers or for change of didy or for nice bath and bit of 8 rub on the back and a bit of fun on rug or blanket with nothing on till bedtime.
 "Colic," I say, is a cover-up for ignorance and Responsibility. It is striking observation that the better baby is cared for and fed the less frequently does the sus- picion of "colic" arise. No baby can be considered well cared for if the baby is subjected to castor oil or other physic at anytime.
 Mind, I believe a proper amount of alcoholic beverage is beneficial for many elderly persons. But when a doctor tells parents to give an infant whiskey to benumb the in- fant's senses, think the doctor deserves punishment.
 I hope there is nothing vague in these remarks about collie. want to make 1t perfectly clear to every reader that in my opinion "colic" is not fair diagnosis or explanation for any trouble a baby may have. It is just a kind of ever-ready ex- cuse for plying the infant with dope of one kind or another to quiet the poor kid or make her sleep" Paregoric - for example. Paregoric, some people do not seem to understand, is form of opium, like laudanum, only not so strong.
 If a baby is properly fed (and this does not mean overfeO and well cared for the baby just won't make a noise like "colic." Remem- Der, though, every healthy baby should have one good crying spell at least once a day-it is necessary and beneficial for the lungs, liver and everything inside.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
SLUMP IN HOT BISCUITS
(New York Times

Quite unwittingly. apparently. the rationers have dealt a body blow to one of the great institutions of the south-hot biscuits. No southern hostess normally would consider a dinner a dinner without hot bread for her family and guests. Now, ac- cording to the Wheat Flour Insti- ute, flour is piling up in warehouses and on grocers' shelves in a way that can mean only that the house. wife feels that with shortening ra- toned she cannot spare any of her precious red points for the ingre- dients necessary for baking.
 This decline in the use of flour is most noticeable in the south. It may be that below the MaSon-Dixon line home cooking is more favored than in other sections of the coun- try. But the natural assumption is thatit is the biscuit which suffers ra ather than pies or cakes. Maybe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 AdenOidS and TOnsiIs

Some time ago you had some ar ticles about adenoids and tonsils Our en-year-old daughter now has enlarged tonsils and we have been advised to have them removed.
 (P. T)
 Answer - Send three-cent stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress. and ask for pamphlet on Adenoids and Tonsils.
 Mrs. Sumsey Have been taking thiamin chlo- ride (BD 1866 in each tablet. A friend said 1t would eventually harm my heart as such tablets con- tain coaltar. N. M) Answer-If you mean 1866 units. that's lot of thiamin. But in any case it can not harm your heart. On the contrary, a liberal daily in- take of Bl, better, believe, in the natural B-complex, to supplement the limited amount in the ordinary diet, is rather beneficial to the heart what the old woman of Shropshire in fact I believe it really does taught us to believe digitalis does for the heart. Send ten cents and a three-cent stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet CVD-about heart, arteries, etc.
 Glare
 Sun streams through window onto my desk mornings between 8:30 and 10:30. It doesn't hit my eyes but just the top of desk and the ma terial I'm working on. Is this harm full to my eyes? (M. L. O.
 Answer-Yes. Reading or other fine work indirect sunlight is rather 8 strain on the eyes. Better place share of some kind so that only in- direct light will illumine your work. Or move the desk out of direct sunlight.
 Electric Spot Welding
 Electric spot welder. Asked doc tor if this work will cause one to become sterile. His answer was vague. (B. Mo
 Answer-No such risk involved. Perhaps you confuse ultraviolet light with X-ray-the latter may cause sterility, temporary or per- manent, but not ultroviolet as from electric welding.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

CAPITOL CHAFF
 Tragedy of the bombing raids on Sicily is that we have to pun ish those Italians who hate Mus solini most. The Black Hand society, respectable in Sicily but driven underground by Il Duce, is his bitterest enemy ... Gen. erals Giraud and DeGaulle are go- ing to unite on at least one thing an ultimatum to Admiral Rob- bert, the Emperor Jones" of Mar unique, that he resign WIPES ex-Vice Chairman Ferd Eberstart says: Before l come to Washington my crowd in Long Island hated Ickes, and l was provincial enough to agree with them. But I have found that lie is one of the best executives in Washington and one of the few who always keeps his word. When he promises to do a thing, he does it." E. Lucy Monroe, who has sung the Star Spangled Ban ner more than 1000 times, es- pecially at Democratic rallies, has had thousaonds of people ask for her autograph. But the other day, watching the Dionne Quints launch the five Sullivan ships, she sighed: What wouldn't I give for the autographs of those five little girls"
 DEFEAT IN BUMA
 Recent events in Burma unfor- tunately have pretty much pune tured the one-tinle world-beating reputation of Gen. Sir Archibald P. Wavel, supreme commander in the India Burma theater.
 The Japs are reported to have only about 500O0 men in Burma. How many the British have in the entire India area is mili- tary secret but it can't be less than a million. However, there is one factor mitigating the otherwise dismal fiasco of Gen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
Selected Poem
THE TRAIN RUSHED ON LIKE TIME

bert p. Tristan Coffin inNthe New York Times The world was growing blue with night I watched it from the train, When down behind the coming woods There spread yellow stain. The train rushed on, the woods went by, The stain grew tall and bright, And a farmhouse came along
 Burning on the night Flames were at each windows square And lit the snowy ground, One flame stood up through the TOOL And lit the woods around I looked for them, and there they were, The quiet, sorroWing ones horse a COW, wife, man.
 daughter two small sons. Their backs were to the towering dark, Their faces to the blaze Seven sets of widened eyes,
 Steady in their gaze. They stood together, people, beasts, That was the one and only Thing of comfort to be said
 About sight so lonely. The train rushed on like time itself On cheerful clicking wheels, The house went back into the night That hides all men. and heals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
Views Of The Press

such deduction is not safe. Possibly the sweet foods are being sacrificed on the altar of war and the biscuit still remains supreme.
 Biscuits, however, call not only for the shortening in their preparation but for quantities of butter, applied while they are piping hot. Butter, as any housewife can tell you, means 8 points to the pound. Possibly 1t would not be polite, considering its source, to call attention of the southern biscuit eaters to the fact that War is hell," but if the biscuit crop has slumped, they surely will agree that 1t is true.
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that he cares more for them than for himself. Whether it be in the army, in the world of business, or in the church men like to feel that their accredited leaders have only one thought, and that is the wei fare of those whom they lead.
 A man is almost never followed purely because he is able or dis tinguished along some line. That indefinite thing called popularity stems from self-forgetfulness The people who never know whether
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conferences is the secret CT
 All day, British and American strategists confer, the British re- porting to their prime minister twice day. Since Churchill has no domestic problems to worry about, he is able to give his mili- tary-naval men all the time they need.
 However, what somewhat wor- ries U. s. strategists IS the fact that the President necessarily has to give attention to certain do- mestic problems. The Ruml tax plan, for instance, IS Of vital im- portance to the nation, and he has had to take time to study it carefully to see whether t should be vetoed. Likewise the coal strike is a problem which cannot be sidetracked.
 As a result, some of the PreSi- dents advisers, fear that when he sits down with Churchill and Harry Hopkins in the evening, British strategy plans are likely to come out on top.
 Naturally there have to be clashes of opinion regarding military matters. It Is by such clashes that the best plans are evolved. But Churchill twice day listens to his militray naval men, gets from them the full picture of the American view point. Then in the evening he is completely prepared for coun- ter-arguments to American stra- tegy plans advanced by the President.
 Of course, the President is one of the, best military and naval strategists ever to sit in the White House. He began studying Admiral Mahan's tough naval logic at the age of 14. Nevertheless, some of our own strategists are a bit worried over Winston Chur- chill's persuasive charm. PAPA DIONNE
 When the Dionne Quintuplets launched the five Sullivan ships at Superior, Wis, a huge dinner was given in honor of the oc- casion. Everybody was there from maritime and naval of- ficers to the governor of Wiscon- sin and Minnesota to the Presi- dents personal representative, Eu- gene Casey.
 When MT. and Mrs. Dionne walked into the great ballroom with other guests they were obyi- ously i'll at ease. It was their first visit with their children to the United States. Furthermore, they were In the somewhat aWk- ward position of being very much in the background compared with their unique and charming daugh- ters.
 At the banquet, MT. Dionne was flanked on one side by Brig. Gen. c. L. Nelligan, bishop and chap lain for all Catholic troops in the Canadian army. On the other side sat Eugene Casey, ad- miniStrative assistant to the Pres ident.
 Casey, a big Maryland dairy farmer, noticed that Papa Dionne felt somewhat ill at ease. So he said:
 'T understand, MT. DiOnne, that you are farmer. l am one, too. What are you raising this year?"
 That made Papa Dionne com pletely at home. He talked in de- tail about his dairy COWS, his hogs and forty acres he was put ting in small grain,
 "I suppose you raise Hol- steins?" asked Casey.
 'NO," replied DiOnne, "I raise Durhams. In addition to milk l like to be able to get some beef when I need it right on my own farm"
 The rest of the evening, the two farmers, from Maryland and Canada, forgot about children, and just talked about crops.
 NOTE: Durham stock combines both milk-giving and meat pro- ducing qualities. Holsteins run only to milk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

they are hot or cold. wet or dry, sick or well but who are tremen- dously sensitive to the welfare of those round about them will be pop ular whether they seek popularity or not. Our hearts go out to people whom we believe in some way to be interested in us and our con- tinued welfare.
 So the sum of the matter is that the more we do for others, the more we do for ourselves; and the less we think about ourselves, the more will others think about us.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson
 Newspaper Syndicate.
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what are perhaps the most spectac- ular F ou r h of July fireworks ex- hib i ti ns ever S e e n, whenever tn ey con d u c t night firing prac- tice.
 There are bat teries of gian { search l 1 g ht s to pick up the tar gets in the clear n i g Il t air, and from eight differ ent firing posi- tiOnS. batteries Of
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was cold or hot wet or dry. sick or well, but I have never known him to forget a man who was"
 The popul IT people are tn e ones who can for g e t themselves. Men will follow a e a d CT any where if the y have the feeling
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20

trains and trucks of wood-metal for
 toys being out-represent the fashion, the form and pressure of the time, but the majority of toys remains closer to the prototypes What can be better for frownups
 than to refresh their eyes with these elder playth:ngs and SO re- cover little breath of youth?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-05-20
Your Health By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sonal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if 2 stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform Ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady. National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street, Chicago, ILL
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STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
CONCERNING POPULARITY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS D. D

CONCERNING POPULARITY
 Rudyard Kipling once accounted for the popularity of certain great national leader by saying, All the years I have known him I have never once heard him say that he
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Washington Merry-Go-Round
Churchs Coordination with His Wor Experts FDR Deep Home Problems Cont Give Full Time to Conference
 Presidents Dimes with Popo Donne and Folks Cows enotor Bridges Sto Fight Against Gen Kirk Surgeon General
BY @ DREW PEARSON

WASHINGTON coordination of British naval ana confe i the envy of S..
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. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
 Fireworks
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrcSpOndentl

Fort Bliss, Tex.-Twenty some miles from Fl Paso on what Is known as the Camp Hueco firing range of the big Fort Bliss military reservation, the Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Training Forces put on
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Imperial Valley press., 1943-10-17

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