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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
The Presidents Solution

Immediate reaction to President Roose-
velt's idea for handling war strikes is
favorable. Almost everybody agrees that
If he had statutory power to draft strik-
ing mine Workers-the coal miners, to be
specific, but also anybody else who placed
selfish interests ahead of winning the
war-such Interruptions could be handled
effectively and eXpeditiously. Attempts
have been made already to use the draft
as club against strikers They have
come to little. That might be, in part,
because everybody realized that such use
of the draft was perversion of its intent
and purpose, and weakened public accept
ance of a war fundamentally that should
be kept 104 per cent objective. If Con-
greSS, upon consideration, with approval
of the people, upon request of the Presi-
dent, were to extend the draft to cover
such use, the situation could be entirely
different. Yes-but there are butts Such
a bill shoulde be perfectly frank and open.
1t should not masquerade as either mil
itary draft measure or as general selec-
tive labor bill unless, indeed, the admin
istration has walked up to the need for
some overall manpoWer control
Assuming that Mr.. Roosevelt has in
mind what he says, weapon against
Gripping WdI SGIlkCS, ClltIl GIlC I'LL
be so drafted that the specific men who
are striking against our armed forces
would be put back into the jobs from
which they have struck, and so that the
whole business will be frank and on the
level. If this is done, the weapon won't
have to be used more than once or twice.
The proposal is harsh, unpalatable medi-
cine, and it is safe to say that nobody
realizes this more than the President.
That he has been driven to make it gives
evidence how outraged he is by what has
happened in the coal fields, and also evil
dences his appreciation of the general
public outrage. At last, in time of crisis,
Mr.. Roosevelt has been driven to the posi-
ton taken more than two decades ago by
another man who later became president
= a man whom many have regarded as
timorous. 1t was the late Calvin Coolidge
who said:
"There is no right to strike against the
public safety by anybody, anywhere, at
any time"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
A Thought for Today
A Matter Of Pleasure or Convenience
or Both?

The clergyman from Hartford who
drove his car 40 miles to Sunapee, N. H.,
for the purpose of cultivating his victory
garden represents Mr.. Average Citizen of
this country. What We might say in this
column is no argument for or against the
gesture. The Rev. Fletcher D. Parker
placed himself in a position which was
or is to prove that man has certain
personal rights His going against GER
tain rules of present government as to
usage of gas will furnish test case, and
as such, will prove, interesting.
There are those who will say Rev. Mr..
Parker sets bad example, and that
others will follow suit, that such gestures
are bad business. Others will contend
that he did right and that his move was
smart one. Who can say?
This business of stopping Mr.. Average
American Citizen from pleasure driving
(or let's just say, driving without the
pleasure and call it convenience driving)
has aroused the ire of most people. The
hardest part of the prohibition is that
the ban does not hold good in all parts
of the country. The general consensus
seems to be, with very little variance in
phraSing, that if a car owner is allowed
one gallon or three gallons or five gallons
for an allotted time, let him do what he
likes with it, after it's siphoned into his
car.
The Rev. Mr. Parker's case starts Friday
OF this week. He went to Sunapee by au-
tonobile but he is coming back to Hart
ford by rail-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
Case for the Record

This war has turned up some inter
esting facts One of them is that all the
claims of public power politicians for the
past decade that the nation faced power
shortage and that development of power
by the government was, therefore, essen
tial, we're unfounded.
Now comes J. A. Krug, director of the
Office of War Utilities, and says: "Elec-
trio power has never been too little or too
late. do not know of a single instance
where the operation of a war plant has
been delayed by lack of electric power"
And remember that IS per cent of our
electric power is furnished by private en-
terprise. Also remember there is no ra-
tioning of power to homes or non-essen-
tial industries.
No Army-Navy Els are awarded or ask
ed for in this record. Electricity is just
taken for granted in the days work.
Those who have besmirched the private
electric power industry should have red
faces.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
Payment on Account

General Giraud has paid $15,000,000
on account for essential civilian lend
lease supplies sent by us to North Africa
which, up to that time, amounted to
around $25 100000.
This is a noble gesture on the part of
the French leader. 1t should not create
any false impression that he is in posi-
ton to continue paying for all the liber
ated French colonies must have. It is to
our advantage, as much as to General
Girauds, that the colonials should be
kept strong and healthy and friendly to
future, it will be time to determine how
much, if any, we can reclaim against our
lend-lease exports. Meanwhile, let's give
Giraud credit for trying
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
Ingenuity

The Buick Company is making aviation
engines generate some 60 per cent of the
electricity needed to make other airplane
engines. by utilizing the power that other
wise would be wasted during grueling test
runs.
The Dodge company is planning to do
the same thing in it's Chicago plant.
Buick estimates that in this way Ct per
cent o fthe power is recovered from gaso-
line used in testing Presumably this
also will hold for Dodge.
Testing goes on "a hours day. Each
engine runs for about seven and half
hours. The savings are obvious. The
ingenuity involved is sommendable 1t
is an example of the spirit in which Amer
lean industry has whipped shortages SO
as to whip the Axis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
Personal Matter

Breeding does show 1t showed to
advantage when the Duke of Windsor,
one-time ruler over the worlds greatest
empire, was asked apologetically but
firmly by a newspaperman:
"You mentioned being King few min
utes ago. have you any regrets for what
you did?"
There were, of course, several answers
that could have been given, in tolerance
and good humor, by the man who gave up
a mighty throne for love. The one he
chose seems to us to be unexceptionable.
at is personal, isn't it? That's in the
past. It's a long time ago. You will
forgive me for refusing to 60 into that?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

Churchill's, written in 1917, which
reveals an amazing foresight in
the possibilities and limitations
of aerial bombing.
AS everybody knows, the NaZi
blitz against England, intended to
terrorize the people, failed in its
objective. On the other hand,
the more scientific bombing OF tie
continent by the Raj and AAF
strategic bombing-is now expect
ed to bring Hitler to his knees.
Churchill seemed to foresee both
OF these developments when he
said in a paper on Air Power,
written in 1917, that nothing We
know about warfare can lead us
to believe that bombing for terror
alone can cause such a morale
collapse as to force a major ma
ton to sue for peace.
Churchill emphasized that air
power must single out and at
tack transportation factories, and
other enemy installations, upon
which the enemy war-making abil-
ity depends.
England's survival of the blitz
gives dramatic support to the first
part of that statement, and AL
lied air power is not proving the
second part.
NAVY NOTES ON KNOX
Secretary of Navy Knox now
saves time by lunching in his Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

The theory of running the government
with permanent deficit was apparently
adopted by President Roosevelt when he
set up the New Deal in Washington. In
dividuals business men and corporations
have always failed to make that philos-
ophy work. While this is no time to talk
about economy with reference to the war
program the subject may be considered
in its relation to civilian affairs. The
Washington Government has invented
all kinds of schemes to avert initiation. 1t
has not tried the old and honored rem
edy called domestic economy" Efforts
to avoid strikes and labor troubles have
not been successful. The rationing plans
and many of the methods to control civ
ilian life have been questionable expert
ments Initiation has toe-hold and seems
likely to crash the gate Wasteful spend
ing and permanent deficits are largely
responsible for the mess the government
is in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
so YOU FEEL THE NEED
OF A STIMIILANT2


One theory advanced to explain
why youths drink alcoholic bever-
ages or liquors at all or why they
sometimes indulge to excess and
make fools of themselves, Is that
such individuals have an inferiority
| complex of one kind or another,
and under the influence of alcohol
they are ableto forget it for an hour
or two and feel as good as, or on
an even level with their associates.
Personally doubt that inferiority
feeling alone drives a young person
to drink. I believe there is some
thing more tangible, something be-
hind the inferiority feeling, if the
young person has such a complex,
and that something is nutritional
deficiency. I do not mean that the
young person doesn't get enough to
eat nor that he doesn't assimilate
his food. Many if not most young
people who indulge in alcoholic
beverage or liquor either OCCASION
ally, frequently or habitually, un-
questionably get too much to eat
and at present have no trouble as
Stimulating their food.
The nutritional deficiency which
1 believe accounts for the desire or
craving for alcohol in these young
persons is multiple, but chiefly 1t is
deficiency of vitamin B-compiex,
deficiency of calcium and (of
course) vitamin D which is essen
tlal for utilization Of calcium and
phosphorus, and oxygen deficiency.
The vitamin B-complex deficien-
cy is due mainly to the use of re-
fined white -four in the modern
diet in place of the original unbolt-
ed whole wheat flour which was
and still is the best food source of
vitamin B-complex for man.
The calcium deficiency is due
mainly to the low per capita con-
sumption of milk and milk products
in this country: and to a consider
able extent to the failure to include
as an indispensable course or part
of every dinner salad or leafy
vegetables in the raw or not too
much cooked.
The vitamin D deficiency (this
deficiency contributes to many de-
velopmental weaknesses, defects or
difficulties In childhood and early
YOUTH is due mainly to the lack of
sufficient exposure of the naked
skin to sunlight, for that is the nat
ural way to manufacture vitamin D
in the body.
The oxygen deficiency or deficit
in the cells and tissues is due main
ly to lack of exercise and neglect of
physical education In the comomn
schools and pampering of growing
children and youths: for active ex-
ercise, work or play, increases alb
sorption of oxygen and improves
metabolism and keeps the young
person feeling fine.
Neglect of these things or ig-
norance of them, in my opinion, ex-
plains why these abnormal young
persons feel the need of a stimu-
liant" and readily succumb to the
temptation to forget their inferi-
ority, their abnormality, for an hour
or two under the narcotic effect of
alcohol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
Views OF The Press
VICTORY BY DEFEAT
New York Tirnes)

NNCW Olh 1 llIlCS)
Admiral Nomura, Japan's pre-
Pearl Harbor Ambassador to Wash
ington offers the peoples of the Axis
an assurance TO victory that has at
least the advantage of novelty. He
says they do not have to attack any
more. To win now they have only
ito hold out in conquered positions.
In the case of Italy, to which the
admrials remarks are especially adj
dressed, there happens to be no
more conquered positions to hold
out from. But the Germans have
been experimenting exclusively in
holding out for the past eight
months. They have not done we'll
with this strategy at Stalingrad, or
at Rostov, or at Kursk, or in Tu-
nisia. Japan's experience in holding
out Is even longer. Battles in the
Coral Sea, at Midway, around the
Solomons and in the Bismarck Sea
have already held out stable part
of the Japanese Navy. Guadalcanal,
Papua and Attu have provided adj
ditional lessons in holding out in
conquered positions. In this success
sion of defeats Admiral Nomura
processes to see a brand-new road
to victory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

people humbugged by believing too
little than by believing too much"
There is probably no one who re-
CARDS his own opinions more highly
than does the atheist. Though every
other man in the world believe in
God, this only confirms the athist's
conviction that most people are
fools. He looks out upon the Great
ed universe and declares that 1t
was not created-it just happened.
On the other hand. the men who
have thought most deeply about life
and its problems are the people
who believe most. They may not be-
lieve a great many things; but the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
THE EDITORIAL PAGE
Hartford Courant)


At the close of last year 37,O0O,-
600 families in the United States
and Canada were buying newspa-
pers, according to James R. Nc
Lauchlen of the American Newspa-
pers Association Bureau of Adver-
Using. And, since December 7, 1911,
when Japan at Pearl Harbor dared
to threaten our national being,
newspaper editorials have been read
by rs per cent more men and so
per cent more women than former
ly.
This statement by an outstand-
ing authority in the field will not
come as a surprise. In these days OF
the melee of news commentators,
radio "dopesterS" and conflicting
news FLASHES" Americans, shocked
to their foundations by the menace
of global tyranny and incipient do
nestle authoritarianism, are more
than ever aware of the need for
measured and considered reasoning.
| A tremendous responsibility rests
on the craft of newspaper editorial
writers-punctilious presentation of
facts, the national interest placed
above factionalism, candid criticism
of friend and foe, honestly of ap-
proach, integrity of standards, mer-
tied denunciation of evil, deserved
applause of all good works, the scar
ing iron for meanness and deceit,
/ tribute to greatness and generation
for the true traditions of this ma
| ton.
Americas coming of age is mir
rored on the editorial page. We each
and all Of us are seeking to be aware
of the truth, more truth and moth
ing but the truth at all times. Eter-
| nal verities are not to be bough,
have never been corruptible in the
| minds and hearts of the great edi-
torial writer's of this country dating
from Jefferson. Marshall, Hamilton,
| Madison, Adams and down to our
own day. The freedom of the press,
for which they fought, has never
been more sacred than in this hour
when authoritarianism in thou
sand subtle guiseS prssumeS to usurp
the prerogatives of free speech and
candid thinking IN the minds OF
men who are born free.
The Courant with its background
Of 178 years, has not been slow to
recognize the hunger of readers for
true meanings and valid interpre-
tation OF the kaleidoscope events
now confronting us. A newspaper
analysis not so long ago confirmed
the fact that Letters to the Editor
have assumed ever greater predomi-
nance in our national dailies, and
this, OF course, is but further evil
dence of the burning interest Of at
least 100000 families of readers
in the questions of the day. The
splendid awareness of American cit
liens as to what goes on in the
world about us is nowhere better ev-
idenced than In our own Peoples
Forum"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

flee instead of going out. A special
has been rugged up next to his
office and the mess boys serve
Knox in a private ante-room :.
He always invites other officials
to lunch, talks business :.
He eats no dessert, takes no siesta
-. Knox's day begins with a $50
meeting with Admiral King and
other Admirals, discussing war de-
velopments of the previous "a
hours. Admiral Train, Chief of
Naval Intelligence gives them the
latest news For a conference
with Secretary of War Stimson,
Knox generally goes to Stimson's
office across the river, since Slim
son outranks him. .. But if
several Admirals are to be in
volved in the conference, Knox
telephones to Stimson and says,
Harry, can you come over to
see us?" Knox goes to
church every Sunday-when his
wife is in town One of his
best friends in Washington, is
John Sullivan, assistant secretary
of treasury. Both men come
from the same home town-Man-
chester, N. H. Though Re-
publican in a Democratic cabinet,
Knox is credited with playing
no politics.
copyright, 1943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
WEDDING
christian Science Monitor

christian Science Monitor)
Those who this year WELD hoe
and urge cultivator with virginia.
enthusiasm are learning with sur
prise that weeds are a bountiful
crop in all gardens. 1t is, ON the
whole, salubrious lesson, as well
as educational.
At the present moment, there may
be disagreement over the technique
wedding. There are two main
schools of thought. One holds that
the only way is to get down on
hands and knees and crawl along
the row. The weeder can rest on
one hand as the other pulls the I'M
wanted, lush-growing, tenacious
plants. The other school contends it
is more efficient to rest on one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

things they do believe. they believe
with all their hearts and souls. They
never make tn mistake of oversim-
plifying life. They never indulge
dulge in the minstrous conceit
which holds that one individual can
gather the secrets OF all Gods uni
verse within the narrow circle of his
personal experience.
(All Rights Decentralization News
paper Syndicate.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

lem finding what
to do with them
to keep t h e m
from spelling.
The surplus
may not have fill
t e r e d d W n
through the dis
tributive channels
of trade to reach
every community
in the land, but
t h e Department
of Agric u ! t ur e
prediction is that
they will before
long, so get ready
Co. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

We enter the last week of June Won
dering what happened to the rest of the
month. Come the days we look forward
to all winter long, that is to say the June
days, and what happens? We wait for
them to perfect themselves. And to live
up to the poets description. Many OF
them prove unpleasant, then when they
do become "rare" we find them little
too rare We'll take ours medium rare,
thank VOL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

MAINTAIN.
Prob a b y the
best retort ever
made to hiatt at
titude Of mind
was made by the
famous Snowman,
B a r n u m. Said
Barnum: Il have
been seeing peo-
pie h u m b ugged
all my life, but
I must say that
I have seen more
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
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 II
a stamped self-addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
be made to queries mot conform
ing to instructions. Address DR..
William Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

The Jones Beach Nong Island) season
opened with lines of men, women and
children waiting in vain to board buses
to the play spot, since the BUSES were
only able to take care of small portion
of those who hoped to get to the seaside
on a lovely Sunday in June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Sinus Trouble

My daughter and have gotten
complete relief from sinus trouble
since we began following the sug-
gestions in your pamphlet THE
Calcium Shortage" and now have
no signs of it. (Mrs. c. A. s.
Answer-A good many correspond
ents have reported similar benefit
from booping the calcium intake.
For copy of pamphlet 1.-The Cal
cium Shortage" send a three-cent
stamped envelope bearing your adj
dress. Do not send clipping in lieu
of your request.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
ASfhana

Over a year ago I sent for your
pamphlet on asthma. Began taking
soluble potassium chloride and ex-
perienced remarkably prompt re-
lief of an attack. Haven't had
real attack since, and prior to writ
ing you suffered severely at least
twice month. &C. w. g.
Answer-I'm glad to receive your
good report. Pamphlet on asthma
available on request (do not send
clipping of this item) if you provide
three-cent stamped envelope bear
ing your address.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Spud
Flood Follows
Famine
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Remember that potato shortage Of
a few weeks ago? Well, it's potato
surplus now. And you're actually
going to have to start eating Muir
phies till they run out of your ears,
just to have them. There are actu-
ally so many early potatoes coming
out of the ground that it's a prob
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-07-01

To this end, reactionary COP
erS are pointing out that Chicago
is the most important convention
city in the country; is in the CEN
ter of the U. S. A., that more po-
litical gatherings have been held
there than in any other city.
Backstage, however, what they
are whispering is something else
again. In private their chief
argument for Chicago is the fact
that the anti Willkie, prO-isOla-
zionist Chicago Tribune domin-
ates the city.
To hold the convention under
the protecting wing of the Trib-
une, they figure would be a pow
erful influence in putting across
their candidate and platform.
If the convention gets deadlocked
there is nothing like the constant
day-to-day pounding of big
newspaper to stampede delegates.
On the other hand, liberal Re-
publican leaders want the conven-
ton held in a more neutral city
such as Cleveland or Detroit. They
accept the geographical advan-
tages of Chicago, but maintain
that Detroit or Cleveland are just
as centrally located and not DOM
mated by the Tribune.
INTERVENTIONIST
REPUBLICANS
Meanwhile the non-isolationist
peace block inside the Republican
party is growing. They believe
that the United States cannot
possibly pull in its horns from
world affairs after the war, and
that it would be political suicide
for the Republican Party to take
the lead in so doing.
Typical of this new, more lib
eral wing i: Montana'S COP Ma
tional Committeeman Dan Whet-
stone, member of the COP adj
visory Committee which will meet
soon to formulate future foreign
policy.
Whetstone's peace proposals,
briefly summarized are:
"A world police force, under
law, disarming of the Axis ma
tions, punishment of the tyran-
meal Nazi and Fascist leaders
of Germany and Italy and the
arrogant war lords of Japan.
I'VE must help the nations
that have lost their sOveignty
and have been reduced to slav-
cry but should permit them to
establish the form of govern
ment that to them seems best,
encouraging the aspiration of
democracy but not insisting that
any particular system of poll
teal or social life be adhered to;
~ IDLY we desire to realize
human freedom, making sure
that at all times it is not of
such pattern as to breed dicta-
torship and set up a menacing
military machine to threaten the
future peace of the world"
OCD SURVEY
Office of Civilian Defense has
made a houSe-to-house survey
of U. S. cities, gathering informa-
ton on individual families and
their readiness to meet an emer-
gency. Block leaders in some OF
the poore sections have done an
abbreviated, unique job of report
ing. Samples:
Man hit by automobile
speaks broken English"
This woman is i'll. The gas
has been turned Off"
Sophie is married to a sailor,
and her whereabouts are I'M
known"
"Woman and house neat but
bare"
Couple breaking UP home;
friends helping"
milk needed for the baby,
and father unable to supply it,
woman Is willing to struggle
II given an opportunity"
applicant and wife are il
legally separated"
These people are extremely
cultured. Something should be
done about their condition"
until a year ago, this appli-
cant delivered ice, and was a
man of affairs"
CHURCHILL THE PROPHET
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