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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
Packard Wins British Praise

Packards production skill singled for praise in
House Of Lords recently according the London Daily
Express of which just received in this country
Quoting Lord Beaverbrook. it says:
The best production job nc has done when
the Packard Motor Car Company in America produced
RolsRoyCe engines In time at all production has been
got underway and the output H. remarkable"
Packardbuil Rolls engines installed originally in
British Hurricans Wariawk single engine fight
Recent reports according to Packard officials reveal that
the engines being used in the fourmoored Lam
bombers which have been devastating Berlin and other
Naz ceners.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-14
Keller Describes Compass

The fascinating story of how Chryser became Of the
nations largest makers Of the Spery told
stockholders of the by X T. Keller letter sent
last week The company is turning out large num-
bes of of the mos intricate and delicate instruments
devised
The compass composed of than 10000 pieces
requiring manufacturing to onefeh of the thick
a human hair Keller gives idea of the pre-
cision:
when the spinning top the most sensitive part of the
gyro-compass turning the rate of 5000 revolutions
minute must be completely without vibration that scent
piece be balanced edgewse IFS These spinning
tops suspended in the by strand consisting of 1S
wires each 009 inch in diameter Examined under
microscope these 18 wires must form perfect circle with
hair size open space down the center.
After assembly these strands he touched because
the perspation moisture from single hngerpnt might
enough o affect the weight balance of the entire
strand There bearings in the precise in
fl that particle of cgare ash dropped them during
the assembly would destroy the accuracy of the whole 600
pound mechanism.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
Wallace's Warning

In recent speech in Dallas, Vice President Wallace condemned the latest move of railroads to dominate all forms of transportation Vice-PreSident Wal lace said the railroads propose to solidify and make permanent their empire through the enactment of legislation designed to permit the creation of a per- manent monopoly of public transporta- ton under control of the railroads.
 "This plot has been Sugar-coated to deceive the people. In the name of eff ciency and under the slogan, Preserve the free enterprise system it is proposed that Congress permit the creation of in- tegrated systems, each of which would control and operate all rail, motor, water and air transportation facilities through out large geographic areas. If the rail- roads are able to establish such regional monopolies they could freeze ancient in- justices and stifle new opportunities. I hope Congress will be on guard to fight the transportation monopoly"
 In the interest of the public all shippers must retain the right to forward mer- chandlse by any means of transportation that seems most practical. When this right is taken away from him, it means that competition has broken down and mOEOpOly eXISCS. WlCn Var1OuS 1OrmS or transportation and various transporta- tion organizations competing for the privilege of serving the public, it stands to reason that there will be better serv- ice, less waste and greater economy. This is true even though the duplication, always present with competition, exists.
 In no part of American life is it more important than it is with transportation to preserve the competitive system in order to keep down costs and waste. This is a matter which affects every mans pocketbook. It is large factor in de- termining both the cost of living and of doing business. The price of everything we use in our homes as well as in our business organizations, factories and farms is determined in part by transpor tation costs.
 So when Vice-President Wallace directs attention to the dangers of this latest move of the railroads his statements must not be passed over lightly. The evil possibilities of a stranglehold being obtained on transportation by the rail- roads or any other organizations are ob- vious The public would suffer in in- creased costs both of living and of doing business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

There has been no program for settle ment of the differences that have been disturbing working relations in the coal mines and on the railroads. In each in- stance negotiations seem to have pro- gressed toward settlements without strikes, particularly in the negotiations between the representatives of the rail- roads and the workers. If a little more pressure, and an absence of prejudice, had been applied to the conflict in the mines the situation would have been improved because there would not have been so much bad feeling stirred up. In many manufacturing plants, even those engaged in war production, there have been other labor troubles which it seems might have been settled if the War Labor Board had shown disposition to be more reasonable in adjusting troubles of the belligerents. However, VILE does not seem to be free to act as the President and some of the Ad- ministrators insist on interrupting nego- tiations The tendency is to widen the gulf between the executives and the workers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
U. s. Policy in World Affairs

The Connally resolution states the American postwar policy in strong, gen. eral language. One Progressive, two Re- publicanS and five Democrat Senators have given patient and careful study to about thirteen proposed resolutions in weekly sessions since last March The Committee has ben in constant and sym pathetic contact with the State Depart ment and it is believed that the Depart 1nent agrees with the judgment of the Senator's Senators Vandenberg oo- sefved: T have never known any con- nlittee that more constantly or more conscientiously kept to it's political task"
 The substance of the Connally resolu- ton provides: That the United States, acting through it's constitutional pro- cesses, join with free and sovereign na- tions in the establishment and mainte- nance of international authority with power to prevent aggression and to pre- serve the peace of the world" The reso- lution makes it clear that the American government has no intention of picking I'D it's marbles" and coming back home from "rigged" peace conference with out establishing positive relations with other nations to mairtain the peace or the world.
 The resolutions are not mere or idle words. They are orders from the Senate tc reserve places for it's delegation at the peace table with equal rank to President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin. Or, to put it more simply, the Senate does not propose to permit the Administrative heads of different nations to frame a peace of their own manufac- ture The 1919 disaster will not be for gotten.
 The next peace treaty will represent the best judgment of the Congress of the United States and the Administration. When it is signed it will be approved by the Congress of the United States. Critics of the dozen or more resolutions that have been before Congress have all taken the position that the different proposals were not definite enough. On the con- trary, clean-cut bargain will be made between the United States and other gov- ernments, backed up by military forces throughout the world.
 The United States will insist on the preservation of it's own democratic prin- ciples but that does not mean that the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or China will have to agree with our basic doctrines and phil osopllies of government. In simple words, the United States has outlined it's pro- gram and it will go through with it. That is real hope that this may be war that will prevent any more world wars during the lifetime of the readers of this newspaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

thy women Of the church, wearing beautiful fur coat, sailed past and entered port few pews ahead. The girl turned and looked some what contemptuously at her moth er'S shabby clothes. Then she hap pened to look at her mothers face, and she saw this plainly dressed mother of hers looking at the fur coat with the deep longing which only a woman can have who all her life has been denied such a luxury.
 The girl told the pastor several years later that in that moment her whole life changed, and best of all, her attitude toward her parents changed. For the first time she realized that the reason why her mother wore shabby clothes was in order that she. her daughter, might wear good clones. Up to that time she had never realized how much her mother longed for good clothes and how real the sacrifice had been all these years. When she did real- ize, her whole heart was flooded with light.
 So much of our bitterness in life, our envy, and our discontent arise from our ignorance of all the facts Sometimes one penetrating glance into the heart of those close to us cause us to readjust our estimate ot them and to be content with them as they are.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson News paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
A Lot of Plain Talk

There has been less sharp criticism and bitterness in Washington the past 60 days than at any time since Pearl Harbor. Pres ident Roosevelt continues to demand his own way as Chief of the Army and Navy, ard everyone seems to be perfectly agree able. But when the House passed a revised fathers draft bill requiring Select i've Service to drain the pool of non-fath- CTS before parents are drafted which nullified the McNutt "work or fight" order - it served due notice that it was asserting it's legislative rights
 The report of the globe-circling Sena- tors has met with practically universal approval by members of both Houses of Congress. The attempts of some of the politicians to belittle the statements of the Senators who criticized England and Russia in this war have been successfully met by the Senator's Congress really seems to have regained it's independence.
 No harm can come to our Nation from intelligent discussion of all war and post war problems. And it seems perfectly justified to include in the discussions the records of Harry Hopkins, Justice Byrnes, Judge VinSOn, Treasurer Morgenthau, ex- Governor Lehman and even boss labor lobbyists Green and Lewis, who cut-in as powerful privateS on the affairs of gov ernment. There are plenty of men of great ability among the 533 members of the two houses of Congress whose judg- n1ent is worth more to the country than that of the small group who are often called the palace guard"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

made by authority granted by Small War Plants Corporation Loan agents in dis tricts throughout the country.
 Apparently few manufacturers know whose factory will be temporary storage place, or cleared for civilian production. Will most factories be junked or will war production material be kept for future emergencies? There are many well-in- formed persons who think the United States Government will not strip itself of ali the machinery necessary for defense for fear new fool like Hitler might at tempt to start another biz war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

It is possible to believe that there will be organized efforts to "SocialiZe' indus tries on the ground that they now belong in large part to the Government and therefore should be operated under "government ownership after the war. That possibility must be fought to standstill The American people believe in private enterprise The military and civilian folks will want their old jobs back" The soldiers must not experi- ence such bitter disappointments as they faced after World War I. In short, the American system of private enterprise is essential to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" along the home front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
Current Comment

Government must plan it's policies so as to create the conditions under which private enterprise, spurred on by the profit motive, will plunge into peacetime production with all the energy and effectiveness that it has devoted to war. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
 York.
 I had always thought the Japs stayed and fought to the finish. but it was enlightening to see them break and run in the most un- Samurai fashion. And when they ran, they weren't just crawling they went at high gear. Lieut. Col. Victor Krulak on
 Choiseul action. In my opinion, the British En- pire policy will create i'll will in the Orient. We should make a definite understanding with the Oriental peoples that we will not follow British policies, such as shown before the war in Burma, India, and Hong Kong. Rep. Will Rogers of California.
 
 We know that Japan's capacity for mischief in the future will de pend largely on how far she will be allowed to go as maritime na- tion. The United States, Great Bri- tain, Russia and their Allies must determine a proper distribution o1 sea power.
 Sen. w. Warren Barbour of New
 Jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

see Senator Bob Taft as the COP White House nominee.
 Further inside fact is that Taft hasn't completely eliminated him self as Presidential hopeful, though it was Taft and none other who convinced Bricker that he should throw his hat in the Presidential ring even after Bricker had made up his mind to run for fourth term as gover- nor Of Ohio.
 This eased out, in part, at a secret meeting Of Ohio Senators and Congressman which endorsed Bricker unanimously for the Presidency. While everybody was giving lip service to Bricker, it was quite apparent that their hearts belonged to Taft.
 Hardly had the unanimous" meeting for Bricker begun, when Representative Ed Rowe of Ohio declared that he doubted that Bricker could beat Wendell Will kie in the Akron area. Willkie had got in lot of spadework in this section, Rowe said, and had some potent backing, including that of Robert Weaver, 8 Cleve- land manufacturer.
 Rep. Frances Bolton of Ohio. one of the wealthiest members of Congress, demurred that Miss Marion Martin, chief of the wo- mems division of the Republican National Committee. had turned against" Willkie and that Willkie could therefore expect little sup port from COP women voters in 1914.
 This was quickly challenged on the ground that Miss Martin was a political ally of Sinclair Weeks of Massachusetts, treasurer of the Republican National Committee and a strong Willkie booster. How ever, Mrs. Bolton insisted that Miss Martin had been talking against" Willkie
 It was brought out that Rep resentative Carroll Reece of
 Tennessee, 8 Republican, likely would manage Bricker's cam paign and could assure the Ohio
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
MISERABLE INDIA
Hartford TiInes)

Hardened as one may become to the plight of the sick and poverty stricken in war-smitten or chron- ically impoverished lands like parts of Europe and Asia, the fact about the famine ill India still must in- Spire horror.
 A correspondent of the Times of India reports that it is possible that "one-third of the 3,000,000 untouch- ables who are agricultural workers in Bengal might have died al- ready" It is impossible in that teeming land to obtain exact facts. A Hindu leader said in a speech in the State Council that in the famine-stricken areas 5O,000 persons die weekly.
 The famine is being followed by disease. There is an alarming in- crease in cholera, smallpox, dysen- tery and dropsy, which add their toll of death to that taken by starvation.
 Although conditions in the prov illce are horrible, there has been improvement in Calcutta, which has been getting some relief, though not enough to check noticeably the huge number of deaths. Tens of thou sands" are reported to have been weakened beyond possibility of help through ordinary feeding. These persons are doomed to die of dis ease, which finds them easy vic- tins.
 While thousands of miserable poor people die the argument goes on in the India government as to who is responsible, as it does in the House of Commons in London when angry Britons call on the Secretary of State for India to explain condi- tionS. In Delhi All-India Congress members declare there can be nc fundamental solution of the food problem except on the basis of wide support for and association with the government program" but that can come only through release from imprisonment of Mahatma Gandhi, Nehru and other Congress leaders. To which a government spokesman replies that the members of the Congress promoted the ] famine" by advising peasants tc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

duced still further to 335,OO0 for November and December.
 Operators of trucks and busseS are worried about the new tires, knowing that early tests have shown they do not stand up under heavy loads. This in spite of the fact that they are only 70 per cent synthetic, with an admixture of 30 per cent natural rubber.
 Result will be that truck and bus loads will have to be
 reduced all over the country. Since they are already operating above normal capacity, reduction of loads will mean reduction in the total performance of trucks and busses.
 Of course, the syntheticS may prove to be better than tests have shown, but the trucking industry has its fingers crossed.
 'BULLS-EYE" BALLOONS
 Behind the War Departments removal of those barrage balloons from war production areas in Los Angeles and Seattle was the big stick of the Truman Committee. The story involves one of the prize bonehead plays of the home front, which would have made juicy reading had the committee un- yelled the facts.
 The Army had gone to consid- erable expense camouflaging in- dustrial areas in Los Angeles and Seattle. Then it nullified the ef- feet by putting barrage balloons over them. The balloons were ar- ranged in a big circle over ship yards, aircraft factories and other war plants, virtually forming a bulls eye mark for any intrepid Japanese airman who might have come on a suicide raid.
 When the Truman Committee investigated, it was all set to re- veal the facts in a report. How ever, War Department officials asked not to be made to appear in an unfavorable light and finally removed the balloons.
 Copyright, 1943, by United Fea-
 ture Syndicate, Inc.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

governor the support of most
 of the Southern delegates at the
 COP convention.
 This raised Bricker's stock little, but most of the Ohio con- greSsmen still are secretly for Taft, though they cast a unanimous vote for Bricker at the caucus.
 AMERICAN PRISONERS
 American prisoners in Germany seem to be receiving good treat ment, if letters which kindly ex- Senator Clyde Herring of Iowa gets from his son are any cri- terion.
 Senator Herring, whose mob was captured in Tunisia (and who had & second son die just as he was entering the Army, reports that American prisoners are reason ably well-fed, receive their mail regularly. Young Herring has received all the packages sent by his father, and recently the camp got 150 harmonicas sent by the YMCA. He reported that the resultant noise was likely to drive the German guards away from camp.
 American and British prisoners, formerly together, have now been segregated, for reasons best known to the NaZis. Prison camps were moved north some time ago, ap- parently because the Germans feared U. S.-British second front, from the south. But now, with the camps in the north, the Ger mans face much more imminent Russian invasion from that di- rection.
 SYNTHETIC TIRES
 Early next year, the American public will get its first real test of synthetic tires. These will not be passenger, but bus and truck tires, which will begin to come out of tire factories some time in January.
 They will be hurried to the wheels of busses and trucks, now lirnping along on sharply reduced rations. Evep in September, the allocation of 550,00O civilian bus and truck tires was inadequate. But now the figure has been re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
Disturbing Question

There are thousands of contractors sui fering from headaches resulting from Departments. Government news releases show that thousands of contractors have already faced complete or partial stoppage of their government work and pay. Small business has already been offered plan to enable 1t to secure small loans through
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
Views Of The Press

withhold their crops from market instead of selling it for inflated cur rency.
 India again is giving evidence of mlsgovernment, avarice, selfishness and callous disregard of human life. Where the blame really may lie is not to be decided lightly, but there is no room for doubt that until an improvement comes in relations be- tween the masses of the people and the government the fate of the h. dian people must continue to be utter misery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
YOUR TELEPHONE CALLS
(Hartford Courant)

For some time, the Southern New
 England Telephone company and similar services elsewhere have been asking civilians not only to limit personal telephone calls during busy workaday hours, but also to give men and women in uniform the right of way in the slack even period when reduced long distance rates are in effect. Most of us have tried to cooperate fully, and will continue to do so. Now, during the approaching Christmas season it is incumbent on all to think twice be- fore burdening the lines with un- necessary calls. Thus we may make it easier for boys and girls in far-off training centers, or more especially in or near embarkation
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
Selected Poem
LOVED VOICES, TALKING (verna Loveday Harden in The Christian
 Science Monitor)

The comfort of loved voices, talking, in another
 room. The words have no meaning from this distance only the music matters. Familiar intonations flowing around me, past me like the surge of friendly river between banks known in childhood; slow tides quickened by laughter as bright bird flashes over the stream Blue skies, white wiSps of cloud and the caress of clover-laden air. The brightness, the fragrance the warmth the enchantme1lt summer morning. The luxury Of loved voices, talking ill another room
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

pied" Netherlands
 according to a 235 : page loose le af compilation of NaZi regula- tions covering the fourth evacuation of Holl a n d e r S from their homes and in copies of other ecre e s srnuggled out of Holland by the D u t c h under ground. Existence of the book was revealed here in w a s h i ngton by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29

often discussed her home prob lems, could see from where he sat that disgust and resentment were written on every feature of the girls face. Suddenly there was 8 conmO- tion in the mid- dle aisle and one of the veal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-29
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 7:54 a. m, sets at 5:26 D. m. (war t:me)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 One more day to go in November. and then December which slowly but surely brings to an end the Autumn season.