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Evening star., 1943-05-27
D. {. Per Capita Share
In National Debt TO Be
S2,278, Enge| Warns
lowmoker Sees Peak
OF $500, ,o0o, 900, ,ooo;;
Fears Initiation

In an expected 100000 900 900
national debt, which represents
twice the assessed valuation of
every piece of property in the
United States" the Districts share
is sl.5lo,521 295. or 1O4 per cent of
the assessed valuation Of Sl.451 ,3O3,-
o09, based On 1910 population fig
ures. Representative Engel, Repub-
lican of Michigan told the House
today.
Figuring from the 1910 census,
which gives Washington a popula-
ton of 66309l, the national debt
burden for every man. woman and
child in the Capital will be s2.278,
according to the figures quoted by
Mr.. Encel.
Made 4.500-Mile Trip.
He is a member of the subcom-
mittee which handles approprla
tons for the War Department and
made his speech to the House after
visiting At defense plants on a
tour of 4.500 miles in two months
for the purpose of examining and
studying cost sheets related to the
war effort.
He described his purpose "to
bring home to the people Just what
a $500 000O0,O00 national debt will
mean to them
The share of the District in COM
partSOn with the assessed valuation
Of property is considerably less than
that Of most of the 49 States. &C
cording to Mr.. Engel's figures.
We are talking glibly about a
national debt which will reach or
may exceed 100000. 100000" said
Mr.. Engel The war is costing US
many times what it is costing Eng
and or Russia. and when it is over
We will be burdened with the great
est national debt in the history of
the world"
Says People Don't Understand.
Emphasizing his purpose to make
the people realize what this means
to them. he said the tragic part is
the people themselves cannot under
stand Just what a $500, 900, 900 900
national debt will mean.
If the average individual knew,
his demand for economy, both in
and outside the war effort, his in
sistence upon obtaining value re-
ceived for his tax dollar would be
irresistible upon the executive and
legislative branches of the Govern
ment
I hope the publication of these
figures Will make the people more
insistent in their demands for elm
inauOn OF waste and excessive costs. "
"RulnoUS imitation" is inevitable
unless the Government puts the
brakes on spending, Mr. Engel de-
clared.
The time has come when we can
and must sop throwing money out
the window or down rat hole, "
Nj. EnecI said
Warns Against Initiation
Il have come to the conclusion" ="
Nation to meet our financial obliga-
tons Of the future viii depend upon
the policy we now follow in our
expenditures
Second, that it is absolutely es-
sential that public consciousness of
his debt should be awakened in
order that We might eliminate some
Of the excess costs due to various
causes in our production program.
and. third, that only by eliminating
such excess costs can We hope to
avoid the rulnous results of infa-
ton
Counting three to a family, more
than half million people will read
this issue of The Star. If you have
want" tell them through a Star
Want Ad." Phone NA 5000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
A Thought for Today
Keeping the Faith

Once more, and increasingly day by day, the quasi-political strategy followed by the Allies in the Mediterranean is paying dividends in American and Eng fish lives. Some of the more impatient, who want no truck with expediency, ir- eiSt upon denouncing our willingness to deal with Darlan in North Africa and with Badoglio in Italy. Their arguments will carry decreasing weight as the rela- tives and friends of fighting men discover the very practical results have been ob- tained from the policy we are following.
 We took Marshal Badoglio at his face value as non-faScist and, at this time at least, an anti-faSciSt. He could not deliver Italy to us on a silver platter because the NaZlS had too many troops present. But he appears to be doing everything in his power to make good on his commitments to us. Not only have the Italians stopped fighting against us, but to greater extent than we had the right to expect they are trying to fight on our side. In conti- mental Italy they are just about as power less to help us as they had been to harm us; but against the Nazis, as previously against us, they do possess considerable nuisance value.
 In Sardinia, where they were not out numbered, they took the initiative and drove the Germans out, giving us, without the expenditure of a single American or English life, the use of several valuable airfaelds and some very fair harborS. If the die-hard haters had had their way Italy would still have been obliged to sur render internationally but we certainly would not have had the active military collaboration that we now are receiving.
 About Badoglio, even more than Darlan, A.~ .A.~A AfAAA ls very deeply entrenched in Europe, and I've must remember that military men are bred from adolescence in the tradition of obedience to their superiors. When Mus solini imposed his will upon weak king, Badoglio went along There is no evil dence that he ever liked the situation. There Is much evidence that he did not But he was loyal to his country and his king. Now that circumstances have given him opportunity to work and fight against Fascism, he is keeping the faith.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
No Rest For Wicked

The NaM high command can look for ward to nothing but difficulties in the months to come. On the Russian front the Soviet armies are throwing every thing they have at the Germans and 1t is now obvious that the Germans have suffered Q catastrophe defeat on that front.
 By the time the autumn rains bog down the mobile units, the Germans will be lucky to be holding anywhere on the Dnieper River line. But while they can hope for a breathing spell of sort on the Russian front, 1t will be short lived and the Nazis have vivid memories of what the Reds have done to them in the past during the winter months. And only trouble looms for the Nazis in the south.
 The Nazis cannot permit the Ameri- cans and British to storm through the Italian peninsula unimpeded and the Germans are stalking tens of thousands of men on holding northern Italy. There will be no autumn rains to bog down that area and Hitler can expect only bad news from that front. With the Balkan Situa- Mon growing more explosive every hour, there is only trouble for the Germans there, too.
 And weather will have little effect on khe daily bombingS of Germany and Ger man-held territory. Tom of explosives will continue to pour down on Nazi install Rations and factories and cities. There will be no reforming of lines for Adolf Hitler this winter. All he can do now is struggle against the inevitable. The mad man is finally in strait jacket.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Surplus Income

The Northwestern National Life Insur- ance Company has made a survey to de- termine how war wage increases are be- ing spent, and comes up with the finding: Largely on women.
 The big increases in spending, says the company, show up in quantity and quail ity of women'S and misses garments, in jewelry, in furs, in admissions to amuse- mentS, in playing cards, in cigarets. Some of these are exclusively for women; others, the company says, like amusements and playing cards and even cigaretS, are in considerable part for women.
 0 Meanwhile, rowing reporter finds the jeweler in Eagle Grove, Iowa, population 4,000, selling two dozen $50 and $75 watches by noon of the day they arrived; the music store at Ames sold out of pianos, some priced up to $565.
 There is no necessary conflict between the two reports.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
A SHAMEFUL STRIKE
tNew York Tin,es)

(NeW xOrk x1nleS)
 No more shameful strike has oc- cured since our entrance into the war than that now in effect among milk wagon drivers in this city. At any time such a strike is Q strike against the public. It is a strike against every family deprived of milk, against mothers and babies, against invalids in hospitals. But such strike is especially shameful at the present time and under pre- sent conditions. It is an open viol- ation of the unions wartime mo- strike pledge. It is a violation of 6 contract that calls for impartial ar- bitration of labor disputes. It is a strike against the Government, for 1t is in protest against the War Labor Boards decision permitting the dismissal or transfer of 959 drivers and consolidation of their routes under the skip -a-day delivery order of the Office of Defense Transportation. It is Q strike against the ffective prosecution of the war. In time of food shortage 1t threatens the spoilage of hum dredE of thousands of quarts of milk every day that 1t goes on. In time of labor shrotage it is a strike to prevent men from being transferred from unnecessary jobs to assign ments where they will be genuinely useful to the war effort.
 The men who are participating in this trike know that 1t is hameful, for they are ashamed of it. The "in- ternational" union officials declare publicly that they are opposed to the strike HOO pr cent; but they add that it is the rsult of individ- ual action," and profes their inab- iliyt to do anything about it. The mn themselves do not openly &C., knowledge that they are on strike; they report 'sick". By uch subter- fuges these involved are able to es- cape the pnalties of the ill-drawn Smith ConnaIly anti-strike law.
 One interesting footnote may be added. The Fderal Government has embarked upon program to sub- sidiz. milk to kep down the price. If the unions lIcced by their present tactics in prevnting the lay-off of unnecessary delivery men, the Gov egument will in effect be paying this ubsidy in Q time of labor short- age to keep men at needless jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Dernotion

Dissatisfaction has been expressed by two congressman, of differing political utilization, over the punishment meted out by an Army coUrt-martial to Colonel William T.. Colman. There seems to be merit in their protests. Colonel Colman was denoted to a captaincy. As punish ment, that is ample. But as protection for Army efficiency and Army morale, it does not seem quite adequate.
 The charges against Colonel Colman were not directed at his technical quail f1cationS, but rather to his moral, ethical and temperamental qualities. If he was found SO deficient in these as to warrant demotion by three grades, there is ques- tion whether he is fit to exercise the ex- ecutive and disciplinary function of a captaincy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Service Babies

l Congress has been asked to put up another cash grant to the states to enable khem to render adequate aid to the wives of enlisted service men who will become
 mothers before the end of the fiscal year, 5izne 80.
 Congress got around to this question 6Ix months ago. It then appropriated &1 100000. That was not enough. It added $4,4O0,000. That is not enough. Based on an average of $84.50 case, and an estimate that approximately S25,OO0 babies will be born during this fiscal rear by wives of service men, most of Mllom win request aid, the new request is <6E SIG, e,620,000.
 Tl1ls bill should go through both hranches unanimously and fast. These wives are already subsisting on an made nuate allotment. Without help when they kbect a baby, they would be subjected Ie zlsln and anxietles which would be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Selected Poem
CALL TO HARVEST

CALL TO HARVEST
 (Christie Jeffries in the New York T1mes) Malice has plowed and hate sown deep The field which liberty must reap. Dark blight of fear, grim treason's rust Have leveled acres to the dust. But under battles baleful bane, Maturity of precious grain Follows as surely as the spring Comes after winter ravaging. Reapers, be ready when the field Is golden with harvest yield. Reapers, be quick to save new seed Garner and store for mankinds need. From this world battle-ground must com Rich harvest of millennium.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Camp Fire Girls

The Camp Fire Girls are driving for 100000 members, double their present number. They offer the powerful argu- nent of an endorsement by head G-man John Edgar Hoover, who emphasizes the function of the organization as 8 pre- ventor of juvenile delinquency.
 Arrests of girls under 21 have arisen 55 percent since we went to war, MT. Hoover points out, and adds: "A whole some recreational program is most in- portant in the normal development of every girl. The volunteer leaders of Camp Fire groups could make no richer contribution to the America of to- morrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Views Of The Press

has nothing to do with water in such quantities, as 1t comes, say, in the Atlantic Ocean.
 Or so the Naval Affairs Commit tee may as well have ruled, as to say that the Waves cannot go over seas. The House of Representa- tives had approved a bill which would have permitted the Waves foreign service. At last 1t looked as if they were really going to get ex- perience with other Waves than ''permanents."
 But no-all is not watery that is spelled that way. So although the Wacs-part of the Army. a some what landlubber branch of the arm ed forces-are permitted to get in the waves, the Waves must keep out. It's all a little wacky If you ask the Waves-but there is no evil dence that the Naval Affairs Com mittee was asking them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

thing vastly more potent than these to overcome the evil influence of certain false philosophies which have got the world into its present state of mind.
 The seeds of Naziism are to be found in the philosophy of Imman- uel Kent who lived in the middle of the eighteenth century. Fichte, who was Q college professor when Napoleon entered Berlin in 1872, ad- vanced the Idea of the totalltarian state and the supremacy of the Ger man race. Hegei topped it off with his overwhelming philosophical rea- soning and so influenced the young Bismarck that this rising young leader threw himself with passion into the creation of the German Em- pire. Then came the influence upon German thought of tho melancholy echoepeuhaller and the insane Nietzscfe. Hitler and his gang are simply the criminal thugh who ilns
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Current Comment

They (U. s. servicemen) are fighting to win this war on the presumption that the people of the United Nations will be intelligent enough to use their combined strength to preserve the peace for which millions are dying. -Roberft T. Merrill, V. P. w. com-
 nander in chief.
 
 It only remains for individual workers and individual managers to buckle down to this job and prove they have the hearts of champions. A champion is one who drives through for the kill when his opponent is groggy; he does not let up.
 WIPE Chairman Donald M.
 Nelson.
 Certainly no one is more inter- ested than the parents of our Am- erican boys in the success of the Russian arms over Germany. But 1t is also true that the whole char acter of the Pacific war would change if the United States had access to the Pacific coastal area of Russia.
 Senator Henry Cabot Lodge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

plemeEted this philosophy. Ger man leaders have believed this sort of thing for ct least l25 years and the seeds were planted two centur- les ago.
 We shall never have Q new world until we have destroyed the Ieaven Of fhe old philosophy. And that will not he nn easy task. can Rights Reserved nahson News
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

If you are interested in 1944 which is not too far distant prepare for "critical" beef shortage. During the past few months many have not been able to get beef, or wished to pay the price or re- linquish the necessary points. So per haps a beefless 1944 will not affect too many. The reason is said to be fewer feeder cattle shipments from the west into the corn belt states. So many gloomy pre- dictionS of this sort have been made dur ing recent months that little excitement will be felt, and when 1944 comes we shall see what we jhall see.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

The WACS themselves would pre- fer male officers to women. They say the men aren't so tough. POSTWAR INDUSTRY
 The President has just had a significant conference with Repre- sentative Wright Patman of Texas on postwar domestic economy.
 The President expressed himself forcefully on the necessity of greater decentralization of indus try after the war, said every sec- ton of the country should as far as possible be made economically self-sufficient." Our vast pro- gram of war production has been instrumental in the spread of in- dustry to many sections in the South and West that previously had no factories to speak of. the President said.
 But he added that there was still much to be done. For ex- ample, steel had to be shipped all the way across the country to air- craft plants and shipyards on the West Coast, though the West and Northwest are rich in iron ore de- positS which haven't been de. veloped because the steel trust has concentrated its mills and blast furnaces in the East.
 Out of Patman's talk at the White House evolved the meet ing of 50 C0ngressmen from 26
 States to demand that the Ad-
 llinistratlon take steps now to
 insure greater decentralization of industry.
 Senator Pat McCarren of Ne- vada, Rep. John Coffee of Wash ington, Clinton Anderson of New
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07


 liver disease is pr. Masters laundice. This is Q condition ita which the bile, normally secreted into the intestinal tract, is instead backed up into the blood and ulti- mately into the tissues of the body. until the skin and the whites ok the eyes become tinged with Q yel- lowish green, and the bile is usually excerted by the kidneys into the urine. This condition may come as the result of a block in the duct that conveys the bile into the in. testine, either by Q gallstone or by inflammation and swelling, or 10 may follow various injuries to the liver cells themselves. LIVER DISEASES
 Another sign of liver disease is dependent upon the fact that the veins carrying the blood from the gastro- intestinal tract pass through the liver. Obstruction of the free passage of the blood passing on it's way to the heart forces @ diffusion of fluid into the abdominal cavitys and the enlargement of otherwise inconspicuous vessels capable of by. passing the liver.
 Changes in the size, shape, and consistency of the liver also inds- cate disease of this organ. Since the liver is the largest gland in the body, these alterations are usu- ally readily detected and frequently give considerable information as to the character of the disease. Cirr- hosis of the liver is the most strik- ing cause.
 In addition to the secretion ie bile, which aids in the digestion of fat, the liver serves as reservoir for sugar. It not only has the ability to store sugar and release it into the blood as the need arises, but 1t also converts other substances into sugar for their ultimate use by the body.
 CHEMICAL FUNCTIONS
 The liver also breaks down tho building blocks out of which pro- teins are formed, and plays an im- portant role in the utilization of fat. It manufacturers substances concerned with the clotting of blood. It serves as a storage depot for Q substance capable of stimu- lating the production of red blood cells, ahd a practical consequence of this function is the use of liver in the treatment of perniclous enemia. It also stores iron and cops per necessary in blood production. Vitamin A is formed from it's pre- cursor, carotene, in the liver, and the reservoir for Vitamtn B is in that organ.
 The liver begins its work before birth by forming blood a function which is later assumed by the bone marrow. Various toxic substances that are absorbed into the blood- stream are carried to the liver, and there rendered innocuous. Because of the numerous reaction going on in the liver. 1t is Q source of much of the body's heat.
 An organ possessing all these and still other functions might easily go astray, but the liver is remark ably reliable, and rarely fails it's owner.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

Mexico and Cecil King of Cali- fornia were the main movers.
 MERRY-GO-ROJND
 Top men in the War Depart ment were boiling mad over the Selfridge Field court martial which merely reduced Col. Wil- liam T. Coleman to the rank of captain for shooting a Negro private. Generally 1t is diffi- cult to increase the penalties of court martialS, but this time Army chiefs are so incensed they will try to do 1t Without any fa1- fare, Attorney General Riddle has been quietly recognizing his Jus tice department. In addition to Congressman Jim McGranery of Philadelphia, who becomes assist ant to the Attorney General, Ed Ennis takes over the Registration of Foreign Agents Herbert Bayard Swope, genius of the old New York World an da director of the Columbia Broadcasting Sys- tenn, has determined that CBS di- rectors get to the bottom of cen- sorship charges against Columbia .. Congressman Ramspeck of Georgia has declared war against the civil service requirement. of a college degree for any man hold ing most government jobs which pay over $500. Ramspeck de- clareS that anyone serving in the armed forces has better qualifica- tons than a college education and that war service will be equivalent to a college degree when the boys come home.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
ON THE COAL RUN
(New Haven Repisterl


 Almost before the ink was dry on the paper announcing the sur render of the post -Mussolini regime in Italy, 1t was made known here that one of the reasons why it was so hard to get coal now. and might be harder next winter, was the fact that coal had to be shipped to Italy. While that country's asserted need for fuel did not seem unreasonable, it is doubtful whether the full po- tential extent of the service was commonly realized.
 Some sources say that Germany sent her erstwhile ally 100000 tons of coal a month. That, of course, is out from now on. When the Ger mans are completely cleaned out of the country, and all ties are broken, Italy's needs would amount to l2,- 100000 tons year from some other place, evidently the United States. Liberty ships handle about l0,-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at e:63 a. m, sets at 6:26 ?. m. (war time) "
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 October has six holidays not observed as LEGAL holidays.
 They are October 1, Missouri Day un Mis- souri schools); October g, Admission Day un California;; October l2, Columbus Day Gin most states) October Ie, Alaska Day un Alaska): october 27. Navy Day; October 3i. Halloween; Admission Day un Nevada; No- vember 2, General Election Day: December c, St. Nicholas Day; December ., Delaware Day dn ralaware)); December i4 Alabama Day (In Alabanha); December go. Woodrow Wilson's Birthday sfn South Cnr0linal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

The other night over the radio Lowell Thomas said that the President described Japanese as "uncivilized". This was re- garded, 1t seems, by some as too mild a term for certain acts, particularly the recent diary disclosure. However, un- civilized, it is explained, is one of the most ignominous terms that can be as- cribed to Japanese. And while we are on the subject of name-calling what term can we use Cor is there any strong enough) to describe the actions of Nazis getting out of Naples?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

900 tons of cargo. The turn n-around to Italy for these ships is figured at about 70 days. An allowance of five trips a year per ship would make the transport need work out at the continuous services of some 240 Liberty ships. Those are being put out fast now, but evidently none too fast for the handling of the supplies already awaiting shipment.
 Victory brings more obligations along with 1t than often seem real- ized. Swt ( as it is, the glory gets diluted with grim reality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

Most baseball games are exciting enough. at some time during the nine innings, to dispense with the antics. of low flying bombing planes. The opening game of the World Series Tuesday was treated to the sight of such a display, and one wonders from whence comes the authority to pull such stunts.