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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
FREE SPEECH UPHELD
(Hartford Courant)

The Supreme Court of the United States has sustained the ruling by the Federal Circuit Court of New York which held that an employer has the right to express his ideas as to whether employees should vote for union representation. This right is indisputable provided no coercion is used and the employer agrees to abide by the results of ensuing cleo tions.
 This case involved the American Tube Bending Company of New Haven, whose president on the eve of balloting under the provisions of the Wagner Act, sent a letter to every employe and delivered an ad- dress before them. He did not deny their right to select their bargain ing agency, but he stated that he thought that they would be better of to continue the policy of bar gaining directly with the manage ment rather than through a union. To this the National Labor Rela- tions Board took exception, charg- ing unfair labor practices. The NLRB contended that the letters and the address amounted to coer- cion. that for that purpose the right of free speech could not be invoked by an employer in relation to his employees.
 Although the exercise of the right of free speech in this case is made somewhat contingent upon two con- ditions-the absence of coercion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
MuddlinT on the Home Front

After all the legislating, regulating, and government operation of American coal mines, the net result is demoraliza-, tion of that industry. The miners seem to be slowing down because of a stale mate forced by their own leader who plays one government agency against another. He has demonstrated that to date he is more powerful than the gov- ernment. If the muddlers of the coal situation succeed in bringing on coal ra- tioning, the calamity will be due to poli- tics instead of business practices in the coal fields.
 An authority on coal, in commenting on the situation says that shortages are the result of strikes since the first of May. The whole situation could be irn- proved very greatly if the coal mines would go on a 48-hour week for the next 12 weeks If the miners worked, their actual earnings would be about 100 per cent greater per week than they were on January l, 1941.
 So far as blaming coal mine operators for failure to make contracts demanded by MT. Lewis, it should be remembered that the operators could not have made con- tract under the terms of the law without overriding the decision of the President, JuQSe byrneS ana CIle war AdDOF bOdLu' Is present confusion in the coal mines promoted to create background for at tempts to re-pass the Guffey Coal Act which recently expired? That measure was originally passed to "buy" peace in the coal mines by increasing the price of coal to consumers in order to meet de- mands of Lewis for wage increases. But the most disastrous strikes in the coal industry occurred while the Guffey Act was in effect.
 In the face of declared Administra- tion policy to combat monopoly, the Guffey Coal Act not only encouraged, but compelled the mine operators to combine to fix prices below which no operator, no matter how efficient, could sell except at grave penalties. Is demoralization Of the coal mines part of well laid plan for standardization of the natural resource industries of the United States? The constantly tightening grip of bureaucra- tic control which make it ever more diff flcult for private enterprise to carry on, points that way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
A Thought for Today
Homemade Bombs

How many persons think of home fruit end vegetable canning as being dangerous? A timely bulletin by the National Board of Fire Underwriters on hazards involved in oven pack methods of preserving fruits and vegetables has just been issued.
 The oven pack method is the most dangerous means of preserving because it is not possible to regulate oven heat so that conditions do not introduce haz- ard from pressure explosion in a jar or can if the top has been tightly sealed.
 In one recent case, a Pennsylvania woman placed nine pint jars of snap beans in her gas range oven and set the heat regulator at 275 degrees. A short time later violent explosion blew the range apart, broke the gas pipe connec- tion and seriously scalded and cut the woman's son who was sitting in the kitchen.
 "It was very evident that the tops had been frightened" says the bulletin, "and when this has been done temperature of PTS degrees will produce steam pres sure of % pounds, which is far in excess of the safe limits of sealed glass jar, or even tin can. Oven regulators are sell dom kept in such condition as to insure their accuracy from within 10 to 20 de- grees."
 Several precautions were offered to those who used pressure cookers for home canning. It is necessary to be sure that the safety valve operates at low pres sure, and that the steam pressure gauge reads accurately. The Jugs holding the cover in place must be in good condition and properly frightened and it is of the greatest importance to release the steam before loosening any of the cover Jugs. Never try to improvise pressure cooker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Learning the Hard Way

The Federal Government has been spending hundreds of millions of dollars building power dams, oStenSibly for flood control, navigation and irrigation-With electric power development by the Govern ment "by product" of such projects. Time has proved, however, that dams were primarily to create gigantic gov ernment-oWned electric power system. The flood in Oklahoma last spring exposed the fallacy of "flood control' as an argu- ment for power dams.
 Elmer T. Peterson has an article in the Saturday Evening Post of August 2l, entitled, "Floods are Unnecessary. Ac- companied by Hugh H. Bennett, Chief of the United States Soil Conservation Service, MT. Peterson toured the flood ravages areas in Oklahoma and Arkansas. The outstanding point of his article is that water must be controlled locally on the land where rain falls, before it runs off causing erosion and floods. Control is accomplished in numerous ways-by countless little dams; by terraces that follow slope levels; by thick-growing vege- tation in strip corps, always at right angles to slopes; by solid fields of farm crops that erect billions of tiny dams made of roots. These are but samples of the scientific practices which have proved wholly effective in preventing floods by holding water where it falls
 At the confluence of the Grand, Yer digriS and Arkansas rivers, said Mr. Peter son, "the awful evidence of the flood prompted me to ask why the $25 100000 Pensacola dam on the Grand which had been promoted as combined flood con- trol and power project, had failed so con- pletely in controlling the flood . the people of Oklahoma and Arkansas had been told that the dam would go far to- ward controlling floods. But the facts as brought out by such SpokeSmen as R. N. Graham of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce .. show that the Grand river furnished half of the 670,0 ,000-Second-feet flood crest at Muskogee because, when the flood hit it's Pensacola dam the res ervoir was practically full. .. The con- troversy boiled down to the proposition that it takes full reservoir to produce power whereas, it takes an empty reSer- voir to protect lower valley from floods. The Federal managers of the dam wanted to keep it full, so it could produce power.
 When the flood came it was necessary to open the gates immediately and the raging Grand river produced flood in its lower valley and in the Arkansas river as if there had been no dam at all"
 MT. Bennett explained that so-called flood control, which permits soil erosion, will fill all dams with silt so they will be useless in from 25 to 50 years. pr. N E. winters. soil conservationiSt, referring to the $50 ,OOO ,000 Denison dam on the Red river between Oklahoma and Texas, said: q could take half the cost of this dam, and, by spending 1t on watershed treat, nent. completely stop floods on the Red River. "All of which" says Mir Peterson, should give the taxpayers something to thew on."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

the Florida publisher, is report ed heading a movement to Per init Lepescu to enter the U. S. A. with her royal husband -. AL most every American who has Vis- tied Mexico pays tribute to the quite, patriotic manner in whict both King Carol and his now wife are conducting themselves. Anti- Nazi Carol has given up any idea of returning to this throne, but is doing his best from the s1delineS to promote trouble for the Nazis inside Rumania One of the toughest, most thankless jobs in the Army is that performed by the boys still marooned in Ice land. Taken there even before Pearl Harbor, they have little leave, little recreation, lots of fog <. Senator on the Judiciary Com mittee who oppose the Poll Tax Bill are: Democrats, Hatch of New Mexico, Connally of Texas, O,Mahoney of wyoming, Chand- Ter of Kentucky, Andrews of Flor ida and Wheeler of Montana; Republicans, Austin of Vermont, ReVercomb of West Virginia.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

able character which defied melan- choly. Wrote Greville about him on another occasion, T think Creevey is the only man I know in society who possesses nothing"
 When we realize how many peo- pie go to pieces over the loss of money, the spectacle of a man ris- ing triumphant above such disaster is wholesome indeed. There are some poor souls who put their reli- ance so completely upon money that when wealth departs. life departs with 1t.
 The wise never make the mistake of allowing themselves to be too closely tied up with things. They know that things have Q way of disappearing. crumbling under the powerful solvent Of circumstances. Our Lord once remarked that 6 mans fife consistent not in the abundance of the things he posses seth. and many . person today with scarcely enough to make ends meet but possessing Q cheerful heart and 6 contented spirit is living testimony to that truth.
 An Rights ReEeTyed-Bahson NeWB- paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Super Bombers

Commanding General H. H. Arnold of the Air Corps was not talking about some distant future when he spoke recently about super-bombers that twill dwarf our present Flying Fortresses," bombers that twill carry half carload of bombs across the Atlantic and fly home without stop"
 Engines for this super-plane already are being built by the Wright Aeronauti- cal Corp. in New Jersey plant on 24- hour-a-day basis.
 Among the several places we would not care to be in the near future, include the shoes worn by Adolf Hitler.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Current Comment

Our men are not afraid to die, but when we go to war we expect to come home again. From my ob- Servation, the one idea in the mind of the Jap soldier is that he's go- ing to die anyway, and he wants to kill as many white men as pos- sible before he dies.
 Brig. Gen. Lewis E.. Woods, Gua-
 dalcanal campaign chief.
 We must find new jobs, new mar kets, new outlets for the vital ener- gies of our people. Our postwar planning must take into account other countries, with particular con- sideration for those which have been overrun by the enemy. Secretary of Commerce Jesse
 Jones.
 The task Cat SaleEno) would have been easier with more pianes-it could not have been done with less. Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Air Force
 Chief.
 The lesson VIC have in mind for the dictatora Is that our way of life, our democratic principle. can and will beat theirs.
 Treasury Secretary Henry Mor- eenthau. Jr.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

1t r1VaLS the nlStOrlc paCVlc Des tween Woodrow wilson and the little band of "willful" senators which defeated the League of Na- tions. The entire world is watch ing 1t.
 On one side is younger group of senators, most of them veter- ans of the last war, a mixture of both Republicans and Democrats who may differ on domestic mat ters, but are firmly united, re- gardless of party lines, that there must be no more war.
 On the other side are older men, some of them still living in the days of pre.l9l4 isolation. There is Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia, who helped defeat Wood- row Wilson and who, shaking his white head bitterly, told the sem ate:
 ''I am going to die. But I am
 going to die fighting Joe Stalin."
 Then there are such unrecon. structed isolationisths as Wheeler of Montana and Nye of North Da- kota, plus Vandenburg of Michi- gan, who still wants to be an iso- lationist though terribly worried over the non-i -is0lationiSt position of both Michigan business and Michigan labor. Finally, there are honest conservatives like George of Georgia and Connally of Texas, all older men whose international background got firmly fixed in the halcyon days before 1914.
 The philosophy of the young "cOoperatiOl.iSts" boilS down to this: It is much better to have the battle over U. s. cooperation for peace now, before the war is over, than after the armistice. They re- member the bitter disappointment, the setback to world peace after the last war.
 BALL STARTS BALL ROLLING
 It was Senator Joe Ball, Repub- lican of Minnesota, who started the bali rolling. Last week he invited 10 senators to his office, pointed to the vague innocuous- ness of the Senate resolution on world cooperation which oldsters were sending to the Senate floor.
 Senator Pepper of Florida im- mediately said he considered the "OIdster" resolution a clever dodge by the isolationists. Hill of Ala bama, Maybank of South Caro- lima, Bridges of New Hampshire,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
A SHORT EXPLANATION OF,
 IODIN RATION

(No longer the fashion to cell ths
 term rashiOn)
 Whenever possible the drinking water for our forces in the south Pacific is purified by chlorinations but for emergencies the men carry tube of iodine to disinfect water In their own canteens.
 Incidentally, it is worth remenn- bering that whenever or wherever, one may be in doubt about the safety of the water for drinking drop or two of tincture of iodine the same iodine one should al- ways carry in the pocket first aid, kit-in quart of the water, shaken up and allowed to stand l5 minutes, makes any water safe to drink. Of course this is anly for emergencies, not for regular use. '''
 This Mild Tincture of Iodine was introduced some fifteen years ago for popular use. Prior to that time the Tincture of Iodine prescribed by the United States Pharmacopo- eia contained about 7T6 of iodine. This same Tincture of Iodine still is official in the U. s. F., but this stronger tincture is or should be reserved exclusively for physicians and surgeons, and dispensed to the public only by prescription. Mild Tincture of Iodine is of about 2ss strength.
 Distinterested scien t fife tests showed that Mild Tincture of To- dine surpassed five of the most popular solutions sold as wound antiseptics or disinfectants, in bac- tericidal efficiency.
 When I introduced the Todin Ra- tion (my spelling of iodinel some years ago only the stronger Tinc- ture of Iodine was official in the U. s. P.-Mild Tincture of Iodine was not then included in the Phar- macopoeia. I specified one drop of the tincture in a glass of water daily in each third month of the year, or once week the year around, as a fair ration of iodine for anybody. Since the Mild Tine ture of Iodine has come into gener-. al use l specify two or three drops of the mild tincture-which would contain rather less iodine than one drop of the stronger tincture. r,~
 On written request (no clipping will suff1ce) accompanied with three-cent-stamped envelope bear. ing your address III mail Instruc-' tions for Taking an Iodin Ration.
 Many correspondents tell me they take some form of iodine or iodide in larger quantity or more fre- quently than I advise. and ask me, to assure them 1t is all right to do so. do not advice taking more iodine or more frequent doses or any other form than plain Mud. Tincture of Iodine or Weak Solu;' tion of Iodine Ca preparation of similar idodine strength official irt' the British Pharmacopoeia) in any circumstance. The iodine in the 1odin Ration is a food. a food ev- cry man. woman and child requires for good nutrition. When you take more than that 1t is medicine, and you should take medicine only un1' der the advice of your physician. :.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at l2:4l a. m. (war time)
 Sun rises at 7:08 a. m, sets at 6:OS p. m. twar time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 For the second time within short period a tropical hurricane which had New England in it's line of march veered off ard passed off at Cape Cod moving northwestward. Heavy rains and some wind were our worst disturb ances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Press Comment
THE SALES TAX
(New York Times)

(New York Ttmes)
 "All throuh the years of the de- precision I opposed general excise and sales taxes, and I am convinced as ever that they have no perma- nent place in the Federal tax sys- tenn. Tn the face of the present financial and economic situation, however. we may later be compelled to reconsider the temporary neces- sity of such measures. .'-President Roosevelt, in his Budget Message of Jan. ', 1922.
 It is now twentyone months la ter. Has not the time come, If ever, to reconsider the temporary necessity of such measures?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

and Who's Who of demagoguery which makes 1t an invaluable ref erence on m is- guided political thinking.
 The name of t h e author is given as J oh n Roy Carlson, but his real name is Arthur Deroun- ian. He was born in Greece, the son of an Armenian immigrant, b u t that faCt has mt,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

mily and small resources, Creevey W h o had been C:lce quite wealthy accepted his s change of for tune cheerfully and lived one of the most. useful lives of his day. He possessed an active intellect AAI A~ AwAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Controversial Best Seller
 Names Names
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

One of the most controversial and best-selling books of the current season is "Under Cover" a 6O0-page fully documented and detailed effort to expose all the -Nazi, pro-
 Fascist and self-styled anti Com munists, super-patriotic, but really isolationist crackpots, racketeers and border line seditionists at large in the United States today. Under Cover lists them all, with names, dates, places and persons, indexed and cross-indexed in g catalogue
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Your Health
 By pr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to pef- sOnaI health and hygiene, not t4 disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady ie
 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 pr. William Brady, National News. paper Service, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, III. usv,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
NOT IN ABUNDANCE

NOT IN ABUNDANCE
 Charles Greville, the famous Eng fish diarist, once wrote of Thomas Creevey, English politician: "Old Creevey is living example of how a man may be perfectly happy and exceedingly poor," With a large
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

and agreement to abide by the elec-- tion results-the conditions are im-
 material to the major admissioHs that management can and may speak on the subject of employer employe relations even in the midst of a collective bargaining contest
 without at all being guilty of unz- fair labor practices. AccordingVS the decision of the Court is a vie~
 tory for free speech and a meriteA defeat for the NLRB. whose con- duct has too frequently been both arbitrary and biased. e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21

shall resolution committing the country to dipping its toe yauge with unbahed statement that willing the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
QUESTION and ANSWERS HOrsewhip Needed

Dear Doctor: Please help my mother so my daddy will stop get~s ting drunk. Thank you. Nouise) 70
 Answer-I'm sorry, Louise. bue. you did not give your address. If. you can persuade your daddy to. get in touch with Alcoholics. Anony--. mons the help and encouragement he will get from such group may enable him to quit drinking. Write to Alcoholics Anonymous, Box 658, Church Street Annex, N. Y. City, NJ r., and ask for the address of O, group in or near your city. They have no cure or treatment to sellSs just earnest and mighty helpful. friendship and encouragement which seems to be the right medicine for many Q person who cannot quit by himself. The men or women in. Alcoholics Anonymous have them @s selves conquered the drink habit and are enXious to help others to beat 1t as they have done. ~
 Ice Cream Her Weakness ..
 I am A, 63 inches tall, weigh 428- pounds. I can't satisfy myself when it comes to ice cream-I could eat 1t morning, noon and night. =,
 '(Mrs. s. M.) :.
 Answer-You do not indicate howl much ice cream you eat. If you take plenty of exercise, plays..or :. work hard (with your muscles) you can get away with half a pint a day readily enough. You are eight or ten pounds underweight. Main ob- jection to ice cream as the chief, source of calories in the diet is that. it tends to satisfy appetite for q while but fails to provide essential. vitamins. You should have careful medical overhaul, including tests for sugar in urine and excess sugar in blood. @@ % Copyright 1943, John F. Dfle lCo.C
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Washington Merry -Go-Round DREW PE PEARSON

Senate Forces Aligned for Bitter Bottle Over World Peace Plan Young Cooperotonsts Aoyed Against Group
 New Argentine Ambassador Will Find Embassy Bare of Furnishings Ttos Jugosov Posons Gaining Influence in Allied Circles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-21
Selected Poem
RED SUNSET dol Kingsley Pelton in the Christian Science Monitor)
RED SUNSET

Across the lake, through skeletons of elms, Vernilion stains the sky and overwhelms All other color. Sky and earth and air Are drenched as if a wild, red rain fell there One moment past, the earth was blue and wnite; But now upon the threshold of the night There is a brief, enchanted mterlude All earth is rosy Nothing may intrude, No blue nor gray nor green nor gold to preak The ghostly red on ground and tree and lake.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-11
DETROIT ,z.55z1sTFMES

Africa is The Jap is stopped in the Aleutians at
bay in the South Pacific thrown back in China. The Rus
slams are holding. \ tense Germany awaits invasion.
America breathes easier; there's talk Of early peace.
This page is reninder that the enemies of 1913
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-06-11

the same smart brutal mitaists who planned and accom-
plished the eonQuests Of Europe and the Pacific It's
reminder that with their nec at stake they'll be
tougher, crueer. Beating them will be long, hard job
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