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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Retailing Grows Up

AS postwar planning approaches the
day of practical application, the role OF
retail distribution grows steadily more
important. The Committee for Economic
Development, representing the best
thought that industry can pit against
postwar problems, is now considering the
formation of retail section on the the
DRY that no community planning can be
complete unless retail distribution, serv-
icing, and similar groups are aware of the
manufacturers planning.
In sense, the proposal to bring into
closer cooperation producers of manu-
featured goods and retailers is little diff
ferent than the cooperation which pro-
ducers of food and retail distributors have
enjoyed for many years, to the benefit OF
consumers. Anyone familiar with the
food industry will recall the producer
consumer campaigns instituted by chain
stores to help farmers dispose OF surplus
crops. Those campaigns were highly sue
cessful. The list of commodities that re-
ceived marketing aid included practical
ly every item on the family dinner table.
In fact, many consumers were llterally
taught to eat nourishing food by the pro-
motional efforts of retailers during these
campaigns to translate abundance on our
farms into improved eating habits.
The evolution of mass distribution con-
tinues in wartime. What is more logical
than that the industry should apply the
merchandising lessons of the past and
thus contribute substantially to a pro-
gressively rising standard of living in the
future? Part of it's job will be to pass on
to consumers the goods and services OF
the most efficient industrial nation IN
the world Retailers have demonstrated
ard ability to match mass production with
mass distribution. How far this comblna-
ton will go toward reestablishing sound
prosperity depends in no small measure
upon the tax and regulatory policies OF
Government, national and local.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
A Thought for Today


News stories have been accurate and,
for the most part, specific. Yet there are
some who are confused about what is
going on in the Japanese-American segre-
cation camp at Tule Lake, California.
It is important to remember that the
internes at Tule Lake are not run-of-the-
mill Japanese Americans. They are
select group. Every man there was chosen
because he was not a representative
Japanese American because, unlike
the vast majority of Americans of Japan
csc blood, he was disloyal to the United
States, unreceptive to democracy, treach-
erouS, untrustWorthy, unfit to mingle
with decent human beings.
There are, at Tule Lake, some few to
whom those epithetS do not apply. They
are women and children who, under the
rigid family system of the Japanese race,
went along with their pro-Japanese Ilus-
bands and fathers.
But these few are important only as
individual victims of situation. The
important thing is that we Americans
should distinguish clearly between the
Tule Lake aggregation of traitors = who
now are rioting and plotting - and the
almost 100000 good, loyal American cit
liens who, by the accident of birth, have
Japanese BLOOD in their veins.
It would be no more just to hold the
Tule Lake agitators against other Japan
ese-Americans than to hold the Lord
Haw-Haws against all Anglo-Saxons.
Just for the record, it is worth remem-
bering that these Tule Lake Japanese,
who are not entitled to be dubbed Gamer
icans," were permitted for some 18
months to mingle freely with loyal Japan
eSe-Americans, against whom they di-
rected subversive propaganda ranging
from wheeding through argument to
threats, before public demand forced their
segregation at Tule Lake.
But now that wrong has been righted
Every known bad Japanese, which means
at least 99.44 per cent Of all, is now at
Tule Lake. The Japanese-Americans not
at Tule Lake have every right to be con-
Sidered and treated as plain Americans,
without discrimination because of skin
tone or cast of features.
That is important to them 1t is equal
~ important to us who have no Japan
es blood and who hate everything for
which Nippon stands. Why? Because that
is of the concentrated essence of de-
mocracy. And if we are not fighting to
make democracy work. why are we she'd
ding good American blood and dissipating
our material wealth?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
How "Private" Is Private

Expansion of government in the cleo
trio power business has witnessed the de-
velopment of the popular terms, public"
and "private" ownership. It has been
assumed that any undertaking of gov
eminent is automatically public - the
property of all the people - just as it
has been assumed that any undertaking
carried on by private citizens is strictly
private-the property of few. Both are
misconceptions.
In the words of one authority on the
subject: "Just how private is a so-called
private utility? Far from being closely
held privat, monopoly, it normally draws
on broad cross-section of the saving
public for it's capital requirements. Secur-
tiles issued to finance publlcly-oWned
utilities have an unusually strong appeal
to the wealthy to whom their taX-empt
feature is an important advantage. They
are, therefore, in all probability not so
broadly owned by the rank and file as
those of private utilities
An even greater misconception, often
maliciously encouraged by politicians, is
the belief that the lions share of earn
ings of private utilities finds its way into
the pockets of a few monopolistic pro-
moters However, nine large private
in 1912 total tax bill averaging "a per
cent of operating revenue. This COM
pared with an average Of 1913 per cent
of revenue paid to their security holders
(owners). In plain words, private utll-
tiles, owned by representative group OF
citizens, pay gigantic sums in taxes to the
government, for the benefit OF all the
people. Tax-exempt "public" govern
ment owned) utilities, on the other hand,
in actual practice are owned by privi-
legged class of investors, and pay few taxes.
Moreover, financial losses and mistakes IN
management are buried in a welter OF
political Vaccinations beyond the juris-
diction of any state regulatory authority.
The injustices and persecution that
that have been perpetrated on the "pri-
vate" electric industry, will be imposed
on other industries and other groups of
private citizens unless political practices
are reversed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Current Comment

Loss of a few thousand men in
invading Japan would be insurance
against the loss OF millions in next
war. Well be better friends after
wards. They'll respect us. They I'M
derstand force.
Lieutenant General Simon
Boliver Buckner, Alaska chief.
Unless there is the most careful
planning, the hunger of l945 will
plant In Europe seeds which again
will ripen into violence which will
shed the blood of our children and
grandchildren.
Vice President Henry A. Wal
lace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Selected Poem
TREE-HOUSE
(Robert Hillyer in The New York T1mes)

In the middle Of the autumn wood three oaks are
bound together
By an old tree-house which boys built long ago.
Now it is silver-gray with changing winds and
weather,
And the rusty nails are loosened with the swaying
to and fro.
Were my muscles firm enough and I somewhat
younger
I would CHM, up to the tree-house to the world OF
leaves and sky;
Like bonfire smoke it fills my heart with an au-
tumnal hunger
For moods that even in childhood seemed already
gone by.
The builders of the tree-house doubtless in the
war now
May they return in safety and beget sons as good,
Who'll repair the old house, and where the
roof and floor now
Sag will be shining lumber, curly heads and peace
in the autumn wood.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

not worthy of judgment, but be-
cause we know too little to Judge
anybody. The next time you start
to express wholesale condemnation
on some person in public life or pri-
vate, just stop a moment and ask
yourself whether or not you actual
ly know very much about the situa-
ton or person you are condemning.
You may know quite a few facts.
but do you know them all? Full
justice Is never accorded any man,
nor is proper condemnation made,
until every last fact Is available
and has been given thoughtful con-
sheraton.
And In the field of opinion as to
what constitutes truth or error, we
should certainly be reticent to
speak. Many of the things people
were perfectly sure about in the
field Of science fifty years ago have
been repudiated by scientists today.
1t was this same Huxley who said
also that 1t Is the customary fate
OF new truths to begin as heresies
and to end as superstitions.
All Rights Reserved-Babson News
! paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

That is the Interpretation placed
upon an unpublished episode
which took place in London while
the Five Flying Senators were
there. OF the five, three were
Democrats, two Republicans. But
Brendan Bracken, British Min
lister Of Information, especially
invited the two Republicans to
dinner - Senator Brewster of
Maine and Senator Lodge of Mass
achusetts. The three Democratic
Senators were not invited.
Since Bracken is not only
member of the Cabinet but one of
Winston Churchill's very close
friends, this in itself looked sig
nificant. More significant was the
conversation which followed.
Only other guest was Bruce
Lockhart, author of British
Agent" and now British attache in
Moscow. During the early part of
the dinner, the two Englishmen
talked chiefly of the Importance
of the war in the Far East and
how the British were planning a
vigorous campaign against Japan
after Germany was licked. Con-
clusion of the 5-hour long evening
was devoted to this highly signi-
ficant thesis, expended by Brack-
en-:
President Roosevelt has been
great leader and we have
worked In splendid cooperation
with him. But should the Re
publicans come into power, in
1914, we could do business just
as easily with you"
After it was over, Names Sen
ator Brewster went back to the
hotel room he shared with New
York,s Democratic Senator Jim
Mead.
You'd better tip off your boss
in the White House about his
tickle friends, the British"
advised Brewster.
Senator Mead has not yet been
able to see his boss in the White
House, so has not yet reported.
However, Brewster gave his own
frank opinion of the matter to
Sir Gerald Campbell, high-rank-
ing official Of the British Embassy
in charge of public relations.
Meeting Sir Gerald in Portland,
Maine, Brewster pulled no punches
in expressing disapproval of any
British policy Of trying to play
up to one political party or the
other.
II want you to know" he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
PAGEANT FOR MUSSOLINI
(New York Times)

A Geneva report picked up by
owl says that Mussolini will make
q public appearance on Nov. Is at
the first congress of his brand-new
Fascist Republican party" some
where in northern Italy. The former
Duce escaped, or was rescued or
captured by the Germans on Sept.
IL.
We have to suppose that 1t has
taken about two months to get the
former dictator brushed up and
dressed up for re-entry into public
life. A dictator who is not in a posi-
ton to dictate is a sad figure at
best. 1t is easy to be confident and
imposing on a balcony, when there
are troops and plainclothes men be-
low ready to kick anybody's teeth
In who does not show enthusiasm
1t Is not SO easy when on has beer
disowned and imprisoned and 4
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
PENNIES, REMEMBER?
(Christian Science Monitor)

No more pennies for your
thoughts. Not that they aren't
worth the price. It's just that pen
MES are scarce, and you'll either
have to appeal to the OPA for a
higher ceiling for your day dream
or just go out of the business.
Some 100000 of the once ubiqui-
touS Lincoln coins are A. W.. o. L.,
the bankers say, and it seems that
they're really concerned about it,
which occurs to us as rather sur
prising. It's millions that are plenti-
full but it's pennies that quicken
the pulse Of the flnancier.
BY the way, where are the miss
ing coins? Can it be that babies
are boarding in piggy banks? Don t
babies know there's war on? OF
course, we may be accusing them
unjustly. It may not be their fault
at all. Perhaps it's simply that bad
pennies aren't returning these
days, or that the new white pennies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at git a. m. (war time)
Sun rises at 7:46 a. M, sets at $50 p. m.
(war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after
sunset.
"As Indian Summer closes and the last har-
vester brings in his sheaves, and only the bright
berries in the thickets and the ruddy trails OF
bittersweet over our gray stone wall tell us Of
the sun in the fulness of glory it is fitting that
we lay aside common tasks to acknowledge from
from our hearts the many mercies of Provi-
dence" From Wilbur. L. Cross Thanksgiving
Proclamation November, 1884
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
pointed Baldwin, also the situation
is more confused than ever.
REPUBLICANS AND WILLKIE

10 1IIOlC COll1 lioCO u1AlAA ONSA.
REPUBLICANS AND WILLKIE
SWivel-tongued Democratic Rep
John Rankin of Mississippi doesn't
know it, but House Republicans
are getting irked at his stock IT,
rades against Wendell Willkie,
which cost the taxpayers hundreds
of dollars in Congressional Rec
ord printing bills.
Recently, House minority leader
Joe Martin of Massachusetts gave
this advice to some of his COL
leagues who applauded Rankin
'It's not going to get you
anywhere cheering a Southern
Democrats attack on a Re-
publican. If you want to be
against Willkie, that's your
business, but no good will be
served by making an exhibition
of 1t. Whether you like him or
not, Willkie is still the titular
head of our party and he may
be the Republican nominee
again in 1914. That's something
for you to remember"
GOOD NEIGHBOR PEACE
Ten years ago, there was a very
serious war between Bolivia and
Paraguay in the jungles of the
Gran Chaco. Last week, the
Presidents of Paraguay and Boil
via met at the border of the two
countries in the Chaco, erected
a large cross, and pledged them
selves and their countries to ever
lasting peace.
The bitterness which animated
these two South American coun-
tries has been wiped away, and
they are Good Neighbors in every
sense Of the word.
Some diplomats hope this in
cident is forecast that the Bit
terness actuating the enemies of
World War II may likewise be
eliminated after the passage of
time.
Copyright, 943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
CHRISTMAS CHECKS
(BoSron PoSt)

New England, happily, will have a
large share of the $500, 100000 to be
distributed to Christmas club mem
mers in the nation during the week
of Nov. 20. In Massachusetts, mem
bers will receive $40,000,000. The
Christmas clubs have become an
institution and, this year, although
there are 100000 fewer members, the
toal to be paid out is 2 per cent
above last year. This systematic
idea of putting away a sum each
week for savings has tremendous
appeal. This year, the money will
go for Christmas shopping and bills,
as usual, but big bulk Of it will
go into war bonds, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
said, "that I am an American
before ! am a REPUBLICAN,"

Sal0, 'tnat L am an american
before j am a REPUBLICAN,"
NOTE: Since then, Sen. Brew
Ster has been invited to the Bril-
fish Embassy for dinner - for
the first time in many years. Bri-
fish Embassy dinner invitations
long were more coveted by the
Washington upper crust than invi-
tations to the White House.
JOB CONFUSION
It's an old story in Washing
ton that an officials wife can't
keep abreast of her husbands bu-
reaucritic reorsanizations. But it
is something of new story when
the officials themselves get lost
in the Labyrinth.
G. B. ("Beany') Baldwin re-
signed as FarGn Security Admin
istrator to become "Area Director
for Economic Operations in Italy,"
Cordell Hull himself asked Bald
win to take the job, so he natur-
ally thought he was going to work
for the State Department.
But one executive order followed
another, with BEW becoming
DEW, and DEW becoming FEA, all
being absorbed by Leo Crowley,
along with the Foreign Economic
Office of the State Department.
Result is that some people aren't
entirely sure where they are work.
ing.
A friend approached Baldwin
at a cocktail party one after
noon. "Beany," he said, shave
drink"
NO" said Baldwin.
"What's the matter?" persist
ed the friend.
"Not tonight" was the reply,
give got to keep my mind
clear, because tomorrow I'm 60
ing to make final attempt to
find out who my boss it,"
NOTE: Since then, the State
Department has appointed Henry
Grady, former State Department
assistant. to represent it on the
Allied Control Commission in
Italy. This is somewhat the same
function to which it originally APP
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

are the cattle
r a sers, the
slaughter houses
and packers and
the government
agencies W h o
have to admins
ter 1t. It doesn't
directly touch
the corner butch
er shop or the
consumer W h o
likes to CHI a W
beef, except that,
If the o r d e r
stands and works,
it results In no
increased nTiceS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
BUTTER FOR HOSPITALS
Boston PoSt)

Too many of the restrictions that
have been adopted as war necessi-
ties have been put into effect with
out adequate provision for the i'll.
the elderly or the very young. In
some instances the government has
seemingly forgotten that it is its
duty to make sure that the burden
Of war falls not upon the weak and
the helpless but upon those best
able to bear it. The decision to re-
lease 5000, 900 pounds of butter for
the nations hospitals Is a step to-
ward the better realization of that
duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS, d. ID.
ALITTLE KNOWLEDGE
DANGEROUS

We have all heard the statement
that little knowledge is a danger
GUS thing. Thomas Henry Huxley,
the scientist whose ideas were so
influential the latter part of the
nineteenth century, once wrote: IF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Views Of The Press

now a kind of poor relation living
on the charity Of former allies.
Hitler will certainly insist that
Mussolini be made as presentable as
possible, for if one dictator can be
made to look like bum so can
any other dictator. But it will be
difficult to restore the oil dmagic.
And some eyes will be gazing specu-
latively at Hitler. How would he
appear under certain circum-
stances? In fact, how will he?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

a little knowledge
is d a n 6 err GU S
where is the man
who has so much
as to be out Of
danger"
The Bible
makes it very
plain that the
reason why we
should refrain
from judging 9TH
ers Is not because
their actions are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22

BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent
You, as a citizen, should be in
terested In some Of the background
and some of the legal curlicues con-
nected with this new directive on
beef subsidies issued by once Of
Economic Sterilization Director
Fred M. Vinson. The people who
really have to worry about this order
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
are successfully masquerading a

dimes.
On the other hand, it may be
that the old-fashioned copper coins
are resentful OF this newcomer in
their midst and have gone OF to
sulk. At any rate, 1t seems to be
something calling for the firm hand
Of Mr.. Morgenthau or the. FBI.
Just think, with no pennies to
spend there1l be no lollypops, no
postage stamps, no newspapers on
the corner, no pencils, no change
from nickel-and then where
would our morale be?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Your Health
By DR.. William Brady

signed letters pertaining - per-
sonal health and hygiene, not 70
disease, diagnosis Of treatment,
will be answered BY DE-. Brady II
stamped seIf-addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
be made 10 queries mot conform
ting to instructions. Address DR..
william Brady, National News
paper Service, $50 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
Washington Merry Go-Round
British Seen Preparing For Possible Overthrow Of Roosevelt
Cabinet Minister Sold To Have Coued Visiting COP Senator's
Bureaucratic Confusion Keeps Officials Guessing Who's Bos
BY
DREW PEARSON


VeS should no be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-11-22
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Varying
Views On
Vinson Rule
BY PETER EDISON

(SecOnd in q series Of four arti-
cles on the beef situatiOn.)
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-22

In the foreground, setting out
for the advanced line is Soviet
sniper Vassily Faronoy, who has
already shot 1876 German officers
and men, taken seven prisoners
and destroyed one Nazi tank.
FaronOv has been decorated with
the Order of the Red Star and
the Medal of ValOur. Take note
of the telescope sight on his
gun. Crack shots like FarOnov,
to say nothing of bravery, have
to make the defense ofy
Stalingrad one of the epics of
the war.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1943-01-22
Silly. Isn't II

A notice to register now in or.
der TO vote in the next election
seems out of place at the present
time. But Labor took an awful
licking in the last election and il
it happens again we are apt to
lose overtime pay and be subject
ed to many restrictions dreamed
up by the NAM.
Over 10000 voters lost their
right to vote this year by failing
TO vote or by not registering after
moving. II only takes five minutes
TO register-why not do it the
next time you are downtown? Go
TO the Board of Elections next to
the Esquire Theater and get ready
20 give your vote TO the men who
have YOUR welfare in mind-the
labor candidates.