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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

fact that we expect him to be and
trust him. ! was amazed to learn
from an ofacial Of q credit corpora
ton. several years ago. that his
firm was In the habit Of lending
money quite Unfortunately. with
out collateral and with very little
investigation Of the borrowers
character. This oflicial assured me
that most people viii be honest II
they know that they are trusted,
and that the overwhelming majority
Of people In this country are honest
by nature and expect TO pay their
bills. He told me that they never
calculated 10 lose more than two or
three per cent OF what they lent.
and that they found. over q period
Of yeaEs. that they kept well within
this limit.
We hurt our fellow men immeas.
urably when We refuse 70 trust
them. II We never trust q man un.
less We know him 10 DO reliable We
really do net trust him az alive
simply bet on q sure thing. Truel
begins when We put our confldenel
In people whom experience teaches
as are prone 10 be shrewd and un'
reliable
Al Rights Reserved
Habngn AsNnpapeE Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
On the Job

The War Shipping Administration re-
ports that absenteeism among merchant
seamen and officers since March Is, 1913,
has been less than 6 IL per cent. That
is, only about one out of 16 neglects to
reship after returning from voyage.
Of 100000 merchant sean1en who
have shipped from U. s. ports since that
date, only $500 stayed ashore on their
return, and the administration says that
most of those gave up the sea for health
reasons.
That, and the recruitment of some
10000 experienced seamen who had left
that occupation - many of them giving
up good shore jobs to go back-are en-
couraging signs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Italian incident from q shipping
viewpoint was the action Of two
U. s. bombing planes on q return
trip from southern italy. Below
them, nesting snugly at her berth,
lay the prize italian passenger
liner Conte di Savoia. The fly
ers, not realizing the nature Of
the ship or her value to the Allies
as a troop transport, released
their bombs. A few seconds later
a ship able to Gerry 10000 U. s.
troops to a Ind front, was under
water. A few days later, all the
italian Navy surrendered.
THE CHURCH AND ITALY
The Apostolic Delegate In WASH
ington has called In representa-
tive Of the American Commit
tee for italian Democracy for q
private but significant talk.
The Delegate, who Is the Pope'S
representative In the, United
States, took the occasion to criti-
CHE the knights Of Columbus for
passing q resolution that only
Catholics should be sent to italy
In connection with the Allied
government Of occupied areas In
Italy.
1--WE want no religious dis
elimination Of this kind" said
MOnsignOr CicOgnanl. "And !
cannot conceive why the Knights
Of Columbus SHOULD adopt such
q resolution. II certainly does
not represent the views Of the
Church"
It was suspected In New York
political circles that the knights
Of Columbus resolution against
having Catholics as U. s. gov
erning officials In Occupied Italy
was aimed at 1t. Col. Charlie
Poletti, a Baptist, now the lead
ing American member Of AMG,
the Allied Military Government
for Italy. Poletti, former lieu-
tenant governor of New York, Is
reported to have done an Al Job
in Sicily.
Members Of the American Com
mittee for Italian Democracy are
Of various religious faiths, Judge
Pecora being an Episcopalian, and
DR.. Frank Gigliotti q PreEby-
terrain minister. Mayor LaGuar-
dia Of New York is an Episco-
palian.
NOTE: Healthy sign Of religi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Views Of The Press

they viii be good at &ny time in ex-
change, plus cash, for commodities,
provided the demand does not ex-
coed the supply, as is too often the
case. That rates as good news,
meaning as it does that the holder
o. a ration book viii no longer have
the agonizing experience of posses
sing stamps made valueless by an
arbitrary expiration date.
This wholly desirable change, ii
1t turns out to be true. will dis
courage q needless run on commodi-
ties that are not actually needed but
are purchased solely to prevent
stamps from going to waste. II
should avoid what happened under
shoe rationing last June, when
hordes Of buyers who did not really
require shoes depleted merchants
shelves lest No. II should go by the
boards. AS 1t is now. time limit
on stamps or coupons encourages
boarding, which 1t Is one Of the pur-
poses Of rationing to prevent.
To whatever extent the OPA in
PRODUCES simplification and common
sense into its procedures, the more
will Il have the cooperation Of the
public in the thankless task IL Il
trying TO perform.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Gus harmony near washington
was the invitation extended to
st. Mary's Academy in Alexan-
dria, Va, by the BaptistS when
the Catholic school building was
taken over by the Alexandria
hospital. The Baptists said they
were not using their three-story
hall, so invited st. Mary's Acad-
envy to use 1t. The invitation was
accepted.
HULL's TRIUMPH
in Secretary Hulls entire foreign
policy record was his rebuke to
the Argentine government when
It asked for Lend-Lease aid. Few
people realize, however that o
wreath laying ceremony played Q
large part In that diplomatic
triumph.
The Argentine appeal was pre-
pared by the Argentine Foreign
Minister Admiral Sterni, who
was so confident Of the persua.
siveness Of the note that he sug-
gested It be published, after
Washington officials had time to
study 1t.
But Hull and his advisers
found loop holes which Storm
had seen, and they prepared
the bllstering reply which the
world knows about. This note
was brought 10 Storm rs he
was leaving the Foreign Once,
dressed up In q frOck coat and
striped trousers, TO lay wreath
at the statue Of q Brazilian
hero. II was Brazilian inde-
pendence day, and Storm was
performing one Of those duties
required by the ten command.
ments Of diplomacy.
Storm was told that Washing.
ton desired to publish both notes.
Not having time to read the U.
s. note he waved his assent, and
got into the waiting car with his
wreath Of flowers.
When he came back and read
Hulls singing rebuke, Storm
tried frantically to prevent its
publication. But 1t was too late.
It was also too late for him to
save his post. A few days later
he resigned.
Copyright, l943, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

It is no secret to the enemy
that troop transports are the bot
tleneck Of our military operations,
and that the big passenger ships
Of pre-war days - the Queen
Mary and the Queen Elizabeth
for instance are considered
just about as important as battle
ships. That was why the sink
ing OF the Normandie was such
a victory for Hitler.
So at quebec, the question arose
as to what proportion Of U. s.
troops would be hauled by the
British and what by American
transports.
Lord feathers, British Minis
ter Of Shipping, set forth his
position at one Of the Allied staff
meetings, indicating that the Bril-
fish, short on transports, would
have to 60 q bit slow on certain
troop hauling.
Opposite Lord feathers sat why
Lewis Douglas, ex-CongresSman
from Arizona, who once quar-
relied with Roosevelt over ''bal-
0ney" dollars" resigned as Direc-
tor Of the Budget, now has come
back as one Of his ableSt admins
traitors Of War Shipping.
Nov look here, Fred" Doug.
las interrupted Lord Leathers,
"yOu know that IL not true.
You know that you've GOT
And Douglas reeled off q long
list Of British tonnage. He had
1t all right on the tip Of his
tongue. Apparently he knew more
about British shipping than Lord
feathers, or at least more than
Lord feathers pretended to know.
Withhold ruffling anyone's feelings
and with MS usual gracious
charm, Douglas cited facts and
figures, all Of which his Lord
ship had to admit. In the end,
Lord feathers came round to the
American viewpoint.
Afterward, Gen. 3. B. Somer.
veil who once staged 'cat-and-
dog fight with Lew Douglas as
to who should control shipping
to the war areas, came up to
him. This time Gen. Somervell
was not hostile.
"Great job, Lew" he said,
patting him on the back.
NOTE: Most art-breaking
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27


Important changes IN the ration
ing sytenl, designed to overcome
some Of rs more exasperating fea-
lures. are IN contemplation 81
Warrington. Instead Of q multitude
Of point" stamps Of various demon
nations. Il n reported that al win
have . value Of 10 points. Where
that number Of points Is not re-
CURED for q purchase the buyer viii
receive tokens IN change, That
should end an immense amount 81
bookkeeping fer the pnFFeyoF and
ease greatly the mental strain on
housewives.
nut perhaps best e nli & a.
further report that he expiration
date O. giAMHa VIII p anellziAeai
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Editor and Publisher states that there
are 10000 newspaper employees in the
armed forces. Of these men and women
the largest number is taken from me-
chanical departments, and next from the
editorial departments. Despite the de-
pletion in their ranks newspapers are
carrying on and against pretty trying
circumstances give the public the Gus
tomary news Like the stage, the show
has got to go on at specified time, and
all hands share the work in order to print
the news of the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

While the work at the Pitch Reservoir
in Morris has been handicapped by war
restrictions latest reports are that the
reservoir will operate this year. The
water supply from this new source added
to what comes from the Shepaug will
spill plenty of water over the respective
dams. Water supplies are fairly low now
at Waterbury reservoirs but not alarm
ingly so, the City Engineer has stated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

Boston, the home of the bean and the
cod , a Harvard and few other things,
has been entertaining the Duke and
Duchess of Windsor. The visit was not
an official one, but few public state
nlents were issued by the former King OF
England, among these his statment that
newspapers should use more pictures OF
the war Perhaps we are wrong but it
seems to us that this war is being pretty
thoroughly pictured, in the newspapers,
in periodicals and on the screen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
HIS BIGGEST ROLE
Rostnn Pnstl


AS combat filters 60, Clark Gable
is not a young man. Indeed, in the
eyes of most Of the crews who flew
on Flying Fortresses with Kim on
five tough missions over enemy ter
ritory, he was undoubtedly consid-
cred a man Of rather advanced
years, despite the fact that he Is
Just over 40.
He got his wings. the hard way.
There's no evidence that he sought
in any way to trade upon his movie
reputation either here or In Eng
land. He returns to the United
States to help complete 9 technical
training movie for future fliers. He
has been playing the biggest role y
his career. and he has played 1t wen.
Four and one-lialf TO five fest n
the average height o. LAplanders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

fear in them. II
we hate them, we
find that they
respond to US in a
like spirit.
With the excep-
ton Of q COM
paratively few de-
generate Grimm
ais, practically
everyone will be
hon st If we
thoroughly con-
vince him of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

horsh" with vanquished foes, ETC. These
will become louder after the war, and It
will surprise many persons If the war
guilty Of the aggresSor nations pay the
only penalty that fits their misdeedS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

ton, Just re-
leased, covering
the period from
June 8 to July
80. The 100.
page report boils
down to one
obvious fact:
SWPC is Just
ow beginning
to get ready TO
start to COM
mence to do
things.
When you stop
to consider that
war production
A.. -.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Small
Business
And The War
BY PETER EDISON
waterbury Democrat Washlmgton
r1as.m..as~ = aa..A laI w

. NJ OWLGGITWHUgWb w
Evidence piles up TO show that
more fuss has been made over the
plight Of small business, with less
results, than almost any other part
Of the war production effort. The
point is forcibly brought home by
the seventh bi-monthly report Of
the Smaller War Plants Corpora
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Selected Poem
To ONE REPORTED MISSING

To ONE REPORTED MISSING
(Glenn Ward Dresbach in the New York Tines
You are but absent from assembled ranks
And from the wounded taken from the field
And from the numbered dead-hut not from thanks
OF people with truth too great TO yield.
OF faith beyond the creed, Of courage born
OF more than strength, your steps In this crusade
Missed now where marching feet road have worn
That road leads on 10 victory: you stepped
Too firmly there for any 70 forget
And hope returns 10 eyes that long had wept,
You are but absent on q mission yet
To be disclosed; accompanied YOU will be
BY one who iouFneyed from oeihsemane.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL Z DOUGLASS, D. D.
WHAT CONSTITUTES REAL
TRUST?

People generally respond to US
about the way we expect them to.
If we look upon them with suspi-
cion, they prove worthy Of suspi-
cion. If we trust them, they usual
ly prove worthy of trust. If we fear
them, we fiTd we have something to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

conference
most hamonios there was some plain talking before was over there must be
million the Atlantic Pacific for various military
fronts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac
Sun rises at 0:ts 9. m, sets at e;ts ., m.
fwnr timel
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Your Health
BY Dr.. William Brady

signed letters pertaining % per-
sonal health ana hyglsnA MOI -
disease, diagnosis Of treatnaent,
win be answered By DR.. Brady ~
stamped aols-sdd dressed envelope
4 enclosed. Letters should BE- briee
and written b ink. No reply can
be made 10 queries mot cOnforzn-
lng 70 Instructions. Address Or.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, SEQ West AEadison
Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Current Comment

The question is just this, do we
want to substitute law for force in
world affairs? If We do, then the
United States must participate. And
If the United States is to particle
pate, then Congress must say so.
Rep. Charles A. Eaton OF New
Jersey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27

There Is a far better chance that
the (coaD situation will grow worse
before 1t grows better. because the
coal industry faces strict limita-
tions despite any eff efforts which
can be made to raise production
levels.
Interior Secretary Harold L.
IckeS.
Constant reaching out by ma
tional tax collectors Is making Il
increasingly difficult for the state
and local governments 10 collect
enough taxes 10 carry on.
Governor Levegett Galtonsall Of
Massachusetts,.
The experience OF the country
as q whole V that many high
school graduates value q two
year college course In which gen
erai liberal courses are combined
with pre-yocatlonal majors IN q
variety Of semi.professional call
ings.
Or. crdway read. chairman New
York Board Of Higher ndnea.
lion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-27
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Lew Dougo Lord Leohers Spot Shipping Debote
Wins British Minister u Viewpoint Quebec Conference
Catholic Church Wants All Seets Represented in AMG for Italy
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-24
Rioting 5tirs
vithy Radio
Picture Country
Torn by Strife

NEW YORK. June "a - (41
- The Nazi-controlled Vichy
radio asserted today that De-
troit's race riots were sympto-
matte of the internal disorgan.
izatlon of country torn by So
cial injustice, race hatreds, re-
sional disputes, the violence Of
an irritated proletariat and the
gangsterism of a capitalistic po-
lice
The broadcast was recorded
by CHS.
The rioting was declared to
be both handicap to war pro-
duction and an indication of the
scope of what the radio said was
the moral and social crisis in
the United States"
First of all il evidences the
small interest great part of
the American population shows
in the war;" the radio comment
ed. sc 80 In the present state
the United States DO NJ sem
very justified in their a10b1etons
Of Americanizing the world md
of making the goth century m
American century. Before the
start of the war. President
See vICHY-Pase -
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-24
Food Gar
Bill 0kayed
House Committee
Tokes Action

WASHINGTON. June Pap
-Reflecting congressional dis
satisfaction over home front
war operations. the House ag-
riculture committee today ap-
proved bill to create a food
car with complete control
over wartime food production,
distribution, pricing and ration
ing.
Chairman Fulmer (D-SC) said
the measure. frowned upon by
President Roosevelt. would ere
ate a car for foods similar to
the cars now handling the war
production board (WPB) rubber
and OIL"
s, The sweeping legislation, IL 1t
becomes law, would take from
the office OF ice administra-
ton (OPA) all food rationing
and pricing powers and put
them under the war food ad-
ministrator, Chester c. Davis.
Approval of the bill, which
is sponsored by Fulmer, was by
an ID to 8 committee vote. with
al IL Republican members and
six Democrats supporting IL.
Eight Democrats opposed.
Such an all-powerful food
administrator had been sug-
gested by the republican Con-
sressional Food Study commit
tee.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-24
Coffee Ration
IsLiberaIized
One Pound Allowed
Every Three Weeks

WASHINGTON, June 24-tP)
The next two coffee rations
will be on the basis Of one pound
in three weeks--thc most liber-
al allowance since the beginning
Of rationing - the Office of
Price Administration (OPA) an
nounced today.
The present ration is one
pound for four weeks.
The lowest ration has been
one pound for six weeks but for
the most part one pound for five
weeks.
OPA said large stocks Of
green coffee already on hand as
we'll as the more regular arrival
of imports with which TO main
tain these stocks, made possible
the increased ration. 1t caution
ed. however, that any deterior-
alton of the present favorable
supply situation would make
smaller rations necessary and
that consumers must be prepar-
ed for such reductions when
ever they are necessary.
Coffee Stamp No. 81 in Ration
Book No. l will become valid
for one pound of coffee on July
] and will expire on July 81.
Stamp No. % will be valid for
one pound of coffee from July
% to August IL. Stamp No. "a,
now in use, expires at the end of
June.
For the first time since ra-
tioning began, OPA reported,
coffee supplies have reached a
normal level, with indications of
sufficient imports TO sustain that
volume.
OPA also withdrew all re-
strictions on the amount of
green coffee which roasters may
buy.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-24

Reports from the field showed
at least $4,000 of the hard coal
industry's $4,000 miners idle, in
Guiding virtually all of the 49,
600 employees of the Glen Alden
Coal Company, worlds largest
producer.
TIEUP GENERAL
One mine official said "the tie
up is general" in the Luzerne-
LackaWanna County area, in
which more than half of the in
dustry's workers are concentrat-
ed. Many Of the mines that did
open were compelled to operate
with reduced forces.
At least five UNIV Locals in
the anthracite region, with
membership of more than 1000,
voted formally to continue their
work stoppage.
A large portion of the 10000
coal diggers in the biggest BIZ
luminous producing state, West
Virginia, trooped back to the
pits under the four months
truce which called off the third
UNIV strike without settlement
of the contract dispute between
the operators and union.
MINES PICKETED
Several mines were picketed
in Southwestern Pennsylvania
yesterday but all was quiet in
that area today and no further
picketing was reported.
The miners staying home pro-
tested the lack Of a contract,
and the deadlock over the por-
tal-to-portal pay issue which the
War Labor Board said should be
settled in the courts. Some also
noted that the UNIV Policy
Committee, in ordering the
membership back to the mines,
set no date for work resumption.
A Union spokesman said at
Washington today that the poll
cy committee meant the miners
should resume work Immediate
" or as soon as physical condi-
tons permit, and that all district
officials knew this.
The Pittsburgh Coal Com
pany, second largest commercial
producer. reported nearly 5000
men working today, as compar-
ed with ITO yesterday More
than half its employees were still
idle.
All four mines OF the Jones
and Laughlin Steel Corporation
near Pittsburgh remained idle.
FEW RETURN
A few men trickled back to
wor' Yesterday, one concern re-
porting about one-tenth of their
force being on the job. The II. {.
Frick Coke Company said 1t
See MINERS-Page 10
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-24
Detroit Riot
Stirs Nation
American Robbis
Urge Probe

Citizens OF many sections Of
the country manifest concern
over Detroit's race riots.
The Central Conference of
American Rabbits al New York
yesterday adopted a resolution
urging that competent author
ity investigate the social and
economic causes Of the Detroit
riots.
The resolution asserted that
through the riot the spirit Of
Hitlerism has achieved a triumph
on American soil and in this
tragic outbreak has scored vic
tory against the forces of DEM
ocracy"
At Lakeside. O. DR. Mordecai
w. Johnson, president of Howard
University. Washington. d. c.
declared race riots in Detroit and
other cities were the result of a
backward trend In handling OF
racial problems.
DR.. Johnson told the North
east Ohio Conference of the
Methodist Church that neither
state nor national government
had acted with full vigor' TO
meet the problem.
There has been a growing
disposition on the part OF capital
and labor TO ease the problems
Of unemployment by throwing
an unduly heavy load of unem-
ployment on the Negro and by
crowding him out of skilled and
semi skilled occupations" he
said.
increasingly the Negro has
become fearful of his economic
security and many white work
ing men have come TO look on
the Negro laborcrs as threat
TO their security" I
A group Of Cincinnati Negro
leaders started campaign yes
See NATION-Page 10
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-06-24
Stone Denies
5ephan' Plea
Troitor to Hang
on July z

WASHINGTON. June PIP
A stay of execution for Max
Stephan, d troit restaurant
owner sentenced TO die July ?
for treason. was denied today by
Chief Justice Stone.
The Chief Justice. S action was
reported IN these words. "Appli-
cation considered and denied
Il have no recourse now ex-
cept executive clemency by the
President. said Stephan at
torney before leaving for De-
troit.
The latest Stephan appeal is
one of many attempted by the
Detroit restaurant owner. All
have been denied
Stephan aided Hans Peter
krug, Nazi aviator, in his flight
from Detroit after ne escaped a
Canadian Prison camp.