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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
Why Start With AliensP

Agricultural Department agencies are
bringing Bahamas to the United States
20 help solve our farm labor problem,
Mexlcans have been imported, for work
IN the Southwest, for more than q year
now. It Is proposed to recruit Jamai-
cans There Is no objection to those
steps IN themselves, But one wonders
Why we are going TO Mexico and to Brit
hsh Caribbean islands for farm help be-
fore we even try TO utilize tens Of thou
sands Of loblesS American citizens In
Puerto Rico. At latest reports there were
100000 unemployed jiboros down there,
and we have been spending well in eX-
cess OF $25,0000 q year out of the fed
eral treasury - In addition to remitting
all insular contributions to national
income - TO relieve the most pressing
misery on the island.
Bolivar Pagan, Puerto Rican delegate
70 Congress, says that 100000 of his
people could be sent up here to help relieve
The manpower shortage. Most OF them
would be agricultural workers, Charles
Goldsmith, Department Of Labor repre-.
sentative In Puerto Rico, says the island
could supply minimum Of 10000 skilled
and Semi.Skllled workers for industry
he has case records covering that num-
W0E Oh If1CCtldIAkCSS I0tAAVNu AetbObNAoS AONAaN-
housemen, carpenters, and similar Skills
and q greater number OF cane cutters,
citrus workers and agricultural field
hands. George Cross Of the War Man.
pOwer Commission says we could bring
large number or skilled and farm work
ers, and could pay them from two to three
times what they would earn in Puerto Rico
a. they had Jobs there. Nevertheless, we
are going after Bahamas and Jamai.
cans, who suffer from every natural dis
ability alleged against Puerto Ricans.
They have similar economic, social ana
racial backgrounds. They must leave
or could bring their families, exactly like
Puerto Ricans, They are accustomed 10
year-'round climatic balminesS and will
not like our colder weather. Moreover,
they are aliens, for whose welfare we
have not legal or moral obligation. The
Puerto Ricans are citizens, and them
we must support. We can keep the Puer-
10 Ricans on relief while we import
Bahamas and JamaicanS, or we can give
Jobs 10 the Puerto Ricans first, reduce
relief costs, relieve overcrowding ana
chronic starvation in Puerto Rico, train
these backward brothers in our more
progressive methods and generally I'M
prove their condition. Probably, IN the
end. we shall need all the men we can
ret from all these sources. But why start
With aliens? Why not give American citi-
wens the first break?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

5000, 900 population. alexander discusses
The situation, not rs an frlshmNn, but
more or less impaFtlally. He perhaps does
not appreciate the characteristics Of The
dyed.in-the.wool frlShmAn, but he Is not
hot under The collar because The So-called
fighting Irish are not, this time, fighting
officially,
The question can best be decided,
whether they should or should not be
neutral, e would seem by Ireland itself,
and the Prime Minister, Eamon De
Valera, has always been rated In his own
country and out Of Il, u man Of keen
Judgment In The meantime, 50 it would
seem. somebody or some country must be
on the pan, 80 Ireland Is selected rs the
offender, but Ireland remains complacent
and evidently does her material b. quietly
10 the tune Of $l4s, $4,000 worth Of
food In l042, 10 quote Mr.. Brennan, He
says further; "As 10 the future, we are
ready 10 give rs we have always given
and when the final story shall have been
written Ireland will not be on the debit
side, She has never BEEN"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

=. The neutrality OF Ireland, or Fire, as
the greater portion Of the island Is known,
a not commented on quite so much as
some months ago. The neutrality both
cred many and diverse were the conjec-
lures and the reaSonings Of that coun-
try's stand. With the reticence that
cliaracterizes that country we now know
lust as much as we did before, and Fires
neutrality seems to be, definitely, their
own business. At any rate they stick TO
their guns and offer no apologies.
There appeared in a magazine and
newspaper magazine section recently
two articles which seemed to discuss the
matter with a certain degree Of intelli-
gence. One appeared few weeks ago IN
the New York Sunday Times supplement,
called ''The Case of Ireland's Neutrality"
aoy the Irish Minister t. the United States,
Robert Brennan. This determination not
to enter the present conflict Is discussed
BY him, we would say, with honesty and
intelligence. There Is feeling as one
reads his words, that the minister knows
whereof he speaks. The decision to re-
main neutral he states, was supported
b. all parties in the Dali Eireann, by all
newspapers, by leaders of all churches,
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish, and
last but not least by the Irish Times,
known TO be strongly pro-BritiSh.
The wonder and worry over Ireland's
decision seems to have nettled us on this
side Of the water more than over there,
IN England, for instance. Mr.. Brennan
says: In England the only comment was
one Of relief that for the first time In
var there was sincerely neutral Ireland
On Britain's flank" Mr.. Brennan seems
~ feel that adverse criticism OF Ireland'S
stand comes from uniformed sources
md that arguments against this stand
ere not wholly to be relied on.
And in the meantime Ireland is calm
II her neutrality. Some may feel that she
should not be neutral. Her neutrality,
however, as discussed by another writer,
lack Alexander In recent Saturday Eve
ming Post issue, has not interfered with
voluntary enlistment Of about 100000 OF
her young men, which the writer says Is
Il Good showing In country Of less than
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
Views Of The Press

100000 crows are going to waste in
sections outlying Oklahoma City.
Mr.. Ptillen asserts Snat crows taste
like roast duck. This will be doubt
ed. perhaps. by fond lovers Of cam
vasback and mallard--or even tame
consumers Of Indian Runners. But
assuredly the only place to decide
the question Is In the kitchen. Ger
tainly there seems reason to believe
that spring crows. cornfed and
plump from much fencerail sitting
might make potpies equal to those
achieved by the participation Of
slim and muscular Black Minorca
pullets.
We are all, more or less, the slaves
and victims OF nomenclature. Musk
rat has been given q test as marsh
rabbit" In Washington. and no Con-
gresham has yet guccumbed. And
"tenderloin trout" pleasantly flavors
the presentation Of catfish in New
Orleans restaurants. II Mr.. Pullen's
plan for the establishment Of q leg
itimate black market In crows Is
tried. It would 60 q long way toward
Its success II prices were quoted on
''cornfield duck" for instance. II Is
most probable, too, that the aver
age diner-out could be tempted to
take o chance on o dish attractive.
~ billed as "salmi q 10 Poe"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Small RnY Has Leg Ache


Why do small boys have leg ache
so much at night? My son, aged =
years, cries with It often. and other
children In our neighborhood have
L often, (Mrs. p. M
Answer-I don't know. but be-
lieve 1t Is due to calcium deficiency
In many instances. Send q three:
cent stamped envelope bearing your
address, and ask for pamphlet "T1e
Calcium Shortage" Leg cramps 40
night In middle age and elderly per-
sons are often due to the same
cause. Likewise foot and wrist
cramps In infants.
. Vltamin A -
For eight years ] had what ptrs
ported to be chronic sinus wintea
and summer. My nose ran al de&
and stuffed up at night. Drafta
made my neck hurt below and back
Of mastoid. Throat constantly ful
Of phiegm, and had to spit and bloN
all the time. Now even you may
disbelieve when tell you that after
taking the 25,O00-uait vitannin 4
capsules ten days all OF the above
trouble stopped, and 1t has not. re-
Cured since. (F. =: II
Answer-I'm glad. but stu l'Ip
from Missouri. It takes more thar
urG Iyallow to make q summer, :
copyright, 1898. John +. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

months basic training at IT. Knox,
was asked by his company COM
mander to remain as cadre train
ing personnel. Ho had fought IN
Spain for year and q half and
his experience was considered
valuable by his immediate 81.
periors,
Then suddenly he was trans.
ferred To IT. Benjamin Harrison,
Ind, to q company OF limited Serv-
ice men including Italians, Ger.
man aliens, and others not al
lowed to enter combat units.
Then there Is the case Of Nor
ris Brier, who entered officers
training school at Camp Croft,
18th company, was rated second
In his class, but on March %,
three days before graduation, af-
ter purchasing his officers uni
form, was told for some mysteri.
oIs and unexplained reason thai
he could not graduate. He was
transferred to q headquarters sta
ton complement.
These are only O few Of many
cases where some unseen hand
similar TO the influences found In
both the state and War Depart.
mentS IN the past, have reached
TO penalize the youngsters who
were far-sighted enough TO see
what was going on In Spain and
TO risk their lives to stop 1t.
Meanwhile the War Department
has commissioned as q major
Harry Brown, Of York, Pa, even
while he was indicted for tax
frauds Clater convicted) and also
commissioned as lieutenant-col-
onel Freeman BuRford, Of Dallas,
Texas, previously indicted on
charge OF conspiring ito defraud
the United States" and paying
si48,O 900 In one-dollar bills to Sey-
mour Weiss and cx-Gov. Leche OF
Louisiana. Leche and Weiss
pleaded guilty, were imprisoned.
but Burford managed to block
extradition from Texas to Louisi-
ana, and now has been rewarded
with q Internationally In the
U. s. Army, while youngsters who
fought. the battle OF Spain remain
privateS.
Copyright, 1913, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
WILL THE A:.ABs FEDERATE9
Hartford Courant)

Replying to q question as to his
governments attitude toward Mr..
Eden's recent suggestion that the
Arabs federate, Premier Mustafa
Nahas PaSha has informed the
Egyptian Senate that he already has
invited the interested governments
to send their representatives to
Cairo for an exploratory confer
ence. Adding that he did not expect
such a conference to be able to lay
down more than the framework for
q postwar Arab federation, the
Premier nevertheless expressed the
hope that 1t eventually would be fol-
lowed by q congress better able TO
realize the federationist ideal.
The fact that the Premier did not
speak more optimistically Of the
prospects OF an Arab federation may
indicate his personal GOODNESS to MIR.
Eden's props0pal. but such an In
depreciation Is not to be taken for
granted. The ideal Of Arab unity
will no more be speeded by emo
tionalism or resounding oratory
than the ideal Of such unities else
where In the world. In demonstrate
ing his own awareness Of the OBJ.
stacles now obstructing the creation
Of an Arab federation. the Egyption
Premier may well have given the
world the best possible guarantee Of
It's ultimate realization. 1t is only
by starting from where we are. and
working with the means at our dis
! posal, that we ever can hope "a
achieve the better world that all Of
as want to create.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
Selected Poem
PATHFINDER

PATHFINDER
elias Lieberman In the New York TmesJ
The fog hung Just as heavy then as now
And men with lanterns good enough were rare
The roads were blurred; cracked voices shouted how
Those cropping by could find thoroughfare
The murky light made brother Jostle brother
And toppled kindly folk who tried to heed
The warning cry or caution Of another.
And there were few, as now, prepared TO lead.
But washington surveyed the broad terrain
And Jefferson devised some progress charts.
He marked the course: made lawbound freedom
plain,
Revealed Gods grace in all religious hearts,
And pointing far beyond the misty way
Showed paths Of knowledge we traverse today.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

nened. There was only mysterl-
Gus silence In Washington,
Finally Gates sent y letter 70
President Roosevelt,
There Is no greater honor"
he wrote, than TO fight for ones
country, Am I so base that !
should be denied that right2 What
better way 10 prove ones loyalty
than on the field OF battle?
~ am Supremely confident
that 70 u Board Of Officers were
"a review the case, or u Special
Investigating officer appointed
the recommendation would be
10 return 20 my former unit.
Our men are fighting glOriOuSly
In Africa and the Pacific, ] only
ask 10 take my place alongside
Of them"
But the letter got no further
than the War Department. No
Board Of Review was appointed.
Apparently Sergeant Gates had
committed the unforgiveable
crime Of fighting for Loyalist
Spain.
This Is only one Of many, many
cases. George Cook, o lieutenant
In the Lincoln Brigade, entered
the Fort Genning, Ga. officers
training school, 23rd Company,
last December. All his mail was
opened and read, He attained a
high standing In his class, but
suddenly IN the eighth week Of
training, he was yanked out and
transferred 10 the Medical De.
partment along with over-age men.
No explanation was given and no
board OF review granted.
"SOME UNSEEN HAND"
Another case Is that Of Sergt.
irving Fajans, also In the Fort
Binning Officers Training school,
18th company. He had been
wounded In action IN Spain, at
tanned high marks In officers
school, had been permitted to buy
his uniform and make all prep
arations for receiving a commits
sion.
But one day before graduation,
he was suddenly told he could not
graduate and was transferred TO
the 4th Service Command. At
lanta, where he will work out the
war.
Again take the case OF Private
Alvin Warren. who after three
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

and In others without being cast
down In despair or driven into
frenzy. The secret OF patience lies
In ones willingness to wait. The pa.
tient man Is willing TO wait hope.
fully until the things he hates In
himself. In the world. and In others
change or at least have full oppor-
tunity TO change. Sometimes we
have to wait a long time. Richard
Baxter once wrote. THE FIRE Is not
always brought out OF the fiint at
one stroke. nor mems affection
kindled ct the first exhortation."
Patience Is that quality Of heart
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

which enables one to wait for re.
suits.
You may have grown impatient
with yourself: wait confidently with
the realization that normal per.
severance always brings results.
You may have lost your patience as
circumstance after circumstance
came tumbllng down upon you like
huge rocks rolling from q high
mountain. Wait with confidence. for
God has so made His universe that
everything works together for good
TO them that love God" "The IRE
Is not always brought out Of the
flint at one stroke"
All Rights Reserved--Bnbson News
paper syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

Has the career boys not thrown
the QEited States on the side VI
Franco 49, and indirectly on the
side Of MuSSoliai and Hitler who
were supplying Franco with arms
tho American army In North
Africa today would not have 10
keep troops ,aark!nR time on the
borders Of Spanish Morocco, wor-
ricd over a Fascist thrust from
Spain,
Even more important, many dip
lomatS now believe that had the
dictators been crushed In their
practice war In Spain; had the
United states shown 1t meant to
throw It's weight firmly behind
democracleS, the present war might
never have happened,
Believing this even at that time
in 1896 and l937--several hun
dred American youngsters went
TO Spain. enlisted In the famous
Abraham Lincoln Brigade, fought
for the freely elected Spanish Re-
publican Government against
Franco. Many OF them were
wounded. Many were killed,
among them the son Of Ring
Lardner, famous American hui
morist. Those who came heck,
possessed O first hand knowledge
OF modern warfare warfare
which many West Point graduates
who run the U, s, Army had not
then tasted.
ONE WHO CAUGHT ON
II Germany, Hitler used the
Spanish war to test out planes,
tanks and men,
But In the United states, most
OF the men who risked their lives
TO fight In the Lincoln Brigade
against the tiictators have expert
enced a peculiar fate. When they
enlisted In the American army,
they say they were Disseminated
against, croSs-queStioned as II
they were social outcasts, and
many Of them thrown into service
battalions, which means kitchen
police, cleaning stables, and doing
manual labor for the duration.
Those few Spanish War veterans
who have been given q chance,
have used their previous fighting
experience TO great advantage.
Captain Hermann hatcher, called
the Sergeant York OF the Pacific,
rose from sergeant TO captain, has
been awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross and the Purple Heart
with Clusters.
However, hatcher is not an
American citizen. All who vol
unteered TO fight In Spain lost
their citizenship at the inStiga-
ton OF the Career Boys In the
State Department. Furthermore,
hatcher got into the war early,
before the War Department
clapped down q thinly yelled dis
elimination against veterans OF
the Lincoln Brigade.
FROM LIEUTENANT
COLONEL TO PRIVATE
For instance, here Is the ex-
perience Of several youngsters who
fought against Fascism In Spain
and who wanted to fight against 1t
In the American Army.
Approximately one year ago,
John Gates, q lieutenant colonel
Of the 18th International Brigade
In Spain, enlisted In the u. s.
Army. In Spain Vincent Sheean
and Herbert Matthews Of the
New York Times cabled back dis
patches on his bravery. In the
U. s. Army he jointed the seth
Armored Artillery Battalion, Camp
Chafee. Ark, where he became a
sergeant. Then as his unit was
about to 60 overseas. his cornman-
der received O telegram from the
Adjutant General In washington
ordering Gates transferred TO a
service unit which means no
combat service throughout the
war.
No explanation was given.
Two lieutenant colonies thought
50 much oe Gates that they In.
tervened. But nothing hap
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

Production would suffer, not heIlea
At, from labor compulsioa because
there Is no substitute for the initias
tive and willing effort Of free mem
National Association Of Manus
facturers' resolution.
SS
We must be certain that . just
and durable peace follows the waE
We must be equally certain thai
America has good and capable
leadership after victory. =.
Navy Secretary Frank Knox.
We hide under the trees IN of
der TO avoid them, and the planes
come right under the trees after Us
Captured Jap's comment on q. q.
air force in India.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

As an aid and incentive to good citi-
zenship In democracy Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt suggests a year OF pubic
service training for every American boy
and girl when the war Is over. She leans
to the public services rather than mill
tary training, although she does not dis-
well to consider these things now. Public
service can be highly recommended and
military service Of one year is thing
most are in favor of for future days when,
as the phrase goes, the war is over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

Many pertinent paragraph filters drift
our way these days. The idea is at last
percolating that spending is recon-
mended first for war bonds, and then
for the necessities of life, giving wide
berth to the Injuries. One Of the para
graphs of the week that has drifted IN
goes like this: Is there is squander bug
In your pocketbook? Put bonds at the
top of your budget, and starve him out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
OKLAHOMA DUcKLINGs
NEW York Herald-Tribunel

From Oklahoma eInerges a revival
OF the suggestion given some prac-
teal experimentation In ie3O-that
rows be made a source OF food sup
ply for the American dinner table.
Jess Pullen. the Sooner states AS
sistant Attorney General, sponsored
the crOw-eatlng campaign then. He
now comes forward 70 say that TO-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
mRCUR.ATl0N9

Caplllarles, children, ere not wee
blood vessels % @l. YES. ! know
physicians too often refer 10 The
caplllarles as though they were YES
sells Of the finest callbre, but that's
Just q careless habit No enc has
ever isolated Q capillary vessel. Tue
conception Of capillary vessels 70
purely Hypothetical. 81.
Physiology students, watching the
circulation Of blood through the
caplllaries Of the frogs Inesentery
see blood c0rpuecles moving along
chanenls, but they do not see a
vessel wall. They see only the blood
corpuscles bobhlng along between
tissue cells or fibreS, the blood aeep-
Ing through the tissue, Is Ink Seepa
through q blotter. The "capillarles'
are merely spaces between tissue
cells or fibres.
The heart pumps blood into thu.
great artery (aorta) and on through
branches which become smaller and
smaller until the ultimate twigS are
so fine they can Be seen only under
the microscope, but they are still
arteries or artertoles, having disc
tinct walls. Now the arterioles have
demonstrable smooth Involuntary
muscle In their walls, and the
function Of this muscle coat IA the
arteriolar walls Is 10 regulate the
calibre Of these microscopic blood
vessels. When the arterioles con.
tract they squeeze or put increased
pressure upon the blood ana the
increased arteriolar pressure aids
the pressure from the large arteries
and the pumping heart to pump the
remember, the blood merely eeeps',
blood on into the capillaries, wheres
or ooEes through the tissues. be-
tween tissue cells or tibreS.
Sometimes medical authors, IN
that characteristic free and easy
way Of medical authorities. speak
OF or imply capillary blood pres"
sure" OF course that Is pure fancy.
That, Is the only pressure upon
the blood In the capillary areas or
spaces Is the barely perceptible pos"
tive pressure transmitted from the
arterioles, arteries and heart. Out
on this pressure and the blood In
the capillary area will be under
as much pressure as would 50 much
salt water sopped up with blotting
paper: that Is, practically none at
all.
Well, then, that's q pretty how
de.do. How In che dickens Il the
blood--quarts Of it--seeping through
the capillaries 10 be returned TO the
heart 10 complete the circulatton2
Maybe a bit Of pressure out there
In the capillary area would help Q
good deal, what? As matter OF
fact 1t does-such pressure as you
bring TO bear on the capillarieS
here and thereby use Of the skel-
eral or voluntary muscles, BY gen
tie massage or rubbing, for ex-
ample on the back Of your finger
lust below the root Of the nall
notice the pink flush which returns
three or four seconds after you
rub It away. That is the capillary
circulation-and 9 fair test Of tho
efficiency OF the circulation, as We
shall explain later.
That will be all for today'S les
son, children. Until we meet again.
think It over. How are we going
to get the blood back from the
capillary bed to the right side OF
the heart and so TO the lungs Tor
re-oxygenation? e..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
Your Health
By DE-. william Brady

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through loneliness
defeat. and pain.
It Is hard for us
to be patient with
ourselves patient
with the circum-
stances whic h
overwhelm us, and
patient with 9TH
ers.
The patie mt
person Is one who
endures imperfec-
ton In himself
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL Z. DOUGLASS D. D.

ON BEING ABLE TO WAIT
We are told In the Bible that In
patience shall We possess our souls.
Nothing In the world Is harder than
TO keep ones patience amid circum-
stances that irritate and burdens
which threaten TO break our spirit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-04-14

SOMEWHAT N the
nature Of q wake,
Inarking the COM
plete bog down
hy overlooking OF
the best alrmNl
system IN the
world,
Alrmall today Is
slow. AlrmAn Is
late. Arm all
pouches get kick
cd Oft or kept Oft
planes ~ high
priority pASSen~
gers, Postmaster
General Frank Q,
WNlker IA linSelf