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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
lnhating Imitation

The Administration is having hard time trying to make the public believe that progress has been made in escaping imitation. It is unfortunate that Presi- dents William Green of AFL and Philip Murray of CIO gave President Roosevelt personal notice that organized labor would not continue to support the wage and price stabilization program as it is now formulated. The two labor chiefs minced no words advising the President that Eve are agreed that Prentiss Brown has failed and is falling" At the same time they emphasized to the President that the Little Steel formula must be discarded and prices rolled back to Sep tember 15 of last year.
 The many twists in the position of organized labor, including the coal mine strikes have produced peculiar reactions. The National War Labor Board has been crowded into corner where it appar- ently must reverse itself on vital ques- tions The Smith-Co'1nally law served to anger the three big leaders of organ ized labor. Meanwhile prices have been going up steadily.
 The situation shows that there has been a failure to stabilize wages and the price of foods and the necessities of life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

tives to sell them into slavery. Im- mediately, because he was white man, the feeling against Bishop Pat teson changed. The natives killed him with five arrows and tossed his body into the sea. Later they re- pented of their violence. and amid great and widespread grief brought his body to shore and buried him with honors. Over his grave is marker which bears these words: He would gladly have given his life in behalf of those who took It."
 Patteson's devotion to fine things began when he was boy at Eton. He was elected captain of the crick- ct team . At the end of the season there was always a banquet char acterized by considerable drinking and especially by the singing of coarse songs. Young Patteson irl- sisted that a different type of ban quet be held. and although he was roundly criticized by his comrades his dictum was at last accepted. It Is said that to this day the tradi- ion of clean. wholesome fun which he established continues at the school
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

ate Finance Committee, in warning that: Reserves for postwar contingencies and for conversion to peacetime activities, and for deferred maintenance and repairs, must be established and built up out of earnings during the war;" speaks truth with which there can be no compromise. And yet there are' plenty of politicians who are trying at this very moment to undermine the stability of industry the same as they sought to in peacetime - by negotiable taxation - and they are doing it for the same reason they did it ir- peacetime, namely, because they think it appeals to the voters. These politics as-usual politicians are The worst threat to the future of this nation.
 The people must realize private in- dustry is their strongest ally in peace and in war. It is the bulwark of freedom. It can be destroyed by humbug taxation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
The Future of Aviation

A powerful Senate Committee composed of nine members is making study of international aviation policies Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri, held one and one-half hour conference with the President recently at which time they discussed methods of approaching this vital question. The State Depart ment has already had discussions with Britain.
 sidelight on the Roosevelt-Clark con- ference should not be overlooked The two men have not been friends, and long time has elapsed since they engaged in discussion of public affairs in pri- vate conference. Both of them have said disparaging things about each other in the past. Nevertheless, it must be as sumed that these two Democrats are both sincerely interested in the formulation of a constructive plan of international post war aviation. Senator Clark says that there is mo more important postwar problem, and none in which the United States has greater postwar stake" He explains that the Senate wishes first to agree on domestic policy and then to consider an international program. we are eSPecldlly dlAiOuS IIldI Io ColHlllC- nents be made until we have had an op- portunity to work out the plan," he added
 The Senate is insisting on the rights of Congress to pass upon peace plans as well as the question of government owner ship or control and the subsidized oper- ation over allocated trade routes. Quite definitely the legislative branch of the government favors private ownership of airlineS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
Humbug Taxation

From now on the public must think straight and without prejudice on the matter of taxation, or the best laid post war plans will become worthless scraps of paper.
 When business men plead for adequate corporate reserves for reconversion of industry to peacetime production, they are pleading not for themselves but for the millions who must be employed by industry when the war is over. If taxes prohibit the accumulation of adequate corporate reserves, it is not the business man who will suffer most. It will be the people looking for jobs-jobs that only industry can provide despite tempt ing ballyhoo which would have us believe that, come what may, we need not worry because the government will take up the slack in employment
 Senator George, chairman of the Sen-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
Views Of The Press

still undergo various chemical pro- cesses before it is t for general use. But the deliberation with which the product of the wells of Illinois ad- vances to the relief of the Eastern gasoline shortage is heading speed compared to the snail-like pace which characterizes proceedings of Washington bureaus that have charge of the matter.
 That the ban on pleasure driving is about to be modified or ended is generally taken for granted. Post ponement after postponement caus- es the situation to remain unsettled and continual deferments and de- lays irk the soul of the exasperated owner of motorcar or motorboat. The summer is f1eeting fast, while estimates and reports add to the aleady enormous accumulation in Washington. The impression gains ground that the Administration realizing at last what every one else has known for long time-that the whole gasoline business has been inexcusably muddled-is reluctant to acknowledge it publicly by off, cial retreat. Meanwhile, more and more car owners get rid of their usless uehilces and public discontent increases. Why not action without more delay?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

It is with great relief, there fore, that Mrs. Roosevelt has re- ceived the news that Harry and his wife, the former Louise Macy, finally have decided to move out of the White House and looks for home of her own.
 Relations have been so cool between Hopkins and Mrs. Roosevelt that her intimate friends and family say he has actually weakened her influence with the President.
 To get the full significance of this break it IS important to re- call that it was Mrs. Roosevelt who really promoted Harry Hou- kins. She discovered him when he was social worker in New York, first as director of the New York Tuberculosis and Health As- sociation, later as director of the New York State Temporary Elmer gency Relief Association. FDR was then governor of New York, but it was Mrs. Roosevelt, an ar- dent worker for the under priv ileged who pushed Harry with her husband.
 HOUSEHOLD HOPKINS
 Today, however, Mrs. Roose- velt's closest intimates complain that Hopkins even usurps Mrs. Roosevelt's household duties. On at least one occasion, for instance, he rearranged the seating at a White House dinner after the First Lady had given specific in- structions to the major domo as to how the guests were to be ar- ranged. The f:1st news Mrs. Roosevelt had of the rearranged seating was when she arrived at the dinner table.
 On another occasion Mrs. Roosevelt had an engagement with Elmer Davis, director of War Information, regarding a speech she was to deliver. Abruptly, Davis telephoned can ceiling the engagement. Mrs. Roosevelt blamed the cancella- ti0n on Harry Hopkins.
 Other incidents have cme back to the family where Harry Hop kins has remarked to the Presi- dent, Look what your wife has said now" Or similar disparaging statements.
 The First Lady has confessed to friends that she has been up- set and worried over the fact that her husband has deviated sharply from his previous liberal policy and has been unwilling to adopt her progressive suggestions as he once did.
 HARRY AND WINSTON
 She has blamed two people for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

When ration points run short, and you can't get butter or porterhouse steaks take time off to reGd an excerpt from a letter written by Walter Wagner of the Marines from the U. s. Naval Hospital in San Diego. Wagner and others, with food for two days, helped capture one of the Solomon Islands, and then was cut off from supplies for three weeks. "The Japs Came and shelled and bombed us when they pleased, and when you are hungry you eat anything. I ate lizards, parrots, roots of trees and rice with maggots which the Japs had left. It all started from that and malaria. I am feeling all right now, but they won't let me go home until get rid of the worms in my stom- ach"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

1 appliances and similar items or which the American people could subsist in wartime. The report got out that, far from being just the oretical tables, these were the low levels of life which the war plan ners intendd to rduce tn American standard of living, whether the American people liked it or not. The bedrock tables were announc- ed after repeated statements from high governmnt prdictors that the American people were going to have to reduce their standard of living for the duration, so that looked like the Mccoy.
 There was so much fuss over I these tables, however, that the War Production Board tried to soft-pedal them and, gradually, they were sucked back and more or less for gotten.
 HOW MUCH FOR CIVILIANS? |.
 Of late there has been a much more realistic approach to the ques- tion of civilian supply. Congress, sensing that the American people would not stand for any unneceS- sary kicking around, was about to force through bill setting up an Independent office of civilian supply to look after the needs of tSle folks at home. Then, in mid April, such action was forstalled by the action of WIPE Chairman Donald M. Nel- son in setting up within his organi- zation an Office of Civilian Require ments, headed by Arthur D. White side, president of Dunn and Brad street.
 Since that time, Whiteside's small organization has been pecking away at it's job. Nudged on by Office of War Mobiliza tion Director Joseph F. Byrnes, the approach to the prob lem of civilian supply has been tc determine how much could be given to civilians without cramping the war production effort-not how lit- tie the civilians could get by on. ESSENTIAL GOODS TO STAY
 Pursuing this line has finally re- suited in the formation of a new civilian supply policy which, while it still won't give the. home folks everything they want or everything they think they should have, looks a darn sight different from the Stone Age picture carved out by the bedrock boys last February.
 A continuing drop in the civilian enonomy is still to be expected. But by the wise use of the same quan- titles of materials allocated to the production of consumer goods, 1t is believed that all essential civilian goods and rvic can b mainaind.
 All the intricate problems of distri- button of the scarce items have not been worked out so that every sec ton of the country will get its full share. The Office of Civilian Re- quirements was made responsible for this distribution only a few weeks ago and has as yet no detail- ed reports to announce on how the hundreds o fconsumer goods items will be spread around. But it is shaping up these reports to cover the next year and half.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
Current Comment

Patriotism in World War II is more adult and far-Seeing than in the former struggle. There seems little question but that in this war the approach to civilian morale among all classes of people in the nation lies not through flag waving or through hate propaganda, but through greater understanding of the tolerant, free world that fairly can be built when democratic peace arrives.
 Morse A. Cartwright, director
 American Association of Adult
 Education.
 SelfishnesS and complacency in teh past have made us pay dearly in terms of human misery and suffering. While it may be diff1- cult for us not to feel bitterness for the injuries we have suffered at the hands of the aggressors let us remember that recrimina- tion and hatred will lead us mo- where.
 AoodA1C SilldllS hd1-ollch.
 
 A lot of people think we're run ming race, trying to beat each others record. We don't have any such competition. A pilot who hasn't shot down one plane and stays in there to protect his leader and to fight rates higher than the pilot with the big score. Capt. Joe Floss, Americas No. 1
 ace: 26 planes.
 - The people of Argentina are very pro-allied and in the near future there are prospects for a change (to broadly government action). am sure that 1t will be entirely dif- ferent following the September elections.
 Prof. Hugo F. Artucio of the U. of Montevideo Uruguay.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

National Geographic has some pie lures this month of Londonderry and Belfast in North Ireland where the Amer ican Army is stationed. Too bad some of the pictures are not in color as that is rather colorful area up there. It was remarked that the American boys like the natives refer to their city as Derry, the original name, and not Londonderry. Perhaps some day National Geographic will give us some views of Derry, the old wall surrounding it, the Guildhall, the country north of Belfast, the Antrim coast, the famous seaside resort, Port rush, and the scenic Giants CauseWay in colors That would be something
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

ried the former Mrs. Jimmy Roosevelt instead.
 Lord Beaverbrook gave the bride diamonds and therefore was quite correct in denying that he gave her emeralds.
 What happened was that Beav- erbrOOk handed Hopkins little package, explaining that it was a present for his bride. Harry put it in his pocket and did not open it until he arrived in the United States.
 Then, in order to pay customs, he sent it to a jeWeler for ap- praisal. The diamonds were of an old-style cut and worth about $4,000.
 INNER CIRCLE DEBATE
 Whether Hopkins was ethically correct in permitting his wife to accept the gift is still a subject of debate inside the inner circle. Un- der a law passed in the days of George Washington, no federal of- ficial is permitted to receive g. gift from foreign government. This law, still on the statute books, was passed so that no govern ment official would feel under ob- ligation to foreign government. As a result Roosevelt has not been permitted to receive gifts of stamps for his collection, from foreign officials.
 Actually Lord Baeverbrook was not an official of the British gov- ernment when he gave the dia- monds to Mrs. Hopkins, though l.e had been in charge of obtaining airplanes and munitions from the LISA. Also it was Mrs. Hopkins, not her husband who received the present.
 However, since Harry is in vir- tual charge of lend-lease, many members of the Administration members of the Administration in permitting his wife to accept the Beaverbrook present.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
THE SLAYER OF FRANCE
(NeW York Times)

The war in which metropolitan France hardly fought at all has cost her two million lives. In other words, according to estimates made in London, her population has drop ped from 40,060,000 in 1889 to 38,- 100000 or less now. Even in 1889 she had a slight excess of deaths over births. The excess has enor- mously increased, for reaons known to Adolf Hitler and his fellow-en- emies of mankind; because of de- ficiencies in food; because of di- seases the Nazis cannot or will not control; and, above all, because the Nazis have held in captivity since 1940 about a million and half young Frenchmen. This outrage against conquered nation was de- liberately planned to produce the very result it has produced. Out of the depths of their sense of their own abysmal inferiority the Nazis are doing what they can to kill France. They begin with the young, the strong, the potential fathers, the probable leaders of the people. Thy proceed with the strong and gifted children these mn might pro- duce.
 This is murder, or attempted murder, of sort the world will not soon forgive. We know now that 1t will not succeed. The 100000 who are dead or will never be born can- not be recovered, but if the idea of liberty, the passion for liberty, burns more brightly in the hearts of 38.- 100000 people than tdid in those of 40,000,000 four years ago there is still strong hope for France. A love of freedom is also love of life. It is Germany that is marked for na- tional and cultural death, to the exact degree that she fails to re- pudiate and destroy the murderers who have her in their clutches.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE HAVE NOTHING TO DO

Not long ago quoted here from an article oin "The Forgotten Peo- pie" published by Dr. Frederick Filsinger of Buffalo, N. Y, in the Erie County Medical Society's Bull letin. A considerable number of the 5000, 900 persons past 65 in this country and nearly as many past 75 in Canada, wrote in to say how much they like what I quoted from Dr. Filsinger and many of them spoke wistfully of how fine 1t would be to have doctor who under stands and sympathizes with the needs of elderly patients.
 l don't know whether these for gotten people deserve much sym pathy or not. If you ask me they the themselves to blame for their predicament in most cases. I mean to say it is generally up to each individual to determine whether he or she will be old at 60 or young at 30. If I did not believe this to be true I wouldn't waste my time writ ing this.
 But believing that it is true I am devoting some of my time and a god deal of thought to trying to persuade Dr. Filsinger that he owes it to the forgotten people to put some of his wisdom into book form and make it available to such peo- pie everywhere-or more particular ly, make it available to people who are still in their prime, for instruc- tion and advice along the lines of Dr. Filsinger's medical article which I quoted here should be invaluable in helping such people to be young at eighty.
 When I say young at eighty" I'm not talking through my hat. I'm thinking of half a dozen indi- viduals who are really young at eighty. And thinking about them I think of plausible reasons why they are young at eighty.
 Several of them, not all, are tee totalers and have never used to- bacco. One is heavy cigar smoker. One is great walker, covers many miles every day, in all seasons and WeatherS. Two have played golf two or three days a week for many years. One is a book collector and he makes a great hobby of it-al- ways has {. lot of interesting stuff to show and tell you about his ex- perience. Another took up painting not many years ago and some of his work is not bad, experts say-I wouldn't know. Two or three go in for lawn bowling playing four or five afternoons week the year around.
 These young octogenarians stay young, I believe, because they all ways have something to do. Any man or women who passes fifty is in danger of growing old prena- turely unless he or she has some- thing to do.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
Selected Poem
CREEK BOY

Harriet Gray Blackwell in the New York T1rnes) The long grass of the marshes cradles him And sea winds lull him with their lonesome tunes His black eyes turn for shade where yapons linn A dark green thicket back of drifting dunes. Each creek boy has bank that is his own, With salty strip of water where another Dares not to trespass; he would not condone Riparian poaching by dusky brother. His island teaches him what he must know To serve his master in his strange vocation, He learns unerringly where shellflsh grow And how to cultivate all things crustacean. The sole aim of his being is to seek
 Delicious morsels bedded in the creek.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

Once more, this time because of the feeble opposition our invaders have met in Sicily, wave of over-optimism IS sweeping the United States It is easy to find optimists wondering whether we might not even win the war in Europe before Christmas. Don't get false mo- tions The Italians aren't the Germans, nor are the Germans prepared to go all out for the Italians Without doubt AL lied prospects are brighter now than at any time since Dunkirk. But anybody who expects victory before 1944, at earll- est, is in for an unpleasant disappoint- ment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

this change Harry Hopkins and Winston Churchill. It is no secret among White House inti- inmates that she believes Hopkins worships the ground the British Prime Minister walks on, and leaps to promote his every wish.
 While Mrs Roosevelt is a great champion of British American cooperation, and her. self pioneered the plan to per- init British children to come to this country during the air raids of 1940, nevertheless she does not think that this country should follow blindly all British policy, or worship everything about the British.
 And she feels that her husband is too closely sWayed, for the good of the nation, by the Churchill Hopkins alliance.
 NOTE: One thing which will bring a sigh of relief to all mem- bers of the White House staff when the Hopkinses move out, is the exit of Mrs. Macys, poodles. Mrs. Macy" as Mrs. Hopkins is still called around the White House, has one room of the execu- tive mansion devoted to her. poodles. And woe be it to any of the Roosevelt grandchildren who opens the door of this room by mistake.
 BEAVERBROOK'S JEWELS
 The real story of the mysterious and much-deniec emeralds which Lord Beaverbrook allegedly gave Mrs. Harry Hopkins for a wedding present can now be told.
 Lord Beaverbr0Ok and the Hopkinses always denied that she received an emerald brace let as wedding present and this denial was absolutely cor rect.
 Actually the emeralds were giv- en to Mrs. Hopkins by Jock Whit ney, long time friend whom many people expected would marry Mrs. Macy. but who mar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
THE BIG INCH IS FASTER (NeW York Herald-Trihunel

Although an average of one hun dred thousands barrels of crude oil are moving each day by pipe line from the Middle West to a terminus in New Jersey, prospect of improve ment of the motorists lot is not yet to encouraging. This fluid travels at rate of about four miles an hour, and, when 1t arrives. must
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

tered the ministry of the Church of England and was later sent to the South Sea Islands as a missionary.
 He was greatly beloved by the people a m o n g whom he worked. One day. however, some white men landed from a ship and carried off five Of the na-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sonal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped elf-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 Dr. William Brady. National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street, Chicago, ILL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-06

A cd many p e o p l e were scared h alf to death last Feb ruary when the old Office of Civ ilian Supply in WIPE broke with some IA detailed bed rock econ- omy'' tables, list ing the absolute m 1 n i m u m a. mounts of cloth ing, food, drugs, n e W s p a D e rs, cleaning, services, f u e l, household