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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Veterans Reorientation

Reorientation Is fancy word that car ries a load of common sense as used ln a recent announcement by Oberlin Col lege. For those of its graduates in the armed forces who can pay the regular tuition and who feel the need, Oberlin is offering them a years reorientation course after they are released. This is logical supplement to the governments present provision for helping the veteran continue his education. Certainly many youngsters who went into service shortly after graduation will want to brush up on rusty skills and learning before compet- ing for jobs.
 Others may need year Of readtust.- ment, a chance to reconcile and adjust the often cloistered ideals of colleg stu dent and the hyper-realistic experiences of a soldier.
 It Is not unlikely that other colleges will or have already adopted a similar plan. All such plans together might not affect large number of people. But there are bound to be some young veter- ans who will need, and need badly, a chance to "get hold of themselves" Their alma mater seems logical place in which to get that chance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Thanks for the Kind Words

Much of the work on the Committee for Economic Development postwar tax plan was done by professional economists recruited from academic circles. And when the new plan was presented to the public, two of the CED executives made a couple of interesting observations
 "1t was surprising" said Paul G. Hoff- man, Stakeholder Corporation president, ''how much the professors influenced our thoughts"
 Ralph E. Flanders, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, re- marked q am braSh enough to think the professors learned quite lot from us"
 These observations are interesting for their novelty, not their profundity. Com ing from men of the speakers caliber, they are encouraging, too It would be pleasant If other business men would tol- low their example. For 1t is depressing that any feeling of mutual respect De- tween businessmen and professors IS so seldom admitted and so infrequently eX- pressed in public.
 It is certainly true that many profes- sional educators in government have ap- preached and acted upon business prob iems from purely theoretical basis It IS also true that many business men Scorn the scientific approach, and believe that no professor could possibly possess the combined talents of David Harum, pr. Einstein and Machiavelli required to achieve the feat of meeting a payroll. But we hear too much about them, ana in general terms. We hear too little Of the Ph.D.s who acknowledge the virtues of practical experience, and of business men who will say good word for post graduate book learning. We hear too little of the many businessmen in gov ernment, or of the professors" who are valued employees of many large business concerns. We hear too much generalized opprobrium, repeated at second and tenth and hundredth-hand This Is an old prac- tice and our country has lived and pros pered under 1t. But that doesn't make 1t good. Name-calling is easier than logi.. cal thinking. Shouting is probably good for the lungs Personalities are fatter targets than ideas. But they certainly deepen the existing division on social, political, governmental and racial issues.
 The sad part of 1t is that some of our business, labor and political leaders who coin slogans and lead in name-calling really know better. They can get on per sonally with their adversaries, admire their virtues and abilities. It would be well for the country in the trying times ahead if these leaders would set miloer and more charitable example, with more thought for the common good and less for their own power and advantage. And we ordinary folks might employ and de- mand a little more reason and we'll buttressed fact in our discourse.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
A wAR-ECoNoMY CENSUS
tNew York Herald -Tribune)

A census of manufacturers to cover this, presumably the peak, year Of the countryg war economy strikes us as not only on excellent but an imperative undertaking. The Presidents foresight In arranging for 1t deserves praise. "An intimate knowledge of the main characteris- ties of the economy during this war year." he has written to the Bureau Of the Budget. twill Do i'm. portant not only as guide to our steps toward TeconVesion but as c part of the recordwhich is essen- tial for military preparedness in the fture." And the Bureau of the Budget, ia agreeing with him, points out that figures for l04B, which would Dc the earliest available were we to walt on the regular biennial census, will Do "of doubtful value ct best" Next year, it says "indus- try will probably Do in the midst of reconVersiof, and tho figures, like those of the census for i0io, will represent neither c war nor . peAce.tifn0 economy"
 Thanks to wartime curtailmefit of peacetime activities there has been no general census of FnaEiu- fact,ires since ie40, covering iD30 production. This in itself would Justify the Presidonte proposal, which has the further virtue Of suggestlng that the survey for this year Dc made in place Of rather than ifi addition to that for next. if data for iolB viii be 'of dougiit- lal value" let's says the expense oi their collection.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

because of someone's thoughtleSs- ness or sin, It may come as the re- suit of our own evil, or it may arise out of the evii.doing of others. When pain like this comes upon Us, 1t Is hard for Us to find balm for healing.
 But there Is another variety of pain in the world, which, although 1t brings suffering, brings uS In the end healing and recovery also. It is the pain which comes as We coFis front the evil of the world and try to overcome 1t, as we help people bear their burdens, as we 9Acrlfice to help others. Very often this sort of thing brings Us pain which varies al the way from discomfort to agony. But like the pain which the good doctor causes, t brings heais ing iFl It's wake and not injury.
 The agony of the cross IB, Of course, the best example Of pain which resulted in healing and new fife. The sinful world which ins fiicted pain on Jesus meant it to iKl- tuFe Him, but NC turned lt shout
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
THE RooRBACK
(New Haven Journal courier)

Once no political campaign was complete without Q roorbaek, This is campaign lie, spread If possl- ble too late for effective eontradic. ton. The name comes from the appearance in 1894 of Q book, Baron Roorback'S Travels, containing c lie meant to inJure the candidacy of James K. Polk,
 The Garfield, Hancock presidential race of 1880 saw the most famous of all roorbacks. The so.called "Morey letter" was distributed, in which Garfield was made to favor cheap Chinese labor" Though c forgery, it was issued 50 late that no denial could catch up with 1t before elec- ton, and 1t cost Garfield the vote of California.
 Since 1880 roorbacks have been few. Plenty of lies about candidates have been told, usually in whisper ing campaigns. But generally they have appeared in time to Do met, unlike roorbacks. It is well, how- ever, for voters to suspect any starr ting charge made against either candidates just before election day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
MOSQUITOES AT BAY
(Fiartford Times)


 The welts have gone down, the smarting has ceased and emotional boise has been restored but this is no time to let down our guard or reduce the fight against the rnoss quitoes. When the enemy becomes slowed down, that is the time to strike hard for final success. This is not the breeding season but 1t is quite the right time to locate and utterly eliminate any breeding places in order that next spring there may not Do billions times billions of mos- quItoes bouncing upon clean, tender, linmarred skin to puncture it and trade poison for blood.
 The mosquito experts who have surveyed the town of East Hartford come up with the alarmlnv inforin- ation that there are 64 breeding areas In that town, including two which were found infested with malaria- -bearing mosquitoes It re- quireB no argument to determine what should Do done about that The question is simply who is going to own, control and enjoy the Con- necticut Valley in this area, we Of tho mosquitoes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

against His Majesty's Army" To which, according to General Mar shall's friends, he replied; And that, sir, Is what I intended it tOibe."
 NOTE: - It was immediately after this conference that Prime Minister Churchill came to Wash- lngton and deftly suggested to Roosevelt that General Marshall be transferred to England to com mand the coming second front, Churchill praised Marshall'S abil. ity and said that, insomuch as he had lived, planned and worked for the second front, he was the ideal officer to command it, Other U, s. war chiefs, realizing that such Q transfer would take General Marshall out of 0 position where he had supervision over the U, 6. armies in Burma, the Pacific, the Mediterranean and other theaterS, protested vigorously, and Church. lll's proposal was overruled
 CT BLOOD DONORS
 Folks who don't think blood donors are badly needed should read some of the mall coming back from overseas, One letter from France received this week says;
 "At the front we are asked Co give blood to those of our com. Fades who are wounded in ac. ton. Many times I have seen CT JOes strip of their shirts, give . pint of blood, then go back Into action.
 "The other night, our hospital moved up toward the front and received several wounded. For
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Rare Combination

For a time the relative status of Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery ana Lieut-Gen. Omar Bradley threatened to grow into one of those unpleasant slt- uations which, through nc fault of the principals, involves international leai.- ousies, snubs and hard feelings But General Eisenhower has dlspelled tne threats with an explanation in Wnlcn modesty, tact and self-effacing oeStowa'
 The srniling Kansan is not only great general, m he Is a great diplomat. And that is a rare combination to be admired and treasured.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Independence vs. Handouts

Stating that Subsidies are now firmly fixed upon our economic life as a l.ational policy" Fred H. SeXauer, President Of the bairymen's League Cooperative Associa- ton, said:
 as a national policy and work to change that policy. But in formulating plans to obtain adequate returns, subsidies, now being national policy, must be consid:- cred part of such return. This does not mean that subsidies are sound national policy We know the bad effect of sup, slides upon the milk industry, but until they are abolished we must use them"
 Most farmers believe that goods ana services, including farm products, snouao nS be paid for at fair price by consumers, and agricultural subsidies avoided in order to maintain a high national irl- come, amortize the war debt and reduce taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Welcome, Mir. Krus

"Our policy here in WIPE Is to do every thing in our power to unleash the war restrained energy of the American economy. The government can help, but the government cannot do the job A It Is our responsibility to remove every obstacle that might prevent Amer lean business from going boldly ahead"
 These are the words of young MT. Julius Krue. the new acting WIPE chairman. Mr. Kfue is probably what is called a bureau crat. An his working experience has been in government jobs. But he talks less llke q bureaucrat than some Of WIPES Businessmen.
 We think. from this sample, that Mir. fyr.Ig is noinR to get on well with busi-
 ss a.... T2ls attitude Is healthy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Your Health
 BY Dr. William Brady

slgnea letters pertaining Co poR- nohal health and hygiene. not Co
 dlnonso, diagnosis of teeatnonA
 win Do answered by Dr. Brady is
 a atnmned uelf-add dressed envelope
 @ enclosed. Leiters should be brief
 and written in ink. 10 reply can
 Do made Co queries not conforms
 img Co instructions. Address pr.
 William Brady, National NowaA
 paper Service, SsO West MndlsOn '' Street. Chicago. m. aa WORK HARD AND LIVE LONG
 Arteriosoleroisls, hardening of tlia arteries, a gradual lessenlng of the residence or elasticity of the arter- les, is on accompaniment of old age, old age in some persons be- gins before forty, in other around fifty, In exceptional instances not until after sixty. It depends as Dr. osler saw it, on the quality or grade of material used for the tubing. that, he taught, exulalns why old age comes earlier in some families than in others.
 What I don't know about heredity ls simply astonishing = to people who think they know all about its So don't take my ignorance sers lously. It is my notion that 1t mate ters little or not at oil how old your grandfather lived to be or whether he died of heart failure or from fracture -dislocatlon of the upsF per cerical vertebrae complicated by O short fall. What really matters Is the use of abuse Go which you have subjected your arteries and the rest of your body.
 Incidentally, old timer, if you were you would worry no more about the condition of your arteries than you do about the condition of your teeth, your hair, your eyesight or your ability to roll somersaults or to run upstairs two steps at q time or to sprint few blocks withs out getting fused about 1t,
 Having expressed his belief that inheritance of poor material for the tubing is the chief cause of arteris osclerosls, Dr. Osler relented or abated c jot or little, to add that more commonly the degeneration Replacement of elastic or muscle cells with enelastio fibre) in the artery walls results from bad use of good vessels,
 Now that makes sense, in my poor understanding of pathology. But, ? regret to add, pr, Esler then ex- plained that bad use of good vessels meant alcohol, syphilis, Over-eatlngs stress and strain of modern life, OverwOrk of the muscles. Besides these specific causes or contribute ting causes of hardening of the arteries the great medical teacher mentioned three others, namely, hyS pertenslon thigh blood preSsure): the lnvOlutlon process or natural wear and tear to which the tubes are subjected with age, and finally Kidney disease (nephritis, Bright's disease). Barring casualties we1N discuss these arterial hazards In talks to follow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Vinegar

An old doctor told mo two teap spoons elder vinegar daily In glass of water is beneficial, How much to find out from your tL, J. M0
 Answer-In my opinion VlnegaR should never be used even aS cone diment if Lemon juice is available instead. However. c few drops Of any kind of vinegar you prefer, on your cabbage or beans, may be harmless for occasional use. Plumb silly is the common notion that drinking vinegar reduces" It will reduce" only by ruining health, perhaps causing serious liver or kidney damage, The dilute acetio acid (os vinegar) is not utilized. not oxidized. in the body. The dilute critrlc acid Gin lemon Juice) is oxidlzed and utilized in the body,
 Calcium and Nerves
 Yt Is true that people with norS mai calcium content in blood are generally calm and those with low blood calcium arc nervousp l am 2l. Verw nervous, and would like to combat it. is there any way to achieve increased blood caiclum2
 (Miss o. j)
 Answer-Physioioglcally, ono ftillcs ton of calcium in the body dn the blood and the tisseuO is to regulate excitab!lity of nerve flores and nerve centres, to steady neuros muscular lrrltabliity. Being only c pioddlng door-to-door type Of doc- tor wouldn't know what you or any one else may mean by very nervouS." Send stamped envelope bearing your address, and ask Tor (do not send ciipping) the pamphs lot ''Tho Calcium Shortage"
 Old Folks and Young Folks
 Some time ago an elderly lady told how much good she and her husband had derived from taking some kind of vitainin tablets with breakfast every day. We were much interested. (s' Q. AZ
 Answer = Send stamped envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet "Oid Folks and Young Folks" (Copyrlght i044, John r. pille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

some reason the blood supply
 failed Co arrive. The entire
 medical stan, although they
 had been working all night,
 volunteered to donate blood" MERRY.GO-ROUND
 A lot of people have been won- dering how Colonel Sol Rosen. blatt, former counsel to the Demo. cratic National Committee. got away with being Jimmy Crom. wells divorce lawyer while still in uniform Jimmy himself former U, s. Minister to Canada, looked c little rueful when Rosen. blatt told Doris Dukes attorneys that Cromwell contemplated writ. ing 6 book about their married llfe-which, of course, was not true sam Reber, whom the State Department has appointed as new assistant political adviser to General Eisenhower, is the man who wrote Cordell Hull's blast against dc dualle which referred to the "alleged Free French" {. Columnist Edgar Mowrer now TO. fers to Reber as the aalleged Sam Reber." Mowrer argued "How do we know he is Sam Reber? He says he ls, but that don't make him Sam Reber. I want more proof" Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau, at tho "Wilson" reception, was sit. ting between Myrna Loy and Ger. aldine Fitzgerald. Quoth Maury Maverick; Lets 90 ask him how Is Mrs. Morgenthau?"
 Copyright. io44. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Views Of The Press
CAMPS CLOSING EARLIER
CBoston PoSt)

(6obtoH EO5tl
 Many summer camps for children are closing earlier than usual this year In order to relieve the travel situation over the Labor Day week end, The gasoline shortage, now acute in thiS section, means that trains will Do damned over Labor Day, and the operators of the chil- dren's camps are taking heed Of the warning issued by the Office of Defense Transportation regarding travel. The probability Is that many wek-end vacationists will Do left stranded if they go too far from home, A Labor Day week end may not be so bad ct home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
KRUG A VICTIM OF "COERCION"

How Acting War Production Board Chairman J, A. Gap" Krug goes after things is shown by the way he persuaded Hiland c. Batch- eller president of Allegheny-Lud- lum Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, to come to Washington and take over the. job of WIPE vice chair man for Industry Operations,
 Krug losatAd 1atcheller at his farm in New York state on Sunday, called him by phone, told him he wanted to talk to him on Monday and was sending plane for him from Washington. At the confer- ence, Krug told Bateheller what he wanted him to do, Batcheller demurred. He had given 0 year of his time to WIPE, thought he had done his bit and that he owed his time from now on to his company. Krug said that if he wouldn't come quietly, 1t would be necessary to use force, and Batcheller went back to Pittsburgh. Arriving at his ofIlce Tuesday morning, Batcheller found Q telegram to the chairman of the board from War Mobilization Direc- tor James P. ByrneS, saying the President had requested that Batch eller be assigned to Washington. It was followed by telephone call from Bernard Barueh, repeating the same message.
 Wednesday morning, Bateheller reported in Washington.
 
 MAVERICK HUNTS
 A GHOST WRITER
 Maury-Maverick, ex.Texas con. gressman now chairman of the Smaller War Plants Corporation, has been looking around for c ghost writer-someone who could write him good speech to use when called upon to talk to business groups and spread the gospel of the little businessman,
 Maverick used to pride himself on his own speeches when he was Q liberal light from Texas, but now that he's busy bureaucrat he just hasn't time to prepare his own. Even though his friends tell him he doesn't need ghost writer or pub. lie relations man, Maverick still insists he has to have one. So when the name of Q good ex.news- paperman was suggested to him re. gently, Maverick got the prospect on the phone and asked him how about it.
 "Oh, I know oil about you" said the newspaperman You don't need anybody to write your speeches, All you have to do Is walk out on the platform in front of . crowd, prop your mouth open-and then walk of and leave It."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

his hand ant opens an infec. ton on some part of our body, he hurts us but he does not injure Us. Quite the ops poSite, he helps Us.
 There Is pain In this world which both hurts and injureB. It Is the sAaio xyI1iah 0Piaae
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

unAuy prouuoeu Q document six pages long, sin- gle spaced,
 Every tn 1 n 6 centered around V-Hour on V- Day. A state. naent was to be written for Sec retary of War Stimson to give out on V-Hour plus 30 minutes. Tele grams of congratulate n s were to be pre- SAaNA4 fAR HAN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

 eral Marshall to send to General Eisenhower for release at v-plus- one-Hour. A history of the war should be prepared for release on V-Day-plus-one, And so on,
 Then to show that he was real, distance planner, the major outlined just how news reels, radio and newspapers should be co-ordi- mated for this Army-publicity ty-carl. paign-to- -end-all Army publicity. campaigns. He specified that the movie people should be called in on "V-Day-mlnus-30," the broadcasters on "V-Day-minus-i5," the news. papers on "V-Day-nainus-seVen,"
 As soon as the memorandum was circulated, the smart gag around the War Department was to call up the major and in serious voice ask him Just when this "V-Day-minus- 30" was, so they could start plan- ming,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Selected Poem
MORNING. GLORY Barbara Overton in the Christian Science

This was morning.glory kind Of day. The dawn unbudded from peariy gray 10 unwink!ng nawless blue, ct Seven And vet, ct just little past eleven Tine edges of the morning, one by one Curled up mad closed against the brillians sun Ali afternoon the sky hung overcast, Iake blossom when It's prime S past And from the stem of evening clouds dropped
 down
 Like faded purple petals on the town Now let Us dream through the midsummer night That, as tomorrow'S sun will bring to light Tn gardens everywhere, fresh.blooming flowers We may reIive this mornings magic hours.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Behind The
 Capital Curtain
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington CNrrnannnaNnk

COrrespOnuenS
 The face of Q certain major in War Department Bureau of Public Relations Is exceedingly red these days, and his ears are blistered from the beating they have taken over the telephone. Asked to draw up Q pros gram on what the Bureau of Public Relations should do to celebrate the downfall of Germany. the major
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
A Thought for Today

And God blessed the seventh day and sanc- tlhed lt; because that in 1t he had rested from all his work which God created and made.- Genesis 2:S.
 Day of the Lord, as all our days should bel -Longfellow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

September quiet but completed gigantic Ford Willow Run bomber plant for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Daily Almanac

Sun rises ct e:SS G. m, sets At e;Ss D. m. (war titne)
 Vehicles must bs lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

INJURY OR HEALING?
 If Q man hits another man over the head with club, he both hurts him and injureS him. On tho other hand, if Q doctor takes knife Into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16
Washington Merry-G Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Willow Huge Farm Implement PIont; Loee Millions Moy RevoutiOnxe Small Farming; FDR for Relieving Disappointment For Ecst chs
 Give Blood comrodes Then Return Action.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-16

and made it contribute to tho heal ing og all.
 All Rights Reseryod.- Dabeon NeWgpapeF Syndicate