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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
One Man in the Saddle

Washington reports indicate that it
was rather heated meeting that War
Manpower Commissioner McNutt had
with Selective Service, Army, Navy and
WPB officials the other day. He is said
to have insisted that draft deferment of
irreplaceable men in industry should be
managed by a civilian agency, and that
the agency should be the War Man.
power Commission. One description
coming out of the meeting was that Mr..
McNutt twas really on his horse and
riding. It is certainly time that some
one person got in the saddle and stuck
there. The manpower muddle has been
considerably like rodeo with one snort
ing bronco and half dozen riders. All
have been on and off it's back. But no
body has tanned it down to a walk. Not
that the job of eraSing manpoWer prob
lens has ever been soft. It is bound up
with production and the armed services.
Its difficulties have been hard to pin
down. But there have been other rea-
sons why solution of manpower troubles
has Jagged.
For one thing, there has been lack of
clearly defined authority in Mr.. McNutt's
office. And the administration of that
rather vague authority has been marked
by discord and confusion This has been
particularly noticeable in the several
clashes and policy contradictions of VINO
and Selective Service Now, at last, an
eight-agency committee has been set up
to clarity the deferment situation. Under
Mr.. McNutt'S direction, a survey of activ-
tiles and programs will be undertaken,
with view to balancing the urgent needs
of the armed forces and industry. It is 60
ing to be big job, and it needs to be done
with all possible speed
July has been selected as the critical
date upon which the armed forces want
11,30O,OOO men, plus requirements. Be-
fore then, almost certainly, will come the
European invasion. Some compromise
will probably be necessary within the linn
its Of our nanpower to assure the best
coordination of production, supply and
striking power in this assault. Assembling
the data upon which it is based is the job
Of Mr.. McNutt and the new committee.
1t is past time to start the job. The ques-
Lion of who should have authority in the
deferment squabble should have been
settled before now. But since it was not,
the most to be done now is to wish Mr..
McNutt plenty of cooperation.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

, of Labor, in pleace of puSsy-foot-
ing Ma Perkins.
Can't you visualize the better tact
and horse sense that Drew Pearson
would have employed in recruiting
manpower for military needs and
war work? Instead of soaring faith
ers every few weeks with a fool
threat, Pearson would have left our
internal industrial harmony mdis-
turbed until it was actually neces-
sary to withdraw fathers from their
wives and children.
LIARS IN HIGH PLACES
You cannot tell lie, even when
enshrined in high political office
and long get away with it.
Our American voters nowadays
repoSe more belief in Drew Pearson
and his courageous group Of truth
revealers, than they do in our high
est political office-holders who IN
their megalomania think that by
abusing newspaper columnists ano
Haunting their political togas before
American voters. they can make
their lies believable.
Americans have horse sense and
crave the truth, so they are now
prejudiced in favor Of Pearson and
his fellow columnists.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
Money Makers for Post Office

In the transportation field, on sea, land
and in the air, the government during
pioneering stages, found it advantageous
to extend some form of aid to individuals
courageous enough to enter such fields
of endeavor, and it has profited tremend-
ously through resulting development of
the country and it's transportation
resources.
There is still an erroneous impression
that the commercial air transport SyS-
tenn is a government-subSidized institu-
ton, because the government did SUBJ
Sidize the air lines with mail contracts
in the early stages of their development.
But in 1913, while the Post Office Depart
ment paid all domestic air carriers $22,-
100000 for the carriage of air mail, it
received in return at least $50, 100000
from the sale of air mail postage. There
are ground expenses of the Post Office
Department other than the direct mail
payments to the air carriers, but even
the most liberal ALLEGATION of ground
expenses to air mail would still leave the
Post Office Department with huge
profit.
New the Revenue Bill passed by Con-
gress increases air mail postage rates
from six to eight cents. Air mail postage
may become not merely the means of
recovering the cost of air mail, but also
a means of taxation for other purposes,
thus causing air mail to become the sub
sidizer instead of the subsidee.
In 1881 mail revenue of the air trans
port industry was 80 per cent of total
revenue, whereas in 1943 it appropriated
only II per cent. Mail rates in the last
ten years have decreased from So ton
mile to only 60 cents ton-n1ile, or 92.5
per cent Passenger rates have dropped
from IL cents mile in 1929, to approx
imately cents today.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
Civilizations Not Built ON Charity

The problem of raising new civiliza-
ton In Europe after the war will be stag
gering. It will not be merely a question
Of moving shiploads of clothing, food and
American products, with the expectation
that a. starving populace will buy them
forthwith.
Europe after the war will be an exam
pie Of the futility of production without
adequate means of distribution. OF course
we will ship great quantities of goods into
postwar Europe on the basis of charity
alone, to be distributed by soup kitchen
methods. This will be stopgap, moth
ing more. Civilization in Europe cannot
rise again until her people can recon-
Etruct self-supporting economic systems
and restore distribution channels capable
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
"A Professional Humorist Passes

Although we associate Stephen B.
Geacock, Canadian economist and humor-
list with amusing books, he likewise wrote
tweightier essays, biographies, historical
and economical works. His humorous
books which formed the majority of his
thirty-two or so published volumes were
more than just funny books. They made
you laugh considerable, but they also
made you think.
Leacock, who died Tuesday at the age
of Seventy-four years, presented his po-
aitical economy lectures at McGill Uni
versity where he was formerly profess
sor, In singular fashion. He demon
Strated that even political economy had
its funny side.
Among some Of Leacock'S books that
readers have enjoyed and chuckled about
are Literary Lapses," Nonsense Novels"
''Behind the Beyond, "FrenZied Fiction
and many others. His satire and bur-
aeSque were keen and witty.
He was equally facile at turning
phrases in his writings on social problems
These same problems were given toss in
his "funny books" so-called. Primarily
these books impressed as just something
amusing but they likewise hold plenty OF
food for thought. Mark Twain and
Charles Dickens were Leacock's idea OF
the outstanding humorists of all time.
Stephen Leacock's death removes man
of singular literary attainmentS and OF
particular Importance in the literary and
economic field.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

Of absorbing the products Of industry and
passing them along to the people at
prices the people can pay. Only then can
American production hope to aid SUBJ
stantially in the rebuilding of war-torn
Europe.
With the example of Europe before us,
we should not underestimate the import
ance of encouraging our own magnificent
distribution system. Hundreds of thouS-
ands Of merchants are constantly pouring
billions of dollars worth of orders into the
offices of manufacturers, for goods which
make American civilization a living real
ity They are instrumental in keeping
prices at levels that do not interrupt the
free flow of trade.
Above all, we should never for mo-
ment forget that mass distribution goes
hand in hand with maximum production.
Every store on every main street in every
town is part of the distribution system.
Unless those stores can serve consum-
ers efficiently and economically, factories
cannot produce. This must be kept in
mind when legislation and regulation are
proposed that retard or discourage dis
tribution.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
AS A MATTER OF FACT

This is more or less sap-py story. Sap
was reported running this week in the
country's leading sap producing state,
Vermont. A good covering of snow, 100
inches, during the winter made the sea-
son a little late. The crop will not be
phenomenal because there is lack, not
of trees, but of workers to harvest the
crop. The labor situation in the maple
camps is affected the same as in all indus
tries Many trees on farms throughout
New England will remain un-tapped this
year, we venture to say.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

over the expenses, called Carey
in, and angrily demanded an ex-
PLANTATION. Carey came forward
with the excuse that he used one
room of his Mayflower suite as
an ''Office" where he could con-
tact ''infOrmers" who didn't want
to show their faces on Capitol
Hill. Presumably they were indi-
vidual employees of the FEC,
though Carey didn't identify their
sex, names or status.
Whoever they were, Carey saw
to it that his visitors were we'll
fed, for he turned in bill for
''meals for infOrmers" averaging
between $75 and 500 a month.
The taxpayers also paid for this.
CALIFORNIA COP REVOLT
1t looks as If California may be
in for the same sort of Republic
can civil war which threw the
State tot he Democrats in 1916
and reelected Woodrow Wilson.
Liberal Republican forces are
Seething mad at COP conserva-
tives, largely inspired by Herbert
Hoover, for putting across a re-
dictionary, uninstructed delegation
tot he Chicago convention. The
plan Of the die-hards is to "bar'
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

JOY its pomp and Splendor. But his
life had long before been given to
the advancement of Christ's king
dom, and the temptation failed of
its purpose. He saw it and he
Scorned it.
The only way to deal with temp
tation is resolutely to turn away
from it. Much of our modern teach
ing lays too little emphasis on the
necessity of struggle. Jesus urged
men to be summary in their re-
lection Of evil. The formula which
He Himself used when confronted
with temptation was Got thee
behind me. Satan" He urged men
to cut off the hand or the foot. or
to pluck out the eye rather than
to give in for moment to the
enticement of evil.
When Satan led Him upon a
high mountain, He looked out over
the world and scorned it. His action
constitutes for us a permanent
method of procedure.
All Rights decentralization News
paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

ny 10 Oh LLle gov
ernments. Culture" isn't quite the
right name for the commodities
death in, but so far no one has
thought up better one.
What the program amounted to
at first was exchange of students
and professors. The government
which nominated the student paid
for his travel; the government
which received the student paid for
his tuition and living expenses. On
exchange Of professors, the govern
ment nominating pays all expenses.
In 1889 Congress enacted legisla-
ton to permit agencies of the
United States government to assist
Latin American countries. Some
agencies lent technicianS to other
countries to train their nationals.
Other agencies brought technicians
firm Latin-America to the United
States for training in such divers
subjects as weather forcaSting, soil
conservation, aeronautics, tidal sur
veys.
$4,000 IN 1910, $4,5OO,OO NOW
All agencies participating in this
exchange were organized into an
inter-departmental committee head
ed up in the Department of State.
The first full year of these opera
tons. 1910, the appropriation was
$4,000. This years appropriation
is $4,500,000 and the same amount
has been requested for mex. year.
Much of the administration of
this program is handled by private
organizations such as the Institute
of International Education in New
York, which has appointed commit
tees to pick the students for S.
scholarships. Professors and distin-
guished visitors to be invited to the
S. are generally recommended by
cultural relations attaches in Amer
lean embassies abroad. There are
now % of these cultural relations
officers; there have been $50 official
visitors in the last two years.
Teaching English in other coun-
tries is an important part of the
program. Twelve out of the 20
American republics have now made
English required course in second
Diary and higher schools.
American cultural centerS in Lat
in-American countries provide an
other outlet for teaching English to
adults. Before the war there were
are %.
IT'S NOT ALL OUTGO
Many of the activities are in part
self sustaining, particularly in the
American cultural centerS in which
there are auditoriums fol showing
U. S. documentary films, playing
recorded American music, holding
art exhibitions, conducting classes.
In the past year $153, 900 has been
collected locally to support these
centers, and in more than half the
local contribution has been greater
than the contribution from the U.
S. government.
Why hasn't all this cultural stuff
paid better dividends in Argentina
and Bolivia, The answer given is
that in all the other 18 Latin-Amer-
lean republics it has paid dividends
and that even among the people Of
the Argentine an Bolivia most
favor the United Nations cause.
What's wrong in those two coun-
tries is said to be a military dicta-
torship, a hangover from German
domination.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

Drew Pearson, age 46, is one
of Americas outstanding newspa-
per colunnistS.
ION repeated occasions have
noticed announcements by Drew
Pearson which were Immediately
and vehemently denied by Roose-
welt, Hull or other high govern
mental officials a dentist friend
commented to me recently.
1.-THE instance where General
Patton struck a shell shocked SOL
der is only one classical case in
point.
after vigorous governmental
denials, then we found few days
later that Pearson was correct.
"Dr. Crans don't you think
that this deliberate lying on the
part of our governmental Of
ficials is worse for American NOR
ale than if they made no COM
ment at alp"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

gain" for Cabinet job or a west
ern Supreme Court appointment
in return for California votes at
Chicago.
This has caused liberal COP
leaders, including Senator Jer-
rold Seaweu and Bruce john
stone, former director Of Stand
ard Oil OF Indiana, to protest
publicly. According to john
stone:
'It is difficult to imagine a
lower standard of ethics, pa
triOtism or craftsmanship. No
intelligent voter would consider
entrusting his country to a
party avOwing such principles.
1t makes the national cOnven-
ton mere gathering of huck-
sters, ready to sell delegates at
so much on the hOOf."
NOTE-Liberal COP voters in
California, boiling the Republican
tick1t in 1916, defeated Charles
Evans Hughes after he had gone
to bed on election night thinking
he had been elected President Of
the United States.
Copyright. 1914 by United
Feature Syndicate, 1nc0
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

When you read about children stealing
articles from nursery school, smashing
photograph records, breaking the shell
of live turtle and smothering smaller
turtles you get an linking of that thing
called juvenile delinquency. The child
that does such things and commits SINH
lar acts of vandalism has not had much
OF a start at home, it is safe to say. Chill
dren so acted in New York Nursery
school.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Anonymous Correspondents

No correspondents identity has
been divulged through this depart
ment. If writer is honest or sin
cere he will sign his letter If it
IS anonymous can pay no atten-
ton to it.
Super
Is there any way to overcome
Self-conSciouSness In school when
called on to recite before class,
present the super complex of self
consciousness. My heart thumps,
my mouth goes dry, my voice is diff
ferent. CM 81
Answer-Join any debating class
or group you can and ge tinto every
argument or diScuSSion-if no forum
or similar group already active, ask
your teacher or teachers to start
one. I suppose every one who has
ever attempted to make a speech
or do anything of the sort has gone
through the same ordeal-as it
seems at the time. The thing is to
stay with 1t, don't quit, and in due
time you'll be more amused than
hurt by your timidity.
Shaking Palsy
You never told us the outcome of
that contest to spot the faxed
specimens Of handwriting among
the genuine specimens Of hand
writing of persons with shaking
palsy. May have any material YOU
can send about this disease? NV
father has it. &C. L. P)
Answer-Yes, I have told the re-
suits here two or three times. About
score of readers spotted the faxed
specimens (NoS. 2 and A. and re-
celved complete sets of the works of
OF Doc Brady-and most Of them
even acknowledged receipt of their
prizes. For pamphlet on Paralysis
Agitans Shaking palsy, Parkinson's
d1Sease) send stamped envelope
bearing your address.
Copyright, 1914, John F. Ollie Co..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
DIAGNOSIS

On two occasions in recent years
have crisS-croSsed with Drew Pear
son on the lecture platform.
In one case was scheduled to
speak first, 50 he sat in the audi
ence awaiting his turn. At the next
stop, he spoke first while I sat and
listened to his address.
He ilnpreSSeS me as very able
and honest individual, one whom
many of our governmental officials
might well initiate.
Like other able columniSts, he
searches for the truth. And he
endeavors to tell it frankly to the
American people so they will remain
informed and thus better able to
handle whatever problems may
arise.
If it were not for bureaucratic
censorship, Americans would be
much better informed by our news
papermen, who chafe at the fact
that British newspapers often print
stories that are withheld from us
Americans.
COLUMNISTS ARE EDUCATORS
What do you suppose Congress
would do without Drew Pearson, DR.
George Gallup, Paul Mallon, Arthur
Sears Henning, Westbrook Pegler
Samuel Pettengill and dozen othe.
| able American columnistS who ar.
ticulate what we humble voters al
thinking?
If were president, I would tr
to get some Of these Aple journa!
lists into my cabinet for they ar
honest and fortnight scholar
and scientific, as well as keenl
aware Of what the American PEG
pie like and dislike.
Think what q beneficial influence
a courageous and square shooter
like Pegler would have been dur.
ing the past few years as Secretar!
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
Your Health
By DR.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining TO PER-
sOnaI health and hygiene, not 9
disease, diagnosis Of treatment
will be answered by DIR. Brady
a stamped seH-adiressed envelOp4
Is enclosed. Letters should be briet
and written in ink No reply car
n. made to queries not conform
ing to instructions. Address Drs
william Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill
THE NERVE SEDATIVE HABIT
The old-fashioned nerve sedattvS
(bromides, chloraD were more o.
less poisonous though seldom
lethal. The new-fangled nerve sedS
atiyes (the barbiturateS, such az
pento-barbital, pheno-barbital or
luninal, sodiumamytal )are appar"
emily more demoralizing, depravtng,
habit forming and lethal. In a two"
year period there were sixty-ono
cases of use Of barbiturates for sui
cidal purposes reported In Los AM
geles. In a period of ten years there
we're 76 deaths reported from
poisoning by the barniturates. Tho
fatal ending may not occur for sew
eral days.
The barbiturates, or at least GER
tain of these drugs, are OF great
value and serve purposes which no
other agent available to the physi-
clan can serve. For example, a
single dose of one Of them (never
mind which, administered before q
minor operation in the office OF
physician or dentist, Gains the pa
tents anxiety and makes a pain
less operation possible with less
anesthetic. Again, injection Of one
of the barbiturates into a vein is
one of the best antidotes for Strych-
nine poisoning. But these are mat
tiers that demand the personal att
tention of the physician. If you
ask me, I think there is seldom JUS
tification for placing any of these
dangerous drugs in the hands Of OF
within reach of a layman who Ia
not under the care of a physician.
Here is what recognized au~
thority (Bastedo, Materia Medica
PharmacOlOry and Therapeutics
Saunders, $3.50 says about 1t:
MOSTLY as the result Of pre-.
scriptions by physicians, many
patients acquire the habit of taxi
ing these drugs (the barbitur-
ates) every night, or two or
three times a day. For this rea-
son the prescription should be
guarded in the emotionally I'M
stable, the elatrve-depreSsive, the
psychopathic and the psychoneu-
rotic."
(When 7 mention such references
I do so for the benefit of medical
readers. Laymen should not delve
into medical literature, I always
say.
Chronic poisoning-that is, ha-
bitual use of the barbiturates
causes lethargy, loss Of Judgment,
los of memory, ideas of persecu-
ton or neglect
The victims notion that relatives
are neglecting him or her is g.
familiar manifestation.
Other manifestations of chronic
barbiturate poisoning are opres-
sion about the heart, loss of appe-
tite. extremely slow heart action,
disturbances Of speech, vertigo, do
plopia double vision, nausea and
In some cases mental alteration.
When these drugs get out of the
physicians hands they do more
harm than good.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
Selected Poem
A PLANETARY MEMORY

'hilip A. Engel, Poets Corner of the Hartford
Times)
AS a youth was frightened by this:
The world going on, and on,
No end anywhere,
No orbits to repair.
No dying wick in the sun.
1t was the finite part of me,
Brooding on an infinite thing,
Not stretching my thought
Far as Gods wrought,
Nor tuned to the planets that sing.
Now, grasp that the chaos
Is blessed with order and law;
The stars are complete
And bloom at Gods feet,
While millenniums come and withdraw.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30
THE BRIGHTER SIDE
(Bridgeport telegram

IBrluBtpOII 1V1eBIdIlN
If the first day of Spring opened
UP with an unexpected snowstorm,
be Of good cheer. 1t won't clutter
our streets very long (under
springtime conditions of sunlight)
but it will be worth so million dol
lars or more to the farmers of the
Northeast.
This snow will linger long in the
woods and shaded corners of the
good earth. It will feed out slowly
through the springs and give the
earth a watering which 1t needs.
This winter has been a dry one
without much snow. The heavy
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

checK-up 10 see
what the work
has accomplish
ed.
La t / n Amer
lean culture swap
ping rally got its
start at the 1886
meeting of for
eign ministers in
Buenos A ir e S,
when a conVen-
ton for promot-
ing inter-Amer1-
can cultural rela-
tons was adopted
and later ratified
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

A singular event in radio broadcast
occurred this week when the Fibber
MCGEE program was negotiated without
Fibber and Molly in the cast. Sufficient
talent in the personnel of this weekly
feature made this possible. Listeners are
hoping for a speedy recovery for Fibber
who is pneumonia patient.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-03-30

One hundred and fifty years ago this
week the u. S. Navy fleet got off to a
pretty good start with six ships and over
two thousand men. Today it numbers
about three million men and 1000 fight
ing ships.