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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-01-28
Shipyard Guards Vote AFL

Evansville, Ind. = Plant protection
employees Of the Evansville Shipyard
have voted overwhelmingly for Amer
lean Federation of Labor representa-
tion in a National Labor Relations
Board election. Yard fremen voted
100 percent for the AFL, while guards
went AFL by 96.6 percent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-01-28
EMPLOYEES Use Barter system

Wichita, Kans.-In these days when
priorities have stopped the manufac-
ture of many items, city employees in
Wichita are. selling and trading arti-
cles through barter and loan serv-
ice
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-01-28
Youth Center Planned

Manitowoc, Wis.-This city will re-
model an abandoned school house for
use as recreation center, particularly
for teen age youth
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1944-01-28

ORDINANCE NO. 4ass
An Ordinance authorizing and directing
the execution of contract or con-
tracts between the City of Hamilton
Ohio, and certain persons owning
property in Fairfield Township, Butler
County, Ohio, for fire protection
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Advice to Labor

American labor leaders must certainly
be aware by now that as wartime strikes
become increasingly numerous the public
and the armed forces are becoming in
creaSingly impatient with them But
thus far only R. J. Thomas, president of
the United Automobile Workers, seems
to have foreseen the inevitable reaction
of public indignation which might cost
labor all the gains it has won in recent
years. Being courageous as well as fore
sighted, Mr.. Thomas adopted strong
measures. A few months ago he and
other members of the U. A. w. executive
board issued severe disciplinary orders
against unauthorized strikes which car
ried penalties for strikers and for local
officials who condoned their actions.
These penalties have been carried out.
And though they have not stopped
U. A. w. strikes, they served notice that
Mr.. Thomas meant business Now the
u A. w. president has issued an appeal
to the patriotism and reason of the
unions million members. In words
stronger than most diehard industrialists
would dare use in public, he warns the
union that it faces destruction unless
"our hot-headed brothers" are restained
from striking
He minces no words. He charges that
"any person who sets up picket line is
acting like an anarchist" Mr.. Thomas
calls attention to the slowneSs of govern
ment agencies and the efforts of many
arrangements to take advantage Of the
no-strike pledge to weaken the unions.
He does not mention the "soft drink"
disputes and other trivial causes Of
costly strikes. But he makes the telling
point that if labor can endure grievances
and keep a record of its forebearance, it
will have great selling point after the
war. But" he continues, "there will be
no gain in keeping and publishing our
wartime record if that record is marred
by wildcat strikes in war plants"
Apparently Mr. Thomas understands
the public temper better than most OF
his colleagues at the head of unions. He
knows that it does no good to reiterate
the no-strike pledge and to dismiss the
growing number of strikes as "unau-
thorized," while doing nothing about
them. He knows that it does no good to
quote low percentage of man-hours lost
through strikes under the no-strlke
pledge The public is concerned today
less with percentages than with the fact
that one strike cost $50 fighter planes on
the eve of invasion, while another stopped
processing of plasma and penicillin which
just won't be there some day when it is
needed to save life The public doesn't
think that the grievances behind those
strikes were worth this price, and Mr..
Thomas knows it. Mr.. Thomas union
would do well to heed him, and other
labor leaders would do well to emulate
him for the good of their own future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
"A $21, 300, 900 Goal of Liberation

Waterburians may rightfully have the
self-assured attitude of victorious and
tested veterans by now in all matters
pertaining to War Bond Drives. We have
participated in four, to date, and have in
each instance accredited ourselves with
honors. Now comes the Fifth War Loan
Drive and we are being asked by officials
to far exceed former goals.
A quota of $21 100000 has been estab-
lished for Waterbury for this coming drive
scheduled to get underway June IL and
to conclude July 8. This is over 81
million more than the highest quota
ever before established here. We may
well experience preliminary apprehensive-
ness as to our capabilities in undertake
ing such task.
Yet we are veterans in such matters.
And we have been tested and found true.
Any such apprehensiveness is no sign OF
failure. It is the same nervous DOUBTS
experienced by any veteran before enter
ing contest for another time. He mas
known the demands made upon con-
testant and doesn't belittle them. 1t is
only the inexperienced that know little
lear.
1t must not be merely matter of civic
pride which goads us on toward such a
goal. We must remember first that all
this money expended on such bond pur-
chases goes toward the tanks, guns,
planes and medical supplies used by your
own son or neighbours son. Think OF
them first and civic pride will follow
We have heard the campaign OF our
overseas troops defined as a liberation
campaign. This is, in every sense, the
truth. The only aggression is that d.
rected solely against the enemy. BY the
same token these same War Loan Drives
are in every sense a campaign of liberia
ton. without them our armed forces
would be as helpless as if we had stripped
them of their ornaments.
Start now to save toward this coming
campaign It is invasion" time and for
the men in the services that is going to
mean hardships, courage and sacrifice.
Ours is minor task in comparison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Another Breach

The Nazis, hard-pressed for military
manpoWer, have resorted to yet another
breach of international law. DR.. Goeb-
bells has invited German civilians to kill
parachuting Allied flyers, and justified
himself with some typical Nazi absurdlty
about Allied planes machine-gunnlng
school children.
One unconfirmed report coming
through Sweden said that it had started:
that five parachuting Allied airmen had
been killed. Berlin denials cut the figure
to one, "lynching" of an airman after
churchgoerS had been Strafed, according
to a Nazi radio announcement. True or
not, it makes little difference.
This, like many another GoebbelS
pipedream, may backfire. 1t certainly
has not stopped air activity over Ger
many, and will not. But it has again
outraged civilization with another in
stance of Hitlers brutality. We shall not
take the sort of counter-measureS that
have made the Nazi infamous. But just
vengeance is not retaliation. Each OF
these new measures of Nazi desperation
will make any thought of soft peace
for Germany that much more unlikely.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

There has been general acceptance OF
the idea of rationing and reasonable price
control as war measure. Everyone UNI
derstands that the problems of the OPA
are multitudinous. But the public can
not understand why price and rationing
control is allowed to develop into method
Of oppression in many cases.
Take q ruling like the highest price
line limitation" adopted two years ago.
II has been unavoidable on a basis OF
fairness and equality. II is, therefore,
heartening 10 read that at last certain
adjustments viii be made, although the
public now takes such promises with a
Spoonful" OF salt.
Another practiye OF the price control
program which is shaking public conf.
dence, Is denial Of court appeal on OPA
rulings. NO satisfactory answer has yet
been given for shutting q man out OF
regular courts when he objects 70 rul.
ine 81 the OPA, and forcing him 70 90
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
The Blue Cross Plan

A single statewide organization known
as the Connecticut Hospital Service, Inc,
will operate with the merger of the Con-
necticut Plan for Hospital Care, Inc, and
the Hospital Service Plan, Inc, of Nor
walk. Charles H. Holt, acting general
manager of the new combination, said
in regard to the merger of the two: 1.-THE
consolidation of Connecticut'S two non
profit hospital service plans is intended
to strengthen and extend in this state the
movement for providing hospital care
through voluntary means"
In the consolidation the new plan
adopts the Blue Cross emblem which IN
dicates that it has the American Hospital
Association approval, and henceforth the
emblem will be known as the Connecticut
Blue Cross.
Needless to say with the records estab-
lished by the original plans the new
service has much to recommend 1t. IL
should prove, as did its predecessors, a
stimulus to good health in the many ad-
vantageS it offers. 1t is stated that the
present membership of the Blue Cross
Hospital plans all over the country is
$4,000 900. OF this total Connecticut is
well forward with % per cent OF the
population benefitting from the adyan-
tages offered. AS is known our local nos
pitfalls and others throughout the state
were members under the former plans.
Assuredly the Blue Cross will be another
definite step forward in the American
way of and to health.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
THEY GET AWAY WITH
MURDER AT THE CLINIC

The unhappy young women began
doctoring, as she described 1t,
year ago. First she twas told' (by
whom she does not reveaD that she
must have all her teeth pulled, ana
so at the age Of twenty-seven she
was robbed Of all her teeth. Still
she didn't improve, 50 they told
her (again she does not reveal
whether the neighbors, some Sairey-
CAMP, O doctor, rear-doctor or a
dentist told her 1t was her thyroid.
To make sure, she goes on, she now
had good physical" Presumably
that means physical examination,
but even now she does not say
whether q physician examined her.
II 1t was physician, the question
arises, why did the physician not
give the patient the benefit Of an
examination BEFORE she lost all
Of her teeth?
What this good physical" re-
vealed the unhappy young woman
does not indicate. To make extra
sure, she continues, she went
through the ---- Clinic -
the best advertised racket Of that
kind. THhere they informed her
there was nothing organically
wrong, that it was just case Of
nervous exhaustion, that she should
60 home and fight 1t herself, and
all that familiar malarkey.
From there on the unhappy young
woman describes how hard she tries
to Eight It herself" and how care
fully she avoids having any truck
with the piker practitioners in her
community. Graduates Of the
clinic" are usually diSdainful Of
the home doctors for from one to
six years after they have made the
pilgrimage to Mecca.
Note particularly that they" at
the three-ring circus assured the
customer that "there was nothing
organically wrong" with her. In
1913, that was, and not 1893, as you
might fairly infer.
"Just a case OF nervous exhaus-
ton"
Next to ordering a gullible Gus
toner to have all Of her teeth re-
moved, without benefit Of the con-
sidered opinion Of physician AND
dentist, this wretched trick of dis
missing a patient with the mean
ingless assurance that there Is
mo organic" disease and telling the
poor dupe that he or she simply
has complete nervous exhaustion Is
the lowest kind Of malpractice.
Certainly no quack in ethical
clothing, plying his trade under
cover Of the anonymity Of a Clinic"
can cite any authority for the
fatuous notion of nervous energy"
or nervous strength" or any SINH
lar endowment which can possibly
become exhausted-other than or
binary muscular energy which
everybody uses whenever he moves,
exercises, works or plays. There
fore an intelligent person should
not be deceived when a quack i'm
plies he or she is suffering from
nervous exhaustion"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
COLLIER AND SWEETER
New YORK observation-disclosures


The nation can now face any tor
rid threats of the summer equinox
with the cool qeuanimity of a iein-
forced soda fountain and a small
boy with two nickels. The War Food
Administration this week told civil
ian consumers that they may have
100000 gallons more ice cream
than were theirs last season. This
frozen bounty is part Of the Fed
eral program to utilize increased
production of milk and cream, now
that the spring flush TO green pas
lures and full-uddered herds is at
its height. With tactical food from
valleys where the COW population is,
perhaps, the greatest in the state's
history, there have been rumors of
the dumping Of whole milk in the
New York milkshed. 1t is reassuring
to have DR.. G. J. Blanford, w. r. A.
market agent in the New York
New Jersey area. class these reports
as baseless.
The present trimming rivers Of
milk and the accumulated eggs
which have been birdening Wash
ington authorities instance the abil-
ity Of this country to produce food
in abundance, given the Corpora
ton OF cows, hens, and milking
machines. While necessary and cal
culated destruction in Europe con-
tinues with a haste toward victory
and probable famine In Axis lands
ana liberated countries. Natures
peaceful economy functions upstate
In fields OF clover and redtop-re-
sulting, by permission Of the War
Food Administration. in additional
frozen custard for Coney Islands
Boardwalk and more biscuit tortoni
for Manhattan diners.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
MORE THAN DRESSES
(NeR York SUM

(New York SUM
When Representative Hartley of
New Jersey learned that millions
of seersucker dresses were being
shipped overseas either under lease
lend or as part of the relief sup
plies Of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration,
he found that he could not buy
in Washington a similar dress of
equally good workmanship and
quality. This led him to criticize
American participation in foreign
relief at a cost he measured In part
in shortages Of goods at home.
The Congressman from New Jer-
sey may have drawn more attention
to the UNRRA by that means than
the public has cared to give it in
the months 1t has been in operation.
Whether or not the seersucker
dresses will be distributed through
the big international relief agency,
or become part Of lease-lend sup
plies. is immaterial beside the
larger issues raised long ago by the
policies Of the UNRRA itself.
When the UNRRA bill was adopt.
ed by the Senate In March an effort
was made to amend 1t so that none
of its funds from the United States
could be used TO promote education
al or political programs In liberated
countries. This amendment was
killed in the Senate.
Congressional approval OF the
bill, moreover. was In accord with
the policy Of the agency, as pro-
claimed last November at the At
lantic City conferences. 10 relieve
suffering from want not caused by
this war. Thus, the long-standing
hunger Ia certain areas OF india
might be allevlated by part Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
LESS DANGER FROM THE AIR
Hartford Times)

The War Departments order
sharply reducing domestic air de-
Tense installations and closing up
aircraft warning systems that had
been operated by soldiers, demOn-
stFates conviction by our military
leaders that there now ID compare
lively slight danger of destructive
aerial attacks upon our shores, At.
lantie or Pacific. Soldiers who have
been operating the warning service
viii be released for duty overseas.
and some $4,000 civilians win be
disbanded. Much along that line al
ready has been accomplished, but
the War Department Is going
further.
No doubt the men In the armed
forces who have been assigned d
aircraft warning stations VIII b.
glad o. the change, They will Gel
action, instead OF merely belna
continually alert and action nevel
coming. Civilians who volunteered
for the work now win be free 70 a.
other things without fear OF aH
emergency call upseltlng thell
plans.
FDr this further evidences OF az
effielencv o. our armed forces q
protecting OR chores from attack
Tie public should b grateful. Dim.
cuts emo blaeAouls we're neeasgaE5
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

Wayne Morse, a pro-Roosevelt
Republican, in Oregon.
GOOD NEIGHBORS
Nelson Rockefeller, refreshing
Co.ordAnator Of Inter-American
Relations, held conference Of
Pan American development COM
missions in New York recently,
and as part Of the entertainment.
took the Good Neighbors out to
his ancestral home on the Hudson
near Tarrytown, N. Y.
Most Of the Rockefeller family
are teetotalers, especially Nelson's
father, John D., Jr. Nelson never
takes a drink, but he recognizes
that there never has been a dry
movement in Latin America and
that Latins do not understand
the absence Of alcoholic refresh
ments.
Perhaps because of this, per-
haps because his teetOtaler
. father was absent that day,
Nelson was brave enough to
break Rockefeller tradition and
serve cocktails. They were about
the best cocktails that ever
passed through the stately stone
portals Of the Rockefeller es-
state - and perhaps the only
ones.
Nelson himself did not drink
them, but . his Good neighbors
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

am parent Of two boys, one and
four years Of age, and my mother
is a great believer in the beneficial
effects of castor oil-she urges CIV
ing 1t to the children for bad
breath, bad temper. loss Of appetite
and a dozen other conditions re-
gardless Of the state Of digestion or
the action Of bowels. (R. W.
Answer-If they were my boys
gran'ma would keep hands off,
know Of no justification for infiict-
ing castor oil on a child.
Superstition
Brothers two-year-o son had
silken thread tied loosely around
throat. asked why, and his mother
said 1t was to prevent Group and
bronchitis. When said that is
a silly superstition she became very
angryfi, and we agreed to leave it
to you. &c. A. h
Answer-People who believe in
superstitions generally resent it
when their belief Is questioned This
that wearing coral beads as a neck
superstition Is similar to the one
1dSC PACSCAio VI ObhCo SOiOACs
Gran'ma's faith in castor oil as a
kind Of panacea Is not far from
superstition.
JacksOn's Veil =
What Is meant by jackson veil?
q. H. d.
Answer-Thin membrane In front
Of ascending colon, sometimes acts
as an adhesion. causing kinking Of
bowel and obstruction.
Copyright, 1914, John r. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

need 70 MAKE u happy. They usually
have wealth, position and Leisure,
The things they lack, however, are
brains, souls, and real capacity Tor
Fes0ureefulness, When Q glut Of ess
teTnal things and q scarcity o. ~
teFnal qualities are present 10 tue
same NE, boredom results,
People who are bored are usually
Incapable Of approaching good fer
tune, Because they have little ~
their heads. they cannot enjoy tbs
plenty Dizzy haye M thelF paekets
books Because they lack tile eapas
elly 70 BE- a peace with themselves.
they are "a ennitf With ne world
and ~ y vent their spleen either
by piiyine themselves ~ splitting
cut enteaelie femagHs about otheEs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

did and enjoyed them immensely.
In fact, so much so that one
Good Neighbor from Mexico in
sisted on rolling down a hill,
hands over his head, to show how
easy 1t was to roll downhill-once
you know how. There were no
casualties.
UNIQUE CONGRESSMAN
Rarely does a Congressman
complain about getting too many
Government contracts for his dis
trict. But that was exactly what
Representative Richard We Is h,
California Republican, did the
other day during a Congressional
hearing on ship repairs which
took place in New York.
ut is pretty hard to under
stand why men should be
transferred from here New
York; to the West Coast to
build ships" WEIGH said. Nov
IL q New Yorker can build or
repair ships on the West Coast,
he can do it here I always
felt that New York did not get
its just proportion Of the ship
building"
NOTE - Welsh Is not opposed
for reelection this year.
Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

before an OPA emergency court" where
complaint can be put to interminable
delays.
While the war makes some restrictive
measures necessary, it still remains high
ly important to seek correction of rulings
outside the courts and at the mercy Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

Gigmed letters pertaining 70 per-
sonal health and hygiene, not to
disease, diagnosis Of treatment,
win be answered BY DR.. Brady II
. stamped self-ad dressed envelope
q enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written In ink. No reply can
o. made to queries mot conform
ing 70 instructions. Address up.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, $50 West M1disOn
Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Views OF The Press

parts of that defense system, and
no one had any cause for complaint
about them. The men and women
who manned the aircraft watchers
stations rendered worthwhile serv-
ice. In this part of the country
they were relieved of it some weeks
ago. Curtainment Of the air defense
program will lessen somewhat the
military aspects Of many a COM
munity, and win lend new hope that
the end Of all war-making may be
not too far of.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
ON BEING BORED

ON BEING BORED
IL Is hard for us to understand
how anyone can become bored In
Lnis interesting world. We can see
now they may become discouraged.
Grief Is relentless monster which
~ every age gluts itself on human
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

hearts. Loss oveT-
wllelnas many o
life, Just as the
hurricane plunges
across the peace
ful tropical land
scape,
But 10 be bored
Is another mat
ter. Usually the
people who are
bored with life
have everything
that life seems 20
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

The French have q saying that en.
fllii was born from uniformity. Peo-
llle aFe bored when thet lack either
TIE capacity o. Tie Will 10 use what
they have 70 make life interesting
and varied. the poor are seldom
bored. ana this Il because they have
ne constant urge 70 make tie best
q ghet they have,
Al Hlghla Reserved
Mahnon NeWnpapaE Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03

building boom,
sometimes state
their objections
in this easy for
nlula:
/. There will
b e 80, 600, 900
families in the
United States
when the war is
over. 2. The
New Deal has
maintained that
one-third Of the
nation is ILL
housed. 3. The
0rnti callv IL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Selected Poem
BUTTERCUP
elizabeth Bohm in The Christian Science
Monitor)

Lift it underneath your chin;
Liking for the taste OF butter
TTembles family on the skin
Like a drop of golden water.
Never brightness ehurned from cream
Glittered with hue so royal
In a dairy keepers dream,
Butter wrapped IN golden foil,
Butter OF taWny cow
Fed on Aprils ochre grass
Would not give so pure q glow
Prom a dish OF FURNISHED brass,
Touch II lightly your throat
IN the middle OF the meadow
Where the golden sun Is hot;
Let II east q yellow shadow,
Cast q sunEget butterflies,
IN the meadow sulnmeFrtanDed,
on the ghiteness Of your neck
Prom the BROWNIES Of your hand,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
A Thought for Today

Say to them that are of q fearful heart, Be
strong, fear not: behold, your God will come
with vengeance even God with recOmpense;
He will come and save you.-Isaiah 1854.
Fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns
Shakespeare.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Daily Almanac

Moon sets AZ SEQ q, ~, lBaT llnlel
sun rises a. b22 q. ~, sets a. siis ., ~,
lgaf 1ne)
Vehicles must b. llglltee thirty minutes
after sunset,
New y fae. time 70 start wedding the gaT.
den. The easiest time 10 weea u after rain
that 4 Il you Get ne rain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
Washington Merry o-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

COP Senators Moy Have Found theeok Spot FDR Plan
Bridges Asks If President Compromising Enduring Peace deo
Good Neshbor Shows Down Stunts After Rockefeller coektos
Exra West Coast Scion Goes New York WoJob Share
WSNGTON Some the smart inside the Republican Party
quietly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-03
? NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Room For
Public Housing
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury Democrat Washington
Correspondent

Opponents OF publicly financed
housing, not wanting the govern
ment to cut in as competition on
what 1t hopes will be a postwar