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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
PI0yrisht Turns To Roosevelt

Washington, Sept. % - (UP3 = Playwright Robert E. Sherwood was free to begin active work on behalf of President RocsovelEs fourth term campaign today following his "Fe- gretluiiy tendered" resignation ag director Of the overseas branch Of the Ofiice Of WaF Information.
 HO wifi De succeeded ifl the owl post by Edward ", Barrett, who has served ag executive director Of the overseas branch since Jaf1uafy,
 Sherwood told owl Director Elmer Davis that his sole reason for rosigning was th0 conviction "thAt Mir. Roosevelt'S reelection tiD Of supreme importance in thlS hour Of histefys
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untold misery" He said the record would prove it and he cites:

untold misery" He said the record would prove it and he cites;
 "1n io40 the year after the wal began in Europe, the United States was in such c tragic condition that 1t could put Into the field as c mos bile force no more than 7B,000 men . Those are the words of Gen, George c. Marshall, chief of staff of the U, 6. Army.
 "Dee. ', i04i. found the army with plans but not planes that statement was made in an official report on Jan. 4th of this year by Con. IT. II. Arnold, commanding general of the Army Air Forces"
 Dewey quoted public statements Of President Roosevelt to trace un. preparedness to the White House.
 fe recalled that in ie37 MT Roosevelt remarked: How happy we arc that the circumstances Of tho moment permit Us to put out money into bridges and bouleVards rather than into huge stand ing armies and vast implements oi war. !"
 RldicuIe
 But, tho war caFne just two years iater," Dewey continued. "It was January of i040 that 1 publicly called for c twosoceaii navy for the defense of America, It was that statement of mine which MT. Roose. Veit called, and 1 q'iote his words, Just plain dumb.
 "Then, as now, we got rIdicule instead of action"
 Then, Dewey took up again tho Issue of the 'findispenSabie man" which he first raised at Portland, Ore, c week ago.
 He pointed out that neither Sen, Harry 6. Truman, Democrat, Mis- gouri, Democratic candidate for vice. president, nor Mayor Edward ], Kei- iy Of Chicago have been repudiated for their statements that Mir. Roos- eveits recollection is vital to future peace and prosperity and salvation Of the nation. .y.
 "The man who wants to Do presi. dent for sixteen years is indeed ifl- disponsable," Dewey conceded. "Ht Is indispensable to Harry Hopki1S, to Madam Perkins, Harold Ickeg, to c host of other political Job holders
 Desperately Bad
 "IIo is indispensable to AfnOrica'h leading enemy of civil liberties the mayor Of Jersey City. He Is iil' dispensabie to those infamous ma. mrlnes in Chicago-in the Bronx and aii the others. He Is indispeis. able to Sidney fliiimaii and the DO. lltical action committee, to Earl Browder, the exsConVict end paf' doned communist leader"
 On the whole, Dewey continued in his review Of i2 years Of the Roose' welt administration, MT. Rooseveitt record is desperately bad"
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YonkS Halted
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from the outer approaches to the Gothic line nearly month ago, the Eighth Army has inflicted 25,000 casualties on the Germans includ- ing e,709 taken prisoner
 With the loss of the Gothic line, the Germans now are spotting sea- soned troops in makeshift holding lines, taking advantage of whatever forward slopes they find in the high ground north of the preached for. tifieNtions, From these positions yesterday they slammed three fierce counter-attackS into the Americans around Monte La Fine and prato- lungo, two miles southwest of Castel Del Rio
 Struggling to bring up supplies and men over mountain roads turned into seas of mud by rain, the Americans beat off oil counter attacks but were limited to local ad- VanceS,
 The ferooity of the resistance was demonstrated by the fact that though the Americans control high ground on both sides of Moradae- eio, two and Q half miles south of Castel Del 10 on the Firenuola -Imo- la highway, street fighting still was ln progress in the village.
 Hill 400 Falls
 West of the Fifth Army's main of fensive, South African troops took Hill 400 on route 64, four miles north of Pistoia, Still further west, Bra. Silian troops with the Nll-Negro s9nd Infantry Division and other Amer lean units, continued moderate" advances In the face of heavy ma chine gun and mortar fire, demo- litions and tank fields.
 United Press War Correspondent James D, Roper reported from the front that the Germans still hold the highest peak in the Brazilian sector and have managed to hold off Brazilian patrols,
 The Bra2llans, first South Amer iean ESpeditionary Force In Europe, are operating in some of the tough- est terrain In the western sector and are trudging over mountains where there are not even footpNthS, Roper reported, He told of seeing Brazilian infantrymen in Porter Parties" carrying supplies on spe- ci0l racks strapped to their backs,
 Gen. Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander in the Mediterranean theater, sent 0 mes- sage today to Gen. Sir Harold R. L. q, Alexander, commander of the Allied forces In Italy congratulate ing him on the preaching of the Gothic line and the crossing of the Rubleon,
 Congratulations
 "Please accept for yourself and convey to Gen. Clark and Gen, Leese (Lt. Gen, Sir Oliver Leese, commander of the British Eighth Army my congratulations opera tons of the past weeks which at last resulted in breaking the Gothic line and paved tho way for further great victories, hope crossing the Rubicon will lead, as it did with c famous commander in the past to Q decisive victory and the deStrue- ton of Kesselring's army" The famous commander" was Julius Caesar who crossed the Rub- icon Southward In 70 3. O., prook- ing N civil war with Pompey He was victorious and became master | Of Rome,
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 His report proposed that tne number Of exits Dc increased by at least two beyond the number felind necessary and that not iilore knAn one exit De temporarily blocked at C time,
 Ashmead also recommended thAt the mo smoking" regulations be strictly efiforcedj that the clrctiS maintain . weiisdFilied fGe Seah- pany, that the stability Of the tent structure Dc improved; that wild animal performances Do FeAFraneed; that the entrances Dc changed so that spectators would etitef "thF0ugh openings at their seat secs tons and inst dlt would be prefer abie if the animals were exhibited in the open"
 Also proposed was inst tie main tent Dc at least 2B0 feet apaft from aily other enclosure. Ashfnead said that the seating should conform to standard TequiFements," Atld tliAt "aiI seats and seating structure" be made Of furniture metal and that loose chairs Dc discontinued.
 4 CeF0neF's investigation iiit0 the cause Of the fire has not yOt beefl concluded.
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New Bureau Desired
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 clarify present charter revisions oi the city, However, such Legislation will be kept at Q minimum, inas. much as many of tho changes re- quired may be determined as mere teohnioalities.
 Also, recommended within the current report is the establishment of system of making an annual inventory of the physical assets Of the city, This was originally e pro- posal of the late Mayor Vincent A Scully who in lo42 gave full eonsld- eration to the establishment of such 0 department Under the late May or's recommendations this depart ment would bring to date tho last inventory made of such properties done by the WPA In 1888 and then would maintain 0 constant daily inventory, The department head would then work in conjunction with the purchasing director. It Is doubtful at this time if such 0 de- partment or adjunct to another will be created until after the war.
 It Is also pointed out in the re- port submitted this morning that inadequate storage space Is avail- able in the city hall for records and recommendation Is made that Q suitable fireproof vault be eon- strueted. This matter has already been given consideration by the administration with one proposal recommending the building of 0 vault in the courtyard in the cen- ter of the city hall building,
 It is shown within the audit re. port that between the years io42 and l94S c total $320o0 decrease in tax delinqueneies was effected. The following breakdown was revealed as totaling this amount; on current year levies, reduction from $lo2,0o0 In l942 to $is90oo In l943; on prior year leVies, 0 reduction from $i, ,oS4, 900 in l942 to q, ,o3o ,ooo In i943 and on postponed levies, Q reduction from $l5,o0c In l942 te 1000 in io43. A total Of $i, ,22o, ,00o was due as of lo43.
 Purpose of the creation of "Bu- reau of Licenses" would be to con- centrate under one departmental head duties now scattered through out many city departments, as pres. ently constituted, thus issuing and collecting oil licenses at the cen' tral bureau, At present such "per- mitS" are issued by various depart ments such as police, fire, building etc.
 Recommendations contained in this report which were similar to those In previous reports dealt main- ly with teehniealitieS involving the procedure of such offices as tax col- leetor, corporation counsel, control Ter, etc,
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the bridge and blew up an ammunl- ton dump inside. Twenty Germans ran out with their hands up.
 We pulled back again and be- gan fortifying the school house. By now the Germans had gNthered force and were attacking the next house with tanks, firing from 50 yards. They set fro to houses hop. Ing the wind would carry tho flames to the school house, That failed
 About mid-dAy c convoy Of Ger" man lorries came over the bridge We opened up killing the men ride Ing them. The loiTieS caught Ire That night the enemy started fir' ing mortars ct us.
 "TueSday two Mark III tanks ap- peared and began furious firing which continued most of the day one of our men crept across the road under fire and dropped . bomt from c house top on c tank, ds' abling it.
 "That evening the Germans again tried to burn us out but we extin. guIShed the fire. That night Tiger tanks roamed about shelling the school house until it was riddled like c sieve.
 CounteF.Attack
 "The next day two Tigers started hammerlng away again. From our second floor we could see the Ger. Tnars working on the bridge and wo realized they were putting in d demolition charge. We rushed out with fixed bayonets through enemy fire, cleared tho Germans from the bridge and removed the charges Then the Germans counter sattackeo and we withdrew to the houses.
 we organized another bayonet charge. This time we suffered heavy casualties but oil the charges were removed. The enemy now was closing in. They set fire to the school and the building began to fail in. We had 2i wounded and tried to got out with them. There were now 46 of Us.
 we got as for as the next house when the Germans raked Us and pinned us down. We had more casualties. The wounded now nun. bered 36. We decided to leave four men with them and give the others c chance to escape.
 "But as wo got clear of the houses the Germans closed in and forced the last six to surrender"
 A corporal, Charles Weir, added:
 "Thoy placed us In house under guard but we sew c chance to escape af,d took it."
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 the imminence of victory. The re- lease would Do unconditional. since as 0 member of parliament Ramsay must be allowed scope to perform his duties, moving freely like any other member,
 Morrison disclosed there still were i4 members of oswald MoSley'S British Union of TaseiSts under de- tention and their cases were being considered.
 Ramsay, c conservative and mera- ber Of the Handed gentry, was one of the most singular figures thrown up by Great Britains pre-war ideo. logical turmoil. He became violently anti-C CommuniSt and anti.Semetie shortly after tho BolSheVist revolu- ton of 1917. He never belonged to Mosley's black shirts, but formed his own "cunter.reVoiutlonary" or. ganization, containing 100 women and i76 men avowedly aimed at freeing Britain from "the Jewish menace"
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U. s. Needs
 Integrity
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would be answered. He predicted that in the November election the American people will restore integ' rlty to the White House so that itt spoken word can be trusted again
 The New York governor spent most of his half-hour speech from Oklahoma answering Mir. Roose' Vclts opening campaign bid Of Sat- uroay night.
 Dewey said tho presidents speech completely ignored his rledge ofl aT ceptance of the i044 nomination that he would not campaign in tho usual sense and was ono Of mud silnging, ridicule and wistcraeks'"
 Tt plumbed the depths of dema' goRy into this campaign the names of Hitler and doebbles; it descend cd to quoting from Mein Kampf arle to reckless charges of fraud ane 'falSehood'," he charged.
 Dewey promised that no personal iy would not resort to such tactics
 "The winning of this war and the achievement of c peoples peace are too sacred to be cast of with frlvol. ous language he said. T believe that Americans whose loved ones are dying on the battlefronts Of the world--men and women who are praying daily for tho return of their boys-Want the Issues which vitally . As..h .s.a Rsst,saA alaAaNaaAd Uith thA utmost oarnestness.
 Point by Point
 Then, with an explanation that his opponent has made the charge asked for it, and here it is" Dewey took up, point by point, the subjects of PfeSident Roosevolt's opening campaign speech.
 Recalling that Mir. Roosevelt dc. nounced as c fantastic charge Dewey's philadelphia speech thai claimed the administration intended to keep men in the Army after vis' tory because it was afraid of iN own ability to create jobs, the GOT candidate traced tho source Of hi information back to Maj. Gen. Lewil 3. HerShey, director of seiectivt service. .
 Tn response to MT. RooSevolt'l claim that demobiiization is set ur In accordance with the wishes Of tho soldiers themselves, Dewey hurled this challenge;
 "You can read that plan from nov until doomsday and you cannot fine one word about speedy dischargeg'' It does not say whether they art to Do retained in service c month or years after victory"
 He renewed his charge that th( Roosevelt administration acfiroi provide postwar jobs, that t wa responsible for the length of tho last depression and gave as his ex' planatior:
 "By waging relentless warfare against our job-i1iaklng machinery my opponent succeeded ifl keeping ( depression going eleven long years twice co long as any depression ir c century.
 Time for Change
 "The New Deal is afraid Of peace and resorts to wiseCracks and wifi. fiCation-wiiOfi oir people want vic. tory followed by last peace in the world and jobs and opportunity al home. That's why ivs time for change"
 By the same token, Dewey accused Mfr. Roosevelt of failure Co pfepaF. for war and said it has "cost count. less American iivesl is hes caused
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 slder the bill whom it, returns Nov l4 1t will Do relatively easy for ita opponents to filibuster until the end of this session. It would be c mat- ter, then, for roth congress which will meet Jan, 3.
 Some of the bittereSt opposition and most of any November and De- cember filibustering will come from southern Democrats. But there will be substantial Republican opposi- ton. And there will be organized labor opposition, too.
 This bill would apply equally to employers and to labor unions, It would forbid Rn employer to hire, discharge from his employment or to discriminate against any persons for race, creed, etc, It would forbid Q labor union to refuse membership, to expel from membership or to discriminate against any member, employer or omploye on such grounds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
UP President Rops PAC

Chicago, Sept. 20-(Up)-William M. Jeffers, president of the Union Pacific Railroad. today denounced tho CIO political action committed and declared that if the PAC Sue- ceeds in It's aims "the disintegration of American Labor UnoinS starts and democracy begins to crumble,"
 Jeffers, former controller of the rubber industry, told the roth ai- nuai convention of the American Bankers Association that he waa speaking as Q man "who has carried union card oil his working life- and still does"
 T was Q union man before the n-American element now don1inat- ing segments Of American labor was born" JefferB said. "T'he rail- road brotherhoods know how and where I sand. But say to you and to the people of this country that no political action committee or any group or individual is going to tell mo or any upheaded American how he is going to vote or what he is going to think.
 "If the sorry day should ever come when nefarious schemes like this succeed, then on that day tho disintegration of American labor unions starts and democracy begins to crumble.
 Jeffers urged tho convention to IlberaiIEe banking practices to aid little business men in tho postswar period. It is there, he said, that tho walter Chryslors and Henry FordA of tho future will be found. He said that in many parts Of the country post-war planners have dreams Of ontlcing large established business
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NSVibhthNa AhShh . ubN " and mounting ee's at either end to hold this tiny bit of the corridor, They also iobbed shells into Bt, oedenrodo at the southwest and Vechel at the northeast.
 Probe Positions
 Throughout the evening and night American patrols probed into German positions Aligned within q two-mile sem. .circle north Of ug this morning were probably around 5000 German iiifantryinef1, ificluds ing parachute troops, around 10 % IS Panther and Tiger tanks aiid some 10 or IS 8B's. not including blg iB0's that are within smelling range Of tho battle field.
 Dawn came two and q half hours ago and the Germans have not yet attacked. If they don't, We must The road must Dc cleared to keep supplies pouring over tho refliaihs ing 90 miles north Co Arnhefl,
 Twice before, the Germans sues ceeded in cutting the road in this area. each time with c concentrated Pangor attack from the south. Twice before they were beaten off with heavy losses after infllcting some damage on our supply columns and stopping the flow along the road for periods of hours.
 Both attacks were repelled by this airborne outfit which originally opened the 20.fnile long stretch ih this corridor north from Eindhoyen c week ago and which has no ins tentIon Of losing it,
 Ar support has been called for, but it Is raining heavily right now
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Responding to Q questions by La- horite Rhys Davies, Churchill said none of tho governments was com mitted at present, although the eon- versations were on on official level, fic said Commons would Do given an opportunity to consider the pros poJAls before anything was settled finpily.
 Eden said Churchill will make Q statement Thursday on "The war and international situation at the opening Of Commons debate on the subject"
 Pacific War
 He was expected to devote more attention to the war in the Pacific than he did in preious addresses, lie probably will review the campaign In western Europe and touch on oil fronts in his first full dress report to Commons since Aug, 2.
 The scene at the railway station when Churchill stepped from the train seemed almost like cabinet meeting. Beside 0 crowd Of several hundred persons who eheered tho Prime Minister llstlly, were e num- Der Of cabinet members, including Deputy Prime Minister Clement Attlee, British military leaders and U. 6. Ambassador John c, WinNnt,
 Churchill, on leaving the station went immediately to his official residence at 10 Downing street
 The Primo Minister Is expected soon to give Q report on tho Que- bec talks and the aeeolerating pro- greAs of the war in commons, which is scheduled to reeonVene today,
 More than 200 questions were listed for discussion, with the prin- cipai item concerning the problem of providing adequate housing for bombed-out Londoners
 Approximately 00o,000 houses are iil need of repair and with the ap- preach of winter, the London press has been demanding Q quick Solu. ton of tho problem.
 Tt k believed the government will attempt to rush Q temporary houS- ing bill through the chamber, al- though critics said 1t was inadequate hecauso the flying bomb attacks iaad made the housing situation aven more critical than before.
 Churchill, replying to questions concerning HItler's post.war fate said it was not the governments in- tention "to allow the escape of these men Co Do effected without exeFting every resource which civil fsed powers can contemplate"
 fIO was asked by Sir William pavison if it was not essential that Great Britain, the United States and Russia take immediate steps to warn neutrais they will not Dc per- naitted to shelter Hitler and other Nam criminals.
 odd as it may SeeEn," Churchill said, "the point has not entirely es. capped our attention. I have noted that c number of neutrais already hayo made satisfactory statements upon tho subject
 Another member referred to Na- poleon, who was kept c prisoner of Britain for several years, and churchill said Napoleon'S case was different, because Napoleon threw hlmBelg upon the mercy Of Britain and was Kept for the rest of his life ns Q prisoner Of state"
 Churchill also paid tribute 70 tho s'IsaToisEa and tenaclty Of the Polish homo army and Of the population of WaFsaW, who after i've years Of HnpfesSlou set fought for nearly two aIontiia Co contribute ell in their 61WeF to the expulsion Of tho oer- MAHs from tl1o capital of Polai1d," FIs fald tho RAW he'd suffered SRVy ieases ili lone flights to drop gpIlss 0 ths beioagusgsd Poles.
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ROBOTS BLITz

London. Sept. 2e.-(UP)-oeFmar flying bombs were directed at southern England and the Londor area shortly before midnight fbi the 10th consecutive night but nc fatalities resulted, authorities said today. 9niIie damage was caused.
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KILLED IN ACCIDENT

Attleboro, Mass, Sept. 20 = (U. P3 - A l7-year-old Pawtucket, R. l., youth was killed today when the milk truck he was driving struck the locomotive of c 2b-car New Ha- ven Railroad freight train bound from Providence, R, T., to New Bed. ford.
 Police said the youth, Roland Larfiarier, was speeding across the Worcester street crossing ct Bar- rowsVille when the accident occur. red. The truck, owned by the Trombley Dairy Company of Norton caught fire and was demolished.
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lnStltutionS to now iocatloflg,

institutions to new locations.
 But the mirage Of big business on the dreamy horizon, he said, must not blind these communities to the successful little businesses now within their grasp. After the war new businesses will grow Up and will Do worth nurturing. This new business must De supported by private capitai-the banks, 60 the old businesses, made sick by the waT, must be revived"
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Porochutists
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Anti Semitic Is Released

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SoIons Not
 United On Bill

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Churchill Reports

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Findings On Circus Fire

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Nozis Gain At VecheI

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