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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
BY PETER EDISON

Nobody should have 10 do
much worrying about Gerald l..
K. Smith any more. The eX-
minister, ex-Huey Long cohort,
ex-organizer of the Committee
Of (noD One Million" now edi-
tor of the Gross and the Flag"
magazine and presidential can
didate of the America First Par
ty, has just been taken apart by
the Ho Use Committee TO lnVeSti-
gate Campaign Expenditures,
and shown up for just exactly
what ne is.
Mr.. Smith came TO Washing
ton and appeared before the
committee without subpoena. at
his own suggestion. If he thought
he was going to get a sounding
board for expounding some of
his pet ideas, he met with the
surprise of his life. Congress-
man Clinton p. Anderson of
albuquerque, N. NJ, chairman
of the committee, put Smith
through one of the neatest OF
jobs of police court cross-eXam-
ination on record, leaving the
Self-Styled nationalist leader
spinning around in his chair ard
fumbling for answers to the
most embarrassing of questions
all asked with the utmost polite
ness.
SMITH NEATLY SHARED
Anderson isn't lawyer, but
an insurance man and former
president of Rotary lnternation-
al. But he had prepared his
case so carefully that he knew
more about America First At
fairs than Smith was ready to
admit. But by pinning Smith
down and carefully leading him
into traps that got him all tam
gled up in his own evidence, An
derson and Congressman John
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-10-12
WASTED EFFORT

Agricultural records of 90 years ogo have been
discovered in California which reveal that Golden
Stote formers in those days we're growing king-size
carrots three feet long, and turnps that ran 20 to
the ton
And not Chamber Of Commerce in the entire
stote to tell the world
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Why Not Now

The day after Pearl Harbor, when our fleet had been struck a disastrous blow, the commercial airlineS of the nation were ready, willing and able to meet the need for swift, dependable transportation of vital materials to our widely scattered armed services. The government requf- Sitioned more than half the planes owned and operated by the domestic airlineS, for this purpose, leaving less than 200 to try to meet the tremendous needs of our country. Communicating commercial planes was necessary step to meet the nations war requirements before air. plane production got underway.
 But now we are outbuilding the world in all types of planes, including trans port, and it would seem that in all fair ness to commercial airlines which are carrying record-breaking high priority loads, that they are entitled to a few hun dred transport planes when our total plane production of different types is touching the hundred thousand mark annually. The diversion of few hours production such number would involve, would not dent our international pro- gram. On the other hand, 1t would as- sure the more rapid movement of passen- gers and express and thereby speed up the efficient prosecution of the war.
 Due to shortage of commercial equip ment, the government is defeating it's own ends as the airlines cannot meet the governments own demands for passenger and cargo service. The airlines have been doing a grand job under terrific handicaps, and their plea is reasonable and just when they ask restoration of equipment to point where at least they can do the job the government asks them fo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Lo, the Poor Sucker

When you consider the hard life that the average night club patrons leads it seems only fair that he be spared the 30 per cent cabaret tax, as the Senate has suggested. Just think what the poor wretch goes through in almost any big city night spot these days:
 First he stands in line. Then, when he does get to the velvet rope, he has to tip supercilious head waiter too gener- ouSly in order to get table. And what a table - the size of sundial, where the light, air, food and view are all bad. The drinks are small, and the dance floor is about 9x12 and occupied by some 50 other couples. He gets noisy swing and Grade B vaudeville for entertainment. The check? - not more than months rent, if he's lucky.
 And why does he put up with all this? Well, that one we never have been able to figure out.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Corrigan Baseball

In response to fan mail, the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress will intro duce reverse base-running at it's tourna- ment in Wichita this summer. The an nouncement states that the innovation will let the batter run to either first or third base, and that it will be possible for runners ito go both ways simultanr eously." :.
 The fans, fed up with the wartime brand of legitimate baseball, may think that a Douglas Corrigan version Of the game will rouse their jaded spirits. But if they think they're getting novelty, they're wrong. That "both ways simul- taneously" base running was a regular stunt with the Dodgers in the days of Uncle Wilbert Robinson, as any veteran Brooklyn fan will tell you.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Who Blocks Oil Production

We have heard lot about the import ance of the government securing naval oil reserves for the protection of the coun- try in an emergency. How many people know that political red tape is effectiveiy blocking the use of the Elk Hills Naval Reserve in California, and preventing it from furnishing oil for our armed forces In the nations greatest crisis?
 Robert D. Wilson, chairman of the Petroleum Industry War Councils Eco monies Committee, is urging immediate action in development of the Elk Hills reserve, contending that it is fairly cer- sain that about 50,000 barrels daily of production could be forthcoming from shis field before the end of the year if york is started at once. This commit zee has several times pointed out the necessity for the development of crude pil from Elk Hills," he explained.
 Here is a known reserve with every facility for producing oil, and yet 1t lies gtagnant, while official Washington builds pipeline across the frozen wastes og Canada at an expenditure of nearly e2Oc 100000 to secure possibly one-tenth the daily oil production to be found in its Elk Hills reserve. Agencies of govern fasnt also seek to build pipeline across
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
The Beginning of the End

Twenty months after the end of the beginning, as Winston Churchill de- scribed the North African landing, we are at the beginning of the end. That was what D-Day was, as we all must realize now only beginning, though it marked the end of the greatest military preparation and the launching of the most stupendous and difficult assault in the history of mankind. Until that day came it was hard to see beyond it. To some D-Day seemed an end in itself, a sort of final examination before the diploma-the exaltation-of certain vic- tory To others it was day of bristling defenses, secret devices and other name less terrorS. Its very beginnings were so tremendous as to obscure the harder fighting beyond the first hurdles. Now that those hurdles are past we can appre- ciate Mrs Roosevelt's comment that D. Day was "the day which has been hang ing like sword over our heads, but III itself isn't very important.
 The attack from the west is no longer an isolated second front" It has be- come the final pressure of the mighty Allied fist that is squeezing the throat of Hitler'S Germany from three sides The Germans are fighting with the fury of doomed men. They will continue to fight as the Allied grip grows tighter and tighter We cannot underestimate the struggle any more than we can doubt that victory will march with our forces, superbly equipped, superbly trained, superbly commanded. We are just beginning to actually realize its cost And SO our prayers must be redoubled, and the efforts that gave millions Of American workers proud part in D-Day must not be relaxed. The men who will win and pay for this victory have right to ask of us that these efforts be united, unmarred by pettiness and discontent. Whatever our domestic differences, we can try to give them teamwork as good as they are giving each other. We can try to match their spirit and discipline and courage in the job that matters most There is still much to be done at the be- ginning of the end.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Fishy

With tuna production running nearly 65 per cent better than last year. the pack by California cannerieS is the largest since 1940. The large pack will not necessarily mean more tuna for civilians. The Army and Navy have already placed orders for quantity equivalent to about 40 per cent of last years pack, which means that the industry will have to push its production even higher if it is to provide enough tuna to meet civilian demands as well as military orders.
 The catch of tuna has been much re- duced during the past several years because many of the largest and best vessels of the fleet were requisitioned for war service Although few of these vessels have been replaced by new con- Struction, the fleet is still below the size necessary to build up the catch to the pre-war levels.
 New fish processing methods at sea and expanding inland markets for fresh fish are likely to lure Americans fishing fleets again to the once famous Grand Bank and other remote Newfoundland fishing areas soon after the war, the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Services Division Of Fishery Industries has reported. In colonial days 90 per cent of the catch of New England fishermen was salted and vessels commonly operated on the distant banks, salting their catch at sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

the cowboy crooner, who twice before has won the Democratic nomination for the Senate from Idaho, once in 1940 to fill the seat of the late Senator Borah. He was defeated, however, by Sena- tor Thomas.
 The current race is reported to be close. Should Cowboy Taylor win, he will be the fourth radio star to be elected to high office, others being Governor Jimmy Da- wis of Louisiana, writer and sing CT of popular songs, who has set tied down to doing an efficient job in. Baton Rouge; Senator 'Pass- the Biscuits Pappy" o.. Daniel of Texas, who rose to fame as 8 radio flour salesman; and the former Mayor of Milwaukee, Carl F. Zeidler. who left office to go into the Navy as Lieu tenant q. g.) and who was report ed missing in action.
 Clark, popular among his ser1a- torial colleagues, has to live down an isolationist record in which he once said: we have needIessly in- suited Japan in the Pacific"; and Bloody Joe Stalin, I am ashamed to say, is our new ally"
 Copyright, 1944, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

1940. Churchill sent word to Gen. eral Edward Louis Spears,-Brit- iSh military attache to France, and asked him to pick French leader who could rally the French and lead them back to France.
 General Spears was at loss whom to select. Finally, in the lobby of Bordeaux hotel, an American newsman pointed out General de Gaulle.
 'De Gaulle is great expert on tanks" he said. "He has written 8 book about tank war; fare"
 So Spears went up to de Gaulle, introduced himself and asked him to come to England to relead the French back to France. They left on British destroyer, arrived in London, and went immediately to No. 10 Downing street to meet Churchill. After the interview was over, the Prime Minister re- marked to Spears:
 "WaS that the best you could d0?"
 ANOTHER SINGING
 CANDIDATE
 Another singing candidate for high office will test out Senator D. Worth Clark. Democrat of Idaho, in the Idaho primaries (June 13). He is Glenn Taylor,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
HISTORY IN A NUTSHELL
Bridgeport Telegraph

It is said that Prof. Charles A. Beard, the historian. was once asked how long it would take him to sum up the whole of human history. pr. Beard replied, a month.
 But after a little reflection, he revised his estimate and made it a week. Finally he said, T can do it in four sentences"
 Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad. z
 2-THhough the mills of the gods grind slowly, they grind exceeding small.
 3EThe bee fertilizes the flower 1t robS.
 At is only on the darkest nights that man sees the brightest stars.
 The history of the past decade conforms to these axioms of uni- versal history. Certainly the insanity of the would-be overlords of fas- elm has marked that movesment for destruction from the first. More. over, the early success and then later slow attrition of the dictators bears out the second proposition.
 Proposition number three is proved in every land where the rape of freedom has but quickened the instinct to be free. And what new and bright stars of hope man has discovered after the lights vents went outl
 Prof Beard might have added a fourth lesson, from Emerson-"But in the mud and scum of things there always, alway something sings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

gence which many people are un. able to withstand.
 True freedom conslsts not in the opportunity to do what one wants
 co but in the ability to do what one ought to do. We are free when we are free of ourselves. No matter hoA rich a man may be. or what position he may occupy among his fellows, If something binds llls will 60 that he cannot control his temper or any Q. his other passions. then, although he is free to come and 90 as he cares to. he by iiJ means a free man. On the other hand. many of the worlds greatest figures have taught imperishable lessons to their generations and to all future gen. erations while they ianguished in prison. Among such were Socrates, 6t. raul. John Bunyan.
 True freedom is always q matter
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
LET THINGS GO ON!
Bridgeport Post)

In these anxious and trying days of waiting. 1t is just as well to realize that things are going to get worse before they begin to get bet- ter.
 So. let things go on as near to normal as possible.
 For instance. don't think Of the war all the time. or glue your ear to the radio, or confine your Tead- ing to the headlines.
 Sprinkle your leisure hours with some of the music and humor on the air. and some of the non-crisis reading in the press and books, some of the escape films.
 Don't stay by yourself more than necessary. and don't ignore old friends. old associations and ac. customed diversion.
 Find some helpful work to do that will give you the sense of belong ing. of being in the fight. You'll lind 1t In helping the character forming agencies. Red Gross units. parent teacher associations and church ac. tivlfles.
 In short. keep the wheels turn. Ing in your own life and the fife of your community. what the boys are lighting Tor is 6 lleH world. but what they want lo and Rhen they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
AS THE INVASION BEGINS
(The Catholic Transcript,


 The long-heralded. anxiously awaited invasion of the Continent has been launched. The first incom- plete reports indicate that its be- ginnings have been successful, if not easy No one is so fatuous as to believe that it is now ell over but the shouting.
 Tn tAUi,snrdS upon thousands of American homes, the days ahead will be rife with worry. But the country will not in the least be psrslyzcd by fear. Long ago 1t be- came clear that bringing the war to successful conclusion would be fabuloiisly expensive with the money cost the least important of the items involved The exactions of the invasion do not come unan- nounced. But the reality, now re- placing the dimly outlined prospects, should do two things to us.
 First. it should rouse us to the putting forth Of every effort neces- sary to victory. Among other things, this means an increase in prayer: prayer that God will preserve our fighting men: that the peoples of Europe, whose season of affliction has been prolonged. will be spared an excess of horrors and speedily liberated; that all this effort will not be frustrated by an inadequate peace.
 Secondly, the present stern and stirring hour should bring the American people close together The common trial should lead to the erasing of artificial distinctions and differences. Those attempting to descry the post-war lot of this country tell us that we are in for acute internal strife. May they be proved wholly wrong. May ali of us resolutely take the necessary steps to prove them wrong. As our son, brothers fathers. cousins.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
DENTISTS SHOULD MAKE UP :, THEIR MIND ABOUT IT


 One dentist tells the world 'cld Doc Brady is doing the American people a ,great dlgservice when he suggests, as ne recently did, that toothbrushing is nonsense and a. waste of time" and opiued that speaking for a great many. dentists and physicians, men of scuae iftfiu. once in the community, I Can say that believe your paper would be better received if you'd put Brady out to pasture" g
 Another dentist in the same city tells the same confused world "Re- garding pr. Brady's comments on tootllbrusihng, he is absolutely right. If toothbrush were the answer to the dental decay problem, there would be no research now going on into the cause of decay. Unfor- tunately, decay occurs in the most carefully cleaned and brushed teeth"
 The first dentist argued "No one will contend that toothbrushing will prevent tooth decay any more than washing the hands will pre- vent eczema or washing the face will prevent leprosy. But people who do not brush their teeth pre- sent malodorous mouths which are certainly ariti-socia1.' ef&
 That, if may horn in here, is pure malarkey, and unless the den- tist who uttered it is incredibly naive he knows it is rnalarkey.
 Tony the Wirish Terror never brushed his teeth and his breath was, always free from bad odor. If neglect of toothbrushing be respon- sible for malodorous mouth or breath Tony and I must have lleu- traliSed each other in that respect. To the saying "as clean as 6 hounds tooth" we may now add, and with 6 good deal of scientific authority to back us, that "a sound tooth is kept clean by nature If the diet and the individual habits are not wrong.
 Tn order to clear up any misun- derstanding I repeat here what I have said many, many times, that If you enjoy brushing your teeth with any of the popular dentifirices or with plain soap or salt or willow charcoal powder or what have you, 1t is harmless enough, so far as know. But urge you never to rely on the use of toothbrush with or without any dentifrice to pre- serve your teeth. No matter whether you chose to brush your teeth or not, you must have periodic exam- ination of your teeth by your den- tist. and whatever treatment the dentist considers necessary at such times Cat least once a year, oftener in many instances) if you hope to prevent carries, decay, cavity for- nation and loss of teeth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
New Resolution

Republican governors, senators and representatives to the number of ll4 have gone on record as opposing any attempt by future Republican presi-- dent for third term. They are silent as regards any similar attempt by Democratic chief executive, but pending a definite statement, it may be as- stunned that this new resolution fallg into the category of those burning issues which transcend party lines
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12

s DIT e d py the same selfish mo- tives and you are apt to hear 1t a lot from here on.
 The prayer to continue war bus iness as usual comes from bus mess and iaHf groups who, haY- ing on c e b e e n persuaded to con- vert to war pro- duction and hav- ing made money out of 1t, want 1t to go or forever. UJ hil V1HnonlO10
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
Borrowed Time

Probably no one more than the French Underground regrets that Pierre Laval, Jacques Doriot, and now Philippe Hen riot, Vichy propaganda minister, have been shot at and missed, or only winged. Yet fate may be reserving for these still living targets a lingering and well-de- served punishment. For probably no one realizes better than they that as the day of liberation approaches, the Under
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-06-12
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Wine Is So Much Excess

I am 50 years old, weigh 1oO |. pounds, eat balanced diet. Is Ital- ian red wine good for the, human body? (G. J,)
 Answer-You do not mention your height, but take 1t you are over weight. If so. wine, any kind, is just so much eXcesS-excess calories, not nutriment nor strength-which the body may use, thus Sparing food, which goes into fat. say no kind of alcoholic beverage or liquor is good for the human body.
 In Fact I'm Ashamed of 1t
 Here is a nice clean shiny dime mo- plaster, glue, paste, rubber ce- ment. etc., on 1t. If 1t meets your finicky requirements, I'd like to re- ceiye copy of the booklet 50 You Have Indigestion" of which you are so proud. (E. L. W.)
 Answre-In fact, sir, I'm 6 little ashamed of the booklet for what it fails to say. hope to make 1t better at next revision. Your sarcasm is malapropos. Would you offer a newsboy, a streetcar conductor or a merchant a dime stuck up with adhesive plaster or sealed in a mess of scotch taps or sewed up in 6 bag or secured in a cardboard container with wire staples?
 Salt in Hot Weather
 We may soon have hot weather and many heat prostraticug could be prevented by taking extra salt be- fore exposure. (G. N. H)
 Answer-Right. Good idea for everyone when exposed 10 extreme heat. at work or play, to take 4 good big pinch of table salt with every drink of water-this restores the salt lost through excessive sweating, pre-. vents heat exhaustion, sunstrcke. heat cramps. Water or other beyer- age Is more refreshing if salt is taEen with it, too.
 Vitamin B Complex and Excessive Eating
 am g and had been feeling like sixty. Always consumed excessive quantities of starches and sugars, had Q kind of craving and feE. pan- icky if I dl6n't indulge the craving .. but since I began taking the B complex you recommended I find demand about one -th.Id oi the food I used to eat and I have reduced quite easily and now feel it as the proverbiei fiddle. Believe nc I am grateful. (Mrg. P, J)
 Answer-What did I tell you. folks? A Lot of overindulgence fin the delectabie carbohydrates Is due to vitaBlin deficiency.
 Copyright. l944. John '. Dille Col