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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
Plans for X-Day

The War Production Board has finally
taken steps to put into effect the X-Day
ReconverSion plan which the Baruch-
Hancock report recommended more than
three months ago. This plan would pre-
pare for the day of Germany's defeat
which the report terms X-Day-by set
ting up an orderly system of reconverSion
before the need arises. The plan would
enlist cooperation of WPB and the armed
forces. 1t would try to estimate contract
cancellation in advance, provide for
speedy, efficient transfer of plants, re-
sources and personnel to civilian produc-
ton while still maintaining top war eff
cheney elsewhere. It seems to us that
WPB has been tardy in taking this step.
In fact, the whole government has been
slow to move toward any action on re-
port which was greeted with general en-
thusiaSn, but which now seems in danger
of becoming a forgotten blueprint. 1t
could be argued, of course, that since
Germany isn't beaten, the X-Day plan is
being started in plenty of time. But mill
tary events move too rapidly for leis-
urely approach to such an important job.
Besides, the recent panicky goings-on at
the Brewster Aeronautical Corp. show
that such plan is already needed.
The Navy, apparently without warning,
asked Brewster to lay off 5000 men i'm
mediately because of contract terminal
ing July /. The company and the union
were caught flatfooted. So, it seemed,
was WPB. All was confusion. The Tru-
man Committee took an immediate in
terest. Everybody directly concerned
went running to the president, who had
other things to do. We hope that when
another Brewster case comes up there
viii be an X-Day plan to try out on it.
We also hope that other agencies of gov
eminent, including Congress, will really
begin building some rehabilitation ma
chinery along the line OF the Baruch-Han-
cock recommendations.
These recommendations aren't gospel,
but they do afford sound basis for OPP
erations Right now many local and
private agencies are well ahead OF gov
eminent In postwar planning. That's all
right If they don't get too far ahead. But
hometown planning Is coming to the
point where 1t must look to Washington
Cor a co-ordinated agency of readjust-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
VyAAo v.asvN -

Is one orange, one grapefruit and
juice of one lemon a day enough
vitamin c for an elderly person?
Can one get too much vitamin C
in such foods or juices?
(Mrs. r. K)
Answer-One orange or one lemon
or one grapefruit daily, or the Juice
of one such fresh fruit would supply
enough vitamin G for any one. No
danger of getting too much vitamin
C no matter how much fresh fruit
or fruit juice you take.
Drink Milk
I take milk in the morning, cold,
when I would like q cup of coffee.
At bedtime I drink a glass Of milk,
and 1t is a chore I look forward to
with distate. I do this because I
have been taught that one must
drink milk to be well. But I am
always hoping doctors will find milk
Is unessential for adults, as they
did spinach. Must I go on drink
ing milk and hating it all my life?
(Miss r. M
Answer-In your place I'd have
coffee in the morning and I'd try to
worry along without milk. 1t is no
great loss, provided you use cream
in your coffee, eat cheese, eggs. I'm
not so fond Of cold milk either
but go for milk still fresh and
warm from the COW, WOW!
Copyright 1914. John r. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

have scheduled the highly sue
cessful North African landing q
week before the November, 1912,
elections, when 1t would have won
votes for the Democrats. Instead,
the landing took place one week
after elections. The timing Of the
second front was first determined
in Teheran, where Stain, Chur-
chill and, most of all, the weather
were the deciding factors. feel
certain that U. S. politics was
completely out Of the picture and,
If the invasion blankets news Of
the COP convention, 1t will be
accidental
HEAD OF THE BAR
About fifty years ago, John
Anderson, then a young Detroit
lawyer, was asked by tall, lean
mechanic to draw up papers in
cooperating a company for the
manufacture Of automobiles. An
derson charged the mechanic $25
for drawing up the papers, then
borrowed IS 200 to invest In what
became the Ford Motor Company.
Now John Anderson is a mil
nonaire. Last week he came to
Washington to visit his daughter,
Mrs. Arthur Garnder, at whose
home he met Senator Ferguson Of
Michigan.
81 used to know q judge Homer
Ferguson Of the Detroit BENCH"
said Mr.. Anderson, twitting the
Senator on his past.
"And 1 used TO know a John
Anderson Of the Detroit bar" re-
FLIED Gerguson. HE stood at the
head Of the bar, too"
That" replied 76-year-old An
derson. was because his name be-
gan with A."
Copyright. 1914. by United Feat
ure Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The twelfth annual Irish Feis present
ing typical Irish songs, dances, legends
and games, engaged about 1000 perform
ers Sunday, and was witnessed by close
to 10000 persons. One of the champion
performers was ten year old boy who
fiddles, and has a repertory of one hun
dred reels and jigs. He has younger
brother who is champion dancer of
jigs, and it seems that Sunday he even
in4provised with Marry Doats" which
isn't Gaelic at ALL at all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

BEST HOME FRONT TECHNIQUE
(rhe Christian Science Monitor)

(The Christian Science Monitor
Just take your time Plenty
plenty O. time. Just stand in the
doorwoy and enjoy yourselves. All
seats reserved for them that gets
EN- first"
In a drawing, smiling, lullaby.
type of voice, brawny Negro sub
way guard on the uptown platform
at New York's I. r. T. Grand Gen.
trail Station thus soothes the hur-
rying crowds during the evening
rush. 1t helps, reports the Herald
Tribune, for tenseness is relaxed
and passengers begin to grin at
each other instead of pushing.
We've met the same treatment
elsewhere-and have been grateful
for it. There's the waitress who is
always smiling and sweet in spite of
crusty customers, the saleswoman
In the department store who never
seems to mind showing goods. even
If there's no sale; the information
clerk at the station who never tires
Of being helpful yes, and the
others in the ever-present crowd
who remain calm and good-natured.
It's easy, when we all realize how
trifling our home-front troubles
really are, to put good face on the
matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

signea' letters pertaining 20 per-
oonal health and hygiene, not 70
disense, diagnosis Of treatment,
win be answered BY DR.. Brady II
4 stamped sele-add dressed envelope
q enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written In ink. No reply can
B.. made 20 queries not conform.
ing 60 instructions. Address nr.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, $50 West Madison
street, Chicago, Ill.
IT'S A SCANDAL AND A CRIME
I, feel as though something is
driving me crazy.
So begins q tragic story. The
reader who tells the story Is ~
years old. She Is evidently Of better
than average intelligence, too, for
you will notice she says she feels
as though and not like something
is driving her crazy. She continues:
A year ago / started doctoring.
First Twas told ---
Now, now, why does the reader
suddenly switch to the furtive
mood? Is It because some busybody
interfered? II her doctor told her,
why doesn't she say First the doc
tor told"?
First was told II was my teeth
and so ! had them all pulled.
The readiness with which some
people part with their teeth Is as
founding. II Is shameful evidence
Of the ignorance Of our so-called
public concerning the first princi-
Piles OF health. It probably has q
good deal to do with the disgrace
full showing made by the youth Of
the country in the examinations to
select men At for military service.
I did not improve any, continues
the unhappy young woman, SO they
told me
There she goes again. who might
"they' be? The neighbors? And IN
cidentally, any one with a reason
able sense Of the value Of his or
her teeth and reasonable sense OF
the value OF health should never
sacrifice all or several teeth until
the necessity for such drastic step
has been positively certified by ply
stefan AND dentist in consultation
never by arbitrary offhand order
Of either alone.
I did not improve any, 30 they
told me 1t was q thyroid. To make
sure I had a good physical.
Oh, so now that the victim had
been robbed Of her teetch the char
latans who were maltreating her
became uneasy and attempted to
make O show Of good faith by CIV
ing the victim @ good physical"
Why did 1t not occur to the doc
tors or near-doctors to give her
the benfit Of an examination firstr
That, suggest, would be only the
reasonable degree Of skill and care
any physician should apply.
And to make extra sure I went
through the - Clinic
There they told me there was
nothing organically wrong, that 1t
was just a case Of nervous exhaus-
ton.
This Is too much in one day. I'll
knock off here. Tune in at this hour
Thursday and we1l learn the fate
OF the victim we'll pick her up
again at the point where they
shove her out Of the "clinic" with
that familiar old refrain oh" why
all the panic? It's nothing organic,
Your nerves all Uttered and shot.
Control your emotions. avoid pills
| and potions, and pay us what ever
you've got.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

~ ~. .lg TOO little IMAM
by believing too much.
II we have strong beliefs. we are
going TO lay ourselves open to the
accusation Of being fanatical. People
who take their religion lightly gen.
orally refer to themselves as being
broad minded. They are. But like
many broad rivers, they are shall
low also. The accusation OF narrow
mindedness and fanaticism should
never worry any truly since person.
II man is going TO make his re-
liglon count In life. he is going TO
have to believe in It through thick
and thin. He Is going to have TO
put It before popularity and every
personal desire.
Regardless Of what a mans faith
4 may be, let him make up his mind
that Il he Is gong 10 be worth his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

LABOR, py manage
ment and by the
public that these
policies (a) do
labor no good, (b)
do management
no good, and Co
do the public no
good.
Yes, It is adj
mitted i'm m edi-
ately that labor
unions have made
great gains In or
ganization, tina I
W age payments
have be en- in
creased Con hor-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

A survey shows that SO percent of
women war workers hope to quit war
jobs when the war is over. There's some
thing about a home after all. Nuts and
bolts and tipping and so on are all right
for a time, but there's something about
a run down kitchen that finally gets the
former busy little woman at home. Just
let her get brush or broom in her
hand again and it's nuts to the bolts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

salt. spiritually. he Is going TO have
TO take ridicule and criticism from
people who do not share his earn
estness. But his spiritual power will
depend upon that earnestness. His
influence win largely arise from the
fact that he believes something very
deeply and tries sincerely TO put II
into practice.
AL Rights Babson News.
paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

CONCERNING SINCERE BELIEF
When Tolstoi was told by a Japa-
nese that the people Of that nation
worship their emperor. the great
Russian humanitarian declared that
such an ideal is too low. mo ma
ton has any future which does not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
NEW DICTIONARIES
(Roston Postl

Boston POST
The American Legion has received
the memberships Of 100000 dis
charged veterans Of this war, and
the number is being increased
monthly in proportion to discharges.
Thus. the Legion's interest In youth.
practically from its inception. Is
now paying dividends.
Thousands OF those now In uni
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

Now that most folks that like to eat
have had their fill of strawberry short
cake the actual strawberry season is on,
with native berries ready to melt in your
mouth instead of those from southern
states that usually arrive hard and I'M
ripe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

Now we know that the season is on and
summer is not far off. QuasSapaug has
opened for its (???) season, with only one
thing lacking-no trolleyS. But the buses
do pretty WELL and Quassapaug is still
QuaSSapaug.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
Selected Poem
SONG OF FARM-CHILD
(Sara Van Alstyne Allen in The New York Tines

The earth cradles us
And the young trees grow as We grow
In the winds light, In the spring rains
Under our feet the grasses bend down
And the young deer watch us in the shadows.
We are the earths promise and her renewal
AS the bud is promise
And the thin brook hint of rivers to some,
And the first leaf foreshadowing OF the harvest
To us each flake OF snow is a star
Each raindrop note OF music ON the window-glass
Each hill a pathway TO the sky.
The earth cradles us and sings to us,
And we sing Of the earth and the earth's wonders
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

put God first"
he said. and
reverence ( o T
Him above all
else"
p. T. Barnum
W no KIN e W a
great deal about
humbugs. said
that it had been
his observation
that more peo-
pie W ere hum
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

forms have close ties with the Lee
gion through participation in junior
baseball, Boys States, school award
programmes, oratorical contests,
junior bands and drum corps, Le-
gion-sponsored Boy Scout troops
and sqhadrons OF Sons Of the Amer
lean Legion. Even before they are
eligible for membership they are
well acquainted with 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

ment with some real authority Too much
delay can make the day of victory the
beginning Of new and serious national
headache.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
Current Comment

What (postwar) need will there
be for large numbers Of paratroop-
ers. machine gunners, airplane as
semblers or welders? Many young
people who have risen to highly
skilled positions during the war will
have to start at the bottom after it
is all over.
EVAN Clague, Social Segurity
Board Employment Security
director.
Our material power today is not
exceeded or even matched by any
other nation. If we now fail to take
our proper place in the postwar
world. it viii be because We have
not the wisdom to know what We
want or the internal unity neces-
sary to achieve 1t.
War Mobilization Director
James F. Byrnes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at 2:22 a. m, Cwar time)
Sun rises at 5:23 a. m, sets at 8:l6 p.
m. (war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
May IL ended but the melody fingers on
TO the tune of lilacs. lilies OF the valley, APP
pie blossoms. and 50 on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

SPOTLIGHT
Some Republican
Listen To This
BY PETER EDISON

Waterbury DemOcraO washington
Correspondent
The mystery is why some smart
Republican, or even just some Re-
publican, hasn't come along to lick
this Roosevelt administration solely
on It's record in the handling Of
labor matters. No other argument
should be needed, for as matters
now stand a case can be made by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
A Thought for Today

The wicked Is driven away in his wickednesS:
hut the righteous hath hope In his death
Proverbs 1852.
It's vain to flee; till gentle Mercy show
Here better eye, the farther off We go,
The swing Of Justice deals the mightier
blow.-Quarles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31

WASHINGTON May The other this column carried story involving
him injustice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-31
Washington Merry Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Peorson Injustice Wilson Listening Story
Exist Did Tell FDR Critical Aides
Churchill Speech Brought Out Growing Differences With Roosevelt
President Wants Smo Powers Well Big Ones in Peace SeUP
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

JUST TINS month a young IauN from DeIOU wrote 10
f. v During and said was her PHtp bef.kd wrote
back to her and said was Broadway Roses plnup boy
tfFe=fast war.
That fellow During is jealous Of I'm
thing like Ed If can't say thing good about
pal keep right talking
1t goes back to the Spanish-Amercan War. Ed
born in Brooklyn and went west physically but not
mentally.
There a gal that Ed liked until stepped in and
grabbed her. Her Muscle bound Annie and
she the first man to shuck oyster with
her thumb nail.
Muscle-bound Annie beautiful creature but as
strong ginger-jake drinkers breath.
She had job in the boatyards then and worked like
beaver. | mean her upper front teeth always
showing
During had graduated from reform school about
that time and couldn't get his head down make
speech His chin was stuck up right IN the air like
frozen pumphandle found later had forgotten TO
take the cardboard of his shirt front His first lob
on newspaper was dramatic critic He lasted one night
when he wrote, sliding Billy Watson is slipping
After that he got work in lunchWagon in the Petr
fed Forest serving softboiled rubberbiled
woodpeckers That when he met Musce-bound Annie
who was so tough she would jump into concrete mixer
just TO have her back scratched
Musce-bound Annie wasn't difficult dame to steal
away from During. met her when she was hch-hking
on the diagonal through Tennessee She carried cake
OF soap with her and took bath the rumbeseat when
1t raned.
K.ng
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

terrific speeds for fighters at
high attitudes. and IT car also
be utIiIzrd 20 assist aircraft IN
takco0 vii h heavier loads
than can normally leave the
ground.
EiectEeHicall4 controlled etirf.
sights that make possible the
KTud of artillery duolS IN the
skies that had been regarded
as fantastic before the war.
. Rocket aerial tOrpedOeS. free
falling and radio directed, are
witht r.
New dna4eA-for bombing in
visible targets through clouds
and overcast.
. important aorodynamical r.
iinemcntS. reducing tho drag
and increasing me MT OF air
craft
Fortunately Tor America our
inventive genius and engineer
ing talent arc TOO dynamic 10
f'''-rT' StT5Tued by military con-
Scfvaiism.
iistripa'ea ~ NrNauEh' synelcsis. lnr.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

By DIR. LOGAN CLENDENNING-

DECENTLY we compared the
~ gall bladder 10 one of those
ohstEepcrnuS- relatives known 20
every household who is periOdi-
cally making trouble but al
most times is dong something
fairly useful
The function Of the gail blad-
der we said is 10 store bile
until IL is necessary 10 help out
IN digestion. Bile is a main
factor IN fat digestion and fat
in a meal causes the gan bad
der 10 empty
Most Of the time, however.
the bile remains in StaSiS in the
gall bladder and anything in
nature which is in StasiS IS a
potential site Of trouble. So the
sluggish gall bladder may be-
come infected and the Infection
may produce gallstones. These
conditions show up the gall
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

bal world by, the tail. You are
generally credited in the army
as speaking Italian
Another important word in
Africa was "allcz. IL trans
lated into beat H. get TO work;
come here: ! don't want any,
YOU can't come in or 20 out here
or there; lets 20. hey you
and as a general expression of
Africa and war WEAKNESS. as in
l wish this war would allez" or
more simply just plain "Oh,
allez.
For the negative Of all this
YOU Just put no in front Of
whatever YOU arc saying.
The imperative OF bona is
blank bona. the blank stand
-inE- for any good, simple cuss
word This goes for the COM
parative also II goes bona,
blank bona, blankety, blank
bona
More in later letter.
John.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

Lord knows what else, 10 ball
ance th9ir accounts with US,
what are We going to 10
about ~?
or course. they owe the
money 10 our government. The
money came ont. Of the tax
payers pocket but II is money
that the government lent 10
eti4et- geNefnmeHts---
It is money that other gov
ernmcnts can only pay back in
goods, services or gold II VIII
be transaction among gov
ernmentS.
There will be no private
enterprise in this, no bargain
ng IN the market place. no
trading amorF-busIneSS men.
GnAernments will buy and sell.
Governments viii fix prices.
Neutrality-suspicious. viii have 70
continue until the debts are
cleared.
As thcdcbts are enormous,
the wartime controls would
have 20 continue for A very
long period. We must never
forget that in any considera-
ton Of the tend-lease problem.
our government will nave 10
FIX the Valuc of the goods
dumped into our market. II will
have 20 fix that vaiue in dollar
prices which VIII maintain the
American standard of living.
Otherwise, government dumped
goods viii lower the American
standards Of living.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

BY GEORGE +. SOKOLSKY

I'd IIFht i4Il hY hI0g fNa'Iros
WIZ, American pFndufuoF 1T
W9ulq Wieckl our economy ana
'' our men l ana women og'
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31
MAJOR DE SEVERSKY

United States entered The war,
include
. Engine, ri 5000 horsepower
reality This means that SlA-
engine bomter4 n4tA 5000
horsepower arc noW possible.
CRYING r1y r7TTEr up 20 lHee9
mics with ~ tcasr ~ tons Of
bombs and q hCavy load OF am
munltion flight with fun
military load for instance.
from Alaska 70 Japan and back
nonstop
4 number OF new fTIEfS Of
great potency such As trIptanee
which caa add % per cent in
horsepower or me mo-" bead
Catakst" fuol announced hv
Socony-EacuUm. which may
give Hp 80 - pet cent higher
power output.
a proves OF injecting Matur
IN cyllnder heads that can rai>c
engine horsepower by about -
per cent a
. jet and rocket propulsion is
with us. Already II gives US
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

CALLSTONES are of all kinds
VI and may do all kinds of
things. They may be big or little.
If big they stay in the gall
bladder and grind around caus-
ing discomfort in the pit of the
stomach. II little they may try
a Journey down the gall ducts
which is gladstone collie. with
pain reflected 10 the shoulder
no fun in any mans language.
There may be one stone or five
thousand.
Certain types Of people are
dis posed 10 gallstones. The
heavy set broad. type who has
a good appetite and enjoys life
Is the ideal victim. The heavy
meal that stays in the stomach
a long time like lead tends
10 cause stasis in the gall blad-
der because il does not empty
tfftttf food gets in the Intestine,
This is a point in prevention.
II a person avoids over-rich
foods and conditions or habits
that lead TO disturbances Of
digestion, his chances Of having
gallstoneS Will he diminished
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31
Answer In Question NJ. y

Your eyes 90 jumping from
one point 20 another These
movements are called sac
cadic lSakadiCl movements
which means sudden Jerks
You cannot soc anything clearly
while the eyes arc moving
Try swinging Your eyes or head
around the room or the land
Scape everything is a blur. 1t
Is only as the owes stop still for
about one-ffth of a second that
they get any clear picture The
secret Of AL fast. understanding
reading Is 10 make these jumps
As vide as possible How 10 do
this is explained in my booklet,
How 10 Read Faster ana Bet
ter Sent AZ cost. l0c. plus
Sc stamped Scif-addreSsed en-
velOpe
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-31

might also have the effect OF re-
storing parenta authority
throughout the land. - In
Tokyo'S legalized redlight dis
tTict II is not uncommon TO see
among the inmates girls of IL
years of age. Not only that,
these girls are there with the
consent Of their parents. So
states George Barker in his
Japanese Journal . Mr. Mr.. Barker
spent some years in Japan as an
exchange professor in a Japa-
nese university.