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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
In Time Of War Prepare for Peace

There is nothing but news about the
war. Victory is in the bag. The fall OF
Rome was sort of prologue to the trag-
edy that is being staged on European bat
tlefieldS However, there is an era of "hal-
lelujah" throughout America. Rome was
Caesars capital, and Mussolini'S finish.
Wise men advise that in time of war to
prepare for peace. There has been too
little attention paid to that warning. But
Secretary of State Hull, who served in the
Senate when Woodrow Wilson was in the
White House, is in charge, on the peace
front. The warning of Woodrow Wilson
that "it mustn't happen again" still rings
in his ears. Despite his IL years in the
Cabinet he never was disciple of the
New Deal.
Right now, he is engaged in putting the
pieces together in the jig-Saw puzzles OF
postwar He has not only called upon
the British, Soviet and Chinese govern
mentS to express their views and offer
their suggestions about postwar affairs,
but he has faced the music in frank con-
versationS with Senators and Congress
men, right here in Washington. His own
Department is flooded with letters of adj
vice from American citizens, and so is the
mail of members of both Houses of Con-
gress. It looks as though we are getting
somewhere!
At the Governors Conference recently
held at Hershey, Pennsylvania, there was
a general agreement among the Demo
Gratis and Republicans of the different
States demanding a restoration OF State
authority which was delegated, and ap-
propriated by the Federal Government
during the past dozen years-more espe-
cially for war purposes. In short, the
Governors, regardless of their political
complications, put up a kick against be-
ing showed and pushed around; They
raised the red light to indicate that this
is the place to stop" The National trend
is pointed in the direction of American
Democracy, at the close of the European
war.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
Progress Without Compulsion

It will be welcome news to hundreds OF
thousands of fathers and mothers whose
sons are in service in tropical countries
to read the statement of Rear Admiral
Luther Sheldon, Jr., Assistant Chief OF
the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surg
ery, to the effect that "the danger OF
tropical diseases for our armed forces has
been overcome to large extent" The
Navy medical officers feel that they have
the problem licked"
Admiral Sheldon said that he was not
now at liberty to give details on the con-
quest of the tropical diseases, but to med
ical men who have heard his statement
on the subject, it meant the equivalent
of major victory on the battlefield.
The progress that has been made in
medicine, even during the present war, is
far beyond the understanding Of the aver
age citizen who will reap the benefits. 1t
is the result of the tireleSS efforts OF in
dividual doctors and institutions, free
from the hampering influences of a po-
litically- dominated medical profession
such as is being proposed now on ma
tional scale. Socialized medicine would
subject an estimated 80 per cent OF our
citizens to ironclad rules and taxes for
compulsory health insurance program.
CompulSion in medicine does not bring
progress. Nothing is more personal than
the relationship between an individual
and his doctor, and nothing should be
farther from political domination.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
A Thought for Today
Coal and Confusion

Secretary Ickes is man of many
moods as well as many jobs. In fact, he
occasionally laviSheS more than one mood
chi a single job, as in his recent utter
ances on the coal situation. When he
was turning back most of the govern
ment-operated mines to the owners,
national mine boss IckeS gave a proud
account of his stewardship, though there
were overtones of doubt as to whether
management and labor would be able to
carry on without him.
Last year, most of which was spent
under government control, the nations
bituminous mines produced 589 million
tons, the greatest output in history" he
said. "ThiS accomplishment was made
with war-depleted mine forces, older, less
vigorous men, and worn, patched-up
machinery. Management and labor are
now on trial to prove to the nation that
they can fulfill their wartime responsible
ties under their own power" But all pride
exists with mine boss IckeS.
Enter now Solid Fuels Administrator
Ickes, and with him, gloom. One Of Mr..
Ickes' selling points in negotiating the
contract with John L. Lewis was that 1T
would increase production IA per cent.
But production last year - most OF
which was spent under government con-
trol"-was only about is per cent above
1912 Our coal stocks are now at the
lowest point since war started, Mr..
IckeS says. Estimated 1914 production,
he predicts, will fall 80 million tons short
of requirements. Dr. Charles Potter,
deputy solid fuel administrator, is even
more doleful. 1.-THE ability to mine coal is
decreasing daily" he says, finding no JOY
in the fact that essential draft-age miners
are now pretty well stabilized. He says
that the Observation-Disclosures 1914 pro-
duction of 500 million tons is less than
per cent more than last years consump-
ton. But he doesn't figure it out that
despite equally gloomy talk of a coal
shortage last year, the consumption was
about 573 million, as against a produc-
ton of $50 million tons.
This years coal needs are estimated at
between $40 and 626 million tons. And
the coal operators, oddly enough, think
they can deliver - "if there are no fur
Their heavy drains on manpoWer, and If
some new machinery can be obtained"
They have an idea that they can go it
better alone, pushing production with
the miners willing cooperation, and in
creasing strip mining. Maybe the oper-
ators are wrong But if they are, the error
is obviously honest, for there is no point
in their trying to kid anybody. If there
is shortage they will get full blame
for it now that Mr.. Ickes has stepped out.
But there is one point on which the oper-
ators and Mr.. Ickes agree: both urge you
to fill your coal bin this summer.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
SWIMMING TIME
New Haven Journal-Courier)

New Haven Journal-Courier)
This is time of year when every
body within reaching distance of the
ocean or lake should get out and
swim at least once a week. Those
who can't swim should learn before
they get, any older.
The safety factor is, right now.
one of the main arguments for a
human being turning himself into
a fish. One of the most striking
lessons along this line is the fate
of so many soldiers lost at sea from
sunken ships because they couldn't
swim well. But the lives lost like
wise at home are far too many.
Swimming is surprisingly easy to
learn when 1t Is once tackled in
earnest. A novice should be able to
get started in few days and then
strengthen and perfect himself per-
ceptibly. 1t is also one Of the most
healthful of all sports when prac-
tised in clean water and not con-
tinued to the point of exhaustion.
A large part of this sport is mem
tai. 1t is a great satisfaction to
earth-bound people to discover that
they can live and move safely In q
new element, almost as different
from walking as II they were In an
other world. And If it puts them into
rapport with the fishes and clans.
for q while, there's no harm In that.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
False Prophets Exposed

Man may prophesy wisely or unwise-
ly, but time tests the wisdom OF his words.
This Is now being illustrated in the out
standing wartime record of the electric
utilities of the United States. For over a
decade, public agencies have propheSied
that without vast government eXpendi-
lures for electric development, a power
shortage would be experienced. The pri-
vate power companies always refuted this
assumption with facts based on their past
record of building ahead of demand And
now the inevitable is happening.
The output of electric power, primary
''raw material for war industry, early in
May showed the sharpest weeks drop
since the power companies started COM
piling national statistics in 1928, accord
ing to the Edison Electric Institute. This
climaxeS downward trend in power use
which set in Immediately after the util-
ity industry recorded its historic high of
approximately 4.612 billion kilowatt hours
for the week of December 10, 1943. In
other words, time has refuted the "offi-
cial" predictions of power shortages. The
electric industry has met the unprece-
denied wartime demand while serving
every peacetime requirement. 1t can
now slack off production and meet the
nations needs.
And remember this: While our govern
ment has been induced to spend hundreds
of millions of dollars for tax-exempt n.y.
dro-electric projects to compete with or
displace private electric companies, the
highly taxed private electric industry has
produced over 30 per cent of the needed
electricity for the war crisis. In the most
vital war. areas where private power plants
carried the whole load, not one war fac
tory or domestic user failed to receive
electricity when needed. -
Time has sifted out the false prophets.
The promoters of government ownership
Of electric power In the United States
haven't q leg to stand on, except their
true aim, specialization OF the nations
natural resources and means of produc-
tion-in plain English, state socialism, an
alien philosophy that a free people should
never tolerate.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
SUGAR SHORTAGE
New Haven Journal-Courie


Housewives have taken rationing
restrictions pretty well, especially
since Chester Bowles took over. He
has obviously made an honest effort
to keep them from being any more
of a nuisance than necessary, and
has patiently explained many
why's and wherefores. But Ameri-
cans do not understand about sugar.
They know the submarines inter-
fered with sugar, coffee and bananas
at first. Then the submarine cam
paign was won and coffee began to
flow with increasing smooth
ness. Bananas began to appear, too,
not freely, but growing more so. But
sugar has the housewife baffled.
Americans know much sugar goes
into alcohol for the war. But what
about Cuban sugar? What about
Puerto Rico? It Is true the half
stared natives of that American
island ought to vary their crops for
the improvement of their own lives.
But sugar for export is still their
main crop. Americans are on a short
sugar ration and warned that it may
be shorter before the summer is
over.
If Mr.. Bowles wants the Ameri-
can housewife to keep on supporting
OPA he will have to explain more
clearly about sugar. Where is it, and
why canot she have 1t in comfort
able amounts for baking and for
canning?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Large TOnsiIs

Daughter, 4, has very large tom
sis. Doctors advised having them
out but I am afraid, and anyway
she seems to have been badly
frightened when a nurse gave her
an injection of whooping cough vac
cine and ! have been unable to
persuade her to even come with me
when I visit the doctor since.
(Mrs. w. s.
Answer-Don't consult nurses. II
the doctor turns the patient over
to a nurse for such treatment, 1t Is
q good plan to drop the doctor and
employ one who Is not too busy. En-
largement of the tonsils in young
children is no reason for the atroc-
ity contemplated in this instance.
Send stamped envelope bearing your
address, ask for pamphlet "Tonsils
and Adenoids."
Safe Course
Lump size Of walnut near center
Of left breast. Doctor unable to say
positively whether 1t is malignant
or not. States only safe course is
to remove it, If examination by nil
OAOo(OPC okAOWo AZ AAioAA6AAuAAb
the entire breast could be removed.
If it is not Generous, the minor
wound could be closed and that
would be the end of 1t.
Oh. L. J)
Answer-Lucky woman to have
such competent doctor.
Gingivitis
have gingivitis and understand
you recommend vitamins for it.
Please state just how much Of each
vitamin to take daily to effect
cure. (Mrs. G. C. e.
Answer-Gum Inflammation. If
you mean chronic progressive gingi-
Wits. Riggs disease, pyorrhea al
veolaris, I doubt If vitamins will
cure 1t. However, I believe most per-
sons with pyorrhea or chronic in
f1ammation of gums need extra vita
Minis Send stamped envelope bear
ing your address, for pamphlet "All
That Gingivitis Is Not Pyorrhea."
If you want also the booklet Save
Your Teeth" include twenty-five
cents for 1t.
Copyright. 1914. John F. Dillue Coz
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
Views Of The Press

the confidence which they and their
commands share. This confidence
finds new justification in the cap
ture Of Carentan, in the tremendous
air assault which the Allies continue
to deliver at many points, and in
the apparently endless flow of men
and material across the Channel to
swell the Allied power on the French
shores. The Nazis haven't seen
anything yet" Is the consensus of
observers Of this almost unbelievable
spectacle.
Yes, the men of Dunkerque have
gone back, taking with them their
well-deserved friends, and planning
to stay longer than Mr.. Hitler ex-
pected them to. A Europe that
wasn't big enough for him in 1899
is going to feel awfully crowded from
now on. And certainly he want want
to be caught on the same continent
with Mr.. Churchill.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
Current Comment

Those who watch us take off
think we aren't coming back and
that we take all the risk, while We
think we have all the fun and all
they get its stripes-we get the cita-
tons.
Maj. Robert johnson, 81 planes
shot down In Europe.
There seems little possibility
that agriculture viii be able to
keep up with the demand for
foodstuffs for sometime after the
war.
-WPB Chairman Donald Nelson.
It is important to know human
nature and what men can do TO
get men into the right places
doing the right Job.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgom-
cry.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

AS a matter of fact we have been so
engrossed with World War II and our own
association with it that we have lost
sight of the fact that China is entering
on it's eighth year of war with Japan. On
July 7, 1886, Japanese troops opened
fire on the Chinese army. The locale was
Peiping at the Marco Polo Bridge. So 1t
is safe to say China, of all the Allied ma
lions, has been longest at war. During
the years China has taken it as has no
other country.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

go through it with a blue pencil
and take out evidence Of how he
was puto n the spot by the dem
lists of Georgia.
Real inside Is that the dem
fists waged one Of the most
lightning, successful Hobbies in
Washington. They are prob
ably going TO get what they want
despite the Navy-namely, to
make the Nays Bureau Of
Medicine, Surgery and DENTS
try"
Behind this Is the fact that doc
tors in the past have always ruled
naval medicine. A dentist even,
when in the Navy for years and
even when attaining the high rank
Of captain, had to take orders
from a naval doctor thought the
latter might be only junior lieu
tenant.
NAVY SAID NO
When the American Society Of
Dentists first got South Caro-
hna's Representative Rivers to in
troduce an equality bill. the Navy
fatty said no. The Secretary of
the Navy also said it. The Presi-
dents physician, Admiral Ross
McIntire, also said it. And Chair
man Vinson Of the House Naval
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
WHAT? NO HIGH SCHOOL
BASKETBALL?

Reader noticing in this column
the suggestion that football should
be excluded from high school cur
ricula, wonders why. say nothing
about high school basketball. The
reader goes on to describe the case
Of his son, now 10, who had rheu-
matte fever three years ago. The boy
was taller and heavier than most
boys in high school, and his father
thinks his trouble began with knee
injury sustained in a basketball
game, when the boy slipped, skinned
the knee, was treated by some coach
or other extra-curricular individual
(of course not by physician), and
suffered an extended seige from In
lection.
The boys father contends that
basketball Is quite as strenuous as
football. in high school or college,
and thinks should agitate for ex-
clusion. Of basketball from high
school athletics.
This youths rheumatic fever Is
an unfortunate mischance, like
scarlet fever, pm umonia, or
measles. There Is no reason to be-
lieve either his basketball playing
or the injury to his knee or the mall
treatment the injury received, had
anything to do with 1t. Rheumatic
fever (acute infectious arthritis or,
as 1t was formerly called, "inflaln-
matory rheumatism"O Is purely
matter Of infection, respiratory in
lection, by strain of streptococ-
Gus, and the infection rarely II ever
occurs through a wound Of the skin,
though such occurrence is con-
ceivable.
contend that high school foot
ball is grave risk for any grow
ing boy-and 80 per cent of high
school boys are still growing, de-
veloping. Parents who permit sons
of high school age to play organized
football subject their sons to q
strain, particularly heart strain,
which may, and frequently does.
handicap the victim for life. Foot
ball Is a grown mans game, all
very we'll for university students,
all wrong for boys who have not
yet grown up.
High school football, from what T
have observed, encourages every
thing that good parents do NOT
want to happen to their sons and
daughters. Only effective way 10
clean up the evil Is by an organized
agitation and formal demand by
group large enough to compel the
school authorities to sit up and
listen. ."
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The children in New York City will
continue helping the paper drive during
the summer months. Children have 10
play, have to have their games and recrea-
ton, and 60 to camp and the seashore
and all that, but the summer IS
long, and this is fine thing for them to
help in the paper collection when they
are not leaping hedges, swimming, ana
climbing apple trees. New York City IS
pretty well organized on the paper drive.
Waterbury also expects to do better work
on the next paper collection.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
CENSORSHIP
Boston POST

The handling of the news from
the invasion area has been excellent.
1t is apparent that nothing but
sound military reasons has in
fluenced the censorship In this in
vasion, and none of the errors in
garbing the dispatches of other un-
dertakings have appeared this time.
Naturally, there has been an occa-
sional delay in eyewitness accounts
OF certain engagements, but this Is
to be expected. These delays, in fact,
have been shorter than were ex-
pe6ted and when the dispatches did
come through they were surprisingly
complete. Apparently, no attempt Is
being made to soften or modify"
the news this time. When the going
has been hard, the correspondents
have been permitted to say so. This
Is the real honest reporting that the
American people want.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

Affairs Committee said 1t. The
bill didn't seem to have chance.
Then the dentists of the ma
ton got busy. They found out
who was the personal dentist Of
every member of the Naval AZ
fairs Committee, from Magnuson
Of Washington to Sasscer of Mary
ladn, and they put on the pres
sure. But the hardest pressure
was put on Chairman Vinson, who
to bow before a delegation Of dem
fists from Georgia.
'They got me on the martyrs
bench" was one remark which
the Georgia congressman Is re-
ported to have made and which
presumably he wants to tkae out
Of the record.
Another Congressman Is re-
ported to have said: "If we don't
pass this bill, imagine how they
can drill on us. next time we
are in the dentists chair"
Anyway, the bill is now going
to pass the House, despite the
Navy. If it also passes the Sem
ate, naval dentists and doctors
will be equal.
Copyright, 1914 by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc0
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

such misconceptions, teachers and
parents should face with their
children that nothing is too great
for Gods power or too insignificant
for His notice. Our concern must al
ways be that we are asking for what
We believe to be right, and that we
are quite honest In our asking. II
we do this. we can leave the issues
OF affairs In His hands, Our firm
confidence should be that nothing Is
so big that God cannot do 1t. and
nothing 50 small that God viii not
DO II, " II win help Ne and advance
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

ton, p a t u X ent,
Nd. give the best
picture. A two
day inspection Of
these bases, ar
ranged by Navy
Secretary James
Torrestal for a
small group of
newspaper CORES
pondents, reveals
the extent to
which naval war
fare at best has
become q war Of
gadgets.
Begin rig hit
NIyifh flaa avtNlo
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
Selected Poem
SAILOR AND STAR

SAILOR AND STAR
(Sgt Frederick Ebright in The New York Tines
Polaris burns blue-white above the rocking mast,
Aloof and changeless through the changing years.
Steadfast bright star by which the course is set
Through chaos of dark hemispheres.
Let, then, this star be compass for your hope,
You sailor who will chart tonight Its CLEAN;
Let its blue fire keep alive for you
The time, the word, the promise and the dream.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

the commonplace
thin gs of life
would constitute
an unworthy EN-
ploynent Of the
sacred privilege.
AS regards LIES
great issues, they
seem to feel that
God is greatly
limited by natural
law In what He
can actually do.
In the face of
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per.
sonal health and hygiene, not to
disease, diagnosis Of treatment,
win be answered BY DR.. Brady Il
q stamped seIf-adiressed envelope
is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
o. made TO queries not conforms
ing 20 Instructions. Address Asr.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

German prisoners reveal that Hitler
was on the Normandy beaches only two
days before the invasion. Perhaps his
Wanted intuition told him that he'd bet
ter hurry home to Berchtesgaden ana
tidy up before the company got there.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 2:ls a. m. (war time)
Sun rises at 5l9 a. m sets at e:26 p. m.
(war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
The stars are not particularly bright this
month. Saturn sets about 0 o'clock, and Venus
comes up just fifteen minutes before sunrise.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15

the cause OF righteousness.
The same hand that holds the
planets In their course touches the
feyered brow OF the sick child. helps
man struggling with business
problems, makes brave the heart OF
the soldier as he confTonts danger
and the possibility OF death. Here Is
the formula: Nothing Is 80 big that
God can't handle it-nothing 50
small that He won't.
All Rights Reserved Hahs0n
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-06-15
RETURN TICKET

The promise OF the men Of Dun
kerque, We'll be back" Is dFamati.
cally recalled by the visit OF Prime
Minister Churchill TO France, the
first since his flight 10 that coun-
try four years ago 10 plead with
It's leaders TO continue resistance
against the Nazis,
The presence also OF all Che nFi-
tish-AmeTiean top military leaders
on the reconquered fields 80 soon
after the first invasion blows wree
struck bespeaks the th0ronehnaas Of
the JOB The Allied soldiers DID and