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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06

THE SITUATION: The children invited to you child's birthday party vary in ages from three to six years.
 WRONG WAY: Have contests or races with prizes for the winners.
 RIGHT WAY: Spend the money with which you would have bought prizes on small favors for each child present. and plan simple games all can play, rather than having contests the larger children are sure to win.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
$37,OOO SUBSCRIPTION ;.
 CERTIFICATE ISSUED

A certificate of organization was issued by the secretary of state last week to Harry Birenubaum & Son. Inc, of 67 South Main street, which recently made negotiations to pur- chase the building at Bank street and Harrison avenue. The certifi- cate calls for subscription of $37, ,000.
 The shares, with par value at $100, are held as follows: Max Biren- baum, president, 100; Minnie Biren- baum, vice-president, som Mollie Birenbaum, secretary, 30 shares: Harry Birenbaum, treasurer. 190 shares. It has been indicated the purchase price of the building was about $170,000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
Club To View
 Motion Pictures

Dr. c. H. Neuswanger will be the guest speaker at the November sup per meeting of the MT. and Mrs. club of the Second Congregational church Wednesday at 6:30 p. m. in the workrooms of the church. Dr. Neuswanger will show motion pie lures on wild animals in Idaho and in Africa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
Children or Mary
 Elect Officers

Miss Ruth Scully was elected presi-
 Miss Ruth Scully was elected president of the Children of Mary of St. Margaret's parish at a meet ing of the group Sunday morning. Others named were: Miss Nancy Mullen, vice. president; Miss Arlene Smith, secretary; and Miss Mary Nolan, treasurer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
Contract Bridge
CORNELL BRIDGE CLUB

The Frdiay afternoon tournament of the Cornell Bridge club, con- ducted by Mrs. John c. Moriarty, 60 Linden street, resulted in the following top scores: North and South, Mrs. Albert Lavigne and Mrs. George Cashman, 1865 Mrs. Charles Ferry and Mrs. James Sin- caster, 128 1-2; east and west. Mrs. c. E. Olson and Mrs. Frank Hardy, 131; Mrs. Edward Schweinberg and Mrs. William Foley, 129.. The official standing: Mrs. Cashman and Mrs. Lavigne, 274; Mrs. Robert Treat and Mrs. D. w. Rosebrugh, 259 1-2: Mrs. Ferry and Mrs. Sincaster, 254; Mrs. John Corden and Mrs. JohE Brophy, 253.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
EDUCATION WEEK
 BEING OBSERVED

Individual programs have been planned by various scholos of the city in connection with the ohServ- ance this week of the American Education week, it was reported today. Urograms will be based on the theme that the future of the country lies in the schools.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
Club Notes

Mrs. George Hamm will serve as hostess at meeting of the Women's Get-Together Club of the Third Con gregational church Wednesday after non at 2:30 in the parish hall. Plans will be completed for a dessert bridge to be held in the parish hall Thursday, November g, at 1:30 p. m.
 The regular meeting of Beth-El Sisterhood will be held Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the vestry rooms. A special election will be held for the office of president due to the death of Mrs Frank Meyers, late president of the group.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
Weddings
MOYNIHAN-WALLACE

Frank s. Wallace, Oakland ave- nue, announces the marriage of his sister, Margaret Mary, daughter of the late MT. and Mrs. Frank &. Wallace, to Corporal Francis J. Moy- nihan, son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas Moynihan of Tracy avenue, which took place October 28 at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Lieut.. Kuras
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06

Even aer Killer Hitler himself throtUs ir the sponge Americdn reLax sauing used fats their kches Because it's te Japs. not the Germans tuho still hGve those territories in the Pacfc tGt used supply sUith billion pounds year! Our at saluGge ob isnt done until sOe blast the Nips out.
 In the meantime, eUey drop of used fats is urgently needed help make the tons o munitions medicines syn thetc rubber and soaps tat needed for final uctory
 So keep saVing until VJ Day! Remember, the goUern. ment giUes you free red points for eUery pound.
 This message has been GPproUed by WFA and OPA and pGid for by Industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
SOCIAL FUNCTIONS

garet Byrnes, Shirley Collins. Mary Hyland, Catherine Collins and EV elyn Cnoway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
Social Notes

Miss Mary G. Hutchinson, Ram dolph avenue, entertained Miss Clare McEntee, Jersey City, N. J., a former classmate at the College of Saint Elizabeth, over the week end
 Mrs. Charlotte Stell, Willow street, worthy matron of Naomi chapter, No. g, Order of Eastern Star, att tended the visiting matrons and patrons night program of Meridian chapter, No. 8, in Meriden, recently
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06

Biltmore, New York.
 Miss Katharyn w. Hayes, Summer street, chairman of the Study clubs of the Connecticut Council of Cath ollie Women, attended the annual meeting of the Council at the Hotel Bond, Hartford, Saturday, Also at- tending from this city were: Miss Lucy Bowes, local Council chairman, and Miss Catherine Maloney.
 Dr. and Mrs. A. s. Brown, White street, have peen spending few days in New York city where they were registered at the Waldorf-As- toria..
 MT. and Mrs. John c. Cullinan, Walnut street, announces the birth of son. Friday at St. Mary's hos pital. Mrs. Cullinan is the former Catherine Burke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06

Mrs. Paul Debry and her daugh- ter, Miss G. Debry, of Litchfield, are spending several days at the Hotel Biltmore, New York.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-06
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For that extra blanket you couldn't make a better choice. It's every inch handwoven, in an attractive baSket-weave design. Comes in lovely colors to harmonize with any dec- orating scheme. Rose Dust, Monte Blue, Green, Rose Pink.
Evening star., 1944-11-09
Able Public Servunt

The Department of Labor and
those whom it serves have lost a
good man in the resignation of DR..
John r. Steelman, director of the
United States Cancellation Service.
His future plans, beyond a vaca-
ton deferred for ten years, have
not been announced. He indicates
that they are indefinite. But we
shall hear more of DR.. Steelman,
and doubtless it will be in the field
of work in which he has shown nota-
BILE achievement-the settlement of
labor disputes before, rather than
after, they have reached the stage
of wasteful and injurious strikes.
In her letter, belatedly accepting
with regret DR.. Steelman's resigna-
tion, Secretary Of Labor Perkins re-
marks on fact which the notoriety
Of the War Labor Board possibly
may have obscured that the Com
ciliation Service has continued to
settle about 90 per cent Of all the
labor disputes In . period when the
causes Of such disputes have become
50 numerous. Furthermore, pre-
vention rather than settlement Of
strikes now occupies the major part
Of the time and EFFORT OF the Con-
Citation Service.
Dr.. Steelman is not alone, but he
k one Of the conspicuous pioneers
Evening star., 1944-11-09
Federal Voters

The election returns from nearby
Virginia and Maryland point con-
vincingly to the political independ-
ence OF Federal employees.
During the campaign the charge
was made that Government work.
ers, especially those in the war
emergency agencies, constituted a
bought vote" that surely would go
for President Roosevelt. The cleo
ton results in Montgomery, Prince
Georges, Arlington and Fairfax
Counties and in the city OF Alex
andria prove that the complaint
was absurd.
The returns show that these
nearby areas, taken as a whole,
constitute little Republican island
in the midst of normally Democratic
territory. The vote for the Presi-
dent was 42,l17. Governor Dewey
was well out in front, with 47,542.
Montgomery County went for the
Republican candidate by nearly 5000
votes. while the President held
Prince Georges by the narrow
margin OF 1870 votes. Across the
river in Democratic Virginia, the
city OF Alexandria stayed with Mr..
Roosevelt by $50 votes, but Arlington
and Fairfax Counties went Repub-
lican by 1852 votes. This was only
the second time since the recon-
struction period, incidentally, that
Fairfax has been found in the COP
column.
The significance of these returns
from nearby Virginia is underscored
by the vote for Representative
Howard Smith, Democrat, who won
easily in his Did for reelection to
Congress from the eighth district.
MIR. Smith was handicapped some
what by the fact that an independent
Democrat was in the race. Never
theless, he was far out in front with
1926 votes from the three nearby
Virginia areas. His Republican
opponent, despite the 1874 votes
cast for Governor Dewey, polled only
5,679 votes.
There might be considerable de-
bate as to what these figures prove.
But there can be no question about
what they disprove. The Govern
ment employees, who are very largely
represented in the Maryland and
Virginia areas adjacent to the
Capital, do not constitute bought
vote that can be delivered at will
for the President. And it may be
hoped that this silly accusation will
not be heard again.
Evening star., 1944-11-09

1t will function in the congressional
elections which will be held two years
from now and also in State elections.
Republicans sought to ALLEVIATE old
line Democrats by charging the PAC
was IN reality taking over their party
In many States. 1t is impossible to tell
whether this was an effective argu-
ment. But 1t is a fact that without
the effective cooperation of this new
political agency of organized labor a
number of close States might have
gone for Mr.. Dewey
The election demonstrated a healthy
attitude of the American people toward
international collaboration for the
maintenance of peace in the future.
.Ihls Is not because Gov Dewey, had he
been elected, would not have been a
strong advocate of international col
laboration. He would have been-and
one OF the strongest. Mr.. Dewey did all
he could to lift this issue out of partisan
politics during the campaign. In the
election, as in party primaries. former
so-called isolationists were sent tum-
bling to the ground. The defeats of
Senator Nye of North Dakota. of Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish of New York
anu htepitStHIdIiFe Lay OF llllnOlS are
cases in point. Senator Danaher of
Connecticut is another.
The defeat of the Republicans in this
election by no means spells death for
the Republican party. While they lost
three at least of the 26 governorships
which they have held, it still leaves the
party in control of the State govern
ments of nearly one-half of the States.
among them the most populous States in
the Union. There will be little differ
ence in their numerical strength in the
Senate, and not great deal in the
House.
Gov. Dewey emerges from the elec-
ton defeated but by no means a
Inundated candidate What the New
Workers. personal political plans may be
have not been disclosed 1t seems
safe bet that he will seek reelection
as Governor in 1916. Should he win.
he will be again in a position to become
candidate for presidential nomina-
ton.
Evening star., 1944-11-09
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

President r. osevelt on Tuesday
proved again his indispensability to the
Democratic party. He checked a Repub-
lcan trend which had been running
strongly since l940 and carried into
ONCE with him Democratic candidates
for governor in many States, who might
easily have been defeated without
Roosevelt on the ticket He did the
same thing for Democratic candidates
for the Senate and House.
This political miracle. for 1t seems no
less, is due to the Presidents own great
personal following in the ranks of or
ganized labor-and in unorganized la
Dor. The workers regard him as their
friend. 1t is due also, and probably to
an equal or greater extent, to the fact
that he ran, not only as q presidential
candidate, but also as Commander in
Chief during great war These are
the two main factors that won for him.
But even with these factors on his
side-and the latter was of huge i'm
portance. winning to him many Repub-
lic4n votes-Mr. Roosevelt found his
1910 pluralities cut heavily in many
States. New York was a glaring ex-
ception. In his own home State. and
that of Gov Dewey, the Presidents
margin of victory was greater than
when he ran against the late Wendell
L. Willkie. This is explainable in part
by the effective job done by the CIO
Political Action Committee, headed by
Sidney Hillman. Not only did this or
ganization help to roll up the huge
Roosevelt plurality in New York City,
but 1t registered and helped to get out
the vote in upstate industrial centers.
-
To greater extent than ever before
In the United States, organized labor.
through the PAC and its successor. the
National Committee for Political Action.
also headed by Mr.. Hillman, entered
national politics. What this holds for the
country in future elections can only
be surmised. Certainly 1t does not
appear likely that Mr. Hillman and
other labor leaders associated with him
in this effort will willingly lay aside
this political power which they have
now tasted. Indeed it already has been
announced that the PAC is to be a
permanent organization. Undoubtedly
Evening star., 1944-11-09

in the relatively new technique of
bringing both sides together In ami
cable agreement under conditions
which, in the past, would have meant
inevitable strikes and bitterness.
The perfection OF this technique, as
Miss Perkins says, represents a gain
OF permanent usefulness in the
sphere OF industrial relations. To
be of greatest value in that sphere,
the Cancellation Service must re-
main above suspicion Of bias, and
the men and women who administer
its operations must be known for
their good sense as well as for their
good will.
Evening star., 1944-11-09

to hold out until next spring or even
late next summer, their final defeat Is
certain.
! Under these circumstances the three
men can talk postwar plans with much
greater confidence than they did last
December. There seems to be little
argument about what to do with the
Germans. While there is yet no cut
and-dry plan about how far the Russian,
British and French zones Of influence"
in the Reich will extend. the govern
ments OF the United States, Great
Britain and Russia are in full agreement
that Germany as we have known it since
1870 must disappear as political entity.
There is less agreement, however, be-
tween Moscow and London about the
fate OF the various nations In Eastern
and Central Europe Russia feels that
since her armies have liberated these
countries their inhabitants owe a debt
of gratitude to the USSR Moreover,
since the Red armies have shown them
selves to be the strongest In that area,
the Kremlin assumes that the people
would want their protection for. some
time after the war against the Reich is
ended.
These views were presented frankly
to Prime Minister Churchill by Premier
Stain during the Britisher's last visit
to Moscow. But since the ma jor partner
of the Big Three was not present most
Of these matters were left in abeyance.
Mr.. Churchill kept the White House
fully posted on the trend OF his CONVEX
satlons with the Russian Premier, and
Ambassador w. Averell Hartman, who
Is now in the United States awaiting
further instructions to arrange for Mr..
Roosevelts trip to see Stain, gave COM
Elementary details.
Although the relations between Mr..
Churchill and Premier Stain have vastly
improved since their meeting last De-
cember, Mr.. Roosevelt is aware that his
presence at the next meeting as an
unbiased friend is extremely necessary.
The United States MAY have to keep
military force in some sections of Ger
many and Italy after the war to super :,
wise the enforcement of peace, but has
no desire for any zones of influence"
In Europe. Hence Mr.. Roosevelt can be
a helpful, impartial arbiter In the several
thorny problems which still exist be-
tween the British and Russian govern
ments.
Evening star., 1944-11-09
Our Allies Seen Reassured
By Major George Fieidinq Eliot

To the student of war and interna-
tional relationships November Z. 1914,
was day marked by the fates for a
conjunction of significant events It
was day of promise, but it was also
day Of warning.
1t was a day in which the peoples
OF the world saw the light of hope
grow little brighter, but they saw
also the distant flash of the lightnings
Of destruction which will come upon
them If that hope remains unfulnlled
because Of human blundering and
jealousy and greed.
On November 7, 1914, Franklin d.
Roosevelt was reelected President of
the United States. That fact was
disappointment to many Americans. but
1t will be received beyond our borders
With rejoicing among our Allies and
with despair among our enemies. It
Will seem to friend and foe alike that
Mr.. Roosevelt has received q mandate
from the American people to proceed
with the work SO well begun at Duna-
barton Oaks, to bring to full conclusion
the plans of his administration for full
American participation in an interna-
tional organization to perpetuate the
peace which the peoples of all the
United Nations have been fighting and
dying to win.
ut was difncult to say this before the
election without being unfair to Gov.
Dewey, who had repeatedly given as
surancs that this was also his objective.
But the staunchest of his supporters
cannot escape the fact that had he
been elected, there would have ensued
q period OF uncertainty and watchful
waiting among the other Allied nations
until the exact nature of the policies
q the new administration became
The reelection Of Mr.. Roosevelt,
coupled with the defeat d several
Senators and Congressman who were
identified with isolationist policies, will
greatly reassure our Allies.
There can be little doubt that with
the news of the election results q vast
sigh OF relief went round the world.
broken only by bitter snarls OF disap-
pointment from Berlin and Tokyo. Again
let me hasten to say that ] do not
believe that the Germans Of the Jana
nese would have found any comfort
whatever In Mr.. Dewey q President:
but they are desperate men, snatching
u straws; they know Mr. Roosevelt, and
they have good reason to fear that he
means TO see to It that they shall be
rendered pOwerless further to disturb
the peace Of the world. Mr. Dewey
would have been chah9s: and Ii any
Evening star., 1944-11-09
Greek Consolidation

The coalition government, head
ed by Premier George Papandreou,
has taken step similar to that of
the French provisional government
headed by General Charles de
Gaulle. BY decree issued last Mon
day it orders the dissolution of the
Elias and the Edes, the two largest
guerrilla organizations in Greece.
They are given until December 10th
to disband and turn in their arms.
The order would presumably not
have been issued unless the. gov
ernment felt it would be complied
with. Furthermore, before issuing
it, Premier Papandreou conferred
with 1t. General Ronald Scobie,
commander of the British forces
which liberated Greece from the
Germans and remain in the country
with the approval Of the Greek au-
thorities. The dissolution of these
guerrilla organizations is a logical
prerequisite for the task of national
reconstruction and consolidation. If
peacefully accomplished, it will be
a welcome omen, not merely for the
future of Greece but of the other
Balkan countries as we'll
The Greek resistance movement
began Immediately after the Axis
conquest in the spring of 1941. With
the regular army shattered and the
legal government gone into exile in
Egypt, there was no single center
of authority at home around which
rebellious elements could rally. Fur
thermore, the very geography of
Greece, sundered by mountains and
the sea into many districts mutual
ly inaccessible to one another, pre-
disposes the Greeks to act locally
and spontaneously. 1t is therefore
not strange to find numerous guerril-
la bands springing up under their
own chiefs with little coordination
Gradually. partial process of con-
solidation set in which resulted in
two distinct nationwide guerrilla
organizations. These were the Elias
and the Edes-the former Commu-
mist in ideology, the latter national
ist In character. There were also
local organizations independent OF
both Elias and Edes, the most notable
being that in Epirus under the
famed guerrilla leader, Napoleon
Zervas.
Unfortunately, this complex stu
alton engendered mutual rivalries
and feuds which often resulted in
armed clashes between the factions,
who sometimes fought each other
as f1ercely as they did the Germans
and Italians. The resultant burden
on the civilian population led to the
formation Of so-called security bat
talions' to check guerrilla excuses
even though this involved relations
with the Axis occupational authori-
ties. Those security battalions are
to be distinguished from the real
Greek "quislings" who threw in their
lot with the Axis and pronted there
from.
II is this amazingly complicated
tangle which the Papandreca gov-
Evening star., 1944-11-09
The Silent Fuehrer
The fact that Hitler failed to spea

The fact that Hitler failed to speak
yesterday-eye OF the anniversary
OF his Munich beer hall putsch
lends plausibility to the crop OF
rumors about the state OF his health.
Neutral correspondents in Berlin
had been told to expect an address
from him, but when the time for it
arrived, his silence was complete,
although on the same occasion
in every other year OF the war he
had made special point Of ha-
ranguing the people Of Germany.
Inside the Reich, as we'll as out
side, the incident must make gossip
flourish, for his voice, after all, has
not been heard in a long time, nor
has his physical presence been seen
by the public at large. Could it be
possible that there may be some
truth in the speculation that he
really did not survive the July 10th
attempt upon his life, or is there
real substance to the report that
he Is being treated for a sepious
brain disorder? The situation stim-
ulates the asking OF any number of
such questions, but perhaps the
simple explanation is the soundest
one-namely, that he is silent now
only because he has nothing to say,
only because events have so dis
credited him that any words from
him-any new boast, any new prom
Use, any new lie-would sound like
q grim travesty to the German ear.
The magic is gone from the Fuehrer:
He Is incapable of making black
seem white any longer or of cov-
ering up his colossal failure by
any resort to his once effective ora
tory. Possibly for this reason, and
no other, he, held his tongue yes
terday-solely because nothing he
might say could repress the truth
that Is shouting him down today
everywhere.