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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
Private Enterprise vs. Public

Declaring that careful survey of the electric power industry failed to produce conclusive evidence as to whether private enterprise was more or less efficient than public enterprise, the Twentieth Century Fund appealed for better coordination of public and private power systems. It's report says that: "The profit motive may result in low costs if full advantage Is taken of the possibilities of increasing consumption by low rates. On the other hand, private companies, when handi- capped by heavy financial burdens, have been reluctant to take the risk of loWer- Ing rates because of the high ratio of their overhead to total cost"
 It Is futile to make rate comparisons between public and private plants with out calculating what the rates of public plants would be If they carried the exact tax load of private plants, or, stated another way, how much private plants could reduce their rates If they were granted the same tax exemptions and tax subsidies as public plants. Public plants have every known form of tax Subsidization and tax exemption, whereas, private plants bear every known form of taxation, and today pay to govern ment some 20 cents out of each dollar of gross earnings as taxes,
 The matter of rates is entirely super ficial when the basic question involved Is: Arc public plants worth the price of state socialism? There Is about as much logic in arguing over public vs. private owner ship of industry on a rate basis, as there would be in favoring government by a republic or a dictatorship, on basis of efficiency alone. In Q republic you have personal liberty and individual oppor- tunity; in a dictatorship, under state socialism, you wipe out personal liberty and individual opportunity on the as- sumption that the state is more efficient than the individual.
 So the real question that we must ultimately decide, is not whether state socialization of the electric industry might give the customer electricity for Q few cents month less than can a taxpay- ing private industry, but whether we want to change our form of government to state socialism with its limitation Of personal liberty. Why don't some of the learned professors discuss this vital side of the issue? Under state socialism even the professors would no longer be free to expound their theories -- the state would decide what the people could hear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
Something for the Voters

Here is unquestionably the prime man. biteS-dog item of the moment. The bu- reaucrats are accusing our economy minded Congress of being Wasteful and extravagant, with charge of political boondoggling thrown in for good measure.
 All the fuss really started last June, when Congress passed an appropriation for large reprint of the 1922 Agricul- ture Yearbook. There has not been an edition of that monumental valume in two years. Congress refused to appro- priate any money for it in 1943, what with the paper shortage and all. Of course, there's a paper shortage this year, too, but well, maybe it has something to do with the elections coming up. Any way, the legislators apparently decided that this would be good time to remem- Der the electorate back home with little something. So they slipped yearbook appropriation of $178000 into the June fiscal parade. The fact that the bill is charged, not to Congress as is the custom, but to the Department of Agriculture only makes it all the more confusing. The whole thing seems to have brought the Agriculture Department and the Gov ernment Printing Office to slow boil.
 There have been mutteringS about such Ln1ngS as these. The 1S4Z ASrlCulCuAc Yearbook presumably has been sent out to constituents once already. And there are around 45,000 of these volumes left over, which, since they are outdated, will probably wind up in the waste paper salvage drive. Congress has ordered 231,- 250 copies, the maximum number allowed by the law, that is $50 for each senator, and 400 for each representative. Each book contains 1,296 pages; total paper requirement., 44O tons The order also would require 4O,0OO yards of high priority blue vellum for the covers.
 Every one of the books chapters, some 200 of them, is already available in pamphlet form. Nobody seems very anx- ious to do the printing The Government Printing Office asked for bids, and only one firm responded; its bid is reported between $75,OOO and $1OO0OO above the amount appropriated. Well, our Con- gress is a great and valuable and indis- Densable institution. So is our custom of auadrennial elections But sometimes sheir zodiacal conjunction produces the darndest results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
EmlnentlY Reaaonahle

The oil industry, In urging the formu- lation of foreign oil policy by our gov ernment without further delay, touches on a question of direct interest to everyone in this country. A representative of the oil industry recently pointed out that: "The need for such a long-term policy becomes immediately apparent when we consider the fact that In l043 the United States produced two-thlrds of the worlds oil from only one-third of the known re- serves of the world, while the other two- thirds of the worlds oil reserves, princi- pally in the Near East, produced only one-third of the oil. Likewise in 1943, for the sixth successive year, we found less new oil than we produced. ..."
 Nowhere else in the world do facilities exist capable of the output of our oil industry. Without our oil industry the cause of the United Nations would at best be dubious one. But for the efforts of the men who devised the organizations and equipment under a system Of free en- terprise, that are today producing mill lions of barrels of oil every tWenty-four hours to keep the fighting machines run ming, the grand military strategy of the statesmen would be of little avail Victory depends upon oil.
 The oil industry has given the nation oil It now asks that 1t be given access to the worlds oil reserves on equal terms with the nationals of other nations, and that 1t be allowed to continue operation free of competition from our own gov ernment It's request Is eminently req sonabe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
Secret Maid Service

This war may go down in history as the period in which men came at last to trust a woman with secret. The latest support of this thesis is found in story in the transatlantic edition of the Lon don Daily Mail.
 Each night 100 charwomen, carefully selected and sworn to secrecy, come in to clean invasion headquarters. They scrub and dust surrounded by secrets of the second front. They're subject to extra ordinary precautions, of course, But they're trusted.
 And the price of their secrecy? A top pay of 40 cents an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
ARMY-NAVY TEST
(New Haven Journal COurier)


 The qualifying test which the army and navy are civing to the l7- years-oid tomorrow is the most practical test that car be. devised to select those youths best able to profit by the specialized training programs of the two services. There fore, it is significant that the can- didates will be tested not only nj mathematics and science but also in the knowledge and use of words.
 It is easy to see wh. youths who are to become military experts should be adept in mathematics and science; this is scientific and me- chanical war. But why words? The answer, as college, have known for a long time, is that the best single in- dication of students ability to learn is shown by kiS knowledge of vocabulary.
 One of the reasons behind this fact is that a persons knowledge of words is reasonably good in- dication of his comprehension. Every person hears and reads a large and varied vocabulary during his years up to IT. Some persons retain the words and some do not. In the main, the better minds retain the greater number of words. Further, words are tools and the better student uses them. more eXpertly will he employ whatever technical knowledge he has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
Views Of The Press

at Dublin be sent home. Not only the success of the operations but the lives of thousands of United Ma tions' soldiers are at stake" says our State Departments note to which British government gives full ad- herence.
 That is a reasonable request but 1t has serious implications for Fire. These, Prime Minister de Valera was prompt to see and disavow. One implication is that Fire has not succeeded in preventing Axis espionage. This, de Valera denies. Another implication is that the Uni ted States and Britain are asking Fire to take a step which is mani- festly unneutral. Severance of dip- lomatic relations is an unfriendly act. This, also, deValera insist he will not do.
 Irish refusal to accept of the AL lied request, must inevitably lead to other steps and the issue which Washington and London have raised is so important that non-co- opeartion by deValera's government can not be the last word.
 Military necessity requires that Axis espionage in Fire be prevent ed from interfering with the suc- cess of the invasion of the conti- nent. Pressure on Dublin may bring about more rigid Irish supervision of Axis diplomatic activity. That has its limitations. however, so far as diplomatic mail is concerned. Even if de Valera should wish to take drastic steps short of sending Axis diplomats home, we would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

ficials had strongly opposed the Congressional resolutions faVoring Jewish immigration itno Palestine, the President himself came out strongly for the Jewish plan.
 This happened after he had listened to two prominent rabblS Stephen s. Wise and Abba H. Silver, cO-chalrmen of the Amer ican Zionist Emergency COun- ell. The prcsidentt alked with these men for almost an hour. and be.Nr they left hts office, he determined Co put himself on record In favor of the Zionist plan.
 Ho told the two Jewish leaders that they would be accosted by the press as they left his office, and he suggested that he himself prepare Q little statement which they could all agree upon,
 So the President wrote out Q statement in his own hand, and 1t was this memo which the rabbis was very positive:
 "The President has autOhrlxed us to say that the American government has never given It's approval to the (Brltish) White Paper of 1889 .. and that when future decisions are reached, reached, full justice will be done to those who seek 9 Jewish na- tiOnal home"
 The British White Paper great ly restricts Jewish immigration in- to Palestine, and the President in his statement has thus flatly op- posed that British position.
 Until recently, Jewish leaders were pessimistic over passage of the Palestine resolutions in Con- gress, but now they are confident of passage. They regard the Presidents statement as com plete flip-flop in the Administra- tion position, and a sahrp rebuke to the position taken by the State and War Departments.
 Copyright, l944, by United
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Senator Byrd, of Virginia, recently declared: "There was time when the Federal income tax was called rich mans tax; the masses believed that they would benefit and that the wealthy would pay the bill. Today all that has changed. From now on our Federal expenditures will be traced directly to tax burdens in the loWer-income brackets, it being esti- mated that fifty million people will file income tax returns this year. The Secre- tary of the Treasury must have had a similar idea in mind when he stated: For the first time in our history the in- come tax is becoming peoples tax"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

You can't keep up with Hollywood, or perhaps you might say Hollywood is al- ways one step ahead of the publisher, If not the reviewer. Before book is off the press it's possibilities are anticipated for filming. Anything by A. J. Cronin is al ways a safe bet, so "The Green Years" still unpublished has been purchased by a film company, the same company that has not yet finished "The Keys of the Kingdom"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

gin Islands in order to give Lovett chance to make test case be- fore the Court of Claims or the U. s. Supreme Court as to whether or not Congress has Q right to interfere with the Presl- dents appointments of executive officers.
 Last week, the House Appropria- tions Committee was all set to raise another rumpus with Ickes when they met behind closed doors. In fact, one of the first questions asked of Ickes was whether Lovett was still on his poyroll.
 'Tf you had asked me that question at 9 o'clock" replied Secretary Ickes, with . twinkle in his eye, II would not have
 been able to tell you. But the first thing ' did when I ar- rived at the office this morn- ing was to look up LOvett's sta tus. When I found he was still employed in the Virgin Islands, I immediately dictated . request for his resignation"
 Ickes went on to explain that he had intended for Lovett to remain on the payroll only long enough to give him a chance to test the case in court, and had not re- alized he was still on the pay roll,
 Lovett is much-beloved by Virgin Island natives, who offered to raise funds from their local gov- ernment to pay his salary. How ever, he si not beloved by Gov. Charles Harwood, old political friend of FDR. It is considered sig nificant that the House Appropria- tions Committee heckled Ickes on Lovctt just few days after Gov. Harwood arrived on one of his many trips to Washington. PRESIDENT ON PALESTINE
 It is now pretty clear that the President thinks that State and War Department officials deceived him on the Palestine issue. Tip- off is that, shortly after these of-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

a century, IS not III gOOQ n
 Tn the Senator's lap, us he talked, was letter on White House stationery, Jim Farley could not help but notice the sta- tionery, but naturally did not try to pry into the contents Of the letter.
 It was from Jims one-timG friend and chiof, Franklin Roose- welt. And 1t was on the subject regarding which Jim and Carter Glass vigorously disagrce-the tax veto.
 After the President has vetoted tn tax bill, with consequent Bark Icy fireworks, Senator Glass phoned the White House.
 "Tell the President" hct old Jimmy Byrnes, "that he not only had the Constitutional right to veto the tax bill, but it was his constitutional duty to veto a bill as inadequate as this one"
 In reply, the President wrote a warm letter of thanks to the 84- year old Senator. This was the letter which lay in Glass lap when Jim Farley called. PARACHUTE INVESTIGATION
 Last week the Washington Merry -Go-Round revealed that the parachute now being used by the American flyers was dangerous compared with the British single-release type and that Brigadier General Newton Long, fellow of the U. s. Eighth Army Air Force in England has cabled Washington that anything bu a quick release harness is murder ouS."
 Today, this column can fur ther reveal that the Justice De- partment and Army Air Forces are moving in on this situation rapidly, and that one emplOyc at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, who was connected with the pro- curement of parachutes, is un- der investigation. He has re- signed from Wright Field under pressure.
 Also the Air Forces have recent ly ordered 2,500 of the single release British type of parachute. This permits the flyer to free him. self of the chute immediatel after he lands, thus avoiding the dan- ger of being dragged along the ground or if he lands in water, of drowning.
 The parachute used in most Army planes has three release points and, if he fumbles on one of them, he cannot get free at all.
 One Army explanation for using this type of parachute is that a flyer sits on it, so it takes up no room in the cramped quarters of the plane. The British type of parachute Originally developed in this country) gets in the way when the flyer is seated in his plane.
 Nevertheless, U. S. flyers value the single releaes so highly that almost every American aviator arriving in England tries to beg, borrow or steal parachute of the British type.
 NOTE: The 2,500 new single release parachutes recently ordered are only a start compared with the approximately 350O00 flyers in the Air Forces.
 LOVETT IS FIRED
 Secretary of the Interior Ickes just managed to beat the House Appropriations Committee to the punch the other day in announce ing the resignation of elderly, be- nign Robert M. Lovett as execu- tive assistant to the Governor of the Virgin Islands.
 LOvett, one of the most controversial figures in the gov ernment, was voted out of his job by Congress after an ad- verse report by the Dies com Inittee because he belonged to certain liberal organizations.
 However. Ickes refused to fire Lovett-- until the other day. He kept him on the job in the Vir-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
Your Health By Dr. William Brady
TNFTRNnTIEs on YoUTn

AMAANAA
 Weaknesses or intirmities com- monly occurring in childhood aud tAe early teens, due to calcium phosphorus vltamin p-B-eomrlex deficiency are;
 Rickets. tetany, retarded growth, fatigue posture, spinal curvature high shoulder, high hip), round shoulders, lordosis (Swayhae0, pot-belly, weak ankles, pronated
 feet, falling arches, soft rapidly decaying teeth, enlarged tonStls and adenoids, juvenile anemia, cachexia scholastica, intestinal atony, celiao disease (marNsmuS), intestinal atrophy, malnutriuon, intestinal indigestion, anorexia nervaso.
 . I mentioned these manifestations of nutritional deficiency here re- gently. Now my friend the op- tometrist comes up with an inter- estlng suggestion, He says T would not question the correctness of your diagnosis in any respect, The req son I am writing is to add one to the list, I am going to add MYo- PA"
 Myopia in more familiar language is nearsightedneSS, Says my friend the optometriSt;
 T have 9 years of observation to back up my contention that the fundamental nutritional de- iiciency in rickets, soliosis" dat eral spinal curvatire), "kypho- sis" (humpback, and alimentary atony is none other than that one in myopia. The sclera of the eye is subject to the same kinds of nutritional deficiency aS arc these other tissues Like these other ailments, calcium Sufii- ciency may not cure, but 1t does work wonders in prevention"
 I mentioned in this column re- gently the observation of Dr, Ar thur A, Knapp, Medical Corps, U S., Naval Reserve, that in 20 out of 64 patients with marked, progressive nyopia, who were given optimal daily rations of vitamin D and cal- cium for night blindness, showed actual reduction of the myopia teyeball length from front to back became shorter), and 48 of them noticed distinct improvement in their ability to see In dim light, after weeks or months of the vita min D and calcium feeding.
 Whether my friend the optome- trist is on the right track or not (1'm inclined to agree) I can as- sure every parent of Q near-sighted child that at any rate 1t can do no possible harm to seq that the child gets good daily ration of calcium and vitamin D-the vitamin D iS essential for assimilation and utili. Zation of calcium In the body every day, as a supplement to the diet,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
Love Breaks Into Print

We see where leading New York dress designer presented, at his show of the new spring styles, daring new print dress with q Love You stamped all over 1t by way of pattern,
 A newspaper account of the style show said that the exhibits reflected unity of taste that represented refinement"
 We can remember when modest lapel button bearing the legend, 70 You Kid," !" was considered a trifle roWdy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

down into his basement and with pride shows us the foundation and tells us how dry it keeps his cel- lar that we realize how important the foundation is.
 Honesty is the foundation virtue of all good living. It is a homely virtue. We never think of praiSing man for being honest. We ex- pet bim to be at least that. Yet superstructure of good qualities and this simple homelv virtue is so ip' portant that without 1t the suspel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

dous accomplishments would mean nothing.
 We must have honesty in speech, else there can be no contented living among men. We must have honesty in act. else the whole world sinks into riot and confusion. We must have honestly of purpose. un- less we want men continually tear- ing at each others throats as they are now.
 Everything depends upon honesty. It is the foundation virtue upon which every satisfying factor of life Is built.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

Enlargement of the present Merritt Parkway is not so much needed as a through, so to speak. But SuburbaniteS way type. This is the opinion of Con- missioner William J. Cox. The parkways are fine for those who are travelling through, so to speak. But suburbanites need highway that will touch if not go through their particular towns or resi- dence. This is one of the problems fac ing the Connecticut Highway when they get going again on road building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
NEW IRISH PROBLEM
(Hartford Times)

Like Turkey. until this day. and like the United States, until Pearl Harbor. Fire has succeeded in Stay- ing out of the war. Its location, however, of the shores of Britain. and athwart the ocear routes of Allied shipping. has made 1t an in- evitable factor in this war.
 Fire is a listening post for the Axis. There can be no effective de. nial of the fact that German and Japanese diplomatic agencies in Fire have made use of their privi- legged, secret means of communica- tion to keep their home govern- ments informed of Allied invasion preparations.
 Now that the day of invasion may be near, Washington and London have asked that the Axis diplomats
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

probably find the established cham nelS of diplomatic communication beyond his reach without giving outright offense to Berlin and Tokio.
 De Valera wants to keep his coVm- try out of the war at all costs but developments of war have now come so close to Fires door that the severest test of his statesmanship now confronts him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Cramps

Nearly every night for five years have been compelled to get out of bed two or three times for relief from leg cramps. A most trying ex- perience. I am interested in the calcium and vitamin D remedy you recommend for this, May have specific directions, pleaseG I am 67 years old, (L. A) Answer-Send stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for pamphlet Adult Tetany,"
 am IT years old and much em. barrassed by & req nose, (W. F)
 Answer-One, two or three suc- ceSsive nights week sop on the nose with fingers some white lotion, let 1t dry on. White lotion is Q mix ture of about a teaspoonful (dram of zinc Sulfate, teaspoonful of po-' taSsa Sulfrated and enough rose water or just plain water to fill a four ounce vial. Send twenty-five cents and stamped envelope bearing your address, for booklet Save Your Skin. It tells how to manage black heads, pimpleS, eczema, psoriasis, the itch, excessive or foul sweating, foot itch, Xerosis (dry skim, dernta- tits, ringworm, seborrhea (dily skim, etc.
 DampnesS
 Husband has ear condition, pNnc- tured drum. constant drainage, head noises, partial deafness. Does dampnesS, such as we have here on the ocean front, in any way affect the condition or prevent improve ment that might be possible in dry climate? (Mrs. M, W,H.)
 Answer-No. If he is not under medical care 1t might be worth while using drop or two of a solu- tion of ten grains of boric acid in one ounce of pure grain alcohol in the ear regularly night and morning. Always warm the vial by standing 1t in warm water before using. If your druggist will not provide the solution, there is nothing more I can do about 1t.
 Copyright, 1944, John F. Dille Co.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-16

Miss Henrietta Szold 83 years of age, was founder of Hadassah, Women's Zion ist Organization in America. She was given the honorary degree of Doctor of HumaniUies the other night from Boston University. She received the honor by short wave in Palestine and spoke of the distinction as "the crown of my old age. !"