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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
All In Same Boat

How to avoid unempoyment after the war is a grim question that is foremost in everyone's mind. But iob-crcating in- dustry and it's problems, which are de- termining factors in the lives of all of us, is not receiving the public considera- tion it deserves
 Too many people still look upon industry as an entity unto itself They feel that tax and legislative measures affecting in- dustry are things for the "big guys" to worry about. They don't realize that when a corporation gets slapped in the face with crippling legislation or taxa tion, eventually the effect is reflected in it's capacity to produce, and the little guy as well as the big guy gets hit be- tween tke eyes by loss of employment, or restricted output.
 For example, when you take an as- pirin, you are using derivative of coal. Thus, although you may live thousands of miles from the Virginia coal fields, you are dependent on the coal industry. In fact, the bathroom cabinet would be swept nearly bare if the coal industry should fold up and quit. In addition to aspirin, bituminous coal derivatives are used in making laxatives rubber goods, and perfumes, to say nothing of the llte- saving sulfa drugs. These things are in. cidental to the more primary uses of coal which maintain the war effort, heat and light our homes and drive our trains and make steel
 Coal is typical of many industries em- blowing millions of American workmen. In common with other industries, 1t IS meeting it's problems aggressively and re- sourcefully, with two objectives in view more production and more jobs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Mysterious Bureaucracy!!!

The machinery of modern bureaucracy is far too intricate for the understand ing of ordinary mortals After many months of litigation and controversy be- tween retailers and the OPA over its notorious highest price line limitation order, Congress resolved the whole thing by ecrapping the order as it affects retail CTS. There was abundant evidence sub stantiating the claims of merchants that the order was unfair and had resulted in a low cost clothing famine. If the story stopped there it would be a simple tale Of a corrected mistake. But the story doesn't stop there.
 Prior to the scrapping of the price line limitation by Congress, the OPA in- etituted suits against leading low-coSt nlerchandiserS charging violation of the highest price line ruling. The suits dragged on for months. While the law yers argued, clothing covered by the rul- ing gradually disappeared from the mar ket. Finally, after the iptTicacies of the highest price line limitation, together with advancing costs, had virtually eX- terminated the sale Of many necessities fn many stores, and while the lawyers were arguing over something that didn't exist. Congress did little exterminating on it's own,
 Logically enough, the merchants at last assumed that with abandonment Of the highest price line clause, the matter could be dropped-but not the OPAl It has notified them that the suits will pc continued, The dresses, clothes or what ever were included under the highest price line order are gone. the law is gone, ard now instead Of leaving the mer- chants alone to repair the damage, the OPA is trying to show that the non- existent dresses were sold illegally. under Q now non-existent lawl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
STUDY or CONGRESS
CThe Washington Posb

Not much attention was given to the Ma.oney Monroney resolution authorizing a study of Congress when 1t slipped through the Sen- ate by unanimous consent on We'd nesday, It was wholly 0vershad- owed by the uprising in Paris, the fall of Marseille. the withdrawal of Romania from the war and the in- ternatlonal peace conference at DumbaFton Oaks. Nevertheless, this resolution may have profound effect upon the future government tn the United States. If 1t Is promptly accepted by the House. the resulting study will be the most promising undertaking of recent years to bring our national leglsla- ture abreast of its colossal resp0n- abilities,
 The resolution authorizes a joint Senate-H House committee to make q full and complete study of the or ganlsation and operation of the Congress of the United States" and to recommend improvements with the object of strengthening the Congress, simplifying its operations, improving It's relationships with other branches of the United states Government and enabling 1t better to meet it's responsibilities under the Constitution" No doubt the e0m- mlttee would be composed of such men as Senators Mal0ney and La Toilette, Representative Dlrksen and ManToney, who have already given much time and thought t0 the pT0h- lem of m0deTnlzing Congress, It would probably call upon experts in and out Of Congress f0s & full ey- pFessi0n 0f views as to how our legislative body can he made 70 function more effectively, If the House acts promptly. the eommit- tee could begin work at once and it might have program of preliminv ary reforms ready for approval by the time the new Congress meets in January,
 It is true that the resolution as passed by the senate contains a Fe- stTlctive amendment informing the pr0p0sed committed that It's duties would not include any reeommeH- dalton for changes in the parlla- mentary rules Of either house, Ap- parently this is a gesture intended to avoid the appearance of step- ping on the toes of the Rules Com. mittees. Some sponsors of tho resolution believe that this amend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Current Comment

We are going to win this war much sooner than we thought and the principal reason is that the American soldler has proved un. ealaled.
 -sen. Harry s, Truman Of Missouri
 Our lnslstenee on victory reflects our profound unWllllngness to en. trust our future to the enemy or to place any faith in his capacity to effect a t0lefable settlement, Thls same lnRiRtenea, however, imposes on ue the obligation 10 prove that we can effect settlement conducive to the future well-belng of man. kind.
 -pr, Everett Case, president Col.
 gate U,
 We can no longer draw freely gFem our wealth. but must apply all our diligence and our gift f0r organization to oveEsome the tasks confronting us. -ooehbels.
 It Is my view that the most lm- p0Ftant provision swhlch can be made by the Congress and the Am- .erlean people for the future de- huse 0f the nation Is q system of Universal military training, -sseretaFy Of War Henry |. etlm-
 son,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

Russlan parents and the British And within the occupied areas, mui- titudes Of people are wishing that meFelful death might come to end their mlsefies,
 There has not been a time in cen. turles when the vaunted security Of earthly things stood at a lower figure than today,
 High walls are useless things
 these modern times, Dark relics they of darker ages past, Mans vigilance alone will make
 them last.
 They crumhle with the winds !" The Bible says that the horse Is . vain thing for safety, and we have learned that modern inventions are vain things when the youth of all countries Is cast headlong into battle.
 Where then Is our security? It Is in our own hearts, It is not what a man can do for us, or what we can do for ourselves, but what God can do for us, We have nothing to turn t0 In these days but the WOTd--the pr0mise-0f God, We must stand on that or succumh in despair,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Views Of The Press

ment would have no effect upon the proposed committees work, It ape pears to us. however, to be a need- less and possibly dangerous restric- ton. and We hope that the House will strike 1t out,
 In some measure the war has temporarily ObscuTed the urgency oI congressional reorganization, for under it's pIessures impediments to prompt action have frequently been overcome. The necessities of war have also held rein on the antag- 0nism between the executive and legislative branches. With the sti- muli of war relaxed. and the coun- try confronted with staggering problems of reconstruction, world organization and s0 forth, the need for a smoother working 0rganiza- ton within Congress and for better coordination Of executive and leg- islative policies will be especially acute. In our opinion this is one of the most important tasks de. manding prompt congressional ats tentl0n, and the Maloney-M MonFo- ney resolution, stripped of crippllng amendments. Is undoubtedly the most practical approach that can he made to it,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

labor's wartime Accomplishments i'm. measurably outweight lts faults. But he must also know that these same Amer leans are aware that there have been many strlkeS-Strikes that cost needed tools of war and perhaps lives, many of them for trivial reasons. These strikes are facts, not propaganda. And to call them propaganda or try to shift the blame onto management and the American press does not fool anybody.
 When labor leaders feel labor so strong and mighty that 1t will not tolerate word of criticism, they are counting the same come-uppance which once caught up with business leaders who entertained the same attitude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

could expect no peaceful change. The satisfied nations tFTance and HritainI proclaimed the doctrine that hcnceforth international morality would be equaled with perpetual acceptance of the status quo.
 '@These dynamic peoples. feeling themselves in a position of politi- cal and social inferiority and eco. homie distress. determined to mould their States into a form which would permit them to take destiny into their own hands and to attain that enlarged status which, under a liberal and peace- full form of Government, had been denied them.
 Japan decided that. if any for- eign power was Co dominate China, it would be Japan, not England and Russia.
 "There crystalllzed in Germany a dieterminati ton to achieve by uni. lateral action some redress Of those provisions In the peace treaties which Fankled as injustices.
 'Ttaly determined to take, if necessary by force, that enlarged domain in the Mediterranean area which she felt t0 be both her historical and economic neces- sity. In short, these nations oT- ganized for revolt against the established order"
 Dulles went on to argue that the United States must not bee come involved in a general war for fear of losing our freedom. Again. speaking before the For eign Policy Association tn March, l939. he said that U. S. alignment with the democratic powers in Europe would only help to re- store the situation whihc existed prior to the rise of the dictator ships. during which both France and England pursued unenlight- ened policies.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The Rockefeller Center buildings and general layout which please so many visitors to New York were practically all dug and made ready for erection by the contracting firms of George J. Atwill. His death at the age of sixty-eight years occurred this week He was an expert on laying foundations, and not the least Of these was the Rockefeller Center. Although Manhattan because of the na- ture of the land was tough hole to dig he achieved many future masterpiece. including many well known New York buildings, the amazing Westside Park way, we'll known tunnelling. and the Empire State building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31


 Other speeches by Dulles ex- pressed the same views. some of them even after Hitler invaded Poland and when it seemed in- evitable to a great many people that the war was bound to spread throughout the world.
 Speaking in Detroit, on Oct. 29, 1899, two months after war broke in Europe, Dulles told the Na- tlonal Council Of the YMCA that he could not see 'any affirmative reason for the United states tO become g participant. Were we tO act" he continued, it would be merely tO reafIlrm an inter- national order which, by It's very nature, Is self-deslructive and breeder of violent revolt.
 The New York Times quoted him as saying that 1t was imperative that this nation stay out of the present conflict.
 October, 1889, coincided with debates in the Senate over ROose- velt's proposal to change the Neutrality act to send arms to France and England and to per- nit other help ''sfl0rt Os War. This was the debate in which Senators Bennett Clark of Miss ourl, Nye of North Dakota, Worth Clark of Idaho and other isola- tionists, some of them since de- feated, so vigorously opposed measures 'shOrt of war" Congress overrode them, however by a considerable margin.
 AGAINST ECONOMIC
 BLOCKADE :.
 Regarding measures short of of war, Mir. Dulless also expressed himself quite forcefully in his earlier speech before the New York Economic Club tn the spring of ie39. After indirectly cTiticiz- ing the Roosevelt Administration because "our participation in world events would not be intel gently directed to extending into world affairs the principles of democracy and equality of op- poytunity,' Dulles continued:
 "6o long as this is our policy. then we should refrain from those offensive measures commonly re- ferred to as "short of war" In no way Is the influence. indeed the safety of a nation So endangered as by starting something which 1t Is not prepared to finish. I trace the present dilemma of England very largely to the fact that she attempted by measures short of waF' to stop the Italian conquest
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Nornalcy

War has quietly taken away that com fortable feeling of the permanence and solidity of ordinary customs and events. Probably few people noted the feeling when it was present or consciously missed it when it went. We certainly hadn't until we read that New York fash ion designers are already planning to go back to Paris, and that preparations are underway for the world premiere of Hollywood picture in France this winter. Suddenly it all came back to us. We knew how Noah must have felt when the dove returned with the olive branch.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
CALCIUM, PHOSPHORUS AND
 WIFE

Preservation of the characteriss ties of youth higher average level of positive health throughout the life cycle n. the highest de- gree of natural immunity, an ad. equatc fund of reserve power W tide over emergencies and strains
 The Medical Rssaarch Council of Great Britain studied the nutrition of all classes ol people in England for many years and concluded CD that prevention of tooth decay re. qulres several times the amount Of sunshine vitamin D (which you get if you expose your skin Co direct sunlight or diffuse daylighO requir. ed to prevent ricsets in early child hood: and C2D that the amount of vitamin D needed to insure optimal nutrition (i call it viteD at any age is parallel with the amount of cal. cium and phosphorus required to maintain the most vigorous health at that age. The Council quotes Leitch as authority for the state. ment that this need for calcium land phosphorus is greatest be- tween the ages of ten and eighteen years.
 Here we shoudl explain that cal- cium and phosphorus are closely rec lated in nutrition the two eles ments always occur together ifi foods-most foods that are good sources Of calcium are also good sources of phosphorus. Moreover the daily intake Of vitanlin D tsun- shine vitaminl controls the assinli- lation and utilization and retention (metabolisrnD of oth calcium and phosphorus. and if the daily intake of both clements Is adequate the ra. ton or balance between them Is not likely to be wrong.
 Aside from the importance Of an adequate daily intake of calcium land phosphorus) in childhood and youth to prevent rickets. spinal cure vature, weak or pronated feet fall. ing arches. potential flatfoot). faul' ty development of teeth. excessive softening and decay of teeth. and to promote growth. there are a good many common ailments in youth u1tu carry uuuit ttAG Hioe aAe ASN " calcium deficiency as described in the pamphlet ''The Calcium Shortage, available on request il you inclose stamped envelope bear ing your address.
 A food supply may appear liber' al and varied. says sherman tchem istTy of Food and Nutrition. Mac. milan, '3T. and yet unless mill and green vegetables are well rep resented it may be calclum-poor Hence the ordinary mixed diet oi Americans and Europeans. at least among dwellers in cities and towns, Is probably more often deficient in calcium than in any other chemical element.
 And that's only the half of tt - the younger half. Insufficient We tamln B-compiex calcium and yita- min ID intake, I am convinced. ace counts for many Of the everyday complaints or infirmities of people who were young when you and I were young. Maggie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

After the war (there we go again. there will be a new type dining car it is an- nounced by a well known Pullman man. ufacuring company. It will not be un- like fashionable restaurant. with tables for two as well as four tables to be ar" ranged diagonally. new lighting effects, and last but not least vibrationless tables. That will be something-the last named when one goes after the elusive noodle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Strikes Aren't 'Propagands'

Frank ?. Fenton, A. ?. Of |. director of organization and one Of six labor leaders touring the French front. is quoted as eaying that the soldiers over there are starting to understand that "thls strike talk ig purely propaganda"
 MT. Fent0n displayed a sh0rt-slghted aftitude. He must know that Americans. s,clu1ina the millions ln the armed forces and ln organized labor, realize that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

Maginot Line, the Hitler Line,
 There Is weep- ing all over the world today as parents are noti- fed Of the death of tEeH loved ones, The German parents and the Japanese are also weeping just as are the American parents. So are the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Feels, LeolIs, Is

I have been taking ant;-gray hair vitamins as you suggested in your pamphlet for four months now. Even h there were no striking change in the color of my hair I'd be happy. beeauss everybody tells me I have never looked SO well and certainly my friends believe I am touching up my hair. Mrs. T, II. SD
 Answer-In the pamphlet "fhe Anti-Gray Hair Vitamlns' tmaiied on request if you provide stamped envelope bearing your addressl l say the fundamental effect Of the anti" grap hair vitamins is increase ip vite. So 1t is entirely credible. Ma'am. that you new feel, look and are younger, irrespective of the change, if any, in the color of your hair.
 Tuberculosis
 A correspondent asked if tuhercu- losis Is contagious, and you said no, but you did not explain that it ls infectious. fR, M
 AnsWeF-Infeetious in the com mon sense means the disease Is due to germs. Of course almost any such disease may be transmitted by direct contact under some circumstances, But by contagious we generally mean the disease Is readily or Feg'l- larly transmitted by direct contact. There is little or no danger Of catch. ing tuberculosis from an intelligent patient or a conscientious one who has learned in sanitoFium oF hos. pital how to take care of himself or herself or from a patient who has proper medical and nursing care As ! explain in detail in the book let Call It cF." flor copy send 2s cents and stamped envelope bearing your addressl this applies also to scarlet fever, measles, pneumonia, diphtheTia, infantile paralysis, Wh0Oping cough, epidemic menlngiy tls, influenza, grip and other Fespv iFatoTy infections,
 Iadine
 If iodine Is good for hyp0thyF0l- dlsm how can it he good also for hypeTtheyF0ldlsm9 How can t work both Ways9 lMTs, B. |, Al
 Answer Somewhat as sunshine is good for sick and well, old and young, blondes and hFunettes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
CARRsEs OFEIcE IN HAF

Independence, Mo, (uPl-J, oTTln Moon. bond drive chairman for eastern Jackson county, has desk with his name plate on tt and also . private secretary in Kansas City 0lilce-hut Moon never has sat at the desk and has not seen the sec- yetaFy for Q year, Moon vas visiting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

Ing on at Duln- barton Oaks in Washington. Is best illustrated by the fact that ele- tails of the Amer ican plan leaked out at the Repub- lican national l conve ntion in Chicago lastJune. then and it makes no difference now, so all the effort to maintain super secrecy seems just n liffia hit eiilv
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Selected Poem
UNDER THE MAPLE TREE
CWaIler LlttlefIeld ln The New York Tlmes'

Walter Littlefield iD The New York TlmesI Under the shading maple tree she read Quite possibly she thought 0f other days The midweek tFysLs amid the pleasant ways Through which the fortunes of her life had sped Tine talk of persons and Of books, whle hled To neat Fetorts and sparkling repartee On plays and pictures and on films to kee- How now al vanished from the things that bel These things, vile Wayesties Of what was gFand As well as beauty filling every need, Are nOgl0lN and death-beaFng % the seed 0f dragons teeth which spr0ut in every land Tactics and strategy she's reading now, Movements Of armies and the reasons how,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

of Ethiopia. She organized an economic blockade which was highly offensive to the Italians and which--and this is the im- portnat thing-failed
 "SO In the ease of the United States" Dulles said, 'I am strong Iy opposed to trying Co combine neutrality with these pln-prick measures short Of war
 Dulles was especially vigorous in attacking the ideas of the late Senator Pittsman of Nevada. who had proposed, some time earlier. an economic blockade of Japan and favored cutting of her oil and scrap iron.
 "Perhaps new low In statesman ship was struck by Senator Pitt man." Dulles said, "when he said. in relation to Japan: "Why shoot . man when you can staFve him to death."
 JUSTIFIED THE
 DICTATOES
 ~ Nttn MA tAAAa of%@Sets eN%s@N @N@et~~ said: There is no reason to be- lieye that any totalitarian States, separately or collectively. would attempt to attack the United States Only hysteria enter tains the idea that Germany, Italy or Japan contemplates war upon us"
 His speech was delivered after Hitler had taken all of Austria and Czechoslovakia and was already threatening Poland. In tt, Dulles rationalized and justified the growth of Relationships in Ger many, Italy and Japan.
 Contrary to Sumner Welles who, in his book ''The Time for Deci- sion." tells how the Germa nArmy began immediately after the last armistice to prepare secretly for the present war. Dulles maintained that:
 ''The dynamic peoples Of the world (GeFmany, Italy and Japanl were given to understand they
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Your Health By Dr. William Brady
slrnell lelsaFs pertaining 0 psr.

slgmod letters pertaining lo pef- aanal health and hygiene net Co disease, diagnosis of efeatmenl wlil Do answered by Dr. Brady k a stamped self.addressed envelope ts enclosed. Letters should be bFleR and written in fink. 70 reply can De made Co queries not cotlioEfns Ing Co instructions Address Dr. william Brady, National NeWss paper Service. s2o West Madison Street. Chicago. IIi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
Daily AlmaRac

Moon sets at 3;I0 a, n. (waF timel
 Sun rises at 6;IB G. m,, sets at 7:26 ?. n. Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sanEet
 Thle Is the last day Of the eighth month NO record was set Cor any appFeciahle Tatns fall. but one was set for heat during the early weeks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

Shirley Temple is sixteen, and she wears high-heeled pumps. That's because she is sixteen, that she is wearing the high heels. In a few years she will pc wearing flats, but right now she Is SIX teen which is an exciting time,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31

Now is the time to prepare the Christ, mas boxes for the men overseas. FronI by the mistakes you made last year. plcK wisely, wrap up as directed, ana ma'' early
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-31
NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Peace Plans
 Were No Secret
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Coyrespomdenl

The futllity of oficial efforts to maintain an air of sanctifed, upper stratosphere mystery about the American. British. Russian confer ences on postwar security, now zoe