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directly everywhere we want to 60
I'VE should make other arrange.
ments as will provide for our Sc.
curity. After that is taken care Of
we may do what we can for the
general welfare of the world.
"As one means to that end,
think all European governments
should be required to liquidate their
holdings in this hemisphere.
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tary Policy, said
today there can
be no ecur e
peace unless we
maintain, after
the S h ootin G
stops, an ade-
quate military
establishment"
Mr.. Woodrum
prai iSe d t h e
members of the
c o m m / ttee as
"eminently fit
ted" He said
t he committee
will not be con-
cerned with the
"mechanicS or de
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development and continuing mod
ernization.
5. Probable postwar missions Of
the armed forces, Army, Navy and
air bases.
Mr.. Woodrum said the committee
would meet Immediately after Con-
gress' Easter recess and plan for
early hearings.
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PHILADELPHIA. Mar. 90 4r.-The se-
curlties Commission reported today these
transactions by customers with odd d-lot
dealers or specialists on the New York
stock Exchange for March 2s: 5.1O5 pur-
sales, involving l25, ,347 shares. Including
40 short sales. involving 1850 shares.
Miller Mfg. Co. registered with the
SEC $4,000 shares of IS par conver-
tible class A stock to be offered at
$40 a share by group headed by
Baker, Simonds & Co.
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Adequate Military
Forces After War
Urged by Woodrum
BY the Associated Press.

Representative Woodrum, Demo
crat, Of Virginia, named by Speaker
Rayburn as chairman of the specia,
House Committee on Postwar Mill.
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Washington Exchange
SALES.

114h.
Capital Transit Co-1O at 29N.
Washington Railway Electric pfd.-3 ut
11oh.
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'Ex dividend. tPlus extras aPaid 20
lar this wear. e 2e extra. S.. 90 extra
lOe extra. pPaid In 1S43. $1,000
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Post-War Nightmare

Postwar planning being the precariouS thing that it is, the General Electric peo- pie gave us quite start the other day with the announcement of a new electric motor they have developed. It weighs seven pounds, is rated at three horse power, can be held in the palm of the hand, and operates at the speed of 10000 revolutions per minute If an automo- bile'S wheels turned that fast it would move along at the spanking pace of 1O,- 900 miles an hour, General Electric figured out.
 The thought of this little gadget turned loose upon an eager, gadget-starved public was appalling. We could imagine it hitched to washing machine and tearing the stoutest shirt to ravelings; or to an electric fan that might just blow down one wall of the house. We envis- toned the frightful decorations that would follow this motors installation in electric razors; the mangled rugs and splintered floors if it were put in vacuum sweeper; the bliZzerds of eggs and whipping cream if it ran the electric mixer. And then there was the horrid thought of our elec- tric refrigerators freezing to the dizzy tune of 100000 rp.m and visiting upon our civilization an indoor Ice Age.
 Just as the imagination staggered on the brink of collapse, we found com forting and hitherto overlooked state nent: Motors of this type will not be available for general use"
 So bring on your postwar problems. Nothing ScareS us now.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

appealed to President Roosevelt to defeat all anti-labor legislation by Congress, and has also asked the President to stop the National Labor Relations Board in it's efforts to bring under its control the troubles between employers and workers in Western shipyards Apparently AZ of l. defied the Congress and the War Labor Board. At the same time the CIO has delivered bitter attack on what is called the Hobbs labor "antiracketeering bill" that has been reported favorably to Congress by the House Judiciary Commit tee Philip Murray of CIO says the meas ure is direct attack upon legitimate labor. MT. Murray also goes after the Secretary of Labor with a big switch, and accuses Miss Perkins of Hostility toward organized labor" because she has opposed premium pay for work on Satur- days, Sundays and holidays. Thus, labor leader dictatorS Green, Murray and Lewis oppose Government orders for control through laws of Congress, orders of the President or War Labor Board.
 The President will scarcely be able to meet the new demands unless he changes his position, and adopts different methods in directing the relations between en- ployers and workers. The inconsistency of the appeals to the President are appar- ent in view of the fact that he has almost invariably backed the labor leaders in their disputes with employers. It is un- derStood in Washington that Stabilizer ByrneS will review findings of mediation and labor boards, with two objects in view, i. e.: To help the President and Secretary of Labor, and to prevent the passage of new laws by Congress.
 It is impossible to catalogue the plans of all the planners, whose remedies and prescriptions have failed The internal combustion has raised fog over Wash ington and leading newspaper of the Capital assailS "the grosser errors that waste millions of man-hours and imperil the prospects of victory" The employers seem to be very patient in obeying Gov ernment control and in their contacts with labor leader-autocrats who issue the orders from three Big organizations in Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Paper Salvage

The paper salvage quota for 1944 is going to be short by 2,000,000 tons at the present rate of collection, we are told by General Brehon B. Somervell, chief of the Army Service Forces. And that is more alarming than you might think.
 "Our whole war economy is built on paper" says WIPE Chief Donald M. Nel- son. And he doesn't mean OPA forms or the inter-office memoranda of govern ment agencies He is talking about the vital war uses to which paper is put - dozens of them, from plasma containers to bomb fins. Now, the collection of the 8,0O0,000 tons of paper needed this year is a tremendous task. But there is no reason why all of it has to be of the waste variety. Some of it could just as we'll be salvaged before it is used, with a consequent savings of money, labor, time and transportation. The government has already started to do a job of elim- mating it's bureaus needless publications and releases. And it would seem that there are a few civilian items that we could bravely sacrifice, and still struggle through to victory We might, for eX- ample, dispense with such things as
 Colored calendars, with a picture about five feet by three feet, and a calendar measuring five by three inches. The dust jackets on books. Double-sheet greetings cards. Paper noisemakers. The thick, slick-paper house organs of ritzy hotels. Paper doilies.
 And how about Congress giving us tax law that will cut Form 1040 down to one sheet?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Desperation

There is something not only naive, but actually desperate, about the Nazis' diplo- matic feint. They dispatched "a Danish citizen" to ask the Swedish government to occupy Denmark and Norway and guarantee their neutrality if the German occupying forces should withdraw.
 Of course it would be just dandy if Hitler could send these occupation troops to the front, and at the same time close off two possible points of Allied invasion. But how could he hope that such pro- posal would be swallowed? Certainly the Allies would not permit it. And certainly Sweden, who knows the Allies are win ming the war and whose popular senti- ment is overwhelmingly pro-Allied, would not consider it.
 Hitler must have known this. Yet the fact that he launched such bald and obvious plan would seem to indicate that he has come to the point where he will try anything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
MARES EAT OATS
Christian Science Monitor)

Once upon a time, before all this posh and bother over there, and be- fore a certain song swept America, we had a ferryboat in Boston that one day got tired of it all. For about 9 years it had faithfully splurshed its way from Boston to East Boston but on this day of which we speak "a balmy day in February, If we can remember, and if you can ima- gine-our old ferry just didn't give toot and of she plowed, choo-choo, Baby, to the seven seas. Marry DoatS.
 That was the day we observed the first fox's tail adorning an auto ra- diator. Dozy DoatS. About that time, too, somebody pushed that middle valve down. And fiddle lamzy alvey.
 We being of reputed serious turn of thought, unquestionably should comment sternly on the deplorable American penchant for going a trif1e wacky at odd moments. But there are times, ferryboat times when we we just can't be uncharitable to- ward the three little fishes that went right over the dam. A kiddley alvey too.
 They found the ferryboat next day over on the mud flats. It's so easy to become just an old stick in-t the mud. Wooden shoes? Yes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
Internal Combustion in Washington

The cost of living has increased by
 about 15 per cent and nearly every group
 of workers averages more than Is per
 cent increase in their pay, except So- called poorer and poorer 'white-collar"
 group, according to studies of "man- power" in Washington. The Department of Agriculture predicts that there will be
 record crops this year, but there's trouble about the shortage of farm labor. The probabilities favor calling 7,500, men to the colorS instead of 11,500 000, because our Allies have grown stronger. The Garm labor situation may automatically improve.
 In the recent anthracite coal strike thousands of workers defied the leaders of their national union. They also defied the War Labor Board, and refused to go back to work until they faced the pros pect that the President would order the Army to take over in the coal fields. The result was merely a truce" in the strike lnasmuch as John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, will demand wage increase of at least 20 per cent for the workers when contracts between the employers and workers are renewed in the spring. The Little Steel formula adopted by the War Labor Board recog- nizes a limit of about IS per cent on wage Increases. Nevertheless, the Labor Board has met open defiance from the miners md other groups just as other adminiS- lration, mediation, arbitration, and laDor boards have been defied in the past.
 The American Federation Of Labor nasf
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paid on cotton seed, peanuts, soy beans, sugar, beet sugar, wool and other products coming from their states.
 NO STATE DEPT COMICS
 One thing that troubled State Department Coordinator Jim Lan- dis, during his stay in Cairo, was lack of comic strips. He could put up with poor food and the non-denvery of his baggage, but that matter of the comic strips was harder to take.
 Before going to Cairo, Landis had made a pact with his two daughters, Stella and Ellen, to clip '"Terry and the Pirates" and send it to him every day. But, never strip came. When he got back to Washington, he exclaimed:
 "So that's tn ekind of daugh- ters I have! Why didn't you send me Terry?"
 The girls protested, 'But we did, daddy = every day!" They said that they cuppeo the WaSQlngCOn Post daily, sent the letters to the State Department. unsealed, for inclusion in the diplomatic pouch.
 '"The State Department" said Landis, smelling a rat. He inves- tigated. He found what he sus- pected. The Staet Department had raised its eyebrows at the sight of comics in the diplomatic pouch. Terry had been consigned to the waste basket.
 NOTE: Perhaps it's sense of humor which is the long sought secret trouble with the State De- partment.
 Copyright. 1914, United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Lefthanded Child

If your child were lefthanded would you insist on him using his right hand for writing, eating etc?
 (G. F. P)
 AnSwer-On the contrary I'd per- init no interference with the, childs free use of his left hand for every thing, especially not by teachers when the child goes to school. be- lieve stuttering, Stammerirg and other speech impediments, as well as general behavior difficulties are likely to be brought on if natural left-handedness is interfered with. After all, one in every twenty-five children Con the average) is nat urally left-handed. Let nature alone.
 Do we require the mineral fluoride to insure good nutrition? If so, from what may it be obtained?
 (H. $. W.
 Answer-Slight excess of huorine (fiuorides) in drinking water is recognized as a cause of 'mottled enamel" in certain regions. There is no good evidence that fuorine is essential for good nutrition.
 Her First at Forty
 I am fl, have son 16 and a mis- carriage year ago. am praying that may have another baby, but many people say children born at my age are not normal. Your arti- cles and pamphlets are so encour- aging. (Mrs. L. McN)
 Answer-Never mind what many people say. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for Preparing for Maternity" Read chapter in it entitled Her First at Forty. Your chronologi- cal age is immaterial; what's your physiological age - that's impor- tant. Can you roll somersault and come up smiling?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
EXERCISE FOR PREVENTION AND CURE OF HERNIA

Hernia (popularly called rupture or breach) is bulging or protru- sion of a portion of an organ or other internal structure, such as a loop of intestine or part of the omentum or fatty membranous apron that hangs in front of the abdominal organs just under the belly wall. Most frequent situation of hernia is the groin. In young children the navel is also a frequent situation of hernia, which, if prop erly supported by simple button or pad held in place by belt or ad- hesive straps from the beginning, usually heals spontane eously within year.
 Ordinary inguinal (groin) hernia in older children or youths some times heals spontaneously if prop- erly supported by 8 suitable truss and by suitable mean one se- lected by, and worn under the in- structions and supervision of, the physician.
 Indeed there is slim chance of cure of hernia in any circumstance, whether spontaneous, by exercises, by surgery or by ambulant dnjec- tion) treatment unless the use of truss or other. support is strictly controlled by the physician.
 In any case of recently acquired hernia (say of not more than a year standing), regular exercise to develop and strengthen the natural muscle and fascial support are well worth trying.
 Best exercises, aside from ordi- nary general exercise, work or play which involves no violent straining, are as follows:
 Lie on your back with knees drawn up, remove truss, and sup port hernia with middle fingers of your hand while doing exer- cises. Do not fail to keep hand firmly applied every second of
 the time you are doing the exer- ciSes.
 Lift one leg from the floor straight up to vertical and lower it again slowly to floor. Same with other leg. The both legs together.
 Repeat this say for not more than three times at the first seances, and seance at least night and morning and if possi- ble at midday too. After ten days to two weeks, increase the number of leg-raisings at se- ance to four or five. and so for another two weeks. Then increase the number to say, ten leg-raiS- ings at Seance. and continue the exercise at about that level indefinitely.
 When you finish a Seance, lie supine with knees drawn up while you put on your truss again. Never get up without having first put on your truss or at least without care- fully supporting hernial region with your hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

As matter of fact you once planned to visit Italy and Austria and Germany and all the rest of the countries which appealed in normal times. It is hard now to visualize Italy with it's art in buildings and what was contained in buildings, or many another country for that mat ter. It is hard even to visualize the boat you once dreamed about, it's Sumptuous- ness, it's comfort, afternoon tea and shuffleboard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

wishful thinker expects. Truck and bus tires are particularly scarce be- cause they depend upon larger quan- titles Of natural rubber from the na- tional stockpile. This is getting much smaller faster than had been expected as the armed forces also depend upon it for 8 considerable extent. The synthetic program, not yet in peak production, cannot help in the present emergency. Every automobile owner, however, can aid by not wearing out rubber unneces- sarily. Motorists should continue to regard their present tires as the last tires they'll ever get and should treat them accordingly. Saves gas, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
CANDIDATE w1LLKIE
(New Haven Journal Courier)

Wendell Willkie's formal an- nouncement of his candidacy for the Republican nomination will cause little surprise to the public, for he has already revealed plans to enter the primaries in Wisconsin, Nebras- ka and Oregon. However, the an- nouncement may increase the pres sure on other potential candidates to declare their several interests ir the nomination, only one of whom Governor Bricker, has put his in. tentions into plain language.
 It is also to be hoped that Willki
 will have another influence on tn
 field; namely that his rivals will bt required to state their minds as he has stated his. During the last three and one-half years that MT Willlie has been going up and down the country, he has dodged few questions. What he stands for on the important issues of the day he is willing to explain to any audience that will listen. Further, he has done more than any other man to make fl iclear that the Republican party
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

contact with aborigines and suc- ctimb to their moral influence.
 But people frequently "go native" right in their home town, or in their own social set. The sayages of the world are not all clustered about the equator. Many of them have suites of ofnceS in the big ofice buildings on Main Street. Others hold positions of public trust. Not a few are prominent socially and are to be seen every Saturday night holding forth at the country club. Some remain quietly in their homes and over their tea cups Snipe at their neighbors with gossip and inc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
situation and thus ruin the repu-

situation and thus ruin the repu- tations of thier' unhappy victims.
 Everyone "goes native" who de- scends to a lower moral level than that upon which, by birth and training, he has been taught to move. The college campus is 8 notorious place for going native. The military, by indoctrnation and discipline, tries to keep moral stan- dards at a decent level, but human nature persists after induction just as 1t did before. The uniform may hide the human heart, but 1t does not smother its emotions.
 People continue to Ego native" when the inner pressure of principle proves to be less powerful than the external pressure of custom.
 (All Rights ReServed-Babson r NeWspaper Syndicate.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

the payment of subsidies on rents, on clothing, or drugs?
 The Senator's trade had all the earmarks of right transcending the forces of evil, truth trium- phing over politics. However. what the gallery spectators didn't know and what Georges colleagues apparently forgot is that the Sen- ator made an equal persuasive speech for subsidies-on July 15, 1922.
 On July 15, 1942, the record shows that Senator George de- ivered another ringing creation in which he was able to persuade the Senate that the government should pay an estimated $300,000,- 900 in subsidies to the big oil com panies. The oil companies were worried over higher transporta- ton costs on the Atlantic seaboard because of the sinking of oil tank CTS.
 So George argued that a sub- say was necSSSdTy to prOCeCC OSA maximum prices on oil and he commended Jesse Jones, chief sponsor of the oil subsidy which, declared Senator George, will ul- timately lead to the proper solu- tion of the problem
 The Senator from Georgia was just as elsquent for sub- sidies to the big oil companies then as he was eloquent against subsidies to the dairy farmer and other small producers last week. Though exactly opposite in each case, he won his point.
 NOTE: Southern and far-weSt- ern Senators also slipped plenty of exemptions into the Subsidy Bill so that subsidies will still be
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17

Many of the things you planned to see and do in central and southern Europe will not be available for long time, if ever. Each war changes the face ot Europe, and each war takes away some of the enjoyment, and much of the art and culture that went before. AS they say, or once said, in what was France c-eSt le guerre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The shelling of the Benedictine Mon- astery and reported destroying of same causes a pang, even to those who never had the good fortune to visit Italy in brighter days. Mount Casino has been constantly in the news for days. So many tragic events follow one another that we cannot yet feel the sense of loss that such an announcement would cause ordin- arily. These priceless buildings and the things they house are of inestimable loss;
 but how much greater is the loss of men.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-17


 The conference occurred just after Dewey telegraphed Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire that a federal ballot which would not list state, county and other To- cal offices, was not in accordance with New York law.
 Senator Bridges promptly post ed the Dewey telegram on a Sen- ate bulletin board, whereupon AL bany newsmen who had bene try ing unSuccessfully for days to get Dewey's views on the Soldiers Vote, immediately bounced on him.
 When cornered at a press con- ference in Albany, the young gov- ernor finally explained that upon the previous Saturday night he had been on the verge of favoring the federal ballot for soldiers. But on Saturday Mrs. Dewey had heard a radio speech by an Ilin- nois Congressman which she felt was very effective against the federal ballot.
 Therefore, Governor Dewey said he was trying to make up his mind. Presumably he had been trying to give Senator Bridges in- formation about New York law rather than taking a stand him. self.)
 At this point newsmen were told that this was all off the rec ord, including even the questions asked of Dewey. They claimed that their own queStoin should not be off the record, whereupon Governor Dewey replied:
 "I don't SC why not. That's the rule at White House press conferences"
 "Oh, so you've been studying press conference rules at the White House?" chOrused several newsmen significantly.
 The argument continued at great length over whether the questions asked by newsmen were off the record. Finally New York Times" Warren Moscow told Dewey in disgust:
 ''This is the lowest ebb in press relations ever reached at Albany"
 After about twenty minutes of argument Dewey finally agreed that newsmen could publish the fact that he had been asked a question on the Soldiers Vote and that the reply was "NO comment.
 NOTE: Actually Governor Dewey had his facts twisted on White House press rules. Newsmen al- ways quote questions asked of President Roosevelt, whether he replies or not, including recent questions about running for a fourth term.
 FIERY GEORGIAN
 Senator George of Georgia can be one of the fieriest and most persuasive orators in the Sentae when he sets his mind to it. And he was in rare form when he took the floor to protest against an administration move to con- OAAAC NOAAou1A1CA ouOOA04CC TUT GllC remainder of 1914.
 Georges address unquestionably accounted for the lobSided 49- 26 defeat of the proposal. The gray-haired gentleman from Geor- gia pulled all the stops. The sheer voltage of his eloquence was enough to route the opposition.
 Transparent hypocrisy .. politics of the rawest kind :. appeaSement of labor" were some of the expressions the Sen- atOr hurled at the galleries and his colleagues. "AlI grade cat- tie have fallen far below the cost of production. Why? Be- cause of the existence of the miserable subsidies ap- propriate this now and see how rapidly the subsidy totals will mount .. How can we prevent