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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

charge That was what the AL mighty did; and in working this miracle Of forgiveness in the spirit of the Enartyred man, God did more for stephen than fl He had sent legion of angels to protect him from the rifiiianism which wrought his death"
 We are quick to jump to cons clusions about Gods motives. With out knowing all the facts. we free quently complain in a way which indicates that We consider His un- just. HoW could a good God let a man like stephen die such . inis- erable deaths
 f His death Was indeed painful
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
The People Understand

Information recently released on the peoples attitude toward political medi- Cine, by the National Physicians Com inttee for the Extension of Medical Serv- Ice, based on data compiled by the Opin- ton Research Corporation of Princeton, Nnw Jersey, is the most comprehensive AafEey of opinion on medical care ever lHede in the United States,
 mo answers given ko the questions
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
BERLIN ON PERFIDY
(New York Tames)

%N~@ Ne@ee~~F
 Turkeys abrupt suspension of shipments of chrome ore to the Reich seems to have come as a terrific shock to the trusting Nazis. What hurts, apparently, is not so much the loss Of the ore. badly needed and already paid for, as the thought of betrayal by a trusted friend. Officially, up to & late hour yesterday Berlin had not taken notice of the heartless act, but a military spokesman could not cons tain his feelings. Tt was," he de- elared, "a breach of agreement" One can almost hear the quayer in his voice and see the salt tears in his eyes. 4 nation break it solemn pledge to another nationf Un- thinkableI
 But will the world eyer forget the record of Germany under Hitler in the matter of keeping her own promises7 Germany wants noth- Ing that she is not ready to give to others. War would be mad ness. Our one great task is to assure the peace of the world. sss We have no thought Of invading any country. We do not wish to oppress or subjugate other people. we are filled with the uneon- ditional wish to make the greatest possible contribution to the preser- vatlon Of peace n this world. . . . All we ask is the Sudetenlapd. : . . We neither intend nor wish to aEls mex Austria. . The Germans and the Poles ought to live toe gether in harmony, We assure al lour neighbors of the integrity of their territory,
 Thus have the Germans given their word sElee iD33--and nov this nnspeakable perfdy from that faithless double croAseg in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

prosecutors, Atlu what" 1" asked the agnostie, ,"did God do for this fine young Inanf"
 "What dd God do for him7" cried Parker. "Why, in that moment Of suH c Ti ng an d llelplessness, 0od enabled to say Lord, lay not this sin tn thAiF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
Your Health
 By pr. William Brady

glrnetl letters pertaining Co psr- sanal health and hygiene nes ee alsensa, dingnosiB ok treatmena will he answered by Dr. Brady iR ~ nlnmwea RelR.md dressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can n~ made to queries not conform. lnR to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National News" naper Service, Seo West Madison
 Street. Chicago. ul.
 FOOL PROOF COUGH MEDICINE
 rfr were to issue an almanac cone taining a few dozen of the testl- monials readers have written about the fool proof cough medicine I bee lieve the stun would sell like hot cakes. And thered be gold mine in it, for the main ingredient B water.
 I'm not much of a hand for medi. cine for myself. Aside from my vitamin rations and my iodin rations which ! not only advise everybody to take but take mySelf-but these are food, essential food elements, not medicine-T haven't swallowed Q dose of medicine for long, long time.
 This fool proof cough medicine is perfectly safe in any circumstance, for child or adult. 1t is simple to prepare when it is needed. It real- ly gives considerable relief in many cases of cough. It is far better to "try" than any connection cCntair- ing @ dash of opium, laudanur11, morphine, heroin, codeine or other narcotic. It is expectorant, dia- phoretic (tending to inrreaSe sweat ing), diuretic (tending to increase kidney excretion), alkaline in effect on blood and tissues, demulcent or soothing to the irrftated or inflamed respiratory mucous membrane. Here's how to make it: Steep or boil for twenty to
 thirty minutes e heaping tea.
 spoonful of whole fiaxseeds in Q
 pint of water.
 Then dissolve in the flaxseed
 tea thus prepared one ounce of ClCrdUe Ol SOAd anu OAtC AAAAA
 ounce (two tablespoonfuls) of
 glycerine. Then add the juice of
 one lemon and, if desired as fla
 vor, three or four drops of es.
 sense or oil of peppermint. Final ly strain the pint of medicine.
 For the baby or young child,
 the dose is a teaspoonful every
 two hours for one or two days.
 For an adult the dose is Q table
 spoonful every two hours for two or three days.
 do not guarantee this home made cough medicine. I merely say I'd take 1t myself if I had any acute respiratory ailment in which cough were a feature. And assure you the fool proof cough medicine can do no serious harm, not even if the baby drinks the entire pint when no one is watching.
 The medicine does not keep more than a day or two. It should be freshly prepared whenever it is needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
Current Comment

We know that Washington want ed me delivered to America where the Americans wanted to stage a great guilt trial with me as the victim. Actually the Americans wanted to exhibit me in public. charging an entrance fee to see me -Benito Mussolini to Swiss jour
 nalist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
Views Of The Press

duty-a duty to help prepare this nation for a conflict he saw to be inevitable. In this again Secretary Knox, as the loyal American he ever was. placed country above politics. To him had come a great and grave responsibility and he rose to it with the same untiring energy that had characterized his whole notable ca- reer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
Daily Almanac

Moon sets at e:b2 a. m. (waT time)
 Sun rises at S:60 q. m, sets at 7;se ?. m. (war timel
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset. Nov it's tue May Watch for magnollas. Mayflowers followed by violets. lilaes and endless towering shrubs And don't forget the apple bloesomsl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

and the sentence which the worldly mob passed upon him was hideously unjust. but Stephens death was not a miserable death. IL was glorious. It would be better for . man so de like that than to live . thousand ordinary lives.
 uod has . reason for everything He does. and it is always Q good reason. He even lets men de in order that through ther dying He may achieve some great and lasting good.
 All Rights neserved-Ba Babson News
 paper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

 of the argument, against the de-
 mantls which the c. I. O. Steel. workers union has made before a panel of the War Labor Board.
 The union has m a d e IA de. mands: for @ l7 cents an hour wage increase, creation of a fund for the armed forces, guaran- A .a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. Q.

THERE IS ALWAYS 4 REASON
 An agnostie was arguing one day with Joseph Parker, the famous preacher. He had heard Dr. Parker preach on the stoning of stephen, first of the Christian martyrs to confront the cruel warth of his
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

and love now reign betweel
 Though the main factor is a common desire to pull together for the war, one factor has been regular meetings between all union chiefs and all ship-line execu- tives in the Maritime Commission in Washington. There, both sides lay their cards on the table and all what they think of each other.
 Last week, husky, hard-boiled Joe Curran, head of the National Maritime Union. actually went so far as to invite ship-operator representatives into his union hir- ing halls to assist in the ship ping assignments of seamen. Ship operators almost fell off their chairs when Curran made this astounding suggestion.
 "FOr seven years," he admit ted, "I have fought to keep the companies out of the hiring halls. But now I'm inviting them in 90 we can work to- gether for the war.
 That" he chuckled, "is what a war will do."
 However, Curran coupled his olive branch with an attack on one operator-Standard Oil-for hoarding manpower. He charged that Standard oil operated a "private pOOr' of seamen for its own tankers. These extra sea- men, he said. were being kept ashore and used in other jobs. even though they had been given draft deferments as essential sea- men supposed to be at sea. By this process. Curran claimed, Standard attempts to build up a backlog of non-union seamen and thus have enough in reserve to escape using union men.
 GOVERNMENT ACTION
 DEMANDED
 My union won't put up with idle workers" the NMU leader declared. My union prohibits members from staying on shore longer than two days for each week at sea, or a maximum Of 30 days at any one time. The Government should enforce the same rule throughout the indus try"
 ''Manp0wer policies should be
 administered without discrim- inatiOn," spoke up E. A. Jim- ison. an official Of the Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of New Orleans and New York. Every body should be treated alike in wartime and made to toe the mark"
 War Shipping Administration officials replied that they had investigated Standard Oil's bleaching" of workers, presum- ably done to build up a back log of non-union employees, but said they doubted that VISA had tuthoTity to dictate the company's hiring methods.
 Well, let's cut out the mOD- key business" exploded Cur ran. This var Is eveFybOdy's responsibility, and nanpOwer Is our biggest b0ttleneck. Are you going to let this sort of thing go on?"
 There's one thing We can do" declared Marshall Dimock, labor assistant to VISA deputy admins tFator v. M. Macauley. We can see to 1t that the Selectiye sery- ice system. Cancels the defer- ments of seamen who don't work at their occupation. If Standard oil persists in beaehing its mari time workers. a lot of them are going to wake up in the armed forces"
 TOO MUCH RANKIN
 Ever since the soldiers vote bill debate, Republican congressman have suffered from the charge that they were being dictated to by Taue0us Rep. Rankin Of Mis- slssippi. This has become more than a mere joke. In some areas, where the Negro vote can swing a Congressional election one gsy or the other. it has be. come very serious. For Rankin -. "a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
Washington Merry-G -Go-Round DREW P PEARSON

Ship Achieve Peace by Resuu Meetings CoPo Union Stondord Oil Men TonkeFs Stop compony Using Deferred Men in Shore Jobs Army Abondons Expensive Wo Plant Built Ot cost of
 relations but peace the ship nes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
Q NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Bargaining
 Stops Where?
BY PETER EDISON

BY PETER EDISON
 (Waterbury DemOcrat) Washington
 Correspondent
 No one argues against the prin- ciples of labor unions and collective bargaining any more. but there is still Q question of whether every issue under the sun can or should be settled by collective bargaining. This question Is timely right now as the basic steel companies pre-
 ..s.A eNats alaa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

chrome belt. Achl du ieber, what a cold mad cruel and ungratefI Rorldl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
A Thought for Today

A reproOf entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into foOl.-PrOverbs 17:IO.
 Fear not the anger of the wise to raise; Those best can bear reproof who merit
 praise.-Pope.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01

Copyright. l944. by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-01
TOO MpCM RANkIN

Ever since the soldiers vote bill debate, Republican congressman have suffered from the charge that they were being dictated to by Taue0sis Rep. Rankin Of Mis- slssippi. This has become more than q mere joke. In some areas, where the Negro vote can swing q Congressional election one gsy or the other, it has be. come very serious. Tor Rankin
Evening star., 1944-05-11

From the New York Post
We have the experience of the British
to show that national service act
works. Long ago they tossed aside the
voluntary system with respect to both
men and women-that voluntary" sys-
tenn to which we still cling and which
is not voluntary at all, but a system of
wheedling reinforced by coercion, threats
tempered with enticementS. In Britain
no woman need be on the defensive as
to whether she is doing all that she
should to help win the war Up to the
age of 81 she is subject to the national
service act and that she is. doing her
duty whether at home, in a factory or
in the armed services, goes without say
ing, A healthy young man in civilian
clothes can walk down the street in
England and the question does not
come up of why he isn't in the army.
Even for men above military age or
obviously not physically qualified for
military service there is no question
whether they have decided to sit out
the war in nonessential jobs or patri-
otically made sacrifices to go into essen
tial work. They are subject to the ma
tlonal service act; they are doing what
the nation at war requires them to do.
'Muddling through" was supposed to be
British talent. They were the cham
pions at that sorry game. But now,
clearly, the title is ours So far as
mobilizing our human resources are con-
cened we are out-muddling her every
daV
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Supply Lines in ItuIy

Though apparently less far-reach-
ing in its deStructiveneSs than the
spectacular attack on the Mohne
and Eder Dams in Germany last
year, the preaching of the Pescara
Dam by British dive -bombers must
come as a sharp blow to the Nazi
forces facing the Eighth Army at the
eastern end of the Italian front. For
their rear communications must now
be greatly disrupted by the un-
leashed waters pouring down the
valley along a line roughly parallel
ing their positions several miles
southwark. According to one re-
port, their major supply route-a
railroad and highWay-has been
washed out, and much of their am
munition and other stores have been
flooded beyond salvage
The effectiveness of this blow can
be measured by comparing it to
what happened in 1884 when the
MusSolini government opened the
dams sluice gates. The result then
was the inundation of vast sur
rounding area all the way to the
shores of the Adriatic and the town
of Pescara nineteen miles away,
with the waters averaging three
feet In depth for about weeks
time, after which they began TO
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Mr.. ForrestoI's Elevation

BY nominating Undersecretary
Forrestal to become Secretary of
the Navy, President Roosevelt has
chosen man uniquely qualified
for the post. Since August, 1910,
as second in command to the late
Secretary Knox, Mr.. Forrestal has
played particularly important role
in making American seapower the
most formidable thing of it's kind in
the history of the world. With
vision, energy and executive ability
in abundance, and with knack for
getting on well with people, he has
exercised a key influence in the
naval phase of the war. stimu-
lating the production and arming
OF ships in a way that has con-
tributed very largely to the Navy's
amazing and half-miraculous come
back since Pearl Harbor. On the
record, therefore, the honor now
accorded him by the President has
been well-earned, and the Nation
can rest assured that under his
direction the Navy Department will
be in extremely able hands. 1t is
doubtful that a wiser or sounder
appointment could have been made.
MIR. Forrestal can get on with his
Job in the knowledge that he enjoys
the confidence and good wishes of
the American people.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
. The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

lief that If Mr.. Roosevelt is renominated,
Mr.. Farley will resign the State chair
manship, that he does not intend to run
the New York campaign under those
circumstances.
While the New Dealers have for sew
eral years wished heartily to get MIR.
Farley out of the State Craftsmanship,
1t is doubtful they would welcome such
a move when the campaign gets under
way Mr.. Farley was opposed also to
third-term nomination of the President
and resigned as national chairman after
the President had been renominated
He continued as State chairman, how
ever, and handled the campaign in i'm
portant New York State against Wendell
L. Willkie. A decision by Mr.. Farley to
wash his hands of the 1914 campaign in
New York State might have an i'll effect
on Democratic prospects there.
1t is no secret that the Democrats
have been attempting to WOO Mr.. Farley
back into the fold-and Mr. Hannegan
has held out many an olive branch. The
Democrats have been encouraged in re-
cent days by the attacks which Mr..
Farley has made on Gov. Dewey-the
likely Republican nominee for President.
But Mr. Farley is still Democratic State
chairman and his criticism of Gov.
Dewey is to be expected. That it fore
casts active support of President Roose-
yelt is another matter.
# *
Chairman Hannegan's assertion that
the President is eft and ready for the
fight"-the fight for re-election-was in
tended to put a quietus on the many
rumors which have gone about the coun-
try to the effect the President is sick
man and for that reason will not run.
Undoubtedly it will have its effect.
The Democrats are opening up, more
and more, on Gov. Dewey. Mr.. Hanne-
gan and Senator Barkley of Kentucky,
majority leader of the Senate, both took
pot shots at Gov. Dewey during the
New York dinner. Mr.. Hannegan went
back to statements made by Dewey in
1910, in which the New Yorker criticized
the recognition of the Russian Soviet by
the Roosevelt administration. The fact
of the matter is, however, that in 1910
most Americans looked askance at
Russia which had entered nonaggres-
sion alliance with Nazi Germany The
feeling toward our present ally was very
different four wears ago.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
SevustopoI Redeemed

1t Is no detraCtion from the skill
and bravery Of the Red armies to
point out that their recapture of
Sevastopol, key fortress of the
Crlmea, was a foregone conclusion.
The entire Axis defense of the
Crimean Peninsula was essentially
a rearguard action by a German
and Romanian garrison numbering
not more than 100000, whose
suicidal job it was to hold as long
as possible a highly strategic out
post. This task they accomplished
by holding the Crimea for nearly
SIX months after their direct land
connections had been broken by the
mighty sweep of the Red armies
across Southern Russia last autumn.
SO long as the Crimea remained
In Axis hands, the Russians were
denied the naval base of SevaStopol
which commanded the western half
Of the Black Sea and thus protected
the coasts of satellite Romania and
Bulgaria from attacks by the Rus
sian Black Sea fleet and possible
deScents by seaborne expeditionary
forces. Likewise, the excellent air
fields on the Crimean Steppes were
unavailable for the Red air arm.
In the eyes of the German high
command this justified the expendi-
ture Of the men and equipment left
behind in the Crimea. From the
moment when the approaches to
the peninsula were stormed by two
converging Russian armies month
ago, the Germans began pulling out
some of their forces by sea and air,
though a large percentage of these
Evening star., 1944-05-11
De VoIeru's STRENGTH

Prime Minister De Valera does not
appear to be taking any great risk
In calling for general election to
be held some time this month to
determine whether he and his gov
ernment are to continue in power
In Fire. On the contrary, there is
reason to believe that he will emerge
from the test stronger than ever.
accomplishing the twofold purpose
OF increasing the membership of his
own party in the Dali and of dem
onstrating to the world that the
Irish people are in agreement with
his neutrality policy.
That he is not CHANGING defeat
seems clear from the fact that Mr..
De Valera's opposition has deplored
his election call, asserting that his
one-vote legislative rebuff on a
transportation bill did not Justify
such step-a complaint suggesting
that even his opponents expect him
TO gain strength. In general cleo
ton last June, his party was reduced
to a minority position in the Dali,
holding 81 seats to the opposition's
II. Since then, however, his stock
Is said to have risen throughout
Fire, with the result that he NAV
be able to swing his party back to
a majority.
Far from having anything to do
with the rebuff that has led him
to call a national election, Mr.. De
Valera's neutrality policy has long
been indorsed by his opposition and
Is expected to win him additional
votes. According to reports, many
1rlShmen who would not be for him
otherwise will support him now be-
cause they admire the way he has
rejected our American appeal to
eject German and japanese diplo-
matte agents in Dublin. The point
Is worth noting. Obviously Mr.. De
Valeras position in this matter is
politically popular in Fire; the Irish
people as a whole simply do not see
eye to eye with us in this respect.
even though of all the nations in
the world we are traditionally their
best friend.
Evening star., 1944-05-11
Letters to The Star
Approves Planned Humanizin9
Of Weather Forecasts

To the Editor of The STAR
Your recent items about "humaniz-
ing" the weather forecasts are timely.
I hope they work out as promised. No
other natural element affects humanity
more than the weather, but the weather
forecasters seem unable to shake them
selves out of the threadbare antiquities
they have been using for half a CEN
tury. Surely the science of meteorology
has made some advances in the past so
years. Then why do we not read some
thing besides increasing cloudiness"
and other phrases that mean exactly
nothing to the interested public?
The forecaster is a pessimist. He
says rain" even though he expects only
few drops He says nothing about the
sunshine or the fair intervals What
does he mean by fair? Apparently
anything from clear to cloudy including
perhaps a sprinkle of rain. I travel
much and find it the same throughout
the country-forecasts of little value
because the sforecaster uses ambiguous
terms. I read few complaints, but
hear many. I believe I express the
views of 80 per cent of those who show
any interest in weather. I hope YOU
are right and that forecasts hereafter
will be humanized.
JOHN S. NEEDHAM.