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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15
QUESTION MARKS


 Whats become of all those post war plans predicting Utopia s? Have you observed that before the election the Administration was whipped with the red herring and now 1t is being accused of being too conservative? |. Why are some Senators rapping Archibald Mac Letsh because he is a poet? Is that a crime? Can they think of any thing that has given civilization more glory than Shakespeare's poetry? Wasn't the American who wrote the Star Spangled Ban- ner" also a poet?
 Why can't allied statesmen attain the unity displayed by allied sol diers, who have the toughest war jobs? Haven't we learned that the only thing that stopped the Axis from winning was allied unity? Why can't we preserve that spirit to win the peace?. =. When will we learn that when one free nation endeav- ors to grab power at another's ex- penSe it only weakens the unity that represents liberey's most pow erful weapons? Isn't it shock ing that nations like Spain ana Ar gentina which always aided Hitler are getting allied treatment than some nations that always fought NaziSrn?
 Have you noiced the sickening contrast between headlines reveal ing Nazis are killing American sol- diers and the report that those in- dicted as pro-NaziS in America might be set free? Do you think a GI's reaction to that could be printed in far1il newspaper? Should be become disilIusioned be- cause liberty in Europe is being blocked by many obstacles? Isn't it true that America also had tc overcome many obstacles? Isn't it true that America also had to overcome many obstacles before we could attain freedom? Whats become of those who predicted FDR's reelection would lead tc dictatorship or monarchy? Are statesmen who are Tipping monkey wrenches at the peace aware of the fact that in this robot bomb age this may be civilizations last chance to gain permanent peace?
 Why delude yourself with the cosy idea that the elections proved isola- tion is dead? Don't you recall that the same lullaby was crooned after Pearl Harbor wa sattacked? Dc differences between Allies mean in- ternational cooperation is impos- Sible? Isn't it true Americans also differ about various issues ana that hasn't prevented us from building a strong democracy? What hap pened to the Congressional promise
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15
sAucER srPPEns

Drinking from a saucer cid not originate as a means of quick cool ing. Instead, tea was steeped in a cup and, when ready, was poured into a saucer to prevent over~ steping, and the beverage was then drunk from the saucer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15

Kenneth L. Childs, Manager of New Haven District Office of Small CT War Plants Corporation, announc- ed today that the five-hundredth, company had registered with this government agency. The New Haven Office, located at 152 Temple street, serves the Counties of New Haven,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15

to probe franking abuses? i. Don't the tragic troubles in liber- ated Europe make you realize more frightened voice is missed? How can we have better postwar world by reviving the worst pre- war conflicts?
 Why give up the fight for de- cent peace just because it has suf- fered some setbacks? Isn't that similar to accepting defeat just be- cause your nation loses the first battle? Why should anybody think the war is over because we are close to victory? Don't you remem- Der after Dunkirk the Germans had the same idea? /. Will the legis- lators probing the money men sup porting Subversive groups continue their excellent work? Or has it bene forgotten like so many other vital Investigations? Are you pre- pared for the parraeg of negotiated peace propaganda that will attack America,s civilian morale during the months of hard fighting this Win ter? Do you know Nazi propagan- distS frankly admit a negotiated peace represents their lone-chance for survival?
 How come some editorialists still insist we shouldn't do anything about postwar problems until the last shot is fired? Isn't it clear that postwar issues already con- front the world in Italy, Greece, Belgium and all the other liber- ated nations? Do allied lead- CTS remember when Goebbels pre- dicted fear of Communism would make it impossible for them to crush Germany? :. <. Isn't it tragic that allied quibbling aided Berlin and Tokyo more than all the Axis quis- lingS? Are we going to turn the postwar world into a whip ping post for the world? Did you read that Ham Fish intends writing a book claiming he was al- ways right? Why should he waste paper when history books already Sl1ON llC WdS oO WIOAA6
 Are you aware that the new isola- tioniSt propaganda line is to point tot he troubles in liberated nations as proof we can't win the peace? Aren't they the same jerques who howled we could never win the war? Why be cynical about ideals to preserve peace? Isn't it o0vious such cynicsim helped incite war in the past? Should we be startled to discover liberation pre- senting complex problems? Isn't it liberate itself from the anti-demo- a fact America still struggles to cratic bigotry that blights our de- mocracy? Could anything be more ironic than jack-a6striches supporting a soft peace for Ger many while upholding the strer measures taken against tte anti NaI underground soldiers?
 Who cares if Hitler is or isn't dead? Isn't it more important to make certain we don't allow Hitler'S ideas to live?
 Why make to-doodle about the ciggie shortage when the world still hasn't learned how to smoke the pipe of peace? P. How can we be- lieve the starry-eyed who pro- claimed the election aided our unity when some politicos and gazettes allow their bitterness over the cleo ton results to impedet he progress of the war? Whatever happened to plans to pass laws that would make it impossible for American companies to be partners in cartels? When will the human dollar signs who worked with Nazi cartels and were indicted (as violatCrs of anmti-trust laws) be tried? Did you read that while visiting the haLtlefrOnt COno IlICe was allowed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15
WAR DOCS

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Mrs. Gustave Cornelis who lived for many years on Nichols road is a patient at Meriden hospital.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15

S-sgt Robert Snyder is visiting his parents, MT. and Mrs. Earl Snyder of the Woodtick road.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-15

MT. and Mrs. J. Arthur Bergen att tended the 25th wedding anniv- sary party for Mir. and Mrs. John Sanford in Stamford, Sunday.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Duet With Nicky
By Alice Bereso,DSky
(LippincOtt.)

In pleasant, although unprofes-
slonal manner, an American woman
tells here OF her life with her Rus
slan-born composer husband. From
the story of their courtship in Car
negie Hall, to the proposal in Ar
lington National Cemetery, through
the birth of their two children. the
short book carries on with lively
humor, though it is little lacking
In continuity of thought and action.
Nicky Berezowsky is a successful
modern composer who works very
hard to earn a living for his family
and also provide time for his crea.
tive work. His friends and asso-
ciates are Americas and Europe's
top-f1ight musicians.
Mrs. BerezowSky makes an effec-
tive plea for study and understands
ing OF modern Classical music.
PROBABLY the most provocative
thought raised by Duet With Nicky"
is the question of the best way to
encourage music nationally.
Alice Berezowsky's varied and in.
teresting experiences and her sense
OF humor somewhat atone for her
lack OF literary style. The result is
q gay and colorfully written book
an enlightening glimpse into the
struggles and triumphs of those who
produce our Nations music.
MARY COCHRAN.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Postwar Job Need Studied

normal increase in productivity, that
83 persons will turn out as much per
hour in 1916 as 100 persons did in
1910. Obviously, If there is no in
crease in output and no further re-
duction of work hours, the other II
persons will be thrown out of jobs
the victims OF archaeological un-
employment"
Must Increase Output.
The figures on growth Of the work
force and increased output per
worker add up to the conclusion by
the departments experts that If in
1916 (the hypothetical first year of
peace) we attain no higher level of
national output than we did in 1910,
and If the hours OF work remain
the same as in 1910, unemployment
will reach the catastrophe total Of
100000.
From these figures it is abundantly
clear why the national output OF
goods and services, If we are to cure
unemployment or even to mitigate It
to bearable proportions, must be
substantially increased over the $97,-
900 ,000, 900 level of l940-the highest
up to that time.
With the labor force available to
private enterprise and the Govern
ment, we shall have in 1946-again
assuming the end of the war and of
the immediate reconversion period
by that time-a potential productive
capacity of $142 900 900 900 in terms
OF 1910 prices, or $165, ,000, 900 900
IN terms Of 1912 prices. In physical
volume this capacity is nearly half
as much again as the actual pro-
duction Of 1910.
The production necessary to en-
ploy $4,000, 900 or more workers can
be reached-there can be no doubt
about that. We produced in 1913,
with 100000 civilian workers,
SITS ,000, ,000, 900 worth of goods and
services. But there was no problem
of distribution in 1943-the Govern
ment bought over half the product.
The question we face is whether we
can build up and sustain a purchas-
ing power among the people sum-
cient to buy the goods we can make
whether we can solve the problem
of mass distribution as we have
solved the problem Of mass produc-
ton.
printed by Special Advancement With
the St. Louis Post-Dspatch)
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gained by the end Of the week and
some improvement in position fol-
lowed despite the fact that Nazi ar
tillery was outranging the Allied big
guns.
Allied aircraft kept up 4 constant
harassment of German lines OF
communication, striking at roads,
bridges and rail facilities. The
marshaling yards in Rome were
blasted again and there were reports
that few stray bombs landed with
In the Vatican grounds.
At the close Of the week, 1t. Gen
Clark expressed his confidence that
the Allies will hold their positions
against the best the enemy can
throw against them.
Huge Bombs Used.
Something new was added in the
air raids on Germany this week
when 1t was revealed that the Brit
ish big bombers are now employing
"a 12.000-pound block buster to de-
molish German war industries
These new bombs, requiring unusual
skill in manufacture and use, are
being carefully dropped with great
precision on special targets. When
German camouflage has been pene-
trated, smaller planes drop their
flares to mark the target and then
the huge six-tonners are planted
within the area outlined. The de-
struction is said to be terrific, max
ing repair Of the facilities out Of the
question.
The new block-busters appear to
be the answer to the statement by q
Swedish officer who has Just COM
pleted a tour of Germany that the
Nazis in the past have been able to
restore bombed plants within a
month or two and that the RuhY
industries are still hourishing.
A recapitulation of results of the
week before revealed that Allied
planes had destroyed ga German
fighter planes, but the Allies at the
same time lost 387 heavy bombers
and 81 fighters.
Monday, American bombers, Drop
ping their eggs through heavy
clouds, struck at the aircraft in
dustry in Brunswick, Germany, and
the following day British Mos
quitos hit at Western Germany.
Throughout the week there was
continued bombing but none on the
scale Of the huge raids Of the past
until Friday night when another
full-scale assault occurred against
unspecified targets. While the raids
were underway, American Lightning
fighters few over Berlin, spelling for
a fight which did not materialize.
The foray by the Lightnings marked
1,100-mile round trip and the sec
ond time that American planes have
been over Berlin.
Evening star., 1944-03-05

ury experts say-based on study of
infiationary periods in other coun-
tries-that government debt never
becomes really dangerous until the
interest equals 20 per cent Of the
national income.
We expect a top debt of $500 bill
lions. We're paying under 2 per
cent interest on it. That makes
$6 billions, and IS billions isn't 20
per cent of even the lowest income
we've made in IA years, that $39
billions in 1882.
There's one thing to remember.
Soldiers abroad and war workers at
home now know how much this
country can turn out when the
brakes are really of.
Between the Government and in
dustrial managers, the country will
have to work at somewhat the rate
1t Is now, or else. Both conserya-
tives and liberals agree on that.
If the high rate of production is
kept, the high income will stay, and
there will be plenty OF margin to
pay taxes high enough to gradually
reduce the debt. But the taxes will
be high for . long time.
Dastftbutsd by Associated Prsss.)
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Public Library
Book Pointers
Bv Helen Atkins,
Sociology Division, Public Library.

Sociology Division. Public Library.
Here are some brief comments on
books for lenten reading available at
the Public Library, Eighth and K
streets NV, and its branches:
Catholic.
The spiritual approach to the
postwar world is emphasized in Sig
rid Undset's Return to the Future"
and also in Jacques Maritain's "The
Twilight of Civilization" which
urges democracy founded on a union
of Christian religion and Christian
humanism.
In "Ark and the Dove" Joseph M.
Ives presents Lord Baltimore's ideal
Of religious liberation. John C..
Kearns' Life of Blessed Martin de
PORES" portrays a sanity Negro lay
brother in colonial Peru. 'The Grace
Of Guadalupe" by Frances Parkin-
son Keyer, describes the first record
ed miracle in America.
"Our Lady's Choir" is a book of
contemporary verse by Catholic sis
ters, edited by William s. Braith-
waite.
Protestant.
"The -Four Freedoms and God" by
Edwin NJ. Poteat, emphasizes the
spiritual reform necessary to make
the four freedoms live. The church's
contribution to world order Is dis
cussed by Theodore P. Ferris In
This Created World" the presiding
bishops book for Lent, 1874.
A significant book on the life and
teachings of Jesus is ''Our Eternal
Contemporary" by Walter M. Hor-
ton. "The Lords Prayer" by Ern-
est r. little, is an inspired inter-
probation.
A human, religious biography is
Louis fuckers Clerical Errors"
Rufus M. Jones Spirit in Man"
reveals . deep personal faith. In
Religious Living" Georgia Hark-
ness makes religion . quest and IN
achievement.
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or depression in certain industries.
'All these" says no less an au-
thority than Sir William Beveridge,
"are forms of unemployment con-
sistent with general prosperity and
progress" Even now, despite all our
efforts to increase the labor force,
it is estimated that 100000 are un-
employed.
The Committee for Economic De-
velopment, taking into account the
inevitability of certain degree OF
unemployment in any dynamic So
ciety, deducts 100000 from the po-
tential 57,000,000 civilian workers in
1946 and arrives at the conclusion
that a satisfactory employment
goal will be reached with the en-
ployment of 55,000,00o workers in
civilian pursuits. This is about
100000 more than were employed
in 1910.
The CED's figures, all derived from
official sources, tally closely with
those of the Brookings Institution,
which finds that a state of "rea-
sonably full employment" at the
end of the changeover from war to
peace will be realized at an employ
ment level of 54,000,00O, or roughly
II per cent over 1910.
Increase in Job Seekers.
The employment problem is never
static. In the first place there is a
steady growth in the labor force
owing to population increase. 1t is
estimated that about 100000 per-
sons reach working age annually
and that about 100000 of these
enter the labor market. There is an
Offset of about 100000 who quit the
market because of age, death, physi-
cal disability, marriage, ETC., leaving
net annual increase in the labor
supply Of about 100000. This figure
has been used in calculating the
number of jobs that will need to be
supplied in 1916.
In the second place, there is a
steady upward trend in the output
per worker. The Department of
Commerce calculates that this in
crease in the 12-year period from
1929 to 1941 was roughly one-third,
or at the rate of 25 per cent a year,
compounded. The rate is certain to
be increased by the tremendous
chronological progress during the
war.
What is in store in the way of
new labor-savings devices may be
gathered from two examples recently
given congressional committee: BY
February, 1943, the production time
on a medium bomber had been cut
from 10000 man-hours to 1900,
and on 10,000-ton Liberty cargo
ship from 100000 man-hours to
$4,000. There have been thousands
of other instances of the same sort.
What does this mean in terms of
employment? 1t means, the De-
partment of Commerce says, that
even if the future rate of increase
in productivity is no higher than
the 2.5 per cent annual rate of the
period 1929-1941, the output per
man-hour in 1916 will be 1875 per
cent greater than in 1941.
In another striking calculation,
the department estimates, on the
same basis Of only the long.term
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who protest there's no need to buy
the "brave new world" in a couple
OF years. They want the cost of the
war spread over several years and
point out that this years middle
aged men also fought war and
then came home to help pay for it.
Cost of Wars Compared.
It's Illuminating to compare fig
ures on the two wars, particularly
just at the end, when the expenses
run high:
Government Government
ls4s ss4sf sss1sf %,on: %,on: sas miiSn:
Estimated '-'''
Notice. In 1919, the Government
was taking in less than 50 per cent
OF which it was spending. In 1945 1t
will take In almost ~ per cent.
Here's another sign post. Treas
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carrier, victim of British SUBJ
marine which braved an escort of
numerous motor torpedo boats to
plant several fish in the flat-top
which heeled over and, as the sub
marine dove, seemed on the verge of
going under.
Ponape was bombed again dur
ing the week and Paramushiro and
Shumushu in the Kuriles also were
bombed.
In Burma, a major victory was
claimed for British and Indian
troops on the Arakan front. Jap
dead were placed at 1000 and the
wounded at 1000 out of a force of
5000 opposed to the British. Chinese
troops captured the town of Makaw
in Northern Burma.
Russians Near Pskov.
On the Baltic front in Europe,
Russian troops have entered the
outskirts of Pskov, the key to the
Baltic, which lies near the lower
end of Lake Peipus close to the
Estonian border. Advancing along
two railroads from the north and
the east, Red columns are now
only 5 miles from the city. The
Nazis have been ordered by Hitler
to hold out to the last man, hardly
a pleasant prospect for the doomed
garrison.
Taking advantage of the ice on
Lake Peipus, Russian troops have
stormed across and established
beachheads on the Estonian shore.
Other troops have bypassed Narva
in Northern Estonia and there were
indications as the week ended that
the Reds intend to bypass Pskov
also and drive on toward Riga and
Reval, capitals of Latvia and Estonia
on the Baltic Sea and the Gulf
of Finland.
The Russians also were main
tanning heavy pressure against the
Nazis below the Pinsk marshes in
White Russia, in the Ukraine and on
the Kerch Peninsula and the
Crimea. Climactic events are be-
lieved in the making.
In Italy, American and British
troops have beaten off the third
main German counteroffensive
against the Nettuna -Anzio beach,
head, taking heavy toll of the en-
emy, who threw new secret weapon
into the attack. The new weapon
was radio-controlled tank, loaded
with 1000 pounds of high explosive
intended to be exploded within the
Allied lines. However, Allied artil-
lery picked off IA of the tanks still
within the German positions and
the secret weapon proved a BOOM
erang.
All ground lost by the Allies In
the initial phases of the third great
assault by the enemy had been re-
Evening star., 1944-03-05
Best Sellers
FICTION.

FICTION.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, by
Betty Smith.
Also the Hills, by Frances
Parkinson Keyes.
The Apostle. by Sholem Asch.
So Little Time, by John P.
Marquand.
The Robe, by Lloyd C. Doug
NONFICTION.
Good Night, Sweet Prince, by
Gene Fowler.
Under Cover, by John Roy
Carlson.
Here Is Your War, by Ernie
Pyle.
Lend Lease, by Edward r.
Stettinius, jr.
Persons and Places, by George
Santayana.
Evening star., 1944-03-05
By Mary.C ayfer Roberts
The Road to Teheron ,
By Foster Rhea Dulles. prince
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/ 80 sNSSS ~ SpSb VII
By Foster Rhea Dulles. prince
ton University Press.)
The Secret Of Soviet Strength
By Hewlett Johnson, Dean of
Canterbury. international
Pubishers.J
Not since the early 1906, when
American recognition Of the Soviet
Union resulted in freshet Of books
on Russia, have the presses Of the
United States poured forth so many
as In the last few months. Listed
above are two of the latest.
This reviewer is frankly enthusi.
astic about Mr.. Dulles volume. He
has compressed into a book of 261
pages the story of American
Russian relations since the day when
Francis Dana of Massachusetts,
futilely sought recognition for the
infant American Nation by the
court Of Catherine the Great, down
to the conference between Presi-
dent Roosevelt, Premier Stain and
Prime Minister Churchill at Te-
heran. Yet he has clothed his out
line with sufficient incidents and
personality studies to make it color
full and interesting.
Mr.. Dulles, former foreign cor.
respondent who is now a professor
at Ohio State University, writes
with complete objectivity. His
theme-if the book may be said to
have one-is that while drastic diff
ferences in political theory have
fixed gulf between America and
Russia, that gulf has always been
bridged in time of stress by COM
mon interests. In the 18th GEN.
tury, he points out, Russia found
it advantageous to support the
United States as counterbalance
to the power of Great Britain.
In the Goth century the two ma
tions have been forced into CO.
operation by the mutual menace Of
Germany and Japan.
Mr.. Dulles book is an excellent
approach to realistic understand
AAA6 Va 1CldblOllS.
OF Dean Johnson's book, the can
did reviewer can say only that it is
an emotional and uncritical apology
for Socialism. The dean accepts at
face value Moscow's own estimate
Of what the Stalinist regime has
done for the Russian people. He
explains the heroic fight Russia has
waged against the Nazi invaders
solely on the basis of the moral and
material strength provided by its
present political system, and either
CLOSES over or ignores the terrorism
which accompanied the establish
ment of the regime.
The student of politics will find
Dean Johnson's book interesting as
reflection of the current trend of
social thought in a certain sector Of
the British intelligentsia. But the
searcher for facts had better turn
elsewhere. JOSEPH H. BAIRD.