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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-19

Striking workers at three plants
of the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co.
today defied demands of the War
Labor Board and UAW-CIO Of
ficials and failed TO report for
their armament-making jobs on
the first shift.
A few of the Kelsey-Hayes en-
ployes, who began their walkouts
Monday, appeared at the plant
gates, company spokesman said,
but none entered the plants. An
estimated $500 struck in the COM
pany's McGraw and Military ave-
nue. plants and its Plymouth ma
chine-gun plant.
The National WLB yesterday
summoned officers of the striking
UAW-CIO Local TIA TO appear in
Washington tomorrow unless the
walkout ended by today.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-10-19

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
The VoIkssturns

Hitler has now taken the last of his available German marhood-not just the able-bodied males, but also those between 1e and GO who are fable to bear arnls"- and fashioned them Into e Volkssturn. This Is the guerrilla army which l. to de- fend every ditch and bush, perhaps even after the Wehrmacht has surrendered.
 If anyone doubted that Hitler would take desperate measures in his desperate plight, here Is convincing proof. But all he can gain Is time. In return for It he will destroy more and more of the Ger. man people, A band of youthful and aging guerrillas, hastily assembled, can harass and kill and disrupt, to be sure. But they cannot win Hitler's lost war.
 And what will happen to GermanyS agricultural and industrial production when these motley troops leave field and factory for the last stand against the invading Allies? Can women, and older men and still younger children, and hostile foreign workers keep Germany going for long2
 Obviously not But Hitler Is bent only on prolonging destruction. Nothing will s:tisfy his sadistic nature but that the end of his swollen ambition shall have the shambles of a bleeding Europe as it's setting. Whether the blood be of enemy or countryInan Is all the same to him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Time for Discussion

The American people, being now in the mood for debate, might keep right on after the elections with @ discussion of the part they should like to see this country take in the international security organization which the Dumharton Oaks conferees have christened the United Nations. It would be a good thing both for the sake of the people and of the public servants who will finally make the direct decision on our participation. There are some divergent opinions to be reconclled before we can hope to take our place in this United Nations organization. The sooner they are tackled and threshed out, the sooner our. government can pro- ceed In the assurance that 1t is backed by have already presented themselves Should the Constitution be amended to give treaty-ratifying power to simple majority of both branches of Congress, instead of to the present two-thirds majority of the Senate2 How much au- thority should the permanent American member of the United Nations security council be given2 Would the use of American troops in an international armed action against on aggressor re- quire formal American declaration of war, or would 1t be regarded simply as a "puntive action"9
 These are only Q start. And there would probably be plenty of acrimonious name. calling In these and later discussions. But 0 lot of bitterness might be avoided If, be- fore the discussions started, responsible gpokeSnen for various schools of thought would define some terms heard frequently now. For instance, what precisely does the Dumbarton Oaks agreement mean hy ipeace-lovlng states" to which menl- berShip in the United Nations Is linited2 Does "peace-loving" refer to popular sea- tlnent or present government policy? Does "state" mean the people organized under Q government, or the government itself7 And what IS the sovereignty which some Americans insist must not be sacrificed to any international organ. ization? Is 1t the sovereignty that our own states have sacrificed to the Union in defense, foreign relations, and host or other matterS7 Or IS 1t "the power that determines and administers the govern ment," held, according to dictionary defi: citizens"? And what Is meant by the people who say "We believe in America Arst" First in what? First for what2
 Lasting peace Is every Americans hope. It's preservation is his concern. The best way to that preservation will not be found iF cryptic credos vague warnings, enthu. slastic generalities We must know what we are talking about before we try to make intelligent recommendatioflS. And for that we need some explicit definis tions from spokeSmen for the several shades of American opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
In 'Today's Mail
THE FARMERS and DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION HAVE DONE 4 WONDERFUL
 JOB FOIt VICTORY

Watertown. Conn.
 October 20, 1884.
 Editor Of The Democrat:
 Sometimes 6 loan will save c home, c business, 6 railroad. In 1929 before the depression, the net income Of American farmers was E.000,000000. By 1882 under Hoover it had fallen to e2000, 900 900. It was considered wrong to try dov- ernment aid. After the Democrats came iii power between '32 and 80, farm income reached ei4,000, ,O00, 900. This rise was accomplished through governmental loans with lowered interest. Over 30,O00,O00 acres OI corrcded, depleted land were re- claimed. There waS system Of reforcstation, 3B0.000 flood control dams were constructed, producing power for electricity and irrigation. Tn fact. 2,000y0 900 farms were electri- fed. Farm income has thus risen to Q parity with that of "Town" or "Businesg'. When the war came our Army was the best fed in the world and more than three-flfthS of the loan to the farmers has been paid back. Without imagination and experiment nothing is ever dis- covered or improved, whether it bN In economics or aifplanes.
 Our President end hig admlnlstFa- tlon have faced these problems with the sane courage and ylslcn shown
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
GOOD NEIGHBoRs
(IlaFtford Courant)

In the columns Of the Peoples Forum" today appears Q letter from an appreciative resident of South Cornwall, Connecticut, whose neigh bors pitched in and helped to run the dairy farm when her husband became incapacItated. After theli own days work was finiShed these nelghbors came to her farm, pitched hay, dug potatoes, and performed all other numerous tasks, aS long aB it was necessary. g
 Perhaps in another day such vol- Untary good work would not have been worthy Of comment because It was usual. Early in the history of this state such cooperation was not only desirable; it was impeFa. tive if any were to survive. House. raising bees were held, in which the entire community pitched lil and helped build Q house. On another day ell would harvest the crops Of Q single neighbor. Although not common nowadays, this joint cosas Inunity effort is not entirely liSi- known in Connecticut today. in rural areas.
 But for the most part those who dwell in the cities live on existence that Is completely insulated from their neighbors, even though the physical barrier Is c thin apartment wall. Our charity and our good deeds have become foFEnaiized. and are disposed of by contributions to worthy organized groups that pEo- fessicnaiy administer our good works for is. I
 That is why the voluntary acts of the good 1etghborB of South Corn. wall have . warm and human touch. Tn . world in which tho forces Of greed and selnsl1ness seem to pfedominate such selfless acts help restore confidence in the in. herent good viii Of good nelghboty' everywhere, R'.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

Q dead political duck. With war; time prosperity, Calitornta's ham, and-eggs enthuslasm waned. Re. publican politlcoes long ago sharp- enOd their knives, counted sena. tor Downey'S scalp, already In the bag.
 Downey, however, has fooled them. Despite the fact that Che Republicans have been spending money like water, have blll-
 boards plasteFed all over the state and are able Co bay far more radio time than DOwney,
 their candidate, Lieut.. Gov.
 Frederick r. Houser, Is Fun- ming behind.
 Recently COP HouSer has been blasting Downey on alleged ab. Senteeism, claiming that he has been in Congress only b2 weeks ot the time. Actually those who have watched Downey laboring in Washington know he b q gluts ton for work. Summing the cock. tail parties and social salons of the Capital, he gets to his office early, works late.
 That Is why the Republican charge has got under Downey'B skin. Recently he sent Houser Q registered letter, challenging him to debate ct any time any place In California on the quese. , ton of his ahsente record or any other subject. Houser 70 far has ducked. Meanwhile, the irate Downey has conflded to friends that he vii bring suit against Houser - an unusual move in any political campaign = or take out on injunction to stop his at. tacks.
 southern California may no longer be the happy hunting ground of oldsterS. but hanisand. egger Downey isn't ready to Te- tire yet.
 Copyright, ie44, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Why Vote Against Right to Vote

The business managed electric power companies of Washington and oregon are rendering real public service to the taxpayers of two states In dragging out into the open Referendum 26 which the people of Washington will have to vote on November q Two points in this bill are Of interest to all citizens in the United States:
 First, 1t would give control of electric service throughout state to politicians. through creation of "joint commissions" or "authorities," without a vote of the people. Second, "authorities" thus cre- aked could plunge Washington com- munities in debt some $200,000,000 to buy existing electric companies, without vote of the people.
 This latest device for undermining the American system of free enterprise m erder to substitute socialized industry, is ar amazing grab for political power. It is almost beyond belief that the people of A state would be asked to vote for @ measure which would deny them the rlahk to vote on bond issues involving elfch gigantic sums. In Washington slsch debts would adde no new services, znpfovements, or employment. They would simply change taxpaying electric power industry into tax-exempt politi.. 6aI monopoly which would be owned pflncIpally by foreign bondholders.
 Just how far the plotters against pri- 4Aae enterprlse will go, 1t is hard to say Hut the citizens of all states can afford v watch this bold attempt to disfran- e1IsB voters, mortgage the electric indus 5fy of a state. escape the regulation of 8tllc service commissions and the courts, &Hd dodge taxes now paid by private
 a0efiy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Selected Poen,
MOON REVERY

MOON REVERY
 (stanton A. Coblentz in The New York Times) Ever the same old moon yet ever newl Tonight, tawny painted ball. 1t rose Gigantic over naked hills, and threw Weird luminous hoods around then-witches
 clothesl
 And have seen It's bronze and copper glows Furnish c lane across c phantom bay And watched it climb where black. cloud-towered
 foes
 Drowned 1t except for one lost pearly ray. And proud lt shone, in fiery gauge, where trees Swept in c ridge of shadow down tho vest And dagger -beaker on wan. paie-kinded seas: And huge and lone against the deserts breast. The robe. the form, the colors change and die, But beauty fingers, timeless as tho sky
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Views Of The Press

song Q day as this essential tolier. No artisan of the assembly line has Q more grueling task, No contrib utor to the war effort has Q more important job than the producer of food.
 There are compensatlons. doubt. less, for the nature lover and poet but he who rises with the lark to milk the gentle Kline on c lovely summer morn must also stumble over the frozen ciods, lantern in hand, to feed and tend the pesiGy critters. There's Joy in springtiine blowing, when catbiTds and cars dinals chatter and whistle in the fence rows and blackbiFds follow in the iurrow, but fellow who has to hustle to turn under the south forty before dark has no time to compose lines to Q field mouse or make daisy chains. geedtime, hay- Ing, harVest, and threBhing often find him at his job long after the moon Is ID. with chores still to fol' lowl
 Farm hands' wages have been in. creased; any farmer can tell you that. Whether they have kept pace with the cost of living Is an. other thing. We hope that the WLB will reconsider It's refusal to permit the employing farmers to present their side of the case. But
 Wednesday evening 8 o'clock. if the Little Steel Formula k to be broken. Ion sv-E Day or any other day-for the uflionized industFiel workers, the farm hands should be remembered as well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Good Nutrition


 I have eaten no refined sugar In the last five years. tff 90 it was bee cause could not avoid it). My source of sugar is from honeys rAisins, plenty of fruit and vege- tables, fresh, canned, raw OF cook. cd. Our fruit b canned without sugar and to me lt has Q more dee licious flavor. My mullins, cake or cookies are baked with whole wheat flour, wheat germ, soy bean four (Faised and ground InyselD. My bread is whole wheat and dry toasted. I am 46. I have more vite, more Vigor and less fatigue than ever knew when I lived largely in white flour and white sugar.
 co. V. RI
 AnSwer-UsIng whole wheat flour (with nothing whatever removed in grinding) and natural sugar in. stead of refined sugar. the aver. age person gets about $50 more inc ternational units of B, daily than he or she gets if white flour and white sugar are used in the avers age per capita amounts. Naturally the Hte. Vigar and general well being are more nearly what they should be. It is difficult to change even partly to whole wheat unless you buy and grind your own. Send stamped envelope bearing your ads dress, for pamphlet Wheat to Eat" which tells you how to use plain wheat in the everyday family die- tary. It makes for good nutrition and good economy.
 Happy Birthday, Little Sergeant
 was c member of the w. 4. Q. l married Q sergeant. He was killed in c plane crash, and I have been discharged because l am expects ant. My doctor has given me some pamphlets but want to get what- ever you have for the expectant mother. (MfD. v. U
 Answer - Copies of Preparing for Maternity" ana "T'he Brady Baby Book" are on the way to you. l nm glad to send these to any service man or his wife with our best wishes. Others may send ten cents for each booklet, and stamped self addressed envelope.
 Copyright i044; by John '. bile co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Current Comment


 The most important thing which friends and relatives of the diss abled veterans can do ig 10 treat them rlormaIly-treat them as i1crs mai men.
 Maj Gen. Norman T. Kirk. suF. geon general, .. 6. Army.
 I couldn't sec 6 building gtand- ing untouched. Everywhere t was rubble. After we had passed through Berlin and gchweinfurt we couldn't understand now Germany had held up 90 long.
 --e /egt. James Wakefield, prisoner released by the Germans.
 t# To request more than you need ie inefficient. To waste what you have ig sabotage. ae -Lt.-0en. Ben Lear to hie Army Ground Forces command.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

he'd like with his children {. The two boys leave for school be~ fore their father gets up for, breakfast, but dine with the rest of the family about twice Q week KEEPS UP WITH THE NEWS
 Every morning after breakfast, Dewey spends on hour reading oil the New York ppI,ers, occasionally reads the Broadway columns, es. pecially walter WinchellS :. After breakfast, Dewey frequently walks about Q mile to his office in the Capitol, is always accom-" panied by two big bodyguards, .. once ct his desk, Dewey finds Q complete set of clippings carefully culled from the nation s'press, concerning matters his aids think should be brought to his atten- ton. h H 's-.
 Since winning the PresldentiAl nomination, Dewey has less time for swimming, likes to bounce around the pool with Aide Lock. wood and Publicist Jim Haggefty. Both Haggerty and Lockwood were crack swimmers in college, still easily outdiStance their boss .. None of his encourage call Dewey by his first name, all address him aS Governor. :. Dewey gets to the theater about once c year, ct other times sees movies on the top floor Of the executive man- sion, in c small projection room especially fitted for the purpose. .. Dewey's book reading is scant, is confined to subjects which he may De trying to bone up on, ct the moment, for speech ." Somewhat thin-Skinned about his limited knowledge of foreign af- fairs, Dewey b now trying to catch up, reads books on, world events, finds it tough deciding.
 CALIFORNIA; HARD WORKER
 Last spring the one.tliie ham. and-eggs Senator from California, Sheridan Downey, was considered
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

&OSehWA9W been in communication with Sidney HillmAn's F. A. 0. headquarters In New York. Strlpiing learned this by subpoenaing records of long dis tance telephone calls. They showed that New York ?. A. c. headquar. ters had called up presidential aS- sistants David K. Niles i7 times, Jonathan Daniels six times, Sam Rosenman, Lowell Mellett and Ben Cohen once each. What was said on these calls Isn't known.
 Naturally" says StFipllng, "lt iS not to Do assumed that all these calls had to do with political activ- ity. I am certain that some of them were business calls and aS such were quite proper"
 JUST LOOKING FOR
 A PLACE TO SLEEP
 Being high man on the list, David K. Niles, was asked about his i7 calls. I'm surprised the number isn't greater" he says T have known Hlllman Q long time, worked with him closely when he was on WIPE. He usually calls me up when hC wants to come down to Washington and can't get hotel room"
 You can take this statement at face value, being true as for aS it goes, but perhaps not being the whole story
 Most of the calls to Jonathan Daniels were from c. 3, Baldwin, former Farm Security Administrator and now vice chairman of ?. A. 0. and identified by Stlpling as the man who really runs it,
 But you can't convict anyone for using the telephone and c lot of strange people have no doubt called up the White House for strange purposes.
 gtripling and Matthews perhaps strike pay dirt when they got down on the lower levels and try to show how the regional and local ?. 4. Q. workers, with definite records of participation in CommuniSt front organizations, have moved Into tho Democratic Party.
 Democratic Congressman John M. Costello Of Los Angeles, acting chairman of the Dies 9ubsconmIts tee Investigating P. A. O., says, This shows what happened when the Communist Party dissolVes Its members 90 into other political paF- ties"
 HE OUGHT TO KNOW
 Costello should know, for he was c victim of P. A. Q. activities in the California primaries. In making this comment he was referring specific. ally to the case Of one MOrvyn RathboFne, once violently ants Communist aS an organizer of tho American Radio TelegraphiSts' Ags sociatien, then actively pro.Com- muniBt, and now California state secretary of the 0, I. O., c delegate to the Democratic National ConVen. ton h Chicago and c power in state P. A. 0.
 Others put in the same category by StHpling are;
 Revois Clayton of San Francisco, former Communist Party candidate TOT state senator, now an assistant to RathboFne;
 William sentner of St, Louis, former Communist Party leader for Missouri and Arkansag, now c ?, A. Q. leader in the same area;
 Ernest Do MAio and John T. Bar naFd Of Chicago, officials of the United Electrical Workers, both charged with having definite Coms nunlst ties in the past, now prem. inent in midwest ?. A. Q,
 Tn oil, Stripling submits new eyI. denee on only Q dozen of these small fry, but here is c real threat, If men with proved Communist rocs oFds arc moving in on local Demo. cratic machines and taking over, then the Democratic Party has . real housecloanIng Job on its hands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
THE HIRED MANI

CThs cilEistian science MonitGr)
 If anyone deserves confederation nt tho hands of employers and uov- ernment authorities, t is the farm hand, whose case is nov before tic War Labor Donrd. MD war work cF, with alI his ogeFtlns, turns ip
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

that the Coni- munists are tak- ing ovoS the Dem. ooratio Party, and if Strlpling and M Q tt h Q W s can prove that, they will have some- thing, But the evidence on this daisy oh ain iS pretty thin.
 Stripllng says that ii different officials an d eri- ployes of 90 fed. eral government aganaiNa h A V A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
A ThouRht for TodaY

Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord God, Although have cast them far off among tho heathen, and although l have scattered them among the countries yet will be to them As little sanctuary In the countries whore they ehaIl come. Ezekiel Ii,l6 ..N.f't
 No pain, no palm; no thornS, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no erown,-William Penn,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
MULL nEFORE YOU MOVE

NULL @EEOME xOC MVV6 We are moving to california. Please inform me which locality would Do better for me, as l have chronic bronchitis end asthma spells. We would Ike Go Do fairly near Q government plant as my husband is Q uaachinist. We plan Co drive out with our trailer 80 the housing problem is out ot the ways f'NtF 5sg (NfS. 2. Ml My answer to your query, Nee am, is probably not the convens tional one. nave less faith in the remedial value of season, locality, residence of climate than most [ base my opinion on the vital statlctlcs. The U. 8. government has established numerous hospitals and sanitorlums for tuberculosis and other diseases, in every part of the country--in places where the temperature falls to 20 below zero as we'll as in places where there may be little change of temperature the year around. Evidently the gov- ernEnent is not prejudlced for or against any climate or locality. pa- tients in these institutions recover as well In one place as in another
 Some persons with chronic bron. chitls. emphysema, bronchiectasig, asthma, bliluSitis, or an ltndiagnosed complaint they are content to call ''catarrh" are more comfortable in Q cold dry locality such as the Adirondaclgs in New York or the Rockies in Colorado or British Cos lumblt. Others live more comforts ably in moist warm places such aS Florida. Bermuda.
 There is Q good deal too much speculation and fancy In the popu- lar idea of climate. Tuberculosis occurs in every climate or locality In North America, with little vartas ton in incidence per thousand pops ulatlon. Likewise recovery from tue berculosls occurs as frequently in one climate or locality as it does in another. If this Is true, by the vital statistic, it is no doubt just aS true In regard to other diseases for which change of climate or fesis derlce is popularly deemed necess Sary or advisable.
 To the correspondent who asks where she should live, I say perhaps right where she lives now. But # she and friend husband are des tennined to migrate, then perhaps they should park the trailer first In or near any village or small city In Southern California and see how they like it. The climate of South. ern California is moderately warm and dry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
Washington Merry-G Col Round DREW sS PEARSON

U Hos Pones Britain Boses Agreement Will BS lmportunt Dewey Rsodng World Events Bolster Foreign Afoi Knowledge Senoto Downey COP choFses Of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

in the management Of the, war and the complicated questions Of Allied Unity, which will insure. when vic- tory ccmeE, al wise and binding peace.
 EtzzAHHTR CuRTzs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27
N SPOTLIGHT
Still Seeking lPAC-C COmmie Link
ny PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrReanOndent "

The Important thing about tho new Dies Committee hearings @ tho effort of its Investigators, Robert V, Gtrlpling and pr. ]. D, Matthews, to show Q link between tho Roosevelt administration and the o, I. Q. Pos lltical Action Committee on the ono hand, then show a link between P. A. 0. and the American Com nillnists on tho other.
 The inference is supposed to bc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-27

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