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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
SOURCES OF vITAMTN A

SOURCES OE NATAMAN n
Correspondent agrees with every
thing / teach In this column, ex.
cept such subjects as mad dogs
bathing, brushing the teeth, ex'
posture to cold and dampness, the
value Of good dentistry, ETC., ETC.,
but opines that I must have some
peculiar dislike for oleomargarine.
Dad blast it. prefer oleomar-
garine, actually select it and re-
ject butter, when both are serve'
at table.
But / like my oleomagarine un
doctored, and I'd select plain oleo-
margarine in preference to any
make to which vitamin A has been
added. The federal regulations re-
quire that not less than 1900 units
Of vitamin A shall be added to the
pound of oleomargarine If any
vitamin A Is added at all. doubt
il such doctored oleomargarine or
butter itself (Which contains APP
proximately 5000 units Of vitamin
A per pound-more in summer, less
in winter is an important source
Of vitamin A in the average diet.
You get 1000 units Of vitamin A
in a quart Of milk-a reasonable
amount of milk for any one to drink
daily. You'd have to eat nearly a
quarter of a pound Of butter or
doctored olemargarine to get 1000
units of vitamin A. ! think could
do it, but not for long.
I believe milk. not less than a
quart a day, for growing children
not less than three pintS q day
eggs, (yolk of egg is richest food
source of vitamin A., beef, calf or
other mammalian liver and any
kind OF cheese that is naturally
yellow are the best sources OF
vitamin A In the everyday diet.
Then there are the greens, fruits.
and vegetables that contain caro-
tene, pro-vitamin A. from one
half TO two-thirds of which Is con-
verted into vitamin A in the body
carrot, sweet potato, spinach,
green lettuce, string beans, tomato
and tomato juice. orange ana
orange juice, banana, kale, escaroie.
asparagus, green peas.
1t is the opinion Of nutrition
authorities that an adult requires
5000 to 1000 units of vitamin A
daily to maintain good health. A
growing child requires at least as
much and perhaps little more
than an adult-4O0 to 500 units
day.
/ can take whatever any critic
pleases to say about my mad dogs.
bathing, brushing the teeth. ex-
posure TO cold and dampness or
the value Of good dentistry. btu
I do wish people would understand
that am FOR oleomargarine, be-
lieving as I do that 1t gives one
everything butter can give.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
Your Health
By DR.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining 70 pea
sonal health and hygiene, not y
disease, diagnosis Of treatment
win be answered BY DR.. Brady Il
stamped self-addressed envelope
II enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written In ink. No reply can
be made 70 queries not CONFORM
ting 70 instructions. Address Or.
william Brady, National News
paper Service, SEQ West Madison
Street. Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
PRESIDENT WAS
VIRTUAL PRISONEC.

Secret Service hustled the Presi-
dent into a car, and drove him
down the side streets of the town.
unobserved by anyone. They had
tried to get an armored car, but
there was no such equipment to
be had in Iran. However. this
journey, and the return journey
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
MlRraine


Specialists one doctor Salo
It Is the nerve that controls tns
other nerves about every sis
weeks I get pain over one eye
and then I throw up for six or
eight hours and am completely dis
abled for a day. (Mrs. N. W
Answer - Send stamped envelope
bearing your address and ask for
pamphlet why Have Headache
GU describe an attack OF migraine.
periodic sick headache.
Weak Ankles
Ny ankles seem TO be very weak
and I am having trouble learning
to use ice skates. Dorotheal.
Answer-Keep everlastingly at II,
Dorothea-the exercise in itself viii
strengthen the weak ankles. Send
ten cents and stamped envelope
bearing your address, for booklet
wife Spells Vite. To supple
ment your ordinary diet eat six
tablets of vitamin D with vitamlh
B complex with breakfast every
day. This applies to growing chill
dren with weak ankles, falling
arches, spinal curvature, fatigue
posture etc.
Please send some information
about how to overcome anemia.
would like also to have your pam
phlet on gray hair. I'd. H.
Answer-Send stamped envelope
bearing your address. for pamphlet
'The Anti-Gray Hair Vitamins."
Inclose ten cents for booklet Blood
and Health"
Copyright 1914, John F. Ollie co..
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-01-17

The message from Stain, warn
ing Roosevelt that Nazi para
troopers had come down in Iran,
reached the American Embassy on
the day of the Presidents arrival.
Stain himself had arrived the
night before, and learned that
38 paratroopers had landed In
the countryside, that 26 of them
had been rounded up. but that
IL were still at large.
Since the Soviet and British
Embassies were adjacent in one
part of town, and the Ameri-
can Embassy more than a mile
distant. it would be safer for
all three leaders if they could
be brought together and guard
ed by the same force. But the
problem was how to get the
President safely to the Soviet
Embassy.
The problem was solved by
fineSSe Of which the U. S. Sc
cret Service may now be proud.
The main route between the
American and Soviet Embassies
was guarded constantly by
Persian police. Churchill had
covered this route when he ar
rived, driving from the air
port to the British Embassy.
Secret Service men looked at the
~rOwd of spectators lined up
along the way, and shook their
heads. There were between
thirty and forty thousand peO-
pie - a motley mixture Of
races - in which a desperate
might easily mingle without
being noticed.
So Secret Service ordered out
U. S. troops to supplement the
Persian police and then took
another route entirely. When the
Yank uniforms appeared, the
whole town was sure the Presi-
dent would come that way. Thus,
every other part of town was
deserted.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
CHARGE Shell
Co. Unfair

Oakland, Cal, Jan. 15-Attempts
to discredit the union by granting
increases to all employees except
those in the group represented by
the CLIO Federation of Architects,
Engineers, Chemists and Techni-
clans were charged against the
Shell Development Co. in COM
plant Of unfair labor practices
filed here with the Natl. Labor
Relations Board.
The company's extreme anti
union attitude has been recognized
by the public members Of the
regional War Labor Board In a
recent ruling, the union stated.
The board members were quoted
as saying that the company rep
resentatives seemed shocked that
men of scholastic attainment who
hold high degrees from the uni
versities and are engaged in &c
search work should be members Of
the union at ALL"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
$500 Met
Agents Under
Pac+s

New York, Jan. ia statewide
contract with the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co.. covering 1900
Industrial insurance agents in New
Jersey, raises to $500 the number
of Metropolitan employees now
under CLIO contract, the United
Office and Professional Workers of
America announced this week.
A contract for 1900 of the COM
pany's agents in Greater New York
was secured May 8, 1913. Negotia-
tons with the company for a con-
tract covering 1900 Metropolitan
agents in Pennsylvania is being re.
quested, following Labor Board
election won 957 TO 1877 By the CLIO
office workers. An election TO" /,
500 Metropolitan agents in Illinois
is scheduled for January u.
The New Jersey agreement. SIM
liar TO the New York City contract,
provides for settlement of the
question of increased compensation
by the War Labor Board and calls
for union recognition, deduction of
dues, arbitration and grievance
machinery.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
Win Sfur for So Flag

Clifton, N. j., Jan. ia star has
been added 10 the Army-Navy "E''
pennant previously awarded the
employees of Athena Steel Co., the
War Production Board has an
nounced. Workers in the plant are
members of Local 1894. United
Steelworkers of America.
This new award is for continuous
meritorious service to the war eff
fort by the employees. The plant is
operating 100 per cent on war
work, making steel for anti-air-
craft guns, tanks, gun clips and
other munitions. Some 325 work.
ers are employed.
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
Mayor Insults g. LIS

all good citizens, not only union
lists, should stand together"
Ralph G. Beard of Local 26
United Rubber Workers of Amer.
ica-CIO, Chairman of the Western
Maryland Industrial Union Coun.
Gil, said:
ut Is indeed surprise to me
that our Mayor, who is himself
a veteran and a captain in the
Home Guard of our State, should
have made the statement that
most soldiers are not interested
In the vote and would not make
use Of It II they had Il.
1.-THE CLIO has always stood for
all soldiers having the vote, and
believes that In order for this
to be possible a strong federal
law such rs the Green-Lucas bill
as originally presented, Is neces-
sary. We will not recede from
our stand because OF the threats
or financial pressure of any bust
ness man In the city Of Cumber-
land, no matter how prominent"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
Race Hate Is
S+ooIpigeon Trick,
Adde's Writes

New York, Jan. 15-Arousing hos
tility among workers of different
races and nationalities is favorite
trick of the stoolpigeon, George
Adde's, sec'y-treas. of the CLIO
United Automobile orkers, said in
speech reprinted in 24-page
pamphlet just issued by the Ameri-
can Committee for the Protection
of the Foreign Born.
Discussing the role of the for
eign-born worker in building the
labor movement, Adde's tells OF
the many racial difficulties met by
the UAW-CIO particularly in the
early days of organization. In the
River Rouge plants Of Ford alone,
ferent nationaliiies.
Also included in the pamphlet is
the reprint of speech by Louis
Adamic on "The Foreign Born
Unite for Victory stressing the
need for national unity.
People are beginning TO sense"
he said, that hereafter the prob
lens of Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia,
Poland and France are going to
affect us in America quite as much
as, if not more than, the develop
NETS in Ohio. Illinois, Michigan,
California and New jersey"
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
Soldiers and Strikes

| NCOntlnued from rage ID
quite a change from a few years
ago.
The editor of the Union Electrical
World, organ of Local 3 New York
City, of the International Brother
hood of Electrical Workers, ALL,
recently examined the files of the
Algiers and London editions of the
Stars and Stripes TO see If they
were prejudiced against labor. He
found that the London edition had
an unfortunate tendency to report
every little stoppage Of work,
whether connected with the war eff
fort or not. But his general i'm
preston was that the labor news
was impartially and competently
handled.
The War Department code in
structs the editors of servicemen's
papers:
EFT IL a reasonable presumption
that troops are interested in news
of labor, including reports of
strikes, labor disputes, etc,
where such events are Of (such)
a magnitude as to have national
interest or Of such character as
to influence the lot Of the fight
ing man. But the good must he
reported with the bad. It would
be false TO presume that the
armed forces are interested in
unfavorable information, but de-
rive no benefit from that which Is
positive and favorable"
The material coming out Of
Washington to the armed forces on
the issues in this war is Of high
calibre. We would be lucky II all
our high schools did as well. From
the cficial document Glasses in
Citizenship and the War issue"
which is used in many training
centers, we quote (via IN FACT)
the following definitions:
Democracy, simply stated, Is a
form Of society wherein government
rests with the majority Of the
people. There Is no better definition
for Il than that expressed by Lin
coln-'A government Of the people.
by the people, and for the people,
It would be wrong and useless to
deny that the implications and full
development Of democracy have
never been rachel in our country.
However, It is our job to see that
the issues of the war are so per-
sonalized in the mind OF each SOL
der that he Is fully conscious of
his own stake in the world for
which we are fighting"
From the same source: "Fascism
is political, social and economic
form of society wherein by virtue
of a merger which has been accom-
plished between certain powerful
financial interests and a military
machine, the entire nation is under
the dictatorship of this oligarchy."
To many unionists ii seems like
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17

an insult TO raise the question
whether labor has been doing
everything il could for the armed
forces. We can point 10 the strong
support OF the war in the labor
press and the union organizations:
10 the practical absence of impor-
tant strikes; 10 the tremendous in
creases in production and the ter
rifically long hours worked by men
in "bottleneck" occupations where
there was, and is, a shortage of
skilled men. Labor can be proud of
Its war record.
To be sure, there are a few lead
ers, especially in the coal-mining
Industry, who think IL is more i'm
portant to knock the Administra-
ton than to boost the war. They
may or may not speak for the men,
bership OF their unions but they
do not speak for American labor.
However, there has developed a
dangerous tendency to think of the
no-strike pledge as a conditional
pledge-conditional, that is, on the
good behavior of the employer or
the government or both. Then some
of the best and patriotic unionists
sometimes fall into that way of
talk.
The nO-strike pledge taken by the
Clio and most other unions Is UN-
CONDITIONAL. The unions knew
when they took the pledge, and still
more when they repeated Il as they
did at the Maryland-D. c. c0nven-
ton last month, that employers are
NOT always on their good behavior
In wartime, and that the govern
ment does sometimes bungle things.
This fact does NOT relieve the
unions Of their duty to the service
men. to themselves and to humani-
ty, to continue at work. The win
ming Of the war Is the all-impor-
tant thing.
Some argue that strike threats
are in a different class from actual
strikes. The chiefs of the Firemen,
Conductors and Switchmen de-
scribed the railroad strike vote as
"the only way the railroad men
could secure consideration for their
extremely reasonable wage re-
quests" And 1t worked. they added.
For ourselves. we lean to the
view az A. F. Whitney. president Of
the Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men. who told his colleagues in
December that strike would he
Suicidal" and would play directly
into the hands of the domestic Fas-
cists. The union that takes a strike
vote says, 1--WE will strike ifs.
The very act of taking such vote
is inconsistent with no-strike
pledge.
Tacit encouragement of outlaw
strikes, technique developed into
fine art by John L. Lewis, is not
consistent with the no-strike pledge.
In this connection ii is worth not
ing that Philip Murray. president
Of the CLIO. took effective steps"
to end the outlaw walkout of 10000
steel workers several hours before
the National War Labor Board re-
versed itself on the question Of re-
troactive pay; and the public men,
bers of the WLB gave Murray
credit for his action.
Our brothers in the armed forces
will understand a lot of things
They know how an INSCRIPTIONS
employer or n misguided govern.
ment agency can irritate men al
most beyond endurance.
But we must not presume on
their understanding. 1t is up TO us
to back them, not $50, or $50,
but l00qs.
Are we doing 1t II We don't OBJ
serve the no-strike pledge 1O0Te
The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1944-01-17
CONTINUED from Page ~

with the intention Of ducking the
issue again.
The labor men protested, and
the mayor opened up on them.
II don't think the soldiers are
interested In the vote," he said.
''Most of them wouldn't vote IL
they had the chance. They're
much more interested In sit-down
strikes"
The labor men said they weren't
in favor of sit-down strikes dur
ing the war, and the mayor then
asked one Of the delegates whether
he was a citizen. In the end, the
Council adopted resolution ask
ing Governor O'Connor to call a
special session and adopt soldier
vote legislation.
The Thursday meeting of the
Western Maryland Labor Unity
Conference discussed the Mayors
attitude and adopted the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, Mayor Thomas
r. Conlon ut the meeting of the
City Council January 5 stated
that the men in the armed
forces were not interested in the
vote and would not vote II they
had a chance, and that provisions
for soldier voting under Federal
supervision were therefore UNI
necessary; and
WHEREAS, At the same meet
ing Mayor Conlon attempted to
browbeat labor representatives
there present and to divert at
tention from the subject matter
of their visit by series Of anti
labor and anti-union statements:
THEREFORE BE 1T RE-
SOLVED, That the Western
Maryland Labor Unity Confer
ence condemns the statements
Of the Mayor relative to the sol
der vote as inconsistent with
the principles Of representative
government, and as unworthy OF
the chief exective of an Ameri-
can city.
This resolution is TO be sent to
all locals in the city.
The next day delegation from
the LUG left copy of the reso-
luton at the Mayors office in his
absence. The Mayor came i'm
shortly afterward, read the resOlu-
ton, and blew up.
SAYS EDITOR is S. o. b.
Calling the Office Of one of the
delegates, the editor of the CLIO
News, he reviled him in imprint
able language, threatened him
with personal violence, and or
dered withdrawn from the labor
paper the advertisement of the
Mayors insurance business.
That evening the radio carried
an interesting broadcast from the
other side of the ocean, in which
a soldier said that the closer the
men got to the front lines the
more interested they seemed to get
in affairs at home. Next morning.
local paper carried an account oil
an editorial from Stars and Stripes,
the soldiers organ, in which vote
for all soldiers was demanded as
a matter of right.
At the same time, Secretaries
Knox and Stimson issued joint
statement which follows:
''In time of war, the services
are unable effectively to admin
lister diverse procedures Of 4S
States as to eleven million serv-
icemen all over the world In
primary. special and general
elections"
LABOR POWDERS INSULT
The Mayors insult to the LUG
delegation was taken deeply to
heart by all branches of the labor
movement.
Charles f. Bramble, president oil
Transfers Union No. 453 and a
member of the committee set up
by the LUG to present its reso-
luton, said:
"The labor movement as
whole has been insulted, not
merely a few labor representa-
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Irish, Not in War, Moy
Help Police Germany

LONDON - UD - Northern
Ireland may provide the major
ity of the thousand police volun-
teers asked for by the British
Foreign Office 10 make up the
British Police Commission for
the postwar policing of occupied
enemy territory.
Recruiting has been extended
10 Ulster because of the Lack Of
volunteers in Britain. The reason
for the absence of enthusiasm IN
Britain-it has been referred 10
the Treasury for consideration
l. that, although policemen ac-
cepted for the new force will
step up one rank, no increase IN
present salaries is provided for.
The rank of sergeant will be the
lowest in the new force, but the
London bobby promoted in the
new force will, under present
arrangements, continue 10 draw
constable'S pay.
TO TAKE INTENSIVE COURSE
The British Police Commission
will be headed by Col. Gordon
Herbert Ramsey Halland, Sc
year-old former chief of the
Metropolitan Police College.
When the required number of
volunteers has been enrolled
they will be brought from
Northern Ireland and the British
provincial cities 10 London for
an intensive course of training
al new police college soon TO
be set up here.
No decision has yet been made
Or at least diScloSed-as TO
whether the first batch of train
cd men will follow the advanc-
ing armies through Germany 10
organize the police system
immediately or leave London in
a body after the final victory.
However, it is anticipated that
the latter course will be adopted,
with the military authorities
responsible for the supervision
of occupied territory until then.
Northern Ireland police Off
GERS are considered ideally suit
able for the new job. They Will
require the minimum of train
ing. They are highly-trained,
efficient force and the only
armed police force in the British
Isles. Their specialized training
in dealing with Irish guerrillas
members of illegal organiza-
tons, who through the years
have ben using the methods
now threatened by German
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Pfc. II. Herndon
Decorated for
Heroic Action

WITH THE AMERICAL DI,
VISION SOMEWHERE IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC - (P-
Pfc. Hubert H. Herndon, son OF
Mrs. Clarissa Herndon, Of Mount
Clemens, has been awarded the
nations Bronze Star medal for
heroism in action in the Pacific
area.
Pfc. Herndon earned his
award by forcing the enemy to
hold their fire during an import
ant action, despite the danger he
ran Of being cut off from his own
unit. Although details of the
action have not been released
for publication, the citation in
Herndon's case referred to his
conduct as heroic and a credit
10 the armed forces.
Another Michigan man, Staff
Sergt. Merle S. Brood, of Rud-
yard, Mich, was also cited in
recent orders for a Bronze Star.
Brood took charge of a platoon
after its leader had been killed
and built up a base of fire which
caused heavy enemy casualties
without further loss to his own
unit.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
By ERNEST Il. VACCARO

WASHINGTON, Dec. l5-(P)
Senate investigators are about
convinced today that the only
way 10 end the cigaret shortage
is by winning the war.
AS long as the war lasts, Sena-
tor Ferguson (R-Mich.) summed
up, there's little that can be done
to bolster civilian stocks, and the
crisis will become more acute.
1T looks as though the smok-
ers will have to hurry victory
along by putting their money
behind the soldiers and sailors
through bond purchases" he told
reporter.
Ferguson, Chairman M e a d
(D-NY) and other members of
the war investigating committee
who conducted two days of hear
ings to determine the cause of it
all, and the solution, if any,
rested from their labors today.
Their next step, said Mead, is
"to digest the testimony"
: Admittedly there is little of a
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-12-15
Navy Personnel
Invests Billion
i'm War Bonds

WASHINGTON, Dec. IS Up
Fighting men and civilian
employees of the U. S. Navy have
invested close to a billion dollars
in war bonds in the last three
years.
That was the report given az
a news conference today by
Captain Gerald A. Eubank, Navy
coordinator for war bonds.
The chief of the Navy's Wig
orous, and worldwide program
of selling war bonds said, 1--WE
don't use a patriotic appeal to
sell bonds to men in uniform
because when men are fightins
and many give their lives, q
patriotic appeal would have q
hollow sound. We sell them
bonds for their own postwar
security-for savings"
Captain Eubank said Navy
personnel put more than SOL.
100000 extra in war bonds dur.
ing the Nays semi-annual bono
campaign on Pearl Harbor day
T h e SCI, 100000 compares
with extra sales of S23,OOO,OOC
on Pearl Harbor day last year
and S47,800,0OO last July 4.
The treasury has announced
the latest sales figures in the
Sixth War Loan as follows:
E bonds, 81, 535, 100000; total
individual sales, S3,796, 100000;
corporate n S, S12,672,0 1000;
grand total, SIG, 1853, 100000.
The drive ends Saturday. Bond
money continues to count until
the end of December, with the
final figures being announced
Jan. 2.