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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

Maritime Emergency Board Is
meeting OF determine question
of Importance to every American
merchant seaman. Everybody
knows that Sinkings of merchant
ships have fallen off and that
the hazards of life at sea are not
what they were a year ago, or two
years ago. But War Shipping Ad-
ministration still pays substantial
bonuses to the men who go to sea.
The question now is: Should
these bonuses be reduced
Representatives of maritime Ia
Dor will attend the meeting and
voice vociferous objection to any
reduction. If they speak their
full minds, they may come out
with some rather startling infor-
nation about unemployed seamen.
Most people suppose we are still
struggling to scrape up enough
men to man the merchant ships.
But the contrary is true.
The San Francisco dOcksides
are IcGu1U& WAtu UkCE CAaAb SC0-
men looking for work. u The
United Seamens' Service Is put
ting out money at the rate Of
$4,000 week in personal loans
to seamen to keep them from
going hungry. Explanation is
partly the high pressure recruit
ing program, with a resulting
tremendous increase in the num-
Der Of Seamen.
The problem is merely a fore
taste of the far greater problem
which lies ahead when wartime
shipping subsidies.
War Shipping officials want to
discontinue bonuses but are SYM
pathetic to some kind Of annual
wage for Seamen which would
give them a higher and more
stable income.
Copyright, 1914, by United
EoatIIre Svndicatp TnC)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
Views OF The Press

ately regarded as the dean of Amer
lean book publishers.
John Macrae's life was remark
able in many ways. Though he left
his native Virginia at eighteen, he
retained always the courteous and
somewhat formal manners of his
INFRINGING and the soft-spoken
speech of the South. His friends
and assistants, however, came to
recognize beneath his gentle eXte-
rior a determined will and a ven
turesome spirit. Like all publishers,
he published some books that are
as well forgotten. But they were
the result of his catholicity of taste,
his genuine love of reading and his
lifelong feeling that publishing was
an adventure. It was those same
qualities that caused him to engage
with j. M. Dent in the planning
and publication of the great Every
mans library; that led him to put
faith in w. H. Hudson's auto
biography Far Away and Long
Ago. and Samuel Buffers THE
Way of All Flesh before their
authors were recognized in England.
He was not too much worried by
current failures nor too highly elat-
ed by current successes. Books, he
felt, would find their own level, and
he pointed with pride to the fact
that the Temple Shakespeare was
the best-selling item on his list.
The last adventure of his career
came when he was seventy-seven,
the publication of John Roy Carl
sons "Under Cover 1t took cour-
age to publish that book. But de-
spite insults, threats and libel suits,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

endom and too much religion which
consists Of nothing more than blind
acquiescence to what some alleged
religious authority has declared to
be true. Organization we must have,
and certain creedal statements also,
but the creed of Jesus was brief
and to the point. He priced most
what men did about religion rather
than what they thought about it.
Benjamin Franklin when he was
forty-nine years old wrote these
trenchant words: II have received
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

have a hell of a fight on our
hands, regardless of who heads
the ticket"
While his listeners stared google
eyed, the two-fisted National
Chairman continued: Eyes, mean
Just that. Let the Republicans
exude all the optimism they want
to, but let us get down to hard
work. The time to gloat about a
victory is after the fight is over,
not before. I'm new in this job,
but I've participated in number
of political campaigns and Well
have to be on our toes to win this
one. It will be a fight every
inch of the way"
do you think the President
will run for fourth term?"
Hannegan was asked.
81 don't know and I'm not
banking on it," he replied. "Na-
turally, L hope he does run, but
I'm going to wage the same kind
of campaign regardless of who
is the nominee. I don't intend
to let down for a minute and I
expect every Democratic leader,
from the National and State
Committees down to the wards
and the precincts, to follow the
same policy. "Our first big
problem is registration. We
must see to 1t that every avail
able Democratic voter is regis
tered. We're going to need the
support of every one Of them to
win this fight"
Representatives Drewry, John
Mccormack of Massachusetts, the
House majority leader, Jed john
son of Oklahoma, Herman Eber-
harter of Pennsylvania, Jennings
Randolph of West Virginia. and
other House veterans, rushed up
to shake Hannegan's hand when
he concluded his remarks.
BONUSES FOR SEA-
MEN QUESTIONED
Today, (Februray 23r6, the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
THE MEANING OF FASCIST

The Catholic Transcript (HartforO
The general and indiscrimlnate
use of the word Fascist" is dam
gerous. For it enables the real Fas-
cists of this country to cover up
their presence and their activities
in the great crowd of people who
are not and never have been sup
porters of any totalitarian regime,
actual or proposed, but are, never
theless, smeared by their opponents
with the mud of FasciSm.
The genuine Fascist advocates a
one party, totalitarian government.
He believes that the people, like
foolish sheep, should be driven in
the path they ought to go by a
supreme state. He believes that this
supreme state should dictate not
only the external conduct but the
internal beliefs Of its subjects. He
believes that above and beyond the
state there Is nothing. This is the
real Fascist. The word should be
confined to him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
A LETTER FROM A COLLEGE
Roy

Up to now (writes a college So
phomore) I have always conducted
myself as thought a fellow should,
but became member of frater-
nifty about five months ago, and I
believe I am the only virgin" in
the frat. The fellows razz me a
good deal about my sweet inno-
cence" and some of them tell me
I must be a sissy, that I am going
against nature.
That is the old familiar line the
rotters take. Misery likes company,
and they delight to break down any
boys chastity, just as the weak
hngs, male and female, in or out
of college, try to coax, taunt or
persuade the teetotaler to take a
drink or, better, several drinks, SO
they can enjoy the poor FOOLS
breakdown.
The proper answer to the impli-
cation that you are a sissy be-
cause you don't join the rotters in
sexual immortality is a right punch
to the jaw with everything you've
got behind it. Then ask the rotter
who is the sissy now.
Any rotter has just as good rea-
son as his mother, wife, sister or
daughter has for sexual immortal
ity, so far as Nature is concern
ed. No medical authority has the
courage to say that sexual indulg-
ence is essential for physical or
mental health, at any age.
I wonder what was wrong with
the training your parents, guard
ians, teachers or spiritual advisors
gvae you, son? Surely it could not
have been so poor that you are
ready to abandon 1t all now and
accept instead the code Of the rot
tiers.
From your letter infer that you
have managed to keep fairly
healthy and right-minded so far,
whether thanks to your early train
ing or just to your good luck.
Stay that way. Don't give the
rotters the satisfaction of bending
you to their way of life. BY the time
you are grown up you may have
sufficient strength of character to
keep you square with the world and
happy for the rest of your life. No
one can possibly get that way by
following the path Of the rotters.
1 advise boys, girls, young men,,
young women, married people who
need sound advice or instruction in
any matter or problem of sex to
write The Institute of Family Re-
lations, GOT S. Hill Street, Los An
geles, California, inclosing stamp
ed envelope bearing your address,
and ask for a list of pamphlets or
books you should read.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

much kindness from men to whom
I shall never have any opportunit,
of making the least direct return.
And numberless mercies from God,
Who is infinitely above being bene-
fitted by our services. These kind
nesses from men I can therefore
only return on their fellow men;
and I can only show my gratitude
for these mercieS from God by 2
readiness to help His other children
and my brethren"
All Rights Reserved
Bahson Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Looking ahead to the postwar period
the crustacean experts foresee big bust
ness in Holsters. Those who live near
the coast will not be the only ones to ben
eft, for it is planned shipment of lob
sters from Maine by air to any part of the
country. HOLSTERS caught in Waldoboro
Monday will be served up Tuesday night
in Paw Paw, Mich, Tuesday night, stuff
fed and all, with an order of Franch fries
on the side.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

DEPRESSION-Not inevitable.
POSTWAR OPPORTUNITIES -
Greatest any people ever had.
MISTAKES AND DELAYS OF
| MOBILIzATION-Don't repeat il
rehabilitation.
FREE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
Keep it. 1t has outproduced Com
munism, Nazisln, Fascism and all
others.
FIRST PROBLEM-Get war work
out of factories, civilian work in.
SPEED IN PLANNING-Nece
sary to avoid postwar unemploy-
ment and initiation.
CONTRACT TERMINATION -
Provide quick fair settlement by gov
eminent.
1000 PAYMENT-For all items
completed by manufacturer.
800 PAYMENT-On Contractors
estimated costs, pending full award
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES pay
ment as soon as settlements approx
ed.
INTEREST, LOANS, ADULTS
INTEREST ON CLAINIS-To be
paid by government, pending settle
ment.
LOANS ON BALANCES DUET
(Termination) loans to be made by
private banks or government to all
contractors.
AUDIT-Keep records for three
years and audit for fraud only.
SURPLUS PROPERTY ADMIN
ISTRATION-Set up new office
with policy board from II govern
ment agencies to handle this prob
lem.
GOLDFISH BOWL-Open all ne
gotiations of SPA to public inspec-
ton.
CIVILIAN SHORTAGES-To ex-
tent possible, fill first from Army
and Navy surpluses.
SEPARATE OFFIC7 OF DEMO-
BILIZATION-Not recommended, as
it would only add to confusion.
Leave job to mobilization agencies.
EXISTING WAR AGENCIES
Should be demobolized, fast as pos
Sible.
ALL GOVERNMENT-Needs gen.
eral Tightening in interests of war
effort.
X-RAY RECONVERSION PLAN
FOR WARS END-Should be made
now by Army, Navy, War Production
Board to estimate contract cancella-
tons in advance, select plants to be
freed, schedule reconversion to CIV
ilian production.
WAR POWERS - Extend price
priorities and requisitioning controls,
RAW TERIALS-Review Pro-
duction and stockpiling programs to
cut war costs and prevent over-sup-
ply.
STRIKES CASTIGATED
CIVILIAN PRIORITIES - Ad-
vance materials preference listing
needed
PRESSURE GROUPS - Have
brought about conditions of which
they complain.
INFLATION-Can be prevented if
people will refuse to pay high prices,
save money till civilian production is
back.
STRIKES-"It is unthinkable
that a manufacturer would for a
moment cease his efforts . to
make greater profits or that a la
borer would stop his efforts to re-
ceive few cents more per hour"
SMALL BUSINESS - Lending
authority of Smaller War Plants
Corporation and Federal Reserve
System should be extended to help
change-over from war to peace.
TAXES-Post-war tax law should
be passed now and put. on shelf.
NATIONAL DEBT - Reduction
should be planned before war ends.
Taxes can be reduced and national
debt still cut.
PUBLIC WORKS - Worthwhile
projects-not made-work schemes
should be planned and put on shelf.
CLOSE THE BOOKS ON TIE
WAR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE,
but first WIN THE WAR.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Nor
genthau, Jr., says, Eat the slightest excuse
we throw our hats into the air, give three
cheers for our side. Given the slightest
encouragement, we decide the war is over.
We are just beginning the war;
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS. d. D.
THIS WORD STANDS CENTRAL

THIS WORD STANDS CENTRAL
Thou shalt love the Lord thy
God .- and they neighbor as
myself"
Here we have the core of the
Christian gospel, as enunciated by
none other than Jesus Himself.
Abraham Lincoln, irked by the null
tiplicity of man-made creeds, de-
clared that If he ever found q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

CHI u rch W h / C h
wrote that upon
its doorpostS and
made subscription
to that divin e
C O m m a n d t h e
only requirement
for admission to
membership, he
would gladly join
such a church.
Certainly there
are too m a n y
creedS in Christ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

Now that a great many are returning
from weeks spent in Florida during the
so-called cold season, it is really getting
pleasant down there, so they say. The air
is warm enough to go into the ocean, and
it is possible to go about without top
coat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

Now that the boys are pretty well set
tied in colleges and universities for Army
Specialized Training it is announced that
many students in same are about to be
transferred to combat areas OF the num-
Der to be affected are over 5000 in New
England colleges.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

4 AAAA(AkJcbA q IL
swers and solu-
tions recommend
ed follow:
WORK DIREC-
TOR-New office
should be created
to unity legisla-
tive and executive
efforts on human
side of de1nobiliz-
alton.
v E T ERANS-
Should be o n e
place they can go
to be told of their
rights.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
Your Health
By Dr.. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per-
sOnal health and hygiene. not to
disease, diagnosis Of treatment.
win be answered BY DR.. Brady II
stamped self-addressed envelope
Is enclosed. Letters should be brief
and written in ink. No reply can
DO made TO queries not conform
ing to instructions. Address Dr..
william Brady, National NewB-
paper Service. 800 West Madison
Street, Chicago, Ill
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 7:37 a. m, sets at 6:35 p m.
(war time)
Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset.
Any day now you may read the familiar
advice-when there are three warm days
together get ready for the first run Of sap.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
Selected Poem
THICKET IN WINTER

Arthur Wallace Peach in The Christian Science
Monitor)
Gray and bare in the winter chill
The tangled thicket stands
Holding the winter silences
In its empty hands
Once they held in the sweet June dusk
Fragrance of bud and bloom;
They woye the shadows into gold
Upon sunset loom.
Blind are eyes which cannot see
It's empty hands still hold
The fragrant dusk, the thrush's song,
The sunsets shadow-gold!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
JOHN MACRAE
fN1aw vork TJeroId.rrih,,ne,

NEW YORK HeraId-Ir1buneJ
1t was in 1885 that John Macrae
cyan work as an $S-a-week ONCE
10Y for E. p. Dutton g. Co. Thirty
eight years later he was president
Of the firm. When he died, on Fri
day, he had long been affection
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

he persisted, believing that its doc
umented warning should be given to
the people Of America. The people
of America have bought a half mil
lion copies. Mr.. Macrae must have
been happy that his last venture
found its level in the needs Of his
times
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Extravagant


Recently you said it would be silly
and extravagant to supply multi
vitamin capsules to all employees
every day. AS our firm Is consider
ing doing this I am sure we would
be interested in an explanation OF
your statement. Oh. N. W
Answer-It is silly and extraya-
CANT for the same reason that it
would be silly and extravagant to
supply all of the recognized or
popular remedies for common all
ments to every employe every day
because not every emplcye needs
them every day.
Collie
Do you think breast babies more
often have collie than bottle babies?
I have read your Baby Book but I
would like your opinion about this.
(M. c.
Answer-Read but not digested
Ma'am, you must have skipped p.
As altogether. There say: Il be-
lieve infantile collie is wholly ina
ginary-on the part Of parent, nurse
or doctor" That's my opilion-has
been my opinion for more years
than you have lived, Ma'am, and
I'm going to stick to it, because I
sylnpathize with the poor helpless
infants who are maltreated under
that wicked charge. Readers con-
templating bringing this charge
against baby please send me one
thin dime free from plaster, glue.
gum, holes, paste ETC., together with
stamped envelope bearing your ad-
dress, for 1.-THE Brady Book"
Copyright 1879, John F. Ollie Coz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
. NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
Baruch Report
Boiled Down
To 600 Words
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury DemOcrat) Washington
Correspondent

Here is an effort to boil down the
q, 0OO- word Baruch report on de-
mobilization and reconversion to 900
words:
FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION -
How will evtry man make his living
when the wars over?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
A Thought for Today

For all the gods of the nations are idols:
but the Lord made the heavens.-Psalm $685.
Struggle against it as thou wilt, yet heavens
ways are heavens ways.-Lessing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23
Washington Merry Go-Round
BY
DREW PEARSON

Ed" Smith, J the Draft Into Coast Guard Reserve
Still Downe Pay Bringing Smith Foms Take to
With View Thot Dem Cont Lose FDR Runs
Seomen Bonuses Considered Hozods OF SEQ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-23

Copyright, 1914, by United
Feature Syndicate, Inc.)
Evening star., 1944-04-22
Bishop Dun Stresses
Duty 10 Individual
Al Confirmation Rite

The Very Rev. Angus Dun, in his
first sermon delivered since his con-
secration as fourth Bishop Of Wash
ington last Wednesday, declared last
night the greatest thing any indi-
vidual can bring to the church Is the
power TO receive" the strength Of
Christ.
Christ does not come chiefly
asking our support" he said. He
does not come pleading for our help
or asking for aims, but says, rather,
come, follow me. Draw near to me.
Receive what I have to give lest
you fail"
The Bishop told the congregation
of the Church Of Our Saviour, Six
teenth and Irving streets NE, that
the church, when true to the Lord,
comes to men in the same spirit. He
pointed out the congregation also
has its responsibility.
Points to Value Of Faith.
"Those who enter into steady,
faithful, humble communion with
Christ will grow in mastery, charity,
inner peace and the power to rise
victorious above sorrows and enmity
and grow in the quality of life
which reaches over death itself into
eternity"
In personal message to the first
candidates for confirmation in the
Washington Diocese upon whom the
new Bishop performed the ceremony
OF the laying on of hands, Bishop
Dun nkened his conservation in the
great Cathedral of st. Peter and st.
Paul to the confirmation Of the 40
children and adults at the Church
of Our Saviour.
There are trivial likenesses," he
pointed out. "You were perhaps a
bit nervous when you came to your
service tonight, and I was little
nervous when I came to mine"
Il, too, stood before a bishop. A
number Of questions were asked to
which I was hidden to give my an
swers. And hands were laid on my
head"
Only God knew what was In his
heart that day, he said, and only
God knows what was In the hearts
Of the group last night.
Test Yet to Come.
'The test for you and for me will
come next week, next month and
when the story Of our lives is told.
"Never forget, it is not what we
have to give but what God has to
give U.s."
The Bishop in closing read the
Apostolic prayer for the people Of
God from the Bible given him at the
conservation when 81 was hidden to
give what is in this Book to the peo-
pie committed to my charge"
After the service the Bishop and
Mrs. Dun received members Of the
congregation in the parish hall Of
the church.
The Rev. H. v. O. Lounsbury, who
is connected with the Episcopal City
Missions, assisted at the service last
night.
Evening star., 1944-04-22
Driver Gets Year in Jail
For Death of YOUNG Bow

Jasper Jones, IS, colored, Of the
200 block Of Fifty-sixth street NE,
yesterday was sentenced by Justice
Matthew F. MCGUIRE of District
Court to a year on a charge of
negligent homicide in the trafic
death last December Of Gerald
Barnes, II, colored, Of the 100 block
Of Fifty-third street Sc.
The boy was struck by an auto
mobile operated by Jones while rid
ing a bicycle at Fifty-third and East
Capitol street. Jones was tried by
a jury on a charge of manslaughter,
but the jury returned a verdict on
the lesser charge of negligent homi-
eide
Evening star., 1944-04-22


Capitol. The Spirit of '76! At the
same time would put Roy Roberts
president Of the society, aboard a
good, stout, galloping horse and send
him forth to shout the alarm
through every American village and
farm.
For this is not only the anniver-
sary week of Paul Revere's ride, but
this Is a moment when freedom of
the press is actually in danger. The
newspapers Of the country, it seems
to me, have been slow to recognize
the danger, having in mind how
sensitive they normally are on the
subject. This can be accounted for
only by the fact that the threat is
all wrapped around a chap whom
some of them do not like, one Walter
Winchell.
Hardly q Man Is Now Alive.
I've read somewhere that lot of
people didn't like Paul Revere either
I don't know about that, since after
all it was the 18th of April in rs
and hardly a man is now alive who
remembers that famous day and
year. In any case, Paul Revere did
a great job in his day, and Walter
Winchell is doing great job in his,
for one of Americas important
freedoms.
I've never been one to worry much
about the freedom of the press in
this country, but if the ineffable Mr..
Dies Of Texas gets away with his
present effort to throttle the
Winchells of journalism - along
with the advertisers who pay the
freight-the day is not far away
when the editors of the land really
will have to equip themselves with
flies and drums If they want to be
heard.
Make no mistake about it, Martin
Dies and his methods have ceased
to be funny. We know that in WASH
ington. A complacent Congress is in
fair way to let him set up his own
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by nuis-
ance. Through this complacence on
the part Of some and connivance on
the part of others, he has come to
have the power to coerce.
Principles, Not Persons, Involved.
For every administrative official
who will stand up and fight for the
rights Of the men and women on his
payroll, there has seemed in the last
year or two several more inclined to
quietly eliminate the men or women
Dies sets out to "get." 1t takes time
to fight, time to make tedious in
vestigations into the life histories of
obscure employees; time to prepare
for exhausting hearings; time that
could be devoted to work that has
to be done. So Dies has only to
shout "Communisml" at some inof-
fensive little cuss on some embattled
agency's payroll to throw that whole
agency into a dither.. He doesn't
have to have any evidence.
That's what Dies has been doing In
the field Of government. Now he has
turned his attention to the broad
and inviting field of the press and
radio.
Newspaper editors should realize
what this means. Suppose we really
had dictator in the White House
and really had a rubber stamp Con-
gress. Is the implication clear?
I think the editors have been given
Evening star., 1944-04-22

d u m a n d an
American flag. I
would wrap a
bandage around
Mark Sullivan's
broad forehead
and give him the
fife; the drum I
W ould give to
Ernie Pyle. Any
body could carry
the flag. And I
would send that
trio tootling and
drumming down
the lie n g tn of
P e n n syl vania
a =, - no &n &1,o
Evening star., 1944-04-22
On the Other Hand
This Is Time When Freedom of Press
Is Gravely Threatened by Dies Attacks

challenge they should accept. They
shouldn't wait for the Dies tactics to
be turned against some journalist
who is universally popular-Sullivan,
for instance, or Pyle. That would
only confuse the issue, not clarity
it. The fight concerns a principle
and a process, not a person.
Evening star., 1944-04-22
By LoweH MeUeff.

II I were the American Society Of
Newspaper Editors, meeting in
Washington this week, this is what
I would do. I'd get me a fife and q