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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Roosevelt /! - Foregone Conclusion

Were it not for the fact that it has long since been foregone conclusion that President Roosevelt was to be the one and only choice of the Democratic National Convention which convenes in Chicago next week, yesterdays announcement that he would once more accept the call of the people to serve as it's head for the next four years, would have come as more of surprise rather than an anti-climax to months of wishful thinking on the part of his host of followers and admirers. However, if nothing else, it formally pro- claims him as the one and only avowed contestant for the Democratic nomina- ton, which automatically under present conditions assures him of the nomination.
 Again, were it not for the fact that Governor Thomas E. Dewey has been selected by the Republican party to act as its standard bearer and that this coun- try yet adhereS to the two-party political system President Roosevelt's terms of acceptance, when he said in his letter to Robert E. Hannegan, chairman of the National Democratic Committee, T would accept and serve, but would not run in a partisan, political sense, but if the people command me to continue in this office in this war, have as little right to withdraw as the soldier has to leave his post in the line", practically means he accepts upon the provision he is the united peoples choice.
 Thus we can take it for granted as far as the President is concerned, Mr. Dewey or no MT. Dewey, Republican party or no Republican party, as far as he is con cerned or the public, for that matter, there is no call for an election in the strict sense of the word this year Times and conditions require that the President see this emergency through. Were it not for that, as MT. Roosevelt says, he would retire to his Hudson Valley home, where he would dearly love to become just an American citizen again. However, such seems not to be the will of the people If those who are generally in the know can be given credit for their already sizeable predictions From all accounts, and We think the President knows it too, he is five-to-one choice to continue in office for four more years In conclusion one might merely ask, why the gesture of an election? For those who know elections best, it's Roosevelt five-to-one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Views Of The Press

and flies are the natural enemies of the borer. They crawl into the tun- nels made by the former and there deposit their eggs. These in turn feed on the pupa, and a new gen. eration of wasps and flies, instead of corn borers, is born.
 Two different types of small waSps are being used, as well as a fly that resembles the common house pest. Strangely enough the Jersey mos quito that seems so well adapted for this work by reason of its drill. ing equipment is not being used. Perhaps the farmers of Illinois con- slider importation of these eler- getic insects too high @ price to pay even for the elimination Of the ccrn 0orer.
 Early planted corn in Illinois has been severely affected by the oorer, and 1t is hoped that the expensive activities of this insect pest may at least be curtailed by the wasps and flies. It is also to be hoped that the importees will not themselves be- come a pest. If this should happen, 1t would not be the first time that a redeeming insect, by sheer growth in numbers, had itself become a destroyer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
No Surprise

No function in society touches the life of the individual more intimately than does the medical profession. Therefore, it is imperative that the American people understand the broad problems of the American medical system.
 The problem currently facing medicine and the people is, What kind of medical system does this country want? Bills have been introduced in Congress which would place medicine and the health of the people in the hands of the Federal government Anxious to determine the attitude of the public on such proposals, the doctors, with typical thoroughness, sponsored a survey of opinion on the question. They found that the people have faith in the medical profession as it is now constituted, and are opposed to Federal interference. They found, how ever, desire for expansion of voluntary prepayment medical and hospital service plans. There are thousands of these plans in successful operation, covering about a fifth of the entire population Doctors, with the cooperation of business and in- dustries, are working to extend such plans as rapidly as possible. ........
 This country has produced miracles because it's people have enjoyed the right of voluntary action-freedon. Modern medicine, no less than modern industry, is a product of that freedom. Socialized medicine would introduce more compul- sion into the life of the American people. Thus, it is not surprising to discover that they do not want socialized medicine.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

service or those who shed crocodile tears, for these men.
 Talk is cheap; and the more talk and less action the cheaper it becomes. As applied as a means of selfish exploitation 1t becomes an attribute constituting the equivalent of all the weak traits of par aSite.
 CT Joe and CT Jim are our sons, rela- tives and friends, and we should pay them the respect of turning deaf ear to any such exploitation; better yet, we should vigorously express ourselves in terms of rebuke to those who insist on cheapening the present endeavors of these men, and who attempt com radeShip by means of crude familiarity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

The remedy for such tragedies as the Hartford circus fire is not to take an oath never to attend another circus. Many have made that statement in the last few days. But it is pretty certain cir cuses, and this particular circus will go on. However, it is certain more care will be used on the part of officials, of the circus and of whatever city they play, to safeguard the lives of those attending The great institution, the circus, is one of our most wholesome forms of enter tainment. It is part of our way of life here in America, so it can only be hoped that the big tent will be made safe for future circus attenders.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

very often in such quiet haven or personal satisfaction and public ac- claim that the simple policy of hon. esty and unselfishness finds itself vindicated.
 Every time we are selfish, the uni- verse strives against us. On the other hand, legions of angels sweep across the circumstances of life and lift our poor powers to great achieve ment when we forget ourselves and our little petty interests and dwell in loving thought on the needs of others. Eelf-forgetfulness is a rare virtue and very noble one. And often, as Wendell Phillips said. starvelings of aEete have forgotten themselves in the midst of their ad- versity and have gained immortal ity in so doing.
 Christianity Is the religion of self. forgetfulness. Its center lies in God and in our neighbor. not in our- selves. We cast personal desire over our shoulder, and it comes back ful- filled in the happiness of another. All Rights Reserved--Babson News paper Syndicate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
That GoebbeIs Is a Corker

To people who are compiling "Ten Best" lists for the end of the war we nominate Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels as the man with the most vivid imagination. We would be- stow the honor on the Herr Doktor for his lucid explanation of the presence of Allied armies in France. "They're refugees from the German rocket robots raiding England" he explained to har- assed Berliners Now all he has to do is think up similar comforting explana- tions for the presence of Allied armies in Africa, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia and Finland.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
GOVERNOR BALDWIN
tNew Haven Journal Courier)

F(NeW k1aVCH JOu1uoA-NOuAASA Governor Baldwin ilas informed the Republican state central corl- mittee, and through 1t, the electorate of the state of Connecticut that he will not be a candidate for the nomination for governor this year. A group, of eight COP. leaders will call on the governor this afternoon to ask him to reconsider.
 The report had persisted for some time that Governor Baldwin would decide not to be candidate this year. It was known that he has felt strongly, as he declared in his statement to the state central com mittee, mo man is indispensable to his party, his state or his coun- try, and the great strength of our party, our state and our nation lies in the fact that there are many able men and women fully capable of conducting successfully the highest public office" Were he to be nom- mated and elected next fall it would be to a third, although not success sive, term. Governor Baldwin was elected first in 1888. ending eight years of Democratic rule. He lost in the 194O Democratic landslide but came back in 1942. Now the gov- ernor is eager to return to his law practice.
 During his two terms in offlce Gov ernor Baldwin has served with dis tinction. ability and gracious dig nity. He has been acclaimed both inside and outside the state, and his advise has been sought and needed in the higher councils of state and nation. Holding fast to those principles and policies of gov- ernment which have been tried. tested. and found true. he has strengthened the foundation for the future of Connecticut. He has been an able and frequent speaker and has been tat home" with groups of every kind in every part of this state. He has rendered a high type of service to the people.
 Governor Baldwin has made known his attitude on a renomina- ton. but perhaps the door is not yet closed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

kie can swing about ten per cent of the vote whichever way he wants it.
 NOTE: Willkie has made it ab- solutely clear to close friends that he is interested in just one thing "a peace written with such statesmanship that there will be another war. His political weight will be thrown on the side which offers the greatest promise of that goal. MERRY-GO.ROUND
 War Manpower officials say they are getting much better CO., operation from employees than from employers in working out the new hiring program. AL though the plan was originated to aid employers, a lot of them don't seem to realize that they have to contact their local U. s. Employment Service if they want to get its benefits. Until the local USES director knows what a company's labor needs are, he can't help solve them .. COP officials in Chicago asked enter tainer Harry Richman to sing at the Republican convention. He replied: :"Ill be glad to if the Re- publican party withdraws its anti semitic candidates for Congress from Illinois," The War de- partment is getting requests that Southwestern Army camps be turned over, after the war, to asthma, hay fever and tuberculosis victims.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

who will make many more such raids before the war is over.
 COURTING WILLKTE
 Backstage maneuvering to inc veigle Wendell Willkie into the Dewey camp without actually committing Dewey himself to any principles Willkie stands for, has reached ludicrous dimensions. All sorts of people are acting as al- legged go-betweens for Dewey and Willkie-or trying to.
 Latest was 8 weird story that Clare Bootlle Luce, comedy Con- gresswoman from Connecticut, had sessioned with Willkie. The story actually got into print-appar- ently inspired by Albany. But 1t wasn't true. Here is the real in- side on what did happen.
 WiIlxie was week-ending with
 friends In Connecticut when
 Mrs. Luce phOned, asking if he
 could come to her nearby home
 for talk. WiIIkie happened to have other engagements. BZut
 even if he hadn't had them,
 Connecticut political friends got
 the impression that he was not anxious to talk Dewey politics, even with the beautiful Clare.
 Anyway, he didn't. But out of Albany ten hours later. came story that he had seen Mrs. Luce and that she was vamping him into the Dewey corner. The fact that the story came from Albany is considered significant. Obvi- ously, the Dewey camp knew of Mrs. Luce's plan, perhaps in- spired it. All of which appears to bear out the opinion of poll tical prognosticators that Will
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

That sounds like lot, and really 1t ain't hay. But it's lot less than you might think, and besides, it's purely Hypothetical.
 In l942 1t required 92 million gallons of whisky and 37 millions of neutral spirits to wet the national whistle. That is more than six times what can be distilled during the August holiday.
 In l943 we put 66 million gallons of whisky and 25 millions of neu- tral spirits down the hatch-more than four times what can be made in August.
 Even in the first four months of this year, while we were complain ing loudly that whisky couldn't be bought, we managed to guzzle more than l8 million gallons of whisky and almost nine millions of neutral spirits.
 Mir Nelson and the War Produce ton Board are not putting the dis tillers back into the whisky busi- ness. All they did was say, in effect:
 "In Octiber, 1942, we made you give up producing whisky and begin making industrial alcohol because we needed your facilities. Now we can spare you for one month. It's up to you-and the War Foods Ad- ministration-what you do with that month.
 "You can close shop and give all the boys and girls a vacation, or you can make whisky-if you can get grain for it-or you can make blending spirits
 The distillers aren't going to take a vacation. Neither are they going to make much Bourbon. Corn is too scarce and too much needed for other purposes, They can make rye, because rye grain is relatively plentiful Some will do that. Others will make neutral spirits-powerful grain alcohol such as few have ever considered drinking since prohibit- ion was repealed.
 Neutral spirits can be used to make gin, to fortify wines or to blend whiskies. As a matter of fact, the drinkers of this country need neutral spirits more than they do whisky right now.
 There are close to 270 million gallons of whiskey in storage-a four-year supply at the rate 1t has been withdrawn since the first of this year. But on March we had only l7,500000 gallons of blending spirits. and that was less than enough, even at current low rates of consumption, to last through this year.
 If we use up our blending spirits and do not replace them. we shall all be forced onto diet of straight whisky. So far as quality goes. that should be no hardship. But 1t would raise the dickens with quantity.
 Over all. the whiskey that we buy has about two parts of neutral spirits to every five parts of whisky. The brands vary from bottled in bond with no neutral spirits to one very popular trademark that is only one-third whisky, the rest being neutral spirits.
 As long as we have plenty of blending spirits. the whisky already in storage can be expanded to keep us drinking regularly if not plenti- fully. So don't be disturbed If the diStillers make much more neutral spirits than whisky. That will be the smartest thing they can do, from our standpoint as consumers.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

Long hot weather spells are quite try ing. By and large most people accept them or try to do so, and keep as com- fortable as they can. One thing to re- member is that there is always someone much more uncomfortable than you. But one thing we cannot condone is the food page editor who tells us to mix ground tongue, cucumber and carrots to make a nice salad or sandwich filling.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Gangster's Ending

Reports from the German frontier say that truck loads of supplies are arriving at Hitler's inaccessible Berchtesgaden, where he and his henchmen are expected to run as defeat draws near.
 It all sounds like an echo of our lawless prohibition days-the lonely hideout, the arsenal, the cache of food It's the gang ster's typical cornered-rat reaction when the game is up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

signed letters pertaining Co per- ssnal health and hygiene not Co disease, diagnosis of treatments Will Dc answered by Dr. Brady N . stamped self-addressed envelope ls enclosed. Letters should be bries and written in Ink. No reply can De made to queries not conform inR Co instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News. paper Service, s2O West Madison Street. Chicago, 1ll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

some tacCS apouL it.
 The natto ms distillerS c an and probably - make about 20 million gallons of l90-proof fire-wa- ter during Au- gust. By the time that h as been watered down to potable liquor will be c oug h, in theory. to make 200 million 'fifths' of rye and Bour- don and gin,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

ambitions a n d
 find themselves at last over- whelmed. And.
 on the other hand, he was thin king of those peopl e who keep their
 minds on things higher than per- sonal aggrand- izement a II d find themselves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
FINDING TRUE LIUE
By EARL [. DOUGLASS. D. D.

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling of Fate forgets himself into immortal ity"
 Thus wrote Wendell Phillips many years ago. He was thinking of those who plan meticulously to fulfil their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
BATTLE BETWEEN PESTS
(Hartford Courant)

An unusual battle Is taking place now in the cor fields of Illinois as more than forty thousand waspg and flies. imported from New Jer- sey are being loosed against the corn borer. The United States De- pertinent of Agriculture has dis- covered that these Jersey wasps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

Helen Hayes, actress, is trying politics as an avocation. But as a matter of fact, someone came to grips verbally with her the other day and said that as poll tician she was good actress. Was that nice?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 5:3i a. m. set sat SPA D. nj. (War time)
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 Red evening portends fair weather unless spread too far upward from the horizon in which case expect wind or rain or both, says the Old Farmers Almanac.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
sANDPAPRR IS sANDLEss

sandpaper contains no sand. Sand is waterwcrn and each particle has rounded edges. For this reason, 1t Is of no value in sandpaper. where q sharp cutting edge Is needed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Selected Poem
SEA.BURIAL
tFrances Frost in The New York Times>

(Frances Frost in The New York Tlmes) Slip from under the loved flag. brother Go down to your quiet emerald sleep. The sea will rock you like a mother: Great is her breast and her arms are deep She gave you the salt of courage, strong Food of danger and milk of death. Return to her now. o brave and young Who fought, knew hell, and held your breath For this bright banner that falls away. Slow tides will cradle your dreaming head. Sleep soundly, brother until the day When the sea shall give Up her valiant dead.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Washington Merry-Go-Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Dewey Supporter Inside White House Aide Bynes end Clayton; Senators Blast Influence Yielded by Fred So Formerly of WIPE; Chorge He Hndeed U Mining Advantage O His Foreign Mines Erroneous Story of Mrs. Luces To With We Come From Abony
 WASHINGTON advice to- but those telling House
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1944
A Thought for Today

know that, whatsoever God dOeth, 1t shall be for ever; nothing can be put to 1t, nor any lining taken from 1t: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.-EcclesiaStcs 3:H
 
 We are but as the instrument of Heaven. Our work is not design, but destiny.
 Owen Mereditl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
An What'n Ye Have, Lads?
By s. BURTON HEATH

There appears to be some mis- understanding about the war pro- duction holiday that Donald Mel. son has granted to distillers for the month of August in case you happen to be interested, here are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
BEWARE or NERVOUS
 EXHAUSTION

Robert Louis Steveson died ot apoplexy Cerebral hemorrhage) at the age of 44 years. life had suf' fered from pulmonary tuberculosh probably since childhood. When he was g years old, in the spring ot 1873, he consulted Dr. (afterwarO Sir) Andrew Clark of London, whe was then, in the opinion of Steven sons friends, the very best author ity. pr. Clark came up with a diag' nosis that sounds as though 1t came right out of the hopper at our best advertised clinic today, to wit nervous exhaustion with a threat- ening of phthiSis."
 In those days pulmonary Oung) tuberculosis was called phthisM pronounced thi (eye) sis) and SC were some other diseases of whicb wasting of body substance or tissus was a striking characteristic. To- day, thanks to our greater knOWl' edge--tubercle bacillus, tubcrculiD tests and X-ray particularly-every' body knows that actual conSump' ton (of body substance or tissue) occurs only in an advanced stagA of tuberculosis, (and that there may be little or no loss of body substance or weight in early, first stage, inc cipient puplmonary tuberculosis, the time when proper examination may reveal the nature of the compara' lively slight impairment of health, and institution of suitable remedial measures may bring about arrest of the tuberculosis and restoration ot the youthful individual to health.
 Here a few weeks ago an unhaps py young woman told how, upon th1 order of some quack, she had had all of her teeth pulled-think of 9 girl 27 years old suffering such atrocity!-and then, as she did not feel any better, the victim of the atrocity (whether upon her own initiative or by after r-thought of the quack she did not say) had a good physical examination"-
 What commentary on medicine and dentistry that a human being should have to sacrifice all of his or her teeth before he or she can have even 8 fair attempt made to find out what is the matter!
 The poor girl did not say what, fl anything, the physical examination revealed. She hied away to the clinic" and went through the hop- per there. When all the bright boys and girls on the "clinic" as- sembly line had applied all ths tests the clinic mouthpiece inc formed the gullible customer. in the best nineteenth century manner, that there was nothing organical. ly wrong" and that it was just case of nervous exhaustion (l944. not 1873).
 So there you have it, children. If the eminent medical charlatan oS 1944 doesn't know what, if anything, ails you, he can always fall back on the old hokum bunkem that served the great doctors so well in the days of Robert Louis Stevenson. No reputable authority, no physiol- ogist can explain, in language you or can understand, what nervous exhaustion" means. It doesn't mean a thing, that's why. It is just 8 handy way to bow a credulous cus- toner out of your shop when you face the moral duty of telling the customer honestly that you can't find out what ails him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12
Current Comment

Living in the richest part of France, we never lacked for meat or bread. It is the little things like shirts. was unable to buy a shirt for four years. Wealthy Norman, visiting Cher
 bourg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

edly will increase the severity of re. tribution which might otherwise have been somewhat softened by tho far-sighted tolerance of Great Brit ain. -The Daily Mail. London newspA.
 per. .
 I was getting tired of soldering anyway. ---Seventy-eight-year- NaM pri.
 vate captured in France.
 The notion that the great books. constitute the whole of education assumes & class of men with a pure- ly backward vision. The technical training of mere mechanical experts produces men with no vision at all. Liberal education is the education of the whole man. A Prof. Irwin Edman of Columbia
 U.
 The Japanese machine gunners are very good. They wait until you are almost on top of them before they start firing.
 Chinese corporal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-12

The German people may live to regret with much bitterness the day their leaders decided to adopt wea- pon (robot bombs) which could not postpone defeat but which undoubt-