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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Problems for Post War

Too many people take it for granted that there will be plenty of jobs for every body after the war. Some of our largest industries are already coordinating the activities of their medical departments and employment departments, in order to meet the problems of the rehabilitation of veterans.
 The roads back to normal production and civilian activities have been closed along most fronts for long time - and they must be reopened. It will take more than mere super-highwayS to accomplish the job, because so much economic machinery of the nation must be hauled out of the scrap heap. The building of millions of new homes may become helpful program, but those homes cannot become the property of workers unless the right kind and volume of employment is created.
 It is perfectly obvious that this country cannot get "back to normal unless the red lights are turned off, and unreason- able prosecutions cut out of the govern ment control" and antitrust" formulas. The tracks must be cleared for increased highway, airway and railroad transporta ton. There must be plenty of newsprint for all newspapers. It seems almost fright full that 300 newspapers should have been reported suspended in Kansas in recent weeks, while at the same time metropoli tan and national publications are unable to get enough paper to supply their reg ular readers.
 There must be more civilian produc ton, and fewer "SnOoperS" on the public payrolls How would it be to restore one of the old orders in Democracy under which more people would be free to exer- else the privilege of minding their own business and reducing the numbers of ''brass hats" on public payrolls? The best possible start would be for Congress to "face the music" and make good, sensible laws to regulate employers and employees. It's time to get busy with these post war problems.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

marked by the greatest chivalry toward her opponents"
 Who, then. are the opponents so handsomely treated2 Not the people of Lidice; not the nameless but remembered Polish victims of mass murders; not the innocent objects of reprisal executions in other occupied countries. Germany ob- viouSly considers her opponents" the captured men in Allied uniforms. The treatment of war prisoners is governed by international convention and watched by neutral Red Cross observers. Here the bully's tactics would be discovered and reported. They might bring reprisals against German prisoners in Allied hands.
 The bully is afraid of retaliation. He is brutal when he thinks that someone as strong as he won't catch him at 1t. Only when there is the prospect of his being hurt does he act with decency and boast of "chivalry".
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

tion. This attack was widely published in the textile trade journals.
 The effect on the industry was eIectrifying. Naturally, with the example of 8 prominent WIPE official leading the attack, the textile industry went on . virtual sitdown strike against the OPA's program.
 Chester Bowles is now asking Nelson whether his officials are working with the Government or against it.
 NOTE: The big profits in; tex tiles these days are in high-priced luxury goods, with the result that workers overalls, shirts, etc., have almost disappeared. How lush profits are is illustrated by Loves own salary. Dollar-a-year man for the Government, he got . sal- ary of $94,OOO from his own firm and $196, 900 in 1922. The tremen- dous increase in 1922 was due to. the fact that he was paid three per cent of his firms profits.
 So you can understand that the textile boys are making money. MAN IN GREEN SHIRT
 The huge Commerce Depart ment building, where Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones hold sway
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 FAdeOuk

Drugstores department stores and sporting goods stores here say t'-~'' have never heard of "dents'
 mods" which you recommend iu.' stopping the ears to exclude disturb ing noise or to exclude water Gin Swimming). co. W. @.)
 Answer-Then try inserting loose plugs of lambs wool or just ordi- nary cotton (not absorbent cotton) :.
 Children Have Leg Cramps
 Nieces aged 1 and 2, seem healthy but when they play too hard out in the cold they seem to have cramps in their legs at night. Doctor said the children need more vitamin c, from oranges, etc. (T. L. M
 AnSwer-Probably most people throughout the north could do with more vitamin c in the winter time. But I believe such leg cramps at night are usually manifestation of tetany, and so the best remedy or preventive Is a course of calcium and vitamin D to supplement the diet. This applies to elderly persons who may suffer from such cramps or pain nights as it does to children and youths. Send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for pamphlet "The Calcium Shortage"
 Copyright. 1914. John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Shirtsleeve Diplomacy

It has been very pleasant, in recent days, to see Secretary of State Hull stand ing in his shirtsleeves with his fists clenched, nexing his muscles. There were long months when coated and kid gloved MT. Hull was being the courtly and courteous gentleman to some nom- finally neutral nations. And it must have irked him as much as it did the critics of his diplomatic dealings with Vichy and Spain and Argentina. But things are diff ferent now. The change in State Depart ment attitude is as significant and en- couraging as a major military victory. With that change, and with the passage of time, MT. Hull's diplomacy appears in a more favorable light. Time was when he had to play ball with Vichy. But by doing SO he saved lives and assured a speedy and successful occupation Of North Africa. He had to play ball with Spain, at time when she was less harm full as a 'nonbelligerent" than as camp for occupying Axis forces. He had to let Argentina alone until that country = conceivably as anti-American as pro- Nazi = could be convinced that she was backing the wrong potential winner.
 But now he is top dog on the diplo- n1atic front, even if much hard fighting remains He can put the long g-awaited squeeze on Spain without fear that the NaziS, engroSsed in losing fight and watchful for an invasion, will move in. And our growing economic and military power has made open toleration of Axis activity in South America no longer pos silble. MT. Hull has made mistakes, to be sure. Circumstances have forced him to temporize. But now at last he can substitute authority for expediency. He can show that the well-intentioned nation which advocates humanitarian program for the postwar world can also take some realistic. l1ard-headed measures to re- move the impediments to the program. He can finally and definitely proclaim that "tl1em that aint fer us are agin us."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
BRASS HATS AND BRASS
 SURGEONS

Young man was treated for her mia by ambulant or injection method. Anbulant, for the benefit Of any one not familiar with tho term, means the patient remain. walking about or at his usual worl while he is under treatment.
 The treatment was successful. Later the young man was called bI his draft board.
 The civilian doctor who examined him could find no sign of hernia, pronounced him cured: But the doctor doubted the army would accept the young man for active service, since he had not been oper- ated upon. He said the decision would be up to the army surgeon.
 The army surgeon examined the young man carefully and expressed the opinion that the treated side was stronger than the opposite in- guinal ring-that Is the patulouD opening through which hernia bulges. Yet the army surgeon seemed inclined to lind the young man unit for active service.
 At this point the young man called the surgeons attention to Q ruling of the Surgeon Generals office dated April g. 1942, which reads:
 The following may be recom- mended for general military 1erv- ice with waiver:
 g. History of operation or of injection treatment for inguinal (groin) or small ventral (helly) hernia, provided examination three months or more following operation, or following the last injection, shows . satisfactory result"
 The army surgeon read this over carefully and instructed the young man to return in three months for induction.
 T am somewhat at a loss to understand why there should be any discrimination against men who have had hernia cured by injection methods of treatment" says reply from the oftlce of the Surgeon General, War De- partment, to an inquiry about this. '"The Army accepts men who have had injection treat ment. ."
 Yah but in the past two years lot of brass surgeons have become army surgeons, if not brass hats, and it is bit humiliating to them to have to recognize now that in- jection treatment is as good as operation.
 Not all hernias are suitable for this method, but if the physician is as skilled in the tecl1nic as the average surgeon is in the surgical treatment of hernia, the chance of a cure or of recurrence is no better and no worse with the one method or the other. The injection treat ment has three great advantages: CD 1t requires no disqualification; (2) subjects the patient to no risk of major operation: (O does not involve loss of time and salary while under treatment.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK
(New York Herald -Tribune)

Bipartisan sponsorship of a bill to require that women receive pay equal to that paid men for the same
 work should insure its favorable
 consideratino by the Legislature. The bill was introduced in the As- sembly this week by Miss Jane Todd, Republican, and in the Sen- ate by Alexander A. Falk, Democrat. It prohibits discrimination in rate of pay because of sex, and provides civil penalty for noncompliance. Domestic servants, farm labor and employees of charitable and other non-profit-making groups are ex- cepted. To preclude the hiring of men for jobs usually filled by wo- men, supplementary bill would
 also prohibit the employment of men over twenty-one fin an occu- patton at less than the minimum standards or rates of wages fixed for women and minors in such oc- cupation under a directory or man. datory minimum wage order.'
 The principle of equal pay for equal work cannot be challenged. It is consistently violated. however, in practice. Even the wartime demand for women to do mems work has not abolished discrimination based on the precedent of years. Indeed. women's response to wars demands. and the excellent record they have made at tasks for which no pre- vious experience or knowledge con- ditioned them, make clearer the need to establish the principle in law. A dual scale is not only in- equitable, from the point of view of the women who work; it may also prove negotiable for returning service men if it gives women who have replaced them, and done the same work for less pay, an employ ment advantage. The general ef- feet of dual scale will be, we should suppose, to encourage the retention of women, now trained and experienced in mems jobs, to the disadvantage of men, including veterans, when we have an employ ers' market once again. What wo- men are asking Is equality, not ad- vantage. We recommend the pas sage of the eQual.pay bill as . measure required to abolish an in- equitable practice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Rehabilitation in Waterbury

Preliminary plans now being formulat- ed for the eventual establishment, in Wa terbury of rehabilitation program for returning Servicemen and the handicap ped civilian, is the nucleus of a splendid far-reaching program. It is small part of that which will be owed to these per sons and it is in this light that we must always view it.
 Although rehabilitation, as we know it, is still youthful phase of modern prog ress it's ultimate goal is as old as Chris tianity and because of the latter there is much precedent on which we can rely in determining the programs course. How ever, there is a double responsibility en- tailed by any local effort because the re- cipientS of this aid will be Waterbury men and women who have walked among us.
 There must not be here, within Water hury's program, any Semblance of an agency" or bureau. We must see to it that local recipients of any rehabilita- ton aid that we have to offer are not clas- sified as clients" or as a serial number or group.
 A person requiring rehabilitation aid, social or physical, will require a con- pounded tonic of sympathy and firmnesS that he may first overcome any pSycholog ical barriers that are apt to be within him because of his handicap or distorted and plagued viewpoint.
 It follows then that the rehabilitation must not be merely trained social work CT, conscious of the individual in his care only as a caSe-history, but he or she must be 6 human person who can readily re- verse the situation and realize what the recipient feels and thinks. It Is literally a two-way proposition and the only cold objectivity that car'be indulged in is that which it is permissible to resort to, for materially expedient reasons, only after the individual has been fully provided for, first-as human being. <
 Most of these recipients here won't want anything that resembles charity or 'socialized' sympathy. If handled proper ly, Waterbury's rehabilitation program can be true answer to our obligation to these people and true expression of our desiZe to aid them,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Copyright, 1924, by United Feature Syndicate, Incl
Views Of The Press

these 8S6 packing cases were the genealogical registries of the Ger man Hohenstufen and Frankish Angevin, former kings of Napes, the Kings of the Spanish House of Ara gon and of the French Bourbon dynasty. And, besides other incom- parable art treasures, there were some seventy paintings, among them an early portrait by Botticeln and a Madonna and Child by Luini.
 According to British Minister of War Sir James Grigg, speaking in the House of Commons, all these irreplaceable works of art and his- torical archives of Europe, dating from 1238 to 1911, have been put to the torch by NaI incendiary squads acting at the behest of the German armies of occupation. Not all the protests and pleas of the Italian authorities could avail to move the Nazis from their premedl- tated fury of destruction. This wanton outrage is, of course. entire .ly in consonance with Prussian- Naz, or Pan-German plans. for domination of the world. Erase all history and the Nazis. with fire and sword, and bacilli and sterilization, to mention only few of their re- finements, will remake the world into one in which it is it for them to wallow.
 We don't want that world, and we prefer to eliminate the destroyers of civilization so that the earth will be 8 fit place in which the sons of free men may live and flourish, un- haunted by the nihiliSm of profess sional warmongers who have for centuries threatened the very ex- istence both of the born and the unborn.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

are busy we are making progress. It matters little in which direction we are headed; If we are hoofing 1t along for all there Is in us, we are satisfied. The worst thing modern man can think of is not having something to do or somewhere to go.
 But, says Emerson, what we do is a matter Of small consequence compared with what we are; and nothing we ever give the world in the way of achievement will mean so much as what we give 1t in the way of character. What we do is quite important; what we are is supremely so.
 Little souls pay their debt to life by what they do, great souls by what they are"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

chine they built up was the result rtsult of years of hard and skillfui work, and it is a tribute to the soundness of their preparation that troop trains moved, war supplies were carried, in addition to regular passenger traffic more than doubled in volume.
 As formalities must be observed :n these matters, it may have been with a wry smile that various chiefs of great systems found that they had become colonels with appro- priate uniforms. Among them were Frederick E. Williams, New York Central; R. B. White, Baltimore & Ohio: Williams J. Jenks, Norfolk & Western; Ernest E. Norris, South ern Railway; Ralph Budd, the Bur. lington; Charles E. Dennis, North ern PacifiS: Lewis w. Baldwin. Union Pacific. These gentlemen have now done with saluting and being saluted; entitled, if they wish. to wear little button testifying to the fact that they had rendered service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
NAzrs TEASING HISTORY
tHartford Courant)

After the surrender of Italy, while Naples was still under Nazi occupa- ton, the Italian authorities had. with keen foresight of German manners and customs, removed S86 cases of priceless art treasures ar1d historical documents, some of them relating to the historical antece- dents of the German themselves. Aware as were the Italians of the nature of fllror TeufonicuS. they were naturally impotent to divert the Nazis from their professed de- termination to destroy all history no matter where they Ind t. In
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Nazi Chivalry

General Sir Harold Alexander has called the Germans '.Huns," and the Nazis have Whined in protest. Their protest, broad cast by official sources, shows that they are not only perpetrators of monumental, cynical faIsehoods, but also that they are . gang of bullies.
 ssfsefnaany's conduct of warfare" the dcesk ctatez s.lias ct all times been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

the ue CO IL1c stories about all Jap pilots being cuicide flyers. He told about one who was shot down and managed to land safely. When surrounded for capture he came out with his hands over his head shouting, Don't shoot, don't shootl Me no hara kiri boy" I
 Harmon had all kinds of praise for Joe E. Brown, the only Holly wood star who had flown lover the hump of the HimalayaS to bring some entertainment to. the troops in China. Brown got to every field in China, doing his stuff from the back end of truck and the troops loved 1t.
 REMOTE TERRAIN -
 Special Service units do all they can to provide amusement and rec reation. Harmon reported, but there is still big gap in providing relax ation for Americans far from home. Joe Brown was the first real enter tainment the boys had. Harmon said that those mountains out there were really rugged and apt to be full of Jap Zeros besides. Usually the entertaining talent went as far as the base of the mountains, on the India side, took one look and then did 180 degree turn.
 The FBTs fame at rat catchers has long been celebrated in song, story and headline, but the famed J. Edgar Hoover boys really had their mettle tested when they were called in recently to explain the destruction of cables in the public address system at a west coast ship yard. The room in which the cables were damaged contained a lot of valuable blueprintS, and the case looked serious until it was discov- cred that the saboteur who enjoyed cutting the insulation of the cables was a large gray wharf rat. The G-men set . trap and got their public enemy, just as you'd suspect.
 Best laugh of the past week in Washington was provided by Sen ator Claude Peppers special com- mittee on Education and Labor, tn- veSt1gating the squeeze between higher costs of living and no tn- crease in salary, in which have been caught some 15.O00.O0O so-called white collar workers" Among the first witnesses the committee called on was truck driver.
 HULL-BLACKFACE ACT
 Or if you don't like that one, you might get a smile out of the pre- dicament in which radio branch of OWI found itself the other day. This oflce has the job of spotting the plugs for the war bond drive on the big-name radio programs. Looking at the schedule of high government officials to be booked up for short announcementS the other day. a program manager let out Q yell when it was observed that the austere and digni11ed Sec retary of State CordelI Hull had been spotted for tie-in on Amos and Andy. Unfortunately, the book ing was cancelled before the pro- tocol boys in the State Department ever got wind of 1t.
 The office wit crashes through with these gag lines on headlines of the week:
 Anent the Presidents proposal for national service legislation He wants to make slavery demo- cratic by letting the white folks in on it."
 Concerning the Presidents inabil- ity to attend the Democrats big Jackson Day Dinner in Washington Hooks as though his cold had gone to his feet"
 ApropoS the party's insistence that the President toss his hat in the ring and run for fourth term -"Awhelll He's already grabbed the ring and tossed in in his hat"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

and which houses some of the most important war offices of the gov- ernment, is the scene of one Of the Strangest man-huntS in Washington history.
 A mystery man in green shirt has been ransacking desks throughout the building for the last few weeks, but no one can catch him. His predatory visits occur at night, between Il p. m. and 3 a. m., and he has been on the job on six occasions since January 18th.
 Several times, building police have caught a fleeting glimpse of him, but all the police can say for sure is that he is a big man, wearing @ light green shirt. Last week, at about 3 .. m., he was chased down . stairway by po- ncemen, but managed to get away. It is believed to be an inside job, because the man does not wear a coat and because 1t would be very difficult for an outsider to get in and out of the build ing without apprehension. A night shift of some TOO employees works in the Commerce building.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
Your Health ByDr. William Brady

Signed Istters pertaining e peA Sonsl health and hygiene. not ( aEsease. diagnosis C treatment win Do snSWered by pr. Brady \ stamped seTf-addre6sed envelvpt 6 enclosed. Letter. should be brie and written in ink. No reply caS be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Di william Brady, National News paper Service. 3z0 West Madison Street. Chicag0, m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
ENdERsON's IDEAL
By EARL [. DOUGLASS. D. D.

EMERSON'S IDEAL
 Little souls pay their debt to life by what they do, great souls by what they are"
 Thus said Emerson many years ago. It was philosophers way of saying that what counts in life is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
AS A MATTER OF FACT

The English are proud of their tradi- tions, and war and blitz have left their pride unshaken. But when friendly, free wheeling, jeep-driving Americans began buzzing along the English roads in their accustomed manner, even tradition couldn't take it. A returned traveller re- ports that England is ready to scrap its ancient custom of driving on the left side of the road, and keep it scrapped.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

AS a matter of fact it takes about 7,500 persons to look after the sale of war bonds down in Washington. There is just lit- tie matter of 6O,00O,000 records and ac- counts to keep track of, and the old card system is now replaced by the photo re- cording system. Don't ask us how it works. Get in touch with one or more of the 7,- 500 workers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
emergency

Congress is being asked to provide for compulsory military training in future years, and supporters of the legislation say that there must be no "Pacifist let down" after the war. That all hinges on the old argument that the reason that we are in this war is because we did not keep up on military tactics for twenty years after World War l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04

not so much what we do as the kind of person we be- come.
 T h e modern world is afflicted with the activity c 0 m plex. We must be endlessly busy. And some how or oth CT there grows up within us the con- virfinn that tf we
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-04
COLONIES PRO ITEM
(New York Herald-Tribune)

The great railway systems which, fortunately. were spared serious traffic interruption, notwithstand- ing threats of strikes are rolling smoothly on their way. :. They are performing miracles of efficiency under handicaps. The top men who directed their operation remained at their posts. even though they passel under Army control for the duration. The admirable ma