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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
Reciprocal Trade
 Agreements Played
Economic Problems Says Dr.. John Lee Coulter Economic PrbIems Says Dr. John Lee Coulter

Reciprocal trade agreements, ini- tiated 10 years ago in June. have been a complete failure and ofieF No basis for solution Of our post war international economic prob" iems," DF. John Lee Coulter. eco- homie eonsultant and former mem- ber of the United States Tariff Com mission. said yesterday.
 Not only has the trade agreements policy failed to achieve any Of its purposes, he declared. but revenue figures indicate that it cost the country between s200.O00, 900 and $500. 900 900 annually in revenue.
 Ten years ago." he said" the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act was hailed as a measure to provide employment. stimulate exports, create good will, preserve enduring peace throughout the world, and solve all the economic ills Of so- eiety.
 Collective study now diseioses that. far from achieving these aims, the agreements resulted In just the opposite. Some specific illustrations may nov be cited.
 "llD It is only necessary to note in passing the failure of Reciprocal Trade Agreements to promote good will or prevent aggression and deyas' tating wars
 "(2l In the matter of foreign trade. the goal was 10 promote eg- ports 50 as to increase opportuni' ties for greater industrial employ
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

Somewhere between here and Burma a New Bri- tain priest is on his way home and it the prayer o his family that he may arrive in time for reunion wtn his brother another priest spending a two weeks vacation in New Britain. The brothers are Rev Joseph F. Sweeney, director of the Maryknon Leper Colony in South China, and Rev. Leo Sweeney, wno is serving in Seattle. Wash, former missionary Tn educational work in Korea. The brothers have not seen each other since Father Leo visited Father Joseph about eight years ago in China Parents Of the priests Mir and Mrs Joseph Sweeney of lOS Clark Street. New Britain learned early in the summer that their son was being forced for reasons of health to leave the eper colony which is the firing lines to return for rest They had expected he would leave his post before June but short time ago learned he had not left China until July 10. Although further official word has been received the Sweeneys learned unofficaly that the priest has completed the most hazardous part of his journey the trip out of China into Burma An Amer ican written to his wife that he met the priest shcrt time ago in Burma where he was attempting to arrange for space in plane. Following his vacation in New Britain the younger of the priests Father Leo. will return to Seattle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
g Great General
 By Francis 7reUelvGn Miller

writing Co me"
 Another time when a correSpon- dent wrote to him that -tlae letters must be a too heavy drain on your ttme, the General replied .-Et e an odd thing-your asking me how ! find time to write letters. It Is al. most my only relaxation. Moreover. there is nothing from which ! get more real enjoyment than hearing from old friends. [ like to keep In touch with them. The feeling that they are roofing for me and my sole diers is too preciouyto lose"
 Tke's letters are treasuretroves to the folk in Abiline. They hords them like gold. When one arrives af the postoffice everybody in town hears about it. They call each other on the phone to ask. Whats the latest news from Tke9"
 The neiehbors in Abilene all turn out to see the news-reels in the motion picture tleater--gust to see Ike" AS he walks across the screen they applaud vocimer- onsly. One night they were watching as the French General Giraud pinned on him the Grand Gross os the Legion of Honor. General Gi- raud stepped up and gave General Eisenhower an accolade, Q kiss on both cheeks. Miss Curry wrote him that the townspeopie were somewhat shocked.
 
 The General replied. "At the time that General Giraud gave me the French Grand Gross. one of my old friends asked me what AbileniteS would say # the yever saw picture showing me getting kissed on each cheek. While I admit that was just a bit terror-stricken at the prospect. figured out at the same time that those who knew tine Eisenhower tribe of boys would be sure tha tt was something wasn't seeking, but 10 which I could scarcely object. At that I'll bet there was e chuckle around the audience the night that you asw it."
 NEXT: The EisenhOwer bows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
CHAPTER |

It was mid-January, l943, when General Eisenhower suddenly ap- peared in Kansas. He had left North Africa and come to Washington. No hint was given of his coming. After a few days in the capital. consult ing with the General Staff, he took an inconspicuous car with a driver and went to West Point to see his son and only child, John. cadet in the Academy.
 Driving into the grounds. he parked the car under an overpass and slipped Into the commandants office. A call was sent to John to come immediately to the office. Young Eisenhower was in overalls in the machine shop. his hands and face discolored with grease. The or der was to come as he was: and he did.
 His surprise can be imagined when he saw his father. who, he thought, was in North Africa standing there. After visit the General drove back to Washington undiscovered. A few days later he appeared in Kansas, greeting his younger brother, President Milton E. Eisenhower. of Kansas State College. at Manhattan, forty miles east of Abilene.
 He arrived at Fort Riley on a plane at dusk and sent word ahead. With only a driver he went to Manhattan. where his mother and an elder brother, A. s. Eisen- hover, vice president of the Com merce Trust Company. Kansas City, and his brother. Milton. awaited him. The dinner was embellished by favortie foods. including the we'll known Pennsylvania ''puddin" brought from home by his mother. An evening of visiting followed. In the conservation the matter of a soldiers responsibility under shock or weariness came up and the Gen eral told of an experience in North Africa never before related.
 He had gone farther to the front
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

ment at home. This too failed. The physical volume of exports during the s year period fi935ri9sO before interruption by war averaged only 8O% of the volume of exports dur ing the preceding prosperity period. l025-i929 Dollar value of exports during I935-I939 was only 60b Of the volume in ie25-i92e.
 'FuTthermoTe. much of the ex' ports during 1885 1889 were wal Inaterials-such as scrap iron and steel and other metals. gasoline and other petroleum products. floor and fiber products and other farm items which foreign nations were ae- cumulating as stock piles in prepaT- ation for possible military conflict Indeed, Q considerable portion of exports of farm products was forced under a system of export subsidies ordinarily defind as dumping.
 "(3) Imports, on the other hand were stimulated. It Is significant that the physical volume of imports during the s years i935-ie3e was al- most exactly the same as during the prosperity period Ie2S-l92e. Imports in 1887 were equal to, or greater than. any other year in our history for which data are available, tn. eluding the boom year 1929.
 "lD Perhaps even more sigplfl' cant Is the fact that our teFln re. auctions on more than Q thousand important items lost the National Government an average Of 0yel s200 GOO 900 Q year in FeYepue-eoDl paring the two bvyear periods, ie2b' 1929 and le35-l039. n 1889. customs duties collected were $500 900 00l less than in 1928,
 'sfhat means Q loss of revenue of from two to three billion dollaFi ln a ten year peFl0a-eyen though the physical volume Of imports res
 "In 1880 the ration of duties eol' leeted to foreign Invoice value ol dutiable Imports was 91.7 per cent by let0 the ratio had been reduced t0 133 per cent, a reduction Of el' most 25 per cent, 0r equal to aboul c % per cent reduction on tteml upon which reduction had beer made,
 Sl6l What shout concessions D, other eouptTles9 The truth Is that feE foreign countries have systems o Income and profits taxes such q we have developed in the UDItef States, They depend fer more QF customs duties Tor revenue than Gl do, En fact, before the waF, the q leading nations end domini0ns tout, side of the United States and U, s s, R,l had tariffs about double tn average Imposed by the unites states lD terms of total imports aIls totals revenue collected,
 "Eaas thRD 70 per cent Of our nor nal national revenue comes iron tariffs, whereas the foreign eyeFagi is nearly aS per cent of tbelF kOta revenue, or i've billion dollars, 0u 0f total annual revenue Of Rb0u twenty billion dollars,
 "They have not end perhaps eaBll not sacrifice theiF revenue ln oFdel 10 please the United States or q help us 70 carry out some new tFadl philosophy certainly not merely q help lls 70 build llp our export mar ket % thelg exports,
 "Alt0gethar, facts rapidly coming % light indicate ihet our ReelpF0ea Trade Agreements offers little or ni basis for solving our postwar inl tRTnAtional economic problems. O the contrary, great harm may rer suit If the American market is Tnadl . dumping ground for the product of foreign agriculture and Iabol with ine0mpaFably lower wages ang living standards,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

CT fall a prey to one of the most dangerous forms of idOiatry, the worship of his own power.
 John Ruskin in writing on "Art and Morals" said, This one thing I know, that in Reverence is the chief joy and power Of life-the soul of man is made for reverence as the harp Is made for music, as the flower Is made for fragrance. ]" There are plenty of people who have no ear for music. There are many who have little or no sense of smell, Iris a pityl There are those who have no sense of reverence, who know no holy ground. More than a pity, this lackI Such a man has missed the chief end of life. The harp was made for music, the flow CT for beauty and fragrance, and man was made to aspire, to rise. to grow. to follow after things Eternal,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

than was wise and was h danger of being surrounded by the Axis troops. In a jeep loaded with extra gasoline he and an orderly started hurriedly on a far course over the desert. Driving for rours and hours. mak. ing a wide detour to get back to camp, they took turns at the wheel The orderly was at the wheel when the General was asleep: and prob- ably the driver did also. Suddenly they found the jeep off the road and partly overturned in a ditch. Nei- ther was hurt. After a long strug. gle the machine was righted and they could proceed.
 What did you do to the orderly for going to sleepy" he was asked.
 "Do2 Poor chap. when we returned I sent him to the hospital to sleep to his hearts content"
 That was the human side of Ike Eisenhower.
 After a few happy hours with his mother mad brothers in Kan sas, the General slipped away. Be- cause of threatening bad weather. he left in the early morning and took his plane back to Washington. No one in central Kansas except the family knew Of his visit.
 The news came in a day or two that he was in London-he had jumped the Atlantic in an airplane to take up his duties as Supreme Commander of the Allied Army.
 General Eisenhower's devotion to his home folks and his neighbors back in Kansas. while engaged in the worlds greatest war, is a true insight into the measure of his own greatness. With battles raging around him he never forgets the old home town of Abilene.
 While at his headquarters in Lon- don. when laborin gunder the stu- pendous burden of the Second Front, a twenty-three-year-old pri- vate walked into headquarters and asked an M. P, "I'd like to see the General, if he's not too busy"
 What do you want to see him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

Editor. Tall Tower Topics, Speaking Of original ideas here's that is not only generous but unique as We Unable to be everywhere to personally con, tact all his more than 000 customers and friends "" Day. Louis Schulman paper manufacturer and dis tFibut0r, with businesses in New York, Philadelphia and Camden, V, J., is coming as near to personally shaking the hand Of each and every customer that day, IS humanIy possible, by sending them package" labeled "D0 Not Open Until " Day" The bottle is enclosed n 6 paper box, covered with special Victory designed paper created especially for the occasion MT schulman I also sending each customer typewriter letter calling attention to the Victory package p which he says "The greatest day lD and our ehdreHs lives Is going to be " Day It cannot come too soon, but it is coming faster and possibly sooner than most of expect On that day, want a my friends and customers to drink wh me to Victory and enjoy with me this greatest Of all days While cannot be present n person. at least
 want to be with you ln spirit and drink to your health happiness and the safe return of all of yours Yours lD Victory, Louis scbuman" 4 postcard for handy acknowledgement Of the gift Is attached to the letter Naturally, everybody ls returning the card and many ere following t up with letter or telephone ea thank
 ing hin and commenting on the originality of the idea M. Bchulman Is president Of Louis sehulman Go, Inc, New York; A. s, Dats & Son, Inc, Philadelphia and Springfield Coated Paper Corporation, Camden. N q, doing nationwide business. Harry Edwin Roden. 2I0 Fifth Avenue New York City,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

N,ck zannone of 27 Manhan Street once again is uassinr out the free cigars. And once again US a kaby boy the third born to the former Marie Genova The little brothers are Tommy and Francis NIT anu Mrs Thomas F. Fitxmauricc of Chipman street Extension are herading the praises of the StOrk who Ieft them an eight pound, three ounces, son at ot: Marys Hospital Tuesday August l5. The prOud NTOnlma is the former Evelyn Lyon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

William Francis Meehan, 3d, son Of Mr. and Mrs William Meean, IT,, of LOunsbuTy street. celebrated his first birthday August Sth by being the hOnOEed guest at an outdoor picnic at the home Of his grand nazents Mir, and Mrs. William Meehan SF, of 22O Morse Avenue |. Mir and Mrs. James Hyland Of 69 LOssnsbuEy street entertained at dinner party at their home recently for Billy" whose MOmma Is the former Mary Frances DFscOll Of LOunsbuFy street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
God-Fearing People
 Lauded By Dr. Walker
Those Who Just Take Thought Of Maker When SHf
 fering Pain Played By Second Church Pastor

There are a great number of peo- pie in the world today who have cast off both fear and restraint, fearing neither God nor the devil" stated Rev. pr. John c. Walker, Second Congregational Church pas- tor, yesterday morning in hts ser- mon, Put of Thy shoes
 Dr. Walker said in part:
 They take no thought of God ey- eept when suffering physical pain or when the victim of personal loss To all purposes they have no inkling Of what you mean when you talk about reverence, about things sacred There is no danger that they will take off their shoes or even their hats, in any nnaeeust0med place But have We any expectation that such people will render any particn- lar service to nlankind-or indeed that they can be counted on to ad' vance the common cause Of bumaD- ity without some sense Of reverence5
 pr. Luce0ck of Yale has made the point that while . practically nliil6' cd man might protest that 'yenera' ton, honor, respect, worship, rev. erenee' had very little to do with efficiency ip life, the business ol making Q living, the matter Of mak' ing decisions, he would be making R serious mistake, He suggests thai these intangible things have about the same relation 70 right conduct to wise conduct, Rs the stars and teh magnetic pole have to do witll navigation, ] know precious ALls aObuC practical nsyieRti0D but an led to believe that it has q great deal tO do with star gazing. All oul directions e0He, ultimately Rt least from the stars. The navigator IS pol wasting his time when he tFaini his instruments on the sun or ths stars, Prom them he draws the d. Tectiop he needs for the safe aae sure guidance of hiS ship. The sblI Of life needs some higher, poblel standards thap we can find in tbs tug and tAssle Of making g living we need points of reference thsl are above and beyond the petty con eeTps of the streets and the ilaFset' place,
 Within comparatively recent dat ] read a prayer which moved ne q alliet meditation, The thema Of tlll prayer was found ip the first line We Thank Thee, Q God, that fhol hast given ns powers et mind t search into the laws Of Thy nnt verse; and We pray that ohg FeVerl enee may increase with our knowl edge" The progress of mans knowl edge these last two 0r tlgee genera lions has been amazing beyond al our powers 0f comprehension RBls understanding, Yes, and C the w0Tls finds Itself in Us present sorry pligl we can readily believe thet 0nE basil difficulty k that plans TeveFenel has not kept pace with ms Increased knOWledhe and power, When nlel cease Co hRVe reverence fog God they soon lose all regard for the de aenceis 0f common lief Ew d0d [ held tp light asleeTD, the lives Q men are soon FeekOn0d ln terms Q small figures, If R man eesses q reverence God, he will sooner 0F lat wslI e gst INTO pIisoD. Seems h' amaA 1afa EAWa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

about2' growled the N. P.
 "T'm Private Walter J. Thorpe" the sodlier replied. '"rell the Gen. eral I'm from his home town"
 Ten minutes later, after much telephoning. messengers going back and forth. and inspection of Thorpe's credentials. General Ei- senhower stepped out smiling.
 50 veu'Fe from Abilene? Come right
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

.. Francis Babe" Clark and Viola Boengten will celevrate their eight hwedding anniversary tomorrow
 Ray Shove Jr, of Oak Hill Avenue, has been trans ferred by the Coast Guards to Louisiana Phyllis BOrrell daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sal Borrei Of 25 Cherry street. will be the featured vocalist on Joe Mar tone's weekly chidren's broadcast over VERY next Sunday morning at 9;45 Luddy Burke, now over
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

The General and the private from his home town were closeted for twenty minutes at Allied Head quarters. Thorpe came out. shoul. ders erect. and a happy grin on his face.
 He remembered me-" he ex- cliamed later. We talked about things back home. I'd met him while was working on his broth er's farm in Kansas. The General
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
Jesse ADLER Looks ae ahe NEWS

Song ceclcased to Hitler fto be sung as a siizeD ''The 6-Eyes of the World are Upon You!"
 Ineidenfa,ly seIdiers are singing . Fousing new paredy; "The Fsrst Time See Paris"
 Telegram from General Eisen- hover to Goebbles: Everything ooing-Niee tool"
 Republican Leader senator 1att accuses tlle Army ef being "uneDiy ansions Ger soldiers te vete:" Seems te me that's one ef the abings lsnd he's ene ef the peeple) they're fighting fer:
 And If Taft doesn't think they want to vote he must be confusing the average Yank with a Jerk.
 Or mayhe he's 2 frsid ef tee many e. Ages fer 2. D. 6'
 pr. E. D. Robertson Of the Mayo Foundation claims you'll live longer if you keep Q diary, With one minor pFecaution-keep t tn bFailie' FFanees LaBgfeEa, commenting On her husbands injuries including . broken nese, said "Ihey made ' mountain cut ef 2 neiehsiL" web' that's one nsme fer it'
 Headline: 'Nazl PanzeFs ip Trap, We always said HitleT'd be caught with his Papzers doWnl
 A a FaAee in AAa, Oklahoma, there's a hrone named 2, D, E, ne. baay hsg heen sble te ride. Eyleeng' Iy there aFe He Republicans in 0k' lshems-eg eyeFybe6v'9 ride E O' B.
 Warden Harris Of the Utah State Prison Werned rooteFs yelling Tor tAelr fayorlte jail team not t0 yell we Wug Robbed" during ball games, Both uEnpTies, he explained were doing time foF Tobbsry'
 The beFlip FaAie hes beep bep' Rasa lately by 6 beekleT she lniegv Fupls ana thea denies eveTvtblng ille Nad eemmenlsfeFg hgeaeeest' ssnaas He Ice DHFsehee set . new assignment
 0note Of the Week; "tbe wat news makes you feel pretty good sl you don't step to think new mspg Americans gre dying 10 msks v g00dw
 Bug RaaE ssys be'A Fatheg tipgle smell ehange fllaD rustic pepes nleney - be hes an eaF fer mhsie'
 satan collapsed b New York last week from the heat, WhieD sounds like Hell 'tu you Fenembeg katal just Q North AfHeaD S'legged Vul' tuFe,
 En nEAoklgn a heggaF, when egs Fasaa6, had Rsh la cash alla 2 bsNi' b0ok showing deposits Of el,5ee lms aglRe asklng laF bread with ab thsa dough in EeHF kleks I
 4 le-yeaT-old Cuban Was fonno guilty Of stealing Q W0manB ring " q New York hospital, when the 9oes tors put him under Q NuFoseope and the evidence dlsel0sed he hen swallowed the loot, The police will pump his fligtheEl
 Ths anslnesg e lhe Bn9lala Wes manas pFIsen Was almost agEestea when he Was aaught ellmblng 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

asked me how I liked the army and how long I'd been stationed in Northern Ireland. He noticed I wasn't wearing any stripes and asked me how many months I'd been in the army. I told him two years and explained I had missed out on a technician's rating back in the States. We talked quite a bit about Kansas wheat and about farm folks we knew back in Abi- lene.
 Twenty minutes later figured I'd taken up about enough of his time," Private Thorpe explained, "so I got up and got ready to leave. Then I thought about those guys in my hut. and I asked the Gen. eral whether he'd write me out something to prove I actually had seen the Supreme Commander of all the Allied Forces. He wrote a note and handed it to me. Then he said. I'm glad you came to see me and if you're here again, drop in. You're always welcome Then he shook my hand"
 Private Thorpe proudly displayed the note. 1t read. Dear Thorpe: I'm delighted that. as a fellow citizen of Abilene, Kansas. you called at my office to see me today. CSignedD Sincerely. Dwight D. Eisen- hover"
 Tn moments before and after a great battle. Ike frequently scribbles a few words in his bold hand-writ- ing. or occasionally dictates on his official letterhesd plain. honey nes- sages to his friends and neighbOrs. His military aide reports that letters from home give the General great inspiration for his days work When the mail comes in he inquiries eag- eriy, Anything for me from homer" He is as delighted as any c. T., as he tears them open and eagerly reads them. frequently remarking, as he once wrote to a friend, T can- not possibly tell you how much I apprecite the trouble you take in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21

Ruth Herman of 75 Sunnyside avenue Oakville, Blonde undeFhand ace Of the Chase Girls s0GtbaI team n the Industrial League is registered at the Hotel As tor in New York City Betty Miller of l7 Webb street ig spending an enjoyable vacation at the CinDibaE Ranch n PeeIshi, W. Y,,, Gloria MembFnO of Hamilton Avenue is entertaining her fiaDce, Sailor Ray Menei0, her next door neighbOF, wh0 Is home on fuFI0Wgh from Iowa City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
REVELATION

I know your countenance cannot lie, So will not ask for whom you sigh For in teh deptsh of your eyes spy. It is for someone else not !.
 JACK STEVENS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-21
FASHIONS ARE FUN

summer, lovely summer,
 Alas and alaekl Why do ladies suddenly
 DaB dresses ef blaekl