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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Baby Elephants Sprouting Wings

There'll be thousands of airplanes in the skies competing for civilian cus- toners, in a few months from now, At present the air companies are trying to establish themselves under the protec- tion of the United States Government. Even though ownership and operation of airplanes will find place in carrying on international business, it is impossible to say at this time how 1t is going to be ar- ranged
 Transportation has got new baby elephant on its hands - an elephant that wants to take the business away from existing land and water transpor- tation. It is openly charged that there is an attempt to establish an aviation monopoly and there is plenty of good reason to believe the charge is true. Just how the United States Government Is go- ing to fix up the business in way that will be fair to all the companies and groups Is almost as clear as mud - par ticularly in view of the fact that the avi- ation industry Is over-developed. Per haps we can lay that on the war too. Any low, the United States Is not going to stand for monopolies in the air business.
 When 1t comes to dealing with even our best foreign friends 1t is reasonable to expect that they will be found boosting for their own companies and flyers, All of which boils down to the question: How can 1t be done?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Changes Down on the Farm

Committees of Congress are studying postwar economic policies and planning, and Secretary of Agriculture Wickard has submitted suggestions. All boys and girls will be interested in plans for ex. tending the school lunch program and Pa and Ma are apt to approve the Secre. tary's recommendation for assistance to all families with incomes below fifteen hundred dollars. Another suggestion IS for an expanding Ever-Normal Granary Programs, by providing adequate loans to farmers for products which may be safely stored for long periods.
 The Secretary evidently believes that the farmers are all going to be hard-up and to meet such emergencies he calls for price-support measures, as compre- hensive program to support farm pro- grams. He even thinks that there should 6e price supports for commodities going Tito export trade. He asks for renewing and expanding the Federal crop inSur- arce program.
 The Secretary may be right, but the in' dlcatlons gre that he's taking . few leaves out Of his predecgeor's schemes just mhene anEK Wallace left olks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Keep Up With the News

Let us hope that the Presidential cam paign will bring the people of the United States out of the confusion that over- wheln1s most of us. There is no way of concealing the fact that the American public doesn't understand the reason for most of the restrictions placed on prod uctS, and ways of life - all the way from rationing ceilings restrictions, controls and taxation.
 Governor Dewey comes out in the open and charges President Roosevelt as accountable for most war strikes. He opens the question of control of union labor by the Government; and 1t will be very helpful to all of us If there is plenty of discussion that will clarify all the issues, and possibly chart sound plans for the days ahead, called recon version and reconstruction. It is per- fectly plain to the average layman that private industry must reopen in a tre- mendouS way, because that Is the only road to jobs for millions of Americans. The peace-time policies of the Roosevelt Administration are pretty well under stood by the public. President Roose- welt will defend the many unusual poli- cies of his Administration, because that is the only way he can expect to be re- elected. Then, on the other hand, the Republicans will have to convince the American public that their broad charges of nisrule and mismanagement during the past twelve years, call for a change in the head of our Government --.that is the way the Republicans ex- pect to win.
 Time and again this newspaper has tried to emphasize the importance of every American keeping up with the news, with newspapers and printed pub lications as the first source of informa- ton. By doing this every citizen can participate in @ genuine educational movement which Is being carried on by the two great American political par ties. We repeat: keep your mind open, and read, read-read your newspapers and everything else you can lay hands upon. A big Issue ahead will be lower wages, not higher wages. The Little Steel formula Is not likely to survive until November 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
American Enterprise Scores Again

After two years of research, the an nouncement Is now made that the oil industry Is ready to produce at the com nland of the military forces, a new super fuel for aviation so much more powerful than 100-octane gasoline that 1t will per- init maximum bombing of the Japanese mainland on suburban service sched- ule" While the chemical details of the new product are withheld, the Petroleum War Council has disclosed that this fuel, called I00-octane plus" is expected to surpass all other gasolines in the world in yolatility and consequent perform anceS.
 William R. Boyd, Jr., Chairman of the Council, said that the product was de- signed to "draw from the lethal BPS Superfortresses and the futuristic B-32 Boinbers and the most modern fighter escort planes, their originally intended maximums in sustained speed, short take-offs, combat radius and load-carry- ing capabilities"
 It should be stated that this Is just another accomplishment of private enter prise in the United States which again surpasses anything the dictators and their totalitarian governments have ever accomplished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Free.Lunch

Vice-President Wallace's speech at Madison Square Garden the other night may have overshadowed turning point In the history of American politics. The immediate cause of this turning point Is not readily apparent. Perhaps 1t was MT. Wallace's personal popularity. Per haps 1t was the presence and performance of such notables as Sinclair Lewis, Serge Koussevitzky, Bette Davis, Frederic March and Orson Welles-jointly or severally,
 But whatever the reason, the epoch making fact remains that 22,000 people paid from 55 cents to $40 for the priyi- iege of being told how wrong they were in case they favored MT. Dewey, or of hay ing their choice complimented and reaf- firmed if for MT. Roosevelt
 Recalling the free drinks, free cigars, free compacts for the ladies, free kisses for the babies, and other more substan- tial largess that has characterized every other presidential campaign, 1t can only be concluded that the political millen- nium must have arrived.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
GENERAL BoR
(New York Aerald .Trlbunel

tNeW York Herald-Tribune)
 The mysterious leader of the Poe lish forces in the savage struggle of the Warsaw barricadeS has been re. vealed as Lieutenant General Tas deusz KomorowSki. A participant ct twenty in the 1918 uprising of the Polish capital against the troops Of Kaiser Wilhelm, he Is c farmers son who enlisted in the cavalry aS c prl. vate and rose steadily In rank. The last service to Poland rendered by Wladisiaw SikorSki, on the day be- fore the popular Premier was killed in the crash of his plane ct 0lbral- tar, was the confirmation of "0en- eral Bor" as head of the under ground. This estimate Of his capa. city was confirmed by the Nazis, who set an extraordinarily high price on his head. It b reported that the QeStApo had him cornered eight times and caught him once. How he escaped that once has not been disclosed.
 Eight weeks ago hO launched the desperate battle for the liberation of Warsaw. which b still in progress against the heaviest arms the Ger. mans can bring to bear. Whether or not this was premature, in terms of coordination with the Russian advance, he seems to have achieved operational unity within the city between the' Poles who turn to Lon. don for leadership and those who look to Moscow. He appears to De one more illustration Of the "hero- ism and tenacity," to quote Winston Churchiipg tribute, which has mark cd Polish airtnen, Polish comman. dos, Poles in and out of uniform, during the five bitter years of the German conquest. For Warsaw, which set the world gallant exam pie in 1899 and has waited Q long time for It's freedom, the fact that General KomorowBki no longer needs to hide his identity is . good omen.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
No Ouacks, Please

.. Down Argentine way they recently showed a couple of cartoon movies in which Secretary of State Hull was shown in quacking colloquy with Donald Duck. This aroused the indignation of Walt Disney, Donald's creator. MT. Disney says he is taking steps to see that his characters are not plag4arized or his rights infringed on again.
 We hope that the State Department will do as much for the other aggrieyed party in this case of animated animosity: Argentine moviemakers can't be forced to like MT. Hull, but they ought to be made to pay him the prevailing Screen Actors' Guild scale
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

Tom Rhea wasn't earning his sal- ary, wasn't keeping the fences properly mended. In other words, rumors cropped out that Boss Tom was going to support Earl Clements for Vincent's seat.
 WhereupOn the Congressman increased Boss Toms salary, upplng it from 1900 to S2,2S0 . year.
 Despite this, Tom Rhea finally switched over to Earl Clements and gave him his full support for Congress, Congressman Vincent, having thrown enough good money after bad, promptly withdrew from the race. He knew it was impos- sible to be elected without Tom Rhea.
 NOTE-In the halls of Congress Beverly Vincent was considered a conscientious above average legislator, fta
 RADIO PROPAGANDA
 The House Campaign Expendl- lures probe may look into the use of radio time by commercial firms. They are forbidden by law from contributing directly to cam. paign funds, and President Rob. ert Gaylord, Of the National AsSo. ciation of Manufacturers, says he iS opposed to the "subterfuge" whereby advertisers buy time, ostensibly to advertise their pro- duet, then subordinate this ad- vertisement to one.Sided scripts obviously designed as campaign material for Dewey or local COP candidates. But he did not deny ! that the practice Is followed by members of hs association.
 Mail received by the Investigat. ing Committee details many in- stances of this sort, md Chair man Clinton Anderson of New Mexico feels that 1t may be ncees. sary to look into the matter.
 Copyright. i044 by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Views Of The Press

end Of the European war will not come until next spring, ct the very earliest.
 General De daullc could bt wrong. Germany could collapse Germany could surrender. But ole. inentary prudence demands Of those on the fighting front and those at home not to take immediate collapse or surrender for granted, but ln. stead to take for granted that bitter and skillful resistance which the Germans have exhibited in Italy ant in parts Of France and with which they seem likely to oppose invasion of their home country aS long aS their strength permits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

removing Bullitts commission has even been discussed.
 Bullltt was Roosevelt's first Am bassador to Russia, came away hating the country; later was appointed U. s. Ambassador to France where he was subsequent ly criticized by Secretary Hull for not having stayed with the French government when it retreated to Vichy.
 Now, in an article published in Life Magazine. Bullltt recently indicated eventual war with Rus sia. Life was careful to say that this was written before Buliltt joined the French army, but some Frenchmen think 1t would be a good Idea to make the matter as. solutely clear by removing Bui. lltts commission,
 HACKER ON PAYROLL
 A new wrinkle in Congressional nepotism has just come to light. ThiS column frequently hos ex- posed Senators and Representa-. lives who have put their families on the payroll. but here is a case where c solon put his chief poll. tical packer on the payroll.
 He ls Representative Bever. ly Vincent, Democrat of Ken. lucky, who paid an annual sal. Rry of Sl,SOO to Tom Rhea, one Of the foremost Democratic leaders of Kentucky, ex.candi- date for governor, and whose support is essential to anyone seeking office in vlnccnt's dis tPict.
 Congressman Vincent Is allowed 96,600 for his office expenses in Washington, and from this he al- located the Si 300 salary to Rhea.
 The arrangement coaSted along for some time, with Rhea seldom appearing in Washington but supposedly keeping up Vincents political fences back in Kentucky.
 Apparently, however, Congress. man Vincent got worried that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

 in the South Carolina primary last July, when they chose Governor Olin D. Johnston to succeed him.
 The real agitator behind the last gasp, the move to 'recapture the Democratic Party from Sidney Hill man." is one Ralph Moore, @ big, grinning, glad-handing Texas cot- ton farmer. Moore was for Ave years master of the Texas Grange, but for the last couple of years he has been operating around Wash- ington as Secretary-treasurer of the National Farm Committee. Main purpose of the committee has been to lobby against OPA regulations.
 Moore is e familiar figure around congressional hearings on agricul- ture, but the actual amount of his influence has always been question: able as his organization has been somewhat nebulous, It has no con- nectlon with the Farm Bureau Fed- eration, the Grange or the livestock and dairy farmers groups. and Moore operates pretty much on his own, reseving his particular peeves for the National Farmers Union and all the other communists out in the Department of Agriculture, ORGANIZED TEXAS REVOLT
 If 1t Is possible for anyone to hate Franklin D. Roosevelt more than Cotton Ed Smith does, Ralph Moore is the man, The accomplishment he Is proudest of Is his claim to having played Q leading part in organizing the antiaRoosevelt fight in Texas last summer Tn trying to organize q new revolt by putting out c call for Q meeting in Washington, Moore's Idea was to set up a coIn- mittee that will get out the farm vote in the same way that Sidney Hillman's group Is getting out the so-called labor vote.
 That this can be done is, to Moore, demonstrated by the fact that 1t was the farm vote of Michigan which defeated Democrat PrentlsS M, Brown for the Michigan senator ship in l040, In spite of the big labor vote boiled for Brown in the cities. Moore claims that since thiS was done In Michigan. 1t could also be done by getting out the vote in up- state New York, doWn-state Illinois, and the rural vote in other key states like Massachusetts and Penn- Sylvan!a, to offset the pro-Roosevelt advantage In industrial centers.
 Moore'S line to get out the farm vote would be to expose what he calls agricultural socialism" of the New Deal. By opposing Roosevelt, Moore of course implies that the vote will go to Dewey and Bricker, though his literature emphasizes only the angle of "reeapturing the Democratic Party
 POTENTIAL VOTERS
 Who gets the farm vote In the No. vemoer election is of course as big 0 riddle as who will get the soldier vote. Census Bureau has calculated that out of total potential U. s, Voting-age- population of 88 million, m approximate 63 per cent or about bb million will 90 to the polls. This b6 million, strictly on the basis Of the i940 division of the population, includes approximately i2 million farm votes and il million rural non. farm votes.
 Population migration during the war years has been decidedly to- wards the cities. So the Idea Of get- ting out farm vote to offset urban vote is decidedly thin. But If any. one could get hold of those 8 mil- lion likely ron-voters, he would have something.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
WHAT or IT9
(BrIdgeport poSt)

NAAsSBbR0At ODV
 A certain gentleman in Q great dither of indignation because of Q scrurrilous article about him printed In scandal sheet, went to Q friend for advise on what to do. The friend heard the matter, and then said DO nothing" And gave the following reasons:
 Tn the first place, he said, of all the people who opened the news- paper, only one half of them prob- ably saw the offending article.
 or those who saw, only one hail bothered to read 1t.
 Of those who read 1t, only one half understood what 1t was ell about.
 Halt of those who understood the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

article knew the gentleman hlmself too well to believe it. M
 AS for the other half who accept- cd the article as truth, they repre-. scented the sum total of the damage done. And how long would they ro. member the incident. So, do iioth- ingl la
 This Is excellent counsel to super sensitive people to whom criticism or opposition is like Q lash across the back, regardless from whom 1t comes. They should have in one corner of the mind q pigeon hole marked What of it?" and Into that compartment file and forget the antagonisms that cannot bo avoided Do your level best according to ability and consclence and then with Q certain aloofness Of soul, ! take what comes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Travel Priority

A recent air shipment Of I've toads from Argentina to Florida and of fish eggs from Ohio and Michigan to Peru Indicates the versatility and complica- tions of air transportation. The toads, seventy of rare genus, flew for three days to reach their destination in an insect control experiment near Clewiston, Flor ida. Only one died in transit.
 The fish-egg shipment of 150,000 white fish eggs from Ohio and 60,000 lake trout eggs from Michigan were the gifts of the ohio and Michigan State Government to the Peruvian Government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
DE GAULLys WARNING
(New York gun)

Words spoken to officers and men
 Of the French Army by General Do dauile show that he has no such il- iiSions about the war as those that
 flourish like Q green boy tree at . distance of thouBaIidg of miles from the front. T1ae French commander believes that the hafdest fighting |lies ahssd, annids 0sfmeny. tllat tlle
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

domoed from the
 minute 1t was an- nounced. No other Democratic revo- lutlon has suca ceeded this year, and this latest one was particu- larly ill-starred,
 P Peppery old cotton Ed Is merely the front for this particular trump revolt. After 36 years in the U. s. Senate, Cotton Ed was repudiat-
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

manifest itself in better condu ct and the improve ment of ones moral character is not faith ct oil but c q elusion W hich misleads the one who ens tertains 1t.
 The poet Cole ridge expressed t by saying:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

elenoa letters pertaining Co per- nonCl health and hyglene, noe e llsoanN. 0lAgnoslB ef teeAtme1sl vim ho answered ny pr. Brady Y a stamped aelg-adaressed envelope la enclosed, Letters should be brick ana written ln ink. 10 reply can Re made Co queries not coMtorsa- lNv tO instructions. Address pr. william Brady. National NeWsl' paper Service. Se0 West Maaison Street, Chlcago. III ,.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
FDR -Haters
 Seek Farm Vote
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

Biggest political bust of the pres. ent campaign came from the call for 0 meeting ito recapture the Democratic Party from Sidney Hill. man." sent out over the name of Senator Cotton Ed Smith of South Carolina. This meeting, scheduled for e washington hotel on Septem- Der 2S, same date as the Presidents speech before the International Brotherhood Of Teamsters, seemed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY Eav EARTI n0TnV Aaa n n
NATURE OF FAITH
By EARL |. DOUGLASS, Q. D.

NATURE OF FAITH
 Some people speak of religious faith as If 1t meant simply believing q religious truth. Faith involves be. lief, but it iS vastly more than be- lief. Religious faith which does not
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

WASHINGTON, September -
  Argentina Argentine depicting in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

eternal truth . present fact is very important.
 Faith iS not just belief; t iS Dc. lief whieh leads to pufpoSsfui ac. ton. All Rights Beaerved- Dahson
 1IeWnpapcE Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW Fs PEARSON

Hull Cracked Down Argentine When Satire Film Made Fun ot Him Allied DipIomots Believe U S. Erred by Economic WhdFowo French Bitter Over BuItts Indication of Wor With Russo Kentucky Boss Drops cOnsremon After Being Put POyro
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30
A Thought for Today

AS the Lord commanded Moses his servant, % did Moses command Joshua, and SO did JOshuai he left nothing undOne of all that the Lord commanded Moses.--JOshua ll;l5,
 
 find the doing of the will of God leaves me no time for diSputing about His plans George Macdonald.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-30

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Evening star., 1944-02-25
Missing Bomber Found
On Lake Ontario Bottom
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OSWEGO, N. Y, Feb. 25.-The
Oswego Coast Guard Station an
nounced early today that part of
the Liberator bomber Gateway
Gertie," missing a week, with a crew
of eight, had been located in Lake
Ontario about TOO feet offshore west
of nearby Pleasant Point.
Efforts to raise it are being
made.
Coast Guardsmen and an FB1
man, aided by powerful search
lights, saw part of the craft lying
on the lakes bottom. Discovery
was made. after wing from the
plane, floating in the lake, was
sighted from the air yesterday after
noon.
The ship had taken off from its
base at Westover Field, Mass, last
Thursday and was last heard from
when it radioed Syracuse Airport
early Friday it had run into a snow
storm and was low on gasoline.
Westover officials had ordered the
crew to bail out. They listed the
crew as follows:
Flight Officer Wendell K. Ponder
Jackson, Miss; Flight Officer Ray
mond A, Bickel, Springfield, Mass;
Sergt. Audrey H. Alexander Rogers
vile, Ala; Sergt Kenneth M. Jones
Milwaukee; Sergt. Thomas C. Rob-
erts, Boston; Sergt. Joseph M. Zebo
Pawtucket, R. L.; Corpl. James O
Cozier, Tulsa, Okla, and Philip R
| Walton Berkeley Calf
Evening star., 1944-02-25
Canada May Hold Key
To lonergan Defense
By the Associated Press

BY lne Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-The sud.
den north Of the border trips OF
Wayne Lonergan's counsel and the
district attorneys psychiatrist turned
attention today to the possible part
international developments may play
In Lonergan's fight against charges
that he killed his heiress wife.
Motives behind Defense Attorney
Edward Broderick's departure for
Canada on the eve of the trials
scheduled beginning we're over
shadowed by sensations created
when he failed to appear in court or
two successive days, forcing last
minute postponements.
Threatened with contempt OF
court, the attorney has promised tc
be on hand Monday when the trial
is scheduled-again-to get under
way.
Last night, DR.. Perry M. Lichten-
stein, chief medical adviser to the
district attorneys Office, left by trair
for Toronto, where, the Office said
he would seek data concerning Lon.
organs mother.
The prosecutors office said she
had been a patient several times il
the Ontario Mental Hospital, To.
ronto. Mr.. Broderick has said he
considers records in her case vital tt
the defense.
Evening star., 1944-02-25
School Workers Strike
Goes Into Third Duy
b. the Associated Press

b. the Associated Press.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. Is
Grand Rapids public schools re-
manned closed for the third day TO-
day as maintenance and operating
employees, their union denied recog-
milton by the Board of Education
remained away from their jobs.
The workers are seeking wage
and hour adjustments. Their bar
gaining agent, the Building Service
Employees Union (AFL), was refused
recognition in a formal resolution
adopted by the board yesterday.
Dissa tisfaction over progress OF
negotiations was given by union
spokesmen as the reason for the
walkout Wednesday. Repeated con-
ferences have failed to bring a set
tlement.
More than $1,000 students at SO
schools meanwhile are enjoying ar
unScheduled vacation.