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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Future Tax Plans

House Minority Leader Joseph Mar tins appointment of tax-study group of 25 Republican congressman merits a couple of cheers for as many reasons.
 First, there is a decided possibility that Republicans may control the House after the next election If that comes to pass, it is well to start preparing now to tackle the important problem of postwar taxa ton, revising our whole complex, top heavy tax structure.
 Also, 1t is good to see the strengthened House minority taking a constructive step after considerable time spent in find- ing fault with administration programs without offering anything in their place.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
JOSEPH E. EASTMAN
(chrIstlan scIence Monitorl

Joseph B. Eastman, like that other Bostonian, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, was an appointee of the great lib- eral, Woodrow Wilson, and though in each instance the conservative interests cried to high heaven that tho country was being turned over to the pinks-if not the reds-they eventually changed their minds. When MT. Eastman first became a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1919, the railroads thought they had snake in their bosom. But when they came to un- derstand not only his uprightness but his thorough grasp of railroad ing, they respected and appreciated him.
 Joe" Eastman, as the young sec- retary of Boston's Public Franchise League, started his career by battl- Ing for the public, including under paid utilities employees. That he was attacked in recent years by labor unions, which feared CO., ordination of railroad lines would reduce the number of jobs, may be attributed to the shortsighted sel- flshness of the union leaders. No Washington "bureaucrat" was less bureaucratic and no ofiiceholder worked harder at his job. Tn these days of complex government, Jo- seph B. Eastman was a type of pub lie servant whom many might well emulate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Current Comment

The time for industry to act is now. Over 100000 men have re. turned since Pearl Harbor, and they are returning now at the rate of 100000 per month. If we set up ma chinery now for those returning from the the armed services 1t will be well under way when demobiliza- ton accelerates.
 Carl A. Gray, chairman Con-
 necticut Unemployment Com mission. Correspondents do more to in- [ crease the pride of the public in the army than anything the gov- ernment can do.
 British Minister of Information
 Brcndon Bracken.
 The worst thing about was is that so many men like 1t. It re- lieves them Of personal responsi- bilities.
 John dunther, writer.
 We are getting the ships and men now and all we need is time | to carry on our operations, The principal obstacle now is not the Japanese, but geography - the size Of the Pacific.
 Pacific Fleet Commander Admiral Chester W. Nlmitz. | G1 We must create what the people themselves have learned that they need and want.
 Hugh Pomeroy. president Ameri-
 can Institute Of Planners. We may hope for Q climax in Europe this fall, but the going will continue to be hard in the South Pacific.
 Vice Admi. Ross T. Mcintyre,
 Navy surgeon general.
 Men have read this book (the BibIe) in more than Q thousand languages and dialects and have said with the T'ji Islanders, T am in there"
 -Dr. Robert T. Taylor, secretary American Bible Society. l It is impossible, with human Tla. ture as 1t is, for one group to have power too long without corruptinf Itself.
 Wendell L. Willkie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Bedtime Story

The newspaper account of the man dis charged from the Army because of his loud snoring opens up fascinating field of speculation. What, for instance, would have happened if he had remained in the service and gone into action? Would he have put Tojos jungle troops to fight with a sound like several lions on the loose? Or terrorized the Wehrmacht with the conviction that here was new secret weapon?
 What effect will his discharge have on future inductions and the manpower sit- uation in general? Will it mean that 1-A's must take a sleep test as part of their physical?
 Will 1t turn loose upon the country a horde of nocturnally raucous 4-F's who some day must answer their grand children, What did do in the great war? l Snored"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Some Fatherly Advice

Eric Johnston, president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, gave the country's labor leaders sound and timely piece of fatherly advice in his speech in Boston University. He wasn't snug or patronizing. He didn't give one-sided, papa-knoWs- best lecture. Rather, 1t was heart-to-heart talk in which the fatherly adviser admitted that papa had flown bit high at one time, that he had been smacked down hard and was still picking himself up, and that 1t might be well If labor leaders would profit by papa's example. MT. Johnston went down that list of managements sins during the 1o20s, when management was undis- puted boss. He found parallel sins com mitted by increasingly powerful labor in the decade following President RooseveltS Ast inauguration.
 "You forgot the very thing we forgot he told labor. "In the architecture of from master bedroom to the doghouse"
 All that MT. Johnston said was familiar enough and true enough. It Is just that no- body has put 1t in quite the same way before Usually management hurls charges at labor and labor replies with cataiog of management's vlllalnies, while each gives the impression that all it's own geese are spotless swans. And that, ob- viously, is no way to settle their real and disturbing differences. It must be clear to everyone, inside of unions and out, that labors popularity with the public has Waned because of wartime strikes. Dur. ing a recent work interruption at the Ford Motor Company, the United Auto- mobile Workers present, B. J. Thomas, called the unauthorized stoppage a "seri. GUS mistake from any point of view," and something calculated to "embitter the nation against our union."
 MT. Johnston put the same idea thus: "1f the public wants you socked, why, socked you will be. And don't think you can duck 1t by yelling 'anti-labor' ana 'reactionary' and Fascist. We didn't escape any blows coming our way by yell. ing 'antt-business and "bureaucrat ana Communist" It seems unlikely that responsible labor leaders should feel any, thing but gratitude to MT. Johnston Tor his advice. And 1t seems equally unlikely that either management or labor ccud
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

the relationship between Waterloo and Ktor, the military achievement of boys who attended American preparatory schools supplies Satis- factory evidence today both as to their manhood and their compet- ence. For that matter, this is true in general of all normal American boys who had a good secondary education, public or private.
 There has bene at times a dis- position to question the place of in- dependently financed schools in the general picture of American educa- ton, In the last analysis tcey are supported by parents who also pay taxes for the support of public schools. To justify this additional investment, the parents must be satisfied that there is additional value received. So long as they are satisfied on this point, and prove 1t by making the financial sacrifices involved, there will be Q place for the independent school. To merit such financial support, however, the school must render exceptional serv- ice, both in excellence of instruction and in providing students with challenging association wT1 0zFe ai1- other. At the present tme, with college experience for boys unsat- isfactory at best, the schools have an unusual opportunity for useful ness.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
A Good Job Done

Joseph B. Eastman, though seldom publicized, was one of the real civilian heroes of this war. AS director of de- fense transportation, he was little given to press conferences and pronounce ments. He was addicted to hard work - a fact which probably hastened his death.
 Mir. Eastman earned the respect and cooperation of the rail, motor and in- land water transportation companies whose wartime operations he controlled. And with them he deserved credit for the vitally important job of keeping domestic freight and passenger traffic going, and for speeding the flow of military supplies to ocean ports in the face of unprece- dented burdens and difficulties.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
CLOSED FOR THE DURATION
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(New York Herald -Tribune)
 Avon Old Farms, 6 preparatory school in Connecticut. which owed both It's architectural and financial inspiration to Mrs. Thcodate Pope Riddle, will close down in June, repair the premises" and reopen when world conditions straighten out" When the experiment was launched, in 1927, the central aim was to reproduce the life of Q Colonial village. Whether the pic- turesque architecture of the Enq fish Cotswolds lent itself to the dormitory needs of American boys and whether these boys found in rural pursuits the stimulus and re- taxation of competitive sports, are minor questions on which data should now be available.
 To the major question raised by Mrs. Riddle, whether the graduates of Avon would prove more manly and competent" than those of other institutionfs, the extraordinary war record of all the schools is sufficient answer. Whatever may have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

out, and Leo Crowley resumed his testimony.
 MARITIME DRAFT
 War Shipping Administration has been torn with a controversy over whether the thousands of men who run the Maritime serv- ice training program should be deferred from military duty.
 There Is no question about dc- ferring merchant seamen but there's Q big question over whether the men who run the training pro. gram in on administrative capa- city, plus clerks, galleymen, mess men and chauffeurS, should be de- ferred.
 Officers in the service wear uni- forms and hold ranks of ensign lieutenant, and 30 on, but would be subject to draft unless defer ment is asked. Some clements in war shipping are bursting with indignation over the fact that these men are sporting uniforms and doing desk jobs which women or 4-F's could do. Yet most of them have the physical fitness re- quired for active military service, including 20-20 vision,
 Finally, War Manpower's review committee ruled that these men cannot be treated differently from other Federal employees, despite their uniforms.
 Meantime, Telfair Knight, head of WSA's training division. says he is already hiring large num- bers of women and discharged veterans to replace tho able-bodied men who have been running his Maritime Service training proc gram.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
SPRING SHELL PRODUCTION
(New York Herald-Tribune)

(New York Herald-Tribune)
 The snow of mid-March lies deep in many places upstate, and Ver- mont can still push Q yardsttck out of sight on white pastures north of Rutland. But on wintered farms there is a sign of spring as sure and as vocal as any deluded robin: 1t is the triumphant "ke-tar-kutl" of a laying hen. For hens are laying and have been laying in widest com monalty and deepest nests. Realiz- ing that our nation functions in an economy of billions, hens laid 6.S46,- 100000 eggs in February. This is an lll-tlme high for the month and IS Ter cent over the same month lasi ear. Some Chicago statistician has eckoned that these eggs, placed end , end, would reach six times around he earth.
 But if hens have made this Feb- ruary showing, 1t staggers the abil- ! ity of eGR baSketS aud adding ma
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Views Of The Press

chimes to estimate March production when both vernal and maternal im- pulses affect feathered workers. As- surcdly, there will be no dearth of Easter eggs and omelets this Easter, and the Spring tonnage of powdered eggs for our armed forces will be adequately supplied. In view of past and present output a Navy "E' flag with "E" standing for eggs, as well as for excellence and ef- nciency-might well fly above the neSted assembly lines of our coun- try's many small shell plants.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

"JOhn, you can really throw the blarney," chuckled R0Ose- welt, as he picked up Q pen and began scrlbbllng the following memo to Secretary StimsOn; "PIease send q regiment of troops In John McCOrmack's parade In Boston on March l7th-alsO . band"
 STETTINIUS BOOM"
 Dashington, debonair Ed Stet- tinius seems to be making progress on Capitol Hill In his ambition to be Vice President. Ed prob- ably didn't plan 1t that way, but he pushed methodical Leo Crow ley, TEA Administrator, complete ly into the shadows when he ap- peared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee recently.
 Leo was rolling off facts and figures to the committee, when the platinum-blond Under Secre- tary of State appeared in the door, way. Chairman Sol Bloom im- mediately Spied StettiniuS and an" nounced:
 "We will have to suspend your testimony now, Mir. Crowley. Under Secretary of state Stet- tInlus has just arrived"
 Whereupon the committee gave young Ed an ovation. Republican Representative Eaton of New Jer- sey then shot this one at the Un- der-Secretary:
 "I want you to know, Mir. StettlniuS, that you are my candidate for President"
 "On which ticket" piped up Democratic Rep. Howard Me- Murray of Wisconsin.
 II hope on the Republican ticket" replied Eaton. But on either ticket, I'll vote for him."
 After his testimony and another ovation, young stettinius bowed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
HIS DAILY GALLON

Here is an individual who, ac- cording to his unhappy wife, con- sumes about 100 quarts of beer Q month. His wife thinks that is unreasonable, but when she rec monstrates he laughs and says 1t won't hurt any one, and 1t is only a tonic.
 The individual never eats any breakfast, but shortly after rising drinks his first quart of beer and then goes to work. In the even- ing about 7:3O he drinks another quart of beer, and another at 1O:3O on working days; on his days off he always drinks five quarts of beer and everyday he smokes lh packs of cigarettes. What, asks the url.. happy wife, will be the effect Of all this beer drinkingp
 When a steady drinker (ot beer, wine or liquor) begins to take alco- hol instead of food, as this individ- ual does at least for breakfast, the end Is not far off. Insidious decline in strength and vitality is certain and progressive, and this decline eventuates in multiple neuritis, or kind of partial paralysis. Physi- clans formerly called 1t alcoholic neuritis, but there is prevailing medical opinion that 1t Is really Q kind of beri beri or polyneuritis due to vitamin deficiency, chiefly thin" min (BD deficiency. Most people get scarcely enough of the B vita nlins from the ultrarefined modern diet; these individuals who substi- ute alcoholic liquor or beverage for a considerable part of their daily food are certain to suffer from marked vitanin deficiency.
 Aside from such insidious decline in strength and vitality, an indiyid- ual consuming beer or any other alcoholic beverage or liquor In such excess is quite likely, in my opinion to develop cirrhosis of the liver be- fore many years, or If the individ- ual's liver can take it, then he Is almost certain to develop chronic Bright's disease.
 The notion that beer, wine or any other alcoholic beverage is "tonic" Is preposterous if I have any ink ling of what "tonlc" means. This individual is kept so stupid by ale cohol that the notion seems sound enough to him. And 1t is good enough, too, for those degenerates who delight to persuade young peo- pie of weak character to take their first drink.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

find a better recipe for amlable and pro gressive association than the one Mir. Johnston offered. His ingredients in- clude: less monopoly and racketeering by both parties; equal access to the financial facts of life of the other; a giving up by each of unfair and crippling laws aimed at the other; fewer strikes by labor and less withholding of inven- tions and products by manufacturers; the fair swap of job and basic-income secur- ity for a full, honest days work every day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

AAhO NAAV PAPSAAAAS business in Arabia, leading to gost only knows what complications il the Arabs and Jews ev;r get tC tangling in earnest.
 There are Americans camped al over the British Empire--on Carlo. bean bases, in Newfoundland, across Canada to Alaska, in New Zealand Australia, New Guinea, India.
 The American Army is playing q leading part in the liberation of Burma, which in the old geography books was also part of the British | territory the sun was never sup posed to set on.
 American Air Forces in China arc playing an important part in the liberation of China, and the Ameri- can president has given assurances of the liberation from Japanese rule | of Formosa, Manchuria, Korea.
 The American Navy and Marine Corps, with an able assist from the Army and Air Force, are knocking of Pacific islands and atolls and setting up provisional governments thereon, under the American flag. SPAIN DUE FOR
 COME -UPPANCE
 There are American forces in Greenland, Iceland, Iran, New Gale donia.
 The American government has told Finland to get out O the war or take the consequences.
 The American government is inching towards q showdown with Spain, employing economic sanc- tions in forcing Francisco Franco to maintain his strict neutrality by playing with the Allies and not with the Axis.
 The American government has re- fused to recognize revolutionary governments in Bolivia and the Argentine and Is using every non- military force 1t possesses to push Germany-inclined Latin-American republics into slant more favor able to the cause of the United Na- | tions.
 One American Army, having aided materially in liberation of North Africa from Axis domination, is now fighting for liberation of Italy.
 And finally, another American Army is poised on British soil tc strike for liberation of France -- even Germany-from totalitarian- ism.
 THE WHOLE WORLD IS
 OUR POTATO
 Ask what all this means Of any plain spoken, re-draft-age child with m I. c. higher than 50, and he will tell you simply that the United States today is coming closer to running this whole cock eyed worid-Soviet Russia excluded than has any nation in history.
 So what Is the United States getting involved in Q lot Of things that are none of its business2
 Idealists may argue that all this Is meaningless, that the sole Arneri- can interest today is to win the war and get 1t over with, then settle back in the old orbit.
 Jingoists may swell with pride and superpatriotism. mouthing boastfuily that sure, this country is now running this world, and sure it's going to keep on running 1t when the war is over.
 Either or both may be right.
 But some sweet day in the not ! too far distant future 1t would be well for some smart man to say where all this is leading. And make Up your minds which way you're going, fellow citizens-make up your minds,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

T n c AHeTlcan president has just given encourage ment to American Zionists working towards establish ment of a Jewish National Home in Palestine, though this also was for merly a problem that was strictly Great Britain's.
 The American gov ernment is proposing to go into the nipeline
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Selected Poem
FAsTNEsS

FAHTNESS (gy Sara King Carleton in The Christian
 Science Monitor There's no need Of telling What an old house knoWs-- How staunch must be the dwelling Where good fire gIows. When fields lie fallow And woods arc bleak, And the wind sounds hollow And shutters creak, Inside we listen TO cracking pine, While andiFons glisten And windows shine. Bright flames scatter Tie dusk that falls, And nothing seems to matter But four stout walls,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining Co per. sonal health and hygiene, nos to disease, diagnosis oi treatment, Will ha ansWerpd by Dr. Brady W a stamped self-addrcSsed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should Dc brief and written ln Ink. No reply can O.. made to queries not conform. ing to instructions. Address Dr. william Brady, National News paper Service, 320 West Madison Street, Chicago, m.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Muddy Track

A weather story out of Moscow com menting on the uncommonly mild Rus sian winter this year, carried footnote to the effect that, with the usual long, hard freeze and less mud, the Red Army really would have gone places.
 If the Russians can travel like this Tn the mud, we'd like to see them on fast track
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

Spring is herel snowplows plowed through the heavy fall in the early hours But you can't dispute science which stip- ulates the vernal equinox as of this morning This snoWstom looked like a good one this morning Snow at this time is, so the farmers used to say, a good fertilizer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
AS A MATTER OF FACT

Spring is here! You might say from the general aspect, this is winterl How ever, shortly after midnight this morning the sun reached that point which spe- officially designates the Spring season. It was ushered in to the tune of strong winds which were followed by driving snow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Raby Is q Person

4ShUy Ab V GGTDVH
 My wife says 1t is all right to feed the baby (nearly a year old, still nursing) bite then herself bite, and so on, from the same spoon. She says any germs she might have in her mouth will go through her milk to the baby anyway.
 (M. T. c.
 Answer--She might have diph~ theria germs in her mouth which would not go thorugh but would cas- fly pass to baby's mouth via tho spoon. High time the baby were weaned anyway. The baby is Q per- son. Would your wife say other meni- bers of the family should use the game spoon too?
 Corn Is Not Q Little Buni0n
 What is the corn and bunion cure you prescribe? (Mrs. II. w. F)
 Answer-Paint corn or callus with solution of 30 grains salicylic acid In one half ounce flexible collodion, once daily for week or more, till corn or callus softens and wipes away. Bunion is essentially par- t!al dislocation of great toe joint. Send ten cents and stamped enve- lope bearing your address, for book lett Care of the Feet.
 Pernicl0us Anemia
 Have been going to the doctors office three days week for shots of liver extract for several months, for pernicious amenia. Mrs. W. Al AnsWer-If you can get fresh beef or calf liver twice weekly, keep 1t practically frozen, down 8 couple tablespoonfuls night and morning two days Q week, 1t will least equal the anti-anemia effect of the in- jections.
 (Copyright ie44. .John P. Dilie Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

Daily Almanac Moon rises at 4:38 a. Ill,, (War tinle) Sun rises at 7:04 a, m, sets at 7:i2 ?. m. war tinIe) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

WASHINGTON March 2 mysterious hand has reached inside h wS sawdus waste
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

Shortage of native labor is reduc-
 ducing South Africa's gold produc- tion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

And almost coincidental with the first day of spring was the return of the swal- lows to Capistrano. This occurs every March on the Feast of St. Joseph which fell yesterday We note by the press that the swallows arrived at the famous Call fornia mission on schedule in the St.
 Joseph Day tradition. The swallows started coming when the mission was founded back in the eighteenth century and have returned every year on schedule.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

So, appearances to the contrary this morning, we are prepared to accept the fact that-Spring is here!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
Washington Merry-Go-R Round
BY DREW PEARSON

Held Up by WIPE Despite Desperate Shortage Opposed by Companies Using Molosses Mehoc Borney Soldiers for BostOn Moreh 7h PoFode Stettnu House Heornq for President Any Ticket
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
The World Is Our Potato

BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington
 COFrespondent) Add up all this, comrades, and see what you make of It.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-20

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