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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
AUTUMN
(New York Times)

(New York Ttmes)
 It is good to live in land of changing seasons. Particularly a land that knows autumn. Not so much as a relief from summer, but as a season in itself, an annual time of maturity, of mellow ripeness and rich fulfillment. Now comes the sea- son when we know again the cer- tainty of achievement, the calm surety of all that Is meant by har- vest. Now comes the equinox, when day and night are in balance, when work and rest and dream and real ity have their proper place.
 If we could know the year for what 1t Is before we have known too many years, one after another, merely as a sequence of time, we might reach earlier understanding. For the fall of any year is more than three months, bounded by an equinox and a solstice. It Is sum- ming up without the flnality of years end. It is a ripeness, not only of valley corn and hilltop bitter sweet, but of the mind and the un- derstanding. It is a pause between growth and the long white sleep, when there is time to savor the sweetness of harvest of crisp morn ing sunlight, and of full-kernefed thought, and sun-ripe emotion.
 The sun is benevolent, and it is now true to the compass; it rises east and 1t sets west. The moon has a horizon roundness and a zenith gleam that warm the won- dering heart. The stars make their rounds without falter, but their paths somehow seem more clear in the autumn skies. And thoughts seem to follow a clearer orbit, now that the years growth is at it's sum- mary and the instinctive reaching for the sun has become a root strengthened communion with the earth. If there is ever to be under standing, surely autumn will be its time. Autumn, with its clear-skied summing up and it's long summer yearnings brought to fruit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
GOVERNOR DEWEY's HARD CHOICE IN 1914
(New York Sun)

Whether or not Governor Dewey could have been elected If he had told the voters in the 1914 cam paign what he knew about Pearl Harbor is a question that can never be answered. But the answer to that question is not necessary for an appraisal of what the Republican candidate did. Governor Dewey and his arvisers did believe that if he told the public that President Roosevelt knew before Pearl Har- bor that the Japanese had decided to pass from negotiation to action, the public reaction would lead to his election. To make this revela- ton stand up it was necessary to re- veal by implication that the Jap anese secret code had been broken by the United States. On the plea of General Marshall, concurred in by Admiral King, that to show that the code had been broken would cut of vital source of war informa- ton and might endanger the lives of American fighting men, Governor Dewey withheld his charge. What ever the effect upon his political fortunes in 1944, Governor Dewey's decision not to use powerful po- litical weapon lest 1t hamper the nation in the war is an example of political integrity and patriotism that would win the widespread ap- plause that 1t deserves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

the war.n Truman added If we have failed in this, the war has been fought in vain"
 President Truman stfn keeps up his Fapid-fire eariy morning appointment pace, sees as. many as IS visitors before lunch Greek publisher Basn Vlav- amos visited Truman the other day, caught nm sneak ing yawn and long stretch between callers. new breath of fresh air in the Post Office Depart rnent: Gael E. Sullivan of Chicago assistant postnas- ter-general. . Visitors to the Franklin Roosevelt memorial library at Hyde Park have doubled since the late Presidents death Mrs Roosevelt gave each of Henry Morgenthau's children a trinket from the former chief executives desk as memento The former first lady is now busy she may open an office m Manhattan to handle her mail and business affairs.
 The new first lady, Mrs Truman, may tfy to improve her press relations this fall Shes been tipped off by intimaes that the ladies or the tourn estate don't love her.
 Economy-minded members of the House of App proprations committee are not letting any grass grow under their feet Chairman Clarence Cannon of Mis- soIri parsimonious John Taber of New York, and ght-fisted Richard Wigglesworth Of Massacnusetts, ranking Republicans, are cutting expenditures to the bone.
 But they're under plenty of pressure from their colleagues to permit continued operation of the child centers which the federal agency has been oper- ating. These centers which make It possible lor working mothers to leave their children in competent hands while they the job are scheduled to be closed next month The protest against closing them has been extremely strong. Especially in the west
 score of Pacific coast Congressmen met Wed- nesday morning with Federal Works Administrator Gen. Philip Fleming to reach solution to this prob" lem. Fleming told them child care was never con. templated permanent federal project, ana would have to be taken over by the states.
 Rep Richard welch of San Francisco insisted, however that federal operation until the states were ready to take over is imperatve-at least until GI fathers are back on the scene.
 Gen. Fleming, who personally wants to keep the centers open said he was of these problems, but 1t was clearly understood at the time Congress voted the money that centers were to be operated only as a wsr measure.
 Freshman Rep. George Miller of San Francisco then asked Fleming if it were not true that the EVA has legal authority to keep operating these centers as long as the funds are available.
 Fleming replied that that Is true.
 But" he added i've have an understanding with the Appropriations committee that as soon as the war ends we are to iquidate the program"
 Liberal Rep John Coffee of Tacoma, Wash, who is member of the Appropriations Committee, re" marked that he knew of no such agreement
 Note-Western Congressmen do not maintain that child should be permanent federal project, but that time must be given for states and cities to take 1t over.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
By BiII Cunningham

lished institution that turns all its scientific facili ties and its experts over the government without charging dime. For all his puffing and profanity the one thing admire about old Andy Higgins the New Orleans invasion barge, etc., builder, above most of his knd was the fact he kept renegotiatng him. self. He wanted only two three per cent for him. self he said, because that would pay him for his time and his financial risk
 But he was battling eternally with other com- panies big prewar established companies, that sought to put him out of business and kill him as postwar competitor by having his contracts cut py tne Army and Navy They wanted all they could get and no cut-rate competition At one time, Andy was even trying to hand back check for millions to the with one ship-bulding contract, he said he found he'd overcharged them.
 The British authorities approached were con1- pIetely confounded They'd never heard Of case of that sort they said, and there was no machinery for receiving such refund The thing simply couldn't be done.
 "Ftddlesticks," roared Andy, "there must be some head % os who nr your Vy Department your government or who?"
 Well, they said. they guessed King George owned 1t. if 1t had to be put that way. since 1t Is known as His Majestys Navy"
 "An right" said Andy and he thereupon made out his cheek for the millions involved to His Majes- ty King George VII
 But we were speaking of MT. Kennedy and MT. Kennedy's speaking His goadng of the brethren may be only a voice crying in the wilderness. The returned veteran Is still mostly getting reacQuainted with the home foks but some of them are beginning to register observations, too W
 The first complaints registered with these heau- quarters such things as smoke eEadcations Identification of railroads, bigger and better traffic arteries and similar things This Is probably gong 60 be true all over the country, too.
 Maybe Joe Kennedy has an army of rooters on their ways back in uniform. His story is that ne had to leave Boston to make good. lot Of able young brethren have spent their spare time in far places dreaming of staying in Boston. or Duluth or better move over outside the ropes Kennedgs preseh ing out of the past but the strange part of E Q fhae he's likely 10 find himseif Pied Fip4F of ne kNElKs in mora parts than New MN'FM
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

Truman hearing about their visit called them to the White House. He urged that they not go to London at this time.
 Tt would just create more problems for Jimmie Byrnes," Truman explained, when he's already got enough on his hands"
 Sen. Brewster then engaged in a good-natured but vigorous argument with his old friend the Pres ident with whom he had long served on the Truman committee. The President explained that he was not in favor of an outright Jewish state in Palestine Sen. Brewster, who has long waged battle for the right of the Jews in Palestine, took vigorous opposi- ton to this
 You are just following the same British line that Roosevelt fell for he admonished his old friend Truman Tt was the British who arranged for Roose welt to see Ibn Saud that Ibn Saud could warn Roosevelt that there would be bloodshed if Palestine was given to the Jews. Meanwhile the British were giving Ibn Saud rifles with which he could stir up bloodshed."
 President Truman, however, maintained that Palestine should be governed by all religions, Mo- hammedans and Christians well as Jews
 Truman was 100 per cent behind the plan to permit Jewish refugees to go to Palestine went even further than the visiting senators expected Thy had been concerned regarding the fate of approximately 100 900 to 150000 Jews-some of them from Poland some from Germany-who are living in refugee camps under the protection of the American Army and cannot return home. Earl Harrison, former u g. commissioner of immigration, recently went to Europe to study their fate and reported that their return to Poland and Germany would be extremely difficult.
 This situation aroused President Truman. He promised to send orders to Gen. Eisenhower not only to transport to Palestine the refugees who wished to go, but to billet other refugees with German families If they Oished to remain in Germany
 "These people have right to live in their own country" Truman said emphatically and am go-' ing to instruct Gen. Eisenhower to billet them right in with German families If they want to live in Germany"
 'This is one of the things for which we fought
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Selected Reading

story from Tokyo says that Jap General Homma, the man responsible for the Bataan death march" is willing away hours of imprisonment by reading Sinclair Lewis Can't Happen Here and "Short Cruises by w. w. Jacobs
 "Why he chose them" the story comments, mo one can say"
 We'll, perhaps Homma was simply intrigued by the titles Japs had always been convinced that it couldn't appen here to their undefeated heavenguded country
 AS for the Jacobs book, it may be that Homma en- visions one cruise for hmsef-and only That would probably the legendary Syx with Charon the pilot And the other side he might be confronted by the who died along the road from Bataan the journey that this inhuman barbarian decreed.
 We hope that both books and the thoughts that go with them giving Homa seepeSS nights and tortured days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
MOSQUITOES, ls4S
(NeW Rritain Herald.)

We have been trying to conduct sort of mosquito census, asking first one person and then another as to his or her experience with the pesky critters this year The idea was to check up on the results of the mosquito control campaign.
 We found that folks have still been smacking at mosquitoes squelching one once. in awhile. Some say there have been just as many as usual, others say there have been more Ion account of the rainy weather" while others say the total has been less.
 So we gave 1t up, not caring to decide the question on our personal experiences. After all, good quality screens have been diflcult to get during the war and we dislike blam- ing the mosquito controllers for something over which they really cannot be accused of having any control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Official Definition

Nylon say the du Pont people who make it, is gen- eric term for any longchain synthetic poymerc amide which has recurring amde groups integral part Of the main polymer chain, and which is capable of being formed into ament in which the structural elements are oriented in the direction of the axis"
 We pass this information along to those ladies of our acquaintance who persist in the mpecise and stubborn - Gstance that nylon and precious material which won't snag Sag which be washed and dried m half an hour and which, for weary long tme-though very successy-has been orented in the direction of the Axis in the form of parachutes and such.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

tion peddlers.
 Some of the Yankee loyalists, instead of writhing 1t out under the lick of his lash, have demanded piece of the floor long enough to award him the Bronx cheet. The lieutenant-governor, young gen. tleman of the opposite political persuasion. has pulp lcly denounced him "a Jeremiah" thereby estab- fishing himself, at least, stude et of Scripture practically astounding thing to fild out about politician.
 As usual there's much to be said on both sides of the question: but there's more to be said on the Ken nedy side The story of shoes, textiles, transporta- tion and the rest are all in the records
 A lot of money has been made in New England during the war, lot of it undoubtedly through poe litical connivance. The larceny committed in the name of war work probably was no more bald-taced among the Yankees than among any others, but there was plenty along with the honest contributions patriots and the pigs considered their new business but windfall, and many seem to have the blind courage of cocroaches about reconverting and driv- ing on.
 sat in with an association of war manufacturers the other night, and discovered that most of them expect to give their mills back to the spiders and bull bats when current contracts out Some have guardedy transferred their war profits into new enter prses whereas if the show had been run right. there wouldn't have been such war profits. few impartial Congressional investigations in that category would be very much in order even yet That was your and my money that fattened the profit boys.
 
 ngy Idea Of an outfit to respect and admire s one great New England hase1, but Internationally esfan'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

correspondents began to bring back reportsstories they were kind enough not to print-that this mans arrogance was pretty hard to take It was reflected in Seven-stanza bit of doggere called "Dougs Communique," circulated all over the Pacific.
 One sample stanza ran
 My battleships lombard the Nips from Maine
 to Singapore;
 My subs have sunk million tons-theyll sink
 a billion more;
 My aircraft bombed Berlin last night" In
 Italy they say
 Our turns tonight, because it's right in
 Dougs communique."
 But the need to maintain Macarthur as symbol was reflected in Washington by official kow-towing. When one correspondent wrote a war review story saying that the amphibous operations in the Pacific were planned by the combined chiefs of staff in Washington, it discreety suggested that the copy be changed because if Macarthur the story he would protest the idea that anyone planned his operations for him.
 This same deference to the general was carried even after the surrender of Japan Officials in Washington who were asked about detailed plans for the occupation of Japan gave the reply that it was not in their hands-that the broad principles were
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
PORTION PRoFFERED

PORTION PROFFERED Artists thrive on strife and storm, Hunger, tragedy and mud; Happiness, if uniform,
 Cannot stir the artists blood, Cannot prick his thoughtful heart To the high and noble aim That's the object of his art And the keystone of acclaim. When the world Is calm and bland, Not beleaguered, but content, Then the artists idle hand Cannot shape the dissident. Human sorrow, ire and toll Are as requisite to him AS the brush and proper oil; Art is tangent to the grim. Stili, If woes enchanted thrall Thinks unhappiness his due, I'd be glad to give him all Coming to me. Wouldn't you?
 It is expected that the WIPE will be liquidated on November l. The faster the letters of the alphabet are mustered out and returned to civil- ian life, the better all of us will feel about 1t.
 A high American ofilcer in Tokyo. commenting on Jap shortages of raw materials, recently said: The only thing they have now is indus trial sait."' And the wounds to rub 1t in.
 Chungking's rumor of Hirohito's abdication proved to be without foundation in fact. The Japanese political system still remains the United States Number One recon version problem.
 The curve is coming back in wo- mems styles, say the expert. What the harried husband was looking for was the drop.
 Congress to Launch Probe of Communist Activities" - headline. And nOrmalcy will be restored conn pletely when few KentuckianS are knocked off on election day.
 They're still looking for a better name for World War II. How about the War to End the War That End ed Wars?
 The Japanese people were not in- formed of the cold facts of sur- render until Tuesday. Apparently they still thought that the invinc- ible forces of the Emperor were making honorable and glorious ad- vances toward Tokyo.
 The War Production Board urges everyone to continue the salvage of tin cans, waste paper and kitchen fats "as if there had been no change in the status of the war" And that reminds us: whatever became of the bottle top and the toothpaste tube?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

committee surveying postwar possibilities for the State of Mas sachusetts, he's been touring the industrial areas, holding confer ences and delivering opinions. The gist of these opinions is that New England, once the national lead CT in initiative and industry, had sunk into sodden slumber, that the war boom was artificial, and that a similar postwar coma will be fatal-unless New Englanders are content to become a sub-sec- ton of resort keepers and vaca-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

MaCArLHuT' 6uC ILllIlHS EhNS CoLle to showdown now and It's pos- sible to see a little more clearly who's who in Japan and why.
 MacArthur entered the war as a symbol. In that respect he was 8 good bit like Gen. De Gaulle. You either clung with hope to the symbol or there wasn't any thing to cling to.
 Any man who becomes sym bol is in danger of falling into the belief that he's pretty important. ARnn 4 ast laaiH. mae no aYnAnki0n War
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

Truman has also instructed Gen. Eisenhower to have the U. S. Army supply transportation for them to Palestine.
 All this developed as result of a meeting between Truman, Sen. Brewster of Maine, Repub- llcan; Sen. Magnuson of Wash ington, Democrat; and Ex-Sen. Gillette of Iowa, now head of the League for Free Palestine" ?, These three had planned to go to London to take the matter up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
No Government Girl'

By and large" Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt told New York audience, T think that day in and day out job in gov eFnment servceand rather dull job at that-is rather confinng"
 Recalling Mrs Roosevelts long term of busy if unof- cal government service it seems likely that her dspar' aging remarks did not stem from her experience Ger tany should not envy the boss whose responsibility 1t might been to keep Mrs Roosevelt confined to one desk, or one job or even to Washington
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Waterbury Of The Past

25 Years Ago
 'FlashlightS of 1920" was being presented at Jacques.
 Polls was offering the first picture ever taken of His Holiness, the Pope. IS Years Ago
 The most arrested young lady in police circles" was being fined s25 in common pleas court for dis- tributing Communist handbills. Mayor Hayes ofiice was being converted into a first aid station as a young ofice clerk tainted at the sight of a mouse. 5 Years Ago
 S3s,o26 was being entered into the city budget for the newly proposed Baldwin street bridge.
 Patrons of the Garden theatef were fleeing into the street as afire h the adjacent building was threat- enlns the heater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Views Of The Press
CHINESE CURE FOR MALARIA
(New Haven Journal-C Courlerl

The magazine China at War" says that "Changshan O." a drug per- fected at Chungking, is a better treatment for malaria than quinine or atabrine. The article says the new drug eliminates secondary eff fleets of the other drugs-such as dizziness, ringing in the ears and yellow coating of the skin.
 The Chinese drug Is made from an evergreen shrub which grows abundantly throughout most of the Far East, including the Philippines. Chungking Is now encouraging It's more intensive cultivation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Rooms For Gentlemen

A Chicago jury decided that woman may not be sVicted from her apartment even after signing nodog seaee-because the animal in question gentleman Nog.p neither noisy nuisance
 That news must bring scant joy to the hearts of many s1ne who had the doors of apartments closed 0 e faces because they had been so houghtless as to cucumber themselves with children. not gentlemen dogs
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26

Mexico has ordered the printing of schoolbooks with grammar and spelling of the many Indian lan- guages of the country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

with the achievement of hap piness for all, there may be no artists. ."-Storm Jameson in "The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell (The Macmillan Company.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Vets Seek Reform

Former ambassador to Great Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, has been prodding the populace of his native New England in the interests, not alone of reconversion but of resurrection As spearhead of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
|Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-President Truman has sent telegram to British Prime Minister Attlee urg
 ing that around l5oOOO Jewish refugees now in Europe be allowed to enter Palestine immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Job

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-If there Is one man who has had official Washington buffaloed all through the war 1t is General of the Armies Douglas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
A Thought for Today

And sa If thou wilt diligently haFen the Lord thy Cod and wilt do that which right his sight and wilt give h c0mmandmen all his statutes will put of upon upon Egyptians: Ger am the Lord that healeth thee-Exodus lS;2U
 Some maadies precious only acquired Ay the right inheritance purchased with godHawthone
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
By DrezC Pearson

the war" Truman added. If we have failed In this, the war has been fought in vain"
Enakopravnost. [volume] (Cleveland, O.[Ohio]) 1918-1957, 1945-03-05

Poznana druzina Mr.. in Mrs.
John Fende, 1851 E. 167 St.,
ina diva sinova pri vojakih.
Starejsi sin Pfc. John Sc naha-
ia nekje v Nemciji z rangerji.
Pri vojakih sc nahaja cd de-
cembra 1912, preko morja pa
skoro leto dni.
Drugi sin druzine, Pvt. Frank
pa je bill poklican k vojakom
26. februarja 1914 in sc sedaj
nahaja v Alabami. Prijatelji
mu lahko pisejo ma sledeci ma
SLOW: Pvt. Frank j. Fende,
35243188, ASH, Co. A., 18th
Training Bn., Fifth Reg. IRTC
Mcclellan, Ala.