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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
The People And Procedure

More than before in time issues, political and social have become predominant in the minds Of the ma ing but at least in our awarenes of their presence we have been to war Ca costly grim confic over the issues f the ss Now we are confronted with the need to clary the victories have won of freedom liberty and peace
 This may seem somewhat obique approach to the posac matter of the forthcoming city election as sizes up to the currently confused electorate Yet the victory just won by the Allies is worldwide and sought after to retain just such elements of world peace free city election of and by the people.
 Perhaps no other nation survived the recent conflict maintaining original form of government and civic b- recent months the overthrow of the long rule of the Tory Conservative government of England It is replaced oy form of pseudoSociasm, which is actually closer to Democracy than Socialism We witnessing now the at tempt to reclaim the dignity of France after more than twenty different forms of government between the two world had stripped her of such dignity Communism struggle still bunders and stumbes forward much in the of the Syboical Russian bear The dictators are destroyed or stripped of power and latitude.
 Yet this must be remembered: Democracy is not free born of nature It is not like the unharpered crisptongued wind of the North 1t is not the wild growing lush beauties of South not the wild grass of the Western plains or the endless tides of our East coast It is the people ana
 their political and social procedure These are nseparaoe each surviving by the other.
 From the people down through centuries has come the procedure of Democracy kneaded like the dough or American kitchens pounded twisted and given shape like the ores our factories sculpured and nodded like our native and given life and identity by the unsesh sac rifces of fighting From this procedure in turn has come the destiny of the people, their striving for nap pess their burning desire to advance their hope for the generations they bear and their faith in their next ooo neighbor.
 On November 9th in Waterbury the people will again given the opportunity to manifest themselves and their procedure through the ballot Whether not can iden
 y the issues of the current political contest one issue should be clear to all The issue of ourselves and our ideals which stand out bright beaconS of freedom in the unhappy darkness of world of misery To keep lighted that beacon must go to the polls on November 9th.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
By Peter EdSon

Observers say N is fantastic to suggest that these industries could help Germany prepare for the next war; That country is 50 thoroughly licked the only hope of its leaders that the citizens will survive famine and death due to exposure.
 Only broad policy laid down by the State Depart ment b that an attempt would be made to bring Germany to It's economic level of io93 Experts point out that this was the worst depression year Germany ever suffered. It was the crucial year Of HteTs rise sA tie yesg sest Nszs were born. Ts!e pronounce ment has scared the Germans more than anything else, 1t Is charged. With these conditions present, the the German people with democratic principles and have them set Up democratic government
 To make matters worse, rich area of German land has been handed to Poland flor administrative purposes" Its resources are lost to Germany and Germans from the east being moved in the vest ern zones, which gre already food deficit areas.
 
 Not oniy is Germany affected by her lack Of Sco6 and the silence of her industries France Switzerland, Holland, Belgium and aIl Europe viii suffer .. result. The economy of these countries elWeye haS
 It k pointed out that even if the Germans are given the last ccneideratIon as payment fog tneif War crimes something has Co be done for them in the interests of the innocent peoples in Europe and to free American occupation forces.
 Tn addition to charges tsst the State Department iS bascaIy ct fault in much of the trouble tn Europe, there evidence that the Army isn't doing the best troI Council k in Berlin Headquarters Of the OccuS patton control group b in TTankfcTt There w cons Otant friction reported between theee two groups
 On the whole, experts claim, America is doing poor jOb Of preparing the ground tog sowing e sseds q dsmoeEaey ip nwepA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
By BiU Cunningham

tens but we claim no monopoly on any of these. But we likewise have Plymouth Rock, the Lexington Battle Green "he rude bridge that afched the flood" the old South, and old North churches, Boston Com. mon, Bunker Hill come and see wl
 This inaugural flight really opens . great new tomorrow comparable, in It's field, possibly only to the now long historical clippership era In those ds- tant days, local seafarers in those beautiful wind" tanners sailed from New England to oil parts of the world The great era of local culture perhaps. came somewhat later, but this was undoubtedly is be- ginningS
 Our citizens knew the peoples of all the earth, not only knew their ways and their lands but brought back to this region the best of their culture, the finest of their goods Our own locality bloomed to rich flower proportionately There Isn't much culture or many goods of rare and exquisite worth to be found beyond the horizons now. but there truths to be learned peoples and problems to be understood and these can't really De met nor fully appreciated by merely sitting home and reading encyclopedias.
 
 This inaugural flight represents . very real tri. umph for Q siSable group Of hard.working people. These are the people who struggled and batted East Boston Airport became the Logal International Airport in blueprint and finally in process Of con. struction.
 But we've got people around here evidently con. Hdent that the horse and buggy will come back. know . factory that hasn't turned . wheel in 3S years because the hard-shelled and now hoary pro. prietor thereof b positive that hat pins and beauty pins will be feminine accessories again We have tho bullnecked the dumb the congental agnriers. the tigbt-fisted the politicians, the guys who always have better plan. the fence riders and the wee. waws always between rock and hard place when it comes to making Up their minds.
 But the perseverants kept hanging on and ham, mering like old Billy Beelzebub and 50 olir great transatlantic airbase was born out Of tne mud snd commercial load for the British Isles has roared out into space with cheers our hopes and possibly our future wnging with 1t. For all hs beauty and per. formance 1t is probably primitive thing in terms of tomorrow.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
WARFARE AGAINST INDUSTRY
 STILL GOES ON
(sprinsfleld Union)

U9prlIlBHelu OIAong
 Just as though the management and employees In industry are not having enough of trouble in getting reorganized for peacetir1e produc- ton, the perverted notion of moving much industry to the Far West still persist The leader In this crusade Is Senator McCarran of Nevada, one of the members of committee of Congress which has delved into the problem of decentralization of in- dustry, McCarran did not like the idea of having so much industry in the eastern part of the country, bee Ing apparently unmindful Of the fact that industry was created and maintained here against all the competition that could be offered elsewhere. Cheap labor In the South has proven Q failure in the textile industry while the automobile in- duStry has been In hot water ever since 1t migrated to the Middle West
 It Is found that the advantages gained by moving into localities where labor conditions approximat- ed slavery were offset by the lag in production. The labor troubles in the automobile industry are Q mat. ter of record during the war period and source of repeated disruption in reconverSion. The record Of eX. perience In transplanting industry out of It's natural environment Is one af iaasaa ataA diaa aNaiya aS1ta AvaF1 when done voluntarily under the direction of industrial leadership What would happen with the federal government doing the tranSplanting can only be conjectured. It h dlfh. cult to understand how . senator from Nevada, where nothing iS known about industry, Is capable of passing Judgment on such q propos sition.
 The best witnesses against such juggling in industry are the vacant plants built or nearly completed in the West during the war and now left in condition where no indus triaiist would venture to take them over even as junk. Great plants were built in pasture lands and wood- lands where they might have Securs ity against air raids or other dan. gers of war but where there were no employees at hand to operate the machines. Presumably 1t was not taken into account that training and experience are required in in. dustriai plants. Fortunately for the war effort there was little done iil these plants by common laborers and farmers in trying to turn out war materials.
 It is c question whether the fed. eral government has c right to rl1ed- de with affairs of industry or buS- mess to the extent of moving everys thing from the locality where 1t Dc. longs and into sections where there is not enough knowledge or enter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
KITCHEN WARMTH
Christian science Monitor

NCIlTlSpIuIl SCleHCS MONIVOTJ
 There Is e cozy warmth in the farm kitchen these frosty autumn mornings and chilly evenings. The old stove, its oven door flung open, pours ovt Q steady warmth. It's trifle early to start the furnace; 50 the kitchen is closed off from the other rooms to hoard every ray of heat.
 During the fall the kitchen be. comes the central gathering place for oil the family. Tn the evening the farmer reads his paper with the oven-door shelf aS his foot stool. Ills wife darnS socks in a rocker drawn close to the stove while Bob and Sue do their home- work on the kitchen table. The family cat Sprawls corltentedly bee heath the flrebox.
 It B an unwritten law of the farm that the menfolk start the fire iil the morning, and have the kitchen warm for the women and children. It takes fortitude to spring into autumn's cold from Q warm bed, but hurrying to the woodshed sends Q glow through the body. It takes only . jiffy. Soon the wood is cracking and Snapping Tiny wlsps of smoke curl from be. heath the stovelids, sending a pun gent aroma throughout the house, the signal to the rest of the fam. fly that the first is built.
 The city dwelier who snaps on an electric heater from his bed doesn't know what he's missing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
Veterans And The Tax Bill

One particular provision of the reconversion tax b before Congress deserves commendaon albeit indeed slight revisions grateful nation will do well to allow it's returning warriors exemption from income taxes on income received during the war period
 None but those whose gratitude Is mere pose will deny the justice of extending this slight financial relief to the men who fought discomfort and disease well as our enemies though that exemption at the expense of those who stayed behind in safety and in many cases made more money doing than they had ever earned before.
 The bill however should not confine exemptions to unlisted men alone The officer in armed forces suf cred the sae economic hardshps did the enlisted man md in many cases the loss of income necesstated more mrouG adjustment of his faniys wartime living. The 0ster Of the nations heroes includes officer as well as e
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

~~Ss's''eASs" ington but none has been Forthcoming As c result, only the German factories which have direct orders from the U. g. Army are allowed to operate.
 Food k one of the most serious problems in Ger. many. one Of the keys to that problem S farm na- ct1Inery Facilities for producing farm machinery in Germany are being kept under lock and key. Author tiles there afraid to give these plants the gos ahead, although they realize how important t b to get them started They're afraid of what might be said back home, Thus Germans aren't even being given chance to help feed themselves and the US. viii have to send food to them eventually to prevent riots which would endanger the lives Of occupation forces.
 The same IS tsne Of industries producing building materials, Germans gre desperately in need Of more housing. The occupation Army b having to use 5tS own materials to help alleviate this stuatSon reports say At the same time German factories which could get under way on short notice and take the burden Of the United States are being kept closed becatse nobody in Washington s willing e shoulder the re- sDoneibillty tO ist them start
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
RARp,s CONFESSION

The truths that move the poets
 trenehant pen And turn toward grace the poets
 shining faces, I must admit, do not concern me
 when I'm set to 90 through my. diurnal
 paces. I know full well that I should share
 the dream Of rhymsters lowing at the shrine
 of beauty That passing on the Sernblance of
 a gleal11 Should even be the slightest singers
 duty. I often shame myself because my
 line Too often gives me valid cause to
 rue It; I should attempt the universal shine, Though not the poetaster fit to do It. A metric-monger truly should att
 tempt To merit the exacting Muses head
 line; But I. for me, have only due con. tempt. For playing jingles headed for 6
 deadline. I cannot give 1t all that l should
 give, No matter how I grit my teeth and
 viii #; Alas, I know that space is relative But never for the ones who have to fill 1t.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

reliable officials just returned from there.
 The confusion in Germany among occupation authorities merely reflects the confusion iI the State Department, 1t E claimed.
 What rart cs German industry !:sAAsH:ss:yy should be allowed to start tip, k one of the biggest muddleS. NH. tary officials in the Industry Di- vision of the occupation organiza- ton repeatedly have tried to get
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
Views Of The Press

prise to act in competition. The East is making no bid for having the agri cultrural activities of the West taken over here although 1t would be possible to make extensive in- creases in beef, sheep and poultry raising and the growing of small fruits and apples.
 Stirring up sectional animosities and cleaYages Is bad business for a United States senator to be in. The senator from Nevada has had e re. fnarkable record otherwise and 1t Is unfortunate that he has allowed himself to be the sponsor of such schemes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

Capitol Hin pleaded with Truman not to go through with his plan, They told him politely but firmly he would be sticking his neck out; that most Congressman were def- initely cool to universal training; and that church and labor groups would fight 1t all the way.
 Some of the Presidents closest friends on the Hill actually did not know what he was going to say until they saw the bulletin come through on the wire-serv-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
THE WIRES COME DOWN
Boston Post)

(BoBton PosO
 The great Western Union system now plans to substitute super.highs frequency radio-beam stations for the miles Of wire which now carry the messages. The radio.beaIn sta- tions would be able to send thou sands of messages simultaneously. In time much if not all Of the 2,3OO,O00 miles of Western Union wires will be replaced. To the aver" age citizen the change will be i'm. perceptibie, but added to the other disbursements of science It will help after the face of the earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

epoch, great, gleaming flagship # the new post.war fleet inaug. rated commercial aerial trans. ,ortation between Boston and london. The day was chili and ray locally and looked none too good for flying, but the big plane hot Seaward treasured from the weather stations ahead that all gas well on the route. A
 The schedule called for e rec 'ueling stop at Gander in New. foundland, then an overnight
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
Waterbury Of The Past
25 Years Ago

An aged man, living alone in . shack on the bank Of the Nauga- tuck River in the Brooklyn section, was discovered dead in the kitchen of his humble abode-with over 5000 pinned to the lining Of his coat,
 Police cracked down on white slavers who operated several es. tablishments in thS city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

named for the River shannon-in Ireland. q pause of an hour and then two-hour and 20 minute whizz down to London. That's around IS hours of flying time, and that's to be the regular schedule. The ship was beautiful American Airlines four.engned Douglas Skymaster the ship that brought Gen. Eisenhower home and took President Truman to Europe.
 This one was loaded with a token passenger list including the governor of Massachusetts. His Ex- ceilency, Maurice J. Tobin. It was the first corn- mercia flight to span the Atlantic and the start of service that will revoutonize ocean travel The ship duly bore the name New England" was formally christened by the smashing Of bottle of champagne swung by the young and pretty Mrs. Paul Revere, wife of the direct descendent of the colonial Paul who made the famous ride.
 We think the rest Of America would like to Do appraised Of this because hope the rest of Amer lea will like to avail itself of this quickest way of reaching Europe and points farther, the horizons widen over there Wed like for them to combine that fast and, by this time routine flight over the ocean with visit here going, or coming. We have lot of things the rest of America should be proud of and familiar with. things we keep here as shrines, and really as cuStodians, for them.
 
 America really started here, and 1t doesn't hurt anybody to get back to originals once in while, if only to check on what he considers his progress We
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
Clipper Flight

The rest of the world might like to stand ap. praised of the fact that We have shot our huge silver bolt into that brave new tomorrow. With all the pomp and ceremony befittirg the dawn of an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
German Muddle

WARRINGTON, Oct. 29-LAck of policy and any organization in the State Department to cope with occupation problems in Germany is creating steadily deterQrating conditions in Europe, b the report of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
LMerry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Oct. SO-President Truman went against the advice of his Congressional leaders when he asked for compulsory military training. At secret session in the White House, Democratic leaders from
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
s Years Ago

The cityS first four men were called Up in the new draft lottery. The men were: Phillip R. Napoli- taTio. James r. Overton, Thomas R. Claffey and John 3. glavin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

Fears0n ice uckers about two hours before his appearance in the House of Representatives
 When the President made his big polnt--a flat request for universal training-not a single hand was lifted in applause.
 In the Congressional Hobbies afterwards, the greatest enthusiasm for his message came from Southern Democrats Other Democrats shook their heads, and asked each other, Why did he want to ask for conscripton in peace ttme?"
 Here is the answer He had given his word to Gen. Marshall The President artillery captain in the last war; has never gotten over his awe of gen. erals. Tp-on came at the Reserve Officers Assoca- tion dinner at the swank Mayflower hotel Truman made a last-minute decision to come to the dinner and present scroll to Gen. George 0, Marshall
 Tn straight from-th -heart-talk, Truman told how he regarded Gen Marshall of the greatest men of our times, and what great honor 1t was to present the scroll to him.
 A few minutes later Gen. Marshall obliquey pro- posed compulsory military training in his talk Tru man smiled happily at him.
 Some of Truman's own civilian advisors are complaining that Gen. Marshall can overrun them on almost any issue They point out that twce-on the atomic bomb and on military training-Truman has accepted the generals views against strenuous opposition inside the Cabinet
 After his conscrption message to Congress, Pres ident Truman had lunch with some of his old friends in the Senate. Though they were glad to see their old colleague, none showed any enthusiasm for con- scription except COP Sen. Austin of Vermont, author of the War Departments Manpower Bill which failed to pass last year.
 Austin huttonhoIed Truman before lunch and enthused at length over the message. Wonderful" ]" he told Harry, wonderfully
 The other three Republicans present, Taft of Ohio, Vandenberg of Michigan and White of Maine, did not commit themselves,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29
IS Years Ago

A man, discovered lying almost naked in Library Park. told police that he was e lover of nature.
 An "Out East" resident, upon inc vestigating the cause of smoke in the kitchen, after building the first fire of the fall, discovered that during the summer pidgeons had hester in the chimney and blocked the passage for smoke.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

An unidentified man, after mir. ing c cab to take him to Water vile. jumped hurridIy from the ve. iiicie and beat i1asty retreat. eIudIng tho driver ln the aafk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

One of the most snafued camps In the Army Is Sheppard Field, Texas If little Morrie Sheppard. late Chairman of the Senate Military Affairs Com mittee, knew of the waste and neffciency that goes on there, he would turn over in his grave. There have been some near uprising because of the food.
 Sheppard Field is separating about 200 men day, but public relations officers are instructed to tell the public it's 1900 men a day. Civil Service repre- sentativeS who were helping discharge veterans sud-
 denly pulled out of the Fort Douglas separation center at Salt Lake City, Stated reason: Congress failed to appropriate enough money to pay them. They were doing good job of giving 0I.S informa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-29

The Federal government Is now offering nearly ten thousand surplus jeepS for sale. The man who knows the fancy car of tomorrow only from rumOrs and artists conceptions. will be glad to know that he can buy such . plain. up.from -earth vehicle today.
 It is expected that shoe rationing will end within q week. The prob. lem then. in all probability, will be how to get e shoe stamp for an air- plane.
 With the exception of two studios, the strike out in Hollywood has run its course. No doubt the cannier producers have slowed away thou- sands of feet of film showing the progress of the orderly demonstra- tons for future use as mob scenes.
 The telegraph people say that be- fore long they'll do away with the old system and start sending mes. sages over . special radio system. Now don't pretend to know the technicalities involved; all we do is wonder where the swallows are gO- Ing to sit.
The Wyandotte news-herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1943-1963, 1945-04-23
Turret Gunner
Gets Air Medal

AN EIGHTH AIR FOR G E
BOMBER STATION, ENGLAND
Staff Sergeant Evald A. Johnson.
1905 22nd street, Wyandotte, ball
turret gunner on a Bit Flying
Fortress, has been awarded the Air
Medal for "meritorious achieve
ment" while participating in sus-
tanned bomber combat operations
over enemy occupied continental
Europe, it recently was announced
by the Commanding General of the
Eighth Air Force.
Sgt. Johnson has flown on some
of the Eighth Air Forces toughest
missions over Germany, including
Schweinfurt, Nurnberg, Mannheim
and Dresden. Other successful
bombing assaults credited to Sgt.
johnson are those in the Ruhr VAL
ley area where marshalling yards,
bridges, and other lines of commu-
nication have been knocked out by
our heavy bombers in coordination
with the advances made by the
U. S. ground troops near the battle
line.
Before joining the 398th heavy