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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
A Thought for Today
Intelligent Selfishness

James F. Lincoln of Cleveland o. has offered Presi- lent Truman and the forthcoming con- erence the benefit of experience acquired by the Lincoln Electric Co., which he heads avoiding industrial strife
 Mr. Lincoln's industrial relations technique seems worthy of the conferences attention He has proceeded on the assumption that great variety ot human enoeaV ors from merchandising to making arises rom sel- iShnesS And he has evolved system which ne calls Ill., teligent selshnesS" designed to benefit both manage ment and workers.
 In 1914 Lincoln Electric set up advisory board Of representatives elected by each plant department ana the foremen plus the plant superintendent and company pes dent which has authority over all man and shop opera tonS In the year the company reduced tne WolK week the prevailing 55 hours to 3D. ana raised wage rates 10 per according to pecework plan that mas operated successfully ever since.
 In the ensuing 30 years the company has instituted free life insurance workers paid vacations sale of StocK to employees cash payments for suggestions toward l proving methods design bonus payments, retirement annuities and trust funds
 In letter to the President, Mr. Lincoln states that no time has been lost through labormanageent mlS- understanding and that in the past 20 years no wage uctons have been made any person laid off through lack of work In the same period says Mr. Lincoln ings and employment have increased furfold while the selling price Lincoln products has been reduced 60 per cent.
 Today Mr. Lincoln claims that his factory workers draw the worlds highest industrial pay Gan average of $54OO annually and have higher hourly production record than any company making comparable product
 Lincoln Electric has no labor unon and thus has prob ably had charges of paternaS thrown at It. But there seems no logical why Lincoln methods if they are eneCClVe as they seem VO JuSG in union shops provided there existed mutual desire to make them work
 Most of our industrial strife be traced to unintel lgent SefshneSs Such selfshnesS brought heavy gov ernmenal cackdown management in the past decade Such SeshnesS brought public upon labor durng the war, and recent warning from Labor Secretary Schweenbach to put its house in order None Of 1t nas worked to anybodys ultimate good.
 Mr. Lncoins intelligent selfshness" is fresh frank and welcome substitute for the overwoker term labor management cooperation" Perhaps this conception of industrial relations and it's accomplishments will give 10th sides approach to an old problem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
No Price Tag On Victory

Stanley Evans Labor member of Britains parla- ment begs this country to have some consideration for who held the fort for two years while Americans Waxed fat on proceeds of cash and carry"
 Such talk does nothing except promote bad feeling. It should be clear by that prewar aid to England was matter of mutual benefit England "held the fort ana the free world admires her for it. But she would have lad hard time doing it without Americas help
 Maybe some Americans did fat from the proceeds If cash and carry But American ultimately gained iollar from lendease which Evans would obviously like to see continued indefinitely in peacetime
 President Truman has virtually freed Britain from any obligation to repay the billions of difference in the lend lease balance dollars This country has accepted the Presidents action knowing that while shall eventually pay the bill ourselves shall be paying for mutual and total victory already won.
 England had admittedly tragic time in the war. But Cor MT. Evans to that for asking more lend-leaSe bettes his countrys gallant stand and shows small gratitude for our assistance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
In Today's Mail

1 fort to the reactionaries who are in opposition.
 However, we were glad to note an indication in the tone of your edi- torial that you have not reached final conclusive judgment on this bill. You put stress on the need for more information on its workings. would like to suggest that in order to obtain this information you write to Senator Robert P. Wagner, chairman of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, and ask him for the transcript of testimony given by witnesses at hearings on the Full Employment Bill.
 The bill was discussed from every angle, pro an6 con. The prepon- derance of testimony was in favor of the measure. Those recording themselves in favor included lead ing manufacturers, business men and bankers.
 All the questions raised in your editorial were answered by these favorable witnesses and l am sure you will be helped by the verbatim report of their statements as given in the transcript which l have sug- gested you send for.
 Sincerely yours,
 HAROLD SENIOR,
 Publicity Director
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

ators. It has close connections with CIO and PAC
 Early in the war, Patton cast around for some project to improve the lot of his members in the big Middle West. He sent identical letters to three government agencies-Departmen of Agriculture De- partment of Interior and Tennessee Valley Authority He invited suggested that each of these agencies send teams of experts into the to apprase its resources and develop postwar program for better use of the land.
 The Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture on receipt of the Patton letter, to the same con- clusion, unbeknownst to each other They declined with regrets.
 IVA, however, leaped at the chance with all the fervor of its cult It loaned staff of experts They went over the Missouri Valley. Then they prepared the draft of a bill to create an MvA in the image of IVA.
 The opportunity to sponsor MvA was given to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
By Peter EdSOn

Sen James E. Murray of Montana, Missouri Valley state. Murray is the great spokesman of the little man. He has further natural concern in the loss in population which some of the Missouri Valley states have suffered during the because they had few industries which could be converted to war pro- force already assembled and housed
 Assuming sponsorship of the MVA bill, Murray looked around for support Among other places, he went to Department of interior Bureau heads there looked over Murray's bill and weren't too pleased.
 The public power sections looked okay. But the experts from IVA, coming from an area of surplus rainfall where water had to be drained off apparent y did not reckon with conditions that had to be met in the semi-arid Missouri Valley.
 Interior thereupon proceeded to draft bill of its own. This was more general authority nil intend. ed to make 1t possible to create not just Missouri Valley Authority but others as well-Coumba. or Central Valley of California-as the need for them arose. And naturally the Interior boys already having the Grazing Service Bureau of Reclamation Fish and Wildlife National Parks and host of other mscel- laneous businesses under their wings, wrote their proposals to keep the Department of Interior in charge
 This was too much for Sen Murray and too much for the Farmers Union and the other local packers Of the MvA idea alone. Secy. Ickes and his aides have talked about their bill and shown 1t around in public But 1t hasn't been introduced in Congress and 1t probably won't be till the time gets rper. #t
 The whole subject therefore remains something for public discussion The obbies, pro and con, are shouting at each other up and down the valley Some thing might happen when Congress conveneS in the taIi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

fact, she had been promised much more than. that Roosevelt strainlng at leash to get Stan into the Asiatic bait before Uncle Joes eyes. Here is what he promised:
 Russia would get CD all the sakhalin; CD the Kurile Islands; (3) puppet Chinese government in Manchuria which would be under the Russian thumb; (D puppet government in Korea also under Mos cows thumb; (5) puppet government in inner Mon- golia, hitherto under China.
 But when President Truman got to Potsdam he decided to change all this He felt that these sons to Russia went too far, and told Stalin so frankly
 Putting all his cards on the table, the new U. S. President told the venerable Soviet chief approx imately this:
 'The Far East is our first line of defense There lies greatest danger in wartime We have recog- nized your first line of defense in Europe We have given you what you want in Poland, and in Southern Europe We have let you extend your line of defense up to the river Ebe Now we must ask you to recipro- cate in the Far East, where We plan to arrange peace which we think will be lasting"
 Truman stuck to this position. stalin saw that he meant business and gracefully yielded-except on one point He recalled that the Chinese eastern railroad together with the South Manchurian railroad and the ice-free seaport of Port Arthur built by Russia and owned by Russia up until 1904 Therefore he asked that these be returned
 Truman thought this was reasonable and agreed.
 But then arose the point that China should also be permitted to maintain bases at Port Arthur and Dairen In exchange for this stalin asked that Rus sia occupy the Kurile Islands
 It was at this point that U. s. admrals and gen. erals say Jimmy Byrnes stepped in and accepted the compromise They claim he did it without consulting them. Jimmy justified his move not only on the ground that Roosevelt had previously promised the Kuriles to Russia but because the Kuriles in U s. hands would set up chain of forts surrounding Siberia He felt it would make for healthier a-around relations with Russia If did not give the appear ance of boxing her in.
 U. s. military men say however, that the Kuriles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
By Dre1e, Pearson.

are important because the Nnis blow strongly from them toward Washington and Oregon. It was from the Kuries that the Japs launched their balloons to the U s. northwest. And in future rocket-bOmb operations, the winds will be importaA.$
 Now diplomats point out that Truman had an easier time trading with stalin the Far East than FDR at Yalta because at Potsdam 1t was obvious that we had the Japs on the run It was question of stalin getting something or nothing before the war was oyer.
 Those who watched President Truman operate with stalin at Potsdam say he employed master full technique In the evenings he drank and sang with stalin They literally had their arms around each other. but next day during diplomatic nego- tiations Truman formal polite, and cold steel .. Some military observers see significance in the makeup of the Armys Pearl Harbor Board and the fact that it criticised Chief of Staff Gen. Marshall One member was Maj.-Gen. Henry Russell of Macon, Ga. who commanded the 30th division made up of Georgia national guardsmen at Fort Jackson, S. C., from September 1940, to May 1892 Then just as the division was about to go overseas, he relieved.
 <. This was in line with the Armys frequently unfair policy of taking commands away from national guard officers in favor of West Pointers and regu- lars. Gen. Russell resented this bitterly. He had spent almost twenty years with the Georgia national guard and had fine overseas record in the last So he protested right up to Gen. Marshall himself. Marshall, however refused to change the order Rus- sell stayed home and eventually became member of the Pearl Harbor Board where he helped find Marshall guilty of neglect. Gen. George Grunet, who headed the Pearl Harbor inquiry, A-1 officer, is another who had trouble at the top Serving in the Philippines under MacArthur along with It. Col Dwight Eisenhower, both he and Eisenhower got in wrong with MacArthur and were sent home It was the best break Eisenhower ever had. . Grunert en- listed as private, never went to West Point.
 One Congressman bachelor travelling in Europe almost didn't come home bachelor. He is Rep. Mel Price former corporal in the Army and Dem- ocratic Congressman from East St. Louis Ill He had
 close call from cupd-and at fl, st he didn't know it.
 Price was in Rome anxious to study the Roman civil government and knowing no Italian enlisted the services of American Red Cross girl who said she spoke the language She went with him to ques- tion local Italian officials
 Arriving in a room of RomeS municipal building, the girl began to quiz the clerk regarding his duties. Apparently her Italian left something to be desired
 Smiling at the two Americans, the clerk left the room, but back and asked them to sign the reg ister. The girl had completed her signature when Cong. Price noticed priest entering the room, smiling broadly.
 Whereupon the gentleman from Illinois got sus- picious Using sign language and few words of Italian he discovered that he being asked to sign a marriage register. The priest on hand to tie the knot the minute he had signed. Cong. Price de- parted immediately.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
By BilI Cunningham

As matter of fact it's doubtful that maj do any better with conquered people insid' six months or year. About all that can be ascer taned at first is whether they'll take 1t peacefully perhaps sullenly will flare into maniaca rebellion Say they take it peacefully, as they did in Germany and evidently plan to do in Japan the next phase the wait upon their parts to see what's going to nap pen.
 Some will be sulen, contemptuous, sufficiently cooperative but otherwise cold Others will honey around full of smiles, flatterng words and proiessed relief. Nobody accurately foretel whether there's going to be trouble until they've had the bad news ana the bad news has had chance to gall their withers as actual occupational harness
 In Germany for instance, the real story isn't to be had even yet Wait until the sting of coal-less winter has been endured, the NaN food stocks have been eaten and the former mrderers and despoilers have been forced to pull through bitter weather on what they've saved have been able to produce Then if we hold to our stated program. which IS strlcty to make them take care of themselves we'll know how genuine those painted smiles Up to the point of my departure they were strictly refusing to believe it. The weather warm. There was nothing to do. They were going bathing or picnicing and otherwise relaxing The war over, wasn't itp The Nan issue dead. What were we still trying to play soldier for?
 don't know anything about war correspondents, for wasn't one, despite the fact that had to nave those words sewn on the tunic wore, but could write a book upon the subject of post-war cor respondents, provided any publishing house IS pre-. pared to print on asbestos There were iew gooo and legitimate workmen over where was, but they were seriously outnumbered by weird conglomera- ton of jerks and fakes could be found outside the exercise grounds of some international comic academy
 It's little too early for that to have started in Japan-or is 1t? Maybe the flock Is already winSing that way. Maybe some saw how to do it in Europe end took off early. You can depend upon news sent by real staff from Hirohto's blasted realm, but unless you know the names of the r-got-there-trst guys, and unless you know the paper you're reading, don't swallow the potion offered without litte pkc-
 inaEy smelling It may he mostly straight xs-Nash tlnetuKed with ink
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

from Yokohama to Tokyo and consider that all the evidence necessary for a profound report upon the reaction of the Japanese people to their defeat No man can justly comment upon 'the people" until he's had chance to observe all the people. and no reporter to this date has he people" of Japan
 It's ridiculous to ponrficare about the Japanese army's reaction, mental processes for nobody, not even MacArthur, has seen anything but token rep resentation of that either It's part of the business for reporter to brag that he the first here, there, some other place, but the very fact that he's Scurying to beat all other news beagleS to spot makes 1t impossible for him to get than flash of the he's whizzng through. As long he sticks to description, he's well within bounds, but when he details in breath his long, brilliant and dizzy journey, and a little further down says from interviews with a great many persons" SUD- posedly acquired the day, he's not fooling, at least his colleagues.
 
 It takes time to carve out interview worth recording His fountains of information, If any good. bleed only Japanese There probably aren't three re- porters in 10000 who speak that language anthe JapS are all supposed to be shut up indoors anyhow
 The best a man can write unless he spends time and makes study, is what the miniscule percentage of the population he's been able to bracket between the upper and lower rims of bis spectaces looks as if t might De thinking er expected Co do Generali- ties from fast look are nothing but nctlon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Views Of The Press
THE ASIATIC COAST
(New Britain Herald)

(New Britain Herald)
 There they stand-the pearls of the Asiatic coast. Meaning, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore. All three will return to their former status. The British flag flies in Hong Kong and Singapore, and in Shanghai; we can again hear of the International Settlement and the Bund, the name of the Broad way of the city.
 The Japanese occupation did none of the places the slightest good. The population dwindled, want and privetion grew apace. The ''co- prosperity sphere" of the Jap mill tarists meant the lowing ot heads to the conqueror and virtually ab- ject slavery.
 It is most satisfying all around that the British and the Chinese have been able to agree regarding Hong Kong so readily. Instead of the disagreement many feared would develop at the end of the war, there has been nothing but pleasing agreements. Conditions will be ironed out later, if need be. There promises to be no con- troversies. The United Nations are surely united.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Fire

Fire! Once again attention will be called to the dire effects contingent this word Fire the great destroyer of life and property is something have to fight continually combat of most destructive forces
 The Fire Marshal, Den Lahey, has issued his annual call and Fire Prevention Week campaign will start oftl- cay Thursday when he addresses the Mad River Grange
 As the approaches when fires threaten the Mar sha recalls past history those days when horses pulled the fire apparatus Waterbury had many famous should we say infamous However best of service always forthcoming in handling such situations that might threaten destruction of public and private buildings
 Serious fires of the past year, not n own com unity bring us the realization that cannot be too careful about fire hazards the leaves wher and dry on the trees and folks grow careless where they throw cg arettes,
 We agree with the Marshal in his statement that we have good department which whel the occasion de- mands, acts with dispatch and thoroughness
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
STATE MENTAL HOSPITALS SAID TO BE IGNOMINIOTIS ENDING FOR MANY OLD PEOPLE, WHOSE RELA
 TIVES AND CHILDREN
 DON'T WANT THEM

Newtown, Conn.
 Sept. 10, 1945 Editor of The Democrat:
 Taking care of elderly folks and adjusting to their needs seems to be a chore relatives or children evil dently do not take kindly to and the state has in it's care conspic- uous group O. elderly people.
 Dr. Yerbury, of the Connecticut State Hospital, shows moral cour- age to advocate reforms and mak- ing adjustments to. conform to changing social conditions ~ In this age of high speed ma chimes, streamlined this and that and including test tube babies, these people in contrast have lived a more substantial life - loved, worked, raised a family and in all helped to make this state what 1t is today-high ranking in industrial activity.
 A state mental hospital with it's ominous atmosphere and political background is an ignominious end ing for good people. .a The method of committing people to state hospitals is so loose that 1t gives people of 8 scheming and designing nature lot of leeway to rid themselves of inconvenient obligations. do not think that state hospital doctors are anxious to keep people; but people are brought in to stay for a 30 day observation period and then their relatives neglect to take them out. There seems to be a flaw in the law, one of omission, and 1t im- poses an injustice. I think 1t is the job of the States Attorney to guard the rights of citizens as 1t is to prosecute.
 GEORGE E. BEYERL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
INCLUSIVE

INCLUSIVE The still delights of chess are not Alluring to our busy race, Perhaps a dull, misguided lot
 A frenzied lot, in any case. We like a game with dash and zing That goes at an inspired rate, With competition that may bring An argument or broken pate. The studied pace of queens and
 pawns,
 The gambits careful planning out Evoke, if not our Scorn our yaWns; We care nov what it's all about. think to be so disinclined Is reprehensible, for chess Is emblematic of the mind That touches truth and nobleness. Against thS negligence, I cast The dart of ire that 1t should be. NkaLlu WIlcIl l COuAAG IAlC 4lASo' tSL A0oV' I'll find that they include me.)
 "The OPA has announced price cuts in gasoline and fuel oil at all levels except the retail. Our econ- Omy is returning to nOmal when they resume their campaign to elim- mate its most peculiar and persist ing hoOdOo, the ultimate consumer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

some, even from thlS dlstance bears the strong smell of tripe. I'd be the last to blow the whistle on the members of my craft, but the real members of my craft are not involved. The experienced re- porters evidently are filing we'll considered copy. Some of the oth- CTS sound like the four blind men reporting on the architecture of the elephant.
 It's silly to race through a couple of villages in a jeep or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

AuLIlOTICy WHICH HaS SClrreu up the folks of that area into two opposing camps. While the people who don't want an. MVA say that the idea is being forced on them by bunch of carpet-baggers, con- ception of the plap really traces pack to James G. Patton of the National Farmers Union of Den- yer, Colo.
 The Farmers Union is made up largely of small farmers and tennant farmers, as opposed to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

north toward Siberia. Of course, the brass mats boil easily, but they say the Kuriles are the best Pa- cific site for launching rocket bombs against the U.S.A.
 Here is the inside story of what happened. It goes back to some of the super-secret conver- sations at Yalta and Potsdam.
 Jimmy Byrnes was absolutely right when he said that at Yalta, Russia had been promised the XY,,.Sle Ts1o,.1a a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

We agree with President Truman that the Iend-lease debt should be written Of. Our experience after the last war proved that you can't get blood out of a turnip; in fact, you can't even get turnip.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

The Japanese Diet has decided to call general election in Japan in January. The Japs are so sick of military bosses by now, that they'll probably insist on 8 first class pri- Yate or, at least, corporal election.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

Massachusetts will have the scan- tiest apple crop in her history this year. However, 1t will be impossible to convince the man with a laSn to mow anG an apple tree in his yard that that is so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12
Capital Wire Pulling

WASHINGTON, Sept 12-How things get done in Washington and how the wires get pulled are always revealing.
 Take this proposal to establish Missouri Valley
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-12

Time was when housekeepers figured they had some thing pretty special m aluminium when they had com plete set of saucepans and kettles Among the uses or aluminium are awnings and yard umbrellas Ordinarily eood Beat conductors they are now designed SO aso keep
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