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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
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are gone but the tangy Red Astra- chan, Gravenstein, Wealthy and Duchess are in season. If the farm family includes several boys, per- haps reenforced by town boys on visit to the country, hiding apples in corners of the haymow is a good game. It is not that there are not enough apples for all. The object of the game is to protect your own hoard, and find the other fellows the big world of discovery, enter prise and exploitation in microcosn1
 Some farm boys are losing out on such enjoyments, as the old orchards yield to neglect. In this age of spec ialization and mechanization, large commercial orchards with improved equipment and scientific methods have taken the place of the older fruit husbandry. A classic of horti- culture, "The Apples of New York, in two volumes Illustrated with bea- tiful colored plates, lists hundreds of varieties, many Of which have dis appeared. Such old favoritieS as Roxbury Russet, Hubbardston, Snow Pound Sweet and Seek-No-Ftlrther are off the market, as the modern fruit grower spectalizes in 8 few varities such as the "New England Seven" of today: Mcintosh, Baldwin Red Delicious, Cortland, Wealthy, Rhode Island Greening and North ern Spy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
LET IT GO
Springfield Evening Union)

NoJ1 OAA4OAA/
 When it comes to daylight saving time, we doubt whether there are more than few. people in this country who will not say, Let it go." AS a war measure, the impoSl- tion of daylight saving or war time was considered a national necessity and the Federal government took steps to institute the system, not only for the summer months, but for all the year. There are some who say that the step was not ne- cessary, that the electric power saved on one end of the day was lost on the other.
 Be that as it may, daylight sav- ing in the months when the days are short was a nuisance to most of us. Furthermore, there are states which ordinarily never employ day. light saving time, and the arrange ment of the daylight hours seems one thing that should be decided by the people whom it affects. In a word. it should be matter for state decision, not Federal decision, even though there is bound to be some confusion when one state operates under daylight saving while it's next-door neighbor is content with standard time.
 President Truman announced Thursday that he will recommend the abolition of war time when Congress reconvenes next month, in as much as an act of Congress will be necessary to restore the prewar status of the Nations clocks. Rep resentative Howell of Illinois, a member of the Interstate Con- merce Committee, earlier in the day said that he would ask for immed- fate committee action on one of sev- eral pending bills that would repeal war time.
 We cannot think of any good req son for continuing war time, now that the war is over and the coun- trys industrial machine is throt- tling down to normal operation. Let them as likes it, have 1t; any state can institute daylight saving on a year-round basis, if it desires to do so. States that believe in sticking to standard time, or in running on standard time for most of the year with daylight saving the order dur ing the summer, should be able, to exert their own option in the mat ter, and Congress should enable them to do so as soon as possible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

That b happening in Ameiica right now IL wouldn't be surprising if the Republicans were grad ualy to move to the left as against the conservatism of the Southern democracy,
 In my reading, 1t is almost settled law of history that every country engaged in war repudiates the saw that exemplified after World War I. All the victors were repudiated- Wilson in America, Lloyd George in Britain Orlando in Italy, Cemenceau in France And the losers, too: the Hohenzoefens, the Hapshurgs and the Romanoffs.
 Apparently, a great wave of war-weariness over wheln1S all peoples, and they throw out anyone re- motely connected with the war. If that be true, t disposes of any question of military candidates But there is small likelihood of that: America has chosen great military figure really only once. That was Grant-and his presidency was stench.
 Attlees cabinet is strong one and certainly as good as Churchill had.
 There is an additional point, in connection with the English result on which should like to expati- ate for just a moment:
 There is an insistent belief that the English cleo tions are definitely an indication of how ours are going. While, unquestionably, the result shows tendency in reality there Is nothing to warrant the belief that it is any more than such 8 tendency. Let's look at the record:
 In 1905 to 1911, Lloyd George was beginning his successful campaign for vast social reforms in Britain We remained conservative, electing Taft in 1eos and would have elected Republican in 1912 had it not been for the Bull Moose split. 8ts@
 England went liberal during the war, and there after, but turned sodly to the right immediately after the war; while England in the early POS elected a Labor government. In 1925 when Macdonald got plurality, we put our leadership in the hands of Calvin Coolidge.
 Tn 1928 we elected Hoover whereas, Labor won that year or the next in England.
 Tn 1892 and 1886 We chose Roosevelt. whereas, England went completely conservative in 1885.
 I believe, therefore 1t is safe to conclude that the short-tme tendency in England reverses that of America.
 England has been our political laboratory for many years. but sometimes there is long time be- tween the English experiment and American trans lation into practice
 The English result will embolden the demands of the unions-and there may be dynamite in that because the returning soldier. at this moment, is pretty sore at union delays.
 think the deep explanation as to the outcome in England (although it may not appear upon the record) is that war-weariness, to which I refer above. The people want to end the pressure of war and enjoy the pleasures of peace. @A
 One other thought in this connection:
 In any war, we must be sure the vctors do not take on the vices of the vanquished, while the quished practice the virtues of the victors.
 You will see, from this screed, that am not pessimstic. On the contrary think we in Amer ica about to embark on a long voyage of pros- perty, in which social changes will come; but they will come slowly and soundly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

GAe a4eN x s4s part of the radical movement in this to affiliate itself with the British pro- Ala think there will be efforts to gain wI1er ana deeper association politically with Britain Communism. '--'N oS"alN
 Whatever Britain does will be done not by dic ,. SaDoIsMp, put under the rule of true democracy 4naS saves 1t from becoming repeti- ton of stalinisn. After all, only two Conmunists were elected out of T who ran That's not Dangerous even though the propagandists can -and-do-cIain tov ger cent increase! (the Comnies had mem- Der m the last House)
 I should doubt that there will be any decisive changes in foreign policy Britain has consistently adhered to pretty well formulated foreign policy for almost 300 years However it is reasonable to greater sympathy on the part of the British with the Kings and Tories the expiring goyernment supported An approach to self-government in India Is to be expected.
 think foreign trade will become more interna- toward further Cartelization, The question about British commerce growing will be dependent upon teir rage of wage. Labor will drive for wider er- ployment and higher pay. Probably it will take over many features of Beveridge's plan. To hold the British position in world markets will require srbsi- dies In other words, Britain will embark upon species of protection
 Attlee is good man, overshadowed by his asso- ciation with Churchill My guess is that labor is in Tor long run and if there is any change it will be to dispace Attee for one of its own. such as Beyn pr Morrison As its name implies, this is labor vic- tory, built in a democratic framework
 . Unquestionaby, the fact that Labor received a clear majority of all the votes will tend to nify the country. believe there is nothing to fear from Eng land In fact, We may be able to learn from this great experiment My hope is that there will not be too great a limitation. set upon free enterprise.
 We should remember that Ramsay MacDonald,s Labor government swung steadily to- the right In fact 1t $ automatic that the ins grow conservative and the outs more radical
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

The publicity and public relations business is in healthy state, too Whereas few years ago the book carried few such listing. there are now 53 firms or individuals which practice the art known in show business as. "flackery."
 The most fascinating pages, however are those devoted to associations The association business next to the government itself. is probably Washington,s biggest Associations range in size from huge outfits with buildings almost matching the governments in unagnifcence, and with hundreds of employees, down to pone-naan affairs with facilities consisting of telephone and rented desk. The one-man outfits frequently make up for their lack in other respects by. having the longest names.
 Names are apparently important in the business and impressive ones the rule There are plenty of just plain associations and there are many leagues unions societies and committees Recently the names federation" conference" council" and "foulda-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
Sharing The Atomic Secret

Certainly there is nothing wrong with the recent sug- geston by Sen Sheridan Downey of California that Con- ress give serous consideration to the possibility of mak ing secret of atomic power aavabe to the entire world
 But most Americans likely to take the view that Congress after its serious consideration should decide for the United States to hang to the atomic secret as long as possible The is simple Too many nations could not be trusted with atomic power.
 However the fact must be faced that matter what the United States may decide to do atomic power will not continue to be secret to all nations for all time Probably there isn't great nation upon earth which not doing everything it to solve the atomic problem Sooner or ater many of them will succeed And the dis covey should be made by the wrong kind of people, they may keep secret until they begin exploding atomic bombs In war of conquest.
 Meanwhile the first explode the atom, the United States has head start other nations in attempting to devise defenses against the weapon and at the same time, to improve upon atomic power now known The report few days that Navy experts believe they have defense against such bombs indicative of the trend
 But the effectiveness of the defense remains to be proved Perhaps it will be just well for Uncle Sam to cling to the secret for dear life until he is absolutely sure he can protect himself knowledge of the atomic bomb should fall into the wrong hands.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

ton" have been popular, but the most favored term currently is institute"
 Among the more than 800 listings you can find the Academy of Model Aeronautics, and right under it, the Advisory Committee Government Question naireS little further is, for example, the Assoc~ ation of Bulk Prepared Flour Mix Manufacturers Inc the Glider Institute of the Americas the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel, the International Heraldic Institute, Ltd, the Venetian Blind Association of America, and the Waxed Paper Institute, Inc
 Many of these associations are in Washington because the government has such great influence on business Some are there because the government is itself source of large orders Others are in the tons capital purely for reasons of prestige But ly all of them engaged in influencing somebody or other-moSt often Congress the departments, or frequently even each other. +
 Out of their offices go hundreds of news letters, magazines and other publications, all purporting to give the inside stuff to the members back home who foot the bills Collectively the bill must be tremendous. Many of the executives of these groups receive $500 or $25,000 or more year.
 The influence business among the lawyers is also good By no means all of them engage in activities other than the practice of law But the number who make money on the basis of their friendships and influence is large. There is lawyer listed who has never been known to practice His speciality is knowing important people, For fee he can arrange lunch con with nearly any important figure in town.
 Individual businesses, too. have many Washing ton representatives. No one knows how many. The partments supply information to the home office and squire big officials when they come to town.
 All told, the number of influence boys must run into the thousands But the Washington telephone directory does not have single listing under the title. Lobbyists"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

from this sort of charge and the British newspapers seem to have been reasonably fair in all matters, but somebody in this island has started stories to the effect that Americans moving out have deliberately burned their surplus stores of food and supplies as taunt to the hard-put British people.
 This absolute lie has been passed by word of mouth and has made lot of trouble It's a hard libel to nail because no charge has been made in the open and thus there's nothing officially to deny it out privately but it still goes around and lately 1t has crossed the channel and caught fire in France Rather it seems to have been carried across tendery guarded en route set down and blown to blaze.
 In France. first the Paris newspaper Figaro came out with story to the effect that Americans had certain place. It gave names and dates. The story looked factual and official Nothing much happened for awhile but then the other papers began to take the charge up and to play 1t.
 Our authorities made a complete investigation and officially verified what they already knew, which was that there wasn't word of truth in the story Nothing like that had taken place anywhere in plete denial was available to the papers that had published the fasehood. No retraction printed. The readers entitled to continue to believe that the United States units were deliberately destroying their food to keep the French from having itr
 The dirty part about all this is that the very opposite is true The American Red Gross has disrib.
 ted to the French people i0h million dollars worth of supplies including food. The Q. g. Army at this moment is turning over to them the vast stores VI ont1tA AicatS~h s1PtAseo CsNAts%ys Powdered milk and other foods are being brought from the States for the benefit of the undernorshed French children, and you can believe this or not es you wil but I'm quoting high authority whef tell you not one word of thanks has bean gipen, no publicity has been given these beneactions and us less the recipients have passed t by word Of mouth the bulk of Che French public dossnf even know about it
 One school of thought maintains sit Is because the French newspapers are Communstlc in theiF down tho United statan ea capiaiisti1 ppW1f. Ars eifoF sty1 lh1fc1 definite tnd d10n@dytu tiot Co 1iscIefit 'Ie Nn|l(d Elake6 In alI pef# oI Europ4 41N<144t N4'FiFAAe have iNiA lN& Hk*iieN 'n fN<
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
Franz Werfel's Song

What has been called of the most spiritual books If recent years was written by Jew bounded by the Nazs who indirectly responsible for of his greatest works "The Song of Bernadete." Franz Werel passed away at the age of 54, in his prime, whose con- trbution to the field of literature considerable
 The vcssitudes of ife the hardshps experienced by refugee seemed to add to his literary stature He had faith in the Divine Being and he said this faith as ex perenced by him influenced the character of his writings
 So important, forceIu, and spiritual was his Song that most of likely to think of Franz Were only the important porayer of the great saint Berna dette Soubrous The book at time when religious reading having unprecedented popularity and it is safe to say few books have been widely read than tIhe Song of Bernadette."
 The fugitive Werfe in eluding Naz capture had come 70 Lourde where they took refuge and here that the author made his study of the saints life which he wrote with sincerity and literary skill unquestioned Many ament of profound intellect His Forty Days of Musa Hagk" will not be forgotten His Song" however him high ranking, this work translated very successful y Into motion picture, making him the most talked of novelist of the present day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
In Today's Mail
CREDIT TO WHOM CREDIT IS DUE, THE DEMOCRATS
 POLICY AT ALL TIMES
Waterbury, Conn.
 Aug. 27, 1945.

Waterbury, Conn.
 Aug. 27, 1945. Editor of The Democrat: It was indeed pleasing and heart warming to read your editorial of August 27th pertaining to laundries and dry-cleaning plants.
 When major newspaper of our city deems it fitting to editorially give the industry g bit of praise and understanding of service during prewar, war and postwar days then surely we of. the cleaning and laundry family have reached the pinnacle of importance for the place we have taken in the home of the vast American public both in Waterbury and the nation. Although I am speaking of n.y. self I am sure that each and every other dry cleaner in the city will very soon, if they are not already SO doing, bear out your prophecy of much better service and quality of work.
 Respectfully yours,
 HAROLD GOODMAN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

at least Tor the next few years, to the natural monopolies- -pow- CT, light heat, transportation, communication (already in the states hands except for cables) and, of course, mining, steel, and the Bank of England. But much of this has been on their pro- gram for the last g years.
 m Tn fact, even the Lloyd George government gave support to the basic plan,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

professions. After careful perusal of its pages 1t can be reported the Influence business is booming. < National statistics are not available but Washington must have more lawyers per acre than any other city in the country. The classified listing gives 25 columns to the lawyers. At an average of a hundred names to 8 column. that makes 2,500. And that doesn't include the thousands of lawyers who work for the gov ernment
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
APPLE HOARDS

(New Haven Journal -Courier)
 These autumn days are the time when farm boys, barefooted still in spite of the zip in the air, like to slip out in the morning and look for apples under the trees in the dewy orchard grass. Golden Harvest, Strawberry and Yellow Transparent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

It will be some time before normal travel conditions European countries restored official of the Pass. srrI Division at Washington states However, there W 6 allowances made for necessary travel Tourist travel *Iih siaiefoQ on A1eck and the Sue Danube Walizes .f I1n1f Hr1Ic sHe lnH way of.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
Capital Phone Directory By Pete, Edson

EDITORS NOTE: Peter Edson is on vacation,
 during which time, DOUGLAS LARSEN, NEA
 Washington correspondent will write his column. WASHINGTON, Aug. 2s-A new edition of that and highly informative volume the Wash ington telephone book is out. It's stngs reflect as lisual the rise and fall of various businesses and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
NOTE OF CONFINEMENT


 I was not born in the time of hoop And crinoline or hustle, When girls were fral and fainting
 pale
 And men were towers of muscle. was not born when the wicks were
 clipped,
 Tn the days of Mesmerism, When a spud was sure, pocketed Against the rheumatism. was not born when the water came Out of the pumps O mornings, And sundry aunts accepted the
 chance
 Of helping out with bornings. I was not born when the milk was And the unspared rod was beating. When the butchers coin came out of
 8 loin
 Far and away past eating. I was not born in the tough old
 time
 So many regret-who doesn't? And as survey that artless day, I'm certainly glad I wasn't.
 Traffic accidents always fall off when the drivers don't.
 Our favorite soldier of the whole war was the GI who became a cas- ualty when he fell off a giraffe in Cairo; our favorite phrase of the whole war was uttered, not by gen. eral, but by Madame Chaing Kali shek, who said, at Wellesley: "1n- dchiscence and mawkish maunder will not equip us for our battle through life"
 MT. Anderson, our new Secretary of Agriculture, says that the people of this country must eat 5 per cent less than they now are eating. Ii they make the hamburgers even a twentieth smaller than they are now, they'll have to serve a map with each sandwich to enable the customer to locate the treasurer.
 A smalled crop of onions is in store for Massachusetts this year, according to report by the Unit ed States Department of Agricul- ture, It looks as though we'll have to have the hamburg with out the with as well as without the ham, burg.
 See the fresh grave. Do you know what the fresh grave is filled up with? It is filled up with the gas station man who asked, once too often for our nerves, Well, how does it feel to be able to say Fill it up again?"
 We've read and we've read and we've read and we've read, but the operation and structure of the atomic bomb still eludes our neg ligible mind. We're going to keep on thinking of the thing as a dehy- drated earthquake.
 Civil war has broken out in China again. If they don't watch out that is going to last for eighty five years, as our own has.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29
|Merry-GO Round

I KDErOR,s NOTE: In Drew FeafSsns absenee HERBERT BAYARD sWOPE, long . student of Bfitlsh political affairs, contributes guest column on tho new Labor government.
 NEW YORK, Aug. ae-The Conservative defeat in England is not SO striking blow as some portray 1t. Unquesticnaby, there win be . trend toward socali2ation, bull think that this win be confined
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-29

means certain that we've got our best representation in the field. All sorts of funny looking Amer jeans are beginning to show up now wearing queer sorts of shoul- der patches on officers uniforms.
 As the. Army moves out the records unfortunately will reveal that there've been plenty of joy riders over here in berths of per- feet safety. There are plenty who are undoubtedly sorry that it's over. There are plenty who have