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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
No Alternative

"The alternative to the Dumbarton Oaks plans is not better international organization, but none at all." That is the giSt of conclusions reached by repre- SentativeS of Al American colleges and universities, meeting in Boston as the Universities Committee on Postwar Inter- national Problems. It may not be new thought, but it is highly important one. And we have not seen better summary of the whole vast, complicated problem of international organization for security and peace as it exists today
 The San Francisco Conference next month could do worse than take that sentence for it's motto. The Senate might ponder it we'll And all of us should find 1t worth taking to heart and remember ing, because it is true. Probably there are few people who, having read the sum- maries of the Dumbarton Oaks and Cri- mea Conferences believe that these meet ings achieved perfect results But the point is that they made start.
 This start is toward one of the bravest, most hopeful, most difficult undertak- tngs in the history of civilization. The accomplishments thus far scarcely meas ure up to the magnitude of the under taking. But that is not to be wondered at. The wonder is that action has been taken at all, when hesitancy would be so natural.
 Impressed by their tremendous re- responsibilities, the men of Dumbarton palkA might undestandably have tried to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
A Thought for Today
Seems Logical

At Hartford this past week Bridge port city official urged the Legislature to set up a f1ve-man commission to study and develop a means of providing com munitieS with uniform charters. He point ed out that at everylegislativ session there Is tremendous number of bills intro duced, all requesting changes in the char ters of cities and towns that operate un- der them. In this he is proceeding on safe ground. There is a lot of legislative time spent on listening to requests for charter changes, granting or refusing the same.
 Is it possible, though for any comnis- sion to draw up an ideal charter. This has been attempted in the past. Water bury has had perfect charters prepared at considerable cost but still it's notice able that changes are being requested every legislative session. The same is true of other cities, too. AS new officials come along or the duties of various depart ments expand, it's necessary to make the charters conform. The idea is a sound one, but maybe it's just one of those things you long for but never achieve.
 It's obvious that charter restrictions that might have been necessary twenty years ago would be different today Wa terbury finds that with the passage of time requirements that seemed abso- autsly necessary some years ago can't be lived up to today. Most municipalities today are huge business corporations. They must live up to certain laws, but too often the laws that bind them down to definite practices, while we'll conceived, are so restrictive as to make practice almost impossible. Some flexibility in municipal charters must be provided for growth or decline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
As Good As Elected

New York City has had it's fair share of mayors, good, bad, and indifferent. The nations greatest metropolis has been rocked by political scandals; it has gone through all phases of officialdom. But the day of Mayor Forello LaGuardia will go down in city history as one of the most colorful of all. The chief executive is probably as good as elected for another term as mayor. And all on account of the curfew edict proclaimed by Jimmie" Byrnes
 . Nothing pleases Mayor LaGuardia more than to be the central figure in an affair that is the news of the day. And cer- tainly New York City and the plan to extend the curfew hour an extra one have been much in the public eye of recent days. Sure, New York will adhere to the request for midnight curfew, but so far as New Workers are concerned their mayor was right in the thick of the battle on whether or not midnight curfew was needed, was sensible, was accomplishing any good.
 Drew Pearson reports that Mayor La Guardia has been noted eying wist- fully seat in the Senate. That may be, for the doughty little mayor has had a taste of congressional waters, as served in the House, and may want to move up stairs some day, but the fact remains that he's as good as elected mayor of New York again, no matter the opposition or re- fuSals by major parties to give him the nomination
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

Waterbury could use some such scheme as this, but we wonder if anything could ever be done in this respect Our street layout is such as not to lend itself kindly to plans of this nature. However, State Highway Department plans for after war routes through Waterbury are sufficiently modern to make one believe that almost anything could happen here. When you start imagining elevated routes through Waterbury, you really shouldn't stop at anything.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

fantry, and Brig. Gen. Mike Dunn, who participated In the Sicilian campaign.
 However, nine months passed after the Sicilian disaster and nothing happened. The War Department in WaShingot notSdo Department in Washington stood still. Finally Lieut.. Col. Felix du Pont, member of the duPont family, and Lieut.. Col. David Laux went over the heads of their superiors direct to Gen. Hap Ar mold, who wrote an order that self-sealing tanks be installed in troop-carrying planes.
 But before more than about 75 tanks could be installed in planes, Gen. Barney Giles, Chief of Staff to Arnold, blocked the order. SENATOR KILGORE KICKS
 At about this time, hard-hit- ting Senator Kilgore of West Vir- ginia, who has done more to pro- tect the G. I. Joe than almost anyone else ill Congress, wrote a letter to Secretary of War Stim- son demanding that paratroop- CTS get every possible protection, including self-sealing tanks.
 Stimson, after some delay, re- piled that this protection was not needed. He turned down Kilgore's demand cold. As 8 result, para troopers landing in Normandy did so at great risk.
 Sequel to this long story of de- lay, argument and internal jealousy is that the Washington brass hats have now belatedly come around tot he viewpoint of the men in the field and of Senator KilgOre. It has now been one year since the matter was publicized in this column, and a year and half since the Sicilian tragedy. Finally the Army has ordered self-sealing gasoline tanks on all troop carrying pIanes-though 1t will still take some time to install them.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

Colonel Mccormick of the Chicago Tribune $5,0OO; Mary Ethel Pew $1,0O0; Earle Halliburton Pew), $5,000; Joseph Pew $1,0O0; Mabel Pew Myrin, $1,0OO.
 Commenting on these generous gifts from folks who lived a long way from South Dakota, Senator Bushfield gratefully said (Con- gressoinal record, page 5849, June 12, 1943):
 We are tremendously in- spired that we have a Govern ment in this country which permits individual Americans to accumulate and make enough money so that they can give this sort of contribution to their friends throughout the coun- try"
 Wonder what is Senator Bush- fields definition of a liar? PARATROOPER PROTECTION
 It has now been exactly one year since this column revealed that American and British air. borne paratroOperS had been shot down by Allied naval gunners on the second night of the Sicily in- vasion. In making this disclosure it was also revealed that trans port planes carrying U. s. para troopers were not equipped with Self-sealing gasoline tanks.
 This meant that 2 bullet en- tering the gasoline tank could easily cause the plane to catch fire and the paratrOOpers inside would find themselves in a blazing cage without the remOt- est chance of jumping to safety. As 3 matter of fact this was the way many of the paratroOpers over Sicily were killed.
 Immediately after the Sicilian disaster, a Board of Inquiry was appointed, and one recommenda- tion was that Self-sealing gas tanks to be used on all troop carrying transports nj the future. Simulteously, Maj. Gen. P. L. Will Hams recommended self-sealing tanks, also Col. Ralph Bagby, Chief of Staff for Airborne In-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
Views Of The Press

and fat and comfortable. However, one old worker bee, shrewd in the ways of beelove, surveyed the shrinking honeycornbs and then looked at his parasitical brethren who had been wasting their susten- ance. He called meeting of the producers. There is an old bee custom that I think should be re- vived." They looked at him in won derment as ne explained, Accord ing to the rule of the hive when times get hard and there isn't enough to go around, we oust the drones."
 What shall we do?" they asked"
 Lets throw the rascalS out. he said. They did. and the hive flour ished 50 greatly that next summer they were able to take in a few drones and support them. But you may be sure they never made the mistake of letting the drones take over again.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

All sorts of stories about Connecticut's state bird, the robin, gre bound to be heard these days, what with the arrival of so many of these songsters in this cline. The robin can be maligned; he can be called a lark; he can be called anything But give Connecticut it's blocks of robins, singing sweetly at daybreak or as the last streak of days light vanishes, rugged hillside and we've got every thing that man needs to make the day a happier one.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

t.-r3 cd with pain, disappointing. The benefits he longed for came too late.
 Jean Henrie Fabre worked all his life in the cause of science. Prevent ed by poverty from leaving his im- mediate neighborhood and obliged always to work under the greatest handicaps, he was compelled to leave some of his dearest experiments un- completed. He was an unknown man striving for recognition in a world that did not care. Right at the end, recognition came to him. Eminent scientists made pilgrimages to his home. Fabre, remembering an evening in French village when the fiddlers did not put in their appearance until the young dancers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
PARABLE
(Hartford Courant)

Once there was hive of bees that was getting along nicely, thank you. The workers went out every day and gathered honey. The drones stayed at home according to their custom, but the producers of the hives wealth worked so hard and got so much honey that there was enough to go around all win ter, even for the droneS.
 But it seems there was pretty smart drone in the hive. He did a lot of thinking that winter, and he passed on his ideas to his fellow droneS. We gotta get some system into this hive" he told the other drones. He talked so convincingly that he soon had a majority of the drones with him. Those workers who had survived their summers work were too busy planning pro- duction schedules for the next year. They didn't bother.
 They were surprised and pained, then, when spring came to find the hive reorganized along new lines. Each producer could make only so many trips 8 day. Each was assign ed a certain flower and could only fit about rom flower to flower. And, most important of all. the hives honey was in the future to be in complete control of the drones.
 The worker bees weren't much on governmental organization. be- cause their whole life had been de- voted to getting production one year and then planning to increase 1t the next year. But they went along. They found that the new system of planned economy was a little hard on them but they work ed just a little harder. Meanwhile back in the hive, the drones were busy thinking up new regulations. Occasionally they would fit upstairs to the storeroom to sample the new cropy of honey just to make sure it was all right.
 Production fell way down that year, and the worker bees were sorely troubled. There seemed to be far less honey than there should have been. The drones were sleek
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

It is true that, with the coming of cold weather, Americas Robin Redbreast retires to the less con- gested sections, where hills temper the violence of wintry winds, and where adequate food and shelter are available. Often this is farther south, but sometimes only 10 miles away. It is also true that when winter fades, he is the first to wing his way to populated areas.
 But his presence shouldn't deceice anyone into prematurely doffiing his longies. snuggies, or what-have- you. Many as early robin has been caught hat footed in a blizzard.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

Little did our city fathers of 30 years ago dream that the marble palace they saw growing on Grand Street would ever be termed inadequate. Yet today city departments are hard put to accommo- date themselves in the quarters allotted for their use. The reason, $6,0OO,OOO corporation requires lot of elbow room in which to handle it's affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
Selected Poem
SUGAR BUSH AT DUSK

(Haydn s. Pearson in the New York Times) The rough, gnarled trunks loom Like upright prayer stones of the Druids. Overhead the tangled branches Make patterns against last light Above the mountain. In the gray Weathered saphouse scarlet flashes Finger the gloom as the farmer Throws more wood to the fire. Above the long evaporator Clouds of steam spiral into the air And dissolve in the shadows In deepening dusk the sugar grove Stands like an ancient temple.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

who had waited for them all eve ming had gone home, said, sadly, of the honors heaped at his bedside, The f1ddlers came too late"
 But the answer to all this is that 1t is not the honors we get but the work we do which counts. A well- done job is it's own best reward, recognition or no recognition.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

to lieutenants, 9 to sergeants, 20 to privates, seven to majors, five to colonels, five to captains, four to lieutenant c o l. onels, three to corporals, techni- e i n s, brigadier generals, and one to a general - MacArthur.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

and ho11ors come with it. But the shine has gone out of life, and the honors are empty.
 Many a buSi- neSSnan works all his life that he may h a v e ease in years of retirement. The period of retire. ment is brief,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
THE ROBIN CONTROVERSY

Christian Science Monitor)
 The annual controversy has aris- en over the robin. Does he return as a sign that milder weather is at heand, or is he 6 year round resident and 8 deliberate deceiver? Periodically, he does and he is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 5:07 a. m. (war time)
 Sun rises 6:49 a. m: sets 7:O8 p. m (war time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- uteS after sunset.
 A thunderstorm just about the time of seasonal change is apt to produce almost anything. That which accompanied the ar- rival of spring after hot and sultry day brought rain, Sleet, snow. All of which is New England's contribution to the climate belts of the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 OuNAP NNfi0n

queer Notion
 Husband refuses to eat the whites of eggs. He says they are not good for him or anybody to eat. He likes the yolks-but with eggs high and scarce and meat hard to get 1t seems extravagant for him to throw away the white. (Mrs. F. s. Al AnSwer-If he eats the yolks he gets nearly the same benefit, but his notion is silly and it is wicked waste to discard the white of egg like that.
 Spring Training
 Is it too early to begin to reduce? I am about 15 pounds overweight and hope to get in trim shape be- fore swimming season. Mrs. R. L) AnSwer-It is never too early to reduce if you are overweight. Send a stamped envelope bearing your address, for pamphlet How to Lose Weight"
 Cruelty to Children
 I take my children aged years and IS months to the movies once g. week. If this is cruelty to chil. dren I'd like to know how it harms them. (Mrs. c. T) Answer-ExpoSes them to risk Of infection with whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever, diphtheria. infantile paralysis etc. Interferes with natural sleep.
 Cocoa and Chocolate
 We have cocoa every evening and my neighbor insists that cocoa and chocolate are hard on the kidneys. She shudders when I give my 18- months old baby a few teaspoonful. of home made chocolate ice cream
 (Mrs. R. J.) Answer-As beverages cocoa and chocolate are too stimulating to the Kidneys for young children. As flavor chocolate in ice cream is comparatively harmless. Milk and plain fruit juice drinks sweetened with sugar If desired, are the health beverages for growing children. Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sOnal health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if . stamped seIf-addressed envelope 10 enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National News paper Service. 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
RESISTANCE WOULD BE FINE
 IF YOU COULD HAVE IT


 There have been the usual num- Der of interruptions into print this winter to warn the public to be- ware of going with insufficient clothing, getting wet feet, sitting in drafts and all that old hokum. Professors, health officers and specialists" who can do with a little publicity have cheerfully written or dictated their views for the instruction of the public. Their views generally prove irreconcilably contrary to the peculiar notions I try to impart to the public. You pay your money and takes your choice.
 It seems to me that the reaction aries are more vehement about 're- siStance" this season. Maybe flat ter myself, but I take it that my harping on the theme that apart from immunity, such as immunity against dipf1theria or immunity against typhoid fever or immunity against smallpox, which is specific and even to practical degree measurable (say by applying the Schick test for immunity to diph- theria) there is no such state as lowered resistance or "good re- sistance'' against illness in general or even against all of the acute re- spiratory diseases that these slick professors, health officers and "spe- cialists" lump together as colds" or ''the common cold" I mean so far as I know. And all the profess sors, health officers and special ists'' know about it is what they get out of their own inner con- sciouSness- other words they know no more about it than you and do.
 Headline of clipping sent
 by reader:
 BOBBY SOCKS PERIL HEALTH,
 GIRLS WARNED
 The item says a health officer warned that wearing short socks and no other hosiery during cold winter weather is an invitation to sickness.
 Pish, lush and three rousing Bronx cheers.
 I'm not sure what bobby socks are. If they are the uniform affect ed by the squealing studio audi ences of some radio programs I'm opposed to them. The sequealing is poorly timed an overdone and it is evidently too cheap. But if my opinion and advice are of any weight I reassure all readers that so far as health is concerned it matters not at all whether you wear socks or nothing at all, in any weather, so long as you are com- fortable. It is just plumb silly to put on any clothing you do not need for comfort, no matter wheth- CT you are young or old, strong or feeble, healthy or ill. Let your ac- tual comfort be your sole guide and you can't go wrong about clothing
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
NOT TOO LITTLE BUT TOO LATE
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D.D.

NOT TOO LITTLE BUT TOO LATE
 One of the saddest circumstances in life is to have things we have long desired come too late for us to enjoy them. People sometimes long for honors, and these are de- nied in the years when they would h--.1 rracnt much. Then age comes,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24


 been set for the title. The liberal minded Press Research had report coming out with the same title, but when Wallace staked a claim on it. Press Research had to tear all the covers off its publication and think up substitute
 Said Judge Fred M. Vinson on taking over his new job as Federal Loan Administrator: If you think I'm going to get mixed up in any Wallace-Jones feuds, you're wrong though I come from a feudin' state." (Kentucky)
 BOON TO SMALL
 BUSINESS MEN
 Aluminium Company of America is carting to Washington couple of truckloads of things that can be made out of aluminium. They will be moved into the Senate Office Build ing Marjority Caucus Room, scene of many sideshows such as the mid- get sitting on Morgan's lap, Wallace and Jones airing their views, and the five assistant secretaries of state being put on the rack.
 Included in the aluminium exhibit will be pots, pans, stepladders, tables, chairs, bars, shapes, wire, machine parts, household appli- ances - hundreds of things that can be made by small businesses when the war is over. Aluminium Company officials will testify on these prospects before the Senate Subcommittee investigating the fu- ture of the light metals industry.
 
 Secretary of the Navy Forrestals annual report gave first tipoff that the U. s. Marine Corps now had six combat divisions. The 9th Marine Division hasn't been in action yet. The 5th got it's bloody baptism on Two Jima. Total strength of the Marine Corps is now 475, 1000 officers and men. which is 4,000 bigger than the combined U. 8. Regular Army and National Guard in 1940.
 
 Attorney General Francis Riddle is having difficulty finding the right man to head up the Lands Division in Department of Justice. Job has been vacant since the President fired Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Littel November 30. J Edward Williams has been acting in-charge while the President makes up his mind what name to send to the Senate for confirmation. NEWS FOR CUBA'S
 SWEET TOOTH
 Big battle has been going on in Washington for purchase of Cuba's sugar crop. The Cubans have been maneuvering to sell three years crops in order to stabilize produc- tion through 1947, when it is figured the war will be over and prices may be down. But the Commodity Credit Corporation, which does the war time buying, is in business for only two years by act of Congress and can't dicker beyond 1946. Last years price of $2.65 per hundred pounds isn't satisfactory to Cubans, who have reportedly turned down offers of $3 and even $3.1O. Big question is whether higher price to Cubans will mean higher price for U. S. consumers or 8 bigger subsidy to keep prices down.
 Army Air Forces may abandon its First, Second, Third and Fourth U. s. Air Force organizations and group the whole home defense into 8 Continental Air Force under single general responsible for the entire job. Increase in planes, fields, personnel and communications would make the simplifed organiz- ation more flexible, eliminate dupli- cated red tape.
 Add to the list of Army alpha betical agencies USAFIME-United States Air Forces in Middle East.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
Washington Merry Go-Round DREW FEAR PEARSON
Drew Peorson Sy Poent Governor Lehmon Gets Food Poland Senotor Bushfed Calls Nome Army Finally Yields PoroooF T.~n
'onsport Protection.

IN @ March "A Between British operations in Greece Russian dcue Though Poland
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24

Two hotels at Blackpool, Eng. land. have been acquired for us hy the Derbyshire coal miners after the war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-24
!"
 SPOTLIGHT
Capital News Scrapbook
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ington Correspondent

The much scoffed-at lieutenants have the highest percentage of heroes in this war. Of 100 Congress sional Medals for Honor awarded to the Army thus far, 27 have gone