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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Polish Boundary

A great many well-meaning Americans,
eager to avoid even good-tempered argu-
n,ents among the international Big
Three, now contend that the Polish
boundary settlement isn't worth worry
ing about.
i Saws the we'll informed, usually
thoughtful New York Times, for exam
pie: "In our judgment the settlement OF
| the Polish border problem made at the
Crimea conference was neither unfair nor
unreasonable. With the accession OF
some new territory in the west and north
the settlement provided ample space IN
which a sturdy Poland can live and pros
per" 49,, .,o,
Perhaps it is the stability OF national
boundaries in North America, and tnls
country's massive impregnability and our
generally fine relations with both Canada
and Mexico, that caused the Times land
lothers who agree with it) to overlook
forensic parallel,
Suppose, in the interest of justice, that
the United States had been overrun by
military alliance of which Mexico was
q member, and had been liberated by
Great Britain and Canada. And sup
pose then that Canada cast sleeps eyes
ut a strip along the northern boundary
Of the United States-a strip that took
in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, De-
troit, Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, the
Twin Cities, Portland, Seattle and way
points.
Suppose, since we were defenseless and
owed our liberation to Canada and Great
Britain, that they met in Montreal and
decided to give this strip to Canada, but
to compensate" by permitting us to take
over an equivalent area OF enemy Mex
Acan territory.
We should then be as big as ever. we
should have plenty OF room. We could
move the population from our lost north
srn area into our new acreage south OF
che Rio Grande, and build us up new
United States.
4, You say that couldn't happen? True
enough. Yet that is exactly what is about
DO happen to Poland, and some Americans
can't see anything wrong with 1T.
A nation isn't just so many square
miles of land, to be jockeyed geograph-
1cally at the whim of stronger powers
pr is 1t? This war is in defense OF demo
cratic Self-determination, and the right
Of small nations to live their own lives
without fear Of aggression from DULLES
Or is it?
We are no more eager than the Times
Do pick quarrel with Russia over Poland
o. over anything else. Perhaps we nave
40 option but to permit Russia to do as
alae pleases with Poland. But we do have
me right to disapprove, and to argue
nont Wa2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

Much has been spoken and written on
the subject OF postwar prices, and the
possibilities Of initiation. The arguments
are based on two premises: That with
full employment the people Of the coun-
try will be able TO absorb the bulk OF
goods produced at almost any price -
and that the war increase in wage scales
and material prices are bound to result
in more or less permanent advances in
goods prices.
There are half-truthS in both these
premises. The first premise preSumeS
that the purchasing power OF those who
work for salaries and wages is alone SUI
ficient TO maintain that of the nation as
a whole. That ignores the simple fact
that some 40 per cent of our citizens, to
be conservative, do not depend upon
wages, but upon agricultural production,
for their purchasing power. Without this
largest single segment OF our people IN
position to buy their share OF the prod
ucts OF industry, there is no real hope OF
a continuing sustained national pur-
chasing power.
So long as the cost of living continues
to mount, as it has for several generations
prior to the war, just so long will the
wage and salary earnerS require more
income to live even as well as before.
And as surely as wages are increased,
Just as surely will that rise be reflected
in the costs of goods they produce.
The largest factors in final costs are
the cost of production and distribution,
which, in turn, are determined by costs
of labor, of raw materials and of capital.
And here is where a reversal Of the spiral
OF initiation is possible Cost OF labor is, IN
the long run, tied to the cost OF living,
which means the cost Of foods raised on
farms. Costs of raw materials, too, 60
straight back to the farm, since the larg-
est part of them come from the farm.
If farm costs can be reduced, it follows
logically that it is no longer necessary TO
increase income to meet it; logically, IN
come could be reduced, without lowering
the standards of living, And if both costs
of living and costs of raw materials are
reduced the cost of manufacturing and
distribution can be lowered, and more
people can live better.
The key to prosperity lies in reducing
costs, or expenses, on the farm, to the
point where the farmer has better pur-
chasing power and all the rest of us also
have a greater spendable surplus
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Views OF The Press
THE LESSON OF LIFE
bridgeport Post)


1t was Hitler VINO once said that
his Third German Reich was des-
tined to last a thousand years. 1t
may occur to him now that, indeed,
in the sight of the Eternal "a thou
sand years are but as yesterday
when 1t is past"
AT any rate, for Hitler it was a
short millennium
And that brings to mind Emer-
sons famous dictum that the les
son of life is to believe what the
years and centuries say, as against
the hours"
The long lok, versus the snap
judgment.
The hours have often predicted
that human progress had come tC
full stop, and from thence on
mankind must mark time. The
years and centuries have proved
this to be poppycock.
There were hours in our own
country's history when 1t was said
that the republic coud never be
established. And when it was estab-
lished, that 1t could never stand
And when it stood, that it could
not endure. But the years have
told a different tale
This is not to suggest that human
progress Is automatic, and that
world betterment is inevitable. Great
and confident civilizations have
been wrecked in the past, and their
ruins washed up on the shores OF
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
More System Required

The next few weeks of the legislative
session are expected to be hectic ones.
There doesn't seem to be much that can
be done about it, however, as the same
situation has prevailed in other years.
It always seems that when the end OF
April rolls around and the last month OF
the session is at hand there is pile-up
Of work. There are committee hearings
to be held; there are important measures
to be reported out and to be acted upon.
But when adjournment date arrives early
! in June everything has been disposed OF.
It's human nature to procrastinate;
it's legislative nature to take it's time
about the passage of special acts, etc,
until somebody looks at the calendar ana
reminds the members OF Senate and House
that times a-wastin'. All OF which
shouldn't be, of course. There ought TO
! be some system to the way things are
run at Hartford. Actually there is
pretty good system, but the men and
women who participate in the system
often refuse to allow it to function
properly.
/ Maybe there is need of annual sessions
of the Legislature after all. Perhaps
every two years is too long a period TO
take up matters of community and
BCaCS. vi IcCcHL years CllCAo Ao'0 DNeAA
standing and permanent committees
named, as well as semi-public bodies Gre
ated, which are designed to speed up and
facilitate the work of the General Assem-
bly,. We have a Statute Revision Com
missioner; we have a Legislative Council.
Yet despite all these precautions the end
! of April still witnesses mad rush to clean
up the states by June.
The work is generally completed In
time for the joyful legislative acclaim OF
school is out, but too often much is left
undone; much should have been done
differently Some time, some way the
august bodies at Hartford really ought
to take stock and decide to mend their
WAYS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
GREEN, BROWN OR GARNET
RED IRON

have derived wonderful benefit
from taking your iron blood tonic.
1 take a small tablespoon ful Wltn
breakfast daily. When travelling
recently l could get only green
iron and ammonium citrate. Is
there a preference for results? AT
home our druggist has brown
scales or granules. CC.S. e.
The garnet red transparent
scales or granules OF iron and am
monium citrates, which dlssolVe
readily in water to make garnet
red clear solution. contain slightly
more iron than the green scales,
The dull brown scales or granules
are garnet-red scales that have OK
idized from long standing exposed
to air. There is little practical dill
ferences between the garnet-red
scales or granules of iron and am
monium citrates and the thin
transparent green scales or gran
ules of iron and ammonium cltrat-
eS.
Instructions for preparing and
taking the home made iron tonic
are given in the booklet Blood
and Health" For copy OF the
booklet send a stamped envelope
bearing your address, and inclose a
clean dime. If you stick anything
on the dime it will come back at
your expense for cleaning.
The correspondent evidently takes
his iron with breakfast more or
less the year around. I can't ina
CINE why. If iron is going to do
any good it should suffice to take
it for six or eight weeks in the
year. Once the blood is up or
nearly up to standard strength lin
red corpuscles Or in hemoglobin -
iron coloring matter that carries
oxygen) the one quarter OF a grain
of iron present in the ordinary
every day foods in the American
diet should be enough to supply the
body's requirement.
If the anemia in this instance Is
due to Cd small frequent bleed
ings, externally or occult such as
the bleeding of internal piles, gas
trict ulcer. or (2) destruction OF
blood by the patients favorite
pain-killer or "sedative" dope, or
go habitual domestic or occupa-
tional exposure to such poisons as
carbon monoxide, lead, arsenic,
benzol or aniline, taking iron or
other medicine is like pouring
water on a seive. The remedy for
such anemia is correction OF the
cause of the bleeding or change OF
habit or method OF work with a
view to preventing further poison
ing 1t may not be easy for pain
killer or sedative addicts to stop
using the harmless dope. But
sooner they break the habit the
better for health and life expecta-
ton.
AS indicated the healthy body
requires about one-fourth of a
grain of iron day. II it seems
inconsistent to take perhaps twen-
ty or thirty times that much iron
daily as medicine, remember that
most Of the iron so taken is not
assimilated and 1t makes little
difference whether the iron taken
as medicine Is Of animal or vege-
table or mineral origin. organic, or
inorganic-it all goes through the
same chemical changes in metabol-
ism anyway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

The 17-year locusts will be with us
again in June according to an entomolo-
gist at the Connecticut Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station, DR.. Roger B. Friend.
Their last appearance was in 1923. the
writer recalls the appearance II years
before that - 1911. That year the locusts
did considerable damage over around
Meriden, peach trees suffering heavily
from their visit. However, orchardists are
better prepared today to combat the
locusts and knowing they are expected IN
June will be ready for them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

Waterbury might view with some in
terest the work now going on in Hartford.
A $4,000 music shell in Bushnell Park
is being torn down. 1t doesn't fit into the
handspring scheme the Park Board has
for the park SO the Shell must go. And
workmen had it partly demolished before
other city officials knew what was going
on. They report that Mayor Mortensen
was informed of the work of tearing down
by the press of the city and Immediately
stated that he felt the job shouldn't have
been started without some public discus
sion of the same It's mild statement,
but probably doesn't express fully the
chief executives feelings in the matter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

of thirty or forty honest and indus
triouS men shall not be consumed
to maintain $50 idle loiterers. Little
honey hath that hive where there
are more drones than bees; and
miserable is that land where more
are idle than are well employed"
There is more to life than work.
but 1t Is also true that there is no
real living unless man is active.
ana active with some purpose in
view. Thomas Carlyle defined genius
as the infinite art of taking pains
Leonardo Da Vinci once wrote in
his note book: Thou, o God, dost
sell us good things at the price OF
labor
Every employer knows how dis
couraging 1t is to have employees
who keep their eyes on the clock
more constantly than they keep
their minds on their work. Once In
while sincere hard-wor.er fails
to achieve much success. But this
occurs only one in thousand times.
Success Is almost always In direct
proportion to the energy one puts
into his tasks.
All Rights Reserved - BabSon
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

In a significant conversation
at Warm Springs a week before he
died, Roosevelt indicated that the
new Loan Administrator might
have been Federal Communica-
tions Commissioner Clifford DUR,
who formerly served under Jones
in the RFC.
II have been thinking Of APP
pointing . fellow named Durr
as head Of the RFC," the la%
President told one Of his assist
ants. But have received
word that he's Jesse Jones
man and don't want any more
Of those reactionaries around
me. 1 had too much trouble
with Jesse. So 1 don't think
I'll take chance"
But, Mr.. President" protest
ed his aide, you have Durr all
wrong. He's a real liberal and
100 per cent supporter Of yours.
Did you know that he is Hugo
Blacks brother in -law?"
LOOScVclJ odlu llldC UcllIR
brother-in-law didn't mean any
thing-even the brother-in law OF
liberal member of the Supreme
Court. He said he knew what
family relationships meant in
terms of theology.
In the end, however, one aide
who was returning to Washington
told the President he would send
detailed Recommendation on DUR
record as liberal. The Presl-
dent replied that if this provec
to be fact he would nominate
DUR when ne returned to Wash
ington the following Monday
april 16.
And that is how Clifford Durr
missed the boat as head of the
all-poWerful federal loan agency.
NOTE: Despite this twist OF
fate, Durr was one of the first
TO pay tribute to John Snyder
The two men served together in
the RFC under Jesse Jones, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

Any interest Waterbury might have IN
the matter is simply that OF community
which has discussed such Shell as a
possible World War II memorial Built
as WPA project it cost 1000, the city
furnishing the materials and the WPA
the labor. 1t was supposed to have been
an excellent music Shell, but apparently
its value or it's future use to the city
were not appreciated by one civic board.
All of which might indeed have some
bearing on Waterburys thoughts IN this
direction after the war ends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Shall Feed II To YOu?

I want to try the non-surgical
drainage of the gall bladder des-
scribed in one of your booklets. But
I'm not sure whether the glycerin
and elixir OF lactated pepsin come
ready mixed or are to be mixed
by myself, and ] don't understand
whether 1t is 3 ounces Of salts or
three ounces after the salts are
dissolved in the water IL. c.
Answer - First dissolve the salts
in the elixer of lactated pepsin-
all the salts that will dissolve in
three ounces OF it. Then mix the
solution with one ounce of gly-
cerine, and you're ready to institute
drainage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

President if anything should hap
pen to Truman, Immediately re
piled that he would be glad tc
stay.
Veteran Secretary of War Slim .
son, VINO has served in three
Cabinets, said he was a soldirC
and would remain for the dura-
ton. One or two others agreed
when Secretary Morgenthau in
terrupted.
"Mr President he said, I'VE
all know how you feel, but
hope l speak for all Of us when
say you will have our resig-
nations at once"
well, that is very nice of
yOu," Truman said, but
want you all to stay"
Now just minute" Nor
genthau stopped him again.
Just a minute now. don't
think that is fair to you. You
have a tough job and you are
entitled to free hand and our
support. And we want you to
have 1t. But you are entitled
to make a clean start"
Claude Wickard chimed in and
said: "MOrgenthau's right. He's
absolutely right. You are en-
titled to free hand"
NOTE: President Truman has
told friends that he is anxious 10
continue the Roosevelt Cabinet as
is for the time being, in difference
to Roosevelt's memory, but in
Dictated he will make certain
changes later.
Copyright, 1945, by
The Bell Syndicate Inc.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Selected Poem
THE DEER COME OUT OF THE WOODS
elizabeth Yates in The Christian Science Monitor)

Did you hear them whistlin2,
Whistling In the orchard?
Blossoms white above them,
white against the night?
Did you see hooves flashing,
flashing on the grass,
grass ashine with silver,
dewy wet and white?
Did you see them coming,
coming from the pine woods,
stepping high and proudly
through the singing brook?
Did you see them frolic,
frolic in the orchard,
at the darkest hour when
only stars could look?
Joyful as the blossoms,
blossoms white above them,
poyful as the dewdrops
star tipping the grass:
did you hear them whistling,
whistling TO each other,
gay and glad as springtime,
fleet as winds that pass?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Your Health
By DR.. william Brady

slEned letters pertaining 10 per-
sonaI health and hygiene. not 70
disease. diagnosis Of treatment:
viii be answered By Or. Brady u
= stamped self-addressed envelope
il enclose. :. Letters Should be brleH
and written In ink. No reply can
be made 10 queries not conform
ing TO instructions. Address Dr.
william Brady. National News
paper Service. 500 West Madison
Street. Chicago. i'll.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

Wednesdays heavy rain was a boon to
this section of the state. And proof OF
that will be seen in the color Of vegeta-
ton, not to mention decrease in the Fire
Department calls for brush fires. 1t should
end the threat of the same until next fall
rolls around
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Daily Almanac

Moon rises SOL p. m. (war time)
Sun rises $3.50 a. M; sets 7:44 p, m. (war
time)
All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes
after sunset
The moon entered its full phase this morn
Ing between and 6 o'clock. 1t augurs a con-
Of the wet spells we have had Of
recent days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

HOtel up OH NOu
Owe r 90 k ing
the bay and the
city. T G show
will be down in
the Civic Center,
but the work will
be done at the
Fairmont where
t h e A m e r lean
delegation has its
headquarters.
Sec re tary OF
State Edward r.
Stettinius in c d
up his San Fran
cisco team" for
its first public ex-
hibitiOn nd a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Current Comment

Herr Hitler. if he does not resist
capture, will be made prisoner, as
have other high Nazi officials, and
will be held for action of higher
authorities.
Secretary of War Henry L. Slim
son.
The world is ripe for change
of heart, for a great switchovei
from the past And If at San
Francisco we are wisely guided we
may well be at the opening of new
era in the relations of the nations
to each other.
Field Marshal Jan Christian
SHUTS, Premier of the Union of
South Africa.
All the rules of warfare are OBJ
solete and must be thrown over
board All means are fair and per-
Missile in the struggles against the
terrible foe.
-Goebbels.
Full employment requires a bal
anced budget.
National Planning Association.
Take anything from the enemy
that you can. His front lines de-
pend on what the rear areas can
send him. So the more you can
take away from him. the more you
will be doing for your country.
German sabotage pamphlet dis
tributed in path Of Allies on
Wastaxn Front,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

found that GER
tain members OF
the Colony, gen.
tlemen by birth
who had never
done any work,
were eating the
fruit of o t h e r
mems labor. This
W a S Ca pit a ! n
Smiths dictum:
HE that will not
work shall not
aot for the labOrS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
A Thought for Today

And the pots, and the shovels and the SNUFF
fsrs, and the spoons, and all the vessels Of
brass wherewith they ministered, took they
away.-H Kings 25:A.
Vengeance comes not slowly either upon you
e. any other wicked man. but steals silently
and imperceptibly placing its foot on the bad
Euripides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
[" NATIONAL
SPOTLIGHT
San Francisco
Hot Spot
BY PETER EDISON
Waterbury DemOerat-NEA WASH
ingtOn Correspondent

San Francisco, April n - Nerve
center OF interest for this United
Nations Conference on Interna-
tional Organization isn't going to
be the Opera House or the Veter-
ans Building where the formal ses-
Sions will be held. but the Fairmont
ITAkaI $50 ~. Anh
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
BY EARL L. DOUGLASS. DID.
THE GOSPEL OF WORK

THE GOSPEL OF WORK
The story is we'll known of how
Captain John Smith Of the Virginia
Colony treated idlers.
Upon his return from an expedi-
ton against the Indians, Smith
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
To Beat the Plants of

Please find ten cents and stamp
ed addressed envelope inclosed.
What are you training for?
I'M. K)
Answer--To beat the pants of
ONB on the bowling green. Oh.
excuse me- I'll send you the
pamphlet Training for Diabetes
and please do not be annoyed with
me If this is not what you wanted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

time like so much driftWood. 1t
can happen again.
None the less, as one watches
the ponderous centuries swinging
their slow upward spiral, and sees
Ian learning his bitter lessons in
the hard school OF experience, the
wisdom of Emerson becomes a guild
ing principle along path often dark
and confusing.
The years and centuries have a
way Of balancing the books Of God.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27
Washington ry-Go-Round DIR,
BY
DREW PEARSON

Says Roosevelt Almost Appointed Another Mon
Administrator; Margaret rumon Puneures Fathers Musical
Genius.
WASHINGTON April Various mportant decisions were left hanging in the
the John Snyder to fill Jones old job Federal Loan
Adninit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

LIKES lar
For the last several months
have craveG :.he Crem OF tar and
keep a small piece Of tar soap near.
so can smell of 1t occasionally. At
the age of is had whooping
cough and l at that time had the
same craving. Could this be vita
min deficiency? MRS. B. G. W
Answer-It has no significance, so
far as ! know. Harmless to indulge
the craving as much as you like.
Copyright 1945 by John F. Ollie Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

All Rights Reserved = BabSon
Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

Copyright, 1915, by
The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-27

Full employment requires bal
anced budget.
National Planning Association.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-06-26

Missouri is the corncob pipe
capital Of the world, making
more than any other state in the
United States and selling mil
lions annually.