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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
By Peter Edson

perted Breton Woods, and Emilio G. Collado, Clay tons assistant in the State Department For the Brit sh top technical experts were Freddie Harmer O. the Treasury and R. J. Shacke of the Board oi Trade.
 Will Clayton and Lord Keynes also really ratt as technical experts and they have been in on every thing Lord Keynes opened the conversations, by the way and he talked for three days in row This was to explain the British position. It must have been bad Anyway, Lord Keynes holds the conference record for having talked the most
 There have been about 50 U S. experts in on the subcommittees, as against maybe only Is or so for the British, but the British committee members here were aided by larger staffs of experts in London. Everything done had to be referred to London IhatS what took so long.
 There have been only a few plenary sessions where everybody sat in. They held in the spa cious Board Room at the Federal Reserve building unquestionably one of the most beautiful rooms in Washington The Big Four and the technical experts have been meeting all over town-British embassy. State Department, Treasury.
 There has been minimum of formality abou all the talks Except for the high hats everybody got to calling everybody else by pet names ana the whole thing was quite chummy.
 There has been a minimum of social activity too Will Clayton threw big party right at the opening and there have several less preentious affairs thrown by each side. But mostly the conversations have gone on morning. afternoon and sometimes lar into the nght-with British time out for tea, of course And everybody talked so much during the business sessions that they didn't feel much Ike talking after they were over. And you can't blame them for that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
The Snow Drift

The early snowstorm of large proportions which sur prsed Connecticut recently not have set the pace for snowstoms Certainly the storm that ended November i1 spectacular fashion of the pro- portions of January February toms when drifts piled high and winds have respect for and windbreaks set up by country dwelers.
 When consider the past how long it took farmer dig out in bad winter storm the long slow process how families showed in for days and weeks, appreciate what modern invention has done in allowing for country folks to get through they say within twenty four hours, if not
 The question of handling this situation of getting dug out powed and buldozered nicely taken last week in
 Litchfeld Inquirer editorial Some of the surrounding small towns bit critical but this paper gave due credit to the recently appointed township road supervisor Ira Ho engineer who drove all the township to help ex trcate those who snowedunder Litchfed it is waiting for major equipment which will be adequate in any normal situation, and some abnormal ones
 It quite treat to the modern equipment for clear ing roads of By degrees most communities and town ships acquiring of it. Country dWelers bank what this machinery do in getting them off their prem ses after major snowfall At the same time do like pictures in the winter showing tenfoot drifts in Goshen and elsewhere though at the time are glad there is disposal equipment that helps dsspae all this grandeur
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slails R4ihu9 me l have taken ah can stand. whsgeupon he nounoed oui oi The room
 Some years eaTlief Pal appeared before the House Indian Analrs Committee to oppose opening the tribal rolls of the ChoclaW Naon 10 certain Inolars who claimed they were eucheFed out oi their tribal lands And he was severely criticized by Webster Balnger Who pointed out that just two years before Hurley had represented the Wards. an Indian family which sought have the chociaw tribal rolls opened Thus Hurley vas in the position Of arguing on both soes of the same question in he brief period of two years
 Pat was not quite as ferocous in those days however and for some unexplained reason did not threaten to kick Baninger out Of the committee room.
 Pat Hurley has come long way from those days when Oklahoma was an Indian Territory. Born OHurley, he dropped the 'O and the CathoAe re ligion Of his father to become Baptist ana alVer working his way through an Indian college, he had the courage to come to Washington take Ia" degree at George Washington. and marry the daugh- ter of Admr. Henry B. Wilson, then and now one of the most beautiful ladies in the Capital.
 It is long way from such lowly beginnings to his more recent interviews with Joe Stain hls ar plane flights through the Near East ana ms power full position as the right bower of GeneraliSsimo Chiang Kai-shek But Pat has staged colorful per sona row at almost every milestone along the way
 In Chungking he first rowed with Gen. Al Wedemeyer over the question of sending mission 10 the so-called Communist section Of Chlna to eVaIu- ate the importance of it's military strength. For while he and Wedemeyer weren't speaking to each other though they occupied adjoining bedrooms m the same house.
 Later at a Chungking cocktail party, WedemeyerS s Chief of Staff Maj .-Gen. Robert B. Mcclure, chldeo Hurley for sending Gen. Marshall a telegram o1 protest against Wedemeyer.
 "you pup" boiled the ex-cowpuncher from Ok lahoma i've shot for less than that Guests had to separate the two men. The Chinese looked on, amused but not impressed In China it brings loss of face to fight in public. Pat is Pat" unused FDR when informed of the fuss. and there's nothing you do about him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Company Security Plan

One Of the most encouraging development. in many weeks is yesterday, announcement by Richard T.. Leonard of the United Automobile Norkers has hs organi zaton had offered the Ford Motor Co., unprecedented company security" plan Under its provisions the com pany would be permitted o discharge with union approval any employee fomenng unauthorized wildcat strikes, work soppages slowdowns. Any union member parcl- pang in such work stoppage would be hned. again with union approval S per day work refused and 8 during second wildcat stoppage.
 While Mir Leonards organization presumably made this revolutionary offer with tongue in cheek recognizing the implications such plan holds for dererrng union members active disagreement with union officers it is significant by of the union attitude it reflects It demonstrates honest recognition of labor responsibility for orderly work procedure by inference it constitutes admission that Labor has not been entirely without sin.
 The company security offer has been made by Labor the spirit of give and take which necessarily be the basis for any sound plan for collective bargaining While Mr. Fords reaction to the suggestion had not been an nounced this being written it is presumed he will undertake consideration of demands for substantial wage increase for his workers with friendly approach than would otherwise have been possible.
 MT. Leonard and his associates in the offer deserve praise for their intelligent effort to find grounds common to both sides which peacetme production be resumed at full speed and without interruption.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
New England Farms

If many individuals take up farming in the next twenty-five years gave up the past twenty-five years there will be hope for the land and living off the land in the future which is it should be.
 The New England Councils Committee have published booklet called "A Blueprint for New England Agriculture whose purpose to show the way to beermen of farming In New England Many of familiar with farms and localities which thriving in the early part of the tury but which have gradually been neglected allowed to grow ove for lack of and equipments many of these entirely dsintegraed they left to crumbe and de- cay Now if the land be worked again to it's best ad vantage if farms be business the booklet gess much of countryside will take animated look again, we'll provide living for the who owns farm
 The farmer will not only become interested in his own farm living off his land, and making his livelihood thereby, but he should become interested in his neghbor each will have pride in his and the neghborng which will all go for friendly neighbory spirit, rural life to enjoy with health and happiness for all cerned
 It will be satisfaction day to ride through coun- trysde in New England where farms have been allowed to dsinegrate to the land worked again. fences re- paired farm houses good farm equipment and better still what they lacked forty fifty ago. good rural roads
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
U. s. Booster Boys By BiH Cunningham

finery as they had and forget it all for an evening in the cause of, remember it. the French cap- tals undernourshed children. Suddenly buzz of excitement ran through the place, and the people all turned to look toward the door. Word had spread through the ballroom that celebrated American debuante of the era had just arrived and was about to make her entrance.
 She made it all right but 1t would have been bet ter if she hadn't. The French people looked seemed to gasp little and then turned back to each other but the smiles had suddenly gone out of their faces This brilliant feminine missionary from the Land or the Free was wearing hoop skirt and poke bon net with it's strings tied under her chin. The entire outfit was made of French 1,OOO-franc notes stitched edge to edge on supposes, cheesecloth.
 Personally, expected to see her go into some variation of strip-tease and wind up by donating the costume to the cause represented, but the French knew my young fellow-countrywoman better than I did Nothing such as that happened. This was mere ly her idea of novel costume She didn't mean to hurt anybodys feelings, and it evidently cured to her that the actual message of her per forrnance was that French money cheap that it didn't mean anything to an American. After all people do have feelings and they do have national pride. And that's still the case.
 This UNO American big-city ballyhoo should be taken as warning. Maybe it wasn't too bad in view of what it was but restrictions American civilian travel abroad are about to be lifted. The trans atlantic airnes report themselves booked to capacity for months. It wouldn't be bad idea to have every American citizen going abroad briefed by the State Department and. possibly Emily Post, on how to be
 decent and sympathetic representative of the Amer ican public, and, beyond that guest that won't give personal offense. Maybe Dale Carnegie belongs on the. staff well. for if we don't make friends and influence people now the cause Is lost Our de- mobilization is nothing but diSintegraton and we've nothing to argue with but smile and, of course the big green dollar bl-the latter to be used very tact fully except upon the governmental AH'
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they talked about other things too.
 In all, something less than 100 people have been in on these conversations. They have been organ ized on three levels.
 At the top has been the big four-Asst, Secy. of State Will Clayton, who was chairman; Secretary of the Treasury Fred M Vinson, British Ambassa- dor the Rt Hon. Earl of Halifax and Lord Keynes the economist
 There have been other principal delegates, but in the last analysis everything had to be approved by the big four or it no good. Among the other U S. principals were Henry Wallace Mariner Eccles of the Federal Reserve Board, Leo Crowley For the British there have been the Hon R. H. Brand of the Treasury, Sir Henry Self of the Supply Council and MT E. L. Hall-Patch Ca lovely name for man seeking reconstruction loan) of the Foreign Office
 Below the principal delegates has been a top level of technical experts. For the U. S. they have been Assistant Treasury Secretary Harry White who ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Just Too Many
snow grandeur

It to that the people who write the don't
 ave slogans have missed the most persuasive argument of all We least convinced that it is vitay import ant to mental equilibrium to stay at home much pos sjbe, provided one has home. Journey by train plane bus and you forced to the conclusion that every transient the country has spired travel at the tme Arrive strange city and you immediately that the contrary has gone travelling ahead of you and secured all the available hotel rooms Seek taxi streetcar bus seat anywhere and you realize that really nation of amess urban wanderers, feverishy hurying know where.
 should you have the misfortune to be seeking new dwelling place. then the confusion is complete For you cannot escape the painful decision that Americans 14O 00000 hoebodies who go anywhere but remain hakeaby rooted beneath whatever passes for roof he head.
 Travel today is not much uncomfortable it is frus rating. One stand the physical annoyances. What gets you is the awful added conviction that there really aren't that people in the countrythere just can't be-
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The troubled gentlemen there assembled come from lands where there are steaks, many of them from lands where there isn't even bread They, and those who represent them, looking to this land for food and medicine and help which isn't material izng, and these pot-bellied American booster-boys with their bubous cigars and their diamond rings stood there bragging in effect, about how lush it is over here
 We seem to have positively exquisite talent for getting ourselves thoroughly hated between wars and part of it be charged to such noble repre- sentatves of the real United States these donkeys was in Paris in 1926 and, by some accident was invited to very fancy dress ball hurled by wealthy American to help French charity.
 French people love party and they were there by the hundreds. Their costumes clever rather than expensive France has been flattened by this war; but part of the is because the first one took so much of her treasure and strength The people were poor in 1926 They owed us millions in war debts. They couldn't pay it and knew it. We were pressing for and the feeling over there pretty bitter about 1t.
 That was the general background of the hour as these people did their best to pretty up in such old
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
In Today's Mail

lrolled on military conscription voted overwhelmingly in the affirmative Perhaps different conclusion would be drawn after noting the phraseology of the question as put to the veterans in this poll.
 According to the Sunday News of yesterday, the question put by the Selective Service director was this:
 Are you in favor or against universal training which would re- quire all men, upon attaining the age of Is years, to enter military training for a period of 12 months? IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO SUCH TRAINING, PLEASE STATE YOUR REASONS BRIEFLY?
 Wouldn't it be naive to question theh answer desired? Why not put the question to the next 25, 900 dis charges in a re-phraSed:
 "If you favor such training, please state reasons briefly" Then see if the psychological tide would not follow the line of least resistance, T am afraid that serviceman would sign anything in order to hasten his discharge.
 Everyone of those fellows boiled were invited to re-enlist and yet they resounded with collective "No". Yet this opinion poll" shows the veteran in favor of something for others that they hate for them selves.
 Unfortunately, most servicemen nave an indifferent attitude about exploring the ramificationS of leg.s- lation that has it's immediate eff fects on others than themselves. It ir time they snapped from this ,ethargy and realized they are citi- zens first, then soldiers.
 -G. I. JOE NO. 2.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
The Firing Line
 By D. N. I.
SHOPPING BALLADE

Why does mildly tear her hair? Why does milady moan and cry? The Christmas counters are short
 of ware;
 There isn't single thing to buy. Lay it to Mars when asking why The Yule is victim of market laws, But don't fix me with a weeping
 eye:
 That's the way that it always was. What though milady shop with care, Rapidly threading aisles, and spry To gain the vantage from people
 there,
 Moboing up where the bargains lie? Bargains? Listen, they're born and
 die
 Ever milady gets her paws On anything that she's like to try: That's the way that it always was. Mourn, milady for days more rare, When gifts for Susie and Sal and
 Guy,
 Supposedly, were beyoni compare, Fit for discerning folk to spy. But mourn to somebody else, for l, Suffering long, can see some flaws In giving plans that have gone aWry: That's the way that it always was.
 LENVOI Darling, pardon me if l shy Quite away from your grief, because It isn't the war: I'll testify That's the way that it always was.
 General Yamashita has been con- victed and sentenced to death by hanging. That is too bad for him or too good for him, depending on how you look at it.
 In spite of the storm of contro- versy arising over the multibillion loan to Britain, there is little inter- est in it. And if the record means anything, we'll be lucky to collect that. Nuclear experts say that we Shoula have atomic power capable of com peting with $l5-per-ton coal in three to twenty years. John L. Lewis certainly has his job cut out for him; even he may not know just how to go about organizing 1nterna- tional U-235.
 The sugar ration will remain the same-five pounds per persOn-for the four-month period beginning January l. If you don't like it, you can't lump it, either.
 w. c. Handy, the famous compos- CT of "St. Louis Blues is trying to rescue the blues from the roads oi swing. We're all in favor of the idea; once again we'd like to hear a tune you hum instead of vibrate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Views of the Press
THE STAMFORD STRIKE
(Bridgeport Post


 Governor BaldWinS intervention in the Yale and Towne strike has apparently produced double -edged result. The strikers who exceeded the legal limits of Connecticut's picketing law by forcibly barricad- ing the plant against some Of It's officials. have conceded that point gracefully and without argument. Officials are allowed to come and go. The company which, for it's part, has been unduly stiff-necked and unyielding in the matter of arbitra- ton has apparently agreed to arbit- rate.
 The precedent set at the begin ming of this strike is barring com- pany officials from the plant was an extremely bad one. It is indefenslble in law or morals or under the Con- stitution of the United States. There is no warrant whatever for such procedure in the Connecticut law which permits peaceful picketine but which has long been construed to define peaceful picketing as ex- cluding mass picketing Or intimida- | tion or violence of any kind
 The purpose of picketing is to ad- vertise the strike to the public anc to prevent union members from passing through the lines and any such use of its is wrongful, illegal and should be instantly condemned ' if we do not want to revert to g state of anarchy.
 The defense for the union in tht Stamford case was that of despera- tion in trying to get the manage. ment to stop stalling and get dowr to arbitration. When Governor Baldwin called the strike leader! and the management personnel to- gether, the spokesmen for the strik- IS declared they would call off tht picketing at once if the company would agree to arbitrate. AS for the union, it's spokesman said that i !
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ran almost nonstop. HIS breaKa the San Francisco United Ma tions Conference record.
 Why the conferees didn't run out of things to talk about or why they didn't bore each other to death can be attributed to the fact that they were talking about (a) Love, or (b) Money. It was the latter of course.
 The conversations were popu- larly known as the British nego- tiations for a loan of four or five billion dollars, more or less. But
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11

union and management could not agree, the union would accept the decision. of any third party named by Governor Baldwin and they wouldn't even ask to know who it was. That sounded fair, reasonable and Ion the level"
 In any case it will be relief to the rest of the state to know that we need not fight out this issue of mass picketing and that the union con- cedes it has no right to exclude company executives from this plant or any other plant but can only dis cipline it own own members.
 With that clear understanding picketing can go on but without it there would be inevitable clashes with the police or else we would have to admit that government in Connecticut had ceased to exist.
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UI oU VdSVIy UIUuOICU OOUIIV1 Io' !" prospectus of where they could work, what facilities are, or can be made, available, what assist ance and cooperation the com munity is prepared to provide, and other things of that requisite na- ture, they doffed pictures of juicy beefsteaks, local bathing beauties and other bait of that character in front of the august assemblage. The taste of it must have been bitter to many palate in Lon- don.
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 Washington has known Pat rfrf ance lsl2 when ns a dashiug srMg attorney fram OElahqma. he usea Co appear ociore Con- rncMlonai committees fof fhe ChscfaW Nation. and they know he always puts on a good sllqA Care in Ieslifying before Inc Sen- ate Infuias AffaaF Cmmmiiiee as Secretary of War Pat shouted You cannot cal me liar fon .s.. ,ass. ss.sfs afnf.-.l.r 4. 1ys hon esF-
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My private advices from London are to the effect that the overall impression made by the American cities bidding for the UNO permanent headquarters pretty bad
 Instead of offering these serious representatives
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am firmly convinced that, at this particular juncture in our his- tory, an informed public opinion would do much to give intelligent direction and implementation to our international objectives. - Maj.- Gen. Patrick Hurley. former U. S.. ambassador to China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
15 Years Ago

A self styled prophet of God in a featured Speach from atop a soap box at Lakewood, declared that God will cast his wrath on the wicked city of Waterbury"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
.Merry-GO-ROu

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 WASHINGTON. Dce. ii-Ths tosn, deadly afraid o3 nezce,ime bogcoam prirkod up ix eaFs sad nrkrd is chops ahen Pat HuFlsy iEssod hls leniasssn resignation as ambassador io Chlna- ii
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Waterbury, Conn.,
 Dec 10, l945. Editor Of The Democrat:
 Your recent editorial, Political CaWardice" stated, in effect, that this countrys domestic policy is to be formulated on the results of the Gallup opinion poll. This is a remarkable fallacy. You made much of the fact that discharges
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11

A Plaza avenue resident was dis covered on his back porch, cold and in need of medical aid. When dis covered he was wearing pajamas. He told police that he walked in his sleep.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11

Mice chewing on electric wires, was the cause given for fire on Watertown avenue. Three mice were found electrocuted after the fire was eXtinguished.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Waterbury Of the Past
g Years Ago

Hospital, police and trolley off, cials were unable to throw any light on a reported trolley accident in which Dikeman street man was injured.
 The Mattatuck Council, Royal Arcanum, held an old fashioned" meeting and dance.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
5 Years Ago

Several automobile accidents were reported as the result of severe ice storm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-11
Record Cab Fest

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11-What will probably go down in history the worlds longest conversation has just come to close here in Washington between U. S. and British negotiators. It began Sept Il and
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Thought Eor Today

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