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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
The Message to Congress

The longest message ever written by
 ne President at the most critical time, 8erhapS, in all history, presents grim
 acts that have to be faced. Culled from
 is many paragraphs what stands out as
 he major item of the message is his sscommendation for a National Service sct. The war and the peace to come were
 iScuSSed by President Roosevelt in a orthright manner. Clos reading of the ontentS is recommended. Those who tuned in on their radios heard the mes age in an abbreviated form.
 Points stressed considered foreign pol ey 0bjectiveS and the domestic front pie lure. Whatever feelings are concerning This countrys participation, the war and tS outcome are our consideration, and as he President states: We need the con- Inued friendship of our Allies in this war.
 Indeed that need is matter of life Ind death" In this respect he quoted
 tars and Stripes, the service mems news aper.
 H Other points relating to the home ront were legislation drafting the 4-F's; he striking need of more production Which will necessitate increased help ln The war plants; the question of universal military training; a draft of nurses; the suestion of postwar economy, and other matters of vital interest.
 As to our foreign policy objectives the President has stated we must stand with Inc Allies for future peace. He spoke Of he esSentiality of the Atlantic Charter. we and our Allies" he stated, have de- Slared that it is our purpose to respect lhe right of all peoples to chose the form )f government under which they will live and to see sovereign rights and self-goV- 5rnment restored to those who have been orcibly deprived of them"
 Undoubtedly the fourth wartime mes sage of the President is grim. From now bn, with the other nations of the world i've have to face facts whether we approve she general conduct of the war or not. This is so because there must be peoples peace. It cannot be a peoples peace Unless the people - which means every one. not just chosen feW-concernS him. self with the principles of peace which will be forthcoming. The message In US entirety had much to recommend It. Per sonal analysis may find and has found plenty of favorable and adverse criticism; T but it cannot be said that it was not com prehensive, that it did not treat with those issues uppermost in the minds or < the most of us. He clearly reviewed the global panorama of this frightful war, and made logical suggestions how to pro- ceed from now on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Is You Is or Is You Ain't
 Bureaucracy?

According to the Bureau of the Census, zt takes 155, ,000 separate agencies to per form all the complicated governmental Functions in the United States today. At which point some acquaintance is bound 8O yell bureaucracy. But you can counter that, if you want to argue, by showing him the next figure, which states that federal and state government ac- counts for only about 10000 of the total. The other 135000 agencies are country, district, city town and township organ izations, including school boards and per- sonnel. And by little figuring you can show this sufferer from buerauphobia athat 15,000 agencies averaged out to only one for every 890 inhabitants of this cOuntry, and that obviously no commun- Idty of that size could maintain health, law, order and comfort with only single Rovernmental body If your bureauphobe 4Eiend sets up another howl at this point, you can be sure that he has seen the next Census Bureau figure. This shows that the 135,000 local agencies plus all state governments employ only 3,l68O00 ! persons, while the comparative handful I of federal agencies have 3,335, ,000 on the payroll.
 You may have to remind your worthy { opponent that all the latter are not < 6Wivel-chair bureaucrats Mid-l943 Civil Service figures show that of 3,l88,0OO in civil service jobs, only about 279000 worked in the District of Columbia Gov ernment work includes building ships and < making munitions, as well as drafting
 opA directives or typing things in tripli- { cate. Meanwhile the bureauphobe has ! figured out that there is one groWnup fed ] efal employe for every Al Americans, in- cluding infants, adolescents, and aged and infirm. This seems like lot to him
 when he thinks of the many govern mental concerns of daily living in which toVernment plays no part. Your oppo- nent. pencil in hand, may also remind Vnu that if every one of those government
 6Ekefg voted in a 50 million-Vote cleo
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Air Superiority

Orville Wright, co-inventor of the a4r- plane, recently told an interviewer that he believed the enemy had made the greatest single contribution to aviation this year It. Gen. Barton Yount of the Army Air Forces has said, in the course of speech, that "it is probable that no further (American) fighters with con ventional gasoline engines will be de- signed"
 MT. Wright evidently was referring to the German V-bombS. General Yount obviously was paying a back-handed compliment to the efficiency of the Ger man jet-propelled fighter plane. Both statements are sobering.
 This is war which, in part, is race between opposing scientists and engi- neers to devise increasingly effective en- zines of destruction. We now have both jet-propelled bombs and planes in pro- duction, but Germany already has them in operation. All of which is no cause for despair. But it is another reason for respecting the enemy's ability, and for showing some restraint in our feeling of confident security that the Allies are con- plete masters of the air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Social Security

Congress will start work on the job to which it was committed by MessrS. Roosevelt and Dewey in the last Presiden- tial campaign and broaden the Soclai Security program, and extend it's bene- fits to groups of people who have been left out in the cold on former occasions.
 Leaders of the two political parties are agreed that there will be an upward boost of Social Security. But, there are so many matters connected with the war and immediate necessities on the home frot. that the likelihood is that Congress will not crowd Social Security until the flr- ing stops on the bottlelronts.
 Congress is expected to remain m ses, sion for the next twelve months with 243 Democrats and 190 Republicans on the two sides of the House-and accorolng Io that count the Administration will keep the whip-hand, and frame and pass US own Social Security program. The sen ate will agree.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

ton, they would account for one vote in every IA and maybe swing an election, especially with the votes in their families that they might control.
 Then you could remind him that almost all these workers are civil service appointees; that some are voteleSS resi- dents of Washington, and that others are under 21. Whereupon the bureauphobe might insist that even civil service would not save lot of them if some postwar administration should cut the govern ment payroll to tLe bone. He might even voice the cynical suspicion that no party, in or out of office would promise to do that cutting job and thereby alienate a lot of votes, and that accordingly bigger and more expensive bureaucracy is here to stay. And the argument might go on and on from there. We're sorry We ever started it-even though 6,503,000 govern ment employees still seem like lot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Past, Present and Future

The news from the war fronts doesn't justify the current agitation to turn the industrial and business machinery ot the country into reverse. War production must continue at high speed. ReconVer- sion isn't just around the corner - but we hope that 1945 may see 1t in full swing It may be possible at later date to meet the recent demands of the AZ of l. for a minimum set wage of 72 cents an hour. One hears that millions of new individual residences are to be built after the war and everyone seems to favor networks of new Federal-aid high ways. The oceans are likely to be so crowded with American ships that Brl- tania will retire as ruler of the waves. According to the airplane folks they eX- pect to carry most of the new passenger traffic - but at the same time the rall- roads are figuring on blowing their whistles and ringing their bells cross country.
 Of course everyone expects to have a new automobile to ride in from towns and cities to and from "the home on the range" The "old folks" up to 65, are being promised pensions so they wont have to work any more The gasoline, cigarette and meat shortages Will De over, and the lady of the house will not have to use red or blue points - ana maybe she will be able to find house maid to ease her of many burdens. The head man at the office may be lucky enough to be surrounded by plenty ot help; the Washington Star will be in it's 94th year, and let's hope that it Will never again have to announce that on account of the paper shortage it will not print the regular Saturday afternoon editions. A few hundred thousand sur plus chair-warmers will undoubtedly be released in Washington and sent back to the farms. And so on, ad lntlnltum Cheer up-life in the future will be more like it use -ter-be" Hasten the day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

new sense of his importance. But suddenly the foreman at the foot of the ladder called up sharply to the workman and said, Why did you let that boy go up the ladder? He is sure to fall" The little fellow looked down. grew dizzy, and might have fallen but for the workman who cried quickly, Look up, lad, and you will be all right. Don't look down; keep looking up, and you won't fall". The boy did as he was told and still looking up made the descent safely.
 The mason's words constitute an excellent motto for the life of any of us. When we get into jam, the thing to do is tC look up, never down When we are tempted anG about to fall, the thing to do Is oi offer up a feryent prayer to God, and with eyes and mind fixed upon everything high and holy, begin az quickly as possible to withdraw from the dangerous situation. To look up often means to remember our homes, the good reputation w enjoy amonG our friends, the counsel of some wise teacher. If w remember God and thirk on the people whom possibly we may bctray by our weakness, we are greatly steaoded.
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 Newspaper Syndicate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
LOBSTER HAUL
(Hartford Courant)

Lobster fishermen hit the jackpot during the past year in Maine, with an estimated haul of IA million 800 thousand pounds of that delicious denlzen of the deep, for which they received a record average price of tWenty-eight cents pound. This is the largest lobster haul since 1892, when more than IT million pounds of lobster were caught. But in terms of cash in the pocket last year was by far the most profitable in the history of lobster catching.
 But if there seemed to be plenty of lobster this past year, just imag- inc the plenitude that existed back in 1892, when the population of the United States was about half what 1t is today and when, because of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

not vote. But neither was there any particular enthusiasm.
 Only hightlight of the entire session was the rip-snorting speech of Mrs. Frances Bolton, wealthy progressive Republican of Cleve- land, Ohio, who charged the President with sighting Congress by his refusal to address the House in person and by deciding to hold the inauguration ceremony at the White House instead of the Capitol.
 Tt is American tradition that messages to new Congresses be delivered in person by the President - but our President dOesn'tt hink Congress is i'm pOrtant enough. As for the in- auguratiOn," Mrs. Bolton con- tinued, "whO ever saw anything stranger than Harry Byrd
 Chairman of the Inaugural Committee and Senatorial econ Omy expOnenD trying to save S2O,OOO, when the Government is daily squandering millions. It
 is an American tradition for the President to be inaugurated on the Capitol steps,"
 Mrs. Bolton got a vigorous round of applause. but not a single colleague arose to second her sentiments or propose any supporting resolution.
 NOTE-Neither of them will ad- init it, but Mrs. Bolton and Clare Boothe Luce of Connecticut are among the bitterest feudiSts in Congress. Neither can stand the other. Mrs. Bolton is more popular with her colleagues, es- pecially the females.
 CONG. PATTON CLINICS
 Up until the last stroke of 12 noon, January 3, tenacious "Cou- sin Nat" Patton of Texas clung
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Current Comment

We must cut spending and ap' propriating as deeply and as sharply as we can. Even war appropriations must be given very close scrutiny. Representative John w. Mar
 tin, Jr. (R) of Massachusetts.
 
 The supply job in France is or course a miracle, but that's what we expected.
 War Manpower Commissioner
 Paul V. McNutt in France.
 
 When foods were more plentiful early this fall. 1t was clearly indi- cated that rationing be relaxed. Now that an unexpected reverse has halted our military progress, 1t is wise to- revert quickly to our fair
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
HOW TO GET CIGARETTES
(New York Herald Tribune)

Any American troubled by the cigarette shortage need do nothing more than go to Chungking, the temporary capital of China. He will find on sale there one hundred and fifty or more brands, with supplies plentiful, and will discover that some some of them are packaged in imitation of standard American cig- arettes. He may be troubled, how ever, both by high price and low quality. Some moEths ago Lao Sheh, distinguished Chinese novelist and dramatist, decided to give up smok- ing because the $8,40O a month the habit cost him was too much, de- spite his royalties from twenty-seven volumes of published work. AS long as he abstaincd, the Chinese treas ury lost money at the rate of $5,0OO month dhese figures being in China's inflated currency), because tobacco is a government monopoly and the treasury's share Of the sale price is large. But government rev. enue soon returns to normal. Lao Sheh held out no longer than most lesser mortals. without tobacco, he explained, T have no uncom- fortable feeling that part of my brain is miSSin
 Chinese governmen treports indi- cate that Chungking cigarettes are made of tobacco produced locally. American swho smoke them are in- clined to disagree. They contend that the raw material used by the manufacturers consists of whatever is jerected by the makers of Chung king cigars. The cigars. say these ex- perts (who judge by taste alone), are made of hemp soaked in crude oi! and bound together with re- claimed rubber, third grade.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Views Of The Press

poor shipping facilities every lob- ster caught had to be eaten here on the Atlantic seaboard! Truly that must have been year when "a lobster in every pot was reality if not a shibboleth.
 There are few who would be- grudge the lobster fisherman his run of god luck. It's back-breaking work hauling in heavy lobster pots in the chill, dark dawn, as our present Lieutenant Governor Will bert Snow can testify. MT. Snow, it may be recalled, worked as a lob- ster fisherman in Maine for several years before deciding to go to col lege. And many are the years when the catch is poor, the price is low, and income sags to level that so- cial workers would call marginal. It is to be hoped that the thrifty lob sterman cached his big earnings last year. as a backlog against the lean years that are bound to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

to his seat in Congress. He re- fused to budge minute sooner. By so doing he kept a lady wait ing.
 The lady was Mrs. Emily Taft Douglas, newly-elected Congress woman-at-large from Illinois. She was unable to unpack even handbag, let alone take out her files and get settled in her new office until after the stroke of 12 when the new Congress came in.
 Reason was that she was sup posed to occupy the office of Representative Kunkel of PennSyl- vania, who in turn was supposed to move to the office of Con- gressman D AleSandro Of Mary land who in turn was to move into the office of ex-Congressman Patton of Texas. Cousin Nat" had one of the best offices on Capitol Hill and those who are senior CongreSsmen move up to such offices in rank.
 Mrs. Douglas down at the bot tom of the list had to shuttle her feet in corridors and patient ly wait. Cousin Nat" kept tell ing colleagues up to the last min ute, I'm still a member of Con- gress." He certainly hated to leave.
 And ne did not leave until the day after the new Congress met. Finally, one day late, he let Con- gressman D'Alesandro move in. When Congressman D'Alesardro opened the door, however. he baked. There was too much to- bacco juice Splattered on the walls. D'Alesandro is now waiting for the painters to do a paint job be- fore he moves into Patton'S office.
 Copyright, 1945, by The Bell
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

from his desk 27 out of the last 52 weeks.
 MT. Arthur Krock of the New York Times had just delivered him. self of piece to the effect that the Presidents press conferences seldom produced any news but were held for the Presidents own enjoyment and to give the admiring throng it's chance to laugh at the Presidents cute remarks
 MT. John O'Connell of the New York Daily News Syndicate had just aired his view that the Presidents admission that the Atlantic Charter had never been signed was a pretty sorry business.
 The Chicago Suns daily gossip column, the work of it's Washington staff, had just printed a story that the President had roWed with Dem ocratic National Chairman Bob Hannegan.
 PMS columning reporters had just finished 10 days of concentrated bell raising over the Presidents six nom- nations for assistant secretaryships in the Department of State.
 What MT. Westbrook Pegler and MT Paul Mallon of the Hearst or ganiZation had to say was not noted, but you can bet a dime it certainly was not complimentary.
 MORE THAN A MAN CAN TAKE
 Now no man, President or prole- tarian, could be expected to take paper paSting of that sort and like it. But the way the President react ed in calling columnistS three-Syl- lable name, he was most certainly asking for more, which he will un- doubtedly get.
 Trace all this columnar spleen back to its origin and you run into some interesting source material.
 The President has called MT. Drew Pearson a liar and a chronic liar, often and with emphasis. To MT. John O'Donnell he once awarded an iron cross for bad taste. Are they supposed to love him for that? Such things aren't newspapering. Instead they become personal feuds.
 But for the New York Times and the Field publications, PM and the
 
 thing about the President and what he does is not perfect-that must really get under the hide where it is thinnest.
 All this is written not through any sense of need for protecting the President. There are few column ists-notably Ernest Lindley, Sam uel Grafton, and Jay Franklin who seem to defend his policies when or wherever necessary, but this goes beyond policy and becomes personal thing. When the Pres ident of the United States resorts to calling, what does that ac- complish?
 NO NEED TO WORRY
 ABOUT COLUMNISTS
 Nor is this written through any sense of need for defending column ists They can defend themselves and there is, thank goodness, no union of commentators who must rush to each others aid when in trouble.
 There are days when any column won't seem too hot. No one can be at top form every day. There are even days when President may not be at his best.
 The whole thing makes for very unpleasant incident Perhaps the proper way to treat it would be to ignore it, considering sources in ap- praising the worth of statements on all sides.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

cOluInnlStS being xcres cenceS is W or t h another look, to see what caused 1t. On the day the President delivered himself of this nifty, what were the column ists saying about MT. Roosevelt?
 MT. Drew Pear son that morning cited chapter and verse on the fact that the President had been out of tourn and aWaV
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

to the ground. The boy picked it up and ran with 1t to the foot of the ladder.
 Can you bring it up, my lad?' called the mason. The boy started to climb, a n d when he reached the top was exhil- arated by the view he had and the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
A Thought for Today

And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is bora this day in the city of David Saviour, which is Christ the LOrd.-Luke 2:l0-1l
 
 Christians awake salute the happy morn Wheeon the Saviour of the world was born
 John Byrom
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Selected Poem
DARLING. I LISTEN

DARLING, LISTEN
 (Gustay Davidson in The New York Times) Darling, listen. By this forest stream I sit remembering cities like dream; Here in the haunt of hare and mole and bird TAe timorous the Voiceless and unheard. Darling, listen. Over vale and hill The silence deepens. Every leaf is still. And yet hear the working of a Will Healing the world in shadow air and sod Here where the feet of men have never rod, And all things quietly resolve in God
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D. D.

LOOK UP, NOT DOWN
 A little boy one day watched the masons as they built a chimney. He longed to climb up and see the top of it. Then workman accident
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08

share system of distributing avail able supplies.
 Paul s. Willis, president Gro-
 cery Manufacturers of Amer
 ica.
 I have been trying to look out for the health and happiness of soldiers for 35 years. However, your letter is the first time I have ever received written thanks and am very ap- preciative.
 General Patton in note to Pri-
 vate Norton G. Addison of
 Chicago, who wrote to Pat
 ton thanking him for stay in
 rest camp.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Bynes Yielded Pressure and Continued High Price of Tires De
 spite Lush Rubber Company Pr Consesswomon Bolton Speaks In rG
BY DREW PEARSON

 
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
!" NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Sticks And Stones Will---
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington Correspondent

There is nothing duller than when one columnist writes a piece about what some other columnist said. But at the risk of being so banal, this latest crack of the Presidents about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
Daily Almanac

Daily Almanac Sun rises at S:2l a. m, sets at 5:38 D. m. (war time) Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-08
ANSWERS and QUESTIONS
 Dignified Silence

Responding to requests received from dentists I have sent compli- mentary copies of the revised Save Your Teeth booklet to about 600 dentists. So far one dentist-count him-has given me his opinion of the teachings in the booklet, straight from the shoulder no bones about it, and I am grate- full to him for 1t. But the rank and file of the dental profession, ah- ah, mind your manners, Brady, have apparently decided to treat the question with dignilied silence. (Or' Doc Brady.
 Answer-There will be no answer unless dentists supply it, and, of course. give me permission to print it. Readers who are not dentists may have the booklet Save Your Teeth" if they ask for it (not with clipping) and inclose twenty-five cents and stamped preaddressed envelope.
 Baby On the Way
 I wrote my husband telling him believe we have a baby on the way and I was goshawful scared. He told me to get O. Doc Brady's ad- vice right away. (Mrs. M. T. D. Answer-Glad to send booklets Preparing for Maternity and Brady Baby Book" to any service mans wife who supplies stamped envelope bearing her address.
 Copyright 1944 by John r. Dille Go.