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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07

lawed. In its place will be international trade ganization that would lay down rules of fair play in the game of world business through limitations on the subject of: l. Control of international cartels 9 Control of trade barriers and tariffs 3. Control principal commodity exchange agreements.
 As now planned, this new international trade or ganization would become part of the social and homie council reporting to the Assembly of the United Nations Organization. ITO" 1t would be called would thus become parallel to the other inter- national organizations already set up in the world of business These ILO-The International Labor Office FAO-The International Food and Agricul- ture Organization. The International Bank and the International Stabilization Fund proposed in the Breton Woods plan.
 Inasmuch the United Nations Organization will hold its first session early in 1946, it is planned that the United States will propose that UNO issue invitations for a world conference of trade experts to be held next summer Originally, had been planned to have the United States issue the invitations and be host to the conference But with UNO near realization, consideration of the proposed ITO Charter will be dropped in UNOs lap
 ITO is, however purely American in conception Its pappy is other than ex-Secretary Of State Cordell Hull In speech before the House of Rep- resentatives in 1918 the then Tennessee congressman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
Attack on Cancer Launched

We can hail with hope the promise held out by the cur rent drive raise $00000 for the Memorial Cancer Cen ter Fund. At meeting in New York Tuesday night than 1000 persons listened to speakers discuss ths scourge to humanity the progress already made toward it's control and plans which it is hoped will culmnae in dis covery of ways to prevent and cure cancer
 More than 64 900 persons die in the United States each year of cancer Even children affected by eukema which sometimes known blood It ranks first among the of death of between the ot 35 and 55.
 Science believes that recently acquired knowledge of nucear reactions may well cut in half the time required to discover for It to assist in that discovery that the $O0O000 is sought to add to the gift of similar amount already donated by foundation of which Alfred P. Sloan, General Motors board chairman is the head
 Once the money is secured Memorial Hospital in New York City, will extend it's physical facilities to include an added city block which will be housed the SoanKetter- ing Institute the Strang Center Prevention Clinic and municipality hospital of 300 beds The whole project will be under the direction of Dr. Cornelius P Rhoads, di- rector of Memorial Hospital.
 MT. Sloan, of course is Connecticut native and Dr. Rhoads was born just the state line in Springfield, Mass Through the generosity of and the skill of the other, mankind likely to fight winning and final battle in the war against dread disease.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
By Peter EdS0n

called attention to the fact that all really begin through commercial aggression. He called for ses of rules for fair play in international trade onS of preventing wars.
 Nothing was done about this idea until Huh became Secretary of State when he inaugurated his now-famous reciprocal trade policy. Outbreak of World War II brought the matter to a head.
 Birth of the ITO idea, however, goes back to April 1924, when executive committee on economic foreign policy created to advise the President and Secretary of State interna ona trade policy. On the committee were representatives of State, Treasury Agriculture, Commerce and Labor Depart mentS the U. s. Tariff Commission and the now defunct FEA-Foreign Economic Administration. Assistant Secretary of State Will Clayton has been chairman of this committee since January, 1945, and the first drafts of the ITO Charter were completed under his direction, though most of the spade work was done previously, during the summer of 1914
 The ITO Charter plan ready to show the British when they arrived in Washington last Sep- tember to open negotiations. The British studied it, shipped it back to London for consideration, made suggestions for alterations, some of which were adopted and not. Finally the document was in such shape that it was acceptable to both sides and the British agreed to associate themselves with it The Charter therefore comes out with both Brit ish and American backing.
 It proposes a general conference on which rep resentatves of all nations would sit in an assembly, Under the assembly would be executive board of directors which would sit representatives ot the principal trading nations. There also would be g. secretariat and three principal commissions. One would deal with control of monopolies and cartelS another would deal with trade barriers and tariffs The third would deal with commodity agreements covering world trade in the principal raw materials wheat, coffee, sugar cotton. wool rubber, tin and so
 The Charter is in no sense attempt by the United States and Great Britain to dictate far trading practices for the world But it is a potential Magma Cara for world trade and its importance can- not be minimized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
TREASURE IN TAXI TALK
New York Herald-Tribune)

New YOrk Herald-IrlDune)
 Taxicab drivers, whose ambulant career of human contacts turns them toward both philosophy and huInor, are often talented conver- sationalists. Given encouragement and sufficient traffic jams, they can sometimes entertain paSsen- ger like motored page out of Mon- taigne. This tendency in metered talk will doubtless receive stimulus because of the news this week that John J. Brophy, an East Orange taxicabist, is to receive one-eighth of the income from $700,000 estate of lately deceased passenger with whom he had conversed for thirteen years and much mileage. The for tunate MT. Brophy relates that his generous and appreciative fare liked to talk with him because he could discuss his passengers real inter- ests"-football, boxing and baseball -rather than the more boring top ics of business, concert and opera. Without disputing what has proved the assured value of MT Brophy's expert knowledge of sports we wish to suggest to any musical and friendly drivers of Manhattan or New Jersey that there could be less sporting fares who might re- spond with testamentary benevo- lence to a discussion of Wagner
 Puccini or chamber music. The road to a bequest of 5000 year such as MT. Brophy is said to have attained, might as easily lead to anc from the doors of the Metropolitan Opera House and Carnegie Hall, as it could to the Yankee Stadium or Madison Square Garden
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
Cunningham

the entire show. One professional man who pre- fers to remain anonymous has recently been in this country however and from him, have been fortu- nate enough to get complete story.
 With it come some shreWd and very frank ob- servations from cultured and thoroughly loyal American but who from almost 20 years resi- dence in Paris, including the ordeal of German oc- cupation, also has tremendous respect for the French, and the strong conviction that French American relations, now as completely begged as Russan-American relations, of supreme import ance in this new and must-be-better world
 The cold truth of the matter is that, according to his comments the Germans had more of a plan toward handling the French as victims than we seem to have as HberatorS The Germans weren't tough at all with the French at first He says their treatment can be divided into phases, and that re- gardless of what we may have been hearing in this land the Germans despised as they were as in- vaders, began to get tough only when their war be- gan to get tough, and when the French underground both on it's own and with help from across the Channel, began really to make the German nights hideous
 It wasn't that the Germans were nice people They were only being smart. Their soldiers were well disciplined and meticuously polite for most of the first year. The gentleman says he hates to say so, but honesty forces him to report that they were much better behaved than our soldiers later He haStens to say that he thinks this was partly because of their national inferority complex While they boasted about being the master race, everything about their attitude and their contacts with another people made it apparent that they weren't really sure. The American CT didn't bother to pose as anything but a weary American who'd like to go on bust. If anybody got bruised in the process. that was the hruieee's hard luck.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
By DreSC Pearson

The Rules Committee of the House of Repre- sentaves supposed to be the toughest in Congress and usually deserves that reputation But the other day when group of ladies called Chairman Adolf Sabath of Illinois to urge passage of the UNEsRA Appropriation Bill he courteously ushered them into his Rules Committee
 And while such labor-baiters as Howard Smith of Virginia and Eugene Cox of Georgia listened att tentively, Mrs. Dana Bachus, vice-chairman of the Women's Action Committee for Lasting Peace argued that we were reneging our pledged word if Con- gress did not pass the UNFFsA appropriation immedi- ately
 Mowrer wife of the well-known news commentator, sought out Cong. Cox in the privacy Of his office Cox is considered one of the toughest ana most re- actionary members of the Rules Committee, but to Mrs. Mowrer he was the height of Southern cordial- ty.
 My dear come right in at once" said the gentle man from Georgia.
 Cox listened carefully, but told Mrs. Mowrer that he was suspicious of Russia The UNEFSA Rel1ef Bill he feared was playing right into Russian hands.
 rBut" said Mrs. Mowrer 'are we going to let the Russians say that the capitalist nations make lot of promises and then turn around and don't carry them out?"
 What really made ex-cowboy Ambassador Pat Hurley boil over against the career diplomats an incident that occurred when he was in Washington on leave shortly after V-J Day.
 During Hurleys visit in Washington, George Atcheson, an old China hand, remained III acting charge of the U S. embassy m CnungKing. a m tnae capacity he sent telegram to the State Depart ment which said:
 q and the undersigned members of the embassy staff wish to dsclain any responsibility" for reports sent the State Department the size and strength of the armies of Red China and for the detrimental effects of United States policy here as directed by Hurley.
 Atcheson also complained that all communica- tions between embassy officials and Washington were censored by Hurley, without exception
 Hurley immediately flew into rage. He claimed Atcheson had sent this cable behind his back Many diplomats point out, however, that since Atcheson in charge it his duty to report the facts as he saw them to the State Department.
 Atcheson has spent about 30 years in China, Hurley less than two years Immediately after serv- ing as second lieutenant in the last war, Atcheson entered the Far Eastern branch of the diplomatic service and has worked in almost every part of China And although State Department officials have been of indifferent calber in Europe they have made a remarkable record in the Far East.
 Hurley sore at the Atcheson telegram that the State Department was afraid there would be physical violence if the two men met in Chung king So Atcheson was transferred to be adviser to Gen. MacArthur in Tokyo before Hurleys return
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
By Bill Cunningham

The Germans didn't do much of anything as he recalls it, until along in the autumn Of 194O. Then months later Parisans began to notice that Jews they accustomed to seeing hadn't been seen for quite while They were never seen thereafter
 The French underground, however, had started to function and although nobody knew who was in it, nor exactly how it operated it apparent from the tightening German restrictions that 1t hit ting some undercover lcks It apparent because the Germans started posting big red notices in the subWays saying that certain number of people had been shot that morning, and warning all French who didn't court the fate to cooperate com pletely with the German forces.
 Nobody knew who the underground was because it so organized that nobody in it knew more than two other people in it by name and address. That to protect it against the coldy scientific torture the Gestapo developed in its efforts to wiring the names of accomplices from @ captive on the rack
 So far as ordinary people went, the German actions at first peStering rather than crpplng The curfew was an example The Germans kept changing the hours or less without notice The French had to check practically daily to keep track of what time they supposed to be off the streets. Regardless of excuse or even emergency, they were hauled in.
 Rationing another matter. The Germans cracked down. for example the of automo piles. They rationed gasoline so rigidly that, of the 1000 registered doctors in Paris, only between $50 and 400 officially licensed to their These were given only two and half gallons of fuel month and even on that basis they were later ordered to pool This led to the sight of many of the most distinguished physicians in Europe trying to for the afflicted of famous world capital by making their rounds on bicycles.
 Many of these doctors, incidentally were in the underground. The Germans early gave orders that any civilian with wound must be officially reported. but many a Maqui, of course, was shot on the run in the blackness of night. Among other things re- vealed on the day of liberation was that many of the great surgeons, without knowing their dis tinguished brethren likewise participating. operating wounded Maqui in secret rooms and moving them at night to secret havens. It was tense and sl:adowy business, but the soul of nation thus kept alive. -s2
 (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the first of two con- secutive articles on the German occupation of ETancel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
MIR. HURLEY ON THE STAND
New York Times)

Partisanship and the explosive nature of the chief witness are pro- viding more than usual fireworks for the hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee re- garding the resignation of General Hurley as Ambassador to China. For that reason it will be well to suspend judgment until the whole evidence is in. Obviously the ca reer men whom MT. Hurley &C., cuses of sabotaging official policy should have chance to answer his charges before the same forum in which they are made.
 Meanwhile, there is no denying that in the specific instance Of China, with which MT. Hurley is mainly concerner, the policy he at- tributes to the career men has re- ceived far more publicity than the Government has been able to give to it's own official policy. This points to the hazards of too much se- crecy surrounding everything con- nected with the State Department.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
In Today's Mail
Writer Opposed To Propose d Universal Military Training Bill. Saw Over Three Years Service
 In U. s. Army

In U. s. Army
 Waterbury, Conn,
 Dec. ', 1945 Editor, Waterbury Democrat: Dear Sir:
 An editorial in your issue of Dec 5 referring to the proposed univer- sal military training bill states: Tt is entirely pertinent to ask whc except the three groups named above is opposed to the bill?' The three groups referred to are edu- cators, religious and labor leaders
 l am opposed to the proposed universal military training bill. ] am a salesman who served in the U. s. Army for over three years prior to my honorable discharge as sergeant in September of this year.
 I am not an educator, religious or labor leader. left school at the age of IS, attend church services as a layman and have never belonged to labor organization.
 I am opposed to the bill because I do not believe it is necessary for national preparedness. A soldier in our Army can receive a skilled ra- ting at military occupational speciality in three months. Did the Gallup poll tell that to the average citizens" among whom they report "a growing approval of the bill?"
 Perhaps proponents of the bill who praise the by-products of health. wealth and happiness they think will come with the training, do so, because they know that the Army turned out thousands of ninety day wonders.
 G [ Joe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago Three 17-year-old youths were captured by polce and admitted to stealing seven cars.
 The Curtis Art Company was of- fering $25 worth of records free with the purchase of a Pathe Photograph.
 IS Years Ago It was revealed that within the past year there had been 2,129 births in the city and 1,087 deaths. A Waterbury girl was arrested in New York for failure to pay her taxi fare.
 5 Years Ago W. c. Fields appeared in the Bank Dick at the State. Two youngsters were injured on Hamilton Avenue in Q coasting ac- cident.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
Views of the Press

The British Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary must and do clarify their foreign policy before Parliament, and thereby check any independent policies by their per- manent staff We have no equiva- lent for this, but unles We devise one we will continue to suffer the confusion that has produced a dis proportion between American power and the weight of Americas voice in the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07

ant by-prOduct Of Brltsh-Amerl- can loan negotiations that have been going on in Washington since Sept. II.
 Terms of the loan and the long term financial agreement will grab all the headlines, but the proposed ITO Charter" is really far more sensational
 The ITO Charter seeks to do for the world trade what the Dumbarton Oaks proposals do for world peace. Cutthroat interna- tional trade rivalry will be out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

Our life is frittered away by de- tail. Simplify, simplify!" - Henry Thoreau.
 THE SIMPLE LIFE Tn SenseleSs detail do we spend The fleet and golden hours of life We waste to interrupt friend Or irk foe or bore wife. The plain and elemental phrase, Devoid of oft-repeated wit, Is languishing in evil days; Our ornament is infinite. We miss the way direct and short, The "Yes" or No" that's given
 straight,
 To shape gingerbread retort With which we may pontificate. We bury deep the simple fact, Whose every ray of light we blind, And in our thought and word and
 act,
 We plumb the shadows of the mind. Through various complexity, Through modern fogs we try, we
 crawl,
 Where man once found simplicity. (They called him the Neanderthal.)
 And now they say that Rudolf Hess actually is suffering from am- nesia, in spite of his confession that he was faking. We can't figure out just why so much emphasis is placed on his sanity, or lack of it. If he and his c0ndefendantS had been sane, they wouldn't be stand ing trial now.
 Russia thinks that discussions of world state are injuring the United Nations Organization. That could be, too; if we all were one team, there'd be an awful mixup when everyone wanted to pitch.
 A secret survey reveals that there is bitter hatred for occupying Amer jeans among the people of Germany. There seems to be widespread be- lief that the Yankees are treating the Germans as though they'd beat en them.
 Army volunteer enlistments have reached 175,000 per month and the rate is still rising. Maybe in few more years the news will reach the draft officials.
 Tommy Manville will marry 8 British born newspaperwOman, ac- cOrding to word from Hollywood. Let's see now, that makes her Mate Eight doesn't it?
 The House Banking Committee is holding hearings on proposal to set up Federal 'czar" to solve the housing shortage. There's probably nothing to the rumor that an ideal man for the job was picked but didn't take it because he couldn't find a place to live in Washington.
 Ed Pointer of the Boston Globe says that one new thing the home needs lis a junior size squeezer for oranges the size of golf balls" There probably would be considerable contribution to domestic tranquility if they produced golf balls the size of oranges, too.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07

People don't take the trouble to think out complex problems, but they invent a devil and say he is really to blame. The Jews are favorite scapegoat; capitalism and international finance is another. Hans Kohn, professor of history,
 Smith College.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07

run over by Hitler, and then run over again by us as we ran after Hitler. France was starved, stripped and humiliated by the Nazis, but she was never physical ly beaten up until we were forced to do so in order to come to grips with the common enemy of us both.
 I tried in vain in Paris to find an articulate American who had stayed in Paris through the German occupation. I found sev- oral lo11t nauer. one who had seen
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07

Brien McMahon, outlined Repub- lican plans at a secret meeting of the 78-79 Club last week. This is a group of 78th and 79th Con- gress Republicans, who meet weekly in closed-door sessions.
 Danaher made two major points. First, he advised the Con- gressmen to go out and challenge federal job-holders and the bene- ficiaries of New Deal spending programs, instead of sitting quiet ly and bemoaning the fact that millions of neoD1e receive funds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
Chinese Puzzle

Sitting thousands of miles away in Waterbury, the sig ncance of developments in China rather elusive Issues there easily resolved and to Americans at home they quite bafng But most recent from that troubled ally encouraging.
 Just how honest the Russian promise of co-opera ton settling the troubles in Manchura for weeks in doubt but frequently happens Stan has confused his critics by promising to keep the Chinese Communists out of the Manchurian cities until Changs Nationalist troops in to occupy them The entire trouble had it's roots in getting the Japanese out of China in orderly fashion, speedily possible but not quickly to oudo the ability of Chang armies to take when the aps departed.
 The whole situation offered fertile ground for the bud Hding rivalry between Nationalist and Communist Chinese forces To here America it of the two most immediate threats to world peace the other being the Java nese trouble Russas frank persistence in it's efforts to make the dominance of Changs Nationasts eectua have speeded final and happy settlement of the ntra Chinese rvares It is added indication that the Russian Bear is earnest about wanting peace than it's critics in this country who persist in talking and propagan dzng trouble between this country and Moscow.
 It should be lesson to those of who all too ready regard Eastern European ally with suspicion Her thinking does not coincide with ours but her ultimate goal seems common to both countries. z Bookshelves at Christmas great drawing card There is always something you want for your for Domeone else. But Christmas when shere is of something missing from the shelves complete they Perhaps it's the absence of the Rover Boys sets or the Prudy Books or Chatterbox.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
World Business
WASHINGTON,

ternational Trade Organization" proposing a book of rules for what might be called worldwide Bet Business Bureau will emerge the most import
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
WASHINGTON, De-

WASHINGTON. Dee. 7-The Republican Nation al Committee isn't overlooking any bets for l946 Ex-Sen. John Danaher of Connecticut. who became COP Congressional aison officer after his defeat by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07
French Occupation

In order to try to guess where France will stand when she has sufficient strength to take a stand, it might be well to understand where and in what condition she lay when she was knocked down and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-07

Ed Pointer of the Boston Globe says that one new thing the home needs lis junior size squeezer for oranges the size of golf balls" There probably would be considerable contribution to domestic tranquility if they produced golf balls the size of oranges too,