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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
By Peter Eds0n

Dlete victory permitted the administration of food probelms to dangerously disturb the morale of her people.
 in desperate fight for their lives is to employ every resource of strength and strategy at their command Not so the New Deal It continued to adhere to us discredted philosophy of scarcity" And so forth
 Now you come to Exhibit B It is made up of excerpts from recent speech by Secretary of Agr- culture Clinton P. Anderson It was not given as a reply to Congressman Jenkins, and 1t isn't complete answer But keep in mind what he had to say about scarcity while reading what Secretary Anderson has to say
 Secretary Anderson =" Personally, never get tired of listening to the story of the industrial mra- cles wrought during the And love to tell people about the miracle that agriculture worked. It may have been less spectacular than ndustrys miracles but it was just as fundamental. And in many ways is difficult.
 But in spite of the difficulties farm output was stepped up by onethird. American farmers were able to send onefourth of their total production to war and at the same time feed our civilian popula- tion better on the average than in peacetime.
 '"The Corn-Bet farmer was eble to grow five ears of corn on the same land and with the same effort that yielded only four
 By selective breeding and improved care anc feeding, 1t possible to produce better beef improve hog quality and develop better poultry and eggs. Hens used to lay an average Of only o8 eggs year-now they turn out almost 120
 Another part of the farmers economic machin- cry which will continue to be used is the Ever-Norma! Granary. Agriculture longer gets the shakes at the prospect of moderate surpses of various staple crops We now have the means to handle them. The were lfe-saving in the pre-war drought years. Dur ing the they saved our bacon'-and our beef mutton and poultry too"
 And so forth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
Cunningham

out of Europe with enthusiastic praise of UNRRA organization, but most of these qualified to comment have taken the position that, bad it's been, the organization is the best have, and that the intelligent thing to do is to try to improve it.
 UNRRA, means United Nations Relief and Re- mobilization Administrations Hence it's parent ganzation is the United Nations Organization and the United Nations Organization is yet little more than name. UNFFlA is a bureau endeavoring to operate before the master organization is complete Thus there's nobody to order 1t and apparently mo- body to check on it. As far can be ascertained it hasn't system for checking on itself
 This opens wide the door to all sorts of abuses and ties in with its next weakness which has been venal personnelnot in all places, of course and not in the majority of cases but enough to give the agency black name and make it the laughing stock of the very people it's set up to help It would be in teresting to know how much of the European black markets are dependent UNRRA. Although publici- ty on this particular subject has been carefully bot tied, there has been much incontrovertibe evidence
 There's been bad selection of agents and eIn- ployes. Crooks and thieves have managed tQ get aboard. These are surprisingly well paid jobs for charity work, too. Most of the UNRRA people are patd between $40O0 and $7,000 year. The lowest mAlAry runs around $3500.
 when was in Europe heard Red Cross exec utve say that he found 1t hard to understand the financial set-up of UNRFsA. It was supposed to be
 charity organization he said. and yet 1t was hiring
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
Home Relief--A Must By Bill Cunningham

away some of the dependable and bady-needed Red Cross help at what sounded to him like fancy money At least, he said, Red Cross wouldn't dare try to meet it even to keep people they felt they badly needed
 saw UNRRA at work in what had been murder factory of Buchenwad. Buchenwald evidently was not as big in its butchery Belsen or Dachau, but had its share By the time got there however all that had been cleaned out and cleaned up, the place had been fumigated and renovated and was in full operation a rehabilitation center.
 Here the homeless, and what had been the im- pressed thousands being fed clothed doctored. rested and finally shipped to their homes or to wherever they wanted to try to find homes, all under the aegs of UNRRA
 l couldn't find anything in that operation to criticize except the fact that the beaten people of the place were being fed American food and sup piled mostly by American funds, while heard the name of the United States even mentioned. The rehabtated and ready to travel painted pictures Of Stalin and red notices of various sorts the sides of their boxcars then they lined up for cases of beef ham and other things practically non-existent at home, the packing cases plainly stenciled with the of American packers And these were being painstakingly distributed by elderly gentleman with pronounced Oxford accent and in British styled uniform with UNRRA in small letters for shoulder patch
 It seemed to me that somebody should at least have said to these people: This food comes from the United States and is being given you by the people Of the United States with their love and sympathy, and with the hope and prayer that there will be no wars, and that we all henceforth will be friends"
 Then it seemed that maybe that was pretty little thought. Why stop to- qubble over credit or bother about gratitude when lives were being sayec and homes put back together? The big thing was to the lives and save the homes, and we could get word to them later
 The same goes with this subject general relief. We've got to proffer it because nobody else has any to proffer but surely within rights in de- nranding that 1t stay relief and doesn't ges NeboTn as graft and that is efficiently, wen es honestly administered. There must way of making sure but nobody seems to have thought of 1t up to nowa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
GREAT CONTRIBUTION
Boston Post)

Along with the hundreds of Bos- ton College men who served in the armed forces during the war were 14O alumni and faculty members who were chaplains. There is nc telling how many soldiers and sail ors they aided and comforted. There are no statistics for service of this kind, but the returning veterans will tell you to a man that the chaplains toiled ceaselessly to buoy the morale and courage of the fighting men. Boston College can take real pride in having made such large contribution to this great spiritual task.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20

Indeed, the courtesy of the Brl- tish to each other in little things and big ones is astonishing to American eyes. Bruce Bliven in the New Republic.
 EXCEPTIONS
 The courtesy of the Britons to Each other is, in Yankee eyes, d British habit to imbue Observers with unfeigned surprise. Not only big things, but the small Evoke the deferential smile, The bow, the Nothing, quite, at
 all"
 Upon the tight and courteous isle. The Britishers have a right good
 will,
 And they're polite, without coIl-
 plaint,
 Toward their countTymen, but still, I note in Parliament they ain't.
 A process for making an appe- tiger out of bacon rind has been de- velOped. That stuff of which the rind forms the boundary would k, appetizer enough, if we only could get it.
 A special UNO subcommittee will visit Boston to investigate the Hubs possibilities as a permanent headquarters for the world organ ization. We are willing to make a small wager that the subcommit- tee members won't have any trouble getting hotel rooms.
 Obviously a break with Spain is imminent. It seems certain that in the long run it will be break for Spain, too.
 MT. Truman pledges that there will be no more American inter- vention for either side in the civil conflict in China. Tell it, as the saying goes, to the Marines.
 Forty eight Inches of Snow Falls on Buffalo" headline. It must have covered all of him, with the possible exception of the head and tail.
 Coffee experts gloomily predict that the shortage will become so acute in February that we'll be drinking only half a cup for breakfast. It least it will give us thirty seven and one-half seconds more in bed
 The Government has declared several Army camps and air bases surplus. It should have little trouble dispOsing of them; certainly there are enough customers who are enough customers who are thinking of starting another war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20

been doing. The strategy IS not particularly new. It is the same line the Democratic National Committee worked on poor old Herbert Hoover Is years ago. It worked then. It might work again,
 Every once in a while, how ever, the Republicans hit Oh sub jectS that the Democrats also have put out some propaganda on. Comparisons of these state ments make pretty interesting reading because they're so differ ent and hecauSe they lead only to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20

life to tide 1t across the period of starvation and for the money to get back into business.
 Hard words and hare feelings are inevitable, for. as the proyerb says, love stops where pay begins, and there's still the record of what happened to the debts of the last war. But the issues can't be avoided, and the relief issue. at least, can't be avoided much long CT unless we're prepared to see millions of Europeans perish.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20

oi tilc Nniisee Siairx
 Tlie incident occurred about tNo moniis ago when Washing - ton and MacArthur xsfe having ir0ublc over ihr carFyiug out oi aircciitcs ard At the flnc when unccs Secretary of State Dean Achcson re,5uf9cd MackFthur with tac reminder that he waE fo car- gg out policy nct make n.
 At about that une. Truman sfnt thc general a message asking hlm to come home for confuiia- tson. MacArthur replied in tht
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
Political Kidding
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20-The Republican Ma tional Committee recently started issuing series o handy little pocket-sized leaflets telling what lousy job of running the country these Democrats have
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20

All the world that didn't go down in the hoa- caust had to look to for the supplies and, finally the physical force that saved it. Now in differing grades of grace it's lining up for the necessities of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
Merry-GO-ROun

WASHINGTON Dec. ls-only a handful oi pco- pie know ll. bnf Gen. Douglas MAcArihuT k about the only man who ever occiincd a Presidential order come 10 Washington Co confer w1th the President
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
5 Years Ago

An impatient man stood for about a half hour outside phone booth in a down town store. The woman in the booth apparently was having trouble locating the number. Final ly the character asked if he could assist her in locating it ."Oh moi" she coyly replied I'm just looking for name for ny baby"
 A local laundry in advertising its glove cleaning service, declared: Your dirty kids cleaned-2oc."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
15 Years Ago

A farmer, living on the outskirts of the city, was seen playing check CTS with a pet dog. Man! That's a smart dog you have there," said a passerby. "Oh," came the quick re- ply" he's not so smart-beat him two games, did"
 Searching for he. husband who had been missing for several days, a local woman told police in reply to their question; How can he be identified?" "Well-he's little deaf"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
Waterbury of the Past
25 Years Ago

Concluding his stirring account of a high school class play, an aspir- ing "cub" reporter wrote: ". and the school auditorium was crowded with expectant mothers eagerly awaiting their offspring"
 In seeking a divorce, a local wom- an told the court: Tn r years Of married life my husband struck me every day"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-20
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

Indeed, the courtesy of the Bri- tish to each other in little things and big ones is astonishing to American eyes. Bruce Bliven in the New Republic.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21

my lox and sturgeon for break
fast, / set foot on the cats tail.
TIiE animal let out a terrific
i yowl and fed. The proprietor
came around from behind the
show case to investigate. A
foreign looking young man was
sweeping out the gaf and when
the proprietor gazed at him in
quiringly. the young man pointed
at me and said.
"He walked on top Of the
cat" =.
II translated into he stepped
on the cat" OF course. and who
am / TO say il is not even
clearer? Anyway, the proprietor
viewed me with such hatred
that / could see he was a cat
lover TO the core and when l
got home / discarded both his
lox and sturgeon lest he might
have jalloped il for my benefit
TO dNcnge the cat.
NEARLY always in my neigh
~ borhood YOU can see little
kittens tumbling around among
the barrels end boxes in the
stores. indicating that we need
not worry about any scarcity OF
fellneS in the future ] suppose
some Of them will develop into
III. lean-fanked. wary critters
OF which you ret only an occa-
Sional fash that live in the base
menrS and seldom venture forth.
and are said 10 battle the big
rats down there with devastating
cunning.
Very few Of the cats IN my
neighborhood IRE fancy cats of
pure strain. You find that kind
in the window Of the new pet
shop that has just opened on
AOTA Siamese and Angora
and Persian cats, which cause
all the passing danes to stop
and look, and 10 say:
81 hate catsw
Copyright. ietS, by King Features
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
One Word Led To Another
BY ARTHUR BUGS" BAER.

-By ARTHUR "BUGS' BAER-
vTNHE world waiting for the atomic blast civilization
L the upstairs who hasn't dropped the other
shoe.
When everybody one then we all be even again.
Wars series of Improvements revenge.
Our epauleted experts figure there UiH be another
World War less than 80 You don't haze to be
riding Zebra to get the brass ring.
Looks if we have things mixed up bit. Scientists
atom will be the last
That doesn't After all, my fright dial
doesn't register million The needle has been
the white since the molecules started growing.
IF WAR breaks loose in 1875 might improve the
irresistible interim by selecting in advance If
the Nps get the formula for the atomic waop
expect little fermentation by the parcel post.
For the epouieted experts concede there M Uoy
of keeping the premier blast a secret. Sooner later
every nation UiH either haze it's replica a reasonable
facsimile thereof.
Which that the counterfes will be genuine.
Anything that bopp mile deep and
wide must be rendered the respect due distinguished
MOT the Chinese gunpowder there been
4 such a weapon beigerent neutron. Greek fire
nothing and INT less Those things classified
practical jokes like ringing doorbs and wiring garage
chairs
IL is the opinion of hunonists and other innocent
bysonders that DiU eventually succeed Destroy
ing himself like the champion sWord stUolIoUer Who
took boW in the middle of his act
All Of which should make the projectors Of the end of
the world feel very happy 1t certainly coming along
generous instalments.
But the date be 1875 might well send
laundry out for while the get too
far back in the alimony.
KING Feature
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
BY DAMON -RUNYON

suspect they are just loafers
who make a bluff Of working
when any one is looking, like
the big old thing in the grocer's
around the corner which is gen.
orally doing on the only stool
in the store but hops down and
takes a walk If you stand peer
ing At il awhile. ! am sure il
becomes conscience stricken
about its laziness.
There is a yellow and white
cat as big AS police dog in the
little florist shop on AOTA at
Fifty-siXth that seems To- have
had some newspaper publicity
in its time and has its clippings
displayed in the window like a
ham actor. ! fear this cat was
retarded mentally in its youth
and thinks il IS still a little
kitten because II tucks IT.
self into a basket that would
sNdl NCly dNc)lllOhdAC iNNi ~
born chicken and sleeps all
bundled up,
DASSERSBY pause and laugh
i al the grotesque posture Of
the huge cat but II does not
mind. II just keeps on sleeping.
On pleasant days II sometimes
snoozes on the sidewalk outside
the florist shop and prudent dog
owners lead their CANNES 10 the
other side of the street because
the very size Of the cat argues
caution
The bakery. the deliCateSScn
stores. the restaurants, and all
the other places of business in
my neighborhood seem 10 have
cats The cat in one Of the deli
CatesSen stores was the cause
Of my learning English AS she
is sometimes spoken among our
New Workers. This cat, "A gentle
gray creature. is always sleep
ing in the narrow aisle in front
of the show cases and, one day,
Fastening in there 10 purchase
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
THE BRIGHTER

IN MY neighborhood, which is
= the vicinity of 57th street
and AOTA. we have many cats.
(AOTA is the Avenue of the
Americas which was once Off
cially Sixth Avenue and which.
between you and me, is still un-
kofficially Sixth Avenue to most
VNew Workers and if you do not
believe II. ask the Jockey 10
take you 10 the Avenue of the
Americas the next time you get
In taxi
The little health foods store
has a cat which is called appro-
priately enough "Vitamin. " II is
a mild, soft looking. white and
gray cat which often sit out in.
the middle of the crowded side
walk and which. for all its ap-
pearance of fluff-fluff. must
have some reputation among
the dogs of my neighborhood
because they eye IL warily as
they pass by on their leashes.
The small sea food store has
q huge dark gray cat that is
nearly always lying in the win
dow along side an enormous tor
toise shell. This cat. seems 10
spend most of its time grabbing
at flies which il never catches.
Pedestrians stop and tap on the
window to attract the cats at
tentlon but it never turns It's
head to look.
IL is my impression that most
OF the cats IN my ncighborhood
are Of the ulilitarian variety.
which IS 10 say they are work
ing cats. rather than pets. !
imagine they suppress the mice
that Snoop around the stores
and markets after closing hours.
serving inside much the same
function as the coppers outside
who 20 around trying the doors
to see If they are locked.
HOWEVER, some Of the cats
"A are so fat and lazy that I
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
Does Worry
Cause ArthrifiS?
BY ALBERT EDWARD WIGGAM, D. S

Sarcasm. Bullying" and
Laughing AT others who get
hurt. The girls hated most.
Seeing persons in pain, and
relationships that made them
feel they had been socially de-
noted.
Answer tn Question No. 5
he-fs-trytng 70 escape
facing reality-the hard prob
lens of the day-by fussing
around with little things. AS DR..
Harry Hepner says. there are
four ways of attacking life's
problems. - Head on. ~
Try something else; (3) Make
excuses why you can't; a. BE a
gutter and retreat. Your des-
tiny depends on which choice
you make. The above question
may seem trivial. but il illus
trates one of the deepest prob
lens in life and character.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
Large Waists
and DieteticS

wealthy man named COrnaro.
At 40 years of age his health
gave way. His physicians ad-
vised him TO arrange his worldly
affairs promptly as he had not
much longer To live.
. "CornarO, however, had no
idea of dying. He figured the
thing out for himself and de-
cided that his trouble was over
eating. CAT that time no one
paid any attention TO what or
how much they ate.) He began
to diet, reducing his food to l2
ounces of solid food a day.
AT 85 years of age he wrote
a letter To his friends telling OF
his wonderful health and how
dieting had enabled him not
only TO cure himself but had
helped him to enjoy every min
ute of his life.
"At the age of 80 he wrote a
second letter, and at 96 he
wrote again saying that his
every faculty was perfect. He
died at 103 years of age"
IN FEB. 20, 1936-Nineteen
" years after he wrote it
originally-Mr. Reilly added this
to his letter;
p. S.-Today. at 76. believe
in the above more firmly than I
did at So, when the foregoing
was written.
To which the son added this
further postscript:
P p. S.-Mr. Reilly passe d
away on Aug. II, 1942-age SO
years, 5 months. II days.
AUTHORS NOTE-The Cor
naro mentioned above is not TO
be confused with Primo Car
nera, the tall tower of Gorgon-
zola, who ate himself right out
of prizefighting.
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Reproduction in whole or In part
strictly prohibited.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
PASSING BY
WASHINGTON
SCENE

4 ~ IMPORTANT member Of
"a the New Orleans Association
Of Commerce was visiting Sem
ator Allen J. Ellender of Louis
lana recently. and launched into
long-and graphically biolog-
ical-complaint about the state
Of his health.
Senator Ellender surveyed his
guest from head 10 foot and fl
rally let his eyes come 10 rest
on the fellows paunch.
There is nothing wrong with
YOU except that You overeat,"
he said. you have been attend
ing too many banquets."
Naturally. the gentleman
thanked him profuSely for the
diagnosis and stalked out NUT
tering that ne was no ,glutton.
The incident, however. caused
Senator Ellender 10 begin think
ing along dletetic lines. Very
quietly he began conducting a
survey of the eating habits Of
his colleagues in the Senate.
4 LII senators, by the very ma
"A ture of their trade, are con-
frmed banquet-goers. They do
more eating publicly than the
elephants AT the zoo.
Senator EIlender said his
Investigations convinced him
the majority Wers oUer-eating
at these affairs. despite the
fact that banquet food in
Washington is not calculated
to make gourmet break into
cheers. In fact, many ban
queteers haUe Uoiced the sus-
pieion that they Were eating
the Winner of the 1904 Ken
tueky Derby.
The Senator then said he be-
gan studying pots and found far
too many of them.
II do not wish to be quoted
a. saying that great number
of my distinguished colleagues
are potbellies," he said, "be-
cause some Of them might
construe II as derogatory. But
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-21
BROADWAY
RHYTHM
DOLLY ROLLS had a big ad

DOLLY ROLLS had big ad
~ in Variety. II said in part
$500 900 in 5 Weeks at the
Roxy" What No FBI movie by
the title The House on 92nd
Street
The naval officer you see
about town with Carol Stone is
her husband Bob McCahon)
just back from Tokyo
Lawrence Tibbett Jr. was
among those in the nonstop hop
10 Washington from Japan.
George Marion Jr. and s.
Fsin are collabing on a new
musical. The plot revolves about
an angel who piles up enough
points in heaven 10 rate ono
year furlough on earth and
winds up playing football for
Notre Dame.
Previewers tell you that
They We're Expendable." the
soor-due picture starring Bob
Montgomery. Is a honey
Overheard Il don't like
that papers editude -
Playwright Robert Shsr-
uood Wos in Houie's whsrs
he told Of the time Judge
Roserran bought some stur-
sson at Barney Cresnero.
place near s6th street
Barney osked the Judge II
hs thought FDR wouid like
some sturgeon. and His Honor
thought he might Barney
then shipped some to the
Whas House.
Awssk later the Judge hap
psnsd into Barnsy's place
osoin From the rear Of
the del ieatssss Barney
seyso Hey. Judge,
- What soes7 re- whols
week, and ! ain't heard from
that guy yet"
LEITH WILLIAMS, l9-year-
IA old heir 10 a Texas oil mint,
has standing order with
coast florist TO deliver roses TO
Bonita Granville thrice daily
Twentieth is testing song hit
writer Hoagy Carmichael. II he
registers. he will star in re-
makes Of VIII Rogers films.
Charles Waldron. who is i'll
and out of Deep Are the
Roots, was replaced by Edward
Jerome. doing a good fill-in job
on a one-day notice.