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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
A Broader School Program

A new program in the elementary schools of the city will be inaugurated this fall. In the appointment of Miss Anna Pagan to the position as teacher of curriculum research, it is felt that the field of education will be broadened in manner that will be of great benefit to grammar school children.
 The broadening program here is in line with similar changes and additions in ele- mentary and high schools and colleges in other cities The cultural aspects Of new programs are necessary thing in education today.
 Miss Fagan's splendid record as a teacher in the grades ard later as princi- ral has fitted her for the position she will soon take over The routine subjects will in no way be min.mized by the ln- Production of wider range of cultural subjects A combination of the two, 1t is expected, will be of great benefit to the pupils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
Politics Must Bow to Reality

Retail business men have been leaders in insisting that practical methods be found and enforced to prevent the dizzy spiraling of prices which always ends tragically for business and the public. Retailers were among the first to ask for sensible price control. They proposed pro- cedures by which it could be kept ef- fective We are suffering now from the unacceptable results of lodging reality for the sake of political expediency.
 Retailers asked Congress to state def initely what it meant by phrase, gen. orally fair and equitable" Such loose wording permitted those in charge of price control to force theoretical inter- pretations upon business and the public. With thousand different minds at work on price regulation, many of them with no practical business experience, there could only be confusion over the term fair and equitable, in regard to prices, when the law did not provide a specific formula.
 An example of the clash between theo- retical and practical application of price control was shown in the insistence by the Price Administrator that his High est Price Line" ruling be maintained. Business men protested this regulation and proved that it encouraged imitation, diminished the supply of lower-priced clothing, and disrupted the distribution of goods to consumers. After long and stubborn refusal of price regulators to correct this self-evident error, Congress gave relief.
 Inasmuch as the Office of Price Ad ministration cannot in itself produce an ounce of food, clothing or commodities to supply American consumers, it would be wise for both it and Congress to seek the suggestions of those who must and can supply the needs of the nation when given a fair chance Certainly we have learned by this time that playing politics with the nations domestic supply line is dangerous and defeats the legitimate ends sought by rationing and price con- trOl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
individuality and the Presidency

Some Washington New Dealers, col umnist reports, are disturbed by Presi- dent Truman's failure to accept the peo- ble's "mandate' and follow the late Pres ident Roosevelt's program as closely as they would like Specifically they seem to be objecting to the passing of several Gold New Dealers" The broad Roosevelt program is the Truman program and the peoples program: swift and total victory, lasting peace, and maximum postwar ef- fort toward full employment and pros perity. In striving toward that goal, MT. Truman las the right to choo|e advisers whom he knows and respects for their ability, who are agreeable, sympathetic, and will work harmoniousiy with him. MT. Roosevelt had the right and exercised it So did every other President.
 The peoples "mandate1 is not undevi-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

ating and inexorable, for Mr. Roosevelt had to alter his program to meet cir cumstances from time to time, as any head of state must do. MT. Truman must do the same, and he will make mistakes. But he deserves the right to be criticized for them as an individual actiong on his own initiative, and not because he failed to react as Mr. Roosevelt might have in a similar situation MT Truman, pledged to support the Roosevelt program, was elected by majority of the American people on MT. Roosevelt's ticket. But to ask that he be another Roosevelt is ask ing the impossible.
 Today MT. Truman is President of the United States, as rightly and legally as if he had been elected If he has done a good job-which most people seem to think he has-it is because he has at- tackled his great problems as an individ- ual.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
The Peoples Mandate

The Senate's ratification of the United Nations Charter seemed to us even more significant and momentous than the drafting of the Charter itself. Everyone knew that a charter would come out of San Francisco No one knew when, by what majority, or after what subtertuge the Senate would approve it. The Sen ate's debate and decision reflected the temper of the people who elected It's membership Some, outspokenly opposed to the whole idea, were not returned to Washington after last November,s elec- tions Senators Shipstead and Langer, who voted against ratification, were not candidates in 1914. Other senators, per haps fearful of the consequences, voted for the Charter after making thelr oo- iections known Thus the dying predlc- ton of Woodrow Wilson, recently re- vealed by his daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Nc Adoo is half fulfilled. Wilson said, in substance, that only when the American people really wanted league Of nations would they join one, and that only then would such league succeed.
 The success of the new league is still to be proved But the American peoples desire for it was unmiStakable. There were differences of popular opinion, or course And these shades of opinion were brought out in the Senate debate on the Charter-debate marked by urgent ac- { tion, lofty hopes temperate consideration, honest doubts and cynical defeatlsm The speed of ratification was gratifying This country'S government had been the prime force behind the new world organ ization It was in this country that the first international discussion ot the or ganization took place, and where world congress drafted it's covenant. It was tlt- ting that the United States should also be the first great power to approve the present results of the worlds new effort toward peace. Not even the Charters best friends, in or out of the Senate, have said that the document is perfect. Obvl- ouSly it isn't But after some of the too optimistic promises of the first leagues American supporters 25 years ago, the present sanity is welcome
 No gardener would plant crop in the ground and then ignore it, blindly trust ing God that it would yield perfect har- vest And no thinking person today can believe that the seed of the United Ma tions Organization will not require sollcl- tous care against adverse weather, weeds, disease and various predatory forms of animal life There is much to do. But at least the crop is in and this country has signified it's willingness to tend it. Disap- pointment and Encouragement are sure ly ahead. Yet we know that at last real start has been made toward the golden harvest of peace, without which the world cannot survive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Likewise in the U. S. A., all the political soundings of Congress men, all the reports of political experts indicate that the Ameri- can public is beginning to worry about what's going to happen here at home after the war. The many letters pouring in on this writer, especially from G. Is, Substan- tiate this.
 In view of the above, Harry Truman may have pulled his first important domestic bOner when he suddenly jerked Judge Fred Vinson out of the War Mo- bilizer's office to make him Sec retary of the Treasury, replac- ing him with the St. Louis banker, John Snyder.
 Actually, the Office of War Mo- bil;zer has come to be the Off, flee of War Consolidation and Reconversion, and it is one of those delicate cogS in the gov- ernmental machine which. if it gets out of gear, can smash just about every wheel in the shop. Versatile Judge Vinson, even af- ter his many years of experience, was finding it a nerve-racking back-breaking problem-and he will be the first to admit it. .
 Therefore, to put John Shy der, almost fresh out of St. Louis into this intricate job is like transferring a product of the sidewalks of New York into submarine and asking him to operate it.
 This is meant as no reflection on Snyder. He is a hard-working, conscientious gentleman, an able banker, and faithful to his good friend Harry Truman, with whom he trained every year in the Mis- souri National Guard. But it just isn't fair to put him on such a hot spot.
 No man not previously Steeped in the complex reconverSion. de- mobilization picture, as Judge Vinson was, can expect to stop in cold and do the job. Result is that John Snyder sits in meet ings, his ears literally Tapping, as curbed balls fly at him from every direction. He doesn't even know the terminology of various reconversion problems.
 Meanwhile, if the Japanese peace should come suddenly as it may we'll do-this country might be in for sudden stop page of war orders, disastrous
 unemployment and the worst economic dislocatiOn since 1930. TRUMAN AND CHILDREN
 Mrs. Truman is certainly care- full to protect her husband regard ing the small niceties of life which sometimes can be important.
 When she and the President visited in Independence, Mo, he was entertained by Mayor Roger T. Sermon. And just before en- tering the mayors home, at 701 Proctor Place, Truman was met by hundred or so old friends who had waited to see him on the lawn of the Sermon home.
 He shook hands with everyone.
 Next morning ,one of the local papers carried a story about the reception and told how in shaking hands with the 7-year old daugh- ter of J. Marcus Kirtley, Assist ant Counselor for the Jackson County Court, the President had said:
 'I'm particularly happy to meet you"
 Reading this quote in the paper next morning. Mrs. Truman went to the telephone and called up
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
MIR. KELLY
(New Haven Journal Courie,

(New Haven Journal-C Courier)
 Like most of our war heroes, Technical Sergeant Charles E. Kelly of Pittsburgh, Commando Kelly" is really a simple and fortnight man. If. he has been unduly expand ed ana exploited, that isn't his fault. Discharged now from the army with long string of ribbons and medals. he says: Commando, hell! From now on they can call me mister"
 He furthermore expands his mili- tary philosophy to include his bud dies, as follows: Forget the wishy- washy Be Kind to Veterans Week stuff. The time to treat man de- gently is when he's in uniform. We're grown-up men, and we can take care of ourselves when we be- come civilians"
 Presumably the great majority of war veterans feel likewise about their military experience and status. There is very little posing among them. They don't strut around and they don't Haunt their uniforms and their honors. In general, all they ask for is to resume their places in civ ilian life and live up to the prin- cipleS for which they fought.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
Views Of The Press

and unimportant. but they may be wrong about it. The ..ast is still somewhat overpopulated, in com parison with most other national areas, and there are still large areas for settlement in the West.
 One expert who has been study ing this situation, Dr. Frank E. August of Cleveland, serving as city commissioner of veterans assist ance, gives some surprising figures on the present pressure westward, indicated by recent Army survey. It indicates that 39 per cent of en- listed men from the northern states expect to migrate to the Far West after Utilization.
 And why should they do so? He explains the matter rather simply, as largely matter of housing. Most of our cities at present are grow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

many of her friends who also had children. Knowing that they had probably read what her husband had said tot he Kirtley child, she told them:
 q just wanted you to know
 that the President was happy
 to meet your children tOo."
 MERRY-GO-ROUND
 Every mothers son west of the Mississippi river-and some east are making moves to get the Cabinet job of the toughest, most fearless member of the FDR Cabi- net-Harold Ickes. Jim Patton of Denver, head of the Farm CTS Union is one of them. An other is genial Governor Bob Kerr of Oklahoma, who led the switching of delegates to Truman during the Chicago Convention. However, Harold the Ick" may fool 'em Over 2,000 Spanish Loyalist families are now strand ed in France, unable to return to Franco's domain, their men killed III an anti-fasciSt war where they never admitted defeat. Gov. Leh- mans UNRRA finally has decided to help them, though it will be on 9 small scale.
 Generals of the Services of Supply were having special meet ing at Camp Grant, H., special training center for the Medical Corps. While Gen. Virgil Peter son, former Inspector General, now director of Personnel, was speaking, he suddenly sank to his seat, victim of a stroke. Gen. Nor man Kirk, Surgeon General of the Army, and his deputy, Gen. Raymond Bliss, were at hand and took care of him. They sum- moned an ambulance. But imagine their chagrin when the Army ann bulance supplied by the Medical Corps at it's own chief training center contained no stretched |. The British embassy staff i'll Washington is going through its most drastic shakeup since 1889. Jock Balfour, who served here IT years ago, has been transferred back to Washington from the Bri- tish Embassy in Moscow. Follow ing him will probably come Sir Archibald Clark Kerr to replace Lord Halifax as ambassador.
 BRITISH BLACK LIST
 Attention Ernest Bevin, new
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Things which happen to us every day begin to teach us certain les sons. It is as if God were saying to us, Do you understand what mean" And our answer is "Yes."
 When God gets the first word across to US and we get assent back to Him, then communication is es- tablished, as it was between the cells of the two prisoners. It may take years before we understand what God is trying to say to us out of the Bible. But as soon as we catch a faint glimmer of the meaning of Gods messages. we are prepared to receive more of His counsel and to respond heartily to it.
 All Rights Reserved-Babson News
 paper Syndicate. Babson Park,
 Massachusetts
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS

Banjo Eyes Will Bulge At This
 Many of your ideas my father believed. He practiced over fifty years in -. My husband (-, M. D. and I have been married six years, and to our deep satis- faction we can boast five grand- daughters. (7, R. M
 Answer - Hurrah for you both, you must be fast workers. Five chil- dren in six years-what a line con- trast with the wretched oh, well, never mind the scum. What America needs is ten million more couple like you, God Bless You and Your Family.
 Keep Your Hair On
 I was reminded of the bald bar Der recommending hair tonic when I saw you take of your hat on the bowling green the other day the flash of sun from your top hust my eyes. (C. W.
 Answer-Some men have hair; some have brains; you can't have everything. For the pamphlet The Hair and Scalp" send ten cents in negotiable condition-an stamp ed self addressed envelope. It deals with dandruff, oily hair, falling hair, badness, prematurely graying hair, superfluous hair, hair dye, hair oil, the growth of hair. Dry Eyes
 Which of any vitamin might have beneficial effect on excessive dry ness and irritation and redness or ] lids and feeling as though there were dust or sand in the eyes? (H. O. Answer = Ribofiavin = formerly called vitamin G and vitamin B. best taken in natural form, as vitamin, B-complex. Also vitamin A, natural A, not caratene, is some times specific for dry eyes with i night blindness of difficulty in sec {; ing in dim light or extreme sem sitivity in seeing in dim light or extreme sensitivity to glare. Copyright 1945, by John F. Dille Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

been coming through the wall now for some hours. Finally he figures out that it spells the word under stand". He taps back Yes"
 This is something like the process which goes on between heaven and earth, between God and man. God is trying to send his messages to us. At first they are like unintel- lisible tapings on the wall. But at last we notice a pattern. Men before us have noticed . like pattern.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

ut? Do you lie awake mig h t S worrying a b ou t all those letters you have forgot ten to write to y o u r relations, d o c or, dentist, groce CT, butcher a n d landlord, thanking h e m for t h e ir serv- i c e S a n d, in cidentally, enclos- ing check?
 An! We thought so. You are just f. he ar tV to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

British Minister of Foreign Ar fairs: Take a good look at the British Black List and the way your predecessors in the Chur- chill government were trying to keep a director of I. c. Farben off that list. He is: Arpad Plesch, who not only was director Of Hitlers largest cartel. but at temped some interesting financial transactions in Switzerland. For some reason, the Churchill Gov- ernment removed Plesch's name from the Black List, though the U. S. Treasury vigorously opposed It's worth looking into, MT. Bevln. CAPITOL CHAFF
 The man who most wants Sen atork Burton of Ohio appointed to the Supreme Court is ohio's ex-Governor John Bricker. AS long as Burton remains in the Senate, Bricker is stymied. As three-term Governor of Ohio, he can't very well go back to that job again. He can't go backward, he must go forward, and Burton's present place in the Senate is the only out Ohio politicos say Bricker could beat any interim Democrat Governor L a us che might appoint. Some even say Lausche is so anxious to curry COP favor that he might appoint Bricker himself to Burton's seat in the Senate =. Admiral Ring, Admiral Leany, the heads of AFL and CIO have joined with the leaders of veterans Organi- zations and thousands of newspa- permen to setup an Ernie Pyle Memorial. It will be 100-acre farm near Ernie's birthplace in Indiana to serve as his last rest ing place Best tribute of the the year to the U. s. A. came from this country's genuine good neigh Dor, Paulo Hasslocher, Brazilian Minister to Panama. Toasting the United States on July 4, he said: Let me con- .gratulate you on the second greatest date in history" U. s. officials immediately asked what the first great date in history was. Replied Hasslocher: Decem- Der 25."
 Copyright. 1945, by
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

chain of grocery stores has offered $5,O0O prize to the poultryman who will develop chicken with broader breast and more white meat. By the way, what ever became of the old-fashioned, single breasted fowl, complete with drumsticks and eminently suited to the Sunday din- ner table, that we used to see in the gro cery stores?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
Selected Poem
PLANE FLIGHT

Mae Winkler Goodman in The New York Times Silver pinions bank and lift
 The weightless body into space, Cleaving through a clouds blue rift At a timeless pace. Now gravity no longer yearns
 Against the upsurge of taut wings; Earth is the Newton that it spurns- Wind is the song 1t sings. Here man and God and sky and steel Are one with one momentum hurled, As time revoves upon wheel
 At the rim of the world.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
POSTWAR TREK
(New Haven Journal-courier)

(New Haven Journal-C Courier)
 It is a well known fact that wars have usually been followed by waves of migration, wherever such outlets were possible. Our own wars have been notable examples of thelwest- ward trek which is natural pro- cedure in this country. Most Amer jeans. perhaps. have assumed that this tendency has now become weak
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

ing oyercrowded. If men who ordi- narily would expect to return where they came from. at the start of the war, find on their return home that their cities have failed to provide adequate housing and other facil- ities, they may go elsewhere. Buf better living facilities will tend tt keen them at home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Japan has a race superiority myth comparable to Nazi Germany's. Let's take just few lines from Japanese Ministry of War pamphlet of 1884: "War is the Father of Creation, and the Mother of Culture Rivalry for supremacy does for the state what struggling against ad- versity does for the individual -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
FAIRY TALES FOR YANKEE
 wISEACRES

One of my children, aged 15, has acne (writes correspcndent), which seems to have been caused bv blackheads. But recently some one told me it is caused by
 Never mind what this parent was told. Suffice that it was thoroughly contemptible of the character who suggested it.
 The correspondent, asks: Could this lead to insanity?
 The answer Is no. Acne-black- heads and pimples-ha no normal significance one way or the other.
 The correspondent rounds out his morbid exploration with another question: If girl is illegitlmate will it have any effect on her ife whatsoever, or become hereditary?
 The answer to that is no. A girl or a boy connot be illegitmate, but may have illegitimate parents: If the child upon whom an H. legitimate parent and we insane lively cruel respectable" people place the stigma of bastardy hao a fair break from the so-called nu- man race his or her life would be no different from the life of any one else, and his or her offspring or descendants would be no differ ent from yours and mine.
 While we are on the subject-f we are-this may be good place to tell our readers who may neeo authoritative, frank and reliable ir- formation or instruction on any as- pect of sex physiology, pathology and hygiene, sex education for chil-
 dren, youths, young people con- templating marriage, married peo- ple, you may write to The Amerl- can Institute of Family Relations.
 6O7 s. Hill St., Los Angeles IA,
 California, and ask for the 1nstl- tute's list of publications. l recon.
 mend this as the best source o1 such education we have in Ameri- ca. Readers should not write to me for such pamphlets-the subject IS too large and too important for me to encompass in my general health
 service, except in few instances
 by personal letter, when l believe
 an individual question or problem
 calls for personal counsel.
 For clergymen, physicians, teach CTS the Institute offers a corres- pondence course in the technique Of counselling. There is also a small
 pamphlet on The Way to Counsel
 by Paul Popenoe, SGD. Dr. Pope noe is secretary and director Of the ! Institute.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

serve some ~or- der in the tap ping. Someone is trying on t h e other side of the
 wall to send him a message. He de- cides that per- haps the number of taps mean let ters-one tap for a. two taps for b, etc. A certain pat tarY, of tanS has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Many home will be frightened by the announcement million more pounds of butter promised in August This makes things more promising for the popover and the waffle; also for the baked potato and the fresh vegetables.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03
Daily Almanac

Moon rises at 1:33 a. m. (war time). Sun rises at 5:50 a. m, sets at 8:06 p. m. (war time).
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 High tide 7:5l o. m, S:18 D. m. Low tide l:50 a. m., 2:o4 p. na. (war time).
 This is the month of bright skies. shoot- ing stars and the like. We may appreciate this if the heavy humid weather ends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

Not since the spring of 1921 have liv- ing conditions been so high, the Labor Department reports. In June, 1945, they were at their highest level. High as the prices have been, never, on the other hand have there been so many buyers for high-priced goods, from diamonds to fur coats.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-03

The naming of Monty Wooley, stage, screen and radio actor, as nominee for mayor of Saratoga Springs, N. Y., gives rise to the question, will he manage to make Dinner at Eight?"