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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
The Political Pot Comes To A Boil

The campaign is on At least so the Republicans say but you would hardly realize it. They opened 1t put quickly closed 1t when from the open spgot nothe put absurdtes poured forth Unfortunately for them now ever their amateur program cannot be recalled or erased
 Many regular Republicans were hoping that at iong last their party might offer candidate ana patolt inviting their support but again they are dsappolneo The so.caled Independent" Democrats, whose very status as party is being questioned, certainly ouoxeo the Republican taccans. By persuading the COP boys to nominate one of their own number for alderman ano manic candidate to against regular Republican, tne incumbent William Gerard There was obviously some po litical connvance at the crossroads -
 If their schemes succeed, the Board of Aldermen would comprise seven Democrats Republicans ana one Independent Democrat who would presumably occupy adelicatey-balanced seat in the middle Of the aSle
 Fortunately the scheme is doomed to fall not only because of GeradPs personal following put because oSV Republicans refuse to condone such Machavean manpu ations and prefer regular Democrat to one of the mug
 The cops treatment of Gerardi has provoked re- percussons among the Italian community which furnishes Tar more than do the Independent Democrats mus once again. the COP seems to have maneuvered ltse1 into position which helps the Democrats.
 The COP chairman too offers little reassurance that the party has improved itself Already he IS In hot water not alone because he puppet of the same old un successful and nept leadership but because ne IS run ming good candidates out of the party , ,..
 He allowed the shelving Of James Abercrombe, Joseph Harpn Charles Fulkerson earnest citizens and cons entous officials who dropped to make way for more politically minded followers and to StSfy the 1ndepenoen Democrats - erard out of re-nomnaon failed he resorted to other even less savory methods Now even some RepuolicahS ere predicting that may be the low man on the Republican Sttha way the party can get him out or the chairmanship too It IS more key however we've 'nS'
 But aside from their intramural antagoniSms the COP seems unable to find real issue They are trying desperately to find punctureproof balloon to send up Inevitably there are some disgrunted Democrats too' but they far fewer than the Republicans count on COPS relatively unknown candidate the shaky plat form on which he seeks to preserve his balance
 So while the pot Is boiling the only thing likely to be cooked Is the Republicans goose On the other hand, the Democrats can offer constructive program Mea- while their organization maintains its efficient function the election will produce
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
National Flower Week

National Flower Week is being observed October 2l2S throughout the nation for the first time this year to pay tribute flowers and the part they play in our lives in war and in peace .. can Florists and all allied associations not as sales pro-
 motion but as week of education and reflection upon the beauty and meaning of fowersl
 The war has demonstrated that flowers are necessity to build morale and nourish the spirit ser vice from the four corners of the earth in ioxnoe with their loved at home Over three million ser vicemen called upon flowers to deliver messages for them in person of love remembrance and hope The love Of flow CTS is universal and almost old as the human race It. self goes back in history to the Garden Of Eden songs have been sung about them poets have written to exto their beauties and artists have tried vain to capture their iridescent freshness on canvass.
 So let us give thought this week to flowers And now that peace is here let not forget that flowers can do their part to make life more beautiful and more worth, while Flowers thing that can inspire us ana all mankind to reach for new heights of achievement ln which peace and happiness may reign
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

BchooB-ineludlng the sons nnu uHuBnteis VI Sv. and generally carry on in an unbecoming way TIE sot of q bomb. Charges and counter.charges were hurled. And, aS is customary in eovcrnment'Vowh' many statements were released
 Sen Theodore Blbo from MisSlssippl, called the ntnayor' of washington by virtue Of his being chair man of the Senate District Committee, wasted no time in sounding off. He blamed parents TOT neglect ing their children
 Then Rep. John L. McNfillan (D, SC) stepped into the storm. He too blamed parents who "alant care" what happened to their offspring and let them "rin wild" He further added that unless sonething was done Congress would have to step n'
 Immediately there was hunt for legslation m which would do something about kids dfinking aha m foriner sen Mccarran. It would keep liquor stores not less than 600 feet away from schools and churches Bilbo promised he would push that measure
 The most serious twist to the whole affair came a few days after the board of education member made his original statement He charged that vet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
Washington Children
By Peter Edsog

erans returning to District high schools were "de- H1oraliNng the work we're doing in upholdng the school regulations against smoking and drinking on school property"
 This brought into the open . question which has been worrying educators. More than 70 per cent of oil men in the o. g, armed forces do not have high school dpiomas They anticipated dissatisfaction to school and friction that would discourage many from enrolling
 Dr. Leland Bradford, Director of Adult Educa. ton Services for the National Education Association, has made . thorough study of his problem Steering clear of the Washington trouble he says the nation must face the problem of educating the veteran more intellgenty. He says that veterans are adults and must Dc taught As such High schools gearea to eau: eating AdolescentS won't do the job He reported that progress was being made In many cities for giy. ing speeded up courses to vets and segregating them in school
 Bat K the charges that the veterans aren't getting along in District school have eny truth segregation must not Dc the whole answer Veterans ar0 seRFes gated in District high schools They were given their choice of going Into special high school or geng back to class with the other students All have elected to learn with their former CT buddios They have been given c small area on the school ground where they can smoke The director of the project reports no friction but very little mingiIng with the regular students.
 Most District high school students thcmselyeS said there was 70 lot Of stink about nothing being raised"
 A i7.ycar-od senior said;
 "Ive never seen any high school student drinking in school at c game, or on date. Besdes, what 1T they do take . smoke or drink once in whlle1 We're old enough to know whats good for uw. And telling person he can't do either just likely to make him want to-"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
In Today's Mail

drive "can only mean inflation," was written without knowledge of the facts. The Democrat assumes, with- out Justification, that higher wages necessarily mean higher prices This, of course, Is not so,
 0. I. o. unions show, by figures which cannot be refuted, that the companies can meet the wage dc" rnands without increasing prices.
 Productivity has gone up greatly during the war as the result or technologIcal Improvements. Labor costs are only one of the factors go. ing Into total cost and in some of the industries in which the o, l. O. is seeking wage increases the labor cost runs as low as 5 percent Of the total cost
 The c. I. o.s wage campaign Is AS much for the benefit Of serviee' men as for any other group. There is no basis for the belief that serv- icemen as c whole are opposed to what the Q. l. Q. Is trying to do. servicemen are disappointed and dlsillusioned by what they have found 10 be the true situation on wages and they join enthusiastically with the O, I, 0. ir what it Is trying to do for them and for others.
 Sincerely yours.
 Harold Senior
 Editor, VANGUARD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
CONNECTICUT STATE INDUSTRIAL UNION COUNCIL

Editor Of the Democrat
 Dear Sir:
 oct. %, ie46
 An editorial In Thursdays Demo. crat quoted government official aS saying that returning servicemen are "00 percent bitter toward or. ganiSed labor"
 What bitterness does exist among ServIcemen Is due to the kind Of propaganda fed them while they were overseas. They heard lot about alleged high wages but noth. Ing about the unprecedented profits of industry.
 It Is unfortunate that the press gave servieemen such c distorted picture. SerVlcemen are encounter ing bitter diSillusionnent when they return home and seek jobs for thef1- selves ct these high wages, only to find few jobs available ct . living wage.
 The front page of Fridays Repub- llcan carried c story Illustrating this situation very well. It told Of an Ar Force sergeant's decision to re.enlDt because he could make more money in the service than in Q civilian Job'
 According to the Republican the soldier thought civilian life would be better than it turned out to be- While overseas serving with the l2th and 18th Air Forces, he explained, he heard all sorts of good stories about the big paying jobs back home So, on his return to this country no went hunting for that r1oney.mak. ing Job. He took . position In . face tory Stockroom, earning S30,e0 Q week. And then came tho urge to return to the service. Also came Hayes (the Sergeant's) estimate inst he could make 93.32 more in the Ar Corps than in civilian life"
 Servicemen by the thousands are making the same discovery as Sergt' Hayes. They are now learning the truth about phony high wages
 This Is probably the reason why SO many servicemen, upon return ing to jobs In the shops, join the union and become militant members, They see the need for labor's preSs ent drive to increase wages and give this drive their vigorous support
 The c. I. Q. recently obtained from the War Manpower CoFilniB- sion figures on the wages being Of. fered by firms which have Job va. cancles on file with the United l States Employment Service,
 The great bulk Of these jobs pay between S20 and S27.60 . week. Many Of them are with firms which have accumulated millions and fiii- lions of dollars Of profit during the war.
 The c, I. o. believes that the edl- toriai in Thursdays Democrat ny saying that the 90 percent wage l
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

cause it shows there are two sides to the Russian picture It Illustrates how the United States some- times Is used by our British Allies.
 Five Americans were first dismissed from UNFFsA and then sent home from Europe for opposing this situation Contrary to UNRFSA policy they were uis- missed and rushed out of Germany in l0 hours wth' out having any investigation mace of the facts oth CT UNFSFSA personnel wait weeks for passage nome
 Upon their returning to the U.S.Au the injustice on the the pay-rc Since then they have been trying to get action, but have been given the run-around py UNRRA Deputy Directors Roy Hendrickson' cor rngton Gill and Richard Brown.
 And five UNRRA workers are: clifford A. Hood of Trenton N J., an engineer formerly with U. s' Steel and Bell Telephone; Leo Schwartz formerly witn Federal Public Housing who came to UNRFA atters two years with the Red Gross in New Guinea and Australia Mrs. Frances Cummins, formerly foreign trade analyst with TEA and for ten years prior to that with the REC; Miss Lydia Robertson formerly with the Navy Department; and John Beechef, the writer They were supported in their position ny Lt' Col charles Jackson, Maj. Frank Wilkins and Mej. James Boone of the U S. Army, who interceded With UNFFA and tried to retain them on the job
 This group, believing UNRFAs duty IS to pc nm. partial if 1t Is to function at all finally nave agreed to publication of their story. Here 1t is;
 The American Group was assigned to work in the Stuttgart area of Germany, which Is under the uNRRAs European Regional Office, which Tn turn
 UNRRA policy in that area, the Americans soon discovered was to build up and support the efforts of the die-hard Polish arisocras to create PoliSn Army for eventual use against the present Polnn government. At the Omund Camp, for instance, IoO Poles and other East Europeans who enlisted for training under Polish Army leaders were rewarded by UNRFSA workers. They got double ration ot food and cgaretS. The Polish liason officer (with credentials from the London government was even conducting c school for non.commisBoned officers m stuttgart to train this Polish Army
 m addition, the British hired hundreds Of Lon- don Poles from the former Polish n'Ex. ie and placed them in responsible UNFsRA jons ih preference to other nationals. These London Poles then worked night and day to persuade the slave laborerS, drafted by the NaMs from Russia, the Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic, not to go pack to their homes. -,,, While wagng this eampagil-under British uNRFA blessIng-a Russian repatriation officer was actually refused admission to the Ludwigspurg camp 10 interview these displaced persons. Finally the U s Army which has been maintaining strictly
 impartial position had to intervene. It ordered the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
About Fred Carroll By BiH Cunningham

have dinner with him one night He'd been writing letters home, and he seemed . little low.
 T don't often take drink" hs sad. 'eut have Scotch and soda with me- VIII you7 I've been Sit' ting here feeling old and lost oil At once"
 whats tho troube9" asked him.
 well. I've been thinking of home" no lald. and ss just nt M mo ior tnS % iFst M sms s as noh Ms ood wiling will get home some day, but he's grown man now, and hell probably Do oii his own o @ ar sd sSns a fl sS s sS love em every one but they're growing Up on me and getting married and ail WeeIe. tho youngest, nn sS ess seri o q 9 aPs @ cS u Sns hc without Weezie around And here her mother writes me they've got her room picked out at vassaF. <
 "What the he" responded, you're trying to De ike Canute ordering the tide to stand back What do you want on your hands, lot Of ignorauges afd cd :nslas? They :as!ss e gss married s.e s::eS
 Hof course know itP he said, "but t sort cf breaks the old man up just the same"
 That's the only time ever saw him down in the dumps, and he didn't stay down long, for he had plenty of bounce, and q great sense Of hunior. We had many laugh together
 He was in . terrible state when left Paris be. cause hO said he hadI think he sad-eO girls work. lrg for him, in his department, or some such, ana he didn't dare come home without present sor one for each Of them and t seemed as N there want that much perfume left in France.
 The bitter irony in t all is his lecture to ne about flying, There was Ati outside chance thab could fy home Don't try to stretch your luck,D ne said and t was practically an crder. we've both had 10 do plenty of flying Up to now don't ke it ana don't think you do You 60 home on boat. That's tho way I'm going. And furthermore, I'm through taking any chances over here. Things aFe settled down now and they're getting the reads back in shape i've gok good comfortable car, and I'm staying on Lhe sround where its safe from now en-"
 learned that you Dpen your heart 70 2 tfiepa when yol'fe far away and Lonesome end can sey finer cleaner tEuer to his Cod hs country DE reg sponsibllitg his family and his ffiendg Whsfex4 hsI gono, hspe thest selns days fte sss q
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
Views Of The Press
.HEMIsPMERIc PICTURES
tNew Haven Journal. .courier)

(New Haven Journal-cour'er)
 There should Dc general enthusi. ast1 over the plans now in progress for \ freer exchange of motion pic. tureS between the United States and Canada. Pictures are often more important than words iil this phase of human progress. and in tho present state of the world It IS I'm. portant that the two nations should know each other better.
 At the same time it Is well 10 ex' pand such operations in Mexico, Central America and South Ainerl- Cd, All of these nations are within tho scope of Greater America, and should havc c greater abundance of the familiar and friendly inter. course which motion pictures can provide. There iS no better way tor tho two continents to got acquainted with neighbors who should and must be friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

she walked ali the way over to the desk before she said anything.
 "Mr, Cunningham" she began, I'm afraid I'm not very good at breaking bad news bit they've Just called src;;i ac~,sssH!ss a:a asked ne te teH SeG that Fred Carroll was killed this morning in An autornobe accident 90 miles north Of Paris TIC was American Red Gross coinmbsiorer Tor Britain ana Western Europe-ard . great and good guy
 can't even clearly see tbb typewriter yet !! ! keep thinking Of how he talked about Mrs. Carrcl Eotietirnes aS if shc were n the next room, again as fl she were sweetheart left in the homo town and hs principal reason for wanting to hurry back to it I remember how, when he shared suite IT m tne London Ritz, 1 saw him down or his knees ~ tne side of his bed. praying for Bob on that supmarine m the Pacific and Of how he told me no did it every night of his life. That hits mo harder now because Eof1ebody told mo yesterday that Bob, the young Navy lieutenant. got home safe and sound ana was waiting for lis dad.
 But Bob wasn't all, nor anywhere close to ail. lie talked lot about Ruth and Marian and katil. leen and Louise and Nancy. I've never met any ct them, but know a about them, and about how tner daddy loved them and Of what nc hoped Tor them. Hecaise it seems to me my mind has been stunned since heard the news Tim not certain at the moment whether Louise or Nancy, was "Weezie," the papy think it wA6 Nancy, but anyhow, Weezie was leav' lnK for Vasshr this fail He gave mo bottle of pefS fiifne and two pretty ang he bought in Scotland 70 bring back to fef @ golng-tosccllege presents
 Hs want vsy happy about A wsni over se
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

or NcWBpHpUF IVUWI JubV RB !IsO afternoon Iiowsboys came tearing out screaming the headline, "Knute Rockno Killed Tn A Plane Crash" 1 was the waTm0st Of friends with the great Metre Dame coach, but never mind that now,
 The second time was the other day when tie door Of my office opened and my new and most efs ficient secretary walked in. She had no papers in her hand and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

And hB B pVCuHHF 70 VIIb community, strictly local events have q habit of working Into na. tionswide significance. It is dlffi' cult for q congressman or govern- ment official to be associated with anything that doesn't have im- portant qualifications, This mat ter Is no different, although it does have c delicate and unpleas- ant angle to it.
 A member Of the D. O. Board of Education has charged that AtudentS of tho Capitals high
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

Make Like Minerva, 4ahy-Pure goddess stuff, this seulEtured dinner dress From an ad in the New York Sun r.
 HIT TT, MIN s When classic precedentS In clothes
 are taken To whet mlladys somewhat avhl
 whim 1 find that am almost always By language In the advertising
 hymn.
 If Pallas lived, she'd be antagoniS-
 tic, Since on her wisdom historic con-
 cur,
 To admonitlons 50 anachronistie, To urgent pleas that baby" make
 like her,
 Minerva wouldn't like the styliStS,
 you know, Who want the girls to copy what she
 wore;
 I'm positive the same would go for
 Juno,
 And Venus wouldn't like 'em any more.
 They'd say Imagine chicks who
 are 50 flIghty In such habilImentS AS are divine; That rag. perhaps, is like Q oreeian
 nightie; ., It isn't like Q single gown Of mine" But that's imagination gone unruly, For judging from the paintings that
 I've seen, . If girls were dressed Ike soddesseS'
 truly Would hide my head, You gather
 what 1 mean1
 =--
 A strike marked the return Of Colonel Juan Per0n tO power in Ar. gcntina. We cant quite make out whether Is was . general strikc Or Q colonel strike.
 It looks as though the Admif1iS- tratlon Is opposed to wage increases that will raise prices. After our scientists have completed the rela" lively simple task Of perfecting atomic energy control, they may turn their attention to the discovery of some other kind of wage increase A rubber company has announced the invention of rubber pad to keep baby chicks warm. The hen's dWindilng agency in the process of production probably will disappear entirely when they find some way or building an incubator that cluckS'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
AIr Tranaport command Cuts

Washington = Plans announced by the War Department for the Air Transport Command call for slashes ln operations. The ATcB fleet Of 5000 planes IS to Do cut to 06O by next July and scheduled routes are 10 bc reduced from 2i0,00O to less than g0,000 miles.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

not 0 pretty one,
 It shows how one of our Allies In Europe has been using UrgRRA personnel and resources to work against another Ally. It tells how Poles have been stirred up by Brit ish-controlled UNRRA workers to oppose the Russians, how Russian and Polish nationals have been persuaded by UNRRA workers not to return to their homes, and how UNRRA-Arrny supplies have been blacksrnarketed In Europe.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
Get Out The Vote

N Mayor John s. Monagan'S admonition to all party workers that potential Democratic votes are actually cast is a well-chosen piece of advice.
 Faced with another onesded victory this Fall n1ern- bers Of Waterburys majority party may become too compacent unless the party organization exers its every democratic system of government demand that the major ty express it's opinion Failure to do so defeats the liberty of choosing our officials It bettes the freedom fcr which our sons have just battled the world over and o be quite realistic about it, makes possible the cleo ton of candidates less weequipped to run our municipal affairs than are the members of the present admins tfation
 Every good American owes t to his country to ex- etcse his franchise Every good Democrat owes 10 ms uarty to support its able candidates Every good Wa erban owes t to his city to add his own small voice Io the enthusiastic exclamation which will undounteoly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
EPI'TAPII

Here lies Rufus Rolio, 'ff Who couldn't sleep at night, :. From worrying, it seems, If he had
 coiored dreams Or If he merely dreamed In black
 and white.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

WASHINGTON. Oct 22-Citis9ns Of the District of Columbia, most of whom devote themselves to thinking on the national and international level nave been idled irtH giving thought to their home Ire
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
Waterbury Of The Past
2S Years Ago

A local amateur opera company, the Chuffy Singers, lasted only one night in an opera called WILLS Orfeidoffer."
 Joseph dotNenhouSer, c local youth, was thought kidnapped, but was discovered in New York visiting friends.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
Merry-GO-Round

WASHINGTON, Oct. aa-For three long weeks e group of uNERA workers have been trying to te story to their chiefs in Washington. The story
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22
IS Years Ago

A man was being thrown out oi A restaurant on East Main street because the manager was going to have a nervous breakdown if that guy didn't stop going "ni'fifiifii' IYifnin."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

twice fin my Ilfe I've felt as f railroad Iron had suddenly been driven through the middle oi my body The first time was gusy spring day pack In iO3i when stepped out into the thin Sunsnine M
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-22

Horton Baxter, 6 Waterbury man, gas being listed as c casualty tn New York where he dashed from . gar to buy q paIr Of PiorSheii11 Shoes s--afld ripped on the curp ID I,is hurry to get into the store ?, 6. He didn't get the shoes