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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Pension-C Conscious

Of recent years Waterbury has become more and more penSion-conScious. No doubt it's due to the spread of social vel fare ideas throughout the nation All of us have drunk deep at this well and are convinced of the need of providing against such things as old age, unemploy- nent, etc. Waterbury is no different in this respect than other American conl- munities. We are no different in many respects from other communities in our failure to plan governmental pensions on sound basis But we are learning rap- idly that sound pension plans aren't insti. tuted without objections, either.
 Two years ago to stem an increasing number of special pension acts for city governmental employees the Legislature was asked to set up commission to study the local situation and to report back certain recommendations This has been done, but not without objection, which was to be expected. A bill, based on this commissions findings, will receive hear ing shortly along with similar measures, which represent the objectiveS of differ ent employe groups.
 This week there were hearings on 1n- dividual pension bills at Hartford, affec- ting local governmental employees or former employees. Considerable discus sion centered around payment of pen sion to the local superintendent of schools. Dr. Thomas J. Condon has had long and honorable service with the City yOf Waterbury. He entered it's employ Ag teacher in the fall Of 1900s He Willt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure
 Have Ben Told my blood pressure is 176 syStolisc, 102 diastolic. am 39 years old. Does this require con- stant medical attention? What can you suggest? (M. K) Answer-Only that you consult q physician.
 Battle of the Bulge
 I was holding my own until ! sailed past forty, but in the four years since that I'm afraid I am losing the battle Of the bulge, I like good food, but at the same time the boss doesn't go for fat girls, SO.
 (Mrs. M. D. Answer-Maybe your tactics or strategy is not quite correct. Main menace is refined carbohydrate. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, ask for How to Lose Weight" For more detailed instruc- tion about glandular condition, diets etc., inclose twenty-five cents for booklet Rules for Reducing"
 Varic0se Viens
 My right calf has 8 deep blue vein and when the leg aches this vein protrudes noticeably.
 Miss w. P.) Answer-More likely it is the other way around-when the vein is congested or overf1lled and ch- culation therefore retarded, the leg aches. Send stamped envelope bear ing your address, and ask for pamphlet "VaricOSe VeinS', Copyright 1945, John F. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

ter the Paris Peace Conference, after the United States had with drawn from the League, after 1t became evident that Europe was drifting toward another catas- trophe. They were bitter and dis illusioned. They felt we had let them down.
 And they were right. The American people were suspici- Ous of Europe then. We had our isOlatiOnlsts. And we pulled out of the peace machinery of the world.
 But we won't do it again. The R. M. Davises and the school chil- dren of the country and the mothers of the sons who have fought in this war and the sons who are coming back from the war will never permit another letdown-unless they figure that the major powers of Europe are letting them down first.
 This time, it is not us but Russia which is suspicious and has its isOlatiOnists. This is only natural and partly our fault. For the State Department and the chanceries of Europe kept Russia isolated for years. Ma turally that kind of atmosphere breeds isOlationistA But this time you can't afford to make the same mistake we did before.
 Since Yalta we have learned that the Soviet is concerned over the votes of small nations in the United Nations meetings: is wor- ried that they may gang up on her; and believes that the 20 Pan-American Republics will all follow the United States as a bloc.
 But I remember the day after we landed Marines in Nicaragua and sent troops to the border of Mexico when no Latin American nation would have voted with us. And if they now follow us as a bloc it is only because we have reversed our previous high-hand- ed policy and treated them as
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Views Of The Press

are at Eisenach, on the edge of the Thuringian Forest, which has its own crop of legends. Just out side Eisenac1 is the Wartburg. where TannhaeuSer competed in Song-but it is doubtful whether
 songs would be effective againSt, tanks. Across the Hoersel river from Eisenach lies more serious threat-the Hoerselberg, or Venus- berg, where reposes the pagan siren who ensnared Tannhaeuser to f1is doom. Venus might have some ef" feet on the American Army, but the danger Is lessened by the fact that the forces managed to circurn,
 vent the Lorelei on the Rhine-tO say nothing of the Rhine Maidehs very handily. And, finally, to tha northeast of Eisenach stands the Kyffhaeuser, which has 8 large statue of Kaiser wilhelm I on top
 and contains Kaiser Friedrich in- side, the Emperor who is supposed to be sleeping until Gernlany's day of glory. It would seem that he missed the bus, apparently because
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
The Future of Our Merchant Fleet

The retiring chairman of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Association has de- clared that the bulk of American shipping built since the war began should be scrapped with the coming of peace. He says its presence in the world freight market would be disastrous" for all mar itime nations.
 Before we begin damning the British for interference, ingratitude, and what have you, it might be well to take look at our wartime merchant fleet.
 The bulk of our shipping today consists of Liberty ships. They were wartime life savers, capable of quick construction. But their design is more than 50 years old. They are far too slow to compete with modern vessels in the peacetime shipping market. Especially in view of the high wages that American seanen receive, we must have fast ships in order to compete at all.
 American shipping officials have never, SO far as we know, considered keeping our whole wartime cargo fleet in use at- ter hoStilities end. But neither has there been much talk of Scrapping the Liberty fleet. The most recent plans are for tying it up and, with the help of new and im- proved preservatives, keeping it in sea- worthy condition against another emer- gency.
 Maybe the retiring chairman of the Liverpool Steamship Owners Assoclatlon should read the papers before offering well-meant but gratuitous advice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
MOBILIzING THE MYTHS
(New York Herald-Tribune)


 Now that the Rhine, with it's memories of Siegfried and the other Volsungs, lies far to the rear of the advancing Allied armies, the Germans are digging into other mines of traditional and mytho- logical lore for inspiration. They have come up with 8 fine, grtsly name for their galerrillas (who as yet do not seem to have appeared in any numberS) and are calling on all Germans to help the were wolves'-wild beings who hide in forests and "pounce on all Gods creatures with towering rage" as the German radio puts it. The name is not inappropriate, since the werewolf myth deals with hu- mans who turn into wolves. but the Moscow radio treats the matter with a callousnes which must be distressing to the propagandists who are still trying to make the worlds flesh creep with their vicariouS desperation. "The wolf hunt is on,' remarks Moscow. Good huntingv There are other ancient German traditions which may now expect to be mobilized for Hitler's last stand. The British 2d Army is re. ported fighting in the Teutoburgel Wald, 8 slender ridge which run: northwestward from the neighbor. hood of Paderborn toward Osna' brueck. Here the Roman, Varlls lost three legions to the German Hermann, and Hermann's descend ants erected a monument to thei hero on a hdll about dozen mile northeast of Paderborn, to demon strate their gratitude at being save from civilization. Since Hermann fat nanesake, Goering, has prove
 inadequate to repeat this task, 1t l time that the original was whistle lup from his troubled resting place. ~ And 1n the, south. boo. American
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

When Waterbury was experiencing public hearings on a proposed pension system for city employees this past winter Russel O. Hooker, who made an actuar- ial survey for the local commission, said at one time that the state system might ultimately be proved unsound. Well, that has come to pass. Already two reviewers of the state system have warned that in a few years the payments can't be met unless the present rate of employe con- tributions is changed. That should cause local officials to consider carefully the proposed contribution scale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

passing years had tragically re- vealed his mistake.
 People always make g mistake when they allow money to be the prime factor in arriving at any de- cision. The person who chooses his lifework primarily in the hope of growing rich will probably never get either wealth or satisfaction out of his career. Young people who marry for money live to realize what 8 mistake 1t is to put hap piness and self-respect on the auc- tion block. The embezzler at last curses the hour when he decided temporarily te -boEzoE' esrtAiz
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

COP forces in Hartford continue to rely on Mayor Mortensen to a great ex- tent. At a hotly-debated meeting the Town Committee made the mayor, who won't be the party's candidate again, US contact man for all matters of legislative patronage. It would tend to show that despite the fact he is leaving the party high and dry after his term ends the mayor is still the fair-haired boy and nope of the party.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Current Comment

From now on everyone must pro- vide for himself. We are in a poSi- tion where every square yard of soil must be titled, every waste lot must be used to grow food-even every flower pot. German Food Min- istry spokesman.
 What we have done to Germany we are going to do to Japan. The payoff will be the same. We are going to use the same overwhelming air power. AAF Gen. Henry H. Arnold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

Perhaps your Embassy has re- ported that in the last two years, much of the old anti-Soviet sus- picion has vanished and that the great bulk of the American peo- pie are anxious to cooperate with Russia for future peace as they have for winning the war.
 In the last two weeks, how ever, this friendly feeling has received jolt. I don't know whether your Embassy has re- ported it, but it is true.
 It has received 8 jolt because of the general impression that the Yalta promises are not being kept and that the rights of little nations are being trampled on. To put it bluntly the American people are beginning to wonder whether Russia is really sincere about keeping the peace after the war, unless that peace is one which she dominates.
 Never having visited the United States and we hope you will some day-yOu prob ably have no conception of the overwhelming hope of the Am erican people that the ideals of this war shall be achieved and that their sons will not have to go out and fight another war. this is not merely a hope, it is 8 passion. It is the American peoples one great goal.
 The other day I attended a small dinner where coal minte operator from West Virginia awarded prizes to the high school children of his city for the best essays on how to erect a perma- nent peace machinery. R. M. Davis, the man who gave the prizes, has even written a con- Stitution for the United Nations and a pretty good one at that, with one vote for every nation and he has circulated thousands of copies throughout the country.
 Davis is 8 former street car conductor and mine-mule driver. He is just one of millions of Americans who are thinking about this problem of permanent peace. He represents America. And the kids who received the prizes were sons of Hungarian immigrants, and daughters of German, Dutch, French parents. They represent America too all thinking about the same thing.
 Shortly after the Armistice in the last war, was station ed in one of the war-torn val leys of Serbia in command of 100 Rulgar prisoners and a mule
 transport team of 100 Alban- inas. And in the evenings, the
 Bulgar prisoners, with their
 Serbian guards and the AL
 banians (whO didn't relish be-
 ing cOnscripted into the Serbian
 Army) would sit around the campfire and talk of peace.
 The war was over and they were awaiting the results of the Paris Peace Conference before they could go home. There was no animosity between the Bulgar prisoners and their Serbian guards or the Albanian con- scripts. Their animosity was to- ward the rulers who made them fight.
 And their great hope was in Woodrow wilson. They knew
 his fourteen points by heart.
 They put special faith fin his guarantees for small nations.
 So they talked about Woodrow Wilson and their hopes for
 permanent peace until long in-
 to the night. I saw some of these people af-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Selected Poem
APRIL MOMENT

(Marguerite Janvrin Adams in The ChrlSuan
 Science Monitor) This vital moment is replete with stirring things underground, the pushing sound of seed to stalk; fluttering, whirring of wings at dusk, settling, scheming new feathered flights, with hearts dreaming of April rain returned aagin Horizons sweep wider than sleep before our eyes. There Is 6 subtle moment, surprise evoked by the cool note of rivers flowing, and arias of upland breezes blowing. This hour is president of the summers birth awakening of earth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

A Hartford man ha san idea that there should be no parking near schools dur ing sessions. It's his claim that chill dren darting out into the highways from between parked cars are a hazard that could be avoided by eliminating the lesser of the two evils which he views as the parked car. It would be difficult to euro childish enthusiasm; but where will the marked cars be removed to?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Death Sentence of Man Power Bill

One sentence out of the thousands in James F. Byrnes's latest report to the President and Congress seems to have given the coup de grace to the dying manpower bill. That was the one in which the Director of War Mobilization and Reconversion urged the bills passage not only for war production, but for pro- ducing essential civilian goods and 'later, to facilitate reconversion."
 The bill was already drowning in a flood of diluted amendments and con- promises tending to render it ineffective as well as inoffensive. It only needed an ill-advised remark in an otherwise excel lent document to push it down for the last time.
 Even Senator Johnson of Colorado, who helped write the compromise bill, said he wouldn't vote for it after MT. Byrnes'S suggestion. He or one of his colleagues might have offered an amendment to limit the duration and nature of the bills provisions, and avoided the "reconver- Sion' possibilities. But, toward the end, many of the peoples representatives seemed to be looking for the nearest exit from the whole subject of manpower. But the argument for bill to draft manpower for essential production is as valid as ever. After Germany's defeat there will still be a major war to be fought and won, and most of our able bodied soldiers and sailors vii. be needed to fight and win 1t.
 The recommendation that manpower control extend to the wartime recom- mencement of essential civilian produc- tion is sound, if by essential MT. ByrneS means such things as trucks, busses, au- tomobileS, farm machinery tires and similar items whose lack would hamper the wars prosecution.
 ConScription of industrial manpoWer for military production is undemocratic by peacetime standards. But that is not to deny that it is as necessary as con- Scription for military service in time of crisis. However, it should be limited to the time of crisis. Industrial conScrip- tion has no place in the normal American economy.
 That is why the suggestion of man. power control ito facilitate reconversion" has disquieting sound, even though the suggestion is unlikely to find approval in lie. For it is symptomatic of type of thinking found in certain branches of government.
 General reconversion will come with the end of the war. The problem then will be to create peacetime jobs, not to control and ration manpower like scarce con- modity. The only apparent reason for wishing such control would be lack of faith in the ability of private enterprise to create those jobs, or an unwillingness to give private enterprise the chance.
 In wartime every American has the duty to serve where he can do the most good. But in peacetime he has the right to seek the type of work he prefers, and to live where he chooses. Private enter prise applies to workers as well as em- ployers. The proposed manpower freeze during the reconversion period would have denied workers their freedom of choice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

funds entrusted to his keeping.
 Wealth can make life more com- fortable, but that is all 1t can do. There Is not a grain of happiness in
 all the gold the world possesses.
 Happiness is an inner matter the joyful concord which prevades a
 mans soul when he has met life courageously, honestly and eagerly Great possessions!" The rich young ruler thought he had great possessions: he lived to realize that great poSsesisors had him.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

WaSningC0n 0ur- ing the war years. There are n O W n e arly 800 of these semi-omcial committees func- tioning. Over 12,- 500 citizens serve on them, without pay and almost
 entirely without trave1 ] expenses which must be b orne by the companies or or- ganizations which
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

This is the rich ruler who, years before, had turn
 ed away fir o m
 Christ in sorrow. declining to meet the challenge of t h e G r e 8 t T e ach CT an d choosing instead to stick by his wealth. w @ t t $ pictures him as npa tn whom the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07

his red beard has been growing : through stone for many centuries j. But certainly now is the time for !. Barbarossa and all other good Ger = man myths to come to the aid of 7 the party. Otherwise they will all soon be heading for the rear-pris. oners of war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
'NATI0NAI .
 SPOTLIGHT
Advisory Committee System Intriguing
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash inRtOn Correspondent

Washington, April - Revolt of the congressionally created Advisory Board of the Offlce of War Mobiliz- ation and Reconversion focuses at- tention on the entire advisory conn-
 mittee system that has grown up in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 3:42 g. m. (war tine)
 Sun rises 6:26 g. m; sets 7:23 p. m. (war time)
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The weather map in The Democrat Thurs day night was convincing proof that despite early springs the last frosts for this region can be expected as late as April 20. And that's more than week sway.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
A Thought for Today

And whatsoever the uncIean person tOucheth shaIl be uncIean; and the soul that tOucheth 1t shah be uncIean until even-Numbers 1922.
 
 Tell me thy company and will tell thee what thou art-Cervantes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, DID.

GREAT POSSESSIONS
 The picture by George Frederick Watts entitled "The Rich Young Ruler" shows a richly dressed man, apparently of mature years, diScor- solate, his head bowed with despair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-07
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Column Today Takes the Form of an open
 Josef Ston on the Vo Question Permanent Peoce Josef So The Kremin Moscow.
BY DREW PEARSON
WASHINGTON, April 2, 1945.

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-25

aMizaanl Captain Of the Yard in
ef,afgr Il ship movements.
A native q Sulphur. Okla,
iieutnnans Oxieys home Is now
~ niehmond. Calf He graduated
frum ms East Central State
Tss<hers College al Ada, Okla,
ana subsequently, took post
sfsaante work az Oklahoma Uni
tesmts and the University of
Callfognia. Daring school days
- aas 3 football and basketball
enlhnniast. and although he no
anssT participates actively in
ailfsas spoft. he siiil enjoys them.
hs : civilian. he taught math at
RAhmond.
A1AnF Navy ipdocrination at
AEsai. h D., Lieutenant Oxley
. ssni ssrsight INTO action and
- fesvy fighting in the North
flsAs1 fsr sure time on three of
&uisnnn campaign. He was sta
fse seiarnons Tulagi. Guadal-
r1n4l md Green As a result Of
uwty khpre. he Is entitled 10 wear
~ Soiomons campaign badge
ana fl1e Asiatic Pacific ribbon.
fsesiirnant Oxiey makes his
hsple ln Key West al the u. S.
fAa&eI Cnsa Marina.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-25
BOgOtans Handle
Their Cracklin's
Without Gloves
By FRANCISCO J. PLAZA

A r Newsfeatnres
BOGOTA, Columbia. - In the
United States. the crisp cork
skin packed in cellophane goes
TO market as a cocktail appetizer.
In Bogota and most of the rest
of Latin America echicharron"
(the South American name for
pork skin) has been delicacy
since the conquistadors. But no
cellophane.
On Sundays in the parks and
every day in the markets AMI
along the streets go women with
baskets of cracklin's hung on
their arms, The pieces, pale-yel-
low, thick and creamy looking,
arc two feet or more square. For
nickei-three cents, U. S.-they
will cut off a few square inches
of the CONNECTION, little salty,
a little greasy, a trifle sweet and
RSly crisp.
Cracklin's and other pig meat
are the big attraction every
Thursday at the market place Of
Las Cruces, one of the oldest and
poorest districts of Bogota. Even
the cachacos bogotanos - well
dressed gentlemen, as opposed to
the rabble--still repair there for
a dish of pork fritters, hot Chi
tharron and a drink.
Cracklins have practically no
social standing at cocktail parties
or otherwise, in Latin America.
But it is not unusual to see The
most highly groomed and proper
yocno lady slip off her gloves in
The park and go after square
Ct e. II
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-25
TOT AVS BIRTHDAYS
official Navy photorra nh

Lr. John R. Mott, famed Y. M.
Il. leader, born Livingston
~ nor N. Y, 30 years Q 70.
ri ip Murray, president of the
CioaPo in Scotland, SO years
ESQ.
ietc l. Sikorsky, famed aero
t.esl engineer, born Russia, SIS
* ars ago.
Gene Tunney. Navy physical
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-25
LIEUT.. OXLEY
In CHARGE OF
SHIP MOVEMENTS

Lieut. Deihert Oxley. Isl. who
has been in The Naval Reserve
sinee esrlv N 1872. reported %
Key West fresh from duty in the
North Solomons where he took
an active par. Al that campaign
as cargo end operations officer.
He h assigned 10 duties here as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-25
AUSTIN GOODMAN
NOW IN HOSPITAL

MANI BEACH. May 25.-War-
tmnf Offlrer Austin Goodman,
iushand q Mrs Kate y. Good
uan. key West Barracks. has
Nsn admitted 60 the A. +. y. Re
sfonai and CouValcscent Hospital,
Aiaui disifict. Cor treatment and
HNM
Whils = psticni AZ this hospital,
90 80 several operated by the
AAF perssanel distribution COM
- "a. ~ viii BE- under the care
q afnny physicians and also Will
sesa firaee in the physical train
nN 1ad vocstionsi activities OF
sne romNalaaccnt services Of TIE
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-05-25

director, born in New York, AT
years ago.
John Holmes, president, Swift
& Co, Chicago, born Ireland, 81
years aao.