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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Foct-finders Stort Today
 UAW-GM Dispute
 Opponents Ready

Detroit Dee, i9-(UPD-Presi- dent Trumans iact-hnding board takes over today in the 29-day-old CIO United Auto Workers strike against General Motors Corpora ton.
 Top opponents in the UAW-GM wage dispute were in Washington for meeting with the board to discuss procedure to be followed in q fiye-day public hearing which opens tomorrow.
 The Washington investigation was highlighted, however, by de- velopments in Detroit. They in- cluded
 l. The Ford Motor Company's offer of l24 per cent wage in- ! crease estimated at S33, ,000, 900 | in l946, and it's rejection by the | JAW.
 2. JAW announcement that 99 per cent of it's l75,000 strik- ing members had voted to con- tinue the GM walkout to win 30 per cent wage increase.
 3. UNA claims that General Motors sought to break the strike by alleged circulation of rumors about it's favorable tax position for 1945.
 1. The layoff of the Packard Motor Car Companys Detroit plants and @ layoff of 10000 workers because of parts short ages and the annual inventory.
 Lines Still Closed
 At Flint, Mich, where masseo pickets prevented the entry of of- flee workers into the General Mo- tors AC Sparkplug plant yesterday City Manager George T. Gundry said he was hopeful the picket lines might be opened but admitted he was "apprehensive.
 Gundry called a conference last ing 3 1-2 hours last night to dis cuss the problem with JAW, com. pany and city officials.
 The Flint situation remained tense though there had been nc violence yet. PlcketS were called fol emergency duty again today. company spokesman said tha whether an anti-picketing injunc- tion would be sought depended or developments along the picketline.
 Yesterday, about 500 JAW mem. bers milled in front of plant en. frances while idle office workers making no attempt to breal through the line, stood on the othel side of the street. Police were ou force, but refused demands by tn, chief of the companys protection force to "open a lane" through tht strikers.
 SOlOns Deny Truman
 But the main emphasis in the auto industries labor trouble shifted to the national capital and MT. Truman's Investigating board.
 Congress refused to consider the Presidents labor management rela-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Atomic Unit Possibilities Outlined z.
 Naturalist Club
 Hears Perry A. Borden

or greater immediate value to in- dustry itself are the many new pro- ducts and processes worked out in the manufacture of the atomic bomb rather than the atomic power itself, Perry A. Borden told a meeting of the Waterbury Naturalist Club last night at the Mattatuck Historical Society building on West Main street.
 The speaker further stated the steamship is the only form of trans portation possible of propulsion by splitting atoms, and atomic power in this instance would be merely used to generate steam. The prin- ciple of atomic fission and some of the processes by which uranium is produced was also described.
 MT Borden said it is his belief that it is impossible to keep the secret of the atomic bomb, and if this country refuses to do so, some nation, or ruling clique may be stim- ulated to produce something even more powerful.
 Harold Pierpont announced there will be a hike to the residence of Ronald Malia in Plymouth on Jan- uary 6.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
RotoFionS Heor LocoI .ClereYmen
 Christmas Messages
 Given ai Luncheon

Christmas messages were deliver cd to the Waterbury Rotarians yes- ierday noon at The Elton by Rev. pr. John C Walker. pastor oi the Second Congregational Church and Rev. oliver Cronan, assistant pas- tor oi St. Margaretk Church Rabbi William P. Greenfield, also a mem Der of the Roiarlans was unable ta deliver his Christmas message be- cause he was % at home.
 The Rotary Caroleers sang six holiday carols led by Harold Tabey with Gene Oylatt at the piano. MT Tabcr and Prank Kenney were sol- oists. 4 Christmas story by Leo Tolstoy was told by Dr. Walker to illustrate his Christmas message He emphasized the fact that those who are not negleciiul ia helping the needy are the ones who lead
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Surplus Disposal:
 Armed Forces Get Brunt or Attack on Program

.o sell them. thc Navy advised lt could not deliver them until lt had removed the buttons from ihe jack e. Tine buttons happened to have thc Navy anchor on them and f didnt think civilians ought io wear them This caused a delay oi aev- eral months in their disposal. Meanwhile however. a large New York department store had thc same type of jacket on sale-but- tons and aN it had acquired them fr0n O manufacturer Who had Bought them from tle Navy as pari of a contract termination settle- mcnf
 Description Faulty
 In October the Army declared surplus 10000 WAC girdles A chance examination showed thai the descriptions furnished by le Army were inaccurate. So the whole lo' was frozen on Nov 2 until an accurate check could be ob- ta.ned. They were finally released for sale on Nov 2s
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
Surplus Disposal:

EDITORS NeTEi Here is the second dispatch in series which tell of some of the prob lems involved in the govern ment's surplus property disposal program.
 By sANDOR x. KLEIN
 Washington. Dee 70 - tuPl- Veterans small businessmen and other segmcn.s o' iac public ase heaying bflckbats at tho goYcfn- ments surplus property disposal program
 They're writing ln by the hm- dreds to complain they can't lay their hands 0n an" of tAe s'uf thai the armed forces don't need any longer. The Surplus Property Ad- mlnltral1n sili has a backlog oi unanswered letter from better than 2.OO0 veterans
 This correspondent sought To And the answer from officials now or formerly connected with the chief consumer goods division oi thc Re- construction Finance C0pOrluon's officc of surplus property
 Unanimous In Blame
 They were unanimous ln blaming the armeu forces. particularly the Army They couiended tho Army was slow in declaring surpluses and that it caused confusion by with drawing goods after declaring them surplus and providing inadequate inaccurate data on quantity and type of materials it does release, Last week the Army promised lm- mediate release Of si03 .72l 370 worth of surplus civilian items including trucks, shoes. socks and radio equip ment.
 William & Bradley who resigned as head Of the consumers division just before it was transferred from the Commerce Department to the REC early last month, told the United Press that 40 out Of 60 sales programs scheduled for September were held up because of inaccurate date supplied by the Army.
 Vice Versa, Please!
 Here are some examples Of the difficulties cited by Bradley and other officials in connection with the disposal program.
 On Aug. 18. the Army declared as surplus 3150,O00 yards of parachute silk. Garment manufacturers de- scended in a pack on the consum- CTS goods division, each hopeful of getting some of the silk To insure orderly distribution, the divisions met with an industry advisory com- mittee to work out allocationS. This was done Then the Office of Price Administration was called on to set ceiling prices. With everything set for distribution, the Army stepped in on Nov. and withdrew the cloth. It said it needed the silk for gun powder bags.
 The Navy declared surplus about 500,0O0 short coats, or peajackets. AS preparations were being made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

for payment cf slo weekly for sup port and ss weekly as almonv. A chAsre cs cruelty wne the basis of the divorce. The couple maFytec oct X. 1884
 The new suits wrre fiico as foi- loNs.
 Gloria Irene ElewaTf Coiasauto of Waterbury aEAinFf Amedeo Rocco ColaEanto. also of this city. crueity alleged 10 have started on oay of marriage. Aug q. isf2, custody of three children sought by plaintiff
 Mary sncafuso CoFe.lo 0f Wa ieFourY against Gerald " CoTeilo. also oi fhik city. ocsergagn alleged
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
wABIRY DEOCRAT WATERBLRY WEDNESDAY DECBER 9 IO45

the way". because of their Christ mas spirit
 Father cronan urged the R0sar- fans 10 celebrate Christmas in c Christine gay with glory 10 God and on earth peace to men oi good wiil~. He said that true peace costs a prise and it means self control. self sacrifice. humility and sell abasement as we see h in Bethie- hem. He also pointed out that the ideals of the Rotary are similar to Christmas spirit in that they en- courage the spirit of good VII and good fellowship
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

EDITORS NGIEi Here N the second dispatch in series which tell of some of the prob lesns involved in the govern ment's surplus property disposal program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

tions legislation before the holidays so the fact finding board will act without legal authority when itl public hearing opens.
 What the board accomplislies very well might be conditioned on what happens in Detroit in the meantime.
 The JAW, in the midst of wage bargaining with Ford, was prepar- ing counter proposals to Ford's of fer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
TT REALLY HAPPENED

Philadelphia-A cheer leader beat Utahs basketball team here. He dashed onto tlAe court. injured star Vern Gardner SO badly he had to retire. st. Joseph's edged the Utes by three points
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
HE'S A STEADY MAN

Philadelphia Fgrst bAseman Prank Mccormick. sold to the Phils, once played esq consecutive games wth the Reds The National league record ls held by GufEie Suhr ai 822. established with the Pirates.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
DETROIT wEIG UD

Detrolt-TWe,re univerk ty e De- trott bAxkeiban player were cap- saans of their hiFh school teamE. one. AFt stoikgy. it ar eS-Tsian captain.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19
UFerR RrcoRD

Biioxa. Agiu--Prt Nary Uhis cot foar nacorcs CT the Keeslrr Fie!d cros-oounisy two-niis. nefotiatiug the distance in esb&
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-19

to have taken place on day cf marriage May 16. iat7. cIHtudg oi
 chiie. suppcri. and alin,ny sought.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

The Associated Negro Credit
Union, sponsors of the Mayor of
Bonneville contests, has followed
in the steps of the Minnesota
League of Credit Unions which each
year sponsors a series of affairs
and one large dance to get funds
to carry on a campaign to educate
the public in the advantages of
credit unionism and thrift. The
Minnesota League is holding its an
nual dance at the Minneapolis audi
torium on November II.
One of the main civic contribu-
lions Of the Negro Credit Union
so far has been its survey of diff
ferences in mortgage loan rates Of
fered to white and Negro home
owners.
The Credit Union also takes it's
Mayor of Bonneville contest idea
from other cities which sponsor
similar contests annually. Los
Angeles recently had it's mayor
of Central Avenue" contest which
concluded with a huge inaugura-
ton dance at which screen star
Lena Horne and many other out
standing celebrities were guests.
Chicago originated the Mayor of
Bonneville idea some years ago.
The Inauguration dance which
closes the Twin City campaign this
year will be held at Norway Hall,
goth and Chicago Avenue, on the
evening of December Z, fourth an
niversary of Pearl Harbor. Door
prizes of 500 and $40 will be
awarded during the evening, and
the three first place candidates will
be awarded cash prizes of $25, SIS,
and $40. The Mayor" will also
receive the gold trophy emblematic
of victory.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-11-09

Mr.. Granger said he found few
cases of exemplary leadership in
the Pacific and many cases Of
downright biased leadership" But,
he added, the Navy is gradually
improving.
The most serious failure of the
Navy, he said, was in it's selection
of officers to command Negro
personnel. Most officers found
commanding Negro personnel, he
stated, were palpably not capable
of handling Negro men to the full
extent of their ability and eff
fectiveness.
"The final answer to a democratic
and completely efficient Navy" he
said, "is going to be found in the
abolition of all types of segrega-
ton" and "the abolition of any spe-
cial approach to the service of
colored men in the Navy"
Saw Commissioned Men
He said he had run across a num-
Der of commissioned officers. He
saw six or seven in the Philippines,
the highest ranking being Lieu
tenant Edward Hope, he stated;
three on Einewetok, Martin Sublett
and Nelson; three on Saipan, Lieu
tenants Philip Barnes and Reginald
Goodwin, and one with a construc-
ton battalion, Ensign Joseph Will
liams.
In reply to a question concern
ing criticism of him implying he
was a tool of the Navy, MIR.
Granger said the comment of
Walter White, secretary, and Roy
Wilkins, assistant secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of COlored People,
boiled itself down to a question
of the honesty of the Navy and
his competency as a social work.
er. He said he is sure the Navy
is willing to meet the issue of its
honesty and that his record as a
social worker was open.
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Telephone Coll Nets
ST. Paul Cops Coin:
Nine PdY Boil Costs

On a telephoned complaint that
there was a dice game being con-
Quoted in an upstairs apartment at
269 Rondo avenue, police investi-
gated Sunday, November 4, and
confscated a $3.50 pot and three
pair of dice. The raid also netted
the police nine victims, who paid
800 in bail.
On a dining room table, over
which had been placed a blanket,
they found seven men and two
women shooting craps"
Pending their appearance in
court on gambling charges, the
nine persons were released on SO
bail each. The pot and dice were
kept as evidence.
The nine released on $40 bail
each are Ruth Hammond, 81 years
old, 331 Rondo avenue; Evelyn
Milsap, %, of 800 Iglehart avenue;
Willie Seay, SO, of 269 Rondo ave-
nue.; William George, Al, Of 331
Rondo avenue; Columbus Perkins,
Al, of 221 Rondo avenue; Toreal
Lyons, 81, of COG st. Anthony ave-
nue.; Robert Milsap, 20, of 800
Iglehart avenue; James Nealey,
40, of 1876 Grotto street, and Floyd
Smaller, &c, of 312h Rondo ave-
nue..
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able time, the superintendent
stated.
Pollard further said that he
doubted if any nurse made the
statement Mrs. Florez charged, and
that when a patient leaves the hos
pital contrary to medical advice as
Mr.. Tune allegedly did, it is not
customary for General to furnish
ambulance service to the home.
Mrs. Florez had revealed her
charges to Mayor Hubert H.
Humphrey, Pollard stated, and it
was through the Mayor that Pol
lard knew of the case. He wrote
a letter to Mrs. Florez on Novem-
Der 1, the Doctor said, replying to
her charges and explaining the
diagnostic procedure necessary for
treatment.
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to be tempered with.
.. Amended to Death
In his 10 years in the state
legislature he introduced the first
old age pension bill in the state,
fought for unemployment insurance
and housing. His Old Age Pension
bill passed, but it was modified"
McDonough said.
"In fact, it was almost amended
to DEATH" he recalled.
In 1941, 1913 and this year, he
had a housing bill drawn and
brought before the Legislature,
which would permit cities in the
state to set up housing authorities
and tear down crime-breeding, un-
healthy slums, but nothing has
been done about it, and now Min
nesota is the only state in the
Union with cities the size of Min
neapolis, st. Paul and Duluth,
which doesn't have a housing
authority law. Meanwhile Twin
Citians pay federal taxes which
go to support housing authorities
in other cities.
When I asked him why such a
vital bill was by-passed, Melon
ough snapped: 'Too many Repub-
leans"
"What's the best way to remedy
the situation?"
ELECT the right men," the
Mayor replied again without any
hesitation.
McDonough thinks the spirit Of
inter-racial goodwill in st. Paul
and Minneapolis has been ahead Of
that in other large cities, but he
would like to see state or national
FEPC enacted into law.
First Steno Hired
It was through him that the first
Negro stenographer was hired to
work in the state legislature. Nc
Donough, then in the governing
body, hired the girl to work for
him although it brought down on
his head some violent protests. The
young lady performed her duties so
well, and had such ikeable per-
sonality that it wasn't long before
some of the very men who had
protested the loudest were asking
for her servicesI
He feels that the breaking down
of racial discrimination can be &C.
complished through patience and
intelligence rather than through
the type of pressure tactics that
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and as result contracted a serious
cold.
Mrs. Florez also charged, &C
cording to DR.. Pollard, that a nurse
had said during Tunes 19-day con-
finement at General, that if Mrs.
Florez wasn't satisfied with the
treatment he was getting, she could
take him out of the hospital. A
third charge, DR.. Pollard stated,
was that the hospital wouldn't
furnish an ambulance to take Tune
home.
Pollard said that the elderly man
was in an X-ray room of sufficient
ly warm temperature and that he
was exposed only when treatment
required. The strapping down was
necessary, and the diagnostic pro-
cedure called for the patient to lie
on the X-ray table for a consider
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problems was to, try as far as pos
sible to take active part in the life
of the cities in which they reside.
''They can do it by getting into
all civic affairs, joining commit
tees" McDonough said. Staying
off into an isolated corner and
taking pot shots at the outside
world will never bring about inter
racial understanding because it
doesn't break down the queer and
prejudiced attitude of many whites
that Negroes are not human beings,
is the way John McDonough sees
it.
He's a business-like, thoughtful
man, but friendly along with it.
He said he was 80 years old, but he
could easily pass for a man in his
early forties. His record stands
for itself. There's no meeting too
small for Mayor McDonough to at
tend, and he shares with the late
Mayor Larry Ho" Hodgson the
reputation of being the most popu-
lar with st. Paul's citizens. Away
from his civic duties, he's known
to be a jolly good fellow. He's out
spoken against racial discrimina-
ton, and lets the sparks fly where
they may. Like Minneapolis youth
full Mayor Hubert Humphrey, Nc
Donough has certain firm convic-
lions and doesn't stand for them
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David was with the 1867 Engi-
neering Trucking Company, at
tached to Patton's Third Army. His
outfit did truck and convoy duty be-
yond the infantry lines. eve got
our dose of the medicine" Turner
said. with what little training
the boys did have, they did a Won
derful job"
After the end of the war in
Europe, he was redeployed to the
Obi theatre where he stayed until
he came home for discharge. Turner
lives with his wife, Diane, and
daughter, Constance, at 1892 Fourth
Avenue South.
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improved in it's handling of Negro
service men in the last three years.
This conclusion was reached by a
comparison with conditions which
existed in 1912 when the Navy per-
mitted Negroes to enlist only in the
messmen's branch.
Names Mistakes
After the late Secretary of the
Navy Frank Knox announced in
April, 1912, that the Navy would
accept Negro volunteers for enlist
ment for general service in the re-
serve components of the Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and
all ratings in those two branches
would be opened to them, two mis-
takes were made, Mr.. Granger said.
These mistakes, he stated, were
the establishment of a separate
training program and the large con-
centration of Negro personnel in
the ordnance service, which resulted
in a disproportionate number of
colored men being assigned to duty
in ammunition deports.
In 1915, he said, the Navy actual
ly began to admit Negro inductees
to all branches of the service and
to remove the segregated features
which were interfering with good
morale and efficient service. But
progress in the Pacific, he stated,
"has Jagged behind the standards
on the mainland"
Editors note: Negro person
mel still is not enrolled in the
regular Navy, nor accepted for
training as pilots in the Naval
Air Corps. Naval policy still
restricts Negro personnel of
auxiliary craft aboard ships ex-
cept as messmen, although Mr..
Granger said few Negroes were
serving in rated positions aboard
battleships. He would not ven-
ture a guess as to the number.
Negro women are still barred
from the Women Marines.)
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Mon Denies Guilt
On Munn Act Rup

Livingstone Sims, known as
"Pigmeat" Sims, 81 years old, en-
tered a plea of innocent to a charge
of violation of the Mann act, Tues
day morning, November 6, making
this the first white slave case in
st. Paul, in a number of years.
The federal court, in its present
term, will hear the case.
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Minneapolis G. |. Says
General George Patton
Was At Front Constantly

General George Patton's famous
Swim" across the Rhine river be-
came a subject of conversation
again this week as David Turner
of Minneapolis who was discharged
from the Army at Camp Mccoy,
Wisconsin, on October 80, arrived
in town this week with the informa-
ton that some Of the boys who
"vas dere, Sharlie," told him they
saw the General swim the river,
Pearl Handled pistols and all.
After the American press carried
the story, Patton denied it. Turner,
who spent 10 months in the service,
eight in the European theatre and
two in the Obi theatre, says he
heard the tale from men who were
at the Rhine at the time Patton is
supposed to have made the swim
to prove it was the only means Of
locomotion across, as all bridges had
been blown out. Dave believes If
the General didn't do it, the feat
vas one he certainly was capable OF
performing, because Patton was one
Of the greatest showmen in uniform
and had liking for the spectacular
Turner said Patton never was one
of the coy commanders. "He didn't
stay behind the lines very far. HI
was right there at the front mos
of the time, and he certainly gave
US credit for the job we did"
BURL GRIGSBY is IMPROVING
Burl Grigsby, 814 Aldrich Ave
N, who was seriously injured three
weeks ago in cutting fracas, il
improving, but is still a patien
at General Hospital.
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NEGRO Enlistment
In PeucetiIne Army
Hits Two Thousand

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov.
(NNPA). - Voluntary enlist
ments of Negro men in the new
peacetime Regular Army
reached 2,450 as of October IA,
the War Department disclosed
last Saturday.
AS of the same date, voluntary
enlistments of white men totaled
SO,093. Negro soldiers repre-
sented about seven per cent of
the total.
Enlistments are open for three
years, two years and 10 months,
with a one year enlistment for
the man who is presently in the
Army and who has served not
less than six months.
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Bonneville
Standings
St. Paul Mon
Edges Out Mpls.
For Second Week
Pvt. Williu1n Wude
Re-Enlists in Army
For Three Years

Pvt. William Wade, who is sta
toned in Italy with the aviation
corps, has re-enlisted with the army
for three more years.
Pvt. Wade, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. ]. Wade, 2421 Fourth Ave. S.,
wants to remain in the army be-
cause he can learn a trade, and he
has an opportunity to work with
the Coast Artillery.
His parents expect him home by
Thanksgiving for a 90-day fur
Tough.