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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
By DreSC Pearson

unless he has large number of men to command The more men discharged from the Army. the less justification for generals So with al-tme record of 1900 generals, you can understand why dischafgS move slowly.
 Usually open-mITded Leo Crowley, the foreign economic administrator, suddenly has gone in for secrecy He is suppressing report on how much electrical and utilities equipment should be removed from Germany.
 what happened was that joint committee of U. s. industrial leaders and government officials mapped out plans for dlsmantling certain branches of German industry. This dismantling m and removal Morgenthau plan to prevent Germany from armine for another war.
 So joint committee of U. s. business and gov- ernment leaders after studying Germany'S public utilities, recommended that certain amount of electrical and powergenerating equipment be taken out of the country Last week report by this com m;ttee was drawn up for release to the public. It was assumed by the joint committee and by other government officials that the American people, having made great sacrifices to defeat Germany, had right to know what steps were being taken to Keep ner defeated.
 But just as the press release was ready to be issued Crowley stepped in. He decreed that 1t should not be issued As result the public was Kept m the dark regarding the fact that group of U s utilities experts recommended that two-thirds of all powers generating equipment be removed from Germany.
 Officials are at loss to understand Leo Crow- leys strange desire to suppress this recommendation for dismantling German industry. They know, of course that Crowley is being paid $OOOO as chairman of the Standard Gas and Electric O. in addition to his government salary as foreign economic adminis- trator But why he should suppress information re- gardng German utilities because he is head of Q big American utility remains mystery.
 
 Gen. .MacArthurs policy of letting the Japanese continue to rule Korea has riled lot of people in Washington and elsewhere. Also some people didn't like his policy of letting the Japs continue their propaganda-until U s. newsmen finally protested.
 Nobody, however, is more griped at MacArthur than Naval chiefs in Washington. They were hoping that Admr. Nimitz, who did such good job of mas- ter-indng the entire Pacific naval operation, would be chosen to receive the Japanese surrender And when during the first few days 1t appeared that he was to be ignored the Navy quietly prompted the White House to make that Ninit1 ct least in on the formal surrender ceremony.
 TIpoM on how naval chiefs feel was given by Comdr of the Fleet Admr. Ernest King in talk with newspaper friends the other day He said he hoped they had noticed that Gen. MacArthur had been designated to sign the surrender papers as Sue preme Allied Commander FOR the Allied powers not as Supreme Allied Commander or of the Allied pows CTS.
 "There is 6 difference, you know" Adrnr King said
 King smilingly refused to clarfy this, but 1t was obvious he wanted 1t understood that MacArthur was acting flor" the Navy not as Supreme Commander "of" the Navy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
Schmeling Backlog By Btu Cunningham

Russians" to the Germans, and any of them includ:. ing the former world champion heavyweight, went into reasonable facsimile of St. VItus dance.
 Well, how did he hope to live in Hamburg, asked, what did he plan to do? He owned six apart- nent houses there. he said. or had before the war. Three had been bombed flat, and the tenants in the others didn't have any money with which to pay rent. But maybe, he said, he'd get some income out of that but what he really hoped to do was and then he told me about this plan for going into the schoobook publishing business.
 It was really serious thing, he said All the NaZi schoolbooks had had to be burned and there was absolutely nothing being done as Of she moment toward bringing the children of Germany pack 70. ward the light of decent ways. Perhaps 1t was too late to do anything about people of his generation he said. They'd submit to discipline put the t rest with them, was conjecture. The children, however, were something entirely else They were still young enough to have their little lives and minds moded' and he felt that he'd be making Q real contrihution iiZation by printing the textbooks that would help most to recapture them from the evils of the Master Race ideaogy.
 He made quite speech. He seemed very earnest. thought he had quite an inspiration What didn't know was that he also had e piece of the printing plant The British found that part out and returned a prompt Oxfordian Nuts" So ended Herr scnme!s ing as the potential head of any Hamburg 0inn & O.
 But one thing he said about those kids was right as rain and oddly enough, ts nkewse sHs HHs the point that the Allied Military government, cE whatever agency moving in to take over the rernolaS ing of the deologically orphaned kinder should come with definite long-range program and full Of steam.
 You'd need to have been in Germany thrcugn the Naz regime he said, to realize how thoroughlZ the children were regimented and at what . hard gallop they were driven They were kept busy every minute with definite program. Leaders were ever~ iastinsly at them driving them, inspiring them work harder and get this extra ribbon for the Fuehrer . join this club take this hike study this pamphlet make yourself better Nazls. wCrthier members of the Master Race The kids loved it. he said to that that they're accustcmed and it's to that they'll respond. Nothing else VIII bring any positive results If it had only been fce good q" the sx-rriss fighter dghsd
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
Ms9r. John A. Ryan

The late Msgr John A. Ryan, national authority on social and labor problems worked for the bettermen of the working His influence felt in religious and lay circles in that he planned and prepared rules and ulatons that farreaching He advised well those who came under his tuteage teacher and he likewise advised well in the preparation of laws pertaining to wages and kindred subjects.
 Msgr Ryan was an important churchman he was like wise important crusader for social justice His books widely read He assisted in the national program of late years applied to social problems In the man. in which he drew up program for social reconStruc ton during World War l. too did he assist in social re- form all during the office of the late Franklin D. Roosevelt 10 whom he was good friend and adviser.
 His contribution to his church and to the nation was transferable His importance likewise the respect in which ne held testified in the gesture the occasion of hs roth birthday six years ago. when about 800 national leaders honored him at dinner in Washington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
TULIPS FROM HOLLAND
(New York TimeS)

NNeW xOEh AWASS'
 Out of the reduced store Of tulips left to them, the people of Holland have set aside 10000 tulip bulbs to honor our soldier dead and to make more beautiful our national cemeteries. It is generous gift, for the tulip was no less a casualty of war than the dead 1t now will honor. Many were lost when the fields were flooded, although re- ports from Holland now say the damage was not so extensive as at first believed. Many were eaten. for the people were reduced to that, as a substitute for potatoes, or ground and mixed with the little flour available to make bread.
 The bulbs expected next month will bloom in all their loveliness next spring in the Arlington, Baltimore and Long Island cemeteries. They are a first gift, and an equal num- Der, promised for next year, will go to other cemeteries. There they will lift their chaliced flowers in all the colors of the rainbow and bring a touch of beauty to the rigid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18


 are being by-passed wherever possible. A Senate committee investigator checked at Fort Meade last week to discover that fleet of used Army trucks was being sold to dealers only-without state or local representatives being given even an invitation to bid
 One of the most fragrant cases is reported at Fort Bragg, N O.. where the surplus Property Board okayed an Army move to sell tire manufacturers several of used truck tires at $50 per ton The tires declared class C1 by the Army, suitable for repair for civilian use.
 However, the state of North Carolina heard about the deal. Like many other states, North Carolina has had to delay considerable road work because 1t could not get tires to equip state vehicles So tire specialist sent to examine the tires at Fort Bragg, and found that they would be an excellent buy for state use.
 He was not permitted to buy any of them, however Instead, carloads have been going out at $sc ton to U. s, Rubber Co., and other rubber manufacturers who are reseing them at $40 per ton to independent tire repair companies Once repaired there tires are put on the market at ceiling prices for used tires
 While North Carolina Is unable to get any of these tires car-load of them was delivered only last week to the Goodrich agency in Raleigh the state capital, for repair and resale at ceiling prices.
 State agents were told also by Fort Braggs sal- wage officer, Capt V Y. Jones, that 1000 class tires (repairable for Army use) recently have been declared surplus. So far states and cities have not been permitted to bid on these.
 Rep. Lyndon Johnson of Texas is preparing to blast the Army regarding the following point in the muddled discharge situation:
 The ArmyS announcement that men with 45 points will not be sent to the Pacific means more than 100000 well neither be sent overseas nor released. Tn other words men with between 45 to 30 points will have to mark time in this country doing nothing
 Another blast that Congressmen plan to launch against the Army Is illustrated by the remark of Maj -Gen. Elwood R. Quesada, of' Air Force Counter Intelligence Gen. Quesada admitted to his staff of 2s officers that 1t had been recommended they be cut to peacetime force of five officers
 "But" he added, "I'm letting three of your be discharged and keeping 25 If kept only five off- cers I'd have to 90 back to my permanent rank of captain"
 In other words a general cannot be a general
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

CunnIngham that sunny afternoon in that big living room at Hamburg, mixing memories of big fight nights in New York with comments upon the shattered scene round about wasn't able to dig from him the fact that something funny was hidden under the idealstic kindng. Utterly in vain did try to establish how much money he had before the war, and what he had 1t in
 He feinted and slipped the questions with skill reminiscent of his ring days. came ct him by land came at him by sea- He simply wasn't there when arrived He said he never did make as much money as many people thought, that what he did make he had to take back to Germany in dollars change 1t by government direction within three days into marks and then invest 1t in German industries or securities
 He was forced to believe, he said, that 1t all was kaput. His chief means of keeping busy he said was a big farm in Pommerana. Yah, he laughed a little sadly, he'd been a farmer-and he loved it. It was great big place, he said, Of about 5000 acres and he raised everything-pigs, cows, wheat, potatoes everything; Yes, 1t paid he said He made good money with 1t.
 But Pommerana was in the Russian zone, he said and he understood the Russians seized all such places cut them lip and gave them to what the Rus sians called "the peasants" Where were any peasants in Germany? he asked rhetorically but he wrote off the farm with 6 wave of his once lethal right hand
 His cash had been in Berlin bank and he supposed the Russians had that, too. He was too afraid of the Russians to want to 90 back and sec offered to try to help him get pass to Berlin having no idea that could but you never know until you try and tt struck me that our people might be interested in hearing what he had to say about the German Kids. But he said he preferred to stay where he was. Tn that, he was typical Mention the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
A Medal For MT. Hopkins

lot of people in this country don't like Harry Hop kns lot don't know precisely what his role in gov ernent has been during the past decade But we imagine there few who would begrudge him his recent honor
 Mr. Hopkins has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for services of outstanding value to the United States of America from December 1941 to July 1945 He long the confdante adviser and gobeWeen for Pres dent Roosevelt in relations with top officials in Washington and the heads of foreign governments.
 He helped dsburSe the fruits of American war produc ton chairman of the Munitions Assignment Board and engineered presumably delicate negotiations head of the Presidents Soviet Protocol Committee.
 After MT. Roosevets death he put himself at Presi- dent Trumans disposal went to Moscow and 1t seems safe to say helped break of the dams of Russian oppos ton which for time threatened to wreck the San Francis co Conference
 Through most of these activities MT. Hopkins was very sick He wasn't rich and he received rel atvey modest salary He might have retired from his semi public life which brought him great deal of public cen- But he stuck to the jobs assigned him by two pres- dents And the first public recognition of his service to the nation is undoubtedly deserved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
On The Way

The outlook for tax reductions effective next year seems even brighter that Representatives Doughon and Knutson respectively chairman and ranking minority member of the House Ways and Means Committee have agreed that reductions are poSsibbe
 Just what taxes will be removed lowered Is another question No doubt the automobile tax will be eimi- mated since Mr. Doughton says automobile owners have paid 1t for the last time and Mr. Knutson did not even bother to mneton it. There much excuse for this particular mpos But the picture is not so clear when 1t comes to other evies
 Chairman Doughton thinks there will be a cut in ind vdua income taxes because i've can't reduce or wipe out profits corporate incomes and not do something about individual incomes Mr. Knutson believes that the excess profits tax should come off but he is not at all that 1t will be done" He expects lower individual income taxes and he suggests straight 20 per cent cut applying to ali returns.
 Some changes certainly justified The profits tax for example purely wartime device and it should be done away with promptly Nuisance taxes should go out the window with equal speed And judicious downward adjustment of individual income taxes should help the conversion process
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

like to go some place and run a lunchroom. He is terribly tired aft CT three years of the most intense mental strain. Yet he does not show 1t. His blue eyes sparkle and his smile Is human and warm. He Is nervously tense, but probably he always has been that way. High-strung, like Q race horse.
 As a Hollywood scientist, he probably wouldn't be much good. No whiskers. His brown hair is crew-cut and unruly. He is slen- der and of medium height. He
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
PERENNIAL PROBLEM

The melancholy time Is here At least that's what the poets say; There is the turning of the year, With autumn just a moon away. And now there comes to worried
 man
 Such troubles as with a seasons roll As, worriedly, he's led to scan The skies, his wallet and his soul. He ponders on the ends of fate, The ways of virtue and of sin, The sad condition of his crate, The planets woes, the empty bin. I cannot say these things appall Me as, perhaps, they really should, When heralds of the freezing fall Go stealing through the town and
 wood.
 The problem that begets my pain, Before the all-obscuring snow, Is: Should il1ow the lawn again, Or shrug and sigh and let 1t 90?
 
 Prince HigaShl- Kunl asks Amer. lea to forget Pearl Harbor." Next thing you know the willy Jap will be asking us to look on that Decem- Der 7th as the day of fanny.
 General Eisenhower has arrived on the Riviera, near Nice, where he will spend a vacation. It is rumored ttat the civic- minded citizens of his home state are beginning to repeat William Allen Whites old question: What's the matter with KansaS2"
 We like the story quoted by Ben- net Cem in the Saturday Review of Literature. A bartender had just opened up for the day when he looked around and saw a pink ele- phant and purple rhinoceros at the bar. Sorry, boys," he said. He hasn't come in yet"
 The Duke of Windsor, leaving New York for Paris, Saiu that he'd take q job if he were offered one that he thought he could do well. What peculiar, Outdated ideas the man has!
 Secretary of Agriculture Ander- son has formally recommended that ceiling prices on all citrus fruits be suspended immediately, Not more than one housewife out of ten real- izes that there have been ceiling prices in force-and she would be the one who doesn't buy oranges.
 There is no Vice-P President Of the United States at the present time, though you see and hear so little of Mrs. Truman that you might almost think she was holding down that job.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

pattern of military graves set rank on rank and file on file, so many paceS right and left, so many paceS front and rear. They will do more than words can say and will be c deeply treasured gift by which the American heart will be touched and for which the American nation will be grateful,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

faces at the moon, the British refused his request to go into the German juvenile textbook publish ing business. They have likewise arrested, tried and acquitted the surprisingly fit looking ex-Nazi paratrooper upon what was evi- dently a minor charge of falsify- ing some statement to the British occupational authorities.
 The British were smarter than I was. When I talked with the pugilistic veteran through most of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
READING DAYS NEAR OVER

Indianapolis (UP) A library card dated 1887 was recently returned tc the Indianapolis Central Library by q 00-year-old Greenfield man. who said that since he could not read much any more, he might as well return the card.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

pletely ignored the legal prefer ence states and cities are supposed to receive in the sale of surplus goods.
 According to the Surplus Prop erty Act, agencies of the Federal government are to have the first chance to buy surplus military goods, with state, county and municipal governments offered the next chance.
 Actually, however, the pur- chasing agents for local and state
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
Next Atomic Job

ATOMIC BOMB CRATER, N. M, Sept. 1s-Dr. J. Robert oppenhemer, the young University of Cal- ifornia physicist who was in charge of the scientific work in developing the atomic bomb, says he would
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
Waterbury Of The Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 The 40 and 8, American Legion, was electing officers.
 A wave of vandalism was being checked and investigated by the Police Department.
 IS Years Ago
 An unexpected cold wave was forcing local citizens to don top coats prematurely.
 A man. apprehended by police in the Brooklyn Section, was being questioned at Headquarters to de- termine why he had been dressed as woman for the past three years.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

puglist and the only gladiator in the history of the
 manly art ever to win the world heavyweight cham ponship while lying the sole Of his spine making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
.Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S-state and local gov- ernment purchasers are getting ready to make long list of charges against Stuart Symington's Surplus Property Board They claim that the board has conn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
$ Years Ano

There was st!ll plenty Of gasoline, butter and cigarettes to be had in the city. and rationing had not yet started.
 The Defend America By Aiding the Allies" Committee, was holding 8 meeting at The Elton.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

Prince HigaShl-K asks Amer. lea to forget Pearl Harbor." Next thing you know the willy Jap will be asking us to look on that Decem- Der 7th as the day of fanny.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18

There Is no VIce-PreSident Of the United States at the present time, though you see and hear so little of Mrs. Truman that you might almost think she was holding down that i0h
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1945-12-14

grand gal RADIO Havery
WTCN Blue Network outlet for the Twin Cities her
given Minneapolis Conference Jewish
Organizations last Thursday the NcOe Hotel Areth sailed all
logged little with
thrown shoulders
tshe had of boots that looked as they'd just
Fbber McCees Mildred Zimmerman,
Min" legion of city, peek
haVeys tootgear and no doubt was trying TO think OF suitable
when Areh upset the applicant with Il know promised
wouldn't 'em! take yknOw After all, Am
wearing hoes Mrs d. SAID never mnd don't bother so Aeth went
luncheon the perfect picture of lady radio
you happen the tOOtses
The luncheon of the smOOthyun affairs I've
attended Twenty Jewish represented
the usual huttery of female gatherings absent Mrs NJ j.
Sanders program chairman presided efficiency
made wonder why other ladies the ggg
and the farmers daughter greeting
Fuller brush The presidents of the 20 organizations were
the speakers
yellow candle called
they and lighted the candles They
dressed neigenookng all of them
pressive ceremony and went off like clockwOrk
The speaker Dr. Carl VOss educator lecturer and world
traveller talked the Palestine question; his address such
orcef challenge and contained much information the general
public woey Pm couldn't have heard by
wide audience VOss jewish and he's ideae chasing
He's tarseeng vigorous young man who believes
that unless the Christian world Jewish minority
persecution the cultural
world will collapse The Palestine movement not the kind
Ethiopia Senator Bbo
the Negro problem in America Voss with and statistics
proved the for the Jews told of how Palestine the Jewish home
homeland the
and infinite The Jewish population of
migrate to the land its carved from that SOIL Selfish
British Imperialism sy nfamng Arab hate against Jews distorted
truths hauth the failure of the United
and the reluctance of Russia help find solution spite its talk
freedom for peOpea these factors exposed
and discussed with ringing sincerity that made shake
his hand after the luncheon
Pm glad did because found out that in his New York office he
Negro girl Jewish girls doing
told him keep his fight and discouraged and the
apprecave that thought I'd better skeedade
smiling like Dr. goodbye he
Wait let shake hand again. small tribute surely
shows that those who fight hard for all the
is extend a belated thank-you and then.
The Minneapolis Conference Jewish Women did itself proud
Thursday Perhaps it's beside the point that all afternoon
asking myself why can't Negro the Twin Cities do
thing like this ?? Mrs Charles Rauh founder of the
first trying difficult job organize the
1T takes patience Mrs Rauch told 1t takes the
of the themselves be organized
ected faint gmmeng of the latter the the
fair (our) ladies of these hames