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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
WHO HAD LOVED PEACE (New York HeraId-Tribune))

Twenty-eight men in the East Room of the White House received from the hands of President Tru- man on Thursday this nations highest award for valor-the Con- gressional Medal of Honor. The men ranged in age from twenty to forty-six. Twenty-four were vet erans of the European war. Four were of the Pacific theater. Before the war they had been truck drivers, farmers, mechanics and many other things. They were, as one knows was most true and fitting, "a great crcss-section of the United States" And the President called them this with, one feels certain, an emphasis on great" some ol these soldiers were able to stand as the President fastened the medal about their necks. Some were in wheel chairs. One had lost right hand, one a right leg, and one had both feet blown of by an enemy minef1eld. Their citations make reading not to be forgotten. For the few short sentences write a historic abbrevia- tion of how, across two oceans, this war has been fought and won.
 The words of tribute which the President spoke after completing the awards were instinct with that sincere and simple feeling which, since his succession to the presi- dency, Mir. Truman has so often shown in serious moments and on high occasions. The President called our country the greatest in the world" Upon his lips it is no hack neyed phrase. He meant every word of it, and he looked in all honor and humility upon the living, heroic proof before hlm. Here were men, MT. Truman said, who had loved peace, but they had been able ito adjust themselves to the necessities of war" They were examples of that leadership which, in emergen- cies, rises to the top in these states. It was, he declared, these men and men like them who were to make this natien inst what they had fought for. And, with God and a Capitol helping, we join with Pres ident Truman in believing that they can and will.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
Take, For Instance, Laundries

The prcwar standards cannot be regsined at Every day there promise of better service in this line and that And when all is said and done services during the war years though not expeditions at least adequate.
 The vast Army of workers needed in the war plants curtailed service various lines Take for instance laundries The lack of laundry service better the tamen of laundry service hit people the hardest On the other hand many found out they could handle the washing and ironing task that they previously con- signed to professional skill The fine arts of ironing by hand doing good days wash, found not to be i'm possible We live it is said, and learn.
 Eventually aundres and dry-cleanng establishments here will give us the service had. In the past service good that bit of waiting irritating
 The laundryman, however, always patient and helpful If he got "bawled out he very polite and reasonable about the whole thing that finally the con- stant compainer resigned and decided he she lucky to get any service at a little more patience is asked the househoders and the drycleanng and laundry establishments equipped with the help they formerly had start with clean slate if not dean clothes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
Views Of The Press

them to corrective institutions. He chose not to, but there was no pal- iation of their offenses. The par- ents of such people are, in the last analysis, the ones who should be treated severely, for they must take responsibility for the conduct of bobby-sockers and jitterbugs who become vandals.
 As whole young people may be no worse than were their parents at their age. The percentage of ill., bred among them probably is no greater than it ever was. But in these days of opportunity for edu- cation, culture and good training, there is less excuse for bad man. ners than there was generation ago. One trouble is that too many parents are themselves devoid of good manners, so how can they in- sist on their offspring being man. nerly? When mother is chain smoker, and she and dad think 1t is smart to get liquored-up, and smutty stories are taken for granted, it is not surprising that young people laugh at restraint.
 Hartford was not the only city where bad-mannered young people tried to take things into their own hands on the too-long holiday. The press wires told of 'rowydism all over the country. It is nothing for parents to be proud of. Law-abiding people may be thankful that there still are enough old-faShioned po- hcemen to keep young roughnecks and brawlers under control.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
MAY I SERVE YoU?"
Christian Science Monitor)


 The customer is going to be right again one of these days. Insolence, indolence. and incompetence will be war casualties in the reconversion to courtesy which an open labor market will insure. Employers will be released from the verbal repres- sion they have been forced to un- dergo for three and a half long years, and certain marked employees will either be released. or trans ferred to positions which require no contact with the public.
 Windshields will be wiped once more, free air become a bit freer. Apologies need no longer precede a request for the privilege of making purchase. And while menus may still merely be exercising poetic license in listing filet mignon and lamb chops, diners can venture an order without having that wither- ing Don't you know :" thrown in their teeth.
 There are, of course, a great many employees who throughout the war have continued to give courteous, efficient service. They will Ind that courtesy and efficiency pays of in job continuity and employer appre- citation. Others will have to learn the finer meanings of service If they are to hold their own in a peace time labor field.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
Realism And The Japs

Thinking people likely to be virtually unanimous in their agreement that the end of the war in the Pacific is to mark the beginning of enduring era of peace the Aies-and Americans most of a-must be completely re- aliStic in their attitude toward Japan.
 They must face that fact that not through all the surrender negotiations there any expression or any ac- from the emperor downwhch suggests that the Japs night be experiencing anything akin to repentance for their crimes against humanity and civilization
 If they are sorry at all-and doubtless they are is not because of what they attempting when they struck at Pearl Harbor nearly four years ago Their regrets not because of what they tried to do but solely because they failed in their attempts -
 The Japanese war leadership is just as treacherous today it at any previous time It is fully arro- gan demonstrated in the various grandioquent pop os expressions that from Hrohito It is just as ambitious just as fanatical as it The most ee enary logic compeS the belief hat given the opportun- ty and their conviction of reasonable chance of suc cess they would embark tomorrow another war of aggression and enSavement
 realistic view of the enemy demands full recognition of the fact that in defeat Japan still is potentially very powerful nation Manpower losses have been negligible
 Indeed it is probable that the population of the home s- lands left to Japan larger today than it four years ago. That something like 7O000000 people gent and ingenious people who wholly without principle in their dealings with other nations
 True it may be supposed that Japanese industry has been heavily damaged and that the enemy has been will be- stripped of tools of But industry and all the ma f0oshness to believe that the Japs won't rebuild them if given, or if they contrive, the opportunity.
 America and civilization will be safe from Japan only o long as Japanese held restraint The only way to that the Japs won't do harm is to deprive them of the materials they might use to the harm of other people.
 Even in surrender there trusting the Japanese. Presumably the American and Allied leadership is aware Of this fact Presumably their actions and policies will be popriate to that fact Otherwise the Japanese peril will ce es great not greater than was Let us hope that She peace treaty will not become second Versailles docu et that will give for future Jap Hitler to nflame hs people for another war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
By Drezc Pearson

The veteran of this war wants to be sure that some plans are made which will guarantees him against unemployment and the necessity of ever hav- ing to carry gun again. The action of Congress in approving Dumbarton Oaks and the United Nations Security Council has given the CT feeling that at last the first steps have been taken towards doing away with future wars. Now, he is waiting to see what will be done about insuring jobs in postwar economy
 The initial steps taken by Congress to provide for the veteran via the GI Bill of Rights ard other legislation have met with approval far as the men in service concerned This is not to imply that all CTS are entirely satisfied with the law as it now stands They are not But they are of the fact that legislation is already in the works to improve the law on the basis of actual experience This tends to reassure them 8
 However, many CTS realize that merely providing free schooling loans and un- employment protection does not mean that all their problems will be solved by the CT Bill of Rights They also want some assurance that other weaknesses in our democratic way of life will be corrected by the time they get ready to put on the blue serge suit Or at least within reasonable time thereafter.
 For one thing, they want to be sure that racial and religious intolerance will not continue to be barrier. They have lived with men of other races and religions and have learned to understand them
 For another, many GIS feel that better planning is needed for sounder educational methods to insure their children against the possibility of another With that in mind, they ask that international af- fars history and political government be taught so as to make them living things instead of dull routine.
 Many of the GI's also want compulsory high school education for all, slum clearance, low-cost housing projects and universal group hospital and medical care If these into being they feel that the better world they have heard much about will actually come about in their and their childrens time.
 All these require planning and leadership. For both of these the CTS looking to Capitol Hill and the White House.
 Once they assured that such plans are being taken care of and their security in the postwar world is guaranteed the veterans will be able to turn to the more local personal problems facing them in their home communities.
 Above all, the veteran does not want to be treated as some strange or curious being who is slightly 'teched" in the head The CT has heard so much about rehabilitation for the returning veteran that he sometimes wonders if he will be met with straight jacket brass band when he finally gets home.
 The veteran wants neither. He wants to be treat ed as ordinary citizen who has done the job he had to do He wants to return to his community on an equal basis with those who stayed home and did their part on the home front. Above all he does not want to be set apart from the people of his home community. He wants to return to being ordinary MT. Jones with personality and mind of his own. Promise him that and he could ask for little more.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
By Bill Cunningham

tern that tends to erase the reason for our presence in Germany. To begin with, the Germans are a physically clean people. as all the world knows
 Hitler raided all Europe to feed and clothe them we'll Their cities are punched to flinders. but at least the young people. themselves. look healthy lit and hygienic.
 The American doughboy fairly catches his breath when he sees these blonde German girls. They have figures. They wear f1arng colored skirts and white blouses Their blonde hair shines like halos as they pass their bicycles They wear hpstick and finger nail polish. and there's heavy smash of perfume in their prop-wash as they walk or ride by.
 The next thing is that most of these girls can be had at practically the soldiers own price. Foi many of them it's all there is left Practically all of them were married or were engaged to German soldiers. So far as they know their husbanus ana lovers have been killed. Many have no homes and are frozen in the country regions where they are because they fled the bombngs of Berlin, or some other -city, and now have no papers with which to get back.
 They have food cards which give them bare subsistence and landlords are forbidden to turn them Into the street pending the eventual working out oi some plan. They'll become any mans mistress Tor ss i S ey pay Sar Of And furthermore they'll stay true to their benefactor Maybe they don't want to risk losing him, but the sss sS.r .ns arsqss Ds soaa as of tho a whole s
 AS said, I'm not arguing morals I've long since Sss Ss.S SSs na ssss ss to ss from my 'S vaton, 1t doesn't make the slightest difference wna country you're In. into their minds from their cradle days by thai Arch-Master Herr Doktor Josef Paul ooehbels Itf
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

the rest of the world and the evils of dictatorship has been special gripe of the man in the foxhole The belief that all that the CT could possibly want would be found in piece of homemade blueberry pie la mode is constant source of irritation to men in uniform
 The chief thing that the man in uniform wants is to return to civilian ways of life. No who has not had to forego the right of individual action for from two to four years possibly understand the importance of being able to make his own decisions
 Only the man or woman who has had to take or ders some of them without any apparent reason, for long periods of time could possibly hope to ap preciate the determination of the veterantobe not to have others do his thinking for him. That is why so many CTS are incensed at those who attempt to speak for the man in uniform and who try so hard to set the veteran up as apart from all other mortals
 The CT doesn't want to be put in special cate gory when he gets out of uniform. While he wants job for himself he is also intelligent enough to realize there must be jobs for others his job won't last. Above all, he does not want an economy of special privilege for those who have been in service
 Some CTS are carried away by the prospect of a a cash bonus While Congress has not as yet passed any bonus legislation, numerous bonus bills have been introduced on Capitol Hill and leading members Bonus legislation is therefore definite possibility Not all CTS, however, favor a bonus. Some of them realize that bonuses are just cash handouts and do not guarantee cannot replace the security of jobs
 These CTS would prefer job planning to bonus legislation. They well aware of the pressure that will be exerted in favor of bonus and the easy way out that bonus represents. They remember all to well what happened to veterans of other who settled for forty s-and-a-mule cash hand out. They do not want that to happen again.
 In the past, very little planning has been done for the veterans of Amercas other wars When the veterans of the Spanish American or World War came home they found nation entirely unprepared for their return The veteran of World War was given $60 in cash, pat on the back and 1S years later he was paid off via the bonus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
No Sauce For The Gander

President William Green of the AFL is veteran labor leader but he have the wrong conception of his Important role in the creation of peaceful industrial at mOsphere after the war;
 He has rejected the proposed Ball. Burton Hatch indus al relations ac not reasonably and categorcay but in single blast of general damnation He has rejected the Suggestion that labor and industry sit down with govern ent to chart for preventing added difficulties in the difficult time of reconversion.
 Mr. Green shudders at the thought of any government control of labor though he scarcely deny that his mem hership employers held strictly accountable by the Government for the general conduct of their business Whats for the goose not for the gander in Mr. Greens book of proverbs
 Rather, the AFL leader makes the brilliantly original oposa that industry and labor get together and iron Hes out It is apparent that Mir Green would approach Hch gettogether with his set of implacable ideas &nd that this meeting would fail most of the others have
 Labor Secretary Schwelenhach's statement that the tbc interest should take precedence over either indus w abors sefinterest doesn't to have got across 1 Mr. Green yet though 1t might seem obvious at what Is best for the public interest will be the best for |1tors self-interest In the end
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

will want. Some Of the pundits have shown an acute uncerstand- ing of the civilian-turned soldier. Others have completely missed the boat.
 To the man in uniform most of the arguments have sounded like so much hogwash and wishful thinking. The theory that the youngster who left prep school to carry gun against the forces of Fascisln would remain sweetly unsophisticated and immature
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

Cunningham Nevertheless, ana W1tnStand- ing here 1t is: It's my considered, and all but prayer ful pondered opinion that fraternization with the Germans is not only moral disgrace, but a, step of sorts toward encouraging third World War.
 It doesn't make much sense to lose million men fighting 6 gangster-led herd of martial and moral lunatics and then fall to necking them all over the place soon as the shooting stops. Its travesty enough upon bloody and costly victory to think of our men making love to their maids. but when you think of girls reversing the negative. as they have the right to under the ruling you have the complete picture and that picture is complete prostitution of all we've been through.
 hasten to say that haven't seen any Amer lean woman walking out with the handsome speci- mems of German youth, but there's nothing in the reguiations to stop them If they want to, and 1t wouldn't surprise me in the least if some want to. for they're human. too.
 But the whole thing is bad for three or four reasons First ef all. we've snashed into that land after the bloodest fight in oil history as conquerors we're prepared to stay so years if necessary. our main obiectives have been three, CD To beat them into the earth and make them quit, not matter what the cost (2) To got h through their thick skulls that they aI every one Of them-aro guilty of mon1trous and unforgiQabie crimes against cod and decent society," and 60 not only Co mako them pay for what t1eg hsfo douo. but to mafc deadly sure lfty cont esI Inio po1.ior Q % Y ags'n.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

to a report by Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor.
 It takes about one doctor per thousand civilians to meet ave- rage needs. It takes little more than six to care for the needs of men in uniform. The obvious reason for the doctor shortage during the war is that 10, ,000, 900 of the population needed six times as much doctor care. Increased industrial activity also created a greater need for doctors.
 Tn snifa If this increased on.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
|Merry-GO-ROund

EDITORS NOTE-While Drew Pearson Is on vacation, SGT MAX NOvACK, who writes "What's Your ProbIemr for TANK, the Army Weekly, c0n- tributes guest column on the returning soldier.
 NEW YORK, Aug. S7--Ever since the first CT donned khaki for what was then supposed to be a year of military training. experts have been telling anyone who would listen what the returning veteran
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
BAD-MANNERED YOUTHS
(Hartford Times)

Every time some young rowdies make a disturbance that verges on a riot, there are those who excuse their rowydism on the ground that youth must have an outlet for its enthusiams.
 While there are good explana- tions of rowydism. there are no good excuses for it. Judge Moylan was not severe in dealing with the young people who were brought before him for their part in the Thursday morning melee; he could have sent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
A Thought for Today

For many without the shall also perish without sinned in the law shall be judged by the Iaw-ROmans 212
 
 but the cope less imperfect, of the eternal laws. as read them-Froude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

I can see, in advance, where 1t can be counter-attacked. I have no guard in three places. They are: CD I'm a middle-aged man, past the exquisite burn and yearn of amorous curiosity: CD am free to move where I will and live as I like, instead of being fenced by the deadly monotony of life in a barracks: (3) the general appi- cation of that time -henored pro- verb, "A young devil; an old saint"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
FIGURE FEM OUT

@~o"1 In August, every woman, marry, Buys her furs for January,
 Yet January never brings
 The urge to purchase summer
 things.
 The shops, with shrewdness, always Haunt
 The very thing that women want, And, say the fairs by whom they're
 haunted:
 'tIt's not exactly what wanted" The woman driver drives with skill: I shout her praises now in verse Unstintingly-that is, until
 The woman drivers in reverse Milady sees a recipe
 And measures everything with care, Then adds her afterthoughts, and Should throw the book away, I | swear.
 Oh, who can figure women out? Myself, I always am in doubt.
 If you can tell me, tell me; then Inform us how to figure men The automobile dealers will be back on the beam soon. Gone is the day when the price they offer you for yours sounds like the price they ask you for theirs. It turns out that Emperor Hiro- hitos celebrated white horse, Flu buki, is an old Canifornia COW pony. Consequently it is not likely that he'll start bucking when he hears Hirohito rasping out the Japanese version of I'm heading for the last round-up."
 Of all things, the CIO wants the War Labor Board to continue in of- fee during the period of reconver- sion. That's one outfit we never ex- pected to see fraternizing with the enS1y.
 Formal surrender or no fOrmaf surrender, the war won't really be over for good many of us parti- sans of good drinking coffee until we have to help the cream out of the bottle with a knife. ..... ..... President Truman has replaced the model gun on his desk with a model plow. A model blow. of course. is one remote from roots and stones to influence its behavior. Ode to Manufacturer of Old-Fash-
 toned Underweay. About Return to Peacetime Production B. V. D., R. s. V. F.
 The police bureau of the Japan csc Home Ministry has asked the Japs to refrain from "fisticuffs' when the Allies take over their homeland areas. That seems a ri- diculously mild sort of resistance to guard against, but, then, they've probably all got brass knuckles.
 We have a solution of that con- troversy about the scheduled occu- patton in China. Let the British oc- cupy Hong. the Chinese, Kong.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27

That was a dramatic arrest of almost one hundred 1|Qcar employees of the New York Central System and |tt EFic Railroad pulled of by the FBI The charge f1e0O a-year-racket that let weIlntentloned civilians H1 sailors and soldiers go hungry If Earle Stanley Gard EE narIatInG the In one oi hIe crime taIlcrB N #|EIz Vi i;I'ed@1hc Case oI uIn'neCar Ct|H|cf1.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-27
A Moral Disgrace

the U. s. Army in Germany, the author thereof will scarcely be listed as Public Buddy No. l. but I've got to write 1t because it's gnawng at my insides