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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

Sa1lOr-CnlCagO & to name his favorite leave city," the answer usually comes Chicago"
 These lines are not to be construed as any Bronx bobolnk at the USO, at the splendid efforts of other metropoli to entertain our men. They're simply to point out that Chicago did it defferent way, and had long range idea coupled with the immediate need for service That it's paid off handsomely, and will continue to pay off for years is proved by the warm praise of the city in the talk of almost any new veteran All that makes for business, growth expansion, national good will It's priceless advertising. Maybe some other place did it, and did it we'll My research into the subject has been far from exhaustive, but if any other place did, Chicago evidently did 1t bet ter.
 Now comes the second chapter which is postwar service and postwar opportunity still involving the serviceman This consists of helping the discharged veteran find job This certain-to-be critical prob- lem was seen from the first, and every type and kind of group from the United States government
 down prepared to tackle 1t and by now are beginning to tackle 1t.
 And, again it begins to appear that Chicago IS making the most sense because 1t has the pest or- ganization. The trouble in most places is that 50 many people and groups are trying desperately to help that they're moving each other instead of the
 problem down As of the moment, the veteran they're trying to help is standing in the dead center of
 swirling cyclone of good intentions that are little but lot of unharnessed wind Big city newspaper offices by this time are familiar with the bfieht-eyed committee that walks h all agloW with the thrill of the great uecison.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
HE BEGAN THE WAR
(NeW York TimeS)

The suicide of Baron Shigeru Honjo, following the order for his arrest as a war criminal, is a re- hinder of the true beginning of the Pacific war. It recalls the mistake made in 1881 by the nations de- voted to peace. It should serve as warning that errors in policy in China can lead to dreadful results.
 In 1881 Honjo, then commander of Japan's Kwantung Army, seized Manchuria despite the opposition of democratic forces in Japan. Henry L. Stimson, American Secre- tary of State, was far-sighted enough to recognize Honjo's act as the beginning of campaign of ag- gression by Japan's militarists. MT. Stimson did his utmost to bring about international action to thwart Honjo. The countries which dominated the League of Nations would not cooperate. As a result the Japanese militarists overcame all opposition at home, continued to grab more and more territory in China until the Chinese were forced to declare war and, finally, the Japanese made their attack on Pearl Harbor The mistake made in dealing with China's Manchurian provinces in 1881 was British and French, but the great error being made in connection with the same region of the world now is an Am erican error. In 1881 the United States sought world cooperation in handling the problems of China and failed to get it. In 1945 the United States is giving little heed to the interests of other countries and is acting as if China were an Ameri- can protectorate. The pattern has changed somewhat since 1881, for what is most desirable now is the aid of Russia rather than that of Great Britain and France, but the essential need still is to obtain in ternational cooperation in creat- ing strong and stable China. If there is again 8 failure, as on 1881. the consequences may once more be disastrous. Even the most casual study of recent history reveals that 8 little war in China can grow into a world conflict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
By Peter EdSon

government of Chiang Kai-Shek
 Before this surrender could be arranged how ever 1t just happened that revolt of Chinese Com munists broke out against the Natonalists and the U. S. troops got caught in the middle.
 Secretary of State Byrnes has sought to empha- size in his press conferences that operations of D. S. forces in China entirely 8 military matter in which the Department of State is not concerned. Officially, the United States government is taking no position In the dispute between the Chinese National ists and the Communists, though during the war Ambassador Hurley tried to get the two factions to unite to create strong China.
 D. s. Army and Navy commanders in China apparently have played smart game since v-J Day in preventing their forces from becoming in- volved in Chinese civil It is openly admitted, however that the Chinese Nationalist armies were America trained, American-equipped and hauled around in American planes and transports
 In the Java situation, the U s. government re- quested that American trademarks be removed from lend-ease weapons used by British and Dutch against the natives Aside from that, this government has taken no official position It recognized the sovereign ty of the government of the Netherlands over Java just as it recognized the sovereignty of Chiang's Nationalist government all China. It does not recognize either the Chinese Communists or the 1ndonesian Republicans.
 The Dutch proposals to give the Indonesians partnership" so loudly balyhooed during the war apparently have Topped been withdrawn by The Hague. The American wartime efforts to unite China aren't doing any too well, either. Both embryonic revolts are therefore strictly local business.
 AS long as they are matters which do not threat. the peace of the world, neither British nor Amer them And it should be up to the combined chiefs of staff to find better way to effect the surrender of the Japs than to involve Allied forces in purely local politics in Java and China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
A Question of Mathematics

The trend of public opinion that is influencing negotia ons between labor and management in Washington bos down to the necessity of wpng of strikes In this on the dependable Gallup Poll showed that 79o of those questioned in national survey favored compulsory arbitra ton of disputes between employers and unon Seventy per for special labor courts to which disputes and strikes would have to be submitted
 Washington like other seaboard cties is crowded with returning soldiers and the who won the war haven't hesitaed tell Senator's Congressman and else in Washington that they believe most of these strikes are fake movements and against the public interests.
 As matters stand in this strke-rdden country of ours the public is challenged with strike epdemics Nevertheless the Gallup Poll shows that the people want their to stop this civil between employers and workers.
 The union labor vote showed such overwhelming power in the 1914 elections to the boots off Congress- The Truman Cabinet hasn't decided just what to do about it's Roosevelt legacy.
 to that the President has been sound ing the depths of public opinion This explains why he has turned the controversy to the LaborManagment Con- ference Perhaps that wise decision turns the re- sponsbty for labor relations onto the shoulders of labor and employers The employers must continue in the past offer the jobs the workers The workers must keep wheels going round in the factories Otherwise socaed a Dor and capitaP' will go down, down. together.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

 parts of the Western Hemisphere. In addition there are more than 20 other churches inside the city limits of Independence.
 Despite this, Independence citizens don't see any, thing sinful about little poker-playng now and then. They took the criticism of Texas Baptists in their stride.
 In fact Dr. Walter Pope Binns President of William Jewell 8 Baptist college at Liberty, Mo. said the school would confer its honorary degree the President whenever it is convenient for Truman to visit the college The college s affiliated with both the North and South branches of the Baptist church. Note-Independence Is regarded by the Latter Day Saints as Zion City-where Christ will return establish His kingdom and govern the world. Accord ing to the reorganiZed Saints the huge temple in Independence to be the site for His return to earth If outsider makes the mistake of referring to the Latter Day Saints "Mormons," he is set right in hurry. The split between Brigham Young, who took the Mormons to Utah, and Joseph Smith, who mained in Missouri to organize the reorganized church, occurred in Independence.
 Congress is not the only place where nepotism fourishes. It now develops that some generals also have yen for putting their relatives in cushy jobs the public payroll One of these is Maj. Gen. William Key head of the U. s. Military Mission in Budapest
 Gen. Key has given his a spot promotion as commissioned officer (without precedent except in combaD and put him in the comfortable post of "aide" to the commanding general" Formerly Lt Key was a1l enlisted man serving in Italy Other enlisted men, with fathers serving as major gen. erals are burnt up.
 Back in Oklahoma, where Gen. Key lives and once served as WPA administrator, the general achieved quite unique record. He built more WPA arnories throughout Oklahoma than built i'll any other statea total of 56 Apparently Key leaned toward favoritism early, for in Oklahoma City he erected, with WPA funds, a club for National Guard officers featuring large ballroom, ladies lounge several private dining rooms dinettes, and pine-pan- eled smoking rooms-but not open to enlisted men
 
 With the national spotlight focused on dip- lomatic failures abroad most people overlook our limpng Good Neighbor Policy nearer home. Fortu- nately we have been taking our Latin American friends for granted, and-as wives sometimes remind their husbands-no one be taken for granted. ,
 Today Latin American nations boiling over because of 8 speech delivered by U. S. Ambassador
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
Views Of The Press

structed by governments, not by the starving people who will die if 1t shuts off their source of relief.
 The Michigan senator made 1t perfectly clear that he does not like iron curtains. He called this one lone of the greatest obstacles to Soviet-American liaison upon which so much of the worlds hope for peace and progress depends" and added, T respectfully suggest that this is not good either for them or us." He is right on this count. The curtain should be demolished. It is also true that charity should not be a hostage. No American would want it that way. They are not anxious, however. to have relief sup plies put to improper uses. The censorship amendment simply is de- signed to permit their press repre- sentatives to see that that is not done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
Organized Temperament

The recent trouble at New Yorks Metropolitan Opera gives you rough idea of what happen when labor rea tons get mixed up with artistic temperament It that the operas chorus got into dispute with its union the American Guild of Musical Artists about contract clauses the chorus members wouldn't sign.
 When the contracts failed to back AGMA by way of punishment suspended of the chorus officers who is also member of AGMA board of governors So what did the chorus do? served notice the Metropolitan agent that there would be rehearas until the pended member reinstated It the management short time in which to ac after which it said Eve shall conclude that the proposes to lock out the chorus"
 Maybe you'd like to back and read that again Fin ished? Then let's go The management wasn't party to the dispute It had right to renstate the pended chorus member If it had tried would have had to go the unions head and the risk of losing not only its chorus but it's leading singers most of whom belong to AGMA for the that most of the famous nstru mental soloist belong to MT Pero American Federation of Musicians-because they have to.
 So the opera management didn't renstate the chorus member and the chorster who walked out consider that the management locked them out The whole thing makes about much most of the plots of the in the Metropolitan repertory So maybe it's all perfectly clear to the folks at the Met.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
Chicago Topped USO ByBm c,.nninghans

They represent some guild or craft, or profession block, lodge religious fraternal organization They have decided to help their get reestablished in civilian life, and what they need now is some pulp lcity.
 Strangely enough publicity is exactly what they don't need Publicity merely makes the general issue more clouded and bewilders the veteran more. They can help all right. they really want to work and the overall project plenty of publicity big hard-hitting, Hey-Listen-Youl publicity.
 The well meaning people who come in thinking publicity add up to the answer that they just don't know enough about the problem. They seem to fig ure that once 1t gets in the paper everything will be all right-that all people who have jobs open in their particular lines will immediately call up to say, "Send me man," and that all the vets who crave jobs in that line will be certain to see the story and come running. Theirs then will be the pleasant duty of just playing middle man.
 If it were simple as that, it would be no prob- lem at all, and every newspaper in America would help clean 1t up in day by donating the entire front page Publicity is pleasant but that types not the answer. Finding the jobs doesn't happen that way That part calls for hard work and careful sur veys. It means personal calls on firms, telephone calls. writing letters It means constant checking back to see whether jobs open last month last week have been filled whether men sent for inter views were the type wanted, and if hired, whether they're satisfactory
 Unless there's some central place where all this information Is co-ordinated, where in one visit the veteran can have the entire picture spread before him, and can be funneled promptly to the group best qualified to help him. That's the theory at least of the system used in Boston, but they evident ly have that system clicking efficiently in Chicago.
 Nothing is left to chance Publicity isn't requis- ite They get the job-needer at the source and they work. It's truly important public service. Everybody can help. and still everybody get in the way un- less that help is organized coordinated and offered from . central headquarters. es
 One understands the government is considering the adoption of the Chicago plan" the national standard, and may possibly run it as governmental bureau If 1t could keep politics out of it. it wouldn't be bad idea Big cities should adopt it whether the government does or doesn't and an well intentioned groups should hasten to cooperate,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

If we begin with certainties, w shall end in doubts; but if we be- gin with doubts, and are patient ir them, we shall end in certainties. Bacon.
 One Thing Sure Some have mental processes se
 slanted, To ancient age from vague and cal.
 low youth, That they are set on taking things
 for granted, On calling truth tn sernblances ot
 truth. The skeptic's healthy eagerness te
 them Is A cause for lamentation, and they
 grieve To see 8 fellow mortal flout 6
 premise In which, unquestioningly, they be-
 neve. You never find such placid folk
 suggesting That errors worth a bet at likely
 odds, That seeming verity could be the
 testing That often serves to titillate the
 gods Now me, I never cotton to such
 thinking, And some will call me cynical,
 know; At facts, and facts alone, l. stop my
 blinking; I learned my lesson, frankly, long
 ago. For what it's worth, I pass it to the
 clients; A certainty is what I ferret out. I meet the palpable with my diff
 ance- And end by being certain I'm ir
 doubt. American psychiatrist1 have decid. ed that Rudolf Hess Is incapable o. conducting or assisting with his de. fense against war crime charges Hess is victim of amnesia, an af. fiction that must have hit him some time after he hadn't forgotten how to pull parachute rip cord. OPA investigators in Newark, N J., have discovered thriving blacl market in tricycles and doll car riages Behind it is the parental de sire to avoid disappointing the kid dies on Christmas-though we ar still looking for a kiddie who vii settle for anything short of a B-29 Speaker Rayburn says that Con gress may not be able to start it Christmas recess until December 23 That isn't going to work up mucl sympathy among people whose ow1 Christmas recess will run, as al ways, from December 25 to Decem Der 25, inclusive. The Army scored and scored And scored and scored. Who said the Penn was mightier Than the sword?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
CARVING IT
(springfield Union)

Along about Thursday afternoon, someone in the family is going to face the bird with a knife that should be sharp and start to do a carving job. Here and there, there is an expert of long experience and inviolable patience to whom the chore of dissecting a turkey is a casual devoir or even a slight labor of love. His name is not legion, how ever. In the interests of domestic harmony and an unruffled ap- preach to the carver's own serving once the last rampant is destroyed and everyone is sure he has dress ing, we subscribe the five simple steps to carving turkey: First, remove wing by slicine through the joint, at the same time pulling the wing toward you with 1 the left hand.
 Then halve the wing by Slicing through the second joint. Next, remove the leg and second | joint Gin one piece) by grasping the drumstick with the left hand anc pulling it toward you while slicine | downward.
 Then hold the drumstick with the left hand and sever the thigh just above the round bone.
 Last, with the fork firmly astride the breastbone, carve the breast with full downward strokes away from you.
 Simple, isn't it?
 Lest we be accused of setting ur as an expert in turkey carving, we hasten to add that these five sim pie steps are not of our own de- vising. They are the recommenda- tions of John L. Hennessey chairman of the board of directors of Hotels Statler Company and food consul tant to the Secretary of War
 However, we can testify that the method works smoothly and effec' lively.
 At least it did in practice. | On cold meat loaf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
NOT A SUITABLE HOSTAGE
(New York Sum-

With his usual faculty for speak ing tersely and graphically, Senator Vandenberg takes issue with mem bers of congress who would attach strings regarding press censorship to the UNRRA appropriation. T am unable" he said, ito make mercy an arbitrary hostage to the lifting of the iron curtain of secrecy which has divided eastern Europe and Russia from the rest of the world. This, he argues, has been con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

mighty m1dWeStern metropolis Is considered something short of shining politically, but somebody in it had sense enough to see a great opportunity not alone for patriotic service, but also for building national good will valu- able after the war.
 So Chicago told the USO to stay out, that the city and the citizens would serve their own hospitality. This they did so nota' ply that if you ask the average
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

more old fashioned imperialism cooked up according to the formu- Ia that has been followed ever since the American Revolution in dosing colonial populations that get out of hand.
 It never cures, but for some reason the white mans doctors keep on trying 1t. The applica- tion here would seem to be in- tended to kill off the Tndonesian independence epidemic in the Dutch East Indies so that it ur0ra,t paarnad kn c,,rnnkrn nnu,nao
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

with very little comment.
 Truman is a member of the Baptist church at Gfandview, Mo, home of his mother, and In- dependence, Mo, probably is more religious-nninded than any other town its size. It is world headquar- ters for the reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, to which about one-third of the towns population belong. The world convention held annu- ally in Independence draws from nAn kn 1A Ann QairkS frOY1n all
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

Several Presidential have been disapproved by Congress- the most important of which the scaling of appropriations over the tops fixed by the President The lower branches of Congs sashed the Presidents estimates somewhere between anN billion dollars
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
Java, China Alike

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-One of the many things in this world which difficult for Americans to understand is why British troops are fighting the IndoreSanS in Java. To many people it looks like
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

From all accounts the city of Chicago did the best job of entertaining servicemen, and did it as municipal privilege. The city government of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
.Merry-GO-ROu

WASHINGTON, Nov 2S-President Truman's home town took his castigation by the Baptist Gen. eral Convention of Texas for poker and bourbon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
Waterbury of The Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 Bremen rescued a dog trapped on the roof of a shed in the rear of Plaza avenue home. The dog had jumped out of window of the house and landed on the roof. A New Haven man, at first thought to be dead when discovered swoke on the way to the hospital. on the highway covered with blood,
 Is Years Ago
 A two year old Munson street child broke its leg in a fall from its crib.
 Police were busy attempting to Gpprehend man who passed sev- cral bad checks in the city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23
IS Years Ago
5 Years Ago

A Bishop street resident, when apprehended in very bad state of tntoxication, stated that he was conversing with the Lord.
 R. D. Dexter, Clyde street, was acclaimed a hero when he rescued two boys from a brook near his home after they fell into the water from homemade raft.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-23

The Army scored and scored And scored and scored. Who said the Penn was mightier Than the sword?
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-11-01
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MOBILE, ALABAMA

Today he gets a laugh out Of
his would be hero worshippers.
He showed us a fan letter, from
ia former school teacher, which
he had saved.
1t seemed the teacher coached
Hank on the school soccer team.
She like many others sort of re-
sented Hank because of his size.
Somehow" Hank explains visit
fully, "most people thought me
stupid because I was so much
taller than my classmates. If a
kid is exceptionally tall people
are inclined to think he is old
and not too smart.
The former school teacher, now
happily married, writes fervently
telling Hank how much joy she
has derived from his baseball ca
reer.
1t is surprising how people dis
tort their lives to make believe
they went to school with Green
berg. 1t seems everybody who
went to James Monroe High in
New York attended class with
Hank. Wherever he goes the slug
ger is greeted by a former class
mate" Men five years his junior
insist that they went to school
with the Detroit baseball star. At
times Hank becomes terribly an
noyed and irritated at this insane
practice. For the most part, how
ever, he shrugs these former
classmates" off and tries to be the
nice guy he really is.
hope that I don't have to wait
eleven more years before getting
together again with Hank. Can't
remember when I enjoyed
"schmoosing" as much as I die
with him last week.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1945-11-01
JEWS In SPORTS

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of players indicates he can mas
ter this situation.
There is no doubt in our mind
that if given the opportunity
Greenberg will develop into a
capable leader. He's a natural.
But the same holds true in any,
thing he cares to pursue. If he
goes into business, he will handle
himself adroitly in almost any
field of endeavor.
The man has never lost his per-
spective. Fame and fortune have
not altered the big boy who
stems from Orthodox Jewish par
entage. The glitter and glory he
shrugs as though it were a plague.
In his book only few people are
great and among the great he
finds no place for ball players.