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The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-09-25


version, full employment message
to congress last week, several facts
stand out. These facts provide an
swers to the main question concern
ing the domestic policies of the
Truman administration. Particu-
larly we have wanted to know ever
since Mr.. Truman took office
whether the Democratic party will
represent and emphasize the in
terests of all the people whether it
will compete with the Republican
party for chance to represent the
interests of business primarily.
A striking fact about the Tru-
man message is that it draws a
sharp line between the conserva-
tives and liberals in the country.
The president and his advisors have
done this simply by trying to har-
monize and place proper emphasis
on the rights and the respective
roles of business, labor, agricul-
ture and the government in the full
employment program.
The final responsibility for i'm
plementing or working out the me-
chanics of the Truman program
rests largely upon congress. A mar
row, partisan, political fight is rap
idly shaping up. Notwithstanding
it is difficult to see how congress
can reject the program SO long as
the general public is free to act and
the real objectives of full employ
ment are kept clearly before the
people.
The third fact is the continuity
in the Democratic program. Con-
servative Democrats and old-time
party politicians are definitely in
the saddle and riding high in Wash
ington. These men were long irri-
tated by and frequently complained
to Mr.. Roosevelt about the radical
ism of people like Wallace, Tug
we'll, Hopkins (the earlier Hop
kins), Ickes, Frances Perkins, Aub-
rey Williams and others.
Today these same leaders, faced
with the responsibility of maintain
ing the unity and the political effec-
tiveness of the Democratic party,
are forced to endorse policies ex-
actly like those of the late Presi-
dent Roosevelt. This is not due to
the pressure Of labor or the CIO,
but rather to a basic change in the
political thinking of the American
people.
AS for the Republicans, they are
as much ever without a program in
which the majority of people in the
country can hold confidence. In the
past we have linked them with con-
servative Democrats. In the future
we shall have to note an important
@OOO~
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02
Cities Object to
Tax Limitations

Lansing. Mich. Feb. . -AP-
State Treasurer ID. Hale Brake
said today the second in a series
Of hearings on the financial needs
OF Michigan municipalities has
given clear evidence that cities
as large as Saginaw, Flint and
Muskegon simply cannot finance
government adequately while they
are under the 15-mill tax limita-
ton.
Those cities presented testimony
yesterday and last night to the
Municipal Finance Commission, OF
which Brake is chairman, and to
legislative, financial and taxation
committee members. Their spokes-
men were questioned concerning
services. costs, tax resources, and
needed items for which they now
lack money.
"They reported that practically
every branch OF their government
needs more than 1t can pay for be-
cause they are operating under the
15-mill tax limitation" Brake said.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02
NelUS From OakuiIe

Kramer. Detroit, were week end
guests in the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph LeVasseur.
MI. and Mrs. Arthur LeVasseur
and daughters, Beverly Ann and
Ruth Marie were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bogadain,
Detroit Beach.
Mir and Mrs. Fred Holzinger
spent Sunday afternoon In the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Hur-
ley. Monroe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Rihklow
and family, Carleton, were after
noon and supper guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Rinehold Schmidt.
Mr. and Mrs. Amel Hoffman and
sen, Marvin, Maybee, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Brooks and family
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hol-
ginger.
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Celebrate Birthday

Monday being the birthday OF
Roy Zorns. in the evening the
following friends came with well
filled baskets TO help him cele-
brate the event, Rev. and Mrs. Will
liam Dean, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
Cheevers and two sons. Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodbury. and son and
daughter, Milan. Mr. and Srs.
Clyde McCoughey and daughters,
Lillian and Betty Jean and Char
luttc bouncing, near Cone, Mrs
Emma Sanford. Mr.. and Mrs Char
les Burget, Clifford and Charles
Outland and Arthur Steffen. A
potluck supper was served and
the evening was spent with social
chat, singing and prayer by Rev.
Dean.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph LeVasseur
spent Thursday in the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Chesterfield,
Detroit.
Mrs. Frederick Helzerman and
Mrs. Ethel Burget spent Saturday
forenoon in Ypsilanti.
Earl LeVasseur and Miss Elsie
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02
HAvE BIRTHDAY DINNER

Oakville, Mich Rev. and Mrs.
William Johnson, Milan, Mr. and
Mrs. Bird Heath and Mr.. and Mrs.
William Mason spent Thursday in
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Thurlow
Heath. A hountlful dinner was
served at noon, the occasion being
the birthdays OF Thurlow Heath
and Mrs. Mason.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02

Milan Methodist Church
William A. Johnson. pastor.
IL a. m.-Sunday School.
IL a. m.-Morning worship.
IL a. m.-Junior Church.
$3.50 p. m.-Epworth League.
1880 p. m.-Evening worship.
Thursday, z .. m.-Prayer meet
ing.
Thursday, s .. m.-Choir rehear-
sal.
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Supper Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Schass-
berger and Mrs. John Luobikis,
Monroe, were afternoon and sup
per guests Sunday in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burget and
Mrs. Kenneth Sanford.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02

II a. m.-Morning Worship and
Junior Church.
Thursday OF each week at S:lb
D. m.-Junior Choir practice.
Thursday OF eacn week-Junior
Religious Instruction at $3.50; Sen
Tors at 700; CHANGER Choir rehear'
sal at 500.
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Milan Free Methodist Church

Rev. c. +. Ferguson, pastor.
10 a. m.-Sunday School. Robert
Gregg, superintendent; Ora Scar.
toss, assistant superintendent.
IL a. m.-Preaching.
7:15 D. m.-Young Peoples Meet
ing, Anna Jane Anderson. presi-
dent.
SD. m.-PreacninE.
1880 D. m.-ThursuAJ Prayer
Meeting.
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stork Calls

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Downing are
the parents of a daughter born in
ar Ann Arbor hospital Tuesday,
January %.
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Zion Evangelical Church
(Whiftakarl

Zion Evangelical Church
(Whittaker)
Rev. w. F. Boettcher. minister.
10 a. m.-Sunday School. Mrs
Lottie fowler. superintendent.
11:15 a. m.-Preaching service.
1880 p. m.-Youth Fellowship.
Wednesday, 7:45 p. m. - Prayer
and Bible Study held alternately
with the Seybert Church.
Ladies' Aid Society the first
Thursday OF the month: Mrs.
Helen Dexter. PRECEDENT
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Rural Church Notes
Inkster M. {. Church

inkster M. e. Church
Rev. Herbert Berry, pastor.
10 a. m.-Morning services.
IL a. m.-Sunday School.
London Community Methodist
1873 Plank Rd.
Rev. Charles Bragg. pastor.
1890 a. m.-Blble School, Mrs.
Arlia Cline. superintendent.
1880 a. m.-Church services.
Sermon by pastor.
81. m.-Thursday. every week,
prayer meeting and Bible study.
Church Official Board meets ev.
cry second Sunday at church di.
rectly after churcn services.
Young people meet every second
Friday In month.
The W.S.C.S. meets each first
Thursday.
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Saline Federated Church

William II. Bach. pastor
10 a. Morning worship.
11:15 a. m.-Sunday School. Fer
man Clemens, superintendent.
$3.50 p. m.-Chusuan EndeaYor'
1880 D. m.-Eyening worship.
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81. James Evangelical
Saline Township

Rev. C. A. Haneberg, pastor.
1Oa. m.-Morning worship. First
and third Sundays, the service is in
German; other Sundays in English
IL a. m.-Sunday School.
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Berean Bible Church


$3.50 Belleville nd. between Van
Born and Ecorse.
Rev. Charles H.. Morris, pastor.
1880 a. m.-STnday School.
1880 a. m.-Morning worship.
$50 p. m.-Young Peoples Eel
lovship.
1880 p. m.-Evening service.
Thursday, 1880 y. m.-Prayer
and Praise Service.
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salln. Methodlst Church

Rev. Fred 4. Lendrum, pastor.
10 n. m.-Morning worship.
1l:I5 a. m.-Sunday School.
$50 D. m.-Epworth League. Jun
Tor League.
1880 D. m.-Evening service.
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Grace Baptist Church

(Roys St., Belleville)
A. w. Henderson, pastor.
GAS a. m.-BIble School.
IL a. m.-Worship Service.
6:15 p. m.-Youth Service.
1880 p. m.-Gospel Hour.
Wednesday, 1880 p. Mild
week prayer service.
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Saline Trinity Lutheran Church

Rev. II. l.. Engel, pastor.
10 a. Morning service. SerV'
ices in German and English alter
nate.
ll:15 a. m.-Sunday School.
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Saline st. Paul's Evangelical
Church

Rev. c. II. Wittbracnt. pastor.
10 a. Morning worship. Ser
mon.
4:3O D. Christian Endeavor,
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willis Methodist Church

Willis Methodist Church
Rev. Percy Tomas, pastor.
10:30 a. m.-Sunday School. Ray
Smalley. SUNDAY School super
intendent.
IL noon-Worship service.
Boy Scout troop 43 meets Satur-
day afternoons at ! o'clock in
church annex.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02

Friends Church
Rev. Charles J. Carey. pastor.
10 a. m.-Sunday School. Ralph
Moorhead. superintendent.
Il a. m.-Preaching.
1880 p. m.-Christian Endeavo-.
Wednesday, 1880 D. NJ Mid
week prayer meeting.
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sumpter Mennonite Brethren

Sumpter Mennonite Brethren
In Christ Church
1884 Sumpter Rd.. six miles
south OF Belleyille.
Arthur Bevelhymer, Romulus,
supply pastor.
10 a. m.-Sunday School. Felt-o-
gram picture every Sunday.
II. a. m.-Preaching.
1870 p m.-kvening service.
Thursday evenings Cottage Pray
err Meeting.
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Campbell Chapel A. N. E.

Rev. A. l.. Jeltz, pastor.
$50 a. m.-Sunday School
ia. IN Worship service.
Wednesday. 8 D. m.-Prayer serV'
fee.
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seoole SUNDAY school
BeIlevllle Methodist

s:45 a. m.-Sunday School. Mrs.
Max Miller, superintendent.
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Rev. Alfred Eddy. pastor.
10 q. m.-Sunday School,.
IL a. m.-Nursery department
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Milan Baptist Church

II a. m.-Bible School. Bruce
Williams, superintendent
1880 p. m.-Services.
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Salem Federated Church

Mrs. Ray Pennel. pastor.
1880 a. m.-Morning service.
11:45 a. m.-Sunday School.
Wednesday. 1880 p. NJ Choir
practice.
Thursday, 1880 p. N. Prayer
meeting at the church.
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MoorevIIIe Methodist Church

MooreVllIe Methodist Church
Tavern Kramer, Sunday School
superintendent.
a. m.-Church services.
1918 a. m.-Sunday School.
$3.50 D. m.-B.Y.P.U.
7:45 D. m.-Gospel Service.
Thursday. s .. m.-Prayer Meet
ing.
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Dlxboro Methodist Church

Rev. Francis f. Wilson, pastor.
1880 a. m.-Worship Service.
1880 a. m.-Sunday School. Mrs
Fred Fishbeck, superintendent.
Wednesday, s p. m.-Choir prac-
tlce.
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Salem Congregational Church

Salem Congregational Church
Lucia NJ. Stroh. Minister.
1890 a. m.--Divine Worship. The
pastor will preacL.
11:i5 a. Sunday School
11:45 a. m. - Sunday School.
Harry Richards, superintendent:
Frank Sherman. assistant superin-
tendent and Adult Class teacher,
The Junior Choir sings Sunday.
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Denton Methodist

Rev. G. T. Nevin. pastor.
9:45 a. m.-Sunday School.
lO:45 a. m.-Churcn services.
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Dearbornshlre church

Dearbornshlre CnuTCn
Qnkster Rid. on Van Born Rd.)
p. d. Doty. pastor.
2:30 p. m.-Sunday School
$3.50 D. m.-Worship.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-02-02

Cherry Hill Methodist
Rev. G. T. Neyin. pastor.
1O:45 a. m.-Suuday School.
ll:45 a. m.- Morning worship.
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shsldon Msthodlst Church

Sheldon Methodist Church
Rev. G. T. Nevin, pastor.
g:45 a. m.-Morning worship.
IL a. m.-Sunday School.
Clarence Fischer, superintendent
Stony Greek Methodist Church
Rev. Percy Tomas, pastor.
1890 a. m.-Sunday School.
Mrs. Robert Hollowell, Sunday
School superintendent
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s.ybert EvanoelleaI Church

seybert Evangelical Church
Rev. w. F.. Boettcher. minister.
10 a. m.-Morning worship.
II a. m.-Sunday School. We're
Shupp, superintendent.
Wednesday. 7:45 p. NJ Prayer
service and Bible study held alter
nately with Whitaker Church.
The Good viii Missionary So
ciety meets the second Thursday OF
each month. Mrs. We're ShIpp,
president.
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Milan PEOPLES Church

Milan Peoples Church
QnterdenominatioEaD
Rev. !. w. Parrish, pastor.
10 a. m.-Morning service.
11:15 a. m.-Sunday School.
Wayne Church OF The Nazarene
Wallace st. and Wayne Rd.
Rev. John w. Springhall. pastor.
10 a. m.-Sunday School.
IL a. m.-Morning worship.
$3.50 D. m.-Young Peoples meet
ing.
1880 p. m.-Evangelistic service.
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York Rantiat Church

York Baptist Church
Rev. J. l. Masemore, pastor.
10 a. m.-ounday School.
IL a. m.--MornfnE worship.
o. m.-Young Peoples Meeting.
p. m.-Evening Service.
Thursday, s .. m.-Mid-week
Prayer Service.
New Boston Methodist Church
Rev. Harold Berthal, Pastor.
$3.50 a. m.-Morning worship.
1890 a. m.-Sunday School.
oakvllle N. z. Church
William A. Johnson, pastor.
GAS a. m.-Morning worship.
10:45 a. m.-Sunday School
Jacksonville Community Church
Rev. Melvin o. Rydberg. pastor
1880 a. m.-Sunday School.
1880 D. m.-Sermon.
Romulus First Baptist Church
Rev. Grant Foster, pastor.
1890 a. m.-Preaching.
11:45 a. m.-Sunddy School.
1880 .. m.-Epworth League.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

crowding. It must eliminate un- necessary steps and motions.
 Some homogeneous may push too hard, deliberately or through ex- cessive zeal. But even those who do not seek any excessive speedup will try to make as many con- sumner items as possible with as little outlay for wages as is feasi- ble.
 The better they succeed, the less jobs there will be. And this cuts directly across the fifth of the re- conversion menaces mentioned in an earlier article-the psychological creation of an unsettling belliger- ancy on the part of workers who feel insecure about their jobs.
 No more convincing defense of the employers right to conduct his business and use his employees ef- ficiently, within reason, has ap- peared than that in front-page article in the current Packard Edi- tion of the United Automobile Worker-CIO. L
 Packard got some of the most unsavory publicity that came out of the Mead Committees hearings here. In the opinion of many it has one of the biggest housekeep- ing jobs in the industry to do, to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
LAST OF FOUR ARTICLES
DETROIT: Test Tube Of Labor Strife

get labor utilization on an efficient scale. The union knows that. But the official organ of Packard Local No. 19O. says, after warning that over-crowding will be resisted:
 "It must also be recognized that for Packard Motor Car Go. to sur vive there must be fair days work for fair days pay. If the company falls behind in its (com- petitive) race it will have to liquid ate. And our jobs will go down the drain together with the of ficers' salaries and the stockholders dividends.
 FACE FIGHT
 Reasonable production the com- pany is entitled to ask from every employe. high and low. That is the basis for permanent opera tion and permanent jobs"
 Not every Packard emlploye will follow his locals sound advice. Not every local, even in the automobile industry, will seek to lead its mem- bership in the right direction. Among those who do, the feeling of insecurity that cutbacks and reconversion already have begun to breed will cause many workers to fight for 8 bird in the mouth and let tomorrow's squab dinner worry about itself.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

colossal on the most grandiose Hol- lywood scale.
 Soon Uncle Sam will stop paying the bills. Detroit will return to making automobiles and other con- sumner products that must be sold in competitive markets. Not only must they be good, buff the mass production lessons taught by Henry Ford still hold true-they must be cheap in order to tap the greatest markets after the first mad buying splurge exhaustS itself.
 MUST CUT PAYROLLS
 This is identical with the basic situation in Akron, where efforts of rubber executives to get away from wartime extravagances are blamed by objective observers for much of the unrest that caused some 32,000 employees of two of the Big Three to go on strike.
 Management in Detroit, and else where where haste and volume have taken precedence over economy, must cut personnel to what can be used efficiently-that is, must stop hoarding as insurance against emergency needs. It must see that every workman produces as much, for each days pay, as he reason ably can produce without over-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Factory Workers Feel Insecurity In Their Jobs
q < q

Since Detroit industrial employ ment attained its peak of S67,OOO in November. 194s, 1t has dropped to 672,800 as of last month. War Manpower Commission estimates on about two thirds of the areas em- ployment, projected over the whole of local industry, would indicate that by Oct. IS the figure will ap- proximate 590O00. It may be lower, That is a drop, from the peak, of at least 277,000, or almost one work CT in three,
 Such a decrease can be expected to aggravate the deleterious effect on labor relations of at least four of the five factors now at work: Seniority problems; Wage decreases; "Speedup" friction; Job insecurity
 To see how these work out, and what government, industry and Unionisn do to prevent them from causing disaster, keep your eye on Detroit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

chased by three American Corsair fighters, zoomed over the horizon.
 With his plane punctured by gum fire from the fighters and naval fire from the ships in the bay, the pilot turned his riddled bomber into a suicide ship, crashing onto the decks of the freighter.
 In seconds, the Brown Victory was a scene of desolation The ships mast and booms were sheared of. Every part of the vessel was smothered by shrapnel, which killed four men and wounded 20.
 Harry Cerbie, Jersey City. N. J., said God was with us when those two 500-pounders went off," He said the plane landed in the for ward part of the ship.
 "The men seem to think that with the hold being opened. the concus-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12

sion from the bombs was absorbed, ' Cerbie said, "but, brother, your guess is as good as mine."
 Though four of the crew-three Navy armed guard crew members and enc Merchant Seaman-were killed, the ship was able to reach the U. s. The Navy men killed were SIC Raymond Peters, Olym- pia, Wash; George Carlson, GNf3/c, Salt Lake City, and SIC Harold C. Buckridge, Wichita, Kans. Donald Lamount, Able Seaman,
 Roy Hartman, g, Signalman 3/c, Findley, O., described how It. Cg) Henry L. Streator, Kansas City, Mo-, gunnery officer on the ship, took over gun, only to be wounded a few minutes later.
 "The guy was full of shrapnel pieces" Hartman said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
BY M. s. HANDLER

Kattowice, Polish Silesia, July B. (UP)-Poland has emerged from the war with the greatest industrial po- tential of any country between Rus sia and the Atlantic-but her na- tional economy today virtually is paraly2ed.
 The paralysis is primarily due to lack of road transport. Unofficial estimates indicate that it would take 100000 vehicles, delivered over a period of 8 year, to put Poland's economy back to anything like normal.
 The United States is the only country that might be in position to deliver the trucks within that I period and thus may hold key to Poland's problem.
 1 A survey of the upper Silesia in- I dustyial areas diScloGed that this area-one of the most highly indus tralized in the world-survived the war almost intact. This is the prin- cipal asset of the new Polish state as 1t gets ready for new start in the world.
 In addition to its own great steel plants and coal and iron mines within the borders of pre-war Po- land, the Poles now have mcorpor- ated the tremendous industrial plant and numerous mines between the old borders and the Neisse and Oder rivers.
 The new and the old industrial power in Europe, west of the Soviet.
 Hundreds upon hundreds of big modern mills, great synthetic oil plants and mines crowd upper Sil- I esia.
 In touring the region one is never out of sight of great factories or mine elevators. They are to the right of you, to the left, in front and in back. The industries are connected with a first class road network, some of them with four car lanes. Extensive power lines feed the plants, most of which are equipped with modern electric fur naces, the latest types of rolling equipment, stamping machines and cranes. Railroad sidings give the !. plants immediate access to main rail trunk lines.
 One of the principal industrial features is that coal mines and cok- ing plants exist adjacent to smelters and rolling mills.
 There are hundreds of towns where the workers enjoy excellent housing. In very few industrial areas is such good housing found as in Silesia. Streets are paved and the store fronts on the main streets are attractive. Some of the schools would compare favorably with the best in the United States
 There is also intensive farming. wheat and rye fields are cultivated right up to the factory walls so that one gets the impression that tLe plants are set in the midst Of biz farms.
 There is one flaw in the picture
 There is no transportation. The mills and factories were almost com- pletely dependent upon trucks to bring in raw material and ship their finished products.
 Main rail lines connect Silesia with Gdansk (Danzig), Kattowice, Warsaw and Krakow but rolling stock and locomotives are lacking.
 As . result many plants and mines are working at only half capacity. Reconstruction of Poland and restoration of normal economic
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
Poland's National
 Economy Paralyzed

conditions depends on getting trans port.
 There has been some devastation due to Allied air attacks, directed largely against synthetic oil re- fineries which are not now produc- ing. But they will be put back into operation in the not too distant fu- trre. Except for this, the ab- sence of transport and destruction of some main power lines the re- zion appears untouched by war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-12
By S. Burton Heath NEA Staff Correspondent

M. S. Handler of the United Press Staff in Moscow has just returned from a To-day 12O0-mile trip through Poland, visiting vir- tually every section of the coun- try. He inspected most of the inn portant Polish cities, including Warsaw, Kattowice, Teschen, Cro- kow, Gdansk Danzig), Zoppot and Gydnia. It was the most ex- tensive inspection of Poland un- dertaken since the country was freed from the Germans. The fol- lowing is the first of series of dispatches by Handler describing conditions under the new Polish regime.