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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Food For Thought

Now that 1t be told the whole story of shortage of food the home front shows that most of us lost little weight There deprivations, but there was no real starvation We ate less of some things, more of others
 Food has been plentiful not of extended variety Steaks not always had for the asking and the money and now and then the butcher sad-no chicken this week The grocers shelves lacking Portugese sardnes and caviar and his showcases were not redoent with the odor Of Camenbert and Roquefort cheese.
 The butcher was not always there with fourteen pound ham Some days you went chopesS Other days there was paucity of endive hearts right from Belgium to you F4let gnon not indicated for the picnic affair and imported salam did not fall under the knife of your we'll meaning butcher
 All this being So did you starve? Not at all. With all the articles missing from the weekly meatshop slips soe how other in reviewing day by day gastronomc pro gram comes the realization that you ate three fairly good meals day. The war came to you on the home front tp ping the scales at hundred and fifty pounds or was It hundred and sixty Today after the war is over the same scales register the same weight.
 Whats the answer? Food There plenty of food for you and you seemed to like it, because continued to nour lsh you.
 But be that as 1t may you are looking forward to Jan mary and the ration off meats and fats and oils Watcn then how you push your weight about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Undiplonatic Anger

Some members of the Senate Foreign Relations Com rttee are distressed by the methods which the State Department used In persuading the Brazilian govern rent to call off the PanAmercan conference in RIO de Janelro
 They have scoded the State Department for its abrupt criticism of Argentina and showed It the error of US ways They have pointed out that the other American nations should have been consulted They have chlded the department for taking foreign policy Into It's own hands without asking the senators advice
 One senator accused the department Of making tnis country look more like the unloved Colossus of the North Another said the proper thing would have been to 20 ahead with the meeting but refuse to deal with Argentine rep resentatives third suggested that the Argentine delegation wouldn't have shown up, anyway
 There was more advice than Tom Sawyer got in ms fence painting job Maybe 1t was all good But at the same time there something refreshing and warmly human about the State Departments impulsive gesture of disgust with thoroughly diSreputable government
 Tho United States, as this hemspheres strongest ana
 most active foe of fascs has been remarkably patient with the fascist government in Buenos Aires In fact 1t actually helped to proong that government by another m pulsye gesture at San Francisco few months ago.
 To counter the Russian governments nslstence tnat the Lublin Poles be represented at the United Naos Conference this countrys delegation led the way Tn secu Ing conference seat for Argentina. It was move to show the Russians that could champion as unrepreSen tatlve 6 government we believed the RuSSian-Spon- sored Lublin group to be. . .....
 Perhaps that step taken In desperation But tniS government has since had some embarrassing opPortu fes to regret It. Now In hot anger than codbloooed
 diplomacy the State Department has taken another step to correct the earlier mistake It might seem that this gov ernents present clear intent IS of more consequence than the method of making 1t known
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
scAlHiG3d,

run the risk of using It. For instance t the peak of the bombing of Germany the odds that bomber carrying an atomic bomb and exploded when struck by sak every ship in tho air for miles around would have been demolished. And f you sent plane alone without fighter protection If tho bomb wouldn't go off until it hit the ground in q crashed plane nor, military taFgets-Franee or Belgium n tho case of the bombing Of oermany-wouid be devAStated
 The Air Force men point out that when the first position was eliminated Then why they ask, drop tho bomb2
 Tn addition they have photographs, and proof gathered since the occupation that two days Of Fou- tine operations ct that time equallcd the damage done by the atomic bomb They can produce adequate statistics showing that # the Air Force had been able to concentrate It's power on Hiroshima for two days that city could have been ebtefated as efficiently S WAS done by tho atomic blast,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
In Today's Mail

ials have told this writer In person that the manner In which the eau. euses of both major parties in this city are held Is illegal, That state law states that c eaueuses must be e meeting of the electors for the pur- pose of nominating delegates to ware ious conventions, In this city the pra stiee Is to forgo the caucuses and In place of them merely have a sheet printed upon which are typed the names of the proposed delegates, the delegates are naturally selected by the leaders of the parties for the loyalty thy have shown to the lead- CTS in the past
 Under this Hitler like system the voters in the various districts have absolutely nothing whatever to say about who shall or who shall not be the delegates. They are not even considered. Is this then the type Of caucus that the editorial writer would attempt to uphold9
 Were 1t not for the courage and the determined fighting hearts Of tfose peopAG WAlU HANkg NP lHtAbSFAVF political parties, many of the pres. ent pleasant political conditions would never have been brought about,
 Under our form of government, the Government that our men went out to fight and die to preserve, minority rights and priveleges are guaranteed. Only in nations like Germany, and Russia are minority representations forbidden, We went to war to prevent that type Of polit. ical philosophy from being forced upon our nation and our people. We want no part of that two party monopoly control in Waterbury either. Every man iS created free and equal and under our constitu. ton he Is guaranteed certain rights and one of those rights is the right to vote the way he or she chooses, to assemble in groups and to Wor- ship God as they please.
 ., EDWARD M, RYAN
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
By Drsr Pearson

vho sit ln the rArefed atmosphere of the Renteson building h that # they want to get red-elooded American youngsters to remainsin the Army, Army favoritlsm has got to 60,
 Judging by the thousands of letters received by this columnlst, most enlisted men and young officers are burning up over bFass-hat discrimination CThis is equally true of the Navy) They can put up with a certain amount Of injustice In wartime e-thcush ie doesn't make them particularly happy sus .ssn Wnsn breaks they don't get or the son Of sen Wneelss o1 Montana released from the Navy on narosnlp case, football and baseball players uisonsEss0 on low points, it literally burns them up
 This week the generals are considering another step which won't help them win support TOT tne 4IO00O00-man Army Gen, Marshall wants, 1ney aIe lima four times deferred former counsel of the Dies Committee just as his military police unit IS apout to leave for Tokyo
 stripling has been in Washington for several days lobbying for this transfer, Though lot or men have trouble getting furloughs, he managed to get away from his base at San Antonio
 For some time his Alexandria, va, draft board deferred him as an essential worker F1naily tne draft board refused further delays and he was slated to report Dec. H. last year But at the last mnute, Gen. Hershey himself went over the local orait boards head and gave him until Jan l.
 Then on Jan A Cong, May of Kentucky inter. vened and got him off until Jan. 90, at which time Strpling finally entered the Army By that time the old Dies Committee had ceased to exist So Cong. ftAnkln nVroduCeU . TeSulutlun po pay StAAkAAe. salary from Jan. to Jan, % because, under the law the Dies Committee being non-existant no couldn't otherwise have been paid.
 stripling has now been in the Army exactly nine months But, with two-year veterans still in uniform, he wants to get back to Washington And lJs con. gressional friends say the deal Is ell arranged
 
 President Harry Truman was h his best form at the reserve officers dinner in honor Of Gen. George Marshall The President spoke very huSnbly and simply, without notes or manuscript. Ft was straight from the heart, To the star-studded aud- ence of famous generals, Truman said
 "oen. Marshall is my idea of leader, and consider myself something of . judge on that"
 Then he went on to reveal that he has studied in his spare time the lives and strategy of such great generals as Hannibal ohenghls Khan and Napoleon
 Truman also revealed that early in the war he had gone to Gen. Marshall and offered his servicesI but--according to the President-"oen. Marshall wisely turned me down." That drew lot Of laughs, and Truman smiled back happily.
 But the President hit the jackpot with the Army officers when he said "and Gen. Marshall even atcs ceeded in getting the Navy to cooperate with the Army"
 "Wahool" shouted the assembled Army officers in one voice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
By Peter Edson

The Navy line is similar
 They say you have to get the bomb close enough to the target to make 1t effective This takes navy, constantly moving air ports forward and sluggng t out with the enemy to clear the alr for the one big mission.
 They have q simple anSwer for defense against the bomb: just spread your ships out farther On the sea- and lt b possible to get bomb inside the outer ring of protection the most damage that could Do done Is the destruction Of one ship.
 The atomic bomb has sort Of muddsd the cons for uniting the two services before, now think the U s. ought to wait until there Is more careful think ing about the ramifications Of the bomb.
 Most ardent for unified command is the Army Air Force It's top would like to the air forces put on par with the Army and Navy. They would eSs tabllsh single department Of national defense With the air, land and sea operations on an equal basis
 Gen James If. Doolittie is quitting the Army very soon he has revealed What kind Of job he's going to take he Isn't saying, But 1t b known that he B going to crusade for an independent air force on paT with tho Army and Navy.
 From the enthusiastic and vehement way the top men Of Army and Navy are expressing themselves, tiB issue Of Q unified command looms as 6 real hun- dinger with plenty of fur flying With their personal futures and prestige involved in the question Of blending the services, fight promises to develop very Boon
 opinion in upper Navy circles isn't quite 50 unan. inious They're jealous Of their tradition and indepens dence. From the Job the Navy did in the Pacific the for maintaining the status quo Some Nf the big ads miFale, however, think they zee the handwriting on the wall for the unified command and are for it to c limited extent
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
REPUBLICAN COMES TO THE AID or INDEPENDENTS
 RAPS THE DEMOCRAT

Waterbury, Conn.
 Oct, 22, l946
 Editor of The Democrat;
 The recent Editorial which ape peared in the Waterbury Democrat under the heading "cashing In" was noted for the things which 1t did not say and which clouded 80 called Facts" with utter confusion and ignorance.
 The writer of this letter Is not Q member of the Independent Demo- erat party. am Q Republican but [ have served as Q political analyst for years, do not agree that . minority party Is ever organized merely for the purpose of "CAShing In, They usually serve a mighty useful purpose to wit,' The Socialist party in Bridgeport, the 1887 elee- ton right here in Waterbury, the Bull Moose, the Whig, the Progress SlVe and the others all served to bring attention to some irregularity of the day.
 For many years the Waterbury Democrat has been c publication which has been looked upon by thousands of our people aS one of the leading publications In our state and tho paper was rated high aB one which expressed correctly the popus Tor opinion of the people. The Denl- oerat was noted for it's fairness. to all questions, Recently however, The Democrat, through the editorial in question, stepped out Of the role oi q worthy newspaper and became merely 6 propaganda machine for the sole purpose of grinding some" body else's axe,
 m tho very first paragraph of the Editorial 1t was stated that the 1ils dependent Democrats endorsed all tho Republican candidates Tor elee' ton except William V, derardl, This wa q serious untruth, If the Deris ocrat had c reporter At the eonven. ton of the Independent Democrats it would have been learned that the Independents also nominated Miehs ael Moran for Registrar Of Voters, n opposition to tho Republican eaadl' date Albert 0. Faller,
 Tn the second paragraph the ods itorial writer stresses that the Wa. terbury Democrat had taken q posi- ton long before in opposition to minor party representation. l do not recall any such editorial and it Is my firm conviction that this statement was also in error. ,
 The writer talks about the man. ner in which conventions, primaries and caueuses are held by the nlajor political parties. This statement ex- presses an amazing lack Of know. ledge. The writer would Do sonles what embarrassed If he was to learn that certain Of our high state ofii0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Prepare To Build

Brass Hat 1owles of OPA has lost out in his efforts to check new building enterprises He failed to get across
 s scarecrow" that building materials scarce that the country would be threatened with imitation and every thing else if restrictions construction Of buildings were removed
 Senator Wherry of NebraSka backed ReconverSlon Director John w. Snyder who has ordered all limits on reconstruction ended October l5 The Senator told BoweS that if his advice was followed: What you will be doing will be squeezing the little fellow who supplies materials and letting the Specuator go free think all price control Under the new program for expanding the building industry there will be active campaign to increase the supply of building materials and if necessary price ana wage increases as well priority to break bottlenecks At the same time Federal Credit agencies viii exercise care and discretion to prevent excessive and unsound lend ing on mortgages Tn order to do this they will enlist voluntary cooperation of banks and other lending n' stitutions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

For some reason Army and Navy big shots can't get excited about the revolutionary aspects Of Inc atomic bomb They look upon 1t as a highly specialized weapon With plenty of flaws in it's effec- .lVeness,
 Army Air Force thinking runs something ike this:
 TO drop on atomic bomb; tho target must be completely freed of any defense. Unless there Is no chance of fighter opposition or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Views Of The Press
SECRET SHARING

Boston Post)
 Some 400 atomic bomb scientists publicly express the belief that the secret Of tho deadly weapon should Do given to the world and 50 con- trolled. That, of course, would mean giving 1t to Russia. But here t Is two months since tho Japs sur. rendered and no American news- papermen have been allowed Ii, that section of Korea governed by the Russians. The same thing ie true of parts Of Europe occupied by the Russians. Why should we have to share our secrets in the interest of world peace when the other fellows are reluctant about anything Of thelrs7
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

M4kk kI1HEElSu W b HlAH WbiV he an ideal husband except for his appearance,'-From letter to the Boston Globe,
 COMPREHENSIVE How sad, indeed, can be the lot 0f leNl and lovely marriage
 rlskerS,
 When all their married days are
 fraught
 with mates who run to slacks
 and whiskers. No matter how they seem to jaw Their men, the falling ashes
 sprinkle;
 There obviously Is 6 law
 Insuring the domestic wrinkle. The tumbllng sock, the shoe united, The hair unkempt and needing
 shearing, A certain lack Of homeSide pride That isn't what you Id call en'
 dearing,
 But there is consolation for
 This category of our spouseS, Who weep that seeming hoboes roar Or slouch or sleep around theT
 houses.
 The buns include the elegantS, Who also are not past indicting- The MaFshallS and the carey
 Grants
 (If tley are husbands at this
 writlng)
 Secretary of War Patterson an. mounces that the Army intends to Hput military service ln peacetlme on a par with any civilian field Tor the young man who wants 0ppOr" tunltles for advancement, sell: I'm. uF0yeuaemt and economic security fVS still going to be . little hard for him Co leave his son the Dusi' ness, however
 Pope Plus XII urges women to participate in political life. Who am teil9 We may yet have C third najor party; Republican, Demo' cratic and Bridge
 The revolution in Venezuela has succeeded, The junta Is now headed hy Romulo Betancourt, . former ComTilunIst who resigned from the party renounced its creed afla even may expect people to belieVe it.
 France has gone on record as Q new constitution creat. ing the Fourth Republic. The voters can hardly walt for the new OrdeF te he established 70 they can swap horses one e.hAIf of one per ccnt across the stream.
 Query
 Why do not Vltainins appear
 in sleep and cIgaretS and neerF No matter what the government docs, 1t is clear at this particular tirne that rationing never VII pe ,e erNdlcated 50 long aB the LitK Women of the Nation continue ther iiniflorlorial war along the HouSO' cleaning Front.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

taken the feVoIutIonaFy step OT instltuting woman's suffrage, has helped, put an old friend of the United States - Baron shidehara lin as premier, and has taken important steps toward the de- mocratiSation of Japan,
 Some of the steps behind this, however. are not SO appar- ent, They 90 back to the encour- aging start Jimmy Byrnes has made in reorganizing his State Department, While Byrnes has n..S A.....a N...N. ,..sAs. AN.~ Va..m.a~,a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

pictures and stage plays Of which even more Of the same can Do said
 The average American thinks Of England in terms of London, and little else London means Buck ingham Palace, the King and queen, Westminster Abbey the House Of Parliament the Thames London Tower, Bond street Piccadilly Regent street, the worlds finest tailoring for men, magnificent boots
 |. and 50 on. our conception Of British country life comes mostly from Hollywoods interpretation, featuring manor hotises cocktail parties, pride Of family, preservation of estate.
 The point is that the majority Of Britain b not like our standard picture at au. What Britain was once may be something else, but the Britain Of this generation s like an iceberg, only small part Of which shows above the water, the rest being cofn- pleteiy submerged Even before the waT, there were vast areas Of sufns, there was poverty, urempi0y- fent, lack Of hope, truly primitive living conditions The bulk Of the wealth was in the hands Of q few, Tine havenots 0utnumbered the haves many, many times over.
 And t0 eli tIlb the terrible physical and gpsituai beating Of war was then added Something Ike four million families were bombed out Of their homes seme Of these were little better than novels, but even they were gone, Means Of income were destroyed move into vacant lOf1 to cObbie shantSes tOgeteF some Of them to i've in tents,
 And where does the American CT ft into tnis7 than anybody i1 England, better pald ag private soldiers than many heads Of British families, eating meals sent from ttley own nation, the simplest 0f which was banquet compared tO anything ayAii9S bte to tic British at ang tne-tWO 0F three millions Of tileee YCung gentlemen were cFann1eG tH among there cseple 0B tielY Ngt little ilaHd foF months that ssn Into geAss, as we built up to te ingaeo'A
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

the traditional conception 0f British government. So many res quogss have come in for on expia. nation in black and white, that here it B,
 As necessary background, it first needs to Dc understood that most Of us had as false afl iFas precision Of Britain as the aveF- age Briton has Of ug-afid for approximately the same reasons, Those reasons are the exaggeras tions of printed matter, made not to inform, but to seli, and motion aalnarn nR .n.laIna. aaLna. aaaAma aA Aian
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Waterbury Of The Past
2k Years AgO

26 Years Ago
 A model husband" was ar' rested for stealing t3S from hiS eill. pIoyeF, c FeBt4uraIit 0wllel, " as thc man worked In tho capacity oi . cashier.
 Playing tho horses and not coin' ing oft a winner, was the explaila.. ton given police by 2 man ciiargea with theft Of jewels from c WILLOW street home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Military Thinking

WASHINGTON. 0ct M-Wherever military men gather these days the conversation always gets around to one of two subjects: minimizing the importance ot the atomic bomb and the pros and cons of 6 unified ccmmsad,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
Merry-GO-ROun

WASHINGTON, Oct aa-The fact that things ere going better In Japan since UndersecretaEy of state Dean AohesOn cracked down on Gen. Mae Arthur is obvious to the naked eye. MacArthur has
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24

Pinch hitting for Fulton Lewis, Jr, recently, endeavored to explain the unexpected part tho Amer
 lean CT played in the British general elections that moved MT. Churchill into the beachers and changed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-24
GI Influence Abroad By Bm Cunningham

These British people even with such iittIe as they had, warmly extended their hospitality They opened their homes, did their best to share what little they had nGteraiIy-and their friendship without stint
 The oIs reported and stljl report that the cons verSation in homes and pubs invariably got around to what sort Of place the United States b and es. peciaiiy to what the American soldiers home was ike
 And the average English citizen seemed to find 1t next to astounding tat the plain American private some kid from farm or . small town, young man anything, would report that Uaere was bathtub in the little cottage his people called home They seemed amazed to learn that everybody in town had hot and cold running water, that the soldiers mother had an electric lroh maybe an electric refrigerator tat his daddy had little car in tle ranishackIe garage out back, tbat the town had fire school, hospital that took caTe Of the poor, visiting nTSes free buses
 h other words, here was 6 standard Of living which to what might De called the opposite number Of the average U. s. oI was nothing but dream, The average Driton began tc yeaTn for t hard, He was ready to turn to anybody whO could offer ( plan that would help him attaSn t.
 Me. ChuFehlgs Conservative Party made the fetal mistake Of ignoring this yeaFning, II Fan upon oDy 0e face, one name II offered, as M campsgn posters printed across t Help Him Finish Ths Job" The British by ttat time were sick Of the jOh They con- sideFed tSeyd done the job
 Although MT, Attees Socialists, opposed to Ms. ChuFchiiig Conservatives asked them to overthrow British tradition, abenA0n zee enterprise Ara eest upon an entirely unchaFted course, they Ad Olfsr definite blue print. They offered housing program z unemployment program, promise te nseak gne existing deadlock 0n wealth and to attempt Yediswi. button by natCnaiizing, or sccia1izng the Dank 0t England, the transportation system, the mines and sinaT necessltles Of life. And % tlle plain pe0p5e, the poor people overthrow thousand yesFs of B1ts ish history fn an OvsFtHFn inst amazed the world.
 Perl1eps this SayS # beets The slogan credited with having won the British election was as sasmpe asld as primitive aS this. "A tsp i every home" Inst Ieene running WateF in every home Tet alsO means enough people tO swing tbe election weTe without even inst simple e0ngenleBce
 Tie American CT haa Iot to Go with ' eyeE there Tf ig own nation fe1s hin, after what ne haS done fer tts he mag aelissSaseS mirg enent es@ heFe .x tt