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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

ened hot resolution during the afternoon session putting COP policy-making apparatus in the hands of the Republican Execu- tive Committee and Congressional leaders rather than in the hands of BroWnell. Result was, the doors were not thrown open to the press and Halleck's remarks were heard only by afew.
 One other very important de- cision reached by Republicans behind closed doors was to make strong bid for the labor vote in 1946 and 1948. Leaders said they would appeal over the heads of labor bosses for AZ and l. and CIO rank and file support, and were prepared to invest lot of money in the project.
 After the meeting, Wiilkie followed Fred Baker of Seattle, who helped plan the strategy of the progressive forces summed up results of the meeting to one friend in this way:
 "WendeIl WiIlkie had more control over the Republican party in death than he did in life"
 To which Ralph Cake remarked that the meeting left the Chicago Tribune crowd in it's usual posi- tion-"talking to itself in the cor ner all alone"
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Toward World Press Freedom

Freedom of the press was not one of the blanks in the platform of world security issued from Dumbarton Oaks. And the omission was quite proper, since in most countries a free press is inter preted as being, first of all, press free from government dictation and inter- ference. But there are many suggestions in the DumbartOn Oaks outline which could not be carried out unless world press freedom already existed. Better in- ternational understanding and cooper ation can only thrive in an atmosphere of free and complete interchange of news and ideas. So it is well that plans for free press in the postwar world are already taking shape. And it is encouraging that leadership in this shaping up is coming from the United States, and consplcu- ously from the heads of it's two largest wire services, Hugh Baillie of the United Press and Kent Cooper of the Associated Press. Misunderstanding and varied Interpretations have naturally arisen in determining world press goals, and cer- tainly there are other difficulties ahead. One of these will certainly be the virtual irnposSibility of compelling government to allow it's newspapers to give complete and unbiased news coverage, even when b11C 1ACW0 10 6OOAlNACO OAAACA ANNNA SNANAA tionS of freedom and equality.
 But at least there seems to be an en- couraging agreement on fundamental needs in the discussions thus far - the needs for free and equal access to news sources for correspondents of all coun- tries; for provision of news-gathering facilities free from interference; for ade- Quate world communication systems available to all at fair, preferential rates. AS for the remaining obstacles, the best prescription is to continue dls- cuSSion and to advance from new points of agreement And in one of the most recent discussions of the subject, MT. Cooper put forth a suggestion that should find ready agreement among most Of the worlds newsmen. He proposes that for- eign correspondents be granted dlplo- matic immunity, on the grounds that they are better qualified than diplomats to observe and report on trends of tor- eign opinion or government policy.
 This would certainly seem to be an in- dispensable requisite of press freedom if past dangers and indignities are to be avoided Such immunity would naturally impose responsibility on correspondents and publishers to do nothing which would jeopardize the immunity or use 1t to un- fair advantage. But there is lltle to rear on this score from past experience. Cor respondents of democratic nations nave the quasi-diplomatic duty of reporting to the sovereign people in whom the power of government rests. Most of them are conscious of the trust of this duty. And most of their past troubles have arisen from their zealous regard for duty even when it meant mourning the displeasure of touchy foreign government.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

In various committee meetings they heckled him unmercifully for overriding the recommenda- tion of The National Defense Council and refusing to do any, thing about rubber.
 But now the situation is re- verSed. Apparently certain COP Senators have snort memories. It is these same Republicans who are now supporting Jesse Jones in their fight against Henry Wallace.
 For instance, COP Senator owen Brewster of Maine is lean- ing toward Jesse Jones in the current fight. .9ut as a member of the committee, BreWster's bril- liant ss-examination made Jones look like a monkey. Brew Ster brought out that Ed Stet- tinius, then in cnarge of raw ma terials for the National Defense Council had repeatedly urged, im- plored and demanded that Jones begin synthetic rubber produc- tion as early aS two years before Pearl Harbor.
 Brewster even showed Jones up regarding the Committee of Ex- pertS on Rubber as recommended by the National Defense Council. Here is cross-section of Brew ster's penetrating cross-exanina- tion:
 Senator Brewster The report recommended the creation of Committee of Experts to pass on these technical questions. Did you create such a committee
 MT. Jones: Well, I don't know what you call experts.
 Senator Brewster: I don't think that is susceptible of definition I think either you know 1t or you don't. It is obvious that you con- suited with what you called ex- perts.
 Mir. Jones: We consulted freely with the experts of the National Defense Conuncil.
 Senator BreWSter: NOW Olu you have 8 Committee of Technical Experts or did you not?
 MT. Jones: don't know whether we had 8 Committee of Techni- cal Experts or not.
 Senator Brewster: MT. Jones. that is a very amazing statement.
 MT. Jones: I don't think 1t is amazing at all.
 Senator Brewster: You don't know whether you had Commit tee of Technical Experts or not?
 MT. Jones: I don't know what an expert is.
 Senator Brewster: Well, you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Selected Poem
WINTER

WINTER Joseph J. Prank in The Poets Corner, Hartford
 CouranD Winter the honest season of the year, Has no pretense within it's tsark intent That iron regulation brooks no veer From the sharp aim on which its sight is bent Summer the harshling wood in soft disguise May temper in a gossamer of rains Autumn in misty films across the skies May nurture faltering hope in dying veins. But winter, certain as the strands of fate Across the path in metal sinews spun, Fastens the ice tumblers of the gate Nor needs the efforts of tepid Sun. Hand firmly laid upon the pusing heart Forces to slumber the slow coming breath That only vagrant dreams can wake and start From the deep trance that skirts the shores of death
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Our Great 'InIand Seas"

The Great Lakes are in reality series of inland seas between Canada and the United States, and they constitute the largest body of fresh water in the world. The total water expanse is about 4,1O0 square miles. The "Soo" Canals have been increased in number to connect Lake Superior, Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. The channels have been deepened from Lake Superior and Lake Michigan to the mouth of the St. Lowrence. About fifty years ago movement was started by the United States and Canada to deepen the channel through the St. Lawrence River. In those days an outlay of a few million dollars frightened Congress. But at the time it was thoroughly established fact that the Northwest was receiving i'm measurable benefits by reason of trans portation through the Great Lakes to the Eastern markets. The products of it's large farms, cattle ranches, mines and forests were shipped at small cost Most Presidents of the United States since 1900 have favored the so-called "Seaway," which it has been found would cost far less than the Panama Canal, and handle a gerater amount of commerce.
 The first SquaWk was fro mNeW York City, which protested on the grounds
 
 Port of New York and interrupt traffic by rail, and transfers to ocean ships bound for Liverpool and other parts of Europe At about that time the rail- roads of the country were elated by their successes in driving steamboats off the Mississippi from St. Paul to New Orleans. The railroads built up keen competitive programs against the Great Lakes water way, and the powerful rail interest stalled legislation in Washington and ln Canada.
 Even during the present administration President Roosevelt has favored the con- pletion of the Seaways project which had been nearly approved by President Hoover and Coolidge. Within the past few days a New York Congressman introduced statement into the Record which set out objections that Hundreds of millions or dollars necessary to make the St. Law renee navigable waterway would nave to be paid by the taxpayers and that the project would benefit only limited num- Der of growers an shippers in the MiddleWest"
 There isn't fiddler's chance that the Seaway will be built at an early date, be- cause political machinery is running at high railroad speed burning waterways commerce off the docks. Nevertheless, Governor Dewey of New York sent his recommendation to the New York State Legislature to initiate construction of the Seaway without waiting for action by Congress. The same interests that op- posed the St. Lawrence Waterway and killed water traffic on the Mississippi still have the stranglehold on the Great Lakes SeaWay
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
WE PULL ANOTHER BIG
 RONER

Every SO often the conductor of this column sticks his neck out. figuratively-he hasn't enough neck to do SO actually-a little too Tar. Whereupon scores of readers with great glee administer large doses of his favorite medicine-sarcasm with suitable admixture Of r1olcuie and invective.
 This time I deserve it. I certainly | nulled a big boner-aS precious a bit of quackery as l nave perpe- tracted or tried to perpetrate on readers in a long while. QuacKery is pretending to have knowledge m a matter of which one knows little or nothing. That's or Doc Brady for you.
 A correspondent who has been receiving pneumothorax treatment for lung tuberculosis inquired about the wisdom of having a. baby. might have made the error Wltn- out arousing such a protest hao answered in a paragraph. But, mo- when I go Quack, Quack! l wan to be sure everybody knows about it-so made the question the suo- feet of the talk published here re- cently under the title Sorry, No Baby. I said it would be unwise to have a baby, as the young womans tuberculosis lis presumably stlll active, else no further injections of nitrogen or air would be neces- sary. She would be almost certain to infect baby with tuberculosis If she nursed. cared TOT or Kept the baby with her"
 Well. I know better now. Besides the scores of persons with arresteu tuberculosis who still receive pneu- mothorax treatment, several physl- clans were kind enough to enllgnt- en me on this point For instance the medical superintendent Of large tuberculosis hospital informs me that many patients are dls- charged from tuberculosis hospitals with apparently arrested disease many considered cured - yet they carry pneumothorax. Many of them are women now doing hard work, and they are advised that they may have children and they do have children, and the mothers and chll- dren remain perfectly well. The children certainly do not becoma infected with tuberculosis.
 Not content with displaying my ignorance of the pneumothoraS Urea atment, I demonstrated also my ignorance of the significance Of the tuberculin test, by saying that 1t would determine whether a child has too little, a fair degree or no immunity against tuerculosis.
 In fact, medical colleague in- forms me, it is a test to determine whether a person has had a tuber- culous infection at some time or other; 1t does not indicate whether the tuberculosis is active or inac- tive
 Now may I please pull in my neck for a while? If you readers can forgive me for this one, I'll do my best to get from real doctors the facts concerning tuberclin tests and present them here in 8 later talk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS, D. D.
IMPORTANCE OF THE PERSONAL ELEMENT

Personality counts for so much In life that everyone is eager to do everything he can to develop his personality. Books which tell Us how to do this have almost unbelievable volume sales. Whether we can de-
 finitely express our convictions in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

words or not, most of us believe that personality is of the very essence of the universe.
 Emerson nc c said that all great enterprises a r c but the lengthen- ing shadows oi men. A book Is the lengthening shadow of some mans thought OI
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29

wanted 10 D u y bank stocks, in which institution would you invest?
 To most people, this latest chap ter in the Jones' Wallace affair will boil down to an issue as simple as that, and to most people wanting to collect cash divi-
 dends the answer would be heavily in favor of a J on e s Manufac- k,,r.rsb T = tV o
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sonal health and hygiene, not 70 disease, diagnosis of treatments will bc answered by pr. Brady if . stamped self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should Dc brief and written in ink. 70 reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. william Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street. Chicago. III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at s:0o a. m: sets at 6:04 p. m. (War tme)
 Vehicels must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The weather man effected a change over the weekend. the cold of many days finally reducing more snow and sleet coming last night appeared as a typical January storm.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
Washington Merry-Go-Round DREW PH PEARSON
Drew Pearson Soy Republicans Who Scoed Jesse Jones Rube Delays Now Are His Champions; Wendell Wie Won at ndionop oils; COP Committee Appoints WIIkie's Friends.

WASHINGTON January 2 For about after Eabo the were the eRepubL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1945
A Thought for Today

Wherefore, if God so cIOthe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast in- to the oven, shall he not much more clOthe you, o ye of little falth?-Matthew 6:30.
 Faith is higher faculty than reason.- Bailey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Henry Wallace, Businessman
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA WaSh- inKtOn Correspondent

Washington. D. C., Jan. 29 - If Jesse Jones and Henry Wallace were presidents of two banks on opposite corners of Main and First streets in any town in the country and If you had some money with which you
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-29
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS CoIc;um n and Rheumatiz

Calcium, D, and Rheumatic
 have been talking your calcium and vitamin D for arthritis as described in the pamphlet, and have had the most favorable re- sults-I am back on my regular Joh now, which I had been unable to do for over year. (C. M. W.
 Answer-Thank you. In any case 1t can do no harm to try it out. For instructions send stamped en- velope bearing your address. ask for pamphlet Calcium and Rheuma- tiz.'
 What, No Pipe?
 Your counsel to the youth about the tobacco habit and your stand against intoxicating liquor could do much to help stamp out these two evils if you dod not refer so much to your flock of pipes. We fear you do more harm than good.
 (Mrs. N. E. s.
 AnsWer-I do not believe there is any relation between smoking and drinking intoxicating liquor. But, hold your horses, Ma'am, at the present casualty rate 1t won't be long before I'm down to my last pipe. The other day, in a thought less moment on the bowling green, I tapped out my very best pipe with 6 1-2 inch stem (holding 1t by the stem) and 1t snapped of, of course-life has been dreary since.
 Round ShOuldered
 have heard 1t said that if your elbows will touch behind your back you are not round shouldered. But have tried this on many per- sons ard have found only two whose elbows will touch behind their backs. (K. L. O.
 Answer-A normal person con hardly touch elbows behind. Y0urg persons with round shoulders practice clasping hands at back as for a stirrup for rider to mount. then turn thumbs down under and back without releasing finger clasps. Hold the position minute every hour
 Copyright 1945 by John r. Dille Co. trucks along Worthington Ridge in Berlin, the old main highway, was terribly annoying to residents and 1t was to eliminate that nuisance that the cutoff was so strongly fav- ored.
 All will hope that if the cutoff ultimately becomes part of the mo trucks allowed Wilbur Cross Park way. these heavy vehicles are nov driven back onto the Warrington Ridge route Any such development would create 100 per cent opposition in Berlin.
The echo. (Meridian, Miss.) 1942-1960, 1945-09-21
TENTATIVE
.SuIpIs9Id

'Su!p!s7ld
The following presidents have sent
the following claimants to- the Office
and said claimants are scheduled to be
paid off iu the September Beard:
1. Mack EcIunis. No. 400 F. s.
Posey, President, Collins.
?. Minnie Rogers. No. A. Rev. R
W. RadcIif, President, Toomsuba.
3. Lula V. Young, No. I. II. D. Ne
Shan, President, Meridian.
! 4. Jim Hampton No. $50, San
Thomas, President, Macon
J 5. Carson Jackson, No. 185, W. T
IEate, President, BrooksviIle
6. John Miller, No. 300, Mrs. An
Inie Mcmillan, President, Hickory.
7. jamie Campbell No. 27O, A. ]
Bar&tt President, Hattiesburg.
8. Nora Saith, No. 481. A. J. Ban
Inett, President Hattiesburg
9. Henry steele, 10. 113. IT. {
Jennings. President, Dekalb.
IN Scott = .onar No 222 CbarIi
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

was a patriotic American who obcyed
all laws and refrained from SNUG
CLING Polly across the international
line.
So for Ia years Polly sulked,
brooded, gloomed and muttercd over
the kitchen sink What made the
exile all the stickier was that the
geographical handouts have been
slapped on her after she had browsed
around the works for ten years The
talkative Mexican yellowhead had
lived In the Cordcau home since 1920,
man and boy.
Now, the statistics show that a
parrot will live 300 years under
ordinary conditions. But Polly's
feathers mouitcd, her once bright
eyes grew DINNER than imitation
pearls and there were always peculiar
sounds deep in her throat like steam
pipes being turned off for the night
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

bd pet down TO cases. The whole
ling started on Jan. "a, 1890, when
|e United States Public Health Serv-
r. issued a regulation reducing the
len parrot quota 10 zero. The reason
las the epidemic OF psittacosis, dan
frouS fever peculiar 10 parrots and
lmRlHhieabtt'- to human beings.
That amendment 10 the Constitu-
|on was the reason Polly was trapped
pr II years over the sink, for she
las on the wrong side of the Amcri-
bnA adian boundary line that runs
|n through the kitchen of Mrs.
Uric COrdcau's home way up on the
bid end of Vermont. The parlor.
lining room and one.half of the
ttchcu Is IN TIM tinted States, but
he sink is in the Province of Quebec.
Even though Mrs Cordeau might
rsert her native land temporarily for
dish rag or a can of tomatoes she
farch -. 1915
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25
ARTHUR BUGS" BAER


YOU were a bird in a gilded
cage you would probably ac-
quine a case of Catastrophe
hemStitched with restrict
4 wire.
But If you were a parrot ac-
stomed to the run of the
use there would be an extra
use In the trophobia II you
IRE suddenly deprived Of your
tra-territorial parade grounds
u confined by law 10 the sink
b OF the Kitchen for Ia long
kariSome years.
Fourteen long years of incar-
)ration over the kitchen sink
something entirely out OF
|ur jurisdiction and none OF
ur fault Who laid that egg?
frtainly not the parrot, even
|ough she could have accom-
shed that little detail, for her
me was Polly.
And although Polly didn't live
our alley she did reside on
+ border between Vermont
ID Anada. Did that make
|ll l~hat the psychiatrists are
nd of calling a border.line
Sc? II did not. For Polly
hsn't allowed within pccking
Stance Of the border.
Let's eliminate the preamble
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

nor governments any compassion?
Polly is now a brighteyed, emerald
spangled citizen of Mrs. Cordeau's
front room with 176 years ahead in
which to forget those II lost years.
p. s. Don't mistake that for an
abbreviation of psittacosis. What we
wanted TO add is that habit is a won
derful thing. Polly goes back over
the sink to sleep every night.
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

So the law-abiding Mrs Cordeau
siphoned up her Vermont grit, took
postoffice pen between her thumb
and forcfinger and splattered this let.
ter 10 the u. S. Public Health Service
in Washington:
Our home is situated on the inter.
national border line. The kitchen is in
Canada with the rest of the house in
the U. S. A. I have parrot that be,
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

From All
Over Wash
ingtOn, Doc.
tors, Lawyers
and PSittacO.
sis SharpS
Battled Their
Way Through
Red Tape
JungleS 20
Join the L. -.
Public Health
Service in n
Skull Workout
Over Polly.
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suitable place for her. Can you
give me permission to take her
TO the front room which is in
the u. S. A? She is not for
sale or to be given away.
would appreciate a reply at
your earliest convenience. Sin
cerely, Mrs. Eric Cordeau, Box
382, Derby Line, Vermont"
The Health Service went into
executive session with lawyers,
doctors and psittaeosis experts.
From all over Scarlet-taped
Washington they thundered TO
the rescue with horse. foot and
guns.
They could read between the
lines even though Mrs. Cordeau
would not step over them. And
three days later she received
this answer to her own letter:
Dear Mrs. Cordeau: The
Public Health Service has no
objection 10 your moving your
parrot TO which you refer in
your letter Of December II,
1914, from the kitchen of your
home into the front room. The
parrot regulations enforced by
us were issued in accordance
with the provisions of an EX-
ecutive Order of January "a,
1880, and do not pertain to par
rots imported into the United
States prior to that date.
= "InasmuCh as your bird
has been in your posses
sion "a years it would
| not be covered by Public
Health Service regulations.
| Respectfully, Senior
| Surgeon r. +. Bodet, Asst
j Chief, Foreign Quarantine
Division.
Who dare say that cor
porations have no souls
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

longs on the Canadian
side. She has been a house
pet for "a years.
The kitchen is very
small and therefore not a
Detroit evening times., 1945-03-25

he Border Was Only an Imaginary
Inc Between the Sink and the Stove,
But Polly Got ClaustrOphObia
From Not Crossing IL.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-17
R0tioning Regulations

tThe ration board headeuaFteFU co iie West Main street will Do closed to the public all day on Sat. uFdays until further hetlee)
 MEATS and FATS Red stamps A.i through Vel in Book ", each worth 10 points, are now valid,
 Stamps Asl through E.l expire oeb ai,
 stamps Fsi through ksl expire Nov 90,
 stamps L.i through Gel expire Dec 9i
 Stamps Rel through Vel expire Jan, 9i,
 SUGAR Sugar Stamp 90 Is VallG for pIF. chase 0f five pounds of sugar until Dec h,