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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
AUTUMN IN YOUR HAND
tNew York Times

A tree In autumn Is a lovely sight. One tree alone can concentrate the beauty of e whole woodland, left by leaf and branch by branch, as one flower can give the essence of a whole garden. For the beauty of the turning woodg Is not alone in the scarlet of e maple grove or the sun gold glow of e hillside stand of beeches. It Is in the subtle change that creeps along the leaves thei11- selves, from point to point and vein to vein. A woodland in full color is awesome as 0 forest fire, In n1agni- ttide at least; but a single tree IS like e dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
 Watch even 6 single branch out- side @ certain window, and you are watching the color of change. one morning there Is e spot of yellow on e certain leaf, yellow which has not yet quite achieved the glow of gold. Another day and that glow may he there. It spreads. The spot becomes Q splash of gold, edged perhaps with a thin line of scarlet. It creeps down the leaf between the veins, and then across the veins: and the scarlet edging widens Into band and then a border. And meanwhile other leaves have begun to turn, some to gold. some to dull bronze, some to blood-red beauty. All on the same branch, yet not two alike either In pattern or coloration. And finally 1t
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
Religion Or Communism?

Louis F Bedenz editor of The Daily Worker, mouth piece of Communism has returned to God and the aith
 of his fathers" He says: Religion and Communism are incompatible"
 Of Bedenz the famous William 2. Foster, observes, "Fe has deserted the laboring classes"
 Tn his last campaign the late President Roosevelt publicly repudated Communism and communstic support
 sign in the New York subways reads, without the Spirit of Cor there be no Liberty"
 Thus is the issued joined
 subty but definitely, Communists have invaded the ranks of organized labor and the political parties Cur rent respect for law authority democracy contracts and private property offer definite indication of their nftra- ton The laboring classes and the whole labor movement are suffering because of communstc methods Our very form government and liberties themselves are enda- gered.
 Labor union members by the millions deplore and op- pose this comunsc influence yet seem unable to do any thing about and apparently are incapable ot replacing union leaders known to be cornn1unlStlc
 If persisted in such tendencies will destroy the labor program lose for American labor all the gains has made and terminate entirely the American way Of te which our sons have just bed and died to preserve
 We believe that the Ten Commandments still offer a better rule of living than the doctrines of William Foster or Karl Marx Our Congress and official Washington mis- understands feelings of the American public unless they insist on law and order respect for authority and private property enforcement of the anctty of contracts Fail e to enforce hees principles means no law no property and veritabe anarchy
 Mr. Foster and his communist brethern would like that We very much doubt that the rest of would like will long tolerate development of tendencies in that d" recton
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
sEAwAY PROJECT
New Haven Journal-courier)

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 The St. Lawrence seaway and hy- dro-electric power project is up again, with all It's economic and poe litical notifications. President Tru- man has asked Congress to approve 1t, and the project also has the out- spoken support of the titular na- tional COP. leader. Gov. Dewey of New York.
 Twice in IS years. however, the project has been blocked despite strong pressure from the White House. The plan is anathema to public utilities because the N. Y. Power Authority would distribute the current on the U. s. side and the N. Y. Power Authority Act re- quires that preference in sale Of power by that agency go to cofls,liTl- CT co-op groups and municipalities, Other powerful opponents include seaboard harbor interests and rail- roads, with management, the broth erhoods, and cities largely depend- ent on rail employment making common cause. They fear that rail freight haulage east of the Missis- sippi would drop drastically if such cities as Chicago and Duluth be- came ports of call for ocean.going vessels, Whether the AdminiStra- ton now has the votes to put the seaway across is prohlematical. In any event, 1t will be close.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
By DreSC Pearson

shades were drawn on the windows obviously 6 set- up for concealed camera. And while his daughter kept him standing in an awkward pose. the hidden camera did Q beautiful job.
 Then fis daughter invited him to come into tho office of the managing editor where they could sak' The Senator, unfamiliar with newspaper oI!lces, didn't realize that minor newspaper employes oont casually take over an empty managing editors % osLlcs for private conferences So he went along While there, dictaphone transcript was made of ms con- versation.
 It made grand story in the paper next day.
 Note-Real fact is that when Taylor sent his daurfter a Christmas present some years ago. she sent 1t back with snooty letter obviously 9lctaseo by Taylors estransed wife saying: Mother gives ne much better presents than yours" Now, after neafy 20 years of separation, ex-wite and daughter are suing. Taylor, first-terner. has made soou FecOro in the Senate
 without any of the fanfare which once sur; rounded amiable Big Jim Farley Postn1aster General Bob Hannegan has been doing one Of the pest poe tical jobs of supporting the White House Wasnins- ton has seen in years.
 Farley used to do a skilful job of winning badly needed votes on Capitol Hill, but Hannegan is out- shining the old master His job of winning Senate confirmation for ex-Ccng. Ray McKeough cf 1ninow was nothing short of miracle.
 McKeoeh who represented the Cf0 Political Ac. ton Committee in the Middle West during the last campaign, was nominated to be Maritime Commis- sioner. This immediately aroused AFL opposlV;on.. out by substantial majority Many wrote off his case as hopeless.
 But zannegan went to work. He button.holed everybody He backed Sen. Theodore Bilbo Of Mssls- sippi up against tree ct the Jefferson Island party and won his vote. He had special luncheon TOT Sen Patrick McCarran of Nevada plus AFL leaders but did not quite get McCarrans vote. He even had the nerve to tackle ultra-reactionaFy Sen. Harry Byrd of Virginia, who said he would like to onhge' but couldn't.
 However Hannegan did win the vote of Tydings of Maryland who c few days before had walked out of CIO meeting after e lot of mutual name-caling'
 And thanks to Hannegans tireless campaign, Mc. Keough was confirmed, despite the fact that every Republican save three Langer of North Dakota, Morse of oregon and LaFoilette of Wisconsin, voteo against him.
 Note-Chief difference between Hannegan and Farley is that Farley toward the end was working for himself: Hannegan Is all.out for Truman.
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 Overseas vets with 06 points have been waiting several weeks ct Clovis Army Air Field for dscnaFeeS At Tinker Field Oklahoma, overseas vets gre kept busy cutting grass and keeping the camp clean At Moody Field, Ca, trained crews are taxing the same training for the third time, with many Se. year-olds still waiting to be dlscharged. M KesSler Field Miss, men with e6 points are waiting 10 be discharged, while Mitchell Field in New York is discharsing men with 70 points. . Officers at Third Air Force, Tampa, Fla, keep busy sleeping at their desks, playing golf all day, and going to the beaches
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

or speculation on the following subjects:
 "a. International agreements, beyond the presidential releases
 "b. Postwar usage of the principle.
 e. Post-war use of present facilities.
 I'd. Medical speculation.
 "e Relative importance of various methods, of plans, of their relative functions or efficiency"
 Some of the scientists who materially contributed to the development of the atomic bomb were refugeeS fleeing Germany because freedom ot discussion nao actual military secrets they definitely feel that they have right to discuss the purely academic and pc litical question of "post-war usage of the principle of the atom and whether 1t should or should not pc given to other countries, etc.
 As result, many of the scientists are boiling mad, and wondering whether they snoulo nave gwen their time and energy to this invention after all
 Note-Scentists say that Maj Gen Leslie Groves the man now insisting on so much secrecy, never wanted to develop the bomb in the first place lot of igl-powered publicity has been made about Gen. Groves great contribution to the bomb nut sciens M M say that at first he was the hardest man Of all to convince that the idea would really work
 Ss
 Harold McGrath ex-governor of Rhode Island now solicitor general of the United States, went to Dallas Texas the other day 10 participate in big home coming for his chief, Atty. ..0en. Tom Clark McGrath revelled in Texas hospitality, though was bit over the revolver shots Joshed over the fact that his state Is the smallest In the Union McC5rath replied At least Texas and Rhode Island put together are bigger than any other state" On Sept TO- Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal stated that the total size of the U Navy was 33so 900 men Seven days later, Sept 1T, Adn1r. Lou Den- field, in charge of Navy personnel, told the House Naval Affairs Committee that the Navy totaled S,' 4l6000 men. Tn other words, at time when men were supposed to be discharged the Navy increased 26000 men in one week.
 TrustfuI, hard-w -working Sen. Glenn Taylor of Idaho, the former cowboy singer certainly walked into slick trap in Los Angeles the other day He called his estranged daughter on the phone and she asked him to to her at the newspaper office where she works He complied
 When he arrived he did not notice that all the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
A LOST INDUSTRY
Hartford courant)

Hartford Courant)
 The whaling industry, for which New England was once famous, 's now practically defunct in the United States. The Department of the Interior now reports that not one American company holds a whaling license. At one time 735 American ships and 10000 men were engaged in whaling, representing an investment of 70 million dollars and an annual take of whales val. ued at about eight million dollars. But the whale has now become ob- solete, and Q good thing for him, too, because he was rapidly disap- bearing from the seas as improved methods for his capture evolved.
 Although some European coun- tries such aS Norway still conduct whaling operations, most of the formerly valuable products have been replaced in this country by better substitutes. Thus, the petrol- cum industry took away the market for Illuminating oils and lubricants; ; steel replaced whalebone in rnilady'S corset and elsewhere, and even embergris, e valuabl fixative in the perfume industry. has been made unnecessary by the development of synthetic products.
 Tn some countries such as Japan whale meat Is eaten, while in Nor way sperm oil is procesSed and made edible. By far the greatest producer of sperm oil is the right whale of the Pacific, yielding from 700 to 7soC gallons Of oil, depending on It's size The Beluga or white whale is the smallest, yielding only from 30 tc 100 gallons.
 The whaling Industry has, had its ups and downs In this country since the first whalers set out from Nan- tucket and New Bedford two and 6 half centuries ago. But now 1t seems definitely out for the count, unless some chemist comes forward witt the Idea that whale meat or sperm oil possesses some magical nutrition al qualities not yet known. The whaler occupies e picturesque place in the maritime history of America but men no longer go down to the sen in ships searching for this mann moth mammal.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
By BiU Cunningham

passed to these interpreters according to the subject matter 1t seemed to concern.
 The search was for information of military value In the great run of the war; he said most of 1t prob. ably would be considered routine but they frequently were able to find valuable information concerning the disposition Of JapGnsss rcops % pa aneS or suppy sns garrison, even to make some definitely informed guesses as to numbers All this Of course, was vital information Up where the shooting was.
 Some of ther men went right fin where tho shooting was They were called Combat Intelligence Teams" They went in to get the answers on the ground and as quickly as possible Tneyd auestion documents. and assist n every way to ufirayel the mystery Of the werd enemy we were fighting.
 So far as he's personally concerned, Balkan says. the chief thrill of oil that endless translatlng in his early months at Pearl Harbor came one day when they were blowing through what looked like routine Japanese report. This was report sent Jepanesc, commanders flor their information and guidance" by the Japanese Intelligence Service, and was sup- posed to summarize information wrung from Areri- can prisoner by Japanese interrogators
 the Americans didn't talk but this particular days report brought tine B1Hti5n5n 0iit 0f ESiT for 1t revealed the fact at one of tho proneEs the been missing for months, and was believed to hayo been killed. Here was first information that he was
 But probably not even his own people were in.' formed That would have given sway the fact that we were setting real information from the printed trashpiies that survived the assaults against the islands.
 The other phase of this work was following up the fighting and working directly with the prisoners. That took Balkan as faF as the Philippines and then the atomic bombs were dropped
 Asked his overall impression of the Jap soldier as human being he said his outstanding impression was that there are no shadings, no insbetweeng, m their psychology. When captured, they expected Co Do killed. when they weren't killed they tcek that to mean that all was forgiven, that they were free men. They couldn't understand prison, baFbed wire and guards They couldn't understand faiF treatment and good food with fence built around it. {.
 It's 10 De hoped that young Mr. Balkan lands his dream job Of teaching school. kps scholars VIII DO lucky He can really teil em some tales, sad they ever try tO protest that Latin is tough, he cen eI Nm about the time he, and lot Of other young fes ioWs, learned japaneee Ni~
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

commissions and don't want to go to the Pacific, either But can do em o lot Of good in France. and I want Truman to get me made brigadier-genera" Clark was himself ex.senator out of job at that time so this large order floored him. When he recov' ered he came back with this:
 Listen" he said. "When this war started Harry Truman and both held reserve commissions aS colonels We both went out to see Gen. Marshall and told him We wanted to resign our seats in the Senate and be called to active service Marshall turned us both down. So how in the world do you expect Harry Truman to get you made brigadier general when he couldn't even get himself made colonel7"
 
 Dr. Vannevar Bush. who Is head of the Office Of Scientific Research and Development and likes to be thought of as an engineer, has invented new dood- ling game to help him while away dull care at ban qets or conferences where the speakers get pareu- 20 to sleep or pull out pencil and draw crazy designs on the white linen tablecloths. Bushs mind B too
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

with lieutenants stripes His name IS Harold Balkan. Ills branch was Navy Intelligence His story is prob ably typical of sort of service so secret that it never was even mentioned in public and yet it played vital role in the destruction of Japan.
 This young man was of c studiouS bent. Tn fact his ambition was to become school teacher. He had been working and waiting for an opportunity to open but here came the war. It was Navy war on the Pacific side and there was an opening for men Who could handle. CT who thought tey cc:!A !esE: to handle, the queer looking Splitbcx drawings that serve the little Asatic men as the written word
 Balkan decided that was the assignment he'd tackle. So he went to Washington, made application to the Navy, passed the tests and was accepted
 He was shipped immediately to Colorado where the school for this particular sort of work had been quietly located He studied there for something over Q year.
 They bore down on the Japanese language, forn- ally, four hours day This consisted of two hours of reading one of dctation and ono of conversation That was the formal part. There were 200 teachers staffng the school Balkan says that 0b per cent of these were Japanese Americana
 The graduates were moved to the Pacific aS fast ag they finished the corseg and his first and long. est stop was Pearl Harbor There they went to work It appears that every time we made an nvasion it was the duty of one detail of the invading forces to collect every scrap Of Japanese printing or writing found on tho island, no matter what it's condition sack 1t and expedite t back to these headquarters
 There these men won't to work on it They were divided into groups according to what they had spes caiiged In. These sacks Of material, some Of it wet sone half burned some blcod soaked, some bullets hood pome in perfect condition would ne sortea ana
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

state. It also was the continuation of Q friendship begun in the first World War when the two men served as officers in the 3bth Di- vision of Missouri and Kansas Nd. tional Guard.
 Right after Truman became President, another of their ex- buddies came to Washington and cornered Clark at the Mayflower hotel. "Lookl" he said. T want you to go see Harry Truman and tell him 1 want 6 commission. l Son't want ofiA of theAe PeYitaRon
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
VICIOUS CIRCLE

Mans efforts seem to run to waste; We work on gadgets like the atom. And then proceed with headlong
 haste,
 To toll on methods to combat 'em. For every pro that we contrive-- And how our headlines love to face We sweat and swear the while we
 strive
 To find a con that will erase 1t. Man cannot take a single step Ahead but what some jealous
 brother
 Surveys his progress, hollers "Hepl" And hotly hauls him back another. Advancel Advance! Go hackl Go backl ... The symbols of our life are pivotS. We're stymied, and we hack and
 hack,
 And no one can replace the divotsD often think, as we compete. Inspired by the divine affiatus, How pleasing, even though twere
 fleet,
 Would be the vegetable status.
 Simmons has gone smith one bet ter and has enrolled TWO male students, according to word from Boston. The Simmons girls, too, aren't quite sure what to do yet, except not to feed or annoy them.
 For the first time in 16 years, the House of Representatives has voted to cut taxes However, even with an election in the offlng, 1t appar- ently doesn't intend to cut them until they bleed.
 A congressional committee hints that Q means of exploding an atom. ic bomb before 1t reaches the United States may have been perfected. But imagine whole ocean without one wave left standing on another.
 The Argentine government has set April ! as the date for the presl- dental election. Perhaps by that time the Argentlnes can find some statesman capable of breaking the 1.4-term tradition.
 General Hap Arnold looks ahead to e push button" age in aerial combat. We have e congenital fear of gadgetry; If we were running the air war of the future, we'd almost surely ring for thousand-plane at- tack on Berlin and get a stenog- rapher.
 POST. .COLUMBUS-DAY NOTE Tn fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue; He'd take @ look. in AS, And sail right back, were he alive, Happy Chandled says there's an organized smear campaign going on to discredit him In his new baseball office. We know what we'd do in his place. Gee! Or, rather 50 G's.
 The archtype of all "aginners" Is the fellow who never has cast vote in his life because that would imply that he approved of somebody.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

to any discussion of international agreements or politics regarding the bomb.
 To stop such discussion, the Army has Issued one of the most stiff-necked orders in peacetinne history, cvrbing civilian discus sion. On the stationery of the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp, Oak Ridge, Tenn, but signed by the executive officer in charge for the Army, the censor ship directive reads:
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
Views Of The Press

Is Q branch as full of color as the whole woodland.
 Thus comes autumn, leaf by leaf and tree by tree; thus the woods be- come a hooked rug flung across the hills with all it's folds and all It's cclors as they came to hand. But pause beside one tree and look, and you can see autumn on all the hills. Pick up one leaf of those al- ready cast adrift and you hold au- tun1n in your hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

interesting Information, brand new to most of us back here be. cause 1t was curtained during the war behind the thick asbestos of military security"
 Take the young men. for ex. ample, who broke the Japanese language in top-speed courses, be. coming expert interpreters, inter- rogators and captured document Sharps in not much longer than 1t takes some people to learn short-hand. I've been talking with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
Cardinal MacRory

Joseph Cardinal MacRory, Catholic primate of all Ire churchman was held in high esteem by his countrymen and in his passing the small island of divided rule loses beloved son. Cardinal MacRory born in Ulster County Tyrone.
 The small town of Armagh, coincidentally is the ec- cesascal seat of both Catholic and Protestant churches archbshops residing here until the Catholic Prnate was named Cardinal The division of north and south the partition which made divided Ireland small portion ruled by England disreSsul to Cardinal MacRory He ond this as well divisions and splits in the political parties of Ireland dlstasteful.
 Cardinal MacRory was'a theologian of distinction his areer distinguished by sound judgment and fidelity in the Administration of the duties of his office.
 He ranked among the most highly respected of the
 nces of the church. and speaker appealed in the pulpit d on the platform He loved and served his country we'll
 The Red Feather is still indicated You can wear t on lapel or hat It's sign Of fulfilment- fhk eel of tue Community Chest and War Services.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
DTLLTN0ER no JAMES

Hollywood - Lawrence Terney, who rose to fame with his portrayal cE Dllilnger In the pictuEe of that title, is now playing an outlaw of another era. He is depicting Jesse James ia RKo Radios HBadlnall's Territory" atarrlng Hanaclph Scott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
Jap Students

These are interesting days as the young gente- men come home and tell where they've been and what they have seen The combat chapters of course are terrific but along with those lot of intensely
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

"Vauxhall Gardens" drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (i766-i92D |. bought for $4 in q junk shop, was sold for 9i0.OO0 ct c sale.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16-When President Tri- man stood up as best man at Bennett carks wedding to Actress Violet fleming, 1t wasn't just gesture of friendship between two ex-Senators from the same
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
[Merry-GO- Round

WASHINGTON, 0ct. 1e Resentment Is rising among the scientists who developed the atomic bomb over rigid censorship This secrecy goes far beyond revealing how the bomb operates but actually applies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-16
Waterbury of The Past
25 Years Ago

26 Years Ago A Wolcott man was attempting to run horse drawn sleigh on heavy frost.
 Sissawu Hawkawaka was appearing in Doom For Two" ct the Garden.
 l5 Years Ago Residents of Waterville were pro. testing wave of vandalism which they were blaming on school young. sters.
 A huge barn on the outskirts of the city near Oakville was being leveled to the ground by flames.