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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
Seventh War Loan

During the year 1945 there will be but two war bond drives instead of the cus- tonaary three and for that reason indi- vidual bond purchasers are being asked to assume greater individual quota. In Waterbury the "E'' bond quota has been set at $6,915 ,O00; for the nation the indi- Hdual quota is $7 billion!
 There are weighty reasons for support ing the. coming drive. The money is needed yet for war, the battle of Japan having just begun; there are new tasks, new needs to be faced; the single great est obstacle to our crushing Japan is dis tance; we must plan now for the peace; and lest we forget, the sick, wounded and disabled must have care
 The 7th War Loan Drive gets under way May IA and is scheduled to last until June 30. While that starting date may seem far off now we must remember that our task is greater, our responsibili- ties larger, and these call for early preparations.
 Save for liberty and the country and for yourself! The 27 million Americans who buy bonds by the payroll savings plan are already forging ahead They have already started their purchasing for the 7th Loan. Dig deep for liberty and peacel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
All Eyes Turn on Frisco

There are high hopes in Washington for the complete success of the San Francisco Conference. With Molotov representing Soviet Russia, Anthony Eden representing Great Britain, and Secretary of State Stettinius heading the American delegation, the prestige of the Big Three governments is preserved and secured. The smaller nations have every reason to believe that their own liberty of action and their particular problems will be, considered fully. The world is approaching the time when there must bc definite agreements that will secure lasting and permanent peace. The vic- tory of the Allies is certainty.
 The Charter drafted at Dumbarton Oaks is acceptable to the United Nations. Contrary to expectations, the Dumbarton Oaks program will be elaborated and ap- proved at San Francisco-by the great and the small nations to be represented. Finally those gloomy prophets who in- sist that "there will always be wars" might just as well prepare as early as nossible to change their mournful tunes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
Industry To Learning

In the past, an exaggerated sense of Self-importance hampered the efforts of many industries and companies within industries, to keep on friendly terms with the public. Their ego showed in their relations with customers and in their publicity. And often the bigger they were, the worse it showed
 Today industry is learning it's lesson. It has found that before it can expect much sympathy from the public along broad economic and legislative lines, it must first show where the public interest fits into its problems. The railroads long ago learned their lesson we'll, so we'll that a railroad official, in summarizing the need for reasonable taxation, the elim- ination of land grant rates, the establish ment of fair competition between various forms of transportation, says: Every problem we have in this railroad indus try is really two problems. First, the problem itself; and, second, the job of telling the American people, with honest facts and straight reasoning, about it. am firmly convinced that what is best for the American people, is also best for the railway industry. Our policies deserve to succeed, only if and to the extent that they serve the nations best interest. This IS something LO keep OclOIe uS, "IAcH we are forming policies. Then, let us show the American people that our policies will serve their best interest"
 The country is fortunate indeed that this kind of thinking prevails in the rail road business. The railroads are one of the heaviest direct employers in the coun- try. Indirectly, they help to maintain scores of major industries with millions of workers and payrollS running into billions of dollars. An inimical public attitude toward the railroads could wreck hopes for maximum job opportunities after the war. By their own industrial statesmanship, rail arrangements have placed themselves high in public estima- ton, an accomplishment second only in importance to the wartime tranSporta- tion miracle they have achieved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

Tomorrow afternoon the legislative committee on Federal and Intergovern- mental Relations will really come into it's own. Ordinarily this committee doesn't have too much work to do throughout the session Some times there isn't even a single bill committed to it, but this year it has one important piece of legis- lation and tomorrow's the day. The bill concerns the annexation by the State of Connecticut of Fishers Island, that we'll known body of land lying off the shores of Noank and to the east of Long Island Sound Residents of the island have petitioned for the annexation and the bill calls for setting up a commission to discuss the matter with New York State. Annexation of land from one state by another is almost unheard of in these days, hence the interest in the Connecti- cut bill this week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
City's Finances Good

Financial reports of private or public corporations as rule don't appeal to the average citizen. However, as taxpayers more of them should be interested in the account of what has been done by their duly-elected or appointed officials during the course of a fiscal year. Waterbury's finances for 1914 resulted in a surplus which further increases the amount that has been accumulating in recent years. It can be regarded as something to boast about for all concerned-both officials and taxpayers. Without the latter such records are hard to achieve. Without the best efforts of the former even the taxpayers prompt and heavy returns could be Squandered.
 There has been careful expenditure of funds realized by the City of Waterbury, judging by the financial report just sub- mitted by Budget Director Arnold E. Fur long. His analysis of the city's various funds and departmental expenditures shows that the city has kept well within its budget, yet at the same time has made progress. There is every indication that during the current year there will be similar progress shown both as to control of the city's money and continuation of such work as conditions now permit All of which should be encouraging to the taxpayer, who wants return for his ln- vestment in the municipality.
 The enlightening feature of this cur rent report is the Combined Balance Sheets schedule, the opening one in it. It gives a clear and easy-to- understand picture of what the city's financial pie ture actually was at the end of 1944. For specific information on various de- tails of the city's operations reference mayteaSily be made to the department or fund in question. Comparison of actual expenditures with appropriations reveals one means of the city's surplus The main thing to be said, though, about the report is that the figures hold up under any scrutiny; they are not misleading; they do not give a false picture of the city's financial set-up. A good, accurate report has been submitted, backing up good, sound administration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
Selected Poem
TREASURE INTANGIBLE

(Claribel Spamer in the Poets Column, Hart
 ford Courant I looked at his treasures 50 carefully sought The necklace of bright, pearly shells The coins from Australia, the Japanese flag Preserved thriugh half-dozen hells How do you like them?" he asked me with pride The best could bring you from there?" My eyes saw the light that was shining in his. The breadth of his forehead his hair With the obstinate cowlick that stood up in back, The strength of his lean, sunburned hands: My ears heard the voice that was music to hear Returned from such far-distant lands. I saw not the coins, the battle-torn flag, Nor the shells from the tropical seas: Yet answered with truth when I said, " Oh,
 my dear.
 None ever had treasures like thesep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

Incidentally, Connecticut legislators had better resolve to do better between now and adjournment day. Too much hasn't been accomplished as yet by the General Assembly, However, that's not unusual. It's generally May before the legislators get down to the job of really turning out or denying special acts, reso- lutions, laws, etc There must be bushel baskets of pending legislation awaiting action by both houses of the Assembly. Waterbury saw how jammed up are con- mittee hearings last Thursday when its pension bills waited three hours. Some body had better crack the whip and get the boys and girls going!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
 Fifty-f1fty

We love children and have tried
 to sublimate our yearning by loving
 the children of our friends. Buh after sixteen years of childless mar
 riage my husband seems more dis appointed. 0Mrs. R. J. s. Answer-In about half o. such childless marriages, according to the estimates of competent physicians,
 the husband is the sterile partner. Too often the wife is assumed to be the sterile partner and subjected to unnecessary treatment. The step first in order is a microscopic ex- animation to determine whether the husband is fertile. This is a matter for physician.
 Posture
 Thank you so much for the pamphlet on Hygiene for Girls. I notice the remedy you suggest for dysmenorrlea is breathing exercise. ! know my daughter is shallow breather and suspect her trouble is physical deficiency. have tried
 to make her posture conscious-do wish the Health Directors in schools would take more active interest in this phase of pupils training and development. (Mrs. R. M. P.)
 Answer Impossible, Ma'am. The physical education department is merely tolerated by the public school authorities. doubt it is so much a lack of active interest on the part of the physical education instructor as it is ignorance on the part of, the public school authori- ties, the principa l the board of education, the teachers in other de- partments, and apathy on the part of parents and even physicians who so often conspire to help the pupil evade physical education. The pamphlet Hygiene for Girl and Health for Women" is available on request Ga clipping is not a re- quest if you provide stamped en- velope bearing your address. In this column presently you will find a series of talks about posture.
 Copyright l945 by John F. Dille Go.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
MALNUTRITION

Nutrition is the sum of the pro- cesses by which man, animal or plan absorbs or takes in and util- izeS food. It includes digestion. absorption, assimilation, metabolism (oxida tion or combustion Of the material assimilated), and excretion of the by products, end-productS or ash.
 So the term nutrition means much more than just victualS; or having plenty of good food, an0 maInutritiOn occurs in the homes millions of well-to-do people in Yankeeland, and by Yankeeland mean North America, not any one section of the continent.
 MalnutritiOn means faulty or inn perfect nutrition.
 An infant, growing child, youth, adult or elderly person who does not have perfect nutrition and the health and vigor (vite) that goes with it, obviously has malnutrition, then. for, scientifically if not prac- tically anything short of perfect nutrition is malnutrition.
 No I believe less than one in ten of the people in the entire North, American continent have good nu- triton. The other nine tenth of us, babies, school children, jitterbug- mean children in their teens, young adults, mature adults and elders suffer more or less from mal- nutrition. Believing this, harp a good deal on the calcium shortage for one thing, and good deal more on everybodys vitamin needs.
 Some readers may have inferred from my remarks that I'm not fond of taking medicine. Little Mary or Johnny kicking up quail over a threatened dose of casted oil - and more power to the kid, says or Doc Brady-is ap angel compared with or Doc Brady when anybody other than his attending physician suggests 8 dose Of any medicine at all. But take my calicum and vii tamin ration along with breakfast every day without any fuss at all. Of course I regard it as essential food, not medicine food I should get in my nice refined diet but don't because it isn't there. Because the refined diet of the average American is deficient in, calcium, vitamin D and vitamin B-complex I recommended this practice to Tom, Dick and Harry, knowing 1t can do no harm in any instance. The calcium is not so essential if one consumes not less than a quart of milk a day; otherwise it is as important as the vitamin D and B. complex.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

How tickle thing New England weather can be was certainly exemplified this year. We had tough old-fashioned winter. But it broke abruptly in Feb ruary. March was record-breaklng month for heat. It didn't rain and it didn't snow, but it got warmer day by day until everyone was convinced that sum- mer was just around the corner But then came April and the cold winds started to blow There was trace o1 rain now and then, but on the whole April has been raw and blustery with just trace of warm weather to indicate what is to come.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
BY PIPELINE FROM WASH
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Senators Caucus on Food

SenaLOFS CauCuS on FOO0
 When Senate Democrats met in caucus for their first meeting since tne death of President Roosevelt, the poor management of the Senate restaurants turne out to be one of the main Sub- jects of the secret discussion. Cri- tcism involved apple-raising Sem ator Byrd of Virginia, whose rules committee is in charge of the res- taurants, and he was put on the pan by younger senators, who for merly served in the House of Representatives where the restau- rants are much better
 Byrd was criticized for service, prices, food quality plus the fail. ure of the restaurant staff 10 ob- serve the regulation restricting one large room for senators and guests. One difficulty is that cer- tain lobbyists make themselves at home in this room and tip more lavishly than most senators.
 Result is that walters prefer to serve the lobbyists.
 To the disguest of senators at the closed-door caucus, Byrd re- fused to stand up and argue with his critics, referring complaints to Capitol Architect David Lynn, who was not on hand to defend himself and who is not as re- sponsible for the functioning of the restaurant as Byrd IS.
 THE PAYOFF-and few sena- tors in the session knew this is that Byrd himself never eats in the Senate office building ca- feteria and hardly ever in the capitol restaurant. He brings his lunch from home.
 Copyright. 1945. by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

Too many brush-fires these days! Despite all the warnings and all the pleas for cooperation the fire companies are on the go from one shift to the other. If it isn't a brush fire in one section its a rubbish fire in another. People ought to realize that they are taking their own lives in their hands when they Nndle outdoor fires. Every precaution should be doubled to prevent the spread of what may seem to be small blaZeS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

personally. And when he re- turned directive to that effect was sent to the State, War and Navy Departments, plus the h. terior Department which admin isters insular possessions. But when the representatives of these four departments sat down to work out the details for carrying out the Presidents directive two departments-the Army and Navy kicked over the traces. The third, the State Department. went along reluctantly, leaving only the Interior Department to obey the directive whole heart edly.
 Finally, Admiral Ernest King, commander of the fleet, took things into his own hands and made public statement against the Presidents policy regarding Pacific Islands. In other words, he went over the head of his commander %n- chief. Although this was a most serious thing to do even domes- tically, its international reper- cussions were even more seri- oug.
 The Russians, whose intelligence is the best in the world. already knew that Admiral King is the Tan who has wanted to build up a
 
 against Russia later. They also know that Admiral King has op- posed Russia coming into the war against Japan, and wants the United States to do the job alone.
 The Russians also know that 3 certain number of professional U. s. military and naval brass hats, side with Kirg. (This is not true of General Marshall or General Eisenhower and the more responsible commanders in the U. s. Army.>
 And the unfortunate fact is that this probably has played into the hands of the Russian gen. erals who are needing Stalin. RUSSIAN HISTORY
 MAY REPEAT
 Information as to what goes on inside Russia is always difficult, but there has been increasing suspicion of late that Stalin does not control his own generals. This is what has happened repeatedly in Russian history. When the generals built themselves up in wartime, they dominated the czar.
 And today, the men who once were strong in the Soviet have much less to say. Ex-F0reign Minister Litvinoff, great be- liever in international co0pera- ton, is now completely out of the picture. Foreign Minister Molotoff has less authority.
 The generals, in turn. are con- sidered responsible for the previ- ous policy of having messen- ger boy ambassador who they could easily control at San Fran cisco. Also. 1t is strongly sus- pected that they inspired Stalin's demands that the U. s. 9th Army retire from the Berlin suburbs on April 13 so the Red Army could enter first.
 Tragedy Is that some U. s. war chiefs. by going over the White House heads, are streng- thening the Red generals hand. The Russians are . suspicious people anyways. They have been made more % by being shut up by us in the diplomatic closet. When we refuse to recog. nige . nation as . member Of international society, naturally
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

every age and in the life Of every sincere believer. We all find our- selves at times in the Slough of Despond, and the giant Despair lays hold on us and locks us up frequent ly in his grim prison. When this happens, we are to remember as Christian did that we have a key in our bosom called Promise, which will make possible our escape.
 Tn other words, the only answer to Hte's great problems is . religious
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

naLlOnS VIII nave to clear in draft ing the United Nations Organiz- ation Charter at s a n Francisco. T a k e n together all the U. s. pub- lie suggestions for strengthening the Dumbarton Oaks proposals may be reduced to t e n main points:
 l. Inclusion of a Bill of Human Rights"
 9 Drox,icint1 tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
Daily Almanac

Moon sets 5:32 a. m. (war time).
 Sun rises 5:59 a. n.; sets TAP p. m. (war time).
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset.
 April was just the reverse of March Whereas the latter month set records for heat, the current month is normal so far as temperature goes. but not according to the amount of rainfall, which has been meagre all spring and which man indicate weep
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

y
 And it is no exaggeration to say that the seeds of the next war vii; be nourished or rooted up at San Francisco. The events happening at this conference, in its back stage lobbies, and in the chan ceries of Europe right now, can spell the difference between peace and war 20 years later.
 SEEDS FOR WORLD WAR HI ALREADY PLANTED
 Actually the seeds have already been planted but the roots are not deep and they can be torn up.
 The seeds have been planted by groups in England, the United States and Russia who already have begun playing the type of power politics which can only end in eventual war between the two strongest nations Nnerging from the present conflict-the U. s. A. and the U. s. s. R.
 Already certain groups inside the State Department and the British Foreign Office have be- gun jockeying to build mp Ger many after the war as a bull wark against Russia. Already U. $. Admirals have focused the entire world on the island bases We are taking from Japan, so that Russia is becoming sus- piciouS they will be aimed against her.
 So no matter how high-geared and beautifully perfected the ma chinery for peace devised at San Francisco, it cannot succeed un- less it rests on a foundation Of good will and mutual trust.
 There will be a lot of arxu- gument here about three votes for Russia, six votes for Bri- tain, and 20 indirect Latin American votes for the United States. But the real fact is that the question of votes be- comes pure theory if one big nation doesn't want to cooper ate.
 If the tremendous armed forces of the U. s. A. and the U. s. s. R. get fidgety and looking for some- thing to do; if the admirals and generals try to become statesmen; if the State Department career boys begin playing, balance-of- power politics, then all the votes and all the peace machinery ar- ranged at San Francisco won't help.
 The tragic fact is that al- ready there is evidence that the Brass Hats in at least two coun- tries, plus certain diplomats, are getting nervous trigger fin. gers.
 Already there is strong Sus. picions that Stalin can't control his own generals. Already there is more than a suspicion that Roosevelt could not contVol his admiralS.
 "TRUSTEESHIP"
 A HOT POTATO
 One such case concerns the Pa- cific Island bases taken from Ja- pan. For more than two years, the late President argued that all islands taken by the U. s. A. should be held by us, but un- der the United Nations trustee ship, whereby other nations were given airplans and shipping priv ileges on these islands-provided they give us reciprocal rights on their islands.
 At Yalta something along that line was agreed to by Roosevelt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

slEnea letters pertaining e per- ssnal health and hygiene. not e disease. diagnosis Of treatment. win be answered by pr. Brady k . stamped sel9-addressea envelope b enclose. Letters should be brief and written in ink. Nc reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address pr. William Brady, National NeWs- paper Service. 320 West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
nation does not forget the re- buff easily.

buff easily.
 And meanwhile, the State De- partment, together with the clt Cliveden Set in England, which wanted to bleed both England and Russia White, have already quiet iy gone about plans 10 rebuild Germany as a bulwark against Russia. Thus the seeds for future peace or war are being planted before this war is ended.
 EDITORS NOTE: There viii be another column on backstage factors at San Francisco show ing how the State Department, three days after the President President died, reversed President Roosevelt's policy of a tough peace for Germany.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

with this key he could open the dors a n d escape fir m the prison of Despair. And this he did.
 Pilgrims Pro- greSs is 8 great book because 1t sets f O r t h in pl ain, sim D l e English ce r t a i n c ire u m s tances which occur in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
Drew Pearson Covering Frisco Conference

Beginning today Drew Pearson will cover the hghlghs and bacaS events of the United Nations from San Fran Francisco during the first part then back to Washington in of important de- Administration, returning United Nations sessions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY By EARL L. DOUGLASS. D.D.

THE WONDERFUL KEY
 We read in Pilgrims Progress that when Christian found himself in the castle of the giant Despair, he remembered after a season that he had key in his bosom called Promise" The assurance was that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-25

answer. It is the answer of faith. It is the response of the heart with be- lief and acquiescence to the state- ments made all, through the Bible that God is our friend and that He stands ready at any time to- help us.
 That is the promise. and when we accept 1t as such and believe 1t, 1t becomes indeed key, opening the prison house into which we have been driven by misfortune. We have in our boSoms the key called Promise, if we will only use it.
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