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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
~ Their Job Is Done

Upon second thought the Navy has decided on sharp revision of the deobzaon plans announced two weeks ago. The original program called for releasing 15OOOO0 to 2O0 900 within twelve to eighteen months Secretary Forresta has decided that this cutback is both too small and too slow and that 283900O men can be freed from duty in the next twelve months.
 There is certainly reason why the Navy cannot
 make the return to peacetme strength with all possible speed Unlike the Army it has no occupation tasks its hands The American fleet has ended this war nco- paraby the greatest in the world and it's relative strength is enhanced by the fact that there is other power except the British fleet, worth mentioning. The other naves of the 1930the Japanese the German the French and the Itaan-have all virtually vanished and it will DC many years before they can become threat again.
 It is true that the close of hosttes finds this nation with greatly expanded commitments The obligation for
 maintaining peace and security of the highways of the world rests predomnany the American and Brit ish navie with their companion air power America will retain fleet for greater than that of the prewar years
 But the fleet comprising 500000 men and 5000O off, cerS which is contemplated should be ample for that purpose Even at that level it will be adequate to cope with any conceivable threat Moreover it will be backed by tre- mendous reserve of warShips and trained manpower
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
Views Of The Press

he locked himself in his study and, when American Army officers came to the house to take him away for questioning, he shot himself. He had told his interviewers, You won't see me again" When the of- fcers broke into the room he num- bled to them, T want to die" Two sharp knives lay on the ceremonial white cloth beside him but the man who had succeeded in obtaining and heading Ia government estab- lished on a military economy" had elected to use a more military weapon, his regulation army pistol taken from the belt of the generals uniform which was hanging not far from his chair.
 It may have been that Tojo had intended to don that uniform for the last time and end his life with the hara-kiri stroke; that the ar- rival of the officers came too quick ly. If 50, 1t was just one more in- stance in which events moved too rapidly for the man who set them in motion. He had been certain that he could conquer the Orient and firmly establish the East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere before effec- tive opposition could be mustered against 1t. But, like Hitler, he un- derestimated the residence and the resourcefulness of the democracieS. That he should now invite the ver- dict of history is not surprising. It is familiar plaint of those who guessed wrong. To be unwilling to appear as a witness, to testify in ones own behalf and submit to cross examination to bring out all the facts evidences little expecta- tion of a favorable verdict.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

uring our foundations over the other side with an idea of trying to chsel them away It doesn't amount to much as yet Stories have been whispered around England and widely printed in France to the effect that we have burned our food and supplies as we got ready to pull out of both places These were pure fabrications and our authorities uttered prompt de- nias, but the denials never used, the charges thus remaining uncorrected
 "What,s the answerP" asked one of the most prominent Americans in Paris.
 "The French papers are mostly communistic," he said T don't suppose you could prove it, but looks like deliberate campaign to smear the United States with the French people, There is undoubtedly a lot of anti United States feeling, and most of it is politically inspired. The Communists naturally don't want republic. They, therefore want to create hatred against the model republic"
 You remember President Trumans rebuke of the French press.
 It's as silly to pay attention to a run of the mill member of Parliament who gets up and brays abuse at the United States as 1t is to honor the eruptions of our native jackasses who rises to declam against Britain One of Britains several MT. Bevins rose publicly to call Us names the other day and his words were widely puhlicized in this land It's doubtful that they give any true picture of the British mind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

 OMahoney of wyoming. And so is Stuart Syming- ton of the Surplus Property Board. They are the chief men we want to hear demoblizaton of ma terial. We don't want to waste time with under studies"
 q think, gentlemen" countered Chairman Thom- as, that we have to give the Army time to prepare its plans have discussed this matter with them and they have requested delay. They have to figure out how many men needed in Germany and how many are needed in Japan. All that takes tlme we can't rush them."
 "They change their minds daily" snapped Sen Chapman Revercomb of West Virginia. Lets hear what they've got to say now. The sooner the better
 "What the public is interested in," seconded Sen Ed Johnson of Colorado, who has been one of the most fearless critics of Army manpower hoarding is the millions of already !n this country who are marking time, doing nothing in Army camps wait ing to get out. I'm not talking about the men in Europe or Japan at the moment. can understand that the Army needs little time to make plans for them But what think this committee needs to ex- anime is why already in this country aren't be- ing discharged"
 Chairman Thomas had no comeback to this and said that he would proceed to call members of the general staff the next day.
 'There's no use sending Gen. Henry up here" urged Sen Chan Gurney of South Dakota, who usual ly believes in giving the Army all it wants Lets have Gen. Marshall. He's the only man the country will be satisfied with who can testify to the real facts"
 Lets bring him up this afternoon" seconded Sen Revercomb of West Virginia.
 However Gen. Marshall out of the city, so his subordnates were called for the following day
 Meanwhile continued off-the-record discussion showed that every member of the Senate Military Affairs Committee either critical or worried over the Armys do-nothing policy on dlscharging men
 Careful Sen. Warren Austin of Vermont. generally friendly to the Army, remarked: Its disgraceful that material demobilization should be planned and pushed long before human demobilization."
 Sen Lister Hill of Alabama, usually great sup porter of the War Department, also sounded crit ical note
 ''This committee had great deal to do with mobizng the Army he said, and it's only right that we should examine the important problem or demobilization."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
EVEN IS PERCENT WILL HELP
(Hartford Times)

(Hartford Times)
 The most encouraging thing which has been said about early relief for income tax payers is the suggestion of Senator George, Senate Finance Committee chair man.. that an overall reduction of 15 to 1S per cent in the levies upon individuals is indicated for 1946.
 In addition to that, Senator George believes the excess profits tax on corporations can be elim- mated in the next calendar year, possibly also the capital stock gains tax and some other levies affect ing business.
 All this would bring about net reduction to about 95 billion in the countrys tax bill and likewise in the revenues of the Treasury. Com ing from Senator George, such a prediction has more meaning than if voiced by almost any other mem Der of the Congress. Revenues legis- lation must, under the Constitution, originate in the House of Repre- sentatives, and the ideas of Chair man Doughton of the Ways and Means Committee may be more moderate than those of Senator George.
 However the Senate usually alters tax legislation which 1t receives from the House and its ideas very frequently prevail.
 Senator George is a sound thinker in financial matters. If he says a 15 to IS per cent reduction is pos- sible, it is not to be dismissed as wild talk.
 Certainly the country hopes for tax reduction to the largest extent possible Every sensible citizen ap- preciates that the war has got to be paid for. and that there IS a tremendous debt to be financed. The carving charges on that alone IS heavy enough to forbid any great reduction in the taxes. ...
 However, even IS per cent will be welcome It is no trifle Tax reduction almost certainly Will stimulate business. The country found after the First World War that the more taxes were reduced the larger were the revenues or the government, due to the in- creased business which resulted. Conditions are vastly different now than they were quarter century ago. Tax reduction should still have some of the same stlmu- lating effect.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
Waterbury Of The Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 Local residents were complain ing of the unusually hot weather. Rosa Ponselle was being booked for a future appearance in the city.
 IS Years Ago
 Sixty-five members of the Wa terbury Bar Association were at- tending the International Yacht Races at Blcok Island.
 The Brown building was In the process of being erected.
 5 Years Ago
 Sixty-two new citizens were being naturalized in the Court of Com. mon Pleas.
 Tessing of 300 cars was keeping the inspectors busy at the State testing lane on Thomaston avenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
FINGERPRINTS
(Boston PoSt)

The New York Bankers Associa- tion expresses interest in a sugges- tion that fingerprints as well as sig natures be made part of bank files of its customers. It isn't likely such a step is in the immediate offing. but the associations interest cer- tainly indicates the progress that has been made psychologically in divorcing the fingerprint from its one-time purely criminal ccnnota- tions. During the war fingerprinting for Identification purposes became widespread not only in the armed forces but in almost all major war industries. The chances for its uni versal adoption became greater with tt:, passing of every year.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

industry. Total cost to the tax payers over the past three years has been nearly 45 million dol- lars.
 Having got into the business on such a vast scale, the govern ment is finding it difficult to let 20. When it was announced re- gently that the government would have to liquidate its day nursery program as of Oct. 31, the yowl that went up from working moth CTS was louder than the combined hawling of all their progeny. The
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

or who haVenC peen CAere 4dIe" ly, seem to have no conception of that part of the world. They talk or write or get mad about an England or a France that ex- ists nowhere but in their fond imaginations, the memories Of their youth, or the schoolbooks of their childhood.
 We're now the lone capitalistic nation, since Britain threw in the sponge, and it's to be wondered if Congress really realizes what kl.ak ..aoane rpI,axypro olpoo du TTanos.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
VERDICT
(New York Sun)

Discovered living as a farmer out side bomb- battered Tokyo, Gen. Hideki Tojo, the man who gave the signal for Pearl Harbor and who piloted the Japanese ship of state until 1t ran on the shoals of Saipan, decided that suicide was prefer able to facing trial as a war crir1a- inal. Not long after he had told two Associated Press correspondents that history might cast him in differ ent role from that he has played,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
ALLIGATOR GOES H1GH-HAT

Laramie, Wyo.-(UP)-Albert the Alligator has gone to college to get a better education. Albert recently was put off a train in Cheyenne be- cause he didn't have ticket and caused a disturbance by slithering around loose in a Pullman between Sidney, Neb., and Cheyenne. He was taken to the University of Wyonl- ing and enrolled" in the zoology class.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

his Military Affairs Committee in months when 1t met in secret sessions earlier in the week.
 At first Sen. Thomas, who usually kow-tows to the Army, was flatly opposed to holding hearings on the discharge of men. He had planned a joint hearing with the Mead Committee on sur plus property for later in the week. But his committee, almost to a man, rebelled.
 John Snyder is in Europe"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-The question is wheth- CT your Uncle Samuel should continue to mind the baby During the war, the Federal government had to play nursemaid SO mama could take job in war
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

"Only the psychologist can tell us how much the modern cartoon has done to mold the thought patterns of our age."-C. V. Terry in the New York Times Book Review.
 EXCEPTIONS Who can assay the weight of jibe Lying in pen and ink.
 Who but the expert Freudian tribe, Who but the men who think? PsychoanalystS and their like. Coming the cartoon. know InhiSitions that breach the dike When that the comics flow. They are aware of the nodded mind. Nodded by Supsrman,
 Terry and Perry and all who bind Rascal and gentleman
 Daily to the impressive tale Told in the loud cartoon,
 All awaiting it, without fail, Morning and afternoon.
 Only doctors can gage the thoughts Shaped in the paneled frams- Save, perhaps, the parents of tots and the neighbors of same.
 An AP story from Washington says that Uncle Sam will take position somewhere between Santa Claus and ShyEock as chief money lender of the postwar world. Santa Claus, we venture, because he prob- ably will be holding the bag.
 This American League race is pretty discouraging for the teams that are not in the running. Ob- viously what they should do is break up the Tigers, the Senators, the Browns, and, maybe, the Yankees.
 "Has anybody ever found out just why walters and waitresses face the check downward on the table after the meal?"-Boston Globe. They just drop 1t and the heavy side na- turally lands first.
 September's Man Without Hoe I beg your pardon; This IS the garden.
 "The Bay States Senator David I Walsh has announced that he will run for reelection. It is also under. stood that the Washington MOnu. ment has decided to continue stand. ing.
 Our correspondents in Japan are pretty well worked up over the fact that the Jap News Agency is scoop ing them on the occupation news because of Allied censorship restric- tions. In the meantime, Domei keeps on publishing Nippon's tragedy with all the relish of woman talking abcGt her operation.
 All this talk ot being in stride with the atomic age is somewhat perylexing, in as much IS tj.e atomic age hasn't even started to creep yet
 Don't tel us that scientific pro- gress 1, made step by step and by a process of slow evolution. Did any. one ever hear of a molecular bOmt first?
 After a close scruting of the Navy's report, we have decided that God was to blame for Pearl Harbor. He shouldn't have put such nice deer water there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

It's to be wondered if Congress, or anybody else who hasn't seen it, has any real conception of what that mess is over there. Certainly many well-mean- ing people in this land who've never been abroad
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-Mild-mannered Sen. Ebert Thomas of Utah, the former Mormon mis- sonary faced one of the most rebeious meetings of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

The Texas implement dealer who drove new tractor home from Detroit has quite bit of attention as hardy pioneer of the highways But reserv1ng our cheers until find how he travelled from Weimar Tex to Detroit If those 1874 miles in day coach and under present travelling conditions he may have chosen his homegong conveyance for purely selfish desire for com fort. Wed take tractor ourselves, any day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
srNu 4,''@ Liberated Enterprise

President Truman is fast taking the federal govern ent out of the way of business He has liberated twenty four private business organizations They were taken over by the federal because of union interference with their operation.
 Most of these seizures were to settle strikes The gov ernen in effect teamed with organized labor to take con- trol from ownership The fact that ownership and manage ment had such against organized labor was pleaded to avail But such action not be condoned as fixed national policy
 The President is relaxing the controls industry. There justified objection to holding prices below fair profit level but judgment has been withheld until the effect of competition the adaptation of warnspired production methods to peace production and the cost advantage of new equipment are registered.
 Certainly he administration knows that high produc- on costs call for higher prices to the consumer It is sig ncant that the administration is not going to operate war plants merely to create reconverson jobs It relying on private initiative to make the jobs.
 On the whole, the administration has acted with com mendabe speed and judgment to swing the giant ma chine over to the peace road The President knows that there will be shock But he also knows that the sooner 1t is suffered and survived the better for all the people
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

After a close scruting of the Navy's report, we have decided that God was to blame for Pearl Harbor. He shouldn't have put such nice deep water there.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

All this talk ot being in stride with the atomic age is somewhat perylexing, in as much IS L.e atomic age hasn't even started to creep yet.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

"The Bay States Senator David I. Walsh has announced that he will run for re collection. It is also under stood that the Washington Monu- ment has decided to continue stand ing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

Don't tel us that scientific pro- gress l. made step by step and by a process of slow evolution. Did any, one ever hear of a molecular bomb first?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

September's Man Without Hoe I beg your pardon; This IS the garden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15

Has anybody ever found out just why walters and waitresses face the check downward on the table after the meal?"-Boston Globe. They just drop 1t and the heavy side na- turally lands first.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-10-18
VAZNE VESTI.
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doktrina Karla Marksa,' rekao ie
Mundt. I Rusi to RADIO prizna-
ju...
Mnoge cd tin klasa, rekao ie
on, dale, ne placaju porez na
dohodak da imaju posebne ra-
.cijske karte, po kojima izvesne
klase imaju pravo ma boliu j
wise hrane i uz posebnu cenu. .
nekim slucaievima cena je stva-
ri "a owe privilegisane klase ma
MIA "a IS posto. Ia takve stvari
"specijalne racijske karte Sc IL
daiu drzavnim grupama, militar-
MIN oficirima, militarnim media
lio-posednicima -" it'd.
U jednom ducanu, kaze on da
riemu drugome predstavniku
Boltonu "nije dozvoljeno da idu
wise cd diva sprata gore, posto
nisu imali specijalnih racijskih
karti koie dozvoljavaju kupovi-
nu bolje klase stvari.'
Tai sistem Rusi nazivaju $50
cijalizam". Ito "socijalizam'', ko-
il nije isto Sto komunizam =
reko il kojeg &c Sc preei u ko-
munizam. Ako tai nacin "pre-
obrazaja" il kapitalizma u go
cijalizam" i il "socijalizma" u
"komunizam" produzi dale, kaz
ko je do sada radio, Rusi &c Sc
zaista preobraziti u pravu su-
protnost i socijalizmu komu-
nizmu - imaiuci u vidu da su
iedno vreme bill ma putu So
cijalizma.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-10-18

rekao da je on MEGA odavno
postovao i da je Budenz jos ma
zad pet godina ucinio ma MEGA
jaku impresiju.
A mozda je tu bilo i iedan
dobar dec spekulaciie i uzajam-
nog sporazumevanja izmedju
Msgr Sheena Budenza. "Komu-
nisticka" partija je izgledala ta-
ola da bi Sc mnoge njene ovcice
mogle povratiti materi crkvi, bu-
duel da SUI vec bill usvojili sva
verovanja koja Sc mogu naci u
kapitalizmu j mozda je misija
poslednieg bila bas ia da te ov-
cice povrati. A sada kada Sc po-
nova uverio ola Stain ina pri-
licno iak "grip" mad NINA i da
in ne moze tako lako odvesti, on
Sc u njih razocarao odlazi bez
njih.
Druga stvar ie u tome da Bu-
denz nije nikada bio komunista,
niti je on sam verovao u stvari
o kojim je, kao urednik Daily
Worker pisao. a ignorantsko
sledbeniStvo, koje nije u stanju
da misli svojom sopstvenom gla-
vem obodravalo je obozavalo
svakave besmislice kapitalis-
ticke, katolicko-" "komunisticke'
petljanije i otrove koje i'm je
tai "uzgajatelj" dostavljao.
u ostalom, "komunisticke" vo-
die nemaju nikakvih ideja iii
ubedienia, koja da slede Oni su
professionally komunisti. Dok in
Sc dobro plaza, iii dok in neko
IL kapitalisticke klase ne ponudi
sa boljom platom i polozaiem,
Foni ostaju "komunisti' samo do
tie ne dale. Pored mnogih
drugih, pre- MEGA i Budenz je
dckazao tacnost owe nase tvrd-
ME.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-10-18
Reakcionari i
Op0rtunisti
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strani "pravednog", 'narodnog",
"demokratskog" it'd, rata. A pos
teni oportunizam,. po recima Le-
nina, gori je nego nepoSteni. On
je gori zbog toga sto, bar do
nekle, upire prstom ma osnoono
zlo, a istovremeno radi ma sve
moguce nacine da Sc osnovno zio
odrzi u zivotu. Ovo je kaucki-
janizam'.
Resenje "kardinalne kontra-
dikcije kapitalizma" sastoji Sc
jedino u programu Socijalisticke
Radnicke Paritje. A to je So
cijalizam obaranje kapitali-
zma uspostavljanje Socijalizna,
putem proleterske revolucije!
Razlika stalinista kao reakcio-
nara i oportunista, je u ovom:
oni SUI reakcionari "a vreme ka-
pitalistickog rata, oportunisti
"a vreme kapitalistickog mira.
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-10-18
KROZ AMERIKU
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mokatolickoj crkvi, st. Patrick,
II New Yorku, II. tn je primljen
da Sc povrati Cd Msgr. Sheen-a,
koji je rekao da je "razum i vera
dovela do ovoga radosnog ko-
raka.'
"Msgr. Sheen ie rekao da je
Budenz otiSao danas "a South
Bend, Ind, gde &c nastupiti u
fakultet sveucilista Notre Dame
ma prvog novembra u odelen]e
ekonomije." Pretpostavljamo da
nece kao djak, nego kao ucl-
tell.
Foster, ozlojedjen sa postup-
kom ovog "ugursuza'', sada ga
ma sve nacine grdi i omalova-
zuje nazivajuci ga i ''dezerte-
rom".
To nije tex obicni "komunista" :,
nego jedan sa celia "Komunis-
ticke" partije. Msgr. Sheen je
RadnicÌŒka borba = Workers' struggle. [volume] ([New York, N.Y.]) 1907-1970, 1945-10-18
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