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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
Where Are You At?
w' Peter Edson

knows where we're going but we're on our way.
 Az a matter of fact farther back in the report there is one section Chapter v, which B headed, "On Our Way" But 1t says right in the first para eraph that with only 47 days having elapsed since the cauituiatior of Japan, Tt Is too early to make definitive progress report"
 Right below that is . sab-headtng. @Clews to Progress" So that's the way It is. They donv come right out and tell you where you're gong They JUL give you clews and you have to figure it out 5or yourself by recognizing the surroundings Two ok the clews are worth special mention:
 "Industry has not been hampered by red tape or the continuance of production controls"
 That,l be news to some of the industry boys
 Then it says, "Washing machines, Sefrigeratofs and even few automobiles have been put on display
 wen, ct least you can look at 'em.
 70
 Strikes aren't mentioned in this report, so tney probably don't exist It does say, though, that with collective bargaining being increasingy restored Ia to be expected there will be differences"
 The report makes another nice distinction py referring to "disemployment" That's lot more polite than Saving "unenployment." Elsewhere the report admits frankly tNere may be eight million unem- n an effort to explain all that is being done by the eovernert big chart measuring 14 by 1e inches has been folded and pasted into the report. It Y headed 'Where We stand on Reconversion oct. "A i046" it tabulates what policies govern which agen cies to take what actions and make which 9utuES plans Congress does what's needed on 14 dtfSerem thinRs So khat you can understand 1t all ct glance this map has been broken down into mere s6 boxsA that show where everything is.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
By Dre1e, PsGrSOn

q. =. o,.rsa .o fire nsorsars-sn other words to repeat their basic training all over agem N.n s. ammunition. Mortars are treacherous s1sr ss.Ss iust after leaving the muzzle and now Joe OSg.l.sn is dead Be bed to death as there was no emge..asg or doctor on the range. Two others mea VIII - plus IS injured Tn few more wesk@ ~ s.sg g.rsss s e: Lt col E V H. Bell commander oi oE.as .;s battalion opposed the unnecessary Esk cl nagns E V. men fire rnortars They had fired SeNyO r29n1e =. combat and he felt had earned rest 5us ss fscorre Ivan VI poue inspector for the Second AAlys wac furious Many men are getting apasnss.MC. M.s they could spend their time in education ensy Ass remain in the Army.
 Tx,nr Carol of Romania no longer plays urloge in Mexico City, now coos his heels m !slo oe tIae ravn ir the dueerest international
 Tha T,assiaps: believe 1t or not, want him nack in Ron1ania The British and Americans oUnt.
 rle4nita Carols one.time link with the Iron uuaE0 in fascist Rornania, the Soviets apparensy a sa ". he will play their game Just aS ns ,sA mss o te Portusuese government and got them 70 WvLnAaM , N. Carols visa without Portuguese visa, ne csn ses back to Europe. rnent: Carols fascist former prime minister oeC.se 'rataresci who was on the Romanian var c.an.- s: naIs list s now foreign minister with soVleS Dssss
 Tp-off on the close relations between kng M CsrO1 srO and Moscow: CigaEets containing pictures q OaAol have been distributed to Romanian prisoners IT Russia with the help of Russian officaMs'
 Sen. Kenneth WheETy whom Cne P0gtrS s- S- ~. ~s hrasea elected as substitute for George MoEzls Mas hov,ping mad when no one voted with nm assnss confirrnation of Under Secretary Of state Dcs1 n Acheson m fact he was mad that he tnreatenS1 s to resign as Republican whip. but uniorsunassyT L chareed his mind. . Though Mayor Ed KeLy ol SyFicaro was one of Trumans stalwarts at tne DSm ocratic convention he helped inspire ass defeat in the D. s. Senate-the negaWve conssse c,.. vote on ex-Cong. Ray McKeough to tne Mssssn.s sss Corumission. Kelly and his pals on tne .1nlcas0 Tribu1e stirred up AFT, opposition to McheOusn 4s hecai,se he worked for the CTO Later noweveE " TIinois Nederation of Labor (AFI.) gave the 1Tnme tfe lie by okaying Mczeough without dissensans vote. 1
 One of the excellent but little recogni!e0 yoDs done d,irinR the war is that of the D. g. sservce With labor tighter than ever betoreI OSES' did a magnificent job of steering men 70 waF wOLh
 f{Now however, 40 state bosses are nckIng tnsE chors. demanding that USES. come pack 70 .Sne states This means 200O0 lush jobs under state cOn- trol plus 1900 employment offices. It also m:Ans lot of patronage and influence for the sSaSe DOOe boys , .,,.. ,,o~.v.r s~ that employment problems don't stop at state nnss: They are national. And very soon this county WI be facing severe nationwide unemployment. Tne T. s. Employment service for instance: nas peen working closely with the Veterans AomnistSaton Fl getting jobs for veterans. But if USES. gees paek to state control that cooperation VIII be c1Eicuit.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
FAT PAY AND NO GOODS

(New Haven Journal -Courier)
 The doctor met the editorial writer on the corner and proceeded to give him a piece of his mind.
 "Why don't some of you people with the power of the press be- hind you explain to working people that a lot of money in the pay eI- velope won't do them any good If there isn't anything to buy with it2" he asked.
 T can tell an occasional person I meet on my rounds, but 1t doesn't mean much. The people l meet are sick. But you sit ct your desk ana write stuff that goes to thousands of well people. And they all need to know that and nobody really makes t clear to them. Economists us- ing fancy words don't mean any thing to peop.e who work with their hands. But telling them straight from the shoulder in words they can get the first time does mean something. Why don't you get on your job and tel lem plainp
 Money isn't anything in itself. EIk,s food and shelter and clothing and other comforts that people want They can't have them unless they grow food or build houses or make | clothes and so on. If they make enough things, the prices will be inside their pay and they'll be com- 4 fortable. If they skimp on their | hours and get toe much pay in pro-
 portion to what they make, the 1 prices of everything they want te
 buy will. go up and up and in the end there Is hardly anything to buy 1 and 1t won't SO around and no mat ter how much money they get they I won't have any comfort. Tell 'en that and tell 'em flat. They need | to know. They mean well but they
 just don't understand and nobody
 telih them. p
 "lzalf my; patients are sick be. t cause they haven't had the right
 food for the, last year or. more. They had money, but would 1t buy goot
 red meatP Or butter. It wouldn't # isn't money that counts-it's pro- ducing things to buyl"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
Still The Champion

Invariably it has happened in the past when new new weapons have made their appearance in naval warfare tna there have been some insist that the death kne Of ne battesp had been sounded So 1t was evane that the atomic bomb would lead to similar predictions.
 And 1t may be true that this most terrifying weapon m history will relegate the old batewagon to the scrap heap One might be inclined to accept such predctcnS as truth if so many similar forecasts in the past had not been proved so wholly in error.
 marine meant the end of the bateshp There were those who said that few small and inexpensive boats wtn tOr pedoes ended the of the mighty batewagon The eyou ton of the airpane the arpane carrier and the Date cruiser brought similar predictions All of these have proved tremendously powerful weapons which are indispensaDe i modern war But has succeeded Tn d!splacng or seriously challenging the bateshp as the heavywegnt champion of the fleet No weapon of war ever has been
 signed which give or take as much as the
 Certainly 1t may be that the atomic bomb can hit too hard even for battlesp On the other hand It IS .aSs
 that man never has been able to design weapon for wnc
 men have not been able to create defense That may or
 may not happen in connection with the atomic bomb 5ut until 1t is proved that there Is defense for the atoc weapon 1t will be just well to hang on to the patteSnp The old batewagon has survived too many propnecies ol doo in the past to be cast aside until experience proves sne has outlived her day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05

lated confidentially to all committee members The criticism of MacArthr read as follows:
 '.Censorship is an insult to the patriotism and intelligence of the American people In the past. 1t has led to many unwise acts, such as the con- cealing of facts known to the enemy, and even the dissemination of distorted information For example, the Japanese knew perfectly well the distraction they had wrecked upon our airplanes in the Philippines, but for two years the War Department requested that it be kept secret from the public that 300 planes were destroyed on Philippine airfelds number of hours after the attack on Pearl Hafhor was known
 ''The loss was only recently made public, and there is at least suspicion that part Of the reason for requesting the committee to consider the nfora- ton secret was the desire to avoid resentment py the public of the loss of 300 planes which would have been so valuable to the defense of the Philip pines"
 mittee; however, two Democrats, Hatch of New Mex leo and Connally of Texas, objected together with one Republican, Ball of Minnesota. They did not believe the committee should criticize MacArtnur;
 Truman, on the other hand, felt that Mac Arthurs being caught with his planes on the ground at Manila was even serious than at Pearl Har- bor since he had had advance warning, and since he lost even more planes than at Pearl Harbor.
 However in deference to the three rebelltous Sen- ators and following his principl of courting commit tee unity. he yielded The criticism of MacArthur was taken out. ~
 Note-The Pearl Harbor report now shows that Gen. Marshall telephoned Manila on the morning of Dec 2, to beware of a Jap attack, though he only warned Pearl Harbor by slow commercial cable. In other words all the fears of the general staff were that Manila would be bombed first Thus, Macarthur had two warnings, Gen. MArshans and when the Japs hit Pearl Harbor ahead of the Philippines.
 
 One naval station where they really grease the discharge slids is wildwood N. J., carrier aircraft service unit. Twelve per cent of the Navy men at that station were discharged in single month Men who have almost enough points for discharge are given medical examinations in advance then sent home immediately they get sufficient points. Con- gratulations to Comdr John Donovan, the skipper ct wildwood. .. Joe OConnell joined the 4l3tn 4n- fartry i,st outside Aachen. He fought all the way across Germany. Luck was with him. His wife and two children rejoiced that he never got mt But the other day at Camp San Luis Obispo, Canfp his out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
More Strikes-And Out!

The general public holds it's breath as it learns the news of daily additions to the large numbers of workers on strike Investment values falter, gasoline shortages threaten reconverson slows down. shipping IS crppeo new cars will be slow coming forth from the assembly lines and merchants stocks handicapped Valuable time is lost forever
 It is time for decisive action byb all concerned er- poyers labor leaders government and the public balks at proonging increasing unemployment penenS on the theory that too many will prefer these benefits 70 working and may tend to make VI Day four months celebration
 The problems of price control cost of living fair wage rices release of our armed forces and the atters ree poyent are gigantic but they are all Sub-opcs Of recon version which would to be the paramount issue o day Unless quickly reconvert to normal peaceue schedules there will be less employment for serWcemen and others purchasing power retarded prosperity and general loss to the public.
 Prices and wages related that higher wages ana higher of living leave right where we start and we will find out the hard way that reconverSon comes rSs and the solution of these problems should await ana noE precede reasonable degree of reconversion ana norman conditions.
 No work no production no jobs all mean no wages no saes no prosperity Let us hope these 1mpenomg Ge lays to reconverson and prosperity will be solved qcKy fairly and courageously by all involved.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
Bis.Hearted Uncle!

We don't object to the President giving General ne ae an expensive arplane share being about one
 t of cent but we sort of wonder about how much oi m property can be given away under the same power or authority by any President or any official.
 isputed repute but certain amount of charity begins t home Our ability to oe generous has been diminished ny e ircrease in the public debt to $500 billion, which mounts to something over $2000 for every man woman and child among us. u..
 England now is asking for few billions also, virtually as M because she won't pay interest These billions can only come from the labor and production of the people or Waterbury and the entire naton and because of this hould not be given away without the consent ot these tary same owners. ~ t.r ..s.-
 The loose disregard Of public funds will soon catch up it nation as it does with spendthrft and proigate issgdne Tt X youf money and ors which s being spent ~ 4n aav nnd tfe sosne we realize it the sooner the aAl M ba Meated ts AN 9IEs more asAQns|ys
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05

~~sAAAAaSA1~sA HE SSEVAceb anu AAAnAAy Ss0Sc despite his wounds, to take the old place ne had before he went to war.
 These veterans are 24 and 26 years old now. They've been through more, and have done more than American soldiers ever before experienced and accom- plished in ali national history That they'd go back to complete their educations to be hoped, If not expected but that they could find any interest in football again seems to say powerful lot for that particular game. @2
 Many of us who followed football closely after the last war and through the years until this one stripped the campus paths, had wondered consider ably if that show would pick up where it stopped, or whether 1t was doomed to fade as college baseball did There seemed to be at least some reason to pe- lieve that newer generation, having seen 9 lot considered traditional wtth not indispensable to the American scene burned away in a flash by the fires of war; might decide that the rappings Of foot- ball were wholly corny
 Taken by themselves, the songs and cheers at most places are really pretty silly The melodies are
 mostly naudiin, and the cheers either brstle With murderous ferocity that would seem to have no place in sport or consist of mlnbo jumbo of noises more typical of the anthropoid apes
 The rite of regimented cheering was anocner
 matter whether t isn't silly to have squad o1 wnite sweatered and panted cheer-leaders plus pretty te- mine assistants in the Of c0-educationaA lnstt- tions praying up at the pews for "A Locomotive For The Team" There have been those who held that this was all false and phoney, that the pews snouln be left to cheer as they w whether the salute took These matters got quito an argument beck in the ToH when college football began really to go pg tlme remember setting teKElkically latnefRa up on lhess issass Nhs en tho aite Qf the gon9H ana Ne ehtefs stiu aM Ent thsre uas some rQ#HEfr' NsaaeM 6A iHe olhss &0e N1e ~ FAFae WH5 As Asks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05

It would be a relief if one of these top-drawer officials would some day put out report as under standable as that. This report Is shorter than most-which Is break-but still replete with the usual economic palaver As such 1t is another report which Congress will file and forget.
 Trying to find the one key phrase that tells all, you come upon this: rs
 q" We are emerging from taut economy into an economy of mobility"
 Now you know-or do you?
 
 This economy of mobility apparently has no ref erence to the fact that Oct. Is national moving day or that Oct. the clocks were all moved back one hour There's lot more to 1t than that As the report says, this Is the Period of Paradoxes. Business ex- pansion along with business contraction increasing employment while there is increased unemployment, imitation while there Is deflation In short, nobody
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
The Fate Of Our Films

The plight of our New England ems seems rather sao at the moment The great es that have been part or tne Tradition and background of most of cities and towns are threatened with disease that may mean their extinc tion Already many have been cut down to hinder the spread of the Dutch Elm disease.
 Among the contaminated trees are few on our own ctv Green An assistant enomologist visited Waterbury
 and pronounced eight pretty far gone Our supern- tedent of Parks has asked for an increase in money TOT the care of trees in anticipation of contamination
 All over the state and throughout the other New Eng land states the situation pretty much the same 1t IS hard to visualize of typical Colonial villages toWs @ has been noticed some of these ravaged by the disease others crippled by recent hurricanes and ice storms soun Street. m Ltchfed for instance has not the great shade N had years ago the double typical of North ana South streets in that town Pruning and enforced scg OH of limbs have left the trees some of them not qulte so .noble".
 It will be recalled that Connecticut and New England chestnut trees faded out of the picture years ago. Let m hope that our nobest trees the es lover than any poem will survive with proper care in the best tradition or Connecticut ernS. ....
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
Views Of The Press

the weakness of the Republican par. ty and the narrowness of the appeal of many of its candidates. The Nor jensen candidacy Illustrated what Is possible when a candidate is offered with Q broad appeal rather than merely partisan label.
 A healthy and vigorous opposition is essential to good government, whether in city, state or nation. We cannot have 1t in Hartford appar- ently, as long as Republicans think more of the control of party ma chinery as an instrumentality for dealing with the State organization than they do of presenting candi- dates whose appeal is broad enough to command wide and enthusiastic support.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
cor AT A ACRosswoRD
(Hartford Tines)


 It is disheartening in some re- spects, that former Mayor o'Connor should have felt impelled to with draw as a candidate for the Demo- cratic nomination for Mayor, for the reasons he did.
 It ought to be true that any citizen may aspire to seek the nomination of his party and have reasonable opportunity to make an appeal for support. That would be true if our mayors were nominated under Q system whereby the party member would go to the polls and express their preference among two or more candidates. It is not true in @ situa- ton whereby the party organiZa- ton has strong control over the choice of delegates to the Iloninat- ing convention, which can De cnal- lenged only through the heavy ex- penditures and the intensive efforts required to set Up an organization able to make an effective contest:
 MT. O'Connor did not feel that ne could stage such Q contest. He found that the situation was being made difficult for those upon whom he normally could depend for sup port SO he has withdrawn from the field party to relieve them from er1- barrassment.
 This undoubtedly means that ex- Mayor Spellacy will win the Demo cratic nomination almost without effort. Apparently he will win the election in much the same fasnion unless the Republican party snoulo unexpectedly Show more signs oi life and vigor than 1t has yet dem- onstrated. .,.,.
 It is'a commentary on conditioiii | in the Republican party when, WILT the election but five weeks away ! has not the slightest Idea whom ], Is going to nominate and when ne outstanding citizen apparently want to run.
 The Republican party has mol 1 elected a mayor, except MT. MOT l jensen, since l036. There IS notninl in present conditions to indicat' that 1t will be able to elect one II the next ten years.
 The party locally has come upoI days that may well be called par ious. It is in a similar situation tt that which confronts the Republi I cans of New York City, and It maS be necessary for Republicans her either to face further disintegratioi l or to follow the course that has beer followed there, namely, either to rel! upon fusion, or to head its ticke with a Democrat willing to buck tn, machine and seek general support That is what the New York Repub licans have done this year.
 There is Q large independent vot d in Hartford which is deprived large! of an opportunity to express itsel
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-05
by BllI Cunningham

Heywood Brcun, who took the stand that all tnas wna practically onstrous that the entire quasi religious atmosphere of college football was sly that 1t was only game, and was meant to be fun. and that ths standard picture of the grtn-faced coach. pleadng with his squad to win this one for Old soandsos until the tears poured down the faces of his players was nothing but manufactured emotion, if not straight subterfuse. s6 x, We used te charge full at him with lances lev- eled. What did he know about footballf He'd never played it. How did he know that players didn't want to be emotionay arousedf Couldn't he see that values translate easily and naturally at that time of young fellows lSe that loyalty to his team, to his coach to his college to the student body would mean loyalty to his family his boss his town, his state and his nation when the time cameS
 He'd come straight back with . tale of the over enaphagB on it all: One, remember, concerned the time the Harvard player. Vic Remand, missed drop-kck in Yale game. Some outraged spectator in the packed Harvard stands pegan: said srCun, l he was criminal. He was no good He couldn't sec why the coach was SO stupid as toaput him in there So went the Eade of this suddenly jumped-up cEltae of him turned around and quietly said, "WM you please stop thatf I'm sitting here with Victor ken- nards mother% fa#
 \ We evidently licked Brother Brom At least 1oot- ball went on to bigger crowds, louder bands and bigger and better cheering sections Coaches still sent taiit white-faced young men into combat and sports pages glOtied nsss team nuilos nc A. es idert certainly more widely quoted than any college president Hsosn has long since been gathered unto his fathers, but I've sometimes wondered Ee xeAllx didn't overdo 1t; Brosn end his brethren diemt see some things we were too thriIl-blinded to catch.
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 I've been wonderlng how t would ns when tle show began again. What would the yeteEans think of itf How about the kids growing up9 The c0leSe part of the old autlmnal frenzy has largely besn shut down for four years. if repudlaticn were ever coming. now is figured to he the time.
 The evidence seems tO De that none ig in prospect Ths shows looked and sounded Ike old times s1M mi antslrday Ire songg boomsd, the cheers rock eted te chesf-leadefs danced Combat veterans tene tlrred ths hay Sports pages hynned the results 1ne whole seems t0 say that the 9ame WIS B1on t1at ssfeo6 s tifal os waE psychology with full han1En and ie back wtsE4 It Nas Huca popplHx.fYi es lNSk nd8enkigIua HoH&1 NHeA te HAX MN# ne aYeas XeAl l|nd lsa.seN h<se Nh4n g1 4s' eesk