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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
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represent about 10 per cent of the total utilization Of inedible fats and oils. The balance Is used in making paints, varnBheS, lubricating oils, pharmaceuticalS and thousands Of other products,
 Actually, supplies of industrial fats and oils are ct the lowest point since the beginning of the war There is no relief in sight from i'm. ports in the Immediate future. The only way the situation can be aFlles lioFated Is by the enlightened self- interest of housewives, who can help to avert shortages by donating fat, The Government has recognized this situation and has Increased the point value oh the bonus paid for used fats from two points pound to four points,
 Meat supplies are gradually irl- cFeaSing, and there should be an accompanying increase in fat SaiV- age If everybody does his duty, Now is the time for oil good housewives to come to the aid Of the country, Group cooperation Is good in peace aS well as in war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
By Peter EdSOn

Tn picking delegates, only the top men-the real policy makers of both labor and management-are being sought. For labor, this means William Green, John L. Lewis, Phil Murray, Sidney Hillman and other leaders from the major union movements For industry, t means Eric A. Johnston of the U. 8. Chamber of Commerce Ira Mosher of the National Association of Manufacturers, and the chairInen of the boards of some of the major employer corpor- atIons Of the country
 Corporation presidents operating managers or labor r-relations directors aren't wanted The purpose Is to get the real directing heads who can make policy decisions that will stick and will not have to Dc referred back to higher authority for approval
 N is almost inevitable that there will be some disputes in any such assembly. Among the labor leaders are some men with bitter personal experiences in years of labor warfare to support their convictions that all management Is made tip of exploiterS. In management are some occupants of wainut-panelled towers who believe that all labor organizers rogues and radicals who should be dealt with only ct the end of Q club
 There are bitter rlvalres even within the separate labor and management groups, The big corporations compete for commercial advantage. It is worse than the CabotS and LoweliS A. F. of L. Green must get permission from his executive committee before no can sit down with CIo. Murray, and then t can Do done only with the government present as chaperon. Murray doesn't speak to Lewis and Lewis speaks only to-himsef
 4 suggestion has been made that the chief con. Eerees sit alternately ct the tabe-labor management labor, management-and SO on around. The idea is that this will break Up any Bemblance of having op- posing sides at the conferenceabor on one side op. posing management on the other
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

TnB referee was Xale altlnpuB, We'll call him ChunlIey. In those days, officials usually wore their letter sweaters.
 Tn those days, too unlike now, officials frequently worked in games in which their Alma Matters were involved. Chumey as Cay grudgingly admitted years cated games in which Yale insisted upon him for this particular Holy Cross game. Cay bucked and r'ared and roared and raVed and even threatened to break ChuHiey if i've with lis bare hands # lie came Of the field But he was licked Yale insisted and Yale, as matters ran at that time, had the final say, or so Cav maintained.
 As Cav told t, he had only lttle underszed squad, composed almost entirely of paralytics and Singer Midgets, but he was doing his best to get 1t ready for the awful sacrifice, when on his way to the gym about the Wednesday before the game, he came across the handsomest physical specimen he'd ever seen in his life Unable to believe his eyes, he approached this pink-cheeked, cear-eyed combina- in voice husky with emotion, Are ycu by any chance, a Holy Gross student?"
 The lad reported that he was, that he'd matricu- lated that day and that his people had just come over from Ireland.
 wouldn't you like to play the American game of footbali?" Cav said he asked him.
 T don't know" responded the lad. Whats 1t like?"
 well come down here and I'll show you" said Cav But first maybe I'd better tell you something. Cav said at this point he took the young man by the NpeIs of the coat to hold him in case he tainted, looked squarey into his deep blue eyes, and said, If sou join our team you1 have to play against Ya-yull Saturday" Cav always insisted that no Yale man past the age Of 70 had any back teeth because he'd ground them out growing sxa-yun"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
AUTO MUSEUM
(New Britain Herald)

Once, in It's early days, the Mer. ritt Parkway was regarded aS al- most sacroseant. one couldn't stop for anything G'ong itS ribbons Of concrete or along It's grassy slopes. The scenery was beautiful but one had to Do In hurry.
 Since then it became necessary to construct gasoline stations; and one iS allowed to stop and rest If that is physically necessary. But one still cannot stop the car anywhere along tho greenSward to enjoy picnic. The state has roadside picnic grounds in other parts of the state, but not along the Merritt Parkway. Perhaps too many New Workers would utilize the benches and spoil the facilities.
 But c turn for c more leiSure'y utilization of the parkway is being made. James Melton, the singer, who lives in Fairfield county, for years collected old automobiles, contrap- tionS from the days Of the Stanley steamer to the lo42 Ford. Ills col. lection is c Veritabie Smithsonian Institution in automobiles.
 He is willing to contribute them to the public If the State furnishes good quarters for housing the auto museum a'ong the famed Merritt Parkway. Gov. Baldwifi'S admifi- Stration-ineludlng the LegiSlature- has agreed to furnish tho buildings and maintainn them, curator and oil.
 The curator, or man in charge, will Do State Senator Samuel II. Malkan, Democrat, Of New Haven, who should Do able to serve the public in q manner that befits the dignity of tho enterprise.
 Some may Do for and others against the plan, But what VIC do duly comprehend is that year by year the Merritt Parkway changes from It's original function Of being e 70.mph funnel. It may yet be c pace to enjoy without induiging in perpetual motion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

BreAb become sin rather than virtue You can't please both sides indefinitely, however, and the time has just about come when Truman will have to choose between the liberals and the conservatives.
 Cabinet-Taken man for man, Truman's cabinet ls better than Roosevelts Truman believes in dele- yating responsibility and eliminating too much cen. CraiZed control His cabinet, however has one admins istrative weakness Most of it's members served time m Congress; therefore have drifted into the bad habit of spending more time shaking hands with visitors than running their departments Important administrative problems are muffed because the cab met chiefs simply don't have time both to talk to people and make decisions
 White House efflclency-Truman SO far has op- erated a more efficient administration than Roose- welt. He likes to decide things quickly doesn't let them hang fire. Sometimes this gets him into trouble as In the case of his statement that oil lend-lease would Do forgven-a pronounceent later publicly versed by Secretary of State syrneS
 Friends-Ths may be Harry Truinan's Waterloo. He loves conviVial friends, isn't always too careful how he picks them, Is intensely loyal, whoever they are If you served with Harry in the Missouri Na- tona Guard or in Battery D, or helped him in the old pendergaSt days or In his campaign for Vice pies before friends, Truman puts friends before pri- cples, One old friend, Edward McSim, Nebraska insurance man. got him Into trouble. Another nSur- ance friend, George Allen, the Mississippi jester, is likely to get him into more,
 Young Rooseveltians--It hasn't been publcized but lot of the tough young lawyers and economists who the backbone behind Roosevelts cabinet are now quietly dropping out, Atty Gen. Tom Clark has lost some. Secretary of the Treasury Fred Vnson doesn't know 1t yet but he is scheduled to lose some. These are men who could make big salaries on the outside, but have worked for almost nothing because their chiefs were fighting liberal fight they believed in Now that fighting spirit B on the ebb and they want to get out Their Encouragement is the best barometer of Truman liberalism
 Arny-Navy-As head of the Senate Investigating Committee, Truman got significant insight into the War and Navy Departments. He knew their faults
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
By Dresc Pearson

and faillnrs batter than most But as President he has done almost nothing to clean house, Inn may cause him trouble among several mnOp n'SS %S w'O
 Greatest danger.-The gradually drifting impasse of our foreign affasrs-the fact that this country having fought war to end war; VIII not seo ts soas catapuited into another is the most serious danger flag on Harry Truman's horizon Otherwise nc nas done good job.
 Up on Capitol Hill, certain solons have discovered that hindsiRh is better than foresight regaromg tns appointment of a committee counsel Tor tne resIl Harbor probe. The man they selected Is William p Mitchell attorney general in the Hoover aomlns'E~- ton.
 nut it ia now remembered that when Herbert Hoover and Gen MacArthur nnassed tanks ana cav- alrvmen Id drive i5OOO defenseess Bonus Army vet" erans out of Washington Mitchell was Ssie" upO to whitewash it-which he did peautAuny'
 Hoover wanted someone to smooth down tne political repercussions of MacArthurs use of tanks against war veterans 80 sent his attorney gsnvssa out to the American Legion v Gsored s' picture of inc Bonus Army eviction that Washington police chief, Gen. Pelham D. 0lassford. prepared 2 oocv. ment, published nationally caiIlnS IsosS
 Some solons are wondering whether the tortncom- ing Mitchell report on Pearl Harbor VIII DO an0Sner whitewash
 The War Department has just received Q letter from the giant Texas cotton broker, Anderson Olsy ton As Oo aSknR permission to reopen their brancn in in Osaka, Japan. The War Department after or con. @ sidering carefully, decided 1t was matter TOT sne State Department So the letter was sent 10 tne head of the Economic Section of the State Depsrs- ment who is Will Clayton, senior partner m Anoer' son. Clayton Wonder what his decision VIII pc. It was only ct the last minute that the Navy was given the fob of taking over srike-bound OH plants instead of the Petroleum Administration Tor War War Originally the PAW was to do the jon put lapor ieaders protested that the PAW was packed with big oil company executives So last week. Nsvy SIllcsIs sI ready prepared telegrams to read "U s. Navy instead of PAW" |. Reconverson Czar John snyder nas recommended to President Truman Q set Of mediatlon boards for each strike.threatened industry. Tnese boards would investigate how much wages nave dropped in each industry and recommend what wage increases were necessary to make up for increase living costs, etc. What Truman will do anout tne recommendation Is still undecided Maj -Qen. stephen O. Henry assistant chief of staff Snd zen zen Marshas chief aide on Army personnel, has neen oyerseas making quick study of the discharge sys. tenn War Department brass hats at last nave woken G,s charge ineffciency Gen. Henry hopes to speed t up
 The Army Is keeping doctors in Panama despite i03 points and three years service. Meanwhile the shortage of civilian doctors in the usA continues
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

berS from the top industrial and union groups Full membership of the conference would then meet only on emergency call, or regularly every two or three months, for major decisions on labor policy.
 A list Of participants in the coming conference will Dc announced during the first week in October, It will consist of l8 representatives from labor, lS from management and three or four from government Secretary of Labor schwellenbach, Secretary of Commerce Wallace, big-nare chairman and sec' retary,
 The conference has been kept small SO 1t will be real working body. The confcrecS will Dc invited by the President to participate number Of gate craShers from both employers and the independent unions already have exerted considerable pressure to get invitations so they may present their pet theories on labor relations They probably won't DC admitted even as observers, Invited conerees VIII Dc permitted to have advisers and consutanB but tho total number in the conference room in the Labor De- partnent building may not exceed 100. All sessions of the conference will be closed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
FAT STILL NEEDED
lIIArtfnrd HniirAntlL

There Is one wartime job that still needs q lot of doing before 1t ean be considered licked, and that is the matter of fat salvage. There was on understandable ietdown fol- lowing the defeat of Japan, but this did not in any way lessen the grave shortage Of fats and oils, At this moment the United States faces c critical shortage Of these materials which if not alieViated will seriously interfere with the production of many necessary civilian products.
 The patriotic appeal to donate fat to make munitions is no longer valid. But there is the potent argu- inent of eif-interest in the fact that unless more fat is saiVaged many people may have to 90 without needed commodities. civilian soaps
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
By BiU Cunningham

It was obvious that he'd never even heard of Ya.yull So Cav, refusing to believe his luck took him down and started to show him how to play foot- ball.
 Nov youTI be what's known as Q guard" Cay explained. There are some fine points to this game but you pick them up later. I'll make It as simple as I can right now, because we haven't got much time before the Yale game Now, as said, you're guard. You squat down this way. Therell be fellow here beside you bent over the football and therel be another fellow behind him hollering lot of num- bers But don't you pay any attention to him. He hasn't got anything to do with you. You just watch the football and the minute that fellow moves It, you charge straight ahead and knock down every body who's got blue sweater on. ThatI pc the Yale team, Therell be- Il of them, and they'll oil have on blue sweaters"
 Cav said sort of holy glow began to burn in the young mans eyes, and he said T think I'm going to like this game"
 So Cav took his squad down to Yale, he said, and out came Chumley wearing his big Yale sweater. You can undoubtedly see what's coming, but there's no other way to tell this story. I've tried.
 Holy Gross won the toss and elected to receive Gross quarterback began singing his numbers. The new guard straining like powerful hound on the leash dug his ceats in for flying start and watched the ball like a hungry hawk.
 The center made the snap. The huge new guard reelected off his mark like projectile. Tn fact he went so fast and so hard that he was through the whole Yale team before 1t ever got moving Tnrougn the players in flash, the only thing he could see with blue sweater on was Chumley, so lowering his head he crashed into the little official
 The impact completely uprooted that worthy and hurled him in high. wobbly parabola completely off the field and practically on top of Cavanaugh. skinned bruised dizzy and sore as rattesnake with a gum boil and the belyache he managed to blow his whistle and then he tore at the player. Ea
 What the double ding donged and seven asterisks is the blankety blank idea of piling into me that way?" he demanded
 q don't know sir" said the player. "T was just carrying out the instructions of the coachi"
 Wherever he is now. Cav probably got grin out of that football score Saturday His stories of the days when he led the Purple against Yale were among the best of the nationally famous repertoire that ale ways won the Brown Derby at the coaches convene fion unless Rochne or zuppke managed to top hlEns as once ln a while, they dld.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
uNCIVTL QUESTION

UNClNlL QUESAAON When lovely woman stoopS to folly, It's never cheap for man, by golly; He iS the BorrioSt of dupes Whenever lovely woman Stoops When lovely woman takes to bend.
 ing,
 She almost never takes to spending, And, though no final cost she reekS, It's someone else picks up the
 checks.
 When man on folly's highway passes And tips conventions rules in
 glasses,
 1 note the reputation he Acquires comes always o. o. D. It's men who settle, through their
 noses, :, For ways oil strewn with rue and Tho thought of thrift cannot im- perforee, upon the vlrlle binge. That's #! it-th' point; won't enlarge No man I've ever known could
 charge it Tine woman pays, they tell me, but 1 wish that someone'd tell mo what
 Tho Navy down In Argentina wants the Supreme Court Of that troubled land to take over the rcins of government. That should pros vide something unique in the his- tory Of the World-gOVeFnfnent by dissenting opinion.
 Kujuro shideharH, the new, Japa. neso premier, has refused to dis. euBs whether Japan was guilty Of starting the Pacific war. Appareiit- ly It's going to take some time. to convince tho Nips that they knocked the shoulder of, instead or the chip, ct Pearl Harbor'
 We are happy that the World Series is over at last, For c while there, 1t looked as though they'd have to call it on account of chriSt- mas,
 Dr. Vannevar Bush warns that amateur experimentation wi n atomic energy must Do controlled And there should Dc c few cons for the pros, too'
 Gen, Marshall has revealed tho plana for tho Allied invasion Of the ,jap0nese homeland, plans that, happily, were never needed when tho JGps decided not to hara"kiri their own out.
 Plans for Europe's rehabilitation are begging down in the general digagreGment that is marking the activities of the Vietors. Briefly, the BE Three are Adding while Rome freezes,
 Betty Hutton has suffered nerV' oug collapse. After viewing the screened antics Of the frantic young lady c couple Of times, we cannot help but wonder how they could tell
 Henry Ford, End, has presented President Truman 6 new io46 Ford sedan. What the rest of US eagerly expeetant citizens would Ike to know is: Does it carry c spareY
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
BUTTER
Boston Post)

Now that the War Department has released e0,000,000 pounds of surplus butter for distribution to civilian agencies. aii we need to know Is that it has not spoiled in storage. The army accumulated 1t in the heavy production season from April through August and, with the foF- nal short butter season upon us" t ought to Dc appreciated ct home, But government storage hasn't al- ways been what 1t was cracked ID to De.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Protecting The Postwar House

Fire Prevention Week came this yeai on the eve or And 1t brought with 1t timely reminder that 1t costs zio more to build dwelling properly according to Eecoi- endatons of the National Fire Protection Assocation than 1t does to construct potential fire trap
 In the last 10 years fire has killed 100000 Americans 76O00 of them in homes It has burned and disfigured l7OO00 It has destroyed $3000000000 worth Of prop erty Our peacetme fire loss has become the highest in the world higher than the normal loss in the supposedly tinderbox country of Japan.
 The causes of our fires about equally divided be- tween carelessness and negligence. And while human behavior isn't easily corrected structural hazards can be eliminated.
 So those who are planning to buy or build should make sure that their postwar dream house" has such practl- cal necessities adequate wiring system with sui- fcient outlets; roof of fireresistant material prop ery constructed chimney and an efficient heating plant properly installed and adequately protected.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

UBeu 70 VIHy IVIIBI IUIIB HBU H9IH one of the late Coach Prank Iron Major CaVanaughB great- est football stories concerned a contest there during his days as the Holy Cross coach. Tn those days, Holy Gross was little, Yale was big, Cay was young and fiery and always battling with officials.
 Gays pet pecve, so far as offi- cials went, was q cocky, and, as Cay told 1t. very bumptiouS, little referee quite famous at the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

his first year in the White House and already he has begun to feel the pinch of increasing trouble. Here is tho report card on how he has done 80 far.
 Politlcs--po Politically, Harry has outshone the "old master" He has steered medium course be- tween Southern reactionaries and big city liberals, kept his fingers on the pulse of the country, strlv- on hard for national unity, and leaned over so far to please Con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

government, iS receiving cof1Sids eragle attention, The Idea Is at- tributed to President Truman him- self. The President probably will address the representatives from industry and union groups at their initial session.
 Under the continuing confer ence plan now being discussed, an executive committee of labor and industry heads would meet reg. ularly in Washington to consider the current labor situation. It would conaiat of four or five mem.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Football Thought

Dear GI Joe < Joan; Holy Cross defeated Yale last Saturday 2i-o and played fine game of foot. ball in so doing. Holy Cro@ hasn't been steady caller ct the Yale Bowl in recent years, but the two
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
|Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Oct 1s--Unlike the proverbial wise-crack about the first hundred days of matri- mony the first hundred days in the life of any Pres- ident are the easiest.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Labor Meeting

WASHINGTON, Oct 12-A suggestion that the labor management conference convening here Nov Dc continued indefinitely as poliey-making advisory group to Congress and the executive branches of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

The public library in New York City at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue is having the first good cleaning since 0i1 Visitors to the city aTA interested in the gradual change coming over s facade as the dirt and grime are Ibnoge1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
IS Years Ago
s Years Ago

A Waterbury man was being ac. claimed c hero at Walnut Beach where he carried an unconscious man from a burning cottage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12
Waterbury of The Past
2S Years Ago

Z0 years Ago Local speakeaSys were complain ing of q shortage Of stuff" due to n raid Of distillers in Danhury' Women voters were letting it be known that coaching would not DC necessary.
 IS Years Ago Nlnety-Six boys and seyenty-four girls were receiving the Sacrament of Confirmation at the Immaculate Conception church.
 St. Margaret's church, Willow street, was celebrating it's goth an" niversary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

A sensational" chase by police resulted lli the capture os . hlt-tun driver sought by police for weeks,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-12

Today Harry
Evening star., 1945-03-25
On the Engagement Pad

Navy Mothers Club of America
Tomorrow, 8 pm, USO Center
Eighteenth and N streets NV;
speaker, Mrs. Wilson Brown.
WAC Mothers Association-Tues-
day, 1880 pm, USO Center, 1911
H street NV.
National League of American Pen
Women. District Branch-Wed-
nesday. 4 pm, the studio.
District WCTU-Tuesday, 1870 pm.
lexington WCTUs with Mrs. War
rem B. Hadley, 1882 First street
NV. Wednes sday, 1880 pm.
Georgetown WCTU, with Mrs. H
B. Albert, 1924 Dumbarton avenue
NV.
Hadassah-Today, $50 pm, Adas
Israel Synagogue.
District Daughters of the American
Revolution-Tuesday. 1880 pm.
Livingston Manor Chapter, with
Mrs. j. A. McAneny, 2022 Pierce
Mill road NV.
National Home for Jewish Childrer
of Denver-Tuesday. 1880 pm.
Jewish Community Center.