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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
Surplus the Easy Way

Government in business in competition with it's private citizens is rally becoming an issue of greater national importance fro mtWo angles:
 First, because government m DuSlneSS, no matter how you try to guild 1t, IS state socialism, faSciSm, or communism. Whichever name it goes under it means that the liberties and opportunities ol individuals are reStricaed
 Second, because government in busl- ness destroyes local control and taxation In the fields it invades; it demands tax exemptions, public subsidies, freedom from state regulatory laws, etc
 To illustrate the government-oWned Bonneville and Grand COulee power plants in the Northwest show that the gross revenues from their sales of power Hpassed the 50,000000 bark on Decem- Der 1, 1944." The system claimed an accumulated net surplus in excess oi s12,000,000, after payment of all power costs, operation and maintenance eX- pense, depreciation and interest on the Federal investment.
 1t is interesting to note that there is no mention of any taxes paid On OOO0,- 900 gross income, private electric com panies would have paid some l8 to 25 per cent in taxes to local, state and Fed eral governments before they could set aside any surplus" Therefore, if these tax-exempt Federal plants had paid taxes on the same basis as private companies, they would have earned little or no sur plus on $50,000,000. We couldn't show a Surplus with such tax-exemption priyi- leges9
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
Phoo-ee

A piece of radio publicity we came upon mentioned something about "com- bat returnee," and revived our concern over just how far this double-e business is going to go.
 The war has brought us the draftee Cor that nice-nelly substitute, selectee) and the trainee Now we have the returnee, and very likely the dischargee will be coming along when he has reduced the German and the Jap to the status of vanquishee. In a recent dispatch from Stockholm, French "escapee" described his experiences in a Berlin prison.
 The possibilities are limited only by the number of English nouns identifying the performer of an action. And that's what frightens us. For, by wholesale applica- tion of stiff and tiresome practice of the law and business world, every per former can have his performee, every lover his lovee, etc.
 Where it all will end is beyond us. Perhaps there will have to be some or ganized crusade to rescue the language of Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw and H. L. Mencken from the ad writers, press agents and other professional word coiners, and give it back to those who still prefer to call spade a spade, or a combat returnee just plain soldier come home.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
A Constructive Program

The nations leading insurance organl- cations recently held a conference to work out legislative program for the consideration of Congress, designed to fill the gap left by the Supreme Court decison declaring insurance to be inter state commerce, thus nullifying the exlst- ing system of state regulation.
 The program is based on the belleIS: CD That insurance regulation shoul be vested in the states exclusively, as It had been for 75 years, because the public ln- terest would be best served thereby; (1) That regulation by the Federal govern, nent or by both Federal government ana the states was not in the public interest (3) That prompt action by Congress to authorize continuation of such state reg ulation and taxation is necessary to pre- vent irreparable damage to the founda- tion sof the structure of American ln- Surance
 Insurance protects the jobs, homes ana businesses of millions of persons. Delay in recreating a sound regulatory system threatens the welfare of these millions not merely a few insurance companies The insistence of the insurance industry on prompt action is public service ol inmeasurable value. Furthermore, us program is constructive and is the result o fextensive study and century or eX- Derience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
Views Of The Press

own way deals with simplicity and goodness.
 Some may say that the war is re- sponsible for this tremendous up- surge of popularity. And it is un- occasionally true that throughout the world people who are weighed down in spirit by the terrible car mage of war turn to religion for consolation. But it would be mis- take for motion picture producers to overlook the fact that when they produce really great pictures that are successful from both an aesthetic and financial point of view, those pictures have invariably been based on elemental emotions and reflect truly the problems that beset man. kind.
 This is not strange. The com ponents that make up great book are identical with those that go into a great motion picture. Too often in Hollywood this simple truth is so overlaid by tinsel and sham that it is forgotten. Only on those rare occasions when Holly wood throws off it's cloak oi arti- ficial glamor and gets back to fun damentals are the real potentiali- ties of the motion picture for edu- cation and entertainment reaf- firmed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
Industry - Captive or Master?

The United States was developed with the outpourings of billions of dollars of capital supplied by the savings of mil lions of private citizens. Transportation, electric power, mining, mills and agricul- ture all vied with each other to increase production and distribution and create new payrolls, thereby adding conven- fences for the public and taxable assets for the various states. The people pro- gressed with their own capital and ini- tiative.
 Today, as political pressure is eXerted to have government compete with its cltl- zens in the field of business, government would substitute it's judgment for that of the individual. When it assumes this at titude of superior wisdom, it follows that those of inferior wisdom must not queS- tion, must not criticize. All they are to do is to obey.
 American industry, through concert ed advertising campaign throughout the nation, is presenting facts to the people to show that the inventive and product i've genius of this nation is still alive and ready to move forward as never before m the postwar era. The advertising en- phasizes that the future of private enter prise, and millions of independent jobs, rests in the hands of the people.
 The people control American industry as well as government They will decide whether private enterprise will progress as in the past, or whether it will be re- stricted by government competition which follows the deadly parallel of the liberty destroying tactics of fascism or state socialism It will be up to the people themselves to say whether the indivld- ual winds up the captive or the master of the bureaucrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25

George Butler, in the Austin State House as Governor Of Texas. It. Gov. Lee Smith was to give way on the ticket to But Ter, and then Gov. Coke Steven son was to resign, permitting Butler to become Governor. .. ..
 It. Gen. Smith actually sent a telegram of resignation to the Dallas Democratic Convention. By that time, however, the Jones' Butler move had been defeated and Smiths telegram, addressed to Oil Lobbyist Wallace Hawkins, was never made known to the Convention.
 F. D. K. may have lineup of Democratic DOnkeys on his desk. but he has an elephants memory. AS early as last sum
 mer he determined that Je sse Jones would never sit in his 4th
 term Cabinet. When Wallace asked for the Commerce Depart
 ment, he knew the job was
 open.
 MAT H All NAALAEA
 Republican Congressman Ham Andrews of New York, in con- ferring with the President and other Congressional leaders re- garding manpoWer, advised there would be only to 5 votes in the entire Military Affairs Committee for the May Bill unless the pro- visions for military compulsion were removed. The adoption of the Kilday Amendment, providing civilian penalties for those failing to work, bore out his advice .. Andrews and good many other Congressman contend that neither the Army nor Navy wants any 4-Fs as limited service men; also that it isn't fair to the many patriotic 4-Fs to put them in labor battalions when they are already / working in war plants.
 Mayor La Guardia has told President Roosevelt he wants to go to Italy after all. Fiore!io had shicd away from Italian duty in recent weeks, but now seems to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
The Hard Way

The history of work or fight legis- lation to date might serve as shining example of how to do things the hard way. And for proper background for the example we might go back to the Fall of 1940. It became evident at that time that this country would have to raise, train, and equip citizen army against the adequate size it would have to be con- Scripted. Accordingly, the President re- quested and Congress passed the SelectlVe Service Act. This Act carries civil penal ties for failure to report for registration and examination for induction, among many other things. The penalties range up to 000 fine and five years in prison. The Act has worked efficiently and it's fairness has not been questioned, even though it's application has been confusing upon occasion. In the last few months It has been made known that the men of this citizens army and navy were lack ing certain war materials which they needed to conclude the war VictOriOusly, and with the greatest possible saving o1 time and lives.
 It might have seemed that the parallel
  would have been apparent, and that the supplying of the second need would have been patterned on the successful Selec- tive Service model Instead, however, the Military Affairs Committee went to work on bill aimed only at men between Is and 45 who had been given draft defer ment because of physical or mental dlSa- bility. It proposed to force them into essential work by threatening them with a perversion of the military service for which they had been rejected-a libel upon the proud and solemn patriotic duty to serve ones country
 It did not seem to occur to the com- mittee members that physically unfit men could be made to enter essential work on pain of the same punishment imposed for dereliction of military duty, until Army officers told them that the Army had all the limited service men it could use. Only then did the committee re- move from it's bill the manifestly unfair military punishment and substitute pen alties Meanwhile there was certain suspicion arising from the activities o1 other congressional committees that mo- body was quite sure of the Why-When- and-how-much of production shortage.
 A Senate committee was investigating inefficient use and hoarding of man power. Phil Murray, CIO president, urged that fact-finding and advisory committee be appointed from industry, labor, agriculture and government to ind out what the score really was.
 But the House Committee kept it's sights levelled on the 4-F, though it was by no means certain that they were the only scapegoats or that they offered the whole solution to the manpower problem. It might have been more efficient to make sure of the source and extent of the trouble first, and then if necessary, enact a National Service Law to draft workers for tasks as honorable and essential as military service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
LADY OUT OF LUCK

The temperature in our office is maintained in the high seventies often almost eighty, and the win doWS are kept closed and locked (complains the Lady Out of Luck As a result my head become stuffy and each afternoon I get a nasty dull headache which decreases my efficiency and causes much misery
 The feeling some of the others in the office have is that drauShts cause colds and hot air is the only thing that will prevent colds.
 still wear light summer cloth- ing, which si far from comfortable when waiting for bus forty min utes on an open corner. l remove as much clothing as I decently can when in the office, and drink lots of cold water.
 I thought 'colds" were caused by germs which breed in hot air. l known I have never had so much "cri' as since I began work in this office. Their theory doesn't seem to work so well-the average ab- sent time of people in this office in two months is more than have had in two years.
 My only solution seems to be to leave the job. I don't want to dc that for I like my work my bosses are grand, and I need the security I have here. Can you suggest any alternative? I really feel desper-
 ate Miss - -).
 You are out of luck, Lady be- cause not only the large majority of your fellow workers and your bosses, but majority of old fogy doctors and the so-called health authorities in your benighted com. munity believe drafts cause disease and you may as well save youl breath as try to change the alleged minds of such people. An old fogy is an old fogy and he or she just knows better about such things than any doctor does.
 Here is a typical exhibit. In a. metropolitan newspaper the city health officer warned recently that the season for coughs and colds was directly ahead . and urged people to safeguard themselves against sickness by avoiding over eating, drinking, fatigue, drafts sudden chilling and contact with persons already H. And as though that wasn't enough hokum, the health officer pointed out that lowered body resistance usually brings on a cold" The health of ficer knows as much about body resistance as I do about ectoplasm and so does any one else.
 I can suggest one remedy for the trouble. Install in one or more win doWs full sash size screens of un- bleached muslin. In schools, off, cers, sleeping rooms and work rooms this method of air conditioning has been found satisfactory. Wind : drafts, snow, dust, insects, rain are excluded, but fresh air and de- sirable moisture are admitted. The comfort and efficiency of occupants are increased, fuel is saved, skinl and nucuos membranes are less dried out and irritable, respiratory diseases are less prevalent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR
(Hartford Courant)

George Dudley Seymour, who died in New Haven Sunday, was of that type of unselfish citizen to whom the public is constantly in debt far beyond the span of the citizens ac- tive years. He linked the present with the past, not for his own sat isfaction nor for the mare glorifica- tion of the heroes and the days long gone, but as an inspiration and guide for the future. The unchange- able virtues of yesterday are through such civic leaders and his torians as was MT. Seymou-, mad real for today and perpetuated for tomorrow. This is the supreme test of the worth of an antit.uarian.
 In Connecticut MT. Seymour will probably be longest remembered as student of the life of Nathan Hale, and for his acquisition of the pa triot's birthplace in South Coventry for preservation as a. permanent memorial. His interest extended, toe to other historic monuments about the State and to other outstanding New England characters. In his adopted city of New Haven he was a lifelong advocate of municipal im- provements, serving on various com missions. He was patron of the fine arts. receiving national recogni- tior as such, and for many years was chairman of the State Commis- sion on Sculpture. Throug. his long life he blended an appreciation of the beautiful with sense of the useful, to his own enjoyment and to the gain of his fellow men. No community can have too n.any citi- Zens like him
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25

think he can do job there ill connection with the rehabilitation of a new Italian Government . . CLOS Phil Murray has abandoned plans to attend the World Labor Conference in London next month He will remain in Washington to keep an eye on the work or fight" legislation.
 Tom Clark, able assistant at torney general who will prosecute the two Nazi saboteurs at Gov ernors Island, N. Y, next week, is determined to get the death penalty.
 Homer Cummings. venerable, astute ex-AttOrney General, IS being urged as the compromise choice as senator from Con necticut to fill the seat of the late Senator Francis MalOney. Cummings is a Democrat and Gov. Baldwin who does the ap- pointing is a Republican. How ever, Baldwin must appoint with the consent of the Democratic Legislature, and both sides like Cummings. Only trouble is that Cummings doesn't want to be- come a senator. After years in public life he says he has had enough.
 WALLACE BONES UP
 Henry Wallace never breathed a word of it, but he knew weeks ago he was to become Secretary of Commerce.
 The tip-off to outsider smace- The tip-off to outsidesr came several weeks ago when a mes senger entered the office of Wal lace's porty assistant, Harold Young, loaded with copies of the Commerce Departments annual reports.
 Young hastily stuffed the Com merce reports into a corner and brought them out only when no one was round.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25

he had no compass, no chart, no commander, no destination.
 A man who drifts, family that drifts, a nation that drifts al. these are derelict, and there is nothing that honest navigation fears so much as collision with derelict in the dead of night Watch out for the drifter man, woman, child; these are worse than the storm or the hard and cruel ice- berg. It is the derelict that strikes terror into the heart of anyone who steers his course by the chart and by the stars. And we shall be wise if we steer our course through life so as to keep out of their evil way.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
ScintilIating Scotomata

I am subject to spells when I seem to get a sort of half-blind- ness and light scintillates at one side of my eyes for half an hour. and then follows a headache. A doctor said these attacks are scintillating corona but there is nothing to do for it. (H. F)
 Answer - You describe mild mi graine. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, ask for pamphlet why Have Headache
 Gambling With Teeth
 Four years ago started having back aches in upper part of back. Two years ago had all upper teeth out in hopes of curing back, but no soap. Lower teeth not too bad, but am advised to have them all out. (MrS. G. JD
 Answer-My advice is, keep your teeth as long as you can. Have a. tooth extracted ONLY when youl physician AND your dentist are both of the opinion that 1t should be extracted.
 Potential Diabetes
 Recently you stated that diabetes is inheritable. That was a sur prise to me. as I had thought the disease itself was not inheritable only the tendency. (Mrs. c. W.
 Answer-If you can point out my statement or tell me just when I made the statement, I'll send you set of the complete works of or Doc Brady with my compliments The tendency or potentiality, not the disease itself, is transmitted tc children. Send ten cents and stamp. ed envelope bearing your address for pamphlet Training for Dia. betes" Copyright 1945 by John F. Dille 0a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
GOING MY WAY
lHartfnrd Cnllrantl

The fact that 428 of a total ol 479 newspaper and radio critics voted Going My Way the best motion picture produced in l944 is significant. For second choice they selected the Song of Berna- dette." which, too, has a deeply religious theme. It will be noted that neither of these motion pie lures is in the least like the average Hollywood production. There Is neither torch singer. nor young man with a horn, gunplay nor swimming pool in either picture. Each in it's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertair ing to per- sOnaI health and hygiene, net 70 disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by pr. Brady if a stamped self addressed envelope is enclosed. Letters should pc brief and written in ink. o reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Or. William Brady, National News. paper Service, 320 West Madison Street. Chicago. III
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25

just been intro- duced in the new Congress after a complete job of overhauling a Il d rewriting.
 When Senators Murray, Truman a n d Revercomb put the idea for this bill in a re- port submitted to Congress last De- cember. their pur- pose was merely to stimulate dis cussion of their Ori OiOal cOncant
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25

because of wounds, but fro These ailments, resulting from over exposure and feet in mud and water for days at time, perhaps have taken more men out of the front line than bullets. The situation also has resulted in complaints that the Army has failed to supply adequate cloth ing.
 Actually, records of the QuartermaSter Corps indicate that plenty of clothing has been sent to France, However, many soldiers discard surplus clothing during battle only to regret it later. Also, men in advance positions sometimes get cut off and left in rain and snow storms where they suffer sev- ereIy no mater how much cloth ing they have on.
 It is admitted the standard government issue shoe probably is not adequate for the incessant, never ending mud of the Western Front, and can't compare with the water proof, fek-lined, heavy leather boot the Russians have developed for winter fighting. These warm boots have been one reason why the Russian Army al ways have been able to out-Walk, out-travel, and outright any enemy in the Winter-time.
 Suggestion to Iend-lease Of- ficials: Why not get a million Russian boots on reverse lend lease from the Soviet Govern ment in exchange for airplanes anks, and guns we have been sending them?
 ANOTHER SIMPLER DINNER
 Most famous dinner of the election campaign was that given by the Teamsters Union at the Statler Hotel in honor of the President, following which two naval officers int he Statler lobby engaged in a braWl with dinner guests who wore Roosevelt buttons.
 It didn't make the same head lines, but another dinner took place in the Statler recently also attended by President Roosevelt, this one given by radio brOadcastcrs. This time Jack Benny, not Dan TObin, was tOastmaster. This time Army and Navy officers were pres ent, rot in the hotel lobby but at the dinner table.
 They were General Marshall, General Arnold, and Admira King. And as they were introduced to the guests, President Roosevelt suddenly asked for the micro phone and announced to the en- tire banquet hall:
 "The guests may feel quite secure as they leave the hotel tonight. Your hosts have shown good judgment in choosing their military guests.
 FDR'S ELEPHANT MEMORY
 Though the President made his obligation to Henry Wallace, the official pretext for requesting Jesse Jones resignation, the in- side fact is that Jones was out anyway.
 To close friends, r. D. K. has never made any secret of this ever since the Texas Democratic Convention where Jesse Jones'
 nephew plotted to steal the vote in the electoral college. Even in his conversations with Jessc-such few as there were the President made no effort to conceal his feelings. Jesse saw the handwriting on the wall, and knew his political was cooked. At the last Cabinet meeting Friday, evne before he got F. ID. R.'s letter. Jesse shook hands with everyone. even said goodbye to the White House Secretariat.
 One of the interesting little de- tails of the Texas situation which leaked back to the President, was a plan to put Jesses nephew,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25
Daily Almanac

Sun rises at 8l2 a, mp sets at 5;5o ?. m war timeD
 Vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset,
 Tho old Farmers Almanac says When the snow piles on the threshold and the North wind shouts in the chimney there are no better hours tO know yourself and your loved ones
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-25

more life about him than does the aimless man. T h c r C is no group in human
 society VI h ic l. causes so much havoc as that crowd of para sites " h O do nothing in life but drift from one pleasure and in q Rence to