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Evening star., 1945-03-22

MIN, Is IN washington again and
Is conducting himself in a fashion
like that of no other playwright you
ever heard of.
His spare minutes-the ones when
he is not thinking of a way to i'm
prove the third act-are getting more
numerous now that the play has
settled down to a profitable Broad
way run and are spent sightseeing.
He used to work here for the As
sociated Press and he has seen all
the sights many times, but he likes
to go back and check up on them.
His first day here, he walked from
his hotel to the Jefferson Memorial
and found looking at it SO satisfy
ing he decided to take in the Lin
coin Memorial, which always has
been one of his favorite inspirations.
BY that time he was on a memo
rial binge-it takes two to set him
of-so he thought it would be a
good idea to go up to the top OF the
Washington Monument. The view
up there made him realize how
much he loved Washington, SO he
came down and found nice soft
piece of the good earth in Potomac
Park and took nap right out in the
Evening star., 1945-03-22

ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"The Student Prince"
$50 pm.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

National-"The Student Prince"
$50 pm.
Screen.
CapitoI-"Hangover Square,: IL
am. lao, 4:20, ITO and $50 pm.
Stage shows: l, 3:45, $50 and 9:l5
pm.
Columbia-"Naught Marietta:
11:55 am, 2:15, 4:40, and $50 pm.
Earle-"Ministry of Fear: II
am, las, 4:30, tbs and 10 pm.
Stage shows: los, 1855, $40 and
9:25 pm.
Keith's-"Frisco Sal':: 11:10 am,
1:2O, $3.50, $40, 7:45 and 9:55 pm.
Little-"The Human Comedy:
II am, 1875, AIS, 6:55 and $50 pm.
Palace-"Ill Be Seeing You: II,
2:25, 4;50, 7:20 and 9:45 pm.
Pix-"Man with a Thousand
Faces: 2, 4:45, 7:30 and 1915 pm.
Metropolitan objective, Bur-
ma: II am, 1:35, 4:l0, $40 and
900 pm.
Trans-Lux News and shorts,
continuous from 10 am.
Evening star., 1945-03-22

struck, however, and will stick to 1t
Another thing he will stick to Is
newspaper work. A full-time play
wright,S career would be all right
but he thinks newspapering is a
fine game, thing to keep . man
on his toes and in touch with hui
manity.
X y \ d
He was saying as much, sitting
in fine, deep chair, when some one
came over and asked If he would
mind having his picture taken.
"Mind?" asked Mr.. McCleery, who
Evening star., 1945-03-22

! is as honest as the most honest
character you ever knew, I'D love
| it. That's one of the best things
about having written a play. That,
and the money"
1t is that sort of thing plus his
Evening star., 1945-03-22

first play, his liking for sight-see-
ing and horseshoes, that makes us
thing Mr.. McCleery is one OF the
most promising playwrights we have
been lucky enough to meet in the
last decade or two.
Evening star., 1945-03-22
Ala THE EVENING STAR Washington D. c.
Witty Plays Author Spends
Vacation Here Sightseeing
By JAY CARMODY.

When TIE average paywrigh he likes city dismiss with
different
McCleery. meeting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
From Foxhole to Preside

The extent to which we at home can aid returning combat fatigue" casual ties is clearly demonstrated in 8 current magazine article entitled Meet Ed Sa- Vckas" Not only does the story point out how much we can do for these men, but it indicates concluSively what we should do
 Ed SaVickas is young veteran of the North African and Sicilian campaigns who was discharged from the Army Engi- neers after constant duty under fire brought on a severe case of combat fa- tigue" once vaguely described as "shell shock" He is now holding down a job and making a success of it-as a flight mechanic at the Linden New Jersey, plant of Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors He isn't completely cured of his disability yet, but the marked success which all persons concerned have had in rehabilitating the young veteran should be noted carefully by all those who are being or who will be affected by the problem
 Success in the SavickaS case, the Ladies Home Journal points out, has resulted primarily from the calm patience, sym pathy and wisdom with which he has been treated, first by his wife and again by his employers There must be in the nation thousands of young brides like Mrs. Savickas who, if they have not already had to greet returning husbands changed markedly by the terrible nerv- ous tensions brought on by war, will soon have to. Every detail of her experience, at times discouraging, will be examined by them in great detail. It is astonishing how completely the pattern of woman's life can be changed by the sacrifices de- manded of living as the wife of 'combat fatigue" casualty What is heartenlng, however, is that there are women as ener- getic and wise as Mrs. SavickaS who can make these sacrifices.
 An the care taken by the employers of veterans like Ed SavickaS should be noted. Care in placing him on the right job, in checking his health and job progress at the General Motors plant helped immeas urably in making him useful member of society Hopeless wringing of the hands and fearful, timid policy in deal ing with him would have runined the young mans chances. The success form ula devised for his case should be re- qured reading for all Americans who expect to be connected with this prob lem in any way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

can't be blamed too much for not having put 1t at the top of the agenda. But last month the President requested such a law again. This time it was urgent, with no strings attached.
 Congress has heard lot of testimony since then Mir Stimson and Mr. Torres tai, General Marshall and Admiral King, WIPE Chairman Krug and others have echoed the Presidents plea. Representa- tives of organized business and organized labor have opposed it. Certainly enough evidence and advice have been gathered to make verdict possible.
 If the Senate is convinced that our excellent production record is the best we can do, and wholly adequate, then it should have the courage to kill the May bill. But if it has any doubts, then it should enact some legislation to deal effectively with what our military leaders insist is literally life-and-death emer- gency.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
He Who Gets Snubbed

General de Gaulle has been criticized considerably for his deliberate and deplor able snub of President Roosevelt, whom he refused to meet in North Africa. But somehow we feel sneaking admiration for the testy, unglamorous general, bad manners and all.
 Certainly General de Gaulle and the nation whose provisional government he heads were roundly snubbed by the Big Three who undertook to make decisions vital to France at the Crimea Conference without bothering to consult the French government.
 France is country of great history, proud tradition, courageous survival and hopeful future Her recent misfortunes scarcely merit the paternal brush-off she got at Yalta, and General de Gaulle can scarcely be blamed for resenting it viz OrOuSly
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
Curfews and Cussedness

Perhaps we're cynical, but it strikes us ehat the streak of stubborn cuSsednesS in khe American character may defeat the purpose of War Mobilizer ByrneSS mid night curfeW order, just as it defeated prohibition. That isn't new thought. But the fact that it popped into many heads as soon as the curfeW was an- nounced only strengthens our contention. [ It also strikes us that MT. Byrnes may have worded the order in a way to az gravate our native stubbornnesS. Ger kai1ly no one can quarrel with his inten- kionS. We're all for anything that will save scarce material and manpower and hasten victory. And most of us will agree that, except for soldiers and sailors on leave, anyone who attaches prime i'm portance to having fun in times like these As a moral moron.
 Doubtless the Byrnes curfeW won't ef fleet any great saving. Only few big cities allow amusement places to stay open till or o'clock. Many cities and states already have midnight closing laws for bars, which are the most numerous of the establishments affected. Most others have 1 or 2 o'clock curfeWs.
 Al for transportation economy, sched- ules will have to be maintained for night workers abroad after 12, curfeW or not. And the curfeWs effect will scarcely be drastic enough to save manpoWer by fore Ing many walters, entertainers, bartend- FITS and hat-check girls into other employ ment. For most of them it will just mean shorter hours and less pay.
 Granted that the saving will be small, it iS still worth achieving. And there may be other savings, in efficiency and per hapS in curb on inflationary spending. MT. Byrnes didn't mention these things. In fact, it seems to us that he expressed himself rather unhappily.
 He didn't specify that the curfeW was temporary, though logically it might be. He did specify that restaurants that serve liquor may continue to serve food if they close their bars at midnight. He also specified that night clubs, which likewise are restaurants, may not stay open after midnight, even with their bars closed, because they are places of amusement"
 That sounds more like stop-haVing- fun order than a coal-saving directive. It is, we fear just blue-nosed enough to invite speakeasies and blackmarket en- tertainment as if we didn't have enough trouble already.
 It will be pity if that fear is justified MT. ByrneS's idea deserves Whole-hearted cooperation. The curfew will affect only & minute segment Of our population, and the "sacrfce" it requires is too trivial to discuss. But the idea was presented in such way as invite the reaction that prohibition aroused Perhaps another, franker statement by MT Byrnes might remedy the damage before it's done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
Views Of The Press
PURPLE HEART AWARDS
(Hartford Courant)

N11HEGLOIu COuIdLI)
 . Representative Marion T. Bennett of Missouri has done an excellent thing m protesting against the reckless abandon" with which Purple Hearts are being distributed by mili- tary authorities. Among recent recipients were Jane Fronan, blues singer injured when her Clipper plane crashed near Lisbon, and Q dog named Chips who had por- formed an act of hcroism.
 Without belittling in the slightest the great contributions that may have been made by either Miss Fro- man or Chips, when the Military Order of the Purple Heart was cre- ated by General George Washing ton, August ', 1782, 1t was to be awarded to military personnel flor unusual gallantry and singularly meritorious acts of extraordinary fidelity and essential service.
 If it be thought desirable to have some suitable award to give to civilians, dogs, Red Cross workers and newspaper correspondents, then 1t would seem that new award should be created. The present prac- rice of bestoWing Purple Hearts discriminatory cheapens the award and makes 1t that much less Valu- able to those who have actually earned 1t through courage and gal lantry.
 The Purple Heart as originally conceived by General Washington was to be an insigne of such value that he said: "Should any who are not entitled to these honors have the isolence to assume the badges of them they shall be severely pun ished On the other hand 1t is ex- pected that those gallant men who are thus designated will on all oc- casions be treated with particular confidence and consideration" That those who are members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart are aware of the cheapin- ing of this award through careless distribution is shown by the support of that organization given to q re gently introduced bill that would re- strict the Purple Heart to those members of the armed forces who are wounded i'll action, or tot heir relatives posthumously. Such re- striction is highly desirable. Rep Bennett may have exaggerated somewhat when he said that com mon joke in the services is that q Purple Heart Is included with
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
Manpower Delay

What has become of the call of the President and the judgment and reasoned pleas of General Marshall and Admiral king?" Secretary of War Stimson asked 1n his broadcast appeal for national service law.
 "Will those who have trusted to these men the lives of 12,000,0O0 citizens in uniform" he continued, lat the eleventh critical hour deny to them the strength they say they need to bring this conflict to close, with the saving of as many men, as many lives, as possble?"
 These are not rhetorical questions. MT. Etimson obviously wants information. So do many others. The answers, which have long rested with Congress, rest for the moment with the Senate Military Affairs Committee.
 Senator O'Mahoney has charged MT. Stimson with giving an unbalanced i'm pressiOn" of the manpoWer situation He says that "our soldiers have not been let down by the people on the home front"
 But what exactly does that mean? Does it mean that we are producing up to capacity, that we are providing our forces and our Allies with everything required of us, that we are building up war goods stock pile for the bigger operations to come? Does 1t mean that the war is progressing at it's maximum possible speed? Does it mean that not life has been lost since the first dark days for want of a gun or shell or plane?
 We doubt that the senator meant all that. AbsenteeiSm and labor turnover have been with us since the war started. So have manpower hoarding, industrial inefficiency and bad distribution of labor. Last July the President asked Congress for national service law The request was tentative and ,, to use one of MT. Roosevelts favorite words, iffy". Congress
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
Emotional Regimentation'

Emerson rfSe FosdicS Ssv WaS speaking s1 ' of the dangers dangers of emotional regimentation". When things go well the national spirits go soaring; military reversal and we get a case of countrywide blues. Differences between this country and its Allies depress us on transcontinental scale; the Cri- Inca Conference announcement is cause for general elation.
 The country also seems to be suffering from a mass determination to get this war over with as quickly as possible, and to join in an international organization for enduring peace. Maybe that's emo- tional regimentation. But it's also known as national unity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

special purpose?" asked Senator Hatch.
 "Why?" returned the Senator from California:
 Did you know the trial law yer'S name was Hatch," asked the New Mexican, "and the su- preme court reversed me in that case? I'll tell you about it sometime if you're interested" Senator DoWney hastily changed the subject.
 NOTE-Many California solons, like Yucaipa's hard-workimg Harry Sheppard, have fought the Mexi- can treaty tongue-in-chcek, but solon Sheridan DoWney really takes the baJtle seriously.
 Copyright, 1945, by
 The Bell Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
THE IODINE SHORTAGE IN MICHIGAN CORRECTED BY
 TODTZFD SALT

Tn the pamphlet Instruction for Taking an Iodin Ration" (copy mailed on request if you provide stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress-a clipping will not suffice) I say:
 In young persons 8 shortage Of
 iodine is commonly responsible
 for simple goitre. In various cit-
 ies in Ohio, Michigan and other
 states, as many as thirty per
 cent of all the school children
 show some enlargement of the
 thyroid gland; in one Grand
 Rapids high school half of the
 pupils had goitre, and out of l2,-
 63l school boys examined in
 Grand Rapids, 2,603 had goitre,
 and out of 14,548 girls 5,236 had
 goitre, many of these boys and
 girls less than ten years old :"
 The Grand Rapids Chamber of mmerce executive secretary writes me that "one of our mem bers has just brought to our atten- tion. we checked up this mat ter with our City Health Officer. He informs us that the condi- tion quoted in your pamphlet was true 25 years ago but that for several years past the incidence of goiter in Grand Rapids is insig- nificant if not almost nil. Much of the credit for this given to the widespread use of iodized salt. Therefore we believe it is not fair for you to give the reader of your pamphlet the implication that the condition exists today we are not proud of that record ..
 There is an error in the passage quoted from the pamphlet, an ob- Vious error. It reads: "all tho school chilrren show some enlarge ment of the thyroid" where obvi- ously 1t should read "all the school children showed some enlargement of the thyroid" for the past tense is used in the rest of the allusion to Grand Rapids.
 My thanks to the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce. am par ticularly glad to have the aSsur- ance of the Grand Rapids health officer that simple goitre has been practically prevented in an area where it was so prevalent some years ago, by merely seeing to 1t that every one gets an adequate amount of iodine in one form or another and as the Chamber of Commerce letter says, most of the credit for this is given to the wide spread use of iodized salt.
 If had my way there would be no plain table salt sold in this coun = try, that is, for use as condi- ment. Only iodized salt would be sold. The infiitcsimal amount of iodine Gin the form of potassium iodide) in iodized salt may possibly suffice for some persons who use more than the ordinary amount of salt daily, but is probably less than you would get in helping of, say, canned salmon or dried codflish or almost any fresh, dried, salt or canned sea fish or shell fish you like), for there is only about 1 l-2 grains of potassium iodide in a whole pound Of iodized salt.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

that no one could imagine Bpen- Ger surrounded by anything arti- ficial. But the great man pushed their protests aside. Artificial flow CTS, he said. were so skillfully madG that visitors to his home would think them real and admire them aB such.
 Someone has declared that Spen- cer's choice was characteristic of his whole philosophy, and of the entire school of secular moralists he represented His moral system was rootieSs. It did not spring from re- liglous faith but from expediency It was a singular fact that the philosopher who tried to persuade men everywhere that they could be good without relating their good
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

We're much less interested in all this talk about Henry Wallace's alleged Utopian promise of "a quart of milk for every Hottentot" than we are in the actual delivery of "a package of Ameri- can cigarets for every Swede and every Colombian-whi they last" We don't know who arranged the export of those treasured smokes, but we can assure him that as of today he couldn't get himself nominated for dog catcher, much less confirmed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

Sary to choose flowers which would harInonize with the back ground, Spencer insisted on hay ing a rtifi c 1 al flowers in his
 vases because they would re- quire no re. plenishing. His friends, remon- Strated, saying
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

to bear on { h c State Department to protest the Bri- tLsh Governments w h 1 t e Paper against the crea- ton of a Jewish national home in Palestine.
 The demand for a "C h tian Peace" This was a campaign or ganized large e ly among Methodists and BaptiSts. It was unspecific as tn detail tho TVnoi1
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26

President Roosevelt has signed a directive instructing the State Department to secure certain bases considered necessary by the Army and Navy after the war. The directive is drawn in such way that the State De- partment has no discretion. It is directed to secure the bases, period in effect ignoring the question of whether Latin American na- tions want to lease the bases or not
 Insiders advisors say that the directive was written by the Army and Navy without consult ing the State Department, and that the President apparently did not read It carefully before signing.
 Since then the State Depart ment has been secretly negO- tiating with two countries Bra zil and Ecuador.
 Although 1t will be denied, President Vargas has definitely agreed that after the war, the United States can maintain cer- tain strategic bases on the bulge of Brazil opposite Dakar and the bulge of West Africa. (T'his dove- tails with the Presidents Casa blanca arrangement with Chur- chill for 8 giant U. s. base at Dakar.)
 u. s. BASE IN GALAPAGOS
 Meanwhile similar negotiations are underway with Ecuador for a naval base on the Galapagos islands, just off the Panama Canal
 Unfortunately these military base plans arc being handled in such a way that they are causing serious American resentment.
 Prior to the departure of Sum- ner Welles (real father Of the Good Neighbor policy) from thu State Department, he had dis cussed with Latin diplomats plans for cooperative western hemi- sphere defense. It was to be mu- tual matter, with all Pan -Ameri- can nations working together to defend the Americas. Under this plan. U. s. troops working with other American troops would have been welcomed in Latin American countries on leased bases.
 However, the Good Neighhbol nations were left out in the cold at Dumbarton Oaks, are still sore about 1t, and are secretly ready ready to balk like mule at the idea of U. s. bases being rammed down their throats.
 The Galapagos negotiations with Ecuador illustrate their
 viewpoint. Ecuador wanted an advance from the United States of between 15 to 20 mil- lion dollars to build new roads, and the State Department im- mediateIy linked this up with the long coveted naval base on the Galapagos Islands. We of fered them the money in return for a base.
 From a business viewpoint 1t looked like good deal. But in Ecuador, no government giving up the Galapagos islands for anything except mutual defense and world cooperation can stay in office IS minutes. So the present Ecuadoreon government Is worried sick over bartering a base on the islands for fifteen million bucks.
 JESSE JONES SPILLED BEANS
 They are in exactly the same mood as a previous Ecuadoreap government shortly before Pearl Harbor when Jesse Jones acci- dently told press conference how he was loaning money to the Pa- cific Development company to de- ness to God, naively believed that h
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- sOnaI health and hygiene, not to disease, diagnosis of treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady if a stamped self-addresSed envelope is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to inStru tiOns. Address Dr. William Brady, National News paper Service. 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, III.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
"
 SPOTLIGHT
Issues Public Writes About
By PETER EDISON Waterbury DemOcrat-NEA Wash ingtOn Correspondent

Washington, D. C., Feb. 26 -- The half-dozen issues on which most people wrote to the Department of State last year were these:
 The Jewish question, with partic- ular emphasis from highly organ ized group seeking to bring pressure
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-02-26
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
By EARL L. DOUGLASS, DID.

MORALITY WITHOUT ROOT
 Herbert Spencer, the English scientist and agnostic, went, one time, to take up his residense in & new house. When 1t became neceS-