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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

months diligently pedded our wares in this little sheet keeping my political views out of this domain of potatoes and cabbage.
 T silent and I was scouldering; the tempta- ton was terrific. Finally. came the Churchi-Stan eruption and jumped the fence And in answer to your question tonight, I'll keep on jumping the fence for so long as I've got something to say that needs to be said"
 The handbill advertising everything from yege- table soup to motor oil. was distributed March l3 A little over third of the space taken up with Mir. Marricinis message as follows:
 Today, in addition to beans and cabbages we have new item to sell. And because grocers have to go to war along with everyone else, We feel en- titled to publish the following:
 "A very long time ago, certain groups Of bold young men, known as knights, would gallop off to war at the drop of a hat to avenge the honor of their King. This altogether fitting and in keep ing with the times The common people-mosty peasants-had little to do with these wars They worked hard and paid heavy tribute to their lords but they did not have to out and fight for them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
Sharing Worlds Oil
By Peter EdSOn

fourth Royal Dutch Shell
 World War put an end to that and in 1920 the British, by the San Reno agreement, assigned the German interest to the French U S interests the following year Sir John Gadman came to New York to make deal. Under it. two U. s. companies. Standard of New Jersey and it's subsidiary. Soe0ny Vacuum, each got an iiB75 percent interest. The French kept a 2375 interest and the same amount went to each of two British companies Shell and Anglo-IFanlan oil The remaining percent was held oy o, l. uulbenklan, an Armenian who negotiated the original concession
 This combination Is today known as the iraq Petroleum Company. IL has four principal subsid- HejaE and the southern Arabian peninsula coast. Fhs Is the kind Of international oil operation sen- ator Pepper Is talking about-with vengeance,
 The only all-AmeFiean concessions in the Middle East are held by the Bahrein Petroleum Company and the an-AmeFiean Petroleum Company, Both companies are owned half by Standard Of California and half by the Texas Company. Their concessions cover the BahFeln islands in the Persi0n Gulf and 2el million acres in eastern and southern Saudi Arabia. Whether or not Senator Pepper would be wiling to share these with Soviet Russia, he didn't say
 Recently there have been reports from Moscow the government of Saudi Arabia for oil concessions, The only unieased territory IS western Saudi Arabia with some frontage on the Red sea-aiong srsains
 How willing the British would be to have Soviet Russia gain ths concession Is open 10 some question The establishment Of international control, as in Joint operating company like Iraa Petroleum, might Dc one way to compromise the question
 But # Soviet Russia should be granted 0u con- eeSslonS outside her 0wn borders how willing would she be to grant, in return. oil development eonces- si0ns within the boundaries Gf tae u8SRT Or in countries bordering the US&Rf
 If the answer Is mot at all" the deal 6 apt 10 fall Through International cooperation has to pc Ea-waT bussnaAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
Views of the Press

year In other words, be wants a firm but not a rigid hand exercised in Washington, one with an elastic touch sensitive to the immediate eXigencies and wholly responsive to the one impelling problem of pro- ductivity.
 And for the purpose he would set up a high court of commerce, !" presumably to correlate and streamline the welter of agencies now operating more or less at cross purposes in the field and to pass 1lnall judgment on policy.
 In appraising his recommenda- tions let every one of us remember, first, that he has always been our No. and most consistent anti inflationist, and, secondly. that no one can surpass his record of ex- perience and proved wisdom in the guidance of the countrys economic affairs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

the Pepper proposal this information must be cor- related with recent reports from London that the British government may consider international eOn- tFol Of Iranan oil.
 This, in turn, must be weighed against the US. British petroleum agreement now awaiting Fatiflca- ton by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. This agreement is intended to form the basis for an international treaty with any other nations which care to sign. It would set up an international eom- mission to study and recommend action in the shaF' ing, distribution and supply Of oil It has it's origin in the Atlantic Charters provision for equitable cess to the worlds raw materials.
 
 Even this agreement IS net as revolutionary as lt may sound Actually Middle Eastern oil has been an international development project right from the beginning
 The beginning was n 1904 when Kaiser Wilhelm Of Germany went 10 Senstantin0pe 10 visit the bu" tan of Turkey, The visit resulted in the acquisition 0y the oerman-owned Turkish railways Of cons cessl0n to develop the Mosul oil fields. The German effort failed. and t was followed by period in which every nation tried to get Turkish oil.
 An American, Rear Admiral Colby N. Chester. heard about this oil while on diplomats mission % Constantnople. He resigned his commission and Tor l2 years tried to set the concession fer U. s. interests. He beaten out. in 1912, by a cobina- ton half British ona-fnnrth o9rmAn- and onAv
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
Ration the Nylons

When American ask for ratonng their attitude is than interesting becomes of sociological sgn- canoe.
 In yesterday sDemocrat Its My Opinion reported the of five Waterbury to question to how they thought the supply of womens hosiery should be distributed All five suggested form of rationing
 This signifies either recognition of the fairness of rationing practised during the attitude of passive acceptance the part of Americans to regulation and regimentation-perha both
 Certainly better arrangement for sharing nyons should be devised than the of patient shoppers which prove of equal irritation to those in and out of the lines.
 If the stocking scarcity continues for long, the chilly shin foredoOmed to join the sweet tooth in depend ing on government rationng for relief.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

the younger brothers are being inducted, though Sorely needed on the farm,
 Draft boards in my state are taking all un- married men when they reach draft age, regardless of their essentiality," said Lemke.
 T am aware of the problem" Truman assured nun The same thing IS happening in my own State Of Missouri Some of the draft boards are too strin- gent in the case Of farm workers"
 T don't think anyone should be deferred at the expense of men now in the Army who are entitled to get out" continued Lemke, However, I believe the Army could find between 100000 and S000o0 non- essential men who are able to serve but who have been deferred because of some physical defect"
 Truman said he was inclined to agree and that he planned to go over the whole draft situation Selective Service Chief General Hershey Special emphasis will be given to essential farm workers he said, adding that the Army chiefs would be asked to work out solution with local draft boards.
 The scientists hWl their own reason for Sostpon- ing the atomic boiSo test and this was the one which finally controlled-namely, the impossibilty of measuring the underwater atomic explosion until machine is perfected
 At the last Cabinet meeting, however, President Truman brought up an additional reason-the fact Congressmen who wanted to witness the test in mid Pacific
 This, however, was no problem for Postmaster General Bob Hannegan.
 If you'll let me pick them" he said, "it might be an excellent thing to hold the test at this time
 If you are puzzled to why returned veterans can't buy suits, the confidential government figures on wooen and worsted goods will give you the swer.
 Briefly, it boils down to the fact that more wool ems and worsted are being woven than almost before-but they all going to the ladies. Women's clothing bring higher prices the poor veteran is being let out in the cold.
 If you don't believe it, look at the figures. During the last quarter of l945 the production of wooens and worsted shot up l3 percent over the previous quarter, and 3l percent over the 1889 average In other words, were making more woolens at the end of l945 than before the war started
 However here is the pay-off During the same closing months of 945 10000 900 additional yards of
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
Lobbying for Comfort

The postwar world has the atomic bomb color eeysOn fountan pen that for two without reng and other assorted wonders. But Senator Ebert Thomas complaining the other day. hay fever still abdes in the goldenrod, and the cold still abdes in too many respiratory systems during too many days of the winter months.
 Furthermore, says the Senator. manufacturer has yet made bed that will comfortably accommodate a man six-fo0t-six.
 Attaboy, Senator! The outlook for civilization and the human race has never been goomer But until what mankind is going to do with it's atomic payhing. might we'll do waiting in comfort And it's good to sec one of our legislators reversing the usual procedure by starting little lobbying for that desirable end in the halla pl science and industry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
PRODUCE, PRODUCE, PRODUCE!
lNew York Herald Trihune,

| NAFN" van AAS4oAN AAASAAASg
 What in reality are wages? They are merely what you can buy for the money you get for your work. Those of us whose memory goes back say, thirty years are, or should be, entirely aware of this. We can recall that at half or less of the scale of pay prevalent today we lived better, saved more, en- ioyed a greater security. The rela- tion of wages to prices should be the simplest of all economic lessons to learn. yet in a money economy de- voted to counting pennies instead of goods it seems one of the hard est.
 Against the background of the elementary truth thus tritely elu- cidated consider MT. Bernard Bar uchs testimony before the House Banking Committee. He is at war with the governments wage price policy which so far has stifled pro- duction and thus rendered every in- crease in the pay envelope a mock cry. More goods, flood of goods, ! are what he asks for. Without in creased production the rest of my suggestions are meaningless"
 The rest of his suggestions count up to thirteen. This is not the place to list them all, but a few deserve particular discussion. He would eli- minate all strikes and lockouts for a year, by agreement preferably, but failing that, by law. However de- sirable, this seems to us a very large order. In the absence of war pres sure, winch produced the no-strike pledges of labor, not infrequently violated, is there any one optimis- tic enough to believe that such a truce could not be negotiated? The failure of Mir. Trumans labor-man- agement conference appears to sup ply the answer. And law forbid ding industrial conflict, one fears, would quickly become more of an enforcement farce than national prohibition. Let us agree with MT. Baruch to this extent: Given the crucial urge for production and the fallacy, from any point of view, of strikes that impede it, both des- perately obvious today, the govern ment should convene another labor management conference on the bare possibility that a no-strike agree ment might emerge.
 Do not fear" said Mir. Baruch. ito increase prices and wages where necessary to get and stimulate pro- duction." Tn this adlnonition we can agree with him heartily, for his is not a counsel to let nature take its course, which IT. the pres ent circumstances, with demand so far in advance of supply. would be disastrous. On the contrary, he strongly fayors continued control both of prices and wages subject to indicated notifications for
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
CONNECTICUT OAR SPEAKS OUT
Hartford Times

tHartford Times
 It is to the credit of the Connec- ticut Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution that it has gone on record as opposing the policy that has reflected racial prejudice in connection with the use of Constitution Hall, the Na- tional Headquarters in Washington.
 Several times in recent years the OAR has suffered from criticism following the National Organiza- tions refusal to rent the hall to Negro artists. The for white art iStS only policy denies equality under the Constitution to the United States citizens, and has been condemned.
 The resolution adopted by the Connecticut Society at it's annual meeting in Torrington deserves emulation by other State societies, and adoption by the National OAR. It calls for a change in the rules governing the use of Constitution Hall so that the edifice may be be rented by artists of merit of any race" That is a truly American policy to adopt, wholly consistent with the true ideals of the OAR.
 With reference to the latter. the Connecticut Societys resolution calling for rehabilitation of the Na- tional Society's public relations de- pertinent seems justified by recent events. The unfortunate anti-Negro policy pursued with reference to Constitution Hall must be aban- doned, however, before any public relations policy can deal construc- lively with the ideals of the organ ization. The time has come when the National Society must rid it. self of a damaging anti-American policy, which doubtless is the only cause of important criticism of the society.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

when are the young men going to raise their voices?' OK, MT. Stokes, here's one voice raised raised right out here in a little mill town not big enough to put on the map. I don't know what goodll come of it, and right now it has all the earrflarks of a whisper in the Grand Canyon.
 "The handbill enclosed here is something I have been turning out for my fathers three grocery stores ever since my return from the Army last Fall Eor siy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

order Go aid the bumper harvest SO Vitally needed this year
 The North Dakota Congress- man told Truman that many farms in the Northwest are orit- ieally short-handed due to the drafting of only sons when they reach the age of iB.
 Lemke also pointed out that large numbers of older sons who have served in the armed forces are not returning to the farm, They are taking fancler jobs in AhA naAlne lneAao1 Y,, pn,aaN aneae
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
PERSONAL PREFERENCES

1 like the people who engrave The Scriptures on the heads of pins Or make a fiddle from a slave, Or bind book in cricket sls~rs, Or have the patience and the skill To raise, with matches, twine anc
 glue,
 A dwelling which, to every sill, Is architecturally true;
 Or use a bottle in which they Contrive to fabricate a ship. Or, with a blindfold, blithely play Rachmaninoff without a slip; Or take the obsolescent parts Of buggies, watches, pumps and
 jars,
 Of bikes and fertilizer carts, And conjure smoothly running
 cars.
 They are my favorite people, yet The simple truth I can't deny There isn't one that have met And maybe that's the reason why
 Joe StaIin says tiAat there isn't going to be a war. We'd better mol put those atoms back in their mol eculeS just yet, though.
 Old automobiles will be the tar gets of eXteremely critical examina- tion by state inspectors this spring So don't let the old girl start think ing she's a chicken just because she's had her hood lifted.
 Even in this age of specializa- tion and refinement. you'll have co hand the blue ribbon to the guy who has invented a machine that will tell when a lie-detecting ma chine isn't telling the truth.
 Perhaps the best way to divide the short supply of beer would be to serve each drinker according to his capacity" says Ed Pointer of the Boston Globe. It might help some, too, to inflict prohibition of beer on the women, those tradition al nOndFinkers of beer who are bound to order it now just because it's scarce.
 The Thankful Muse There's this to say of March: If
 she
 Declines to exit like a lamb, She's done enough, at least for me, So I can't say I'll give damb.
 Among the famous men who played the flute were Washington, Byron. Stevenson, Rousseau, Bos- well, Cellini, Schopenhauer and Da Vinci. But can anyone name what bands they were with?
 The Senate War Investigating Committee is severely critical Of the job the Government is doing in dis posing Of unused war goods abroad. particularly in Great Britain. where lOw prices for the goods are said t0 be common. The main question, though, is: How are the collections?
 CaSh-ins Of Series ? government bonds now exceed sales Of the 0f- feFing. Comes a time in the life Of a neSt-egg when seranbling it for breakfast is indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

oil With Soviet Russia, has more to 1t than meets the ear.
 As a matter of record, de- Velopment of some of the richest oil fields in the Middle East has been an international operation for the last 25 years. It is shared by two U. S and two British com- panies with one French oil cons ceFn, They operate as the IFaq Petroleum Company, Ltd, and as such control concessions which run to beyond the year 1000.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
Blind Patriotism

This column today will be turned largely to Eugene Marrcini, veteran of Elizabeth, Pa. who said in a letter:
 Tn tonightS column you wind up a pertinent criticism of fumbling tradition with the question
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

WASHINGTON, March as--Story behind the re- cent White House visit of COP, Representative William Lemke Of North Dakota Is that President TrnmAn mAN MhnrAllaA AhA drAfllnn of fArmnrS in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
$ Yaara Ago

Police were investigating a series Of ear theftS which occurred in the city in the past two days
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

The death og a man discovered iE the washro9m Of e local iheateg was pronounced as due to natural eausAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 2s- Florida Senator Claude Peppers speech on foreign relations in which he sounded off on the need for sharing the worlds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
Waterbury Of the Past
% Years Ago

The Mattatuek Council Senior Boy Scouts, planned a ball to be held in June.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
IS Years Ago

l0 Years Ago
 Charles Kellert Q! chapel Street returned here from a prolonged visit 10 New York.
 4 5Oth wedding anniversary was celebrated by MT. and Mrs. cliff ord Noonan ol Sheffield Street.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

Among the famous men who played the flute were Washington, Byron. Stevenson, Rousseau, Bos- well. Cellini, Schopenhauer and Da Vinci. But can anyone name what bands they were with?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

Cash-ins Of Series 2 government bonds now exceed sales Of the 0f- feFing. Comes a time in the fife Of a nest-egg when seraInbling it for breakfast is indicated.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

TIC IHaIlhHuI MusE There's this to say of March: If
 she Declines to exit like a lamb. She's done enough, at least for me So I can't say I'll give damb.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

The Senate War Investigating Committee is severely critical of the job the Government is doing in dis posing of unused war goods abroad. particularly in Great Britain. where low prices for the goods are said
 t0 be common. The main question, though, is: How are the collections?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28

I like the people who engrave The Scriptures on the heads of pins Or make a fiddle from slave, Or bind book in cricket sls~ss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
AMERICAN LEAGUE
July } Church Games on Sept. 4

The executive committee of the Inter-Church softball league has voted to postpone all games that were to be played on July 3rd This is being done as it has been found that many of the players working in the various factories of Water bury will be on vacation during this week. Those who are not on full weeks vacation will probably be going away over the Fourth of July and will be leaving town on the third.
 It was further decided that all games that were to be played on July 3rd will be played at the end of the season. This was done so that the printed schedule might be fol- lowed without misunderstanding Thus those games that were to be played on July 3rd will be played on Sept. 4th unless other arrangements can be made at a later date.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-01
|M Men Named For AU-Star | Come, July 9
By MILTON RICHMAN United Press Sports Writer)

New York, July l - (UP) - Brooklyn, St. Louis and Chicago, the three teams battling for the National League pennant, today provided IA of the 25 players with which the National League hopes to subdue the American League in the annual major league all-star game at Boston July g.
 Six players were chosen from the Cardinals, the preseason pennant favorites, while the Dodgers, cur rently leading the race, and the Cubs, who are third behind the Redbirds, will provide four each.
 To round out the team, the eight National League managers chose three players each from Cincinnati and Boston. two each from Pitts burgh and New York and only one from the up and coming Phillies. Most Of the balloting, however, was done before Philadelphia started its current drive for the first division.
 Here are the players named to the National League squad:
 Pitchers - Claude PaSSeau and Johnny Schmitz, Chicago; Kirby Higbe, Brooklyn; Howie Pollet, St. Louis; Truett SeWell, Pittsburgh; Mort Cooper, Boston and Ewell Blackwell, Cincinnati.
 Catchers - Walker Cooper, New York; Phil Masi, Boston and Ray Lamanno, Cincinnati.
 Infielders Marty Marion. George KuroWski and Al Schoen- dienst, St. Louis; Johnny Mize, New York; Pee Wee Reese, Brook lyn; Eddie Miller, Cincinnati and Frank Gustine, Pittsburgh.
 Outfielders - Dixie Walker and Pete Reiser, Brooklyn; Stan Mu- sial who has been playing first base) and Enos Slaughter. St. Louis; Phil Cavaretta and Harry Lowrey, Chicago; Johnny Hopp, Boston and Delmer Ennis, Philadel- phia.
 Fourteen of them-Higbe, Pollett, Schmitz, Blackwell, Walker Cooper, Lamanno. Mize, Reese, Schoen- dienst, Slaughter, Musial, Reiser, LoWrey and Ennis-are ex-service- men.
 Experienced
 Veterans of the All-Star array are Mize of the Giants and Miller of the Reds, each of whom has played in five other inter-league classics. Walker Cooper and Passeau were chosen three times previously; Se- well, Mort Cooper, Marion, Kurow- ski, Slaughtern. Musial, Walker and Relser twice before, and Higbe, Pollet, Reese and Cavaretta once prior.
 Appearing in their first All-Star engagement are Schmitz, Blackwell, Masi, Lamanno, Ennis, Hopp. Low cry. Gustine and Schoendienst.
 Charley Grimm, manager of the Champion Cubs, will pilot the squad against the American League, with Billy SouthWorth, Braves manager, and Bill McKechnie, Cincinnati skipper, aiding him as coaches. Bill Posedel of the Braves was chosen batting practice pitcher and Bob Scheffing of the Cubs, batting prac- tice receiver.
 The inter-league all-star series was started in 1884 and the Amer ican League boasts an eight to four advantage over the Nationals in the l2 games played. Members of the current team who appeared in the last all-star game played at Pitts burgh in l944 include Walker, Cav arretta, Miller, SeWell, Cooper, Ku- roWski, Marion and Musial.