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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

search Foundation.
 Four cases do not constitute breakdown of the U S. patent system. But they do give an indication that some of the big patent holders now realize that if they do not loosen up, there may be new patent reform legislation that will force paentees to give up even more. Such reform of the patent system may come out of the present Congress in considering the Kilgore Magnusson and other proposals for gov- ernment financing of scientific research.
 First to start this parade of voluntary patent right surrenderers was International Harvester which has never depended on its patents for dominance in the farm machinery and equipment field. But 1t has now made available for licensing 1000 of the l24s patents it holds.
 Second was Aluminium Company of America. which has granted the government free rights on all its aluina refining process patents AS result Of this action Surplus Property Administration through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation hopes to lease the Jones Mill and Hurricane Creek Ark, plants to Reynolds Metals In effect this will set up Reynolds as a real competitor to ALCOA. No promises have been made but by surrenderng Its patent rights for use by competitor, ALCOA stands to gain through getting back in the good graces of the Department of Justice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

has surnrsed earlier critics by his fortnight hand ling of the extremely difficult surplus property snnr one of the last things he did as surplus property administrator was to foree the Aluminium Corporation of America to turn over its patents to the govern ment
 On the surface, AICoAs offer looked like magnanimous gesture but behind the scenes It took some tough talking by Symington and Assistant At- torney General wendell Berge to put it across
 The Aluminium Corporation, which made the late Andrew Mellon one of the three richest men in America, had long enjoyed an alright monopoly, was exposed by the Justice Department for combining with the Germans to curtail magnesium production essential to the airplane industry. AS result, an antitrust decision now hangs over ALCoAs head
 This was the weapon used by Symington and Berre to bludgeon ALCOA into sharing its aluminium patents.
 During the war, ALcoA produced aluminium in government-owned plants, but thanks to the vigi- lance of the Justice Department and Secretary lckeS policy was declared whereby ALCOA could not in- crease its monopoly by acquiring these plants after the war
 The problem however, was to find another buyer to operate the government plants-especialy since this buyer would not have aluminium patents. Louis Reynolds of the Reynolds Metals Company was will ing to take two large plants in Arkansas, but he could not operate without using ALCOAs lime snter-soda patents. And ALCoA was only willing to rent these patents at prohbitive royalties.
 Finally about ten days ago. Arthur Davis, head of ALCoA was summoned to the office of Attorney General Tom Clark. With him came l. W. Wilson also of ALCOA, and Leon Hickman their attorney Sitting on the opposite side of the council table were Symington Sam Husbands of the REC plus Wendell Berge Ernest Meyers, and Irving Lipkowitz, all of the anti-trust division.
 The session lasted two hours. ALCOAs Davis and Attorney Hickman did most of the talking They pro- posed first that they would give their sinter-soda process to ALCOAs competitors provided the govern ment would drop its antitrust case. Assistant At torney General Berge, however said No Berge iS mil the late Senator George Norris, from whose state of Nebraska he comes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Spending the Fat

Detroit hardest hit of all the stkebound cities of the United States is dipping heavily into to finance likeness Postal savings and time deposits in banks, which showed steady uptrend during the pngng down. ward Redemption of saving bonds the heavi- est record there Cash money safety deposit boxes is vanishing The CIO unions treasury has current oper- atfng deficit of approximately $150000 per month. Since the end of the Michigan has paid out $7000000O in u employment benets than onehaf of which went to Detroit
 The automotve companies also spending reserves General Motors with little coming in and with Thousands of office workers and executives pay is opera ng in the red The Ford Motor Company estimates it will ose $85 900 this year wage increase grant ed indicating that motor profits in the reconverson period WiIl be lean.
 Department store sales are holding up and entertain ent piaces with the exception of the movies, show in eases But it is clear that Detroit spending the fat that as counted upon to supply record markets for industries when scarce goods become availabe Strikes lessen the money available for postwar markets and thereby shorten he prospective period of prosperity.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
By Bill Cunningham

rible one that struck Hickory N C., and which might have swept from there through the entire United States if 1t hadn't been stopped in its tracks.
 The other half stays right in your own com munity. in charge of that next-door neighbor of yous or that somebody else in your town previously mentioned. YouT discover that your county has an organization called a chapter, and that that next door neghbor or other humanitarian, in your town, is either member of 1t or has instant access to it, That means that If your kid, or the kid down the street in the next block, down behind the tracks, suddenly goes down in the grip of this killer and crppier the best medical science affords will be instantly at his side and will stay there long as he needs it, even if that runs into years.
 
 I was proud of our organization when received letter from the head of one of Bostons famous hospitals He said the hospital had been treating small boy afflicted with infantiIe and that the ex penses had been paid by hospital fund to which the family subscribed The fund had Its course, the boy still needed disqualification and treatment The doctor wanted to know if the March of Dimes Fund could do anything in case of this sort.
 told him hadn't heard of the case, but that the answer was yes and that for his future ref- erence, 1t would always be yes and that I'd call our chapter headquarters of the county in which the family resided the pleasant and efficient field work CT said we had been in on the case within an hour of the diagnosis as infantile that full arrangements had long since been made with the family. that we were the job. and would stay on the job. Either somebody had forgotten to notify the head of the hospital or perhaps he was checking to make certain but at any rate the little victim was assured Of and received, the best there is. The last news had was that he was coming along great and gave every evi- dence of being an ali-Amerca fulback before he is through
 can think of the baby of man who works in a place not far from this office struck in last sum mers epidemic. The man doesn't make much money Infantile is expensive thing to fight. Word came There was phone call This was mid-afternoon and before sundoWn the child was in a good hospital with the best of doctors at his bedside The last heard, he was coming along fast the were calling him Butch.
 could 90 on with these but do have tog
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

AhAhhAhBuAAn IL IS klaL Q ulMe lS euOuBtl-u everybody would give 4 dime is all we want from the kids. From the elders. we'd like dollar ten dollars a hundred, thousand.
 Every cent of every dollar goes straight into fighting the disease. Naturally. in waging such fight. and the fight goes 2 hours day the year around, there must be regional offices with staffs to confer with hospitals to consult with the families of victims have every facility ready for instant &C., ton in case of epidemic. These staffs small but expert and although they are paid because they too, must live the salaries are modest and expenses kept at the minimum.
 If any cynic wants to challenge the statement that every cent of every dollar goes straight into fighting the disease, he'll have to take his stand on that very slippery ground, because the converse of that. and the truth is that that is how the disease fought.
 All the rest is entirely voluntary No professional fund-collecting agersy operates this drive-for percentage. This one Is run by such unpaid believers in it myself, and, if not yor next-door neighbor, somebody else in your town, who likewise s in t only because he hopes that by Gods grace, and the contribution of extra hours of his some crippled kid will laugh and run and play again-sonle sorely stricken home be held together.
 Half the money you contribute goes to the Na- tional Foundation where it. in turn goes straight into endless research by the finest doctors and scientists in America n research grants to great hospitals such our Massachusetts, General 10 meeting and fight ing swiftly and at the ate epdemics such as the teT-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
BUMPS ON THE Is4s HIGHWAYS
CNew York Sun)

The millions of dollars which the States and the Federal government will spend on highway repair and other construction this year will not buy what the same amount of money would have bought six years ago. In a general study of the outlook for highway construction prepared for Engineering News-Record the idea is most compactly put by representa- tive of the Iowa Highway Commis- sion, who says that the commission
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

There have been years or aBIOa- tion for liberalization of U. S. patent laws. There have been years of pressure from the Anti Trust Division of the Department of Justice to prevent misuse of patent rights in restraint of new enterprise. Then out of clear sky, four big patent holders open their books to all corners. some for free. The four pace setters are International Harvester, Alumi- mum Company of America. Radio Corporation and Wisconsin Re-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

pdLfIOIloIII-LIIAL we IIIay UuIIU a stronger America; to humanitari- anism-that the cruelty afflicted may live, and learn to walk again; to self protection, in the final analysis-that the most cruel and mysterious of all diseases may be eliminated as a lurking threat to lives and limbs, especially of the children that you love.
 Conveniently. the drive is called the MGSch of Dimes, and one of the friendly things about
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

UIINEl TUTIIINIIII 1IUW ENN14ENWN " Secretary of War.
 Meanwhile. CHS can expect symlneion to lean over back ward to give them Q break. He's that klnd Of guy. Probably che best of President Truman's Missouri appointments, Symlng1on startled businessmen several years ago by putting a shafe~the-profits plan into effect in his Emerson Electric Plant in st. Louis. ft worked wonders with labor.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, gan. n9-~N isnN being Adter- tlsod but ll newly appointed stuart symingson makes good as Assistant Secretary oi War; Do s almost cer~ tain eo Do upped Co tho No. ioe h ne Mar Depast-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Appeal

The annual drive for funds with which to con- tnue the national fight to the death with the in- dious scourge of infante paralysis is and every citizen is urged to contribute The appeal is to-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Patent Reform

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 Four important U. S. holders of patents worth millions have in recent days announced they were releasing their patent rights for general licensing to competitors This is something
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
The Firing Line By D. N. T.

And citizens of Missouri, on hearing the news (that one of Pres- ident Truman's old suits adorns his figure in a London wax museum [, may like to think that perhaps some tiny spot of Independence chicken gravy travelled to London on a gray lapel. Prom an editorial in the New York Herald Tribune.
 LAPEL, NOTHING! Missourians would like to tell Their children's tots that Harry Got gravy on a gray lapel When carelessly unwary. They'd like to think some little spot Escaped the cleaners fury, Some tiny remnant was forgot Of gravy from Missouri; That Harry ate with too much
 haste,
 That he forgot to bracket The target of a juicy taste, And some got on his jacket. Perhaps the Herald Trib is Wrong; Its writers should be sager, For I'll give odds, and make them
 long,
 Tn an attractive wager That Harry Truman doffs his coat AS do the hungry many And gravy.-from the fork or boat Would hit his vest-if any.
 A photographic map of the uni- verse will be the first job of the astronomers when the huge new telescope on PalOmar Mountain in California is completed. Does that give anyone an idea of the proper answer for the next dictator who insists on his cOuntryS' need for living room?
 They're calling the steel strike the most important in the history of the United States. Forgetting, of course, that nonpareil third called on Casey at the bat. General Charles de Gaulle has resigned as interim president of France, following row with Leftist members of his cabinet. He said that the resignation wEs "irre- vocable" but nearly everyone has the hunch that he'll be back before it's time to trim his moustache again.
 Note on PrevaricatiOn "Only twice day
 Do tend the fire"
 sing the man who says 1t With symbolic Tyre.
 Lady AstOF didn't stop reporters from questioning her when she re- ferred to herself as an extinct vol canO", as she landed In New York Sunday. Even extinct ones are still on the map.
 The Tokyo police are planning to strike for 200 per cent increase in pay. Who said 1t was going to be tough to educate the Japanese in the ways of democracy?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

Note on PrevaricatiOn "Only twice a day Do l tend the fire" [ sing the man who says It With 8 symbolic Tyre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
16 Years Ago
5 Years Ago

A subscriber inquired of The Democrat: If a man lost his mind would 1t pay to advertiser"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 Harry Liebeskind, local World War I hero, received the D. s. O.. from It. Col. Aloe at Mayor Sand- lands office.
 ''Red' Walsh of Waterbury pre- pared for his forthcoming fistic engagement to decide the middle weight title of the fleet.
 16 Years Ago
 It was announced that the long awaited Knights of Columbus-Nau- gatuck basketball game was post poned until February go.
 Gene Reilly, golf pro at the Wa terbury Country club, returned to his hometown of Newark for the winter.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

Lady AstOF didn't stop reporters from questioning her when she rec ferred to herself as an extinct vol can0", as she landed In New York Sunday. Even extinct ones are still on the map.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

Coal per ton sold for ei7.50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

The Tokyo police are planning to strike for a 200 per cent increase in pay. Who said 1t was going to be tough to educate the Japanese in the ways of democracy?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

They're calling the steel strike the most important in the history of the United States. Forgetting, of course, that nonpareil third called on Casey at the bat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-23

Then ahe AfcoA uxtoutlvus proposed lo bArler helr natcnls for the right % build new factories of their own. IhR ls forbidden them under the court tulirs. Again Defee sAld no.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
MORE ABOUT
AIRPORT
FROM PAGE ONE

whose facilities he described as
unsurpassed"
. Wilmington will be the eastern
operating terminus for u service,
he declared, land, in addition to
your airport's outstanding charac-
ter, there r many advantages to
using a route terminal as a main
headquarters"
Berboth, who along with H. X.
Gilbert, States president, and
Howard w. Klotz, the chairman of
its executive board, conferred with
members Of the Wilmington-New
Hanover airport authority on his
company's plans last night, en-
phasized however that his COM
pany was not yet committed to
locating its operating base here.
The CAB is expected to rule en-
applications by State Airlines and
"a other companies to set up feed
er" routes in the Southern states
early in 1947. A CAB examiner has
already recommended that State
be given auth ority to operate across
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia
and Ohio.
1--WE are an applicant for a fran
chise and one of many applicants,
Berboth pointed out. 1.-THE CAB ex-
aminers have twice ruled in our
favor but naturally we are still
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
MORE ABOUT
BUSINESS
FROM PAGE ONE

ing money "to nations which de-
l%iberately misunderstood our mo-
tives," and said the preservation
'of our free, private-enterprise
system must be our main con-
Germ"
Secretary Hartman, noting the
passing of price controls on most
commodities, said businessmen
must help prevent "as far. as
practicable further inf Eionary
price increases"
He asked each corporation to re-
strict its purchases of products in
short supply, postpone new con-
struction so as to leave building
materials for veterans housing,
and to back the Administrations
policy of continuing both import
and export controls. These, he said,
would help hold down world price
initiation, aid other nations to build
up dollar credits and to rebuild
devastated areas and industry.
The Commerce secretary also
urged corporations, when they in
vest in other countries, to bring in
as partners nationals of those ma
tions to avoid charges of ''exploita-
ton"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
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TEACHER
FROM PAGE ONE

about by low salaries and the turn
over in teaching staffs," it added
The MEAS findings were based
on a survey by Frank w. Hubbard,
director of the organizations re-
search division. It showed a wide
range in teacher salaries. In Mis-
sissippi, 1872 percent of the teach
ers were reported to be making
less than 5000 a year. The District
of Columbia was at the other end
of the list, with no teachers draw
ing less than $4,000.
The brightest spots IN the total
picture" the NEA said, "are to
be found in the efforts to improve
salary schedules. Much progress
has been made in cities in recent
months, and state legislative pro-
grams promise changes early in
1947.
Most of these steps forward
have been taken in the large cities
where a distinct movement is
afoot to adopt salary schedules
with $1,000 to S 2,400 minimums and
81, 900 to 81, 500 maximums. In met
ropolitan some of the new
schedules may reach maXimums
between $1,000 and $4,000. A few
county units have begun to com
pete seriously with cites in the
50, 000-$4, 900 range"
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
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RUSSIAN
FROM PAGE mi

of these guards, a certain Childers,
assaulted and badly beat a Negro
%passerby.
Wears Brown Shirt
when the arrested Childers ap-
peared in court, LOOMS appeared
wearing a brown shirt. He explain
ed in detail the purposes of the
'Columbians' to pressmsn, who i'm
mediately widely publicized the or
%ganization.
"On the night of October 30 a
Negro home near where the beat
ing occurred was damaged by a
bomb.
Seemingly encouraged by wide
spread publicity, the 'Columbians'
have held mass meetings at which
speakers denounced Negroes, Jews
and Mrs. Roosevelt.
On November 2, LOOMS and
many other Columbians' began
picketing the 'Columbians' and
urged repeal Of the charter per-
hitting the existence Of this or
%ganization.
The Atlanta police were thus
forced into action, and arrested
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
MORE ABOUT
FROM SPORTS PAGE

mel won't be much more than %
feet deep"
"Our company brings in eight to
ten tankers a month. All of them
are travelling light because of the
channels condition, and at least
half could carry full loads if the
shoals could be dredged out" the
oil shipping official declared.
In the meanwhile. City Attorney
William B. Campbell and Cyrus D.
Hogue, chairman of the Whining
ton Port commission, will meet to-
day to draft a resolution request
ing early action by President Tru-
man to unlock funds for dredging
the channel. The resolution, back
ed by the State Ports Authority,
is believed to represent the city's
best hope for early defrosting &C
ton.
Three other local shippers, con-
tacted last night, agreed that the
local channel, already shallower as
a result of wartime neglect, is
shoaling up to a dangerous point.
At the present time, the major
effect of the cessation Of mainte-
lance work has been the material
tightening OF cargoes and eight or
ten hour delays caused by waits
for the high tide which is needed
to carry tankers up the river, they
said.
Ships drawing 20 feet are, for
example, unable to negotiate the
channel at low tide, n shipper
said.
Spokesman for the Standard Oil
company said they r awaiting
the arrival this week Of the ESQ
Memphis, their first ship to dock
here in a month, to determine what
has happened to the channel since
all engineers dredging ceased last
week. They estimated the rivers
present depth as 28 feet.
A Cape Fear terminal official
said that lower Midnight Bar, the
last channel point at which the
Army engineers we're working, was
no more than q feet deep when
the dredge Huston was called off
the job there last week.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
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POLICE
FROM PAGE ONE

other Jewish underground orgahi-
cations from Palestine had threat
ened the lives of leading person
a%lities, gave the reason Tor the
added precautions.
1--WE would look silly if we acted
after some threat had been carried
out"
Receive Threat
Scotland yard had disclosed
earlier that an anonymous threat
had been made to assasslnate
Field Marshall Lord Mon somery
''unless British policy in Palestine
is Immediately changed"
Official government spokesman,
however, deprecated suggestions in
the British press that a campaign
of violence was in tie offing.
The security precautions gave
unexpected reality to the tradltlo :
al search tomorrow of the
cellars under the houses of P~rlla-
ment, which will be conducted as
they have been for three centuries
on the opening day of a new ses-
sion.
The custom dates from the Guy
Fawkes conspiracy, whose mem
bers planted gunpowd9 under
earlier parliament buildings and
planned to blow the King and
parliament sky high in 1905. The
Search for "gunpowder" is purely
ceremonial and often merry.
Police who scoffed at the serious
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-11-12
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BLIZZARD
FROM PAGE ONE

.inued in the Southern states. The
threat of further snow in t he
Rockies waned with erratic be-
navior of a storm area over Cali
fornia.
The local cold front faded in
Louisiana, where a tornado and
thunderstorms took n life Sun
day. A maximum of 80 degrees
was reported at Brownsville.
Texas, Monday.
Temperatures between zero and
five above were reported in East
ern Colorado, Southern Wyoming.
Nebraska and Southeastern South
Dakota in the wake of a two-day
snow fall. Thirteen lives vas the
billiards. toll.
Parco, Wyo., reported the ma
TONS lowest official temperature
Monday morning-four below zero.
Snowfall of two to ten inches in
the belt from Eastern Colorado
Northeastward through Nebraska
and into Southern and Central
Minnesota brought the maximum
depth in some places to 16 inches.