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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
Now It Can Be Told
by Thon1as Stokes
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machines in Shelby County and Memphis for reasons anybody can guess Nor there any booths or cur tainS All voting done at little shelves along the walls with small partition between one place and the next, open to view or shoulder glances
 And, in most polling places there nailed to the wall above this shelf facing the voter, posters saving in box-car letters "vote thus" with cross after it and then below the names of Crunp ticket, including Senator Kenneth D McKelar and Gov. Jim McCord They wanted mistakes.
 Significant of the atmosphere of one-n1an rule also were other things The polling places were com- pletely plastered with big posters of the Crump ticket and many polling places the election man. agers and the clerks wore cardboard ribbons of the Crump ticket.
 Workers for the Crump ticket stood right at the door of the polling places, with the air o being com pletey in charge, handing out Crump sample ballots in violation of the law that requires them to stand at least 50 feet away. The whole thing brazen MT. Crump is the law And it looked as if he had taken over the whole show-which, of course, he had
 There was no evidence that anybody else running but the Crump candidates, except in few cases where the opposition watchers wore cardboard ribbons carrying the of Edward V. Carmack and Gordon Browning, candidates for Senator and Governor, respectively. Patrolmen in plain clothes inside some polling places In violation of the law, ready to do whatever necessary to carry out the wishes of their boss including election of watchers Deputy sheriffs of Shelby County also mixing in wherever needed.
 What goes in Memphis is important because through some of Tennessees representatives in Con- the and also exercises influence in the nation through ome of Tennessee's representatives in Con- gress. He also has influence in national couven- tions of the Democratic Party.
 Therefore the negaton of democracy in tt,As o4ty has it's effects far afield.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
Liberal Isolationism

Some writers reviewing the political of Senators Henrik Shpsead and Burton K Wheeler since their prlm ary defeats have seemed puzzled by the contrasts they find For the gentlemen from Minnesota and Montana who clearly defeated for their soatonst stand foreign policy had been militant young liberals in theri day.
 But is that impossible contradiction? When these men to the Senate in 1923 the general temper rather isoatonist The League of Nations fight and lost National thought and effort cenered domestic mat ters There political corruption in high places. There had been militant young liberals in their day.
 improvement and plenty of opportunity for young liberal to keep 0usy
 The choice isoationism did present itself until Che threat war; 15 years later The choice had another liberal the exBu Moose Sen Hiram Johnson of California, after World War l. He like these younger col leagues turned isolationist and stayed turned
 Why? Well, why not? Perhaps complete absorption domestic reform be just isoationstc complete enthusiasm for the domestic staus quo. Perhaps puzzled because insist putting strict definitions to i'm precise and changeable words, insisting that liberalism certain hard and fast stands foreign and domestic policies and that olaonsm and reaction
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

MEMPHIS-An election in Memphis under Boss Ed ii Crump is something to see That is, if you are looking for something different from the usually &C., cepted practice in this stage of development as democracy
 It is as much in the atmosphere of subservience to one-man rule evident in many ways, as in what happens This is seen in the attitude of election off, cials as if their whole duty is to MT Crlmp and not to citizens as individuals and voters The machine IS dominant, arrogant and supreme.
 The outstanding impression of stranger on a tour of voting places here in the Tennessee primary election Thursday for Senator, Congressmen, Gov ernor and other offices was that people here have become so accustomed to this spirit of dominance that it is accepted normal. They seem no longer able to see how it is different from commonly recog- nized election rights and practices. This complacency stood out sharply because It was ruffled bit by an innovation in this election For the first time on such scale, the opposition to the Crump machine had watchers at the polls who had been trained in schools conducted jointly by the CIO and the clean election league which opposed the Crump slate.
 It was obvious from what happened and from interviewing election officials here and there when incidents arose. that the machine hrelings just could not understand how these people these watchers dared intrude.
 During the day watchers were elected for 9 time at a number of polling places and required to stay outside though they admitted in most cases when the CIO. and the clean election league got busy with the young lawyer they had retained, sam D. Rhem, Jr he boldly took his career m ms hanos to challenge the boss. MT. Rhem had busy day and | night.
 Nor was there much pretense anywhere in the l privacy usually accorded the voter under our SUD- posedy secret ballot when he is fulfilling his solemn obligation citizen. There are, of course no voting
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
Juggling the Millions
by Peter Edsom

then Congress Topped off another A million. The remaining 194 million dollars is still record-hi appropriation for Commerce. What Congress econ omized on principally were the proposed new cesuses of business and manufacturing.
 Agriculture out nine million dollars to total of 581 million for the year. and State lost seven mil lion dollars to total of 128. The Federal Security Agency lost 30 million dollars Treasury 10, Post O flee Is.
 The Department of Justice got million dollars more for the F.BI. Labor nine million more, the Army given 55 million more, and the Navy drew 354 million over its estimate
 The total military budget for next year is II bil- lion dollars, seven for the Army and four for the places-cut by millions of dollars But an extra ap- propriaton of 175 million dollars for atomic energy development in 1948 wiped out all the savings and then Some
 Veterans appropriations total over seven billion dollars this year.
 A lot of the economies Congress effected make the books look good but don't mean thing. For instance instead of appropratng 12O million dollars to pay the expenses of surpuspropery disposal over Seas Congress just said that these costs should from other Army and Navy funds.
 Similarly, instead of appropriating the full 600 million dollars needed to fulfill the U S. commitment to U.N.R.R.A, Congress just appropriated 465 mil- lions and directed that the saving" of 135 million dollars should come from deferred Lend-Lease appro- prations.
 Instead of approprating 23 million dollars to pay the salaries of Social Security Board employees, Con- ereSs told SSB. to take the money out of its trust funds.
 It may sound like crazy bookkeeping, but tAats just the way they jugge the millions around.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
by DrezO Pearson,

sands of white crosses. . . The dead speak:
 we who lie here have nothing left to give
 '~ro all your praises deaf and blind
 uwe may not even know if you betray
 orhe hopes we cherished for mankind"
 But the diplomats below don't seem to hear Men in red plush seats fastidious men ln req puSn seats their nails polished, their crayats care1y teo They don't seem to hear. They are tnlnklilg aoouG procedure majority votes vetoes and presge ano whether they will get out III tlne to 1ahe 'e" "AVA Mrs. Ogden Millsr~
 One man does hear. He sits opposite Jimmy Rvrnas A big uncouth man, his hair not even nsrted Eyatt of Australia. His cockney accent is uncuured but he dares to speak ne IS ee e, o, man who comes anywhere near preaching the sermon on The Mount, who tells the bored men m the req plush seats that they must love their nelgnDors as themselves Unpleasantly Evatt steps on the toes of the big nationstells them they have no nuslness sabotaging the peaceful goal of others. iney don't like Evatt but they listen Even patient, poea Jimmy Byrnes doesn't like Evatt. But he listens. Thousands of under white crosses IlSteh' eoo.
 Clement Attlee Prime Minister of Britain, speaks the man who performed the miracle of defeating war leader Winston Churchill-a modest man, sn- cere earnest man. His bald head shines under the keg lights But it is no halo some hours S oeiu.s ore Attlee was haggling with Jimmy Byrnes over the future of Germany-bartering over the peace o1 the world. wanting to trade off British policy in Pal estine for an American policy in Germany Cem- ent Attee Labor Prime Minister of England repre- senting the dreams of millions pickering over the shopes we cherished for mankind" Thousands ot white crosses, silent crosses, listening crosses "We have heard say when we were living that some small dream of good would cost too much But when the war came have watched men giving ana seen them move the mountains with one touch Peace say the bored in the red plush seats, ls too difficult.
 If one could only shout to Jimmy Byrnes! II only he weren't so far away. If only he weren't so pauent and polite If he would only get up and be himself
 Can't you see, Jimmy that peace Is slipping through your fingers? Can't you see that, instead of writing a peace, the world is choosing up sides for the next war? . Can't you hear the voices or the men who died Okinawa and Leyte at St. Io and the Belgian bulge? They'll never forgive you, Jimmy if you let them down. What can be cone we know; but have fear. If you fail now, we snail not see nor hear" This is the greatest moment Of your life Jimmy. You have been Senator, Supreme Court Justice, War Mobilizer great record But if the peace of the world slips through your fingers. .?
 Twenty-seven years ago, at the same place. n the same setting at the kind of Peace Confer ence Clemenceau is supposed to have said: Listen! I can hear the soldiers of 1940 weeping Today, can hear my sisters sons and all the sons ot millions of mothers who put their hopes in you, Jimmy, can hear them all over Paris weeping
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

IS so stupid as the Ola-lasnIoneu nIorals oI ou1 grandparents? Who is so mocked the 'old-fash- toned girl? So is clear old is out And the vulgar or the shameful, or the cheap is in vogue.
 Now this campaign to coarsen our tastes is car- red for various One of the most powerful is to make money You don't think that the million aire-playboy who defends his lascivious motion pie ture production in the of freedom is being serious do you? He is more interested in freedom than he is in the throngs of curious he wants to crowd the theater He wants more millions. Rarely do you find producer who has the frankneSs of the man who is currently putting a play he acknow- edges to be eorny and the worst that ever came to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
The Firing Line By D. N. T.
PUZZLED DEFENDER

PUZZLED DEF ENDEh I fight the dictatorial ban, No matter in what distant land; 1 champion the rights of man; I take firm unyielding stand. Let liberals not assail me when They're coming to liberal boil; I'm one of militancys men, Reactions conscientious foil I stand for freedom, staunch and
 firm,
 Gibraltar to the storms that blow; No beaten soul, no thwarted worm But to whose aid I bravely go. I fling the gauntlet, dare the wrath I heW to the unsWerving line, Advance, though stony be the path, And damn expressions slightest
 sign.
 The rights of man they are my dish, AS even enemies concur,
 And sometimes Wistfully I wish I knew just what in time they were.
 The bill fer -ecrganizing Congress hes passed both houses. Most cf us woula ss satisfied if they'd just get organized.
 And now they're thinking Of naak- ing separate Jewish and Arab states in Palestine. That may result in peace in that troubled area, but we doubt it, no matter how the parti- tiUn might be made, each side would insist that the other got the apple and it got the core.
 The lot of the motorist of tomor- row is horrible to contemplate Im- agine him trying to catch the back seat drivers order as it's fourth down and yard to go on his tele- vision panel, an invasion from Mars is imminent on the radio and 8 | drunk comes along at seventy pc, hour on the wrong side of the road just as the telephone rings. At long last, we have been inter. viewed by Gallup poll representa-. tive. One of the questions sought tt find out if we knew the name of tn, Republican candidate for Governor in Massachusetts. Our personal view 78 percent for Robert S. Bradford 20 percent for Robert F. Bradford 2 Dercent uncertain George Bernard Shaw has passed his ninetieth birthday. When a veg 1 etarian lives to that age, it's goot enough for him. -%
 The safety council people declar, that the bathroom is the most dan gerous room in the whole house. St offer up your thanks, Pa; Ma ant the girls are just keeping you ou for your own good.
 Only Tuesday he was suspendet from duty at the Classon Avenu precinct, Brooklyn, on twenty counts including kissing and caressing woman on the street while not ol police business. ."-NeW York Heral Tribune. THAT makes it different of course
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
Waterbury or the Past
25 Years Ago

A sheep roast outing at Lake Compounce, sponsored by the local Knights of Columbus, was attended by 200 persons. William T. Harrington attended the San Francisco convention of the Knights of Columbus.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
Catholic Thought and Opinion
Why Be Old-Foshioned? Bv REV. JAMES J. SULLIVAN

todays poorly chosen For we have horror anything old Under the whitening
 
 anything which the word old be applied as shameful or evl bathg-sult? What
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
5 Years Ago

John T. Monzani, son of the late Coroner John T. Monzani, was called to Army duty at Fort Bragg.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

Walt Disney's The Reluctant Dragon" appeared at Loew's Poli Theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
15 Years Ago

Attorney Humbert Mangini was hailed as "the greatest" mora player this side of the Atlantic" as he defeated the entire Bridge port team singlehanded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

Governor Charles A. Temple ton was guest speaker at the Litch- field County Fair.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

And now they're thinking Of nnak- ing separate Jewish and Arab states in Palestine. That may result in peace in that troubled area, but we doubt it, no matter how the parti- tiUn might be made, each side would insist that the other got the apple and it got the core.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

Only Tuesday he was suspended from duty at the Classon Avenue precinct, Brooklyn, on twenty counts, including kissing and caressing a woman on the street while not on police business. ."-NeW York Herald Tribune. THAT makes it different, of course.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05

Ths bill fer recognizing Congress hes passed both houses. Most Of us mculc s5s satisfied # they'd just get organized.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-05
A Thought for Today

would that men should do n ou do y the prophets -M thew 72
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
N planned by uneducated

been planned by uneducated
citizens.
Education teaches us that we arc
a product of heredity and environ
ment. An educated citizenry will
provide recreational facilities for
all, but especially for the young
people. The citizens will realize
that wholesome recreation combats
Juvenile delinquency, and that
money spent for this purpose is a
wise investment in building a bet
ter community.
Alert and aggressive cOmmuni-
ties will have an active sealer of
weights and measures, SO that
when a person pays for pound OF
butter, a gallon of kerosene, a
bushel of potatoes or a ton of coal
he will know that he is getting full
weight or measure.
The right kind of education will
make voters function more INTEL.
igently. They will read the party
platforms; they will know enough
Of worthwhile American history tC
evaluate the statements of pOliti
clans and biased writer's; they will
not be driven like herd; they will
vote, knowing why they are casting
that particular ballot in the box.
The right type of education
builds better communities.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
MA|IN >.fIE1A
tyt.1;1ii
Ry CARL HELM

NEW YORK Where else than on
this isle of Manhattan is the
horse common barnyard variety
treated with greater regard and re-
pect?
POudcst, most pampercd, are the
several hundred cquinS of the
Mounted Police sleek, brushed
and curried until their very hooves
shine. The citys Suavest Man OF
Distinction can feel privileged
when they accept niblct of sugar
from his hand.
Next in the horsey set are those
oi the hanson cabs which line the
curb at the 5th Ave. entrance to
Central Park. Attended by frOcked
and silk-hatted foOtmen. they take
skylarking spendthrifts on winding
drives through the Park at SIS an
hour-an experience counted much
more elegant than a limousine ride.
Foot of the social scale but city
pets none the less are the plOddin2
Cldsters who clOp through the
streets pulling junk or greengrOcer
wagons. Let an unapprcciative jehu
SC much as flick a whip over them
and the ASCPA will come running
/ summoned by some outraged biped
acOlyte of this veritable horse
! heaven
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
BY FARMAN HOLME

In discussion of prices and the
process of price determination, one
central feature is so obvious that it
Is sometimes passed over without
realization of it's great signifi-
canoe in the functiOning of our
American individual enterprise
system.
That feature is the continuous
exercise of choice by the buyer and
the seller-whether or not to buy
or sell at all, whether to do it now
or later. and whether or not to ac-
tept the proposed price.
Free Choice Daily
The shopping district of an!
American city in peacetime pre-
sents each day thousands of in
stances of this free choice being
exercised. Additional instances in
VOlVlng construction, factory ma
chlnery and equipment, and rea
estate are occurring behind the
scenes.
AS result of these free choices
decisions are made almost auto
lnatlcally as to what shall be pro
duced. how much shall be paid tC
the different agents of production
and how the natural resources an(
labor supply of the county shall bt
utilized.
The free market, obviously, i,
a necessary instrumentality of
tree society.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
Education Builds
Better Communities
BY Albert Farley

There are definite things which
an educated community demands.
Among these are beautiful and
wholesome surroundings and cultu-
raj and recreational facilities.
A truly educated person appreci-
ates beauty, and ugliness is abhor-
rent. An educated community will
desire beautiful streets, lined with
well-selected and well-kept shade
trees. The streets will not be lit
tered with paper and other refuse.
Some cities have functioning shade
tree commissions, and they are
among the most progressive COM
munities in America. Some en-
lightened municipalities have zOn-
ing so that factories and business
in general are barred from the resi-
Dental district.
Well-educated communities will
insist on healthful surroundings
They will not tolerate unsanitary
restaurants; there will be definite
and continuous programs to keep
rats, mice, flies and other pests
uOW Ill tO d HllulDuulil, SldSudHt
water wiN not lie in cutters week
after week; communicable diseases
will be reported promptly and there
will be adequate quarantine; there
will be clean public comfort sta.
tions; the drinking water will be
abundant and safe; etc.
The educated community will de-
mand and get library facilities
commensurate with the size anC
wealth of the city or town. The
books will be selected to cater t.
the tastes and needs of all the
people, and there will be a readins
room with large variety of maga
zines on many. topics. A library il
: an indication of culture.
Most cities and towns, especial!
III the older states, are like Topsy
they just grew. In time past, safet.
was not such question of life ant
limb as it is today. In newer de
velopments, cities and towns ar,
definitely planned as safe places il
which adults and children may liv,
and play Radburn, New Jersey, tn
city built for safety, could not hav
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
Argentine Solons
Go Into High Gear

BUENOS AIRES-(P)-The ma
tional senate set what may be a
world speed record in legislation,
enacting 1896 laws in a single ses
sion, at the rate of 20 per minute.
They were the DEGREES of the
revolutionary government between
1943 and 1916, which had to be ap-
proved by congress to become per-
manent legislation.
One of the few which was not
approved would have established
a, registry of all non-Catholic
clergymen. 1t would also have pro-
hibited the establishment of nom
Catholic mission in Indian reser-
vations. The decree, which was
never put into effect, was labelled
as unconstitutional by Diego Luis
Molinari, majority leader in the
senate.
Milford chronicle., 1946-11-15
.awAsAINeToNA
~ sNApsno1 1S!IiIiI3
BY WILLARD CARLTON

The Administrations constant
appeasement of union leaders has
created a group of little dictatOrS
who use the nations workers as
their own private armies" accord
ing to Ira Mosher, chairman of the
National Association of Manu-
facturers.
Only a sound national labor
policy, designed in the public in
terest to make collective bargain
ing work." can hope to give the
country relief from crippling
strikes (which are due to nothing
so much as the Administrations
constant appeasement of few
union leaders," the NAM chairman
said last week.
Balancing the legal rights and
obligations of labor and manage
ment is 1.-The most important step
that can be taken to settle labor
disputes by peaceful MEANS" Mr.
MOsher cOntended, adding:
''It is the surest step to restrain
arbitrary action by either labor OIL
management, which so frequently
is to blame for strikes.
1t can be done to permit a maxi
mum of self regulation, minimum
of bureaucratic government inter.
ference.
Il am not asking for curbs on la
Dor which would mean a return tx
what some people still describe as
the good old days | see nothing
anti-labor or anti-uniOn in askins
for a national labor policy which
would make union leaders subjec
to the same laws that all Other
citizens and groups have to obey"