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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17
Strictly on the Cuff
by Douglas Larsem

intention of signing contract with any baseball club
 In the political department, Wallace is planning to take more active part in campaigns throughout the country this Fall than he did two years ago. He plans to take the stump in most of the key western states and is prepared to any place the party needs him.
 Also in the political department they're saying it accident that the Mead Committee suddenly lashed out at the Navy just before the Democratic convention in New York. Secretary of the Navy James ForreStal had been mentioned several times as a dark horse for the gubernatoria nomination which Senator James Mead wanted so badly
 When the Little Flower" Fforello LaGuardia, resigns his job as director of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration few months hence he is expected to devote his full time to his radio program and writing.
 "Cap" Krug Secretary of the Interior, has come in for lot of kidding because every picture Of him which has appeared in the papers recently shows him fishing. At reception few days ago friend asked him if he didn't think he was making the wrong ap- proach to his job custodian of the nations fish, which is part of his work at Interior.
 One reason being given for President Truman failure to lose much weight as he had planned on his vacation is the fact that the party ran out Of medicine balls aboard ship. Three times the Pres- dent missed throws to him and the balls went board They only brought three balls so that exercise had to be abandoned after the last went into the 
 Albert M Day. head of the Fish and Wildlife Service is scratching his head these days, wondering who's going to bring the ducks this Fall There's record number of applications for hunters duck stamps-4O percent more than ever befote-While the number of ducks the continent is estimated to ee at a record low
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17
KHAN FAILURE
(Hartford Courant)

About the only refreshing bit of news in recent days is the report that the second major revival at tempt of the Ku Klux Klan has fallen flat, and that the knights of the bed-shoot have just about given up their attempt to marshal the forces of bigotry. This lucra- tive racket has never gone far in New England but in other areas such as California, the happy hunt ing ground for witch doctors, viz orus action by local and Federal authorities have sent the bed-sheet boys skurrying from their respec- tive logs. They may of course, emerge in time with some other profitable scheme for cashing in on hatred, but for the nonce they ap- pear relatively weak. T
 In New York the Klan charter was revoked after a brief flareup and similar action by the State is pending in New Jersey. Even in Kentucky the Klan was outlawed by State order a few days ago on the ground that it was "fomenting ra- cial and religious hatred and preju- dice through terrorism and propa- ganda." To offset this good news is the fact that in Georgia viz orous Klan organizing drive is now under way, and that there is more than a stirring of activity in Flor ida, Mississippi and Alabama. It could well be that the renaissance of the Klan in these Southern States may be an outgrowth ot the attempt to unionize both the Negroes and the poor whites in Southern industry At any rate ii would appear that, despite its best efforts, the Klan is not going tc reappear on the American scene as the huge dominant force it has
 grown to following the First World War. To that extent, at least, prog ress has been made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17
Views of the Press

calls on zero nights, the 3 o'clock in-the-morning courage, There are still the crowded office hours, the emergency surgery, the back-coun- try farms where babies get born, and measles and humps maintain their certain reigns. Whether by sorrel mare or power of gasoline, the country doctor still carries on as a sort of Aesculapian circuit rider. It is for almost forty years of such faithful mileage that grateful and considerably more populous Madi- son has, we think, just honored Dr. Rindge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

It's a popular legend that the only time Abraham Lincoln vis- tied New Orleans, as young flat boatman, he watched slave auc- ton, and it was then that the Great Emancipator decided to dedi- cate himself to freeing the slaves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

The Federal Reserve Board recently made survey which showed that only 25 percent of American families followed savings plan another 25 percent saved nothing and about half of all the people spend first out of income and then what left The life insurance companies have wedged n advisory groups savings They family budget and assert through public relations outlets that they are going make attempt o bring W back to regarding the compulsory need for considering saving and spending habits.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

OPA announces a two-cent-per- pound boost in retail sugar prices. Maybe that will increase sugar sup plies-and with the customary logic that rules our destinies in these parlous times, after the demise of the open season on Tom Collinses.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

Jules Brenner, a Philadelphia mu- sician, couldn't cross picket line of striking musicians even to attend his own wedding the other day. There comes time when the most faithful member must get little tired of rendering unto J. Caesar the things that are J. Caesars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

"A famous novelist recently said that all a woman needed to make her popular with men was just to have a vocabulary of two words. - Dorothy Dix.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17
NOTE ON MEAT

Perhaps it soon may happen that The family's lucky with cat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

Albania has called on the United Nations Security Council to prevent an attack upon her by Greece. It's hard to imagine the Greeks attack ing anything, outside of good meal, these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

Union leaders in New York see little hope for a quick end to the truck strike. If it keeps up much longer, the truck drivers, before they do go back to work, may have to take a refresher course in the lan- guage used to address those who maintain their own right of way.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

Ted Williams provided new wrinkle to the old baseball strategy of hitting 'em where they ain't when he poled out a homer to left field as Cleveland's Lou Boudreau called for the celebrated Williams Shift in the game that clinched the pennant for Boston Friday. Ted hit it where they weren't not supposed to be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

Chile can't quite make up her mind whether to abandon the goose step in her military training pro- gram. It's a form of locomotion which certainly never got its inven- tor anywhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

A Philadelphia woman left $10,0Oo in her will to send football player through the University of Pennsy- lvania. Obviously she didn't have much of an idea about current prices; that isn't enough to get one to quit West Point
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

An AP report recently said that meat is the scarcest food item in the Nations cupboard" Cupboard or icebox, what's the difference; the nonexistent can't spoil on you in any event.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

The Secret Service recently got the biggest haul of counterfeit money that it had unearthed in ten years. Bogus money operators are getting less and less active as the value of what they produce tends to approach the value of what they are trying to initiate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

The State Department has decid- ed that withdrawing UNRRA aid from Yugoslavia would be retalia- tory act that would place us in the position of dishonoring our inter national commitments" So we won't give Tito the air, even though he took it away from us.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17
CAN'T WIN GIRLS

The rarest of the rarest birds, The women rationed to two words. May well, when single, find they
 are
 Enough to make them popular, As swains who hear too many speak Of them as marvellous, unique, The lovely sort and not complex, The very flower of their sex. i,1c I11J,n rsr.vy
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

The seamen have a new chanty to sing at last" When you walked in, honey, somebody else walked out"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-17

Our Government is planning a $150, 100000 program to put Austria back on her feet by 1947. If we keep it up, we'll really be getting some where-and it won't be on our feet, either.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Memorial Day Parade
To Be Held Next Year

The Memorial Day parade of the
Grand Army of the Republic Me-
mortal Day Corp. will be held again
next year, 1t has been announced
after a meeting Of the group in the
Civil Service Commission Building
conference room. The parade was
an annual affair before the war.
Plans also were made for deco
rating nearly $4,000 graves in Ar
lington, battle-ground and Soldiers
Home Cemeteries.
James G. Yaden, past department
commander of the United Spanish
War Veterans, was reelected to his
18th term as president Of the Me-
mortal Day group.
Others elected were: Vice presi-
dents, Calvin B. Lucas, United Span
ish War Veterans; Leroy Corbin,
Veterans of Foreign Wars; William
Leo Collins, American Legion, and
Ralph l.. Chambers, Disabled Amer
ican Veterans; secretary, Arthur G.
Fowle, VFW; treasurer, Harry F.
Patterson, USWV; department COM
manders, Hampton D. Percy, VFW;
Fred G. Fraser, Legion; Emmett R..
Carroll. Legion; Fred G. Costigan,
DAV; Donald ]. Mustoine, DAV:
members of the board, Charles H.
Appich, USWV; Charles M. O'Mal-
ley, VFW; Guy C. Nadeau, Legion;
Harold M. Dixon; director of public
relations, Howard S. Fisk, Legion.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Constitution
Seen as Guaranty
OfEmperor Setup
BY the A.soeiatsd Press

TOKYO, Nov. 4.-The Japanese,
giving Emperor Hirohito another
dramatic demonstration of affec-
ton, clearly regard their new con-
stitution as guaranty for contin-
uance of a modified emperor system.
The nation seems satisfied, as an
aftermath of yesterdays promulga-
tion ceremonies, that now trouble
some question is solved-the En-
peror is to remain. The new docu-
ment makes him a Symbol of state"
but does not recognize that he Is
divine. 1t outlaws war and all
armed forces. It largely was writ
ten or suggested by Gen. Mac
Arthur's aides.
An estimated 100000 Tokyoites
greeted Hirohito's brief appearance
before the Imperial Palace at pro-
mitigation ceremonies, with echoing
"banzais" filled with unmistakable
affection. Then thousands rushed
through police lines for closer
glimpse of the once sacrosanct ruler.
They surrounded his carriage with
a sense of loyalty tinged with one
of equality.
AS japanese generally Joined in
self praise over the document, Pres
ident Shigeru Nambara Of Tokyo
Imperial University stressed prev
alent opinion here by telling
students the constitution establishes
IAN immovable foundation for a
new tenno (emperor) system" He
argued that the people could have
overthrown the monarchy through
their representatives in the Diet,
which adopted the constitution.
Evening star., 1946-11-04

Under such q proposal, the basic
wage would be $270 an hour instead
Of $2.25. with the work week 80
hours instead Of So for the same
pay of $81.
A further split in IATSE ranks
was indicated when Fred Ellsworth,
business agent of the LAS costumers,
in speech defended the CSU and
demanded wage boosts "even higher
than 20 per cent" Local officers
of the las Film Technicians Union
were suspended by the international
for supporting the CSU.
Meanwhile, two motion picture
studio officials were beaten severely
yesterday in an attack which police
said was connected with the film
labor dispute.
Charles M. Gerlich. 81, depart
ment manager for Technicolor, Inc,
suffered possible leg fracture and
Ilacerations, and Algernon Tyson, Al,
assistant plant manager for the
same company, was treated for head
and hand cuts.
Police reported Mr.. Gerlich and
Mr.. Tyson said they were beaten by
six men with sticks after MIR. Tyson S
car was forced to a curb by three
automobiles near Mr.. Gerlich's home
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Barney House TO Be Open
To Visitors Tomorrow

Barney Neighborhood House at
470 N street NV. will be open to
visitors from 10 am. to 10 pm.
tomorrow in observance of its 45th
birthday
Miss Elrna Phillipson of Chill
dren's Hospital, and Mrs. George
c. Thorpe, recently returned from
England and France, will speak at
a dinner starting at $50 pm. at
which l.. F. Schmeckebier, presi-
dent of the board, and Mrs. Wilbur
J. Carr, will act as POSTMASTER and
toastmiStress.
Guests will include Nine. L.
Dreyfus Barney, Mrs. Frank C.
Baldwin, Mrs. Ernest G. Draper,
Mrs. Merle Thorpe, Miss Dorothy
Tirrell, Mrs. Marshall Diggs, Mrs.
Seth Richardson, Eben Comins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Herrick,
Wayne C. Sommer, Mrs. William
Crabbe and Miss Elizabeth john
son.
Barney House started in 1901
when Mrs. Charles F. Weller opened
their home to a group of neighbor-
hood girls. In 1908 it moved into
its present location, three buildings
donated by Mrs. Clifford Barney
Barney House is member of the
Community Chest.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Wallace, in New York,
Pleads for Mead
BY the Assoeia.ed Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 4. - Former
Secretary of Commerce Henry A.
Wallace, saying that despite any
of my recent experiences, am still
a Democrat" today continued his
New York campaign talks.
Mr.. Wallace's appearance at a
Harlem street meeting tonight was
to follow an address in the gar
ment manufacturing area at noon.
He pleaded for Democratic vic
tory at the polls tomorrow in three
election rallies in Brooklyn last
night.
Mr.. Wallace also referred to his
recent Madison Square Garden
speech in which he called for 'un-
derstanding cooperation" between
the United States and Russia, and
said that Il have not taken back
a single thing I said"
Mr.. Wallace told his Brooklyn au-
diences that "the whole world will
take it as a sign that we have be-
come reactionary if the Republicans
win" Tuesdays elections, and added
that If the peoples in other coun-
tries of the world believed that we
are reactionary that they would turn
to Russia and communism for the
guidance they now receive from the
United States.
LAS I see it," he said, "the world
is now torn between two poles, the
United States and Russia. And most
of the people of the world are ready
to flow from one pole to the other
Mr.. Wallace was especially strong
in his Endorsement of Senator Mead
for Governor.
Senator Mead is one of our most
able men in Government" he said
go Why should the people now
turn against the man who has al
ways voted right?"
Evening star., 1946-11-04
| Newspaper Printers
Accept 37-Cent Rise;
7 Contracts Pending

Acceptance by newspaper printers
Of a 37-cent hourly wage increase
left only commercial and Govern
ment printers contracts in the
negotiating stage today.
The newspaper unit voted. 331 to
20, yesterday to accept an offer that
will increase wages November IL to
SIT for day work, $82'for night work
and $87 for the third shift. The
agreement applies to 600 printers
working at four Washington dailies
and the National Tribune and La
bor, weekly papers.
Later this week negotiations will
be resumed on the Columbia Typo
graphical Unions stalemate with the
Graphic Arts Association regarding
a commercial printers contract.
Elmer Brown, second vice president
of the international Typographical
Union, is expected to return here
at midweek.
Mr.. Brown took charge OF discus
sions for the printers last month
after the local had asked for strike
authorization. He worked out an
agreement for a $187 scale, but the
union voted 1t down in a referen-
dunn.
Jesse B. Manbeck, Columbia presi-
dent, said he thought 1t probable Mr..
Brown and the GAA would get to-
gether on a new proposal this week,
since a clause giving the printers
retroactive pay to August II will
expire November 8. Should the new
contract not be signed by Saturday,
retroactivity would become another
issue in the dispute, Mr.. Manbeck
Evening star., 1946-11-04
New Wage Demands
|Darken Hope Of Peace
In Movie Industry
BY the Assoeio.ed Press

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 4.-Hopes for
quick settlement of motion picture
labor troubles appeared Simmer to-
day, as Herbert K. Sorrell and his
striking Conference of Studio
Unions voted support of new wage
raise demands.
Mr.. Sorrell told about 5000 Of
his followers in a mass meeting last
night:
II don't see any sense in settling
the jurisdictional thing and then
having to go to bat on the pay ques-
ton. Let's not 60 back until every
thing is settled, so we can go back
and stay back"
His audience registered approval
by what looked to be 100 per cent
standing vote.
Promised to Send Men Back.
The CSU, which went out six
weeks ago, lost jurisdictional fight
to the International Alliance of
Theatrical Stage Employees when
members of the American Fedora
ton of Labor Executive Council
ruled that the IATSE is empowered
to build movie sets. Mr.. Sorrell
then promised to send his men back
to work as soon as machinery to
arbitrate similar disputes was set up.
Under terms of settlement of a
brief strike last July, producers
agreed to blanket Is per cent wage
increase, with the proviso that ne
gotiations could be reopened if cost
of living had advanced per cent
by next January.
But one CSU union, the carpen-
ters, already has informed produc-
ers 1t wants an additional 20 per
cent, with six-hour cut in hours
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Deaths Reported

Clara Powers S3, SIG 8th st.
George c. Lawson, 81. 643 11th st. ne.
Gertrude c. Ridsdale, 81. 1016 10th st.
George Mayromatakis. 81, 102 G. st.
Grace H. Riley. 81, 1873 N st.
Albert E. Smith, so, L226 End st. ne
Francs M. D. Pendel, 81, 1451 Sheridan
Rose Threile. Sc. 14s4 Newton st.
Frances z. Doherty, So, 2737 Devonshire
Catherine M. Bishop. 4s. 1863 Emerson st.
Dudley Pc Bois. 45, I 1s47 Columbia I'd.
Harry F: Hamilton, 3s, s21 Elder st.
Helen D. Aufrecht, "a, Mt. Rainier, Md.
William E. Owens, jr., Is, 5193 Watson St.
Infant Robbins, 3033 18th st.
Infant Candy, Alexandra, Va.
Alice Showcraft, 70, 40S Rhode Island ave.
Fanny B. Hilton, II, 1877 Seaton pl.
John Miles, 68, 2l11 Maryland ave. ne.
Lena Sharp, 81. 1913 18th st.
Mamie Butler. 81, 220 H st. ne.
Marian Moore, 60. Edgefleld, S. C.
Samuel Everett, 81, 1908 18th st.
Annie Clark, Al, Upper Marlboro, Md.
Robert Jones. 80, 400 N st.
Louis A. Maxwell 32, 70S 9th st. ne.
Emily H. Hill, 25. Freedmen's Nursing
Lottie tti 8. Mcneil, 10. Seat pleasant. Md
Evening star., 1946-11-04
NLRB Bargaining Elections
SET Record in September

The National Labor Relations
Board yesterday reported 684 bar
gaining elections conducted in Sep
tember, more than in any other
month in its II years operation.
The AFL won $50 elections, the
CIO 229. In ballots cast there were
40,139 for AFL unions, 37,957 for
CIO unions.
In 80 elections, where rival unions
clashed, the AFL won 80, the CIO
"a, eight wound up with runoffs
required, and in six the workers
voted against both the AFL and CIO.
In 80 per cent of the elections the
name of only one union appeared
on the ballot; workers voted for that
union or against it if they did not
want a union.
In the South, where AFL and CIO
rivalry is keen, the AFL won 66 elec-
tions in September and the CIO "a.
For the entire Nation during the
month the AFL won "a per cent of
the elections in which it partici-
pated, the CIO IS per cent.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Hospital Canfeen 10 Open
Al Fort Howard Today

First of the new Veterans Ad-
ministration hospital canteens to
be opened in this area went into
operation today at Fort Howard,
Md, near Baltimore, the agency
has announced.
The hospital canteens, formerly
operated on a profit basis by private
concessionaires, were put under Vet
erans' Administration control by
Congress last summer. The canteens
will be operated like Army post ex-
changes and Navy ship service
stores.
Construction Of one Of the sales
stores at Mount Alto Hospital here
is now under way, and is expected
to be ready for operation early next
month. Equipment from the Fort
Washington, Md, hopsital and home,
scheduled to close November IS,
will be used at Mount Alto, the
agency said.
Profits at the canteens are to be
kept at minimum, and any that
accrue will be turned back to the
Government.
Evening star., 1946-11-04
Library Of Congress
To Begin Distributing
Texts 10 GI Students

The Library of Congress will be-
gin preparations this week to make
more than 100000 critically needed
textbooks available to ex-GIs in col
leges throughout the country, it was
learned today.
The library agreed to take on the
huge distribution job at a Veterans
Administration request late in Sep
tember. The books, covering myr-
lad of subjects, are surplus texts of
the United States Armed Forces In
stitute program-principal off duty
education project for servicemen
during the war.
The Veterans Administration first
proposed free distribution of surplus
books as a partial solution to the
drastic book shortage last June
when ZOO 900 volumes used in Navy
VIZ and Army specialized training
programs were turned over to the
library.
Response Disappointing"
In'view of the need, however, re-
sponse from colleges thus far has
been extremely Disappointing" ac-
cording to N. R. Henson, assistant
education chief of the Veterans Ad-
ministration. Only about 350,000 vol
umes have been distributed.
Following procedures set up in
June, colleges will have a chance
to order the U. S. A. F. I. books from
sample catalogues. The veterans
agency will pay the library Is cents
to cover mailing costs for each book
sent out and will give colleges an
other Is cents to cover handling for
each book distributed to veterans in
school under the G. I. Bill.
Except for about 100000 Of the
books stored at a Cameron (Va)
depot, the q. S. A. F. I. volumes are
stored at st. Louis, and will be dis
tributed directly from there, Mr..
Henson said
Sample Catalogues Sent Out.
Jennings Wood, in charge of the
library's program, said he intends to
leave for st. Louis next Saturday to
get the distribution underway.
Sample catalogues already have
been sent to some 725 colleges and
will be sent to more than 1000 addi-
tional schools of higher education,
he said. Orders for about 100000
texts already have been received.
Mr.. Wood said he expects an
"eager response" to lists of the
U. S. A. F. I. books. Paper bound for
the most part, they include standard
texts, correspondence-type volumes
and "self-teaching" question-and-
answer books. 1t Is estimated they
would cost an average of from So
to 81 if bought commercially.
Meanwhile, Mr. Wood pointed out
the program will be slowed because
of the necessity Of cataloguing each
volume