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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-17
Clubs, lodges
and Societies
Federated Clubs

Federated Clubs
The Century circle will entertain
the Bluffton Federated Women's
clubs at meeting in the high school
cafeteria next Tuesday night at
o'clock. Pictures which he took while
in the Army in Europe will be
shown by Stanley Basinger, recently
returned war veteran.
Birthday Surprise
Miss Marilyn Waltz was pleasantly
surprised Thursday evening on the
occasion of her 18th birthday. The
honored guest received many gifts
and refreshments were served by her
mother, Mrs. Levi Waltz at the close
of the evening.
Present besides the immediate fam
lily were: Carolyn Buckland, Findlay;
Rosella Burk, Forest; Marie Hermon,
Mt. Cory; Earl Montgomery, Bluffton
and Ralph Shoemaker, Pandora.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-17

Entered as second class matter ut
the postoffice at Bluffton, Ohio,
under the Act of March 8, 1879.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-17
Century Circle

Century Circle
Mrs. J. S. Steiner was hostess to
the Century Circle, Wednesday after
noon with Mrs. o. c. Hursey assist
ant hostess. Numbers on the pro-
gram were: Postwar Health, Mrs.
A. G. Burcky; Mental Health, Mrs.
Gordon Bixel.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1946-01-17

Subscription rates: Year, $500;
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
Puzzles of Politics

The Honorable Henry Wallace is classified as the New Deal remnant in the Presidents Cabinet. He out o Iowa Republican but outdealt President Roosevelt on lot of points that upset the sound policies of the Department of Agriculture
 Members of the Democratic party should vote for the British loan be put of the party by not being allowed again the Democratic ticket" he exploded and added Ether the dissenting members should join the other party organize independent one. The same should apply to the Republicans"
 Mr. Wallace ignores the fact that there is an independ en body in the Senate and another in the House. that frequently does jobs of coalition The members not only split the British loan but about half of the concentrations of President Truman The Progressves in Wisconsin recently dsbanded their political organization and returned to the Republican party. No comment from Mr. Wallace.
 The voting conditions in the Southern States upset
 dozen different directions In the Northern States the professional labor union leaders do their political boostngs for the Democratic party Across the fence the voters in farming communities have generally deserted the Democratic party and gone over to the Republicans.
 One would naturally expect Mr. Wallace, the former Vice President of the United States and the present Secre tay of Commerce to have taken hand in preventing the labor strikes since the So far his efforts and n uence top in Commerce went he is entitled to be treated to the medicine he prescbes for members of Che Democratic and Republican Congressmen You add them up and you won't find weaker stick of timber than Henry Wallace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
International Differences

The victorious wartime alliance against the Axis has shown definite symptoms of breaking since hostl ties ceased These symptoms still present And while they distressing they are not unnatural
 It has long been the practice of natons especially the strong ones to go their way when seemed expeden to do so sort of prvateenerprise system among na ons has always been popular whatever the shade ot nations domestic politics. Jealous guardianship of sov eegny prestige and prerogatveS has been emphasized a the expense of efforts for the common good.
 The United Nations like the League of Nations before it. is trying to break these old habits It isn't an easy !ob But is made easier by two rather unrelated and intangible factors One is the lingering memory of the ethcacy or sticking together in the face of common peril which the war so pontedly emphasized The other the bad time that the old technique of unaera action has been having o late.
 good example of the latter of course is the Russo Iranian dispute Russia started it off with unlateral violation of threepower agreement get foreign troops out of Iran given date Russia then tried rather dramatic uniatera opposition to the JUN Security Councils decision with her representative leaving the councils ses- sions when his governments wishes were denied.
 Further Russia exhibited the tradtonaly touchy na- onal pride when her representative asked as rather obscure point of honor apparently that the ranan mat ter be removed from the councils agenda. In each n- collective action prevailed though not trumphant And Russia despite impressive performance failed to win her points completely with her master strokes"
 An equally good example has been stumbling policy toward Argentina Our opposition to the proAxs clique has been sound but technique has been bad The State Department has gone it's own way in all directions appeas ing and denouncng, attacking and withdrawing
 Our government went it's own way without consulting it's Pan-American neighbors Being ncomparably strong than other Western Hemisphere nations was vuner- able to suspicious of Yankee imperialism" Lacking Pan American support it succeeded only in arousng united feeling of national pride in Argentina and thus helping Colonel Peron toward the presidency
 There still remains considerable danger of unateral strife within the United Naons of opposition for oppos- ons sake between Russia the hand and an Anglo American team the other But if the unhappy conse- quences of such actions continue to be forthcoming they should help the worlds nations along their painful journey toward unity for the worlds salvation
 The common peril remains. So does the wars lesson of how it averted Most nations like most of ther inhabitants, learn slowly and with difficulty But there are hopeful signs that they are learning
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

thing of his wisdom, his courage, his bodness to to accept as he put it, reasonable adjustments Of law to changing economic and social needs"
 His death comes at time when Congress Is baking at further adjustments which seem neces- sary to strengthen our democracy at home and to uphold its hands abroad to the end that we may be better able to bear newly accepted responsbili- ties in the world at large.
 In the turbulent period of the early Roosevelt administration Justice Stone influential in get ting the Supreme Court to accommodate itself to changing economic and social needs, at first as one of the now famous dissenting minority of three with the late Justices Brandes and Holmes. They were over-ridden by majority which stood firm against reform both by the states and by the Federal Government
 Justice Stone was sort of conscience of the court showing itself to itself and at the same time to the nation.
 In this role he performed notable public serv- ice
 It was too much for him, foy example when majority of the court held New York state min imum wage law for wonlen unconstitutional. He spoke out bluntly saying he could imagine no other reason for the majoritys opinion than personal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
MONEY FOR NEGRO COLLEGES
(New York Times)


 This year more than ever we must see to 1t that our colleges are pre- pared to carry 8 maximum load of work, and ready to do 1t well. One group of colleges deserves special attention in this respect: the insti- tutions that devote themselves to education of the Negro. Under the leadership of the United Negro Col lege Fund thirty-three of these pri- vate colleges are beginning cam paign for $1 ,300,00 John D. Rock efeller Jr. is chairman of the ad- visory committee for this third an- nual fund drive, and a number of other prominent men and women have interested themselves in the cause.
 The need for full subscription is more pressing this year because of the unusual burden thrown on all educational facilities by the return ing veteran. The Negro played an important, and often heroic, part in the war. He shared the mud, the danger, the sweat and the tears Now he has the right to continue his interrupted education if he wants to do so. Many college doors will be closed to him, and to others regardless of race, color or creed simply because there are too many returning veterans to be cared for at once in the colleges of their choice. But we cannot allow these thirty three Negro private colleges to turn away any applicant because they lack funds, or to curtail their pro- grams because of 1t.
 The educated Negro was once a rarity. His numbers are increasing year by year, and his contributions to the arts, science and education steadily gain wider and juster rec- ognition for his abilities. From these we all gain, regardless of color. And, as we mutually put a proper, un- prejudiced estimate on the contri- buttons of all races to the common good, we move surely closer to the goal of living together in harmony.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
Views of the Press

to close on those Saturdays. As a result of these closings in New York, the financial capital of the nation, banks and exchanges in a number of major cities throughout the coun- try will also adopt the five-day week for that period.
 To put a premium on production, many industrial firms, whose hours of business are not prescribed by law, had begun before the war came along to close on Saturday. Most of these, and other concerns more or less closely linked with the opera tion of financial institutions, un- doubtedly will close this year, prob ably for the four-month period the banks have set. If these should find that they have not sacrificed much in the way of business-if, indeed, they find some gain through the added zeal of employees refreshed by longer week ends-it would not be surprising to hear increased advocacy of a five-day week the year round.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
By Peter EdSOm

to say that in the first three months of l946 UNRA asked for million tons a month, was alocated 100000 tons month, and was shipped 570OOO tons monthly.
 This month of April, only SOOOO0 tons will be shipped If that figure isn't doubled it means starva- ton, period, for millions by mid-May
 This is the situation LaGuardia is up against. He has moved three fronts First, he got some grain loose from the Argentine. Second, he saw the wheat certificate" system installed. What this does permit the farmers and holders of grain in storage to dispose of their supplies now, with the assurance that if there price rise later on they will be paid the amount of the increase. Third, LaGuardia has moved in the Combined Food Board trying to get greater allocations.
 He has had to proceed with caution and without customary bluster and fanfare of publicity. La Guardia isn't U. s. public official now, free to blast at other government agencies. He's head or an international organization, and he has to move with all the tact and chicanery of diplomat It may be something in LaGuardias life, and 1t will be worth watching to see if 1t works.
 His hardest job will be to combat any tendency to play power politics with food allocatons, either in the United States or internationally.
 The Combined Food Board has greater respon- sibility than UNRRA, perhaps in seeing that every body in the world gets share of the food he needs regardless of past present political alliances The fight for food is the number one human struggle, everywhere Getting some order into the distribu- ton of surpuses is essential to prevent an nterna- tional scramble that would skyrocket prices.
 In this process of distribution, 1t Is natural that friendly countries which must be made strong get preference. particularly so when they are able to pay cash.
 Here in the United States. in an election year, no politician wants to take the responsibility for get- ting tough with constituents, whether they're farm CTS, stockfeedeTs. miers nnkels, or consumers hu' in time Of Crisis when tens of millions face stagva- ton and hundreds of millions more face hunger any playing of politics with the available food supplies becomes the most inexcusable crime in the book.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

gan endorsing all Democratic members of Congress for reelection.
 Truman replied that he would agree to no such thing He said that if the Democratic National Com mttee endorsed all Democratic members of Congress, 1t would put Democrats who entered the primaries at disadvantage The President was thinking par- ticularly of certain districts where Democrats may be booted out in the primaries by other Democrats who very much agree with the Truman program.
 Finally the President said:
 There will be no new letter The National Com mittee has admitted its error. am fully satisfied that Bob Hannegan knows how to run his own af- fairs am going to continue to let him run them, too"
 And that was that.
 No man in the U. S. Government needs more support today than Jimmy Byrnes, now struggling to straighten out the tangled skeins of peace Yet, while he is in Paris, certain die-hards on Capitol Hill have been busy as bird dogs cutting his appro- priations throat.
 One of Byrness strongest peace weapons is the goodwill of the Russian people If they are friendly to the U. S.. his hand is strengthened 100 percent with their bosses in the Kremlin. Proof of this is the way the Government controlled Moscow radio has been blasting away at the Russian people about decadent U. S. capitalism, millions of U. s. unem- poyed, and alleged U. S. efforts to bulldoze Russia.
 One small start toward counteracting this Is an illustrated magazine "Amerika" published by the State Department and circulated in Russia to the tune of l0OOO copies This is all the Kremlin will let inside Russia, though negotiations are now un- derway to increase the circulation to 5OoOo
 Tn the middle of these negotiations, however, niggardly Representative Louis Rabaut, Michigan Democrat neatly ran his knife through the State Departments appropriation for "Amerika" Appar- ently disappearing of the idea of penetrating the Soviet "iron curtain" he and majority of his Appro- priations subcommittee decided in effect to tell Byrnes what he should should not do in Russia.
 Meanwhile, here is a confidential report from an official in the American Embassy in Moscow on the job "Amerika" already has done on the Russian people:
 "In the past month Q hospital director requested 50 copies of each issue for patients saying 1t was
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
By ThOnpaS Stokes

economic predilections.'
 This fortnight characterization had much to do with events that followed arousing the pubs as 1t did with a telling phrase. Ali M Landon before he was nominated as Republican presidential can- ddate in 1886 insisted in telegram to the convention upon his own personal amendment to the partys platform to foster constitutional amendment authorizing states to enact minimum wage laws for women. The platform makers had refused to include 1t.
 Thereafter, too, followed President ROOsevelts own campaign to reform the Supreme Court atter his 1O36 election. Also, concrete evidence, the court reversed itself year later after the New York case decision and upheld a minimum wage law of the State of Washington thus adjusting itself to the view of the former minority for which Justice Stone spoke.
 Those of us who were about the court the day 1t outlawed the Agricultural Adjustment Act remem- Der that scene well Former Justice Owen J. Roberts recited to the court in that fine Shakespearean man. ner-he always memorized his decsions-that long involved opinion representing the majority. It was beautifully done, even If the reasoning was oit complex for the lay mind
 It was quite refreshing afterward to get hold of Justice Stones outspoken dissent-like one ol those center rushes for which he was famous as a football player at Amherst. He delivered the ma jority tart lecture He reminded them that while unconstitutional exercise of power subject to judi cial restraint. the only check upon our own eXer- else of power is- our self-reStraint," He spoke also of tortured meaning. It was deflating to say the least.
 The public awoke and the court withdrew itself thereafter as a blockade against the President and Congress
 Today in that constant shift of checks and bal ances under our system, 1t is Congress which has raised a blockade.
 From this of course there is the appeal to the people in the coming election of which the Chief Justice spoke often.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
ANOTHER SAFETY AWARD
(Hartford Courant)


 It should be source of gratifica- ton to all Connecticut residents that this State has added further to its laurels as the land of steady habits by winning first place for the fourth consecutive year in the eastern division of the National traffic Safety Contest. The com petition has been conducted for the past nine years, and in eight of that number Connecticut has been among the winners. Twice 1t has carried off top honors in the na- tion, and five times 1t has headed the eastern division. No other State in the union has a comparable rec ord.
 The award just received is based, of course, on the results of 1945. Later figures reveal that with in- tensified effort, this State may well compile an even better record of highway safety this year. During the first quarter, at least, pedestrian fatalities were fewer than those in l945. Last year the actual num- Der of traffic deaths mounted from 22l to 249 despite 2,7 per cent decline in the mileage death rate from the 1914 level.
 The untiring efforts of the Con- necticut Highway Safety Commis- sion, together with enthusiastic support from State and municipal agencies and from the general pulp lie, have put Connecticut in the forefront in regard to safety on the highways. This is a reputation we must jealously attempt to preserve in this year of increased hazards. Until some of the debilitated old rattletraps now careening along the roads are retired from service and replaced by new cars, our need for vigilance will be greater than ever.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

up into countries that have more than enough food for their own needs and countries that haven't. Leave Russia out of it. because nobody knows what she has whats she's doing with it.
 The other have" nations the United States, Canada, Australia and the Argentine.
 The "have-not" nations divide into four sub groups: The countries Japan and Germany invaded which get UNRFSA supplies; the Allied nations which don't get UNRRA aid but which are not sef-sustaning and are therefore entitled to aloca tions from world surpluses; the neutrals which have always imported foodstuffs and therefore, rate alo- cations today; the defeated nations of Japan and Germany.
 In control Of all allOcatiOns is the Combined Food Board sitting in Washington It is made up of rep- resentatives of the U. S., Canada and Great Brtt~ ain. By and large the way CFB allocations work out
 that Australias surplus goes to the Far East, the Canadian surplus goes to the British and to western Europe and nearly everybody else has to be supplied out of U. S. surpuses. That's why so much of the burden seems to be falling on this country.
 For all practical purposes UNFaA comes be- fore the Combined Food Board as just another claimant for world supplies. UNHIlA claims-and its figures seem to support the clam-that CFb has not allocated as much as UNRRA required without going into lot oi statistics, its enough
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
A Thought For Today
State Cancer Campaign Progresses

It is gratifying to note that five Connecticut commun ties exceeded their quotas in the Connecticut Cancer Control Campaign which has reached the halfway mark Many more communities will respond it is safe to with the generosity that will bring them to their quota over the op as in the case of Lched Greenwich Warren and Woodbridge.
 The Cancer Control drive underway has been pub cized in such way to bring to the attention the great need of funds to carry on the prescribed that has been in operation the program of the future when with vgant study and research and better to com bat the disease through scientific methods made possible.
 Interest in the campaign general The states quota is of which $39348 had been collected this week tremendous effort should be made to arrive at the stated quota in the short time left better thing would be to exceed the quota like few of our small Con- necticut towns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
HEALTH NOTE The dandelionS That one sees Aren't suffering From DOTS.
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 The wedding of Judge John L. Gaffney, then an attorney, and Miss Cecilia Shanahan took place at St. Margaret's Church.
 The City's grammar and high schools started on daylight saving time.
 15 Years Ago
 Severe burns were received by a 1O-year-old boy and three others were less seriously burned when one of them dropped a match into an automobile gas tank.
 The Park Department promised that the tennis courts in the city's parks would be ready for use in two weeks.
 6 Years Ago
 Three brothers, Edward. Charles and John Traynor of Calumet Street, left Waterbury to tour the country via automobile.
 Mir. and Mrs. Robert Courtney of Willow Street celebrated their 9bth wedding anniversary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26
TOWARD THE FIVE-DAY WEEK
(NeW York Sun)

Thanks to Julius Caesar, whose calendar Gas revised by Pope Greg ory KID this year gives June and August five Saturdays apiece, the de- cision of the banks and exchanges to go on a flve-day week from May through September will give their employees more than double the number of holidays similar summer closings-confined to July and Aug ust-have involved in the past. The addition of the two months to the summer closing schedule was made possible by the Legislatures amend ment of the General Construction Act to permit, but not require, banks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

Macy to discuss the Southern rebellion against Bob Hannegan.
 Macy told Truman that the Southerners were up in arms over the last erroneous letter sent out of National Committee Headquar- ters and signed by Bob Hannegan, urging Democratic leaders to pick good candidates this time.
 The letter was interpreted by Southerners as indicating Q purge of all Democrats; so Macy told Truman that Dixie Democrats now r.rnaAAnA n ..nnn. 1nAAna. A..nsnn HInaAnan-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-26

uHy UVIOIE yGoU0IUHy'
 It would, indeed, be a fitting memorial for this truly great lih- eral spirit If our people, coming with taut nerves out of the or deal of war, could exhibit the tolerance that he revealed in his decisions for the viewpoint, feel ings and rights. of minorities, and his unflagging support for pro- lection of civil liberties.
 It would be a fitting memorial too, if Congress could show, in .L. a.....ae.lA. ala at