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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
Economies and Chance

The world of economics seems to have taken sudden interest in book called Theory of Games and Economic Behavior which written by two Princeton professors named Van Neumann and Morgensern and published IS months ago.
 The delayed reaction may due to the fact that the world of economics has just finished reading the book which, according to reviews 625 long, crammed with for muas and deep dish generally But might also be that the sudden interest reflects general suspicion that the blueprnts of longrange economic planning can't always steer immediate events in chosen direction. Brave and learned souls who have read Theory of Games and Econom c Behavior report the authors have applied business strategy mathematical theories that they developed through Is years of research the probability of beating various games of chance and skill
 To be sure, Drs Van Neumann and Morgenstern-both eminent been to great pains to figure the odds chance of rolling snake converting blers and unlike many smart economists, they haven't tried to repeal the capricious law of chance.
 From what little know of the professors theory, we suspect that it's general application might have healthy effect on business We further suspect that it might be helpful in planning nations economic program.
 Long-range planning is loose term that covers multi tude of sins and technques in private government nomics Such planning includes goal O. course and economic plan whose creators believe that because they have faith in their goal and pride in their honorable intentions their methods accordingly unquestOnable and shakabe as their objective.
 But has been demonstrated that the most honest sin longrange methods cannot by these qualities alone dissolve any unforeseen and unforeseeabe obstacles before they come into view. Deficit spending didn't achieve the laudabe goal of prosperity Hod-the-lne price control didn't produce full postwar production. And on
 But the champions of deficit spending and hod-the-ne price control because they had their eye nexbe obs geety cung to an nfeXbe method long after there abundant evidence that change modification needed
 Perhaps 1t might be well our leaders of government business and labor would realize more consciously that the the end of the He doesn't expect to h every inside straight or take every pot.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
By Drss0 PsarsOs

way Josephus Daniels has kept 1t It's toes, both have been healthy thing
 Despite the fact that he has represented Coed Cola, Pan American Airways and various shippingl lines Max Gardner has become more liberal with the years But he has never lost his southern charm and his ability to understand people.
 One day the Duchess of Windsor, meeting Gard ner on one of her Washington visits, exclaimed: "Oh 1t was so nice at Annapolis, just as beautiful and charming as in the old days It hasnt chansed a
 To which Max replied: Lady there is nothing remarkable about the unchanged beauty of Annapo- lis I lust heard a friend of yours remark that he hadn't seen you for 10 years and that you were just as lovely and beautiful and unchanged as before you met the King of England"
 "I wish l could believe you, countered the Duchess. But that's just the old blarney Of the South"
 My dear" replied Governor Gardner, you can always believe the Southern politician any time ex- cept when he is running for office. And, since am not . candidate you must believe me also when tell you that when we talk with you and the Duke, we feel We are talking in the presence or hiS'ory'
 Gardner has never run for office or wanted pub- lie office since he left the Governors mansion n North Carolina He was offered several jobs by Pres ident Roosevelt but turned them down, preferring to spend whatever spare time he had on his front porch at Shelby N o. in an old rocEg s cnsar gwen gwen they contributed 20 cents each to buy him wedding present. a.. son. James It was a bitter blow. James had been the manager of the Gardner rayon mills near Shelby The other boys were all away in the armed services and there was no one left in the family to carry on. This led to rumors that the mill would be sold
 At this point Max Gardner posted notice in his mil-a notice typical of his philosophy Of lie It read:
 "As President and principle owner of the cleve land Cloth Mills desire to say that the mill is not for sale and that no change in plant personnel or policy Is contemplated.
 "As soon as my son. O. Max Gardner. Jr, rec turns from Japan he will take his place as mem- Der of the staff and carry the traditions Of the family. ,,,,,
 it was the pride and joy of James Webb Decker as you called him, to feel deep interest m every empoye of this mill and to know them by their first names and to regafd them as one large family hope and pray that this fine human relationship will be maintained,
 T regret that James Webb did not live to an- nounce an agreed policy that commences February d. There will be wage increase Of 10 percent eHec tive as of that date" .v
 Having posted this notice, Max Gardner finally yielded to the urging of his old friend Secretary oi the Treasury Vnson, to become Under secretary or the Treasury and help him run the difficult, al- important fiscal policies of the nation Despite tne lack of Senatorial headlines 1t was one Of the pest appointments Harry Truman has made
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
Through Dutch Eyes
By Peter EdSOn

asked to make out list of things he was most inter ested in seeing. The communist, strangely enough. wanted to hear the Metropolitan opera ana 70 see Toscanini conduct rehearsal He got his wish, ana he said that that in itself worth the trip. Tne prevalent European notion that America was great barbarians place without culture Of any Kind was dispelled for them ai
 When the group got to the IVA, which every foreigner seems to want to see the socialist was en- thusiastic That showed. he said. what "the state could do for the people when it took over. Most of the others did not agree, and they had quite an argument about it. trying to prove to their own sat- faction that it was democracy and capitalism Whcn had made the IVA possible
 They didn't like American architecture, in gem era because under unlimited free enterprise it had run wild and produced so many monstrositles along with the few good things. They thought the United States would be more beautiful if there were more town planning and more restrictions building de- sign. as in the Netherlands.
 U 6. newspapers were too big They took 100 long to read and left too little time to read anything else
 They were depressed most by U S. scientists particularly the youngsters who worked on the atome bomb project at Oak Ridge Tenn
 Shy Henry Wallace baffted them little, bens- tors connally and VandenbeFg bawled them out ln Diee way for the Dutch policy n Indonesia Yet lhf Dutch visitors EeFe quite critical Of the say the United states tad hanoled-oF, rather haa nol handled-lhe Negro problem.
 Al the visitors were Of course. ga-ga at the size Oi the country and at s contrasts from snONse0tefea Mes England and the Rockies to the Southwestern ssw x1 5a ss0 @ sss .n ssi ~ s S w ings0n-t0id then that 'ths place V not tlle real America" They're al pretty confused. therefore as lg shat sad where "the real America" is,
 whst bethssA item most oi ali. hezsyef: tiat Anyone shle to define the seul and splgii of AmaElea w pieare aiep forward ana gige the visiting pulehmsa co answer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
A Thought For Today
Spy Story

spy story even more startling than the recent and still vague account of Russian activities in Canada is that hom revealing the German espionage system there during the The second of these appears on page o today Democrat.
 The Nazis' spying is water over the dam to be sure. And it didn't win the for them true enough largely because the Allies had spy system too But the fact re- mains that the Naz had vast collection of secret knowI- edge which prolonged the and cost thousands of lives Conversely lack of secret knowledge also cost ves How different might the story of Pearl Harbor have been if we had had efficient and we-estabshed espionage system in Japan?
 We had no such system, however because peacetme spying has always seemed to Americans an exotic and repre- hensble business. It all right material for cloak and-dagger melodrama. And would even admit, with paned ook that perhaps some foreign countries nduged in this sneaking occupation But Americans, never We were too decent, sporting, and candid.
 That substantially what the ordinary citizen seemed think And apparently the ordinary citizens elected serv- ants in Washington thought likewise At any rate never have had secondrate intelligence service functonng abroad except in time of war
 The rest of the worlds great natons-and most of it's small ones-dd, of course. And while Americans may have pded ourselves moral superiority to such go- ngson must have looked pretty foolish to other coun- tries We actually and we should have had to admit it. and more if we had known the shocking truth of just how much friendly and unfriendy governments alike knew about secret business.
 Americans don't gag at the knowledge that football games secuted. Investors seldom turn down good business stock market tip though such things can important matter of knowing wha other nations doing do and mean to do we have maintained sort of Boy Scout attitude which may have been hghmnded but which was unreastic and dangerous
 The Naz spy revelations from Sweden worth read ing They reveal intricate farung ingenious and eff- cient organization which probably peculiar to the German government under Hitler To it's members, espo- mage ful-time job and big one
 It may be hoped, that have set up peacetime espionage service in this country that it, too will be futme activity Its job of collecting correlang and interpreting information will probably disappon the evotees of the spectacular and gamorous But the result will give invaluable national insurance if the effort IS given the importance it deserves.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
By ThOn1aS L. Stokes

government was influenced by big corporate interests o support certain governments there and help throw out others This was known dollar diplomacy. It is not a pretty part of our history.
 Right now we are having much to say about Ar gentina.
 It might be recalled that the first thing we did when the German threat arose, long before there was war was to reach out and acquire military pases in Iceland and Bermuda and other spots to protect ourselves.
 From where they sit, the Russians, We are told, are afraid that the Western powers are trying to build A ring around them. There are things that can be seized upon as crcumstantial evidence ana their political leaders exploiting such things TOT their own purposes which is to rally their people m a united front, Much of what IS gong on may De due to A shaky regime in Russia We dont know We can't tell But there are rumors that others may be coming to the top in Russia s
 We are sure that We are in no plot to surround Russia and are that the English Labor GoVeIh- nent is party to such plot. But Russia may pc inst as suspicious of uS without right as we are suspicious of her Incidents like the Churchill speech certainly don't help ,.,, .
 There is another thing that undoubtedly causes uneasiness This is our possession or the atomc ooI in a couple of seconds what 1t took the GermanS weeks to do. - 4
 We are sure we want no war, sure that We ao not intend to use the atomic bomb. But IS NusSa sure? , =, .,
 If would seem that the right prescription and the nroper approach the firmness denoted in speeches bv Secretary of State Byrnes and Senator Connaiy O. Texas), Foreign Relations Committee Cnarmah. To this may be added assurances that we are not "panging up" against any nation, but that we must work 1t all out practically with appeasement as members of the United Nations and not as great power blocs eyeing each other suspiciously
 look at it all from the Russian side might help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
WAGE-PRICE PRIMER
Hartford Courant)

tHartford Courant)
 A little more rain has fallen into the life of the law-abiding citizen who at this season con- ScientiouSly attempts to make an honest income-taX return to the Government, For if he is con- cerned with that same Govern ment's new wage-price policy, he has more paper work ahead of him The Economic Stabilizer, Chester Bowles, has issued regulations that, together with school-marmiSh lot of questions and answers, take up about a full-page in standard sized newspaper, In comparison with them the income-taXinStruc- tions are light reading.
 But We are a ssured by MT. BoWles that the situation is simple. He has, so he says, cleared the wage price atmosphere to such an extent that all will be smooth sailing into the calm sea of prosperity, In- deed, we are told that the only bottlenecks hindering the arrival of an economic utopia are fear, doubt and blind Self-intereSt," With just a little sacrifice by everybody, plus acceptance of the rulings of the Economic Stabilizer, we "can rid our economy of those bottle- necks and clear the way for the greatest flood of goods this na- tionhas ever seen" And of course Congress must renew the Price Con- trol Act without rrippling amend ments," grant money for food suo- sidies and give the Economic High Command all he funds it wants for carrying its program into effect, That is MT. Bowles5 blueprint for our economic utopia.
 We hope MT. Bowles' question and answer primer does not raise more questions than it has resolved. If 1t should, then the hope that doubt and fear have been removed would be in vain. Indeed, it is pertinent to observe that MT. Bowles' psychological bottlenecks" existed because of the uncertainties as to what industry might do CT be allowed to do under Government regulations. Perhaps MT. Bowles has cured the ills for which he him. self is ir part responsible. We wish his new policy success. His cid one did not provide a flood of goods.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
Views of the Press

United States Coast Guard and Geodetic Survey, Even though the first few days of spring should be cold and blustery, as in many years they are, the lengthening afternoons provide increasing daylight. long before daylight saving becomes et- fectiVe on April 28
 Though daylight saving is gem erally welcomed, there is always op- position. Possibly the precise effect of putting timepices ahead by one hour is not sufficiently understood. Suburban dwellers konw that they can the extra hour in the garden Eefore or after dinner. An effect almost unnoticed in the city Is that the sun rises later by the clock, a circumstance which may become bothersome to very early risers as autumn approaches. On April 28 the sunrise by Eastern standard time would be at 5 o'clock, and sunset at 6:4S, Daylight saving time will add one hour to these figures. The sun in Its ordinary course will actually begin to rise later on June l9, before sumer arrives. This means that for five months of the year in New York the sun is rising earlier day after day, and for seven months rising progressively later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

There is Great Britain, known in the past for her imperial ambitions-the history books are Iuli Of it. There is the United States with no imperial ambitions but with a power to produce nightly Tor war. It is a formidable combination to look upon and ponder -
 Russia also knows full well that we went to war to save our skin and that of England-not Russia s. She knows we helped her as a means Of saving ourselves Our newspapers and public speakers said that.
 
 What else would we see, looking out from Russia?
 We would observe great combination ot Anglo American territory and force stretching from the outpost in England, itself, which proved most aoe- uuate as a jumping place for our troops m the war clear across North and South America, oom- mated by little England, mostly by ourselves on to the island bases in the Pacific and to the Japanese Islands which we now control, right up to the door of Russia. ,,-,, if we recalled our own history. =. -
 We would see all that territory South ot the RIO C;rande over which we have influence, and remem- Der that we say to outside nations keep off through the Monroe Doctrine. We have had much to say m inc mast about governments there-and we still do. There was a time, and not so long ago, when our
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
RATTLETRAPS

(New Haven Journal-Courier-
 Thousands of automobile owners are protesting because they cannot get new cars to replace their rattle traps, but the i'll wind is blowing some good, Nearly every boy is learning, through trial and error, how to fix balky car, It is com mon occurrence to see a boy lift the hood of a car and start dead engine. Boys just getting started in their teens are likely to know more about what caused the family car to balk than dad.
 Sometimes people get out of pa tience with youth over its flair for old cars. Boys rig them up in gala attire and go changing down a street or country road. giving oldsters a start when the jalopy turns cor Ter on two wheels. But perhaps it is better for youth to be tinker ing with rattletraps than roaring about the counry a ninety miles per hour in perfectly performing cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

thing IS the variety or impressions the visiting Scribes take home.
 Visitors on these conducted tours usually get a chance to see more Of the United States than most Americans ever do, They hit Harvard and Hollywood They look down from the top of the Empire State Building in New York and from the top Of the Mark in San Francisco. Tn between. they see such high spots as the Detroit assembly lines. the Chicago stoekyards, the Dutch colonies in Grand Rapids and Holland. Mich, the Arizona desert, the Tennessee Valley and Washington D. c.
 Doors are swung open as t by magic. They see and interview auto magnates, movie stars scientists, labor leaders and politicians It's the best short e0uFse in Americana that can be devised It should make any visitor an expert on the uSA,
 
 AnA yet ths slK DHiehmeB survived their tour with pretty mixed lmpFeki0ns They wefe . varied l0i 10 begin with g. !. Hellena Is Calvinist Nh0 spent three gears ln Aaxl concentration camp C. O tefmaaM 6 \ Cathode conservative. e. M Van handwijk gas leader Co the Dutch underground, and ihe editor Qf the underground newspaper, Free hedeyland" pr, 4. 1. P Tammes k q liberal. L q. Klein socialist 4, ! .k0elemana q eommnalkit They hii faw tbe same thnga. ent through different eyes
 When ths sEoup flSss landed sash vrlssT sas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

not mix. If Ed Pauley had done the same, no im- portant voice would have been raised against him in the Senate.
 Before he came to Washington Max Gardner then Governor of North Carolina, had come to know Franklin D. Roosevelt then Governor of New York And on July 22 1882 just after Roosevets nomina- tion Gardner wrote him letter suggesting the New Deal and setting down with amazing foresight the left-of-center policy which Roosevelt later followed
 'It is my opinion" Gardner wrote F.DR, that the American people are on the move, and firmly believe that your herasmt If you go far enough, is bound to have a stabzing effect in its appeal to the ultimate hope of the nation. If were you l would become more liberal, because tell you the masses are marching and If we are to save this nation 1t has got to be saved by the liberal inter- pretations of the sentiments now ruling in the hearts of men
 T am satisfied that we are in the day of new deal and that many of our preconceiVed ideas and formulas are going to be thrown into the dis card, We are more than blind If we can think the American people will stand hitched to the status quo,
 and the frontiers of thinking have extended beyond the limit heretofore held sacred by the conservative minds of this country"
 Down in his home state, some North Carolinians haven't always considered Gardner liberal One of these is Josephus Daniels ex-Secretary of the Navy who for years has attacked the Gardner machine which has appointed judges, elected governors and put MaXs own brother-in-law Tn the GoVeTnors mansion and the Senate
 Sometimes after JosephuS had blasted Max with his most scorching editorials, Governor and Mrs Gardner would invite the Daniels to dinner JosephuS would say grace they woIeS forget the editorial blasts in the morning paper, and all would be psas' ant--for the evening.
 As the years have passed Josephus Daniels and Max Gardner have become better friends. And when you look around at the public schools of North Car oina, Its high lteracy, its tolerance, you have to conclude that either the Gardner machine or the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

Gardner, ex-Governor of North Carolina, now Under Secretary of the Treasury, an early planner of the New Deal, but first and fore- most a friend of Man.
 Max Gardner came to Wash ington in 1888 with the Roose- welt Administration. When he ar- rived, he did exactly the opposite of Ed Pauley. He opened law office, but simultaneously he re- signed from the Democratic Na- tional Committee. Politics and a .,n,.nn..nl Ian, ,,,.n nAlnn lan RnIA Ala
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

Let us BeJ DeHIIlu WIIaV IIdo been called The Iron Curtain and look out upon the rest of the world.
 What would we see?
 First, we would see the two other great powers of the world, Britain and the United States, controlling great areas, bound to- gether by common tradition and language, all of which has been re- emphasized by Winston ChurchillS Fulton, Mo, speech advocating a permanent close alliance, with responsibilities.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15

THE WAY IT IS Lend me an ear, l prithee do, For l would speak of writers, say, Working an con past tor two Working, the case may me, today. What is the cry they're raising
 pray? Whom do they seem to want to nurtT Rome to Gotham, 1t is their lay: Somebody else is dishing dirt, Good PropertiuS, bardling true, Thought CatulluS 'blithe roue. Figured Catty was. one who blew Melodies just a mite riSque, Called him for 1t; the expose (Look at the rhymes with which
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 Gave a hypocrite right of way Somebody else is dishing dirt. Critics say, on their own, they heW Strict to the cleaner stuff; and they Always have it that you pursue The jest or line that has gone
 aStray.
 It may be cline or 1t may be gay It may be wide or 1t may be pert It may be obvious or outre; Somebody else is dishing dirt,
 LENVOI Prince, the Romans or we purVey Nothing anyone can pervert; This is the truth with which we
 Hay:
 Somebody else is dishing dirt.
 There's a mutiny in the Indian Navy. Latest reports say that re- tributive measures resulted in the sinking of at least seven, and pos sibly nine, canoes.
 MT. Truman and MT. Churchill will got to Missouri by train and not by plane on the trip they've sched- uled for next month, We hope they don't sabotage their precautions by using Missouri mules for transpor- tations, once they get there.
 Not a single South American country has made an official state ment on the Blue Book charges which our State Department made against Argentina. Maybe the steaks are too important.
 The White House announces that it considers the interests of the in- habitantS of the Caribbean area as paramount. You may be sure that MGM and RKO resent the plug.
 We are puzzled about something What will they call the world head quarters, once they have finally es- tablished it? UNO City? All nationsburg? Or simply Greenwich Village?
 The advocates of submarine war fare probably are all in favor of Ed Pauley's appointment. He is less interested in whats on the sea than what's under it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-15
DAYLIGHT SAVING NEXT
 MONTH
(New York Sun)

Beginning today sunset in the New York area will take place after 6 o'clock Eastern standard time
 Beginning with March p, the day after the vernal equinox, sunrise in New York will come before 6 o'clock
 These time figures, are from the table compiled for New York by the