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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

 would have known exactly where they could have put their hands on 1t If they had only known Y was there
 That's the way t was you'll recall. with the Yalta slde-agreemsnt which Roosevelt, Churchill and stalin made about turning over the KuFile Islands to Ruasis free.
 After discovery Of that paper, President Truman vas asked at c press conference if there weFe any other secret agreements that were lest n the files He said this Kalta agreement hadn't beep lest tt Wns ln the files ail the time He covered hiHaselgs though, by saying that g there were any others nef yet announced they'd be made public at the proper time The proper time s whea you discover sm
 
 .REesident Roosevelt apparently paanme6 lt that way He told one time about an idea he he'd Eof DeNs- var use of the Pentaeon building as storage place foT government records.
 As usual. he Was gEobaby thinking wev ahead ng khe country. planning WiaEe elae hesie@ Hyde Park he could hlds a the eeeEet aefeemen& he un9 s0lng to make-consideFina where they could baat be iost.
 Psniagon national paFklng-pinca would. of course. be l6aal. Mllea 0l paved hlaAWasN, tunnels igaila. and corridors through which tcNrl1as eoiaa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
File and Forget Dept.
By Pster EdsOn

ride on comfortable sightseeing busses, the guides pointing out yistas of magnificent peaks and valleys Of Filing Cabinet 0ulch, in which could be found strange wild flora and fauna arranged in alphabetical order
 FDR. said he once went through big file-room in some government agency. The bureau chief told him the file was live but in the first cabinet Roose- velt opened he found file on something like life ex- pectancy of wild buTros h the Grand Canyon.
 There are all kinds of precedents for having National Clean out the Files Day. Early n the war; when Don Nelson first took over as boss Of War Production Board, he found applications for pFioF- ties were running months behind yn neYer-to-bss forgotten weekend. Nelson pulled h some good 6eau-Roebuck mail order expediteEs and cleaned ID the files.
 nIa1or-0ensFal c. ?. Rahinson, chief Of the cOn- tgol division In Army Service Forces once invented another formula for the same thing. As young officer he Was assigned to War Department Dis tFiet Engineers office He found the place a elnts tered ID Wifh red tape- One Sunday night he hEpke into eVeFyones desk, cleaned out al tho drawers apd sa m s cd ss Ss ss 2 2oness s % they were greeted hy the eFinnln6 RObinaon who told them fo get buay, clean ID. throw away the worthless papers end de something about tose thaf needed attention.
 Congress has slsan-up every two years Thas Isn't eglen enough bat lts effective. Every blu net esaas ls automatically hled
 On seeend thought. however. maybe the sleet in the fesH treatment la tle proper WaY So handle &ee ol Ehsee papen lke the nnszIan loan request When you aet satlE yeu ean't enagsI. eQuE " slss plt either. but what's the aiiiaenee9
 unels San might have saRad q hlllea 1allam q that State EtpaH1Henf ENT hAonI found tHs AazfNF lo Leo. The NaSalans haa aRDafntv AaKaasfen ik
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
Views of the Press

dustrial controversies. But pickett ing accompanied by violence or in- timidation under threat of violence Is illegal. Mass picketing which at- tempts to bar entry to Q struck plant Is by It's very nature, Illegal, because 1t infringes both individual and property rights. Company of- fcials, unorganized white-collar workers and non-strikers have fre- quently been assaulted or kept from their places of employment during recent strikes. A struck plant sur- rounded by militant pickets in an unbroken line Is virtually under seizure. It Is as effectively closed as though 1t were under union oc- cupation by sitdown strikers.
 Violent mass picketing has been used by c. I. O., A. r. |. and inde- pendent unions, though most of these demonstrations have been staged by 0. I. o. unions. The strikers have acted aS though the National Labor Relations Act, tho Norris-La GuArdia law or ths Byrnes law gave them some such privileges, which none of this legls- lation does. For . while it seemed as. if local authorities in industrial towns would refuse to enforce tho law. Police at Kearney, N. j., as. sisted strikers in maintaining. their picket line. officials of Stamford, Conn, and Bloomfield, N. J., neg lected to carry out court orders, meanwhile employers have often acted as if they had no rights at all in the matter.
 Recently, however, they have dIs- covered not only that they have rights but that the public also has rights which can be enforced. The courts have more and more con sistantly tended to recognize the distinction between legal and H. legal picketing. The tide seems tc have turned with the decision oi a Pittsburgh court, since upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court limiting pickets around Carna- gie steel plant to ten to a gate ten feet apart, to be kept in con- tinuous motion" The union did mol defy that injunction, though otheI
 unions have defied similar iIljunc- tions. Mass picketing, especially 1T defiance of the courts, seems to be more cautiously invoked, while law enforcement has become more de- termined. Violent mass picketlne cannot be supported against q growing public opinion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09


 ashore and fish from cruisers in the daytime, but tarpon fishing by moonlight is my personal Idea of piscatorial ecstacy in these particular waters
 If you come this way, stop at some fitsing place and insist upon partakng of the three prime staples They are: Conch stew, turtle steak and Key West lime pie Turtle steak tastes little like venison These turtles incidentally, are not little things about the size of your hat but great salt water mammoths that weigh hundreds of pounds. Commercial fishermen down this way harpoon em Ike whales.
 Florida Is damned but it begins to look as if the season has struck perhaps has passed, its peak. Two or three good Miami Beach hotels have begun to advertise some vacancies, and vacancy" signs are newly out in front of some of the motor courts for the first time, they tell me, since November.
 The biggest shortage in these parts seems to be candid camera film, although heard some elderly emergers from cafeteria grabbing. What they seemed to be charging was continued absence of toothpcks.
 There's nothing better than southern food when good southern cook really gives it e business, but there's nothing worse than the common sort dished in these eat-and-run joints. Everything Is fried. and hard, and the coffee down here is exquisitely execrable The reason for the latter is probably the water, which is usually hard
 The butter shortage hits here Most of the ore dinary restaurants serve jelly instead Some serve
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
Alderman Gerardi

The story of Lt Col Peter Cosgans resignation from he Board of Aldermen to happy and satsfaSTory andnr with the appointment of former Alderman William Gerar to succeed him. both the Board of Aldermen ana the Board of Finance.
 Without disparaging the ability or character or tne ther men seriously considered it is fair say that Mr. Cerard will bring to his dual office experience which the others lacked The sincere desire to render real pup ic service regardless of party lines which characerized Col Costgan's brief term as alderman and eventually ed to his somewhat dsgused resignation also distinguished MT. Gerardis career.
 rather unethical political doubeplay cost him his oson last Fall when the socaled Independent Democrats refused to extend him they did to the other Republican aderanic candidates their endorsement By appointment Of Mr. Gerard Mayor Monagan has replaced one able man with another; his choice deserves unqualified approval
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
sETTLlNa sTRTKEs


 The actual interest of the gen. eral public in strikes and the at- titude of the general public towards strikers vary ir direct proportion to the trouble which the general public suffers from these industrial conflicts. The shutdown of an in- dividual factory does not bother the bulk of the citizenry too much, even though 1t may Do immensely serious for tho workers and employ CTS immediately involved. But c shutdown which depriveS whole community or series of comTnuni- ties of essential services at once causes . concerted uproar having no relation to the issues involved and arising solely from the public's sense of injury to It's own interests. The Jones Chair Gaming Company may be closed for Q year without arousing any particular protest. But let the telephone system or the electric light and power supply or the railroads be tied up for 24 hours and the cries Of anguish, the demands that something be done, will arise to deafening proport lions.
 Labor leaders, should and probably do. recognize that as far aS the public Is concerned, all strikes are not alike. So it may be that we are bringing up an issue already considered and planned for by the unions. Yet it should never be for- gotten that the easiest way for labor to forfeit the sympathy of the gen. eral public is by bringing inconveni- ence and scarcity on the general public. That justice may be upon the side of the strikers makes no difference. Like a man with the toothache the public is unable to hold a detached attitude. All 1t knows is that 1t is suffering and that 1t wants relief.
 Perhaps the best example of re- conciliation of rights without strikes is that furnished by the railroads and the railroad brotheEhoods. The Railway Labor Act of 1926 which regulates the relations of railroad workers and their employers has made rail strikes an improbability save in extreme cases. This Act pro- vides effective means for settling grievances, for, compulsory media tion and voluntary arbitration and for cooling off the excited oppon- ents during a period of 90 days be- fore a strike can be called. II does not entirely eliminate the chance of q strike. But 1t has made the railroads, in the mind of citi- zens, models of stable industrial re- lations. Perhaps in all those in- dustries which are as essential to the public welfare as the railroads similar methods might well be tried.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
l6 Years Ago

When the breakfast toast burned and the coffee was "too d--n bitter, it was all right with Q local man; but when his wife brought home a picture of her movie idol and placed it in a frame previously occupied by a picture Of her husband, the man just couldn't take 1t. He Te. eeiyed a 90 day Jail sentence fol "forceably extracting her teeth witl a pair Of pliers"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

We in the United tates must use our great strength and power to advance the national .well-being by raising the living standards of the American people and strength ening the basis for lasting peace and prosperity.
 President Truman.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

The jolly admission by the usually humoriess State Depart ment that a Russian request for a blllion-dollar loan had just been discovered in the tHrned-over files of Big Businessman Leo CroWley's old Foreign Economic Admiuistra- ton Is what suggests the need for this new holiday. This Russian letter had been received only last August. It was never lost, of course. It was just in the files thatla urhaFn fk mae-and thev
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

Tor It's Casa MarIlla hotel. Its line fishing, It's big turtles and It's good cigars. The war made 1t something for moro important and serious the U. 8. Navy, naturally. taking over. Prom the way things are going In this still shaky world, 1t might be just as well not to say what still is here and what Isn't.
 There are famous fishing camps all along on these keys. Some are as fancy as the finest hotels. Others are plain, but conn RnvskaYala Ynaa aan klaiaa aiaafa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

W.D'R. uufIn0 dafk WAf uayB.
 The "reminiscences pertained to how Churchill's Anslo- Amerl- can alliance worked out when he was at the head Of tho Brltish Empire and in a posltlon to make it work. Here are solno og che "reminiscences:
 ChdFehlIl on Mongkumgs
 when E.p.R. and winston ar- rived in Cairo ln lpls, they dis- covered that no one had rennegzi- bered Co meet chlang Kai-shek at
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
TFIE uNCONYERTED


 TTE UNcONvERTED Dusting out the corner may Be a solemn rite some day, And the housewife may, in sum, Bow before the vacuum. She may hold the washing brings Dignity befitting kings,
 And in every chore discern Lessons in content to learn. But I'll bet a pretty that Man will not take off his hat To the labors that connote Also taking off his coat.
 Navy planes will be used to bomb pestlferOus. crows out of the trees In Oxnard, California. And not, say we, refusing Co pass up such . natural, without due cawB.
 A recently discharged war vet eran, with shotgun under his arm, had no trouble ct all in passing through 2 Michigan picket line the other day. He was goilng to brsi- nesS-and he cid mean business.
 The town meeting in Lincoln, Mass, attracted so many people that 1t had to be held in two halls, with two-way radio facilitating the proceedings, A voter in one hall would get Up to make a motion and another in the other hall would get up and shout T.. s. M. F. I'll"
 Apparently the general reaction to Mir. Churchills Fulton speech is that while the British are our Oou- sins, there's no need for asking them tO move In with us.
 It didn't take long for the but ter and oleomargarine shortage which was born during the war to grow up.
 A rail strike-no mails moving: Q telegraph strike and a phone strike no wires humming. Don't write telegraph or telephone. Smoke signal.
 A senator over on Beacon Hill had the temerity to say, the other day, that a modern girl kisses as though she were siphoning gasoline And is playing with match at the ssme time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
Turtle Steak?

KEY WEST, Fla, March 0--This Is the jumping off place. and It's not dumb jumping with Cuba an easy fetch out there across the opalescent ouH Stream This most southerly site formerly was famous
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

4 two-yeaE-old girl had e large piece of flesh taken from the end Of her nese when she stepped too eloss to watch her father repair An electric fan.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
6 Years Ago

At least three persons were rushed to local hospitals after they suffered severe attacks Of appea. dleills in downtown TnslauFantA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
Merry Go Round

whsHrNCTON. March D. Wlnnton ChuEohlllS mneneklc voice coming over the atr waves from Enl- ton Mo. touched oN interesting "reminiscences on tho part og lnsiders who had sat with GhuzchM and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

sparks from a chimney in a shack on the Naugatuek Rigef bank were blamed foT a e26o0 fire which re- stlwed 6 house near Highland AEanna.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
MASS PFCKETING

(New York Times) Peaceful picketing $ 6 proper ln- strlllnent of organized labor in in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
A Thought For Today

Lord thou hast brought up my thou hast kpt Ave thh should not go down tO Che PRHams SS
 Sweet AGercyl gates of Heaven w This Minstrel lead his sins forgven
 rueful conflict the heart rven 4M With vain endeavour,
 memory of earths bitter eaven
 Effaced forever.-WordSworth.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T. z

A radio forum panel advocates q new mental attitude of reSpec, toward housework to alleviate its drudgeTy. News item.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

WASHINGTON, March 9-What this government needs more than anything else is another national holiday. It should be called. National Clean Out
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

A woman was discovered in a hall way in the Brooklyn section hang ing by her neck from a light fixture. The death was termed to be self inflicted,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09
Waterbury of the Past
2b Years Apo

Because he wanted to save a new shoe shine from becoming scratched Bud Clark ended in the hospital with 6 badly lacerated scalp. Clark intent on watching his shoes, slip ped and fell down two flights of stairs where fellow office workers discovered him unconscious.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09


 velts of Churchills fault, because they arrived afterward But Roosevelt, wanting Co make amends for the oversisht called on Chiang at hs hotel and told him of ambitious American plans to reopen Che Burma Road and send supplies to China
 K Next day, however, Churchill vetoed the Burma Road--mueh to Chiang Kai-sheks chagrin.
 Roosevelt, wanting to compensate for this later proposed that the British return ongkong to China and that China then turn it over to the United Nations as q free port for all the world to use. Uhang Kal-shek gicwed with pleasure. But Churchill alowered. 4A AN X T was not made Prime Minister of England" he said eto llqudate tho British Empire"
 After that, t took oil Roosevelts persuasive charm to keep Chiang from bolting the Cairo Con-
 NorE-The British still keep lEonskonv, and not even the Labor Government has made any move to restore It. 9
 Churchill on Second Front:
 At Casablanca in ie4S, tho question of cross Channel invasion of France was discussed by Roose- veit and Churchill. The U. g. General staff wanted t. The British didn't Finally, Churchill said that it second front was undertaken, the British Army could supply only 90 percent of tho invasion force, saddilng the American Army with 70 percent of the
 we cannot suuandsr the seed of tho Empire"
 me man who most vigorously opposed the Prime Minister regarding this was General Al Wedemeyer, then head of the General staffs War Plans Division. He maintained that 30-70 troop ratio would mean that no second front could be started for ct least one year and that the war would Do prolonged un- necessarily It would take ct least year to transport the required D. S. troops across the Atlantic, Wede- meyer argued whereas the British already had a siaeabie army in England which could be used tor . second front if they would 90 in on ratio Of 60-b0.
 Churchill, however stood pat. g
 He was very irate with General WedemeyeF, how ever and later suggested to T,D.R. that Lord Louis Mountbatten needed an expert American laison off. cer for his campaign in India. He specifically asked that Wedemeyer be attached to Mountbatten, Wede- meyer had spent several years In Germany, knew German tactics, did not know the Far East. Despite that Churchill got him transferred to India.
 The Second Front was Started year and Q half later with ratio of 70 percent American troops to 30 percent British.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

Navy planes will be used to bomb pestlferOus. crows out of the trees in Oxnard, Callfcrnia. And not, say we, refusing Co pass up such . natural, without due cawB.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-09

A senator over on Beacon Hill had the temerity to say, the other day, that modern girl kisses as though she were siphoning gasoline. And is playing with a match ct the same time.
Evening star., 1946-04-26
Hospital Delay by VA
Brings Ste||e Threat
To Get Dryden Scalp
BY the Associoied Pres,

BALTIMORE, April 26. John
Stelle, national commander OF the
American Legion, called last night
for immediate construction of vet
erans' hospital facilities and said
we are going to get Dryden's scalp"
Frank H. Dryden of Pocomoke.
Md, is assistant administrator for
construction and supplies in the
Veterans Administration.
Mr.. Stelle, speaking at the annual
meeting of the Maryland Depart
ment of the Legion, said that when
Mr.. Dryden was urged to proceed
with construction of more hospital
facilities for veterans he had hes
itated. Mr.. STEELE quoted Mr.. Dryden
as saying, Prices are up, therefore
we can't build more hospitals"
I'VE in the countryside, Mr.. Stelle
continued, know that prices are up,
are likely to remain up"
In Washington, Mr.. Dryden told
a reporter he had no comment con-
corning Mr.. Stelle's speech except
that everything is being done to
expedite the program
Mr.. Stelle said 10000 men were now
awaiting disqualification. He turned
to two Democratic members of Con-
gress from Maryland, Represent
atlves D'Alesandro and Fallon, at
tending the gathering, and said, "If
more money is needed, it is up to
you men to see that it is appro-
priated"
Mr.. Stelle, saying Russia had an
nounced plans to put 100000 men
under arms, called for maintenance
by this Nation of a swift hard
hitting Army and Navy with
adequate air cover"
Evening star., 1946-04-26
.A Advances $4,000
For Road Project Plans

The Prince Georges County COM
missloners yesterday were advanced
more than $1,000 by the Federal
Works Agency to finance the prep
aration of plans and specifications
for two limited access highway
projects. The money is to be repaid,
without interest, when construction
is begun.
An advance of $67,614 will be
used for the preparation of plans
and specifications for approximate
ly 81 miles of limited access high
way between New Hampshire ave-
nue. and Baltimore boulevard. 4 The
project will consist of two 24-foot
concrete lanes, separated by con-
crete median strip and is estimated
to cost $2,001 900.
Another advance of $29 ,579 will be
used for the preparation of plans
and specifications for approximate
ly IL miles of limited access high
way, consisting of two 24-foot con-
crete lanes separated by concrete
median strip. between Baltimore
boulevard and Edmonston road. The
estimated cost is $88O,475,
Evening star., 1946-04-26

Capt. Charles B. McVay III, who
recently received a reprimand in
Navy court-martial proceedings re-
sulting from the sinking of the
cruiser indianapolis, has been
awarded and presented the Bronze
Star Medal and citation for heroic
service" and outstanding leader
ship in connection with opera
tlons against the enemy from March
q to April 7, l945, as commanding
officer of cruiser during the as
sault on Okinawa.
The medal was presented to Capt.
McVay in recent ceremony at
Potomac River naval command
headquarters by Rear Admiral Glenn
B. Davis, commandant.
Neither the citation nor the
Potomac River naval commands
announcement of the presentation
specifically said it was the Indian
apolis on which Capt. McVay was
serving during the period covered
in the citation. 1t was pointed out,
however, that he was in command
of the Indianapolis at the time.
Capt. McVay's actions in not zig
tagging the Indianapolis while under
attack by japanese submarine
when she was sunk July 30, 1945, led
to court-martial proceedings.
The official citation for the
Bronze Star Medal. signed by Rear
Admiral j. L. Hall, .jr,, commander
Amphibious Forces, United States
Pacific Fleet, read:
Evening star., 1946-04-26

For heroic service in connection
with operations against the enemy
from March 2l to April 7, 1945, as
the commanding officer of United
States cruiser during the assault
on Okinawa. Displaying outstand-
ing leadership and courage, he
caused his ship to successfully bonn
bard enemy shore installations and
inflicted heavy damage on the
enemy.
March 81, 1945, his ship was at
tackled and seriously damaged by
enemy aircraft; through his capable
direction and skill, he caused the
enemy to withdraw to a forward
base without further damage. With
determination and courage in COM
bat, he proved to be an inspiration
to his crew and contributed mate
rally to the success of the assault
operation. His conduct throughout
distinguished him among those per-
forming duties of the same charac-
ter"
Capt. McVay, who has been on
temporary duty with the Potomac
River naval command while re-
ceiving treatment for a leg injury,
was recently assigned as chief of
staff and aide to Rear Admiral
Aaron S. Merrill, commandant of the
Eighth Naval District at New Or
leans. He went on 17-day leave
Wednesday, after which he is to
report for the New Orleans as