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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

some Of them saving us the trouble, ana we have
confined the people. but there Is one dangerous, and
killed or confined That's the ghost OF Goebbels.
That sinister shade and our Swallowing memory may
bring the Third World War and finale
That he's working, and making progress, was
recently revealed in startling news despatch out
Of Wiesbaden, Germany.
"A u S. Army poll, taken last fall. Of 100 men
said to represent cross section OF American troops
stationed in Germany shows that 10 percent OF them
believed the Germans had some justification Tor
starting the war Fify-one percent said they believed
Hitler did the Reich lot Of good before 1888.
TT showed large percentages Of the soldiers
ready to accept the German explanations ana Wiling
to absolve the Of Germans from responsibility
for concentration camp atrocities However, 80 per.
cent Of them favored occupation Of Germany Tor ~
years . . . most believed the u. s. Military Govern
ment was not tough enough with Nazs (Tl PERCENT
nor ordinary Germans (62 percent).
twenty-five percent said they believed the
Germans under Hitler had good reasons for perse-
cutions. Another 10 percent were undecided
upon the question The enlisted men questioned had
talked to Germans and 28 percent said they agreed
with some of the German explanations as TO why
Germany went to war. TWENTY mine percent con-
coded thew had grown nore favorable" toward their
former enemies since they had been in the country
Thirty percent said they liked the Germans petter
than the English or French"
The story said 1.-THE poll not officially re-
leased for publication but was made available by an
authoritative source. The survey nao peen kept an
official secret for weeks"
We're softening. forgetting turning away. From
their original whispers, voices are now increasingly
audible to the effect that they couldn't AL De IN
fault that there lot Of good Germans that they
must be fed and clothed. their churches re-estaD-
lshed their industry strapped with exceeding care
Part Of the CT. poll don't understand. That's
the part that divides the mass into Nazls ana
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
Winding Our Own Business

The community life Of Waterbury inseparaby bound
TO the brass industry whether likes or not The per-
sona welfare Of each and every one OF us rises ana 1
with local industry.
Business means busy-ness and all want to be busy,
not idle Waterbury losing 100000 per day and
over 100000 per week because Of the industrial STRIFE ana
and child or US snafeS tnat loss III sos
measure.
Our working people want higher wages 1t is the order
81 the day they should have them Local employers are
willing grant these increases contingent upon ther peg
assured of increased prices for their products What these
increases should be for both sides is matter Tor negoatoh
by the parties concerned,
The important thngthe hope have tried to express
and have been criticized for expressng-s that the artn
metc be done speedily that those entrusted with negoa
lions speed the process in every way so that the hardship
shall be lessened and terminated.
The wage-prce relationship is such that there is COM
unty of interest between employer and employee work
together for satisfactory and simultaneous adjustment OF
both wages and prices.
It has been Inferred we deliberately taking the part
Of management in the local issue Yet have urged pay
increases labor caution in making certain that the
working man is not abused by management in any way, d.
recty indirectly We have tried only to be impartial Tor
the sake of the community We do feel however that man.
agement has its rights also.
This much is simple arithmec-you can't quote prices
you can't take orders you can't hire people to fill those
orders If you don't know whether you charge the price
necessary fill the order and break This applies
ncby to new goods on the market heretofore never pro-
duced.
That is fundamental rule Of private enterprise-the
alternative is socialism, by federal subsidy and the like
We believe that local leaders, both sides of the ISSUE
reasonable capable interested in our city, its
people and their welfare We believe they should and can
work together to attain and eventually satisfac-
tory goal This Waterbury strike should be settled by
Waterburians not in Washington, Denver Ptsburg
or elsewhere.
An early settlement the concern-yes the prayer Of
each of It should be fair settlement without advantage
of either side the other.
Blessed the they speed the peace
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

ed that certain bases be seized BY che United states
Immediately. The fact that these were sovereign
nations and had something to say about their own
territory apparently made no difference 70 the Gem
eral Only the restraining hand Of summer Wenss
then Under Secretary Of State, prevented trouble.
Toward the end Of the war, also General Marsh
ali was held responsible for drafting directives
later Issued under Roosevets name, ordering the
state Department to keep permanent peacetme
military bases In Brazil and Ecuador The directive
gave the state Department no alternative IN the
matter. II was commanded 70 secure these bases
regardless Of the wishes OF the LAtin-American
countries whose soil was involved.
THIS brusque attitude regarding peaeetime bases
Is one reason for the serious cooling off OF pan-
lean good WILL Various LAtin-Amerlcan countries
were glad To give US bases during the war IS an
emergency measure but they do not want American
troops permanently on their soil.
NOTE-The proposed appointment OF General
Marshall as Secretary Of State appears 70 be part
OF the growing trend toward mitarixing the U y.
diplomatic service Truman has now appointed Gen,
Bedel Smith as Ambassador TO Russia, Admr, Alan
as Assistant Secretary Of state, Gen, Frank LINES
as Ambassador to Panama, with General MaFshail
already serving as Ambassador to China.
Yt's hard 70 believe but Army brass hats are
blocking the return To the USA. Of Or. Nils bohr,
Danish Nobel Prize winner and the father Of MOD
ern atomic science.
They don't want II known, but the Army has
also turned thumbs down on visit BY Joliot cure
NADINE Curles son. another atomic scientist, on the
grounds that they don't want American scienIisS
talking to foreign scientists
Amazing thing Is that the Army takes this view
despite the fact that the atomic bomn discovery was
made possible only by the contributions OF Italian
American German, Polish and Czech scientists Witn
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
Ghost of GOebbelS By Bill CUNNINGHAM"

ORDINARY Germans" Touring the Allied part OF that
erstwhile nation soon after the fighting coule lead
10 but one conclusion That was that they were all
In the war effort no matter what they called them
selves afterward.
It's back.the attack machine was surpassed by
only one That was ours. We're twice It's size and
have 100 times It's resources No political party alone
could have operated that German homefront war
effort Il was obvious that every man, woman ana
child was IN It and giving 1t all that could be brought
TO bear Trying 10 separate the Nazis from "the
ordinary Germans" at that stage was like trying TO
catch hat full Of air and then tell which part was
oxygen, which hydrogen.
The standard CT. unit Of measurement Is girls,
and In this long drawn out international contest,
the fraueins won without much competition. The
lifting Of the ban against determination made com.
mingling official was there at the time and, at
the risk Of getting lynched let 80 with jeremlad
against It, predicting that just what has happened
would surely happen
II was obvious and inevitable. The pretty, often
well reared highly entertaining German maedchen
knew nothing but Hitlerism. Shed heard nothing
else from her hours Of understanding anything: she
could state the German case and defend IT ike .
professional The gaustering Oh had nothing with
which to counter He had nothing even 10 compare
with such indoctrination. He and his people took
democracy for granted. He mostly there because
he'd been drafted and couldn't help himself. He
had no arguments to offer, and no desire TO offer
any anyhow. What he was mainly interested IN was
kiss.
But when they did get to the subject of war,
or international relations why there was Hitler,
or what the Naxs were driving at, IN most cases,
the advantage was preponderantly hers. Sincerely
maybe even earnestly, asking to be shown the light,
to have explained what wrong, where things
went bad, she poured in his ear the straight Goen-
bells line. Her home was neat and clean. Maybe II
was better than his on some backWoods farm
or in the slum Of city. Her parents looked like
nice old folks who wanted to be friendly Naturally
they did. They were hoping for break. Sooner or
later he began to find himself contrasting all this
with the dirt and the poverty he'd seen in the other
countries; the black markets. the conniving the 70
him, overcharging These people were better ny
comparison. They were "our kind Of folks" The8
couldn't have been so wrong Goebbels had got him,
or had got at least. part of him. Witness that poll
II the soldier softens there, and If We forget
here the history Of the German people from the
time Bismarck organized them into one nation
plainly predicts what will happen. Somewhere ~
that disbanded Youth Movement is the Hitler o.
tomorrow-unless we make We're forgetting
our mission all too rapidly. That mission was this
time to make absolutely certain We're far from u
yet and Goebbels' ghost is stalking.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
Production Line Divorces

II regrettable that there aren't urists with the
intelligent convictions the matter of divorces such
displayed in Waterbury Tuesday by Superior Court Judge
Francis A. Palo The latter in denying motion for
divorce did with the stern observation W is easy enough
TO get divorce in Connecticut without making the laws
any weaker"
Such statement obvious in its intent yet ac-
tuay it has meaning when diagnosed. Use of the
word weaker by the urist only connoe that the law
n being weak in the first place faulty to make it weaker
only aggravates condition already bad enough
Loose and easyoget divorces strike the heart of fam
~ life in America Famiyife in this country has always
been the foundation for its success the goal work for
the entity that gives dignity and identity to mundane
efforts the object of natural and instructive affection and
love- When endanger the family endanger entire
nystem of democracy.
To date many states actually handle divorces pro-
ducton line basis Here in Waterbury last year
hundred divorces granted in day by Superior Court
urs Such caous display of indifference to the grave
Importance OF marriage little sickenng at the time
Il was enacted.
It Is going to take the wisdom of Solomon to determine
ne answers to the complex and sad problems of many Of
the hasy marriages Of the years Relaxation of
divorce laws does not constitute the answer rather IL
escape from the responsibility and lure toward the
hougess to enter the marriage state casually and with
TIE same spirit Of approach they enter dance contest
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
b DrsgO Pearson

ous their collaboration IT, discovery would have BEEN
However, the Army 4 now waslns en- intensive
campaign 10 pnss the fascist MNy-Johngun BILL which
would permit the Army 10 80 into any university and
remove any professor would even SCI 10 military
courts n peacetme with precedence over civilian
courts TO put civilians IN jail, Hence, the present
Army scare propaganda regarding consultation boz
tween scientists.
Hsrs Is one reason why naval reserves arent
jumping with Alacrity 70 sign up again IN Secretary
ForFestals Navy.
Il ESCAPED unnotced, but one officer charged
with negligence In the sinking Of the uS.s ind-
annapolis actually was awarded the Legion Of Merit,
Furthermore. he got this honor, one Of the
highest IN the Navy after the sinking OF the 1nd-
annapolis and at a time when Me Navy should have
known he had been negligent The officer IN guess
ton Is Capt, A. N Uranium, Who has the dubious
distinction OF holding the Legion OF Merit and also
an official reprimand, both covering duty 81 the
same time and place
Perhaps the secret Of his Legion Of Merit 4 that
oranum Is an Annapolis graduate,
Anyway, when the indianapolis was overdue At
fayte. CAPTAIN dranum had It's route, speed and
estimated time Of arrival magnetEed board, show
ing the location OF ell vessels and corrected every
eight hours showed tnat tne ahasanapo was aHnS
from midnight 10 midnight, showing the Indianapolis
was overdue, was shown Captain oranum.
II was then his duty 10 organize search, using
oil available ships and planes This was not done
More than thousand men were struggling in the
water, many Of them eaten py SHARKS, But u was
not until routine patrol spotted some survivors at
1924 a. M August q three days after the ship sank,
that search was started
TWO months later, in october, ie46, the Navy
awarded Captain Granum the Legion OF Merit With
a glowing citation which read:
'For exceptionally merltorlous conduct IN the
performance OF outstanding service For the
protection Of all shipping The successful ac-
compshment OF these tasks required skllful employ.
ynent OF ships and planes and exact knowledge OF
the locations OF all shipping, BY his devotion
to duty and through professional knowledge, ne
achieved outstanding success His conduct was az
ali times In keeping with the highest traditions Of
the United states Naval Service"
The Navy now states that In view OF the official
renrinand given uranum his Legion Of Merit will
be withdrawn However, lot Of reserve officers and
men who won their decorations the hard way are now
wondering whether all Annapolis grads get Legsons
OF Merity so easily
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

he thought the law should be written
What the committee hes 70 do nos Is digest the
testimony Of more than 30 witnesses, all more OF
less experts, and then FewTtte the MCMAHON, May
johnson, and other bills proposed 70 tame this
atomic monster,
Five principal issues have TO be resolved:
The type Of commission which shall control
atomic energy.
The amount Of authority which the Army. NAVY
and Air Forces shall have,
The extent Of the monopoly over flszlonabe ma
teFiak TO be granted the commission.
The control over patents OF atomic energy pro-
ceases and products,
The amount Of secrecy necessary 70 insure "a.
tionai security.
Abous half 81 che MeAlahem eommittes witnesses
favored control ever atomic energy production By
lull-lme paid commission which would Feialn aWneFv
ship q lasleuahs matefiaH end AZ related deFieeg
and patents and wouIa also centIpl ~ A4aaneA q
basic scientific ard technical IHleENHtion.
A. 70 lha NIEe Of tee commission. IDEAS EanNna
aH AAe MA4 H4m tNtsE 81 #N M ~
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
In Today's Mail

stockholders with loss OF earnings,
the Democrat" sees fit to inter-
vene.
Yes, intervene; and by the actual
nature Of its argument, the Demo
crat" Is intervening on the side Of
management. Because II Is man.
agement's argument which the
democrat" Is repeating, when 1t
says:
III local industry Is unwilling
TO increase wages until 1t has as
surance OF commensurate and rea-
sonable price increases, then both
increases should be made stimuli
taneously,"
The Government now has modi-
fled its previous siX-nonth waiting
period for price increases; and M.
Bowles has Gle. rly stated that II
management will settle its wage dis
putes by agreements with the en-
ployes, such increased costs win
Immediately be acted upon by OPA,
which viii grant price increases to
the amount necessary TO guaran-
tee industry, for the next II months,
profits equal to the rate OF return
on invested capital in the pre-war
period of l936-l939.
But the brass companies are sit
ting tight, sitting on their piles of
war profits, in q stronger financial
position than they ever were in
their histories; and they are in eff
feet defying the Government Of the
United States.
1t seems that the brass companies
are not satisfied with the guaran-
tee of 19S6-i939 profits; they are
using these strikes as weapon to
bludgeon Mr.. Bowles and the Gov
eminent into submission to their
profit-hungry demands. They seem
determined to continue this course,
reckless of the effects upon the
people Of this country, upon the
small business men, the school
teachers, the professional people,
the small property owners, the pen
sioners and all who would be crushed
quickly between the hammer and
the anvil of initiation.
And The waterbury Democrat"
Is taking managements side in this
struggle. That is your privilege
as a newspaper; but for the sake
OF honesty and fair play, when you
take arrangements side, why pre-
tend that you are being impartial?
Yes, it is possible to find a way
at once to end the brass strike;
the same way that U. S. Rubber
Corporation, Radio Corporation of
America, Farrell Birmingham Of An
sonia-to mention just few-have
settled their wage disputes with
their unions. That is to grant an
1914 cents hourly increase at once,
and settle any other outstanding
Issues by collective bargaining-as
the wage issue could. and should
have been, settled before the brass
strikes became necessary.
Yours truly,
JOHN J. DRISCoLL.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07
Lewis J. Hart

The death of Lewis J. Hart prominent ndustriaist and
civic leader removes of most highly esteemed ct
zens Mr.. Hart was member of family long identified
with the city's progress civicay and industrialy.
Since 1918 he had been with the Patent Button Com
pany long leading industry in the CITY, He succeeded his
father the late Jay H. Hart president of that company
to which he gave faithful service for the greater portion of
his fe His afation and leadership in several civic
CARNATIONS including the Chamber of Commerce of which
he president testify to his interest in the progress
of the community.
A of straightforward character he had a warm
and vital interest in boys and concerned himself with their
upft in many ways In Mr. Harris passing the city loses
available and highly regarded member.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

Swedish stone quarres said still TO be working on
ante victory monument for Adolf Hitler ordered In 1910
n which 100000 Of the contract price remains unpaid
ey have engaged prominent international lawyer 10 ad-
wise their chances Of collecting this BILL
We are not prominent international lawyer nor are
elarvoyant We cannot legally charge for an opinion
Me give Il free. We suggest that where Hitler Il even
ash granite would melt before Der Fuehrer could pass
z9entnt on the workmanship
Ihsy would not expect him to pay unless he liked the
ea would theyl
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

JOHN ], DRISCOLL DISAGREES
WITH THE DEMOCRATS EDI-
TORIAL URGING BOTH MAN.
AGEMENT AND UNIONS
END THE BRASS
STRIKE"
Waterbury, Conn,
March 6, l946,
To the Editor
Waterbury Democrat"
Waterbury, Conn.
Dear SIR
have read with some conSter-
nation your editorial on the front
page OF last nights Democrat, en-
titled End the Brass Strike,
Everyone in the city-at least, all
men Of good will-must agree with
your opening premise, that the
brass strike should be settled quick
ly. But what a sleight-of -hand
trick you perform with logic in
your fifth paragraph when you
smoothly continue:
IF the wage-prlce program Is the
the only obstacle both sides should
unite to remove that obstacle"
In other words, you hold that the
brass manufacturers and our union
should combine against the an
nounced policy of the United States
Government, which is designed 70
stabilize the nations economy and
to prevent the manifold evils Of
runaway initiation.
To put your suggestion in straight
forward language, you mean that
the brass companies and the brass
unions should assert that they are
bigger than the government in this
crucial struggle.
When brass workers during the
war were suffering from the effects
OF Little Steel formula" which
arbitrarily limited their wage in
creases while the cost Of living adj
vanced more than twice as much
1 never noticed the Democrat" sug-
gest that II the Governments wage
price policy was the only obstacle
both unions and management shoule
unite to remove that obstacle.
Why was this? Because the brass
workers periodically suffered In
silence, and lived up scrupulously
to their no-Strike pledge. The
Democrat" didn't present any
front-page editorials on the subject
then, while the brass workers kept
up a never-ending flow Of cartridge
cases and ammunition componentS
to the men in the front lines.
But now that the patience Of the
brass workers has been exhausted
after eight months Of negotiations
during which the Government lift
ed its Little Steel formula" and
told management that wages could
be increased: and further said that
If industry lost money as result
Of such increases. the OPA would
allow price increases to make up
for such losses after six months OF
operation-now that strike action
threatens these companies and their
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SONG OF ABHORRENCE

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SONG OF ABHORRENCE
wish to speak of rhubarb sauce;
To me 1t Is o total loss.
utter nothing, II not sQuawkS,
When reading Of its rosy stalks.
I would not miss 1t, II the stall
Could bo(st no rosy stalks at all
There is no way that coulo
praise II;
I cannot see why people raise 1t
There's one thing that's a greater
curse
Than rhuharb sauce; a little worse,
To this MISUNDERSTANDING guy,
Than rhubarb sauce in rhubarh pic
Sixteen members Of The HOus'
and Senate have issued john
statement calling for . balances
Federal budget for the next fisca
year. The entire country Is anxious
~ awaiting the arrival Of VS. Day
We have our doubts about the
UNO Security Councils choice Of
girls gymnasium for its meeting
this month. A lot of boomers have
been pulled there.
A prominent anthropologist says
that people should get smart anc
stop thinking so much, because II
they don't they will think them
selves into extinction. We Won
der II he has met any interesting
non-thinkers like dinosaurs lately
Baltimore lawyers complain tina
Federal government agencies arr
mpnopOllxing all the available down.
town office space in the Maryland
city. So far there have been nj
offers TO relieve the pressure By
inviting some of the agencies TO sci
up shop in Greenwich, Connecticut
Republican strategists believe the
COP will win control of the House
of Representative in November
What they mean is that they may
get a majority; a majority doesn't
insure control, as Mr.. Truman anc
Mr.. Hannegan may testify.
mo Sense Of Direction In Boston
Says Pastor"-headline. He mus
have been asking some OF the ma
tives now to get from one giver
point to another.
The Army has declared snrplui
46O, 200 heavy duty pipe wrenches
Including, no doubt, the 389,0OO left
handed ones which unsuspectinf
rockies failed to locate.
It ali depends on how you look
at it. The mild weather is put
ting thoughts of spring in many q
head, but May still looks long way
off to the oyster.
A peSsimist is man who knows
that he wouldn't be any nearer 8
new car even If there hadmn't beer
am automobile strike for the last
hundred-odd days.
One of the main troubles of the
world today is that there are faI
too many conscientious obJectcrs e
peace.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-03-07

agency eVeF CFsHIE1 III EElg VE7770H
States.
II win be the atomic energy
Commission, and Il viii make OPA,
WLB, LCC. FEC and all the 9TH
ers look like pikeEs.
The Mcmahon committee has
for al practical purposes just
completed three months OF IN
vestigation, with Maj.-Gen. Leslie
r. Groves. head Of the bomb prof.
ect, as lis final witness, General
Groves played this return engage
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