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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Where Are We Going To Live?

About the latest proposals regarding government hous ing activities from President Truman who asks Con- gress consolidate all housing activities under the National Housing Administration The veterans emergency housing bill has been before Congress for long time and the object this emergency is to establish national housing expedter The Presidents proposal would pepetuate cer tain emergency powers and give the Chief Executive authority over housing.
 The capitol of the United States outrageous sample imitation real and the scarcity of houses Prices of residential property in Washington two and three times high it before 100000 people from the District went to It is almost impossible for Washngtonans who have back home since peace declared to find suitable living quarters for themselves and their families. Most people call shortage but the right for it is nation It imitation that has been brought almost entirely by real estate organizations and agencies
 The condition exists throughout the nation and 1t is not confined to city property but it extends agricultural communities The net result is that there tremendous and unreasonable boom land and real estate values Call it imitation and you will still be correct with your definition Or recognize the danger of collapse real estate values and you will be right.
 This condition existed in World War l. and the result will countless thousands to over their reareaestate stupidity within the year wo Because There is nationwide imitation of real estate values temporarily sustained by wholesale gambling in every form of real estate
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

WASHINGTON July 13-(NEA-A new kind of black market may develop if sugac stays under ra- toning, but without price control. While sugar can legally be sold at more than ceiling prlces ration coupons for sugar could easily become meaningless Ii sugar went under the counter" to be sold only to preferred customers and those who had coupons and were willing to pay premium prices For small quantl- ties of sugar, household consumers would be willing to submit to this squeeze.
 Bakers food proceSsors, soft-drink manufactur- CTS, and candy-makers, well outlaw moonshners, are the sugar users with the greatest demands and the greatest ability to pay inflated prices on the quantity purchases necessary to keep them in busl- ness. Pressure to force the price up, as long as supplies remain scarce would come from these sources.
 Never mind the thermometer this summer Just keep your eye the Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of-iving and Wagerate indexes, which Will give the best forecasts of approaching heat and storms
 Cost-of-living figures show 33 percent increase since 1889, the year the war began in Europe Straight-tme hourly wage rates are up approximate ly the percentage. So what happens to the cost of living index from here in will determine Wheth- CT there will be wage demands from labor, and probably whether there will be another round o1 strikes.
 Attorney General Tom c. Clark of Texas is the newest pet peeve of the Communists. The day after his speech before the Chicago Bar Association the Daily Worker" attacked Clark, charging him with lax protection of civil liberties It is under these liberties of course that the Commies do most of helr agtatng-in the United States.
 Later pr. Frank Kingdom heac of the National Citizens Political Action Committee, took up the chant in speech in Washington in which he said Henry Wallace must be a very unhappy man. having to serve in the cabinet along with Tom Clark" On the platform with Kingdom at the time were such notables as Secretary of Labor Lew Schwellenbach Undersecretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman Sen ators Claude Pepper Hugh Mitchell and Glenn Fay Tor, and several left-wing congressman. F While Senator Claude Pepper is the dar-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

WASHINGTON-The ss-examination of Nazi diplomats by the U. S. Army in Germany throws significant light the Justice Departments efforts to convict various American citizens charged with spreading enemy propaganda agalnst thelr country and indicted for sedition
 This trial has been held in suspense for two years but some of the confidential evidence now gathered in Germany may be conclusive
 Below follow excerpts from this hitherto un- published testimony taken by Capt Sam Harris from the former first secretary of the German Embassy in Washington, Dr. Herbert Strempel. Previously the Washington Merry-Go-Round had told how George Sylvester Viereck nephew of the Kaiser had used the late Senator Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota ex-Congressman Hamilton Fish, ex-Congressman Stephen Day of Illinois to disseminate Nazi propa- ganda These revelations brought vigorous denlas
 However, here is the official testimony:
 Captain Harris Did Viereck ever mention the name of Senator Lundeen to you?
 Von Strempel: Yes. He told me that he was an old friend of his and that when the president of the German Red Cross to the United States Vlereck claimed to have arranged that Senator Lundeen pronounce the after-dnner welcome speech.
 Q. Did Viereck ever mention that he had writ ten some of Senator Lundeens speeches?
 A. Yes. He told me on number of occasions that he had written down highlights to be used by Senator Lundeen in his speeches.
 o. Did Viereck state to you that he had written speeches for any other Senators Congressmen, or contribute ideas for their speeches? A. don't remember all the details Viereck tried to give me the impression that he had good relations with number of Senators and Congress- men-Lundeen Hamilton Fish, Senator Holt (W.va), and Stephen Day CHl)-and maybe more, but l do not remember all the names. O. Was Father Coughn mentioned in any com munications you received from Berlin? A. I recall that Berlin may have asked about the political importance of Father Coughlin, his radio audience and the like. O. What else? A. believe that the Pope banned Father Coughn, and Berlin asked what would be sug gestion lift that ban We replied that the German Embassy in the United States could do nothing about that
 O. Why were the Berlin officials interested in lifting the ban? A. Because he such strong iSolationist. Q. Who financed these whispering campaigns?
 A They were financed by members of the Party. O. The Nazi Party in the United States? A. Yes. O. What was the nature of these whispering campaigns? A. Germany would win the war. O. What else? A. contradcting atrocity propaganda against Germany O. What else? A. Anti-semitic propaganda. i/ O. Did Viereck ever mention William Griffin to you?
 A Was he the publisher of the New York h. quirer?
 Q. Yes.
 A. Griffin several times took up advertising in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Washington Notebook
by Peter Edson

ling of the labor and liberal forces, supporters of these movements wish they had another, stronger leader. Henry Wallace bowed himself out With his statement that he would stick by the Democratic Party, regardless. But if serious imitation develops as a result of all the late, last-minute monkeying around with price control in Congress, the liberals hope that Chester BoWles will rise as thelr nero ana man of the hour.
 future political intentions until August If he does his hat into the ring for the Connecticut guber material or senatorial nomination, 1t will be as straight Democrat The prospect Of BoWleS Delg In the U S. Senate, along with ODanie of Texas, Taft of Ohio, Wherry of Nebraska and Moore and Thomas. of Oklahoma, is something to look forward to with delight.
 Price Administrator Paul Porter has given the best tp-off to how unavoidable were the Iaft and Wherry amendments to the price-control renewal legislation which President Truman vetoed. When recent increases given to the canned-food in- dustry it took bookkeepers six months time, and 1t cost $500 0O0 to get the basic data for approving the price rise.
 This industry had all the data necessary for determining the amount of the increase under OPA formulas Most industries don't have such data. The amendments would, therefore, have been administra lively impossible,
 The chief danger to the housing program, accord ing to the Producers Council, will first from labor shortages and then from strikes in the build ing industry itself If industry gets higher prices, labor is bound to demand higher wages
 Boyd Barnard president of the National Associ ation of Real Estate Boards, insists there will be general increase in rents He declares that over the next year 10 percent increase lis necessary andl would be reasonable and fair" in view of landlords increased costs But even a 10 percent increase in rents with other price increases would shoot up the cost of living making further demands for wage in creases inevitable.
 These are the things that leaders of the baild. ing industry believe will the greatest pressure for increased housing costs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

WASHINGTON-Sidney Hman only 59 years old when he died.
 It has been quarter Of a century since he led his first great strike for underpaid clothing workers Yet that brief period has the development of the American Labor Movement from the struggling urchin of that day, ragged and bloody-headed, to the yrile and mature organization of today that can speak with some authority, at least with that of confident young man-a brash young man some seem to think.
 It walks to industrial management and it talks to politicians.
 With all of that Sidney Hillman had much to do
 How much and how large became his influence are plainly shown by the controversial figure he be- came in recent years, politically and otherwise He was violently attacked ridicued even as was Sam Gompers and Eugene V. Debs and others who rose up courageousy to get fair deal for those who work with their hands.
 There about Sidney Hillman the best of cur American tradition. This is suggested in one little line full of understandable pride that is Amer ican in his biography in Who's Who-"came to US at age of 20 After that, the thumb-nail sketch of what foregn-born young man could do for himself here bit of the Horatio Alger touch. Something typically American whether came here early or late to find new opportunity-from England or France, Germany Poland Italy Greece, or from Lithuania, he came.
 He also was full of that pioneering energy that is so much of our tradition He used it for workers He led clothing and garment workers from vic tory to another for better pay and working condi- tions, until at last they could stand their own feet in of the country's great unions, the Amal gamated Clothing Workers of America. He had been it's president for 31 years. This union has out standing record in collective bargaining. It is sponsible and independent. It has its own banks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
bv Drez, Pearson

his daily newspaper in which he dealt with the Flanders Hall Publications to spread them 1fnin il was much against England. l believe ne hao sued Churchill He hated England.
 O. Why did viereck place such large advertise nents with Griffin?
 A. Griffin helped viereck distribute his books The other newspapers did not do tnat VI v,efecA ana Griffin were working-how do you say it?-hand i'll glove
 O. Do you know Lawrence Dennis? (one of those indicted for Sedltlon)
 A. Yes.
 O. When did you first meet him?
 A. met Lawrence Dennis in the period lsao-4l and think met him. as far as remember In one of the South American legations
 O. Was he publishing his "WeeKly Forelgh AeV- ter" at that time?
 A. If he already did at that time or later l do not know. But later received the weekly For eign Letter. in which he wrote about domestic and international politics well as economic affairs
 O. Do you recall that you were advised oy some- one that he was in need of funds?
 A. Yes, knew that he was not dolng too We'll
 O. Did you ever give him any tunos?
 A. Mo- not directly far as remember
 Q. Have you heard of his DOCK, lne Dy- nanics of War and Revolution? 7?
 A. Yes received a copy of this Dennis DOOR and I glanced through it. It seemed Ike an llIer-
 Q. Did you know that 1,5oo copies of this book distributed free of charge to the colleges ana universities throughout the United States?
 A. did not know that
 o. Did you ever discuss a scheme to pupISil European editions of Dennis DOCK?
 A. AS far as I remember Dennis was approacheo with the plan that European editions of his oook should be issued and it was thought that this was practical way to give him indirect financial help and to pubcize his personality.
 O. What is the source of your information!
 A. Either through Dennis or another source, had heard that Berlin had such plan. Now 1t could have been that it was mentioned in an instruction communication.
 Q. Who would know about that?
 A. Dennis. Or, there quite a number Of hat themselves ganda in the United States.
 A. The German Railway Information SerVlce, the German American Chamber of Commerce, Vest 'ernann Book Store and the VIDA. They may some times have suggested to Berlin-why don't you spon- sor Dennis book
 O. Did Viereck discuss Dennis with you at any time?
 A. Yes several times Berlin insisted that, America being country of business affairs of great importance and their leaders being politically Infu- ential we should publish magazines which would deal with international economic problems. This or der was passed on usual to Vereck who started to organize such magazine, either weekly or fortnighty. AS Dennis had had experience in thls type of work because he had published the Weekly Foreign Letter. similar publications, 1t was con- sidered that he should be the who should organ ize or write for such magazine.
 0. Did you ever speak to Dennis about this project?
 A. Yes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Overstuffed Illusions

Today when thousands of American families living M one or rooms word from the arbers of fash ion in domestic architecture that the American home ing to be smaller in coming years But they add furniture will remain the size, although it will look smaller be- cause light rugs brghtcoored drapes and upholstery will create optical illusion.
 That's all very interesting. But wonder whether the illusion will persist when the housewife finds in the home of tomorrow that although there is less to get around in while dusng the surfaces to be dusted and polished tain their standard dimensions.
 And what of the ardy reveler creeping sealthiy to- ward bed with hopes of waking the little woman We suspect that for him. traversing the of com pressed living in the dark the of kngs chair might banish the illusion with the impact of sharp reality.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Futile Interference

When Col Juan Peron finally got around to running for president of Argentina, State Department issued scathng rghteousy wrahfu indictment of the dctatoria Naziaping, srongarm bully boy Colonel Peron the election.
 When Gov. Dwight Grswold popular Nebraskan was opposing Sen Hugh Buffers renomnaton Harold Stassen invaded the state take the stump for Mr. Grswod and at tack Mr. Buffers record in the Senate solatonst MT. Butler
 Mssssipps voters got plenty of outside advice what to do about Sen. Theodore Bilbo who be whelmAgy unpopular in Al states of the Union Mr. Bbo is going back to the Senate for six years
 The moral doesn't need pointing up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
By WILLIAM BRADY, M. D.

In the old Roman calendar the ides fell on the 18th day of March, May, July and October, on the 18th day of the other six months-10 months in the calendar year orig finally.
 Now they tell me that the au- tumnal hay fever season begins not just about the ides of August but precisely on August 13th-and ever so many sufferers assert unblush- lngly that it arrives at 1922 A. M. on that day
 Oh, well, let Us humor the poor devils, If they get any comfort out of dramatizing their plight they are so much to the good.
 | Right now, if you ask me, every victim of hay fever shrould begin to brace, fortify or shall I saw harden himself against it by popping his or her daily intake of calcium and vii tamln D. In fact 1t is better to be- gin this fortifying process six to eight weeks before the season.
 For symptomatic relief in any case of hay fever or similar allergic manifestation (such as temper amental rhinitis, sudden nasal symp- toms ascribed to "sinusitiS" machine gun sneezing spells, rhinorrhea or watery drip -drip-drip) the best bet is an. immediate dose or two of po- tassium chloride with vitamin C.. In some instances this works like magic. put then again in other in- stances it has no apparent effect at all, I said it is the best bet. Try it if you Wish-if it fails to relieve, at any rate it can do no harm.
 The calcium -vitamin D prophy- laxis or hardening and the potassi- -vitamin c palliation here sug- gested are not medicinal, but nutri- tional-nothing in them that every one does not need for good nutri- tion and good health anyway.
 When it comes to medicinal rem edies for hay fever, there, brothers and sisters, l can only defer to your physician.
 DesenSitization by homeopathic doses of the specific pollen to which the victim is sensitive or allergic, the daily doses being gradually ln- creased, is fairly effective although it is only seasonal in dura ton.
 Whether skin tests and desensiti- zation be employed or not, the most satisfactory, medicine to carry the sufferer through the season, I gath CT from tabulation of many reports in recent medical literature, is one, or a combination Of all of these, to be taken internally three times q day during the height of the at tack:
 Ascorbic acid @ 250 milligrams
 Thiamine hydrochloride - 3
 Racephedrine ............ 25
 Theophylline ................ 100 "
 It is not too late to get set for hay fever if you are subject to it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
CONGRESS AND TRUMAN FURTHER APART
(NeW York Su.

By adopting amendments exemp- ing dairy products, cottonseed and saybean, and petroleum products from price control the Senate made even clearer the differences be- tween the Administration and Con- gress. Even before these amend ments were adopted Administration spokesmen had talked of veto. Ii Senator Barkley, the majority lead CT, speaks with authority, then il is evident that Congress will not pass on OPA bill that the Presi- dent will approve and that the sort of bill that the President is willing to approve will never come out of Congress. The deadlock is frightened by the fact that most of the amendments have been adopted by substantial majorities, but still short of the tWo-thirds required tc override a veto.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

It is estimated that Germany owes twice as much as she is worth today.-News item.
 A CINCH
 Twice as much as she is worth Is what she oWees;
 That is, as they are won't to say The way it goes.
 I cannot say it makes me grieve She lost the war.
 But only TWICE? It would be nice Me, owe more.
 Scotland Yard has had 21 un- solved murders within the last few months. The inspectors must be fairly rippin' what with the refer ences to them as the N G-Men and all.
 President Abe J. Greene of the National Boxing Association thinks that fight promoters are too mer- cenary these days and that high prices are bad for the sport. He probably won't convince any of them to charge six pins and pop bottle top, however.
 Allied headquarters in Tokyo is issuing pamphlet containing help full Japanese phrases. It has l4 ways of saying goodbye, any one ot which G I. Joe would be extreme ly glad to use on anyone in Tokyo
 The suspicion will not down ir Boston that the All-Star game was not as close to the World Series as the Hub fans would get in 1946
 The word is that there is more meat heading for New England but that little of it is showing up 1T | the display cases to date. All of u are yearning for the day when we can start kicking to the butcher about what we're getting instead 0. what we're not getting. Mayor Curley of Boston has re- fused leaders of the Socialist La bor Party the right to speak or Boston Common on Sunday. They could get around that all right by asking Jim to make one of the speeches. "
 Butter Out of Hiding at 67 to 9( Cents Per Pound" - headline There's one way to kill the black market; paint it white, make il honest and charge more than black market prices.
 Australia has presented her pro- gram for controlling the atom Everyone seems to want to get il his ten cents worth on the prob lem of control; we are beginning to suspect that the global neighbor' don't trust us,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

Elmer Watson of Concord Street lost finger when he caught it in
 a machine in local factory When he arrived home he discovered his
 brothers left hand damaged. Yes, his brother had encountered the
 same injury and at the same time, but in a different factory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
15 Years Ago

A Brooklyn child, seven years old, died enroute to the hospital three days after he was bitten by rat while playing in a dump. Death was officially pronounced as due to the bite
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
5 Years Ago

Several hundred people attended Park Department block dance on Chapel Street in Waterville.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

Thieves who broke into a Willow Street tailor shop were confronted with this sign atop the already opened safe: HELP YOURSELF THE SAFE IS EMPTY.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

4|Sul h044o. IOu ilidy oCi1Q LilC yOui literature on home treatment of goitre.
 G. G. E0 AnsWer-Only one of me, Ma lam. I never send literature about treat ment of anything. This is health service, not mail order clinic. can assure you that your own fam fly physician can do better for you, whatever your trouble may be, than or any other long distance quack could possibly do, even if you of fered me ready-made diagnosis to begin with.
 Pike's Peak or Bust
 My friend and I intend to spend two weeks vacation in Denver, Col orado Springs and, we hope, to go Iup Pike's Peak. Can you recom- mend anything to prevent collapse from change of altitude, or unpleas- ant feelings in our ears?
 (Miss E. w. H) AnsWer-Spend few days in Den- yer Ca mile high) before you go on to Colo Springs and Pike's Peak Begin now .practicing belly brea th- ing-send twenty-five cents and stamped self addressed envelope for booklet How to Breathe. If at any time you feel anything in your ears, the quickest relief is series of wide-mouth yawns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

Send letters to Dr. Brady in care of the National Newspaper Service, 326 West Madison Street, Chicago, III. Copyright 1946 by John F. Dille Co.,,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Hay Fever Victims Should FOrtify Now

For the pamphlet giving practical instructions send a stamped self ad- dressed envelope-ask for it in writ ing, for I do not take time out to read clippings
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Waterbury or the Past
25 Years Ago

It was just as hot in The Demo- crat's vault (where these items are sought from old volumes) as it is today in 1946-an6 IT WAS HOT then!!!
 The State Health Department re- ported an increase of measles cases here. There were no other new cass of communicabl diseases re- ported.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
Merry o-Round

(EDITOR'S NOTE-This is the second of Drew Pearson's columns on how the Nazi prOpa- ,anda machine functioned in the U.S.A)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

Scotland Yard has had 21 un- solved murders within the last few months. The inspectors must be fairly rippin what with the refer ences to them as the N G-Men and all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

Dear Sirs: You may send me your literature on home treatment of goitre.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-13

Australia has presented her pro- gram for controlling the atom Everyone seems to want to get in his ten cents worth on the prob lem of control; we are beginning to suspect that the global neighbors don't trust us.