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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
A Thought for Today
Investment in the Future

1t will soon be schooltme in America again. But over two million children will not go to school at a and million will receive only underprvileged sort of education that will leave them poorly equipped to face adult fe- though the United States has of the finest schools the world
 We like to consider country thoroughly enlightened and yet three million of adult population have tended any school and 10 million have had little schooling that they virtually ilterate.
 Five million men out of IF million registered for the
 draft rejected for that might have been par ay prevented by good education 347 038 in the first two registrations signing their with because they had learned to write.
 These shocking facts contained in the report of survey by John K Norton of the American Council Education and Eugene S. Lawler and published by the National Education Association and the American Council on Education They belle our national creed of fair deal for aL
 Chief factor involved, of course difference in public school budgets 19391940 is taken typical prewar school year. Approximately 19000 children had the ad vantage of hghqualy teachers and thoroughly modern school equipment allowed by annual expenditure of $6OOO more per classroom unit while 38OOO-twice many tossed educational from budget of less than $100 classroom; 6O5 attended cassrooms that cost upwards of but l175996 sat in classrooms that cost less than $500 year.
 When you consider that these figures must include a bechers salary for each classroom of approximately 30 ch ren textbooks and supplies operation and of school buildings etc., etc., it not difficult just about where the low budget groups get off.
 Unfortunate too is the coroary that the best schools usually in the best neghborhoods Children from pow etytricken communities, who most need schools advan tages condemned to educational sums And since the ragged school offers little in the way of incentive since a bendance enforced and ignorant parents do it, vicious circle wherein ignorance beget ignorance k formed.
 It has been proven that democracy itself dependent education, that the teracy of people advances the heah wealth. political and social stature of nation One year of World War II cost 90 billion dollars But since the beginnings of country have not spent total of 90 billion dollars education Surely here is the most promising investment for the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

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 All standards change tell us that life expectancy has jumped from years med control o disease with be on the other side of the earth by radopone oeca, problems of work been solved with efficiency tightly
 It to be swept along with these shifts standards But that has been heightened should make forget that than before history questionable which of not lead overlook the than when pharaOhs held the civilized Millions
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 To boast of there grim facts that progress is only when advance spiritually divine goal
 The the airplane the ox-ca He attained traverse thousand miles while the But difference of raising food for his family creating incident by shooting saint The point tis numbering along cart while the plane rushing it's occupant back darker and itve day
 keep progress spiritual tng dQeG of dceponS each more terrifying than its predecessor.
 We must intact of the effort gaining momentum The tactics confusion d gaining The tactics must be recognized what last and This
  Model Jesus Christ No thought condemnation longing for material
 The measure of manal menis spiritual the changing standard of that measurement is Christ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

(Guest writer for Peter Edson while vacation)
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 2-(NEA)-Our good Sec retary of Agriculture, Clinton P. Anderson, is taking a vacation down his New Mexico farm for only one reason. It's not what you think. He has earned one but he doesn't need a rest His physical health is good. All he wants to do in the next few weeks is to forget about potatoes. He has warned that the first person who says the word in his presence will very likely get his head Topped off.
 During his stint as boss of Americas food he has had probably serious problems than any of his predecessors. Last Winter saw him in the middle of the worst global famine in the history of the world Then came the battle OPA and hundreds of other situations. But of them got him down the way potatoes did.
 When he first took office last July of the first things the party strategists told him to do find some way to get rid of the potato surplus They said 1t political dynamite He solemly promised them he would That was before he really got fa- mliar with the U. s. spud situation.
 The further he got into it the worse it looked On the surface it simple. Europe is hungry Amer ica has too many potatoes All right send the surplus to Europe That's where the trouble begins.
 Shipping potatoes in a boat just isn't good idea They either freeze and are ruined or spoil Few get across safely Then too the potato is 90 cent water and what you would be doing is sending tons and tons of water overseas There never was shortage of that item.
 Well, Anderson thought let's dehydrate them and send them that way. The Army has a lot of dehydratng equipment. We'll use it. But dehydrating is expensive process. When they're finally dried out the cost is about 25 cents 8 pound. And that doesn't include the original cost of the spuds. U.NRRA couldn't afford mashed potatoes-that's the only thing dried potatoes be used fora that price, nor could the foreign countries For the same price they can buy more than four times as much wheat.
 The same problem of expense was involved in canning potatoes, too expensive.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
Traffic Laws for Pedestrians

More than 40 percent of the persons killed in traffic accidents pedestrians declares the National Conserva ton Bureau accident prevention division of the Association of Casualty and Surety Executives.
 Through the years pedestrian traffic fatalities have comprised almost half of the accident prevention problem This due first to the fact that there pedestrians than motor vehicles ad secondly because the advent of the motor swift that caught the public unprepared traffic.
 The National Conservation Bureau depores stock ments that pedestrians always have the right of way that to regulate them to regiment the pubic that because he preceded the automobile to walk streets and highways is his sacred right while to operate motor vehicle is privilege Pedestrian laws should be basic in nature de- signed not merely to control the walker but equally to let the automobile driver understand definitely his of sponsbilty.
 recent nationwide public opinion survey shows that the public favors reasonable control of the pedestrian but it is divided how Twentyseven percent merely thought the pedestrian should be careful but the remainder almost evenly divided for making pedestrians obey the laws, elimination of jaywaking, facing traffic there sidewalks education and better engineering for pedestrians.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
by Randolph ChurchiU

The institution of closed shops will increase strikes, because closed shop must by it's very nature be employer patronzed organization and thus lose still further the trust of the workers while continuing to mass political and economic power.
 The control of trade unions thus becomes a mat ter of extreme importance. The British Labor Party has made it quite clear that 1t will not consider affh repeated applications Communist members of unions by fay the most highly organized and active members Thwarted in their efforts to achieve open utilization, they working trelessly to increase their influence within unions by every form of Fifth Column burrowing and tlfiltration.
 A Communist, Arthur Horner has just been elect- ed General Secretary of the National Union of Mine Workers A vast majority of Brtain's coal miners belong to this organization, which also is pressing for closed shop Horner's first speech secretary produced totalitaran slogan: If man won't work, neither shall he eat"
 The actual number of Communist Party members in Britain is probably only about 50000 Considering their numerical inferiorty, they already have estab lished themselves in unions to formidable extent. It's the old story of organized minority imposing it's wishes less-organized majority In the Civil about 130OO0 members, the Communists hold less than percent. But nearly one-third of the nn1oEs executive committee Communists. This has been achieved by energy and organization, the percent capturing the minor officials positions within the union which always vote as 8 block.
 The Communists have not yet come out into the open in opposition to government domestic policy. They not responsible for unofficial strikes and they don't set out deliberately to stir up labor dis putes. They are playing waiting game concen- trating the capture of key positions which will give them high measure of control. AS the Com munsts progressively succeed in this policy they will find the closed shop an additional weapon for the establishment of totalitarian tyranny.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

EDITORS NOTE-Whle Drew Pearson is on brief vacation his column will be written by several distinguished guest coIumnists-tOday's by Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan)
 WASHINGTON Sept 3-In his inaugural address of March f. 1883, the late Franklin D. Roosevelt be- gan his career President of the United States by telling the people:
 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
 In his last public address, which he had written to deliver April 13 1945, he ended that by telling the people of America:
 "The only limit to realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today"
 In the first speech he was referring to crisis in our country. In the last he was speaking of crisis in the world.
 The had not yet ended when Roosevelt wrote those words, but victory was in sight There fore when he used the phrase "our doubts of today he was not referring to the crisis of World War II. knew that then know it even better now. have just returned from journey to many countries. I have talked with their peoples. know what Frank lin D. Roosevelt was thinking about when he made the observation that the only limit to what we can achieve in the future is lack of faith in own times, faith in ourselves
 The deepest impression that was made upon me in this visit to many lands and many peoples was the living memory which those peoples of other tries-au of them-hod in their hearts today of the late President of the United States.
 I had often heard about it. People all the world, people who knew that they themselves would never be big enough or powerful enough to do any thing about preventing war, looked to him. Their hopes were in him. and their prayers.
 Yes I had heard that, and I believed 1t. But until visits those countries one cannot realize how deep the feeling is, how universal. I know now know Roosevelt was the power for peace in America reaching out to mobilize the power for peace in all nations and all have seen, at first hand, the tremendous impress which this man made upon all the world. Those peoples will not give up their faith in Roosevelt and the firm structure of peace for which he laid the foundations Their faith is greater than our They look to and they see worthy successor in Roosevelts job-Harry Truman-carry ing
 But they also see in America new cynicism, resurgence of doubt They hear the voices of political opposition, raised against Harry Truman. It is not the voice of the majority in America that they hear It is minority that has forgotten, or never knew, why went to and what have to do to save our children from going to war.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
The Common Interest

Ralph B. Flanders, Republican senatorial candidate in West Virginia recently voiced sentiment which, perhaps because it obvious-or unattanabe-s all too seldom expressed Said Mr. Flanders: The task of makers to the interests of peoples not of nations
 How very true that is! And how simple it's general acceptance might make the tasks of the Paris peace ferees! For while nations may have many and conflicting aims and desires, the peoples of the world have and commanding interest.
 When the Paris delegates tire of searching vain for interest they might well settle that of their peoples-peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
by Robert E. HannegGn

It is political minority cynical minority attemp- ing to discred Roosevelt and all he stood for, in the hope of defeating the policies that he initiated and that Truman faithfully carries on,
 5,OOO miles from the shores of my native land but only 20 hours by plane from San Francisco, saw the fourth atomic bomb exploded by man.
 Only one thought crowded the minds of everyone who witnessed the incredible force of this power as the cloud mushroomed up to the skies, carrying its white plume of death-'Man can never have other war!"
 The peoples of the world, convinced of the horror which man now release upon his brother, are piteously prayerful that there will never be another war. They had faith that Franklin Roosevelt would guide them on the path to peace They have faith today that Harry Truman, with the great leadership at his command, will never permit the atomic bomb to be used as force for evil.
 It is almost impossible for one who has visited 9 countries covering such a wide area and noting much tragedy every hand, to transmit the strong hopes and aspirations which the peoples of the world have placed in our hands.
 From Kwajalein to Karachi, from Cairo to Copenhagen, found the people interested in union for humanity, rather than in alliance for greed profit in realestate cartel to bring poverty to the and profit to the international buc- cancers
 The craving for peace has no spiritual boun- daries-no racial shores-no moral longitude or lati- tude.
 Roosevelt faced that challenge-and met it. The world hopes Truman accepts it as . compulson.
 
 The peoples of other nations know what has hap pened in their countries They know you can- not have government that will go back to the 192Os in its domestic policies and forward to lasting peace in it's foreign policies And they hear minori- ty demand in America to go back to 1920.
 These people of the world hear the demand from that "Me-First" minority to strike out the gains which the people of America have made under Roose- vet They hear the cry to put labor back where it a quarter of century ago. They hear the grip ngs by that minority for return to laissez faire, for sbeforepeople for the jungle code of the 192Os They hear the rumblings of reaction at home and they wonder whether these counsels of despair foreshadow a trend toward reaction abroad.
 And yet, they seem to know that in America, be- hind the exaggerated clamor of these few there is the will for peace-for progress-in the hearts of the many And these peoples of the world know democracy and that here the will of the many must prevail.
 They will not give up their faith. Let us not give up ours
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
Surplus Potato Stew
by Douglas Larson

On top of that they couldn't even give the po- tatoes away in foreign countries because the shipping space was more urgently needed for wheat
 To the secretary's credit. he finally did dispose of his potatoes, however, at home Only or percent were actually wasted He gave many he could to institutions relief agencies, etc. The department talked the American housewife into using more pota- toes instead of bread Some of them were made into starch. Most of the surplus potatoes went to the nations distiers to make into alcohol This transac tion lost money far the Department of Agricul ture concerned but the U. s. Treasury got 1t all back. and more, in the form of beverage tax.
 The prohibition outfits lambasted him for doing this but he bore up under it.
 Then for this year he ordered the department to do all it could to discourage potato planting He had the parity price cut to the bone. It caused lot of squawks but he got the acreage down to where he wanted it. Then nature stepped in.
 The estimate for the early crop this year showed there would be record yield per Anderson be- gan getting worried. The estimate the interim crop predicted even greater yield. The same was true for the late crop He had asked for 3780O00O0 bushels and was getting 445.000O00 instead.
 None of the problems of too-many-potatoes have changed The law forces the Department of Agricul- ture to buy all the surplus in order to maintain the parity price. You can't do much more with them this year than you d1d laSt on top o1 IL all une poCato crop in foreign countries good this year SO that eliminates even the presence of market overseas.
 Well, the dstillers are coming to Andersons They're taking most of the surplus. Anedrson hopes the prohibitionists won't kick up too much of
 fuss about it. At least the potatoes will bring in taxes this way.
 The only thing the secretary doesn't think he will be able to face next winter, when the food situation abroad is again expected be bad to be charged with Gtting people starve because the government let potatoes be made into liquor when they could have gone to feed the hungry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

HIGHLY UNORTHODoX Consider now, the toothsoine clam:
 clam:
 No connoiSeur impales it,
 But, rather, sends it on the lam, Then seemingly inhales it. The clam-wise shun the sharpened
 tine That serves for other fodder; The dip and gobble they combine. No movement could be odder. They quickly plunge the item in Its bath of melted butter, And then ingest it, quick as sin, With mouth and eyes a-flutter. I hold with forks and dare the
 wrath
 Of those who favor fingers, For after I have had bath, The clammy aura fingers. In fact, I'm driven to admit And make the wrathful louder That if had the say of it, They'd doom the clans to chowder.
 General McNarney's daughter, Betty Joe, sliced her wedding cake with a Nazi sword at Bad HOm- burg the other day. What Germany would have liked was not sword, but 8 piece.
 The chairman of the Cambridge License Board says that taxicabs are getting to be menace on the streets of Cambridge" It's the same all overcome of those hidden menaces.
 Australia's proposal to limit rep arations from former enemy coun- tries to a reasonable capacity to pay" has been voted down at Paris, It looks like a dark future of strife and turnip bloodshed.
 The citizens of York Beach, Maine, are happy to see no more water around them than the rela- lively small amount supplied by the Atlantic Ocean.
 Moguls of the major leagues have decided on a 168-game sched- ule in 1947, to offset the increases in players salaries and pensions. When it comes to baseball, the long, suffering consumers probably will be unanimous in approving the op- portunity to be longer-suffering.
 Paris announces daring decolle- tage" for the coming seasons gowns. It will be relief from the timidity of the current sort, which seems to balk at going below the toenails.
 A girl out in Michigan recently found a triple-yolked egg in the henhouse. At least one hen has the decency to give the customer a run for his money these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

While politicians at home bungling through cloudy skies of superconfusion the United States hods everything and takes time off to hold elections that based winning political advantages for the most upset officials that managed the two old political parties. Some of the Senators and Representatives should be eected-notice this writer sad United States Government has not shown disposition, desire speed up and it's leaders have left most tasks undone that should have been done Some faces Congress next year would not be amiss.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

 he serves God and his fellowmen most faithfully
 This measure is an old It applied to first parents in the garden; it applied to Cain; to Abraham; to Noses to Christ. And in it's application to Him caught for the first time, the real meaning of the standard itself, and glimpse of the tremendous possibilities of nature.
 Now it is imperative that We have before our minds the fact that this measure of man does not has been foisted mankind by long line of char latanS who made business of confusion for their
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
Today in Europe

Guest writer for Thomas L. Stokes while
 tion.)
 LONDON-The fight now going on in London between the Transport and General Workers Union, mammoth organization which Ernest Bevin bult and the weaker National Passenger Workers Union can have only result. All the cards are held by TGWU It's bound engulf it's small rival The closed shop will be imposed on the whole of Londons transport industry This is not important matter in itself, but it will have far-reacng consequences. It's clear that many other large unions will seek to cash in the T.G.W!U. victory, particularly those nationalized.
 Trade unionism was originally conceived to be the combination of free for the purpose Of establishing collectively rights which the propertyless individual worker powerlesS to assert It was conceived defense against the use of the en- ployerS economic whip. The closed shop represents the use of an economic whip by majority of work against minority It's entirely totalitarian and illiberal in its conception. Whereas liberal labor ganzation exists for the service of the workers an illiberal seeks to master them and force them along given lines. Compusion cannot strengthen union; it is bound to weaken it in the long run. Lacking the stimulus of competition, a closed shop is liable to become slack and inefficient, it's officials self-seeking and corrupt. This corruption may take many forms, arising from many causes varying from political ambition to social advancement.
 One of Britain's major labor problems today is unofficial strikes These strikes caused primarily by the workers lack of confidence in their union officials Disputes that have arisen recently in the transport, docking and milk distributing industries all culminated in unofficial strikes simply because the workers concerned not satisfied that their unions were doing their best for them. This lack of confidence Is increased by the fact that the Labor Party is largely financed by trade unions that the workers beginning feel that their unions first loyalty is more to the Government than to them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
Catholic Thought and Opinion
The Measure of Man By REV. JAMES ,. SULLIVAN

The of is not his his height his weight his wealth the acclaim the integrity with which he holds
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
Waterbury or the Past
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago Fatty" Arbuckle appeared in Crazy To Marry" at the Strand. MT. and Mrs. Francis Whalen, John and Maurice Whalen, Miss Anna Whalen, Mrs. Florence Whalen and Mrs. Thomas Buckley returned from motor trip to 1rv- ington, N. Y.
 15 Years Ago With three new infantile paraly- sis cases reported, deaths totaled eight for 73 cases since the start of the epidemic.
 Three Waterburians came near drowning at Candlewood Lake in New Milford when their canoe cap sized.
 5 Years Ago
 Two youngsters, both under 12 years of age, were apprehended for turning in false alarms.
 Police apprehended man want ed in New Hampshire fer bank rob- bery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
The Firing Line By D. N. T.

Since when are clans eaten with a fork?"-From a letter to The Boston Globe commenting on 8 picture that had appeared in that paper.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03

The chairman of the Cambridge License Board says that taxicabs are getting to be a menace on the streets of Cambridge" It's the same all overcome of those hidden menaceS
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-03
.Merry-GO-ROu

EDITORS NOTE-WhiIe Drew Pearson is on brief vacation, his column will be written by several distinguished guest coIumnists-tOday's by Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan.)