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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
By Peter EdSOn
leading sOutheners to unite against him.

leading southerners to unite against him.
 Political maneuveFing in the congressional fight against OPA's proposal to put ceiling price on raw cotton will be worth watching. OPA has survived during the war because the market price on cotton never got above parity and because Of southern sufferance which wanted to keep down the prices on northern products which the south also buys. But now southern congressman are expected to line up solidy against ceiling price on cotton, even if 1t should never be put into effect,
 Cotton states congressman can easily make bid for support from northern Republicans who are under considerable pressure from businessmen to kill off all OPA ceilings. That might really cook the OPA goose, Leadership for such move might well come from Senators Taft and Wherry and Congress man Fred A. Hartley of New Jersey, all oPA enemies
 Hartley Is close to Lew Hahn. head of the Na- tional Retail Dry Goods Association. LObbies will be particularly strong, Ed ONei of the Farm Bureau Is cotton planter, so his outfit will be against It. If the auto dealers are pulled in on this lobby, then practically every congressman would be under pres- sure to kill OPA. Administrator Chester Bowles might even lose the vote of his best friend in the House, Wright Patman of Texas
 Senator Harley N. KilgOFe may get somewhere with his proposal to repeal the law giving tax refunds which in effect guarantee profits to corporations whose plants are shut down by strikes. The aFgu. ment Is that, If corporations were not guaranteed this profit they would be more anxious to settle strikes The equity of the situation is that workers who go out on strike aren't entitled to upemsloy- ment compensation. Therefore, employers whose plants are closed by strikes or lockouts should not aat tax refunds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
THE CONVERSION OF
 MRS. LUCE
The Catholic Tran

(The Catholic Transcript
 Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce could hardly have hoped that her conver- sion to the Catholic faith would be passed over unnoticed by the public press. Privacy of any part of life for a public figure in these United States is non-existent and Mrs. Luce is a public figure par excel lence by reason of a brilliant car ger which eliminated in her election to congress in I942. She is too keen minded a lady not to know the pos Sible reactions to her conversion. Her announcement on January 30 that she would not be a candidate for congress next fall is connected with her foresight of these reac- tions and with her desire to avoid an outburst of bigotry.
 Is such an outburst possible? h. deed it is. Already Mrs. Luce's mo- tives are being criticized in certain quarters and the church is being criticized for receving her. Details Of her private life, wholly her own business and subject to no justifi- able censure, are being brought out to indicate that the church yielded on points of discipline and doctrine in order that she might gain a prize. Freely admitting that a con- vert of the outstanding intellectual Of five sc addition to the church, we still say emphatically and without reserva- ton that no concessions were made to Mrs. Luce. Further We believe the bright. blunt and honest Mrs. Luce desired none. Her pursuit of the truth brought her to the Cath olic faith and her courage made her accept the truth openly.
 Regarding the church's position the statement of the New York chancery is sufficient and final: Religion is a matter of conscience and one is entitled to the privacy of his own conscience. All converts to the Catholic church comply with the same regulations and there are no exceptions. Hence it is assumed that in this instance the require ments of the church have been full filled but the details are personal to those involved"
 Mrs. Luce herself, who can write clean cut, razor sharp prose and is a logical thinker of the first order, needs no defense from us. AS a target for unfounded, biased and downright silly criticism, she is in famous company. Cardinal New man. when he became a Catholic had to face the missiles of a hide bound, narrow minded bigots who refused to believe that he could pos sibly be sincere in his submission to the Church of Rome. We are
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

companies claim this contract has been broken, but the union says the strike is over modification of the existing contract:
 For a short-term agreement, both sides could afford to give ground now to keep reconVersion going, with the understanding that further negotiations would be carried on in the late summer for a new and longer contract, By that time, reconversion will have shaken down and a better picture can be obtained of what
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

antideluvian out of Valhalla and subject him to the maledictions of every innocent dinner attender who ever corned himself for three hours on a hard hotel chair, while a string of scramble tongue con- sonant chokers stumbled around over the future of the industry, or the past of him who We are honoring here tonight.
 Brother Holbrook was the fel- low.
 He lived and moved and had his heinz around Derby. Connec-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
Views of the Press

rot suggesting that Mrs. Luce should write another "Apologia Pro Vita.Sua." But if she should choose to do so we are sure that it would be a notable addition to the Catholic literature of our time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

a result of disclosures ln Canada, are suspected of being either in league with of very sympathetic to Soviet Russia.
 Secretary Byrnes, however, has decided to move cautiously, There will be no prosecutions as fin Canada--at least for some time but one or two State Department officials may be dropped.
 There are two reasons for making no arrests in this country:
 l. American iaW hnna nnt
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
Capital Notebook

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23-One big catch in trying to settle the steel strike is that any agreement made today would be good only until Oct l6, l946. That's when the existing contract is due to expire The steel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
Public OratOry

Holbrook at least you've heard lot of what Josiah caused That's public oratory of the cultural type.
 It's probably a reprehensible thing to haul this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
5 Years Ago

There were 2,000 persons present at the masquerade ball held at the Buckingham Hall in honor of Wash ingtons Birthday
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
15 Years Ago

George Babc:of., Kay Francis and Give Brook appeared in the Strands presentation of Scandal Sheet"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

Miss Marion Fallon, Bronson Street. was spending a week in New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

A member of the Smith College faculty, on the other hand, is dead against the idea of girls holding beauty contests such as the one recently corducted. We think the public is entitled to a look at the gals in dresses, once in a while; as it js ordinarily. it's hard to tell student from a railway brakeman.
 The problem seems to be solved by fair exchange. We send Britain Tour billion bucks and Britain sends us four billion brides.
 A national food organization soon will market a nonalchoholic bev- craze that will cure hangovers, Let's wait and see; there have been other remedies but the only infallible method of fixing a big head the morning after is 70 shake it often enough the night before.
 The Labor Department reports that approximately 4,0OO,OO0 women previously in war jcbs have dropped cut of industry since VI Day. And it's a good thing they didn't take their welding torches with them when they jumped from the pro- duction line to the nylOn line.
 Someone has dug up the fact that a scierce textbook issued in 1864 is still in use in the Boston schools. In the Backward Bay sec- ton, we understand.
 The principal secrets of atomic bomb construction are safe, says Secretary of State James Byrnes. Maybe these Russians looking fol a bargain in secrets in Canada didn't go far enough north; maybe they got stuck Tn Vermont.
 A helpful hinter says that even on the coldest night one can keep warm by spreading newspapers be- tween the blankets. However, that would add immeasurably 10 the hazard of one of Americas most dangerous pastimes, smoking in bed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
Merry-GO-ROun
WASHfNOTl

WASHINGTON, Feb e3-lt isn't going to Do announced, but President Tnman has suggested that Secretary of State Bynes take action regarding handful of mon n the State Denaftment who. AA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

President Roswell Gray Ham of Mt. HolyOke College uphOlds the right of his students to parade in picket lines if that is their wish. It's a wise girl who scans the news column for a red hot strike in Florida. these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
SUNSET DREAM

As years go by the common dream Caught in many an urban heart. Its acres with a winding stream. A little farm, alone. apart; The silence of nocturnal fogS, The stiffness of the rural ridge. The plaintive noises of the frogs. The barn, the field, the rustic
 bridge
 So sight the goal that some may win.
 The house sequestered, old and
 quaint,
 And know that you'll be living in A section where yours truly ain't.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23

The Washington Gramma T Schools basketball team won the city title by defeating Driggs i0-8
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-23
Waterbury of the Past
% Years Ago

John J. Qui!ter was elected to represent the local Post Office at the National Convention of Postal Clerks at CharleStown, w. V.
 The Waterbury Steam Laundry. Canal Street, was broken into, but nothing was stolen.
Evening star., 1946-04-11
Cites Marshall and johnson

To the Editor Of The Star:
There can be no shadow OF doubt
that the Congress has full power to
enact labor legislation under the COM
merce clause of the United States Con-
stitution which is as follows: ''The
Congress shall have power to regulate
commerce with foreign nations, and
among the several States, and with the
Indian tribes"
In approving the Wagner Labor Re-
lations Act the United States Supreme
Court held that labor was commerce.
Chief Justice Marshall pointed out
that the very existence of the Union
depended on the National Legislature
(Congress) passing such laws to re-
strain peaceably and by authority of
law any attempts which may be made
against the general welfare. In the case
Of Cohens VS.. Virginia, he said: Take
away this control and the Union be-
comes false and foolish confidence, a
delusion and mockery."
But you may ask: Has the Congress
the right to check labor leaders who
call strikes? Judge Johnson answers
this question when he says, in referring
to the commerce clause: 1.-THE grant,
ing of the principal power carries with
1t the grant of all adequate and ap-
propriate means of it's execution"
In the words of Burke, the great
statesman, "Our restraints as well as
our liberties must be reckoned among
our rights"
EDW. LOWBER STOKES.
Evening star., 1946-04-11
Diplomacy and Justice

The State Departments rejection
OF the Soviet Embassy's blunt
proposal that the Federal case
brought against an alleged Russian
spy at Seattle be dropped because
the Embassy thinks he is innocent
was phrased in language properly
firm, albeit properly polite. Accord
ing to the State Department version,
the Embassy claims to have informa-
ton proving that charges of espi-
onage against Soviet Lieutenant
Nicolai G. Redin are without
foundation and that therefore
prosecution should be abandoned.
If the Embassy is in possession of
such information, there is nothing
to prevent the Soviet government
from introducing it in defense of
the lieutenant at his trial. But,
as the State Department advised
the Embassy the trial will take place
IN the usual "just and fair" way
provided by American justice.
The guilt or innocence of the
accused will be decided by a jury
after both prosecution and defense
have stated their cases in open court.
If, as the Embassy AYERS, Lieutenant
Redin is guiltless of the serious in
dlctment drawn by Federal grand
jury in Seattle, the Soviet govern
ment may rest assured that it and
Lieutenant Redin will have ample
opportunity to establish that fact.
And if he is exonerated, it will be
by court action, not by verdict of the
Soviet Embassy. Certainly, diplo-
matte considerations have no place
in the administration of even
handed justice.
Evening star., 1946-04-11
Russio's S Manufacture?
ON the London Daily Herald.

From the London Daily Herald.
1t must be said frankly that the bitter
ness which characterizes Anglo-Russian
relations today is of Russian manufac-
ture more than British. The Soviet gov
ernment statement on the spy ring" ex-
posure in Canada, for example, is so
heavily charged with i'll feeling as to
astonish Russia's best friends in this
country. Russia agrees that there have
been 'inadmissable activities" by the
Soviet Military Attache in Canada-ac-
tivitles so inadmissible that he has been
recalled from his post. But she claims
to be outraged by Mackenzie Kings
statement that leakages to a foreign
government had taken place; and alleges
that the statement was timed with the
end of the United Nations Assembly, in
which Soviet delegates championed the
principles of democracy and the inde-
pendence of small nations" as a re
taliation for all the annoyance caused
by the Soviet delegates to Mr.. Kings
friends during the Assembly's sessions"
-. There are great many people in
this country who will not reproach the
Soviet government in the least for the
activities of its Military Attache But
there are very few who will think that
government justified in distorting the
episode for purposes of violent anti
British propaganda, and in misrepre-
senting to the Russian people, by inn
plication, the outcome of U. MS inves.
legations into British conduct in Greece
and Indonesia
Evening star., 1946-04-11
The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

NEW YORK-Clashes among the
great powers. particularly between the
United States and Britain on the one
hand and Soviet Russia on the other,
have monopolized the headlines in the
press during the early weeks of United
Nations Security Council meetings in
New York-as they did in the London
meetings of the Council They are i'm
portant, but they do not measure with
completeness the activities of the United
Nations agency and its deliberations.
More and more there is stirring of
the spirit OF state independence and
pride, and a recognition of the .ndi-
vidual sovereignty of smaller nations.
AS 1t continues, there will grow Euller
recognition of the equality of nations
In this new organization dedicated 10
peace, the elimination of war, and JUS
tice for all nations under international
law.
The Security Council, in its orief life
to date, has shown itself forum to
which smaller nations may come for
hearings, relying on the Council for
moral backing when their causes are
just In London, for example, Syria and
Lebanon, desirous of being freed from
the presence on their soil of British and
French troops, after argument before
the Council, were assured of settle
ment OF this question by Britain and
France. In London, also, a pledge was
given by Britain to withdraw her armed
forces from Greece when a stable gov
ernment was set up in that country.
Elections have now been held in Greece
and it remains for Britain to move out
as soon as there is some assurance that
disastrous civil war will not fame,
with danger of international repercus-
sionS.
\
In New York. practically all of the
time OF the Council has been devoted
to the complaint of Iran that Soviet
Russia has kept her troops on Iranian
soil and interfered with that country's
internal affairs. The Council, by its
insistence upon giving Iran a hearing.
has been instrumental in bringing about
an agreement between Russia and Iran
on more favorable terms than might
have been expected had there been
no United Nations to which the smaller
nation could turn. 1t remains, of course,
to see how the terms of the agreement
Evening star., 1946-04-11

are carried out, one of the most ini-
portant being the evacuation of Soviet
troops from Iran, which Is to be COM
pleted by May g.
The world situation, an aftermath of
the great war, is extraordinary. The
troops OF Britain, Russia and the United
States are found on the soil of friendly
nations months alters hostilities have
closed-as well as on the territory of
the Axis nations. The more quickly
these troops can be withdrawn from
friendly nations the better. There can
be only one legitimate reason for having
troops in friendly country-to help
that country to get back to stable condi-
tions An illegitimate reason is the
exploitation of the smaller, friendly
country, and the wringing of special
privileges from that country Another
reason is desire for military bases
to strengthen the position of this or
that nation.
The great nations particularly the
United States, Russia and Britain, have
great esponsibilities-even under the
Charter of the United Nations which
calls for equality before the law of all
nations. These responsibilities grow out
of the fact that these nations have the
power to make war-and the correlated
power to enforce peace. 1t is a sine
qua non, if the United Nations is to
function successfully, that these nations
remain friends, and are able to act
together. This does not mean they may
not differ in cases that arise before the
Security Council or in the General
Assembly. 1t does mean. however, that
such incidents as the recent withdrawal
OF Soviet Russias delegate, Ambassador
Gromyko, from the council meetings
should not occur. They can only create
feeling the United Nations is, after all,
shell and weak one at that.
Fortunately Soviet Russia has made
1t very clear it has no intention of
getting out of the United Nations
no matter what happens with regard
to the Iranian dispute.
The discussions in the meetings of
the Security Council have been en-
couraging from another angle The
voices and advice of the smaller ma
tlons have been heard and needed
Not all the wisdom Is lodged in the
representatives of the great powers.
Evening star., 1946-04-11

of the Council to retain jurisdiction
OF the case, although the wisdom
and desirability of exercising this
right would have been brought into
serious question If Iran had joined
in asking that the matter be re-
moved from the agenda.
But Iran, whatever the motives
actuating Mr.. Qavam, has not
Joined in the Soviet request. On the
contrary, despite earlier indications
that the Iranian Premier was salts
fed with the arrangement which
his country has made with Russia,
Iran is now on record as requesting
the Council to retain jurisdiction of
the case until May 6.
In these circumstances, it seems
probable that the Security Council,
While not desirous of embarrassing
the Soviet government, will reject
this latest request from Mr.. Gromy-
ko, which seems quite obviously to
have been designed to embarrass the
Council.
Evening star., 1946-04-11
Thut Iruniun Issue.

The Iranian case before the Secur-
ity Council of the United Nations
seems to be like the caption on a
railroad timetable: Subject to
change without notice" This is due
to the backing and filling of the
Iranian regime headed by Premier
Qavam, who appears to alternate
between giving his Ambassador here,
Hussein Ala, instructions to stand
firm. and then intimating that the
instructions have been exceeded. The
logical inference is that Mr.. Qavam
is doing a juggling act, seeking to
play off Russian pressure on the
spot by keeping a sort of insurance
policy with the Security Council.
That may be understandable, but
it does not conduce to a smooth
handling of the Iranian case at
Hunter College.
The issue, however, transcends the
factual state of Russo-Iranian re-
lations. 1t involves a matter of
basic principle and important pro-
cedural questions as we'll. The
specific point which caused Am
bassador Gromyko's walkout was the
Councils insistence on hearing
promptly the views of a small and
weak member of the United Nations
on matter wherein a great-power
member was involved. Mr.. Gromyko
tried to delay the hearing after he
had presented document challeng-
ing the competence of the Security
Council to hear any appeal against
great powers dissent. The Council
quite properly refused to accede to
this demand. He has now raised this
point again by his latest communi-
cation, which not only asks the
Council to drop the Iranian case
from it's agenda Immediately but
also challenges the Councils decision
to retain jurisdiction over the case
until May 6, the date promised by
Russia for the completion of its
troop evacuation from Iran.
It is hardly conceivable that there
could be any question as to the right
Evening star., 1946-04-11

men. Can the Army attain that strength
by that time through voluntary enlist
ments alone?
Nobody knows. 1t is a matter of max
ing the best guess possible, with very
little to go upon. If the draft law is
repealed, or rendered imperative as of
May Is dts present date of expiration) ::
What effect will this have on voluntary
enlistments? It's certain that a good
many OF the shortterm volunteers have
enlisted to avoid being drafted for two
years. AS to the three-year enlistments,
its also certain that a great many of
these are high-grade noncommissioned
officers or former Regular Army men who
enlisted to protect their ratings or their
seniority Has the cream of this source
of manpower been skinned off already?
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But why must we do these things
now, when no immediate danger threat
ems? Because it is now that we should
begin laying the foundations for the
future. Because others are watching
us-those who may wish to know
whether they can depend on our
strength in the world of tomorrow
those who may wish to calculate
whether they can challenge it. No one
can say what the state of the world
will be on June 80, 1947. The proposed
target" strength for the Army on that
date is the minimum which will enable
the Army to discharge its obligations in
the matter of armies of occupation,
forces earmarked for U. N. use, and
training, and still have a small reserve
in hand with which to meet emergen-
cies
We dare not reduce the Army to a
lower point than this until we have had
chance to see how our hopes work
out. There is grave doubt that the
number of men required can be OBJ
tanned by voluntary enlistment if the
draft law is permitted to expire, or is
rendered imperative by any legislative
device, on May Is next. The Army asks
only that it be extended for nine months
which will carry its operation past
the period when the next Congress will
convene, with fresh mandate from
the voters and with an opportunity to
re-examine the situation as of that
time, both in terms of the operation of
the voluntary system in the mean
while and in terms of world conditions.
The duty of the present Congress is
clear-to take no risks that can so
easily be avoided. Congressman who
fail in that duty have little claim to
the further confidence of their con-
stituents.
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