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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
What Do We Want?

The surest way to destroy representative government fin this country its future to our economic fortunes Even now the American form of government being os torted in an effort control naton to protect the peop from possible economic hardships resulting from the Wal" and excessive government borrowing.
 The truth is that there is way to avoid post war upheaval Material values will continue to undergo change people of strong will can live through the nara shin of this change and if start from scratc economically speaking However continue the present e of trying to soften the blow of what we are pseu yA+or bv sacrificing institutions of that alone stand between the people and the ruthless political oppre
 sion of past ages and there will never be an opportunity to build anew The sacredness of the individual inherent Ill the American political structure is the foundation o ou civilization Nothing should be permitted to weaken Is structure That why the present controversy over w extension oPA much deeper than the prices OPA is form of government It Eules M GS i
 r. can snread through every strata of American life IS beyond the courts of our land The queson-and the on 0ueston-s Do the people want this kind o governments
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
Fixed Date fOrEaSter-! By Thos. Stokes

at least 1t would be different Or would Mir. Gromy- ko take another walk7
 Would the best method be for Congress to pass A joint resolution as a starter and then take the problem to the international leve2 Perhaps 1t could be done by simple proclamation of President Truman
 After all President Roosevelt, at the behest of business changed the date of Thanksgiving few years back people would start buying earlier for didn't have SO much to spend then, and every bit counted.
 Maybe a simple proclamation from somebody would be better
 For there no telling what Congress might do after what the House did to OPA.
 There surely would be somebody who would want to amend the resolution to change Independence Day from July 4 Some date in May might be much better The weather is generally better and there are not SO many files and bugs around picnic grounds
 Then somebody else undoubtedly, would want to do something about Christmas and New Years. They do come close together. That makes it wear ing on jealous celebrants. Couldn't the celebrating be spread out more, with rest betWeen7
 Of course there would surely be an old fogey, Q Sticker for tradition, like the gentleman who shouted:
 Change the name Of ArkansaSP Not by a jug full"
 it before 1t was all Remember the states which refused to have anything to do with MT. Roosevelts Thanksgiving?
 And likely Senator Bbo would start flibuster for one or another of the reasons he can always find And somebody would denounce 1t as Com muniStc'.
 Undue interference with business.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
United Nations House Hunt

Tho solemn history making sessions of the United Ma lions seem destined continue in the same nconguous se tncs that have formed the backdrop for its deoerao ever since it chose the United States permanent home Lirst if was an opera house. then girls gymnasium And now the organization is to divide its activities between Uvroscope factory and skating rink deserted far- grounds ,.
 course the LIN has into the same housing snort age that aficts anyone wanting to make change ot resi- ence or business address today But the hna decision on
 temporary home (which may have to do for two to hVe years) unhappy one.
 To get over the least important objection frst there is symbolism attached to the chosen buildings which pro- vokes rather omnous snker unbecoming to the serious ness of the UNs task The dizzy whr of the gyroscope and the slps slides and spills that with skating are bound to crop up and bedev mems minds with unfortunate sies whenever the deliberations show signs Of getting out of hand
 But there are practical considerations, too The two buildings nine miles apart The Sperry plant Wnere e Council and Secretarat will hold forth 22 miles from md town Manhattan where the delegates make he neaoqual ter The old City of New York building left over from the Worlds Fair, is seven miles distant from midtown
 Transportation to the sperry plant will involve lot o changes for those members ot the organization Wno oo have carsand it's thing that not all the cerlca stal is blessed In addition the surroundings ot the two ses seem somewhat less than inspiring
 In contrast to these disadvantages there alternate choice of temporary permanent home for the ON which at least offers physical Inducements That IS the Pentagon Building in Washington.
 Ever since this mammoth structure was built, people have been wondering would happen after the to this white elephant which time housed 30O00 military and civilian workers logical solution might be to turn it over to the United Nations.
 The Pentagon isn't beautiful, but it is commodious There shops and restaurants and rather ossy ofce-sutes already installed well hundreds of un gamorous but efficient workrooms. could probably be remodered to suit LIN needs easily the skating rink the gyroscope factory No doubt it would even be pos sbe to convert some of the space into dwelling units the housing shortage still warranted such move.
 The building is close to downtown Washington There is quick bus service and ample parking space And surely peacetme Army would have ample in the several other buildings in the capitol which it used during the war
 Probably the Pentagon has been considered and re- jected It may be felt that is too close to the seat and influence of the American government-though with New York immediately accessible by telephone and only about an hour away by air. that would rather secondary sideraton At any rate the LIN officials have made their choice But still think they have passed up good bet
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
Beauty Shop or Sawmill
ByPeter EdSOn

ators call themselves licensed cosmetoogsts' The word "beautican" is apparently out, probably because 1t rhymes with mortican". But the highest pfacu- tioner of the sawmlling art is still called the nosS sawyer" and proud lot they are, too with all their traditions of Paul Bunyan.
 There's apparently a lot more room in the cos metology business than in saWmilloogy, though The 1889 census reported 854l9 beauty shops But today says the other book "the zng and buzz of more than 3OO0O saWmills are heard in forests That other loud noise you hear is the zng and buzz of 30 million female tongues, swapping the latest gossip at Mme' ClariSse's cosmetology parlor.
 In a lot of other ways the two businesses have much in common. Both books say you should have skill and experience. You have to know your ma chinery You have to have good health ana pc ape to stand on your feet eight hours day. working The danger of fire and injury is great in both businesses and vou had better have insurance. In both indus tries you apparently start with the same raw ma teral-an old log that has rolled into your estaos- ment ,, . Refine Your Output" You're wrong It's in the DOCK on operating sawmill Other sub-titles in this DOCK which might apply to coSmetology are Grauing the Product" slabs" Low Grade and Short Pieces and Effects of Weather" .,,, ,.,
 There are some abbreviations in sawmnlng WHICH would also be useful in a beauty shop. FOX means Free of Knots S4CS means Surface Four SloeS Wih a Caulking Seam on each edge. WHND. means Worm Holes No Defect. .
 Both lumber and curls need thorougn oIyns; n permanent wave in plank though, would get the
 The best practical advice for would-be beauty shop operators seems to be in the chapters on pulo ing up good customer relations. Make certain ulat no one in your shop becomes too familiar wtn your natrons" says the book Many seriously object to being called honey or dearie'
 Better stick to sawmillng. buddy, It will keep VOL outdoors and it wort be nearly SO nara on your nerves
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

body got the idea that it would keep up the spirits of the troops if they had series of booklets to hep them plan for their futures after they got out oI the Army. You just picture how 1t would oe-, some fve-star hero Okinawa, sweating 1t out ana trying to forget the war by studying how to run beauty shop or Sawmi .
 The books are really educational The beauty book for instance says that the first macnine TOT permanent waving invented in 1910. This lnven- ton no doubt ranks in importance right along With Eli Whtneys cotton-gin, the Mccormick reaper the Selden patents, the Wright brothers flying macnlne and the atomic bomb among the principal causes of the industrial revolution and Americas winning the 
 Historically, though, sawmilling Is the older ana prouder profession the first sawmin m America nav ing been opened at Jamestown in 1925. Beauty shops were few in number and didn't really get going til 300 years later because up to the l92Os most sere specting women shampooed their own hair at nome Not until the first flappers their crownng glory through sawmi or something to bob 1t, oio beauty culture come into it's own via, of all places. the bar- Der shop.
 To make up for this late start and lack Of class the beauty shop business is now trying to change its name to "cOsmetoogy". and beauty shop opeT-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

of every small boys dream--a secret button which caused bookcase to swing aside, reveanng 1 2 sageway from the Chief Justices study to his dining room.
 All too soon, most of us lose our boyhood, But Harlan Stone made his boyhood dreams of hidden doors and secret passageways come true.
 Some parents, of course, might not agree that the pixie in Stones heart set proper example for their sons They might even be shocked to learn that, while at Amherst the Chief Justice led raid on Boston Express office and stole the statue of Sabrina, goddess of Amherst men, spirited 1t away from Amherst alumni, and hid m Q Onestef. field, N. H., barn. Some years later, Stone married the daughter of the man who owned that Oarh'
 In fact there were a lot of things about young Harlan Stone that meticulous parents might not approve somCl of his neighbors even thought his name should have been Harlequin, for he had so many youthful night-shrt and duckng parties that eventually he was expelled from an agricultural co-
 would pick Harlan Stone as Q model for my boy despite all this, because shortly thereafter he managed to harness his exuberance and worked his way through Amherst by peddlng typewriters sell ing insurance and tutoring other students He paid his college expenses every cent Of the way. way ,..
 And he proved-as Douglas Macarthur also demonstrated by standing first in his class at West Point-that a boys start in college sets the pace for what comes after Stone served for three years as president of his class, attained Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year, managed the Amherst Student, played star game of football and was voted by his classmates "the member who would become most famous"
 Perhaps Calvin Coolidge, who was one class behind Stone, remembered that record when Coolidge suddenly cataputed from the Vce-Presidency into the White House-looked around for new Attorney General and finally selected his old college-mate who had worked so hard and done so well at Amherst
 Later Stone worked his way through Columbia Law School and finally was graduated despite forced Interruptions when he recouped his expenses by teaching school in Vermont. And during all the fame that followed Stone never forgot those begn- nings never too busy to help the youngsters who like himself struggled to finish college.
 
 One of these was William o. Douglas, penniless law student at Columbia when Stone was dean of the law school Most busy college executives would have given Douglas five or i0-minute pep talk; but Dean Stone devoted two hours to telling Douglas of his own problems in getting through college ana in advising him what to do,
 This week, that same William o. Douglas, now a Supreme Court Justice, was beside his old teaeher
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
TIME AND THE BOMB
(New York Times)

More than eight months have gone by since the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan, four months since the Foreign Ministers of Brit ain, the United States and Russia agreed at Moscow to recommend effective safeguards to the United Nations, more than three months since the General Assembly voted to set up an Atomic Energy Commission to proceed with the utmost dispatch" to inquire into all phases of the problem" At this writing two nations, Russia and Mexico, have still not appointed the Commission members to whom they are entitled, though they pro- mise to do so soon" Dr. VanneVar Bush and Acting Secretary of State Dean AcheSor, both members of the American Committee on Atomic Energy, have now joined In a radio appeal for haste. pr. Bush gave warning that "the most dangerous aspect of atomic fission in the fu- ture is the possibility that the field may become the subject of national rivalry" Of course this is the root of the whole question, constantly emphasized since V-J Day, under lined in the Lilinthal report of last month, and accepted by the Ameri- can Committee.
 There are differences of opinion as to how much of hurry IS re- ouired, but there cannot be much dispute that the sooner the United Nations Commission is set up the better. The Commission itself will then be the judge of how fast 1t can go ahead. No one reading the Lilenthal report will believe that it's task will be simple. But the very fact that 1t is in existence and at work would relieve mems minds.
 It will be remembered that the Lilinthal report, as accepted by the Atomic Energy Committee, propo- Sed an Atomic Development Auth ority, acting under the United Na- tions. This proposal strikes at the roots of any possible war, It is iil- portant in Itself and for what 1t might be able to signify. An early and fearless attempt to grapple with the A-bomb problem calls for close cooperation among the nations. II we succeed here we cannot fail else where, for 1t is In this field that the key to peace lies. Even though the United States does not propose to send experts abroad to assist other countries in setting up their own atomic explosive factories 1t would, under the Ijlinthal plan, embark on a course which would ultimately cost 1t its present atomic monoply. This ought to quiet any possible suspicion as to our inten- tions. It ought to convince even the skeptical Russians that we are in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

last couOle of weeks have been "spectacular but misleading. It goes on
 "Department stores the country over were up 50 percent in the week ended April 6; New York ran eb percent above i945 in the April l3 week Catch is that we are comparing pre-Easter volume in l045 with post-Easter sales last year due to the sliding date of the holiday Such mixup bolsterS the argument for a fixed Easter,
 "Placlng the holiday at the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal equinox means 1t can fall anywhere from March 22 to April 70 able to do in arguments that have ragged since Con- stantne's Council of Nicaea.
 Christ probably was crucfted on April ' AD 3o why not settle for Easter on the second Sunday ot April2"
 Why not?
 Nov there is something that can be done to straighten out the tangled affairs of the word-and of business Should the United Nations take this up at the international levelp It might pc Just as complicated as the Iran and Franco problems, put
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
Clairvoyant Politicians

Some columnsts, news analysts political slaves, radio speers and wshul thinkers seemed to observe the first anniversary of Mr. Truman President week two ago. by echong the belief that everything going all right need worry about the future of America any other nationpus sort of general acclaim that they will live happily after"
 The Communstc challenges of the Soviet must not be approved The fantastic notions that ways of making
 living in the United States without working will have to be dumped into the sewer
 We the people, need to return to defense of the Re- publican and Democratic system of Government and to rec ognton of the legitimate rights of Tabor and capital In short the carvoyans have had their day and the future of America is unsafe in their hands America is still the land of unlimited opportunties-but Americans will have to ret back the old ways described life liberty and happl ness Tn other words it's high time to stop blowing soap hnbes and chasing round after clarvoyant politicians
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
In TOday'S Mail
UNION STEWARD THINKS THE DEMOCRATS EDITORIAL ON THE A.B.C. STRIKE MOST ENCOURAGING AND MORE LIKE IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE
 CAUSE

Waterbury, Conn,
 April 26, l946. Editor of The Democrat:
 In a recent editorial you mention ed the fact that the American Brass gave no reason for turning down a just union proposal which would end the strike.
 The answer is they are trying to break the union, therefore, you can- not expect the American Brass to give the real reason to the press for turning down the proposal.
 They want to make changes in our new contract, yet under the old con- tract they were awarded several Navy Els from the U. s. Govern ment. Production had to be at a high standard to enable Company to get Navy E, what do they want now, blood?
 There is only one answer to this deal the American Brass is handing out, that is that the working man Is treated somewhat like a human being in time of war. In time of peace, they must consider the work Ing class either very stupid class of people or a herd of cattle that they .can push around as they please.
 Your recent editorial regarding the union proposal was very en- couraging, we need more like 1t to win in the great cause we are fight ing for.
 PATRICK J. WALSH,
 Union Steward.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

Government must not be partial to any economic group. It must instead enlist the cooperation of labor and the employer. We must give the rank and file of industry a continual opportunity to express their views. to strike, to pas upon everything which affect them. Harold E S.tasen, former Cover nor of Minnesota.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

States, I Woulo cnooSe nAhll AAVV only because of his great attain ments, not only because he rose so high from such humble begin nines; but because he never lost his youth. Even up until that last day and that last faltering opin- ion, Harlan Fiske Stone kept his zest for living.
 Despite sedate years on the nations highest court, there was a lovaible, boyish quality about Chief Justice Stone. In his home,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

a SaWnlllP II you dIe' 7eAIy Wallace's Department of Com merce may help you.
 Commerce has a whole series of booklets, in fact, giving ad- vice on how to establish and op- crate all kinds of shops-bake shop, shoe-repair shop, or just plain grocery store or filling sta tion.
 It was the War Departments Information and Education Divi- sion-formerly the Morale SerV- ices-that started all this. Some
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
Views of the Press

earnest about making sacrifices for world peace.
 For these reasons we hope the Atomic Energy Commission will soon be completed and put to work A word from President Truman might help.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

things are BettIhB pHck 70 normal
 This interesting exhibit Is in the magazine Business Week" and is concerned about the way Easter fluctuates from one date to another. It suggests a fixed date, the second Sunday in April.
 The reason Is that with the date switching around the way 1t does now, and has for some centuries, business statistics get mixed up. The magazine points a,,t that aaIaa comma rig0f1g for the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

The Social Democrats are show ing surprisinag strength in the Jap anese election results. We are a little vague as to just what a Social Democrat is, though it sounds like tea drinker at @ ward rally.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

Lily Pons, the French-born opera star, was held at a suburban police station near Paris for nearly an hour the other day for yeriflication of her Identity papers, Lily probably hit the ceiling-instead of high O, which would have been enough to identify her at once.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

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 John L. Lewis says that he's more interested in health than he is in higher wages for his miners. We still have mean suspicion that it won't get the coal operators any. where to offer an 1S1s percent inc crease in vitamins.
 New Workers boast about their cosnopolitanism, yet Gotham Is the only town we've ever been in where the inhabitants think an automobile bearing an N. H. number plate comes from New Haven.
 That was quite a set-to between Senator Taft and Senator Murray Tuesday. One of them's from Ohio and the others from Montana and they could have heard each other If they'd been at home.
 It remains for April to go out like a lamb, having come in like a lion. And the previous month kept yell ing March Fooll" at us every morning.
 There's not a chance in the world of an atom bomb causing a tidal wave" says Professor L. Don Leet of Harvard University. Hiro- shimans and Nagosakians can vouch for its ability to cause a ter restrial wave, however.
 It is said that one out of every i've citizens of this country enter at least two contests year. The Am erican dream used to be two cars for every garage now it's two tops | for every box
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
6 Years Ago

Two children and their 75-year- old grandfather were injured when one of the youngsters set the living room curtains afire.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
|Merry-GO-ROund

Chief Justice Harlan Y, Stone; If were to choose leading American of le46 as an inspiration to my son. I think would pick the man who died in harness this week Chief Justice Of the United
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

WASHINGTON April 27-(NEAl-Are you discharged veteran with suppressed desire to go into business for yourself and unable to make up vour mind whether to open a beauty shop or run
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

The Government asserts that 1t has broken up q world match mon- OpOly and cleared the way for American manufacture of an 'ever- lasting" match. One of our pet gup- erstitiOns may soon require revision! no three generations on one match.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

IL is almost uncanny to come from reading Sinclair Lewis "Babbitt'-somehow missed when 1t was the talk of the early 2oS-to find in the mail on bright morning in April, le46, proof or now
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27

An East Farm Street woman re- ported to police that $450 was stolen from a tea pot on a pantry shelf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
STYLE NOTE

I see but little Change in Jills. Since they have raised The ban on frills.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

The Waterbury Dry Goods Com pany held a pre-Summer Sale.
 A freak, lightning storm killed two cows and dog in Wolcott.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-27
15 Years Ago

two cows and dog in Wolcott.
 15 Years Ago The Fox-Poli Palace bill was featured by the smash hit Trader Horn"
 Frank Fay headed the Strands bill in the picture, Gods Gift To Women"