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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
UNO's Site and Substance

The prenatal and infant history of the United Nations
Organization has been marked by considerable conflict OF
aims and attitudes And nowhere seems to has one
side of that conflict been apty illustrated than in
London dispatch puporng to explain Russas preference
in the matter of site for the UNo headquarters
Whether the story sauthentc in every respect Is
not, unfortunately, incredible.
According this story the Russians favored the New
York because they felt of sympathetic press
in that region That actor had invested all his
money in play and yet more concerned with the
critics reception of his performance than with the
shows failure.
Other governments probably share this Russian att-
tude for old habits of diplomatic thinking not easily
broken But the Russian leaders in particular have made
little attempt disguise the fact that they chiefly con-
cerned with making their national policies good with max
ing them look good and with toerang opposition to the
attainment of their national goals-United Nations
United Nations.
It might appear outsider that the present Russian
leaders operating they would always be the Russian
They to consider present divisions and
alignments permanent. They espouse the United
Nations for present and expednt purposes than out
of desire to subordinate private interests in creating
peaceensurng organization which is amendabe but endur
ing.
All this may be unjust to Russas long-range motives
But in the light of her postwar actions is possible to be-
eve that her might be influenced in the Selec
ton of permanent UNO site by the local and mpermanent
promise of favorable press To illustrate the opposite
view, there is statement by Dr. Slogan GavriOvch head
Of the UNO se-sekng delegation Stressing the need Of
building not for five years but for from so to $500 years
It will be the capitol of the world We must look ahead
You get clear view of you get away from the i'm
mediate future"
Such line of thinking necessary in selecting the
United Nations Organizations future well its
future home The UNO members also must get clear
view beyond the immediate future and must think in terms
of 500 1900 years Yet of course the UNO must live
and from day to day. 1t must find and correct its
weaknesses through daytoday experience without losing
the deep perspective
There those To-Day who have already given up on
the United Nations Organization and for Some
find that it srays too far from the traditional concept of
onal sovereignty and would abandon pervert its
aims Others find that it cngs too close to the sovereignty
concept and would suppant with world government
Certainly the UNO, presently constituted has garing
weaknesses But they glazing enough to have turned
the high hopes of year ago to complete despair.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
E. Phillips Oppenheim

In 1888 E. Phillips Oppenhem had completed his l5Oth
novel; Author of widely read mystery thriers Oppenhem
wrote in the grand His books dealt with espionage
and crime in the upper and lower circles
number of years ago he produced knockout in his
"The Great Impersonaton" When it first appeared the
book had great appeal Rereading it not long ago we
surprised that it little dated though had lost
something of the glamour Of first reading.
Mr. Oppenhem exceled in presenting intriguing plot
He whsked his characters from London to Paris to Rome
with facie pen to speak, He wrote with authority
affairs of intrigue in continental Europe. He knew his
backgrounds and he knew the background and Of
the people and period of which he wrote While his plots
the pures fiction they not boony High society
was his meat and top hats and Inverness coats embassies
and the opera all fell into easy pattern
Perhaps his novels of the last decade have been bit
stereotyped too obviously following set pattern But
could always trust Mr. Oppenheim to afford you
evening of entertainment your favorte living chair
drawn up to the fireplace travelling de luxe train when
they had them ensconced among the pillows in bed He
escaps writer to the nth degree and his books not
only afforded good plot but education in the life and
customs of the Riviera.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
In Today's Mail

! to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1t was adj
ministrative fear or inertia - this
Is clear: the men in control were
willing to resort TO many expedients
even the use Of unpaid, conscript
labor--to avoid paying American
wages.
Some months ago Alfred Wilson
wrote to the newspapers about con-
ditions in Connecticut's mental hos
pitfalls, predicted difficulties. He was
subjected to personal attacks and
vilification but nothing was done
about recruiting workers, the es-
sential problem. The murder of
James T. higgins is merely small
justification of wilson's charges.
Unless working conditions are i'm
proved and the full number of at
tendants brought in, we can only
hope that nothing worse will hap
pen.
If this had been a murder COM
mitted on a dark street to a free
citizen. a terrific protest would
have been raised; and rightly so.
But James T. higgins was poor, old,
harmless and deranged; and he had
neither a wife nor relatives: He'll
have few defenders; and If he did
have any, what good could they do
him now But surely steps should
be taken to protect the other $3.50
unfortunates at this hospital from
similar fate.
In reply to charges administra-
tors can always point to the rules
even though they've abided by
them and pass the buck. But for
the people of Connecticut it's not
SO easy. They'll have to answer to
their own conscienceS If construc-
tive action is not taken to remedy
a serious situation.
Cut through the red tape: Pay
living wage: Get the number Of
workers necessary for security.
Very truly yours,
DAVID r. MOSKOWTTZ,
co Attendant at c. S. H.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
By Peter Edison

posa which would make 1t impossible for any private
enterprise to do business at al. Anything General
Gregory sells must stimulate full employment dis
courage monopoly render more the traditional
American family-type farming, preserve small bust
ness, discourage speculation, be sold at fair prices
while presenting reselers from realizing undue
profits and utilize the normal channels Of trade
while still fostering new enterprise.
What Congress was shooting at when Il wrote
this highly contradictory code Of business ethics
to prevent repetition Of scandals which grew out Of
surplus sales after the last But II General Greg
ory and his merry WAC men are able to encourage
new enterprise without giving some risk-taker
chance at speculation, it will be a business miracle.
Five months Of actual experience in trying 10
get rid of the first World War II SURPRISES have dis
closed these additional headaches:
There is a lag Of from two to ten months be-
tween the time goods are declared surplus and the
time they be inventoried, appraised and made
ready for resale.
Too much unstable junk that should be strapped
or savaged is declared surplus Every disposal officer
is afraid to condemn stuff that might be OF possible
use.
Too much Of the stuff is too far away from mar
kets It can't be sold where 1t Is But moving il 20
market involves transportation. distribution and
packaging to make it disposable in established trade
channels. Often distribution costs are more than
sales prices.
There is too much red tape In the priority system.
Finally, getting staff Of competent merchan-
disers Is hard During the 1t easy to persuade
anyone to take government job. But not today.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

door to door like poor relation Temporarily Cen
eral Gregory and his WAC-War Assets Corporation
headquarters installed in Uncle Jesse Jones's
office suite in the Federal Loan Building.
Surplus Property Administration is being lqui-
dated after two reorganizatons and three bosses The
whole job has now been given to RFC, which has
organized War Assets a subsidiary to do the work
and take the losses But now the plan Is TO divorce
WAC from RFC and run it independently.
AS the worlds largest merchandise, General
Gregory may well pause and wonder at the restric-
tons placed upon him by the Surplus Property Dis
posal Act He must begin with mountains Of stuff
nobody wants and try to go out Of business as fast
as possible President Truman told the general he
would like to all SURPRISES lquidated within six
months!
On top Of this, Congress- in its infinite wisdom,
set up code of business principles for surplus dis
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
By Frederick OthmrGN

card" he said. Il mean We would make for him
card that would epiomize Christmas in the friendly
sense to the nth degree We regard the President
a real human being and grand gent and what we
want to make for him Is card that would cause all
his friends and neighbors TO say, isn't that beau
tiful."
He wondered, Mr.. President, whether this offer
might make you sore; / told him didn't think it
would He said he was glad
That seems TO be the beauty of the greeting
card business Everybody in It is happy all the
time the sun shines daily and love notes roll from
the giant presses at an incredible rate
There have been many suggestions for cards
which woman could send TO her worst enemy. but
the industry has spurned them all. 1t news TO one
of Its best sellers which goes like this: II could walk
down all the roads of the world. but never find
a friend like you: never, never. never"
Numerous things currently are bringing Joy to
the industFys heart such the latest number hound
to be q steady seller. II begins: Sorry to hear you
had your tonsils out" -
Under consideration by the board of directors
momentariy is one which says: Congratulations on
your divorce" The boardmen are as worried about
that as they used to be about mothers-in-law They
eventually solved mothers-in-law brilliantly The
ideal mother-in-law card reads: ITO the mother Of
the one love best" 81
An, love- And happiness. And beautiful poetry.
And may the paper bells ring out their peais of Joy
business from the next batch a. WhlUg 3aome Cnr1stv
mas cards. May the greeting business continus TO
boom
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

telor Department. ft was lust such a transfer by
Albert X Fan In the Harding Administration that
resulted In the Teapot Dome oil scandal.
No motive Is attributed TO the fckes proposal
except that Of safeguarding oil In fact some peo-
pie consider It significant that his proposal happened
to coincide, by luck or otherwise, with the nonlina-
ton Of oil man Pauey to be Under Secretary Of The
Navy.
But what Senators consider important Is that
with pauleys friend Ralph Davies offered the job
Of Under Secretary Of the Interior, the Nays oil
lands no matter where they are located-in Interior
or Navy-will be partially under Pauley or q friend
Of his.
Relationship between Davies and Pauley has been
extremely close. Davies was executive vlce-presl~
dent of Standard OIL Of California. Pauley sold him
his own independent oil company. Later, Pauley
brought Davies to Washington, introduced him to
Ickes, following which Davies became 1ckes' Deputy
oil Administrator. He did good job
However, State Department officials say he con-
tinued to look out for Ed Pauley.
When Pauley was trying to lobby his high-octane
Mexican gasoline plant through the government, 1t
had to pass the hurdle Of Secretary Ickes Petroleum
Administration. Davies okayed it-not only okayed
It, but pushed 1t vigorously At first Ickes also gave
1t his blessing The State Department however, was
vigorously opposed,
Showdown came in secret session between
Ickes Davies Davies aide and the Assistant Secre-
tary of State Dean Acheson The full story Of this
session was really told at the Senate hearing
Acheson opened by giving Ickes very careful dag
noss of why the Mexican high-octane gasoline plant
should not be built by Pauley He took up point after
point, his main argument being that the Mexican
government would have to pay such a high price
to Pauey that it would sour U. S-Mexican relations.
After Acheson had finished, Ickes turned to
Pauleys friend, Ralph Davies, and asked.
why didn't you tell me these things7"
Il didn't know them either" replied the red
faced Davies. Then, turning to his aide he alibed:
Why didn't you tell me these things2"
Ickes Immediately reversed himself, threw his
weight against Pauley. That is the real inside of
how the Pauey octane plant for Mexico was stopped.
Davies, of course, is able, intelligent operator,
too intelligent not to have known the main points
of the Pauley plan Pauley is equally able He would
be good executive almost anywhere. But some Sen
ators want to think twice before putting these oil
twins near the head Of two departments controlling
the oil reserves of the nation
Senator George of Georgia, who has more to say
about setting U. s. taxes than any other man except
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05


ing but some black writing on white paper.
If everybody else follows your example, Mr.
President land look at all the men now wearing
Presidential bow ties), the future Is dark. indeed,
for the greeting card industry. That leads to
thing else The card makers are one of the most
customers the Post Office Department has. People
buy si0OOO0,0OO worth Of postage stamps a year
to send canned sentiments to each other and there
is nice little profit to the government on every
stamp.
have been talking, Mr., Truman. to Stephen Q.
shannon, Of New York, who Is director Of the In
dustTy and he is nice guy. He talks like greeting
card. sort Of and you don't catch him critIcizIng
anybody.
As he says. greeting card Is a handshake across
the miles. It should make the recipient feel good
80 what we'd like TO do Is design q card for
President Truman that Is typical Of the most typical
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
TOO FEW ATTENDANTS AT
MTDDLETOWN STATE HOSPI.
tai WITNESS LAST
WEEKS MURDER.

Connecticut State Hospital,
Middletown, Connecticut.
February 2, 1916.
Editor of The Democrat:
Now that q mailman at Connec-
ticut State Hospital has murdered
a fellow patient by bashing in his
head with a steel bar and then at
tempting suicide himself, 1t may be
instructive to reflect upon certain
facts which have hitherto been
CLOSED over or ignored.
There are frighteningly few at
tendantS on the wards Of the Mid
dletown hospital.
For instance, on the ward where
the tragedy occurred yesterday
there was only one attendant for
more than 20 patients. And that at
tendant was charged with several
other non-ward duties such as re-
ceiving packages. mail, store orders,
company and acting as q relief SUI
pervisor. The situation on some
other wards is even worse where
there are as marny as IS patients to
a single patient-attendant.
It requires little. argument to
show that this is a deplorable and
possibly explosive situation. Writ
ing in the New Haven Register on
January 2, 1916. DR.. Yerbury, the
hospital superintendent, quot e d
standards of care set by the Am
erican Psychiatric Association: AZ
trained attendants for every $50
patients; in other words one at
tendant to every patients.
Why has nothing been done to
reach these standards of care?
On January /, 1916 there we're
approximately 5000 unemployed in
Connecticut-f1v times as many as
there were on vi Day. In the
Middletown area there were ten
times as many unemployed as on
WI Day. Yet follows: "On jan
uary LIST Q946) our total number
OF employees hit one of the lowest
figures of the war period, or 446."
People will not come to work
here because the amount OF money
they can make is practically medie-
val-$23.07 for a 81 hour week
441sc for an attendant an hour
and this represents an increase. In
1910 the starting salary for an at
tendant was $l8.46 a week, 34isc
an hour. During this same period
manufacturing wages In Connecti-
cut jumped from $2753 to $55.45 for
a 40 hour week-from 69c to $l.38
an hour.
Whatever it was that stood In
the way Of bringing enough workers
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

The Feast of ST. Francis de Sales patron of Journalists
sosey followed by the observance of Catholic Press Month
Announcement of the observance made through letters
from Most Rev. Henry j. OBren Bishop of the Hartford
diocese In the letter he called attention the excellent
Diocesan paper The Catholic Transcript which
desk each week.
The Catholic press has done great service during the
years In fact since the establishment of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference News Service after World
Wa its coverage has been accurate and extensive. The
quality and standard of our neighborng Hartford paper
are matched by similar publications throughout the country
They widely read by Catholics and They
carry every encycca and message of the regnng and past
pontiffs The Catholic Press important influence and
holds an equally important place with the secular Of
the country.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
WORDS OF LINCOLN

Representative of both labor and
management in the steel and Gen.
eral Motors strikes would do well
to recall the words OF Abraham
Lincoln in his first inaugural 'ad-
dress. To those in the South and
in the North who saw no solution to
the crisis Of 1861 but war, Lincoln
said: You cannot fight always;
and when, after much loss on both
sides, and no gain on either. you
stop fighting, the identical old
questions as to terms Of intercourse
are again upon you" The loss to
both sides in these remaining labor
controversies has been enormous.
Surely the wisdom of compromise
must be apparent to all parties
concerned.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
The Firing Line
By D. N. T.
ON SEEING SOME VERSES

REPRINTED
These stanzas in the Boston Globe
were mine;
The Muses. yen for printers inks
reQuited:
They once exploded On the Firing
Line,
But when. oh when, oh when, were
they inditedP
But vaguely. If at all, I recollect
The lines that now another sheet
discusses:
As though they were aIother's, ] in
spect
These echoes OF what must have
been my verses.
Now was it months ago2 Perhaps
year?
Or was 1t in another incarnation?
It's proper and the credit line Is
here
To ticket Mine" this-shall we say?
creation.
II I were editor, I rather doubt
That I would light upon this certain
Jingle
To use again, to have it noised
about;
think it properly should do
single.
But here it is, the fustian Of a
Ounce,
A shoddy piece-and will the Hub
excuse IL?
I Spurn it! Had I not employed 1t
once,
Guess who would be inclined to up
and use it,
After q hot debate, the United
Nations Security Council has agreed
TO let Russia and Iran settle their
dispute by direct negotiation, but
will keep an eye on the affair until
II Is finished. The trouble with di-
rect negotiations between q small
nation and the SOviets Is that the
small nation fOrgets TO duck.
The Army announces that the
families Of officers and noncoms of
the first three grades may soon join
them overseas. The frauleins may
soon see how truly effective the
process of characterization can be.
President Truman urged Congress
to approve the loan to Great Britain
Wednesday. Somehow or other Mr..
T. doesn't seem to have much luck
with his must" legislation. even
when he tones it down to please
will-ya?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

IiIdII Oh IIIt oOdIU OE WIZ hhs5Sto
Corporation. His new job is 10
sell from 10 TO is billion dollars
worth Of SURPRISES which Army,
Navy and the war agencies now
wish they hadn't bought. General
Gregory's plight is perhaps the
browning irony Of the whole war.
The general, however, is cheerful.
Il didn't buy 1t ALL" he says, in
self-defense.
The surplus property jobs is
an unwelcome brat that has been
el,iftnd nrniltad from nnnniiA ttaRiai
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

E1eSlueAlL AAutildili anu lLley Wenl
to do you a favor. Such as fixing
you up a little sockdollager Of a
Christmas GREETING in 1916.
They aren't sore, Mr.. Truman.
because they figure you didn't
realize you did dirt to the $780,
900, 900 greeting card business with
your modest Christmas greetings
last December. The sentiment was
fine, but that card was too dog
gone plain and austere; no SPAN
giles, no five-colored angels, no
e,aaut ~ rras.,.s,,a cold Tanf. ,.aka,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

OIItTUu EtaIpN DHVIts inc JUp Of
Under Secretary Of the Interior.
Il happens that Davies and
I'd pauley are bosom friends. Both
are Oh men, Both have followed
the policy OF "scrasch.my.back-
r1l-scratch.yours," This h Inn
portant.
Recently, Secretary fckes, who
has q crusading record for gUarda
ing the nations resources, rec.
commended TO President Truman
that naval oil reserves be trans.
fnfrnn from the NAVY 20 the IN.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
is Years Ago

A two-year-old girl from Willow
street, knocked out three teeth and
split her lip when she fell on
milk bottle while skipping rope in
front of her home.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
6eYears AGO

A paper bag OF water, dropped
from a building on Grand street,
resulted in fractured skull for So
year-old Morris Senlch. The water
was frozen.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

A Waterbury woman, seeking a
divorce. told the court that 10 years
before her husband called from
work that he wouldn't be home
and hadn't shown up since.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

Waiting for a bus Ia Exchange
Place. Robert CaFstalrs received a
punch In the face frolR a man who
hurried away without an explains
ton.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

The owner of a stolen car was
$500 richer when police recovered
the abandoned vehicle. On the
back seat was paper bag contain
ing the currency which was turned
over to the car owner after police
gave up the search for the thieves.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
Merry-Go-Round

WASHINGTON FEB. B-AGany senators believe
that the confirmation rev over charming IA Pauey
a. Under Secretary Of the Navy has taken on new
alRnflcancn now that Secretary Harold rckes has
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
Surplus Headache

WASHINGTON. Feb. 5-Lt-Gen Edmund Bristol
Gregory, who quartermaster general bought several
billion dollars worth of food clothing and equipment
for the Army now finds himself installed as chair
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
Christmas Cards!

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5-(UP)-The roses-are-
red-v ioets- -bue-I-love-you boys have next
winters Christmas cards on the drawing boards,
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05
Waterbury
of the Past
25 Years Ago

After he fell on the ice and frac-
tured his arm, John Lubutis, a 35-
year-old Scovill employe, fractured
his collar bone while climbing into
a car to be taken TO the hospital.
At the hospital his misfortunes
were not at an end. He fell from
bed and received a conclusion.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-05

Senator George Of Georgia, who has more to say
about setting u s. taxes than any other man except