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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
A Thought for Today
The Importance of the Individual

The essence of Christianity is the importance of the in divdua And that doctrine been the foundation in law of all nations whose material progress has been greatest
 The first real step forward in individual freedom was the Magma Car which has deeply coored the history o the world Its most perfect expression is found in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States which carried the ideal of freedom vast dis tance further These documents say, in effect that man individual person, is important and that he has certain fundamental and eternal rights which cannot be abrogaed by in the represented by the state
 It is not concdental that governments based on the theory that the state is all important and the individual un important have inevitably destroyed submerged religion and Christianity For this kind of government must turn itself into fake religion Its goals wholly material Hitler knew that when he scofed at Christianity and said that the ideal of Nazsm the deity for the Ger people, Lenin knew it. when he said that Christianity the opium of the people,
 Our government based spiritual concept, not
 material concept Yet unprecedented material progress has been made here The plain. The man who is individually important citizen is the who be- ing man, the doing He is the antthess of the reg mented man.
 The great lesson of history is that all institutions go industry, the arts and crafts-must remain free will remain free. There be compromise with oppression matter what form may take. Government domination of the individual business is slavery The basic idea upon which free enterprise system rests is the Christian phosophy-the importance of the individual
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
bv Dre1C Pearson.

had not been adequately dealt with by the Federal Government" largely because the Federal Govern ment is still hampered by state legal barriers.
 Truman himself proposed the idea of a Presi- dential emergency" commission, similar to the Rob- ers Pearl Harbor Board, with authority to investi gate ynchings and assaults, review shortcomings" in the present law and make recommendations for legislation to better safeguard civil liberties. He said that he would be glad to initiate such legislation.
 
 There's been some eyebrow lifting in the State Department over the way U. s. Ambassador George Messersmith has been hobnobbing with the Fascist Peron Government Messersmith has even made sev- eral talks to Perons followers to the effect that Ar gentina will be considered a worthy ally when the probable war between United States and Russia" breaks out Assistant Secretary of State Spruille Braden not only raises his eyebrows but is sore. Messersmith's transfer may be demanded when Byrnes returns from Paris. General Eisenhower has been asked to send specially trained military police to Manila to break up th1every in Army and civilian post offices Fifteen percent of all packages and even letters to GI's in Manila are opened and footed. From five to seven million dollars worth of Army equipment is stolen in the Philippines each month-with about ten jeeps disappearing every day. Members of the House Military Affairs Com- mittee just returned from U. s. Pacific bases, say military equipment is going to pot that the most modern equipment is not being installed that morale among the men is low. They blame themselves much as the Army.
 David LiIenthaI is No. 1 choice to head the pow- erfu Atomic Energy Committee. Able lame-duck 
 either to the Atomic Commission replace Lienthal as head of IVA. Henry Morgenthau was all set to take over all of Henry Waaces cancelled foreign policy speaking engagements when Wallace muzzed but had not yet resigned. Morgenthau and Wallace eye-to-eye on foreign policy; also on Jimmie Byrnes Trumanites are worried over intmations that Wallace will reveal certain highly secret things that transpired inside the Cabinet regarding foreign policy. President Truman has abandoned his search for government post for his old friend Senator Wheeler of Montana. Wheeler will practice law in Montana and Washington, doesn't want government job. Several railroads are eager to hire their one-time severest critic
 Here's what members of the House Military Af- fairs Committee reported to General Eisenhower, following their return from inspection of mill
 l. Morale of our Far East occupational troops is being endangered by the Armys delay in sending
 2. The Army is doing little to set up facilities for the proper housing of Army wives and children formed On Okinawa, for instance, surplus Army stoves and plumbing supplies-badly needed in Quon- set huts where Army families will be housed-have been sold to the Chinese.
 3. Another demoralizing factor is the shortage of cigarettes and fresh fruit and vegetables
 Eisenhower promised to look into these facts i'm medatey.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Democracy or Republic 1y 1homas Stokes

not want to see too much democracy in the South.
 It is well known, for example that interests owned elsewhere but managed locally contributed to the return of Gene Talmadge to power in Georgia. His No l plank is to restore the white primary" in Georgia through subterfuge to evade the Supreme Court decision.
 The weeding out and selecting of the franchise made possible by white primaries" and poll-tax strctions have proved most helpful in keeping in power in the South the willing servants of dom nant economic nteests which thus exercise control through a sort of rotten borough" system Perhaps that's what is meant by representative it is selected representation
 A similar selective representation operated also in other parts of the country, by default until work ing and women were aroused to their political interests And in times long past, too the ballot was limited by property qualifications.
 We of course have never been democracy in the pure and literal sense Such democracy is seen only in the New England town meeting. But through the years and beginning rather far back the fran chise for electng representatives to state and national office gradually has been extended until now it is virtually universal outside the South subject only to qualifications of citizenship, residence, etc. Outside the South for all practical purposes we are democ racy in the usually accepted
 When Woodrow Wilson rallied the nation in World War l, it for to democracy" and Dr. Wilson, he titled so long, rather lessor and writer in the field of political science World War II also for Franklin D. Roosevelt for democracy.
 Why this twist of late?
 It's well to be curious abot that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
A Million Acres in Motors

It takes the crops from million to build two million motor vehicles. The story is easedn by showing that 65 percent of all the leather consumed in the United States plus O percent of the cotton and 36 percent of the mohair used by automotve plants That isn't a 550OOO bales cotton into textiles cotton nters for seat pad ding has value of $610000 and $2946O00 worth of wool goes into uphosterng and floor coverings also $2192O0O for mohair used in upholstery.
 The hides of 256,OOo cattle the fats and hair from 3600O hogs and billion and half dollars worth of for solvents plus $6548OO for soy beans used in oil and plascs; 111500O bushels of for alcohol paints and vanshes to which added 900 bushels of axeed which goes through machines that turn the products into paints and soaps It takes 4828200 pounds of upentne and 18590 pounds of beeswax supply the mixtures sary for the production of cars.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Views of the Press

crimp in their plans. Despite the situation, toy production is expect ed to be about $250,00,000, which is said by the trade to be a modest sum in a period of rising prices.
 The same conditions exist in their trade as in the manufacture of autos, home appliances, furniture, and other essential lines. There will not be enough velocipedes, bicycles, coaster wagons made of steel, for the small boys, and dolls for the little girls will be scarce as well. As for the electric trains, there won't be enough for the small lads, or their dads either.
 One manufacturer has about 50,- 900 velocipedes on order. He could sell double the amount, but he has hundreds of them in storage be- cause he can't obtain leather seats for them. Other dealers report that their supplies of erector sets, chem iStry sets and other Christmas de- lights are being bought up now, so fast that there won't be any for the late holiday shoppers.
 Items will cost more, a lot more, than they did in 1941. Wages have gone up and material costs are higher Quality in general has im- proved since 1941 and that too makes the toys cost a little more.
 So, as a result of bureaucratic fumbling and bungling and the re- sultant shortage plus the wage demands and OPA price muddling. Santa Claus will be forced to pass by many small boy and girl on December 25.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
MILITARY UNITY
(NeW Haven RegiSter)


 Reorganization of the Army, in- tended to prepare the military for any eventuality, is stressing a mod ernized Regular Army, a larger and more active Organized Reserve in- cluding enlisted men, and rebuild ing of the National Guard. As the rebuilding is being achieved, how ever, the standing rivalry be- tween Regular Army and National Guard officers, sublimated during the war, has become apparent as a carry over from days before the war.
 Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, presi- dent of the National Guard Asso- citation, has accused many regular Army officers of recognizing units to relieve some Guard officers of commands. His charge, made al the annual conference of the Na- tional Guard Association, suggests that merger of Army and Navy fol maximum efficiency should be pre- ceded by unity within the separ- ate forces, despite necessary organ national divisions.
 General Devers, Army Grounc Forces commander is aware o1 the need and immediately moved to promote harmony by declaring that If another war comes, the Ma tional Guard would be even more indispensable to the defense of the United States than it was at the on set of World War IT." The generals pacifying effort should be support ed by application of an overall policy in which all three elements of the new Army are assigned theil proper roles directed toward po- tential military efficiency regard less of intra-o organization jealousies
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
by Peter Edson

Political Action Committee.
 "This is an alliance" says Reece, which the Democratic administration has tried to but can't. Any renunciaton," he says must come from the other side. And it hasn't come" =
 The Republican chairman admits that in recent years his party has shouted against radicalism and gotten place for it's trouble. But today he declares all the irrtaons against the Democratic administra- tion controls at home are directly related In the voters minds to the kicking around which Amer jeans receiving all over the world from Joe Staln and the Communists
 "The result is deep concern developing among the American voters, says Reece Tt amounts almost to a patriotic fervor."
 In several of his recent speeches, Reece has characterized this feeling national concern over "the four Cs of Controls Confusion, Corruption and Communism. He predicts that reaction against them will result in Republican sweep in November.
 The recent Wallace speech is cited an ex- ample of "the Communist influence" Disclosures of ; the Mead Committee cited "indstinguishable from corruption" Deficit spending is cited as con- tributng to general confusion and as evidence that the Democratic administration does not want to ball. ance the federal budget because to do so would mean that controls would have to be given up
 'This deficit spending" says Chairman Reece. lis the real fire under the boilers of imitation" Reduce government spending and controls and the threat of imitation would disappear, he believes
 Democratic charges that the Republican pro gram is reactonary and against the social gains of recent years making no impression on the voters Reece asserts flatly.
 Customariy, the Congressional elections held in years when there is Presidential contest SUD- posed to be local political fights In these offyears iJ is political tradition that the records and merits of the candidates themselves pitted against each other. In such contests candidates can't ride into office the coattais of the Presidential candidates and the party platform.
 But this year. says Reece, the national issues are important that they overshadow the local rvArtes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Vive Les Buns!

Most of Waterburys fans like fans ali the country except probably in small community the west side of the Mississippi pulling for Brooklyn to through with the pennant in the National League Yell all admit that St. Louis may have better club but the scrap which Leo Durochers boys showing in the drive down the stretch challenges the imagination and excite the respect of every fan following this close race.
 Bostons Red Sox enjoying informal vacation be- fore what the wise money predicts will be pushover vic tory in the World Series If The Buns do through with the pennan however don't believe they'll be push for any club for they've stayed the top of their league only by virtue of fighting tooth and nail for every game.
 Despite New England associations it's probable that the Brooklyn club will the series with the support in this vicinity who share the general sympathy for the underdog and admiration for and resourceuness the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26

WASHINGTON-There is idea creeping into our political language that is interesting perhaps sig nificant and, if so slightly disturbing
 This is the insistence of late in certain quarters that nation is 8 republic rather than democra- cy.
 It came first some weeks ago from Ernie Adam son, counsel of the House un-American Activities Committee who obviously takes dark view of some of present-day democratic tendencies.
 More recently B. Carroll Reece Republican Ma this is Representative Republic" Only the other day in conversation big industrialist emphasized that this is republic, rather than democracy, in deploring recent political developments. The word seems to be getting around.
 Technically of course, they are right. That the idea of the founding fathers who patently were afraid of too much democracy, which Patrick Henry's chief criticism of their handiWork. But so many things have happened since.
 Certainly in recent years there has been point made of this in political campaigns It has inter- ested only legal and constitutional technicians in their occasional papers and books
 Why then now? Suspicion arises because of the sources.
 It all fits in nicely it is true with the reaction in certain economically powerful places against such things, for example labor organizing itself to take part in politics For people and interests, the ballot seemingly is being made too easy and spread too far down.
 It fits in nicely also with resistance to extension of the franchise to Negroes and poorer whites in the South This resistance operates in the South but is encouraged by interests outside of the South who do
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
UNDOING SOME MORE MISCHIEF
(NeW York Sun)

Few persons, aside from the prin- cipals and their supporters, were much pleased by one of last We'd nesday's conferences at the White House, that between President Tru- man and Henry Wallace. But many were gratifed by the outcome of another talk, that between the President and Bernard Maruch, chairman of the American delega- tion on the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. It resulted in a one-sentence statement in which Baruch declared that with the Presi- dents authorization he could say there had been no change in the American proposals for internation- al control of atomic energy.
 That the American chairman felt impelled to make this declaration was obviously due to fear of the possibly mischeivous effects of com ment on this subject in a letter Wallace recently wrote to the President.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Presentation for Peace

A Boston man devised decided improvement upon the old prescription for stopping and counting 10 in the heat of He phoned the police and asked their permission to beat up his wife, who, he said was "misbehaving."
 We like that. It takes full count of 10 surely, to lower the threatening get to the telephone and dial headquarters It brings cool disnterested third party to judge the feversh issues of family brawl And we'll bet by the time this ritual is through the tempers of most disputing pairs would be decidedly cooler.
 In fact what the rae Boston husband did is essentially what the United Nations endeavorng do in the of world peace And shall be happy when things work out we'll in the LIN they did in Boston-where the cops said "No!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26-With the public grOssed with Cabinet flare-ups and the Russian imbrOgliO, lot of juicy plums may go to certain business firms who know the ropes in Washington.
 Though little publicized, juiciest pums in Gov ernment repose in the office of the Alien Property Custodian supposed to protect priceless German property for the taxpayers One lush company is I. G. Chemie, the Swiss-Nazi firm seized by the United States during the war
 Remington Rand is now angling to get l. G. Chemie They have hired the son-in-law of states manlike Senator Barkley of Kentucky Max Truitt, and have done lot of backstage lobbying They have talked to Senator Mead of New York, former chairman of the Mead Investigating Commit tee, to ascertain whether the deal would be inves gated-f made.
 This column will endeavor to report on what finally happens
 Last Spring Republican Senator Wherry of Me- braska and other Congressnen out to kill the OPA, howled their heads off that OPA was ignoring the black market Today, OPA agents trying to clean up the black market those very same Con- gressmen and Senators complaining that OPA is too aggressive Some Congressmen actually want to have the OPA call off its agents. Senator Claude Peppers vigorous attack President Truman having flouted Roosevelt ideals was mild compared to what Truman said privately about Pepper. His remarks largely unprntable, reached Peppers ears and probably helped him on the White House. The President doesn't to realize that he can't sound off against Senators day and then get their cooperation the next The Civil Service Commission has launched a secret probe to why West Point-Annapolis applicants get higher marks when they take examinations in Washington. The Commission is also anxious to find out why such high proportion of the lucky applicants who take their in the nations capital of high Arny-N officers.
 President Truman is considering the appointment of a White House commission to make com- plete review of lynchings. This was discussed at recent conference between the President Walter White of the National Association for the Advance ment of Colored People and James B. Carey of the C.IO. United Electrical Workers
 The two men told Truman about several atroci- ties against Negroes one of them the case of Isaac Woodward of New York City, young veteran whose eyes gouged out by policeman near Aken, S. c.
 Woodward turned to the police after an argument with bus driver who upbraded him for spending too much time in a bus depot wash room. The vet who served three years in the Army including 15 months in the South Pacific, had been discharged in Atlanta Ga, three hours before the incident and was on his way home to New York.
 Carey and White reported that Woodward has been held in South Carolina veterans hospital ever since the incident and has been allowed to talk to him.
 q familiar with some of these cases" Tru- man observed, "but didn't realize this brutality so widespread. am shocked and mortified by your report
 He added that he realized the lynching problem
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Human Gesture

Big corporations tradtonaly pictured souless. But the action of the A. P chain store management in New York during the trucking strike at odds with this me-honored portrait
 When, a result of the strike, the chains 500 New York stores had to close because of lack of supplies the 5000 employees informed that they would be paid full for the duration of the shutdown since they blame Sor the closing and shouldn't be penaized.
 Certainly this than just But it a
 her kindly and human gesture too. Incidentally, the kare cost the company something like $400000 week which isn't hay, even for a rich corporation.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
CHRISTMAS TOYS SCARCE
Bridgeport Post)

A Bridgeport salesman who covers wide territory has already begun to do his Christmas shopping in towns he covers because he has youngsters to think about and he wants them to have toys this year. But, he says, it's not easy to get what he wants, at price he can afford to pay.
 It's pretty hard to explain an economic situation to a youngster who expects Santa Claus to keep his workshop going at full blast. It won't help him much to hear about the laws of supply and demand, strikes, price ceilings, the shortage of basic materials when on Christ mas morning there are no toys for him.
 Manufacturers had hoped to push production far ahead of last year but the economic factors have put a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-26
Reece Interview

exclusive interviews with the national chairmen of the major parties concerning November election campaigns and prospects. Views of Democratic Chairman Robert E. Hannegan will be given in a column to follow.)
 WASHINGTON Sept. 26-(NEA)-"The Federal Government has gotten in the peoples hair," says Republican National Committee Chairman B. Car roll Reece of Tennessee. What the Republican Party proposes to do about it after the November cleo tions, the chairman implies is to take the govern ment-meaning the Democratic administraton-out of the peoples hair.
 Chairman Reece has been doing a good bit of travelling during the Summer, making speeches and sounding out public opinion.
 "The annoyance of the people against the Demo- cratic administration" he says, "iS principally sym bolized by their opposition to government controls They were willing to put up With these controls during the war. But now the war has been over year and they want to get rid of controls"
 Today, says Reece, there is plenty of lumber building materials and money-but no housing There is plenty of cotton-but sheets or shorts. Plenty of cattle-but no meat.
 Prices are not the principal cause of complaint, Reece continues. People have the money with which buy, he says but government controls cause art- ficial shortages.
 "What voters fear" says the Republican chair man lis that these controls imposed by the Demo- cratic administration, will become permanent" That to him. is the fundamental issue of the campaign.
 Reece cites recent Gallup poll which indicated that 46 percent of the people believed the Democratic administration was heading towards a totaitarian government In 10 states in the Northeastern quarter of the country, a majority of the people expressed this opinion.
 To Chairman Reece, this state of mind can be attributed to the general belief that there is a- ance between the Democratic Party and the radical clements of the country Sympolized by the CLO.