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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
Serious and Disturbing

This months Woman's Home Companion prints the re-
suits of its latest reader poll under the heading Serious
and Disturbing Two thousand women of various ages ana
income groups throughout the country were asked whether
they felt that the road to permanent peace Only
one in six answered yes
They also were asked whom they thought would
fight against if could not be preserved Of the two
thirds who answered specifically 65 per cent named Russia
Serious and disturbing these findings certainly are But
they neither shocking surprising sreetcorner
sampng of opinion by anyone in town might well yield
the results Why?
The magazines editors try to that in an editorial
accompanying the poll results They also to calm fears
and encourage straight thinking There is wisdom in what
they have said But what they say written before
Premier Stains recent campagn speech, and it is adj
dressed not Mr. Stain, but to the American people.
They lay much of the fear to 1.-THE fanatca Russia
haters and the professional Russabaers They point out
that Russia has made aggressive move toward
that there plenty of in the world for the Russian
and American systems that America and Russia have moth
ing to fear from each other what earth, they ASK
SHOULD we fight about?'
All of this might have been true and easy to write at
the time. Much of it remains logical But Premier Stain
speech has changed the complexion of the whole subject
He talked Hitler used to talk of encrolemen tHiter
encircled by "democraces: Stain by capitasm.O
Stain talked of building huge heavyindustry capacity
ito guarantee the country against any eventualy Hit
Ter used to talk about bullets before butter
Gone the fine wartime talk about the alliance of
democratic, freedom-lovng people against the Hitherto
enemy Premier Stain blames both world wars
capitalism Most Americans didn't believe Hitler until it
too late. They laughed at him. No laughs at JOS
eph Stain No dismiss his speech idle political
oratory. Russia doesn't operate that way.
1t clear at last that what is serious and disturb
ing is not American pessmism and cyniCism concerning
permanent but the of the American attitude
When the is removed the attitude will change Until
then, this country be realistic well as pessnstic
end It, and defend strongly and swiftly against the threat
u another total war that promises total destruction.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
Mechanical Thinking

In the summer of 1914 science announced the birth of
wonderful electric computing machine built for the
Navy and installed at Harvard University 1t promised to
do to pencil paper mathematics what the printing
did to hand lettering and what the internal combustion
engine did to the horse.
But now something said to be 900 times faster
more miraculous and possible, ncomprehensi-
Die than the previous machine 1t is Eectronc Numer
sal ntegrator and Computer built for the Army and in this
age OF designation by initial inevitably ncknamed ENIAC
ENlAC is SO feet long weighs 80 TONS and cost 100000
IL can do 100000 additions subtractons of
numbers in five minutes 1t also makes longrange weather
forecasts and probably will be able to do complicated prob
lens IN astronomical mathematics in not much more time
than takes radar echo to bounce back from the moon
But, read "the calculator does not replace original
human thinking This may be disappointing but the sua-
ton isn't hopeless For it does seem that much of mans
best and most original thinking in the past few years has
been directed toward the creation mechanical devices
which have narrowed the field of original thinking and les
sened its need The human brain devsing ever more
intricate arrangements of wheels gears vacuum tubes
which in time may reegae the brain itself to subordinate
role Thus the scientists may be thinking themselves right
out of their jobs
But there is catch While much of our best and
most original thinking has been devoted to developing me
chanical superbrains that will make human thinking I'M
necessary some OF it has been devoted developing mecha
ca representation that makes the chances human
survival no better than money long course -
SO our wise men will have to take a different m if
mankind is to live to enjoy its retirement from denuous
mental work. The mechanical compuer at Harvard hasn't
made the world any better Whats needed now colec-
ten Of and tubes which will begin to solve mans
ethcal and political problems
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA
(Meriden Daily Journal)

| tMerluen Odlly JOurnal)
The retirement of Averell Harri-
man as ambassador to Russia re-
moves from this high diplomatic
! post a man Of distinguished service
/ AS President Truman stated, in
accepting Mr.. Harrimans resigna
ton, his work in Russia contrib
uted to our victory and reflected
credit" upon his government.
1t. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith,
who has been named as Mr. Harri-
mans successor. was General
Eisenhower chief OF staff in
Europe. He was greatly trusted by
the Supreme Commander and per-
formed his duties capably
In choosing a high-ranking officer
for a diplomatic post of import
ance, President Truman is follow
ing the precedent he set sending
General Marshall to China. The
cases are not exactly parallel, but
there is enough similarity to in
dictate that Mr.. Truman may have
more confidence in the military
than in the diplomatic service. Per-
haps another factor may have in
fluenced his decision. Russia is
building great military machine.
and the President may desire a
man VINO is qualified by experience
to keep watchful eye upon it, not
in the senes Of an informer but
as one professional soldier among
others OF his trade. Not a bad
idea, at that.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

caught by the photographs hopping the dew from
his brow. Mr. Pauey nNmbled that Bro. Ickes mus
have understood and the testy Curmudgeon rifle
back at him, Don't you think 1 understand tn
English language?"
Well it got to the White House and the Presi
dent came up out of the cellar long enough to sa,
Pauley was still his man and that Ickes might hav
been mistaken. . That's not backing a cabinet Off
GER It's questioning the accuracy If not the integrity
of the gentleman involved. Brother Ickes prompt
arose and invited them to notice where the mistleto
was pinned The White House tried TO beat him to TIKI
punch, but the closemouthed Ross statement was {
feeble dab hastily thrown. The redoubtable Icke
rolled with 1t neatly a main bout lightweight
and countered hard to the jaw with 1000 pag
letter which he released to the press and to history
1t Ickes' round.
That's one reason like 10 see my fighters go GU
punching
The other is that all these have been contro
versial times We've all said things and called name
and made claims and horrendous shades in the
honest belief, I'm willing to grant, that we all were
right II will take the historians Of the year 2000 at
the soonest, to say which were wise and who were
fools, who were the leaders and who the stuffed
prophets.
Brother Harold good administrator al
right but what he administering is being proved
every day more phoney and futile. An established
political turncoat with semi Churchillian plan with
words, he became principal barker in the world
saving circus that trooped into Washington and set
up its tent Firmly installed a bureaucrat, he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
FASTER TYPING
Hartford Times

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Hartford, which were it not
known as the Insurance City might
we'll be called the Typewriter City,
because of the great typewriter
plants here. should be interested in
movement TO Improve" the
standard keyboard, which has been
but slightly changed since Sholes
invented the machine in 1873. Some
millions Of typists and other users
of typewriters throughout the
the country should also be inter
ested.
Cmdr. August Dvorak of the Navy
Department. working under a Car
legie Foundation grant. had de-
veloped a new keyboard before the
war. After Pearl Harbor, when
there was a shortage of office help,
he was encouraged in government
circles to try out his arrangement
of the keys. After a month Of train
ing a class of IA typists increased
their typewriting output "a per
cent, and their accuracy improved
68 per cent. The cost Of their re-
training was repaid Within 10 days.
The Commander says the fault at
present is with the typewriter, not
with the operator. The standard
keyboard puts too much work on
the weaker left hand. There is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
DR.. Adolf Lorenz

The bloodess surgery of Dr. Adolph Lorenz who died
last week in Vienna the subject of much controversy
He made many trips to this country the height of his
and had the approval and sapprova of physicians
So great his popularity that system had to be de-
vsed that he could receive those who wished consult
with him. Not nearly all could so cases that were most
serious included in the wedding OUT arrangement
Between the years 1928 and 1886 he man of
siderable Importance in this country He greatly in
terested in suffering humanity especially the crippled He
came to this country early 1902 and stories of his
cures widely heraded When Dr. LOrenz began his
in orthopedc surgery it unheard of study
and he became the first orthopedc surgeon in Vienna His
treatment OF bone diseases unique and though all might
not agree with him. he continued during long life until
his retirement about twelve years ago Manual pressure
always in place of cutting his method in hip dsocaton
and other physical conditions In his consultations he
rich and poor famous and Infamous and said give
an honest opinion any referred to him.
Whatever his contribution to orthopedc surgery
ne was man OF Importance if not distinction his pro-
fession. -
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
By Peter Edison

reason behind Legion Commander John Stele's crit
icsm of General Omar Bradley, the Veterans Ad
miniStrator.
Eyng the rich dues potential of IL million dis
charged servicemen. Washington staffs OF veterans
organizations playing politics and lobbying all
politics was voiced by ex-Commander Edward
Scheiberling last fall.
Watch for some opposition to develop within the
Senate Atomic Bomb Committee against Chairman
Brien McMahon's bill to control atomic energy.
Thus far, Mcmahon has made all the state
ments written all the bills delivered all the speeches
And while Mcmahon has White House backing for
his bill, some Of the Republican senators feel thai
II goes too far in cutting out the military from con-
troll the bombs. In this respect. the Mcmahon
bill Is just the opposite from the earlier, War De-
partment May-Johnson bill, which gave all contro!
to the military compromise between these two ex
tremes looks like the best bet. In the background
keep Maj.-Gen. Leslie r Groves from having any
thing to do with peace-time atomic energy control
The Wagner Eender- Taft Housing bill is nov
known as the WET bill. And UNESCO - the
United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultura.
Organization-s said to be sired by Uneeda out OF
Nabisco. :. Koreans are burned up over u S, Mil
itary Government requirements that local officials
and transators assigned to the U. s. zone in Korea
must speak Japanese, the language the Koreans are
trying to forget. Remember those wartime col
lections for used silk stockings? The idea that
the thread would be rewoven into gunpowder bags
for big guns Five million pounds Of old hose were
that there's need for them the material will be
reprocessed and sold for wiping cloths. Depart
Inent Of Agricultures Consumers Guide" magazine
intended to tell U. s. housewives the facts about
economical food buying, last month printed as one
article, "A Report on Russia"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
By Bill Cunningham

.nptly became the official administration insultes
ID his tiffs with sundry columnists offered pyro-
hnca reading at times.
AS an actual administrator he probably got stick
st in the hair Of the public in his role as the
aad Of fuel. There must be millions of bushes,
and home owners in the northerly latitudeS
hod like to punch him in the chin even yet The in
Convenience monumental and the money he cost
hem must approximate the size Of the British loan
lie repeatedly, solemly and even ominously warned
lie nation that oil would be short that those who
expended on 1t for heat would be cold, and urgeG
hem in tones that amounted to orders TO tear out
heir oil burners and put in coal CRATES.
It's an understatement to say that the numbers
{ patriotic heeders was legion. Then came the pay
f. When winter really cracked down, the great
-ophet found himself in an embarrassing predca
ient Of being able to deliver plenty Of oil but no
al.
During the toughest Of the gasoline ratiOnine
kes who lived on and supposedly still lives on hi
cntleman : farmers estate outside washington
-ought his eggs to market in his big car on his way
0 work every day Some low-lived reporter found out
bout it and proceeded to report The Ickes wrath
ang magnificently the principal theme being thai
e didn't have to drive out of his way to let off the
en- fruit and whose business was 1t anyhow?
And so it went in and out amongst the great
imnistrating
This is no anti-New Deal diatribe. The Republ-
ans were worse They'd lost the ball and instead of
hargng in and getting it, the best they could do
gas stand around blethering Me Too, with no plan
10 program and no leadership worth changing Tor
rhey were, truth to tell, the lamer Of the two
OK, look around you now. What's the picture
out chaos? And sadly enough terribly enough, you
IAN add the unbelievable international scene, unbe
ievable because right American leaders would have
had this all ordered We had the goods the guns, the
ships the soldiers that spelled the balance Of power
The means of procuring and securing the requisite
agreements
In the middle of this distinguished gallery OF
The worlds most fantastic failures hung longest
and at times funniest the portrait Of the furious
ss-budget, the Hon Harold L. Ickes Now it comes
down.
Olav hasholem! He was the best Of the lot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

wallgren's main business however was to strong.
" urge an increase in the price ceilings on lumber,
He maintained that this was necessary in order to
Increase lumber output for the housing program.
we are facing serious job crisis in our lum-
Der mills Harry" said the washington governor.
We have model unemployment compensation law
In my state, but many unemployed workmen are
swiftly using up the 20 weeks they are entitled to
draw as compensation Both from the labor stand
point and the housing shortage, inventories in our
mills must be built up as quickly as possible"
Governor wallgren also urged the sale of gov
ernment-owned light metal plants, now idle in his
area, to private operators another means Of in
creasng employment Two idle plants in question are
the Aluminium Rolling Mill and the Aluminium 1ngot
Companies at Spokane, operated by ALCOA during
the war. Henry Kaiser wants to buy the former for
the production of aluminum-built automobiles and
prefabricated housing.
Wallgren told Truman that the lumber situation
has been aggravated by neat little device Of certain
big timber outfits including the Weyerhauser inter-
ests which, calculated otherwise has been Sitting
competition Under the Washington Constitution, the
state government must sell timber to the highest bid
Ger but big outfits have been bidding over the
price ceilings. This all bids to be thrown out
The President said he would talk to the RFC
about the plants, but suggested that Wagren thrash
out his lumber price problems with price control boss
Chester Bowles.
Harold Ickes, chief protector Of the Nations oil
is out of the picture but, although people
don't know it, the Truman Cabinet still contains
member responsible for digging out the biggest oil
scandal of the century-Teapot Dome He is Secretary
of Agriculture Clinton Anderson.
Anderson was once a reporter the AlbuQuer-
que, N NJ, Journal. His publisher the late Carl Ma
gee had led battle against the forestry and public
lands policies Of President Hardng Secretary OF thc
Interior, Albert Fall Cattle, not oil, the origna
motive behind his crusade due to the fact that
temen we're being granted the use of state land
for grazing at a ridiculouSly low rate.
The Journal, therefore, the lookout 70.
information about Fall, whose home was a lare
ranch at Three Rivers, N. NJ.
One day old cowboy rode to the Abuquerqus
Journal offices and asked to talk to Anderson. HI
had quit the Fall ranch just few days earlier
gave Anderson an earful about its operations Tt
future Secretary of Agriculture listened, but be-
ginning to think he was wasting his time when tha
cowboy mentioned that Fall had just received new
stallion worth about $4,000.
Some people would have passed this by Blu
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

fore the Senate Naval Affairs Committee to testify
against Pauey however. Ickes went to the White
House to clear his testimony with the President.
Where that leaves Truman in this fight is hard for
political dopsters to figure. Though Truman NOM
mated Pauey he still let Ickes speak his piece agains
Pauley.
Honest Harold Ickes' slap at Ed Pauley evened AN
old political score. Several months ago. Judge We'll
burn Mayock Of California went to Puerto Rico for an
inspection. 1t was generally believed Mayock was
sent to Puerto Rico by the Democratic National Com
mttee, though it was announced he went as private
citizen. Anyway, when Mayock returned to Washing
ton he let out blast against Ickes and Puerto Rcan
Governor Rex Tugwe, an Ickes man. Ickes paid that
one back with interest by his condemnation OF
Pauley's oil deals.
Back Of most Of the rumpus stirred up over vet
Grams affairs today the membership drives being
conducted by Legion WV Amvets. Military Order
Of World War and others. Each wants to Guido the
other to impress prospective members that it is doing
the most for ex-soldiers and sailors That's the
for VFW.-led agitation to substitute an outright
cash bonus for the GIL Bill Of Rights It's also the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
ONE PROBLEM, ONE POLICY

Christian Science Monitor
II seems all but official that Gov
nment wage and price policies will
be administered by single official
probably durable and independent
Chester Bowles-directly responsible
to the President. II looks like good
move and perhaps the ONLY practical
one to get the country out Of some
oi the three-way deadlockS in labor
management disputes.
Mr.. Truman's original wage-price
policy seemed reasonable at the
time. We thought so and saio SO
Price ceilings generally were
to be held. Labor was told TO get
what wage boosts it could. under
these ceilings by collective bargain
ing. An escape-hatch for nard-
snip cases caused by higher labor
costs was provided. but the burden
OF proof of the necessity Tor price
rises was placed on business.
But then two things happened
The big-industry unions would not
perhaps could not-wdit for re-
conversion and full production be-
fore pressing for higher wages. And
some industries have refused to COM
NIT themselves on new wage scales
in advance of getting price relief
from OPA. Hence the strikes in
steel, meat packing, and electrical
goods.
Hence, also, the fact that what
the unions, industry, and the Gov
eminent should have done is large
~ water over the dam. What they
did do means that Government has
mad to act positively on both wage
and price questions instead Of mere
ly passing OH appeals. The more
nearly the two kinds of problems
are now handled as one the better
1t should be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

q OlutIstCItIdIy OF IIIU NdFy IIda
been highly amusing.
Before President Truman sent
oauley's name to the Senate
Democratic members of the Sen
.te Naval Affairs Committee were
,arefully polled to make sure they
would vote to approve the nom
nation That's why Pauley was
certain he would be confirmed and
hats why he stuck to his guns
in fighting for the job.
Before Secretary of the Interi-
or IarnIH r Ynkae aYNsHaapal na
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

unless he outstayed the Secon
Coming, which at times SCENE
a grim possibility, I'd be aroun'
% salute his exit some day witt
resounding Bronx bobolink. Noy
It's here and the thrill is gone
Why?
Maybe because Of the man.
ner of the exit. He stood up anC
told 'em what he said Mr. Paule J
said and he added his persona
opinion in rawboned language. H
had Mr.. Pauley sweating and lit
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

HEUIE ~ WUOIIIII8NVIIl
However, wallgren also took
occasion 10 invite Truman 10
spend a vacation this summer IN
the northwest aboard the Presi-
Dental yacht.
The people Of my state would
be delighted to have you as a
guest, and you can also take a
trip up to Alaska on the Williams
burg" Wallgren told him.
Truman accepted tentatively,
saying he would go Il he could
s,npeti.lts teaakn a.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
The Firing Line
By D. N. T.

III love of date dress in spring
blossom tints"-from a department
store ad.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
Is Years Ago

The Board of Police Commission
erS voted to give police protection to
Waterville School children at the
Paramount Bridge on Huntingdon
avenue following the presentation OF
a petition by Waterville residents
after the death a few weeks before
Of Sprague Grammar School boy
who was killed when struck by a car
at the bridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

Following a blast by local law en-
forcement agencies against fake
magazine statesmen, four local
youths presented themselves at The
Democrat Offices with credentials to
prove that they were on the level"
They asserted that the police action
was responsible for a slump in their
business which hurt considerably. 4"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

A clerical error was responsible
for a mad dog" scare here when
the State Department OF Health re-
ported dead dogs head was dis
covered here infected with rabies.
The head was actually discovered in
Meriden.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
5 Years Ago

Sixty-one draftecs left the city for
Induction into the Army at Fort
Devens. Mass.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
EpilOgue

Well, here's Bro. Ickes' political funeral, and
sit with buck ague something unable TO VIII
,ff the proper epicidum. Being considerably young
always figured that if everything went well. al
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
.Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Feb. ls-rMmber price ceilings
topped the agenda Of the Presidents conference the
other day with his old friend Governor Mon wall
-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
Capital Notebook

WASHINGTON, Feb. l9-Backstage maneuverin
in the fight to confirm ex-Democratic Nationa
Committee Treasurer Edwin W. Pauley for the joi
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
ANTICIPAToRY LINES

I think that by dint of a spring
blossom tint
I might be inspired to swing
From meters diurnal to lines that
are vernal.
Protected to welcome the spring,
The winter can't last, for the worst
Of it's passed
And the suns creeping up on the
make;
Though Boreas whistles, such figs
from the thistles
OF lingering zero take.
The thought of a dress is sufficient,
I guess,
To warrant a forecast OF May:
Hurrahl Let us toss 'em to tints Of
the blossom
In dresses for dates! Hip Horray!
It cannot be long before snatches
OF song
Are raised to the spring by the
bards,
Though far be the morrow, let's
Danish our sorrow,
For spring is the thing in the
cards.
The dress is a love and it fits like
glove,
I think can honestly state.
The guy who is single should
fashion this jingle,
Not I; he is getting the date.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

Colonel Charles Macdonald
writes, in Golfers. that Colonel
Lindberg dove head on with guns
splitting to bag a japanese plane
during the war. What were waiting
for is report on Douglas Corrigan
getting his dander up and backing
into Zero. Mote: For the best
letter calling our attention to the
fact that airplanes have no reverse,
the Zero)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19

A proposal was entered TO set the
local election day back month.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-02-19
Waterbury
of the Past
Is Years Ago

A city-wide dollar day" was OBJ
served by local merchants. 1t was
spoken OF as e. one of the most
successful events arranged in Wa
terbury in many months"