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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
By Peter EdsOn

Iafore tbe war there was one doctor for every $50 people in the towns, but the average was only one doctor for every 17OO people in most rural areas, ana some counties were getting along one doctor for every 5000 to 5000 people.
 The same story was presented on hospitals. mere simply aren't enough hospitals in rural areas paradox on this aspect of the situation that there are usually empty beds in rural hospitals, while city hospitals are overcrowded But the explanation given is that most farm people can't afford hospital serv- ice and that's why there aren't more country ooc- tors too The trend by the way, is said Stlil 70 pc downfin. x,
 In 1S41, the average city family spent $26 for medical care The average farm family spent ony @ $l4 The desirable minimum of $100 year for healtn care of the average family is beyond the reach oi 30 percent of the rural population Small wonder that private physicians don't want to be country doctors and small wonder that rural health StandaruS are as low as they are
 Poor health, the Department of Agriculture has found is all too frequently the cause Tor farm la- ures Since 1937 the Farm Security Admlnistratlon has been experimenting with prepaid health nsur- ance plans The department has also been trying to provide little medical and sanitation for the 100000 to 100000 migrant farm workers but the surface has barely been scratched
 In appearing before the Senate Education and Labor Committee, Secretary Grammar was or course, testifying for the Department of Agricuture III favor of the Wagner Murray -Dingen Mationai Health Insurance plan The answer which this pill proposes for the problem of improving national health -rilral as well as urban-is system of compulsory insurance to be financed by deductions from payrols by additional income tax payments, assuring every one full medical care without further worries or doc tor bills.
 Whether this is the right answer, or whether the iob can be done by voluntary insurance plalis or by the haphasard methods that have not done the job in the past s what Congress has to decide
 For all it's nobility, the practice of medicine is still more of business than service and no doctor can be expected to gs where business $ bad That's why there aren't enough country doctors and hos pitals today
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

Italy and the dangerous Trieste impasse as an ample to prove the urgency of early settlement The Russians, he added, however, are holding back.
 He also told the Senators about the Polish loan justifying it as possible lever to help win free election in Poland Here Senator Arthur Vanden- berg, Michigan Republican who represents one or the biggest Polish blocS in the USA. Soepped in with some needing questions.
 Specifically, Vandenberg> wanted to know wnetn. CT Byrnes believed free election would be at all possible under Russian domination in Poland ByfneS replie-with no great conviction in his voice-that any effort toward free election is step tcrward
 Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire. an- other Republican, then expressed indignation over the State Departments recognition of the Yugoslav government of Marshal Tito.
 T am astonished" said Bridges lat the State Departments apparent sanction of this troublesome totalitarian dictator"
 Bynes replied that recognition of government did not mean putting stamp of approval on It. He was taken aback, however, when asked sever ing relations with a government did not mean our disapprova Finally he insisted that the two actons are not to be considered strictly opposites.
 vandenberg then pressed for an answer as to how the State Department feels about disposition of &he Polish armies of General finders, which fought in Italy with the Allied forces and now don't want to go back to Soviet-dominated Poland. Again Byrnes dodged answer, saying it was up to Con- greSs to determine whether these Polish troops might be granted American citizenship members of our armed forces, or might be taken into the American army as sort of foreign legion.
 Byrnes made it plain that the Russians have 1n- dicated definite hostility toward American accep- tance of these anti Warsaw Poles.
 NOTE-ByrneS did not indicate that the State Department isSstudyng the question of what to do with the exiled Poles However, members of the Mi- itary Affairs Committee have been discussing with the War Department the idea of using these Polish soldiers to cut our own draft calls This idea was proposed some months ago by James Cromwell, for mer U. s. Minister to Canada, and the War Depart mert's advice regarding what the repefcuSs1on6 would be from Russia
 Up on Capitol Hill, politicos have been taking it for granted that President Harry Truman will appoint a Republican to the vacancy on the Supreme Court They base this the fact that the late Har- Ian F. Stone was Republican. Truman does so, however, he will go against the precedent of every other Democratic President in the entire history or the USA-except himself
 Truman,s own political advisers Gheir IQ. isn't
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
OLD RAIL FENCES
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 They are one of the homely links that bind the regions of vast, sprawling nation together. They zigzag along the sides of country roads that wind through river val- leys, climb the brows of hills and and dip through the hollows. They fence in farm garden plots, ranlble beside deeply rutted lanes that lead from barnyards to pastures and meander along the edges of upland fields. Over them lean alders, su- macs and pines. In the many cor ners grow hign-bush blueberries, clumps of gray birches,( goldenrod and blue asters.
 Chipmonks and red squirrels scamper along top rails stopping every rod or two to sit ap and sur vey the terrain before dashing on to the next observation post. Song sparrows and bluebirds perch on the uprights in the angles and throw their rollicking carols to the landscape. In the weeds along the fence rows bob whites and pheasants build their grass lined nests and bring forth their broods. Beneath the. rails woodchucks dig their long -turfneled dens and make forays on the garden and clover patch.
 Rail fences are gradually dis appearing, giving way to woven wire and steel posts. They have served their purpose well through the long years since men and boys split the rails that marked the subjugation of land to the husband mans purposes. Old, weather grayed and splintery, traced with etchings of greenis kitchens, they the memorials to the men of yes- teryear who played their roles well in the nations unfolding drama.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
Repentent Sinner

It may be doubted that there much rejoicing in heaven over the repentance of the sinner named Hans Frank who admitted at the Nuremberg trial that he shared responsibility for Naz atrocities and that he felt guilty and ashamed
 Frank the Naz governorgener of Poland instru menta in the torture and murder of millions. It calculated c6ldblooded continuing operation And some that "T sorry" isn't quite enough The stubborn loyalty Goering his brut. insane philosophy repusive as 1t ls honest and slightly less nauseatng at tude.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

for Paris.
 Byrnes was there to prepare the Senators for the possibility that the Paris conference might be a dismal failure. As ( result, several Senators got the impress sion that Jimmy was going to Paris in a defeatist frame of mind. The embarrassing questions they asked probably didn't make him feel any happier.
 Byrnes emphasized the im- portance of getting peace treaties nirr,nnd ae rnnan al r1nEgihle IIGinq.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
Waterbury or the Past.
25 Years Ago

25 Years Ago
 Two persons were injured when two horses bolted as photogra- pher's flash exploded.
 A local churchman declared that within 50 years, if we kept on the way we have been for the past 50 years, we would be without morals of any kind.
 16 Years Ago
 Police reported the burglary of restaurant wherein the thief stopped and drank cup of coffee and became sick from it.
 The annual Communist Party rallies took place in the city.
 s Years Ago
 After he fell three stories from rear porch, 60-year-old South Leonard Street man picked him self up tInhurt-an hour later he died from a heart attack.
 Two huge trees in the Waterville section were considerably damaged w1hen struck by lightning.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

between.
 It was no longer ago than 1880, for example, that Jim Wet son of Indiana, an elder states man of that day, rose in the Sem ate, slapped his ample thighs, licked his lips, beamed with that genial Sunny Jim" smile, and celebrated the passage of the Hawley -Smoot tariff act by pro- claiming:
 Happy days are here again."
 But the tariff didn't diSpel the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

terrific Jolt Of debunKlng Dy AS- sistant Secretary of Agriculture Charles F. Grammar, of Denver, Colo.
 Appearing before the Senate Committee on Education and Labor to testify on the Wagner Dingell National Health Insurance bill, Grammar admitted that the rural life might be Sim- pie and full of fresh air, but said it wasn't nearly as healthy as city life. In short, Grammar said rural health care was 70 years
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

There does not seem to be any need for engines capable of 80, 90, of 100 miles an hour. The pres- ent-day passenger unit is an in- strument of tremendous de- structive potentialities unless properly handled. -Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin of
 Connecticut.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

WASHINGTON, May Lit has just leaked out that Secretary of State Jimmy Byrncs Aeld an im- portant very hush-hush meeting with the Senate Foreign Relations committee just before he took off
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

There was time when about all an American politician had to do was to strike pose flip the tails of his Prince Albert in grandAoquent gesture and take position for or against protective taTf
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
The Firing Line By D. N. T.

"You can't whip or scold bad be- havor out of child."- Judge Camille Kelley of Memphis Chil- dren'S Court.
 NOT NECESSARY You cannot whip, you cannot scold The bad behavior out of tots; That is truth that should be told From palaces to peasants cots. However angry you may be, You cannot scold, you cannot whip The naughtiness out of the wee; So do not smite them thigh and hip. The bad behavior of the dear, Unthinking, pesky little elf, Comes out of him, from year to
 year,
 All by it's olnnipresent self.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
Down on the Farm

WASHINGTON, May 1-(NEA)-The customary picture of the rugged farmer the healthiest of all the horny handed sons of toll has been given
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01
NOT NECESSARY

The Boston Globe says that they're catching freshwater codf1sh up in the Berkshires. Now all they need up that-away is 8 tree that will grow a finished box with a slide top.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

Leo Durocher was acquitted of the charge that he socked q Dodger heckler on the jaw. He still has to face a treason charge in Brooklyn for not doing so.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

Phil Murray says that one result of the C.I.O. organizing drive in the South may be the elimination from public life of Senator BilbO and Representative Rankin. It could happen, tOO-h they could only find some place to throw Mississip- pi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-01

A fortune survey shows that one family out of every three in the country would like to move. Wed like to have a dollar for every time this sentence is used, once the moving starts: You never saw a place so FILTHY in your life"
 The dream of a former sergeant, Bass H. Lewis of Georgia, came true recently when a colonel served him breakfast in bed at the Hotel Astor. He probably realized, too late, that he might as well have had a WAC-y dream while he was about it.
 Apparently there is going to be another cut in bread for the family table. It'll be all right with us. but it's going to be tough to fool the cats by taking a potato out of piece of waxed paper.
 After winning a divorce from her third husband, a Hollywood actress said, "I'll never go through this again." Not with the same cast, that is.
 General Macarthur says that there are indications the Japanese want Emperor Hirahito to remain in his present modified status. They seem to like him better as a sort of Son of Purgatory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05

N@aaRN " VIZ h&ASs0e
 You look at the long, angular figure of the man sitting in the leather chair next to you, one leg drawn up under him. and you re. fleet on the many wranglings and ciasheR in which he has been in. voived In the defense of his pro- gram for economy controls.
 As he talks his oblong face Is split by q friendly. twisted grin remind. fVil of the old expression Of "a per. Myn with e mouth like a torn pocket" His mannerisms are lively and frank. but you remember the bitter castlgations of his principles uttered by critics of your acquaint- ance.
 Desires to Return Hosne
 His conversation, ct first, was ncstalgically of Connecticut; of his home in Essex, built in 1889. where he has lived so seldom since taking over OPA in 1893. You recall. then. the attacks on his character made by tinreconstructed capitalists. die. hard Republicans and unhappy Democrats.
 You realize he is an independent ly wealthy man. whose income was derived from the successful admin istration of an advertising business, and you are confused by the recol- lections of the many Jeers of bus inessmen charging him with being impractical and a theorist.
 We had previously admitted to him that we were calling upon him for information as to his Connecti- cut political plans. With equal caT- dor he informed us he was not dis- cussing them openly-even if he had anyi
 He spoke often of Connecticut: of many phases of the state--except It's politics. "T haven't followed poli-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
Court Frees
 Jasper Rogers

Found not guilty because of ten- p0raTy insanity, Jasper Rogers. 70. Of 84i North Main Street, vas given a discharge in Superior Court today on a charge of assault gith intent to kill.
 Rogers was charged with firing loaded shotgun at his daughter, Alta Rogers Layoie. 22. last Oct. il at their Elizabeth Street home. He was committed to the State Hos- pital at Middletown he following day and discharged as cured last Monday
 Two pSychiatrists called by the de- fense and two called by the Stats testified that Rogers suffered from a maniac-depressiye and alcoholic psychosis. Medical testimony show- ed that the accused was now nor- mai again.
 Wife, Damghier Testify
 Rogers ex-wife, Mrs. Dorothy Ie- gendre, who obtained a divorce March 29 and recently remsryie6, and the daughter, who was married since the shooting, gave accounts of the incident. They said the ae- eused was disturbed when the daughter told him she would move from their home and be married, They testified Rogers had been des Continued on Page e-lOOuRT)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
Rt. Rev. Msqr. W.H.FIynn Dies ot 89
 VicoF-Generol
 O Diocese Wos
 M Three Weeks

Waterbury and Connecticut today naouEgled the passing of the Rt. Rev. Msgr. William H. Flynn. Vicar. General of the Diocese Of Hartford and rector Of St. Joseph's Cathe- dral. who died late yesterday at Ets Francis Hospital after an illness of three weeks.
 M0nsignor Flynn. who was O was an assistant pastor Of the Church Of the Immaculate Conception here from 1906 to 1911 and subsequently, visited this city many times in the course of his official duties.
 He will be laid at rest at Nit St. Benedict's Cemetery following a p0ntsfical Mass of requiem at St. JOsephs Cathedral Friday at iO:3o A. M.
 The Most Rev. Henry ]. OBrien. Bishop of Hartford will celebrate the Mass. with the Right Rev. Msgr. John ]. Hayes as arch priest DeacOns Of honor will be the Rev. Bernard N. Donnelly. Hartford. and the Rev. Joseph M. Griffin. president Of St. Thomas Seminary. The deacon gill be the Rev. Nicholas T. Coleman. Stam- fora. and slb-deacon. the Rev. Wil- liam ?. Kearney. Bridgeport: ac0lytes. the Rev. John F Hann0n. old Lyme. and the Rev. Joseph Healey, Hartford. Masters of cere- monies will be the Rev. Joseph P. CieaTy and John P Hackett. as- sistant chancellors ol the diocese.
 The OfIice Of the dead will be sung al 7:3O P M. Thursday at the cathedral.
 The wake WilI begin today al s P. M. at the cathedral rectOry. and continue until 3 P. M.. Thursday. when there will be a formal pro- ceSsiOn transferring the nOnsig- noTis body to the cathedral where it RilI lie in state until after the Pontiiioal Mas. The public may view the remains either at the rec tory or cathedral.
 Continued on Page e-iFLYNND
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
Polio Strikes DOuUn Capt. J. ". G0fney

Capt. John W. Gafgney. [ $. A.. son os Jadee and Mrs. John l.. Call ney O. iss Tower Road. died on Luzon. !n ,he Philippine. Os acute poliomyelisiS the War Department notified his parents Jas; night by telegram. Ne was g years old.
 Born in Waterbury. Captain Calf ney WOn scholastic honOrs a, St. Margaret'S Paroolaial SchOa and Crosby High School Agte- post graduate studies al Willard Prepar- atory School, Washington. D. c. he entered the U. $. Military Academy al West Point ia July. iS4i He re- ceiVed his commission aS a second lieutenant al West Point on Nor mandy D-Day June 6. issi
 A speclaliSs ia anii-aircraii ariil- leTy. his first post vas at Camp Da- wis. N. C. He also served at Camp Bliss. Tex. before coming home on leave in March. lsl5. After a brief assignment at Fort Ord. Cal. he be- gan overseas duty in June. ls45. zoe ing to the Philippines
 At the time of his death he had been serving as adJutani on the stall of Col Readeck. commander of anti-aircraGt installations in the Philippines.
 Last February. al san Fernando in the Philippines Capt. Gaffney, had a reunion with his first cousin, John W. Nolan O, the U s. Navy also on Pacific duty.
 A thorough student and abie writer. Capt. Gaffney ranked high in his studies. Scores of friends were gratified when he qualified for entrance to west Point. where
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
.SinoChiefs
 .MeetNo Folk About Truce
Poets on Ending OF Hoseilieies
 To Be Anolyxed

Nankine. June S- tDPe "A lS- day truce betWeen the Chinese Na- tionaliStS and Communists will 6e signed tonight or tomorrow prob- ably giving Gen. George C. Marshal. broad Dowers to Settle China's ciVil war. il was reported tonight
 IHhe exact scope of tine powers which Marshall Will be given by the cOntendine factions to resolve their dispute Still waS under otscnsSiOn.
 Marshali's Headquarters annOunc- ed that Nationalist and Communist representatives had been instructed 10 stand hy al Changchun. Capital os Manchuraa. ready to carry out orders to end the civil wal.
 Brig. Gen. Henry A. Bgr0aoe. United States military attache to China. was appointed to meet with the leaders of the two factions.
 MarShalis headquarters said the Nationalist . Communist agreement directed executive headquarters al Chanechun to prepare to carry out ~whatever aereemen;s may be reached for the cessation of hOstil- titles"
 GeneralisSimO chiang Ka,-shek has promised General Marshall he will suspend Nationalist military operations in Manchuria for 10 days. the newspaper Ia Knng Pao said earlier today.
 The optimistic feeling engen6ered by the reported agreement was dampened only somewhat by re- ports that Gen. Chou En-lai. Com- mnniSt leader. had told Marshall the To-day truce was too short.
 Marshall is believed to have asked Chiang to halt his troops be- fore they reached Harbin and Tsit- sihar in northern Manchuria. en- abling the Communists and govern ment to negotiate their differences without loss Of --faoe."
 faaaksmalisl Army heaaanar-
 aerx said yesaen6ay that the
 Camwmnisas were pEeparing gar
 ahe aefemse sf Hardin frem the
 nsEahera bank sf tlse SungaEi
 River. ssvea miles ses1h sf the
 city.
 r-Bml Be aFe@'t giving them
 a channe Co get esseir breash."
 Cen. Chaa Chia-hsiamg. csief of
 staff. sai6.l
 Neutral observers said the major difficulty in truce negotiations al this time Eas the Kn0ntntangi $ determination to press it's present military advantage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
|SenoteCoIls For DroftinQ |Of Teen-oqerS
 Highest AAiIiNoVy
 Fey iN History Offered NoluneeeEs

Washington. June 5-tUPD-The Senate today offered the highest military pay in history to maintain a record volunteer Army but tenta- lively authorized . continued teen- age draft fl necessary.
 The House. however. probably will balk at cOnscripting the teen-agers. It already has voted twice this year against calling them up nov that the shooting Is over. A com promise will have to be worked out by the Senate House conference committee if the Draft Law is tc be extended beyond it's June % deadline.
 Before reaching the Rivercomh amendment the Senate voted to:
 1. Extend the Draft Law to
 May IS.
 2. Permit drafting of single
 men from ie to a5. provided the
 armed forces stay within an-
 nounced goals for the coming
 year.
 3. Raise the pay scale for en-
 listed personnel to encourage
 volunteering.
 {. Limit every drafiee to an
 is-month hitch.
 5. Specifically exempt from
 the draft all fathers. scientific
 students and teachers and vet-
 erans with honorable discharg-
 es who have already been over
 seas or served six months in the
 United States.
 A War Department spokesman said the extra precautiOn to prevent recalling veterans was unneces' sary. He claimed nothing of the sor' was in prospect. Nevertheless, thI amendment was offered by Sens Edwin c. Johnson, tD.-Colo9. ana Kenneth s. Wherry, Rs-Neb9, whS said they understood otherwise.
 The Senate approved the teen age draft by the overwhelming votl of ss to %. 1t was a sharp rebun to the House which voted las March and again in May on Jull 1 stop-eap extension that the draf age should be raised to @.
 The eenate's raises would appll only to enlisted personnel. The. ranged from a SO percent increaS for buck privates-fr0m 50 to e a month-to 2 percent more fo master sergeants-raisiag them from el3e to ei9o a month.
 The House versiOn offered tn same scale for buck private throngi buck sergeant but would give nor to the higher grades of non-com' missi0ned men and grant c0mmis' stoned officers increases ranging from 70 to % percent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
KremIin SoWs |Seedsof War
 Churchill

London, June 5-tUP)-Winston Churchill charged today that near ly one-third of the population Of Europe is directed by the commits sars of the Kremlin" and that ''it is here that the seeds Of a new world war. if anywhere. are being soWn."
 Churchill made his charge in a reply to Foreign Secretary Ernest Beyin's statement Of British fore eign policy in which he generally concuFred with the Labor Party's conduct of foreign affairs.
 Charging that Britain is subject to a systematic system of yillifica- ti0n pumped out daily by the Soviet propaganda machine Churchill said the year since the end of the war has brought "a virtual breakdown or stalemate" m Allied cooperation and a painful decline" in British inf1nenoe but made plain he did not blame the Labor Party for this situation.
 He defended n0n-iDterventi0n in Spain. praised the British interyen- ton and elections in Greece. urgs ed restoration of the Southern Tg- nol to Austria. and denounced the British Communist Party.
 Churchill. leader Of the opposi' ton, addressed the House Of Com mons on the second day Of debate on foreign affairs.
 Churchill said it would be wrong t0 east blame for this misfortune" upon Foreign Secretary Ernest Rev. i'd. He termed Beyin's address yeS' terday, in which he reviewed the field of foreign affairs. as 'soInbeT and patient"
 We fees sure he had done his best to resist the sad and dangerous tendencies H5fh which ge are op- pressed before the g0rld, and he has stood forth as . representative of much that is wise and courag- e0ns in British character" the aftermath Of war, the moral and physical exhaustion 0f the viet0rt. 0ns nations. the miserable fafe os the conquered. the vast confusion in Europe and Asia. combine to make the sum total Of 8 difficulty which, even if the Allies had pres served their wartime e0nradeship. w0uld have taxed theiF resonfees t0 the tnll."