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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
By Bill Cunningham

is going resoutely ahead completely sovetixng the vast preponderance of it which she took by force. Our zone Is now being nlled wlIn retugees neeing them back, we're evidently operating as sort of gloriied Salvation Army, waiting duly for somebody to tell US what to do. where to start wheEe to stop.
 Now has come the breakdown of morale on our every occupation front in the world. The complete refusal of the home front to grasp our responsbii- ties and problems in the new international field has transferred itself to the mostly green troops that be- long to those families and the officers in charge have proved unable to cope with 1t. To the people of all nations both those conquered and liberated, as well to the Russia that never has been too sure of us, nor too frank with us, the message seems obvious.
 It's one of isoationism rampant. Of discipline completely gone. These demonstrators, to taem gre the United States Army. and, of course, uaey. are the United States Army, 1t has been demoralizsd and disintegrated under the terrific and unSedson- ing pressure from home.
 But to the foreigner, these soldiers are America, and the message of their actions Is that America wants no further part in the problems afaF. There Is no ideasm left in those places. Life, and goveFn- pent, are measured by force Force means the Army. 1oldiers singing by the thousands T want 10 60 Home" booing the name of the Commanding Gen. eral in Germany, passing out handbills knocking the Secretary of War. mean but one thing to peoples conquered or otherwise That's that there's no point h paying any attention to words from the United States because without an Army willing to back ss's"s "F wy ~ ~"s
 .The cheerful astitnde is to think that. by Gods grace, and the eventual triumph of common sense, all this will shake down, some acceptable compromise will be found and the long overdue wheels win start turning again. Ik seems reasonable to assume that these T want to go home" demonstrations will blow themselves out and that some eemhanee of military discipline will come to the rescue And even 4 we have made no evident progress In settling tickllsh international matteTs we entitled to hope that the UNo may keep the way open and our 1ppof. tunities alive. The score, at tho moment loW out 'Nc hagent been moved entirely out q he oHAe
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
By Peter EdSO1t

from some 400 out of 600 dealers their relations with the corporation and its financing and sales sb- salaries The case has not been set for trial.
 The mere fact that corporation IS big 0oes not make 1t a monopoly Tn I94l, the last fuu year m which automobiles were manufactured, General Ter was second with about & percent and Ford third with % percent. Thus the Big Three accounted for over 90 per cent of the industry and the tndepenos ents have tough going
 General Motors fixed assets in l94l were over billion dollars Its net sales were $2a36OO0O00, it's net income $2Ol 900 900. During the war oM made 10 billion dollars worth Uf war materials All its lOA plants plus five in Canada were on war production.
 While General Motors divisions produce five lines of cars CM is not completely integrated manufac- turer like Ford, for GM does not produce its own steel glass rubber It has, however, extensive parts manufacturing divisions and supplies these parts to other manufacturers. Parts and accessory manufac- ture is generally more profitable than complete car assembly,
 number of trade practices in the automobile industry as whole are known to have been unoer study Tn I04o the Fedora Trade Commission in- vesgated auto industry sales practices The pressure which manufacturers put on dealers to take more cars than they can sell was criticized in report or over 1000 pages To some degree this was corrected
 Selling cars all over the U 8. at fob. Detroit, prices, though some cars are assembled in Cal ifornia or New Jersey has been questioned This is merely another version of the old Pittsburgh-plus passing point fight which has plagued the steel in- dustry.
 Many charges have been made that lower costs in production have not been passed on to the con- slers At the beginning of the war the industry had developed along lines where for all practical purposes there is little competition in price lines. the real com petition being in style and sales campaigns.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
EVICTED FAMILY FROM GOVT. HOME ASK WHY VETERANS ARE GIVEN PREFERENCE WHEN BREAD WIN NER IS WILLING
 TO PAY BACK
 RENT

68 Thompson St.,
 Hamilton Heights
 Waterbury, Conn. Editor of The Democrat:
 am the father of five small children. Like many others, too, was caught in the nationwide lay off, which occurred after V-J Day. On top of that we had lot of sick ness in the family, which took every cent could muster. Naturally l had to go back on my rent. Now l have received an eviction notice along with several others through out the local projects. My wife talk ed with MT. Sullivan, the project manager two weeks ago and was told upon stating the facts that it was all right to pay January's rent and as got on my feet, to pay the two months back rent. Now he tells us that all who owe month or more rent are to be evicted regard less of reason, that this is being done for veterans who are waiting with money in hand to take our homes.
 sent my first payment to the office and was refused. MT Sullivan
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
Big Government Remains

If anyone has been doubting that "bg government, with most of it's controls is going to be with us TOT long time President Trumans attitude ot late must nave con vinced peone that most of those controls are sun Ill eA ence And is doubtful that the President deriving any great pleasure from that state of affairs
 It has been Mir. Truman's frequently expressed hope that the federal government might relax It's wartime con- rols over business quickly victory was acheVed anu cease playing intimate and intricate part Tn the Ves o it's citizens But the unexpected turn of events since % Day has shattered that hope It is evident now that the retreat from business cant ana wont proeeu according to plan, at least in the near future
 Some of the reasons for this be blamed on business itself Private enterprise to have grown abby rom its restricted activity during the war years 1t IS out o condition and has fumbed good many chances that nave come it's way since it got back in the game
 So we see controls prices and production being re- stored after having been removed We see pfVae business along with the unons Hopping compeey Tn all effort to solve abormanagement differences without gov ernment interference Some businessmen who were crying loudest for return of private enterprise now seem to De standing around hepessy waiting for the government to do something for them.
 But all the blame can't be put the businessmen or the labor leaders Government itself is in no small measure responsible There is tendency to pass more laws and ap point boards when laws and boards don't tune ton sensbly efficiently There is hesitancy and nept tude by both the executive and legislative branches Whc have led to open defiance occasions and on others paralyZing doubt to what the governments next move would be-
 President Truman called for action and decision in l94o These must from all sides The government needs to produce quickly wiser and fairer program for unwndng date Business must demonstrate intelligent use or the freedoms has been shouting for Labor must show
 more reasonable attitude toward its contribution to the general good fell as to labor's good.
 And the great pressure group of the whole public, to which Mr. Truman wisely appealed help things along y making it's thoughts and wishes known to the govern, 16ent Congressmen are human beings who be talked tb and written to- and who will lsten
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
Views of the Press

"haye initiated it in their own hous- es, and it seems likely to become pretty common" It would be inter esting to know whether this simple machine" still remains, in defiance of years and German bombs.
 Would it be too much to wish that 36 Craven Street might be provided with a ghost? Not one of the run-of- the-mill, lugubrious, grooming, chain clanking, scare-you-green spectres, but a revenant of quite a different nature. A portly, genial sort of ghost whose hauntings would be entirely beneficient, who would be vitally in- terested in all that went on in the house and nod his wise old head at most of what he heard. For the So- ciety for International Understand ing would be right up old Ben Franklin's alley.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

country, told him, won't stand for 1t.
 'These are boys who were glad to fight Q war to defend their country when 1t was In danger. But they're not professional army, and when the fight ings over itll be like football game-everybodyu want to go home.
 You cant expect boys to stay over there making $50 month when they know they can make $6O Q
 'That's what told Roosevelt" Leahy continued. I'm not at all sure he agreed with me, but that's exactly what's happening today.
 "A few hot-heads and Communists are taking advantage of a situation which is ready made for them and the result is making us ridiculous in the eyes of the world"
 we should get out of Germany and Japan altogether But he does think we can curtail U. s, forces in Germany down to what we actually need and let this army be of volunteers recruited expressly for overseas occupation The system should be fol- lowed in Japan where occupation force of Marines eventually could take over. The islands Of the Pas cific and many other less essential areas could easily be policed by the Navy with much smaller use Of manpower.
 Ever since the Texas Baptists lampooned Presi- dent Truman for poker-paying, everyone around the White House has been poker-shy. So also is Governor Dewey During the last campaign, one newsman after writing a very complimentary story about Dewey, submitted it to him for comment He described the New York Governor as hon1e-loving man whose usual form of relaxation quiet poker game with few friends on Saturday night
 Dewey called the author, praised his story, but finally burted out:
 Now, about those Saturday nights-coudn't you change it from poker to bridge?" Not so sensitive is Cordell Hull Col. Harold Hinton, now returned from five years in the Army to rejon the New York Times, is Cordell Huls off, cial biographer In writing his biography, he sent the former Secretary of State several anecdotes for ver- ification One story regarding Huls ability as poker player. In the Spanish American War; so ! the story went, Hull was so good at poker that he kept his company continually out of funds. When the story came back from Hull the Secre- tary of State had crossed out the word company and substituted the word regiment" NOTE-There are only ITO men in company, but about 2800 in a regiment. Two listed Maury Maverick, retiring Chairman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17


 But the man was terribly sincere. There was, and still is, much sympathy for him.
 The home front of that time be explained, too. This then, not as yet one world There was some excuse for that America. There is still some hope for this one because regardless of what seems to be the general breakdown, the United Nations Organization at least is official and are affiliated It may be the one thin thread that will pull us through provided 1t isn't broken by some sudden jerk from the direction of the Middle East. the Balkans or the Asatic regions before it can be knit into pow erful cable
 With the exception of the still very tender UN0, we seem completely to have blown our chances Of world leadership. Tn some fashion, we have lost the gratitude and respect even of those we saved. The British have howled bloody murder over the matter of their postwar loan, and that familiar character of the 20s, the visiting British lecturer, k already coming over to tell us faults And somehow, the main reason they say, being in our mishandlng 0f food and relief, have lost the respect Of France Belgium Holland and the others who originally called our name blessed We've evidently mutted the play in Germany completely Unable to come to terms with Russia and being too gutless to go ahead with our OWE terms. we have stalled around in that spot until we've become something akin to ridiculous. No progress has been made toward writing peace treaty Nobody knows. nor can even guess, how long we plan to stay in the place. nor exactly what we expect to see it become before We withdraw Russia
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

raised a hot queStlon. Depart" ment of Justice officials are mum on the nature of the investigation and Washington representatives of GM profess to be equally un- informed on what Clark is shoot- ing at.
 Any idea that the Department of Justice is just beginning an investigation of General Motors as a result of the Thomas-UAW blasts during strike negotiations would be entirely misleading. Some people tried to put that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

This year we decide whether the people of the earth will live in peace, prosperity and harmony, or must take the other course which will lead to utter destruction There is no middle course.
 Gen. George c. Marshall, new U.
 s. ambassador to China.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

VIct0riouS-U 5LaJeS OL WOUu- row wilson. There was some ex- cuse for that other America and some for Wilson.
 He was trying savagely, if stupidly, to compel, instead of sell, his League of Nations vision. Maybe the path he chose, that of defying instead of enlisting, Congress. and of trying to make the formation of the League the first provision of a treaty of peace was the only hope. If 1t was, 1t ..,oe o FnriOr,a and a fadod hOfAa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

WHItU IUUHUl WEUNUUN N1 VU II1 his chief, President Truman, the other day. Leahy was worried over the morale og US. troops abroad and recalled Q commit .nent Franklin Roosevelt had made Co Churchill to keep more than 100000 men In the Amer can Armies of Occupation.
 T told Franklin Roosevelt after the Yalta Conference" the White House Chief of Staff said to Truman, that we couldn't keep LA.nL aaanaaaa a.anna nlaannA tLllAA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

The United Nations Organization group entrusted with the task of selecting permanent Amecan home for the
 LING has specified that the site must be east of the Hudson 4aver This we fear will confirm the belief of many Man tar natives that the river which separates them from Nsw Jeraey also forms the western boundary of the United SlAfes
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
5 Years Ago

Two local State Senators, Michael V. Blansfield and Edward P. Egan, introduced g bill ir the State Legis- iature to repeal the old "blue law that restricted the sale of merchan- disc on Sunday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
GM on the Pan
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON Jan. 17-When Attorney General Tom C. Clark fessed up to United Auto Workers President R. J. Thomas that the Department Of Justice had been Investigating General Motors, he
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
UNO Only Hope

It remains for the future to prove whether we are wallowing through an unavoidable morass Of doubt and difficulty or whether we've broken down more completely and disreputaby than did the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
15 Years Ago

The semi-annual report of Proba- tioI- Officer Nicholas Combellack showed a noticeable decrease in the number of prisoners placed in the custody of his office, but showed a huge increase in the number Of non support cases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

Rosalind Russell ordered new Cadillac by telegram from Michael Cozy, local dealer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
Merry.GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Jan. U - Admiral 1eahys Who since tho departure Of Harry Hopkins knows more about what goes on behind tho scenes in intefna- Nonnl conlerencns than anyone eso around tno
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

Forty truck loads of clothing were collected to aid the city's poor.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

America. from the days when the English first began to civilize the Indian by chasing him off their plantations. always has been hot bed of economic and political dis cusSion. Harry Hansen in the New York World-Telegram.
 HOW LONG, o, LORD? Since days when they began to treat With Indians (their technique was
 Prussian),
 The Tanks have set their guns to
 beat
 In hot and loud involved discus
 sion.
 Re politics, that fiery thing,
 That tender subject and con-
 tentiouS,
 And economics. which can bring To boil the sage and the senten-
 tious.
 They love to wag the lantern jaw And fight the point that's tele-
 scopic,
 With many a wise and native saw, About the one or other topic. And they appear in wisdom's guise, Fully informed, almost omnlscient, Shouting equations to the skies,
 Replete with sine and coefflcient. Yet in despite of talk involved,
 The years have proved them less
 than comics; :, The only things they have not solved Are politics and economies.
 It took 3O9 ballots for the Cam bridge City Council to elect one Of itS member to the office of mayor. Sounds as though the Cambridge City Council must have SOS mem- berS.
 The revolutionary Junta of Vene- zlela announces that 1t has put down a rebellion without trouble. Sort of a bargain counterrevolution' you might say.
 m lle COulSe LII lOuA VI capital with Secretary Ickes. PreSl- dent Truman saw Washington from the top of the Washington Monu- ment Monday. We understand thai Harold kept arguing it was Phlla- delphia all the time.
 Winston Churchill arrived in this country for a visit the other day He didn't seem much interested m nolitics and the chances are thai he probably is not worried about his outfit turning into His Majesty. Loyal Collaboration while he IS away.
 A five-year-old boy down m Gotham recently answered a sum, mons calling him for jury duty II was a mistake, of course: obviously he wouldn't know what all the talk ing was about, say nothing of be- ing unable to understand the game of poker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17
Waterbury of the Past
25 Years Ago

A report on the sale of Christmas seals for tuberculosis prevention showed that the City's Grammar School children bought $2,6Ol.37 worth of the beneficial stamps.
 Ethel Shutta, who later rose to screen, radio and Broadway fame, appeared at Jacques Burlesque in Town Scandals"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

The revolutionary Junta of Vene- zuela announces that 1t has put down a rebellion without trouble. Sort of a bargain counterrevolution' you might say.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

In the course of tour Of the capital with Secretary Ickes. Presi- dent Truman saw Washington from the top of the Washington Monu- ment Monday. We understand thai Harold kept arguing it was Phlla- delphia all the time.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

A -year-old boy down m Gotham recently answered sum mons calling him for jury duty IL was a mistake, of course: obviously he wouldn't know what all the talk ing was about, say nothing of be- ing unable to understand the game of poker.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

It took 3O9 ballots for the Cam bridge City Council to elect one Of it's member to the office of mayor. Sounds as though the Cambridge City Council must have 3OS mem- berS.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-17

TwO-fisted Maury Maverick, retiring Chairman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
Somersaulting Beneficial To Everyone-Dr. Brady

I have been giving my 14-year old son calcium and vitamin D as sug- gested therein. and for the first time In his life he has been free of asthma--nOt one spell since Sep tember, e. R.)
 Answer-Calcium and vitamin D Is not medicine, but food. Tn some cases Of bronchial asthma regular daily Supplementation of the diet with calcium and vitamin D brings about gratifying improvement. Send stamped self addressed envelope and ask in writing do not use clip- ine-for the pamphlet on Asthma.
 Catarrh
 I'd like to obtain the pamphlet or booklet to whicn your correspondent referred-'Handkerchiefs used to be at premium in my house, but since using the remedy you sug- geSted I seldom have tO use one"
 Answer-I don't remember now what the correspondent referred to. If 1t was "catarrh," or sinus trou- ble or something like that, 1t is dis cussed in the booklet Call It Cri" flor copy send 25 cents and stamped self-addresSed envelope.
 Fixed Habit
 For 90 years have gOtten up ct ] Q. m. and now have . night lob,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19
Stacks Tapered to Figure
 Keep Hips Size a Secret

keep your masculine admirers If you know your figure and which slacks to choose. N
 Best slacks for keeping hip-size Q secret, says Lou Schaeffer, self- styled ''king of slacks," grow from man-styled pants legs to a fullish top. The king" gives more advice. If followed, 1t will help to keep hips of all sizes safe from wisecracks.
 One tip Is on size, which he says should match hips, if they have grown a little out of proportion to Q waist. You can always pleat in surplus fullness at the, waist in front; take 1t in at the back with darts.
 The color that best narrows down rear -expanse, it seems, s is navy blue. The bright colors and the bold prints are for girls with eel-sized fips-btlt, of course. you KNOW that, Where Q tumn1y as well as hips needs camouflage, wear a jacket with your slacks or iiang out, your shIrttail.
 You're warned not to cinch in your belt, unless your waist is a temptation to span with two good sized hands. You're reminded, too, that Q close-hauled waist accentu- ates the size of your hips.
 Girls trousers, like mems, take tailoring, keep their shape, and hold their creases better when they're made of firmly woven fabrics. An other tip from the king" concerns trouser length, which he thinks should hit the first row of faces of your walkers or the highest point of the vamp of the wedgies.
 His final hint is Q boost for the little two-way stretch, which. be- cause 1t knits In feminine curves Is recommended as good under cover aid.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-19

I consider Harry J. Fishbeln of New York one of the greatest analysts of fine bridge hands in the country which explains why I give you so many of his hards Those I like best come out of his little black book dhd here is one of them.
 Fishbein played this one recently at the Cavendish Club.
 Sitting West he won the first trick with the jack of spades and cashed the spade king. Now he led the deuce of diamonds North played low and East put on the ter-spot.
 Do you think that declarer should have won this trick with the jack of diamonds in dummy You will hear more about this later. later.
 North next cashed the ace of clubs led small heart from dunn my and F1shbein went in with the queen. When the eightspot dropped from declarers hand, Fishbein made the killing play. He returned the king of hearts.
 This was the only play that would defeat the contract, as de- clarer had no way to get to his hand; but If he had won the first diamond trick with the ace in- stead of the jack, he could have made the contract.