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sight failed to perceive the coming
food crisis, they do foresee the COM
ing election with amazing clarity.
To win that election Is more impor-
tant than 1t Is to feed the starving,
although in this instance the starv-
ing are people without whose help
and tremendous sacrifices we would
not be SO comfortable and well fed
as we are today.
I suggest that we-Republicans
and Democrats-forget all about the
coming election. Let us consider
how we would feel If our children
were undernourished and rickety.
Let us get more wheat to Europe
and to Asia right away. OF course,
we don't want our former enemies
to starve, but, as see it, our pri-
mary obligation is to our former
Allies. And let us get ready for
consumer rationing in the event
that other makeshift devices should
not be equal to the strain that will
be put upon them.
(Copyright 1946)
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Harold L. Iekes. must have
known that our former Allies were
going to need large quantities of
food that only we could supply. But
we did nothing about it except to
be cheerful and uncommunicative.
Made Show of Activity.
Even after the secret could no
longer be kept, and every one was
fully aware that a catastrophe i'm
pended, we could not make up our
minds what we should do or how or
when we should do it. But 1t seemed
politically advisable to make a show
of activity. So we sent over former
President Hoover to send back word
that did not tell us anything new
about the general problem.
The theory of the Department Of
Agriculture seems to be that by lin
iting the amount Of -four the retail
ers will necessarily have to limit the
amount sold to their customers. This
would be showing of onto the shoul-
ders of others the disagreeable duty
that the Government ought to un-
dertake itself. Favors could be
played and would be. It would re-
suit in the opening OF a black market
not only sanctioned, but insisted
upon by the Government.
Apropos Of this method of ration
ing, with some notifications 1t
worked in the coal industry, but
whether it will work with a COM
modify like flour is at least open to
some question. Generally. coal is
used for but one purpose-the pro-
duction Of heat. Flour or wheat can
be used for many things besides
bread.
Thus system Of rationing where
by the miller limits the amount Of
flour which his customers receive
will almost inevitably result in each
baker producing out of his allot-
ment larger proportion of pies and
cakes, because the profit in pastries
Is larger than 1t is on the stan Of
life.
Voluntary Rationing No Aid.
Nor viii voluntary rationing SUI.
nee. I remember how insistently ii
Was said. when we began to run
short OF gasoline. that voluntary ra-
tioning would do the job. Volun-
tary rationtng cannot be said to-
have failed, because the fact is that
there was never enough substance
to 1t to fail. In the end we had to
come down to card rationing and
even that was difficult because so
many people, with experience going
back to Wolstead days, thought that
it was rare fun to cheat the Govern
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strong. They know-these members
OF Congress-they ought not to add
to the burden, but they shut their
eyes and do so. 1t is, Of course, in
tensely discouraging to sincere and
courageous advocates OF reduction
IKE Senator Byrd. But nothing
much can be done about it until and
unless real White House determine
ton to cut Is shown. And not in l3
years has there been so much as a
trace OF such determination.
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OF small Sobholders have been sepa'
rated from the payroll. These wert
transferred, shifted, spread aroune
through the departments, but rela'
lively few dropped.
A stlking instance Of this 4
furnished by the late-and always
wasteful and incompetent-Offlce
Of War Information. With no war
of course, there could be no pos
sible excuse for an owl. Hence its
dissolution was ordered. Elmer
Davis and q considerable number
Of his merry men did really de-
part-but< not all OF them-not, 1t
is estimated, some 1000 of them
These remnants of the Owl were
Sticky transferred to the State De-
partment. What they have been
doing there for the last nine months
no one seems to know.
1000 dig In"
Presumably, they are to form the
advance guard Of the great "infor-
nation service" with which the de-
partment expects to enighten the
earth concerning the virtues of the
United States. spreading sweetness
and light throughout the world, thus
endearing ourselves to the peoples
Of many lands.
It is neat, though not inexpen-
sive, scheme; but, as yet, Congress
has failed to warm to 1t; has, In
fact, made a number of objections
and, up to now, refused to appro-
pirate the s20,000,000 needed to
make it function. However, even if
the money Is not provided, the odds
are very strong that the 1000 for
mer owl boys will not be thrown
to the wolves. Those fellows have
dug In.
And what is true Of the owl boys
Is true Of a lot of others. 1t Is at
most incredible how many have beer,
shifted, how few have been dropped
Actually, the civilian payroll has
increased instead Of decreased. In
stead Of old boards and commissions
being abolished, new ones have been
created by Congress that bleats
about economy but practices ex-
travagance.
The new Economic Council is Q
splendid example. This agency was
created by the so-called full en-
ployment bill which became law a
few weeks ago. It's members-there
are three Of them, at SIS 900 each
have not been named by the Presi-
dent but are expected to be shortly.
Competition for Jobs.
As enacted, this is a silly and futile
law, with which even its original
sponsors were disguised. And the
council will be a silly and useless
council-unable to do anything but
make futile recommendations" to
the President. Yet there is real
competition for the jobs. Pressure
on the President for them comes
from several directions-most Of it
from the C1O and the radical ele-
ments. These are anxious for the
Jobs-first, because Of the salary;
second, because of the opportunity
to disseminate propaganda.
In addition, the council, it is un-
derstood, will be served" by an
economic staff" of more than 200.
This keenly interests the liberal
economists" hundreds of whom,
LETT over from the Roosevelt regime
are looking around for better berths.
In the Roosevelt day every liberal
who could count above 10 without
taking off his shoes called himself
an economist.
This Economic Council will not be
the only new commission this Con-
gress will create. The tendency to
increase instead of reduce is still
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"e"t' "eIsmots' OF opening tht
thousands Of presents Presidents gel
from all over the country. and hav.
Ing the Internal Revenue men lool
upon me as an equal instead of with
suspicion.
Too, would like to 60 back te
the old home town and see banners
across the street reading Welcome
President McLemore," and get q
gold key to the pool hall. and a
f1reman's badge, and have innumer.
able conversations and dinners with
innumerable people you hadn't even
liked in the sixth grade.
| But all this, and a swimming pool
in the basement too, is not enough
to make me change my mind against
running for the presidency. It'll
have to be Mr.. Truman again OF
Messrs. Wallace or Bricker or Stas-
sen or Dewey or some dark horse
who has not yet been mentioned for
the job.
Summing Up Didn't Miss.
The thing that killed my ambition
was the general summing up by
newspapers, radio, and magazines
Of President Truman's first year In
the White House. The summing up
didn't miss anything. Even the
Presidents head colds were dutiful-
ly recorded, and we ran across one
|anti-Truman article which made
quite an issue Of the fact that the
Missourian was nowhere near as
capable Of throwing OF colds as
were such Republicans as Mckinley
Roosevelt the First, and Coolidge.
He was called a mediocre man do
ing a tough job, and a tough man
doing a mediocre job.
His chances Of holding his own
with the other members OF the Big
Three were discounted on the
grounds that he had lost three
straight games Of horeshoes to his
aides. One article said he had too
many friends as advisers. and an
other said he didn't have enough
friends among his advisers.
He was whacked over the head
with the atomic bomb, cracked
across the shins with the labor
disputes, socked on the jaw with the
housing problem, and belabored fore
and aft with the administration S
foreign policy.
Some thought him too humble; !;
others saw him getting uppity after
f2 months in ONCE. "a
He was weighed against every one
who ever held high office in this
country, beginning with Washington
and ending, with Franklin Roose-
welt.
Automatic Barrier.
That's not for me-, And I doubt
If it is for many other citizens of
this country. I sometimes feel that
any man, who actually seeks the
presidency of the United States
(Which Mr.. Truman didn't) auto
matically bars himself on the
grounds that If he had enough
sense to do completely satisfactory
JSSs A@S VoA30 lldtC WV UlQCll SSllSS
to seek the Office.
Wouldn't it just be plain dreadful
to sit down Of an evening In the
living room Of your home and read
what the country thought Of what
you had done, and not done, in the
past IL months? There are ele-
plants somewhere way back in my
family tree, I'm sure, but their tough
hides didn't come down to me. Ny
reaction-after such an evening as
Mr.. Truman undoubtedly spent
would be to load Betsy and 20
a-huntin'.
The first brickbat that came sail
ing over the fence would be met
with load Of buckshot. No, that
would probably get Mr.. Ickes, and I
wouldn't want to wound a fellow
columnist.
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control Of the Federal finances en-
hanced.
That was the idea, but 1t has not
worked out that way. On the con-
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BY THE HASKIN SERVICE

9. How much does an ounce OF
radium cost?-D. RI.
A. The price of radium in recent
years has been quoted at $25 900 Der
gram, or about 100000 an ounce
Q. Does a giraffe live entirely on
leaves?-J. r. S.
"A. It's food consists almost entirely
OF leaves and tender shoots OF
mlmosa trees. The leaves are plucked
on one,by one by its flexible tongue,
which Is about II inches long. The
animal feeds chiefly in early morn
ing and late evening, resting during
the heat of the day.
Q. What was the date of the first
presidential election in the United
States? Was Washington offlcially
notified of his election?-J. L.:R.
A. The presidential electors were
CHOSEN on January 7, 1889, and met
and cast their votes on February 4,
The electoral votes were counted on
April by the United States Con-
gress in New York and Charles
Thomson, the venerable secretary of
the Continental Congress, was Sc
lected to 60 to Mount Vernon and
omcially notify Washington of his
election.
Q. What is the longest English
surnasne?-L. L.
A. It is said to be Featherstone-
haugh.
9. What induced the late Alfred
Nobel to institute the Nobel prizes?
r. D. c.
A. Nobel was one of the wealth..
est men in Europe and, in his de-
clining years, felt that the fruits
OF the invention of superexplosiyes
should be turned into constructive
channels. Peace, literature and
science were the three forces which,
he decided, could make the world q
better place In which to live.
Q. How much larger than the
violin is the viols?-L. H. P.
/. A. The viola is only one-seventh
larger than the violin and is tuned
a fifth lower -
, Q. What makes the famous iron
pillar near Delhi, India, resistant
to corrosion? When was 1t set up?-
]. c. r.
A. The shaft, which consists of
some six tons Of good grade of
wrought iron about 9s.7 per cent
pure, was set up about 300 AID.
Authorities who, have examined the
pillar report that the iron is no bet
ter than that which is produced In
this country, but it is situated in a
locality where the atmospheric cor
rosion Is not severe.
Q. Please state what became of
Dorie Miller, the Negro mess boy
who received the Navy Cross for his
courage and devotion to duty at
Pearl Harbor.-L. r. B.
A. He lost his life when the Lis
come Bay was sunk by submarine
on November "a, l943, of Maxim
Island in the Midwestern Pacific.
Q. Please explain the term Sub
rosa. IN. H.
A. For centuries the rose has been
the symbol of secrecy. The prep
osltion Sub" means under" In
places OF, sanctuary where conf
dences were to be exchanged it was
customary to carve a rose over the
entrance. Literally, to be under the
rose was to have the benefits of
secrecy
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Q. What is the longest English
surnane?-L. L.
A. It is said to be Featherstone-
haugh.
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JOu.
Now there Is
no denying that
there are GER
tain things about
the presidency
which appeal tc
me. That bust
ness Of being
a b lie to run
t h r ugh red
ii 6 hts without
being arrested Is
right down my
alley. So is poker
playing on a free
yacht, the. fun
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trary, eve n I s
have shown that
those who cher
ished this hope
were utterly in
n o c e n t a n d
naive. For the
fact is that there
has been little
liquidation" and
certainly no re-
duction. A few
agencies h av e
been n officially
an G Ell e d, but
that does not
mean that the
I = - ~ -o~ 4
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in Germany. We
play the fiddle
while John L.
Lewis continues
Ito toot h is
trumpet.
! P e r h ps as
'reprehensible an
instance as we
could hpd in our
history Is our
hddling W hile
IN / / I / o n S
'starve In Europe
and Asia. Sure
.ly some one in
w q S h ng ton
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McLennore-
Rather Be Wronq
Than President
By Henry NcLem ore

NEW YORK.-Any Of you who
have been secretly worried that
would run for the presidency and
win, may relax.
Nothing could make me take the
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Harold L. Ickes
Man to Man
Thinks America Initiates Nero
By Fiddline as Millions Starye

Nero the classic example of the hddled when he
should have been leading out the bgades
wonder whether hddng in his time already
cratic habit OF ancient lineage Here in America
full share of it.
We hdded when Ethiopia raped fdded when Hitler
and Mussoln trying out their tactics
against the Loyasts Spain dded to the
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ment. A tremendous black market
developed.
Our men in public life don't like to
take chances. Although their fore
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Frank r. Kent
TheGreat GameOfPOlitics
Shifts of Personnel Maintain
Jobholder Peak, Observer Says

After the ended there expectation
Immediately the vast and swollen Federal bureaucracy
to shrivel In short time it thought OF
thousands OF obhders would be qudaed"
the gigantic governmental payroll greatly reduced the
burden would be gtened and the chance
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Questions

A reader can get the answer to anv
question M Of fact BY writing The Evenins
re! @Miormation @ Bureau. 316 I street
close cents for return postare.
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The Canary Islands developed Q
relatively important soap industry
during the war years.
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Franco. We nddIed IN concert With
Argentina. We f1ddled in the Mid
die East, including Iran. We have
flddled about the production of coal
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
EUelyn CheSka
 Wed in Florida

Miss Evelyn Cheska, daughter of Mrs. Paul w. Cheska of South Main Street and the late Mir Cheska became the bride of Paul Augustus Moorhead, son of MT. and Mrs. Walter Moorhead, Easley South Carolina and Sarasota, Fla The wedding was held on June 15 at Jacksonville, Fla, with the Rev A. c. Holt. pastor of the First Pres byterian Church, officiating at the marriage ceremony.
 The bride was attired in a white ensemble with matching accessories and a corsage of orchids. Mrs. Moorhead is a graduate of Wilby High School and attended the Ring ling School of Art, Sarasota. Fla.
 Mir, Moorhead, attended Mars Hill College, Asheville, North Carolina, and served in the Army Air Forces during the war with the rank of Captain and was stationed overseas in the Middle Eastern Theater for IT months. He is attending the Ringing School of Art where he is pursuing a course of Commercial Art.
 The couple left on trip to Jack sonville and other Florida points and are now residing at 461 Bahia Vista Avenue, Sarasota, Fla.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
Mary Lanosa
 Bride 0f Veteran

The marriage of Miss Mary Lano- Sd, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ralph Rlnaldi of Harpers Ferry Road and Louis J. D'Abramo, son of MT. and Mrs. John D,Abramo of Sylvan Ave- nue was held Saturday morning at g o'clock at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes The Rev. Rocco Nadile celebrated the nuptiaI Mass an of ficiated at the marriage ceremony. Roses. lady slippers and foliage banked the altar and musical pro- gram was presented Selections in cluded traditional wedding music Ave Maria, "Panis Angelicus" and Because"
 The bride, presented in marriage
 by her father. was attired in a white chiffon gown styled with a sweetheart neckline, fitted bodice, long sleeves and full skirt termin- ating in a long train. Her full length veil of illusion fell from tiara of apple blossoms and she car ried an arm bouquet of gardenias and orchids. .
 Miss Mildred Martinelli Of New ark, N. J. was maid of honor. She wore lavendar gown fashioned with a fitted bodice and hoop skirt. Her costume was completed with matching feather hat and she carried an arm bouquet of cut flow CTS.
 Miss Angie DAbramo. sister of the bridegroom, and Miss Ange Ma sotta were bridesmaids. Miss D. Abramo wore a pink net gown and Miss Masotta wore an aqua net gown trimmed with lace They wore flow cred hats and carried arm bouquets of spring flowers.
 A reception was held at Sabols, North Main Street for more than 150 guests. Mrs. Rinaldi received in a Navy blue print dress with match ing accessories and was assisted by the bridegroom's mother who wore pink and black dress with black ac- cesSories. They both wore corsages of gardenias
 The couple left on wedding trip through the New England States. Mrs. D'Abramo wore a green gabar- dine suit with white accessories and a corsage of orchids. She is a grad uate of Wilby High School MT. D'Abramo, a graduate of Leaven- worth High School was recently dis charged from the Army after A months duty in the Pacific Theater.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
Guest Spoke At Meeting

State Chairman John McGuire of Wallingford, State Senator Vim cent A. Kiernan of Derby and Pat rick Healy, judge of the Waterbury Probate Court were guest speakers last night at meeting of the New Haven County Democratic Wom- ems Club in Middlebury.
 Tn Middlebury Democratic Women's Club were hoStesseS at last nights meeting The high cost of living. the influence of women in the legislature and the legislature setup, and necessity of a good or ganization to bring out the vote, were some of the topics discussed.
 Other speakers included Mrs. Agnes ProuIx, Mrs Winifred Me Donald. Mrs. Clara O'Shea Also attending were delegates from the Waterbury Democratic Womens Club, the Waterbury Women's Democratic Booster Club, and Ital- ian Women's Democratic Club, headed by Mrs. Thomas Gilhooley, Miss Mary Hennessey, and Mrs. Rocco Diorio. respective presidents.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
Betty Stonnord To Wed Army Man

The wedding of Miss Elizabeth Stannard, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Henry E. Voegeli of Cheshire and Pfc. Telesfore Rastelli, son of MT. and Mrs. William RastelH of Sco- will Street will be held tomorrow morning at 10 A. M. at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.
 Pfc Rastelli served in Europe for two years and returned to this country in April, l945. He is at present hospitalized at Hilton Gen. eral Hospital, Fort Dix, N. J. Miss Stannard was discharged last Mo- vember from the Army Nurse Corps, after serving in the Pacific for three and half years.
 William Fitzell will preside at a meeting of the rish-American So- cial Club tonight at SIS at 109 Bank Street. Reports of the outing will be read and a social hour will follow.
 Frank Pope and family of Coun- try Club Road are at their Summer home at Laurel Beach, Milford, for the season.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
Club to Hold Dinner-Donce

A reunion dihner-dance will be held tomorrow night by the North End Pals at the Yankee Clipper in Meriden. Conn.
 The club has had it's name chart cred in the city for the past l3 years and was de-activated in 1941 when all of its members entered the armed forces.
 Asst. Supt. of Schools, Thomas F Nolan and Louis Mayo, and George Kipp, sponsors of the club in it's athletic activities will be the principal guests at the affair.
 The committee for the affair in- cludes, James Egan, John Lauria and John Carrierro, who report that about 40 old members will attend.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
Ida BiSn0U
 Feted ct ShOu,er

Miss Ida Bisnor of Bronson Street who will be married to Julian Epstein Of Bronx, N. Y, on Satur- day was rendered a shower recent ly at Melody Lane. Mrs. B. M. Rabinowltz and Mrs. F. Epstein of the Bronx. were hostesses.
 Guests attending were: Mrs. I. Bisnov, Mrs. J. Shore. Mrs. A. Gill; den. Mrs. A Korkin, Mrs. s. Gold berg, Mrs J. Fielder. Mrs H. Levine, Mrs. J. Derman. Mrs P. Rubinstein, Mrs. c. Derrick, Mrs. F. Bisnovich, Mrs. H. Alderman, Mrs. s. Shea, Mrs. J. Goldberg, Mrs. A. Abromo- Wltz Mrs. s. Baer, Mrs. Nj. Atkins, Mrs. A. Krammer, Mrs s. Schneer, Mrs. J. Danen, Mrs. B. M. Rabino- Wltz, Mrs NJ. Dibner, Mrs. s. Dib- ner, Mrs. l. Solomon. Mrs. H. Lon- don, Mrs. N Fidler. Mrs. c. Spearo, Mrs. R. Piois, Mrs. I. Sossin, Mrs. H. Silverman and Mrs. M. Drazen.
 Also present were: Mrs. s. Rosen- sweig, Mrs. s. Singer. Mrs. J. Wil- ensky, Mrs. L. Liberman, Mrs. & Bisnovich, Mrs. I. Hines, Mrs. J. Kussner, Mrs. c. Frank, Mrs. N. Kosloff, Mrs. B. Jevinson, Mrs A. Frank, Mrs. N. Alexander, Mrs. M. Snyder, Mrs. I. Bisnovich, Mrs B. Blsnovich, Mrs. N. Albert, Mrs. B. Bisnovich, Mrs. R. Bisnovich, New Haven; Mrs. J. Epstein, Mrs. F. Ep- stein, Bronx, N. Y, and Mrs. P. Cohen.
 Also the Misses Sara Freedman, Helen Baer, Osnah Atkins, Dorothy and Rae Danen, Jean and Gertrude German, Natalie Rabinowitz, Rita Hefand, Edith Kravitz, Rose Krammer, Ina Cohen, Evelyn Dib- ner, Ruth Solomon, Pearl and Lee Rivil, Estelle Wilensky, Marion Prank, Julia and Cell Shultz, Mar ion Risk and Evelyn Henes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
REGAN-ARCHAMBAULT

Mrs. John Began, Wood Street, announces the coming marriage Of her daughter, Miss Margaret Louise Began, to Richard Archambault, son of MT. and Mrs. Louis Archam- bault, Garrigus Street.
 The marriage will be an event of Saturday. Aug. 10 at o'clock at the Sacred Heart Church MT. Archambault is a veteran of two years service with the U. s. Army.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-12
CHAMBERLAIN-SIMMS

MT. and Mrs Warren Lester Chamberlain, Hillcrest, Middlebury, announce the engagement of their daughter Miriam, to Hugh P. Simms, Boston, Mass, son of MT. and Mrs. Stockwell Sinms, St. Johns, New Brunswick.
 Miss Chamberlain is a graduate of Crosby High School and is at tending Boston University. MT. Simms is a student at Northeastern University, Boston. He served as a captain in the Army Air Forces dur ing the war. The wedding is planned for late July.