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The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
Reduce With Truman
By Peter Edison

OF these Woods" will be diverted to more whole
some stuff like bread. There win be less bread.
what there is won't be the snowy-whte stuff you're
used to- Instead Of getting only the usual 10 per
cent white flour out Of the heart Of the wheat kernels
millers are asked to get so percent yield. That
more whole wheat flour and brown
bread For years the nutritionists have been trying
to get people to eat more whole wheat bread. which
doctors say Is better for your insides Youu have
TO eat IL now, and like it. Or else go without You'll
have to get along less cake and pie too for baker
will be asked TO sif their flour into the most nOurish
ing baked goods. Bread. not pastries
There win be less grain for livestock iattening
That means. less Grade IA meat. and lot more o.
the leaner but tougher meat such as you got durine
the war.
Livestock "finishers" who make a business .
conditioning hogs and steers for market will prOoa
bly, be yelling their heads off again. just they Gt
ing with their freedom Of enterprise by not lettn
them conduct their fattening business as usual
The difference Is that the government hash
anything TO do with II this time partners for every
one Is now on his honor to sacrifice and stretch
available supplies,
Putting over this campaign Is job fog the news
papers and the RADIO the War Advertisins Council
labor unions and their auxiliaries II would be a
campaign for the owl. II there was any owl Ieft.
Everyone Is asked to save food. The purpose. as
the President puts It. Is 10 keep Europe from starving
More food supplies have 10 be exported and the only
place the extra supplies come from IS the United
states. which has SURPRISES II has more than u needs
for its own use, anyway.
While you're sacrificing so nobiy. rati0nlng your
self ON your own honor. you might also reflect how
mitch you'd have TO pay for these searce items i
there were no price controls IN effect. honor o. 10
honor.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
Return of the Party Line

The party line may have encouraged all sorts of
hensibe manners stimulated gossip and invaded privacy
But the good people of Fayete, Wis loved it. They not
only loved it. but peoned to have the fastdsappearlng
system restored them They it, too by order of the
Wisconsin Public Service Commission.
lot of unkind things have been said about the party
line and its subscribers sometimes in jest and again in hot
tempered But it to that in rural COM
munity its virtues may outweigh its evils.
1t very often provides more real life drama than the
morning radio soap operas dreamed Of When there
urgent calls to go through it is comfortable small
miracle of communication (ong antedatng the hree-way
radio conversaOn whereby housewives enjoy the local
and small talk of the sewing circle without the ncon
venience of assembling at central point.
And when there emergencies the party line serves
its purpose There statistics how many times
neighbour listening in call for the doctor from down
the road hand to lend assistance and comfort long
before the doctor had left his office But it has hap
pened many times and the party line has been rghtfuy
blessed for it.
1t isn't progress, in this day of moonbouncing radar
tc abandon the automatic telephone for the party line Still
we're glad to know that Fayette subscribers have back
We're they'll enjoy it after their unhappy
bout with the cold efficiency of modern communca-
tions
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
LIVING MEMORIALS"
(Meriden Daily JournaD

(Meriden Daily Journal
By taking a poll of service men,
the Town of West Hartford has
discovered that few Of them are in
favor Of the orthodox type Of war
memorial. The vast majority favor
some sort of living memorial"
We think that these veterans Of
World War II have displayed good
sense. Most cities nave enough
statues and boulders and placques
to last out the rest Of the century.
This time. the memorial should
not be another piece of sculpture,
but project Of lasting value to the
community. The veterans them
selves seem to want it that way, if
the West Hartford poll can be
taken as an indication Of the feel
ing elsewhere However beautiful a
piece of Statuary may be, 1t is Gre
ated only to look upon, and has no
other purpose. A Giving memorial"
would be functional as well, al
though the factor of beauty should
be fully considered also. There is no
reason why the eye should not be
pleased by useful memorial.
A memorial committee has not
been named for Meriden as yet.
When appointed, it might consider
the ACCESSIBILITY of conducting
poll Of local veterans. To US, it
seems that such an expression OF
opinion would be a valuable guide.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

said we'd find ourselves fighting on two fronts
later, with much greater loss Of life and war that
would drag on for long time.
Mr. Roosevelt, who was q very great man. agreed
with me and tried to stop Japan. But there were
others around him who believed in appeasing Japan
and who held him back"
NOTE,-Actually Admiral Leahy went much
further than indicated above in trying to stop Japan
When the Japs sank the u s. gunboat Panay and
the British gunboat Jadybird, he urged and mplored
Corde Hull that then was the time to surround jap
an with the American and British navies (the Brit
sh not then being engaged in any European war; and
cut off from Japan cotton oil, copper and scrap
iron. This, Leahy estimated would bring Japan to
her knees in three months. Hulls State Department
advisers however, were frightened and he ruled
against Leahy
II am an old man," Leahy continued his advice
to Truman. IT have been in this naval-diplomatic
game for a long time And have record that
will hold up against that of anyone else. And
warn you now, Mr. President that If We continue to
appease Russia will be UP against the same situa-
ton we faced between 1887 and 1941, with eventual
war
1T won't come right away, but it will come in
five years The Russians can be our friends, but not
if they think they get away with everything not
If they think they can walk all over us. They are
now in the aggressor's seat, and only firm but
friendly hand can stop them.
Two and one-half nations came out of this war
as leaders-the U. S. and the U.SS.R., with Britain
poor third. We can't play Britains game, but we
can't appease Russia. If we do we will have war"
northeastern Truman also has been greatly
worried over the Russian situation though he is in
cned to play along with Secretary Byrnes for a
while and see whether the conciliatoEy policy Byrnes
adopted at Moscow will get results
Secretary of the Interior Ickes may be death on
Ed Pauley but he is also death rats Most people
don't realize 1t, but he is supposed to be chief rat
killer to the natonor rather the Rodent Division OF
his Wild Life Bureau is.
1t was Ickes' men who developed the deadly
new rat poison 1880, which, however, will not be
distributed to the public Polish chemist discovered
1880 while working on poison gas With the invasion
Of Poland he escaped to London and turned his in
vention to the Allies. 1t is not patented.
Ickes has farmed out 1880 to the Monsanto
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
CLAGHORN, THAT Is
Hartford Courantj

tf1dTIlOFQ COuIdllIJ
The Congressional Record is even
dingier reading than usual these
days for no matter where the eye
falls it is sure to see a record of
Senator Bilbo either yielding to
beloved comrade OF Launching
into another of his !neffable and
wordy observations on one thing or
another. His recent observations
on segregation, are worth repeating.
Listen, son, it's good. Don't miss &
word of it.:
Segregation is perfectly natural
il nature. 1t is natural in the ami
NAL world. We do not see horses
cut in the meadowland lining up
with cows. No; the COWS go by
themselves this way, the horses by
themselves the other way. Hogs and
sheep keep apart. Hogs go by them
selves and sheep by themselves"
And son, did you ever notice how
the brown COWS always stay away
from the black cows? And no self
respecting Berkshire would eat out
OF the same trough with Chester
White? That's joke son, Laugh.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
Views of the Press

caSionS the Waters of said River to
wear away the Banks Of the River
which consist of fine LoomeyEarth
and the River thereby increases in
Wedth and decreases in debth."
The petitioners, Rastus Wolcot,
Anias LOOMS, Eli Moore and Aaron
and Elisha BisSel, proposed that
the River be confined Narrower
limits They argued that "the ac-
cretior to the Adjoining Lands"
would enable the proprietors to
bear the expense which should be
taxed to them.
In these days there should be
added to the dirt washed from "Ad-
joining Roads" the considerable
amount of top soil annually eroded
from farm lands. This the Federal
Government is attempting to mini
mize through its soil conservation
program, Of which preventing the
Rivers eating into the banks might
form a logical part.
It is interesting to note that the
1875 petition was directed to the
General Assembly of Connecticut.
That was two years before the
framing of the Federal Constitu-
ton under which jurisdiction over
the Connecticut River as a navi-
gable stream carrying interstate
commerce passed to the Federal
Government. Times have changed,
but the Connecticut River keeps on
rolling along wholly oblivious. to
that fact and totally unregenerate
as to depositing soil that increases
its wedth but decreases its debth." -
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

from getting fat, or Save a Slice for Harry"
Incidentally, you might just as well make up
your mind TO pillow up Victory Garden again this
year, because the new Truman health plan means
months
lots of vegetable plates In the next six or eight
The "honor" part OF the Truman diet program
comes from the fact that there Is TO be nc compul-
sorry OPA ratonng Of scarce foodstuffs Retail stores
wholesalers and higher level food professors and
distributors are being asked to put In their own
rationng systems 10 prevent boarding, black markets
and waste.
All through the war the Republicans who go back
TO the Herbert Hoover days have been insisting that
OPA ratloning was un-Amercan and unnecessary.
Their doctrine has been that If the American people
were Just put on their honor they'd cut down and
ration themselves the way they did for Herbe In the
last war and by meatless and wheatless and sweet
less days they'd make the short supplies go around
somehow.
Well. this Is the test II II doesn't vork, maybe
Truman can blame II on the Republicans.
There Is going to be less beer and less booze,
Grain supplies that would normally 80 into making
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

Pharisees sit at the long head table looking I'M
familiar in their iron shirts and fresh hair cuts
The idea apparently copied originally from
the celebrated Gridiron Club in Washington, but to
date. only the New York writer's have gone in for
skits and parodies and kindred sacreliGion in any
very deliberate way. Chicago does pretty good job
along that line but Philadelphia and Boston are
much more serious and sedate
They go in for dignity would be expected in
ancient seats of culture building their dinner around
serious presentations of awards for the outstanding
this and that Their principal speaker is generally
notable figure who will leave a message"
Humor always is planned for in the oratorca pro-
gram. and some gentlemen known to be funny are
always included in the most prandial batting order
Mostly they funny but sometimes they miss
which is about the way it goes with all such project
The Boston dinner held recently, and was
voted great success 1t too AS who recalls
the tender beginnings OF some seven eight years
ago, this was a matured and professional looking
affair. AS evidence OF appeal, popularity, the
dinner sold out with announcement The
biggest banquet hall in town damned to capacity
which something short of 1000, and the
tickets were seven simoeons per copy. If that, by
any chance, makes you reach for the ammonia stand
advised that the New York slug SIS. These din
ners are gala. They're not blue plate affairs.
Whether he meant to or not, a big buShy
looking young umpire named Red Jones came pretty
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
OUR UNREFORMED RIVER
(Hartford Courant


AS contributor to the Peoples
Forum points out, erosion OF the
east bank of the Connecticut River
in South Windsor Is not new sub
ject. 1t is well, however, that it
has been called to the attention of
Government engineers whose sug-
geStion that properly placed riprap-
ping should be adopted. Since the
residents of South windsor, whose
lands are swept by the Rivers cur
rents to form islands or to Wind
sor's short, and show no inclination
TO return TO their parent town, 1t
is manifestly undesirable that their
land should be leaving them neither
high nor dry.
1t is plausible TO suspect that
since dredging the channel for nav
igation ceased some years ago, this
Old Man River is now behaving
much as he did in colonial times.
In May, 1875. the petitioners to the
General Assembly averred that "the
navigation Of said river is greatly
impeded and INSTRUCTED by reason
Of Bars and Shoals in it occusion-
ed by sand washing into the Brooks
from Adjoining Roads and by the
waters Of said Brooks carried into
the Bed Of the River which oc-
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
Admission of Defeat

An interesting and revealing item appears a recent
OPA mimeographed pamphlet called OPA Consumer News.
The item, titled Fact Of the Week, states in 1919 indus
trial workers earned the average of AZ cents hour To-
day the average is 80 cents hour Average prices in the
stores are about the they 26 years ago..
natural first reaction might be that OPA thinks in
dustria workers are too demanding today second-obvi-
ousy the OPA is hoping fortnight be that OPA had
done wonderful job in holding down store prices while
wages soaring and prosperity increasing.
But about then ii might be recalled that 1919
year Of postwar imitation and that the store prices of 26
years inflated prices. In fact they the same
prices which OPA used TO threaten with II OPA controls
were removed.
8 Now OPA b0asts-at least II reads like boastng-that
store prices In 1919 and 1916 about the same is that
holding the line? Or has the agency changed its line Of
argument and with effort at subtey. begun to admit
defeat?
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

on some foreign affairs problems,
Truman Is inclined to take Leahy's
advice almost more than that Of
his Secretary Of State.
For that reason, what Leahy
tells Truman today regarding
Russia Is important. The other
day, Leahy went in to see his
chief and said TO him In sub
stance:
mfr. President, I told Frank
lin Roosevelt IN 1897 that the
time to prevent war was then.
II we didn't stop the JAMS then.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

Sometimes ii that the Russian people remote
from our understanding they from sight. For
example. 1t must have seemed odd. If admirable to many
Americans that Russian husband and wife should have
bought tank with their money operated II in Poland
BONANZA Czechosovaka and Germany and killed 100 enemy
soldiers.
But II the Americans read the end of the story they
would have found that the husband did the driving and
the wife did the bossing The backseat driver then
Russian institution too Knowing that somehow feel
that world brotherhood Is possibility after all.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

lIlOle eagerly dIUeIlueu tlAdH VIC
prewar variety. Practically every
big league city had got into the
habit of hurting these gala mid
winter occasions when the wa
shortages of all sorts, including a
shortage of baseball, closed them
down. Now the wraps are off
again. the eavels have been
humping. the orchestras render
ing Take Me Out To The Ball
Game" while the top flight fig
ures of "the national pastime,
the local scribes and some of the
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

Your diet 10 about 1000 caIorieS,
and see how much better it makes
you feel, 1t will help you, body
and soul, What you don't eat goes
20 starving Europe,
If President Trumans new
nine-point food conservation pro-
gram clicks, every inhabitant is
going to be put on his or her
honor TO reduce the national waist
and hip lines. willy-nilly or Willie
and Nellie. The campaign slogans
for 1916 may well become, Re
dnce with Truman" lie kent US
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
is Years Ago

Pans were completed by the Lit
tie Theatre OF Waterbury for IT'S
Forthcoming production, "under the
Gaslight," TO be presented here for
two days, February 20 and q.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
The Firing Line
BY D. N. T.
EARTH ROuND

When others rocket rashly to the
moon
And planets roaring swiftly on
their courses.
Al speeds that make turtle OF
the loon,
Where Pegasus, that strate-
spheric horse Is.
When reighbors junket off in space
machines,
And put so many million miles
between us,
To contemplate such universal
scenes
As are available on Mars or
Venus.
When relatives I've cherished all
my life.
With whom I've had so many
Sunday visits,
Give up the custom. as they plan
to knife
Through ether to the alien what
is-its.
When kin and my acquaintance
and friends,
Deride the call of Terra Firma's
beaches
And pleasure spots, as their excite
ment sends
The lot of them to cold and
astral reaches.
I will not stay them. but l Il bet
a buck
know a guy won't be along to
Spat with;
HI wish them well and tell them
it's their luck,
There's someone lett to leave the
dog and cat with.
The Hotel Association Of New
York City has promised to provide
accommodations for. 5000 people
during the September interim ses-
sion Of the UNO General Assembly
That beats Boston, where, according
10 home reports from the Hub, the
best they'd get would be a permit
TO camp out on the Common.
We don't like the idea of those
evening gowns that Hollywood
| designer says will be the vogue
within few years. They leave
only the hustle to pin the orchid
or.
Ike Eisenhower challenges the
colleges to put his profession out
of business. There were a few OPP
posing lines last fall that seemed
well along the road toward dong
il.
President Truman will meet VIM
ston Churchill when he goes 10
Florida on his vacation, when
starts February IL. The relaxed
Winston will say, This head-ot-
state business, Harry-nice work il
you can lose II, -
The American Legion sharply
criticiizes the Army for offering
10 send the families Of officers and
high nOncOms only overseas. The
GIS probably saw the program
coming and knew II would be based
ON the same old slogan: No dough
for the dough
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
Writer'S Dinner

"The Baseball Writer'S Dinner" is another war
casualty now restored to its former state Of grace
AS matter of fact, former is too pale word
The run to date has been bigger and better and
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
IMerry-GO-ROun

WASHINGTON Feb. II Nov that General
Marshall Is In China, the man President Truman
leans on most for mitary-navai advice Is White
House Chief OF Staff Admir-. William Leahy Even
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
WASHINGTON, Fe

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12-You've been eating too
much, chums and take it from the man in the White
House, you're going to have to cut down.
Get away from these 33OO-caory feedbags Drop
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

The State Employment Service
office On Bank Street was the scene
OF death when a 63-year-old Job
seeker dropped dead there while
waiting for an interview for a Job
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
Waterbury
of the Past
% Years Ago

A drive for the correction OF birth
records resulted IN 40 new records
being secured by the Town Clerk
and over 200 corrections being
made
Sessue Hayaka. the japanese star
who never got the gal" appeared
az the Ratio IN The FIRST Born"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
5 Years Ago

Rep. J, Joseph Smith revealed
that President Roosevelt had APP
proved for Waterbury a project 10
erect 800 houses here.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12
A Thought For Today

nut whose sch his brother have need
ana utteth IN him. how dweeh
the love Of God in him?-I John 3l7
good the gentle deeds OF mercy thou mast cone
shall die forgotten al-Nicholas Rowe
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

The American Legion sharply
criticiizes the Army for offering
10 send the families Of officers and
high nOncOms only overseas. Inc
GIS probably saw the program
coming and knew II would be based
ON the same old slogan: No dough
far the DOUGH
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1946-02-12

We don't like the idea of those
evening gowns that a Hollywood
! designer says will be the vogue
within few years. They leave
only the hustle to pin the orchid
on.
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-10-05

Miss Patricia Goler who was
the recipient Of a scholarship
to Regis College offered by MIR
and Mrs Roger Putnam or
Springfield, Mass. Patricia at
tended classes at the Blessed
Sacramnet Mission G e n t er
since the age of four and is one
of the Missions most faithful
and devoted pupils. The tables
were beautifully decorated and
a catered supper was served.
Among those present were:
Rev Thomas J Noon. ssh. Mr.
and Mrs Clarence Goler, Fred
Johnson, Henry Quales and the
following Cadets: Patricia, Ma
RE and Dorothy Goler, Ann
and Theresa Richardson, Re
gina Searlas, Shirley Evans,
Jean Elliott, Helen and There
sa Tyler, Julia Fontes,, Dorothy
Hayes, Ada Hayes, Marie Car
doza, Larraine and Angelina
Sequeria Christine Joseph,
Shirley Comes, Beatrice John
son, Barbara Talbot, Marilyn
Gatewood, Dorothy Johnson,
Ann Murray, Madeleine Wash
ington, Valeria and Florence
Strouthers, Winifred Scott,
Marion Creme Smith, Blanche
LaFargue. After the supper and
presentation of gifts, dancing
was enjoyed. Miss Goler en-
tered Regis college last month.
November 20, 1916, at Jordan
Hall. Watch, it's date. Liberal
Ats Club of Boston.
Atty Laurence Banks, candi-
date for the legislature, Ward
8, viii be the guest speaker at
the opening of the Fathers
Club of Shaw House, Oct IA.
The musical program will start
at $3.50 p m. All members are
asked to be present All friends
are welcome as we'll as service
men. There will be installation
of officers for 1946-47. Come
out and enjoy the evening with
the Fathers Club.
Charles Pierce of Glen Cove,
N Y, nephew of Miss Elizabeth
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1946-10-05
CITY NEWS

Temple No, %; Mr. Robinson
from Masonic Temple, Queen
Esther Chapter: Miss Mae
Byrd, Miss Vernice Ridley and
her mother and friend; a
group Of friends from Woburn.
A collation. was served, consist
ing of chicken and delicious
potato salad, malada rice with
trotters, iced lemon tea, cake,
etc, and all present had a most
enjoyable evening. Officers Of
the club are Mrs Rosa Wright,
pres; Mrs S Allen, vice pres;
Mrs E Courtney, fin sec; Miss
F S Kelly, rec sec; Mrs I B
Stephens, reporter.
A surprise party on Monday
evening, sept IS at the Blessed
Sacrament Mission Center, 60
Vernon st, was rendered by the
Archbishop Cushing Cadets to