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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
By Peter EdSOn

various countries by universal suffrage of b tn sexes exactly as United States Senators are now elected.
 This would be long step towards making the United Nations Assembly a real world parliament from which might grow 8 world government in whose favor each nation might relnquish portion of its sovereignty just each state in the United States has relinqushed portion of its sovereignty to the Federal Government.
 Finally, in close cooperation with the United States Great Britain will try through the Economic Council of the UNO to establish new economic world order, based on multilateral trade which, If trade barriers be successfully eliminated would some day lead to an international currency.
 
 In considering the changed foreign policy of the British government 1t is important that the Amer ish government is c completely socialist govern ment At the last election the voters did not give the Labor Party which was returned to power mandate to socalize the countrys entire economy The issue of the election was the standardization or public utilities and certain key industries, and this is being carried out by little interference pos sible with private enterprise
 The British labor leaders who form the majority of MT. Attlee's government are middle of the road men who have their feet firmly on the ground. Some of their intellectual colleagues are out-and-out so- calists but they do not control the Government and their presence in the cabinet does not make 1t social ist Nor have they any illusions that Britain is going socialist.
 As Sir Stafford Cripps perhaps the ablest, social is in the Cabinet, said the other day: DO not les us get it into heads that there is aternahYs between complete naturalization and uncontronea private enterprise There an almost infinite num- Der of stages between the two many of which We ara already partially using"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
Propaganda or Press Freedom?

When the Associated Press and the United Press de- cned to extend their free wartime service of to the State Department for its proposed information program Assistant Secretary Benton charge of that program sug gested that committee investigate and report this cou try's present information service abroad.
 But the suggested members of this committee already have something of that service They Dean Carl Alderman of the Columbia University School of Journas Wilbur Forrest assistant editor of the New York Herald Tribune and Ralph McG editor of the Atlanta Constitu ton who year toured the world in the interest of freedom. And they have already issued three divergent opinions this question.
 Dean Alderman said should automatically bomb out of existence ideal of freedom of news if this gov engage in international propaganda. He also foesaw increase in alien propaganda resulting from such action.
 Mr. McGilI took issue with Mr. Ackermans statement that this would be propaganda program As matter o fact" he said it is information program. He admit ted that Britain France various South American countries the Soviet Union buy and broadcast American news and give their interpretation They would continue ths he pointed out unless America makes its voice heard Sin the not reached by commercial media.
 Mr. Forrest stressed the need of promoting press free through the United Nations Organization He stated that true information suppressed in countries where dc tatora regimes fear the truth because compromise the to rue And he warned that unless the world reaches communications must again know it."
 It seems to us that the argument whether this State Department program Is information or pfopagah da" is pointess. No government, naturally labels it's propaganda such. But when Mr. McGi points out the need of government counteract interpretation Of American information by other governments he is admit ting that 'nformatOn" program would be doing a propaganda or rather counter-propaganda job
 The question is whether the audiences in areas not reached by commercial media would accept information Hs true information under State Department sponsorship and whether they would listen to and believe short waved messages in preference domesticay spoonfed version of The question also whether this would have any better luck under the pres e setup in getting their side of the story into these areas censorship than the UP and the AP have had in the past
 It seems much more important and much mofe sensible 10 carry the fight for freedom of communication and news gathering to the UNO than to set government agency to give the world the true information about America
 It's unlikely that the world would credit the State Depart ments objecvity But is probable that such govern
 ent agency would tend dscredt throughout much of the world the reliability of American agencies free of government influence.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
Views of the Press

accommodations are inadequate, the officials are turning to right and left in the search for temporary expedients.
 Tn some cases, 1t has been possible tor the authorities to get relief by using quonset hutS, barracks ac- quired from the armed services, trailers, and other types of emer- gency housing. The problem has been complicated by the large num- bers of returned veterans who not only want accommodations for themselves, but also, in many cases, for their wives and children.
 College officials, realize pretty generally that in this general mat ter, they have a definite reSponsi- bility, and must try to. live up to it. It is a new experience for, large numbers of educators to plan and provide not only for the teaching requirements of their schools, but also for the living needs of the students who come to them.
 What we get out of this entire pic- ture is an educational emergency which is only ct the beginning. of its critical stage. It can already be foreseen that thousands of stu- cents are due for keen disappoint- ment, when the answers to their applications are received. Some schools have already reached the saturation point in their student bodies, and will not be able to &C., ,cept any more applicants. Others are. busily engaged in increasing their facilities, to meet the mount ing demands.
 But in all these developments. there is a woeful lack of pre-ar- ranged, coordinated planning. The whole avalanche of new business has simply overwhelmed educators and government, both.
 It is. situation which can in no way be- ignored, pr considered per- manent.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
By DrsSO Pearson

vsers-an anti-lahor group heAded by st Louis banker John snyder and pro-labor faction headed by Postmaster General Bob Hanncgan, also irom St. Louis.
 Inside fact is that the Hannesan group opposed the calling Of phil Murray and D. s, steels Ben rairless to the white House.
 Instead Hannegan advisers pointed out thah while phsl Murray could speak for the Cto Fairless could not speak for Wall Street They also warned that this was more than one solated battle between labor and management, Instead it was an overall battle of the decade between Wall Street on one side and the entire CTo the other For that reason, nannegan urged Truman to call in the real strong men of Wan Street. including:
 CD Alfred P. Sloan, boss of General Motorss CO Tom Lamont chief voice of ]. P. Morgan which dominates U. S. Steel; 6 Charles E. Wilson of General Electric; tD Eugene Grace of Bethlehem Steel; Cs) Tom oirdler of Republic Steel. t0 Lammot Dupont, backstage genius of General Motors.
 Hannegan advisers wanted Truman Co have these men sit down with Hairless of U s. Steel, R. J. Thomas of the Auto Workers. together with Phil Murray and ask them to settle the overall picture Of steel auto and electrical goods.
 This, of course, dld not happen Instead, Hairless was powerless to talk oven for his own company. He continuously claimed, like a Russian diplomat. that he had to go back to New York for instructions which was true, He had to talk to the bankers ana to other steel leaders. Murray on the other hand, was able to negotiate with the backing of his unon
 NOTE i-After the first White House talk, the President was convinced Fairless would recommend acceptance of the CIo proposal to his U. s. Steel Board However, Fairess was not even successful in
  when Hairless told delegation representing the rest of the steel industry that he inclined o accept the other steel hit the ceiling. They demanded fight to the finish against the CTO. in fact they were so alarmed at Fairlesss attitude they accom- panied him back to Washington just to make sure he didn't yield.
 NOTE 2-white House advisers are again urging the President to call in the real bigwigs from Wall Street and demand overall settlement
 
 Senator Burton K. Wheeler is in Montana, sound- ing out reelection prospects. His prestige at home is not high. Phil Murray is not only head of CTO but member of the Knights of Columbus. Dumping into Eric Johnston, President of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce, Murray cracked: They say I'm about to take over the government, but they don't know whether I'm going to give 1t to the Vatican or the Kremlin" Modest General Eisen- hover quietly slipped down from the platform and sat in the front of the Library of Congress ses- sion on demoblizaton. That why many Con- greSsmen thought he had ducked out. Though incon- spicuous, Eisenhower stayed to the end. answered questions of those who up to see him. After Henry Kaiser signed his contract at the White House granting the steel workers the Truman-rec- commended increase. John Snyders assistant. Creek more Fath, moaned Too bad Kaiser doesn't own some meat-packing plants too"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

teeship is first evidence of this new trend.
 
 So once the United Nations Organization has been set up and is in working order Great Britain will use her influence to achieve three things:
 1. Dispel international distrust and establish world confidence
 2. Democratize the UNO.
 & Establish a world economic order.
 First she will try to place control of atomic energy in the hands of the Security Council. This does not mean sharing the secret of atomic energy with all the world, but it does mean placing the atomic bombs now in the United States at the dis posa of the Security Council should the need Arise to employ them against an aggressor nation
 Then Great Britain will endeayor to make the United Nations Organization more democratic by introducing provision that at the end of three or five years the delegates to the UNO should not pc Appointed by the governments of the member states but should be directly elected by the people Of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
By Bill Cunningham

will not involve such national shrines the Lex ington Battle Green and the Concord Bridge, and, too, there's the point that the very soil upon which freedom was born should be inspirational lOea-
 on for this attempt to bring freedom at least from and fear, to all mankind. The town of Lincoln and the various farms and estates through the dis rict likewise involved. Perhaps these difficulties are only details, but seeing city of 50.0O0 nhab- tants suddenly down anywhere in the East is not going to be exactly like stalking out quarter section in the Oklahoma land rush.
 If it's New York City anybodys thinking of in terms of metropolitan juxtaposition to the Hyde Park site said party should whoa up and recheck It's good 90 miles from Hyde Park to Gotham. You can fly from Boston to New York in half the time it takes you to drive 1t from Hyde Park. and much faster than a Hyde Parker can make it by train. That Hyde Parks weary place to reach. Not even 8 new super-hghWay would help matters much Did you ever try driving from Albany to New York, or vice versa, on either side of the HyeF especially m the summeT2
 Boston is easy from the Sudbury side. So is the world for the Bedford transatlantic airport is a- ready there operating, The UNo. thus. could have its aiFfied IL could also have It's worldwide and world known radio station WRuL. which heart. ened the afflicted in their own tongues all through the war. is here and waiting.
 The matter of interim housing is ready here. too, and that may be bigger factor than many have realized Ihs housing snoFtage % in tis country ana s UNO people are due to start arriving next monda. Boston chances to have couple of big hotels, and a couple of big office buildings that are being rf- leased by the Army. Symphony Hall Is available for general conversations We have a haf-d0zen smaller ones that could be used for smaller meetings m short we're ready to go. Sudbury is on order.
 The weather we've shown the gentlemen has aeen our winter at its w0rst-a solid week of Agsf zero. higillighted by paper-thin sun, and then 4 smash of snow and sleet that barred them up in- doors. If were member Of the committee. I'd eon- Elder inst good. I'd want to see any site at US worst. They practically did.
 sonsbody else may produce somethlns peter. E, Is the main opposition. our chances would seem 10 be excellent At least. t0 us they would seem 10 be excellent, granted that we are faI@lar Wifh what our territory offers and know how to live n il Work in t and enjoy h.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
COMPULSORY VOTING
Hartford Times

(Hartford Times
 The French are proposing to write into their new constitution a prou- sion which would make it every citi- zens' legal duty to vote in elections Failure to do so. would incur a fine unless one could present a doctor certificate citing i'll health or other proof of necessary absence.
 There are such laws in some other countries but in the United States the idea of compelling voters to. go to the polls, on pain of penalty, has never reached the point of even near-adoption. The reason roots in our high sense of personal freedom and the parallel thought that vot- ing should be based, on intelligent interest in men and issues. Democ- racy is sustained by those who care enough to do something about it.,
 In Connecticut, election law re- form has been a more or less per- Sistent legislative. topic for many years but the question of making voting compulsory has never re- ceived serious consideration.
 There is ground for genuine dis appointment over the great number of eligible voters who do not care enough about their franchise to go to the polls on election day, but the voting by sheer numbers cannot be the answer. Driving millions of vot- CTS to the polls as a duty, rather than have each person consider it a privilege to share in the selection of his government personnel, would make democracy look good on paper but it would not be the representa- tive government based on the un- trammeled choice of the electorate.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

0&~~~s~~~3~~@~@ is followed the General Assembly wii accept their mendation, but 1t might not and may not. The UNo is blowing new ground. It has no preeedents. Its protocol has to be built.
 Hyde Park would be the nominal center of New York location; Sudbury, where Henry Ford's cele- brated Wayside Inn is located possibly the principal map-name in the Massachusetts site. Naturally, we of Massachusetts biased, but 1t seems to us that our site is far better of that twain,
 
 H develops that an ultimate city Of 50OOO may- be more, is envisioned. that the territory will be 70 or 50 square miles, with even that protected by buffer Of state or other permanently vacant field or woodland lest the UNO headquarters possibly be oyerrun by the gradual growth of the nearest city, and become in time, for all practical purposes a suburb of that city The permanent site is to be protected entity IL Is seen as something such as the District Of columbia in its earlier years
 The trouble with that is that almost nowhere in the densely populated East can that much usable and nvable territory be found without wiplng out or surrounding, what the Russians used to cal p their eommunlaues. inhabited places some Of them pretty siseable inhabited places It isn't entirely clear yet whether the UNo prefers It's new property en- tiTely clean or exactly what will happen to an eg- tablished village that may wake Up some morning and read that 1t Is no longer part of the United States.
 In the ease Of the suAbnFy ste. some of the most sacred land 10 this nation is involved. It through this general region that Paul Revere rcde and Lexington and Concord are definitely involved Perhaps the lnep cen he drawn in some pattern fhat
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

pOWer DeCAu3e LNe OLIleT BtedL powers are not France and Ger many, but the United States and Russia.
 The British government is deliberately discarding the bale ance of power policy and is going to rely instead on the United Ma tions Organization, to which it is not only giving its fullest sup port, but which it seeks to strengthen in every possible way. Britain's offer to put some of her African colonies under UNO trus-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
REWARDS FOR CABBIES
Boston Post)

Boston PoSt)
 A trade magazine in New York has announced that 1t will award cita- tions to cab drivers for meritorious service or heroic actions in circum- stances they are apt to encounter because of the nature of their work. Such citations are overdue. The Chambers of Commerce in our cities ani the Boards of Trade in our smaller communities would do well to establish annual rewards for taxi men. who. serving as they do in 8 unique capacity, have time and again proved themselves good, hon- est public servants without rewards.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
EDUCATIONAL EMERGENCY
Bridgeport Telegram)

Bridgeport Telegram
 The colleges and universities of the country are desperately trying to meet the needs of the students who are making applications, but it is already clear that the various institutions will fall far short of the requirements, We do not know whether the present situation can be ascribed to any one cause, but the fact remains that right now there are more potential students of higher learning than there are facilities for them.
 So far as the institutions are con- cerned. they seem to be working more or less independently to meet their individual problems. If fac- ulties are too small, they are search ing for more instructors. If living
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

Dy pttbUIId4 cApIUI uIIOt4 EAu1s1DS" of sites that seem to satisfy the major requirements for the pro- posed world capital and to reoom- mend them to the general organ ization for final selection.
 The gentlemen of the com- mittee are charming, gracious, diplomatic - and non-committal. They are extremely compliment tary concerning all places visited, but are consciously careful not to rate the sites seen in any order nf Iarefarauce If normal custom
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

The so-caled St. Lawrence seaway, IVA, Bonneville Grand Couee the Central Valley project in California, the project in South Carolina the proposed Mis- a0uri Valley Authority, and others all as aocastc the much pubcized Dneiper dam in Rus ea which part of Russian 'hve-year plan Our Federal governments axexempt power projects diff &ent in principle effect from the standpoint of killing people just being fed Communism under misleading abels.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

Flower fanciers say that millions of Americans who learned planting as victory gardeners now will turn to raising flowers.-News item.
 ZINNIAS? BAH! could not generate the heat
 That comes from competition $
 labors,
 That fervid ire, explosive, sweet, That marks relations with my
 reightors.
 When We are matching peas and
 corn
 Or even weeds, those thriving
 vagrants!- Potatoes, chard and beetS and scorn, If we were fighting over fragrance What would there be to cayil at, - For us who mix our ,gibes and
 toss 'em, In a petunia big at THAT, Tn that inedible, the blossom? In harvests, I like weight and size That envious fellows can be
 scanning,
 The while I say the best, the prize, Already have been used for
 canning.
 I do not think we'll turn to flowers Who garden produce have been
 crying
 Tn summers hot contentious hoIrs, They do not lend themselves to
 lying
 General Short accuses the War Department of trying to make him the scapegOat of the Pearl HarbOr disaster. It is understood that the high political brass is looking into the possibility that he also may be a Republican sabOteur.
 Postmortem studies of Il Duce,s body reveal that he was unusually healthy" at the time of his execu- ton. Tn the last picture we saw o. him, he looked as though some- thing had given him a lift.
 The administration is plumping for a foreign intelligence service. No one suspected that We had enough for export purposes.
 The House Labor Committee has pulled two teeth from Mir. Tru- mans fact-finding bill. By the time 1t hits the statute books, iFn wOrk-by gum. Plans to remodel China along che lines of the American system are being discussed by conferees at Chungking. The imitation is prac- t.caliy slavish; they've even started with a revolution.
 Germanys war ships will ce whacked up among the United States, Russia and Great Britain. We were astonished to read that there are l789 of them; we thought that when they got around to it, the problem would be nothing d.vi- ded by three.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

tnAt UUuly " IIn8 HlUoH UNJttTe One hundred thousand troops jampaoked on the island get In each others way, have little recre- ation, poor food. are terribly home-slck.
 As long as Tokyo Is occupied by the American Army, oklnawa lacks military value. Perhaps rec ognizing this. perhaps also re allklng crowded conditions on the pacific's chief hell-hole, Gen. W. D. Styler, overall commander AR Mn.EN.zMAn IAnnaana MAnnnnn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

west Pacific) in Manila, sent radiogram to oBASCoM Coklnawa Base Commando, Brig-oen ping available to speed up okinawa demobillEa- ton and might effect reduction to July troop strength by end of February"
 Tn other wards, home-sick men scheduled to remain at Okinawa until July would get the well come bonanza of leaving by March 1. Twelve ships were available to move troops out of Oklnawa.
 The radogram reached General Lawson on Christmas Day, at time when GTs were thinking most about home General Lawson however radioed General Styer that he did not need the ships, that he could not reduce his personnel any faster than previously scheduled This column is able to publish an exact copy of his telegram as follows;
 Ia sHEPs UNNEEDED - Prom: oBAscoM Cokinawa Base Commando
 To: AFwESPAC tArmed Forces West Pacific)
 "rollowing ships assigned to this route for De- cember excess to Army ground and service force needs: Alnitah Hamblin, Sea Marlin Prince George, sherburne Cape Perpetur, Cape Cleare Sea Sturgeon Sea Quail, John D. Floyd, Typhoon and Taladega Estimated requirements for January Army and serv- ice forces based on point-score level drop to 50 points A months for EM (enlisted men) and 70 points 4s months for officers will be as follows: EM e5oO officers 2Oe, reenlistees 2OOO total s,7Os.
 Request shipping for this base be adjusted COrdlngly."
 General Styer's message and Lawsons reply were copied by enlisted in the Okinawa radio station. General Lawson heard about the leak. whereupon. military police were ordered to search soldiers and contScate all copies or the Styer coTreSpOnoeHCe Traffic was even stopped on Oknawa highways and all vehicles and searched for copies of the forbidden literature
 General Lawson is now being transferred back to the USA Rumor has it that General Eisenhower did not approve of what happened General Law sons permanent Army rank is lieutenant colonel. Under Army tables of organization, when an officers complement of men is reduced his rank also may be reduced.
 INSIDE STEEL sTRKE-During hectic back stage conferences which preceded the steel strike President Truman sat between two groups of ad-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26

Winston Churchill thinks there is much in In Miami he Is enjoying the game gn rummy" but objects srenuousy the which certainly isn't genteel as casino. parchesi hearts, patience.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-26
s Years Ago

Victor Coty, famous lecturer and traveller. gave a talk at the Sec ond Congregational church.