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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
A Way Toward Understanding

A calm and intelligent report by the CI.O delegation that visited Russia last October made welcome the other day. at time when OFFICIAL r ST officials avo;dad boh aduation and sharp criticism and stuck pe close to factual report of what had been seen Io American eyes And the Soviet government seems to nave shown and told the visitors than IS US cusCoh
 Toward the end of the report the authors departed rom description of their tour to make some Chief among these proposal that there snoo Ue larger interchange of people, particularly WorKe[s Russia and the United States me neeu 4 i mot new standing is obvious and thus the suggestion IS not Rt seems to us that this need could not nave been by better group than the ClO. ZOE
 If has been stated recently that there are only 11o American citizens in the whole U D. D. h G deT th h rest are newspapermen few are engineers ana e i4i are in government service The less than louo ooVle zens in this country include government o1nclaS anu e ployes military men, and wives and chloren Doth tries are closed, by Russas order' to WhaC NuSs" ~ call the masses" of the other.
 Tn addition to the physical barriers there are ot course barriers of information The official Russian oenhon o news is not information but educatlon Walch conSCs U complete with predigested oplnon At the same time Russia does not permit foreign correspondents to very far from Moscow to send out any dspacnes c of Russia's policy or way ot hte' ~ 4
 Hence the ordinary citizens of the worlds two most powerful nations remain in almost total ignorance ot eacn other Americans have somewhat the best o1 It. buC l
 what tte one can learn the Russian John Doe has os- torted picture of America hled Wlth 1aC.cAC epUy and landlords and millions of exploited starving worKers
 To hermit an interchange of workers students ana sC ordinary tourists between the two countries would not so M +he potential difficulties that the United States ana husa i0h get into fact there is little Kelnood that tese
 rarv neone will ever have the chance to understand eacn other unless the Russian philosophy ot government changes 4 radically.
 Yet H ia permissible to hope that this chance may some how come about And perfectly proper to believe that Russian leaders are more likely to listen to requests for ths chance the CO than from any other respohsloe anu representative American organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

But the farm bloc and textile loooylStS ana cotton spectators have seized this measure to try to put over amendments that would wreck the Price Stabizaton Program shoot up the price of clothing and food and start inflationary spiral that would cost the consumer dearly.
 One part of the program of this group is to tack to the minimum wage bill the so-called Pace Bill sponsored by Representative Pace O., GaO, which would require that the cost of farm labor be counted in fixing parity prices for farm products including the farm operator members of his family, and hired workers. This measure has passed the House twice. but not the Senate.
 OPA Administrator Paul Porter estimates that this would increase farm prices 20 percent which in turn would boost food prices 15 per cent and bring an increase of six percent in consumers prices as a whole. It would add about $4 billion to the food budget of the American people he figures This would reduce recent wage increases. reopen the entire wage-price controversy, and off We would go for inflation
 Aside from this inflationary element, there are two others present in the confused Senate situation which being capitalized by the lobbyists and the spectators. One relates to cotton the other to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
Average Day of Crime By Peter Edson

two states last year showed decreases in crime rates They were North Dakota and South Carolina. Ma tonally rape increased five percent, murders were up 10 percent, burglarieS IT, and robberieS 2S.
 The increases are in no sense attributable to re- turning veterans That is the easy assumption in any postwar crime wave but it is not borne out by the figures
 "A substantial portion of major crimes" says the report, lis attributable to persons under voting age, .. Age IT stood out the predominating age among arrested persons and age IS was second. Over half of the arrests represented persons who already had fngerprnt arrest records on file in the FBI"
 Fifteen percent of both the boy And girl crim- inas had previous fngerprn records at age IS. And this figure steadily to 42 percent at age 2O This indicates that the bulk of problem comes from the hahitual criminal, who learns to commit crime young and becomes a repeater
 J. Edgar Hoover has emphasized few of the things that might be done. Hoover places blame for the rise of juvenile crime directly the break-up of home life. Parental responsibility" he says Ifs no longer in style"
 At 8 recent police convention Hoover suggested that parents should be held responsible for the crimes of their children Sending the parents to reform school instead Of the child would be the punishment for juvenile delinquency under such program
 Beyond that, Hoover says the need Is Tor better local police and more Of them. Return Of the cop to his beat as the ehlldrens friend Is fundamental Removal Of police from political control would pc me next step. tightening of the par1cn axe pyoe sys- iems to keep the criminals Co afls and et their we. lims ve. then cleaning np the Jaa themselves are
 ether needed reforms ln ha program.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
By ThOmaS Stokes


 Speculation is active in raw cotton. After cot- ton reached parity last Fall, 1t began to fluctuate above parity. There Is reason in the supply y-and- demand situation for the price increase. Speculation is responsible.
 The OPA interested in preventing price imitation, sought to curb speculation by increasing cotton mar- gins, just as the federal reserve board did with stocks The speculative fever Is illustrated best by what is happening the Chicago market. Usually latiye center. Spectators who formerly gambled in grain have turned to cotton now that ceilings have been imposed on grain prices.
 While negotiations are going on for higher cot- ton margins between OPA and the exchanges, Sem ator Thomas (D, Okla), has introduced an amend nent to the minimum wage bill to forbid govern- ment margin regulations on cotton. That would block this proposed check on speculation.
 1t might be revealing to investigate this cotton speculation to find out who and what is behind It.
 The politicians of course, bleat about the cotton farmer and higher prices for him. That's an old song familiar to anybody who grew up in cotton country But the fact is that most of the cotton now is in other hands, which is nearly always the case in these speculative sprees and 1t is doubtful that the small farmer is going to get anything out of all this It's usually the spectators who profit
 The cotton farmer, instead, may get what he got after the last when the bottom fell out Of the boom that sent cotton to 40 cents. It fell to six Farmers generally are doing all right now. They want to keep doing all right.
 Busy here also is powerful cotton textile lobby which is trying to remove cotton textile ceiling prices Already the speculative increase in raw cot ton has caused OPA to increase textile prices 10 per cent Cotton textile gross profits now are about 10 times more than in the base period, 1936-39.
 Maybe 1t would be good idea for Congress to pay some attention to the consumer-not spectators and lobbyists
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
BREAD AND MILK
Hartford Courant)

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 Every constructive move to con- serve food for shipment to the starving peoples abroad deserves the full support of every American, But the OPA order, supposedly based on the recommendations of the Presidents Famine Emergency Committee, reducing the weight of loaf of hread by 10 per cent as a food-saving measure may prove futile. A smaller loaf does not nec- essarily mean that less bread will be eaten. Quite likely the same amount will be consumed, with the bakeries simply turning out more loaves. The housewife, unless other regu- lations are adopted, will find the bread box empty sooner, and quite naturally will replenish it at once.
 The fact that the OPA kas not ordered a corresponding reduction in the cost of a loaf of bread will be no deterrent. But the queerness of some things in this old world is illustrated by this OPA decision Families are to pay 10 per cent more for bread, yet the same OPA has fought tooth and nail against all increase in the prica of mill; as detrimental to the interests o. low-wage consumers,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

SIS worth of loot the 22000 robberies netted the stck-up man $l46 There were 2al.tei cars stolen 062 day, 276 an hour. right around the clock But little over two-thirds of the stolen property was recovered by the police.
 In reports from nearly 300 cities of more than 25 900 population the total value of property stolen is put at eeeOOOOO0 This is a T percent increase over last year and nice commentary on the nations increased prosperity.
 Pointing tO some Of the highliglas of the annual crime statistics. PBI. Director l. Edgar Hoover de- eaFes that the increase in crime last year IS the has been tabulating figures. It makes Q i2A percent increase ln cities and an eA percent in rural areas, for total Of beBbli major offenses reported by the nations police.
 on ihe trend towards postwar crime save. only
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
The Battle for Nylons

The battle for nyons funny to the store keepers Neither is funny those who destitute for stockings In this land of plenty rather ridiculous to nave to fight for pair of stockings
 Women are becoming ncensed when they read daily or dozens of stockings given away pzes when they near over the radio that they also being distributed by the dozens through the good will of the program sponsor and snappy comedian
 In New York City this week paper nyons were dropped over Times Square advertising scheme which created q minor mob scene and few punches in the eye.
 Plenty of women and will stand in line to buy one pair of stockings They ready Co stand endessy to make this major purchase of the year. pair to GUS toner. , ,
 Stocking counters in stores closed far as the sale of stockings goes sections of the stores orders are taken and you connve to get card which you later pre- sent to obtain that necessary equipment
 The sidewalk line has become part of the American way of fe Once folks stood in line gladly to buy ticket for the opera for popular movie Then came the clg arette ne the candy ne and the stocking ne These form right left and held in tow because once they receive the "go sign store is likely to experience mob scene. #
 That's the way presently in the sacred cause of getting yourself pair of stockings, the scarcity o same never before equaled in the history of hose.
 Oh speed the day. say the women when they can step up to the hosiery counter like human beings and aytree pairs of size nine and half and three pairs of size ten
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

Military science has brought great changes to the American Army. The airplane, the tank, the atomic bomb have revolutionized the mechanical phases of warfare But most people don't realize that there has been little basic change in the human side of warfare-the handling of men-since George Washington imported a German military genius, Baron Frederick Wilhelm Won Steuben, to reorgan- ize the Continental Army.
 That is what makes Secretary Patterson's probe of the caste system the most important and revolu tionary move since Won Steuben's day. Judging from the thousands of letters which poured in on this writer from GI's and even from many officers, there was nothing that burnt them up more than the caste system. They could put up with lack of food hardship, the horror of battle. These they knew were necessary. But they rebeled against undemocratic privilege and injustice when they were fighting for democracy and to protect democracy.
 Actually the caste system as it exists in the American Army was handed down from the British. The Prussian drill-master Won Steuben was not re- sponsibe for it, though he made little effort to change 1t. What he did to take the lace cuffs off the British Army caste system and set Up drill formation which is still used in American garrisons throughout the world.
 Won Steuben undoubtedly did great job for the American Army, However. while the German and Russian armies endeavored to lift up the ego of the enlisted man and make him believe he is the finest in the world, the cenury-old tradition of the American Army, to impress the enlisted man with his subservience, has remained the same. This is why millions of GI.'S left tlfe Army em- bttered, determined never to serve again. This is | also why Secretary Patterson's probe of the caste system is so important.
 No right-minded CT. during the war rebeled against taking orders, or against system whereby officers enforced discipline But what they did object to was extreme favoritism, whereby when the fight ing over, officers went to all the swank foreign hotels and night clubs while G1's who had fought their hearts out in battle barred from any except few cheap beer joints.
 They also boiled with resentment over the way certain highranking officers played their favorites. For instance here is a telegram from Major-General Willis D. Crittenberger, then stationed at Rome, which he sent to headquarters at Leghorn, asking a special decoration for friend, so he could get | discharged. The telegram read:
 "AG48S0 Confidential. urgently desire to have Captain Henry Frost return to homeland on 4th Corps boat If Captain Hickey has enough points to go could not Frost be appointed my Aide instead of Hickey a.d go with Corps as such? Otherwise draft
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

(NOTE-secretary of War Patterson's ape pointment this week of . six-man board to investigate the caste system probably results in part from the vigorous, unrelenting campaign waged by Drew Pearson to purge special priv- iIege from the Army and Navy. More than any other writer, Pearson has plugged for the rights of the CT. and against the caste system. Today Pearson discusses some new angles of the caste system in the Army. Another column on Navy caste will follow sOOn.)
 WASHINGTON March 22-Insde fact is tha Secretary of War Patterson himself deserves chic credit for the investigation of the Army's cast system General Eisenhower heartily concurred II
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
PICKET1NG THE WHITE HOUSE
CThe Springfield Daily News)

(The Springfield Daily News)
 Like that of the policeman in "The Pirates of Peilzance," the life of President of the United States is not 8 happy one. Of course we never hear of one resigning from the job, but the temptation Some- times must be strong especially when finds that the White House, which generous government haS provided for hin as his humble abode, is being picketed by ag- grieved individuals.
 This is not to say that those tire less persons carrying placards may not have just grievances; no doubt all their complaints are perfectly justified, and 1t would be fine If things were So ordained ill this life that the President could hop up from his hurried lunch, hustle out and inform the leader, If any, of the pickets, that he would be glad to settle all controversies in their favor immediately, If not sooner. The picketers could then depart feeling that our form of govern ment is indeed the best in the world, and if they were immediate ly replaced by another angry group, the President, no doubt, would be happy to give the newcomers sim liar attention. :.
 Unfortunately he has no such powers, and, of course, we do not mean to intimate that the pickets believe that he has. They are mere ly bringing to the attention of the people as well as the President their alleged wrongs. It would seem, however that the President, with his multitudinouS and multifarious duties, could well be spared all this,
 Some time ago a large delegation of pickets made their first appear ance at the White House to call the Presidents attention to their grievance against a leading tobacco concern. In their first march around the area they suddenly found themselves confronted by lone, elderly picket carrying a ban: ner condemning the alleged lli treatment of conscientious objec- tors. It confused things only slight N, although the new and large picketing group could have wished that they had the field all to them selves at the time.
 The most famous case of White House picketing, however, occurred during that interesting period of world history when Hitler and Stalin were occupying Poland, and had pact between them that pre- vented either from engaging in any hostile act against the other. The Communists sponsored the picket ing in which banners were shown denouncing the conflict between Britain and Germany as an i'm
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

"In limited poll of people who saw the show, The Lost Weekend I haven't met one drinKer who quit permanently because of the mes ge"-Robert c. Ruark in the New York World -Teiegram.
 BALLADE OF TIPPLERS Ever since Bacchus, that bibulous
 god,
 Long before days of Falernian wine, Since the first feet in their eager
 ness trod, Pressing the juice, on the grapes Of
 $he vine, Tipplers have gossiped and noticed
 the sign
 Showing the sot who to ruin is Here is the attitude that they de-
 fine:
 Me, I can take It or leave 1t alone" stewed to the gills, though they're
 out by a rod, Slaves to a bottle-or seven, or nine Taking their drink by the bucket or hod,
 Stuff that is horrible, medium, fine, Gone beyond joking or Sweet
 Adeline," Still they are able, if barely, to
 groan Words of defense, as contained in
 the line: :. Me, I can take it or leave it alone" Somebody else is the sot and the
 clod,
 serf to the jigger and thrall to the
 stein,
 Somebody else is a fool with his wad, Lacking the virtue of starch in his
 spine;
 Somebody else is the man they
 malign,
 Gathering harvests of oats he has
 SoWn.
 Loud sing the drinkers who never
 decline; Me, I can take 1t or leave 1t alons." L'ENVOI Prince, I reflect; compare them to
 swine;
 There's scorn in my eye and there's steel in my tone. I have a guide that's exclusively mine: Me, I can take 1t or leave 1t alone.
 In spite of everything, Herman GOering still clings to his devO- ton to Adolf Hitler. Apparently 1t was the case of the sinking ship deSerting the rat.
 Secretary of War Patterson an nounces an inquiry into the Army'S treatment of CTS as compared to that it accords officers. Appraisine some of the brass that tells him what to do, CT Joe is becoming more and more convinced that he is a victim of the miscaA system. John L. Lewis says that his miners asked for bread and re- ceived a stone.' John is the asking type however; he'd have asked fol seconds in the affair of the loave' and fishes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
A TIME FOR PATIENCE
(ChrIstian Science Monitor)


 This is the timeof year-just be- fore the rains and the appearance of green grass, leaves, and blos- soms-when residents of almost any American city say to themselves: This must be the dirtiest city in the United States. Why doesn't the city clean the streets?"
 After snow disappears from pave ments, there is always residue Of paper, sand, and refuse. But this postwar spring. especially, is time for patience. Cities are got finding 1t easy to man their essential serV- ice staffs Street-cleaners are not highly paid, and after years of high wages paid by war industries it is admittedly difficult for anyone to hire low-paid labor. Perhaps better pay is the answer But still, the streets do need cleaning, don't they?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
Views of the Press

perialist war" Suddenly one night came the news that Hitler had opened war on Stalin, and those Communist pickets were withdrawn from duty so fast they made the ground smoke under them. Tn the twinkling of an eye the imperialist war had become great war for democracy"
 We think picketing the White House is useless and that the man at the head of the government dur ing these hectic times ought to h| given a little more consideration
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

the move, but if it had not been for Patterson's recent trip to the Far East, the investigation might never have been started.
 For the Secretary of War came back from that trip disturbed and alarmed over the temper of American troops. And having served as a buck private in the last war (his son entered as 8 private in this war) Patterson de- termined, when he returned to Washington, to get to the core of Ayy,oy ,,oora1a
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
Erikas' Contribution

The death of Field Marshal Werner Blomberg in Germany provides an occasion to recall the teknown and aooorgoten name Erka Gruhn and to contemplate her possible influence on world history
 She was Blomberg's secretary, and he married her in 1S38 Blomberg at the time generassmo of Germany land sea and air forces But he ncensed his stnecked Prussian colleagues by marrying beneath him. that he forced to resign Hitler took over Bombergs ob-Hter and his intuition.
 How much longer and how different might the war have been, if Erka hadn't married the boss?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

of deep public concern.
 A few days ago there was brought before the Senate, with approval of President Truman and the Labor Committee, a bill to raise the minimum wage under the fair Labor Standards Act from 40 to 65 cents, and to expand min mum wage coverage to some hitherto neglected groups, includ- ing white-collar workers.
 It represented measure of simple justice, and deserves con- eidaration nY1 ite nwn merits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

on record.
 The average day of crime in the United States adds up to F accidental killings, IS murders, 3l rapes, and 163 aggravated assaults These are the crimes against per- sons.
 In crimes against property, the score card for an average day shows 149 robberies. 662 cars stolen, 88l places burglarized and 2,37l other thefts.
 The average of the years 2oe, . 900 reported thefts yielded the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

Washington has been warned by editorial writers that labor raises wages in the cities farm labor will fade away from farms Farmers will have to raise wages in order to compete with the cities This will increase the cost of pro- duction of food Naturally just food prices go up labor will in for increases based upon the cost of living So there's kind of imitation that people haven't been figuring on Don't get the notion that thee is going to be any quick return to 'normalcy."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
5 Years Ago

Two girls walked into police headquarters and reported that one Of them had lost a pocketboOk The girl was promptly arrested af- ter she told police her name They had been looking for her for sey- eral days on a theft charge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22

typical and memorable example of Winston Churchll's oatoFy his description in his Fulton speech of the pres ent ths sad and breathess time It Is just possible that Mr. Churchill he weighs the general reaction to and consequences of that speech might wish that he himself had been. t not sad at least little breahess.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
WASHINGTOl

WASHINGTON, March 22-Every % seconds last year, somebody in the United States committed crime and for that reason F.BI.'s report on U. s. crime for 1945 makes some of the blackest reading
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
Waterbury Of the Past
25 Years Ago

Sparks from the exhaust of a tractor were responsible for brush fire that kept firemen busy for four hours on a wooded section near Lakewood.
 Two boys, reported as missing from home. were discovered in the woods near Cheshire where they had been camping for two days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-22
| I6 Years Ago

4 sudden thunder. shower caught Waterburians unawafeS and flooded the downtown section of town.