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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
Return of the Spud

Our wheat conservation program may succeed in restor ing the potato to it's rghtfu high estate this country Perhaps such minor byproduct of the important business of saving lives is unworthy of attention Yet it must be admitted that the humble spud has taken quite kicking around in late years.
 The potato the Department of Agriculture points out is not fattenng goodsized contains calores than average serving of two slices of bread But to hear the diet faddsts talk would think that potato 100 percent butterfat.
 The trouble of course lies in what put the potato. And because of graves and and gobs of butter the seekers after smness have felt constrained pass the tasty uber and thus deny themselves of the noble plebean deicacies
 boiled or baked potato, anointed with salt and less butter than would put slice of bread offers derful owcaory nourshment Or the dieter salt alone and find himself missing very little.
 And-o get right down cases-f you think you must have piece of bread for pusher' every meal there's always the baked potato skin It's delicious substitute that will do very nicely for the duration of the emergency
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
|Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, May Ss-Those who have sat in on the hectic cosed-door conferences over the rail road strike report that 1t B hard to say who has been sorest at the prims donna tactics of Brother A. F. Whitney, head of the trainmen-oovernment officials or the other brotherhood leaders who are not striking but are now thrown out of work by the trainmen and the locomotive engineers At one time probably the President of the United States was the most irked at the grandstanding Mir whitney Truman even had difficulty getting Whitney to stay in Washington He was constantly threatening to stage an opera exit to Cleveland without even bothering to advise the White House. This brought a sharp tongue-ashing from the President during one of their meetings
 ''What do you mean to do-walk out the President of the United States?" Truman roughly inquired of Brother" Whitney.
 No, sir" responded Whtney-and his voice "Well, then you had better stay here until we get this thing settled and try to show little mora cooperation" snapped Truman
 Inside fact is that the disastrous railroad tie-up was close to settlement last Wednesday, the day before the five-day truce ended Then, suddenly the acrobatic MT Whitney reversed himself. Whitney had tentatively agreed to settle on the basis of an 18h -cent-an-hour pay boost--two and one-hah cents more than the Presidents fact-fnd- ing board proposed-with four rules changes over and above the IA changes previously recommended by the board.
 The additional rules changes demanded by Whit ney were: CD Pay for railroad workers while at- tending investigations of accidents and other in- quiries; (O guarantee of 30 days month Con the basis of 100 miles day) Work TOT road SerV1ce e- ployes; (3 pay bonuses for trainmen on freight trains pulled by higher-powered locomotives; (D yard service engineers be paid the freight engineers The latter was demanded by Whitneys sidekck Alyanley Johnston, boss of the engineers sometimes compared to Whitney as the whistle following the calliope."
 Steelman promised to take these rules changes up with the carriers and was most hopeful of get ting their acceptance. He was even more hopeful after putting the matter up to carrier chiefs late in the day and finding some of them amenabe.
 
 years ago ridicued the three other brotherhoods three blind mice" when they refused to arbitrate a rail strike but who refuses to arbitrate himself
 For when Whitney met Steelman again. the tranman chief had new set of terms, demanding S2 rules changes instead of 18 and still insisting an
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
COlumnist Swings Axe By Walter Wincheu

Lewis patriotism" be judged by the fact that during the he derided the loyalty of other labor leaders who made concessions and refused to slow up production in the interest of national harmony And there is garng illustration of Lewis vicious att titude toward all patriotic Americans-whether they were soldiers, labor leaders, workers-or the Com mander-in-Chief Yet those Americans worked, fought and died to preserve the liberty and safety that Lewis now abuSeS
 The mine workers Nero runs his union with an iron discipline only matched by the NaN party. Workers have only the right to vote Ja during union elections Thus far, every attempt to investigate the methods of coal union elections has been blocked
 He lives like king and acts like he was Americas king. The dues siphoned from the salaries miners earn with their sweat support the champagne and caviar existence of The John Occasionally Lewis puts on the modesty act and remarks: Think of me as coal miner and you won't make a mis- take" t
 When reporter heard that statement he snapped: Lewis miner? He does all his digging with knife through flet mignon!
 Like all despots Lewis is surrounded by tribe of yes-men He just can't stand being licked in debate During conference with the War Labor Board one member of the board left one of Lewis argu- ments in tatters He was so shaken by the humiliat- ing experience he promptly left the room, completely upset. spoiled brat!
 Lewis is one of Washington's most avid social climbers He enjoys the company of the hoity-toity set Some of his critics have blamed his intense isoationism and ant-Brtish attitude on petty so- 
 When Engands King and Queen visited Washing ton in 1889 Lewis was not invited to their garden party
 His pet exercise seems to consist of putting his foot in his mouth His record is packed with word eating Here is sample: Before FDR ran for a third term Lewis beloved: Should the Democratic National Committee be dragooned into nominating Roosevelt, am convinced his candidacy would re- suit in ignomnious defeat"
 It takes strong stomach to give his propaganda sheet the once-over The Mine Workers Journal is his mouthpiece, and it joined other professional hate-peddfers by apng their un-American bigotry.
 Lewis tragedy arises from the fact that he had the ability and power to do fine things for his nation But he uses his ability foolishly and his power ruth lessly The result is that he has become one of the most dangerous and disiked Americans in our history.
 Washington correspondent James Wechsler reveals Lewis once told his henchmen that he was walking in Washington and stopped to pick up pieces of broken glass Lewis added: T suddenly turned around and found that two sightseeing busses were parked with the occupants craning their necks out of the windows to stare at the posterior of great man" Not of the henchmen laughed. dis interested eyewitness commented later: They know it so well they couldn't possibly regard it as joke
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28

Additional controls being imposed by Congress on labor evolve from variety of motives and cir cumstances.
 One fact however stands out-the determination of the Senate to curb the powers of labor For hther to nothing has been done by the Senate to revise or modify the Wagner Act since 1t became law decade ago and was hailed as "the magma carta" of labor The only Senate action basic labor legislation to approve the Connally Smith Act, wartime meas to give the President more power in industrial disputes that threatened war production.
 The Senate blockade against basic labor law re- vision was in it's labor committee controlled by New Dealers It let recurrent measures passed by the House finger and die without reporting them.
 The Senates changed attitude must reflect con- cern among the people. That Is the only way 1t can be interpreted This is understandable when the na-
 on suddenly faced paralysis by strikes in two of its fundamental industries coal and railroads
 It Is unfortunate that these two strikes came together, unfortunate for millions of workers For that opened the opportunity for those in Congress who wanted to seize this postwar for crippling labor to in on the wave or aroused public Opin- ion.
 People do not like to see the mechanics of our civilization slowed down and stopped That is human Furthermore they do not like to see their government virtually poweress Their natural reaction is against those who operate these facilities, the workers at least the leaders of the workers-though the unions in these two situations have good cases The workers get little more in the pocketbook to meet the in creased cost of living to their families. Their weapon is the strike And don't believe 1t Is easy to come around to it. For it means hard ships
 What they won in the Wagner Act took long, hard struggle The odds were against them for so long Their new-found power has been abused in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
By DresO Pearson

Isk-cent hourly increase Steeiman is noted for his even temper in labor negotiations but after listening to this ultimatum he had tough time controlling
 AAl," he declared, ~how do you expect to get compromise you go up instead of down in your demands? Yesterday you seemed agreeable to only four rules modfcations in addition to those recom mended by the emergency board. Nov you want . total of g."
 q have talked it over with my committee and that is the minimum we can agree to-" replied Whit
 T wonder if you really want to settle this strike AL" countered Steelman sharply. However Whitney refused to budge from his new position
 NOTE-Stock complaint carrier spokesmen made against Whitney is that he continually steps up" his demands during negotiations Other brotherhood leaders also criticize him for being too arbitrary in this respect He considers every concession from the carriers new floor which to build further demands, according to his critics.
 As was expected, the carrier spOkesmen threw up their hands when Steeman informed them of the strike leaders amazing reversal One of the three negotiating groups for the carriers, the Eastern Presidents' Committee led by H. A. Enochs, angrily informed Steelman that if Whitney wanted to act like this they wouldn't agree to any rules changes over and above the 1Sh-cent an hour straight wage increase.
 Meanwhile leaders of the three operating broth- eroods that did not join in the strike-Tom Cashen of the switchmen and Carl J. Golf assistant presi- dent of the firemen and engnemen, who represented the conductors as well in the strike discussions- were meeting with Steelman and carrier spokesmen on their problems.
 Bitterly resentful of Whitney's bulldozng tactics which they considered antagonistc the public in- terest and labor in general Cashen and Golf readily agreed to the 1872 -cent increase It understood however that rules changes would be further nego- tiated. And since any rules alterations agreed to would affect all railway workers, the spokesnen for the three non-striking brotherhoods demanded the right to approve whatever changes whitney won To this the carriers agreed
 Senator Barkley has reported to colleagues that 0f iS Wit ir his eyes for passage of a real draft act = to strengthen his bargaining position with the Russians If the War Department really wanted effi- cient moderate-sized army it would undertake it's housekeeping One real step in this direction elimination of private luxury planes for brass hats got very cold reception from the generals.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
More Labor Controls By Thomas Stokes

some cases and often they have been misled by their leaders. Now they are paying the price for these mistakes
 The Senate situation may be explained simply. Broadly the Senate is divided into three groups There are the strict conServatists who have been itching for just such opportunity to restrict labor the CIyO. organizing campaign in the South and its eventual political effects
 There are, on the other extreme, the Staunch champions of labor who have resisted any change whatever and refused to recognize abuses of power by labor. Then, between, the moderates What has happened is that the conservative anti-labor element and the moderates joined now in com mon cause, though not for the same reasons.
 The unfortunate thing for labor in this wholt situation is that it gets wholly negative treatment from Congress. While Congress regulates labor, at the same time shows little inclination to go for ward with number of long-pending measures to improve the general welfare of labor to resist new encroachrnents by monopolistc enterprises which meanwhile have been entrenching themselves while attention is diverted These last costly to labor as consumers Congress fails to do the whole job.
 The American economic machine Is 50 deIicately ing out one segment, that it is necessary to find some means to handle strikes in the public service industries and those which affect public welfare.
 This should be coupled, certainly, with fact-find- ing machinery as advocated by President Truman For when Public Utilities stopped by strikes, the public is inclined without thinking to bapne the workers. That gives the owners psychological out the facts particularly of wages and working con- etons. Some of these workers have been much under paid
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
Papa Knows Best

The contract of the United Automobile Workers with the Ford Motor Company contains provision ouawing wildcat strikes soppages and dscpnng instgators of and participants in such strikes Later JAW officials nounced this provision matter of future policy.
 Now, majority of rank and-fe JAW members in Ford plants have voted in favor of this provision But George F. Adde's JAW secretary says that it is mpos sbe to reconcile the Ford contract with the later statement of policy and that future contracts will include such clause.
 This neither very democratic very sensible. What the Ford JAW members did simply to vote that
 the responsibility of both sgnatories to contract to live to the contracts provisions when sigma tory is labor union
 The vote revealed that the majority favor legal respon- sbiy it found non-union walks of lfe special privilege The workers voluntary expression of such tment almost surely will win them friends outside the labor movement few such voluntary expressions and there would have been serious threat of antabor legislation.
 But the JAW officials do not see that or choose to ignore it. They have reversed their position And it seems to be of Papa knows best-even when Papa changes his mind
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
It Says Here
By BOB HOPE
SUMMER VACATIONS

With the summer months coming on. people are beginning to make plans for their vacations. A vacation. you know, that's a lost weekend with pay.
 But, with no more gas ration ing or travel restrictions, the va cation trend this year seems to be to get in the car and go! Dur ing the war the problem of whether to go to the seashore or to the mountains was very sim pie. it was just a matter of turning on the hose or putting on tennis shoes and walking over Grandma in the back yard. If a guy wanted to feel the invigor- ating spray of salt water, his only recourse was to waltz with a her. ring and hire somebody to squirt him with seltzer bottle.
 But all that's changed. now you can get out on the road and all you have to worry about are fiat tires, detours, and used-car salesmen trying to buy your car out from under you.
 The highways will really be damned. Tn fact, traffic lights are going to read, Stop" "Co," and Get Out and Walk. |. you'll get there sooner!" Roads are going to be so crowded , they're planning to write the shave signs in shorthand.
 But when preparing for your vacation, be prepared for a lot of surprises. we unraveled one of our old road maps the other day and uncovered a second cousin who'd been missing ever since our last trip to Mexico.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
A Thought For Today
Twelfth Birthday of the 'Quints'

Twelve years ago today the principal different in character from the headlines of today Attention all over the world focused the birth of quntupets born to unknown smple-living French family of Donne.
 And since that day that has been before the pub hc well the five girls Yvonne, Annette, Eme Cecile and Marie Today at the of twelve years the girls can not appreciate the sensational reveberaons following their birth that they living simple normal lives in the then inconspicuous town of Calander, Ontario.
 For months and years every event of their lives was dramatzed We the five pictured infants, one year ods woyear ods and through the years until final l the lives of the Donnes and their precious five became their personal affairs.
 Today the quntupets have reached important birth day. their twelfth, and while it not be today as i'm portant to the world hungering for slant big story important for them and their parents and the community where they all just folks not exploited characters in the drama of life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
Irrevelant Excuse

group of British scientists has protested the 1Oyear sentence of Dr. Alan Nunn May convicted of giving atomic bomb information to the Soviet Union The scientists call their colleagues sentence extremely harsh ask it's duction One for their request is Dr. Mays posi- tive contribution to winning the war"
 Dr. May was found guilty of breaking an oath of secrecy and taking upon himself the formation of national policy by giving of his countrys most closely guarded secrets The fact that he thought the secrets shouldn't be kept is hardly extenuatng circumstance The fact that he made positive contribution to winning the war" is even less to the point
 Millions of and women made positive contributions to winning the But that didn't necessarily transform all of them into persons of spoess character If ice to be mitigating factor in all judicial judgment veterans behavior in the future would only be blow to the fair administration of justice but also sur upon those who having served do consider that service license to live outside the law.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28

John L. Lewis has often wrapped himself in an ora torical toga and pompously posed as Friend of La bor Actually his bellicose bullying has caused labor to gag through croSs-fire of brickbatS. Johns Lewising has melted anti-labor legislation and in spired deep bitterness against unions He has ruth lessly crushed coal miners who had enough spunk to challenge his tyranny They were placed on black ist-makng it impossible for them to earn living at their trade.
 Lewis has thefted bows for improving working ditions of mine workers when the credit belongs to FDR . It was Roosevelt who did more than any other American to hberate the miners from their serf-ke existence He battled the coal operators and the fight FDRs victory also saved Lewis totter- ing union Lewis gratitude to Roosevelt was short lived But the mine workers didn't forget Despite their union leaders opposition, they always voted overwhelmingly in favor of FDR. That was the only time Lewis unable to hoodwink the miners
 When comes to hamboing, Lewis rivals every per- formance of East Lynne" He goes for spotlight like rat goes for cheese. His rampant egomania has reached the point where he even relisheS attack SO long as it's made in the public prints His office in Washington is decorated with framed anti-Lewis cartoons that have appeared in various gazettes A friend once twtted him by suggest ing he join little theater group.
 Lewis dead-pan reply: My life is but stage"
 His wild conceit caused reporter Kenneth Crawford to quip: Lewis has come to believe that his own birthday should be celebrated instead of Christmas
 Many tonnes and mag articles have been penned dissectng his character. But not even Lewis can figure himself out He has said: What makes me tick? Is 1t power am after. or am Saint Francis in disguise or what?"
 We could tell Lewis what he is-but it couldn't be printed in family newspaper.
 Lewis was once cited for contempt and jailed during strike. But President Wilson believed that the claims of the mine workers were justified and used the influence of government to settle the strike in the miners favor After it was all over Lewis made remark which takes on the aspect of the most bitter irony when contrasted with his recent and mt.
 Lewis piously announced at that time T will not fight my government, the greatest government on earth"
 And only few days after Pearl Harbor. Lewis an- nounced When nation is attacked, every Amer can must rally to it's defense All other considera- tions become insignificant. Congress and the admins- trative government must be supported and every aid given to the men in the combat services of our country"
 But that lofty promise went down the drain in short tine The memory of his obstruction of the war effort still sears the soul of every decent American Lewis showed his disdan for the soldiers he vowed to support-and they despised him as much as they hated any of their foreign enemies We will never forget the concluding line of one Stars and Stripes" editorial: Speaking for the American soldier John L. Lewis damn your coal-black soul!',
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-28
The Firing Line
 By D. N. I.

English women do not write letters to men they do not know. Evelyn Waugh in Life.
 MAID IN USA The reticence of the British skirts The danes, the Wrens, the babes
 the james, Is so pronounced at times it hurts As many a Britisher explains. The man they do not know they
 shun And, in inviolate innocence, Won't write the unknown English
 man Or one of our guys, gees, Joes
 gents. They will not trust to pen and
 ink The secret yearnings of the heart The undiscovered thoughts they
 think, For anything including Art. ! American girls, by contrast, you Might almost think betray their ses By rushing out the billet-doux Addressed to glamorous MT. x. But my experience, I say, Finds few whose boiling point is
 low And my complaint remains that
 they Don't even write the ones they
 know.