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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
Man Is Not a Bee

We Americans usually speak of Communism if it were foreign economic organism But might be well to remember that Communism been pracced here by var ous groups for century. Robert Owens experiment in New Harmony nd began in 1895 more than 70 years before Karl Marks manifesto appeared There was the famous Brook Farm in Massachusetts, and there var ous experiments by the followers of Francois Fourier
 And there the Amana Society of Iowa, whose whr at Communism lasted longer than any to date Nelson An trim Crawford tells its interesting story in the current American magazine under the title Communism Goes Broke in Iowa."
 The Amana Society religious group adopted Com- muns in 1855 and stuck with for TT years. Its communities situated 26O00 of Iowas richest farm land. Its credo found not in Marx but in the Scrpures None of them said aught of the things which he possessed his but they had all things com mon."
 Amana followed the text to the letter Everything work shelter, food-was by and for the community. The only concession $5 $lO month spending money for each family "A purpored divine revelation" says MT. Crawford threatened backsers with various in this world and the next and served to keep possible doubters m line
 work we'll It got off terms with capitalism But while surrounding communities thrived Amana for all its rich land, Jagged far behind
 The reason for this was the usual one-lack of ncen- tive. Productivity low because there was reward for doing better As Amana man told Mr. Crawford: Wha Communists never seem to realize is that man is not bee"
 Amana permitted few of its brighter youngsters to go outside the community for high school and college educa tion, the promise that they would return But many back from this liberation dscontented with the old life That, plus poverty. finally forced change Communism aD0lsned Tn IaVOf adult residents stockholders.
 Farming and industry have been fourshing since It estimated that this year the Amana Society with total population of 200 will produce S6O00OO0 worth of crops livestock and manufactured goods In the lush years Of 1928 and l929 with the acreage and population Of 1000 the annual production only S60OO00.
 Amana laboratory test of pure Communism in an suspicious environment Amana doubtless free of of the evils of private capitalism it is practced But it could not offer the comfort health and fair oppor tuny for the pursuit of happiness which American capital ism for all it's shortcomings, provides
 Some Russian economists admit that the Soviet Union really isn't practcng Communism today But when does, they imply Russia will be Utopia Yet here pure Co- munsm, and 1t didn't work.
 t didn't work mainly because mans nature Is not changed when tells him that only right strive for the general good and that is evil to seek individual happiness and comfort Maybe that theory is right But man remains and not bee. And Communism re- mains little less wonderful than advertised.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
ENEBATTLED TOLERANCE

Christian Science Monitor
 If Love your enemy" is the maxi mum ideal of a Christian demo- crack, then Tolerate your enemy" is its minimum guarantee. The United States, without toleration among its diverse racial, economic, and theological groups, would fall into internal anarchy. Yet toler- ance is on the upsurge. according to Attorney General Tom Clark writing in the December American Magazine.
 Intolerance is used to battle in- tolerance. Liberal opponents of groups like America First and Am- erican Action have attempted to prevent their getting access to pub lie halls to exercise their rights Of ire speech and assembly. Negroes, resentful of racial discriminations, try to ban a musical version Of uncle Toms Cabin" Unions, which once had to fight for the right to bargain collectively, blockade plants on strike with mas picket lines.
 Echoing voltaire. the Attorney General urges that even pro-Fascist and race bigots are entitled to free speech. The line must be drawn only at intimidation or unequivocal danger to the public safety. In the famous words of Justice Holmes free speech does not give a man the right to shout Fire" in a crowded theater. And the Atlanta police were within their rights in failing four members of the Hitler inspired anti-Semitic. anu-Negro "Colunbians, Inc."-not because of their beliefs but for melting rlot'
 Tolerating ones enemies" does not mean ceasing to fight them. It means fighting in the open uncer the democratically established rules' It means competition within CO., oneration, freedom within law
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
by Thomas. Stokes

hope to profit by weakness Of state laws in the field of social and economic welfare That was the reason why Congress had to enact Federal wage-hour law. It is perhaps significant that this due to condi- tons to the south. where state rights" is more Of a fetish than elsewhere
 There is danger in big government" This ts recognized in penetrating analysis by David IAlen- thai, progressive thinker former IVA head who recently was named chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. In speech in Philadelphia he con- cluded that big government" b not inevitable and offered a formula to avoid it and still serve the people.
 Explaining that there are many problems which are national he said these require national policy but administration can be regional and local.
 Just because 'the central government through the Congress must and should determine upon national policy in a particular field 1t does not follow that the administration of that policy must also be on nationwide basis must also be centralized" he said
 The distinction between a centralized na- ona policy and the decentralized or local admins- ration of that national policy, is distinction of fundamental importance"
 That distinction is recognized SO successfully in IVA which is administered locally and not out of Washington, and also uses state and local govern ment agencies in numerous ways in a cooperative endeavor This decentralized type of administration proved by IVA may he said. become "one of the most important, if not indeed the most important product of that experiment in Tennessee Valley"
 Because of the nature of the election. this prob- lem will be foremost in the coming Congress The public might as well know in advance that state rights can be used as cover to restrict and curtaii worthwhile and valuable services to the people. President Truman is aware of it. David IAlienthal shows there is middle way in which the benefits may be saved for the people without going into "bg government"
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
|Merry-GO-ROund

WASHINGTON, Nov. la-Aoss important uues. ton Co be declaed ae the Republican examination meetings to be held on Capital nm today wll he words, does the abless man sR a chairman of committee or Che party hack with Che "mostest' servcep
 Thh was cne thing which handicapped coneresa under the Democrats. The old-tlmers usually were southern conservatives who, because of seniority, were given charge of important commitsees
 The Republicans have Q real chance to change this. m the first place, new broom can always sweep clean. secondv. there was much talk wnen about Abollshlng seniority.
 If committee chalrmen were picked on the basis of brAns not seniority, haad~working, trigger bfalned Albert ]. Engel Of Muskegon, Mich, would mse SnA'sa nseesa % s cs moss.Sacs cCnsTesman JcHn Taber og Auburn. N. Y, Engels watchfU eye on War Department spending was described by Gen. George Marshall as one of Che healshiest influences on the Army.
 Again, If brains rather Ehan age prevailed, able Representative Daniel Reed of Daukirk, N Y, would become chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, instead of babblne, bumptaous Harold Knutsen Of Minnesota.
 F1rss tess of seniority may come if Senator Joe Bah Of Minnesota attempts to leap-frug over Ver- monts George Aiken as chairman of the Senate Edu- cation and Labor Committee This happens to be one case where the man with the seniority-Aiken-is thoroughly qualified for the job Ball. on the other hand, IS branded by both AFL and cro as the "friend of .. s. Steel" Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, who had e fine record on the War Labor Board, might also be picked chair of the Labor Committee should seniority be cats aside.
 If seniority prevails chairmanship of the highly important new National Defense Committee (merg- ing the Military Affairs and Naval Affairs Commit tees) will go to Senator Chan olfney of South Da- kota hrass-hat bellboy Senators Charles Tobey of New Hampshire or Owen Brewster of Maine, both abler men, would be logical choices over ourney if brains were considered important But according to many solons in both parties. they aren't. The Re. publicans have a real chance to break with hide- bound precedent but the betting odds they won't take it.
 Last Spring, CallfoFnla's popular Democratic Attorney General, Bob Kenny was defeated in the States guhernatorial primary by Governor Earl War ren. This week, Kenny received the following wire from defeated Democratic senatorial candidate win Rogers, Jr:
 Dear Bob please move over" Replied Kenny: Dear Win, frankly there's no room on the mourners bench" Harold Ickes, stalwart Of the Roosevelt Cabinet strongly opposed the appointment of Elliott Roose welt to the Committee of Progressves to carry out Roosevelt ideals. In the end, Tckes overruled. Friends of Senator Blbo say he is suffering from cancer of the mouth. Some believe this is only a smokescreen to arouse sympathy during the investi gation of Bilbo's war-conract scandals which smell
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
Race Against Time

WASHINGTON NOv. It-(NEAl-settlemen of the fuss which John L. Lewis has kicked up with the government over modification of his present contract with Coal Mines Administrator J. A. Krug y com plcated by speculation to what the new Congress intends to do about labor legislation.
 If Congress decides to Tget tough with labor" then it is to John L. Lewis's advantage to make his own new deal with the government and the coal mine owners before it happens. That's true even though Lewis himself has been suspected of being Repub- lican.
 On the other hand, if the Republican Congress converting in January is of mind to repeal lot of the labor laws now on the books and pass some new ones more to the liking of management. then it is to the advantage of the coal mine owners to stall along and make no new contract till the Republican labor policy is determined.
 As if the Truman administration hadn't had enough bad lucx already, 1t is now caught right square in the middle of this battle for time.
 A month ago, the United Mine WOFkeFs' Journal carried an. editorial which spelled out pretty com- pletey just what the miners expected from the new Congress. It predicted an efior. to pass "a new la- bor code that will destroy the Wagner act degut the Norris LaGuarda anti-injunction act and continue the low wage rates now prevailing under the Wages and Hours act"
 Then the editorial went on to say. Proposals to outlaw the right of foremen to urionize compulsory arbitration and all the other restrictive suggestions that have been made over period of time to harness and harass labor by government fiat to be rolled into legislative package for congressional approval"
 No one knows exactly what John L. Lewis thinks or what he's after till he gets ready to tell That pie closest to Lewis have been wrong about what de- mands. he would make tUr wage increases. shorter hours or changed working conditions.
 The big issue in this present crisis however, isn't what modincati0ns may be made in the contract un- der which the miners are nov digging coal. It's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
Your Health
By WILLIAM BRADY, N. D.

A group of glycerin and soap makers ascribed to a book by a Dr. oscar Levin of Cornell University these statements:
 'The skin is the most hard work ing organ in the body. for it pro- duces oil, sweat. hair and nails; ahsorbs, throws of wastes, breathes, and regulates the temperature of the body it is possible to cause suffocation by destroying the respir- atory" Cbreathing) power of the skin"
 Strange as it may seen to many sophomorons I harbor no prejudice against soap. Within reason 1t IS a good thing. In fact believe that the American people do not use nearly enough soap for safety and health. If I had my way the license of any restaurant, lunch counter hot dog stand. cafe, hotel, cafeteria or other eating place would be tax zen away upon discovery by health department inspector that adequate hand washing facilities are mol maintained by the license holder The careless way of people who eat without bothering to wash theii hands first. is appalling to any one with a little knowledge of the way disease spreads.
 Soap, incidentally, just plain soap not any particular shape. color or scent-common yellowish laundry soap is at least equal to any other kind-is one of the best dtsinfect- ant and antiseptics for medical surgical, obstetric, sanitary or dom- estci use, soapy water, that is.
 do protest the bald assertions that the skin absorbs anything --I insist that the unbroken skin never absorb anything.
 To imagine the skin ''breathes, or that suffocation may be caused by destruction of or interfering in any way with this imagined "re- spiratory power of the skin" is pre- posterous. But not more so than many a solemn repetition of such ancient ideas in what purportS to be "scientifis" medical literature of today.
 The notion that the skin throws of wastes" no doubt suits the pur- pose of a quack and helps him to sell the Wiseacres his blood purify ing treatment, but there is not the slightest foundation for it. Don't take my word for it-consult any authoritative textbook of physiology If you find any physiologist ot standing intimating that the skin throws of wastes" of any signi- hcance in any circumstance. do tell me about it. Practically all the skin excretes or throws of is water and salt, unless your quack or nostrum monger has some secret source oi information not vouchafed to the physiologists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
by Peter EdS0's

whom the contract is made with that's important It's getting the mines out from under government operation and control and back into the hands of the mine owners that's important It's these real owners of the mines-not the government-who should nov be sitting down to negotiate with Lewis.
 If Interior Secretary Krug. as Coal Mines Ad- minisratoF could say in effect to Lewis, "Au right you claim your pFeesnt contract with the government IS no good go ahead and york out better one with the real owners of the mtnes"-t might be in the public interest. Nobody wants government ownership government, miners owners, or taxpayers.
 That John L. Lewis is nov negotiating with the mine owners is due to two things. Preliminary ne- broken of last September because the northern and southern operators couldn't agree conditions under which they'd take back their properties. The second reason was that nobody could find out what John L. Lewis wanted put in the contract. He never told and nobody could read his mind
 So Lewiss negotiations ns-with the government broke up. to be resumed Nov. l. only after Lewis had told the government he wanted new contract
 In the meantime. northern and southern operators have moved little closer together There Is stin fringe or southern operators however which believes that now Is the time to break the United Mine Work CTS union and John l.. Lewiss power.
 Their hope lies in a belief that the new Republi- many of the things which the .above-uuOted UNIV Journal editorial predicted, and also repeating the Smith-Connally law. That would end the govern ments power to seize and operate the mines in case of coal strike
 That woul dmean that the operators could risk a strike with the knowledge that the government could not seize the mines and give the miners another contract with a welfare and retirement fund and new safety code. Those are the other things many operators would like to get out f=om under It would be to their advantage to take strike now to stir up the new Congress into adopting new "get-tough- with-lab0r" policy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
MONDAYS OFF
(New Haven Journal-COurier)

A five-day week for savings bank employees is advocated by Robert M. Catharine. resident of the Dollar Savings Bank of New York City, addressing a state bankers conven- ton.
 This undoubtedly indicates the so- cial trend of the future. Those lucky enough to have Saturdays off testify that the effect is much like having a weeks vacation. While most businesses need to remain open on Saturday, a Monday off could be granted the Saturday workers.
 Incidentally, are there any objec- tions except sentimental ones to having our holidays fall either on Saturday or Monday, regardless of the weekday on which they would normally come? Canadians enjoy and stoutly defend their custom Of Monday Thanksgiving. Most AEn- erican workers rejoice when Mem orial Day and the Fourth fall on Monday.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
Views of the Press

citizens are trained in the analytic method, cultural standards. and knowledge of the world which will enable them to resist the blandish. ments of propaganda and organized self-interest.
 Too many Americans think oi education only as a preliminary to earning a living. and hence dis misses much of it as unimportant to that end. When they see it as training in the very process of live ing as a free, independent thinker they will offer at least as much in- ducefnent to good teachers as to good garbage collectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
LEGION BACKING
Boston Post)


 The schoolteachers of the country have won a strong ally in the move- ment for higher salaries in our pub- lie schools The nations i5,400 American Legion posts will lead the way in seeking better wages for schoolteachers, according to a declaration of Paul H. Griffth, the Legion's national commander. The spectacle of thousands of teachers leaving the profession because of inadequate pay has alarmed Legion officials who believe that present world conditions make it imperative that the best teachers be employed to teach the story of American and her ideals to our young" The views of the Legion on this issue are shared by a good many outside that organization.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
EDUCATION IN LIVING

CThe Christian Science Monitor
 Are you one of the Amer1cans wno lives in a town where teachers are paid less than garbage coliectorsY Are you pleased with this situationf Or are you satisfied with a hand some school building as a monu- ment to community concern for education, even though the classes are overcrowded. the teachers are ill-trained, and the students ill., equipped for citizenship9
 Teachers salaries are not the basic problem. though they are the chief issue in the present educa- tional crisis. The basic problem IS whether democracy can survive in an age of mass pressure unless it's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Mind the Rules and Get Better
 Service

Nearly every day We find our selves unbalanced at the close Of shop. No. no. not the obvious crack please. I mean there are left over some letters that obviously call foT replies by mail if at all. but nc stamped, self addressed envelopes; a handful Of letters unbelievable becausI ., writers use trick names such as Local" or City; and maybe a few that have no postage stamps affixed. I suppose it is human nature. but we find. that these people who do not mind the rules make the most noise when We fail to answer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
Fool Proof Cough Medicine

I have used your fool proof cough medicine with much satisfaction. but when I tried to get more sodium citrate druggists all over this town said they didn't have 1t. What is the common name for 1t or what should l use in place of 1t?
 (Mrs. L. F.)
 Answer-Citrate of soda. I know of no substitute. Yours Is the only complaint I have had that 1t is not available. Details in booklet "Call it Cri"-for couy. send 25 cts, and stamped self addressed envelope. Copyright lo40. John ?. Dille Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-11-14
Beer

Wife gives nine year old boy an occasional drink of beer or liquor, Do not think 1t will be harmful to him? (H. D.
 Answer-Yes. Is 1t her purpose to cultivate a craving for alcohol in the boy?
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
NEGROES OFFERED
INCREASE IN PAY
Government Boosts Guar
anteed Pulp Wood Wage
By Ten Cents An Hour

Negroes who have been reluctant
to take jobs in the pulp wood in
dustry, cutting the wood and haul
ing it to pick up stations, have been
offered 10 cents per hour raise
In pay guarantee, Harold M.
Hinkle, manager of the local Unit
ed States employment office, said
yesterday afternoon. The old rate
was 40 cents per hour. =
The pay raise, directive from
the government, is means to
speed up the vital industry's pro.
duction, it was said. ~
Jobs Begging
The USES manager, had pre-
viously reported that some 300
negroes were now on the waiting
list for jobs at the local office, as
a result of their failure to accept
the jobs in the pulp industry be-
cause of the work. and the old
guaranteed rate Of 40 cents per
hour. -
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
THEFT OF SUITCASE,
RANSACKED ROOM DOT
CITY POLICE BLOTTER


The theft of a suitcase. and an
apparent burglary were reported
to the police, yesterday.
Raymond Brown, COB Castle
street, told police that a gray SUIT
case belonging to him had been
stolen from that address. The suit
case was valued at $40, containing
clothes and Navy discharge papers.
Confronted, on returning home
from work, by opened drawers
and clothes strewn floors, Mrs. j.
A. Merritt, F Nesbit Court, call
ed the police. An investigation IS
being made. Whether anything is
is yet to be determined.
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01

A nylon rope a half-inch in
diameter can lift load Of three. tons
The Wilmington morning star., 1946-03-01
USES ADDS EIGHT
PEOPLE TO STAFF Il
Every Effort Being Made
To Speed Service Here,
Hinkle Declares

Eight new members have beer
added to the staff of the United
States Employment Service here
since December II, 1915, it was
announced yesterday by Harold M
Hinkle, manager.
The last of the new employees
will take over her duties as senior
claim interviewer Monday morn
ing. She is Miss Hilda Gordon.
Seven of the new employees have
been added. to the North Carolina
Unemployment Compensation Com
mission, to handle claims by vet.
Grams and non-veterans, who seek
compensation for unemployment
through the office, 4
One has been added to the reg.
ular staff of the employment of.
flee.
Quicker Service -
Manager Hink1e explained that
persons who have made applica.
tons for compensation for the
second or third time are served
more rapidly than those makixc
applications for the first time. He
said there has been major amount
of unfavorable criticism of the of.
flee by persons who have been in
the office for their applications to
be filed.
This, according to Manager Hin
kle, is because the public does not
fully understand the. procedure with
which each case is handled.
Long Process
"The new apple ant takes longer
and it possibly seems to him that
he. is being neglected. because he
does not get waited on first. His
case is long and drawn out one,
necessarily, because he has never
applied before, and several 9peo.
pie have to know all pertinent facts
about that person, before his claim
can be fled" he. said.
T First he is interviewed by a
man at the entrance desk. This
interviewer seeks to find out if the
applicant is new, if he is, he is
referred to job interviewer, who
tries to classify him in the, skilled,
semi-skilled, unskilled, or clerk
type of employee"
Has Order List
THE new applicant is then re-
ferred to an interviewer who has
list of the orders available for
the person. If the job is not taken
by the applicant, he is then referred
to the claim department, where
an attempt is made to file a claim
with the NCUCC department"