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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
By DresO Pearson

Hela,lons committee during the iuloesl part of n, testimony by General neden smith new VI S' Am' bassador to Russia
 pa,tenS slapplng of a shell.shocked soldier
 Askea f he was responsible for the ArnAye denial that Patton had been repflmanded by Oeneral Dwight Elsenhower-A denial later repudiated-smlth "Yes, was responsible for the original state. menk"
 Tho ,hree.s,ar ueneral bllshcd and squrmed i'm his chair as he made the admission
 Why d you do nS.' he wss "feS SoO nS SnsH tseneral Patton had actually been reprimahueur
 well, technically was correct" smith replied with on air that didn't strike committee memee.s a taken there had been no formal reprimand at the time the statement was issued , ,.,..
 smith appeared contrite about the incident so committee members didn't Uensure him or protract inc questioning after he made his "contesson.
 NOTE-oeneral Smith was not questioned about another famous denial he sed @ namely s ns sss ssete eS enemy action when it was well known that MeNaT and several other Americans were killed oy carelessy aimed American bombs near st. Lo
 Two movie companies are bidding for "salnts and Strangers", the new best seller WFltten py George willison Of the Democratic Natlonsa ~, SoIh- mttee Former Democratic senator Ciafence Din of Washington Is being urged Tor one oi the vacant assistant secretaryships of the interior De- partment Jim Landis former American minister to Fevnt may be headed for a new important admin iStrafion iob soon New Mexico's Governor Jack Dempsey decided after two talks with President Tru- man that he would not oppose Senator Dennis Cna- vez in the New Mexico Democratic primary. OPA Administrator Paul Porter turned out to Dc the top Entertainment attraction at a buffet dinner Bob Hannepan threw for President Truman the other night Porter sang and danced the song he wrote during the "A Presidential campaign, Don't Change Horses Tn the Middle of the stream. The oPA win speed up the lifting of pricing restrictions on certain items soon including heavy machinery, print ing presses laundry machines. etc. Even the chauffeur at the Soviet Embassy shuns company He carefulv parks on the opposite side Of the street from other diplomatic ehauffeurs when his chief visits the State Department
 For years John L. Lewis has been one Of labor on necotiators Usually he has his facts cold. Last week. however. while arguing safety precautions With Harry Moses an important Pittsburgh mine operator he said:
 why Harry, your father Is good hlustra- Ion of why we need these safeguaras. Everybody .nows him as a veteran coal man. and we've ell seen aim limpng around for 50 years because Of mine 7ccident So how can you sit there and deny Us the afeguards to prevent the same sort Of thing from lappening to other minersP
 John" replied Moses T don't know where you ,ot vour information about my father-but i wasn't 70 good I'll tell you how he hurt his leg. It wash n a coal mine. it playing baseball He broke his ,eg sliding into second"
 NOTE-Bureau of Mine officials heartily enoorSe eWss demands for better safety precautions in the mines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
Action on G.I. Gripes

Secretary of War Patersons board of former officers and enlisted appointed to investigate G grpes against undemOcrac class distinctions isn't likely to find the Army any different than Protocol tradition and brass don't change much from ssr to year It's then impact 1000 cVian-minded young m unl- form that caused all the trouble
 The enlisted who chooses the Army career knows what he's getting As in many other jobs and pro fessOns there is good bit of pushing around The soldier gets pushed through confines than the average civilian. But liking the Army, he takes the bad with the good does his share of gpng and about his business
 To the wartime soldier the outlook different He civilian whose chief interest in getting the war and getting home He apt to think that the n- eyabe danger and discomfort bad enough without his being made to feel like euda lords unwilling retainer underpriyileged child So he griped
 His complaints were varied, their causes In many the grievance isolated and unusual and from officers behavior rather than from the Armys system of doing things These grievances multiplied when the fighting ended boredom began and the process de- mobilizatOD-hough too fast for the countrys good seemed Ofen to the soldier to be not ony slow but una we'll But all complaints which the War Secretary board will consider will not be trivial isolated, unusual Some will call for changes by law
 These necessary changes should be made, for seems evident that ensmenis are not going 10 provide the country with the Army needs for its protection and its obligations The draft will have t0 continue supplying the necessary personnel If morale and discipline to be sus tained among these temporary soldiers and if Army to be made attractive enough draw the who not volunteering. then it is clear that hide bound Army rules must be relaxed n the interest of better and more democratic treatment.
 There is obvious element of danger in this. mill. tary organization is essentially undem0cratc especially n wartime. Even the Russians discovered that banshed the political commssar from their armed forces and instituted the autocratc rank absolute authority and unquestiOnng obedience which indispensable to military efficiency.
 But it is unlikely that Mir Pattersons board will go too far n its recommendations And it is equally unlikely that Congress, if and when 1t acts those recommendations will be tempted to make the Army debating society in which an officer will need vote of confidence from his before ordering attack.
 What do needed, and possible of attainment, are some changes which will make military service for country more of pride and privilege The present practice Of filling out the ranks of Army wth reluctant draees certainly leaves something to be desired
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
ThIs from woman In I0wai
By Peter EdSOn

that Persia could not grant these rights 10 any other foreign interest without the consent Of the Soyiet
 The Persians didn't read it that way, though, and they later offered 8 55-yeaF concession covering oil development in the five northern provinces to Stand ard on of New Jersey After looking over the field and seeing how impossible was to get the oil down to the Persian Gulf. standard let the option drop.
 In l9s2 the Persian government tried to force Anglo Iranan to give up its concession but this was largely threat designed to get better deal from the British
 In the lease Fenegotiated ln lSst, Anglo-ITanan was whittled down to a strip about i50 miles wiaf along the Persian Gulf and the southwestern border between Iran and IFaq. These 640O00o0 acres com prise one Of the worlds richest oil fields The Abadan refinery at the head of the Persian Gulf, Is the worlds largest Royalties to the ITanian government during the war amounted to more than si6OOO0o0 a year,
 With Ansl0-ITanlan territory thus cut down. the Tganian government sought to lease territory to other producers In 1886, the Am.Iranlan OH Compans, a suhsldlary Of EeahOard oil of Delaware in which 'he Texas Company has 25 percent interest LOOK con- cesson to develop 100000 square miles m the i've northern provinces, bnt Am.ltan'an dropped ou' after quick survey Of the situation.
 An of northern and northeasteFn Iran is. theFe- fore now free Of American and European eonees- sions, Any threat which such concessions may nave offered to Soviet domination Of the area mas been removed.
 Whatever oil there may be in the northern prov" inces is of no good to anyone except the U1sH.s which could transport 1t to southern Russian maf- kets over the Caspian Sea.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

ous headlines and saying that none Of the plain people anywhere in the world wanted to fight any body but that they have nothing to do with 1t.
 It suggested that the individual must rise up in his might and do something about it. which was no solution-just the expression of hope.
 Most interesting and most significant in the le- ters the suggestion of vague suspicion that n- fiuences are at work, somehow, somewhere, to eX- ploit the recognized trouble spots in the world for other than good reasons.
 In groping around to try to designate these in fuences the writers specified political leaders, newspapers, and writer included even church leaders" among those he said seizing on every pIeteXt and oecason-large or small-real or fam cied-to stir fright and bitterness"
 These things are recorded because they repre- sent what people feel, and may be guide
 All the letters asked the question:
 What I individual do?"
 woman in Denver thought there should be more responsibility in the press for maintaining peace She suggested that some association be formed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
Views of the Press

the North haphazardly. After the Civil War Gen. John A. Logan, then Commander in Chief Of the Grand Army Of the Republic, or dered May 90. 1888, set aside for c. A. R. services. In the South various dates are observed as Confederate Memorial Day.
 By moving observance to Monday We should gain another Of those three-day week-ends that permit a holiday in the country or al a distance. Business avoios the inc terruption O! midWeek holiday which is costly and oistraciing. Al most everybody stands 10 gain by this logical change. and there is no reason why Decoration Day itself should lose in solemnity Of obser- vance. This is a good way to start the reform toward Monday holidays. which the national association hopes to achieve step by step rath- CT than by revolution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
More on Chester Bowles

In view of Chester Bowes apparent hope that someone
 i 'ap him for Bones" and offer him candidate for governor of Connecticut the article him in the current Saturday Evening Post added interest for Connec cut voters.
 The article written by Lew Hahn head of the Ma tsanA Retail Dry Goods Association and offers pungent testimony the nefcacy of OPAs price control policies However whether you believe price controls should modified entirely abandoned you should read the article for its the personal stbboness of Stabzer Rowes and his complete intolerance of any hint of criticism of his administration.
 If the BOwles ski has become that tender meath the rays of Nashngtons winter shudder contemplate it's suffering the spotlight of Connecticut politics IS focused on the Essex ad mans brow!
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27


 that because of the complicated international situa. ton larger Army would be asked for but the War one Senator asked how 1t happened that there was no emergency" planning, Secretary Byrnes refused Co answer He passed tho question to Secretary pat terson, who also did not reply.
 U wasn't supposed IO be known outside the Cab. net, but Henry Wallaces speech at the Jackson Day Dinner was censored-by President Truman himself Wallace had one line la his speech which he thought would answer Republican critics. ft read. Abraham Lincoln was not a member Of our party. But he was certainly fellow traveller"
 Truman thought such reference to the martyred Lincoln might be misunderstood and cut h out Wallace was glad to to concur.
 British Tories were pleased as punch over Win. ston Churehills Fulton, Mo, speech-for several reasons.
 First they think it is now less likely that Britain will get its loan from this country and they do not want the loan. Tory leaders would prefer to work cut their own problems by closing an economic ring around the sterling bloc nations and using tabbed currency they could only import goods from Eng land. This was the same plan pr. Hjalmar Schacht devised for the Nazis
 Reason No. was Russia It is highly significant that just day after the Churchill speech, re- actionary RusSia-hater Lord Beaverbrook called secret meeting of leading ndustralists to plan a i diplomatic campaign which some BritisherS fear might lead to eventual war with the Soviet Union. Present at the meeting were three members of the Labor cabinet-including Arthur Greenwood and Ernest Bevin.
 I still looks like a long wait before veterans can get the clothing they need. The Office of War Mobil izauon and Reconversion will soon bring out repor on mems clothing showing a need for 70 million suits this year but production plans for only about 2S million
 The report will also show that first quarter pro- auction has been only about five million and off cals Of the civilian production administration worried sick that the goal Of 28 million suits io 1 i946 will not be met.
 There is no sign yet that the increase in price granted this month by OPA will mean more men. suits There indications however that large stock of suits are being held off the market in the hop that price control will not be extended beyond June Senator Tom COnnally of Texas chased repOrtelS from the room and closed the doors of the Foreign
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
MOVING HOLIDAYS TO
 MONDAYS
New York Times

Some ot our legal or public ho!i- days are so closely attached to a calendar date, for sentimental or historic reasons, that We would shift their observance reluctantly. This would be true 10 Christmas Day, and certainly no date would be so satisfactory as Jan. ] for celebrat- ing the new years beginning. But there are other holidays. in which the reasons for a specific date are less compelling. that might be ob- served on Mondays with great ad- vantage to many people. Tie Ma tional Association of Monday Holi- days has been incorporated to pro- mote this change, and as its first objec tive hopes 10 move Memorial Day to the last Monday in May instead Of May 30. which falls this year on a Thursday Bills for this purpose are before the New York Legislature.
 The custom of a Memorial or Decoration Day when graves of fallen war veterans are honorsa is said to nave originated in the Southern States and spread into
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
By ThOn,GS Stokes

ID which newspapermen could be banded together . work toward objectiyity in the handling or news garding foreign affairs.
 It is overwhelming and bewildering from the antage point of a common eitizen-that is. how my neghbors and friends could talk seriously of the war-but it has seemed to me that along with few other groups the press is directly responsible The common man. who you have said must rise up m his might is capable Of rising up. He has been led to believe by the commentators and newspapers mat Russia is bent on war and that we must fight back"
 Sine said that attempting "to simulate ones cauaintances to write congressman, etc, is the most dlsiusioning experience possible Professional people are too exhausted from long hours Of work to formu- late letters they think suitable housewives too com cerned over a childs illness or getting supper, etc t1 take time 10 write; and laboring men too worn out"
 From California a wrote: I'm just housewife with three young children 70 care TOT Guess I'm pretty ignorant about world affairs. but ! do manage to find time 10 read onr daily news rapers You said the individual man must do some thing about it. Now I've been wondering for years Why aren't the voters of the U. S. allowed to vote on major matters that actually concern them, such as declaring After all. it's our boys who have 70 tight and We mothers who have to worTy-not the President and congressman who have the authority D declare war"
 This from woman in Iowa.
 So many of us are aware Of what Is going on We read We listen to the radio We listen to the commentators We feel SO helpless and so seareo'
 The common people do need to rise up and demand peace, but must have leadership. We must be told what 70 do, so that We can act together to bring about and maintain peace in the world
 And SO they eome-the voice
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

United Nations Security Council.
 The people of this country are troubled. They can not understand how the clouds have gathered so quickly after the end of a terri De war. They have a feeling O. futility. They don't know where D turn, or to whom. or what they can GO.
 Al least that is the message in letters from various parts oi the country, mostly from women, in response to a column here the nt hnr dau r,nintiro tn the nIlnin 2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
SIX FOR A NICKEL
lHartford Conrant ]

There's sad news today for the children. because candy manufac- turers have just announced that there will be no chocolate bunnies for Easter this year, It was hoped that the familiar confection. dis continued during the war, would now be available; but shortages oi both chocolate and sugar preclude the return Of these miniature Har- yeys. There is only one ray of light in this bunnyless picture, and that is that there will be plenty Of jelly beans. The memory of man run meth not to the time when the jelly bean was not a favorite with small fry.
 Many graybeards today can well remember the time when they pressed their noses agains. the candy case, asked cautiously fl II was six for a nickel and upon be- ing assured Of the terms, went through the laborious process Of selecting. Jelly beans were always included. For one thing, you got a lot of them. When the shrewd pur- chaser added a cents worth oi candy beans, doled out in a minia- ;ure bean pot. he was getting a lot for his money Sometimes, for a flier, a small tin dish Of sweet whiteness was purchased, This was strictly a novelty purchase, for the tiny tin spoon that went with t never did its work effectively.
 Nowadays most children munch on strange connections that are plugged necessarily by radio. But in eating their yitamin-stuffed For ever Thines or Snickeroos they are missing the drama and excitement that crossed the threshold with you, when you entered the multi-odorous groesry store and asked if 1t was six for a nickel"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

Iran. They are certain that US. and European oil companies have no interest today in northern Iran, where Soviet troops have been reported on the march. American oilmen have been all over this area, and, while some oil may be there, it is so remote from world markets that lt has no commercial value,
 The story of international rivalry for Iranian oil goes back to 1901, when one William x, D'AreY. an Australian R0ld.mlnef,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

sion of the senate Military Ata fairs Committee last week,
 When Secretary Of State nyrnes and Secretary Of War patterSen testified in favor of on extension of the Selectlve Service Act, the figures they presented on planned strength of the Army and Navy were exactly the same as those presented early in January, In other words, they proposed an Army Of barely over a million men by July of i047,
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

IraAians have shelyed all other business to hold their eight -day cele- bration oi the Persian new year And look at the headache they had on the morning before the night following.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.
WITH THE ADVERTISERS

l always note in showing Sn9es That are designed to please, The models foot'S priority
 Is taken by the knees. And remark that tender corn
 On which the cure is pressed Are never medicated by
 A lady who is dressed. I further note that motor cars.
 Though shown without bcas. Apparently are offered with
 A bathing blonde for each. What lovelieS. looking forward . Gay Saturdays and Sundays Are stricken down by migraine, a. They're always in their undies From pins 10 caterpillar treads.
 The advertising crew Rings in the cheesecake constant ]
 q like it. So do youD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

We suppose that the people wh live in those new Fuller house will have tO drop around and re- turn all those calls made by the brush man.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
ARCHITECruRAl NOTE

'QEonset hutS, she said, I ilnl Are bound 10 be appealing; There won't be any cobwebs in
 The corners of the ceiling"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
Feeling of Futility

Sometimes wishes that the stili. small voice ol the people Of the world, who are the real con science pf nations could be heard when the diplo- mats gather as they have now in New York in the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

got One fTst concession From Ehe shah oI FFFsla' The first guSher came in 1907, ana ID IhaI year czarist Russia and Great Britain signed treaty which divided Persia into two spheres Of influence The czars eossaeks took over in the north and lhe British in the south
 Tn I9l6. a Russian named 4, N khosIaFia oo' tained a concession to drill for oil tn PeFslaS fiVe northern provinces. But when the bohheVk FeVolu- ton broke out the following year, khostafla turned his concession into cash by selling t to the Anglo Persian oil Company Today. this company Is known as the Anglo.IFanan oil Company. owned SSs per- cent by the British government and ass percent by the Burma oil Company, subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. Individuals own the remaining ITS percent
 
 Persia and Soviet Russia made new treaty ih Is2l and in that oil rights became a bit involved The savle. renouneed all rights which Khostarla had obtained for the Czarst government in iel6 string vas attached, however, in the form of provision
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
Iranian Oil Mess

WASHINGTON. March 27-Washngton authorl' ties on international petroleum production are now inclined to bette the idea that oil concessions are the primary obieetiyes of the Soviet government tn
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

FiOrellO LaGuardia has been nominated Co succeed Herbert Lehman as director general Of che UNRRA. Improvement in foreign relief may not be more visible. but it is safe to say that it will be more audible.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
.Merry-GO-ROI

wAsRNS0roN March a;=That the Truman cabinet Is not looking Tor war in the near future despite warllRe talk was indicated at secret stss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

4 woman. seeking a divorce, told the court that her husband eon- stantly complained Of her cooking. His complaining is bad enough. !" she said. but he added insult to Injury by not only refusing to eat my cooking but by telling all the neighbors about it."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

The Maine Publicity Bureau an- nounces that house5oats, moored in Frsnehman's Bay near Bar Harbor will be used 10 attract tourists to the Pine Tree State this summer Such chi-chi! They'll be useing con- tact lenses for the eyes Of near sighted potatoes next thing you know.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
10 Years Ago

Large chunks oi turf were uproot- cd by Vandals in Library Park.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

Over Republican protests. the House has voted a blank cheek for S5.OO0,OC0 for President Trn- mans emergency fun. Approval was fOregOne. the Republicans being excess prophets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
6 Years Ago

Two persons were injured in an aeciden. on the Mefiden Road which involved a bread truck, car and a horse and buggy.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

4 3O-day jail sentence was given a man who pleaded guilty to going 10 the burlesque while he left his child outside Of the theater where it became III from the cold.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27
Waterbury Of the Past
% Years Ago

Fgen.y-iour diYorees were grant, 2 l in Superior Court.
 Most local manufacturers were JreraI.ng on a four-hour week.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-27

President Rooseyelt's Cabinet, it is revealed, considered but rejected the idea of beating Japan to the punch in i94l Uncle Sam stuck to his tradition of leading with his chin instead Of his fleet.
 The Army has ordered all dis functions in uniform between off cers and men eliminated by the middle of l948-all, that is. except insignia. Too late for the shades oi George Patton.