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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
Anniversary Problems

The Biz Four foreign ministers meeting in Paris exactly one year after the United Nations delegates con- vened in San Francisco to draft charter for the preseVa ton of world peace The Paris meeting will again take up the task of settling some parayzng differences which have endured among great powers for anxious months And until that task done the road to progress ana prosperity is blocked.
 The United Nations as a world organization has taken some impressive strides in it's first year. Already has met with difficulties and solved them in adequate if not bril- liant manner Bu for all it's hopeful activity, the LIN has really been marking time For it cannot protect and maln tain peace until it knows what sort of peace it will have to deal with.
 There has been nothing impressive in the activities of the Council of Foreign Ministers Its London meeting ot October wound up discouragng and complete failure At the end of p days the ministers were so co' pletey at odds that possible to issue hna communique There not one positive accomplishments any plans for the future
 subsequent meeting in Moscow accomplished little more than to set the date the forthcoming conferences The ministers remained stalled the question Of treaty wth Ttalv which had ton place on the agenda. There are numerous questions there which far have been reco ciIabe And there are other matters awaiting discussion which promise be equally troublesome until certain funda mental differences roned out
 Key differences were all too apparent at the London meeting Russia rather typicay insisted that the three most powerful prosecutors of the should make all the decisions regarding the In practice deVeopeo % Russia had certain demands to from which she would not budge and until they there would be prog ress toward peace treaties lasting At London ana N good advantage He appeared to be handicapped by the lack of definite positive, long-range foreign pohcy'
 Since the Moscow meeting in December however tn the American governments attitude has sttened percep0 even though foreign policy is still the vagues in the BE Three and there remains strong popular ana
 disposition to reduce armed forces below the danger me
 That attitude must be maintained not to override other powers and impose will upon the but to impress upon them that compromise is the only solution and that must be arrived at quickly Justice nequty, conenment or unrest peace, and the fate of millions are lnmate concerned with the results of these compromises NO one nation force it's natonasc aims upon the world 1t IS largely up the United States because of its strength ana political ideals to see that this prohibition is enforced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

for him, and resigned from congress to become FDRs Director of the Budget
 Less than year later, the two were in vigor- ous disagreement, chiefly the public works and spending progralns FOR believed the Government had to, spend to win back employment Douglas was for . balanced budget. Finally he resigned.
 Lew then. went up to Canada for while as Vice Chancellor of McOan University, later became head of the giant Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York did his best to elect Wendell Wilkie, was privately though briefly mentioned by J. F. Morgan Partners as Republican candidate for Pres. ideift and then with the war on he and Roosevelt suddenly kissed and made up.
 Douglas became head of the War Shipping Ad- ministration where he cut red tape, rowed With the Army, and did reasonably good job.
 Al one time Roosevelt nearly appointed Doug las to be Under Secretary of State. This was when FDR made the worst foreign relations mistake of his many years by busting his best state Depart lnent executive, sumner Weles. However, Douglas was considered too close to Wall Street, and Ed Stettinius got the job instead.
 Later Lew turned up nlysteFiousIy in Germany. where he served as War Department adviser ana where he persuaded his brother-in-law. Assistant Secretary of War McCloy, to hold UT Trumans tough peace" Directive loe7 for Germany.
 Douglas was one of those who believed that Germany should be built up as buffer state against Russia and that was where he incurred the oppos- ton of Henry Morgenthau. Henry has now written to Truman warning that Douglas as head of the World Bank, would De tragic mlStaKe.
 Despite the fact that everyone likes Lew per- sonally, there is violent opposition to his policies and his off-again-on-agan method of ainbing through life. M~
 However, Secretary of the Treasury Vinson Is for him, so are the British, and what with strong Wall Street support, he will probably get the job.
 If Republican Senator Joe Ball of Minnesota will drop round to the office of his Democratic colleague, Senator Claude Pepper of Florida, he will find present awaiting him in the form of an old-fashioned dinner pail . What happened was that Pepper ribbed the Republicans in a speech on the Minimum Wage Bill, reminding them that the Grand Old Party had made the full dinner pail their slogan, yet voted against the Minimum Wage Bill Minnesota voter immediately sent Pepper dinner pail, saying that perhaps Joe Ball had never seen and didn't know the meaning of 1t. Pepper is waiting for a chance to make the presen- tation . Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr may have been an indirect target of Truman's criticism when he banned the Navy for propagandizng against the merger U. S. Ambassador Beetle" Smith has cabled the State Department that the Russians have eased press censorship just leetle The Atomic Committee headed by able Senator Brien McNEahon of Connecticut finally came through with & pretty good Atomic Control Bill One trouble that Brien is freshman Senator and old-tmers resented his being appointed to so important chatrmanshp. However he did good job and all's well that en6s well.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

at all? Only if it's rationed and required ny la" Give up the use of grain in brewing and distulins' till the emergency is over? What a hll-joy idea that is, and think of all the taxes that would be lost Cut down the fattenng of livestock on grain until humankind has enough in it's belly to sustain life? What nonsense.
 Ignoring the admonition that Man shall not live by bread alone this is the spirit of brothery love- l946 A. D. Forgotten completely is the doctrine He who gives of his aims feeds three himself his hungering neighbor, and Me"
 The chief priests of special interest make great noise before the Congress, like the money" changers scourged from the temple bemoaning the wrongs done their traditional privileges.
 Their demand rises In chorus for an end to all price and wage controls to satisfy their lust TOT more and more gain
 4 small clique of the lawmakers threatens an end to all efforts at stahilizng the prices on agSa" cultural products. They do this even though farm Income is higher than it has ever been. and even though stll higher farm prices can only mean disastrous imitation. They do this because they arc
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
The Resurrection of Christ

Accodng to th ot Mort. c"2oter iG Verses to
 And when the Sabbath past, Mary Magdalen ana Mary the mother and Saome bought sweet spce that coming, they might anoint Jesus
 And very early the morning. the first day ot the week. they came to the sepulchre the being now risen
 And they said one to another: Who shall roll us back the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
 And looking they saw the stone rolled back For it was very great,
 And entering into the sepulchre, they young man sitting at the right side clothed with white robe and they were astonshed,
 Who saith to them Be not affrghted; you seek Jesus of Nazareth who crucied: He is rlsen lie IS not ere Behold the place where they laid Him.
 But po tell his disciples and Peter that He goeth be- fore you into aee there you shall see Him. as He told you
 But they going out, fled from the sepuchre For a trembling and had seized them and they sad nothing to any man; for they were afraid.
 Bt He rising early the first day of the week appeared first to Mary Magdaen of whom He had cast seven devils.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
Safe Accusation

Poland would to be safe in her accusation that Naz scientists work in Spain experiments In atomc isson First of all it unlikely that these eXperl- ments would be the actual manufacture of atomic boo Knowing the poverty and lack of industrial development m Span knowing also something of the vast physical out law and nterockng contributions of whole vast industry that went into the first bombs creation, it is scarcely pos Ridge development in Spain
 So it may be believed that the accusation referred to experiments at the laboratory stage And the accusation has been broadcast so widely and with little prospect o immediate action to follow that much not all evidence might be removed.
 Spain has invited the United Nations to inspect the country and trace these accusations nothing IS tound fl would be easy for the Polish government to make the obvious charge that machinery hidden destroyed ana that the scientists hiding in flight And the original accusation would not be dsproved.
 That does not mean that Poland is accusing falsely But does suggest that the accusation made with too much fanfare. With without it. however there are stll evtmate reasons for the United Nations heed Poland
 ena request for inquiry and action regarding the Franco egime.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
DON'T LET THEM DRIVE

Christian Science Monitor
 A reader in Florida sends us two clippings-one from a Miami paper telling how three out of four drivers involved in a series of accidents were drunk, and one from a Tam pa paper describing how a man who had had lone good drink" plowed into a parked car at 65 miles an hour, killed man, and injured his wife and baby.
 The chief of the Oakland, Cali. fornia, traf1c division says that he had found the element of liquor present" in 70 per cent of all traf- flc accidents and a marked increase in drunken driving.
 A survey by the American Bus mess Mems Research Foundation of Chicago reveals that nearly half of the accident prevention bureau chiefs in American cities find most motor accidents caused by drunken drivers. Moreover, 6l per cent ot these officials say one or two drinks are sufficient to make motortst an 1 unsafe driver.
 Tn view of the increase in drunk en driving reported by the National Safety Council and other responsible authorities. what is the most obvious step toward accident prevention? Should not drinking drivers lic- enseS immediately be cancelled upon conviction?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
By ThOmaS Stokes

The spirit of John Rankin Is the guiding spirit And that is no guarantee of fairness or tolerance
 Mr. Rankin spoke to the house of The Amer ican way" Does he mean the way that has pre- vailed in his district or his state or some other parts Of the South? Does he mean beating up and driving out labor organizers? Does he mean suppress sion of Negroes and denying them their rights as citizens? Does he mean low wages for whites and Negroes in mill and field?
 If the American way" as so many others think of t prevailed in John Rankin's district his tenure of office would be jeopardized. He knows that. Gan 1t be healthy for our democracy to have Jchn Rankin using c committee with the whole nation for it's sphere Of operation to exploit his own fears and prejudcesT
 Another speaker, Rep. Mundt R, S Dak.) quoted from letter from J. Edgar Hoover saying that 1t had been reported to the FBI that the joint anti-Fascist refugee committee had engaged in po- tca activities in connection with it's fundraising campaign.
 'In this regard" Mir. Hoover wrote it is said that during the last week of September, io45 the organization had a sound truck on the streets of New York city in order to implement it's collection campaign to raise funds allegedly for ant-Fascist Spanish refugees. The speakers using the sound truck reliably reported to have urged the break ing of diplomatic relations between this country and Spain and also to have tied in with their ap- peal labor controversies then current in the New York city area"
 Republicans hold street meetings. So do Dem- ocrats and Socialists and Communists, You car stand 15 minutes in Hyde Park in London, too. and hear much more implous statements. The British Commonwealth still survives. ,
 Many years ago there was man, name of Jesus, who held street meetings. He spoke plainly about injustices and the powers that then were. He can still get Into lots of Churches, especially on Sunday.
 But he would probably have a hard time be- fore the Un-American Committee-and John Ram kin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
Views of the Press

down there's no friendly farmer with a telephone nearby.
 Because of these drawbacks, the Canadian government, which now controls four-fifth of the highway, does not expect to issue travel per- mits to civilian tourists unless they can prove that they can make the trip without getting into difficult ties. When gas stations. repair shops and accommodations for meals and overnight stays are es- abolished along the way by private owners, the travel regulations are expected to be relaxed.
 It will not be practical to drive to Alaaska before the summer Of l947, according to people familiar with the problems of the highway. This summers tourists, especially those with well-worn cars, will do betetr to keep to more familiar teF- ritory.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
COLTS PICKS UP

(Hartford Times
 The Colt Patent Firearms Manu- featuring Company has been through four major wars. In every one, starting with the Civil, 1t has done yeoman service in providing weapons for the armed forces. It had Its difficulties after the First World War, but displayed remarkable rec sources of management, found peace- time activities in which to engage and successfully overcame the shock of wholesale cancellation of war. orders.
 This war furnished an even great CT test, heightened by need Of a change of management in the midst of most troublcus times. Graham H. Anthony, who was installed as pres- ident, frankly told the stockholders year ago that even the survival of their company was at stake. Its losses in 1914 on a sales volume oi nearly $50,000.0o0 were more than $3, ,6O0 900. Sales volume dropped tc $30, 100000 in 1945, but operations showed a net income after taxes oi half million, equal to $27O share together with a reduction Of notes payable and an increase in working capital
 However, present activities are confined to dishwashers and wash- ing machines and plastlcs, The arms cranch of the business is completely shut down. The company is not out of the woods It has made progress of the sort which suggests that Its existence is no longer at stake though 1t Is operating at loss.
 The news is encouraging. Colts Is old, respected, and always has been substantial. artford would hardly bt Hartford without 1t as a leader among its industries. which 1t seems likely to continue to be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20


 this important job enjoys the unique distinction of being the only man who could outcharm Franklin Roosevelt Douglas rowed with Roosevelt, resigned as his Director of the Budget organi1ed the In dependent Democrats" did his best to defeat Roose welt in 194O Yet he was always able to win his way back into FDFss good graces
 Friends said Douglas fascinated the late Pres ident because he was the only man who had bet ter technique as 8 charmer!
 Once. during the l043 Churchill Roosevelt con ference in Quebec, FDR asked Douglas to fly up from Washington and serve as special charm diS- seminator. General Marshall and Admiral King were rowing with Sir Allan Brooke and the British General Staf over Far Eastern strategy, so Douglas was asked to pour oil on the troubled waters. He did.
 A lot of people have had their doubts as to whether Lew is a Republican or Democrat, and some friends clide him to whether his family is American or Canadian. He has operated success fully in both parties and both countries.
 Lews' grandfather was Scottish professor of geology who migrated to Arizona via Canada and established the beginnings of the Pi1elrs-Dodge copper millions Douglas Arizona, is named for the family
 Lew'S grandfather kept his Canadian citizenship, even sending his wife back to Canada whenever q child was expected, so that 1t too, would be Ca- nadian. Of his two sons, Walter Douglas kept his Canadian citizenship to the end but Lew's father Jimmy Douglas, didn't.
 He became an American citizen after he fell in love with Josephine Williams, daughter of g crusty Arizona miner Don Looey' Williams, who would not let his child be married to foreigner" Roosevelt-hater that he left Arizona and went back to Canada to spend the rest of his life as far from the New Deal as possible
 Some years before this, however Lew Douglas had come to Congress in 1927 as Democrat at the spriglty age of s. when Congress was packed with dignified Republicans of the conservative Coolidge era. He remained six years got to know Franklin Roosevelt as Governor of New York campaigned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
By Peter EdSOm

angered that spectators have been curbed in their wagering on future prices of cotton.
 A cry goes up for an end to subsidies, the pieces of silver from the tax moneys that enable the cost of food to be held down to within reach of the poor.
 A wall mounts from the owners Of houses to let their rentals rise higher and higher without limit
 The builders of houses, faced with conditions under which many millions may be without roofs over their heads show little concern over the plight of those able to pay least.
 Many leaders of labor. disregarding completely the needs of the people for coal steel farm mple- ments meat, and the necessities of lfe wrangle edlessy not the interests of production and peace worthy of his hire. They seek instead to thrive on industrial strife They gain on threats and stoppages of industry when reason will not support their de- mancs of more pay for less work.
 And many employers of labor fight them back not in the interest of seeing that every worker cent standard of living, but more in the interest of exploitation for profit.
 Meanwhile the s2OO-a-week chosen representa- lives of the people, in Congress assembled, maggie over efforts to set the minimum wage Of the peope at s26 a week. believing go Is enough
 The politician. of course thinks not first oi wise and good government for his country. Main tenance of his own position of power and influence takes precedence.
 On the war-torn wounds of this nation and the world the politicians pour their vinegar mingled with gall
 Yes, this vas Washington in the joyous Easter season. dedicated to remembrance Of those days 1916 years ago when there came from the Gross the pltlfl prayer for the minimizing: rather. tosgive them; for they know not what they do"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
ROAD TO ALASKA
CNew Haven Journal-Courler

CNew Haven Journal-Cour.er)
 The Alaska Highway. talked and dreamed about for years. and has, tily constructed for military pur- poses during the war, is in the travel plans of many Americans While gas was rationed, the roaa became a sort of symbol of the freedom and adventure that would come with the end of the war
 But the fireside touring Is ar imaginary pleasure far ahead of the practical aspects of following thc famous route. Along it's l500-mile length are exactly three gas sta tions-one at Dawson City. one 92; miles further at Whitehorse, ant the third 606 miles beyond at Fair banks. Lodgings aud repair shops are scarce. When a car breaks
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

a single phrase, tIlAt phrase would be Greed is risen"
 While millions go hungry in the old world, few in the new show any signs of willingness to make voluntary sacrifice and to share. Like Pontius Pilate, every one wants to wash his own hands of responsibility for the crimes against humanity com n1itted every day.
 Eat dark bread for a time, in place of white2 Don't like it.. East on less bread or no bread
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

VAAS .CADS AAA " e-Ae@tAe~o0~s ~ w is now. up for appointment as head of the new World Bank.
 This bank, to be created un- der Breton woods, will be about the most powerful economic force in the world. It will have the power to develop or retard coun- tries. It can make or prevent rev- olutions. It will become, for smaller countries, what the small-town banker is to the cor fer grocer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

What must be of the gravest con- cern to us as Christians is that after nearly 20o0 years of the Christian religion a large part of Europe should have relapsed into conditions as degrading as any. thing known or done in the worst days of organism.
 British Amba ssador Lord Halifax.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

the Dies Committee, ii1' recent years.
 It is rather frightening. Is it a portent of another era of intolerance, of Red-baiting, of Ku Kluxism, of persecution of minority groups such as followed the last war?
 The committee, under the leadership of Rep. Rankin (D., Miss.), dragged in and cited for contempt l7 officers and mem- bers of the board of the joint anti-FaSciSt refugee committed.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
Merry Co Round

.i (NOTE-Drew Pearson teddy awards the Brass Rring, good for, a free but somewhat bunny ride on The Washington Msrry-GO- Round, to Lewis DOuglas)
 WASHINGTON. April 1s-For some time a hot behnd-the-scenes row has been raging over the person of charming viyacious Lew Douglas, who has held more jobs in Government than any-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
Greed Is Risen

WASHINGTON, April 9O-tNEA)1f the spirit displayed by Washington during the ls4e Easter season. the traditional time of sacrifice and of hope for better world. could be summarized in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
Un-American

The latest spectacle staged by the so.called un-Amercan Activities Committee of the House is just another proof of the Un-American philosophy that has guided that committee and it's predecessor,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
A Thought For Today

And there shall ye remember your ways and all your ao,rv bercin ye have shall Oathe your v in your own sight your that have committed Ezekiel 2O:43
 couldn't live in peace the shadow of wilu sin pee tween myself God,-George Eliot
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

The Rialto showed It Can't Be Done" in which Earle Williams was starred. while at the Strand Thea ter patrons were laughing at the antics of Fatty" Arbuckle n iBrewSters Millions.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20
The Firing Line By D. N. T.

No section of America gets half as much attention in the public prints as the South. How explain this fact?" - Virginius Dabney in the Saturday Review of Literature.
 EXPLANATION Magnolias to the rustic Slums, Tobacco Road to Crescent City, The South in roaring wordage
 comes
 To stir our risibles or pity, Attention from the public prints Is brought in broad and constant
 focus
 The everlasting limelight glints On urban spire and bacEland locus. The world at large can always read Of fair plantation, old and mellow, Of its archaic, handsome breed, And of the cabins beaten fellow. There never lacks a fulgent ray To light the soul Of Southern
 pixie,
 Or Southern titan of the day, Or any other soul in Dixie. But whence this flood of printers
 ink
 To Hmm the princes and the blight
 CTS?
 The critics from the North, you
 think?
 Not so. It comes from Southern
 writers.
 Government action to get more IAtter to consumers and still keep the price down Is now under way The Little Woman thinks Wash ington hasn't tackled the real bottleneck. though - getting the consumers to the butter.
 Tine bill passed by the Senate enyisions the construction of fifteer million new houses in this country in the next ten years. By 1856, any home built in the Twenties will bt considered quaint and colonial anc will carry the date Of constructor on the front porch for the benefit of the tourists.
 A Pennsylvania pastor has callet on police to maintain order at ne%' Sundays services fn his church Seems some discharged choir sing CTS insist on hissing through th' service-and just try and. get any sleep around there.