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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Tax Suit Withdrawal

If was rather an anticmatc ending to The kepuohcah- Aecans tax suit which developed yesterday Tn superior Court The suit which alleged to have been unuer- taken in behalf of the taxpayers generally the tte po pe" of Waterbury, and to gain relief for them rom ese valuations which they believed to be unfair mas been oopP in md-ar apparently when 1t seemed aoou to l"l '"' o its face anyway
 Of course The Republican, American was acting solely in the pubcs interest when they instituted the suit even though the Council of Community Clubs which ceraV representative of public opinion not consulted as to e excellence of the RIA appointing itself as the puoc ch4 pon Now with equal disregard for the people It seeks o champion it wthdraws the suit Just how the taxpayers feel about this best indicated by William O. Tayors asse lion that the Community Clubs planning to continue ther action.
 Any flat 1096 reduction in valuations does not correct The injustice if such there be- in individually increased as eessents That's what the taxpayers are protesting apouV -"unsound valuations'-and even the glib explanation which Attorney Upson offered in court failed to claim hat virtue for their neomparabe accomplishment ot to quote the American editorial page) driving the city officials to make nasty adjustments in Grand List Vauations
 Judge Paottis commendaton of the paper for brlng- ing the now withdrawn suit was rather surprising More than surprising was the praise which Attorney William Fz- gerald heaped on the Pape papers head His job was to represent the city Praisng those bringing suit whlch ms associate counsel Corporation Counsel Maurice Heaey hS previously characterized premature is rather oroao interpretation of the responsibilities of his duties
 Much that has transpred in the past few days remains unexplained Time may perhaps reveal many things Mea- while the Community Clubs wisely proceeding n prose- cuton of their suit for relief and The Republican, American implies snug agreement with the observation that their ac- ton represents simply termination logical because of the presently existing circumstances of proceeding undertaken and prosecuted for the good and benefit of all o the tax payers of the City of Waterbury,
 Oh, yeah
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
By DresO PearS0a

Able Ebert Thomas of Utah, Chairman of the senate Military Affairs Committee is reserved, mild-mannered man. Seldom does he lose his temper nut the other day when the Military Affairs Com- mtitee was preparing to vote on the iong-uelayeo Federal Science Bi Thomas really let loose against procrastinating senator Revercomb of west Vlr- ginla.
 subcommittee to pass on the Federal Science Bill Hut despite that he still wanted more delay.
 The Bill is one of the mostly badly neeoed instne Government Scientific research is now tne crux oa modern warfare, and the Science Ell proVioes i0f that research.
 The Hill is one of the most carefully written of any before the Senate. It was drafted only alter senator Kgore of west Virginia co tnesseS Si M clndinr the Secretaries of War, Navy ana lntenor, Bernie Baruch, pr. vanneyar Bush tne Nenonsl Hs eocation of Manufacturers the AFL., the OLOr and dozens of the nations leading scientists
 Reverconb although a member of this sun- committee had not bothered to attend us nesSss atc However when the Bill came before the run senasc Y. MiI,tary Affairs Committee, he had the nerve 70 aSk # 1Gr wSns to study the Bill further the West vr ginia Republican said'
 rt was no secret to every member of the Com- ,nittee why he wanted the delay. HeVercomp S bitter enemy of Senator Ksore DeCcFs M to aerS EsU M Science Bill along with Senator warren Masnuu- son of Washington. Kgore was Chairman ot .A,,s ,ns subcommittee Reverconb wants therefore is to see ms DemocratS West Virginia colleague receive national creoit.
 This was what caused Chairman Thomas 70 Iiow S, un Thomas was one of the Nations outstahains social scientists before he came to the senate Gmu when Revercomb said that he questioned tne lncau- sion of social scientists among the scienustS 70 Is ceive rederai support Chairman Thomas shot pEck:
 "Your subcommittee has thoroughly tnrasneo this thing out with both the Government omclais I and the distinguished scientists who appeaTeo DelOas it and found the present language acceptspe. sA DO you mean to tell me We cant oiscuss VlV- Bill in full cornmttee2" Revercomb asked pelnget- ently. ,,.o, sonotor renIied ,.if we discuss t intelligently."
 Desnite this sarcasm, RevercOmb insisted that inc Connmittee vote on whether support TOT Vne social sciences should be included in the Hlil .,
 ''The Government might be paying TOT EaSiat studies and things like that" he muttered -
 The vote was taken and Revercomb was deieateu. d,. Thomas then gently explained that 1t IS p pracucaly impossible to draw a line of demarcatlon DeVweeN inc social sciences and the physical sciences; ...
 Tt is very easy to distinguish pnyscal sce"Vss from social sciences" Revercomb insisted .,
 ',Yes" Thomas replied this time not so sehsis' "If YOU don't know anything about either ,. ,ar
 The Committee then decided not to wat ie,. iUa Reverconb to get educated regarding the bln WhS, s hIs avn subcommittee had been studyine iO' months, and voted to approve It.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30

servative Southern Democrats because he dares to speak them out plainly He was merely an excuse
 Other reasons are embodied in the sort of Alice In-Wonderland nature of our own party system First one then the other has become down through our history, the party of progressivsm, with frequent bolts from one party to the other as issues change There is no hidebound party philosophy
 Under our loosely organized party and Legislative system too 1t is difficult to achieve or enforce party responsibility Nor are there any mechanismS to pre- serve party responsibility as there are, for example under the British parliamentary system
 There Is a need for them, In the interest ot etl- cient and responsible government. good argument was published recently. of which the following IS an excerpt:
 Under the American party system there are always two main groups each checking the other and offering the choice of alternative courses or acton express themselves helping in party caucuses to oe ermine the policy for this group
 Your committee recognizes the need for freedom of action on the part of the individual member oi Congress and his right to vote against the announced
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
"A NATION OF GARDENERS"

tNew York Herald Tribune)
 At the opening of the National Garden Conference in Washington this week, Clinton P. Anderson, Secretary of Agriculture, called for rehabilitation of all former Vic- tory gardeners in this seasons battle against world famine. The goal of an emergency program Is to make America "a nation of gard enerS," the Secretary said. And at the conference on Wednesday, John w. Snyder, Director of War Mobili. Zation and Reconversion, urged the home growing of food this year as "one of the easiest, quickest and fairest ways to prevent imitation Of food prices out of all reason" Here, then, Is an official rallying of e%- tra rows, extra hoes and perhaps few overtime calluseS or bliSters among the ranks of l8,500, 900 Vic- tory gardeners, who in l945, turned out some 6,00,000 tohS of food, in- cluding an estimated 3,0000o0 quarts of home canned vegetables, fruits ana berries,
 During the war years 1t was, we believe, a source of pleasant as- tonishment to many newly enlisted gardeners when they discovered how much fresh and vitamin- -con- scious food for the home table could be grown from a small piece of land, This year, with such eXperi- ence encouragingly behind them, 1t should give added importance to home grown beans and tomatoes sweet corn and cabbage, when it can be known that all of these are, in a very true sense. even If a vicarious one, feeding hungry mouths, some of which are as far away as India. For every pound of food raised and eaten at home means saving of that much food for export
 Citizen gardeners, then, should plant larger gardens this spring, whenever land and time allow. Let the rows be longer and more of them. Victory gardens were a home-fyont way to victory. Ma tional gardens are vital part Of the road to peace.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30

American representatives in Iran plead for utmost speed The cables from Moscow to Gromyko order him to stall, delay and then stall some more.
 That's why the Soviet Ambassador acts as If he has nothing to do but sit and talk, That's why Polish Ambassador Oscar Lange 0 Soviet supporter is always getting hungry He is always the first to ask for recess for lunch or dinner Every recess means more time killed That's how Gromyko keeps avoio- ing vote to the last possible moment.
 Meanwhile, however, high drama is being enacted in Teheran. There, both Britain and America ar are represented by anti-Sovet diplomats They have pin ned their hopes on the equally ant-soviet Shah of Iran.
 On the other side is the Russian Ambassador who has his orders to stage revolt at the earliest possible moment, busting tho Shah and making 1ranian Premier Ghavam top man,
 Ghavam is virtually Soviet puppet. During the last two years, the Russians have permitted him 10 get away with all sorts of economic concessions m Northern Iran under the protection Of Red Army troops. As result. GhaVam IS one or Vne WeaVnes' men in the Near East
 However, revolutions are not set up overnight They take both money and time. The Soviet Embassy in Teheran is reliably reported to have ostrlouted Sl 500O00 in gold to Iranian political leaders m the past month to expedite revolt simultaneously tne British Embassy no slouch at cloak dagger ulP- lomacy has seen to It tnat tne Snsn erican Sm , terests The British Army which left Iran more than month ago, left behind valuable military equip- ment to aid in resisting any EusSian-HSpHeu "P rising
 In New York also there Is more than mere power politics involved In what has been going on behind the scenes. The Irantan Ambassador to the United States HuSsein Ala Is bitterly However Hussein Ala gets his orders from pro- Rus sian Premier Ghavam who recently reoutted nm nm Alas pals who include some people who helped tne Nazis before the war. have urged him to force ms case against Russia into tho open before ohaVam removes him,
 So while hgh-sounding phrases are poured o.n oHt for nubne consumption under the lights at the UNO Security Council meeting Oriental politics in tnen rouehest, toughest cloak .and dagger form nourish backstAge
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
AT ROOT OF HOUSING
 PROBLEM
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 The new restrictions imposed on building by order of the Civilian P oduction Administration should help redpce confusion over reasons for the delay in housing Ever since the shortage of dwelling space created a national emergency, the public has been repeatedly aroused and discouraged by Federal policies, The original fallacy lay in the no. ton that the worst conditions hin- aering production of housing could somehow be blasted out of the way by Congress onal approval of an elaborate Federal program. Public sympathy has been strongly With veterans whose families are com" pelled to double up with relatives or in undesirable quarters The hope was that by some magic, and m quick order, big subsidies from Washington would create millions of houses in relatively few months, Faith was pinned to ceiling prices for new and old houses, ceiling rents for new apartments, and con- version of existing dwellings into quarters for two or more families,
 But the eravest difficulty of all received less attention than 1t de- served this was an alarming short age of building materials, The lat est restrictions are designed to stop all construction that can be de- rered and keep to 8 minimum that which cannot be- so that more ma terials will be available for new housing, As announced by the Ma tional Agency and tho Civilian Production Administration, the re- Structions promise to direct lars- CT flow of materials and equipment into building that will house vetcr- enS. Strict enforcement should achieve that purpose,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30

home for a summer of campaigning.
 High-ranking Army officers becoming more and more outspoken on the subject of unificaon Of the armed services. They say fatly that unifi- cation means virtual abolition of the Navy.
 Their argument is that there no longer is any need for Navy. The German. Jap. and Italian naves have been destroyed. Russia never had navy. Tine French navy is terribly weak, and the British navy is being cut down even more than is the U. S. Navy by demohilization
 Therefore who is there to fight at sea?
 The $. intelligence services are frankly stymied as to what is going on in large of China and Manchuria, Lack Of transportation and comnunica- ton facilities makes 1t impossible to get observers in or get their reports back out There areas bigger than Pennsylvania that have no railroads no tele- phones or telegraph, and practically no automobiles.
 Plenty of surplus arplanes are sitting around China, but there are no crews 10 fly them and to maintain them,
 Reports of Japanese booty" lifted out Of Man chufia by the Russians are nov numerous but trag- mentary None Of them has yet touched on the two biggest Industries ln Mukden-the railroad shops which built everything from rails to locomotives. and the Jap arsenal. biggest in the world. which made everything up to Ie-ineh naval guns IHeidensalv'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
A Brighter Touch

Just before there is general greenness looking across the hills and in our immediate vicinity early Spring treats us to the first touch of color That would be the forsytha It comes and goes quickly in it's golden glory that we can days advance it rapidly day is in full bloom the next day it is gone.
 All around town you it today private prop erty and in nice planting parks and along the high way It borders Fulton Park Soon it will be followed by magnolas in full bloom then the many other Towering shrubs of April and May.
 This Spring the forsytha has arrived time. It is at it's best the moment great of it, something bright and pleasant to make up for the utter drabness ot late Winter and approaching Spring The landscape and life are frightened considerably by fosyha in profusion
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
By Peter EdSOn

both of there plants were wartime targets for China based BPS bombers
 The State Department now has under consid- ,ration a project to publish German Foreign OlIlce ecords and so demonstrate German war guilt 10 the world Probably the most valuable capture mace py the American Army in Berlin the complete file of German Foreign Office records dating clear back to 1855. Preliminary examination has shown that these papers are a gold mine of historical nforma- tion
 After the last war, the German government was first to break into print with official papers, pub ished in 1920 British Foreign Office papers in reiu- tation of the German claims of war-innocence were not issued until 1926 and the U S. never got around to putting out its war record till 1884
 An examination of any good map of the Middle East with concentration on the frontier between Russia and Iran, will show the reasons why the Soviet government is so interested in Trans tVe northern provinces.
 These states border on the Caspian Sea to the north, while their southern boundary is the crest o. range of mountains. Considered in the light ot known Soviet aim to make Russian boundaries secure against invasion, this mountain range assumes lm- portance as a natural geographic frontier Acqulsi- ton of northern Iran would close off the Caspian Sea. too making it an all-Russian lake instead oi an international body of water.
 Extending the boundaries Of the USER 70 na- ural strategic defense lines has been the Soviet policy in Finland Poland the Baltic States. and the Balkans It provides much more logical explanation for Russian interest in the five northern provinces o. Iran than does any concern over their oil eop- sessions.
 
 The air routes which British alrIlnes win follow In flying across the United states route % ant from London and the British dominlOns have beer tentatively set to parallel United AFlnes from New York t0 Miami and New orleans. This was arranged at the recent D. s-nFitsh aviation conference n Bermuda. where representatives 0g VIVA. ana American AiFlines-bft not u.AL and GasteEn~aas to as observers and advisers
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Where Has He Been?

New Yorks state industrial commissioner in the course figuring unemployment insurance tax rates for propreors of eating and drinking places has worked out schedule o tips for walters which he thinks proper for tax purposes and apparently, for the customer well.
 He suggests 12 per cent tip for food and beverage service at tables and cent tip for counter and drug store service
 The commissioner obviously didn't out much dur ing the Either that he is possessed of tough hide and charmed life All but the most costered must surely have learned by that the traditional 10 per grauiy earns the gver best and accompanied by the reasonable likelihood of getting cup of coffee down his
 ser neck the chair pulled out from under him speed his departure,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
"A Healthy Home

"A Healthy Home in Healthy Community is the theme of the 1946 program for National Negro Health Week sponsored by Pearl Street Neghborhood House in Wa terbury next week.
 The theme is in line with the general trend of better living and better homes for all National Negro Health week what has been done along these lines and the continued and broader scope this program planned for the future.
 Many aspects of the subject of health and better living will be discussed during next week. Prominent speakers will be heard and practical demonstrations will occupy some of the programs National Negro Health Week has the in terest and commendation of all who interested In healthy community for all living within it's boundaries
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
UNIFORM UNIFORMS

CThe Christian Science Monitorl
 If the War Department an- nouncement that Army officers and men will soon wear the same uni- form gets rid of some of the officers capricious variations on the regula~ ton theme-well and good. Express l!on of personal taste in pink slacEs, forest green instead of olive drab, ana Slps which ring the changes from the military to the truck driv- CT slouch had gone pretty far, es- pecially when enlisted mems uni forms were supposed to be strictly c I.
 We hope, however, the War De- partment Is not going to be stam- peded by wave of popular criti- Cism into extremes on a not par ticularly fundamental matter, There are good, common-sense reasons why the quality-not the design
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Views of the Press

of uniforms should go up with the rank.
 As for the promise to return dress blues to Army enlisted men, abol- ished after World War One-that Is another matter Why the long olive crab hiatus in peacetime is hard to figure. with the blue, red, and gold splendor of the Marines al- ways somewhere around as an irri- tant. Perhaps General Ike has just had his first real look at a Leatlr- ernecE sergeant major with five hash marks setting out for a stroll down the Mall.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Blunder Recti6ed

Somebody in the Navy made terrible bunder when nropery at former aircraft plant in Connecticut sold
 He forgot to include in the deed cement hole eight feet by ten feet by six feet in which barrels used in the con struction of pr0pelers had been sheltered
 This of course left the Navy in the unfortunate posi- ton of owning hole in somebody elses property The w. L Maxson Corp discussed offering the Navy a truck in which to haul away the hole and put it onto government property But the Navy suggested that the company buy fhe hole This was done The cash consideration ST. The company has clear title to the hole and whoever perpetrafed the original blunder probably will get medal for not only retrieving his error but actually making h pay An we'll Another day, another dOkar.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Party Responsibility
By Thon1aS Stokes

ro,ev of his party But we feel that if party acc countabty for policies and pledges to DC acnieVeo, stronger and more formal mechansms are necessary
 That is not Henry Wallace speaking, though ne suggested the party caucus as mechanlsm' Ahap was A joint Congressional committee created oy Oon- sreSs to recommend means of recognizing Congress to make 1t more effective It Included all Varieues of opinion from both parties
 The chairman of this committee S senator "a Toilette (Wis) When the report was written ne WAs memher of third party, his own Wisconsin Progress sve party which since has been dlsSolveu uhueE ne leadership to join the Republican party
 Senator IAFollette voted to join the Republican marty only a couple of days before Mir Wauaces controversial speech Republicans of course, welcomed him back though few agree with his political phnoso- Dhy He was coming back into their party
 This does not mean. however, that Senator La Toilette will become conservative Kepuplcah-TaF rom i The Progressive Republican bloc in the sen ate much in the minority, welcomed nm paek as ai' influence to change the party and make lt prosFes' sye They said so. in many words.
 Mir LaFollette's views are more closely aKin to those of MT Wallace than those of many Democrats and virtually all RepublicantS. This demonstrates the hay nature of party lines Henry wallace leIt ocrats and his endeavor Is to keep the party the sort ?t party 1t was when he joined It.
 That pretty well poses the problem
 Each party is a sort of circus under pig ten1 with room for all kinds of performers. But as potn Secretary Wallace and Senator LaFollette now say, there's got to be some coordination or policy II tie nerformance of government is to go on.
 This is not to guarantee that either the senator or Mir Wallace might not slip out of their respective tents again u
 Which brings us right back to Alice :
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30

sponsibility,
 No more nonsense has been said about a subject in long time-and by some otherwise fairly reasonable people. MT. Wal lace'S suggestion, which he coupled with a recommendation for party discipline, set off an emotional spree that had nothing to do with the practical problem as raised.
 The reasons, of course, are plain. One is MT. Wallace, him. self. He has become a natural target for RanuhlIcanS and con-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30

scrutable Soviet Ambassador 0ro- myko. Though young in the game and sometimes considered e mere messenger for Moscow, Gromyko knows what he's doing every minute. Nothing slips by him.
 While the audience, mostly American, watches the Soviet diplomatic stalling at the UNO meeting, much clearer picture is revealed behind the scenes. Confidentia! cables pouring into the State Department and the RY.ihiQl1 W,oraioI1 Of1ee from An0lo-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30

reserved space Tor 60 SenatorS and Congressmen on the task force go- ing to Bikini. The party will be gone two months.
 If Rayburn names loyal and deserving Democrats. he will weaken his working majority. On the other hand, if he could ap- point some of the Democrats who are blocking the administration program. it would help him con- siderably in the period when Con- greSs will be trying to clean up unfinished hIsiness in order to get
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
IS Years Ago

Robeg Davis and Charles In- graham returned here after a iish- ing trip in the south, s YEARS AGO
 Two local girls left the city for training In the Army Nurse Corps.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-30
Waterbury OF the Past
25 Years Ago

Several passengers were slightly injured when a trolley jumped the tracks near Overlook.
 A passerby on Baldwin Street was injured when struck by a radio which fell from a third story win- dow sill of an apartment house. l5 YEARS AGO
 Arthur Crockett of Windham Street celebrated his 18th birthday.