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Evening star., 1946-04-03
Various Army Vehicles
Go on DispIuy Saturday

The Recruiting Service will OBJ.
serve Army Day Saturday with ar
exhibit of military equipment or
Fifteenth street west of the Com.
merce Building.
The entire block between Consti.
tuition avenue and E street will be
filled with such items as a Genera,
Pershing Aston tank, a Buffalo
huge amphibious Tank. a light
tank, an M-8 scout car (armored)
a half-track, duck, jeeps, trucks
staff cars, an M-8 motor gun car
riage. an Ms mock-up and dragon
wagon.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

late. The veterans came from as fal
as California and Texas. L. B
Souder. office manager, told the
veterans the WAA was blameless
that "priorities are set up by law
and don't apologize for the lack OF
materials"
The Public Relations Office of the
WAA in Washington indorsed Mr..
Souder's statement, saying that in
the sale of surplus equipment first
priority goes to Federal agencies,
second to State and local govern
ments, third to certain nonprofit
institutions and last to the veterans.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

took advantage of their higher pri-
ority and bought $200,000 worth of
cameras, projectors, enlargers, film
and other hard-to-get items. Left
for the holders of lower priorities
were such surplus equipment as suit
cases and telescopes designed for use
as gunsig hts.
Attempts by the Baltimore Office
to avert the expected influx of vet
eran photographers by use of tele-
grams to regional Offices were too
Evening star., 1946-04-03
U. S. Oil Needs Expanding

1t is estimated that the total
United States demand for petroleum.
products in 1865 will be 100000 bar
rels daily.
Evening star., 1946-04-03

HoIsteins Imported in 1857
The Holstein COW was imported
into the United States in 1857 from
Holland.
Evening star., 1946-04-03
Meet
CARDINAL
J 1SPELLMAN
Also in this issue

MAKE YOUR OWN JOB. The appG-
can't with an idea has an edge on
1870 of the rest-says James D.
Woolf. Here is how simple ideas
started men on the road to sue
cess, and specific suggestions on
how to hatch the idea that will
land the job you want.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
Dangerous Discontent

There is more than homesckness behind the sorry pie ture of dscontent low morale and vanishing discipline among American troops in Manila deep resentment is also evident which apparently arises from number of
 cting stories and half truths to why the aren't being sent home.
 A service newspaper, the Daily Pacifcan may have struck at the of the trouble with this Illuminating state ment "We brefed mission during the days of combat. Let us be brefed now" No planes the sol dier sailor for wanting to home Combat veteran not the with months of foreign service de- the speediest possible return to civilian fe It is the duty of the Army and Navy and of the whole country to see that he gets it.
 But unfortunately there must be American troops in Europe and the Pacific regions for long time to The fighting has stopped but turbulence and remain The of the occupying forces have extremely import ant task to perform in securing the victory dearly
 The Army has made it clear to those at home that vol unary enlistment and Seecve Service not provd ing enough to handle this occupation ob Thus the rate of discharge for in the service must be slowed for time It has explained that the precarous and volatile state of in the Pacific makes necessary the of szabe force in the strategic base of Manila and that soldiers there to guard the peace not the Fpnos
 But has the Army explained this fully to the in voved? Are they brefed for their peacetme mission fully they for combat? Apparently not, judging
 from the service paper quoted above and from other state ments by soldiers in Manila. At any rae something has happened to turn part of mighty fighting force of superior spirit and strength into army of protesting demonstrat ing malcontents
 One of the worst aspects of an obviously bad situation that the soldiers grievances playing right into the hands of the domestic Communists whose latest line bring the boys home"a solicitude which be naive as to take at face value.
 Soldiers asked at Manaa meeting if they wanted to be used to further British imperialism in Java and to help Chang Kashek defeat the Chinese Communists They given handbs which asked Do you want to be used pressure for compulsory military training legsla tion There is threat of real harm to domestic accord American policy and ultimately world peace if this situation allowed to continue and develop It is up to the Army to straighten 1t out, quickly, frankly and fairly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
Convention Ballyhoo

Reading about the recent Sunday meeting $500 str ing General Motors workers in Flint Mich strangely like reading account of national political convention There the story of bands and pretty drum major ettes of newsree and Keg ghs of cheers and stamping and battle songs.
 And the speeches were the politicaoratory school JAW Secretary-Treasurer George Adde'S usually the quiet side told the cheering crowd that they were the shock troops of American labor.
 You Panzer divisions" he said our reconnais- troops and behind thousands and thousands of other workers who will back you when you have made contact with the enemy" And so
 It unlike the spectace-seen briefly in four yearsof sober-sded senators and wing with each other whip hot and hystera throng of delegates to higher pitch of excitement.
 both the listeners assured that the oppos on is made up of villains who will wreck the country and the dres caamities if they victorious And in both the excitement dies with little accomplishment private conferences Whether these issues involve pres dentia candidate union contract there are deals and compromises that have little to do with the sentiments thundered at the delegates or the workers.
 The nonsensical mummery that goes with natlona political convention is tolerated if not sancted by age and usage Everybody knows 1t doesn't mean anything Every body knows that feversh pasanshp subsidies elec tiOn is It's all ancient and not good gag
 But the JAWS explosive oratory is not something that is turned in four years and then forgotten plies to what might be situation of continuing dispute and bad feeling
 The workers aren't to be blamed for enjoying the bands and and general huabaloo Productonne work isn't very inspiring creative effort. Striking is wearsome wor rsome and expensive The excitement drama and of important participation these meetings afford undoub edy welcome But this hQsnes of playing soldier of bitter reference to the if harped continuously, can make bad situation w,
 This isn't to imply that rrc eral Motors management
 gallery of plaster saints But the General Motors strike will be settled and settled by compromise Both sides know that and have known it all along.
 The JAW leadership talks much of opening the books get line managemens plans for future production JAW spokesman Victor Reuther, implies that private enterprse fascstc that the idea of labor and capital working for the good antiquated theory and that the salvation of the country lies in aborsponsored third party and government ownership of certain key indus tries.
 We sometimes wonder if these what the rank-and- file worker striking for whether what he wants is de- served rise in wages compensate for increased living costs and settlement of the strike that he may back to work and draw those wages.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
Old Dog New Tricks
By Peter EdSO,s

hundred analysts in MA, the proposed National In- telligence Authority now being organized from o6S remains by Col Alfred Mccormack. Contrary to common belief, MA isn't going to do any spy work itself. The cloak -and-dagger activities have been transferred to the War Department All MIA will do is analyze the intelligence obtained by others Armys G-2. Navys ONI, FBI. and Commerce and State Department Foreign Service officers.
 Colonel Mccormack has estimated that the in- telgence end of the business may cost six million dollars year. But no one can estimate what the information and cultural relations programs in OIC will cost till Congress gets through with it. For the first six months of this year. OTC will operate on . budget of about lS million dollars.
 They justify this expenditure by the now familiar device of comparing it to war costs.
 One of the stock arguments against this govern- ment information stuff is that the job can be done by private news, radio and movie business. Benton insists this isn't so All he's trying to do set up service that will fill in the gaps of service private enterprise can't afford to furnish. and go where private agencies don't reach
 To take the cultural relations" name curse off the program, legislation has been introduced in Congress by Chairman Sol Bloom of the House For egn Affairs Committee He calls 1t "An Act for the International Interchange of Persons Knowledge and Skils" That long-winded title may be worse than culture, but it's the best name they have now for this most important job.
 It involves sending D. S. technical experts in foreign countries and bringing foreign students to the United States for specialized training. Some l0 0OO of these exchange students expected this year. perhaps 10000 in l047. Incidentally, these students pay their own way. Learning how to build dams or autos, how to dip sheep kill off mosquitoes all come under the heading of this much abused "cul- tural" relations
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
New Berford Standard-Tin

(New Berford Standard-Times)
 In a letter to Attorney General Tom c. Clark, President Truman noted with deep concern that some forms of juvenile delinquency has risen $50 percent since Pearl Harbor. He assured the Attorney General that he was Squarely be- hind his program, which includes the appointment of an advisory panel in the Justice Department for handling youthful offenders and an extensive survey of the entire field of juvenile delinquency.
 This program hardly could be in- stigated at more propitious time. It will be necessary to get a flying start on the ravages of war on home life. Four years of high wages and long hours, and poor housing, have been gnawing strain on the family. Often both parents were absent from the home, one or the other in tn- dustry or service. Play was at a hard tempo too.
 Children, caught in this wllirl of hard work, faster living. and over crowding, may not yet show the eff fects. But they will unless remedial action is taken to knit Sundered families, provide living space. and better the courtroom handling of juveniles. Otherwise, this years crop of delinquents may be much larger than that of 1945.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
MEAT WAGES AND SUBSIDIES
(Ney York Times)


 In order to meet the higher wages demanded by workers in meat-packing plants, some price in- creases apparently will be required. This price relief can be granted in one of two ways and apparently both are being considered. The first is to increase the price of meats to all consumers. The second is to increase the price only of Govern ment purchases for military use and for overseas relief. A higher price which is paid only be the Government will be in effect a new subsidy on meat. It will not be poS- sible to disguise by the payment of such a subsidy the fact that wage increases will requier higher prices.
 This proposal would establish dangerous precedent. High wages to the worker to low prices to the consumer by means of subsidies would create politicians paradise. Such a practice would also obscure from the public the full signifi- canoe of the wage increases that are paid. The consumer would have to pay as a taxpayer the increased cost that he is not called upon to pay as 8 consumer. To the extent that the increased subsidies are not covered by taxes, and it is not prob able they will be, the main effect would be to increase the size of the budgetary deficit. The result would be a larger volume of in-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
By Bill Cunningham

capped general notice, but which probably summed up the facts then, and now. Few want" said he, ito talk about military morale. The morale of the soldier is exactly the morale of the family behind him. Take care of the home front morale, and you won't have to worry about the soldiers morale"
 The home front morale has sagged like a rayon stocking through the months since the fighting stopped With these grpe letters that have come in directly there have been practically as many from local CHS kin. most of them just as bitter, many even more unreasonable The general message Is that they don't see why their soldier has to stay over there. Most of them utterly selfish. No demand Is made that all the boys be brought home. They just want their own home. It's easy to guess what passes in letters between the two Every sort of dodge Is suggested and attempted.
 They send the soldiers letter, or scraps of his letter, where he's blowing his top about this that and urge that 1t be printed but that he be pro- tected" In other words the Army or Navy be blasted upon the say of some scorched scion of unceTtifed dependence but that he be spared the responsibility of backing up what he charges.
 But that's far from all of 1t. The CT. has been misied misinfoFmed and hrutaliy disappointed Flat promises have been made about points and ships and schedules, and then the whole thing has been changed without notice And how can you expect him to believe anypody when the Secretary of War himse6 reveak his complete ignorance Of how matters standf The 0I. Isn't without his excuses.
 But the cumulative effect M dlsTeputahle spec tacle The fault goes away back. Why we belonged in the var, and what we were trying to prove with the war was never sufficiently sold to the home front. Then the Army and Navy failed to indoetfin- ate the dI with the sense Of responsibility neces- saEy. The result Is that neither he. nor his family. even yet has a clear picture.
 To-day, we're sorry sight in the eyes of the world. Our home front hes gone to pieces in strikes Olu armies the world round have renounced the role Of cpnauerpr to take over that of cTy~baby. Any resemblance between us and world leadership At the moment ls purely coincidental This s what happens when you don't have leadership. and true aA6asehip is what ws never had ahoys ihe lighting.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

tive noses, these old dogs of war smell only of propaganda, cloak-and-dagger and spy stuff There- fore their whelp gets kicked around.
 The job handed to William Benton, the still com- paratvey Assistant Secretary of State in charge of Public Affairs has been to wean OIC, wash 1t, brush it, teach it good and raise 1t up fit to bring into the house
 At their peaks, OWI had abont 10000 employees. OSS had 2,500 and Rockefeller mad 200-a total of 13700.
 To take their place, Benton is proposing an ganization of 2600 Less than 600 would be stationed abroad from four to 20 information officers being assigned to each of 62 principal embassies and con- sular offices, with part-time work going on in 2 About 900 would be necessary to keep the radio programs going, 800 would be temporary duty with the occupation forces in Japan and Germany, perhaps 100 could supervise the cultural relations program, and another 800 would be needed to prepare and edit ton
 In addition to these would be some four or five
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
INDUSTRIAL TURMOIL CUTS
 BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
tsprinefield Daily Newsl

CSpr1ngt1eld Daily NeWS)
 Conservative New England has stood up rather well during the na- tionwide troubles between industry and labor, condition which may perhaps be shown to the best ad- vantage by a comparison of the volume of business done here and in other centers of industry. The record of bank clearings for the week ending January 9 shows that Boston had the largest percentage of gain over the corresponding week last year of any large eastern city. The bank clearings at Boston take in the business activities of a large industrial and agricultural area.
 Quite in contrast with the experi- ence of Detrict, Mich, is that of Boston in that there is 8 gain of 19 per cent in clearings as Boston and loss of 19.8 per cent in De- troit as compared with the week ending January 10 in 1945. Other eastern cities made large gains over last year, the increase in New York city being 16.2 per cent while Phil adelphia had a gain of 13.l per cent. Buffalo shared in the slump with loss of 5.9 per cent while Pitts burg had a loss of six-tenths of one per cent and Cleveland four tenths of one per cent.
 An idea of the trends in business may be had from the fact that the clearings in Boston for the week ending January last amounted to $442, ,95l 900 or more than half the total of the greater city of Phila- delphia with a total of $S02 ,000, 900. The comparisons show that indus trial warfare is costing heavily.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

pecially wishes it is Jim TTnnell of Delaware who has just received the most resounding kick in the pants recently given by the White House to any alleged friend
 Sen. Ttlnnell has been one of the most loyal of all the Roosevelt-Trtm supporters. He has slaved night and day for their program He is one Senator who can be absolutely depended upon. Partly be- cause of his loyalty he faces different reelection fight this fall, with the DuPont Republicans prepar- ing to put tough candidate in the field against him.
 Until recently, they had been planning to pass over ex-Senator John Townsend, a staunch friend of the DuPonts but considered bit out-of-date be- cause of his isolationist record
 However Townsend will now be their candidate thanks to Harry Truman. For the President has just appointed Townsend as Alternate D. S. Delegate to the United Nations This automatically takes away the taint of isolation eevates him to position of prominence, and remakes his poliical future.
 It was the most crushing blow faithful Jim Ttin- nell could have received.
 At first, politicians blamed Secretary Byrnes for the appointment. He, however, had nothing to do with it. Then they blamed Townsends son-in-law, Prev Savoy, who was among the group which helped invite Truman to the Jefferson Island party last summer. Replied Savoy.
 T only wish could plead guilyt. It would have put me in right with my father-in-law.
 Now, however, President Truman has confessed that he did the job himself He is the sorriest man in the world-and has said so to Sen. Tunnen. But the appointment can't be changed. He did exactly the same thing he once cussed out Roosevelt for making an appointment without consulting the Sem ator concerned.
 
 Last week the State Department and Reuters the British news agency engaged in controversy as to whether or not Reuters slanted its news to favor British interests
 Apropos of this certain Japanese files, seized since the war, are revealing. In 1889 the Japanese sold their entire salmon catch partly taken off the shores of Canada and Alaska, to British firms This announced in Tokyo and started to cause flrore in the Canadian and English press. However, the Mitsublshi firm in London stepped in and used its influence with Reuters to kill the story.
 Here is an interesting Jap letter from the Lon- don office of the Mltsubishi firm telling their head office in Tokyo how they got Reuters in London to lay off the story. Dated June 22, 1889, the letter states:
 Tt was great shock to Us to learn that such details of business disclosed in Tokyo; and as we were certain that this would cause great
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
GREENER PASTURES
(New York Sum


 Even the farsighted find 5000 miles of water handicap. It a re- cent debate in the House of Com mons Colonel Oliver Stanley. a Con- Servative member of Parliament, dwelt, in facetious vein, on the difference between the United States and Great Britain when it comes to reconversion. The unfortunate British industrialist, he said, cannot even blow his nose without asking the permission of the President of the Board of Trade and that ofhcial then had to consider whether or not the handkerchief were needed for export. In the United States, on the other hand, he argued, they could blow their noses as and when they liked" The only possible reply to Colonel Stanley is in the classical tradition: Says you!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

Main trouble is that the pup has inherited several bad names. "Cul- tural relations" sounds too lap- dogish to suit some who don't know what it means. Further more, the Office of International Information and Cultural Rela- tions-called OIC for short-has as its pedigree such sires as OWI the Office of War Information, OSS-the Office of Strategic Services, and OIAA, or Nelson Rockefeller's old Office of Inter American Affairs. To many sensi.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

It said that this recipient was increasingly worried about the tenor of the mail coming from all over the globe. Every soldier and sailor seemed to be sore about something and the abdominal dis- tress wasn't confined to the ranks. Reserve officers up to the rank of commander and colonel rifled in their blistering criticism of the Trade School Boys of West Point and Annapolis, as well.
 Morale obviously was down taSn kkaa haHre asaA a 0aFaPal aw-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

Cunningham by the bows and general ex- plosion, the one that's now happened, seemed inc minent unless something could be done This is only one small corner, and that was . world wide condition but in an honest effort to do as much could be done. we decided to offer safety valve here, and did. Word seemed to flash to all theaters as if thrown by short wave This office has been literally swamped.
 It was likewise promptly ret upon by the nervous and sWay-beed brass of the professional installa- tions have had some very flatterng social atten- tions which were entirely too obvious, and I've had a couple of otherwise very pleasant evenings made very boring indeed by the heavy handed attempt of some Navy man usually wearing four stripes and Bourbon breath you could chin yourself on, straAhtenng out about the Navy. This. of course is pathetic.
 Neither the Navy, nor the Army, has any strengthening out to do with us. but both evidently have plenty to do with the young, and many not SO young-men whope been wearing their uniforms But that's long range stuff. Trying to get at the general causes of the present acute situation Is something else, and the present situation is Army trouble.
 The home front undoubtedly has a lot to do with the unrest of the soldiers Back before the fighting Whan morale" was much dlscrssed sub- iect. and mnch-WoFFied-over one, too. Gen. Ben lxoo-Hoo) Lear made public aiatemsnt that iss
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

'In short, while you feel it might as well be spring right now, it isn't going to be."-From an editorial in the Hartford Courant.
 WORDS OF CAUTION Let whims of January never fool
 you Or lead you to an early thought of
 spring; Let wishful-thinking never over
 rule you In pondering the winters absent
 sting. Although balmy thaw today's de-
 light is. Let flannelette pajamas be your
 rule CFor chicks, of course, let that be
 woolen nightieS); A germ will up and knock you for
 a gool. Though sun and rain remove the
 snowS of sorrow From walk and drive and thorough
 fare and lawn. Remember: zero's sulking in the
 morrow. You'd better keep the long-and-
 itchieS on. For Janus has a pair of faces,
 brother His cheeks are four; that truly
 must enSue- And though I'd like to think he'd
 turn the other, It's murder when he turns the
 other two. He's at his worst when people all
 suppose he Has nothing left with which to
 storm and sccff. Be careful and be cautious and be
 cozy- And let ME leave the coat and
 rubbers off.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
Views of the Press

flationatory bank borrowing than would be required in the absence of such a program. Instead of reduc- ing the pressures for imitation, such
 an action would accelerate them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14
5 Years Ago

Two df four Waterbury draftees, charged with being intoxicated, were held by police of Hartford when the men appeared in that city to take pre-physical examinations for induction into the Army.