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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

think OPA should go-except for rent control of some kind because of the shortage of homes. As for food, don't think the farmer has had a break in years and has been held down much too long now"
 ITS MY OPINION" will again appear in the Waterbury Demo- crat on Saturday. Five persons will answer the question::
 Do you think the PAC should form a third national political party"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
Where asked: On Water town Avenue and Grand Street.

No. I do not. To my mind the administ1-at i O II has been utter ly fictitious and evadlng reali- ties ever since V-J Day. l would sanction re T t controls because of the imme- diate emergency of the housing shortage, even
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
BERNARD SWOLLEN,
 Salesman, Bridgeport:

"Yes, | + e y should restore the OPA as il W as, because they haven't yet found the Solu- tion to this in- ation problem. If Congress does not do some thing about it, we will definite ly have imitation
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
ISABELLE vEGLIANTE, Clerk, $40 Washington Avenue:

T find it very difficult to make up my mind on this question. I am a clerk in my fathers gro- cery store, and know first t-hand that the OPA has been a ter rife headache to merchants. Furthermore we havertt, h 2 e r
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
LORETTA FINK, Unemployed, S47 West Main Street:

T think 1t should be be- cause the aver age working man with a family simply c a n t bear any higher prices. If the OPA is entirely lifted. prices are bound to go up. Look what hap pened to butter and milk dur
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

able to get merchandise because 1t has flowed into the black market. and people who patronize the black market are paying four and five times as much as ceiling prices set by the OPA. It seems to me if prices do go up for time that they won't match those asked by the black marketeers. And if we have imitation, I don't think 1t will be merchants who will ask high prices. It will be the producers"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

boost prices, the working man won't be able to meet them and then we can expect depression and an- other wave Of strikes. The mer- chant won't make any more money It will be the producers who will make the profits
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

So large is the mouth of the Amazon river that the island of Ma rajo, which is as large as Belgium, does not obstruct it as far as nav- igation is concerned
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

Ing the past few days. And II that happens, then salaries will have to be raised once again. which may cause more strikes and unenploy- ment."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

Bernard M. Donnlevy of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Hart ford, have been named diocesan con- sultors
 Monsignor Hayes is a former cu- ate of the Church of the Immac Ilate Conception of this city.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
RALPH SERAFINE, .=-. Merchant, Montoe Broad:

' T h a [ s 8 broad question, and is decided, I have noticed
 by the individ- ual persons par ticular S i tu a. ton. If the OPA restricts us, we don't want it. If 1t restricts the other fel- low, 1t s 0. k. percA11o Nv I
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
New York Train Two Hours Lofe

A "hot-box'-burned out bearing yesterday delayed Waterbury bound mail from New York when the mail coach was halted for re- pairs in Ansonia. The coach, after being repaired, arrived here two hours late at 10:17 A. M.
 First class industrial and con- mercial mail, consigned to Water bury, was delivered m a special Post Office carrier. The carrier also brought mail for towns between An sonia and Watertown.
 Mail for the Torrington and Win sted area was not delivered until the coach was repaired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

CHNOTNE-Diane Clarice Chi coine, two-year-old daughter of Will liam and Lucette (St. Pierre) Chi coine, Glenwood Avenue, Middle bury, died yesterday afternoon 1T Waterbury Hospital
 She was born in Waterbury, Aprl 5, l944. Surviving, besides her par ents, are her paternal grandmother Mrs. Albertine Chicoine, Middlebury and her maternal grandparents Ovila and Eva (Touchette) St. Pierre of Canada.
 Funeral services will be held al the residence in Middlebury tomor- row at 1o:30 A. M. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
 Friends may call at the residence after p. M. today.
 GRIFFITH-Baby Griffith, son of Carl and Yvonne Loyot) Griffith, 367 Congress Avenue, died in St. Mary's Hospital yesterday after noon.
 Besides his parents. he leaves his paternal grandparents, L. J., and Lillian (Ford) Griffith.
 Private funeral services were held at the Mullville Funeral Home, 270 West Main Street, today. Burial was in old Pine Grove Cemetery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
A. c. LAMPHIER, Salesman, Cheshire:

though they may work some n- Justices. But think ceilings should be lifted on other commodities. The sooner we permit the law of supply and demand to work, the sooner we will get out of the woods"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
OBITUARY

LAVIGNE-- Damase Lavlgne, 60 of 345 South Main Street, died last night in St. Mary's Hospital after 8 brief illness.
 A native of St. Agatha. Maine, Mir. Layigne had been resident of Waterbury the past four years He was employed in the West Tube Mill of American Brass Co., and was A member of St. Jean de Bap- tlSte.
 Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Fe- brenie (Roy) Lavigne; two sons, De- nat LaWgne, Waterbury, and Ed ward Lavigne, Belleflower, Calf; four daughters, Miss Cecil Lavlgne and Mrs. Adalbert Lauzere, both of Lewiston, Maine, Mrs. Charles Belanger, Lowell, Mass. and Miss Yvette Iavigne, Waterbury, and a brother, Oliver Lavigne, Madawas- ka, Maine.
 The funeral will be held from the BellevilIe Funeral Home, 66 East Clay Street. Saturday at 8:30 A. M to St. Anns Church for a solemn high Mass of requiem at g. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
 Friends may call at the funeral home this evening, and tomorrow afternoon and evening.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

tr1ct 5O, the all-inclusive unit of the United Mine Workers, ALL, VIII De honored at dinner at the Hotei Stratfield, Bridgeport, to- night. The testimonial is xpon- sored by Local 1299S, made up of brldgeport Gas Light Company employees.
 Fourteen Connecticut District 50 locals will be represented along with number of A.FL. unions. One of the speakers will De Philip J. Rooms, of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitra- tlon. Total attendance is expect- ed to be in excess of 300,
 Hartford has named two mem- pers to the National Central Com mlttee of the newly-forrned Labor Zionist Organization. Those select- ca were David Segal and Mrs. Anna M. Channin. The Labor Zionist Ogahlzation represents a merger of the League for Labor Palestine and the Poale Zion Organization.
 Judge J. Joseph Smith of the U. s. District Court at Hartford has granted an extension to July U Tor the filing of briefs in the united Electrical Workers suit seeking to restrain state and West Hartford police from interfering with picketing. Testimony in the action has already been heard bv Judge Smith.
 The Bridgeport Central Labor 0n1on last night voted to send let ters Of condolence to Mrs. Sidney hlhman, the Amalag1nated Clothing Workers of America, the CI.O.. and the C1.O. Political Action Con- mittee.
 Trial Examiner Martin S. Ben nett Of the National Labor Rela- lions Board is conducting a hear Ing at New Britain on a charge by Local 133, United Auto Workers. that the Fafnir Bearing Company IS guilty of unfair labor prac- tices.
 Martin Greenberg, former chairman of the shop committee. testified yesterday that a city auxiliary policeman who was on street duty when the strike end ed last December was paid bv a check from the Fafnir Company. Attorney Keith Middleton, com pany counsel immediately asked that the charge be proven or the remark stricken from the record. The trial examiner withheld deci- sion on the motion to strike it out.
 The hearing was resumed to- day.
 John ]. Mankowski, member of the executive board of NM s.W, issued the following state ment on the death of Sidney Hill man:
 Labor has lost one of it's able est leaders. Under extreme diffi- culties and the severe attacks of those who would destroy Iabor Sidney Hillman fought for the ultimate aims and objects of all American working men and wom- en, to continuously improve their lot and to make their life more secure"
  A state conciliator will meet with representatives of both sides to- morrow in an effort to end the strike In progress against Hartford cement firms. The strikers, who have oeen out since Monday, are repre- sented by the International Brother hood of Teamsters, A.F.L. Full cooperation with the La- bor Non-Partisan Political Com- mittee has seen voted by the Bridgeport Central Labor Union. Joseph P. Cleary, state chairman of the political committee, said that records of candidates will be publicized but no endorsements will be made. Many Congress men who were elected on the coat-tails of Franklin D. Roose- welt turned against his policies as soon as he was dead" he said. "They must be defeated and de- pendable legislators elected in their stead"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

One of the most popular mem- bers of the Litchfield Summer Players is Lawrence Slade. He is a native of Paris, France, has played several years in stock com pany productions and has been around the world with the Mer- chant Marine. He made his pro- fessional debut in Litchfield nine years are and plans to make his home in Connecticut. He is one of the most experienced players of the company and has an ex- cellent role in the current offer ing "SkyIark.''
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11
 It's MY
 OPINION"

Question; Do you think the OPA should be restored as prior to expiration on June 3O?"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

The Bridgeport Central Labor Union last night voted to send let ters Of condolence to Mrs. Sidney hlfirnan, the A1nalagnated Clothing Workers of America. the CI.O., and the C1.O. Political Action Con- mittee.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-11

Policemen at Norwalk have been organized by the American
 Federation of Labor as Local 1O33, International Union of State, County and Municipal Employes.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-12-23

a leaky roof. When it rained, wa.
ter came down on the lamps, the
cast and the audience. Another dis.
advantage was the lack of audience
space. The play had to be given
two or three times night so that
the many villagers from neighboring
towns could see it.
Even with a larger and newer
home the play still packs them in"
AS did their parents many years
ago, the audience and members of
the cast see the same simple scene
of the Annunciation, the Child in the
manger at Bethlehem, the Adora-
ton of the Magi, and the presence of
the Angels-al played in panto-
mime.
A piano provides the only music
for the various scenes. during which
are played the songs Holy Night"
He Shall Feed His Flock" from
the Messiah, and HandeTs Largo"
The music, too. like the pageant it.
self, is the same as it was 30 years
ago.
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1946-12-23
To Be Repeated
In Connecticut

This year marks the 31st free per,
formance of the pageant, "Holy
Nigh" first having been in
1912. A family affair, three MEM
bers of the original cast, besides
sons and grandsons of others, are
taking part in the 1912 performance.
The villagers don't take their act.
ing, and the play itself, in a light,
or casual manner. Even though it
takes but one hour, the play is re-
hearsed over and over again, year
after year. The first rehearsals be-
gin just after Thanksgiving when
costumes are taken from the attic,
and players begin to drop around
In the evenings.
When the play was first given, it
was held at the town hall which had
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-24
By Peter Edsom

ch successful political movement can be built.
 To help the members of a Forum make up their minds each months question, fact sheet Of back ground information is provided For the current ques- ion of What Shall Our National Labor Policy Be?" it's in the form of mimeographed sheets that give both sides of testimony on such questions as now wages were advanced IS percent under the Little Steel formula, how the cost of living went up B per- ,en and where the 18 percent difference IS to come rom.
 Strike statistics given million man-days month were lost before Vel Day, as against six lillion month since The effect of the Wagner Act shown as 1000 strikes year before 1t was passed, 398 strikes year since. Strike costs are estimated
 Having cheWed over this factual information in scussion the Forum is now ready to mark up Its allots and vote on what the national labor policy hould be- The six main points and a dozen related opics aren't given as questions, but as statements n which you vote "Yes" or "No."
 They're stated in simple but challenging form, nd they suck you in deeper and deeper to get gal expression of opinion. Here are few samplesi
 l. There are already too many restrictions on abor and the government should back up the unions nd force business to make settlements with them.
 g. The laws and restrictions we now have on nions and for settlement of industrial disputes are cceptable on the whole, and no change is needed.
 g. Some additional restrictions should be placed T unions and industrial disputes.
 {. The federal government should provide for ompulsory arbitration binding on both labor and management r
 5. The federal government should provide for compulsory arbitration only in disputes in public tilities and essential industries.
 6. Our national labor policy should be based on he conclusion that labor unions now too strong.
 If you don't like any of these, there are three blank lines in which you write your own bill of particulars. From the tabulated returns 1t is hoped to get some facts that will dictate to the party leader how they should write their platform in 1948
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-24

stead of from the top down. There are now only few hundred of these Forums functioning in 3l states. but the idea is just month old and it shou grow
 Republic Open Forum headquarters in Washing. ton under Henry T. Mcknight, has just mailed ou Its second monthly ballot. The question 1t asks What Shall Our National Labor Policy Be?"
 Ballots are sent out in patches of 26 to anyon who wants to run forum. Twenty-Five is considered the best number for manageable discussion grour With each batch of ballots there Is . little leafle telling how to organize and conduct local forum It is short, written in simple style. printed in b type It's primer of politics at the bottom level.
 
 It tells how to organize . forum. How to ge people to join-by postcard, by telephone at lunch When and where to meet How to sit in an informal circle for free discussion. How to limit each meeting to an hour and half so not to tire people out. How to stimulate discussion and keep it the track CYou have good point but can't we get back to our subject?'o. How to discourage bore c'Can we save your other point till later?'O How to break up heated argument CT guess we all know how Brown and Johnson feel about this. Now who else would like to get in on it?").
 All this is the A-D-C stuff of political organiza- ton But it's good, solid town-meeting technique on
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-24
A Thought For Today
"The Public Be Damned!"
The railroad strike is a national dis0race.

The railroad strike is a national disgrace.
 Our fathers shocked by the caloused indifference of earlier generation of raycoons whose greed found them willing to sacrifice all else for financial gain and whose consummate sefshness epitomized in the quotation above.
 Today We find the readiness to jeopardize ons health well it's livelihood to disjont whole national economy reflected in the saphappy naction of national administration which fails to anticipate national eaamties like coal strike railroad strike and fails to meet such disasters courageousy and consructvey when they do develop.
 We can hardly blame the brotherhoods for utilizing strikes to gain what they consider usable ends when dOnong government offers them constructive aterna tive We hardly blame the railroads for resisting trend toward rising costs which they interpret prohibve
 But government which ignores public interest, whis- ties going by the graveyard and finally fails to protect it's citizens against such calamtous de eopment the rail- road strike sacrifices it's claim to either respect confidence
 Perhaps leads to obligatory arbitration, at least far strikes against the public interest n voved But whatever lies ahead Congress is entrusted with the task of formulating and mpementing program to promote not ste national economic welfare. With whatever craft Congress furnishes him. the President charged with the responsibility of steering which leads elsewhere than to rocky coast of economic paralysis
 In such crises America demands action from it's lead ers Failing to furnish it. Congress and the White House alike will deserve and may expect feel the righteous wrath of aroused citizens who insist than toothsoe smiles and naive false confidence that somehow things will work out all right.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-24
Plans School
By Thomas Stokes
There never was such need as Today fo

There never was such need as today fora nili- tant democracy That's why the organization of labor for political action and the organization of rank and-file citizens for political education and action as in the school here such healthy developments That's why the Republican forums on issues of the day organized by Harold Stassen are healthy de- velopment Old-IAne COP leaders don't like that corporation.
 Interesting about the school to be held here is the caliber of the instructors Many are young and on the intellectual brain trust" side The old-line from that @ ,a,4 aess#
 g~ #s..a, ffs 8ssssst
 Franklin D. Roosevelt found this type useful in organizing his dynamic New Deal Party, He borrowed from only couple of old masters, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. Teddy Roosevelt had the same sort of intellectual political brain tEgtn and with ters in his party the solemn COP elders with hand- some paunches and heavy cigars who took their or ders from the big corporate interests Ogsthat day.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-24

have all done one of the most important jobs of the decade in preserving the American spirit of free enterprise and the right of small businessmen to compete with the big. Except for few brass hats in the Army and Navy and few big-wigs on Wall Street, the country has been with you every inch of the way.
 Today. however we are faced with new threat to free compettion-the ability of certain labor unions to shut down every coal mine and every railroad in the country, and, with them, business both big and small When this happens, the whole spirit of Amer ican free enterprise goes up in smoke
 There was a day when John L. Lewis struck one group of coal mines and let the others operate This was something nobody could complain about Further more it enhanced the principle of competition. The mine operators who were struck didn't like to see their competitors, who were not struck rake In the profits-while they didn't.
 But in the last 12 years we have let John L. Lewis build up an alright labor monopoly in the coal fields. This did not to be the case. When Lewis called his last big strike after the last war only about 50 percent of the nations coal production stopped But in this latest strike probably 100 percent shut down.
 The important thing is that Lewis got his monop- oy through the closed shop and the Guffey Coal Act and the Wagner Act
 Personally I don't begrudge him these benefits. On the contrary. The miners were at an au-t1me economic low in 1883. They had to have relief Fur thermore they should also have better mine safety and reasonable welfare fund-though not dom- mated by one man.
 So say I do not begrudge the miners their new and powerful OrganlZat1On-prOVl0e0 they oOnC et an unsuitable, ruthless leader misuse this power against the interests of the American people who gave it to him. For it is important to remember that when John L. Lewis and the miners were voted the closed shop and the Wagner Act and the Guffey Coal Act and the means of building powerful monopoly, the vote came from the American peopl who did not expect their humanitarianism to b thrown back into their faces.
 And what the American people voted, they CT later vote to modify or take away
 Right here, in my opinion, is where the Sherm Antitrust Act comes in.
 know that the Supreme Court has ruled again you in some cases (but the Supreme Court has bee. known to iself and 1t seems to me that whel any large union tteS up the entire country 1t is clear monopoly and is hampering free competition just as much as the Aluminium Corporation or Inter- national Nickel or other big corporations you have prosecuted.
 If, for instance John [. Lewis calls strike in part of the industry the United Auto Workers did against General Motors, while allowing Ford and Chrysler to operate there can be no charge of monopoly But when he uses the power voted the miners by the American people to bring monopolistc strike against all the American people then, in my opinion he should be prosecuted under the Sherman Antitrust Act.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-24
Democratic Dictatorship"

Andrei Vishinsky famous Russian prosecutor and Dep uty Minister of Foreign Affairs, threw shaft of light through what might be called the iron curtain of Russian thought when in speech before group of French urts torship."
 Dictatorship of the proletaria" is an old familiar MarxistLenn figure of speecha little obscure to the initiated perhaps but generally taken to dictatorship by the proetariat." However Mr. Vshinsky's definition was somewhat different.
 dictatorship, he explained, be democratic "when
 acts in the interests of the people, We that depends upon what definition of democracy picks American dc tionaries offer choice.
 One definition is Government in which the supreme power is retained by the people and exercised either directly indirectly through system of representation Another is Belief in practice of social equality absence of snob bery."
 By the first definition dictatorship could be demo- cratic By the second dictatorship might qualify though this definition in English applies to social rather than ernmental democracy.
 ferent interpretation of the Greek words emos meaning the people and gratein" meaning rule may be that they have hurded the Greek demokata and gone back to the root words reading them to rule of the pie" rather than "rule by the people,
 At rate, let go along with MT. Vishinskys den ton of democracy admit that dictatorship is democratic when acts in the interests of the people That's easy circumstances the of the Russian could have been democratic.
 It might be precise however, to that dicta torshp only be democratic when acts the interests of the people, and that when it doesn't becomes fascism naZism. That is clearly implied in Mr. Vishnskys statement that impossible that could object to the logical conclusion Anyway we're grateful Mr. Vsh nsky for his definition of the Russian form of government though doubtless leaves most of incapable than ever of admiring it.