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The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Neither Fish Nor Fowl

The State Department has $130O0000 to spend on it's proposed Foreign Information Service during it's first six months of existence It jobs for 2600 in 62 countries All it has do persuade Congress to breathe the breath of life into the new agency.
 Given that shall have permanent successor to the late OWI and Office of nerAmerican Affairs whose object according to Assistant Secretary of State Benon IS to ve foreign peoples "a full and fair picture of American life and the aims and policies of the United States government Its instruments will include worldwide shorwave broadcasts and wireless bulletins every day. newsrees and documentary ilms periodicals and such like.
 Mr. Benton has said the agency has no intention o competing with foreign propaganda abroad He has like declared that not intended to compete with or sup plant existing private news services
 Perhaps Mr. Benton wise in making this explanation since both foreign government propaganda agencies ana services are strongly estaDnsned Ill their opposite fields But he leaves with the odd and hesiant inference that the State Department going m neither for propaganda for fatua news distribution
 Only one thing definitely certain in this tepid dec aration expensive project Most foreign readers and lockers and listeners going to accept the State Depart ments foreign information output slanted American propaganda They've been fed too much governmenssue news and views in the past to believe otherwise
 The State Department implies by its declaration of this proposed agencs purpose that foreign peoples have been getting an inadequate and unfair picture o1 tns and distorted impression of it's governments intentions But will these foreign peoples believe that government m formation agency confronted with choice will ever fail to show that activities Tn anything but the most favorable light? We doubt it.
 We do not question that the State Departments nten tons the best and most honest in the world Neverthe- less this information agency seems doomed to SOW more confusion and to reap harvest of cynical susplclon
 It might be more realistic if the State Department would to discam propaganda intentions and try to compete with foreign propaganda agencies as pest could Or much better it might throw its influence Demho the growing efforts to promote greater freedom Of the press throughout the world
 For that world is badly in need of free access to news for agencies which known and trusted and which Will give the most straightforward information that human fraIty and prejudice will permit And doubt that more government handouts will meet that need.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Miscellaneous Notes By Bill C1nningAar"

Proudly was claSking 1t along every sidewalk in New Orleans.
 ANDREW J H1GGrNs is bOth in and out ,'i of business at New Orleans The ArIS nss sun so. .oa m. postwar (pleasure boat) side closed but ne com con peting what amounts to held-over war eons eonttssS 70 These cover small freighters and such to be usea pS fine Dutch and British in Indonesta. HIS peaceIune plans are in abeyance until labor election can Ds held and bargaining agent established.
 Andrew expects to coma to Boston shortly, ana he may take a look at the Bingham yaros Wnus ne ested in trying to find place to build boats neIe' That project will stay in New Orleans He IS me. ested however, in some place to build preiao1cateu houses. If that can be done at Hingham the gleaV tycoon might be interested in considering proposi- tion. ,.s. .o,.
 As the Presidential anti-Gongress broadcast reg. istered above the click of the rais the impreSSoh wasn't good. It sounded like frustrated and Hops- lessly swamped little man stamping his loot me net of 1t was They won't pay any attenton Vo "e' You make 'em do something"
 It's fervenGly to be hoped that the committee tlc UNO has selected to choose a permanent heaoquaI ers in this country is not typical of the way 1t i tends to conduct all its business These gentleman are coming over to study a problem that inVoNes real estate architecture. housing, sanitation, cIS planning and other things of that character anu there's not an accredited expert in any of those hne anywhere on the committee
 Do you know where the name DIxle came from? We'll back before the days of the Louisiana Purchase when practically all the deep South Was French the money was printed in French, Of course and the word Dix, or 10, appearing on the no.ss became a sort of colloquial name They got To cal ing it ''dixie money and such expressions as I'm going doyn to the land of the dixie money grew
 It's time for my peniciiiin. Hows your penicii- lin2
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
A Thought For Today
Joseph P. Kennedy

The passing of Joseph P. Kennedy, prominent in edu cationa circles Waterbury for forty years brings sorrow to his many friends and associates He had been an important figure in the schools of the city from his early teaching days when he high school teacher at the Waterbury High School later Crosby head of the mathe matics department.
 It can be said of Mr. Kennedy that he unsntingy of his time and physical in the preparation and carrying on of the duties hand first classroom teach er later as high school principal In his early teaching years horoughness and fairness marked his daily routine
 These same characteristics distinguished his career high school principal.
 Vgor and animation the classroom and very little of the of the pedan noted in the days when Mr. Kennedy taught geometry He fair at all times and expected a reasonable response from his pupils.
 When he took other and more important duties he was progressive and aggressive enough to handle the edu catona programs of the school that he headed Wby High He had the respect and esteem of his teachers and when he handed his resignation March, 945 deep regret was felt that i'll health prevented his carrying the duties Of his profession.
 Mr. Kennedy in his public life fine citizen devout Catholic with interests centered in music and the theater He had pleasant voice and in his early ap peared in amateur thearca The teaching profession and the city in general have lost highly esteemed member We join in extending deepest sympathy to his family
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Attlee's Dilemma

We couldn't help sympathizing with Prime Minister Attlee in the dilemma precipated by R. J. Thomas request that he General Motors stockhoder intervene labor side in the UAW-GM strike Mr. Thomas evidently didn't understand that Mr. Atee the governments behalf was simply holding the stockholders stock which was borrowed and put up for collateral on an REC loan).
 Mr. Attlee. Laborite, might well have been itching to jump in on the strikers side and tell of General Motors But Mr. Atee head of government probably couldn't have helped thinking how handy it to have that GM stock to secure badly needed loan of American dollars Officially he sde of At least he couldn't afford to of lend GM.
 This small incident to up Mir. Attlee's con- fudctory situation Domescay he is trying to get start e on he sociaistic program which the English voters ordered when they elected him. But outside the boundaries nf the United Kingdom Mr. Attee Is more disposed to rsnde over the liquidation of the British Empire than was hls predecessor.
 Britain must trade to live, matter who her prime lnister happens to be- And so Mir. Attee finds himself ~ mid radical at home and Tory of the Tories abroad. Encs hae seldom made stranger bedfeows than the split hE6sIal personality of Hsltain's prime minister
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

 night and they stuck to this story when they testi- fled recently on Capitol Hill
 Strangely enough Marshall readily recalls many other things that happened about this time ncluq- ing the fact that he went horseback riding the morn ing of Dec 2, 1941. He even remembers the details of how he took a shower bath that morning. But his mind is completet blank about the night before Admiral Stark is equally vague about his where Conrressional investigators have been unable to obtain office records which might clear up the mys- tery and are apparently content to let the mystery It seems highly doubtful however, that the two top leaders of our armed forces were suddenly and simultaneously afflicted with annesia at this im- portant hour of hstory-just at time when ColoneB Bratton and Sadtler were frantcaly trying to con tact high officials with the message that the Japs were going to attack at P. M, the next day
 President Truman Is up against a unique test of the ancient tradition that Senator can virtually dictate the appointment of U. s. judges or otner federal employees in his state by falling back on the myth of personal obnoxiousness.
 FDR tested out this tradition on various occa- sions, sometimes defeating senatorial onjectors sometimes not. Truman, so far, has been more eau tious.
 For three months however he has been side- stepping e showdown which he can't avoid much longer-regarding the promised appointment or James McGranery to the third circuit court oi ap- peals McGranery long served in Congress from Philadelphia, now has the No. job in the Justice Department as assistant to the Attorney General, IS emnently qualified and strong Noosevet-1Tuhah supporter
 However, Senator Joe Guffey of Pennsylvania opposes McGraneryS appointment But he does 1t on unique and interesting grounds He doesn't oppose McGranery as a judge He opposes him only for this particular court of appeals judge- ship affecting Pennsylvania.
 At meeting in the Senate Otice Building at- tended by Senator Guffey, Pennsylvania Boss Dave Lawrence, Senator Fracnis Meyers, and McGranery, Guffey urged
 why don't you take this judgeship in the District of Columbia, Jim? It pays the same amount of money and will give you just as much prestige
 Tn other words, McGranery is not obnxious to Gufey personally. nor does the Senator think McGranery is unqualified to be judge. In fact he does not even object to McGranerys being judge in Pennsylvania provided he sits on the district court rather than the court of appeals. But he does emphatcally object to McGranery for the 3rd circuit court of appeals in Pennsyl- vania-all because Guffey has his own candidate for that job.
 And so far he has managed to scare Mir Truman off.
 Other Senators are watching the fight care
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

along We were all doing okay until that sveit span. ish siren. La Grippe crashed our party. Tneres plenty of flu in New Orleans and, from all reports, everywhere else in the nation but my old lady, who was the Typhoid Mary of this particular aTsosy, started getting croupy while we were stu on M tlie train From the personal side our trip scarcely nao chance to rate a carefree holiday. , corcoran. the merchant and former Mayor of Cam bridge had suddenly passed away. He and ms Wie had been friends of for years and on this UP was carrying a handsome malacca stick John gave me just before Christmas. still sort of hall neea shilleah on account of my back. and sort ot haIl
 like to carry one as a sporting gesture. was in tne Corcoran apartment one night last month, and John eyed the fence picket swinging.
 If you feel you must do that" he said, T wouIu like to see you look more like gentleman and not so much like man picking up papers on stick With a nail in it. Here. and he reached into closet bringing forth this handsome malacca stick with a snakeskin grip and a solid gold band. T bought this in Paris in the 30s." he said. and I'd hate 10 tell you what paid for it. I've worn it few times but you've evidently got more nerve or maybe more excuse than have. It's yours"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
PEACE GARDENS
Christian science Monitor)

Christian Science Monitor
 The seed catalogues are here again. Gayer than ever. More eT1tic- ing. Petunias more ruffled. Mari golds more flashing. Tomatoes fir- mer. Squashes larger. Corn sweeter. Cucumbers more prolific.
 So suggestive of promise are the alluring descriptions that almost are we persuaded to continue our Victory Gardening, that during the lean war years helped to replenish our empty food-baskets. Nor has the need ceased with the firing and fighting. The world needs food, quan- titles of it. In the United States food prices are already rising. All of which points both to the pri7i- lege and necessity for even larger plans for this seasons gardening once again let us put our hands to the hoe.
 Peace Gardens, we shall call them, and pray they fruitful be.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Views of the Press

age has nothing whatever to do with cancer, and that it may be found in the very young child as well as the elderly person, will a fully effective campaign be P sible.
 The American people have had many demands on their generosity and they have unfailingly respon- ded. There are few appeals that match the potency of the American Cancer Society's plea for support, SO that it may intensity its efforts in bringing the truth aoout cancer into the very forefront of public consciousness. They have set a na- tional goal of twelve million dol lars for 1946, a sum that should easily be reached. When the local campaign begins in the near future, 1t is to be hoped that the usual overwhelming response will ensue. The lives of thousands of children and adults can be made secure from the ravages of this dread disease. It is a better and bigger war that mankind fights in it's struggle against cancer, and all good citizens should be willing to make their dollars play part in the battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
By Peter Edson

merce Actually these seven cabinet officers nov serve on SO many similar boards and committees that they have to appoint deputies to do the work for them Most of the work would therefore fall broad.
 Section 4a for instance, leads off with this
 Hrhe Chairman with the advice of the Board. shall direct the purchase of strategic materials from supplies of materials in excess of the current industrial demand and at price not in excess of the current open market price"
 That looks like safeguard that the government doesn't get gypped on the price it pays for stock piles but does 1t?
 The proposed Stock Filing Board could apparent ly ignore competitive bidding and 1t might therefore lose the benefits of of the most useful Of all pus- ness devices in beating down prices
 1t could alsa do other things Note that the stockpiles must be acquired from market surpluses That apparently keeps the goysgnmsn. L.o s0scns private industry. But 1t also would seem to author ize the creation of conditions in which the govern ment might have to encourage surplus production in order to get it's stockpiSs e..
 Here Is where some vicious subsldislng Of neE production against an existing industry might come in. Through administration policy efforts to pro- mote full or high level employment bo keep govern ment-0wned surplus war plants in operation and 70 break LID monopoiies-n all of which crusades een- ator oMahoney has played leading parL-tne aoor fair-haiFed corporation up in new business ana throw contracts at 1t to keep t going against esao lished industry
 o1EahOney's bili apptopriatcs no money to do any of these things But in It's somewhat general to authorizng sush practices Though passed by the Senate the biil is not get law. n stiu hes lo be nassed by the House and there le ample opportunity fo tighten t up by amendmsnt'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
HEARTHsHDE
(NeW York Times)


 Now come the nights when a hearthfire gleamS most brightly. It is more than a adjunct for the fur mace when January winds are most persistent at the windows; 1t is live and glowing symbol of the warmth and security that belong to home and are the rightful heritage of a family. It has warmth for the heart as well as for the outstretched hands.
 The hearth itself is a minor mat ter, except that 1t should have room for chairs around 1t and flue above that does its duty, taking the smoke outside where 1t belongs. It is the fire itself that counts, slow, steady fire with a deep bed of coals, Simmering backlog and the lei. surely flame that feeds on sound wood without to much prodding or too many sparks.
 Long thoughts and leisurely dis cussion find encouragement beside this fire, and there is neither time nor encouragement for bitter argu- ment. This is the slow fire of com tentment and contemplation, not the flame of fury. Here is the kind ling of imagination, and here are the logs of long philosophies. No hearthfire was ever built with the fagots of the fanatic. <,
 Time to think, time to dream, lime to talk and underStand-and the warmth Qf an oak-fed fire. To- bacco Stnokes if you like it, and mulled cider or mulled wine, or whatever it is that soothes your soul. But hearth, and a slow fire upon 1t, and the mellowing hours of companionship that flourish in the hearthfire's glow. The winds may rattle the sash and the night be brittle with deep frost, but here at the hearthside is the very essence of peace. .
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
CunnIngham

 the war and given to a new Strategic Materials Stock Filling Board.
 No one can quarrel with the bills stated pur- pose of providing for acquisition of strategic ma terias not found in sufhcent quantity in the United States for the industrial. military and naval needs of the country in national defense.
 During the war there were 6S strategic mate- rials in short supply. Twenty-seven of them were not found in the United States at all. The original stock pine law passed in 1889 was not properly administered. and but for lot of scurrying around developing of synthetics and substitutes, inaugura- ton of various rationing, priority and aiocatons controls. the United States might have lost the war
 Senator O'Mahoney Is far-sighted in pushing amendments to strengthen this legislation to make sure this country Is not similarly embarrassed in the future But the methods of achieving this end are open to question and the legislation as passed by the Senate may reveal several jokeFs in the stockpile
 OAGahoney's bill proposes the Strategic Mate rials Stock Filing Board be composed of si0o00 year chairman and the Secretaries Of State, War, Navy. Treasury. Agriculture. Interior and Com-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
MANS DREAD ENEMY
(Hartford COurant)

More than any other the name of mans most dreaded disease, cam cer, strikes fear in the human heart. And it is this fear, with its unwill-
 ingness to know the facts, that proves the most difficult barrier for those who know what can be done to cure cancer. The fight against cancer is the toughest scientists have to face. Added to the usual scientific problems is this need for public education, 30 that those who are afflicted will seek scientific help in time. Time is of the essence in fighting cancer Not until every person realizes that, faced early enough. cancer is usually curable; not until every person realizes that
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

much as I'm spared her comment upon the general situation.
 It's a tough thing to be sick in a place where you can't ind a doctor, and when somebody does haul one out of a social engage ment, he hasn't got a thern1ome- ter. So you send across the street to the drug store in atl effort to buy one and they haven't had one for six months.
 Remind me the next time l 20 travelling with women to make certain that only those I invite go
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

is contained In a bill passed by the Senate in the hurried last hours before Congress went home for the holidays.
 The legislation was sponsored y Sen. Joseph c. OMahoney of Wyoming in the form of an amended Stock Filing Bill which would change the method of pro- curement of critical materials. The job would be taken away from the Army-Navy Munitions Board, Treausry and REC sub- .tI..to. ..,a.s.t. SasA tl,a S.la d,axfsaar
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

HuQ bfle aEKuY Oulek OA 9tAktt Gen, George O. Marshall.
 Admiral Stark and General Marshall were on 24-hour duty preceding Pearl farbor, but for some strange reason neither can remember where he was on the fateful night of Dec. 6, 104l, just before the Jap attack.
 Both stark and Marshall have repeatedly told the various boards probing Pearl Harbor that they did not know where they l-'. .sTL-.4 ..ts. .h hAm.. aA<f 4fank
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
The Firing Line
 By D. N. T.

Long thoughts and leisurely dis cussion find encouragement beside the fire, and there is neither time nor encouragement for bitter argu- nt."-From an editorial in the New York Times.
 DISSENT Bitter argument is not
 Destined to enSue When the fire, burning hot,
 Freely finds the flue. Controversy 1t not met
 By the glowing cheer Of the log that throws its heat
 At this time of year. Brash Contention, strident strife
 Are not in accord Where the blazeS, come to life,
 Heavenward have scared. I have argued, none the less,
 By the hearth at night, Shouted out my sore distress,
 Kicked a brick in spite, Sworn, as at a stubborn foe,
 Fought with force and art Told the fire where to go,
 When 1t wouldn't start.
 Angry GIs in the Philippines staged a mass protest to the pro- uosed slow down in demObiliZa- tiOn announced by the Army over the week end. As far as Manila is concerned, Dewey took 1t and Dewey can have it, if you ask them.
 The United States has withdrawn from all participation in the join Southeast Asia Command, accord ing to Washington announcement Obviously someone in the capita happened to think of what so ofteI happens to the innocent byStanoe' when there is a collision.
 In Chunking, confidence is ex pressed that the cease fire orde nalLlIlk IIlC CIVIL wal hA1I bS ASoeSN before Thursday. Chiang Kai-shek' You-Allers are still little worried about those darn Nawta:rnsri though.
 The steelwOrkers are no be- Iievers in rooted tradition. They plan to strike-while the iron is cold.
 A gray-spotted deer was capture' a half-mile out at sea off the coas at Winthrop, Mass, the other day He probably was just looking 10 some place where a man woulon' be mistaken for him.
 A soldier and a sailor recent won a free taxicab ride from Chi cage to the West Coast. They prob ably won't believe 1t until they SC themselves in Black and White.
 There are ugly rumors that butte is being bootlegged in the East a 4l to SIPS a pound. The situation Is indignantly deplored-by thos who don't know the address of bootlegger.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

There are four necessary 'Rs' in the good community. They are reading, 'riting 'rithmetic and re- ligion. They go hand in hand and neither can stand alone.
 -Tallahasse, Fla, Democrat.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Joker in StOckpile
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON, Jan 9.-Hdden authority for the government to subsidize the production of strategic materials and to build up government stockpiles by purchase without competitive bidding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

The screen has an implicit re- sponsihility in the prevention oI future wars by demonstrating demo- cratic ways of life among peoples in small groups as well as in na- tional groups. Jack L. Warner, motion picture
 Droducer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09

BOSTON, landed home from New Orleans with a fever of 103 My crown princess Is hitting about 10i The madam can't speak above whisper
 which is practically the only balm in Gnead, mas
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
Waterbury of the Past
25 Years Ago

Crosby High Schools basketball team was making headway towards the State Championship by beating Newport. Rhode Islands Rogers High School team in 6 'grueliing" contest.
 Happy coffee drinkers were able to purchase their favorite beverage for % cents per pound.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
There Comes lime When ts Smar Sp Up errY Round

WASHINGTON, Jan. 0--Oddest disclosure in the Pearl Ht<bor probe Is the nemofy-or rather lack of memory nf our two top service leaders in 1elis Adm. HArold R stark, chief of Naval Operations,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-09
6 Years Ago

Firemen fought for IS hours to bring under control a 100000 fire at the Cheshire Academy.