The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-25

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 One is tlle sact tl,at last month --Mfter over one yeaF and two months Og tlle New uoal--theee were more people on relief rolls than when Roosevelt came Into
 Another indication became evl. dent In .poeatello, Idaho, recent, ly whore . call was given for 500 workers In tho beet sugar fields. Only six turned up. The others were on federal relief
 Needing out deserving families from the undeaervlng is going to Dc . sNperhuman task.
 Tho battleshlp New Mexico had just flnlhhed hor target prac- tio0 in the Caribbean. Recently remodelled, manned by . crew which never had worked to. gether, she had been on a four months Shakedown cruise to get her green crew functlonlng ef. fielently.
 shaSing down . raw, green crew is no olnch, but Captain Weaver, the commanding officer, had dono q beautiful job. Not only was morale perfect, but the New Mexico had established q new worlds record.
 Shooting at . target of only 100 yards at q distance 0f la miles, her gunnors had scored SC hits out of gs.
 And with this accom- pllshment the Now Mexico sailed for home.
 Suddenly came wireless orders to distribute the crack crew among tho other ships of the fleet, This meant tho loss of aome of the New Moxloo's prlxe gunners, her bost petty officers and tho evaporation of morale,
 An officer oamo Into the quar. ters of Captain Weaver. Gloom was wrltton all over his face.
 "llave you seen tho orders"
 "Hcs,"
 "What are we going to dos"
 "Wc're going tO carry them out" replied Captain Wcav. cr, "liere, take thls up to the print shop aud get about fifty copies snlMeOgrapllctl."
 llo handed his subordinate a copy of Kipling's famous po0n,, "if", which contains. tho lines; "lf you cNn make On0 heap Of
 all your winnings
 And risk it On one turn of
 nitch.and.toss,
 And lose, and start aeain at
 your beginnings
 And never breathe . word
 about your l0ss."
 After that, when each dc. jeotod officer eamo in, Weaver handed him q copy Of tho poem, Inside of an hour, tho battle- ship, once rocking with gloom, was funetlohlng with It's former tip.top efficiency.
 MllleRY.GO.ROuND
 Representative Prank Buck, from Vaeaville, Calf, ono of tho blggest wlne-produelng dls- triets in tho state, is rated tho bost informed man on wines tn ,uongress. Buck always keeps Il supply Of excellent samples of the homo product in his office For some ton minutes tho other d,y, as he was bringing to a close hls speech on the presi- dents Reciprocal Tariff Bill, Senator Blll Borah shower an enthralled and packed senate that he is still the eountry's great. est orator lt was tho first time ln several years that the shaggy y-maned fdahoan "did hts stuff", and it was q performance that will long Do remembered. Senators were motlenless on tho edges of their seats, open mouths were common In the damned galleries, and the hard boiled reporters in the press gall lery listened In rapt attention, seme Of them forgetting to take notes The speech was q sort of trial test for Borah, as he plans to tako tho stump after eongress adjourns for a nation. wide speaking tour during which ha will discuss tho New Deal and toll what he thinks about It. (Copyrlght, i0al, by United Tea. ture Syndicate, lne.)