The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-03

 the indirect deniaIS of the Actually the President has dis- cussed the idea with some of his closest advisers. He hasn't de- cided the thing one way or the other. But he is considering It very, very carefully.
 He. is not any too optimistic re- garding the outcome of such 8 conference. All similar confer ences have failed in the past. But three factors incline Roosevelt toward calling tiff reelected. 1.-Never before have the lead-
 CTS of Europe been so wor-
 ried about war, and the
 people of Europe so anxious to prevent 1t. The crisis
 over the Spanish revolt gave
 them glimpse of the war
 ghost just around the cor
 ner. 2.-Hitherto France has op-
 posed a conciliation with
 Germany. This was always
 the great stumbling block.
 Now Premier Blum favor 1t. 3.-If such a conference fails,
 the United States will have
 made one final effort and
 thereafter will have every
 excuse for more complete
 isolation.
 At any rate, the real secret be- hind Ambassador Bullitt'S trans fer from Moscow to Paris is to sound out the leaders of Europe, informally, regarding such a con- ference. Bullitt speaks the lan- guage of diplomacy, is close friend of the President and was the man who handled the pre- liminaries to Roosevelt's Wash. ington conversations in May, 1883. NOTE-During the winter of l932-S3, before Roosevelt was in- augurated, Bullitt was in Paris and London talking with French and British statesmen. The President.elect, in Warm Springs, denied that Bullitt was on any mission for him. Shortly after the denial was issued Bullitt was on the long distance telephone, talk ing to Warm Springs from Ram say MacDonald's office.
 WPA Airp0rts
 If you scratch below the popu- larity of the Works Progress Ad- ministration with the aviation tn- dustry, you will discover a very good reason: WPA has built more airports in the U.S.A. than there are airplanes travelling on regu- larly scheduled routes.
 And if you scratch below the reason for these airports you will find another very good reason: The inspiration of women aviatorS. On the payroll of WPA are four noted women aviators-Phoebe OmAe, Louise Thaden, Helen Mo- Closkey, and Blanche Moves, and their job is to hop about the country as a flying squadron of airport boosters.
 working in cooperation with Roper's Air Commerce Bureau, the aviatrices fly from community to community urging local officials to cooperate, with WPA in build ing and improving airports. Opposition
 Harry Hopkins has other req sons behind this: Namely, that airport improvement employs q larger amount of albor in propor. tion to cost of material than most types of construction; also the ex- pected growth of aviation.
 But the net result is that WPA has spent $4o,ooo,0oo for new and improved airports during the past year, an additional $3l, ,000, 900 be- ing advanced by local communi- ties. This has built or improved 506 flying fields.
 In comparison, only 356 of the 7,371 airplanes licensed by the Commerce Department are flown on regular air routes. Their value Is only $i2,Soo,000.
 Weather Dictator
 A good part of the time of Un- cle Sam's weather forecasters IS taken up with answering tele- phone calls from people who want to know what clothes they should take away for the weekend, or whether it's going to rain on their garden party.
 Here are some of the problems that have been put to the Wealth CT Bureau:
 'I'm having g poker game to- night in my apartment. I've got two fans, but I want to know if should 60 out and buy another. How hot is 1t going to be?"
 I'm taking my child to the clinic this afternoon. Should I put regular suit on him, or will 1t be warm enough for his sun suit?"
 ''I run q cafeteria, and I want to plan my menus for the rest of the week. If it's going to be hot, I'll have cold plate lunch cons. What would you adviser"
 I'm planning to give a din- ner party on the roof of the apartment. You say it's going to rain today, but I want to know exactly what time. VIII 1t rain between seven and twelve
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