The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30

But preliminary computations show 0 total of over 10000, 1000 and experts now working on the count expect the final figure to Do be. between l0,600.000 and 100000.
 Partially and totally unem. nlOyed are about evenly divided. This means that Che number Oe completely Idle ls greater than Che total which Blggers expects cd for All clasalflcatlons.
 However, this iS only part Of the story. The Biggers census does not Include recent uneiTe ployment. It was taken during the week of November ie.20, and since then both WpA and Bureau of Labor Statistics show more and more men out Of work. Some OK. perts place the number of jobs lost since November 20 at around 100000.
 Relief Budget Boost
 Tho Presidents original $l,000,. 100000 estimate for the leS8 relief budget has been thrown Into the waste basket,
 This billion dollar figure which is $500 100000 under this years grant-early was fixed In October when Roosevelt started work on next years budget. Since then, however, johiess rolls have Soomed skyward.
 Roosevelt ls stlll up In the alr on the relief problem-except on one thing. He has definitely dc. clded Co do as he did last winter and not include the new relief appropriation ln the regular budget sent to Congress, Janu. ary (. It wi!l be sent up In . special message in March.
 Tn his latest talks with WPA chiefs, the President indicated that the original $i,000, 100000 es. timate no longer WAS sufficient to meet conditions, but ho was uncertain how much more money is needed.
 Ro spoke tentatively of c si,- 3oo,00o,0oo or Si,6oo,0oo,0oo relief budget,
 British Treaty
 It iS no accident that the new trade treaty between tho United states and Great Britain Is being pushed through as quickly as pos- aible and probably will Do con. cluded in April.
 Formal announcement about the opening of negotiations will be made about the first of the year. Actually, discussions have been go- ing behind tho scenes for q long time, and the State Department already knows pretty well what concessions 1t will give the Bri- tish.
 The treaty will include . long list Of commodities Rnd should forge 6 genuine economic link between the two countries. Req. son for the haste and also for the British willingness t0 give B, concessions, Of course, iS the Far East.
 NOTE-The British treaty b ex. pected to Dc c boogt for the American farmer. The State De- pertinent expects to secure tariff concessions on wheat, fruit, bacon, hams, and various other farm ex- ports.
 George Washington
 Don't Do surprised # you hear an important Administration key. noter--possibiy the President him. seif--quoting from c liItle.heard portion Of George WaAhington's Farewell Address in the near fu. ture.
 Although the Father Of his Country warned against entanR- ling alliances. he went on in al' most the next breath to condone temporary alljanccs". What he said was:
 Taking care always to keep our. selves by suitable establishments on 6 respectable defensiye pos. tire, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraor- dinary emergencies"
 Idea in the back Of Adrninig- tration master minds is closer co. operation with the British in the Far East.
 NOTE-WaShington, Of course. did lean toward c temporary ale lance with France iti i792 |. Christmas WhOOpee
 For 6 few minutes t looked like the Federal Alcohol Admin. istfation was making wh0opee with the stuff 1t is supposed to regulate.
 Two days before Christmas, 6ec- retary Morgenthau answered his phone to be greeted by an irate