The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-30
Year 1897 Upset All Prophecies
 For U. S., 'SS
 May Do Same


 Washington, Dec. 90 - There are two reasons for playing oagey In any attempt to forecast the year leS0, one is that the outlook is uncoIn. monly foggT
 The other reascn is that anyone who was making predictions aS 70 lo37 c year ago !s compelled now to admit that he was at least 60 per cent all wet. The departing year be. gan with business hopping right along, with Q president Just over. whelmingly elected and . prevalent belief that Congress would give hlEn everything he wanted. There was no end of talk about c new "era of good feeling" between government and business.
 Hardly anyone expected Roose.
 velt's bold, lll.fated Supreme
 Court plan. No one anticipated . Congress which would speld nine
 months of the year In baking Y.
 D, R. aud getting nothing done. A prediction that John Lewis and 0. I, o. would win tho General
 Meters and Chrysler strikes, and WAnglo agreements and union rec. oRnitlOn from .. g. Steel would
 have seemed plpe.dFoam.
 Neutrality laws were expected to nreservo us from threat Of way. And no one supposed 1887 would wind up with Roosevelt taking his worst drubbing to date on the wage.hour blll, and with . new depression which already has thrown 100000 more persons out of work.
 But you can't duck ioss, 90 here
 gees.
 If you don't sec what you want to know, consult your savoFite Tor. tunetellerl
 See Upturn In Spring
 BUSINESS, Nobody knows, but the prevalent notion in Washing ton--Whieh is shared by Roosevelt-' is that there will be an uptuFn some time this spring.
 April, according Co many guesss es, will be Che magic uaonth. Optlmlsts anticipate Q "soramble
 for inventories" after present stocks are worked of. New Deal. CTS amOng thoso optlmlsts already ore suggestlng that it was Q lucky break Co have tho recession as shis time, le it hsd to come, beesuee
 bvslnebs will Do on tho upgrade
 Im summer end ealL But more than one see government ee0n0s mist questions whether there'll Do Q reel uptuEf, alsd suggests that possibly industry Will reach Q level much lower than thie years peak end hover their indefinitely. Some experts gro optimistic ever chances Of housing boom end some are noe.
 A tiny minority Of tho govern. mont's top-Aight experts believes the general business tFond VIII DO downward until industry receives Q strong, vigorous push through increased government spen sing, Although there b prospect of more money for this years relief needs, Roosevelt still talks Of budget. balancing and no large spending push is promised.
 More of the Same
 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, The gov. ernment b well pleased with !@ triple effort to:
 Scare the Jspsnese by being stern asaA S.as asA .laAilAAs
 Encourage England and Frai,ee to stifgon roSbtanee to German, 1tal. ion end Japanese aggression;
 Awaken the American people to tho idea that tho United States cannot keep out Of war by more wiShfui thinking.
 There will Do more Of the saino and w0 will be getting chumfnior end chummier with England. The proposed lo.Amerieaii reciprocal trade agreement D being high. pressuFed. F. D. R. Will Fight On
 CONGRESS- The Capitol Hiii sit. uation iS in c mess and 70 N the familiar Roosevelt program. 1t got nowhere in the last regular session, received the cold shoulder in tho recent special session, and iaay or may not do any better h the next regular session.
 ReoseveIt viii continue Co Eight for his defeated wsgeshouF bill end may win, or may ioso, No enc