The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-16

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 In fact, the Japanese probably were even sorrier than they ad- mitted. For their tactics during the entire war have been to curry favor with the United States while thumbing their noses at the Bri- tish.
 During the Manchurain crisis in 1932 1t was the reverse. American rights and citizens were trampled upon, while the British were treated with re- spect and courtesy.
 REASON: in 1892, the American navy still was suffering from the effects of Hoover economy; the British wasn't. Today, the Ameri- can navy is in excellent shape; while the British fleet has been tied up in the Mediterranean.
 TOMORROW, of course, the shoe may be on the other foot, and the situation reversed again. That is one reason MT. Hull has been hammering home to the Bri- tish the idea of closer coopera- ton in the Orient.
 Plenty Sour ~ The forthcoming monthly em- plOyment report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Is going to be plenty sour.
 Covering the period October IS to November IS, the figures will show a drop in employment of nearly three times the l.7 per- cent fall recorded in the previous month. This is the heaviest de- crease for any November since 1929.
 The real significance of these figures Is contained in the fact that normally employment is on the upgrade during this season. In other words, instead of jobs holding their level or increasing, they have been wiped out in large numbers.
 The picture, however, is not all gloomy. There are some cheery spots.
 Since November 15, while the trend of employment has con- tinued downward, the rate of decrease has diminished apprecl- ably. In the last ten days, fur. thermore, it has practically lev elled off as a result of slight pickup in textiles and a big jump in wholesale and retail em- plOyment to handle the Christ mas buying.
 This last factor is temporary, of course, but 1t brightens the general situation at least for the present.
 Mrs. Roosevelt Shakes Hands .n
 When the Washington social season starts abruptly, as 1t has this month, 1t takes Mrs. Roose- welt a little while to harden the muscles of her back and shoulders to the ordeal of handshaking.
 Shaking hands with 300 to 800 people @ day is a hard job physically, and according to Mall vina Schneider, her secretary, so is pouring tea.
 "It gets you In the arms when you haven't been doing it all summer" she said the other day after pouring for three teas in the same afternoon.
 "Mrs. Roosevelt says the same thing about shaking hands. She feels tt most at the beginning of the season; after that. she hits her stride and can take them by the thousand.
 Ambassador Davies
 Chief factor behind Joe Davies not returning to his post as Am- bassador to Russia Is the elegant shadow of his wife, the former Mrs. Marjorie Post Hutton.
 Their marriage, the State De- partment hears, did not thrive in Moscow.
 Naturally, this put Joe on the spot, because Of the furore over his marriage in the first place. A Wisconsin boy who came to the Capital and made good, Joe had married Emlen Knight of Ash- land, Wis, in his youth. They had been happy, had several chil- dren and to divorce her after 35 years of wedlock caused . definite rift in the family.
 Mrs. Davies, Q very captivating, If somewhat dominating woman, inherited the Post millions, is the aunt of Barbara Hutton, owns the famous yacht Hussar, and one of her companies, General Foods, earned $i4,240,957 last year.
 Mrs. Hutton had been married twice before, but Joe seemed op- timistic about the third and @-A was awA aN~~A~~