The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1938-10-04


decided that the time was
But now that the world has
looked down into the Valley Of the
Shadow Of Death, into the very
mouths Of cannon, ~ II did last
week, Roosevelt figures that popu-
lar opinion will support diSarma.
ment % never before.
Another important factor fav.
oring disarmament now, which did
not exist during earlier disarma-
ment conferences, is that the
armies Of the great Continental
powers are much nearer. equality.
II should now be easier for them
TO scale down on the basis OF
equality.
For years during earlier dis
armament attempts, the French
were far Superior. Germany had
no appFeclable army. Now the
Mails, although no stronger nu.
xneFically. have . mere power
full cir force and more modern
weapons. The ex.Allfed couns
tries, on the ether hand, have
greater resources and raw ma
teEiak from which 10 build.
The President may try 10 take
advantage Of this with Q vigorous
appeal for peace, plus the complete
clean.up OF Europe's outstanding
sore.spots, plus reduction In the
weapons OF war.
NOTE-Chief distance 10 such
0 program Is the fact that few OF
the ex.Allied statesmen trust Hit
Ter. This distrust was intensified
In the mind OF Prime Minister
Chamberlain during his confer
enceS with the German clancei.
Tor, and there Is no doubt that
Il exists In the mind OF the Presi.
dent. There Is O general expecta-
ton IN ofilcial circles that the
Czechoslovak agreement will DO q
mere stepping stone from which
Hitler VIII 20 on 10 other fields
Of conquest.
Cameras Cabinet
The news.reel shots OF the
Cabinet now being shown are the
first moving pictures ever taken
OF the Cabinet % q body. Camera
men urgently requested permits.
sion 10 "shoot" this group In ses.
sion over the war crisis.
The President said he would al
low II only II the camera corps
would pick one "still" man and
one news.reel man from oil the
agencies, and let these two alone
DO admitted 70 take shots for the
crowd.
The eameramen balIeted, ana
exposed their plates e. well 90
The "stiil' man took with him
the cameras Of his colleagues,
expoced their plates a. well as
his own. The newu.Feel man
used one machine only, took
about 100 feet Of film, which
was printed IN copies for other
agencies.
N0TE-Though the pictures
show q Cabinet Of ten present IN
addition TO the President, there
was one absentee Jim Farley.
The tenth was Harry Hopkins, not
actually q member Of the Cabi-
net. The President has arbitrar.
lily given Hopkins the Cabinet sta
tus he would have had as head
Of the new Welfare Department
II the Reorganization Bill had
passed.
Peace Psychology
With one exception, the Presi.
dent personally was responsible for
his international appeals which
eliminated In the Munich confer
ence.
Roosevelt himself drafted the
first message TO Hitler and Benes,
wrote II out In long-hand late at
night, then called In Secretary
Hull TO see what he thought Of 1t,
The second cable 70 Hitler
was first drafted In the State
Department In the manner Hull
has Of writing these messages.
-Four Or five people put Down
on paper their idea Of what
should be sent and che best
parts Of each are put together
In . final form.
When this was sent over TO the
White House, however, the Presi-
dent revamped large parts Of II,
inserting some pungent phrases Of
his own.
Perhaps more important than
the text was the timing Of the
messages. II they had come too
early they might have been ig-
nored. II they had been delayed
too long, war might have broken.
OF the timing, Roosevelt himself
was the sole Judge. His Cabinet
was merely summoned and told
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