The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-08-28

FreSlQenC, went III CO see n that the country needs a mora torium on reform. In heart-to- heart talk, he counseled Roose- welt to lease up" on Congress and "let things ride quietly for a while."
 People are tired of change" the friend argued. "They want to be let alone"
 Roosevelt,s reply, briefly sum- marked, follows:
 T agree with you on the de- sirability of peace and quiet. No one wants that more than I. I have been fighting this battle for a long time and I can assure you I would like nothing better than to sit back, fold my hands, and take it easy.
 But you don't seem to realize that with world conditions as they are, we can't stand still and do nothing. We have got to keep moving forward if we are to save democracy If we are going to Save economic and political lib- erty.
 You must understand that war in Europe will mean the complete collapse of private ec- onomic enterprise there. As a matter of fact, private enter prises has almost gone already in Germany and Italy, and en- tirely in Russia. Private econom- ic enterprises is a luxury in this age of super ma tionalistic pow CTS.
 SOVIET REVOLUTION
 "The Russian revolution set in motion forces and influences that are sweeping the world. In the 20's, Italy went Fascist; in the sos Germany went Nazi. Suppose all of Europe shifts from a sys- tenn of free private enterprise to these other systems. This is cer- tain if there is war, and 1t may happen anyway.
 'The United States could not escape the effects of such change, either politically, socially or economically. We would be confronted with a titanic war of ideas. We have millions of dispos- sessed, jobless and hopeless people. They would be easy prey to the illusions and promises of these nationalistic systems. Look what happened in Italy and Germany.
 We have to put our house in order to meet the attack of these foreign systems. We have got to give our people a stake III our sys- tenn of free economic enterprise so they will be willing to defend it and fight for 1t. We must pre- pare to meet the great test that is approaching.
 That is why we can't sit down and fold our hands and take things easy. To do that is to invite certain destruction of the liberties we cherish. Js we want to preserve Amoricanism as we know it and want it, we have got to take protective mea- sures new. Standing still or turning back the clock won't dO."
 NEW DEALERS IN CRISIS
 The Roosevelt Administration is all hustle and hustle about Eur ope now, but here is where those most concerned in high official places were when the crisis first broke:
 The President was summing him. self on a cruiser of Canada. Cor dell Hull, Secretary of State, was golfing at White Sulphur Springs. Postmaster General Jim Farley was receiving the benediction of the Pope in Rome. Frank Mur- phy, Attorney General, was re- ceiving the smiles and dowagers and debutantes at swank Bailey Beach, Newport, R. I.
 Harry Hopkins, Secretary of Commerce. was in Annapolis sit- ting in the sun by Chesapeake Bay. Henry Morgenthau, Secre- tary of the Treasury, was enjoy ing the blue waters of the French Riviera. Henry Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, was at his old home in Iowa. Frances Perkins Secretary of Labor. was motoring in New York and New England.
 Only Harold Ickes, Secretary of the interior: Harry Woodring, Secretary of War; and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison were laboring in the vine. yard of the Government.
 Thus Che New Deal, famed champion of the underdog, walked into . crisis that may