The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-14

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 He emphasized the fact that the populations of both sides have to feel real privation before they will make the necessary sacrifices for peace.
 One thing about which the Ari- bassador was very positive was the fact that business was going to pot in Europe, and that the present capitalist system in Eu- rope was in grave danger. He did not deny the possibility of revo- lution behind the lines If the war drags on too long.
 NOTE-Kennedy did not report on this to President Roosevelt, but he, personally. has felt the effects of long, grueling hours in blacked- out London. He has been suf- fering from stomach trouble. and has lost ten pounds. He finds 1t impossible to spare time for ex- ercise except at night. and has taken to horseback riding in the evening. Once while riding in the dark, his horse stumbled and he had a bad spill.
 NEW DEAL FOOTBALL
 Biggest hit at the recent Grid- iron Club dinner was 32-year old Governor Stassen of Minnesota. His comparison of football teams brought down the house.
 First he told about the famous football eleven of the University of Minnesota. Then he switched, very subtly, to football as played in Washington, naming Ickes, Murphy. Farley, Morgenthau and other star players on the team.
 "Of course" he said, 1t looks as if only the quarterback un- derstood the signals.
 And then there is Professor MCley, who scores a New Deal touchdown behind their own goal posts.
 But the most spectacular play of ell was when Ickles tackled McNutt just after he had rec ceived q delayed forward pass" POLITICAL GO-ROUND
 After a three-day stay in the Capital, Including visit to the White House, canny Ali Landon is telling friends that he $ con- vinced Roosevelt will again be the Democratic standard-bearer next year While in Los Angeles, Senator H. Styles Bridges said "howdy" to 6 number of big shot Southern California COP leaders, but the biggest one eluded him. Harry Chandler, multi-millionaire publisher, declined an invitation on the ground of previous en- gagement - which turned out 10 be a trustees meeting at Leland Stanford university The presi- dental bug certainly plays strange tricks. Secretary Harry Wood- ring, who has been hanging on to his war portfolio by the skin of his teeth. considers himself con- tender for the vice-presidential nomination. ' IN A OTHER
 Chairman Arthur Altmeyer of the Social Security Board is in a terrible dither.
 You can appreciate just how nervous he must be by the fact that although he has adamantly opposed liberalizing pensions in the past, he now is frantically fig uring how to increase them. Spe- officially. by $39 1000, 900 worth.
 Last spring, when social security revision was under consideration, Altmeyer trotted out batch of amendments which. he solemnly assured the President, and con- gressional leaders, and Federal Security Administrator Paul Mo- Mutt, would pay out $114.000. 900 to needy aged in 1940. There was considerable private skepticism about Altmeyer's claim. But he insisted he knew what he was talk ing about. so other proposals were ditched and his amendments ap. proved.
 Now. with only a few weeks remaining before these much touted amendments go into ef- feet. it develops that Altsneyer's calculations were all wet. Instead of $114. .000, 900. actually not more than S7l,000, 900 will be paid out.
 And not all of that win be pensions. only s35,00o.000 going for that purpose. The remain- ing 9s9,0oo.o00 will go Co sur- vivlng relatives Of deceased an- nuitants.
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