The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-05

mtlmateS, Will partlclpaGe
 No Republican Party leaders are being invited, and even Willkie himself does not expect to be pres ent, although he may change his mind.
 Young Roots private plan is to form the clubs into nationwide organization around Willkie. abso- lutely independent of the Repub- lican party. Root has never been on good terms with COP leaders, many of whom consider him meddling amateur with secret de- signs on the party organization.
 During the campaign, Willkie was bombarded with irate COP complaints against Root. At one time he found it necessary to cir culate among all National Com mitteemen a letter from Root dis avowing any intention to distri- bute patronage or intrude in party affairs.
 While Willkie received thou sands of letters acclaiming his p0st-election loyal opposition" broadcast, and while many Willkie Club enthusiasts desire
 to continue the organization, privately Root and Davenport are uncertain about the prospects.
 Some local clubme1 have ex-
 pressed doubts over the p0sSibil- ity of keeping their groups to- gether in the face of Republican
 party hostility and without crusade" atmosphere.
 Meanwhile, Willkie has had a few brushes with Republican Ma tional Committeeman, who resent ed "Orders" from him. There has been no real row, but the politicos let him know that they do not consider him the party's boss. BRITISH INVASION
 Tke British are coming to Wash ington at a rate that almost amounts to second invasion. Even in 1914, when the Redcoats burned the Capitol, thsre force was scarcely more impressive.
 Actually there are 43O repre- sentatives of the British govern
 ment in Washington tOday-130 members of the Embassy staff, 300 members of the British Pur- chasing Commission and British Air Commission. The figure in- cludes everyone-Officers, clerks, messenger, and chauffeurs.
 The British Embassy and Chan cery now is the largest diplomatic establishment in Washington, but it is not large enough. An annex has been added to care for an overflow of coding clerks and of- fic:als of the office of Economic Warfare.
 Meanwhile the two British com- missions occupy space in four other buildings. They started out in modest quarters in the Hibbs building, expanded to the entire top floor of the Willard hotel, added further space in the Ad- ans building, and most recently have taken over Andrew Melons old apartment building at 1785 Massachusetts avenue to accom- date the Air Commission.
 These are the British in
 Washington alone. In addition,
 the New York office of the Purchasing Commission numbers 1000 persons, plus 800 inspectors who travel about the country
 testing the wide assortment of articles, from ships to airplanes, which are being purchased in
 United States.
 THREE PEN SIGNATURE
 The Ramspeck Civil Service Act has a dual distinction. In ad- dition to extending civil service rating to more unclassified gov- ernment employees than any simi- lar la win history (about 100000 it also required longer to sign.
 The long-drawn out signature was because the President had promised a pen used in the sign- ing ceremony to each of three people: Representative Bob Ram speck of Georgia and Senator Jim Mead of New York, co-sponsors of the bill: and Representative Jen- nings Randolph of West Virginia, ranking member Of the Civil Service Committee.
 This meant splitting his sigma ture Into three parts and using Q different pen for each. The three pens were placed on his desk when he was ready to sign. but when he looked for the hikweil. 1t had mysteriously disappeared. After several minutes. White House