The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-01-05

European refugees and the
shortage Of hospitals In the
United States.
SISTIE, Oldest Roosevelt grand.
child, must have. been disappolnt-
cd. Sho had made her mother,
Anna Roosevelt Boettlger, promise
10 waken her In time 10 see the
New Year come In. And Anna,
true to her promise, went up.
stairs and shook tho child Into
consciousness. But when she came
down from her third floor bed
room, she found the party soinos
thing less than gay.
There was none Of that New
Year jubilation that slStie had
seen pictured In the papers. No
men wore funny paper hats and
no women climbed up on the
table.
The party had been seeing 0
moving picture Of Paul do kFuif's
book on maternity, with heavy
emphasis on the diseases Of
childbirth In the slums, There
was even one picture Of reaches
crawling over the face Of 0 new
born baby.
The President was deeply moved.
AfterWard, he remarked that the
picture was most revealing, but 10
covered only the urban side OF the
problem, making no mention OF
hospital shortage In rural aFeas'
Before viewing Che picture, the
RO0seVelts had listened 10 mons
oi0glst CoFmella BtableF Gillian,
who gavs o dramatic inteFpFeta.
tl0n Of 0 mon. AFyan refugee wo.
man appearing before 0 Friends
(auakeF) hostel In Vienna begg.
ink assistance % come % Amer
leo. The President pronounced
n "bully", but u was certainly
not gay.
When Bistie came In, the mon.
ologue and the picture were sin-
ished, and her grandfather was
raising his glass OF eggsneg Tor O
toast 10 1910, and another 10 the
UbA. Then Major Henry Hooker,
RooseVeit'g old law partner, toast.
ed the President, and the Presis
dents mother kissed him,
THUS CAME THE NEW YEAR
TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
FDR SPOKESMAN
The jackson day dinner speech
10 watch this week end ID the one
Solicitor General Bob jackson Will
make In Cleveland.
He's going 10 do Reoseveits 20.
iitieai talking for that always linz
portant political day. The Presi-
dent himself will avoid politics,
and devote his speech chiefly 70
international problems. " Will be
jackson who will sound the New
Deal teeBin and 10y down the New
Deals campaign objeetives.
Selection Of jackson o. the
k0ynOteF ana Of Cleveland % the
place are both significant
u won't be formally announced
but Roosevelt's political talking feF
some time 10 come will DO done
through two inner eiFeleis, one
IA Harold fokes and the other
hob jackson, soon 70 DO elevated
10 full cabinet ranks Oh attorney
general. mach will do 0 partieus
Iar Job,
Iokes, o slash bang fighter,
will be the Dheok trooper who
will work out on partisan foes.
jackson, q polished FapleF artist,
will dev0te hls talents 70 foes
within his own party, In ether
words, ickes WIN do Rooseyelt's
talking largely y Republicans
and jackson principally 70
Democrats,
That's why he was sent 10 Cleve-
land. FIRST, itg In the Middle
West, O crucial battle-ground n the
years SfiotnetitouB elections. Sec
OND, the political cauldfon aia
ready ID sizzling In Ohio. dafs
reFites, Neutrality-suspicious., and Far.
ley fans are actively trying 10 cAp-
tliFe, the states % delegates -otie
Of The biggest blocs N The con.
ventioflI 'ii
Tvs O White MouEe secret, but Q
number Of Ohio Democratic county
chAiFinetl have been beseeehing the
president 10 allow his name 10 d
used In the Ohio presidential pFi.
mary May IL. The local boys Or
cold 10 Oil the would-be whitl
hopes, don't think they can gel
anywhere against the COP, and
want Roosevelt again,
% Gar they've Got no answer