The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-07

generally, are greatly Worr war, and are acquiring a genuine respect for what the United States is accomplishing in the way of national defense.
 Hitler, Roosevelt has told his friends, had the greatest scorn for Britain under Chamberlain, and for France. For some time, also, Hit 'er had the same idea about the United States. The President con- Aides that as far as he has been able to ascertain. Hitler regarded him as just another Chamberlain.
 But now intelligence reports from Germany indicate that Hit ler's opinion of the United States has changed to one of respect and even fear Roosevelt plans to make the most of this psychological factorS and believes that sending every possible aid to Britain, short of war, will help to do it. He be- lieves this can be done without getting into war, though he &C., knowledges privately that it car ries risks.
 Most risky American project would be to convoy merchant ships across the Atlantic, and so far Roosevelt has refused to com init himself, though this is what the British need most desperately. However, some of his advisers con- tinue to be strongly for it, and believe they have made dent on the President.
 What they argue is this: The
 United States cannot be attack
 ed as long as the war continues
 to rage in Europe and the Bri-
 tish fleet remains afloat. There
 fcre, since we cannot be attack
 ed, we can get into the war to
 any degree we like without
 sending an expeditiOnary force.
 Should Germany declare war on the United States, these Roose- welt advisers urge, we can merely continue with our present support to Britain. Blu, mess would proceed about as usual, since the Nazis would be powerless to cross the Atlantic to attack the United States -.. at least until Great Bri- tain fai,s. Up until that time, they figure that declaring war on the United States would be about the last thing the Nazis could do. RUNS IN THE FAMILY
 Joan Morgenthau is a chip off the old block. She made a great hit as a White House debutante last week, but like her father, the Secretary of the Treasury, she is no good at figures.
 Today Morgenthau handles fig ures of astronomical proportions, but as a school-boy at Phillips Ex- eter Academy, he was a problem child in mathematics. In fact. his grades were so poor that his .ath- CT, Ambassador Henry Morgen- thau, ST., travelled to Exeter, N. H., to see the mathematics instructor, Prof. Billy" Francis.
 Today, daughter Joan is in simi- lar trouble. At the Madeira school, across the river from Washington. he girls all deposit money in a school bank, and then draw from it as needed. This is supposed to be good training in keeping ac- counts and the fine art of balanc- ng a check book.
 But Joan just can't make the figures come out right, has ex- ceeded the budget.
 POLITICAL CHAFF
 Ali Landon did a lot better for himself in. 1940 than in 1886. Dur ing the past fall he brought in several very profitable oil wells in Stafford County, Kas. Judg- Ing from recent reports on cam paign outlays, the vaunted Hatch 'purity-in-pOlitics" Act seems about as effective as a sieve. Ex- amp-e: In Missouri the Republi- cans spent $5S4,7SO this year as compared to $2O4,093 in 1886; the Democrats $155,272 as agains, S180,030 in 1886. Among the COP contributions was $22,000 from the family of Joe Pew, multimillion- aire Pennsylvania boss. They also gave S20,0O0 to the Indiana COP The movement under way in Minnesota for Farmer -Laborites and Democrats to get together on a joint ticket in 1942 is spreading to nearby Wisconsin, where lead- CTS of the Progressive Party are urging a similar tie-up with the Democrats.
 WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE
 It was not supposed to be known, but President Roosevelt intervened personally to keep his old friend,