The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-12

unkept.
 Each new
 Rdsom speech or utter. ance from key man in the ad. ministration seems to edge little closer to an inflammatory gesture. The chip on the shoulder Is made just 6 little bigger with each bragg gadocio speech and anyone who will is dared to knock 1t off.
 BOLD WORDS
 BY THE BUsKEEL
 Tn Congress, the speeches of the hotheads grow daily more III. considered and more provocative. They come to two climaxes. First, Speaker of the House Sam Hay burn rules that the dean of the House, Congressman Adolph J. sabath, must withdraw from the records remarks made about Q speech by Senator Burton J. Wheeler of Montana charging that the Presidents policies were responsible for Adolf Hitler'S dc. struction and enslaycment of IA small nations.
 Second, the Senate Is forced to wipe from its record a nasty ex- change of remarks between Sem atorS Claude Pepper of Florida l and Charles w. Tobey of New Hampshire over an asphalt con. tract for an army air field in Florida.
 oratorical screaming reaches new highs of incendiarisnt.
 T am ready to give Japan ono week to withdraw from the Axis," says the gentleman from Benton- vile, Ark, Representative Clyde T. Fills. Upon her failure to do that we should begin at once the process of polishing her into lHsig- nificance." tApplause)
 As & Sedative after that, the House votes $2O,000 to carve on an unfinished portion of the his- tofical frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol, 8 design to depict the story of aviation.
 Things seem normal for Q mo- ment until Good Neighbor Ham Fish of Duchess county, N. Y, asserts; T believe that practically every member of the cabinet .s an intervcntienist. They have been trying to get us into the war for tho last year and Q half. :. In the cabinet are three for- incr Republicans. There are TO more consistent archintervention- istS In America"
 Senator Pepper, figuratiyely, wraps the flag around his shout. derS aS c toga and assumes the job of spokesman for the Amer lean people, declaring they're will. Ing to "splll their blood" to crush Hitler. Tn reply, there comes from Senator Champ Clark of Missouri 6 timely reminder of those oh-so. embarrassing words from the last campaign, the Presidents speech In Boston: T have said this be- fore, but shall say 1t again and again. Your boys are not going to be sent into any foreign wars"
 The country has come 6 long way from that in--yes, in less than six months. It seems years ago, but 50 swift has been this drift toward war that, whether or not the country was ever being led toward war, 1t now seems that we're being pushed.
 In congressional committee rooms, the mistakes of these six months are examined. Was too much spent for Camp Meade because Q hospital site was moved to save golf course? Should labor,s right to strike be curbed for this emergen. cy2 Should John Citizen be taxed Sl00 on the new car he'd like to buy as his contribution to the bil- lions of dollars all this defense Is to cost?
 COOL
 QUESTION
 In Treasury, the question of freez- Ing Germany's assets in America Is weighed. In State, the problems of export control and conveys are balanced against the declared pol- icy Of neutrality. Tn Agriculture, a British official Is namec to 6 com- mittee to control food shipments to England.
 In OPM, big business men and little clerks work out their liver and lights to find ways 70 produce more planes, tanks, guns and am- mun1tion.
 South American admirals tour the country on 8 junRet to im- prove our cultural relations, Al prime minister from Australia comes for pep talk.
 Part of the coast guard is transferred to the navy. The navy Is ready = for what? Is the army ready for anything? Not much, for year, but that makes no dif- ference. If we go to war, we go