The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-02

One was a proposal to ineorpor. ate labor unions and require them to reveal their financial records, The other was a secret ballot on strike action,
 The President approved the first, but turned down the second
 Ho declared that he favored unions making public their reye- nueS and expenditures, just as business concerns are required to do. This, he said would do much to drive FaeketeerS and other un- desirable clements out of unions, also, put R curb on one man or group control.
 However, Roosevelt urged that this curb be extended to include other public bodies, such NS the America First Committee and Fight For Freedom,
 "The public K entitled to
 knew," he said, "wheFe they are getting their money and how
 and for what they are spending
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 The President voiced doubt about the advisAbility of e com. pulsory secret strike vote, on the ground that this did not neces- sarily insure a free ballot. Also, he said, 1t might baekfire against the government.
 He pointed out that if c vote held by ediet Of law favored strike in an important defense industry, then the government would be in the position Of Sanc- tioning the shutdown. It was RooseVelts opinion that the way to block strikes was to prevent them from occurring.
 HE'LL HITLER
 When the son of on American diplomat rises in an American school and cries, "Hell Hitler!"--' that's news. But that's exactly what happened in Washington recently.
 The youngster had been sent to German schools while his father was stationed in Germany, and he was obliged to raise his hand with the other children, and cry, "Heil HitIer!"
 But when U. S. consuls were out of Germany, this boy became a student in Washington. His English is a little rough, and the teacher one day noticed he did not know the words of the salute to the Flag" She coached him, and he tried again, but with this unhappy result:
 T pledge allegiance to the flag [. ." And here he raised his hand and cried, 'IIeil Hit ler!"
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Charles Edison, ex-Secretary of the Navy, now Governor of New Jersey, is proud of one thing: the destroyer Kearney did not sink. It was one of the destroyers he built while handling construction in the navy, and at a time when he was under criticism for top-heavy de- stroyers. But Edison put so many water-tight compartments into the new speeddemons that they are almost unsuitable Unlike Secretary of the Navy Knox, a newspaper publisher, Secretary of the Navy Edison welcomed press criticism. When newspapers re- ported flaws in destroyer design, he took the position that criticism was healthy thing Lovely Mrs. Lionel Atwill, greeting Ital- ian Ambassador Prince Colonna, said: How are you Prince Eau de Cologna?"
 EDUCATED SOLDIERS
 Lt.-Gen. Ben Lear is going to give the 12O,000 officers and men of his crack Second Army an op- portunity to learn what it is all about.
 The scholarly cavalryman, who fought his way from buck private to one of the ablest top officers in the Army, is instituting an elaborate educational program that will make military training history. Nothing like 1t has ever been triad on such scale in the .. s. Army.
 As part Of their military training time, every soldier and officer of the second Army will bs reualrea G attend 6 series sg