The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-01-10

over deciding whether to st
 Hitler listened carefully to both sides, then made the decision him. self. Doubtless that is what he will do today. The two schools of thought inside the German high command are:
 l.. Those who believe the war of attrition against England should continue with air raids and submarine sinkings. They believe the United States will not be able to arm adequately until fall, and that Britain can be weakened and reduced to surrender before then. This group does not want to risk loss of a large number of men in an outright attack across the Channel.
 2. The second group urges in vasion immediately. Their chief argument is that the United States soon will be helping Great Bri- tain to an extent which may be- come dangerous, and they think Germany should act now so as to avoid any risks.
 IMMEDIATE INVASION?
 Apparently Hitler has not yet made up his mind which school of strategy he favors, though he seems to be leaning toward inme- diate action.
 Signs of this are the large con- centrationS of troops along the Atlantic Coast from Norway to northwest France. In Brittany and Normandy, all owners of homes have been ordered to evacu- ate a strip of land about thirty miles back from the coast. Com munications between this 30-mile coastal area and the rest of France have been completely suspended.
 Simultaneous attacks upon the British Isles and the Balkans are mot out of the question, though dependent upon the weather. Heavy weather in the Balkans will make any major Nazi advance ex- tremely hazardous; foggy weather in the English Channel should make a Nazi invasion easier than at almost any other times.
 Fog sometimes is so thick over the Channel that it is absolutely impossible for airplanes to spot ships below, this is exactly the covering a Nazi expeditionary force needs to edge up to the shores of England. It will be recalled that last September the ability of the R. A. F. to spot Nazi invasion ships broke up the attempt at that time.
 NOTE-Obviously the renewed efforts of the United States to arm and President Roosevelt's public urging must be a factor in Hitler's decision between the two schools in the German High Com mand.
 FARM RELIEF
 Representative Hampton P. Full mer, new chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, is a strong advocate of federal farm aid, and seems to believe that relief, like charity, should begin at home.
 One of the portly, baldish South Carolinian's first moves as chair man was to blow under Altovene Clark, a veteran clerk of the com- mittee, and replace her with a relative. Fuhner then followed this up by putting still another kinsman on the congressional pay roll-making 8 total of three, as follows:
 Villa E. FuImer, wife, sec-
 rctary .......... S,SVV Wilma J. Fulmer, niece
 (whO replaced Miss
 CIaFk .............. 1,OVV
 OsmerS Fulmers grand
 nephew, House page. 1900 Total, including Fulmer's
 $lO,OOO ...............$ .$lO,6VO
 NOTE - Mrs. Fulmer has been on the congressional payroll as her husbands secretary for ten years, although she rarely appears in his office.
 CAPITAL CHAFF
 Harry Hopkins title on his trip to England is not MT. AmbaSsa- whom the journey is the chief thing. Tn ha1ief they add faith man to