The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-11
"Yes, ma'an1, but I can't leave 1t; I have to see him."
 "Why can't you leave it?"


 The messenger blushed. "WelI, you see mann, it's. a birthday greeting, and I have to sing 1t to him."
 It was Walalce's 53rd birthday, and friends in Des Moines had remembered him. But the vice president was not in - he was at the White House. Persevering, the boy came back again, and still again.
 Finally he was ushered into the pre-ence of Wallace. Holding the yellow paper, he began to sine. to the tune of Mary He. L!..le Lamb:
 "Our best wishes, Henry dear,
 Henry dear, Henry dear,
 Our best wishes, Henry dear,
 Happy, happy, birthday.
 Those who witnessed the scene were unable to tell which was the more embarrassed-the messen- ger or the vice president.
 NOTE = This particular mes sage was sent by Wallace's old friend, Will Riley, of Des Moines. RUSSIA'S CHANGES
 There is considerable undercover disagreement inside the Adminis- tration regarding Russia's chances, but Averell Harrilnan's reports are fairly encouraging. In general, he has found that Russia has rifles, artillery, and shells for the time being, but will need all the tanks, anti-aircraft guns and air. planes this country can produce.
 Hartman also reports that the Red Army intends to continue &C., tive warfare during the winter though the Nazis may go into semi-hibernation during the sub- zero snows of the North.
 But in the War Department, a..ways bearish regarding the Rus sian military picture, there has been @ good deal of skepticism about the reports received from our own representative in Moscow. For a long time none of our military attaches was permitted to visit the battle fronts. Secre- tary of War Stlmson once gave the Russian ambassador a per- sonal dressing down on this point, with no result.
 When U. S. attaches in Mos COW urged these visits, the an- swer was, 'It's too far to get to that area"; or "If we travel by air the Naxis are likely to catch us." RESULT: All our observ- CTS sat in Moscow, observing each other.
 In washington, the War Depart ment got no better satisfaction from the Russian Military At- tache, Col. lila SaraeV.
 But now the picture is changed. American observers have at last got to the front and are getting first hand informauon. The change was brought about by the highly regarded Col. Philip Fay knoxville, who went to Moscow with the Hopkins Mission and who has stayed on as Lend-Lease ad- ministrator. He had been mili- tary attache in 1934-39 and has been very successful in getting along with the Russians.
 YOUNG MEN WANTED
 College graduates, about 30 years old. trained in accounting, banking, foreign trade, and pref erably with a knowledge of foreign languages, are wanted by the Treasury Department. If you can meet all those qualifications, you might be one of 150 to be chosen as an investigator in the field of frozen funds.
 Treasury's Division of Foreign Funds Control now faces the toughest job in its history, namely to handle the frozen funds of all the countries of Europe, plus China and Japan. The total is apprOxi- mateIy seven billion dollars, and when any part of 1t moves-even ten or twenty dollars-it must be approved first by the Treasury.
 The new staff being recruited will be used as investigators to check all applications for with drawal of foreign funds. Some Of this work will have the character of mystery sleuthing. to track down the real purpose behind an