The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-12-31
Stalin Chosen Times
 '42 "Man Of Year"
Newsmagazine Compares Achievements of Other Can'
 didates Including Macarthur, Churchill, Roosevelt

New York, Dec. 5i-Joseph gtaiin today was designated Man of the Year" by Time, the Weekly Newsn1aeazifie, which has picked the outstanding leader each year since 1927.
 "The choice Of any Man Of the Year s in no way ai1 aceeiade CT 6 Nobel Prize for doing good. Nor is 1t q moral judgment P. l. Prefi- tice, publisher of Time, explains in discussing the selection. "The two eriteria for the choice are always tliege: Who had the biggest rise 1n fame; and who did most to change the news for better dlke stalin this year) or for worse (1ike Sta1ifl ifi 1899, when his flop to filters side |tinleasfed this world wide war) |"
 "The year 1942 was q year Of ble6d and strength" the editors of Time point out in explaining their choice of Stalin "so the man whose name means steel in Russian, whose few words Of English include the Amer icafi expression tough guy was the man of f942. on1y Joseph Stain fully knew how close Russia stood to defeat in l042. and only Joseph Stalin fully knew how he brought Russia through.
 Adolph Hitler Knows "Hut the whole world knew what the alternative would have been The man who knew 1t best of al was Aodplh Hitler, who found his past accomplishments turning into dust.
 Had German iegions swept past steei-stubborn Stalingrad and liquid. ated Russia's power of attack, mol only would Hitler have been Mar of the Year. but he would also have been iindisputed master of Europe looking for other continents to con quer. But Joseph stalin stopped him.
 "stalin had done 1t before = ir 1D4l = when he started with all oi Russia intact. But Staltn's achieve. ment of 1o42 was far greater. All that Hitler could give he took -- for the second time"
 Of the others who were considered for Man of the Year, Time said: Above the heavy tread of nations on the march. above the staccatt uproad of the battlefields, only few men of peace were heard in 1042 Britairs William Temple. who made his pilgrimage to Canterbury ifI 1942 and became the new arch. bishop. was one of them. His hurch-approved program of re- forms brought religion closer to tie center of British national life than at any time since Cromwell's Round heads. Temple challenged all Bri- tain's well-established institutions of economic privileges, espoused the cause of mankind's economic free dom (which Britain loosely calls so- cialisn). probably to leave a lasting mark on British history.
 Henry J. Kaiser
 Another man who may leave a lasting mark is Henry J. Kaiser, the man who launched one of his Lib- erty ships in four days and 15 hours and. more important. preach- cd as a practical businessman full production for full employment His gospel challenged U. s. industry to lead the postwar world out of de- precision.
 "A third man who left a mark was Wendell Willkie, whose world-cir- cling trip as the politician without office had an effect perhaps more lasting than the U. s. yet realizes on Q. S. relations with Russia and the Orient. But Willkie's accom- plishment was dimmed by his fail- ure to command the firm support of his party. and the plain fact was that in i942, a year of war. men of good will had no achievements to match those of men of arms and men of power.
 ''Flamboyant Erwin Rommel and coid-mouthed Fedor von Book were Germany;s two top generals in year whose laurels were reserved primarily for fighting men" Time states. 'The greatest military con- quests of the year - although not against the greatest forces were those of frog legged Tomoyuki Yam ashita. who blasted the British out of Singapore. the Dutch out of the Indies and the U. s. out of Bataan and Corregidor. Yamashita in one year successfully seized a great em- pore for his country.
 aQuite different were the military triumphs for Jugoslavia's General Draja Mihaiiovich, who capitalized on a conquered nations unconquer- able urge for freedom to fight when fighting seemed impossible. But be- fore the year was out thousands of his countrymen. probably distrust- ing the Jugoslav Government in Exile more than they did Mihailo- yich, supported the rival Partisan guerrillaS who were carving out their own fighting front.
 Douglas Macarthur
 "As for the military men of the U. S.. l942 offered them few oppor- tunities for great achievement. Gen. eral Eisenkower's able occupation of North Africa only placed him on the threshold of his real test.
 Douglas MacArthur. whose bril- liaHit skill and courage raised him to the rank of hero while he fought