The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-22
Or A NEW WORKER

{ NOTES OF A NEW YORKER This story, which is sweeping the town = they insist - actually hap peted A high ranking Wash 5Hngton official came to see the President and delivered his views on matter of importance < When he was finished, the { President smiled and said. I'm in clined to agree with you" x. The !man departed, glowing with satis- y6action and goodwill toward FDR. 1. .. A few minutes later another 2ealler discussed the same subject taking the opposite stand <. When l he was through, the President smiled and said: @I'm inclined to jagre with you" 7. The visitor : took his leave flushed with success.
 Mrs. Roosevelt, who supposedly ,heard both converSat tions, criticized She Preident How could you do that to those men2" she ob- served. "It Is not only unethical- >Sut it is u1wise politically"
 F. D. R. smiled and said: I'm inclined to agree with you"
 Jack Pearl relays the latest draft qulp It deals with the fellow .who heard that a chum had won a 4F classification after smearing his face with a mess of chop suey : :. And so he did the same stunt, but 1t flopped The draft board put | him in IA He returned to break the news to his pal.
 T thought" he groaned, 'I'd get 4F like you!"
 T forgot to tell you," was the retort, "that besides covering your face with lotta chop suey-you also gotta have cancer!"
 This fact about John T. Whita- ker of The Chicago Daily News should make some chaps vince 5. :. We mean those who try tricks to dodge the draft -. MT. Whitaker was foreign corresponds many of the war zones .. ,. Shortly after his return, he underwent a major operation to make it possible to get into the Army Y. Surgery on his spine U. But it didn't jell, and so he had to undergo another operation-far more serious !. In which four vertebrae had to be reconstructed from bone from his 'shins :. One of the most pain ful operations imaginable :. . After going through great pain for many months Che is still in g. plaS- ter cast)--he is praying hard that he will pass the physical the next time Newspapermen every Where must be proud.
 Condo Mast, the magazine pub fisher who just passed on, was the towns top party -thrower .. . To be asked to Condos shiny shindigs marked you lovely people. It is recalled that social climbing turin actress went once and came away deje0ted T thought" sine said, ''Mr. Mast gave guests 8 ribbon to wear like the French Legion of Honor" |. That reminds us of a nifty that made the rounds i'll 1929, right after poverty came to Wall Street A broker blew his last coin on a swanky party and had as Us guests mob of others who had been leveled in the crash . Tt was WOW of a party" one guest reported. T don't think there was a non-Blue Booker there. Or dol- larl"
 The movies make you i'll some times with good intentions In Spy Ship" frinstance, the hero slugs Jap and tries for a cheap cheer with: That's for Pearl liar borl" That makes 1t all even, huhp Two Marines were rest ing after the Battle of Midway {. |. "Whew!" whew'd one. T hope we don't get anything like that again!" "Whaddaya wanna do here" :" growled the other, "stagnate?" ... |. Billy Southworth, manager of the Brooklyn-eating Cardinals, is men, tioned as a boy who clicked after he bested John Barleycorn /.