Evening star., 1942-11-18
Mrs. Roosevelt
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really is a rather fatty diet" but
Miss Thompson lost pounds.
Visited United States Soldiers.
Besides studying the numerous
activities of the women OF England,
Mrs. Roosevelt also went to Eng
land to see American soldiers, she
said They really are grand kids
she said, taking their stay in Eng
land as great adventure and
making friends wherever they 60
Mrs. Roosevelt said American SOL
diers are seeing great deal of the
pretty uniformed WRENS, WAAFS
and WAACS. While the letters the
boys have been getting from home
haven't been exactly depressing, she
said, the boys indicated to her that
the folks at home are missing little
comforts like gas and sugar.
Are things really bad at homer"
she said one boy asked her. They
say they havens any gas and sugar" )"
The Presidents wife said she re-
assured the soldier by telling him
that if he thought the English people
around him were getting along all
right his American relations really
were faring well.
Climate Depressing at First.
She said the climate was oepress-
ing at first and that a good many of
the boys got colds when they first
went over, but they got to like it fine
after a while. Some of the older
men, she said, miss their comforts
and their families more than the
kids
Much impressed with schools
feeding of children while the
mothers worked. Mrs. Roosevelt
said more of communal feeding of
children would be good thing in
this country She did not believe,
however. that this country had yet
gotten to the stage of drafting
it's women workers and feeding all
children in public places.
There is no woman in England
who hasn't something she has to
do Mrs. Roosevelt said. Even
the housewives have to think how
they can take proper care of their
families"
The Ministry of Food has seen
to it, she said. that while the Eng
lish are getting smaller portions of
edibles. many of them are getting
a better balanced diet than they
ever had before.
The Ministry of Labor has been
planning the erection of every new
British factory, she said, with an
eye to its use after the war as a
technical school or some other public
purpose.
"Sense Of Immediacy"
while the British have great
sense of immediacy," Mrs Roosevelt
explained, they have gotten through
the stage of not thinking beyond
exactly what they are doing at the
moment. The same planning for the
future could we'll be considered by
American industry"
The servant problem in America
is nothing to what it is in England,
she said. where even the lords and
ladies are waiting on themselves.
All classes there are working so
closely together that certain types
of living will never be seen again"
she added.
Il came back with a tremendous
pride in the ability of human nature
to rise above the little things which
annoy us most" Mrs. Roosevelt de-
clared. when you have to face it,
you do"
Mrs. Roosevelt said that reports
that she had walked holes in her
shoes were not true. One weary lit
tie British reporter did ask her,
however, if she ever planned to spend
a morning in bed. She greatly en-
joyed her visit with the British prin-
cesses, she said. She thinks Princess
Elizabeth "a child of good deal of
character attractive and very seri-
GUS. The Princess asked her good
many questions about America.