The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-28

| CuSUu lula q v only about a couple dozen catch lines and pet figures which form the text for any speech on conditions that you want to deliver. Master and memorize these few words and numbers and you're Washington expert quicker than you can say G. O. P. Or, if you're not coming this way, you can become the oracle of any business conference, the phil osopher on any cracker barrel, the real stimulant of any cocktail party -more brilliant, even, than the fel- low who reads those books for IS minutes day, the guy who poses 1 for the advertising illustrations on How to be a Success" the gal whom people laughed at when she sat down at the piano.
 SEE HOW
 EASY IT IS: Topic No. 1 - How to win the war:
 We simply must get the country's spending capacity up to five billion a month. In December 1941 we were spending only one point eight bil- lion. We'll get up to four billion by the end of this year, but by '43 we've got to reach five billion month. That's only sixty billion a year, and that will be only half the national income"
 Keep repeating these figures, Never mind about tanks or air planes or soldiers or battleships. TOPIC No. 2 - Conversion of in- dustry to all-out production:
 The trouble is now that there is too much concentration of contracts. Why, do you know that fifty-six corporations hold seventy-four per cent of the war orders and six com panies hold thirty-one point three per cent? There are one hundred and eighty-five thousand manufac- turers in the U. S., and they must all be put on war orders."
 These figures are rather out of date, but no one will dispute you Use tenths of a percentage where ever possible. That aids i'll giving the impression you have your figures down to the last decimal. Don't say, "thirty-one and three -tenths per cent" That's fashioned. Say, 'Thirty-one point three" It's smarter.
 Topic Mo- 3 - The Labor Situa- tion:
 "1he country's non-agricultural employment is over forty-one mil lion now, with the unemployment at three point eight million. It will probably show up at four point three million for January by the BIS in- dex, and may rise to five point five million in June an increase of one point five million at the most. By the end of AZ, however, conver- sion will begin to be felt and unem- ployment will start declining. By "A we'll have full employment with a agricultural labor force of say fifty-three point three million"
 If that doesn't spellbind your au- dience, add this
 And don't forget the role women will play in this! Remember there were thirteen million women over fourteen years of age gainfully em- ployed in 1889, out of a total of fifty million females in the country. That thirteen can go to twenty-five with out any trouble at all"
 The strike situation is never, never mentioned in polite society, so lay off yourself. If the talk does get round to this nasty subject, switch 1t quickly to John Lewis and give your version of what he meant by his c. l. CA. F. of L., peace pro posal. Say whatever comes to your head. Nobody knows any more about Johns motives than you do. Just be firm and assured in your manner and tone of voice. If possible, make three points.
 TOPIC No. Finance Begin ners are advised to try this in front of a mirror, at first, until the tech- nique is perfect:
 The budget for fiscal '43 is fifty nine billion, of which flfty-tWo bil- lion Is for national defense. About forty per cent or tWenty-four bil- lion must come from taxes, and sixty per cent or thirty-flve billion from borrowing. The national debt was forty billion when the war began, is now at 1ifty-seven and it can go to one hundred and ten, but what's one hundred and ten! That's only what the national income should bel"
 Only boors, by the way mention the national debt.
 GENERAL hints:
 Mention all government officials by their first names, to prove your familiarity. Say, Don" for DonaN M. Nelson, and Leon" for Leon Henderson. "Nels" is Nelson Rocke- feller, and not Donald M. Nelson.
 Sprinkle your arguments with ini- tials of government agencies-BLS for Bureau of Labor Statistics, WIPE for War Production Board. EWB for Economic War Board, and so on.