The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02
F.D.R. Plunges Into
 War Guidance Job
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legislation he had requested, and that he thought Congress meddles in war matters which it does not understand.
 He criticized some elements of press and radio for willfully harm ing the war effort.
 He warned minor administration officials to button their mouths and stop passing out information that often is inaccurate.
 People Behind Him
 The president evidenced full con- fidence that the people of the coun- try are behind him and not in sym pathy with his critics.
 In an informal talk aboard his train before reaching Washington with the three press association correspondents who accompanied him, and later at a full dress White House press conference attended by some 200 correspondents, MT. Roose- welt showed clearly the fighting spirit he had absorbed during his swing around the country. So pleased was he with the trip that he hoped to make another inspec- ton trip next spring touring the central part of the country and See- ing such things as the Tennessee Valley Authority and other war &C., tivities not included in this one.
 The president came back with the conviction that the war production program is going, on the whole, ex- tremely well, allowing for what he described as an expected small per- centage of lag ill program set a bit higher than human ingenuity could carry out.
 He said the rate of production he requested in January was being achieved within 94 or 85 per cent and he hoped for complete achieve ment by the end of the year and possibly better in some classifica- tionS.
 Spirit, Morale Good
 But the big news that he brought back to the capital was his belief that war spirit and morale were good everywhere-eXcept in Washington D. c. He attributed Washington's poor showing to three principal causes:
 l. Congress, in natural effort to share in the war effort, delves into subjects, particularly through the medium of Investigating com mittees, beyond its full understand. ing because of a lack of information and technicalities not understood by laymen. He inferred that technica problems should be left to the mili' tary leaders.
 2. Certain clements of the pres! and radio, with emphasis on certain columnists and commentators, play up minor difficulties in the war pro gram, as the rule rather than tin' exception, thus doing great harm t' the war effort. They report in loca terms or print stories that plainl! are not accurate, he said, and whicl do infinite harm throughout thu country.
 3. Subordinate administration off cials talk out of turn, jumping int print with speeches seeking to b' picturesque or to get personal pub hcity. These men, he said, often dt not have rounded views of the whol' picture Questioned about recen series of speeches on the thesis tha We Are Losing the War" the pres ident said he would not have mad such statements.
 MT. Roosevelt also shed new ligh on the gigantic war production pro gram. He mentioned airplanes as specific example of a swelling rat of production.
 Living Costs Problem
 MT. Roosevelt also was convince' that the people are jittery abou rising living costs and want some thing done about them. The popu lation, he said. is ready for greate war sacrifice than any yet offered b Washington, and he indicated tha his future actions would be gov erned by that belief.
 He was inferentially but plainl critical of Congress for delaying en actment of new cost-of-living con trols. recalling that in 1888 when th country was on its back, emergenc economic legislation was passe' within c day, four days or a week.
 He gave no indication what h would do as Q result os compression al failure to complete action on tn an.i-inflatlon deadline ck Oct. se by the president IIi . Sept. [ mes aaRe, but he conferred last nigh with nndlsclosed officials and prob lahiS Will continue similar confer