The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-07

I
 M, editor resigned from WIPES Salvage Division and enlisted as a buck private in the Army. Col vert was the chief author of the plan for collection scrap iron through the schools. Fed up with fighting on the home front, Bill fired this parting shot at his su- periors as he entrained for Camp Lee, Va. "When I get in the Army, and I have to ride in wooden truck, I'm coming back and I'm going to blast you right out of Washington"
 TRUST IN NEW YORK
 A group of western congress men are complaining to Jesse Jones about the concentration of war industries in the East.
 we used to hear a lot of talk
 about decentralizing industry, but conditions are as bad today as they were before the war;" said Warren MagnusOn. "Take steel, for instance. We have plenty of iron ore deposits near shipyards and aircraft plants in the State of Washington.
 "Yet we have to ship steel all the way across the country be- cause the big steel companies, fearing competition after the war, have blocked efforts to build government financed steel mills in the Northwest"
 Jones pondered the problem, then asked the protesting con- gressman if he knew the motto on a silver dollar.
 "In God we trust" was the reply.
 Right" said Jones, but the motto on a dollar should read: Return to New York;"
 TOUGH TROOPERS
 Those who accompanied the President when he reviewed mil- tary maneuvers in the far West, reported that three things stood out which should make the Ameri- can Army the peer if not superior to any in the world.
 (D The marvellous physical fit ness of the troops; (2) their high spirited morale and boundless en- thusiasm; (3) their mental alert ness and daring.
 Regarding the first, Army doc tors have been aStonished at the record breaking low sickness rate, despite the rigor of the training schedule and the field conditions Although living in the open under blazing skies with bivouacs shift ing almost daily, with tentage, blankets and other personal equip ment limited wholly to what can he carried in packs, the healthr of the men is superb. Not only have there been no epidemics of any kind, but the daily "siclk re- port" has practically disappeared in many units.
 The hardness of the troops Is truly phenomenal. After the invasion of Poland, U. s. cor respondents wrote awed stories about the spectacular marching ability of the German soldier; Of making 70 miles In 24 hours and then going immediately into battle. That is an outstanding performance, but irs nothing uIl- usual In the maneuvers which the President witnessed.
 Tn several problems, outfits have chalked Up even better rec- ords; while 30 and 70 mile opera tional marches are every day oc- curences. One regiment hlked 30 miles across swamp land in Q total blackout and nearly the same dls- tance the next day under a broil- Ing sun and intermittent dowtl- pourA 10 surprise tho "enemy" and punch . hole through . soft spot in tho lines.
 HIGH MORALE
 The mrale Of the troops ia as cxlberant as their physical wells bolne. one EiFiklng evidence og this is the pride thay take in their personal cleanliness. and inc sameness eg their nttlre and nqnlp- menl. il la a common alalt fa Hee men nii oFof a shaifieH nfsH ln Woeas ana under bridges, snaf