The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-04-27


 is too Soft-hearted with his friends, and If anyone is conpla- cent they think 1t Is the President himself for keeping 50 much dead- wood heaped up in Washington when 1t is time to get tough and use the pruning knife.
 However, they are willing Co go along with the President dc. spite this very definite resent ment--untiI the war is over. After that there Is going to be the biggest political turnover In histOry--and the turnover probs ably will start next November, as far as the House os Represen- tatives is concerned.
 There is e similar sentiment il regard to the British. Most peo- pie feel toward the British as one feels toward a cousin who is hav- ing Q tough time and gotten you into lot of trouble but you have to stick by him. In other words, the American people, as far as the MERRY-G -GO-ROUND could ascer- tain, will fight for the British to the very end, but reserve the right to cuss them to the very end.
 They know that the British have got to win, just as they know that Roosevelt has got to remain the leader of this nation. But they are looking for some very revolutionary changes in the old British Empire when this war is over.
 And of all Britishers, Churchill seems almost the least popular. The south and midwest didn't par- ticularly like his nude bathing at Fort Lauderdale, Fla, after his December visit with Roosevelt: but much more than that people think Churchill exudeS too much charm and they suspect Roosevelt is taken in by 1t.
 However, despite all that, they will plug along and plug hard for both Roosevelt and Churchill. Only they don't want to be pampered. They don't want to be catered to. They don't want to be told any, thing but the truth. And most of all they don't want to be called complacent.
 In brief the American people are ready to take it--the good and the bad-and make the best of it.
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 A lot of people have now come back from Moscow to join the "K Know stain" Club-Harry Hopkins, Admiral Standley, Ave- rell Hartman, Bill Batt-and many are strong in their private praise Of him.
 But the person in Washington who probably knows Stalin best is tho former Princess MdiyaT1i, now Mrs. Dennis Conan Doyle, daugh. ter-in-law of the famous English mystery writer. Mrs. Doyle is c Georgian, from South Russia, as Stain Is. Her family and his lived not far from each other.
 "T am White Russian and refugee,D says Mrs. Doyle, "but ! can't help but admire stalin's ability. People think he is conn., plex, but that iS because he is so simple. When he wants some- thing he takes the etrnIghtest line toward it. And he knows what he wants. That ls his great strength.
 "He dOes not go ln for speech es. He does Hloe Hike ceremony. He is simple and sincere. He is q yes OF no man."
 Ncte: Because his wife knew Russia well, young Conan Doyle offered to 90 to Russia for the British Government ifl any capa- city. But the staid old British Foreign Office had tho jitteTs-- just e it did when Sir Stafford CEipps first went to RusSia on his own end was 60 slIceegssus that the British later had to appoint him Ambaggador.
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 Here's c suggestion from William E. BeEais, Aalaburnhal1, Mass. on how World War veterans can cone tribute toward winning tl1e war.
 Recently the War Department appealed to hunters te contribute