The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-22

independence, in trade, or the seas, or otherwise, and when the nation yielded, to drive the wedge in fur ther and further, until the appoint ed victim was too weak and depend ent to resist the final blow which robbed it of all possibility of self defense, making 1t finally a Naz colony. This, too, Roosevelt reject ed. Each petty challenge the Nazis issued he paid back, with interest. When they approached American ships, he ordered battle patrols to go into the Atlantic. When they fired oh his ships, he armed them. And when they sank American ves- sells, he ordered American warships to answer the fire, and then to fire on sight. . ..,
 HATE FOR ROOSEVELT ,... THE REAL THING
 The hate which Roosevelts "im- pertinence" generated among gov- erning Na2is was not like the hatred of the Jews; 1t was no fake, but the real thing. Day after day., in the two main press conferences, and in 8 third, which was instituted at that time, NaN Spokesmen grew apoplectic with rage at the men, tion of the name of Roosevelt. The various Berlin papers began in Octo- Der, like hounds llnleashed, to out bid one another to find new, more vicious explosives. In a single edi- toFtal, one morning. newspaper one dav fapvad rVNoCa "a 0oN tha A,,,A,.{
 can President a "gangster." 8 butcher" "cannibal in white collar" ''negroid maniac" and a "depraved Jewish scoundrel"l
 Rtbbentrop'S go-between with the foreign press and radio, Dr. Paul Schmidt, a fat, repulsive ambitious individual, took over the leadership of the Nazi choir, and struggled hard to build himself up a reputa- ton as the German Specialist-on- questions involving Roosevelt. Like a good holy-roller preacher, Schmidt was capable of working into an alarming fury and actually slobber- ing at the mouth with rage. His attacks grew fllthier day by day, until on one occasion, when he was unable to find more relevant fea- lures of the American President to pour vitriol on, he spat forth a long, vile essay on the Presidents physical afflictiou.
 The only significance these ex- amples of theological bankruptcy have is that they were a remark able compliment to the leader, by clearly expressed choice, of the American people. He was effective, too damned effective. But certainly the best compliment was delivered by the creator of the precept him. 4 self - Adolf Hitler. in the speech in which he declared war on Amer lea. The fliehrer. if you heard the speech and recall the part. had re- viewed the sins committed against Germany with uncommon restraint Iof voice. For exactly three-quarters lof an hour. he had worked his way through Greek, Roman and Ger man history, through the World War and up to the contemporary phase of this one. Then he asked the rhetorical question: Who was rec Isponslble for this bloody conflict; who was the biggest war-monger of all? Then. taking . deep breath. the fIIehrer screamed at c pitch he has never before or since attained -hls voice cracked after the first syllable - R0osevelti If you recall. | the Leader did not resume for more than sixty seconds (seveutystWo sec. onds to Do precise; reporters notice things like thatl. The fact Is, H I may trust . German friend who was there ln the BaFIln Sports Palace while | listened on the wireless, Hit. Her oVeFsiFalned his voice. and o0ughed twice to recover itl ThEoughout the rest of his speech his tone of voice wae unusually lm0deFate. The ausftion gee yhetoFs leal, but certainly the hlsyllable eil- Iswnr came from the bottom Of DC unusual heart. WhaleFeF may be aald agalnat the fuelifeT, lle is cagas hle of q profound sincerity. le hates Inc Sgwa aineeFelE, and tne
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