The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-02

hospital where she Is nurses
aid and where Mrs. Nye was con-
valescing. Quipped Nye, tugging
at the collar of Mrs. Hopkins uni
form: II don't see any lend-lease
emeralds" -. 1t Is Herbert
Hoover's opinion that U. s. troops
will come back from this war more
rugged individualists than ever
and we will go back to our old
era OF rugged individualism. He
bases this on the fact That SOL
diers today are getting intensive
specialist training Senator
Styles Bridges, the man who
spiked the diplomatic career OF
Ed Flynn will also attempt to
spike the judicial career OF AS
sistant Attorney General Francis
Shea, II he Is appointed U. s.
District Judge In New Hampshire,
Shea was born In New Hampshire
but lived most Of his life in Buff
falo, N. Y, where he was dean
of the University Of Buffalo
Law school. Bridges wants q
longtime New Hampshire resident
as Judge.
NAVY BOTTLENECK
The Nays vital Bureau Of
Ships, sometimes q target Of Con-
gressional criticism because OF
naval construction and design has
been revamped and re-energized
under alert Admirals Ed Cachrane
and Earle Mills.
In addition to these Al men at
some excellent younger men, many
of them reserve officers, brought
In from outside walks OF life.
But the bottleneck between the
top and the bottom Is very narrow
and the movement through 1t Is
slow. Executive who guards 1t Is
Captain A. r. Marion, old line
Annapolis graduate who believes
that every IT" must be crossed
and every II" dotted. Orders NOV.
ing over his desk, flow at snail
pace pace.
In the Navy, secret orders
cannot be phOned or tele-
graphed. Instructions to ship.
yards all over the U. s. A. con-
tain vital military secrets, and
they must 20 by mail. Thou
sands Of letters regarding ship
design, changes In design, ma .
tcriaIs for ships, specifications,
must clear for the Bureau OF
Ships daily, and some OF the
most important 80 over Capt.
MarrOn's desk.
However, he believes that every
letter should be written In stand
ard Annapolis tradition. II 1t
isn't, kindly, patient Capt. Nor
ron turns the letter back to the
younger officers to be rewritten
Sometimes this takes days Of re-
writing. One letter was held up
for eight months.
AS o result, impatient younger
officers have devised a neat for
mula. They wait until after 4:3O
D. m. to sign mail. At 4:30 Nor
ron goes off duty and they can
assume responsibility. So they
sign the letters themselves, rush
out vitality needed instructions
that night.
NO RUSSIAN HURRAHS
American observers in Russia
report that the public Is not
throwing its red cap IN the air
over current military successes.
The reaction Is not much different,
in fact, from the reaction to
losses.
"The mood Of the Russian
people," says one report, hasn't
changed much since last sum-
mer when they were driven
back to the V0lga. Nor has It
changed much from the years OF
peace"
It Is explained that Russians
have become accustomed to tu-
multi and personal danger. For
Is years they have lived In an at
mosphere Of revolution, purges,
and starvation. War has brought
no sudden shock to them as TO
US.
Even In the face of the terrific
losses Russia has suffered In this
war, the losses forced upon RuE-
STA by her own government ten
years ago remain almost unsur-
passed. When the Soviet gov
eminent was imposing on the
people, the unwelcome systems OF
collective farming, farmers were
denied seed for planting, and
vast number Of people, estimated
between 2 and million, starved
to death.
The Russians are stolid. taking
defeat or victory In their stride.
LIBERALS NEW BAND
When President Roosevelt vis-
tied President Edwin Barclay OF
Liberia recently. the latter, anxious
that the Negro republic be pre-
pared, asked for y. Q. arms 70