The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-03-30
Walter WincIaeII
In NezC York

1. It advised q soft pedal until
things looked better after Ger.
tain Of their flock had Softened up
the chumps - meaning you, per-
haps The best way TO regard
this outfit Is TO take what they
said before Pearl Harbor as the corr
rect expression Of their alleged
minds They meant what they
said then and they've never
stopped meaning 1t It may help
you to judge them by one Of their
most active hustlers. His name Is
Joe McWilliams, whose New York
police record made 1t expedient for
him to move to Chicago.
Some Of the State legislatures are
working on Congress to adopt q
22nd Amendment, which would limit
| any President to two terms :.
1t will, Of course, make a monkey
out of the right Of the American
people to select a govt Of their own
choosing The people wanted
something 50 urgently that they said
so three times via the ballot :.
The wishes Of the people, therefore,
are regarded as enough Of an evil
to be wiped out by Q Constitutional
Amendment Z. Some Of the men
in Congress would look q little
funny getting up on their tootsies
arguing for limited term In office.
Congress includes some of the sor.
. riest Stumblebums in the nation,
who wouldn't eat regularly II
their constituents back home didn't
vote them in every few years :.
Then there is Senator Reynolds Of
North Carolina, up soon for reelec-
ton. He's now yelling for a bigger
and stronger army. He's the same
oppositioniSt who voted against
many of the defense measures.
You may expect some upstart
private to confront Major Charles
Macarthur, the playwright-author,
with the history he penned of the
last big war The major, then
a private second class got some Of
his uproaringest chapters out of his
allegations that officers are gen.
orally drips ;. The new movie fad
is to gloom up everything, pre-
sumably to make things more shiv-
cry OF course, 1t hides the 60
ings-on from the spectators, which
sometimes is a kindness, but the
general idea Of q movie Is that 1t
should be seen The dimout fad
probably will perish after a few Of
the ventures have paid off In the
dark Some legislators want to
slice owl expenditures-they do not
consider words weapons Hitler,
himself, has said that all he needs
to wage war are planes, tanks and
loudspeakers.
Don't mistake all the complain.
ing for disunity. Americans enjoy
gripping such as tossing insults at
the umpire . Soldiers also grippe.
1t gets rid of excess steam. :.
There's nothing wrong with gripping
between working hours :. Trouble
is, some people grippe when they
should be working :. Those work
ers who think minutes aren't Inn
portant should be reminded that 1t
takes only seconds for enemies to-
drop a bomb Once Hollywood
lite, always Movie director VIII
liam Wyler, now major IN the air
force abroad, Gseurned from q raid
over Germany ara reported: Tech.
nically 1t was perfect - dramati-
cally it was wonderful" Most
popular song with our men In Africa
Is: Rolling Down Messerschmidt
Lane" Some Republicans are
boosting the pay-as-you-go tax bill,
which would excuse some Of the
higher bracketeers from paying tax
es estimated in the billions. This
Is the same group Of lawmakers who
raised such a holler about keeping
the budget balanced.
COngresSmen unanimously ap.
proved resolution condemning Nazi
outrages against people of occupied
nations. The congressman urged
punishment for the Nazi gangsters
Yet many of these legislators
have gone to war against newspa-
permen and radio commentators
who always condemned the same
outrages -. Every time we see some
juro in q theater light match to
read his program or light a cigar
we can think only of the Boston
night club disaster E. Some motor
lists kick because they haven't more
than a gallon and half Of gas
each week. In other parts OF the
world people can't get that much
milk for their children :. Cong.
Ham Fish made a speech urging
that we take over British territory
for military bases. He's the one who
yelled about interfering in the af-
fairs of the enemy. yet he wants
us to NEEDLE in the affairs Of our
allies H.. All the politicoS who have
split with the President were elected
on the promise Of supporting the
govt The servant problem IN
America isn't as bad as the public