The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-06-07

Time after time he was asked:
Twill you continue to be Good
Neighbors when a Republican Adj
ministration comes into poWer?"
His reply was always the same.
president Hoover" he said,
"was the first President of the
United States to come to Latin
America and he was a Republi-
can. 1 am sure that Republi-
cans feel just as deeply the i'm
portance of being Good Neigh
bOrs as do Democrats
WHITE HOUSE RATIONING
Mrs. Henrietta Nesbit has just
got through with the task of
stretching her ration points to
feed, in one month, four Pres
idents and a Prime Minister, with
a return engagement of Madame
Chang Kai-shek thrown in for
good measure.
at was struggle she says.
81 had to squeeze like anything
The ration board failed to reck-
on with all these Presidents when
1t issued points to Mrs. Nesbit,
White House-keeper. 1t reckoned
on only one-Franklin D. Roose
welt and his family, plus the Hop
kinses, with a meagre allowance
for entertainment.
The ration board wrote down
the White House as an "institu-
ton, and dealth with it like a
hospital, a hotel or an asylum.
that meant Mrs. Nesbit was issued
ration points on the basis of De-
cember's business. But the
White house had little business"
in the month of December, for
there were few visitors and few
parties.
Result is that when May came
along, bringing the Presidents of
Bolivia, Czechoslovakia, and Lii
IBERIA, plus the Prime Minister of
Great Britain. plus a repeat visit
by Madame Chang, Mrs. Nesbit
simply didn't have enough ration
points to 60 around.
NO MORE RATION POINTS
And the amazing thing is that
instead of running to the ration
board for extra points-and no
one would have blamed her for
that-she "just managed some
how. She managed by bearing
down hard on the poultry and fish,
as any housewife does these days,
and by saving as many beef points
as possible to serve to the Prime
Minister'S party "because every
body knows the British like beef.
and they don't get much of it at
home these days.
Now that it's all over, Mrs. Mes
bit has two sets of books to bal
ance-the money books and the
ration books. It's a double bank
ing job, for her ration points are
not drawn by tearing coupons out
of a ration book, but by drawing
checks on her ration account at
the bank, as any other inStitu-
ton must do. And this bank &C
count must balance, together with
the financial account.
There's further complication
in the fact that when a member
of the White House family-Mrs.
Roosevelt, for example-goes away
for more than seven meals in the
week, she has to be checked out
of the ration banking and to be
given an individual ration book.
CD hn
is surrendered to Mrs. Nesbit, and
Mrs. Roosevelt joints the ''institu-
ton" again.
But there is some comfort in
the fact that, though they must
be tired of chicken and fish by
now, nobody upstairs has COM
planned.
Even chicken is difficult to get.
Mrs. Nesbit finds you can't wait
until the day you need it and ex-
pect to get an order filled.
1t takes planning days in adj
vance. And you have to take the
fish when you can get it, for
fish of good size, such as halibut
or salmon, comes from New Eng
land or the West Coast, and can't
be had every day.
WEEK OLD ICE CREAM
To be sure of having ice cream
for any occasion, Mrs. Nesbit keeps
few gallons on hand. Refrigera-
ton in the White House kitchen
makes 1t possible to keep ice cream
for week, or even two weeks If
necessary.
And If ice cream can't be
bought, she can always get cream
though not whipping cream -
and make the ice cream at home
It's also good thing to keep
a back log Of sugar to meet a sud-
den demand for punch for a gar
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