The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-04

Lasker former head of one of the top advertising firms in the United states, was one of the managers of Warren Harding3 campaign in 1920 and, as rec ward, was made chairman of the Shipping Board. He has been one of the inside advisers In the Re- publican Party councils almost ever since, and three times voted against Roosevelt. This time, how ever, he says he will vote for Roosevelt.
 Alice Roosevelt Longworth, one of his old friends in the Harding administration. has argued with him. So has Mrs, ogden Reid, vice president of the Republican New York Herald Tribune. They have called him a "traltOr" and oil sorts of things, But Lasker has stood pat,
 He says there are q lot of things that smell bad about the Rooses welt administration, and somes times haS has to hold his nose.
 "In fact" says Lasker, "its . choice between holding your nose with Roosevelt, or closing your eyes with Dewey. But" he con. cludes, "1've never walked over . cliff holding my n0se."
 LAPS MOVE TO CHINA
 1t is no longer c military secret that the war in the Central Pa eifie S five to six months ahead of schedule, Guam and Salpah were not supposed to Do taken until sometime next year, Also the bombing of the Philippines is several months ahead Of the time table.
 However, along with this good news arc some distressing facts about China, which nobody wants to shout about,
 One k that the Japs are trans. porting more and mere machln' cry Co China and digging in there for long war. Apparent ly they figure that the Japans csc homeland Is Ln for steady bombing and eventual Oecupa- ton, 90 they are transferring things to the mainland of China.
 China, they know better than almost anyone else, B quagnire when any outside country tries to invade lt, SO it might take years for the British, American and Russian armies to root the Japs out, provided they themselves can get sufficiently eHtrenGhed,
 Another disc0uFaGlng factor ls that we nave engaged only small part of the Jap Army in the South Pacific, leaving m. t0uched vast reserves which the Japs have been keeping at home and in China.
 Finally, Chiang Kai.sheks pros- tige is iiler0asingingly on the wan0 inside China. He hos, been the chief exponent Of cooperation with the U. 6. Az but recently his anti-U. S. war lords heVe been getting the upper hand. Wo have to face tho fact that some Of them would even prefer to work with the Japs than have their territory fought over by Allied armies. It doesn't mako c happy picture.
 N0TEl On tho other hand, the Jap fleet has taken 50 many fo' verses that they scarcely dare Te- turn homo.
 YANKEE INGENUITY
 Prime Minister Churchill paid sincere tribute In Parliament to tho terrific job of tlie U. 8. army in landing moro than 100000 mon since D-day and moving huis dreds of millions Of tons Of guns, food, munitions Up from the beaches Into the front lines, Hows ever, the real inside story Of this supply has not yet been told.
 The ingenuity of .. 6. supply officers In eontFiving temporary docks staggorS civilian inagina" ton.
 One way of landing supplies was tO drive fully loaded Lib- eFty ships Eight on Co the beach, es and deliberately turn them ever on their sides, with the SteFnS extending Into Che water.
 After these Libery ships were run aground, c. f.s built plat- forms on their sides, making Kifn- ulated temporary piers. Other ships then d0cked alongside them.
 Another impressive device stliI being used by supply troops are hundreds Of hastily con. stFaeted railroad baFges strung