The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09

The Cabinet members, who usually meet with e smiling, wise- cracking President, pricked up their ears at his vigorous renun- citation of businessmen.
 Here we are at the most i'm. portant phase of the war;" said Roosevelt Jelly, "and these buSl- nessmen act like Q bunch of children. They pick up their baseball bats and go honle."
 The President went on to say that those who are sehooled In government may have their dif- ferences, but know how to iron them out and get along together in the end. After delivering quite & lecture on name-calling and the inability of businessmen to get along together, he turned to See- retary of State Hull and said:
 "It takes Democrats like you
 and me to run this country, doesn't 1t, Cordell?"
 MRS. LUCE's NARROW SQUEAK
 Democratic and Republican congressman who hotly debated how much money FDR spent for warships on his trip to Pearl liar. bor and how much Mrs. Roosevelt spent going to New Zealand, did not know that one of their own number had marrow squeak from being in the same category.
 She Is beautiful Mrs. Clare Luce, COP COngresswOman from Con. necticut, who contemplated an airplane trip to the South Pa ciflc, Australia and China. It was fatherly Democratic An- drew Jackson May of Kentucky who saved her.
 What happened was that, after Alabama's Joe Starnes had rid den all over the U. s, A. in mill tary planes as a member of the Appropriations military subcom- mittee, 1t was finally arranged that such junkets be approved first by a subcommittee. Congressman May, chairman of the Military Affairs Committee, appointed this subcommittee, keeps @ tight rein over 1t. If Congressman wants to get a special Army plane, he comes to May.
 So when Mrs. Luce preached the idea of getting special Army plane to take her to the South Pacific, China and other war the- aters, kindly Congressman May re- piled:
 I thought you Republicans were against all that. So much
 hell has been raised about Eleanor going to the South Pac- cific, didn't think you'd want to do anything like that. How are you going to crack down on Eleanor, if you dO?"
 Mrs. Luce grinned appreciative- ly and walked away. Then she tunred and waved at Andrew Jackson May. Maybe 1t dawned that he had done her great favor.
 NOTE: Actually, Mrs. RooSe- welt travelled to New Zealand, not in a special plane, but occupying one seat in a regular transport plane, along with many other pas Sengers. These planes operate to New Zealand every day or often- CT. Various members of the Cabi- net, the Secretary of War, Sec- retary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chairman of the Maritime Commission Land do have special planes, however. and for a while these planes remained idle most of the time. Admiral Ben Moreell recently took a trip to Chicago with his special plane partly empO.
 SPLIT OVER INDIA
 Nobody will admit 1t publicly but, inside the Roosevelt Admin istration, somewhat the same split is taking place regarding In- dia as occurred regarding the question of heading off war with Japan before Pearl Harbor.
 Long before Pearl HarbOr, . group of young men in the state Department urged and implored Secretary of State Hull to cut of experts of oil and scrap iron to Japan. They were supported by Secretaries Ickes, M0Fgenthau, StlmsOn and the late Secretary of Che Navy Knox.
 Today there Is a revolt among some of the same type of men rec hoping to see the light that will bring gladness to His heart.
 Today. stop that unkind thought before 1t even begins. Don't let llanA ul.nrnnt mt n nrnaeA fnAn unaan