The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-02

BlSseu chiefly distinguished him. self recently by tanging with General Chennault, spectacular former head of the Flying Tig- CTS in China, now head of the American Air Forces in China. Bis sell was in command of the 10th Air Force in the India-Burna- China area last year but, after a non-too-brilliant tour of duty, was transferred.
 Now he is replacing Maj. Gen. George Strong, who retireS for age. This means that in the two years since Pearl Harpor, Military h. telligence will have had four diff ferent chiefs - none of them in long enough to get acclimated and some of them totatlly unsuited for the job General Strong has got into the groove and was bat tinug hard when he retired)
 In the Army, G2 or Military Intelligence has never lived down three major bonehead plays. They were:
 BOner No. 1.-The prediction, in 1940, that France would hold. She folded in few weeks.
 BOner No. 2.-The prediction, in the summer of 194O, that Eng land be taken. She hasn't been taken yet.
 Boner No. 3.-The prediction, in June, 1941, that Moscow would fall in few weeks. The Nazis are now retreating from Moscow.
 Another bOner credited to G2 is that of not knowing that three German divisions were lying in wait for Allied forces when we landed at Salerno.
 Reason for G2's bush league batting record is attributed by many to the clOsed-shop policy of Military Intelligence before Pearl Harbor. the commissioning of blUe-blOOd stock brokers and bankers since Pearl HarbOr, and the fact that the best Intelli- gence men have left Washington desk duty for active service elsewhere.
 NOTE: Colonel Philip Faymon- vile, the man who knew Russia best and didn't go wrong on the question of taking of Moscow, was transferred out of Russia chiefly because of jealousy from the blue-blood G2 clique. He was absolutely right, but he didn't belong to the inner circle.
 LADIES OF DEMOCRACY
 Are the Democratic ladies mad! Almost as mad as certain high placed Republican ladies were dur ing the famous hair-pulling con- test between Alice Longworth and Dolly Gam as to who should sit where at dinner!!
 This time, the object of fem mine Democratic ire is beauti- full, buxOm, brunette Mildred Pepper, wife of the Senator from Florida. Reason: She was the only wife of a Senator to sit at the raised table for distin- tinguished guests at the Jackson Day dinner.
 And, the other ladies claim, she was not invited to sit there.
 Three Democratic ladies, and only three, were officially invited to sit on the daiS, the long table facing the dining room, at which Vice President Wallace, Speaker Sam Rayburn, Postmaster General Walker and various other Cabinet members were seated. The three privileged ladies were: Mrs. Roose- welt, Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins and Mrs. Charles w. Til- lett, assistant chairman of the National Democratic Committee.
 However, Mrs. Pepper sat there just the same. And here is the story which other Democratic la dies tell as to how she managed ti.
 Senator Pepper was ill. So Mrs. Pepper came in his place. How ever. Senator Pepper had not been assigned to the dais, due to the fact that this was reserved for cabinet members and select group of Senators and Repre- sentatives who are chairmer of Congressional committees.
 Nevertheless, Mrs. Pepper, pOmpadOured, low-necked and beautiful, walked up to the main table and sat herself down in the place of Senator Tom Con- nally, chairman of the Foreign