The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-07-19

rOh TOT a IOufCD term,
 Before the convention, Daniels said: We are a party of min0Ti. ties. There Is the south. where the party Is strongest. Yet no Sougherner can be elected Presi. dent. Oae Of the biggest Demo- cratic grenps are the Catholics, set nO Catholic can be President. Another grsBp Is the Jews and ns gew can sit iB the White Ilonse. Finally, Glsere aTe the Negroes. and iibey are eEeiuaed from be- ing President. Thank God" c0n- clnkled DanielS. for Franklin 9. Raoseyeif." That is shy Rosse- veil has te be Tenensinaied by abe Democratic Party.
 BOOseyeit's health-Shortly be- fore the convention, Admiral Ross MeIntire, FDR's doctor, discussed with negsmen his patients health. went into physical standards for man his age. stressed the fact that the President was ip better shape than others of his age, re- fused comment about his patients reaction to an old-fashioned be- fcre dinner, finally concluded lies going te make Ig all right" After the conference, a British Reuters negsman expressed shocked surprise. 'Dt sounded as N they weTe talking abept prize specimen Of cattle rather ghaa ' bnmaD being" he said. "tge get reports 0n the Kings health ip s.0nd0D. bnt neyer iD ghis blwnf mapneT." However, the President has subjected him- self to a penetrating physical ey- animation and his doctor has been blunt about the results.
 FDR's sense Of smeil-As he has got older, baTnaeles have &C., cuIDulaLed on the Presidents ole- factory nerves. He has lost his sense Of smell In the early days he kicked cut l0bbisis Ar- thur Mullen Of Nebraska, Robert Jackson of New Hampshire. Bruce kFemer of Montana, from the Democratic c0mmittee Nov ie tolerates Oscar Ewing attorney for the giant Aluminium Corpora il0n, as assistant chairman Of the Democratic National Committee. Ewing uses Democratic headgnar- ters iD Washington for phone calls, etc, almost as if it were his Olliee for ElGOk ,, Early iD the New Deal the public and F'pIl himself would have rebelled at illis ,, also iD the old days he never would have appointed his old law partner, Basil 0'c0nnor, 10 the all-lmp0rtant job of AlDeFis eaD Red Gross chaigmaDs 0'e0pr n0F was the center Of bad pub- lleity iD 1888 oyer tie famous kite bag deal, EBe walked into the office Of Eouey Howe iD the White House, sold him kitrbag for the eco at q price considerably hlgDS CT than tbat paid by the Army, More recently 0C0nn0f turned ID as lobbyist for yitamiD pills The 0PA wanted t0 reduee the price Of the yllamins, but Basil 0icopS nor, close friend 0f the PyeslS dent, succeeded tD keeping I ID, ,s, Nov he becomes head Of the Red Gross - an tNsiliNitoD le which every ARlerlean must have faith
 Military 6eeEefss-teDR has be- come moTe saereliye as he hes Ee. Nalned iH office, Losses at Pealj 1arb0T were kept from the public tor one whole year when tbefe vas good evidence the enemy klaew them immediately, The Army and the Navy Wantfa 70 tel the real story Of giWMy naolillle's boNb' Ing 0f Tokyo long before if was released, but the President said no, U, On the Dther hand, R0aseS Vel has continued % champion eiYD libeplies eYeO lD WeG, and criticism et hil0 by the pFRas never has been eilBtailad, though 60illes times tt bus got lndeF ms skin, But when he has fought the press he has done lt openly, sometimes called DeWEmeD llREs, Vet he has been aboVevb0aEd where they could AllsweT hack, hasn't called b pllbS fishers privately, as Herbert Ifeovs eT dld, and asked fbet DeWsnDeD be fired,
 Mhap Roosevelt was . bev his nlofbeT found bilB at the age of l9 ElllaylDs Admiral Mahan, tolRbs est, dTiasi but, at ihat time, best 0f all naval stFategists, HDbs