The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-05


 land and France, praising t
 The supreme commander, Gen. eral Eisenhower, they reported, iS like" to everyone, Is available to hear the problems of his Subors dinates, iS at al times considerotc of his staff and the men under him,
 Although every member of the Army has Q feeling of personal participation and responsibility, the CongreSsmen say, there Is no question about authority. Eisen. hover runs the show, but he runs 1t In such way that everyone likes him for it.
 Characteristic of Eisenhower IS the address ho made at Q recent dinner party in London.
 My hat k off to the boys fol. lowing through on the beaches and at CherbouFg," he said. T mean the ordinary CT who's working ten hours Q day on the most sweaty, unrOmantic Job In the war-no glam0r, no adventure, just long, hard days of long, hard labor at soldiers pay" He referred to the service battalionS which have re. fitted the harbors and piers along the Channel coast in order to fa. cilitate shipment of supplies.
 "WithOut those lads sweating it out over there, General Pat. ton and the others who have been in the headlines could never have done the things they have done," General Elsen. hover continued. T don't mean to detract from the acclaim giV. en the fighting men whove been running through the NaxlS, but I am trying to figure out some way of recognition for these lads In the rear who keep the
 supplies moving. They'd love to be up in front facing the enemy, but their job is In the rear. What I'd like to get Is some new kind of medal for these unsung heroes who are doe ing one of the toughest jobs In the war"
 VICTORY FOR MoRGENTHAU
 Inside fact regarding the Cabi- net rift over the soft peace for Germany is that Secretary Nor genthau really scored q victory, Actually Morgenthau never had prepared any plan for Germany until he saw the Handbook for Military Governors prepared in London by Army headquarters, with State Department guidance.
 This handbook was so weak kneed that President Roosevelt blew up when he saw it- as described by this columniSt in the first story telling of the CabI- net disagreement. It was only af- ter this incident that Morgenthau decided to write out 6 plan tha; would force the State Department to wake up to the realities of tho situation in Germany.
 It was at this point that President Roosevelt demanded
 an immediate plan from the
 Cabinet committee. However, the State and War Departments failed to put one together. and 1t was the Treahury alone which presented him . detailed prO- gram - a program which MOr-
 genthau purpOsely made ultra tough in order to put himself in . good position for trading
 off points with Secretaries StimsOn and Hull.
 That he succeeded was evident Friday when the White House re- leased it's direction to Leo Crow ley's Foreign Economic Adminis- tration on the treatment of Ger man economy after the war. Ex- cept for Morgenthau's own plan this was the first workable direc- tive TEA has yet had. It commits our government to a much Stron- ger policy than the State Depart ment was willing to recommend. Unfortunately Secretary Hull has been peeved ever since, because his was forced. Also he has been upset because State Department reports from foreign capitals on publication of the Morgenthau prosposals indicate that people are amazed that plan for postwar international policy should come from the Treasury rather than from the White House or the State Department. This was in- terpreted to mean that President Roosevelt was easing Hull out of nals nf fha world we cannot hn sor-