The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-01-11
Senate Press
 Seats Filled
By FREDERICK c. OTHMAN Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Washington, Jan. 11.-UP)- When the senate press gallery is empty that's a sign that the ora tory below is ditto When the gall lery is full of correspondents with soft pencils and wads of yellow paper, you can be certain that something is up.
 At five minutes after noon yes terday, the gallery was jammed; so many pencils were scribbling furiously you could hear 'e1n. Made a kind of purring noise.
 Tn the well stood Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg, Michigan Republi- can, opening this congress first full-dreSs debate on President Roosevelt's foreign policy. Vice. President Henry A. Wallace fld- dled silently with his gavel-without- a-handle. Senators on both sides of the chamber listened intently. Citizens overflowed the public gal- lery; a row of them leaned against the back wall.
 Vandenberg stood at his mahog- any desk Ca piece of furniture mod eled after the one you used in the eighth grade) and unbottoned his double breasted blue coat His vest was wrinkled. His modestly speckled tie went askew.
 He said he'd appreciate 1t if mo- body interrupted him and nobody did. He read from script, with the important phrases underlined so he wouldn't forget to emphasize them. His speech was peppered with phrases like stupid and sin ister folly of ulterior ambitions !. such pickering is water on the Axis wheel a great American illusion
 It was a sober speech, received with sober respect After 20 min utes of it, Vandenberg's voice got hoarse; it cracked a couple of times. He ignored the glass of water which a knickerbockered page boy brought to him.
 What he wanted, in language more diplomatic than this was for Russia. Britain. and the IT. s. A. to tell each other the truth and quit trying to give each other the business.
 Sen. Warren R. Austin of Ver- mont, also a Republican, jumped up to say he believed Vandenberg' s address to be one of the most i'm portant in the senate yet. Sen. Tom Connally. Texas Democratic chairman of the foreign relations committee. strengthened his black bow tie and harumphed. He want ed to answer Vandenberg
 Connally, the only Sentor who looks like a senator is supposed to look. said he didn't believe many international political problems could be solved until the war is won. He said 1t would be a good idea not to talk too much until the fight ing ends.
 He grew red in the race. He gestured with both arms. His fore- lock curled down over his right eye. As for those people who want to know what is Ann erica's foreign pol icy, he said, let them read the bril- liant pages of Americas past.
 He said he'd have more to say when tke time came. By now it was after 2 D. m, and Sen. Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin. gray-haired and grayish- faced. took up the debate from the Republican viewpoint couldn't help feeling sorry for him; the other senators were more in- terested in lunch than in his speech When he'd spoken IS minutes there were Il men on the floor listening to him. That left him what must have seemed like an acre of red leather chairs for an audi ence and I sneaked out to lunch feeling embarrassed.
 More later, much more, on foreign policy.