The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-26
Walter WincheII O. BrO0dw0y
NOTES OF A NEW YORK
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Heaven help the scnOlars who try to write the history of the FDR ad-
 ilnistration. They're either going to get permanently befOgged or else
 ale laughing .. First, they'll 90 up Rgalnst the anti-war set. The files win reveal those Ostrlches sneering at the possibility of war, chin ehucking Hitler and HlrOhltO and excoriatlng Mir. Roosevelt for his funny fears The historians will get their first glggle over the data of 1889. The files will disclose that Congress adjourned in June over FDR's protest that things in Europe looked dangerous. "Ha, ha," said Congress, "and ta ta."
 War chased them back to their desks that September, . very sure prised bunch of statesmen. Just the same they kept on throwing all their weight against every proposal the President made Co strengthen tho nation All during the l04O campaign they based their attack On . sheer that the President was war- jittery.
 Then the historians will work their dazed way up to l945 and find what7 They'll find this same crowd of war-jeerers and their supporters screaming their lungs out for quiz to prove that FDRs lack of vision brought an attack on Japan on an unprepared Pearl Harbor I tell you, they'll laugh themselves to death.
 They'll get another good howl out of the way some of the Washing ton know-lt-alls kidded the profess sorS, Every time Mr. Roosevelt would add Q college official to one of his bureaus, the critics would shower down the brickbats. The word professor" began to take on the same meaning as village idiot.
 Comes . day In August, l94S. and an atomic bomb falls dawn on HlrO- shlma and blows 1t right out of ex- istence. That bomb was . little thing.um .a-bOb dreamed up by Q bunch of professors Ever since Hiroshima Day one Washington columnist never jumps more than seven feet when the word ''prO- lessor" is popped at him.
 Uranium and Atomic Power" by Jack Dc Ment, Is four years old and is now being reiSsued De Ment tells of Q German named M. H Klaproth, the discoVerer of uranium. He named 1t after the newly found planet, Uranus, in l7sl ~. To friends who asked why he didn't call 1t "Klaprothium" after himself. he replied; "T'hiS metal is going to be much too important to have . silly name like mine pinned on t."
 "T think MacArthur's right, stated the first subway strap- -hang- CT. If he says we're only gonna need 100000 troops for the occupa- ton, he ought to know what he's talking about"
 "ft's not 90 much the number of &roops," observed the other, but how long they'll have to stay there. %dADE A AhaNG VI obtty V SGAAVdAJI uAA- aess we root out oil those responsible for the war. You'll pardon me, If | say that I think our occupationai policy stinks."
 And what would YOUR policy he," srlirked the first strap.hanger, If you were MacArthur2"
 Well" replied the second, unper- turbed, T am on insurance sales man. would like c 20-year-life policy, with the Japs paying the premium. and the rest Of the world as beneficlaries,
 'Dear w. w." writes J. Malone, of Schenectady, N. Y. Speaking Of those who are currently outdoing each other in attempts to discredit EDR and his family, how's this7 No matter how great a man is-once he