The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-03-13

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 What actually happened is that the President is concentrating so exclusively on tho necessary Joo of winning tho war and setting up a peace machinery after the war, that domestic problems have gone by tho boards.
 Last fall, when a German vic- tory seemed just around the cor- ner, certain Senators such as Kil- gore of West Virginia and Murray Of Montana gave Q lot of thought to reconversion and peacetime jobs. So also did Donald Nel- son. They did 1t, however, in the face of the military, who so bitterly objected to Nelson's plans that they eventually persuaded the President to euchre him out of the War Production Board and off to China.
 After that came the tempOr- ary setback to U. $. forces In
 the Belgian Bulge, and since
 then no one around the War Production Board has wanted to talk about recOnversiOn above whisper for fear of having the the brass hats accuse him of in-
 terfering with military opera tiOns.
 WAR GOODS FOR PACIFIC
 Only temporary expedient has heen the decision tO keen war plans going almost full blast af- ter the European war is over in order to supply good for the Pa cific war, instead of trying to ship European equipment to the Pa cific.
 However, many believe the Japs will fold up quicker than gener- ally expected, once their Axis partner is out of the fighting. Meanwhile almost nothing has been done about those 60,000,000 jobs.
 Only Cabinet member who has done any thinking on the sub- ject is Henry Wallace; but now that the federal loan agencies have been taken away from him, his current Commerce Depart ment job as supervisor of the Census, the Patent Office, and the Geodetic Survey leaves him definitely circumscribed.
 Meanwhile, what most peO- pie don't realize is that in our
 best boom times of peace, the
 most the United States ever employed was 48,OO0,OOO. Today were are employing 67,O0O,O0O of whom l2,0OO.0 900 are in the armed forces. When those 100000
 come home and start looking for their old peacetime jobs, put ting 6O,O00, 900 people to work in not going co De easy. Some real
 thinking might well be done about 1t.
 TEXAS RULES WASHINGTON
 After a month in Washington most people get the idea that Texas, not New York, is the capi- tai of the United States. Not only are there dozens of Texans in key positions In Congress and througohout the Government, but their energy makes them even more obvious than their num- ners. But the Texas Congress slonal Delegation was caught short last week, when 1t nearly forgot that March 3 was the tooth an- riversary of the independence of Texas. It even took a rock ribbed Republican from Vermont. Charles Plumley. to remind them of 1t. Plumiey looked around to see what the Texans were plan- ming to do about commemorating their anniversary and to his sur- prise found not single Texan on the floor.
 So PlumIey arose and de- livered . One-minute address congratuating Texas and noting also that December go will be the lOoth anniversary "of the annexation Of the United states by the Republic of Texas, as all Texans in their Innate mod. esty would have us believe"
 He varied the usual staid and cOlorless topical headings ln the Congressional Record by titling his remarks "lEurrah for Texas"
 It wasn't until near the close of the House session that day that someohe mentioned Plumlcy's speech to Representative Albert Thomas Of Texas. Thomas and veteran Fxits Lanham then put