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NEW CASTLE NEWS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1945 * 5 WASHINGTON CALLING by MARQUIS CHILDS Washington — The fact that Congress has not adopted a sin gle piece of legislation request ed by President Truman in the form in which he requested it has not escaped the attention of our allies in the war so recently ended. The visitors from London last week commented on this fact in private conversation. They want ed to know whether it meant that Truman's policy in the foreign field might fail of ap proval -by Congress. Specifically, of course, they were worrying about the loan to Britain which the administration is negotiating. In any negotiation, a British Prime Minister has a great ad vantage over an American Pre sident. When the Prime Mini ster's government sets a policy, it means that that policy will be accepted by a majority in Par liament. The Prime Minister stays in office only so long as he has a majority. Our President can make a de cision. But if Congress over rules him, as it very often does, he is helpless. President Truman's position just now is extremely difficult. He is faced with what might al most be called a sit-down strike by Congress. Messages and re commendations go up to the Hill —such as the one on health in surance—but nothing happens. Truman must take a share of the blame for this. At times he could have been more tactful. He has occasionally rushed in to fix policy on matters still be ing studied by Congress. 'The statement on control of atomic energy is a case in point. It would have been easy to have invited members of the Senate atomic committee to the White House 24 hours before the state ment was given out. That would have made them feel they were being consulted. Instead, they were summoned only a short time before report ers were called in for the an nouncements. There was resent ment on that score. But by and large, the blame for the stalemate does not be long on the White House door step. Truman is the victim of a combination of circumstances. He is caught in the backlash of a terrible war. All the pent-up grievances and resentments tend to concentrate on the man who happens to have been dropped into the driver's seat. It is an unenviable position. The President must now and then have the feeling that he can do nothing without stirring up a hornet's nest somewhere or other. The Baptists took him to task the other day for drinking and playing poker. They would have been more honest if they had condemned him for having the candor to admit that occasion ally he took a drink and that he liked to play small-stakes poker. He is condemned because he doesn't take a firm hand with Congress. And he is condemned for trying to dictate to the law makers in the fashion of his predecessor. The basic unfairness of much of this is ignored in the general misery and disorder that go with the effort to get back to some kind of peacetime existence. Part of it is a reaction to the \strong government\ inevitable in wartime. We want to relax and be left alone after years of tension and compulsion. It would be grand if everybody could go fishing for six months or a year. But it happens that vital tasks must be done unless we are to drift into a serious economic slump, ignoring our re sponsibilities at home and a- broad. And that slump may come much more quickly than some of the optimists think. If the present mood persists, then voters in 1946 are likely to turn out the Democratic major ity in the House in favor of the GOP. That happened in 1918 just as the war was ending. There is another and more un happy parallel. After the Civil War, festering hatreds continued to poison the atmosphere. The whole country had been torn a- part. Poor Andrew Johnson, who succeeded to the Presidency upon Lincoln's assassination, struggled manfully but in vain with overwhelming problems and a hostile Congress. Congress cannot afford to sulk at this moment. The President is entitled to a chance to show what he can do. He deserves some thing besides sabotage from his own party. TIMELY LIMERICK The atom, a popular topic, Makes some of us feel philanthropic, We'll share it, we say, With an \IF\ in the way, And this appears slightly myopic. The experts say we might as well Heed the nuclear toll of the bell— If we start out with \IF\s We may end up with tiffs, Then we all will be blown straight to hell. A. WILLIAMS FINE CABINET WORK DONE AND REPAIRED UPHOLSTERY ANTIQUE FURNITURE BOUGHT, SOLD AND RESTORED (Established in Pleasantville in 1912) 56 Ossining Road Pleasantville, N. Y. Telephone 211 Red Cross .NEWS. Red Cross Headquarters, King Street —Open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, 1-4 P. M. Open Wednesday, 9 A.M. to 4 P.M . Phone 899. Production Center — Same hours. Home Service —Mrs. Norman Davis, 694; Mrs. Robert James, 662; Mrs. Donald Owens, 543; Mrs. Carl Burger, 554; Saturday, Sunday, nights or holidays, Call White Plains 6198. Camp and Hospital Service — Donations and furnishings, call Mrs. Belden Lynch, 367. D.N.A. Office at Red Cross Headquarters —Monday through Friday, 8 to 8:30 A.M.; 1 to 1:30 P.M. Saturday, 8:30 to 9 A.M. Phone Chap. 263. On Saturday from 1 to 2, Sunday and holidays, 8:30 to 9:30 A.M. and 1 to 2 P.M., phone Mt. Kisco 4328 or 6250. * * * Last week Chappaqua's newly organized L.A.M.S. made their second visit to the Air Force Convalescent Hospital at Pawl- ig. Under the chaperonage of Mrs. H. A. Helms the group joined with another group from Poughkeepsie for a Thanksgiving dance. Music was furnished by an orchestra made up of men at the Hospital, and the refresh ments were served by the Red Cross Canteen. The L.A.M.S. came into being three years ago this Christmas when a group of girls, under Red Cross leadership, and with out previous organization, an swered a call to spend the day at Fort Slocum Hospital. There at that time were our first re turned wounded, the men who had fought at Bizerte and Kaser- in Pass. So successful was this visit to the lonely men hospitalized on that first war Christmas, that other military hospitals asked for girls to help entertain their patients, and from the informal beginning an organization num bering thousands of girls, serv ing on regular schedule, was born. The pattern set up ori ginally in Westchester is now serving Red Cross units as far west as California. The girls joining L.A.M.S. are carefully chosen for their per sonalities and ability and for a well-defined sense of responsi bility. The trips are long, the weather often unpleasant, and the hours inconvenient. (If you see your eighbor's daughter and her friends munching sand wiches on the 5:19 and leaping from the train to a waiting bus, you'll know she is on L.A.M.S. duty! They are carefully in structed as to behavior, conver sation, etc. Many of the hos pitalized men are unnaturally shy or ill at ease, and one of the objectives of the L.A.M.S. is to break down that reserve and welcome the veteran back to normal social life. The girls taking part in the Thanksgiving trip were: the Misses Carr, Com fort, Tierney, Schroeder, Chap- pinelli, Bouton, Fitting, Helms, Coulter, Odell, Chittenden, Erd- rich, Joslin, Troyanovich, Mer- ritt, Larson, Mesdames Bowen, Collins and Davis. Guest mem bers with the group were Eileen Well's, Joan Riggs and Patricia Home. When you patronize our adver tisers please make a point to say you saw it in The New Castle Cholly Chappaqua Says: Cholly Chappaqua has been well fed this week on Turkey and cranberry sauce as well as cold turkey and cranberry sauce. From the gourmet's point of view, as well as from other points of view appearing later in this weekly coverage of events big and little in Chappaqua and immediate environs, it has been proved to be a satisfactory week. Cholly is always happy to report the return of servicemen to their families. First on our list, because of a certain aura of drama about the story, is the homecoming of Otis Angier, Pfc, son of Mrs. Grant Flynn. Pfc. Angier has been overseas twenty- two months. He was with the 34th Division at Anzio, hospital ized three times, and just before he came home was near Naples with the Engineers. Pfc. Angier telephoned his family from Baltimore on Thanksgiving night that he was on his way home, and since this was the first his family had heard from him in some time, as well as the first indication they had that he might be on his way home the excitement was considerable. Pfc. Angier's younger brother obtained special leave from his school to spend the weekend with the newly united family. Also listed among those whom Chappaqua is welcoming home is Captain William Carlebach who has been serving with the 948th AAA Gun Battalion in the South Pacific for eighteen months. Mrs. Carlebach, who is the former Priscilla Wardwell, is now with her husband visiting his family in Rye. Greeting should be extended to the new baby who arrived last week as well as congratulations to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bushey became the proud parents of a baby girl. Joe Bushey, who is a resident of Bedford Hills and one of Johnny Cotter's \Minute Men,\ is doing as well as can be expected while Mrs. Bushey is also convalescing in the Northern West chester Hospital. There have been a good many visitors in Chappaqua this past week. Lieutenant and Mrs. John H. Botsford of Portland, Oregon were recent guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George Ayers of Douglas Road. Lieutenant Botsford has been a flight instructor at Dallas, Texas, Ottumwa, Iowa, and Penn- sacola, Florida. Lewis Albro AS USNR spent Thanksgiving with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Albro. Lewis Albro is studying at the Rennsselaer Institute of Technology in Troy, New York. Mr. Rudolph Kopfmann of Ridgewood Terrace hit the road for Philadelphia last week where he addressed the Ad vertising Media Forum. Mr. and Mrs. Moll Flanders are scheduled to return to Chappaqua sometime in February. Mr. Flanders has been in New Mexico doing some very secret work on the atomic bomb. After his absence of two years Chappaqua will be glad to wel come him back. Odd Green \went over the hill\ (as he puts it) last week end on a visit to friends in South Orange which left Anna and Leif knee deep in lobsters rnd steaks. This has happened be fore and rumor hath it that besides good friends food and bever age there are some nice looking gals in that part of Jersey. Mr. and Mrs. Jo Barrett, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Price and Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hartell went en masse to the Yale-Prince- tcn football game, and had dinner in Princeton after the game. Sounds like fun. The Charles Hammond3 gave a party for their neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rickard who have moved back into their own home after an absence of two years. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Farr, who have been living in the Rickard's house during their absence have moved to Puerto Rico. MILLWOOD MUSINGS: Millwood has the welcome mat out for Leslie Robertson of Seven Bridge Road. He is a Petty Officer EM 17c in the Seebeas and has reached Seattle, Wash ington, following which he will be sent to Sampson, New York to be discharged. In the service twenty-five months, he served with his unit in Pearl Harbor and Guam. Before entrance into the service, he was employed by the Westchester Lighting Co. Greeting and congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lewis of Millwood Road who are the father and mother of a ten pound one ounce son born at the Westchester Hospital. The Ben Renouds of Millwood were honoured Thanksgiving by a visit from Ben Renoud's mother from New Rochelle and Gail Cucco is visiting her maternal grandparents in N. Y. City. The Millwood Victory Committee met Wednesday night at the Millwood Fire House. Plans are being made for a New Year's Eve Dance to be held at the Fire House. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brausch and family, formerly of Chappaqua, and Mrs. William Haines of Woodhaven, L. I. spent Sunday visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Philip Gedney of Old Mill wood Road. Mrs. John Flanagan, of Millwood Road is back home con valescing after her discharge from Ossining Hospital. Mrc. H. Putney of Shinglehouse Road is visiting her daugh ter, Mrs. Muriel Cederberg, of North Chatham, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. J. Coughlin of Glenwood Gardens, Yonkers, have purchased a parcel of the Allen estate and plan to build there in the near future.
