The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-09-08

home country After dropping in at
HYDE Park to see President Roose-
welt. who was Sundaying there. he
accom- panied F. D. 10 our capital.
10 dine at the White House and see
the sights.
Among other things, he wanted
to meet Washington newspaper
correspondents. thinking it would
be good publicity for John Bull.
The board OF governors promptly
Invited him to meet EN- in the
Press club lounge. 1t was an ideal
arrangement. The duke accepted 1t
delightedly. The club management
rushed to FIX up the lounge appro-
priately. A comfortable sofa was
backed up into a corner for his
grace's occupancy, facing the
scribes. gathered to interview him
The British colors Union jack
were provided to drape on the wall,
Just above and behind the seated
and distinguished guests head.
The event was pulled off in great
style. Several photos Of it were
shot Then why aren't they avail
able for publication now? Why. the
fact is that they were suppressed
Washington simply was ransacked
for the negatives. Apparently the
seekers for 'em found EN- all and
destroyed EN- in hot haste. can't.
discover that one Of EN- remains.
Why?
If it was publicity the duke
wanted, it would seem as if those
pictures, in print. should have been
hot stuff.
Yes. but what the duke wanted
was publicity Of the RIGHT KIND.
Those pictures scarcely would
have filled the bill
Upside Down
The secret is that the club at
tendant who draped the Union
Jack. not being familiar with the
British colors, inadvertently draped
the flag bottom side up. .x-
Now, a country's flag four own
Britain's or. any, other nation'sl
floating upside down. is a recog-
nized signal Of distress. Consider
ing Britain's present FIX and the
purpose of the dukes visit on this
side of the water. to stir up Ameri-
can all-aid to John Bull, that dis
tress signal not only was appropri-
ate-it was too DARNED appro-
pirate to be suitable advertising.
>Hence. no photographs.
: A lot Of such funny things hap
pen.
For instance. does the reader re-
call the recent attempt. in Toxic,
TO q ssassinate Vice Premier kiichl-
70 Hiranuma. a Jap statesman who
has been antagonistic to his coun-
try's tie-up with the European
AXIS? Well. il was attempted any
way. and the other day l noticed a
Toxic dispatch 10 the. effect that
news Of it leaked out premature
"" That is TO say. II leaked out
before the attempt was made. In
other words. the night before the
vice premier was shot at, an AXIS
correspondent at the japanese cap
ital called up the police TO inquire
if Minister Hiranume had been
killed completely dead. The cable
remarked that this newspapernan
has been under close surveillance
ever since The prospective would
be assassin evidently was slow on
his job 10 -,
Some laughs also are created by
the Moscow story that Herr Hit
Ter. at his last conference with Sig
nor Mussohni, appealed to Benito
to help the Nazis with more Italian
soldiers on the Nazis' Russian
front. Appealed Any time Adolf
wants anything b from Benito,
Washingtons reckoning is that he
issues II as an order-not that he
hands 1t out as an appeal.
I'm the Potomac,
/Other smiles originate on the
strength Of the news that Jap
Premier Fuminaro Konoye has
been trying to arrange a personal
meeting with President Roosevelt
on a japanese warship somewhere
n the Pacific. The nub Of the Job
IS that the Japs are so VIGOROUSLY
initiative Of Occidental ways. Its
taken as a fair conclusion that, fol-
lowing F. DIS chat in the Atlantic
with a Winston Churchill. Fumi-
naro,s dying TO tie Winston. Wash
inRton's account IL that Secretarv