Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-05-03


around with long white
whiSkefS.
THE youth of today is sup
L posed to take charge of the
world of tomorrow. 1t is an ex-
cellent theory. But we cannot
find that youth is being con-
suited at this time with refer
ence to how il might like its
legacy TO be. 1t will just have
to take it as it comes. We hear
no voice of youth in the grave
discussions of the world. Not
here. Not in Europe. Not any
where.
Not on the roStrum, not in the
public prints. BY youth in this
instance we mean some one at
least within the draft limit.
We scan the field of editorial
commentators and columnists
and we discern no considerable
representation of youth. Nor do
we find any reflection on which
we may rely of the thoughts
and the opinions of youth.
l make one exception. My
friend and colleague, Elsie Rob-
inSon, who has consistently
opened her columns to young
America. There may be few
others; there are not many.
OLD men do all the talking.
" Old men scheme all the
schemes. Old men give all the
orders. You may have heard the
saying Youth must be served
Well, it is being served, all
right. What it is being served
with in many places is notice to
report TO the nearest burying
ground.
Look over the lineup that is
running the world today. You
will observe that it is composed
almost entirely of gentlemen
who are quite smooth on the
tooth. We would hate to be
hanging since most of them
passed the half century mark.
Most of the master minds of
world affairs are from 81 on up
TO so, the high mark held by
Petain of France. Our own Mr..
Roosevelt is 50. Stain is 81.
Mussolini is So. Churchill is 67.
Hitler is 50.
These are the headliners in
the news. the men who are de-
Gliding the fate of nations, per-
haps of humanity. If you think
this is not old, try finding a job
at the lowest age mentioned.
TRY the rhumba or attempt
L liberties with your stomach.
Try making love. Knox. Hull,
Stims son, Beaverbrook and
knudSen are other names you
read daily and they are around
go or beyond. Nearly all the
big naval and military chieftains
on both sides overseas and in
this country are we'll past mid
dle-age, most of them veterans
of war that ended 20 years
ago.
THE ma jority of our leaders in
Il Congress are closer to 80
than to so. not the best of our
nations brains perhaps. but the
cream of our political cunning.
Old men everywhere. except
tumbling out of the skies over
Europe in blazing p Ian e. or
dying under the tanks in the
desert sands of Africa. Youth
is doing that Youth is doing
most of the dying and will do
more.
THIS being rather an impor-
Il tant sacrifice, We think if We
had the authority we would call
in youth once in awhile if only
TO ask if it had any thoughts
as TO the best method of pro-
ceeding with the immolation.
We would set up a separate
department of youth to advise
with us. This would be no re-
Election on the ability of the old
men, or the way they are doing
the job. 1t would just be a
matter of getting new ideas.
EVEN if we did not think We
II could get anything out of
youth we would let it be heard
Just as matter of courtesy. a
generation should not be lost
without leaving some record of
its views. But. of course, in the
end We would probably dismiss
the observations of youth and
resume listening to the old men.
They arc always telling youth
how 10 live. Surely they must
know how and when it is best
for youth TO die.
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