The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-12-29

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Winston uBdst ~ bis
Ihurchlh Journey. and
they're so efficient as killers that
they might have succeeded.
Secondly, news that he actually
had arrived was more dramatic, as
a surprise, than it would have been
if it had been expected and dra-
mates stir up popular enthusiasm,
which is an excellent thing to have
prevalent in wartime.
As a matter of fact, there was
wee bit Of leakage, in the form of
uucondrmed rumors, a few hours
before the executive mansions
scheduled guest really reported
present. F. d. r. escorted him onto
the premises, from his airport, just
in time for a rather late dinner,
and, as early as noon, a story was
in circulation TO the effect that he
already was under the presidential
roof, unknown TO anyone but his
host, Secretary Steve Early and
little squad of secret service agents.
They Wanted Advertising
The truth is that, far from de-
string to keep the public from
learning Of his presence in Wash
,ington, both F. D. r. and Winnie
were anxious to advertise il. Their
combinations details will be pos
sible only to guess at until they be-
gin 10 reveal themselves in the
shape OF military developments,
but it's deemed highly advantage
Gus to let all the democracies know
that the fiercest sort of anti-Axis
coordination has been cooked up,
and it's surmised that the same
knowledge will be likely to throw
a demoralizing scare into Fuehrer
Hitler, Duce Mussolini and the Jap
militarists. The White House ten
ant and his caller from Downing
street therefore posed copiously
for photographers and did all they
could, short of disclosing anything
confidential, to publicize their get
together.
Incidentally, they'd learned one
thing. concerning the publicity
game, from the news sequel to
their earlier conference on board a
British warship in mid-Atlantic.
That gabfest was proclaimed by
the London press considerably
ahead Of the information release
to newspapers in this country and
the discrimination didn't set very
well on the American journalistic
stomach. This time, all sorts of
pains were taken to guarantee
simultaneous publication, here and
in England, of the Churchill advent
in our own capital
Presidential Secretary Early
having herded the correspondents
together in his private Office. to
tell en- the news, and having told
it TO EN-. couldn't let EN- out
again, to streak it for wires, until
he was sure Sir Gerald Campbell
the British minister here, had also
told it to London by telephone. 1t
wasn't any particular satisfaction
to Yankee newspapermen TO have
their British brethren so carefully
protected on this latest occasion,
after the scooping the former
were subjected to previously, but
such things can't help happening
IN national emergencies.
Winstons a tough looking Gus
toner. He isn't as tall as the presi-
dent by half a head, but he's
chunky and has an-ugly express
sion. F. D. RS mouth habitually
hangs lightly open. He has an af-
fable smile, though it's true that
he says mean, sarcastic things &C.
casionally. Winston's facial slot
has the appearance Of an aperture
that you couldn't pry into with a
lever.
With an American mother, he
has been here several times before,
Of course, but, on this trip, he nat
urally has attracted an especial
amount Of attention.
Their Conversations
He and F. D. r. apparently
largely discussed postwar prob
lens when they met in the Allan
tic. The supposition is that their
second conference has related al
most wholly to the immediate stu
ation-to the urgent explosion Of
giant frecrackers under the Nazis,
he Fascists and the Japs
Nippon hadn't attacked US at the
Atlantic conversations juncture.
We weren't formally at war with
anybody.
Now that we're in Il up 10 our
aecks, the question isn't one solely
u lesse-lend supplies. II likewise
includes out-and-out joint scrap
ping The theory is that Russia
Will take care Of continental Eu-
Foue that Britain will faka cara NJ