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Evening star., 1941-09-28
Br Henry Gem mill

AS haison officer for the Office Of
Emergency Management, Wayne Coy is
probably the nearest thing this country
has to general defense co-ordinator-
except for President Roosevelt and pos
Sibly Harry L. Hopkins.
Because he never stood before the
electorate for any job, because his ap-
pointment did not require the publicity
of Senate investigation and approval,
and because he will not sing out for
newspaper publication. it is likely that
not among 100 average Americans
could identify this ''youngster," not
yet 38, whose ideas may already have
changed the course of their lives.
You can't be too sure how much Mr..
Coy's musings have been affecting af
fairs. He is one of the surprise packages
of this emergency, and so few of his
ribbons and wrappings have been re-
moved since his appointment on April
"a that he is still mystery. Perhaps
he is only s9,000-a-year errand boy
for Mr.. Roosevelt. Or ne may be able,
by his subtle duties, to bend national
policy at its vital joints.
Any estimation of Mr.. Coys influence
must follow an examination of the man
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Manages Staff

He manages-almost as a sideline-
the 7O0-odd administrative employees of
O. E. NJ, who handle personnel, budget
and finance for the constituent defense
agencies Coy rarely sees any of the
thousands of job applicants whose rec
ords 60 through his Office, however. He
intervenes only when two agencies are
bidding against each other for e pros
pective employeD
The crucial point in Wayne Coys story
is his relationship with "the Boss" him.
self Harry Hopkins introduced the two
in 1895 and gradually pulled the younger
man into friendship with both Mr. and
Mrs. Roosevelt. The Chief Executive
calls him by his first name. Before
establishing Coy at o. E. NJ, the Presi-
dent tossed the young man tasty de-
fense fish when he called him in, to-
gether with Former Ambassador to
France Bill" Bullitt and Budget Direc-
tor Harold Smith, to work out prelimi-
nary theories on civilian defense.
Now Mr.. Roosevelt sees Mr.. Coy as
often as twice day or as rarely as once
in six weeks. Most OF their thought
exchange is actually done in the form
of memos. This is where Coy's news
paper experience comes in handy. TAX
ing the initiative, he writes far more
of the original memos than does the
President, who usually scrawls his 20.
K-F. D. r." and perhaps See Har-
ry" notation, below Coy's neat type
writing
Though Coy is inclined to deprecate
his own importance, it is worth while
to observe the form these notes take
Coy writes the President do you
or don't you approve?" style The queries
are extremely terse. They deal, Mr.
Coy admits, with matters usually of
broad policy"
1t is evident that Mr.. Coy asks the
President to make yes or no answers
to important questions, sharply put.
The very act of narrowing complicated
national problems down to two simple
alternatives may upon occasion be es
important as saying which Of the two
paths shall be followed.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

early in his campaign for governorShip
OF Indiana; became braintruster first Of
political tactics and later of state policy.
AS secretary of Clemency Board recon-
mended parole for a young criminal
named Dillinger (on what seemed like
very good grounds at the time); lived
to regret it. Moved into social work
as director, Indiana Department of We'll
fare; administrator, Indiana w. P. A.
and field representative for SiX-state w.
P. A. region. CThis let him chum with
Harry Hopkins; taught him jargon of
welfare workers; prepared him to move
in on Washington)
Agent for Leader
Followed McNutt to the Philippines as
administrative assistant to the high
commissioner Developed there IAN era
of poker-playing hail-fellow well-met
neighborliness" between American Of
flcials and Filipinos. Beat McNutt back
to Washington and is credited with
helping prepare triumphant McNutt re-
entry into U. S. A. Suddenly was boost
ed to Job as Assistant Federal Security
Administrator when McNutt won COM
mand of Security Agency. Ran the
whole show for long stretches while
McNutt toured Nation making orationS.
g. How would Coy score on an in
telligence test? No figures on this i'm
mediately available, but his gray-matter
appears to operate like telephone
switchboard. Can apparently think
about more than one thing at time,
and eject ideas like machine gun bull
lets. Result, doubtless, of training as
city editor
T. Is Coy honest? Friends here swear
he was one man who never took
penny beyond salary during days in gay
Indiana politics, which have not always
been noted for character building.
5. Is Coy we'll in line with defeat-the-
Axis foreign policy? On his wall hangs
a large map of Europe-on which not
a single German conquest shows.
Can Take 1t
6. Can Coy take it when the going is
rough? When his fidelity was attached
to McNutt as it now is to Roosevelt, he
once had his eye popped out for the
Governor, outside the State Senate
chamber. Was depriving a gashouse
gang of their political gravy" in the
welfare system; suffered drubbing for
his pains. Coy had physicians sew him
up-did not alter position. Second ex-
ample: In 1899 Coy lay critically i'll for
months in Baltimore hospital. Three
times he nearly died; doctors gave up
hope and Indiana newspapers had obitu-
aries in type. Best explanation for his
survival was fierce will to live
7. Does Coy have the personal "oomph"
needed in Washington to make a man
heard? He seems to-despite a mus
tache vaguely reminiscent of Hitlers.
His appearance has been compared with
that of the film comedian, Charley
Chase. Coy's secret Is probably his un-
assuming manner. which permits him to
Evening star., 1941-09-28

life insurance, and many carry as high
as $4,000 or 100000. Their base pay is
so per cent higher than that of other
Navy men, and many Of them spend
the entire differential in insurance pre-
miums.
That leaves them a pretty meager
living allowance. For, deducting their
so per cent additional pay, lieutenant
(junior grade), with from to 10 years
of service and having dependents, gets
about S3,258, including rental and sub
sistence allowance. A lieutenant COM
mander, with from IA to % years expe
rience and having dependents, gets about
S5 ,457.
Money is scarce among the aviators
families, but they only laugh at that
A group of aged, f1imsy little frame
houses on the post which are The quar-
ters of some of the younger officers is
gayly referred to as poverty row."
I'VE go into the life knowing We'll
never be rich and never have a home
of our own" says one of the wives.
I'VE don't try to keep up with the
Joneses, because there's no use our pre-
tending to have anything. We all know
what the others are making"
The wives feel the same way about
their husbands dangerous calling.
He was an aviator when I married
him." said one wife. Il knew what I was
getting into. And I did it gladly. OF
course, wish he was in work that was
safer. But I'd never tell him that AS
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Surprise Package of the Emergency

work closely with officials who would
resent a spectacular man moving in on
their spheres of Government power.
A typical Wayne Coy day begins at
s am with a conversational breakfast
when he talks the worries out Of some
Government MIND. Luncheons and din
ner meetings, are constantly used for
work, not only because he can get
defense men together at mealtime, but
probably food makes officials feel like
agreeing He tries to close his Office
at $50 pm; often fails and runs up
Federal electric light bill.
Because 0. E. M. is scattered through
more than dozen buildings Coy jumps
in and out of autos, drawn from an
agency pool, during much of the day.
A human ferret, he rushes also to agen-
cies outside O. E. M. and on to the
realms of Congress, whenever defense
legislation is involved.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

AS soon as one of the watchers spots the
planes, she phones the others; word gets
all through Norfolk in 5 minutes, and the
wives and sWeethearts dash out to the
flying field
Then comes the hardest moment of
all for the wife. If her flyer had crashed
yesterday or the day before, the Navy
Department probably would have notified
her Immediately But there is no report
as yet on this hop. She won't know if
her man is alive and we'll until she
sees him walking away from the hangar
with his shipmates.
Commanders Talk
There's an agonizing Is minutes while
the commander assemblies his flyers and
gives them a talk why on earth?'
the wife wonders. Hes had six weeks to
talk to them. What's he talking about
noW?' At last the flyers are dismissed
and come trotting across the field. She
spots her birdman. healthy and whole,
hurrying toward her. She bites her
lips, holds back the tears, for any emo
ton on parting or meeting is strictly
against the code.
We'll, you're looking pretty good," is
the first thing he says, laughing. He
gives her casual hug. Then he begins
to push his youngsters around play
fully-fake stuff to cover up his feelings.
The aviator shows his concern for his
family in a very practical way. The
average Navy flyer carries $4,000 of
Evening star., 1941-09-28

of the kind of flying their fathers do,
one contending that the dive bomber
is most important, another arguing that
the patrol bomber is best.
Already there are some second
generation naval aviators The mothers,
after listening tensely to the drone Of
airplanes for 20 years or so. calmly
watch them go off to the training bases
in the South. One can see a touch
Evening star., 1941-09-28
October Wedding

A week ago Louise learned about
censorship. She knew that Tommys
letters would be censored but thought
her mail to him was safe. So she
poured out her heart. Her face has
been a little red ever since Tommy
wrote that her torrid epistle has been
exposed to censors, some of them being
Officers that both of them know
Tommy and Louise are going to be
married the next time he alghts on
land. October is as close a wedding
date as Louise can settle upon.
Louise already is a member of the
lookout network of the aviators' wives.
1t works this way: One of the wives
lives at Virginia Beach, down the coast
about Is miles. Another lives at Ocean
View. at the tip of the cape. Several live
at the air base. When the time ap-
proaches that they think the carrier
might be coming home, they keep a close
watch on the sky-for the aviators fly
from their ship on the last hop to land.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

mansion which was part of the James
town Exposition of 1907. There the Off
GERS live on the water front in a genial,
country club atmosphere, swooping down
out of the clouds at noon for lunch in
uniform, coming down after an afternoon
dictates
Evening star., 1941-09-28
Sky Glitters

As darkness falls and the officers stroll
out on the porch for cigars, the flying
field is as active as during the day. One
plane after another roars off into the
air for night flying practice Soon the
sky is glittering with echelons of tiny
red and green lights, circling the flel<.
swooping, roaring back and forth, hiding
The stars.
Evening star., 1941-09-28

Importance he assumes when he shut
ties back and forth as the connecting
link between the Chief Executive and
the host of defense agencies-William
Knudsen's Office of Production Man
agement, Leon Hendersons ice-fxing
group, Mayor La Guardia,s civilian de-
fense, Nelson Rockefeller's Pan-Ameri-
can Good-fellowship Society, and dozen
others.
Raises Query
Mr.. Coy might not, at first glance,
seem to act like a gallant leader of a
Nation arming to the teeth. He has
not set foot in defense factory, battle
ship or tank since he got his key job
He is not familiar to the men on the
firing line of defense production or
military training.
His job is to chat-in the Indian Ian
guage. Typical scene: A lofty Wash
ington administrator or idea man phones
Coy. Coy puts telephone to his ear,
tilts back in his chair, lifts one foot to
a desk drawer, stares at the ancient
frescoed ceiling of his office Room 23O,
State Department Building)-and talks
briefly, cheerily, with a lets get to-
gether, boys" attitude. He is fighting
in his own way-a desperate battle
against strangulation of our defense
preparations by confusion and cross
purpose action.
Il think" he says into the phone, that
We should get the Boss president Roose-
vel) to write letter to -" Govern
ment top-shot No. u to listen to
Government czar No. o a little bit
more than he has been doing on this
matter "a point of vital policy)."
Estimate of Ideas
Take a score card and pencil. Figure
out for yourself whether Coy's sugges-
tions to "the Boss" are likely to be good
ones
l. What is Coy's rating as an Ameri-
can? Excellent. He is of pioneering
Irish stock, not wealthy. Father was
agent for Big Four Railroad, Franklin,
Ind; died in 1926. Mother now clerk
at same railway station. Young Coy
spent summers laboring. Ambition, to
be newspaperman. Became reporter on
Franklin Evening Star during spare time
in high school and Franklin College.
Fathers death came as he was gradu-
ating; he grabbed job as city editor of
the paper to help send younger brother
and sister through college.
2. How does Coy's experience for his
big defense job stack up? Doubtful-he
hasn't lived long enough. But he has
crammed much into time available. In
1880 he borrowed money to become pub
Usher of Delphi QndD Citizen, weekly
newspaper of 1900 circulation when he
took 1t over and somewhat less when
ne let it drop three depression years
later. But he learned how to meet a
pay roll, buy supplies, make living for
wife and child.
Jumped on Pat, MeNutt bandwason
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1941-06-19
1t Cost Whistler Topper
To Appease SsUinbur7re

The artist Whistler had just en-
tered the London Arts club, when
an alarming uproar broke forth.
Il came from the courtroom. Has
tening there he found the poet
Swinburne, in an insane fury,
tramping on hats and shrieking:
my hat-they've stolen my
hail" his hair flying, his arms
windmilling, his eyes blazing.
Contemplating the scene for a
few moments, Whistler removed
his hat, and approached the poet.
isn't this your hat, old chap?"
he asked, fitting it on the yellow
name. Swinburne accepted it with
a kind of howl and rushed out.
Whistler went home that night
bare-headed, but pleased.
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Varied Study

He that studies only men, VIII
get the body of knowledge without
the soul; and he that studies only
books, the soul without the body
He that to what he sees, adds
observation, and to what he reads,
reflection, is In the right road 70
knowledge, provided that In scru-
tinizing the heart of others, ne neg
lects not his own.-Colton.
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Short World

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this world, since the world itself
Is not long. The created world
is but a small parenthesis II eter-
nity.-Sir Thomas Browne.
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BIGTOP

TANT NlGAT TIE CROWD WAS EVEN
GREATER THAN AT TIE AFTERNOON Snow.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03
Innovation Moy Sound Tops
for Troditionol Method
Vests First Moior Monsuvsrs Taks
on RsoIistie Aspect in Tsxos

officers watched closely the tri-
angular divisions defe n e
against the numerically superior
4lst attacking division. The de-
tenders had only 1880 men
against the attackers $4,000.
The 3rd division, Of the reg
ular army, was streamlined soon
after the European war started.
A number Of other regular army
divisions likewise were reorgan-
lied on the triangular plan ma
tional guard units retained the
traditional formation - repre-
sented here by the 41st.
Should the war games show
the streamlined division at least
equal in power to the larger
square formation, officers here
said the old quadrangular divis-
ions probably would be broken
up and the brigades used as the
nucleus to form new divisions.
The u. S. Army now has ~ di-
visions, but General George c.
Marshall, chief of staff, has an
nounced plans to build it up to
SO divisions.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03
BY JACK BEARDWOOD

oCAMP HUNTER LIGGETT,
Calf, June 3-(R)-The army's
new streamlined Triangular"
Divisions, now being tested In
mimic warfare, may sound taps
for the traditional square" d.
visions.
AS the VESTS first major man.
euvers Of 1941 took on q realis-
tic aspects today, with rifle and
machine gun fire cracking along
the banks of the San Antonio
river, army officers agreed that
the combat problem between the
square" 41st division and the
triangular" 3rd might provide
an answer to the divisional for
nation question.
A square division Is made up
Of $4,000 or more men In brig
AIDES. The triangular version has
about one-third less men and re-
places with combat teams of in
fantry and artillery. Should the
streamlined plan be adopted
throughout the army, it would
have the purpose of grouping
the nations military manpower
In more compact, harder-hitting
units.
Proponents of the streamlined
division claim they have greater
mobility and striking power
than the square ones, despite the
= smaller number of men. They
say the new style units are more
rapidly adaptable to quick
changing military conditions and
the rapid, mechanical warfare
employed by Germans in smash
ing across Europe.
The streamlined division has
three infantry regiments, con-
centrating divisional artillery
and rushing 1t to whatever Sec
tor or regiment needs its sup
port.
The square division, on the
other hand, has four infantry
regiments comprising two brig
AIDES and three artillery regi-
ments forming a third brigade.
The artillery acts as its own
brigade unit.
AS the 3rd and 41st divisions
engaged in a bitter dawn bat
tie after sporadic night fighting
under half moon, high ranking
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03
Mimic Warfare Tests Army's Stream|ined Divfs|
Japs Seize
Gasoline
in Haiphong

OSAIGON, French lndo- Chi
m, June 3 - @ - United
States oilmen In Hanoi report
ed today that the japanese
took 1890 gallons Of Amer
ican aviation gasoline with
other oil stocks when they
seized American merchandise
which had been en- route -
China ut Haiphong May Is.
Members Of the French In
do China government, whs
called the seisure . "Japa.
n csc military rob b cry
scheme" referred Il TO vichy,
which was reported 70 have
protested to Tokyo.
The japanese took over
SO, Zoo, 0eo worth Of Ameri-
can-owned products stored IN
two warehouses, and last
week three ffeighters took
part Of the goods to IN undis-
closed destination.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03
Death Claims
Shores Woman
Mrs. Adrion
Posses Awoy

: ST. CLAIR SHORES - Mrs.
Bertha Adrian, 81. q Shores resi-
dent for the past two years, died
suddenly at $50 am. today at
the home Of her daughter. Mrs.
]. +. Malinowski, 2l025 Avalon.
Other survivors include q
daughter, Mrs. Oscar Groh, Of
Pinconning: . sister. Mrs. Elmer
Spangler, of Columbus, o.. and
Q brother, Louis Roland, Of
Carey, o.
Funeral arrangements. under
the direction. Of LaCroix and
Groesbeck, will be announced
later.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03

an Dell xotepoo G 5ffs
Upon complexion oe that q
the company win bau1n {;
customers of the M0oGo H Z
way Telephone Co1mpany ~ q
dition 10 other telephnap uooGO Y
the vicinity. The llaodo G S
pany, q fnrzner-ownod 0k1 =
ton. has reQuested ~ ~ 4
Bell 70 furnish services - ~ = - "A
tomerx .s:s. \, & ~ &
The project Includes neqEl j
miles Of serial eable, HI -
cult miles q wire. and 40 tRc h
miles Of buried wire, ~ - 3
there are o crstonnaRS G Y
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indications are that deanan6 NJ
telephone service viii 1e v
upon ,complG4ion 6k ~ m n
this summer, aecoFling ~ n
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The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03
Suspect Plot
in Plane Crash
4 Die In crosh
Of Big Bomber

OSAN DIEGO, Calf, June s.
R-The unexplained perform
ance Of q $3.50. 900 British liber-
ator bomber that sideslipped into
San Diego bay and killed four
aviation experts aroused some
suspicion today Of sabotage.
FBl and company agents, In
vestigating the crash. awaited
salvaging of additional pieces of
wreckage for examination.
Failure of the controls appar-
emily caused the crash yesterday
of the great camouflased ship,
Of the type used by the British
to bomb Berlin.
Observers said the bomber
took off from Lindbergh Field
easily enough and climbed
swiftly. Then It suddenly slipped
sideways into the bay. The left
wing struck. The plane was shat
tered and sank.
A crash boat rescued Lewis M.
McCannon, IS. Of Woodstock.
H., one of the five men aboard.
Seriously injured. he was taken
to the naval air station sick bay.
The body Of Mechanic VIII
liam H. Rieser, -, Cambridgs.
Mass, was recovered.
Still unbound end believed
pinned In the sunken nose sec-
ton Of the ship were the bodies
of Consolidated Aircraft's chief
test pilot, william Wheatle. 30,
Chester, N. Y, one Of the coun-
try's most able airmen; Alan T..
Austen, 20, Kansas City, Mo-.
assistant test pilot; and Bruce
Craig, a. Chicago, aviation en-
gineer.
A Spokesman for the Consoli-
dated Aircraft company said
evidences Of sabotage" had been
discovered, but neither he nor
FIJI men would discuss tie mat
ter further.
British Purchasing Agent y. e.
Cooper said sabotage was . pos
sibility the craft was about ready
to be turned over 70 the British.
It was powered with four motors
and had . bombing range Of
5000 miles.
The Consolidated Aircraft
company took precautions .
month ago to guard its plant by
increasing the police force to 100
men.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-06-03

effectively when the national ef-
fort is periled.
A couple of fights broke out
in the gallery during the height
of the debate, but at the end Of
four hours the appeasement ef-
forts of the old guard prevailed.
A vote was taken and the ballot
showed threre would certainly
be no strike.
Union leaders, however, lack
ed enough votes to swing the
men into line that night. Not
that the large minority was In
tent upon sinking the war effort,
but it was just determined not
to accede too quickly.
They didn't like Bevin and
were loud In saying so. Private
ly, though, they knew they had
no other course but to sign up
with the government. But by
holding out they hoped It would
be warning to the Ministry Of
Labor that on the day peace
came, they intended going back
TO the old system. The meeting
ended on that note, indecisively.
DON'T LIKE TO
BE PUSHED AROUND
The next morning, around q
mobile American canteen do
mated by the British War Relief
Society, q group of men from
a pig iron freighter on the Clyde
side were talking. They had al
suddenly placed their names TO
the government roster that
morning 20 they no longer were
casual labor.
Its not the steady work we
object TO-" said one. I'VE prob
ably III intsnded signing on with
the government anyway. But it's
the way Ernie Dsvh yu6hos yol
into these things that NJ 0on't
like.
Besides, fishing season = op-
en- now and 10 would be sort Of
nice 10 knock off on occasions,
during the week, and 90 out 70
Loeb Lomond."