The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-03-21
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tutty

On nldlt anu lONdl JhlioulNhlOh VI
such facilities was accepted
by Congressman Kanham. chair
man of the Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds. which Is
proposing the aid.to-school legisla-
ton.
Not that the Royal Oak Repub
lican isn't delighted to have the
the financial responsibility of pro
yiding schooling for the children of
workers brought to an industrial
community To work on national
defense orders. Or, as in the case
Of Battle Creek, the children OF the
increased number of men at Fort
Custer. But he wants the appro-
priation TO be administered locally
While other congressman are
seeking educ ational funds, Dondero
wonders II the emergency needs of
the schools in Plymouth. in his own
district, and OF the area surround.
ing the new tank plant in nearby
Macomb County are as acute as the
government survey indicates The
leport asks for 175 teachers to take
care OF the 5000 children expected
to move into these areas.
The Royal Oak congressman does
not think it can be assumed that all
the men employed will move their
families into the area. Workers in
the Detroit area. he points out. are
accustomed to driving their own cars
over the network OF Michigan roads
sometimes as far as 80 miles to
work.
For five days Dondero has at
tended the hearings of the Commit
te on Public Buildings and Grounds.
! He appeared before IL 10 emphasize
the need for his proposed amend
ment that all facilities relating to
public school education, its opera
ton and administration shall re.
main under the jurisdiction of the
various states"
Dondero says he is pleased that
the chairman OF the committee.
Congressman Lanham and Commits
, sioner OF Education Sudebaker
agree with him on the undesirable
ity of any federal control OF our
educational system.
Knudsen has a salty humor
which flashes out on ticklish sub
jects that most public officials as
siduously avoid. The strange ma.
tional defense twosome of Knud.
sen. the big industrialist. and Hill
man, the ardent Labor Leader, has
caused considerable comment. The
other day Knudsen took all the
sting out Of the references by say
ing I'VE are just Siamese twins"
One young Michigan girl in the
War Department is certainly an
noyed that Senator Wheeler scar
ed the public stiff with his yarn
that a million and a half collins
had already been ordered by the
War Department.
Secretary MacFerguson, former
ly of Pontiac, has the job of an
sw ring the thousands OF letters
de ing Wheeler's statement.
Uncle Sam, it seems, doesn't
buy collins. Except in isolated
| special cases. The government has
/ contracts with undertakers who
order the collins after, not before
death of man in our armed
| forces.
The busy War Department
thought the answer TO this grim
/ charge, which implied that the
| War Department was anticipating
the death of a million and a half
American. boys, important enough
/ to have the o. k. of the White
House. That small thrill helped a
/ bit, the Pontiac girl admitted.
Michigan Gamers of apple juice
tried hard and successfully to get
their product put on the Army
| food list. Maybe one reason for
success is revealed unofficially by
one Army food expert who says
It's grand for hangovers."
Our neighboring State OF Wis
consin has Dragged so much about
s-wenderfHl dairy products that
Congressman George Dondero says
few Michigan people realize what
an outstanding position in the
dairy industry is held by their ma
tive state.
No less authority than the
Mix Industry Foundation has just
revealed some surprising milk
facts. According to the Founda-
ton, 1892 900 cows valued at 500
$4,000 produced s62,03O,OO0 in
cash farm milk income for Mich
igan farmers in 1888 Production
Of farm milk in the state for the
year totaled 2,205,O00,000 quarts;
creamery butter. 90.0sS, 900
pounds: cheddar cheese 13,32s,00
pounds.
The @ figures locker so impos-
ing that a check was quickly made
with Congressman Sauthoff. of
Wisconsin. TO see II we were not
as great a dairy state as Wiscon-
sin. We're Wisconsin rough
ly just about doubles these figures.
iehigan- beats Lis in produc.
ton OF ice cream-and football
team" said the Wisconsin Con-
gres sman consolingly. "Wiscon-
sin produced about half as much