The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-30
Michigan in
Washington

The two Michigan senators do not
see eye to eye on what the status OF
women should be when they yolun'
teer for the Army.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg
says they should be with the
Army, in a separate corps, and Sen
ator Prentiss NJ. Brown prefers they
be in" the Army with full priyi-
leges OF a regular soldier or Off
Ger.
This week the Senate sent the
original Rogers bill TO establish
a Womens Army Auxiliary Corps
approved by Vandenbergl back to
the Military Affairs Committee for
new action made necessary by an
amendment proposed by Senator
Thomas OF Utah. This amendment
would make the women volunteers
regular soldiers for non-combat
duty with equal pay, equal rank,
equal opportunity for distinguished
service.
In an interview Senator Brown
said that he wanted women in the
Army to have every benefit. That
he agreed with Senator Thomas
this proposed procedure would
make for less confusion. better dis
cipline, better training and better
Treatment Honorable discharge
from the Army would be permissi-
BILE.
The bill as passed by the House
would start soldierettes out at pri-
Yates pay but women officers
would not get as much as men Off
GERS. Members would be subject to
all discipline inherent in the Arti-
cles OF War, but would not share in
veterans compensation benefits.
Senator Vandenberg' objection
to the Thomas amendment is that
there is something repugnant
about putting a woman on the same
footing as a male soldier. II women
are in" the Army, they are I'm"
all the way-and they are not need
ed in such a set-up. He fears it
would be step towards a drafting
OF our woman power.
Nandenberg does not underesti-
mate the contribution women can
make especially in specialized tasks.
citing as one, the work In commun.
ication stations.
Senator Thomas says his amend.
ment has Army department approx.
al which was revised after the
House cleared the way with a bill
which would set up the Women
Auxiliary OF the Navy with mem.
bers drawing the same pay and
subject TO the same compensations
as regular sailors.
Washington, always responsive to
front page personalities. awaits the
appearance OF Father Coughlin TO
testify this week before the Grand
Jury investigating Axis agents. He
is called in connection with the
banning from the mails OF the maya.
zine, Social Justice"
Few. If any, new offices in the
state will be set up by the War
Manpower Commission, predicts
Wendell Lund, director OF WPBs
labor division. Close to both Wash.
ington and Michigan sources, he
should have the answer.
He sees the SO offices scattered
throughout the state under the L. s.
Employment Service as the natural,
decentralized units to handle this
new wartime activity.
As member OF the War Man.
power Commission, and as the very
recent director OF the Michigan
Unemployment Compensation Com.
mission, Lund is informed on the
organizing Of a nationwide, labor
recruiting set-up.
There has been some agitation for
new, separate offices delegated with
war manpower duties and none 9th.
er. which has resulted in several
cities making requests for such Of.
fees. But the chances are that ex.
isting facilities will be utilized as
more economical.
Senator Prentiss Brown was all
smiles on Monday when his bill
for the relief OF dealers OF rationed
articles which had seen rough
committee going went sailing
through the Senate without a dis.
senting vote.
BLOCK CONDEMNED