The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-20


Cordell Hull mercial treaties
when totaltari-
anism began, increasingly, to ham,
per his effort, and then the world
conflicts outbreak put almost a
complete end TO it,. a few small
compacts between Washington and
Latin American governments have
since been concluded. but naturally
progress hasn't been very rapid in
the face Of present conditions.
Secretary Hull, though. is Just
waiting for the restoration of peace
before launching his universal
goodwill crusade again. He's the
most practical pacifst l ever en-
countered. The average Of 'em
merely preach. He's a constructive
kind Of an apostle. He not only
knows what he's shooting at. It's a
consuming passion with him to
score his bulls-eye.
The bulrs-eye Cordell emissions
includes every country on earth.
don't believe it includes individuals
like Herr Hitler, or certain classes,
like the Japs military samurai, but
1t includes all peoples.
Rare Statesman
I've known Cordell Hull from
away up through the house of rep
resentatives, the senate and into
the state department, and if any
body beats him for saintliness, he's
got to 60 some. And the ablest can
didates have got to hump them
selves to tie him as statesman.
BUT
What's Cordell going to have to
say concerning our postwar soci-
ety-economics and politics-local-
ly, and our internationalism gen.
orally?
If the muss stopped pretty quick
he'd have a LOT to say. maybe.
But Corden Hulrs above 20 years
old.
VIII he live long enough to have
much - say about the postwar
world! Yes, II the war ends pretty
quick. There are guesses, however,
that fighting will continue for four
or I'VE years; some authorities sur
mise ten.
Corden hardly will be on the job
In the 1950s.
Today's generation has sense
enough to recall 1918. It's still
somewhat influential and has sense
enough to realize how folk gummed
the readjustment cards in that era.
It won't know about 1912,
though.
And neither will 1929 genera
ton know much about 1912, II
1912 stretches on into 1852 or
thereabouts.
The question is
This current war being over,
won't we have an entirely ignorant
generation to deal with new and
unprecedented conditions?
Pope Plus XII Is worried. He begs
for peace, but admits he can see no
immediate signs of II. He wants "a
world Of brotherhood" but how's
he going to get It? The National
Order Of Women Legislators has
just appealed for "a forum Of post
war planning" Organized hollers
are made TO our children to get
ready for what's coming.
OIdsters Apprehensive
Old-fsshioned birds are appre-
hensive Of an era of socialist econ
ony.'
Canada's rampant on the subject.
II foresees government control Of
raw materials, control Of prices,
curtailment Of profits, taxation Of
high incomes-"anybody's guess"
the Canucks say. Wen get it, too,
they're betting.
Increasing dependency on fed
sral aid"@is what worries DR..
Arthur c. Millspaugh Of the Brook
ings Institution, in the institutions
last report.
tn get US down TO point, Doc
Millspaugh ventures, where indi-
viduals will be dictated to by off,
Gals whom they'll be absolutely
dependent on. to keep EN-, and
their families. living.
II follows that the officials will
be absolutely dictatorial.
AS suggested by a recent press
release I've received:
"Whatll happen to our economic
system. TO our political traditions,
and to our church,"
We're assuming that WIRE as
suming the answer-our genera
tion.
We forget that were passing
out Of the picture. Is IL going to be
any improvement? You gotta be an
1ptinnist to think 80.