The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-12-30
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty


general OF the OAR, in an exclusive
interview recently praised a Michi-
gan OAR chapter, for thinking up
one OF the most novel ways Of rails
ing war relief funds"
Putting the Blood Plasma Pro
gram at the top OF the OARS war
efforts, Mrs. Pouch spoke with
pride OF the Detroit group which
sponsored Telephone bridge
which netted Sl36S97. Proceeds
were used TO purchase a station wa
gon for Detroit doctors and nurses
associated with the Red Cross
Blood Bank.
The telephone bridge" as Mrs.
Pouch explained, was one of seN-
eral projects staged by the 60
Michigan chapters TO raise money
for the OAR national War Fund
The Telephone bridge operates
something like this Several
Detroit OAR members had bridge
parties cat so much per person. IN
their homes The high score wac
telephoned to a central number,
with a S25 war bond going to the
winner OF the top score
The blood plasma program,
said Mrs. Pouch, gives the most
immediate help in saving lives OF
wounded men right on the battle
field and at the scene OF disaster rs
well as in hospitals. The money
$4,000 OARS raised went to pay
for stationery Blood Donor Centers
in various localities and for mobile
units to expedite the work
While history is being made it is
also being written by federal EN-.
ployes in a project launched long
before World War H.
In 1925, Congress appropriated
money to publish a series entitled
The Territorial Papers of the Unit
ed States In volume Y, just off
the press. is the first Of the three
Michigan books. Official letters
and papers resurrected from the
Department OF State archives tells
q ldlt VI shlNllk an ~ ing up
from 1905 to 1920.
Through hundreds OF old docu-
ments and letters is woven a story
OF state struggling for good gov
eminent, democratic social condi-
tions. and citizens rights. Reprints
OF innumerable signed petitions in
dictate the people had a strong hand
IN Col III
ment. For instance. farmers petit
toned Congress for their needs
and the response was written in
legislation 1t was these requests
from the frontiers which point
ed the way 10 national legislation.
The embryonic stage of Michi
CANS social structure is also found
Other papers reveal that leaders
were concerned over agriculture
education and state welfare relief.
Other oft-told stories, for which
the official documents appear, in
clude the famous Ohio-M Michigan
battle over the boundary; the
trials OF the Post Office to operate
through wilderness; and the ques-
ton of ownership of natural re-
sources, such as copper and tim
Der.
Volumes XI and XII. completing
the story of the Michigan Territory
will be published during the com,
ing months.
incidentally, any Michigan his
IA n
copies OF this series on Territorial
Papers by writing to the Superin-
tendent OF Documents. Govern
ment Printing Office. Washington,
D. c. The charge is 81 a copy.)
Many a research student. scholar
and investigator Of Michigan can
thank Or. William Warner Bishop,
Librarian Emeritus, OF the Uni
yersity OF Michigan, for helping to
establish a depository library" at
the University Library in Ann A.
Dor and the Detroit City Library.
Or. Bishop is a member of
committee, created about two years
ago, which arranged to publish the
Library OF Congress catalogue n
book form by means Of lithoprint
process. The catalogue contains
approximately 100000 different
cards
Purpose OF the depository libr-
ary' is TO make available to many
libraries. the vast cultural and sci
entific information compiled by the
Library Of Congress experts. IN
cataloguing, pertinent facts are in
Guided on the cards, thus provid-
ing valuable photographed AMI
reference material for scholars.
Also, upon request, the Library
Of Congress will furnish govern
ment material such as copies of
Congressional bills.