Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-05
First Lady's
Plan Vetoed
By President
Roosevelt's Opposition
Based on Board Edict
BY PAUL MALLON

Roosevelt when he proclaimed
himself against draft registra-
ton of women-but the First
Lady may yet have the last
word.
Mrs. r. has said several times
she thought compulsory regis
tration of her sex was a good
idea. Only last week in Boston
she said il again
Earlier she proclaimed in her
column that every one, includ-
ing women. should actually be
told what TO do, but when the
lady reporters tried to pin her
down more specifically at that
time, they were dissatisfied with
the results.
The President had ample back
ing for opposing his wife. He
based his decision on recon-
mendations of the social Sc
curity board advisory council
of women. That board decided
women would not be needed I'M
til next year, that registration
should wait until job shortages
made the drafting of women a
likely prospect.
At least one prominent MEM
Der of the board is convinced
that not only registration but
conscription is certain in 1913.
Thus not much trouble is
likely to develop at the White
House dinner table.
Conclusion-jumpers aroun q
the country seem to be leaping
in mass to the idea that the war
will be over by Christmas, that
it is just as good as over now,
Hitler is licked, Japan will fold.
That is a pleasant but danger
Gus assumption.
A COMPLETE answer is sug-
"A gested by a phrase dropped
by Admiral Stark in a minor in
terview in London. He said this
time I'VE must have complete
victory"
The Axis has waged an about
war. Only satisfactory way it
can end is by about peace. Last
time there was an armistice be-
fore an Allied soldier had
touched foot on German soil.
There followed a political peace
wrought by distortion of Wilson's
Is points.
The French politician
schemed it as a revenge for
French defeat in the Franco
Prussian war. 1t settled MOTH
ing, only allowed time for Ger
many to rearm and take counter
revenge.
Now even IL Hitler's campaign
in Russia fails lit is too early to
say yet that il wild, even il the
army should take over in Ger
many this year and seek an
armistice, and even if this
should cause Japan to seek
terms later, we will not neces-
sarily have won.
The only terms possible are
unconditional surrender. We
cannot have another breathing
spell" Peace to allow the same
aggressive elements to get to-
gether in another 20 years and
do II all over again. Aggressor
might must be destroyed perma-
nently.
Consequently any one who
wants to guess on the curbstone
today that Hitler's recently indi-
Gated weakness means the end is
near is expressing only a hope.
Official planning here is being
done on an entirely different
basis.
NEITHER State Secretary Cor
~ dell Hull nor Commerce
Secretary Jesse Jones were told
by the President of his order
divesting them of certain func-
tionS and transferring these to
the board of economic warfare.
When Hull complained, Roose-
welt said something sarcastic
about some people in other
branches of the government
over-interpreting his move. BY
some persons" he meant Milo
Perkins. who is running the
board of economic warfare be-
hind Vice President Wallace's
name.
The Presidents warning
merely told Perkins not 10 take
his new-found power too seri-
ously, but il did not give Hull
or Jones anything except con-
ISOLATION.
The big, silent front of the
war the last few weeks has been
along the convoy route 10 Rus
STA. Absence of news from il
suggests the great bulk of mate
rails from us and from Brit
ain are being pushed through
safely.
| Inc concentration Of effort
along that line explains why the
German sub attack on our
Atlantic coastal lanes was so
successful for a time. Our pro-
tective destroyers may have
been working on more impor-
tant business.
Fall OF Mandalay and loss of
Burma caused no surprise here.
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