The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1942-10-29
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By HAZEL BRANNON


Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is not going
to be satisfied until she gets every
woman in the United States regimented
into some group or another . Over O
year ago the First Lady sent up a trial
balloon in her column, "My Day" which
she writes for publication in many
newspapers throughout the country. In
this particular column she merely said
it might not be a bad idea for young
girls to receive a certain amount OF
training in camps so that they might
relieve young men for military duty.
Waves, the WHAM's and the vows
and Lord only knows how many more,
Mrs. Roosevelt seems to think every
woman in the country might some day
be called to service in this country.
Witness her statement in London.
At the very fast rate we are now
travelling it won't be very long until
We can vie with Russia as to which Of
our two countries lave embraced social
ism more. In Russia there is little
distinction in men and women. The
women fight along side their men in the
invaded towns and women working in FAC
tories are as numerous, or moro so,
than men. Rearing children IL no
longer w%omanly. Children are turned
over to the state to be reared.
Mrs. Roosevelt may think 1t would be
. good idea to turn over the rearing Of
children to the state In order that their
mothers may be recruited for govern
nent" work. She has practically indi-
Gated ~ much. When this comes about
undoubtedly the nurseries established
by our government will teach the New
Deal doctrine Of government so that the
generation will get the right start in
life. We can see no difference in this
and fascist Germany, socalistic Russia.
II Is a dangerous road we are travelling
and many people are nov becoming
aware Of it for the first time. People
are beginning to wake up to the fact
that there are elements in this coun-
try that do not love and respect it, but
seek it's destruction. Many Of those
persons are the close friends Of our
First Lady. She has gone to bat for
them repeatedly in her misguided zeal.
In fact, Mrs. Roosevelt has defended
so many communists and parlor pinks
that we cannot believe longer that she
does it without full knowledge of the
true character of her notorious friends.
The time has long since passed when
Mrs. Roosevelt should change her way
Of doing. She should stop acting like
a social uplift worker and devote her
self to her duties of being First Lady, a
Job she has fallen down on completely,
as far as we are concerned. Her place
is in the White House and not Bucking-
ham Palace. Her job is grazing with
dignity the position she occupies, not
running the country.
A congressman speaking in Mass.
flags the administration for not dealing
realistically with war news and charges
that only one bomber participating with
Doolittle in the Tokyo raid escaped the
Japs, and it was interned in Russia.
Most everyone visiting government
officials in Washington two months ago
heard, on good authority, the same story.
We heard the story personally but did
not repeat it. Now the whole country
hears it via radio, the whole world.
The Tokyo raid came at a time when
the United Nations badly needed some
thing to help morale. The Tokyo raid
sustained public spirit when it most
needed sustaining. If now it comes out
that confidential reports heard two
months ago were true and that all our
bombers were lost in the raid, as stated,
except one. it will be a serious blow
to the confidence Of the American peo-
pie in their governments dealing with
war news, in fighting the war.
Whether these reports are true or
not it seems to us that our government,
should at once start dealing realistically
with wal news. When the news is bad
we want it given to US just like it is,
without sugar and sauce; we do not
van to hear the bad news months later
only after the government has a smash
ing success to report along with the
earlier fiasco. 1t is time Mr.. Roosevelt
understands that we can take the bad
news and must have it if we are to trust
his leadership and that of his military
advisers.
So~ra~c To-