The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-02

1900. pIad,o the pu Bile S
~ mind of from
the subject Of the civilian classih-
cation Of reforms that it's been
having preached TO II for the last
nine or ten years and it's a ques-
ton whether or not that kind can
be re- popularized later on.
The nature of the widespread re-
action 10 Attorney General Francis
Biddles warning TO the nation, not
to forget the necessities OF a nor
malcy' to. come, hasn't sounded
very promising, from the New
Deal standpoint.
Francis thesis was that the tu-
lures peacetime needs can perfect
ly we'll be provided for in wartime,
simultaneously with todays. OF a
defensive and offensive character.
Let's consider EN- both together.
he urged.
II thered been general indorse-
ment Of this proposition, It would
have been New Dealerish enough.
Instead, though, the immediate re-
spouse, from a considerable num-
Der Of sources. was TO the effect
that the attorney general was
Bidding" while, not only Rome,
but every other place on earth. is
burning up.
That expression (Biddling) made
an instant hit.
II Var Ends Soon
II the war ends pretty soon, we
doubtless will have the New Deal
complex still in our systems and it
probably will reassert itself.
II the strife strings out indeh-
nitely, however. I'd surmise that
the New Deals philosophy ulti-
mately will play itself out. most Of
its agencies will be abolished, as a
termination OF several of 'em is
being sought already and some
sort OF a new system will evolve
itself for the ultimate by-and-by.
Wen have, of course, fearfully
painful readjustment period ahead
with all our troops turned loose,
our war industries getting back
onto a new basis and chaos en-
deavoring to transform itself into
order.
II would be mean situation for
awhile, indeed, If it developed as
speedily as tomorrow.
The theory is that everythings
fairly starving to death for work.
ers in every line. The government,
particularly, simply can't get COM
petent men enough to go around.
It's registering. for civilian EN-
ployment. those who aren't eligible
for our armed services-too old or
decrepit or something. Uncle
Sans going TO have to draft wom-
en- 10 meet requirements.
Gosh, but there's a shortagel
Yet right in Washington. where
the clamor for volunteers is loud
est, it's no cinch for a job appli-
cant to get himself selected, unless
he has political pull. I've known
'em thoroughly efficient, trust
worthy guys) to put in days and
days, seeking hearings from the
very departments and agencies
that are bowling most vociferously
for EN-.
No Women Over IS
AS for girls. they're acceptable
up TO about 80 years old, or. at
most, So. Above the latter figure
N. &.
Well. I'm acquainted with won-
en- Of so, who can run typewriter
as well as a gal OF Is.
And out in the sticks? What
about all those unemployed sales
men we've got?
Salesmen's Jobs have gone fooey,
wholesale. a salesman is a SUPER
fully If he hasn't anything to sell,
especially like a bird who's been
selling tires and other automotive
supplies II doesn't require much
salesmanship to sell what there's
already a famine Of. Not many Of
those displaced statesmen are
trained to some Job at bench, but
they can be educated TO 1t, even II
too old TO tote a gun
II gets back 10 the issue Of the
New Deal, in the long run.
Is it Bidding" to take that into
account?
The New Deal had the hard luck
70 run into a World war.
Assuming that it's short war,
too short for the New Deal 70 be
permanently queered by, maybe
the New Deal will survive. II the
wars going TO be prolonged. then
what? At its end New Deal will
be urgently demanded, but will
there BE any surviving New Deal {?
II not, what?