The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-02-17

MELVIN Douglas their deserts
Their opinion is
however. that tho public considers
Swing one Of Wartlme's incidentals
and feels that we're entitled to our
fair-share Of it and are being neg
lected unless its provided by tho
folk we're in arms against.
It's spoken Of as similar 20 the
popular demand for our due allow
ance OF wars hardsh.ps and eacri
fees People were expecting en-
they're rather slow 81 starting Co.
pinch and there's 2 deal Of wonder
INC what's the matter with en- IN
short participation in the conflict
isn't as thrilling yet as had been
anticipated and there $ a good bit
# impatience evident. on our olti-
zenrys part to have the excite
ment start
spies are supposed to be part
Of H.
Daylight saving, called war
time by President Roosevelt. IS
another part-nQt particularly sen
satonal, but proclaimed nationally
and d nuisance. according to my
personal idea. To save my life.
can't see why It wouldn't have been
lust as effective TO bid everybody
get UP an hour earlier N the morn
ing. without nioving our clock
hands ahead. but probably II would
have been more prosaic than 1t was
to defy sunrise and sunset
Plenty Of CONNECTION
There's been enough connection
over the Office Of Civilian Dcfense's
inclusion OF glamour boys and girls
in its sctup. anyway
OF course the right way would
have been TO put en- on a Sl-per-
wear basis. No fault could have
been found with that Putting EN-
on salaries running up into three
or four annual thousands each was
what made their employment vul-
nerable. though ! don't suppose
that three or four yearly thousands
seem. TO those high.priced CLAM
ourites TO amount to appreciably
more than single PUNK apiece at
the end Of every twelvemonth..
They sound bigger, though. 10 US
ordinary income taxpayers and are
a good talking point to Us. from
congressman who want TO take
lab at the OCD outfit.
Incidentally. it was unfortunate
that Mrs. Roosevelt was associated
with the OCD's management just
when she was She's a woman OF
great driving power and undoubt-
edly was very helpful in organizing
the agency's service. but her con-
nection with il. at the especial
juncture when the cutlery was
raised over the glamourites' sti-
ponds. can't but have been very
embarrassing. not only TO the OCD.
but TO the White House.
Mayor Fiorello n LaGuardia's
retiremen. from the OCD director
ship. precisely when it was an
nounced. was unlucky likewise. He
had already arranged to quit. for
being mayor of New York and
OCD director simultaneously was
too much Of a chore for anybody
even with his tremendous energy.
quite while before the glamour
uproar broke out Nevertheless, his
departure with the glamour howl
exactly at its height did tend TO
give the impression that he was
taking it on account Of disapproval
Of the glamourites.
Congressman who don't overly
like the administration have made
the most OF IL.
Douglas Hits Back
Lawmakers who have done so
haven't altogether escaped Some
return cracks BY the glamourites.
however One OF en- Is Melvyn
Douglas. the screen star I heard
him make a speech the other day.
in the course Of which hc more
than limited that the complaining
legislators were bawling out GAM
ourites mainly with a view 10 d.
verting attention from congress
sional pensions and bundles for
congressman"
ON. spies and tagging wartime
hardships aren't the only subjects
that Washington discussing The
capitals in quite a general fer
ment
I've had occasion 10 mention the
OCD -initialized
And I've had previous occasion
70 speak Of the popular initializa-
ton Of these emergency agencies
names until you've no notion what
anybodys talking about
Well the other day ran across
this new sample
Mrs Clara Cerbayd & = A. 4 q .