Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-25

effort IN Washington 10 a con-
siderable extent lately. the
chImSincSS and ineffIcicncy Of
WIPE and OPA arc Just as much
as ever the talk Of the town
All business men and lawyers
who deal With either tand who
does uOt have a typical tale 20
tell of personal experiences,
A small manufacturer. for OK
ample. applied 10 WPB for 100
feet of betting 10 run from his
generator IA his machines A
WPB official wrote back asking
If he was manufacturing lndiS-
pcnSable war materials
The business man furnished
proof that go per cent of his
business was in war orders.
Whereupon he was aStoundcd 10
receive from WIPE an Official
priority stating that inaSmuch
as so per cent of his business
was indispensable, he was being
given an order 10 purchase so
feet Of belt
The internal condition Of the
Washington front is perhaps
best described by 4 definition Of
"Co-ordlnator' furnished by the
brilliant Rabbi GcrStenfeld, in a
talk to tho Rotary Club here
last week.
He said he had been wonder
Ing why all these government
Co=OrdlnatorS were being APP
pointed. and. upon investigation
OF their a CtiVities, he had
learned what co-ordinator is:
He is n man who brings
organized chaos out of regi-
mented confusion"
4 WASHINGTON fuel oil dis
~ trjbutor was called on tho
telephone by harsh official
voice and informed
This is OPA. We have
checked you. and found seven
violations of the fuel regula-
tionS."
The 3. NJ smiled
That's not 10 bad. I thought
I was worse than that.
The official voice mellOWed A
little, and conceded that prac-
tically every oil dealer was
worse.
The B. MLMas tnldIo- come to
headquarters. and there found
an official with mimeographed
forms piled three feet high on
the desk. The official took the
top two sheets off the pile and
handed them to the b. NJ say
ing
Tf / was running this bust
ness, would help you fill out
these forms and we would have
the job done i'm two minutes.
But this Is Washington.
$50 YOU must take the forms
down 10 the end Of the hall,
about n block south, down the
corridor, and there YOU will find
q man who will help you fill
them out Then YOU must bring
them back to me, and l must
see if they are correct.
But you must not hand them
to me. Take them home and
mail them TO me. The regula-
tions say must have a post
marked envelope accompanying
the forms.
Its crazy, but THAT'S the
way we do IT,"
I'VE liberal magazine, New
i Republic S-takan-pP -tAe
Wallacc-Gallup Salve for adj
mlniStration wounds suffered IN
the election and is spreading It
around They all now say the
New Dealers might have won
If ~ had not been for the alb
Sence of young people in the
army and moving masses Of
itinerant war workers. They
count the army as pure New
Deal
The Soidicr vote 81 Northum-
horland County. Pennsylvania
Mount CarUcn. has been an
uouuccd This lS an anthracite
coal area which has nuctuatcd
between Republican and Demo-
cratic tendencies m tho past.
although II returned Republican
maiorltieS M the last two cleo
tluns
For Congress. tho anthracite
soldiers voted IS Republican.
l3 Democratic and for other
state Offices about the same
governor n Republican. u
DcHgocratIc)
In the York. Pa district. the
Republican congressional Candi-
date, Gross had an lnfhiteSimal
majority of So votes before the
soldier ballots were counted but
thcv increased his lead "a 100.
The contention this nations
army. is Of any political char
ac'or is absurd II is peoples
army
uHufs'ef rF k.a4 Features st-t Ir.
Rrrrrfuct.rn 'o Who. a- IN Par
strictly Prohin'sd.