Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-09-11
PRIDE AND WONDER

dlly popularity NOhtCStS "Aeh she
five men who want to represent
the Fourth District in Congress.
But, undeterred or unaware ol
the CLASSY silence in certain por'
tons Of the convention hall, Mrs
Luce continued with her keynot'
ing.
"a soft war" she charged,
els war In which the greatest
shortage always turns out to be
a shortage of victory. Proud.
fiercely proud though we are Of
our victories at Midway, the
Coral Sea and In the Solomons,
we know that war II = matter
Of grim bookkeeping, debit and
credit, profit and loss. And mill
tarily, on the map, we and our
gallant allies are still In tho red.
NO UNIFIED COMMAND
"We can see clearly that tho
actual fighting of the war II an
international task, n global task
involving all our international
allies. A soft war In likely to
be . war In which there II no
unified military command.
"A soft war In also q war In
which there IL no unified eco
nomic command" she charged.
"a soft war IL q war without
unified political command. The
confusion and chaos In Wash
ington In by now an old, II bad,
joke to the American people. 1t
n . commonplace TO describe
washington NJ . 'madhouse.'
'What makes this madhouse
unique among msdhouses Ii that
Il seems TO be largely run by
It's own inmates" said Mrs. Luce.
getting in a rapier bon mot that
her old admirers Of The Women
will plainly recognize.
There are plenty Of smart
and sane mon In Washington.
but In any atmosphere of. con-
fusion, ignorance and self seek
ing, even sane men begin to act
. little mad.
"Tn q soft war, there In even
time for the administration to
play politics ~ usual with the
selfish elements in the labor
unions" she continued.
IsoLATIoNIsM REVIVED Z
Taking the moot subject Of pre-
Pearl Harbor isolationism bold!
by the horns, the fair keynoter had
this to say:
"Pre-Pearl Harbor isolation-
ism has become an issue. Tho
only political issue Of any i'm
portance today Is: Who wants
TO win the war and how
quiclly:'
after Pearl Harbor, we
wanted no priorities established
on patriotism. The New Deal In
the past has created many arti-
ficlaI scarcities. But there II one
artificial scarcity the American
people will not tolerate, and that
IL an artificial scarcity Of patri-
otism, created for political pur-
poses"
The Republican party, Mrs. Luc,
declared. must charge itself will
responsibility for the continuation
Of the two-party system.
As for the Republican party 1t
self. Mrs. Luce said:
1--WE promise to cooperate, to
intelligcntiy criticize the gov
eminent and to guarantee our
form OF government"
SEES BETTER WORLD
In conclusion, she bluntly asket
the convention "can we get
better world" in time OF peace7
"The answer Is yes" she in
sisted.
Resurgence OF the Republican
party, Mrs. Luce promised, vii
mark a new and greater epoch o
free and expanding economy j
(which American enterprise vii
produce in the postwar years al
average national income of not les
than 100 billion dollars and tend
ing rapidly toward 80 billions.
Mrs. Luce's husband, Henry r
Luce, the magazine publisher, wa
not present in the Bushnell Me
mortal Hall when she spoke. II
was in Washington ION business.
Mrs. Luce has repeatedly empha
sized that she is running 70
Congress under her own steam an,
mot as the wife OF a famous pub
Usher.
DAUGHTER IN AUDIENCE
The daughter by her first mar
riage, pretty, blond Ann Clar
Boothe. a college sophomore, wa
lin the convention hall TO hear he
mothers trumpet call TO the COZ
For this milestone in her career
Mrs. Luce was somewhat handi
capped by a severe head cold bu
she managed TO carry on. Sh
appeared on the platform. hatles
and wearing every woman's favor
tie standby: that good black cor
lyentional silk street dress