The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-11-04
Observations
President Sees
That Army Man
Gets Transfer
BY Heien Esssry


private. one Of the three million
lie had a chip on his shoulder Tie
thought the best way 20 get himself
siraightened out Was 10 go 10 head
quarters with his story
so when he landed IN Washing
ton he hunted up a drug store.
looked for telephone book. got
nickel in change and dla.rd.
MA l44'. Then
Hello there Is this the Whit
House Wen want 10 sprao 10
the President What Isn't he in .
DIdya say wait" Sure D j
Wait As Ions as YOU say. sister
ms NO hours Till ! pull our e..
Hey there. operator, Must. be
Iomthing the matter with tins line
E.. on you're back again, Sure.
said I'd wait Nes. | do want 10
speak to the President There 5
something about the Army ] think
he'd like 10 know I'm in the drug
one a. Ninth and Pennsylvania
Ave. o X. III stay here tin your
man comes q r.
Meanwhile the Secret Service
men whom the White House te'e-
phone operator had told about The
soldiers call. were on their ANY
10 Ninth and the avenue They
had to hnd out about the guy Was
he dangerous or just cuckoo
They found the soldier. sit
Ting calmly al table reading a
funny sheet and drinking a coke.
He readily introduced himself,
answered questions cheerfully and
seemed entirely rational II a shade
impulsiye He said he wanted
only minute with the President.
and he know he could make Mr.
Roosevelt see he ought to be trans
ferred 10 a different division.
The secret service men were so
taken with the boy they bore him
on 10 the White House and intro
duced him TO Presidential Score
tsry Steve Early Early was like
wise pleased with the boy Maybe
Just for the fun OF the thing, he
The President must have liked
the soludier. too He said he
would do what he could 10 help
him He must have done the right
thing The soldier got his trans
fer
Another story that could not
even be rumored except in the tru-
~ democratic United States has
10 do with another White House
telephone call A suburban wife got
annoyed with a goat that kept wan
dering onto her lawn and nipping
her Victory garden sprouts Again
and again she asked the police and
the owner OF the goat 10 call of
said animal But the goat kept
coming back
The, afternoon the goat ate four
tomato plants. a pumpkin vine and
japanese beetle sprayer. she call.
ed the White House They will
know what TO do with goats, she
reasoned
They used TO have sheep on the
White House lawn Besides. the
White House knows what to do
about everything.
While she was hiding the White
House phone waiting to be trans
ferred to-let's say-the White
House Goat EXpert-an unexpected
voice sounded in her ear. II was
the voice that has launched a thou.
sand new enterprises in the past II
years. The same golden voice.
Good gracious. Mr.. President"
the matFon said. I'LL certainly
didn't think I'd get you. mean.
isn't this wond erful' I-er-er
was only wanting 10 talk TO some
body about the goat thai keeps
eating my Victory garden. And
l-er please excuse me, There
must have been some mistake"
The President allowed there
must have been some mistake But
declared he was Interested in Vic
tory gardens and he's always liked
goats even though they were a
little trouble now and then He'd
IKE 10 reconcile the goat and the
garden II he could Matter OF fact,
maybe he really could
The end OF the story-the neigh
Dor locked MP the goat. And the
suburban matron will always be
lieve it was because the President
OF the United States told her to.
America Is wonderful, Aren't
you glad you live here-
1T HAS SEEMED TO ME-. as 7
have sat for several delightful
hours in the gallery Of the Senate
listening TO the debates on the Con
nally foreign policy declaration
that what Congress needs is a
good srammarian Hours are vast
I'd deciding on the meaning OF Ger
tain words such as AN and the"
in themselves innocuous