The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-17

More TO Panicky
Berlin Evacuation
Than is Revealed
BY Charles q. Stewart


and two together in official Wash
lngton believe there is more to the
panicky evacuation Of Berlin than
meets the eye.
Both the Nazis and the Nips live
in daily fear that new American
long range bombers may soon begin
TO scorch and scar and blacken
Axis capitals with loads OF bombs
hitherto considered fabulous So
both are out on a fishing expedl-
tion-the Nazis clearing Berlin anu
Tokyo announcing that it is ready
for heavy raids.
1t is no secret that when Amerl-
ca entered the war a 1000 mile
round trip with a heavy bomb load
was something to be rated extra
ordinary. Since then an air corps
general has announced that the
last OF the little bombers have
come of the assembly line and
Boeing Flying Fortresses made a
2,4OO mile trip TO ravage the oil
fields of Ploesti,
Moreover, there have been sew
eral raids on Japanese.held Wake
Island from the American base at
Midway, 200 miles distant. Not
long ago Allied bombers based in
Australia paid a token call at Soera-
baya on the island OF Java 1000
mile round trip.
More recently, an American
bomber made the first operations
flight" in history between Canada
and the British Isles. With
range OF $500 miles, bombers can
fly from the Aleutians across Tokyo
and land in China for fresh loads
OF bombs and fuel TO make the re-
turn trip.
So maybe-just maybe-the Axis
has something?
There is a story going the rounds
that some OPA appointments have
thoroughly aroused such a doughty
cid Jacksonian Democrat as Sen.
Kenneth T. Mcclellan. Of Tennessee
According to very reliable report,
Mcclellan was visited in his office
by handsome and strapping young
chap from Atlanta, Ca, who had
been named price administrator for
Tennessee.
Have you ever been in Tennes-
see before? Mcclellan asked.
Once for two hours when my
train stopped at Chattanooga the
price administrator replied.
Mcclellan then proceeded to ques-
ton his visitor about prices.
What is the price of pork to-
day." the senator queried.
'I don't know" was the reply.
And OF guineas"
What are they" was the re-
Spouse.
Six months later the lad-then
81, who had been a department
store clerk-was in the Army
High administration officials con-
fidently predict that the food stu
alton will be under control by early
November.
They forecast that Congress will
appropriate money for government
purchase OF basic commodities for
resale to the public-just as Eng
land Is doing now.
Another part OF the program in
cIudes imposition OF price ceilings
on livestock-long a bone OF con-
tention between OPA on one hand
and the War Food Administration
and Department OF Agriculture on
the other.
Both steps comprise administra-
tive capitulation TO Congress,
which has held out against all sub
sides which are not paid directly
TO producers Price rollbacks are
consumer subsidies and never bene-
At the producers, House and Senate
contend
Members OF the United States
Senate are the aristocrats OF all the
legislators OF the country-oversha-
downing even their colleagues in
the House Of Representatives.
Every senator has at least three
rooms in his Office suite-a house
member only two. Two small mon
orail cars carry senators between
their Office building and the capt.
toll House members have sub
way but no cars.
In the Senate chamber each mem
Der has his own desk and chair.
The hall OF the House has seats
arranged IN theater fashion-and
no desks.
But it's also true that the House