The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-02-19

Luce Globaloney
Speech Brings New
1914 Possibility

1874 Possibility
CONGRESSN OMAN ola r f
BOOTH LUCE Of Connecticut al.
most yerges on being a Republican
presidential possibility on the
strength OF that "globaloney
speech with which she introduced
herself in the House OF Represent
atiyes recently.
Il was a cracking good speech
throughout You didn't necessarily
have TO endorse the new legislat-
ress' conclusions to recognize the
capital quality OF her oratory. In
fact. she got as many congratula-
lions from lawmakers who dis
agree with her as from the faction
that she belongs with and maybe
is destined 10 be the leader OF.
n she can manage as well as she
talks, she ought 70 be wonder IN
behalf OF any cause she's fighting
for and the near-ruin OF any one
that she's opposing.
This outburst OF hers a few days
ago was in the opposition category
a rousiug appeal to the United
States not to play the sucker after
the war 10 the nations we're as
ISOLATED with in the pending coz
flict.
That's where globaloney came
in.
We must think globally, accord
ing 10 our inteInationslists
"Globslly9" shifted the Connect,
cut congresswoman. "Globaloney,
There was only one possible OBJ
lection to the employment Of that
expression: il was so pungent that
it somewhat backCrounded all the
rest OF the congressional lady's
conversation. And yet, in the long
run it may not prove to have done
so. Perhaps il will turn out to
serve as kind Of a text for fu-
tuye REMARKS by her Anyway,
whenever globaloney's althoress
gets up to spill a few observations,
she can count on a crowd TO listen
TO her in wrapt attention. hoping
for some similar gem Of equal
quality-it couldn't imasinably be
a superior one. And who knows?
Possibly she has more in her sys-
TEN.
Once in a while a man gives Ut.
terauce TO a jab that goes on down
in history. but 1t doesn't nearly
so often occur in the cases of
women, since they ale far hess
frequently involved in fights over
current political issues.
Womens rights have figured a
trifle, but they're not exactly BIZ
sexual. Men haven't noticed EN-
except as a matter Of politeness.
THIS they're in on.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace
is the outstanding globaloney-ite.
He's tried, weakly, 10 answer
Congressional Luce's thrust. But
how's he effectively 10 answer a
charge, especially from a woman,
Of globaloney-ism?
The more he answers, the more
he sdvertises il.
The First Lady also has attempt
ed a rejoinder. but the First Lady
hasn't the congresswoman's punch.
For one thing, she doesn't regis
ter. in her newspaper column, as
Mrs. Luce does, less frequently
but more irresistibly, on the floor
OF the House OF Representatives.
You don't have to read the First
Lady's "colyum.' II you DO read
the news, You CAN'T miss Mrs.
Luces speeches.
II she keeps EN- up, she should
raise hsdes.
And she will keep EN- up il she
evolves any more globaloney refer
ences.
Clare Luce is Mrs" incident
ally. She is Mrs. Henry Robinson
Luce. and has a daughter.
She's II. r. Luce's wife. which
is highly creditable to him. but
not the same thing as being the
main thing for a first lady
Mrs. Luce is newspaper and
magazine woman. Her field has
been international.
When she was due 10 make her
maiden speech, the superstition was
that she'd boost especially TO-
more American aid to China, on
the theory that we haven't given
the Chang Ksi-Sheks the help
that they are entitled to. Plans
were made to reply TO her on that
basis. Contrsriwise. that wasn't
the tenure OF her argument al all.
Her dope was pure American.
Mrs. Luce is an authoress. a
newspaper and magazine writer,
a correspondent and a playwright.
She's 40 and extraordinarily
good looking.
But her looks and her record
don't signify.
The essential fact is that she
invented the term globaloney.
That may 90 into future diction-
aries.
1t wont be purely local; it'll be
International. TN go into the back
OF dictionaries, as special words
and phrases.
A new word globaloney.
! don't know how they n pro-
nounce it overseas. but can guess
on IL in Yankee nomenclature.
Ana gnnO-aSSwnpoa ;nyenfnd