The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-08-26

Cotton Ed Smith
Serving Sixth
Term in Senate

ERIN IN senate
WASHINGTON Sen. Ellison ID.
Cotton Ed Smith CD South Caro-
lima arch foe OF the Administration
aud bitter opponent OF anything
more than Two terms for a pres-
dent. has himself been in the upper
House longer than Franklin H.
Roosevelt can hope to serve as
president.
Cotton Ed look office In January
1909 and has served continually
for % years four months and nine
days 10 dale.
Only two senators in all the ma
tons history have served longer
William b Allison OF Iowa and
Francis F.. Warren. OF Wyoming.
What to do with Puerto Rico IS
proving an unpleasant and knotty
problem for Congress
Senators who recently inyesti-
gated widespread poverty on me
island are convinced the L. s. got
white elephant when it took over
Puerto Aico from Spain As years
sEo. Economic and social conditions
are much as they have been Tor
nearly thfee centuries namely,
bad.
Prediction. To appease quarrel
ine political factions. Congress Will
probsbly propose this fall that Gov
ernor Guy ReIford TugNell be re-
placed with governor elected by
the people.
Observers agree, however. that
such action will not cure the serious
relief problem on the island.
With reWsprint supplies growing
steadily worse il is predicted
there will he a shaKe-up in WPBs
paper division with a new board
created 10 work directly under Boss
Donald Nelson. WPB big shots
want no part OF any scheme to a.
locate newsprint to the publishers,
although such action may become
necessary II campaigns 10 boost
pulpwood production and paper sal
wage prove ineffective. a reliable
WPB Official disclosed.
War Food Administrator Marvin
Jones is IN precisely the same posi-.
ton as Chester c. Davis, who re-
Gently resigned the food post in a
TOW with President Roosevelt over
iack OF authority to carry out the
job. But Jones is reacting different
~ 10 the mo authority" dilemma
The eIjudse and former con
gresham, according to ais iuu-
mates ia Of ne opinion food produc-
ton Is so vital ne is willing 10 con
time as front man" In the war
food post.
Actually. policy decisions eman-
ate from War Mobilization Director
James =. Byrnes. and Economic
StabiliZer Fred VI. Ninson. The
WAF, despite the efforts OF farm
bloc leaders, is now nothing more
than the mechanical agency which
carries out policies decided at the
White House. A former WA Off
eial. who resigned in huif. recent
ly observed, The trouble with WA
is that II is all on paper
Some OF the old-timers around
OPA wonder II Chester Bovles.
new general manager. isn't on the
wrong track in trying TO popular
ne the agency.
They're backing Bowles: want
MIN 10 succeed. But the cynics say
he might appropriately be called
last chance Bowles. In other
words. II he fails. OPA is through
a. a price and rationing body.
However. some OF the OPAsters
are skeptical of the technique be
ing employed by the one-time head
OF Benton & Bowles. New York
Advertising firm. Bowles' an
nounced determination is 10 make
OPA acceptable to and popular
with the general public. Many OF his
aides. however. feel this is a mis-.
guided effort They don't believe
OPA can ever be populariEed. feel
ing it only needs to be made work
able and efficient 10 succeed.
Moreover. they point 10 past
events in support OF their srgu-
msnt. Leon Henderson. the initisl
price boss. was great for making
OPA publicly beloved. But he
wound up, as he expressed it, "the
most unpopular man in the coun-
try" Lou Maxon. Detroit advertis-
ing executive, had fling at It too.
brought here by Prentiss Brown Of