The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-21
Michigan in
w Washington
BY Esther /an Wagner rufty

Schoolteaehers in Michigan, fore.
seeing a raise in their salaries
through the 2 -nding bill 10 grant
900 million dollars Federal aid 20
education. are bombarding their
senators with letters urging early
passage. Some educators are Just
as vehelmently against the bill,
fearing Federal RECOMMENDATION" OF
American scholS. these have
fought similar bills through the
years as the FIRST step" in that
direction.
Most OF these bills in the past
have originated in the Education
Committee OF the House where
George A. Dondero, OF Royal Oak,
once a schoolteacher himself. has
always fought this threat to state
control OF educational system. But
this time he says he's keeping an
open mind until his committee
holds hearings. He does make the
point that the financial status OF
most OF the states is better than
that OF the federal government.
Another former schoolteacher,
Senator Homer Ferguson, explains
that the bill would grant 200 mil
lion dollars for aid to teachers and
100 million for equalization OF
education to give each pupil an
elualized opportunity. The debate
Is heated in the Senate. Senator
Robert Taft. of Ohio, is convinced
OF its danger Proponents OF the
bill stress that teachers face new
war-caused hardships. Cost OF liv-
ing has gone up The shortage If
teachers overworks those still on
the stan. And, anyway. teachers
have always been noteriously I'M
derpaid.
II the bill passes, Michigan would
be allotted S10,l00.406. or this,
S7,920,200 would go into increased
salaries to teachers and s2,ls0,200
for direct benefits to pupils.
Three insurance bills before Con
gress are likely to receive favor
able action. So predicts Congress
man Earl c. Kitchener, only Michi-
gan member OF the Judiciary Com.
mittee handling the proposals.
Said the Adrian Republican:
The states have done a pretty
good job in the insurance field, and
| don't believe that a Washington
bureau should supercede a state
insurance commissioner"
Briefly. the pending legislation Is
designed TO free insurance COM
panies from interstate commerce
jurisdiction which would include
exemption from the Sherman and
Clayton antitrust acts.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court
may act first. In the past, the
Court has always held that insur-
ance business is not interstate com
merce, and therefore. not under
federal control. But a new test
case has been started in the federal
courts, aimed at a reconsideration
OF the original decisions OF the Su-
preme Court, now composed Of
more liberal-minded justices.
Kitchener, and many other lavy-
er--congTessmen, feel certain the
court will rule that insurance COM
panies should be liable TO the pro-
visions of the Sherman and Clay
ton acts.
That's why the hurry in Con-
gress to rush these bills through.
At long last the much discussed
proposal to repeal the Chinese ex-
clusion law comes to the floor II
The House OF Representatives for
discussion probably on Friday.
Public opinion has been aroused
over the past few months by Japs-
nese propaganda which ridiculed
Chinese for being allies to a nation
(the L. s. which forbade their en-
trance into its boundaries.
To conteract this propa ganda is
the primary reason for the passage
OF the bill at this time.
While CONGRESSMAN William
Blackney, OF Flint, member OF the
House immigration and NaturaliLa-
ton Committee, favors its passage,
he is worried about numerous
complications certain to arise. 1t
might set a precedent TO lowering
the bars for immigration.
Blackney's reasons for voting for
the repeal can be summed up thust-
ly: it will be a goodwill gesture TO
our ally China, and it only allows
a quota ,of los Chinese men TO
enter this country.
In her press conference this
week, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ex-
pressed concern that in the Michi-
gan industrial area. women war
workers were being urged 10 give
up their jobs in desperate effort
TO cut down the rising juvenile de-
linquency.
Aware that a million more war
workers are needed by July 1, 1914.
Mrs. Roosevelt stressed the need
for increased community aids 10
these women factory workers. Such
services as community restaurants
where prepared meals could he pur-
chased and served quickly at home.
more war nurseries. more clh'd
care centers. shopping aids. To
the First Lady a curfew is not the
IDEAL remedy for won cannot ston