The Wilmington morning star., 1943-11-02
Inside
Washington
BY HELEN ESS.1

by hELkN ESSARY
WESTINGHOUSE,
l will tell you about sor,s.os .-,er
watch out for, TO-DAY v,s d
Johnston, president Of the III. -'s
States Chamber Of Coma
He's the man of the Wss-..-ce'
moment, with ideas lr.e~r-+::5l
and domestic. Hes On h. ---.al
some pla-e or other tc a INA. way
The White House. well 10y
gossip authorities say. is rs "a
mate goal Meanwhile be.s a --''
glng the Chamber Of C-r- -,'''
out Of the rut in which If h., lo
sunk tor nigh on 10 q gene.s,..,'
Johnston is perso-s3.a f. ~ L
He is the right size and -, y
looking, too. He uses t,5-..7 .'''
charm in every encour.er sa[ ga
first-claas Snowman in t5e 49,
evelt-Wil-hle tradition
Other rctes on pres .de14-r -.
pirants; s.
F o r n er Postmaster Cs-,--,
Jim Ia''ey grows more dete~o,~-'
ed each cay that his old n.,-,.,
F franklin D. Roosevelt s7aT ~
have four more years at 1904 p,,,
sylvania avenue. Farley is o9;,,
frankly republican.
General Douglas Macarthur Fl.
Lumber three boy in the nreea ...
presidential polls. won't permit ina
men in his theater Of war 10 g,e, s
Distinguishing service reckties ,,s,t
their uniforms. The reason2-ba
wants his fighting Yankees To- 1oo:
the one big family they are.
All Washington talk isn't bisb
falutin'. Much Of it is about food
and transportation - subjects Won
can't hear too much about
But when I phoned 4 Washing4o,
hotel recently to inquire abor
hearing on the potato crop I wa,
told, The hearing is about over
but we've got another nice mee+
ing going on. It's horses and
mules" All. old-time TRANSPORTS
ton on its way back, I thought
l was wrong.
Late the same night. as T uss
about to fall into a pleasant sleen
l heard strange noise. d sort n
"cIop. clop, clop!" on The Street
outside my apartment I hurried
to the window to see what was
making this unaccustomed sound
1t was a string Of horses being
led forlornly through the city when
the streets We're free Of traffic,
The horse is still a curositv l
decided. His revival in popularity.
which was to have been brought
about by the gasoline and rubber
shortage. just hasn't come TO pass.
Yesterday I called the Depart.
ment Of AgricuIture's Animal In.
dustry division to find out what
had become Of the new day of
the horse.
A very nice gentleman from Kan.
sas who said I could not quote
him in person told me that the
hope of the horses return has not
materialized, First, because there
just aren't any horses If suddenly
the country were to be completely
taken off its gasoline and rubber
diet. then everything, including you
and I, would have to stop going
places except by train.
| Nobody is raising horses nova.
days. Nobody wants to al e
horses. Costs too much. A er
months Of struggle with colt the
farmer gets about a hundred dol
lars for his product. He could get
a hundred dollars any day for a
cow that has raised itself almost
without help out in the pasture.
Even if there were horses. the
Animal Industry gentleman said
there aren't any wagons to hitch
them to. And there isn't any bar
ness with which to hitch. And there
aren't any stables in which to put
the horses, hitched or Witched.
You've got to have a stable Tor
a horse. You can't leave him wan
dering around the street at night
even if you do plunk car down
almost anywhere.
A few middle western breWenes
use rough old Percherons to dra|
their trucks. Makes nice ad, A
few months ago a Washington
laundry thought it would go BACK
to horses but got no further thah
thinking on it. Easier to hitch your
wagon to a star. said the laundry
president. q suppose running
laundry nowadays does make
fellow an Emersonian philosopher
or a madman)
The Army Remount Division tens
me that since the Army has taken
to hitching its wagons to tank
it has lost interest in both horses
and mules. ~,
Poor old horse! Remember, =
horse. My kingdom for horse
Not too far-fetched, that WISH u
Richard III. Kingdoms and hofSeo
are equally scarce now. M W
someday you'll have to 60 10