The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-30
Observations
Eric Johnson Of
Commerce Group
in Public Eye
BY Helen EssGry


/ vii tell you about somebody 70
watch Out for. Today It's Eric John
sion. president OF The United states
chamber OF commerce Hes the
man Of the Washington moment
with ideas international and do
mesuc. He's on his way some place
or other i'm a hurry.
The White House well informed
gossip authorities say. is his ui'i-
mate goal. Meanwhile he's dragging
me chamber OF Commerce ont OF
the rut in which it has been sunk
for nigh onto a generation.
Johnston is a personable fellow
He is me right size and goodlooS-
ing TOO. lie uses brains and charm
in every encounter and is first
class Snowman IN the Roosevelt
NulHe tradition.
Other notes on presidential. as.
pliauts.
Former Postmaster General jim
Farley grows more determined each
day that mis- old protege Franklin
" Roosevelt shall not have four
more years AZ 1900 Pennsylvania
Avenue. Farley is COINS frankly Re
publican.
Genera Douglas Macarthur
number three boy in the present
pres dental polls. wont permit the
men in his theater OF war 10 wear
distinguishing service neckties
with their uniforms The reason
ne wants his fighting Yankees to
look The one big family they are.
AL Washington talk isn't high
fslutn'. Much OF it is about food
and transportation subjects you
cant hear too much about
But when | phoned a Washington
Motel recently 10 inquire about
hearing on the potato crop. | was
told The hearing Is about over.
but we've got another nice meeting
going on. It's horses and mules.
An, old.time transportation on IFS
way back | thought | was wrong.
Late the same night. as | was
about 10 fall into a pleasant sleep,
I heard a strange noise, sort OF
"Clop. clop. clop," on the street
outside my apartment hurried 20
the window 10 see what was max
ing this unaccustomed sound. IL
was string OF horses being led
forlornly through the city when
the streets were free OF traffic.
The horse 10 still a curiosity.
decided. His revival in popularity,
which was to have been brought
about BY the gasoline and rubber
shortage. Just hasn't come 10 pass.
Yesterday | called the Depart
ment OF Agriculture's Animal In
dustry division to find out what
had become OF the new day OF the
horse
A very nice gentleman from Kan
kss who said ! could not quote him
in person told me that the hope OF
the horses return has not matsri-
allied. First. because there just
aren't any horses. II suddenly the
country were 10 be completely TAX
en- off its gasoline and rubber diet,
then everything. including you and
]. would have to stop going places
except by train.
NOBODY is raising horses nova
days Nobody wants 10 raise horses
Costs TOO much. After months OF
struggle with a colt the farmer gets
about a hundred dollars for mis-
product He could get a hundred
dollars any day for a COW that, has
raised itself almost without help
out in the pasture
Even II there were horsAs the
Animal Industry gentleman said
there aren't any wagons 10 hitch
them 70. And there isn't any har-
ness with which 70 hitch. And there
aren't any stabels in which 10 put
the horses h.,ched or unhitched.
You've got 10 have a stable for a
horse You can't leave him wander
ing around the street at night even
II you do PUNK a car down almost
anywhere
A few middle western breWeries
use rough old Percherons 10 draw
their trucks Makes a nice ad. 4
few months ago Washington
laundry thought II would go back
10 horses but go no further than
thinking on il. Easier 10 hitch your
wagon 20 star. said the laundry
president. q suppose running a
laundry nowadays does make Eel
low an Emersonian philosopher
or a mailman.
The Army Remount Division tells
me that since the Army has taken
to hitching itS wagons 10 a tank l.
has lost interest in both horses and
mules
Poor old horse Remember a
horse My kingdom for horse"
Not 100 far.fetched. that wish Of
Richard H. Kingdoms and horses
are equally scarce now. Maybe
some day you'll have TO go 10
circus to see both