The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-29
Observations
Washington Not
Crowded Beyond
Endurance

/ don know Mu1i mas happened
% This place but 1t isn't half as
crowded and uncomfortable "a Z
used 10 be. sort OF mis-, being
jostled and stepped on. glared Al
and told 10y hotel people No, You
cannot have a table in the dining
room Now sou can get a table
or a room in any hotel. More eN-
traordlnary- people a.e beginning
10 he polite 10 each other
The cause OF the hiatus on the
Potomac isn't known by me. Per
haps rs the hu that has stricken
us down Perhaps We aren't the
big grown up capital We thought
W. were Perhaps the town has
been MIXED dry by visiting gov.
eminent pntract hunters. Any
how. It's strident voice is muted,
momeutarlIy Makes me feel a lit-
lie lonely.
THERE ARE MANY SIGNS
round about that indicate Britain
is working jealousy and well to i'm
prove Anglo-American good will.
There are those excellent short
courses at Princeton University
this winter planned for members
OF the British mission 10 the Unit
cd States
The Brtishers attend in groups
Of 20 or 30. They come away en-
thusiastic about what they have
learned Of American history. poll
ties. personalities and general folk
lore
similar courses for United states
soldiers in England are conducted
al Cambridge University and 2
giving our men overseas a better
understanding Of the British point
OF view.
Other efforts Of The British TO
encourage friendship with the
Americans are the films OF English
home life and warfare now arriy-
ing IN this country every few
weeks These films are available
for distribution in many parts OF
the country.
GOT THIS IDEA the other day
when vas in the ONCE OF the
secret service in the United States
Treasury building citing a White
House pass \ White House pass
admitting its holder 10 the White
House grounds requires, as You
. know. very special effort while
the Naf S on.
After / had gone through the i'm
portant routine OF finger printing
and picturetaking ! had TO ell out
card on which | put down my
age | really don't like putting my
age down on the many public MES
reuuirec by Washington for the du-
ration. And il occurred to me that
every woman should be permitted
three ages-a public age 10 use on
such occasions such as this sign
ing up. a personal age to use on
occasions OF romantic or social
nature. and Biblical age to be
recorded only on birth certificates
or family Bibles.
mentioned the three age plan to
girl friend Certainly shes a
contemporary She said, Don't
be silly. Every woman is entitled
TO seven ages Add TO your three:
the age every woman thinks she
looks. 2-the age other women think
she looks. 3-the age she looks to
her children 4--the age she looks
20 her hairdresser This last age
generally exceeds the Biblical Or
real age.
DESPITE THE GLOOMY REV F.
I.ATIONS necessary for pass-get-
ting the business OF achieving
White House pass is exciting. II
s. does seem mostly a matter OF
black hnger-print smudges. as IT
really is Those tngerprint
smudzes are a record OF your his
tory as a desirable citizen. The
secret service is. as you know
department OF thu United States
Treasury. The Treasury is the
protector OF the White House and
responsible FOR its safety This Dir
you may interpret in a financial Or
physical sense
In The matter OF White House
passes, the secret service first re-
ceives authorization from the
White House and in my own case
like that OF other reporters al
tending the Presidents press con
ferences the authorization is given
by the White House Corres pondents
Association
Every holder OF a White House
pass went through q secret service
investigation last year This year
second investigation is being
made OF each applicant just in
case something might have come
up in the meantime Since the Fed
eral Bureau OF Investigation must
have a set OF all fngerprints made
in the United States we had to
have two sets made at the Treas
Ury
After the fnger printing came the
picture-taking then came personal
inquiries
LITTLETON. y. HIP The
results OF M and Mrs Verne Pres