The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-12-14

President Not
Averse to Danger
Of Trips
BY Helen Gsssry

,elt has given proof of HIS dlsdaiu
of the enemy by travelling into a
war zoue 10 hold an important con
ference With leaders OF other ma
tons allied against the Axis. Less
than year ago he went 10 Casa
blanca to meet British Prime Min.
lister Winston Churchill
Vow he has completed moment
Gus meetings with Churchill and
Chinese Geueralisslmo Chang kai.
shek IN Cairo Egypt with Church
~ and Russian Josef Stain m
Teheran Iran. and With Churchill
and Turkish President lsmct lno-
NJ, again in Cairo
Thurs the President has Travelled
nearly half way around the world
IN wartime: very possibly through
areas whiting reach by ANS planes
Despite the heavy guard accorded
him, his injury or even possible
capture has not been beyond the
realm OF possibility and those sad
died With the responsibility Of hia
safety more than likely would have
preferred that the chief executive
had held his meetings IN safer
places. They would have prefer
red also that he had ayerted pass
ing near even the oiEe Of = com
Rat area
EVEN IRADITIOA.BOUAD old
line naval officers have had 10 sd
NIT recently that the modern air
craft carrier probably ls the
most potent offensive weapon pos
sessed By the NAVY
This doesn't mean however that
the carrier will replace the bat
tleshlp. The latter Will hack the
carrier W or offensive thrusts a.
witnessed by the recent invasion
~ the Gilberts where such tactics
we're tried out for the first time
Carrierbssed planes pounded jap
position and swept enemy aircraft
from the skies Then the battle
ships moved INTO position and
smashed the jars with lslnch
shells
All OF which goes 70 prove. that
despite Arguments a. home over
The relative merits OF various yea
pons. Geld commanders make the
best possible u,e Of them to win
victories
DEMOCRATIC COMPRESSION
Al LEADERS miscalculsted IN
handling the consumer subsld-
question They deliberately delay
ed action on the matter 70 the
hope that With the passage OF
time. the administration position
would become stronger Instead It
became weaker,
The reasou-The crusade con-
Quoted against consumer subsidies
among farmers by large farm o.
CARNATIONS succeeded by clever
propaganda in lining ~ tremend-
GUS farmer opposition.
Now Congress is expected 70 pass
Commodity Credit Corporation
extension bill carrying a subsidy
Dan, although President Roosevelt
probably will veto II General Ell.
pectation is that the veto will be
sustained, much 10 the relief OF
those Republicans and Democrats
alike who will vote against SUB
sides with their tongues il their
cheeks
As -esult. the CCC may 20 on
ice for time and be revived some
time 10 January en- coupro-
mise subsidy plan finally is approx
cd by Congress, or when the cor.
poration is extended with no con-.
promise on the question. Had
Democratic leaders not miscslculat.
ed the question would have been
settled well before Jan I.
ADD ODDITIES:
When Lou Msxon, red.haired ad
yertising man and erstVhile stormy
petrol OF OPA left the agency after
few weeks service last summe~
he issued blast against 1t that hit
PAGE One across the country.
OPA. MaXon said. was in such
mess that even the late Harry
Houdini could not have uutangled
It. He still is iuyeighiuS against
government red tape
Hence, war agency men chuckled
when Y. X Quinn resigned as
president OF MaAon's advertising
agency TO devote more time 10 GOV.
eminent service. Quinn came to
Washington about the same time
Msyon did and likes his ioo with
the War Production Board so much
he wants 10 devote fun time 10 u
OPA HAS COME TO THE RES.
CUE OF wholesalers and retailers
who have had 10 count m billions ~
stamps turned in by consumers.
Formerly, the stamps had 10 he
separated by value and counted in.
dividuslly FOR deposit in ration bank
accounts
Under new provisions recently
announced, food distributors who
deposit at least 100000 stamps
week may mix the stamps up hel-
ier-skelter and Jam them in enyel-
opes- 5000 per envelope
Then they can count tho STAMP.
in every 10th envelope and dc
iermine an average value Of the
points In each envelope In that
group OF 20 containers. The