The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-07-31
Observations
Vice Presidential
Fight Viewed as
Poor Judgment
BY Helen Essary

the deep schism in the Democratic
party caused by the vice presi-
dental fight at the Chicago conyen.
tio1 is a mistake in political strate
| Ky which may cost dearly at the
polls in November.
II is the considered opinion OF
these experts, that the President
has lost more votes by permitting
an open race for the vice presi-
dental nomination than would
have been the case had he dictated
his choice to the convention as he
did in 1910.
Although the 1910 demand for
Wallace by the President was bit
ter pill for the Democratic con.
yention TO swallow, IL is pointed
out that the result OF this course
left no deep sears, as the 1914 pro-
cedure undoubtedly has done.
President Roosevelt in following
the course he did, undoubtedly had
in mind the fact that his control
over the Democratic party is no
where near as complete as II was
four years ago, and his action was
motivated by an attempt 10 assn.
age the factions which have fallen
away from him during his third
term in office.
However. II is apparent that he
has failed in this objective, and
the open" rec for the nomina'
ton has served 10 accentuate the
many breaches in the party ranks
rather than TO heal them.
1T is NOW BELIEVED that Il
will take four months more TO
complete the governments case
in Washington's mass sedition
trial.
Prosecutor 0. John Royce confd-
ed 10 reporters as the 18th week
closed that on the basis OF the
original timetable. he had sub.
mitted two weeks evidence. About
two months had been devoted TO
il. When the trial opened, Rogge
had predicted that his evidence
would take about six weeks.
The trial, now in its fourth
month, has moved along with virtu.
ally no overt act" testimony TO
date. Seven of the governments
200 witnesses have been on the
stand. Only a fraction OF the list
OF some 1000 documents havs been
introduced. Three defendants have
been severed from the case, and
one died.
SMALL CLUMPS OF GRASS or
hedgerows, known as bocage, are
giving the Allied high command
sleepless nights in France.
The reason Is that Gen. Erwin
Rommel and his Nazis have used
these small grassy plots as indi-
vidual Notifications to hold up the
Allied advance They make excel
lent anti-tank points.
Except for the plains southeast
OF Caen, bocage dot virtually the
entire Normandy landscape now &C.
cupied by the British-Canadian-
American forces. All this lends
special importance TO the break
through by Gen. Sir Bernard L.
Montgomery British Second Army
on TO the fiat plain country south
east OF Caen, where tanks and 9th
er mobile units can depIoy 10 CON
siderable advantage.
REPORTS FROM THE DUTCH
underground reaching Washington
disclose an ever increasing number
OF professors are refusing TO con-
tinue teaching in Holland and are
going into hiding.
Eleven more professors, accord
ing TO the reports, recently Joined
those who refuse TO work under the
Nazi yoke. Three OF the IL profess
sors were from the University or
Utrecht, FIVE from Amsterdam Uni
versity and three from Wageningen
Agricultural college.
MILITARY MEN RETURNING
from the Central Pacific say that
the numerous atols spread over
the tropic sea look like Holland be-
cause Of the countless .windmills
that can be seen on the nat patches
OF coral sand.
Returning Marine officers say the
crude windmills have been con-
structed from spare parts and scrap
material and the power provided
by the turning blades is being used
by ingenious Yanks TO wash their
clothes.
Most OF the washing machines"
consist OF a steel drum and
plunger with the latter attached by
gears TO the rod on the windmill.
The trade winds whirl the blades to
provide power for the crude but
useful machines.
These officers say that crews OF
bombing planes operating in that
area dump clothes. soap suds and
water into the tanks. go of on
bombing missions, and return TO
find their clothes clean.