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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

No ONE can question the cor
rectness of President Roose-
welt in dismissing Assistant
Atty. Gen. Norman NJ. Littell.
A subordinate must be a SUBJ
ordinate. He must bow TO the
will and the decision of his chief.
1t is impossible TO run a bu-
reaucracy any other way.
But the question arises: When
does a man cease to be a bu-
reaucrat and become an Amer
lean? When does he owe a
greater responsibility to the
American people than to his
chief or even TO his President?
When must he pursue not the
wisdom of place but the COM
pulsions of conscience?
That. undoubtedly, was the
personal problem that faced
Mr.. Littell. He not only dis
agreed with his chief, Atty. Gen.
Biddle, but he suspected dishon-
esty and even dishonor in the
conduct of the affairs of the
American people.
A smart" man would have
made a deal and cleaned up on
il. But what would an honest
man do? That is precisely the
question that faced Mr.. Littell.
Was he 10 be smart" man
or an honest man.
I DO not know Mr.. Littell. He
Il may be the best lawyer in
the world or he may be a fool.
That is OF no Importance. What
is important is that he has
opened the door to facts-to
facts which il properly and
completely probed and investi-
gated will either show that he
had discovered corruption in
high places, or had merely sus-
pected something that is not
there. The American people
are entitled TO that investiga-
ton.
They are entitled to know
what is being done in their
name. If little crooks are using
this war 10 enrich themselves
by trickeries while our children
are dying in European and
Asiatic mud. we are entitled TO
know who those petty swine
are, what they call themselves
and how they manage their
operations.
And we are entitled TO know
whether while the rest of us
are burdened by heavy taxa
ton. they pay their share. We
need 10 see their income tax
returns.
It would seem to me that
Tommy Corcoran ought to de-
mand such an investigation in
his own interest. t--
IL the stories about him are
false, Tommy the Cork is en-
titled to generation.
IL the stories are true, they
will come out sooner or later.
II is amazing that the same
names appear in the Littell case
and in the WMCA case. Tommy
is entitled TO a fair hearing in
both instances. The people are
also entitled to know the truth.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
THESE DAYS
By'George E.
Sokolsky

TOMMY THE CORK would
Il be smart if he asked that
the committee that does the in
vestigating be Republicans, so
that there might be no suspicion
of withdrawing.
Certainly, Senator Mead of
New York has already proved
himself unfit for the task, since
he had the opportunity and
muffed il.
Senator Taft or Vandenberg.
or even Senators Byrd or
George on the Democratic side,
would be trusted and believed
by the American people.
Otherwise. Tommy the Cork
is forever in peril of being re-
garded as the channel through
which sinister individuals abuse
their country while its real men
are at war. Surely no man
wants that said about him. No
man can be impervious to such
an atmosphere.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

associate, 90 my own theories
of what-ougnt-to-be. towards
marriage as the desirable way of
life.
But when ! survey my female
acquaintance, none OF them
sweeps me off my feet, nor I
them; although all are above
average for women their age,
TO wit, about 30.
I am sometimes disappointed
in their intellectual capacity,
although three OF them are COL
lege graduates.
Now / ask you: Is this
abstract decision 10 marry, with
no particular woman in mind,
a normal attitude for a man my
age?
/ have heard and observed
that 40 is a dangerous age for
married men; the age when they
are most apt TO go haywire.
chase younger women. divorce
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
Letters From
A Soldier

warning to soldiers: Don't 60 TO
Birmingham unless you have a
place to sleep: there are no
hotel rooms available.
We saw several movies, and
II so happenedsthat THE Merry
Widow" was in Birmingham, so
we saw that, too. Afterward we
went to the Tutwiler Hotel, COR
responding to the Statler or
Book Cadillac, for a drink. Yes
suh," said the waiter, anything
you want, so long as its made
with rum" The soldiers seem
to have drunk up everything
else in Birmingham except rum.
SO you have your choice of rum
Collins, Cuba Libre. or rum and
Seven Up. Or champagne-it
was on the wine card, but on
army pay you don't even inquire
about that!
TIIE one thing we couldn't
l. seem to find was a pair of
dice. No, not for that! At home
we used to play backgammon a
lot, so we wanted to play a game
or two on the three:day pass.
We combed the dime stores
until we found a backgammon
board, and then logged it all
over town with us, hunting for
the dice. We tried cigar stores.
barber shops, drug stores, nov
city shops. One clerk said he
guessed the only place we could
find a pair would be a pawn
shop, so we gave up.
And anyway, three days
passed so quickly. We had no
more time to waste. And now
I'm back here, just remem-
bering.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
WALTER WINCHELL n. On
American correspondents mind.
This 10 for publication"

American correspondents mind.
This 10 for publication"
A LII was quiet on the Main
"A Stem theatrical front last
week, but things were popping
in the silk. ~ lI
Billy Roses The Seven
Lively Arts" had the Philly
branch of the aisle-sitters' bril-
gade roman Gambling praise.
The extravaganza is loaded
with enough stars to give the
heavens competition.
Another opus that has the
hinterlands busting off seldom
used adjectives is the dramati-
zation of the best-seller, "A
Bell for Adano," with Fredric
March leading the cast. Va
riety's out-of-town boy re-
ported that it hit the gong.
Brooks Atkinson, who was
the N. Y. Times drama critic
before becoming their newsboy
in China. returned to the States
and informed an interviewer:
Dramatic criticism is an igno-
BILE profession at best" We will
now step aside and allow the
boys to start smuggling. May the
best pen win!
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
WASHINGTON Scene
BY George Dixon

decorators to ask If that was a
practical way OF gliding a
shadow but they said they had
never tried it. being short on
lutes this season.
In utter despair I finally sent
the copy boy out for a lute-he
got IL cheap because il had q
rift in it-and strummed the
following:
J keep my doooerei on leash.
Why doesn't some one tie Mae
Leish?
/ do not want TO write too
much about Archibald or people
will think l am just his press
agent. wish to make it clear
that / am doing all this for
nothing; that he doesn't pay me
a cent And so l strum this
final eulogy:
Be sure 10 practice uhdt you
predsh
Or you'll orow up like A. Nae
Lsish!
NOW that Adolf A. Berle Jr.
~ Is out Of the state depart
ment / wonder who will direct
its secret police activities.
Not too many people know
this. but there is intense polio
ing within the state department.
Practically every one in il is
under surveillance or investiea-
ton all the time. This is be-
cause the department holds
many secrets that would cause
ructions IL they got out.
The departments communica-
tons are under guard at all
times. No one in the place
knows when his conversations
may be listened in on. I guess
maybe it's necessary. but gen.
tlemen who work in the state
department have confided it's
very uncomfortable.
Berle headed this internal
CESTAPO and seemed to like
the work. incidentally he is a
great student of Machiavelli.
/ happened TO mention Machia-
velli 10 Miss Reed and she said:
What are you dragging him
In for? He makes perfumew
l explained / was referring
TO Niccolo Machiavelli, a very
crafty character who did his
Grating from 1869 to 1927.
Among other things he advised
Cesare Borgia, brother of the
adorable Lucretia, how to be
a stinker.
Machiavelli's most famous
work The Prince" gives his
theories of practical statecraft
the principal maxim being
that the more double-crossing a
statesman does the better he is.
Distributed By Kinf Features synd.. Inc.
Reproduction In whole OF IN part
strictly prssissteA.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
BETTER HEALTH
BY DR.. Logan Clendening-

COMEBODY in Ohio wants 10
~ know whether it's all right
TO put drops in the ear for ear
ache.
Why sure It's all right. Heat
has been the sovereign remedy
for acute earache ever since the
Book of Genesis was written
and still Is, and there isn't any
better way TO get heat TO the
ear than hot olive oil and an
eye dropper.
Not that I would like 10 have
II bruited about that think an
earache is a simple matter or
anything for mateurs 10
monkey with, or that ! think
the drops are going to cure IL.
But they will ease IL and, with
some possible exceptions which
will discuss. will do no harm.
THE air space OF the middle
L ear and the movement of It's
bones requires that IL be not
dead space but that the ear
drum have some play SO this is
arranged by the Eustachian
tube. which goes from the mid
die ear to the throat.
You can always prove the
function OF the Eustachian tube
by pinching your nostrils to-
-gether. shutting your month and
prcibly breathing out, when
bou will feel your ear drums
Crack because the air goes up
the Eustachian tube and fills
the middle ear.
Germs do the same thing
under circumstances.
A sore throat. pharyngitis.
or any nose or throat infection
may wander UP the Eustachian
tube, light in the middle ear.
find IL is a nice warm place to
breed, so they form pus and
you have an acute middle ear
infection.
Any of the common childhood
conditions. such as measles,
scarlet fever, or German
measles. are particularly likely
TO do this. because they all pro-
duce some degree of infamma-
ton of the throat.
NATURALLY middle ear in
~ lection is accompanied by
fever and indicated by earache.
Grandna's esrdrops were usu-
ally hot oil with a little camphor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
MARY HAWORTH,S MAIL
DEAR MARY HAWORTH:

DEAR MARY HAWORTH:
I AM an eligible bachelor. near
= ing 40, physically. mentally,
morally and financially sound.
] come of a substantial middle
class. middle western family. OF
English descent.
I have lived in many parts of
the country and have always
had q normal number of girl
friends; but ! can't seem to
stay interested in any one girl
for long.
I have had a few minor
affairs" but the girls married
Niends of mine.
Mot that I am the philander-
ing type: but with female society
rs with whisky. I can take il or
leave II alone.
Now comes the problem: I
feel myself driven. % by my
family, CD by my friends who
are married and with whom I
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

I AM afraid that many OF my
L readers have no sense OF the
fitness OF things. They seem TO
think there is something funny
about the newly named assist
ant secretary OF state. Archi-
bald MacLeish.
The phone has been ringing
all day long with requests for
more poetry Of. for. or about
the poet laureate Of the Poto-
mac. And every caller was
chuckling or snickering as il the
mere thought OF Archibald was
killing.
One lady said she had been
sitting on a bench in Dupont
Circle all afternoon trying 10
think up words 10 rhyme with
MacLeish. / told her she had
better get off the bench or she
was liable 10 catch cold. A gen.
tleman called up TO suggest I
read The Silence" by the great
diplomat-poet. I had 10 give up
because it began this way:
A song betwesn tUo siiences life
sings
A melody twixt night and silent
night.
He strums his Lutte against the
fading light
To gid the shndow that the
cleaning brings.
I called a couple Of interior
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
OUR Macon editor relays this

OUR Macon editor relays this
" letter from DR.. w. B. Burke.
His son, James. is with our
State Dept. Jim auth'd MY
Father in China"
DR.. Burke spent so years in
China. ll
The letter in part:
Tho whispering campaign In
China against the generalissimo
and his wife II largely the work
of pro-Jsp 9Th columnists. Un-
fortunately, some Of our CORES
pondents over there have gotten
some of the reports In the papers
over hero.
AT first the generalissimo
thought he would ignore them.
Then no realized tho Yumors
were directed moro against
China than against himself.
Therefore, he felt that no had
to bring these stories into the
light.
A to the report he hau been
unfaithful TO his wife, he de-
clared his relations with his
wife had been without stain,
absolutely pure.
IL con understand the object
Of the japanese. but Ii IL hard
to get the workings Of our
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
A RNoLD REUBEN sold $780,
"A 900 worth of war bonds the

OUU worm OF war DOndS the
drst day the drive opened.
He is miserable over the fact
that his restaurant drew a Ave-
day liquor suspension because
one Of his employees was caught
= betting on the horses.
Eccentric as he Is, Reuben has
done a fine job in the war and
for charitable institutions.
He feeds two dozen men and
women in the armed services
every night as his guests for
dinner; he had over 500 warrior
guests for Thanksgiving; his
Father Duffy Canteen takes
care Of 508.000 troops a month
with his famous sandwiches and
hot coffee at transportation
functions; Reuben has sold mil
lions of dollars worth of war
bonds; has collected and do
mated thousands Of dollars for
hospitals and cripples-but de-
spite all this he gets socked with
this petty rap.
Some Of US don't like il either.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
Brain Game Answers

Arizona.
2-(b) is correct.
3+Palembang. Sumatra Dutch
East Indies); Saigon, French
Indo-China; Tiflis, Russia;
Mandalay, Burma; Mecca,
Arabia.
thinker to Evers to Chance.
1t was the famous double
play combination of the Chi
cago Cubs.
5-"Seventy times seven times
and more than that"
6-"Hurrah for the fun!
Is the pudding done7
Hurrah for the pumpkin pie"
so miles.
Seen. Jean de Lattre de
Tassigny.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

Some Of your orisfs you hdvs
cured,
And the sh0rpest you still hare
survived:
But whdt tormeHts Of pain you
endured
For the eviis that never arrived.
Emerson.
MOTHER slender female is
"A playing the part of Lillian
Russell on the screen. When, if
ever, is some actress going 10
portray Miss Russell as she
really was. Lillian weighed 100
pounds. She was born in Clin-
ton, Ia, and was a typical Iowa
beauty. Some people called
these handsome Iowa girls corn
fed beauties" But that crack
was, of course, inspired by envy.
A RGUMENT No. 1887 of this
"A department is hereby dis
continued as settled.
This was "On returning from
World War / did the troops
march up or down Fifth avenue,
New York City,"
The answer is that some of
the troops marched up and
some down.
The First Division marched
down.
The 9th Division in the VIC
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

EDITORS NOTE-Cpi. Pick
erng, former Times coiumnist,
is an infantryman at Fl. Me-
Cisiian. Ala. These writings are
excerpts from his letters to
friends at the office.
KUTYS visit to Birmingham
IA for the duration of my
three-day pass was quite some
thing a time TO look forward
to and to look back upon. There
was only one flaw. We never
found any dice.
1t was some months since
Kitty had come south. and
hadn't been out of the fort since
last August. We both were sur
prised. The cigaret shortage had
just been starting when / last
was In Detroit. This time il
was full-grown, and Kitty and I
stood in line every time we
needed cigarets-one pack to a
customer. Inside the fort VIC
have been cut down from
carton TO two packages. but we
still get nearly any brand we
need. So / was surprised at the
shortage in civilian life.
Kitty, on the other hand, was
surprised at how MUCH was
available in Alabama. While We
stood in line for cigarets. we
always got them. In Detroit,
she tells me. you very often
stand in line and then don't get
any.
nor another thing. Kit needed
l. some baby sweaters and
some underclothes. Down here
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

because camphor is natural
local anesthetic. Phenol, another
local anesthetic and glycerin is
another old reliable form OF ear
drops.
The only possible objections
10 the use Of these drops is that
the pus has broken out through
the ear drum and the drops will
get in the middle ear and pos
sibly begin 10 wander causing
the serious complication of
middle ear infection-mastoid-
it's.
But this Is a very faint pos
sibility and can anyway be pre-
vented by observing the rule
never 10 use drops If the ear is
discharging.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

LIQUOR
No. fe-vslid through Dec Is
Bonus E-valid Dec. Is through Dee 81.
PR0CEssED FOODS
Blue Az through B-7-vslid indeh-
nitely.
MATS. CHEESE. FATS
Ned AZ through s-s-valid indefinitely.
One 10. salvage fat good for 4 cents
and two meat ration points.
SUGAR
Stamps 10, ~. n, N ard ~, Bcok
A-vslid indefinitely.
stamp 40. No. q Book-S lbs for can
ming through Fec a.. 1e4S.
Spare stamp ~, No. . Book-valid
for maximum Of 40 lbs. for canning
Apply local beard.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
Detroit Times Rationing Timetable

GASOLINE
A Coupon a. gallons. valid through
Dec. al.
A Cospon 49, gals. Valid Dec. a.
through Mar. IL.
"a and ca Cespons-s gallons each.
b-s and C-B Ccupons-5 gallons each.
Law requires state name and license
number be written on every coupon
when received
YvEL OIL
Period f-vsiid through Sept. 30.
iq4s
Period 4 and s-vslid Dec. Is.
sHOEs
Airplsns STAMPS 9. . sss s-valit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

bles. In either case talking il
a pretty good sign of real think
ing provided il Is logical, gets
somewhere and uses a wide
choice of words. People with
small vocabularies are usually
people with very few thoughts.
For a self-addressed stamped
envelope, / will tell you the best
vocabulary builder ever devised.
3-Possibly a parent, brother
or sister can risk setting right
the one who tells old jokes. but
ordinarily the best thing Is TO
grin and bear IL. and make your
grin sound as much like a laugh
as you can. II debates a persons
ego more to find he has told you
a story you know than q fact
you know. 1t makes him feel
terribly unimportsnt, and II Is
a very cruel thing TO make an
other person feel unimportant.
Copyright. 1914. John y. Dm. CO.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09
Connolly Answers

1-(c). 2-(b). 3+(c). 4-(a).
5-(b). 6-(a) out of the
depths; (b) unwanted; (c)
actual; I'D by legal right:
(e) low-necked.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

TINE DETROIT TIMES C-23
Dec. 1874
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-12-09

EDITORS NoTE-Mary Ha.
North eounseis through her col
umn; not BY mail or personal
interview. Write her in care Of
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