The Ypsilanti daily press., 1944-04-14
Observations
New Ambassador Of
Turkey Soft Spoken,
Modest Philosopher
BY Helen Esssry

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At long last the manpower puz-
zle solution-or what will have to
pass as such for the time being
now appears 10 be In sight. Oddly
enough the answer has not come
from Manpower Chief Paul V. Nc
Nutt. Selectiye Se'yice Director
Lewis b. Hershey, the Army, Navy.
labor or industry from Fresh
man CongresswomaL Clare Booth
Luce, the COP playwright from
Connecticut
For II Is out OF Mrs. Luce's two
proposals for induction OF 4.F's
a-d overage men into some kind OF
auxiliary work units that the
House military subcommittee is
now fashioning legislation TO meet
demands Of essential industry.
The first Luce bill-proyiding
for creation OF an auxiliary, uni.
formed Army corps-was politely
and firmly pigeon-holed in the
House Military Committee OF which
she Is a member. Meanwhile,
President Roosevelt issued his
conditional endorsement OF nation
al service legislation. draft quotas
fell behind. more and more pre-
Pearl Harhor fathers were being
inducted and confusion mounted on
the manpower front
Some Selective Service leaders
saw the germ OF a solution In the
original Luce bill. But still no.
thing happened.
Early in the new session OF Con-
gress, Mrs. Luce quietly drew up
a brief bill modifying her original
plan and dropped II in the hopper.
II provided for induction OF 4-Fs
and oyer-age men for assignment
10 essential seasonal employ
ment, limiting the work corps to
100000 men.
Whatever legislation is sent 70
the House floor, it probably will
not bear Mrs. Luce's name. but II
will no doubt embrace her formula.
ALTHOUGH AMERICAN PI-
LOTS CONTINUE 10 knock down
Js2 airmen at ratios ranging from
five-to-one 70 l2-to-one, United
States flyers returning from the
Pacif war zones display no signs
OF oyer-optimism.
Some crack American pilots say
they never know when they 20
mp 10 meet an enemy formation
whether they will run into tough
opponents or ones that are easy
10 shoot down.
This point was illustrated by
Lieut.. Comdr. John Blackburn OF
the famous Navy Skull and Cross
bones fighter squadron.
. Blackburn said one day he and
his boys vo'ld meet opponents who
seemed TO be members OF Japans
first team. Other days, he said
the enemy opposition would indi-
cate the Japs were mere cadets
on their first combat flight.
RECENT RESIGNATION OF
HENRY CABOT LODGE. Jr., from
the Senate to go on active duty
overseas eJ an Army major has
political as we'll as patriotic impli.
cations.
Lodge went to war because he
felt. with his youth and military
training, he belonged in combat
on the firing lines.
Observers taking the long view
expect Lodges military service
will be an invaluable political asset
when the war ends. Should he
survive the conflict, his stature
in politics will be great-and the
White House may some day be the
goal.
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
PREDICT better quality strawber-
ries and tomatoes after the war
up north by fast air ex.
press. Surveys on cost compari-
sons show that tomatoes shipped
by air to Detroit from Miami, Fla.
would cost about six cents more
pc pound and strawberries about
hYe cents more per box.
Having been picked ripe in the
fields, tie tomatoes, say the ex-
perts, and the strawberries will
have finer favor than the green
variety ripened in warehouses.
SENATOR HOMER FERGU-
SON (R) Of Michigan is hot on
the trail Of wasted manpower these
days. A member OF the Senate
Affairs Committee. Fergu-
son is sparkling a subcommittee
probe OF gross waste OF manpower
in war industries He and other
Senators went TO Mobile, Ala. to
determine jIst how efficiently ship
yards are operating
II labor excesses are uncovered,
the committee-with full bro
chure OF evidence already taken
behind closed doors-is expected
10 demand a full.scale inquiry OF
tho qntira urpu~or eftnatfo,