The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-08-12
Michigan in
Washington
BY Esther Van Wagner Tufty


Ever since Senator Homer Fer
guson got back to Washington he
has been embroiled in the Truman
Committee turmoil.
Along with the other Republican
members of the committee he
urged Senator Harry Truman to
keep the Craftsmanship OF the war
vital investigating committee al.
though a candidate for the vice.
presidency on the Democratic
ticket.
The real sentiment for Senator
Kilgore OF West Virginia for chair
man, whom Ferguson calls "one OF
the hardest workers." was finally
stopped because Senator Mead OF
New York stood pat on his seniority
rights.
Now there is widespread talk in
Washington that the Truman COM
mittee will, in effect, fold its tent
like the Arab, and silently steal
away"
August Miller, assistant chief Of
the War Foods Administration
milkweed collection program, will
direct the mid-September Michigan
milkweed campaign. His headquar-
ters will be the Petoskey War
Hemp Industries, the nations only
milkweed processing plant. This
week Miller will appoint district
leaders. each with jurisdiction over
harvesting operations in from two
to five Michigan counties.
Department of Agriculture off,
Gals anticipate that the Petoskey
area will furnish a good part OF the
necessary IL million pounds OF
this "only seaworthy substitute"
for imported Java kapok, used In
life preservers and belts. ct takes
% ounces OF floss to make Mae
West".)
Though superior. to kapok be.
cause II is rot.resistant and Jumps
and breaks less readily with use.
milkweed floss in Mae Vests"
will probably be discontinued when
normal conditions are restored to
Java, Harry Cunning, VIA milk
weed chief, predicts.
Two factors account for this:
milkweed is both expensive and
noxious. Whereas the government
will have to pay Sabotage pickers
Csc per pound of air-dry milkweed
floss, Java kapok can be delivered
for l0c a pound. Also, milkweed Is
notorious "choker-outer" OF COM
mercial plants in truck gardens.
Grand Rapids has fewer deaths
resulting from tuberculosis than
any other U. S. city with a popula-
ton of 100000 or more. DR.. Herman
E. Hilleboe, chief OF the Tubercu-
losis Control Division, United
States Public Health Service, has
just revealed.
Flint ranks with Grand Rapids
in being one OF II major cities
with a tuberculosis death rate OF
less than 80 per 100000. Grand
Rapids has a death rate OF 1876 and
Flint 25.5 per 100000.
Efforts TO check tuberculosis this
year will be increased in the 81
greater-population cities, where av-
erage death rates are about one
third higher than in small towns
and rural areas, DR.. Hilieboe said.
The Michigan Chemical Company
of St. Louis, Michigan, a general
industrial chemical manufactures,
may soon be producing the new
wonder insecticide, DOT, WPB Off.
Gals have Just announced. The
Michigan company has all the IA
cilities to produce this chemical, so
effective in protecting apples, on
ions, oranges and grapes against In
sect ravages. Already nine chemi-
cal plants are producing DOT for
military requirements. The Army is
using DOT experimentally to fight
malaria bearing mosquitoes and
other insects. 1t has also proved to
be an effective killer of typhus-car'
rying lice.
An appeal for fewer unnecessary
travellers to such war-congested
areas as Detroit and Ypsilanti has
been issued to check the influx oil
visitors, many OF whom are Meth
err seeking essential jobs nor havine
war.connected business" This has
brought about increases OF popula
ton in congested areas ranging
from S.4 to 64.7 per cent since 1910
the Bureau of Census reveals. De
troit had $4,000 visitors who placed
AN unnecessary burden on trans
portation, housing, recreation, no
tel and public service facilities"