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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28

sort sort Of q peace oder-
ing" he mumbled.
Beth laughed at him from the
doorway. you don't need TO bring
me peace offerings, Vernon. I'll be
back in a moment. Would you like
some sandwiches and something to
drink"
Don't bother" he said. Il won't
be staying long. I I've got to
get back to the hotel"
"You don't have to hurry just be-
cause it's late" she said when she
came back with the flowers in a big
bronze kettle. She put them on a
low coffee table. Aren't they love-
ly? Now, let's settle down and
have a long talk. Unless you have
to get to an early conference to-
morrow"
"Uh look, Beth, '. I'm
sort Of combining things on this
trip"
For ore moment Beth wondered
II he were going to say he was
combining business with pro-
posal.
what things" She was just
tired enough, just glad enough TO
see him to wish he'd say she could
marry him while he was there, or
not at all.
Vernon studied the toe OF his
shoe. Il I suppose ] should
have given you some uh E. Z.
prepared you sort OF. Elsie and
Beth, we got married at
Pasadena Tuesday"
Married? But that's won-
derful, Vermont Beth was both re-
lieved and slightly nonplussed,
After all, she had her share Of van
ity and 1t Is always a shock to hear
ones most faithful beau has found
another dream girl. 80 you're here
on a honeymoon. I'd like to meet
her."
For the first time since he'd ar.
rived, Vernon looked at ease
That's great, Beth. She wants to
meet you, too. I've told her al
about you. How about lunch tomor.
row? What say we make 1t tina,
place you like . with the French
name? Do II up brown"
Beth smiled. THE Sale du Bois
I don't think it's open for lunch
Vernon, but II you want to be gay
the Ambassadors nice, but expen'
sive."
II guess I can afford II, wher
I'm taking out my two best girls.
Rolling the ends Of her sof'
blond hair on curriers' little later
Beth reflected on her fate. She wal
everybody's second-best girl. FRS
Jim's, now Vernon's, and Dennis
With a glow Of anticipation sh,
realized that the next day wa,
Wednesday, the day Of her stand
ing date with him.
They went, as they usually did
to the Sale du Bots, and Beth said
AN old beau Of mine wanted L
bring me here to lunch today"
Dennis glared.
II almost married him, Dennis
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28

craftsmanship on the part OF Le-
gion member to stand before the
lity Council and say. III you do not
vote in favor of our request. you
will not dare face the boys when
they come home?
DO you sincerely feel that we
should be called Un-American be
cause fewfof US DANE to stand
up for-what we know is right, plac-
ing more importance on our CHRIS
TAN IDEALS than on the few
thousand dollars that may come TO
Ypsilanti or TO our boys when they
return?
We went on record with our petit
ton protesting not against a pa
triotic American Program for Ypsi-
lanti and our children. but against
the Carnival and all 1t stands for.
Mr.. Burrell, Councilman, said he
believed that something other than
the Carnival could be worked out
in the park. Alderman, Mr. Durant
got TO his feet and said he would
personally cooperate with the Lee
gion on some plan to raise money
for their rehabilitation fund. The
Carnival has in the past years OPP
Grated the week OF July 4th, includ.
ing Sundays. Money isn't everything
to be considered in this war-torn
world today. and especially II. TO OBJ.
tain it, we must sacrifice something
fine and something that We feel
belongs TO GOD,
Our boys believe that they are
fighting and dying for a better
world in which their children may
live and I do not believe that our
five Councilmen and the one hun
dred and seventy-seven OF us shall
be ashamed to face any OF our boys
when they come home because we
have DARED TO stand for our
CHRISTIAN IDEALS and fight on
the home front for some OF the finer
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The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28
Softenins for Fall
These Days S Ss gEo o5' E. sok0fsxy

When the Bolsheviks came to
power in Russia. they destroyed
the constituent assembly. the last
attempt at parliamentary govern
ment in a country which has since
been governed by the will OF one
man. When the Nazis took control
OF Germany. they burned the Reich
stag. thus destroying the last YES
tige of representative government
in that country. In every country
where tyranny appeared. parlia-
mentary government in any form
disappeared.
In the United States, a decade OF
shameless subordination OF Con
gress TO the executive. OF the chos-
On representatives OF the people
to the will Of White House runners
and attendants has fortunately
come to an end. II is equally for
tunate for the United States that
the leadership In the restoration OF
the selfrespect OF Congress came
from the Presidents own party,
from his own faction in the party.
The issue then is above partisan
ship. above personality, above the
rancor OF an election year. The
sole issue is constitutional govern.
ment.
Those who minimize this revolt
OF what used TO be called rubber
stamps fail to understand the char
acter OF the American people. ]
am sure that President Roosevelt
is doing no minimizing these days.
The President has perhaps learned
this lesson: the United States Is
not his personal property: he is not
ruling his people hut is chosen TO
administer the law according to
the constitution and the acts OF
congress- he must consult with his
own party leaders II he Is to con
tinue to lead and he cannot de-
pend upon the snickering little
weasels who write his phrases and
laugh at his sallies. A strong man
is always suspicious of his own
hangers-on. Mr. Roosevelt might
reyalue their worth by the measure
OF what they have done to him and
his country. He will surely ask
himself what Happy the Hop, Sam
my the Rose and Henry the Morgue
have done to him.
The particular issue which
brought forth this emotional reju-
yenation OF decent American man
hood in Congress is hardly the
cause for the ultimate action. The
unquestioned cause was the score
cy, halftruths. the suppression OF
truth, the bla ,kmailing pressures,
the insulting belittling. the twists
in con tutionai practices which
by slo/l. whiting processes have
been transforming the free Ameri-
can people into soclalized creatures
OF school-boy bureaucrats. No
wonder that the most vehement adj
vocate OF the fourth term IL Earl
Browder who regards 1t as sacro-
sanct as what he calls Teheran
which is something that has never
been adequately reported TO the
American Congress and the Amen.
can people.
Mr.. Roosevelt ought not 10 run
for n fourth term. not because he
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28

cannot be elected but because II Is
morally wrong in the tradition of
the American people. He should
not have been candidate for a
tAird term because that violated
the spirit OF our political institu-
tons founded upon the doctrine OF
limited tenure In office. Mr.
Roosevelt should have recognized
that we are a responsible govern
ment. living within the limits OF
written Constitution and an un.
written tradition which permits no
official 10 act on his own. to pur-
sue his private will and his private
judgment without regard 10 the eX-
pressed will OF tho people And
that will was simply expressed in
the 1912 and 1913 elections. II a
man has grown tempcramentally
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28
Half-Forgotten Days
Twenty Years Ago


free matinee been Wuerth Thcater by
Manager B. A. Morhor Veterans OF the GAR and Boy
Scouts.
Addressing 200 members Ambassa
dor Charles Warren warned against trouble with
est danger. he says lies in the weakness China
Two fires starting almost simultaneously resulted in consider
able damage in the home of Mr. and A. Begoe III Pearl
ST, and the homo of Mrs II. w Wiedmau 500 y Adams
Officers OF the Ypslan Post voted make their military
ball annual For their party there
pies present
Deaths: Adam Nuerh brother OF J. Fred Wuerth. OF
the lpsanti Wuerth Theater shepherd
home w. Capu Ypsilan grocer, at his
home, 225 y. Prospect St
Fifty Years Ago
Samuel Barnard quitting creamery business adyer-
tses his equipment and cattle for sale auction.
The CONGREGATIONAL Club OF Eastern Michigan held its
eenh meeting in the Methodist Church parlors Bssan
Smits welcomed the from Detroit Ann Arbor Chelsea
Lansing Jackson At talks
R. Angel Detroit president the club; j.
Ann Arbor; President James Angel University
gan DR. William RI Davis Detroit: A. Barbour. Capt.
e. P. Allen and Rev DR.. f. w Ryan. lpsilan.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28
RECREATION PARK

In fairness TO the one hundred
and seventy-seven signers OF the
petition against holding the Carni.
val in Recreation Park and the al
dermen who voted against 1t. I
should like to ask few questions
to the citizens OF Ypsilsnti.
Do you sincerely feel that those
Of us living around the park who
have been so tolerant for the last
twelve years of this Carnival in our
midst, should be called Un.Patri-
otto?
Do you sincerely feel after we
had put up with the inconvenience
OF 1t all those yearsthat it was good
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28
Public Opinion

Discussion OF any subject OF
general interest is invited In
these columns. Writer'S name
must be given but may be
withheld from print IL desired.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28

things OF life in psilanti-for them
and their children,
VELMA Y. MOORMAN
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-02-28

HELlUVEK
Urgent and secret was the request to
CbrySlcr Corporation TO get ready TO build
these vital wing sections for the newest,
biggest and fastest Of Navy dive bombers
the great Hclldivcr.
Secretly designed TO carry heavy loads
at fast diving speeds, each wing section
contained several thousand parts.
Engineers, tool designers, production
experts of Chrysler Corporation went
promptly TO work. The drawings were
made; tools and fixtures designed and
installed for the day when the final Go
Ahead signal would come.
The Go Ahead came in hurry. Since
April 43 these great IIelldiver wing sec
tions have moved down their guarded
production lines much as automobiles did
in former years, their thousands Of pre-
cision parts assembled, and the wing Sec
tions completed.
The Helldivers have recently been fully
tested and proven in South Pacific battle;
reports of their action fulfill the strong
claims made for them; and their wings,
we are proud to say, carry their double
bomb loads at fast diving speeds.
These HelIdiver wing sections are but one
Of many war-production assignments in
which Chrysler Corporation applies its
experience and capacity in precision cngi-
ncering and quantity manufacturing.
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Evening star., 1944-09-27
Byrnes
Continued From First Page J

farmer nor the worker" and de-
Tending these controls. which were
bolstered by President Roosevelt S
hold-the-llne order of April. l943,
Mr.. Byrnes said: The Office of Eco
nomic Sterilization, the Office of
Price Administration and the War
Labor Board have done a wonderful
Job Of trying to hold that line. Here
and there it has been bent Rear
guard actions have been fought
against the attacks of groups that
are powerful. while We are fighting
war. But, on the whole. the line
has been held and the Government
should continue to hold it until the
dangers Of imitation are past If we
do not preserve a stable economy. a
postwar deflation will ruin all plans
for postwar prosperity"
Cites Increase in Pay.
Mr.. ByrneS said further that his
"only regret is that the hold-the-
line provisions had not been enacted
into law. He pointed out in the
same connection that since January
194l, the average weekly earning of
salary and wage earnerS have in
creased 5l.3 per cent and that aver
age hourly earnings have gone up
36.4 per cent. White collar workers
and people with small fixed incomes
have Jared less well during the war.
he continued, but the only way to
help them is to continue to hold the
line against int1ation.'
AS for the future of rationing. Mr.
ByrneS said that it is the Govern
ments policy Ito remove items from
the ration list as soon as the supply
makes it possible"
MI ByrneS reviewed the recon-
version program that already has
been drafted for the period after
the war ends in Germany. when a
40 per cent cut5ack in War De-
nartment production is in prospect
Then it must be decided, he said.
whether there should be a CORE
sponoing reduction in the produc-
ton of the munitions furnished our
Allies through leaSe-lend.
1llC StliOliSliCSS Vi tllc pIODleIil
is apparent when you realize that
our lease-lend expenditures for all
purposes for the first six months of
this year amounted to $5.794,0OO,-
000.' he continued. The problem.
however, involves not only dollars,
but the extent to which We and
our Allies should change from war
production to civilian production,
and what our respective contribu-
tlons TO the war against Japan
should be. This can be determined
only by the heads of Government.
RecOnversion Problem.
The present Lease-Lend Act ex-
plres next June 80, and while Pres
ldent Roosevelt has told Congress
that the lease-lend program must
Evening star., 1944-09-27

American people hack into civilian
production"
Calling for more manpower for
the must plants" Mr. McNutt said
$4,000 new employees are needed for
explosive and loading plants, $4,000
TO. ship production and ship repairs,
$500 for air-borne radar production
and 8,700 to make cotton duck.
The duration OF the battle for
Germany will be shortened if these
manpower shortages are met" he
asserted.
To help meet the need for $4,000
additional workers in shell-forging
and machine shops. the Army and
the VINO have selected six pilot
plants to explore possible employ
ment Of nationals from Costa Rica
and the Barbados, Mr.. McNutt said.
More than half of a group of in
dustrlal companies surveyed by the
association plan to go beyond their
legal obligations in providing post
war jobs for employees, the Associa-
ton reported yesterday.
Vocational guidance, employe
Evening star., 1944-09-27

necessitates not only freedom Of
news agencies but also for both
national and foreign agencies free
access to means Of communication
without difIerential rates." he told
the Associated Press.
The statement. which implied
French participation in any inter-
national agreement, was issued by
Teitgen after conversations with
Frank j. Starzel. assistant general
manager Of the Associated Press.
Teitgen indicated the De- Gaulle
regime intends to recreate the
French press free of its frankly ac-
knowledged baneful prewar in
fluenceS.
The two principal questionable
features were maintenance of the
national news agency Havas, tied
directly to the government, and the
extraneous financial influence WELD
ed over a number of large newspa-
pers.
The De Gaulle regime has indi-
Gated its intention to bar both these
ASoeuACo AiiO lCSCIltly COIlSLlCuIeu
Agence Francaise de Press, like
French newspapers, now is receiv-
ing government subsidy until it
gets financially established. 1t is in
tended that this subsidy be with
drawn later, and the news agency
amrms its intention to shift to a
cooperative structure similar to the
Associated Press.
AS for outside financial influence,
Teitgen said:
The secretary for information is
studying what measures could be
taken to free the press from any
pressure from trusts and especially
from trusts Of the distribution of
newspapers and advertising"
/ The distribution mentioned refers
to the cartel system by which, be-
fore the war, papers with unWelcome
editorial views could be. severely
hampered in their circulation. The
volume of advertising before the war
was SO small that French papers
from which it was withheld were an
easy prey for sub rosa subsidies.
Evening star., 1944-09-27

be carried through until Japan has
been defeated, there have been
some differences of opinion ex-
pressed on Capitol Hill as to just
how much further this Government
should be committed to lease-lend
expenditures after Germany has
been disposed of.
The war mobilization director said,
however, that from the reconver-
sion point of view there will be
more serious problems presented on
VJ-day victory over Japan than
on We (victory in Europe, day.
For example. he said, because of
our tremendous ship-building pro-
gram large postwar surplus of
world shipping seems inevitable.
With our huge stake in shipping
shall we watch this surplus result
il. international Crt-throat compe-
tition, or shall we participate in an
orderly world oemand for ocean
transportation?' he asked.
Industry should agree on a policy
and submit it 70 the Government
Mr.. ByrneS said.
Surplus of Transport Planes.
The same holds true as TO air
commerce, Mr.. Byrnes continued.
pointing out thas today the Army
and Navy have more than 10000
transport planes as compared to the
35L used by our Domestic airlines
before the war.
After the war thousands of planes
can be converted TO commercial use. ="
he ampllfled We have transport
equipment scattered over the world.
We nave trained personnel with
which We can develop an air trans
port system larger and better than
any other nation. We know there
will be tremendous increase in
overseas passenger traffic by air
Again, there must be established
international procedure to regulate
that air traffic And again, in
duStry must agree upon a policy
and Government must give fair and
sympathetic consideration to its
proposals."
Mr.. Byrnes declared that there
is no place in America for economic
Evening star., 1944-09-27

defeatism," and America has the
ability to maintain much higher
standard of life than ever before.
He agreed, however, that the 40 per
cent cutback in War Department
production will necessarily seriously
affect our economy"
He declared also that "as a rich
and powerful nation we have re-
sponsibilities not only to ourselves
but to the whole world If we do
not maintain employment and pros
perity at home we will not be able
to do our part to maintain employ
ment and prosperity abroad" He
emphasized that there must be a
liberal trade policy with other ma
tions, explaining that is necessary
TO insure full employment in our
country and rising standards of
living here and throughout the
world
Evening star., 1944-09-27
Murray Hits Politics
In Calling for Action
On Steel Wage Case
By the Associated Press.


CIO President Philip Murray told
the War Labor Board today that
unfortunately some people would
like to make a political football" of
labor's current effort to smash the
Little Steel" wage formula.
Departing from the text of a for
NAL statement demanding speedy
board action on the 10-month- old
wage demands of the CIO United
Steelworkers, Mr.. Murray said:
This case has to be determined on
Its merits, and I believe it will be-"
In his prepared argument, the
head of both the CIO and the Steel
workers said an Office of Price Ad-
miniStration study showed that the
general l7-cents-a hour increase
sought by the union could be grant,
ed without making a price increase
imperative.
Hopes for Early Action.
Noting that the WLB schedule
calls for the boards recommends
tions to be submitted to President
Roosevelt by october Is, the witness
added:
Il hope that schedule will be
lived up to without regard to the
thrust of those who seek to make
political football of this bread-and-
butter issue"
In his reference to the OPA study,
Mr.. Murray asserted:
For some curious reason unknown
fn tho 1nioo thic 90,
though completed on August "a. was
not made available to the board or
the panel. We therefore take the
liberty of making its contents
public
What does this study disclose?
The steel industry had made a re-
quest for general price increase
of approximately 10 per cent. The
study concludes that, and l quote
tA), There is at the present time
no ground for an overall increase
in the price of steel and (B) Even
in the event that the wage in
crease requested by the union were
granted in full, the case for a price
increase would not be persuasive. |
For even if the wage demand were
granted in full, its effects upon av-
erage hourly earnings would be
largely offset by the disappearance
Of overtime and the reversal of the
labor upgrading process AS against
this the wage demand comes to II
cents "
Demands Made Last December.
The union wage demands were
made last December The WLB took
jurisdiction in February Mr.. Muir
ray said that during such period .
the union took three and half days
for its presentation and rebuttal."
He also said labor members of the
WLB had introduced a resolution
expressing the view that the case be
decided by October Is, but that a
combination of public and industry
members voted it down
Demanding prompt action. he said
1T would be outrageous for this
board to suggest that the outcome
Of this case must be further delayed
or the effective date of the directive
postponed pending further develop
ments on the military fronts. Moth
ing could be more disastrous to the
morale of the workers who have
achieved the miracles of production
so highly praised by our Commander
in Chief and the military"
Evening star., 1944-09-27

counseling, staggered layoffs and
placement assistance are among the
methods mentioned by various of
303 concerns checked in the survey.
or the companies, employing
nearly 1000 900 workers, the survey
showed $50 will have no reconversion
problems. Only % foresaw extern
sive reconversion.
Guy B. Arthur. personnel director
OF the American Thread Co., said an
additional 122 firms will need only
moderate retooling.
or businesses contemplating some
layons-most of the concerns
checked are engaged in war work
and expect cutbacks-184 have def
mite plans for attempting to place
laid-o1 employees elsewhere, Mr.
Arthur said.
Despite the fact that cutbacks are
expected. some 30 to 40 compa mics
plan to keep working forces at war
time levels, he added He mentioned
an electronics firm which before the
war hired six men, now has 900.
ana intends to keep at least two
thirds the present force.
Layon, veteran rehiring and yoca-
tlonal guidance programs are being
talked over with employees, Mr.. Ar
thur said. In line with this, 81
companies of 1873 having labor-man-
agement committees intend to con-
tinue such groups after the war.
or women in industry, Mr.. Ar
thur reported:
There is evidence that many of
the firms hope that a larger part of
the layof1s can be made among
housewives and others who have
Joined the labor force only or the
duration OF the war and would re-
tire anyway. Many of the COM
panles mentioned this factor and ,53
plan to 'reconvert" to skilled work
jobs which have been simplified so
that unframed women could handle
them.
Evening star., 1944-09-27
McNutt
Continued From First PaeeD

7OU1IVIIIUeU TTUm FIISt PaRe.1
was unable to deliver because of an
attack of laryng.tis, Mr.. McNutt
said:
The fortnight decision Of Gov
ernment to strip away Government
controls on VE-day is decision that
In effect declares: You, American
management, viii now pilot the
Evening star., 1944-09-27
|De GauI|e Minister
Backs U. 5. Plea for
free News EXCHANGE
BY the Associated Press.

PARIS, Sept. 27.-Pierre Teitgen,
minister Of information in the DE
Gaulle administration. has expressed
full agreement with the American
congressional resolution advocating
free world interchange of news
declaring such unhindered diffusion
OF news lis a condition of democ-
racy's good functioning."
THE French government thinks
that free dissemination of informa-
ton throughout the whole world